The Mewtwo, Mew and Lugia launched after him as the first to strike. All three raced towards him but he lay perfectly still as he concentrated and focused on an attack. High above Ash the clouds began to circle about slowly but surely and as they did they were making a portal to the sky. This portal of course was an attack, one Eriscordia knew of well, as the clouds made a circle from the middle a thin ray of pure light dropped down on him and as soon as it touched him it filtered through him and as he opened his snout widely a wide burst of pure white energy rushed straight to the shadows. As soon as it hit the shadows they burst into dust. Eriscordia became infuriated so she sent all remaining shadows after him.
This of course was no real problem for Ash since he knew he could easily defeat them and he would get a kick out of watching more of Eriscordia's cheats go down in flames. First to approach was the Groudon, which was a fire/ground type so any water attack would bring the massive shadow down. Ash thought of an attack but for it he would need to gather as much as energy as possible. He began to concentrate on the attack and focused on the target as it approached. When he felt the Groudon was too close he unleashed an abnormally strong Water Pulse attack on the Groudon. The wave of water hit the giant beast like a bulldozer would hit a brick wall at top speeds. As soon as the dust cleared away the Suicune hit Ash with a massive Skull Bash. Ash fell back but he was not brought down.
Right next to the Suicune was the Moltres, which was a flying/fire type, and Suicune was water so any electric attack would come in handy. Suicune and Moltres both turned around and headed right for Ash with another Skull Bash and Moltres with a Double Edge. Ash got up and charged some electricity through out his entire body as he ran straight for the two shadows. As soon as all three came into contact there was a massive electrical explosion that caused the shadows to turn into dust.
As soon as the dust settled Rayquaza and Entei ran towards him from different directions. All Ash thought of was to sit perfectly still and wait, as the shadows drew closer Ash spread his demonic like wings and when the shadows were only inches away he jumped high into the sky and flew off causing Rayquaza and Entei to crash into one another in a destructive collision. High above a Mist Ball passed right by Ash, he looked at where it came from and saw Latios and Latias racing towards him. He snarled from the frustration that these shadows were not about to give up the chase but nonetheless he flapped his wings and flew even higher into the sky.
Latios and Latias gave chase just as he wanted them to do so. Ash had flown so high up he popped up from under the clouds and swirled around about two times as he plunged nose first back down while Latios and Latias still gave chase. Ash flapped his wings intensely as he dove faster and faster towards the cold, hard concrete down bellow. Those looking at the battle were wondering why Ash was doing that but they were about to find out, as soon as Ash was very, very close to the ground he pulled up and flew a few mere inches from the pavement. Of course Latios wasn't as fortunate, it was too slow to pull up so it hit the ground at top speeds of mach two and the result was a rather nasty burst into dust. Latias was quicker though; she followed Ash's every move.
Ash picked up the pace and flew faster and so did Latias. Up ahead Ash saw another skyscraper and came up with another idea. For four years Ash had led his Pokémon into gym battles and leagues and from everything he saw and learned he fed off as he tried to beat this new challenge presented. Ash tried to pull off the same trick with Latias, As soon as he was inches from the building wall he pulled up quickly and flew up alongside of the building but Latias did not fall for it. As Ash climbed the side of the building wall Latias began to blast Mist Balls at him but he managed to evade each and every single one of them.
Almost at the top of the building Ash picked up more speed and as soon as he passed the last floor he swooped backwards sort of forming a huge c and around the curve he twisted around and faced Latias who was then smashed through the building's glass and brought into the building. Once inside Ash managed to shove Latias through to the other side and as they smashed through the other side of the building Ash grabbed one of Latias' paws and swung her around and brutally tossed her towards another building wall but as soon as Latias hit the wall she burst into dust from the impact.
Down on the ground Eriscordia watched as her rival viciously and brutally finished off her minions with combinations of both wit and brute strength perfectly aligned to create catastrophic results. Those last two moves were something almost barbaric and intense, proving that Ash was not going to go down as easily as her previous rivals, although he had already proven it long ago. High above in the sky Ash looked down on Eriscordia and let out a rather threatening and intense roar, after doing so he swooped down and tried to tackle Eriscordia but inches from her Ho-Oh had hit Ash on his side with a devastating Double Edge attack that sent him flying to a nearby telephone booth which he smashed into pieces.
Brock, May and Pikachu were startled by the intensity of the hit, which looked quite painful from where they were standing. From the ruble Ash strained to his feet and saw Eriscordia with the remaining shadows beside her, she swiftly waved her hand and they vanished into thin air and took two steps forward. Ash snarled as she approached him, she took it as a threat so before he could go anywhere she teleported right next to him. Ash tried to hold it together but the hit had taken its toll, he changed shape back into human form and tried to catch his breath as he stared at Eriscordia viciously and with fury.
Eriscordia lifted her right arm and a piece of fallen metal levitated in midair, that same piece of metal quickly launched right at Ash's throat and tightened as Eriscordia controlled it by closing her fist. Pikachu saw how Eriscordia was strangling his best friend so it decided to take the situation into its own paws. Pikachu ran to Eriscordia and hit her with its best Thunderbolt as it shrieked out. "Pika—chuuuu!" But being what she was the Thunderbolt barely even affected her. She did however grow weary from Pikachu's attempt to try and stop her. Eriscordia pointed her right arm at Pikachu and fired a rather meek Thunder attack; of course to Pikachu the attack was anything but meek as it was enough to bring the little mouse down.
Ash had seen that so he struggled to get back on his feet but the more he struggled the tighter the piece of metal became. Ash was too stubborn to stop struggling so he kept trying yet the more he tried the tighter the metal got and the less air got into his lungs which was resulting in a blurry vision and feeling light headed, all signs indicating that he would soon pass out. Eriscordia walked over and picked Pikachu up in her arms, the little small mouse was barely conscious as this was happening so it had no way of protecting itself and Ash himself would soon pass out if he continued to struggle.
Ash tried to remove the piece of metal but it wouldn't budge at all. As it grew tighter the piece of metal was beginning to really hurt, Eriscordia then walked up to him and said as she petted Pikachu. "Before I send you back into the Underworld I'll let you watch as I make your whole world collide and shatter into billions of pieces."
Ash knew he had to act fast so he looked around for another idea that would get Pikachu out of Eriscordia's hands and to safety. He saw a light pole that had been brought down so he turned to the psychic powers and as his eyes began to glow yellow a black aura wrapped the light pole and it levitated in midair. Ash looked right at the pole and then sharply moved his gaze to Eriscordia who so far was oblivious to the events; the pole launched quickly towards her and just as she raised her face to look at Ash the pole hit her right in the face. She dropped Pikachu as she fell back she covered her face with both hands and yelled out in pain since Ash had launched the pole with full force. The piece of metal also fell off of Ash's throat giving him the opportunity to run to Pikachu and get it to safety.
Ash picked up the little mouse and as Pikachu slowly moved its little head to look at him it tucked its face in his arms seeking the warmth and comfort from its trainer. Ash smiled sweetly and hugged Pikachu and said. "You okay, buddy?"
"Pi…" Pikachu was pretty hurt from the blast of Thunder Eriscordia had hit it with but Ash knew it would be okay after a good rest. He ran towards Brock and the others and handed Pikachu over to May. "Watch him for me, okay?"
"I will."
"Let me take a look at 'im." Nurse Joy took Pikachu in her arms and checked it out but before she could give him a diagnose of Pikachu's state a beautiful and peaceful sound was heard from every corner. The sound was not only the most beautiful choir anyone had ever seen, it was like a group of angels vocalizing in perfect harmony. The choir was an attack, one that Eriscordia knew well. As they listened in at the sound Ash fell to his knees and covered his ears to try and block out the horrible sound, at least for him it was horrible. The bothering uncomfort brought by the sound was so much that it had Ash screeching his lungs out. Dante, C.J., Karin and Brock went over to Ash to see what was wrong but before they could do anything they saw Eriscordia walking slowly towards them.
After several minutes Eriscordia stopped the attack and looked at Ash who was still on his knees covering his ears. He noticed the sound stopped and turned to look at his rival with piercing and raging eyes. He slowly rose from his knees while keeping an eye on her. The look in his eyes was nothing short of menacing and angry, the irony was that he was that furious because of the fact that she hurt Pikachu badly. Ash stood straight up looking Eriscordia dead in the eyes as his returned to their normal brown colors. A dark aura began to form around him and as the aura grew the blacker it became, then the aura shot up into the sky and formed the shape of a shadow raven. This attack was one that Ash had pulled off before and a powerful one as well, although it was not as powerful as Shadow's Light.
The raven spread its wings and opened its beak to launch a black beam, hence the name Shadow Beam. Eriscordia lifted her right arm and pointed her index finger at Ash and at the tip a white sphere formed and both launched their attacks at the same time. The two beams met at the middle and sort of wrestled for a few seconds but then the energy from both beams was so much that the beams blew up and caused an explosion that sent everyone off their feet and caused all things in the area to be blown off the ground and the buildings around them to shatter.
Even as everything around them was shattering both Ash and Eriscordia stood perfectly still. This of course irritated both of them but it got to Eriscordia more since she thought back on all her previous rivals and thought of how easily she had brought them to defeat and how hard it was to even scratch Ash. Eriscordia put both of her palms together and both of her hands suddenly burst into flames, she then levitated high into the sky and as she separated her hands the road under Ash's feet suddenly burst into flames. Officer Jenny and the others watched as the flames were engulfing Ash but he just stood there very calmly as if nothing was happening.
Ash noticed how on both sidewalks there were several fire hydrants lined up one after another. As the flames intensified he just looked forward and a powerful flow of water busted right out from the fire hydrants starting with the one behind Ash and it kept going till it reached the one right behind Eriscordia. The water ran high until it was a few feet higher than Eriscordia. Once it reached its primary height the water moved close and soon the long line of water gathered to a point and stayed there but then Ash had it rapidly shoot out at Eriscordia.
The water hit her and sent her down to the street where she hit the pavement hard and violently. The flames died down but as soon as the water stopped flowing the flames picked up once more and this time they were more intense. The fire spread widely and since Ash was in the middle of the firestorm he couldn't get out. The fire was now getting very out of control so Officer Jenny and the others had to back away but they still tried to see if they could find Ash. As all in the area backed away the fire got to the buildings on the sides and caused most of them to tumble and collapse out on the street and there was still no sign of Ash anywhere.
Eriscordia teleported to the ground several feet away from the fire and frantically looked for Ash as well. Her search would soon come to an end for as she looked around a path cleared right from where she was standing to the middle of the fire. At the end of the path Eriscordia saw Ash standing there in the middle of the fire giving him a dark look that brought fear into her. Even though Eriscordia was an evil being she was still a creature of the light that feared any and all darkened creatures. Ash's look was serious and very dark; he knew Eriscordia feared the darkness so he used that against her. He began to walk towards her at a slow pace which scared Eriscordia.
Ash slowly walked up to his rival and nemesis embracing every moment. He could virtually smell the fear Eriscordia was emitting from her so he kept walking and looking at her dead in the eyes as he took one step after another. When he was about ten feet from her he changed back to his hidden form and kept walking towards her at the same pace but with that form he scared her even more, almost to the brink of insanity. Eriscordia had not felt fear like that ever since she had fought her first and real rival millennia ago. The reason why she hadn't felt that fear with any other rival was that she eliminated them before they could take their hidden form.
"I've come too far to be beaten by a mere brat!" A statement she screamed at herself and therefore her morale elevated to higher levels. She was at the brink of wanting to defeat Ash no matter how, even if it meant sending out an army out on just him. Just then an idea sparked within her, a cheat, better said.
Eriscordia was too proud to admit even to herself that Ash would take an army of 50,000 of hers to finish him. That thought gave her an idea. There were approximately 386 Pokémon, at least discovered at the moment, so she thought to herself. "Why not have all 386 Pokémon get him instead?" She chuckled at the thought and backed away from Ash several feet.
She tilted her head back and spread her arms and faced her palms towards the sky. Ash stopped in his tracks and tapped into Eriscordia's mind to see what she was up to. Seconds later there was a low rumbling sound, it looked like it was coming from every corner and while Officer Jenny and all bystanders panicked Ash stood very still since he now knew what his rival was up to. From the ground shadowy figures emerged into the streets and took the shape of Pokémon.
Everyone saw hundreds of shadow Pokémon sort of materializing before them. Pokémon as common as Rattatas and Wurmples and Spinaraks stood there along with not so common Pokémon like Typhlosion and Charizard and Absol and even the strange and bizarre Deoxys showed up. Soon every Pokémon known to man stood right behind Eriscordia and on her face a smirk dominated her face.
As she laughed to herself Ash soon revealed a smirk as well, this of course puzzled Eriscordia. The smirk on her face vanished and a curious look invaded her face now. While Eriscordia was summoning her shadow Pokémon Ash had been using a very helpful little attack.
Mimic was an attack that a Pokémon could use in order to learn its opponent's attack and use it against them. Only Eriscordia could summon shadow Pokémon at will but since Ash used Mimic he now knew how to use Shadow Gathering. Ash vanished into thin air and then reappeared on the other side of the City Street and then seconds later that same rumbling sound they heard before the shadows appeared was heard once more.
Right behind Ash several shadows appeared but these shadows were different than the ones Eriscordia had summoned. These shadows looked more like ghosts, they were pale see through silver and a white aura was around them. The ghosts were very lovely, they did not scare like the shadows Eriscordia had. Eriscordia looked in amazement at her rival who truly proved to be one tough challenge.
Both stared at each other as if reading each other's thoughts. Both stood quietly and perfectly still but then at the same time they both yelled their orders. "Get them!"