Pichu*Star: Well, I also don't know about it in the manga, but I know that
there is stuff on serebii.net about the manga. I just haven't been able to
take time to really look at it. But, I wonder if they're also just biding
their time on the anime with the G/S ball. But, that's just merely
speculation. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter. ^_^
Alex: Sorry that the updation wasn't sooner. I just had a lot going on. Anyway, I also hope that you enjoy this chapter. ^_^
Author's Notes: I know that it's been a while, but at least I'm updating it. ^_^ But please let me know when you review if you think it I should really continue on this. Anyway, here's chapter 5! Enjoy.
*
Will watched as the island appeared before him. The men that he had with him this time were surprised as it seemed to appear out of nowhere on a clear and calm morning. Will was still a little unnerved at how this island had existed for so long without Team Rocket ever knowing about it. Team Rocket knew about Pinkan Island, but they also knew that if the pokemon were taken from the island it wouldn't be too long before their pink color disappears and then they'd have a lot of useless pokemon to take care of. On this island there's plenty of pokemon that are not only powerful enough to please Giovanni, but with it being able to be virtually invisible, it would make an excellent choice for a base of operations. Will just needs to take care of the stupid bird that seems to be able to talk with him. Although Will is just barely out of being a regular rocket grunt, he knows that he needs to succeed on this venture to ensure his position's safety. As the boat that Will is on touches shore, the bird that called itself a Beta appeared.
*
Ash sighed. Although he had really wanted to leave immediately, he knew that he had agreed that they would rest for the day. It was still early morning and Ash couldn't think of a way to make the boat go faster without endangering them. It felt like they just couldn't get there fast enough. Whatever it was that was driving Ash on, wasn't allowing him time to feel like they could rest. If anything, it was getting more urgent. Ash just hoped that they would be able to get to wherever they were going and do whatever it was that needed to be done before it became too late. Ash really felt tired, but couldn't seem to be able to sleep. He even had spent a restless night trying, but not succeeding in getting to sleep. Ash wanted to sleep right now, but couldn't shake the feeling that he shouldn't. Ash was really becoming frustrated and he tried his best to not take it out on everyone else, but it just seemed that he was always on edge with everyone. Even Pikachu was starting to avoid him. Ash was really starting to feel completely alone.
Ash looked out to sea again, after they had been traveling for a few hours. He didn't like what he saw at all. A school of Sharpedo were heading straight for them. Ash quickly called out to Maren, while pointing towards the Sharpedo, "We've got some trouble! An entire school of Sharpedo are heading straight for us!"
Maren quickly looked at where Ash was pointing and saw them. Could this be why so many ships have been destroyed here? Ash wondered, but quickly disregarded the idea, because of how many aircrafts had gone missing as well. Ash just hoped that the Sharpedo weren't interested in them. "Thanks!" Maren called out to Ash, in an uncertain voice.
As the Sharpedo grew closer, Ash realized that he recognized one of them. It was the one that Brock had helped out in the Hoenn region. "Brock, your friend is leading them!" Ash called to Brock.
Brock came out from the inside part of the boat, a little confused. "What?" Brock asked.
"Your Sharpedo friend is leading that group of Sharpedo," Ash told Brock.
Brock looked and recognized the Sharpedo in the lead. "You're right Ash!"
Without warning, Brock leapt into the water and swam towards the Sharpedo. The Sharpedo then seemed to center in on Brock, causing Ash to get a little worried about his friend, but soon realized that the Sharpedo did in fact recognize Brock. Ash was relieved. Now Maren's boat might be safe. As Ash then turned to face the front of the boat, he saw something fly through the air and land in the water with a splash. Ash strained to see what it was, and was very surprised to see that it was a Trapinch. What in the world is a Trapinch doing in the middle of the ocean without another boat being around? Ash wondered as he dove out to rescue the helpless pokemon.
*
The boy could feel that the chosen one was getting closer, so he had had the Sharpedo summoned to sink the ship, but the boy was surprised to see someone jump out of the boat and get greeted so warmly by the shark pokemon. As the boy was about to send out his partner, Flygit, to attack the boat, he heard a snap and saw a Trapinch suddenly fly through the air and out a ways into the water. The boy sighed. This just was not his day. He called to Flygit, a Flygon, and leapt on it's back as it headed out to the floundering pokemon.
As the boy passed through the barrier that kept the island secret, he saw that a boy had already reached the Trapinch and was taking it to the boat. The boy figured that he should at least then guide them towards the island, since by the time he was able to come up with another way of sinking the boat, they'd already have either crashed into the coral reef surrounding the island or have left the area entirely. Here this would be a more efficient way of dealing with the current situation. The boy then signaled for Flygit to descend and approach the boat.
*
Ash climbed onto the boat carefully handing the Trapinch to May right before Misty and Maren helped Ash into the boat. When Ash got in the boat, he had to turn around and help Brock into the boat, as the Sharpedo were already heading away. When Ash was done, he felt a breeze coming straight down. Confused, he looked up and saw a Flygon hovering just above them with a boy on it's back. What else could have made this a weirder day? Ash asked himself.
"I believe that one of you is the chosen one," the boy said flatly.
"Um, yeah!" Ash called back, a little more confused now.
"Follow me. I'll lead you to where you need to go," the boy said.
Ash wasn't certain why, but he definitely didn't like this kid. He just seemed to have an air of superiority around him that just drove Ash nuts. But, Ash figured that having a guide to where he needed to go would be nice. Ash didn't need to say anything as Maren already was directing the boat a little more northwards than what they had been going. Soon, an entire island appeared before them. Everyone on the boat was very surprised. And it wasn't a smallish Island, but rather a very, very large island. Ash figured that this Island dwarfed the largest Island in the Orange Islands easily. Not only that, but there was what seemed to be a tall mountain range that went through the Island and the peaks were so tall that they were capped in snow. Ash couldn't help but wonder how this Island had been able to remain hidden from the rest of the world for so long. Ash then looked at the trees just a little away from the shore. Despite the heat, the trees seemed to be trees that would be found in a forest far to the north, Like in Viridian Forest. Not in a tropical climate. Ash just couldn't understand how they could survive. Let alone have grown to their full height. As Maren got the boat up to the shore enough to tie it to the beach, Ash looked around a little more and saw several pokemon around. Some were pokemon that he'd only seen in the Hoenn region and were supposed to be only found there. Ash didn't have much time to marvel at everything that he saw, before he realize it, the boat was securely on shore and he was already climbing out of the boat and the boy who had guided them there was climbing off of the back of the Flygon.
"Who are you?" Ash demanded, not caring if he was being rude.
"I'm Mark," the boy said. "I've been waiting for the chosen one to arrive. Now if all of you will please come with me, we can begin traveling to the caves."
"Hold on," May said. "We've traveled all this way without knowing why. I demand to know why this chosen one thing is so important."
Mark sighed. It seemed that he wasn't happy about having to answer that, but he did so anyway. "The chosen one needs to renew the seal that has kept the two destroying pokemon from wreaking havoc on the world. Before they were sealed up, they almost destroyed every pokemon and every human in the world." Mark paused for a moment before continuing, "Now lets go."
"We're not going anywhere until you tell us more," Brock said, having had enough attitude like this from Ash alone during the past few days. "We just got here, to an island that we had no idea even existed, brought here for a reason that we still really aren't sure of, and you're now acting like you're in charge. Why don't we just leave now and you can then find another way to re-seal these two pokemon that you're so desperate to keep sealed away."
Ash was surprised at Brock's response. It didn't sound like the Brock he knew, but it seemed that Brock was more upset than Ash had ever seen him. "Why should I listen to you? I bet you're not even the chosen one!" Mark snapped.
"Yeah, but the chosen one stands firm with him!" Ash retorted.
Mark just stared at Ash. "Y- you can't be," Mark stuttered.
"Why can't I?" Ash demanded.
"You're so immature," Mark stated flatly. Ash face faulted along with Misty, May, and Brock.
"I am not!" Ash roared.
"Actually, Ash," Misty said, tentatively. "I have to agree with Mark. Even though I really don't want to, I have to. You are really immature right now."
"Thanks Misty," Ash grumbled.
No one really seemed to catch what Ash said, so Mark began, "Several millenia ago, four ugly orange birds survived a great disaster. They were known as the Alpha. They started to go different ways, but one didn't want them to be separated, so they traveled for a day until they came on some humans who had survived the same disaster. They started to work together, but after a few generations had gone by in harmony, many of the humans began to hate the bird pokemon. And eventually that had escalated into the humans killing Alpha's young. As well as the Alpha that had kept them together. The night after that had happened, the first of the destroyers came, Gamma. The third pokemon ever to be known to exist. That wasn't all either. Before the night was over, and after Gamma had left, Delta, the second destroyer came by and brought even more destruction and pain. It seemed that the Alpha had grown in strength and had kept those two away. Because it was obvious that they were what had caused the first disaster. A few humans that hadn't become so cruel to the Alpha helped create the seal with the help of one of the remaining Alpha, who sacrificed itself to create the seal. The human who was instrumental in the making of the seal became the first chosen one. After that, the Beta appeared. Beautiful white bird pokemon that were known by the Alpha as the second pokemon to have ever been created. After that, the few who remained on this Island with the Beta have known that every thousand years the seal needs to be resealed to keep the two destroyers from destroying the world. But, there will be a time when the wanderer makes a friend that they will be released. By then, I hope that the Metal ball will be returned so we can keep them from destroying the world."
Ash, Misty, Brock, May, and Maren were stunned. That was more than any of them had expected. Especially, because it was the first time that any of them had ever heard of it. Ash was the first to recover and ask, "This Metal ball, what happened to it?" Ash asked.
"We don't really know. One day it was right next to the crystaline ball, but the next only the crystaline ball was left," Mark replied, his attitude having been lost while in the story of why the chosen one was needed.
"What does it look like?" Ash asked, getting an uneasy feeling about the G/S ball.
Mark seems to think about this for a moment before replying, "It basically looks like one of those balls on your waist." Mark points at Ash's pokeballs. "Except it has gold and silver trim on it."
Ash groaned. "What?" Mark asked confused.
Ash digs out the G/S ball and shows it to Mark. "That's it!" Mark exclaims. "Wh- where did you find it?"
"Well, it was a couple of years ago when Professor Oak asked me to go to the Orange Islands and get it from Professor Ivy so that he could take a look at it. Then I took it to Kurt in Johto, as he's an expert on pokeballs, but he couldn't find anything about it, so he sent it back to Professor Oak and then Lugia told me to get it from him," Ash explained.
Mark seemed to consider this. "It seems that Lugia is pressing his bounds for the first time in a long while."
Ash just looked at Mark blankly, as did Misty, Brock, and May. Maren didn't seem to be listening, but rather organizing a few things on the boat. "What do you mean?" Misty asked.
"Lugia knows that he is only to be concerned with what happens with the ocean, such as how the underwater current is acting. And not with what happens outside of his realm," Mark replied.
"But, wouldn't these destroyers also affect Lugia's domain?" Brock asked.
Mark started to reply to that, but stopped. I guess Brock's right about that, Ash thought.
"Fine, let's go," Mark growled, apparently not pleased with how he was proved wrong.
"I'll stay with the boat," Maren said.
And with that, they all began to walk into the surrounding forest. Ash was in awe at how many pokemon were around. He was very surprised when a swarm of Beedrill appeared in front of them and didn't even bother attacking them like they always seemed to do when he'd met a swam of Beedrill elsewhere. Although, surprised would be an understatement for Misty's reaction. When they reached a clearing on a hill in the forest, Mark stopped. Ash, May, Brock, Pikachu and Misty all looked around to see why they stopped. Finally May asked, "Why'd we stop?"
"My Mistress approaches," Mark answered.
Everyone gave Mark a confused look. But, it soon became apparent as a beautiful white bird descended into the clearing. "My Mistress," Mark announces.
*
Author's notes: So, how was that? I'm not too sure how well I did on this part, so any feedback at all (even flames) would be greatly appreciated. Though, I was thinking of trying and dragging this out for a while, but I figure that it'd be better to just get to the point in this. So, I estimate a few more chapters before I get towards the end. I'll also bring in a few other characters. The ages and names (aside from Mark's and Will's name for obvious reasons ^_^) will be: Mark – 17, Sara – 16, Jack – 17, Will – 25. Also, if anyone has any guesses at what'll happen I'd like to know what everyone thinks will happen. ^_^ Well, that's about it for now, I guess. Please wait for the next update! ^_^ (Which should hopefully be sooner than this one was. ^_^)
Alex: Sorry that the updation wasn't sooner. I just had a lot going on. Anyway, I also hope that you enjoy this chapter. ^_^
Author's Notes: I know that it's been a while, but at least I'm updating it. ^_^ But please let me know when you review if you think it I should really continue on this. Anyway, here's chapter 5! Enjoy.
*
Will watched as the island appeared before him. The men that he had with him this time were surprised as it seemed to appear out of nowhere on a clear and calm morning. Will was still a little unnerved at how this island had existed for so long without Team Rocket ever knowing about it. Team Rocket knew about Pinkan Island, but they also knew that if the pokemon were taken from the island it wouldn't be too long before their pink color disappears and then they'd have a lot of useless pokemon to take care of. On this island there's plenty of pokemon that are not only powerful enough to please Giovanni, but with it being able to be virtually invisible, it would make an excellent choice for a base of operations. Will just needs to take care of the stupid bird that seems to be able to talk with him. Although Will is just barely out of being a regular rocket grunt, he knows that he needs to succeed on this venture to ensure his position's safety. As the boat that Will is on touches shore, the bird that called itself a Beta appeared.
*
Ash sighed. Although he had really wanted to leave immediately, he knew that he had agreed that they would rest for the day. It was still early morning and Ash couldn't think of a way to make the boat go faster without endangering them. It felt like they just couldn't get there fast enough. Whatever it was that was driving Ash on, wasn't allowing him time to feel like they could rest. If anything, it was getting more urgent. Ash just hoped that they would be able to get to wherever they were going and do whatever it was that needed to be done before it became too late. Ash really felt tired, but couldn't seem to be able to sleep. He even had spent a restless night trying, but not succeeding in getting to sleep. Ash wanted to sleep right now, but couldn't shake the feeling that he shouldn't. Ash was really becoming frustrated and he tried his best to not take it out on everyone else, but it just seemed that he was always on edge with everyone. Even Pikachu was starting to avoid him. Ash was really starting to feel completely alone.
Ash looked out to sea again, after they had been traveling for a few hours. He didn't like what he saw at all. A school of Sharpedo were heading straight for them. Ash quickly called out to Maren, while pointing towards the Sharpedo, "We've got some trouble! An entire school of Sharpedo are heading straight for us!"
Maren quickly looked at where Ash was pointing and saw them. Could this be why so many ships have been destroyed here? Ash wondered, but quickly disregarded the idea, because of how many aircrafts had gone missing as well. Ash just hoped that the Sharpedo weren't interested in them. "Thanks!" Maren called out to Ash, in an uncertain voice.
As the Sharpedo grew closer, Ash realized that he recognized one of them. It was the one that Brock had helped out in the Hoenn region. "Brock, your friend is leading them!" Ash called to Brock.
Brock came out from the inside part of the boat, a little confused. "What?" Brock asked.
"Your Sharpedo friend is leading that group of Sharpedo," Ash told Brock.
Brock looked and recognized the Sharpedo in the lead. "You're right Ash!"
Without warning, Brock leapt into the water and swam towards the Sharpedo. The Sharpedo then seemed to center in on Brock, causing Ash to get a little worried about his friend, but soon realized that the Sharpedo did in fact recognize Brock. Ash was relieved. Now Maren's boat might be safe. As Ash then turned to face the front of the boat, he saw something fly through the air and land in the water with a splash. Ash strained to see what it was, and was very surprised to see that it was a Trapinch. What in the world is a Trapinch doing in the middle of the ocean without another boat being around? Ash wondered as he dove out to rescue the helpless pokemon.
*
The boy could feel that the chosen one was getting closer, so he had had the Sharpedo summoned to sink the ship, but the boy was surprised to see someone jump out of the boat and get greeted so warmly by the shark pokemon. As the boy was about to send out his partner, Flygit, to attack the boat, he heard a snap and saw a Trapinch suddenly fly through the air and out a ways into the water. The boy sighed. This just was not his day. He called to Flygit, a Flygon, and leapt on it's back as it headed out to the floundering pokemon.
As the boy passed through the barrier that kept the island secret, he saw that a boy had already reached the Trapinch and was taking it to the boat. The boy figured that he should at least then guide them towards the island, since by the time he was able to come up with another way of sinking the boat, they'd already have either crashed into the coral reef surrounding the island or have left the area entirely. Here this would be a more efficient way of dealing with the current situation. The boy then signaled for Flygit to descend and approach the boat.
*
Ash climbed onto the boat carefully handing the Trapinch to May right before Misty and Maren helped Ash into the boat. When Ash got in the boat, he had to turn around and help Brock into the boat, as the Sharpedo were already heading away. When Ash was done, he felt a breeze coming straight down. Confused, he looked up and saw a Flygon hovering just above them with a boy on it's back. What else could have made this a weirder day? Ash asked himself.
"I believe that one of you is the chosen one," the boy said flatly.
"Um, yeah!" Ash called back, a little more confused now.
"Follow me. I'll lead you to where you need to go," the boy said.
Ash wasn't certain why, but he definitely didn't like this kid. He just seemed to have an air of superiority around him that just drove Ash nuts. But, Ash figured that having a guide to where he needed to go would be nice. Ash didn't need to say anything as Maren already was directing the boat a little more northwards than what they had been going. Soon, an entire island appeared before them. Everyone on the boat was very surprised. And it wasn't a smallish Island, but rather a very, very large island. Ash figured that this Island dwarfed the largest Island in the Orange Islands easily. Not only that, but there was what seemed to be a tall mountain range that went through the Island and the peaks were so tall that they were capped in snow. Ash couldn't help but wonder how this Island had been able to remain hidden from the rest of the world for so long. Ash then looked at the trees just a little away from the shore. Despite the heat, the trees seemed to be trees that would be found in a forest far to the north, Like in Viridian Forest. Not in a tropical climate. Ash just couldn't understand how they could survive. Let alone have grown to their full height. As Maren got the boat up to the shore enough to tie it to the beach, Ash looked around a little more and saw several pokemon around. Some were pokemon that he'd only seen in the Hoenn region and were supposed to be only found there. Ash didn't have much time to marvel at everything that he saw, before he realize it, the boat was securely on shore and he was already climbing out of the boat and the boy who had guided them there was climbing off of the back of the Flygon.
"Who are you?" Ash demanded, not caring if he was being rude.
"I'm Mark," the boy said. "I've been waiting for the chosen one to arrive. Now if all of you will please come with me, we can begin traveling to the caves."
"Hold on," May said. "We've traveled all this way without knowing why. I demand to know why this chosen one thing is so important."
Mark sighed. It seemed that he wasn't happy about having to answer that, but he did so anyway. "The chosen one needs to renew the seal that has kept the two destroying pokemon from wreaking havoc on the world. Before they were sealed up, they almost destroyed every pokemon and every human in the world." Mark paused for a moment before continuing, "Now lets go."
"We're not going anywhere until you tell us more," Brock said, having had enough attitude like this from Ash alone during the past few days. "We just got here, to an island that we had no idea even existed, brought here for a reason that we still really aren't sure of, and you're now acting like you're in charge. Why don't we just leave now and you can then find another way to re-seal these two pokemon that you're so desperate to keep sealed away."
Ash was surprised at Brock's response. It didn't sound like the Brock he knew, but it seemed that Brock was more upset than Ash had ever seen him. "Why should I listen to you? I bet you're not even the chosen one!" Mark snapped.
"Yeah, but the chosen one stands firm with him!" Ash retorted.
Mark just stared at Ash. "Y- you can't be," Mark stuttered.
"Why can't I?" Ash demanded.
"You're so immature," Mark stated flatly. Ash face faulted along with Misty, May, and Brock.
"I am not!" Ash roared.
"Actually, Ash," Misty said, tentatively. "I have to agree with Mark. Even though I really don't want to, I have to. You are really immature right now."
"Thanks Misty," Ash grumbled.
No one really seemed to catch what Ash said, so Mark began, "Several millenia ago, four ugly orange birds survived a great disaster. They were known as the Alpha. They started to go different ways, but one didn't want them to be separated, so they traveled for a day until they came on some humans who had survived the same disaster. They started to work together, but after a few generations had gone by in harmony, many of the humans began to hate the bird pokemon. And eventually that had escalated into the humans killing Alpha's young. As well as the Alpha that had kept them together. The night after that had happened, the first of the destroyers came, Gamma. The third pokemon ever to be known to exist. That wasn't all either. Before the night was over, and after Gamma had left, Delta, the second destroyer came by and brought even more destruction and pain. It seemed that the Alpha had grown in strength and had kept those two away. Because it was obvious that they were what had caused the first disaster. A few humans that hadn't become so cruel to the Alpha helped create the seal with the help of one of the remaining Alpha, who sacrificed itself to create the seal. The human who was instrumental in the making of the seal became the first chosen one. After that, the Beta appeared. Beautiful white bird pokemon that were known by the Alpha as the second pokemon to have ever been created. After that, the few who remained on this Island with the Beta have known that every thousand years the seal needs to be resealed to keep the two destroyers from destroying the world. But, there will be a time when the wanderer makes a friend that they will be released. By then, I hope that the Metal ball will be returned so we can keep them from destroying the world."
Ash, Misty, Brock, May, and Maren were stunned. That was more than any of them had expected. Especially, because it was the first time that any of them had ever heard of it. Ash was the first to recover and ask, "This Metal ball, what happened to it?" Ash asked.
"We don't really know. One day it was right next to the crystaline ball, but the next only the crystaline ball was left," Mark replied, his attitude having been lost while in the story of why the chosen one was needed.
"What does it look like?" Ash asked, getting an uneasy feeling about the G/S ball.
Mark seems to think about this for a moment before replying, "It basically looks like one of those balls on your waist." Mark points at Ash's pokeballs. "Except it has gold and silver trim on it."
Ash groaned. "What?" Mark asked confused.
Ash digs out the G/S ball and shows it to Mark. "That's it!" Mark exclaims. "Wh- where did you find it?"
"Well, it was a couple of years ago when Professor Oak asked me to go to the Orange Islands and get it from Professor Ivy so that he could take a look at it. Then I took it to Kurt in Johto, as he's an expert on pokeballs, but he couldn't find anything about it, so he sent it back to Professor Oak and then Lugia told me to get it from him," Ash explained.
Mark seemed to consider this. "It seems that Lugia is pressing his bounds for the first time in a long while."
Ash just looked at Mark blankly, as did Misty, Brock, and May. Maren didn't seem to be listening, but rather organizing a few things on the boat. "What do you mean?" Misty asked.
"Lugia knows that he is only to be concerned with what happens with the ocean, such as how the underwater current is acting. And not with what happens outside of his realm," Mark replied.
"But, wouldn't these destroyers also affect Lugia's domain?" Brock asked.
Mark started to reply to that, but stopped. I guess Brock's right about that, Ash thought.
"Fine, let's go," Mark growled, apparently not pleased with how he was proved wrong.
"I'll stay with the boat," Maren said.
And with that, they all began to walk into the surrounding forest. Ash was in awe at how many pokemon were around. He was very surprised when a swarm of Beedrill appeared in front of them and didn't even bother attacking them like they always seemed to do when he'd met a swam of Beedrill elsewhere. Although, surprised would be an understatement for Misty's reaction. When they reached a clearing on a hill in the forest, Mark stopped. Ash, May, Brock, Pikachu and Misty all looked around to see why they stopped. Finally May asked, "Why'd we stop?"
"My Mistress approaches," Mark answered.
Everyone gave Mark a confused look. But, it soon became apparent as a beautiful white bird descended into the clearing. "My Mistress," Mark announces.
*
Author's notes: So, how was that? I'm not too sure how well I did on this part, so any feedback at all (even flames) would be greatly appreciated. Though, I was thinking of trying and dragging this out for a while, but I figure that it'd be better to just get to the point in this. So, I estimate a few more chapters before I get towards the end. I'll also bring in a few other characters. The ages and names (aside from Mark's and Will's name for obvious reasons ^_^) will be: Mark – 17, Sara – 16, Jack – 17, Will – 25. Also, if anyone has any guesses at what'll happen I'd like to know what everyone thinks will happen. ^_^ Well, that's about it for now, I guess. Please wait for the next update! ^_^ (Which should hopefully be sooner than this one was. ^_^)