Chapter 6

Betrayal

(A/N: Yo! Ryuko, I cannot thank you enough for joining my C2. I wish that I could use other symbols and line breaks instead of the A's, but it didn't appear in my story. I'm sorry, but I have to use the A's. Anyway, here is the sixth chapter in my story.)

Disclaimer: I own some of the attacks, but not all of them. Otherwise, I own nothing.

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"Right again, you are." Latios said evilly. "I am Latios, the true threat! The true evil! Oh, how trivial, how inconsequential do heroes look from where I stand!"

Ash felt like a heavy weight had just been swung into his face. "Hey, wh-what is this? Latios. The Latios. The one killed by Oakley! How could you have done such a thing? Why?"

Latios snorted. "The Latios? Ha! What does that mean? It seems that you have a little misconception of who I really am. I indeed survived the fight against Oakley! I even sent her into the future so she could be someone else's problem. But it took one touch of Soulstealer, and I was given a power even the empress could not control! I nearly had the two most powerful weapons in my grasp, but Latias grabbed Lightbringer and ran off with it." He ignored Ash's protesting moans and continued. "I managed to erase her mind with my psychic abilities and implant the thought that I was killed by Oakley, thinking that she would leave the sword in the woods for my demons to find. However, she delivered the blade to the old man!" His expression clouded in rage.

"Stop it!" Latias screamed and grabbed onto Ash. "Ash, make him go away! Make him go away." She burst into tears.

Latios continued mercilessly. "I knew that the Chosen One would come to stop me, so I simply killed off every last Ketchum. Looks as though I missed one."

Latias stared in horror at the thing that used to be her brother. "So it was you I saw in Ash's memory!"

"Ding!" Latios said.

Ash closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "'Whoosh.' Wow. Just when you think you know it all, reality slaps you in the face. Typical, huh? So…the evil, the true dark one in the prophecy…it was you all along."

"Indeed." Latios said. "And now, the final curtain shall fall, and your final act shall end." He held up two pokeballs. "My little friends shall see to that. Go!"

He tossed the pokeballs, which opened in a blaze of light. When Ash blinked the spots out of his eyes, and Areodactyl and a Kabutops stood before him. They both screeched and roared for a few seconds when Latios held up a hand. "Silence, both of you, for my sister's last words to the Chosen One!"

Latias sighed and turned to Ash. "Ash." Latias said. "I just hope you survive this, because…" she paused, then said the words that had been dying to escape her. "…I love you."

Ash's eyes widened. "L-Latias?" He said, and then averted his eyes. "So, it's true what Contra said." He looked into Latias' eyes, then inched forward and kissed her softly on the forehead. Latias sighed, and then hugged him tightly. Ash closed his eyes, savoring the moment.

Latias looked in his eyes. "Ash, I know that it looks like my brother, but that is not Latios. Promise me that you won't hold back on him. And don't worry. You won't be fighting alone..." She put her hand over Ash's heart. "'Cause I will be right here with you."

Ash looked sadly at her and nodded. "I know." He whispered.

He turned to Latios, drawing his sword. Latios stared in shock. Then, an evil grin spread across his face.

"Heh. Heh heh. Hehhahahahahahahahah! My god! This is just precious! But as we all know, all

good things must come to an end! Get him!" he roared.

Areodactyl and Kabutops lunged. Ash pulled his sword back and dove as well. They hung in the air for an endless moment…and then met. Never in her life had Latios seen Ash move so quickly. He slashed Areodactyl hard into the air, and then slammed him down again. He immediately blocked one of Kabutops's scythe blades, then slashed him twice and stabbed it. Suddenly, there was a strange noise from behind him, and he dove out of the way of the Areodactyl's Hyper Beam attack, getting up just in time to dodge a slash attack from Kabutops. He rolled away and got up, holding his sword in front of him.

Latios grinned. "Good. I really think that we shouldn't fight here, though. We might break something." He snapped his fingers and there was a flash. Ash looked around and saw that they were in a city

Oh, man! He thought. Fighting in the middle of a city? Innocent people could get hurt!

"Not only could they…" Latios said. "But they will! Let's play a little game. Until you beat me, Kabutops and Areodactyl will attack the citizens of the city. Ready? Game start!"

Kabutops and Areodactyl ran at a crowd, which screamed and scattered, but the two dark Pok'emon were too fast. Kabutops created a Zap Cannon and fired it at a group of people, incinerating them.

"Gr!" Ash snarled. "Call them off, Latios!"

"Sure will…" Latios said. "When you beat me!"

Ash drew his sword. "In that case… Salamandra!"

The blast tore at Latios. "I don't think so!" He yelled, pulling out Soulstealer. "Des…Thousand Knives!" He delivered a blinding series of stabs, dissipating the Salamandra. "Des…Order to Smash!" He slammed his sword in the ground, and a fissure blasted out of the ground. Ash dove out of the way. "Des…Shadow Helix!" A double-helix shaped blasted out of the sword and hit Ash in the chest. "Des…Lightning Vortex…" He slashed Ash into the air. "And…Des…RAIGEKI!" A blast of lightning shot out of Soulstealer and blasted Ash. He flipped in the air and landed on his feet. He dodged and ran behind a building.

"We're not playing hide-and-seek, little boy." Latios said as he stalked over to the corner. "Come out...so I can see your terrified expression as I crush you."

Ash gasped for breath as he heard Latios' footsteps approaching. With a determined look on his face, he leapt out of his hiding place just as Latios poked his head around the corner. His sudden appearance took him by surprise, and gave Ash an opening.

"Graaah!" He yelled as he pulled back his fist and punched Latios with every ounce of his strength. Latios' head snapped back and he went flying, landing hard on his back.

Ash rubbed his throbbing hand. "Little boy? You're goin' down for that."

Latios got to his feet, coughing. "Ugh, the oldest trick in the book."

Ash got an idea. "That? No, that wasn't the oldest trick in the book. C'mere and I'll tell you what is."

Latios rolled his eyes. "Oh, please. You honestly think I'd fall for that one? You stupid little..."

He didn't get a chance to finish. Ash pivoted on his leg and drove the blade of his foot right into Latios' face. Latios grunted in pain and fell on his back. Ash walked up to him.

"That is." He said and raised his sword for a finish blow. Suddenly a blinding pain ripped across Ash's chest. He staggered backwards, holding his chest and feeling the blood flow. Kabutops ran at him again and kicked him in the face. Ash fell on his back. Kabutops and Areodactyl loomed over him, followed by Latios. Ash growled at him.

"You slime! I thought that this was one-on-one!" He snarled, then winced.

Latios simply shrugged, then gestured to his Pok'emon. "Kill him."

Ash reached for his sword, but he knew that it was hopeless...Suddenly, Latios gave a grunt of pain and bent over double. The two fossil Pok'emon turned around to see what had happened, and the being that had decked Latios kicked them both twice in the stomach and then punched them in the face, knocking them out. Ash got to his feet carefully. The mysterious being turned to face him, revealing a very familiar friend.

"Lorenzo?" Ash asked in disbelief.

"I heard what had happened because Latias flew as fast as she could to the temple and told me. I heard you were coming here, so I came along." He looked around the city. "Ah, Home Sweet Home."

"You live here?" Ash asked.

"Yep. Got a son and a granddaughter too." He stared at the bodies littering the ground because of the fossils. "Good thing she's in hiding. Poor girl. She's only two, and she already is a prime target for an enemy of H.U.N.T.E.R.S. I'll be more than pleased when this damn war is...LOOK OUT!"

Ash dove to the right as a huge Shadow Ball attack blasted a reasonably sized hole in a building. Latios was up again, and hopping mad. "Misery, misery, misery. That is what you are choosing, and because of your temerity, this place shall be destroyed."

Lorenzo drew his sword, and so did Ash. "We can't let that happen!" Lorenzo roared.

"You forget, we have a double advantage, one, you're outnumbered. Two, we're the heroes of this fanfic, and you know what happens to the villains!"

"So what's to know?" Latios grinned, then his smile faded to be replaced by a very ugly look. "By the time I'm done with you, you're gonna wish that you had stuck to Pokeshipping, boy! Des Thousand Knives!" He charged Soulstealer for the stab barrage.

"You caught me by surprise the first time, but it won't happen again!" Ash's sword glowed with fire. "Die! Hinotama Meteor Barrage!" A new attack burst out of his sword, a huge battery of flaming meteorites.. Latios had no chance of blocking that. "Nwargh!" He roared as he was blasted into the wall.

"My turn!" Lorenzo ran forward. His sword crackled with electricity. "Rajinshou! Neutron Twister attack!"

A large tornado blasted out of his sword and struck Latios, blowing him further into the wall. Ash pumped a fist into the air. "Yes! We got him!" He cheered. Suddenly a voice rang out through the city.

"Ash!" Latias called to him as she flew down. "Thank Ho-oh you're safe!"

Ash put on a cocky grin. "Hey, I've been through worse...ow!" He grabbed the wound on his chest.

"Oh! That looks terrible!" Latias gasped. "Hold still."

She closed her eyes and began to chant a strange incantation, all while running one of her claws along the wound. She went from one side to the other, then stepped back. The wound glowed white and healed before Ash's eyes. "Wow." He breathed. "Nice trick."

Suddenly there was a crash and Latios burst out of the wall, livid. "Why, you little...die!" he roared as he rushed at Ash, raising Soulstealer. Ash swung his sword as hard as he could...maybe a little too hard.

'SMASH!'

Ash's and Latios' eyes widened in unison as shards of the two swords flew everywhere. Soulstealer and Lightbringer had shattered into a million pieces. Suddenly the shards began to glow and float into the air. They swirled together in a crazy dance, and there was a huge flash. Ash and the others covered their eyes. Latios stared up at a figure in the middle of the light.

"You."

(Who is the strange figure in the light? I am sorry if you were offended by who Oakley really was, but I am gonna tie it all in at the end to Pok'emon Heroes, and you will see in the next chapter, which is the end of the story. I just hope that it ends well. There will be a few twists and turns in the plot, so if you have any questions, just review and ask. I'll be happy to answer as best I can. Oh, and forget what I said when I would put another Duel monster in the story. I decided not to. Reviews please, and look forward to the final chapter in the Samurai saga!)