Regigigas on a Rampage
"Alright! Way to go, Kubfu!" Ash cheered as Kubfu stood victorious over Marnie's Houndoom after a heated training session, Kubfu had definitely grown quite powerful and was no doubt ready for an evolution. Given that it didn't happen by itself Ash assumed that it was some other criteria other than merely experience to trigger it, he had no idea what that would be though and his Rotom Phone wasn't much help on the matter.
"Fu fu, Kubfu!" Kubfu pumped his arms up with a victorious grin across his face.
"Your Pokemon are sure coming along nicely," Marnie stated while eyeing the rest of his team. Toxtricity and Gardevoir were standing nearby waiting patiently for their turn, Inteleon had his back up against a tree and had his eyes closed in a relaxed state, Charizard eyed up his newer teammates with a look of respect as he laid on his side.
"Yeah, soon enough I'll be able to use them against stronger opponents rather than just random trainer battles for experience." Ash grinned. "It would be nice if Dreepy or Kubfu evolved soon but if it's their decision not to, I'll respect that."
"Well Dreepy... let's just say you're going to need to own a lot of Dreepy." Marnie laughed as Ash flashed her a confused expression.
"Huh? What do you mean by tha-?"
"Gigas!" A uprooted tree crashed down right next to them, Ash and Marnie leaped away while their Pokemon started running around panicking or rather some, Toxtricity, Charizard and Grimmsnarl rushed on over to make sure that their trainer's were okay while Pikachu gazed off into the distance as his cheeks sparked.
"Pika..."
"Yeah I don't like this either," Ash turned around and started recalling his Pokemon one by one while Marnie did the same, leaving only Pikachu, Morpeko and Toxtricity remaining as they rushed to investigate the noise.
Panic had stricken the streets as Regigigas slowly maneuvered through the city though his destruction was far less from minimal. He left giant footprints in the roads with each step and he fired off several Hyper Beams that crashed into buildings and either set them ablaze, alright destroyed some, or in some lucky cases only caused minimal damage! The Pokemon also lifted up cars, trees, and various other heavy objects that it could find and hurled them after fleeing civilians! Regice, Regirock, and Registeel were also there, looking to be under the Pokemon's spell as they too fired off various attacks at the civilians!
"What on earth is that?!" Marnie gasped.
"Regigigas, I've met some before. One went on a rampage before my friend Brandon put a stop to it, shame he isn't here right now but I guess that leaves it up to us!"
"Where's Team Rocket? I thought they were aiming to unleash the beast?" Marnie glanced around but only the giant titan and his golem followers were present, quite odd behavior as cutting and running wasn't Team Rocket's usual tactic, usually there was at least one egomaniac standing around to preach about how great they or their boss was.
"I'm not sure but it doesn't matter, right now we've got to focus on putting an end to the rampage. Let's go!"
"Pika!"
Ash and Pikachu tried to rush forward before Marnie grabbed the back of his jacket. "Ya idiot, there's four of them and Regigigas has to be at least stronger than the others combined. You can't handle that by yourself, certainly not without the A or B team! No offense Toxtricity," Toxtricity glared at her as Pikachu couldn't help but smirk.
"Maybe we can be of assistance?" Norman spoke up as he appeared alongside May and Zach. "I'm not going to stand around while my town is destroyed and if the others focus on the smaller Regi then the two of us can focus our attack on the larger one!"
Ash thought about it for a brief moment before quickly nodding in agreement.
"Alright then I'll take Regice, it's practically my Pokemon and I promised to rescue it!" Zach spoke up.
"Hold up, your strongest Pokemon is a Fighting type that also has a Ground attack! You should take Regirock," Marnie suggested while turning towards May. "You and Blaziken can take Regice while I'll handle Registeel!" Zach didn't seem fond of the idea but the nodded alongside May.
"That leaves us with Regigias," Norman turned towards Ash. "Alright everyone, you have your targets now stick to them and we can get out of this mess!" The others nodded their heads and took off to break the smaller Regi away from Regigigas, Lucario rushed in and smashed Regirock's body with a Bone Rush causing it to go flying off before he and his trainer gave chase. Marnie released her Houndoom and activated it's Mega state before the wolf fired off a steady stream of fire at her target! May's Mega Blaziken delivered a fiery kick that send Registeel flying, creating an opening for Ash and Norman as the other Regi were separated from Regigigas allowing them to focus on it without worrying about it's allies.
"Slaking!" Norman threw forth the Pokeball belonging to his strongest Pokemon, Slaking immediately burst out and hammered his fists against his chest while giving Regigigas an intimidating look.
"Pikachu, I choose you!"
"Pika!"
"What are you-isn't it a Rock or Ground type?" Norman asked while eyeballing the titan Pokemon.
"It's a Normal type, at least that's what I recall. Been years since I've met one!" Ash rubbed the back of his neck while forming a light grin before throwing out his arm. "Alright Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
"Pika!" Pikachu's cheeks sparked as he fired off powerful blast of electricity at Regigias, the electricity flowed through their target but the titan kept going.
"Hammer Arm!" Norman shouted.
"King!" Slaking rushed for Regigigas and slammed a glowing white fist into the Pokemon's body! Regigigas reacted with an annoyed sounding cry, reaching down and grabbing a hold of Slaking, picking the Pokemon up with ease before delivering a crushing grip! Slaking's eyes were reduced to swirls as Regigigas squeezed him before proceeding to drop him down to the ground while resuming his pacing through the town, firing off another Hyper Beam!
Norman returned Slaking with a light growl. "Arceus, it's like we're bugs to him! Kangaskhan, let's go!"
Kangaskhan burst out as Norman activated his Mega Ring causing Kangaskhan to transform back into her Mega form!
"Focus Blast!"
Kangaskhan raised up her arms as an orange energy sphere formed between them before hurling the energy right at Regigigas! The massive titan let out a grunt that time and slowly began reaching forward to grab at Kangaskhan!
"Oh no you don't!" Ash quickly threw Pikachu his hat as he slapped his z-ring onto his wrist, quickly activating it while shouting out. "10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu leaped up into the air, his cheeks sparked dangerously before firing off a series of multicolored bolts of electricity! Each bolt struck Regigigas and caused the Pokemon to halt in place before freezing, parts of his snow white body now had rather visible black scorch marks. They'd definitely dealt some damage to it, how much though was hard to read given it's eyes. Suddenly Regigigas did a light jump and slammed his body against Pikachu's, squashing Pikachu against the ground with Body Press as Pikachu squirmed beneath the massive titan before quickly going limp as swirls formed within his eyes!
"Pikachu!" Ash attempted to rush out to grab him but Norman grabbed his arm, yanking him back while Kangaskhan picked Pikachu up and rushed him over before retaking her position and getting a safe distance away in case Regigigas utilized another attack! "You okay Pikachu?" Ash asked, Pikachu opened his eyes and gave Ash a weak smile causing Ash to breath a sigh of relief. "Don't worry Pikachu, get some rest! Gardevoir, I choose you!"
Norman cast the shiny Gardevoir a brief glance before shouting out another command. "Focus Blast!"
Kangaskhan raised up her arms once more as she charged up another sphere of energy before firing it off at her opponent! Regigigas let out a cry as it struck one of the scorch marks left by Pikachu, proving to be a weak spot.
"Moonblast at one of the scorch marks!" Ash was quick to order upon noticing.
Norman cast Ash's arm a glance, spotting the Mega Ring before glancing towards Gardevoir. He rubbed his chin for a moment before suddenly speaking up as Gardevoir fired off a ball of pink energy, striking at a scorch mark as Regigigas let out a loud cry of pain!
"Ash, do you not have her Mega stone?"
"No actually, I don't really know where to find one. All the ones I have are gifts or rewards from battles!" Ash opened his mouth and looked like he was ready to order another attack before Norman handed him something, Ash looked down to see what it was and discovered a Mega stone! Ash glanced at Norman with a bit of confusion, wondering how or even why he had that given his specialty.
"I-It was a gift for a lover before I'd met Caroline all those years ago, after we broke up I decided to keep it in case a future kid of mine ended up with a Gardevoir. Given that it hasn't happened and probably won't, I figure it'll make the situation easier for the both of us if we have another Mega backing us up!" Norman explained. Ash nodded in agreement before quickly tossing the stone to Gardevoir while activating the Mega Ring with his other hand.
"Gardevoir let's show Regigigas our bond, Mega Evolution style!"
"Voir, Gardevoir!" A bright pink light surrounded Gardevoir as she began undergoing the process of Mega Evolution, the top half of her body remained the same but the lower half of her dress turned into a black ballgown!
"Tox..." Toxtricity's cheeks turned red at the sight.
"Dazzling Gleam!" Gardevoir's body became surrounded with a rainbow aura before she slammed her body against Regigigas, the titan uttered out a grunt as it fell to a knee. Norman didn't want to give it a chance to recover, quickly throwing out his arm and ordering for another Focus Blast as Kangaskhan fired off the Fighting attack! Regigigas' other knee gave out, the Pokemon only standing on his knees now but he wasn't going down without a fight! His beam still proved to be fast as he blasted Kangaskhan with it, sending her flying before crashing into a nearby car, the pink light surrounded her body once more as she transformed back to normal.
"Psychic!" Gardevoir's eyes lit bright blue as a similar glow surrounded Regigigas before he started floating through the air, the titan began reaching out with his arms in an attempt to crush her before suddenly feeling himself skyrocket up into the air before the glow vanished and he came crashing down with a loud thud, a massive crater formed in the middle of town as his defeated form laid at the bottom, uttering out an incomprehensible cry!
"Unbelievable, he beat it even faster than those meddling buffoons from back then!" Shade pondered as he watched from afar, using Metagross' eyes as his own due to his blindness. His eyes glowed blue and the balls containing the rock golems crushed to rubble before falling to the ground below them as Metagross hovered high in the air. "Those three outlived their usefulness, whatever happens next doesn't concern me."
"Bone Rush!"
"Carrr!" A very tired looking Lucario smashed Regirock with his bone club for yet another time, his breath grew heavy before the two Pokemon collapsed simultaneously!
Zach quickly threw a Pokeball as he and Cinderace went to check on their partner, to their surprise the Pokemon disappeared in a beam of red light before the ball hit the ground in front of them and shook, the familiar chime followed shortly afterwards.
"G-Good... c-come on Cinderace, let's see if May or Marnie needs help!"
"Ace!"
They turned only to see both Registeel and Regice collapse simultaneously while Mega Blaziken and Houndoom stood victoriously while not looking as worn out as Lucario.
"I-I've really got to get a Mega..." Zach sighed out. May noticed the Pokeball in her boyfriend's hand and was quick to notice Regirock wasn't there so by instinct she turned and threw a Pokeball of her own at Regice while Marnie followed in her example with Registeel. The two titans disappeared in a beam of light as the Pokeballs hit the ground and began shaking before eventually chiming to announce the capture!
Marnie took off running after picking up the ball, a worried expression across her face as she couldn't help but wonder if Ash was okay. The others quickly followed her before they all stood in shock at the massive crater that stood in front of them, the defeated Regigigas at the moment groaned out in pain and Ash couldn't help but feel sorry for it as he quickly dove into and slid down the crater before placing his hand against the titan Pokemon.
"Regigigas...you've been sealed away for a long time, no doubt you're lost and confused about everything looking so different." Regigigas let out an incomprehensible groan which Ash could only take as confirmation. "You deserve to be free, I don't think you and your friends should be sealed away and I wouldn't expect you guys to sit around at some laboratory, but I do know a place where you all can live in peace that is relatively free of humans and large enough for you to walk around freely!" Ash grabbed a hold of an empty Pokeball before holding it out to Regigigas' hand.
"But you'll have to trust me, I'll release you as soon as possible." Regigigas remained motionless for a moment before his arm slowly began to move as his hand gently tapped the Pokeball before disappearing in a beam of red light! The ball shook before chiming within Ash's hand as he smiled down at the Pokeball. "Don't worry Regigigas, you'll be free soon!"
After sticking around a bit to assist with cleaning the wreckage the group took to the skies as they flew across the vast ocean, Marnie and Chloe rode on Charizard's back alongside Ash while May rode with Zach on Dragonite's back. The two Pokemon eventually landed atop a snowy mountain where the four trainers released the rock golems and Regigigas. Regice, Registeel, Regirock, and Regigigas all looked around with a confused look before seeming quite content as their incomprehensible cries sounded cheerful.
"This is Mount Lanakila, nobody lives here and it's relatively quiet apart from an annual sled race but that's easily avoidable. You can live in peace and not have to worry about some lunatic coming after you, nobody will know you're here except us." Ash spoke as four blue beams appeared from the Pokeballs, setting the Pokemon free. "I hope you enjoy your new life!" Ash and his friends gave the Regi Pokemon a wave before turning to head down the mountain.
"Where are we going again?" Chloe asked while shivering due to the intense wind and cold mountain air.
"Melemele Island! It's been a long while since I've seen my friends from school, I'm sure they'll be happy to see me again!" Ash exclaimed while Cinderace walked over to what looked like blocks of ice curled up into a ball, the rabbit gave it a curious poke before it sprang up with a shriek at the sudden warm touch, revealing an Alolan Sandshrew!
"Dibs!" Zach and Lucario tried to make a rush for it only to trip and fall face first into the snow! Toxtricity summoned up his quite literal electrical guitar and bashed it against the mouse Pokemon's head, giving it quite the shock before it fell to the ground in a defeated slump!
"Tox!"
"Toxtricity he called dibs!" Ash groaned before hanging his head as he reached for an empty Pokeball, figuring that it may as well be his catch now. He threw the ball at Sandshrew, the Alolan form disappeared in a beam of red light before the ball landed in the snow and began shaking as Zach pulled himself up and spat out snow. He looked disappointed as the ball chimed but didn't seem too upset as he merely shrugged it off with a light smile.
"Congrats on the new Pokemon,"
"Carrr."
Ash picked up the ball and formed a smile as he gazed down at his newest capture. "Welcome to the team Sandshrew!" He spoke to the ball. "We'll be great buddies just watch!"
"Pika!"
"Tox!" The Electric type cried out in agreement before giving each other a glare once more.
Originally Steven and the Elite Four were going to fly in like the cavalry to save the day but I figured that'd be inconsistent with a later battle Ash will have if he's able to battle a Regigigas on his own, so I scrapped that idea.
And Ash got a Sandshrew, ever since I was a kid watching the original series I always wanted Ash to own a Sandslash! Had my hopes up high for Alola but for some reason it got neglected to a filler episode and then League fodder...
Anyways up next Ash meets up his his classmates again, will Kiawe finally have an actual battle with Ash? And what will Lillie think now that Ash has a girlfriend?
