Pokemon Blackthorn's Legacy Ch.5

As I continued my trek towards Azalea town I still could not help but be amazed at the fact that Reshiram or any legendary for that matter would deign to speak to me, in fact I was so distracted I nearly walked straight into another person on the trail…

I saw the red baseball cap on the boys head and said "Ash how the hell did you get ahead of me?"

The man turned around and I knew immediately I messed up because this guy was not Ash…

"Did you just mistake me for my son?" The man asked.

"Your son?" I asked.

"Thats right though I havent seem him for about four or five years, Names Red." The man now known as Red said.

"Red as in the same Red who was said to disband Team rocket five years ago?" I prodded.

"That would be me. And don't bother telling me I already know they're back." Red replied.

"Yeah so how the hell did you fail at disbanding them?" I asked.

"I didn't. After I beat Giovanni he disbanded team rocket and I havent heard a damn thing from em for five years. Now they're back and I don't know why." Red said.

"Could Giovanni be back?" I asked.

"No, He would make headlines if anyone saw him in Kanto or Johto. But aside from him only his head executive Archer has the kind of authority to reinstate team rocket." Red answered.

"Are you going to fight them again Red?" I asked.

"No kid I'm not." Red replied.

As soon as Red finished his sentence I got extremely pissed.

"What did you just say?" I asked venomously.

"You heard me, I'm not going up against them again, I am done. You're on your own kid!" Red started walking away until I said a snide remark.

"You're a damn coward!" I spat.

Next thing I knew I got slammed into a tree and was off my feet with Reds hand around my throat..

Now I knew I wasn't a heavy fifteen year old but there was still no way In hell Red should be able to lift my 160 pound frame off the ground one handed..

"I am a lot of things you Arrogant child but a coward is not one of them!" Red growled his eyes alit with the flame of aura.

"Yes it is. My best friend was killed by Team rocket, and you're just going to stand by and let it continue, That is what a coward does!" I choked out.

"Yeah Kid five years ago twenty people lost their lives to team rocket so one person losing theirs this time? Big whoop, it doesnt matter!" Red said.

Okay Now i was even more pissed, I felt a well of power break open inside me and Red flew backwards..

"Who are you to tell me my best friends life didn't matter? Amber was a good person, my best friend, I-I thought she and I would end up together down the line so who do you think you are?!" I shouted.

A ball of Energy I recognized as an aura sphere formed in Reds hands and he threw it towards me, unfortunately for him though his reflexes werent that good and I flicked the sphere back into his right eye."

As the Pokemon "Master" got knocked on his ass I had one more remark…

"Maybe you werent as skilled as they said." i said.

"Damien If I wanted to I could walk into the indigo plateau right now and kick your fathers ass for the championship, it would be no issue what do you think I could do to your team?" Red asked.

"How about we find out?" I growled.

"You know what I think taking you down a peg would be a good idea kid, you're on." Red agreed.

I took out Latias Pokeball and called her out while Red stood on the opposite side calling out a Raichu only it looked odd…

"What kind of Raichu is that?" I asked quizzically.

"Zeus here is an Alolan Raichu, hes been with me since I started my journey and hes my partner." Red answered.

"Alolan variant huh. Alright. Latias start this battle off with a dragonbreath!" I ordered.

"Dodge it Zeus." Red answered calmly.

Faster then the eye could see Red's Raichu vanished and I couldn't see where it ended up…

"Zeus thunderbolt." Red commanded.

Before I could counter Latias was struck with a thunderbolt that looked more like Thunder and when the dust cleared I could see she was down but not out…

"Come on Latias get up.." I begged.

"Well I'll be damned eon or not Zeus bolt should have knocked her out." Red commented.

Latias managed to float back into the air and I breathed a sigh of relief..

"We're still in this Tia, we gotta go big. Raichu arent known for their defense use mist ball as strong as you can safely muster!" I commanded.

"Zeus tank it." Red stated."

"Are you mad. He is not going to still be standing after this." I said.

Latias launched her signature attack and as it impacted Raichu the dust flew up and when it cleared I fully expected it to be down but my jaw dropped when it saw it had barely a scratch on it!"

"You were saying kid? Zeus mega punch its time to end this!" Red said lazily.

It was lights out after that…

"What the hell.. two hits to beat one of my strongest… What I am doing training Pokemon if I cant knock out a damn Raichu!" I said..

"Damien don't beat yourself up. Your Latias shocked the hell outta me when she survived Zeus thunderbolt, especially since its taken out a moltres in a single hit. Right now you are at a gym leaders level, barely mind you but you are." Red said.

"I couldn't even scratch him!" I protested.

"I would have been impressed if you had. Zeus was my starter. This was meant to show the difference in strength between regular trainers and a Pokemon master. Hell your dad would have beat you just as bad. So don't give up. And don't let your ego get the better of you!" Red said!

"What were you even doing here in Johto?" I asked.

"I was on my way to mt silver. Speaking of which come find me when you get stronger!" Red tossed over his shoulder…

And thus ends another chapter of blackthorns legacy! For those of you who paid attention Damiens had a uh bit of an ego issue. I did that on purpose.

He was intended to be similar to Gary in his journey up until he was humbled in indigo league and boy did damien just get a massive slice of humble pie!

By what I mean is garys grandfather is samuel oak a former champion and now world renowned pokemon professor, and Damiens father and mother are Lance Blackthorn and Sabrina natsume champion and elite four respectively.

They both have famous figures in their family tree, now Ash does too but he doesnt know it!

The journey continues next time!