Rise of a Legend

by Dragon Soul94

Betrayed by friends and family, Ash Ketchum runs away with all his Pokémon. Years pass and due to an upcoming tournament Ash returns to the league as the Champion of Kalos. As he battles his way to the top along with his new friends and family, will he forgive his old one? And with a new darkness rising unlike the world has ever faced will they survive or fall to the shadows? Harem

14. Chapter 13

AN: Hello my dear readers, Dragon here with the next chapter. I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter; the nightmare was so much fun to write *evil grin*. Well either way I think I have finally decided on the last three candidates for the harem! It will be either between Flannery or Diantha or Zinnia (COGRATS ON THESE THREE!) I chose between these three since Flannery is a bit of a hot head (thank you Mark Andrew and many other reviewers for giving me a good reason to consider it), Diantha since Ash defeated her and I could work with that (thank you my readers for helping think of a reason for her), or Zinnia simple due to her mysterious tendencies and her hyper personality could fit with either of his personalities (and the fact that she guards Rayquaza makes working how they meet a lot easier). The choice is yours since I can incorporate either of them but ONLY out of these three ladies. Well let's get to the story, the harem is as follows:

Cynthia

Anabel

Korrina

Serena

Ursula

Elesa

Roxie

Dawn

Hilda

Sabrina

Skyla

Pokémon- Attack

"Pokémon"- Pokémon speaking (people won't understand unless told otherwise)

"Pokémon"- Human Speech

'Pokémon'- Thinking

"Pokémon"- Pokédex Entry

Emilbootanimefreak- Thank you for liking it, was a bit nervous about the fluff but glad you enjoyed it. That would have been funny, I didn't think of it at all ha-ha. Sorry about May but don't worry I have a plan for her.

Gsmingkun- Thank you so much! Happy to have you so interested in my story! I hope I keep you interest.

ASD PokemonFan- I'm sorry for my long pause in the story and I hope you can forgive the wait. I had a lot going on that I couldn't get away from. I'm sorry if the last chapter wasn't to your liking, I hope this is more to your liking.

Pokémon Chapter 13:

The Surprise Attack?! A Forced Co-Operation

The Genetic Pokémon's words caught Ash's attention as he saw the slight worried look on his face.

"As I conducted my sweep of the area, I found several signatures with dark intentions," Mewtwo said. "The problem is, every time I tried to pinpoint the location of the signatures, they seem to vanish as if they were never there. One signature in particular was extremely dark and filled with nothing but malice, but it too evades my sights and powers." Mewtwo crossed his arms as he floated off the ground slightly. His words actually surprised both Pikachu and Lucario. Who can hide themselves from Mewtwo so easily?!

Ash nodded slightly at his Pokémon's words and could understand why he's so worried. It's not too difficult to hide one's presence, but that would require the ability to control your aura or psychic abilities, even if it's just to hide it. Also, to be able to hide yourself from Mewtwo (not only an extremely powerful Psychic Pokémon, but one that has trained with him so he knows ho to bypass such a trick) takes a lot of control and skill.

"Mewtwo, can you teleport the others here? I have a job for them all," Ash asked his Legendary, who nodded in response.

Why I removed Psychic: you already established that Ash is talking to Mewtwo and that Mewtwo is a Psychic type

Mewtwo's eyes glowed a light blue color before he spread his arms and five Luxury Balls appeared around him in a flash of light. The balls opened up and in a flash, five Pokémon appeared; one of them being Diancie who twirled in excitement before giggling. Ash looked at the six extremely powerful Pokémon before grinning, "alright guys, I have a job for you all."

A few miles away on a dock, a boat has just arrived and began to let its passengers off. A voice on a loud speaker went off as people began to get off. "This is your Captain. We have arrived at our destination, and I hope you all enjoy the tournament. Thank you for riding the S.S. Lugia."

Among the passengers exiting the boat, a young girl with honey colored haired grinned.

She had short hair and wore a red fedora with a black stripe on top of it. She had a bright, red dress with a yellow collar, a black top underneath, a red waistcoat (with a blue ribbon tie around her neck) and brown boots to finish her look. Her warm, blue eyes looked focused as she made her way into the city. Walking alongside her was a tall Delphox with her arms swinging at her sides.

The young girl was Serena Yvonne, a famous Pokémon Performer in the Kalos region. She and Ash had met up in said region during his travels and actually traveled together for a while before going their separate ways. In fact, they knew each other back when they were kids before she had to move away. After meeting up and separating, they kept in touch as they stirred the other on in completing their goals.

Looking to her Delphox, Serena smiled. "Well Delphox, Ash is here on this island somewhere. Let's go secure a place for us to stay before we go greet him." Delphox gave a cry of agreement as they made their way into the city. 'I'll get you Ash and when I do, I'll finally tell you how I feel.'

Ash made his way into the clearing with everyone else, while deep in thought. 'Ok so Mewtwo and the others are going execute the plan, I will also need to be ready to act at a moment's notice. I just hope I don't regret this.' Before he could ponder anymore, his instincts kicked in as they warned him of danger closing in.

Turning quickly, Ash swung his left leg out with great force. The swing blocked an incoming flying kick, courtesy of Mia. Pulling back, Ash swung his other leg at Mia, who pushed off and twisted her body to dodge the blow. She landed beside Ash and quickly tried to leg sweep the Champion to throw him off balance. Sensing her plan, Ash jumped over her attack and back flipped a safe distance from her.

The two were getting ready to charge at each other, but were interrupted by Mike who jumped into the fray by getting in a grappling match with Mia. Mia leaned back and kicked outward, but Mike jumped back and grabbed her leg before tossing her to the side. They charged at each other once more and their fists collided with a powerful force. They both jumped away from each other just in time to dodge Ash who attacked them both with an axe kick.

All three fighters gained grins on their faces as they charged at one another in a powerful three-way collision of force. While the three trainers duked it out, the surrounding Pokémon (ironically), were the ones cheering the battle on. Suzaku and Tai merely watched the battle as they made a bet on who would be the first one out and who would win.

Suzaku said that Mike would be the first one out and that Ash would win, whereas Tai said that Mia would be the first one out and said that Mike would win.

Back in the city, Delia Ketchum is walking down the street with her trusty Mr. Mime (who she had nicknamed Mimey) and an orange-furred Delcatty. The orange fur indicated that the Delcatty was shiny.

She found Delcatty as a young Skitty while exploring the Hoenn regions for any signs of her son. The Skitty was apparently a troublemaker. She constantly played pranks on the other Pokémon of the forest and would steal food from traveling trainers. By the time Delia saw her, Skitty had eaten most of her Pokémon food and sped off. The next day, she found Skitty again, but this time, she was surrounded by four Vigoroth, who were apparently angered by some prank that Skitty played on them if the wet fur had anything to do with it.

After sending out Mr. Mime and giving them a warning, the Vigoroth's attacked. The battle did not last long as Delia sent the Vigoroth's running. After tending to Skitty's wounds, Delia left her some food and made her way to leave. Skitty stopped her after a few seconds of her walking away, Skitty wanted to join her. After catching the cute cat, Skitty quickly proved her worth by winning her many battles, and it wasn't much longer until Skitty became the powerful Delcatty that she is now.

After a long, early training session, Delia was hoping that she could find Ash so she could speak with him. 'I have to make amends, no matter what! I have to get my son back!' Delia thought, determined. She was ready to whatever it took to gain her son's love and forgiveness again.

Delcatty chimed out in encouragement to its trainer's determination while Mr. Mime gave her a warm smile. Smiling at her two Pokémon, Delia thanked them as she made her way to the surrounding forests. As they made their way through the forests, Delcatty suddenly stopped walking as her ears began twitching.

"What's wrong Delcatty, do you hear something?" Delia asked. Instead of responding, Delcatty turned left and took off deeper into the forest as fast as she could. Delia and Mr. Mime quickly took off after the Prim Pokémon. "Delcatty, Delcatty wait up!"

As they ran, Delia began to hear shouting and what sounded like explosions. She saw Delcatty stop by a big bush and she sighed in relief. When Delia and Mr. Mime arrived, they saw a girl wearing a trench coat dodging a Dark Pulse that was fired from an oddly-colored Umbreon. Delia quickly recognized the girl from the Elite Four listings and from her arrival on the island with that Satoshi guy. It was Alex Rain, an Elite Four member of the Kalos region.

The region her son is Champion over!

'Maybe she knows where Ash is!' Delia thought as hope quickly filled her heart. Before Delia could walk out and ask her, the young girl called out.

"I know you're there, so you might as well come out of hiding." Alex knew she was being watched, After all, being around Dark-types and constantly being in their setting, you tend to learn how to trust that sixth sense that tells you that you're being watched.

Delia walked out from her hiding place while scratching the back of her head in embarrassment. Next to her were her two Pokémon who were looking ready in case a battle broke out. "I'm sorry; I wasn't trying to spy on you. Delcatty ran off and I chased after her. It was most likely the sounds of your training drew her to you."

Nodding her head, Alex accepted her apology. "It's fine. Umbreon and I were just getting some morning exercise." Umbreon called out to his name being called while never taking his eyes off of Delia. Ash's mother decided to introduce herself.

"My name is Delia Ketchum," she said, pointing to herself before addressing her two Pokémon. "And these are two of my Pokémon, Mr. Mime and Delcatty."

"I know who you are, Miss Ketchum," Alex responded. "My name is Alex Rain and I'm the Dark specialist of the Kalos Elite Four. Over there is my partner and friend, Umbreon." Umbreon nodded his head in greeting, never moving his eyes from the new arrivals.

Delia decided to ask the question that currently preyed on her mind. "Excuse me, Miss Rain..."

"Just Alex, please," Alex interrupted with a small smile.

"...Alex, I was wondering if you knew where I could find Ash," Delia asked in as calm of a tone as she could, but you could still hear the sadness that laced her voice when Ash was mentioned. Could you blame the woman, though? Ash was still her son, regardless of what happened.

The smile that was present on Alex's face was quickly replaced by a frown at the question. "Listen Mrs. Ketchum, while I don't dislike you, it doesn't mean I don't trust you. You hurt Ash more than you could ever realize. I owe Ash everything and won't betray his trust by sending that someone who hurt him straight to him."

Delia (while saddened at the girl's response), couldn't help her confusion. Why would she owe Ash everything?

Seeing the questioning look on her face, Alex elaborated for her. "I was an orphan. I don't know who my parents are. I don't know if they abandoned me or if something else happened. I don't even know if they loved me," she began. She took a sharp breath before continuing. "Anyway, the orphanage I stayed in was a horrible place. We were fed cold and rotten food. The beds were old and destroyed, like they picked them from the trash. We were abused and neglected. Some even died in that horrible building."

Delia gasped at the horrible things that place did. To children no less!

"We were also trained to fight both people and Pokémon alike, to be able to eliminate anyone without a problem. As it turned out, the orphanage was owned by Team Rocket," Alex continued as Delia's eyes widened slightly. "Kids who proved they were strong were 'adopted' by Rocket members and taken away to join their ranks. We didn't know that, we thought they were saved by a loving family. After seventeen years of living in that hell, the building was suddenly under attack. Using this confusion, me and some of the older kids took as many of the younger kids we could and tried to escape. We soon ran into our savior as he just took out three of the 'caretakers'. Our savior was Ash and his Pokémon."

Delia's eyes widened even more, any further and they might fall out of their sockets.

"A few had managed to escape but thanks to Ash's efforts, most of the Rocket members were captured. After checking on all of us, Ash took us to the hospital to be checked up on before coming to me a bit later. We spent some time together while at the hospital, playing games or showing me his Pokémon. We got along so well, that when it came for me to be discharged from the hospital, he offered me a place at his side as he showed me a piece of paper. "A huge smile crossed Alex's face as some tears fell from her eyes. "It was a paper that meant I was officially adopted; Ash was the one who signed it. I was adopted by Ash Ketchum and was officially made his little sister."

Delia gasped for what felt like the sixth time in the past couple of minutes. Her son, the one she raised (alone for the most part), not only attacked a building filled to the brim with Team Rocket members, but also saved so many children in the process. He even gave this girl, this lonely girl a loving family. The word "proud" couldn't even fathom at how she felt towards her son.

"From then on, Ash trained me and helped me grow stronger and more trusting toward the world around me. He helped me see the beauty that life possesses instead of just the ugly. Eventually, Ash asked me to become one of his Elite Four members and I instantly agreed. So as you can see Mrs. Ketchum, I owe my brother everything in my life. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him, so I will not betray the trust he's given me!"

Delia, while upset, realized that no matter what she did or said, this girl won't tell her anything, not that she could blame her. Before Delia could speak, a cruel chuckle echoed through the trees around them.

"What a heartwarming, tear-jerking story. My favorite part was about the weak kids being abused," a male voice spoke out. Delia and Alex looked around, trying to find out where it was coming from. Mr. Mime tried using his psychic energy to sense the man out, but got no such luck. All he felt was a cold sensations making its way to his stomach at what he DID sense. "Yet I must say that the kids' deaths was a close second; you should have given more details about it."

"Ok enough!" Alex yelled in frustration. "Show yourself right now!" Her response was a Shadow Ball being launched from behind the trees to her right. She quickly leaned back, dodging the attack. The attack impacted with the ground behind them, causing an explosion and kicking a thick cloud of dust.

Delia and Alex covered their faces to avoid anything from getting into their eyes. Delcatty growled menacingly and Mr. Mime began to shakily get between Delia and the dust cloud. Alex and Umbreon stared where the Shadow Ball came from with narrowed eyes. Alex's hand unconsciously grabbed a Pokéball from her waist.

The sunlight that lit up the morning was suddenly darkened from the clouds covering it. It was as if the Sun became scared of what was to come.

Slowly, a figure made its way from the dissipating cloud of dust. The figure wore a pure black cloak, with the hood over his head. His hands were covered by black leather gloves. His eyes were a deep blood red with cold black pupils that stared into their very souls.

The man began to chuckle as he spun around like a dancer to a silent tune and before they knew it, a Pokémon appeared behind him. At least, they thought it was a Pokémon.

The creature was the size of a 13 year old child. It had a purple body, with white pupiless eyes. It had sharp claws and a long tail that curled around its feet. It had no lips, but possessed razor sharp teeth. There where holes on the sides of its head where ears should have been. It had a grin on its nose less face.

The man continued to chuckle at the shocked faces of his audience before he finally stopped spinning and addressed them. "Now my darlings, let's see what you are made of!" At his words, the creature vanished as it took off towards the shocked group.

Delcatty and Mr. Mime were easily tossed to the sides and slammed into trees, causing both to yell out in pain. Before Alex and Delia could utter a single word, they were both grabbed by their throats and slammed into trees and were held there.

"How's that for a lovely game, darlings~," the man chuckled as the creatures white eyes began to glow yellow. "Try not to scream too loud!" Suddenly a shock of electricity traveled from the creature's shoulders to its victims, electrocuting them.

Alex, throughout all the pain, scanned the area the best she could. 'Where is Umbreon?!' Alex thought frantically, as the electricity finally stopped. Using this relapse, she scanned the area faster until her eyes landed on the man; just looking at him caused shivers to go up her spine.

The man saw the look in her eyes and chuckled again. "By the way Miss Rain, if you're looking for your dear Umbreon then look no further," he said as he pulled what looked like black and red chains. As he yanked it, a red glow took place as a yell of a pain erupted through the clearing.

The one yelling in pain was Umbreon who was yanked from a tree above the man.

Hearing Umbreon yell out in pain caused Alex to gain renewed strength and struggle more fiercely to free herself from the strange creature's powerful grip, only serving to aggravate the creature at her attempt and tighten its fingers. This action caused her struggling to slow before coming to a complete stop as she tried to regain her breath.

"Fine then, if you want your Umbreon back so much then take it," the man said before grabbing Umbreon's motionless body and tossing him towards the teary-eyed trainer. "I'm done with it anyway." The creature let go of Alex and Delia and vanished as the two women fell to the floor. Alex quickly scrambled to her feet as she ran to her Umbreon.

She stopped by the Dark type's body before falling to her knees and looked him over and tried to get a response. "Umbreon," Alex whispered as she shook the Pokémon slightly. "Umbreon, wake up, come on. Umbreon wake up, please!" Tears began to fall from her eyes as she shook harder. Slowly began to realize that her attempts would do nothing, that her best friend was gone!

Delia watched as Alex cried her heart out, before walking over to the distraught girl and wrapping her arms around her in an attempt to comfort her. Alex slammed her face into Delia's chest as she cried in anguish, Delia joining her as tears from the eyes of the young mother.

After everything she went through already, now Alex loses her Umbreon! This wasn't right, it simply wasn't fair!

The man watched the two crying woman, amusement clear in his eyes as they cried. He really loved it when people broke down like this, it makes living so worthwhile in his eyes. He could watch them cry all day, but he had a job to do and them crying was going to get old fast.

"Relax Alex~," the figure spoke in a sing-song manner. "Umbreon can actually be saved." These words quickly got Alex attention as she sent a teary glare at the man along with Delia. "You see, I have the power to steal the life essence of Pokémon and humans and devour them. To me, all living things with a life force are food. And, just like I can take away someone's life essence, I can also return them." He lifted up his hand that held on a red orb tightly. "This orb is your Umbreon's life essence. If you and Delia can beat me in a two vs one Pokémon battle, then I'll return it, but if you lose...well, you know the results."

Not seeing any other option, Alex nodded her head as she grabbed a Pokéball. Not even needing to be asked, Delia grabbed her own Pokéball as she was determined to help Alex as best she could.

"Absol, I need your help to save Umbreon!"

"Ninetales, we need your help, too!"

In front of Alex, an Absol stood tall and proud. A necklace with a colorful stone dangled from its neck. Quickly, Absol growled menacingly at the cloaked man.

Ninetales stood next to the Dark-type, but unlike Absol, wasted no time in snarling at the smirking man. All of her tails swung around wildly, showing how protective she was of Delia. She did not like the feeling she got from the man and saw it as a threat to her trainer. The Sun began to shine brightly, even through the clouds. Delia then quickly returned Delcatty and Mr. Mime.

"It would seem that your Pokémon aren't too fond of me right now," the man said in mock sadness. Moving his gloved hand to the side and opening his palm, a black energy swirled in his opened palm before a pitch black Pokéball with red linings appeared. "But no matter, Gengar come and play with us!"

The Ghost/Poison-type appeared on the field in a black flash of light. The grinning ghost moved its hands to its mouth as it chuckled.

"Now remember what's at stake if you lose," he spoke calmly. "Gengar, use Sludge Bomb." Gengar instantly created a ball of liquid sludge before firing it at the awaiting Pokémon. Ninetales dodged by jumping upwards and Absol dodged left.

"Absol, use Psycho Cut!" Alex called out. Absol charged up psychic energy into the blade on its head, before releasing it in a crescent slash.

Gengar easily dodged the attack by side stepping, only to fly upwards to dodge an incoming Flamethrower from Ninetales.

"Gengar, Thunder, now!" the man said as he crossed his arms. The ghost's body crackled with electricity as he shot a powerful Thunder at Ninetales.

"Ninetales, counter it with Fire Blast," Delia replied. Ninetales quickly fired her attack and watched as the two attacks fought for dominance before exploding, sending a mild shockwave through the air.

Not wanting to waste a moment, Alex gave her next command. "Absol, Swords Dance!" Absol glowed slightly as blue, ethereal swords surrounded him. A box was formed around him as Absol grew stronger. While Absol was powering up, Ninetales kept an eye on the cloud of dust that was slowly dissipating.

The cloaked man grinned as he gave out his next command. "Use Confuse Ray on Ninetales." Ninetales tensed as she waited for the dual-type to charge through the smoke... only for Gengar to rise from the ground next to it!

Gengar's eyes released a hypnotic wave that scored a direct hit on Ninetales. This caused Ninetales's pupils to shrink and look around confused.

"Crap. Absol, attack Gengar with Night Slash!" Alex called out. Acting quickly, Absol slashed Gengar with its (now purple) glowing claws. Not able to act quickly enough, Gengar was sent flying while crying out in pain.

"Ninetales, try your Flamethrower," Delia called out. Ninetales gathered her flames and fired her attack... directly under herself. The attack caused Ninetales to be harmed by her own flames as Absol jumped away to dodge the spreading fire. Delia gasped as she saw her Ninetales hurt herself with her own attack.

Alex looked to her partner in worry before looking back at the battlefield. "Delia, get Ninetales under control. Absol and I will do what we can. Absol, Night Slash!" Absol roared out before charging at Gengar.

Delia looked to her confused Ninetales as she slammed her head on a nearby tree. "Ninetales, snap out of it! They need our help. Please, Ninetales!" Ninetales's response was to shoot a torrent of flames towards Delia, who ducked out of the way. 'What do I do? What would Ash do?!' The mere thought of Ash caused a wave of determination to rise from her heart and eyes to sharpen. Knowing what to do, Delia charged towards her Ninetales

"Absol, use Detect and then follow it up with Psycho Cut!" Alex commanded. Following his trainer's orders, Absol's eyes sharpened as his body twisted around an incoming Shadow Ball that destroyed a tree on impact. The blade on its head glowed before releasing the pink-colored attack towards Gengar at a fast pace.

Gengar, surprised by the attack, crossed his arms to protect himself. The attack exploded on contact with the Shadow Pokémon. Gengar flew out of the smoke with his arms still crossed in front of him with his body smoking slightly. Standing straight, his mocking grin was still present on his face. Gengar lowered his body slowly until he completely phased through the floor.

Alex and Absol focused carefully as the last time this happened, Ninetales was hit by a Confuse Ray. They couldn't risk the same thing happening to them!

"Shadow Ball, Gengar!" the man commanded loudly. The Ghost/Poison type quickly rose from the ground behind Absol and fired the Ghost attack at its target, only for Absol to barely dodge by ducking under the attack. "Hit it with Thunderbolt." The powerful bolt was quickly shot and was able to land a direct hit on Absol.

The Dark type yelled out in pain as the electricity coursed throughout his body. His yell only increased in volume as Gengar poured more power into the attack.

"Yes more, more," the man spoke softly and rose in volume. "Scream in agony for me! Louder, let me feel your pain through your agonizing screams! YES THAT'S IT! SCREAM!" He quickly broke into an amused and joyful laughter as Absol's intense screams only grew.

"Absol! Absol, you can break it, please!" Alex yelled out, only to be drowned out by Absol's screaming.

"Fire Blast!"

The powerful fire attack slammed into Gengar, causing the Shadow Pokémon to yell out in pain. An explosion took place on impact, causing Gengar to slam onto the ground.

Absol's screaming stopped as the Thunderbolt was cancelled. His body was littered with electric burn marks and the occasional spark of electricity. His legs were wobbly and he was about to fall, only to be held up by a Ninetales that was under him, looking into his eyes. Absol nodded as he willed himself to strand straight, thanking Ninetales for saving him.

Alex, seeing Absol was okay, sent a grateful smile to the presence next to her. "Thanks for the save there, Delia."

Delia smiled as she wiped off some blood that flowed down her arm. "Sorry to keep you waiting, but we are here now. Let's get your Umbreon back."

Seeing the blood, Alex decided to question her later and make sure she got treatment for it. Turning back to the battlefield an idea came to Alex. "Delia, I have an attack to slow Gengar down, but we need to get in close. I would prefer not to miss."

Delia nodded in response. "Then let's make sure we get him. Ninetales, use Dark Pulse." The Fox Pokémon gave a cry before running towards Gengar recovering in a burst of speed. Ninetales then fired the Dark Pulse, which raced towards the Shadow Pokémon.

"Gengar, get out of the way and use Shadow Ball," the man called out. Gengar laid flat on the ground (merging with it) and watched as the Dark Pulse flew over him. Moving to the side, he separated himself from the ground and fired the Shadow Ball at Ninetales.

Without any worry, in fact she held her own grin; Delia gave off her next command. "Ninetales, use Flamethrower on Gengar." Ninetails quickly let the torrent of flames loose at a surprised Gengar, completely ignoring the incoming Shadow Ball.

"Absol, protect Ninetails by using Psycho Cut on the Shadow Ball!" Alex commanded. Absol appeared next to Ninetales as he released the Psychic attack.

The two attacks cancelled each other out in an explosion of power.

Too surprised by the tactic to dodge, Gengar was engulfed by the rushing Flamethrower, causing him to yell out in pain.

"Absol quick, hit Gengar with your Thunder Wave!" Alex quickly yelled. The Dark type shot three bolts of electricity at the still burning Gengar.

The attack hit its mark, as the electricity blew away the flames and formed three electric rings around Gengar, immobilizing him. The rings then absorbed themselves into the Shadow Pokémon's body until they were completely gone.

Alex couldn't help but cheer at the successful hit. "Alright, we got him!" Delia smiled at the girl, seeing she picked up some traits from her son.

'You could actually believe they are blood siblings instead of just adopted if you went by how they acted,' Delia thought fondly. She was quickly thrown from her thoughts as she heard a cruel chuckle come from the hooded man. His chuckle also caused Alex to stop cheering and give the man her full attention.

"I wouldn't be so happy if I were you," he spoke out calmly. "Gengar is far from finished." As he said this, a cold presence could be felt from the no longer grinning Gengar. Now the Ghost/Poison Pokémon held a look of annoyance and anger. "Shadow Ball."

Gengar followed his trainer's command without even grunting in acknowledgement and fired the Ghost attack with amazing speed. The attack surprised Absol and Ninetales as he moved even faster than before. The two quickly dodged the attack, but were still blown away by the powerful explosion when it hit the ground behind them also kicking up a cloud of debris in the process.

'Gengar. It isn't just moving faster,' Delia thought watching as the smoke cleared, revealing a decent sized crater. Alex unknowingly voiced Delia's final thoughts.

"It's more powerful too." Gengar flinched as sparks of electricity went through its body. "Still, Thunder Wave's paralysis effect is still there. We just got to time our attacks carefully." Delia nodded at the Elite's words. They could do this, they can win this battle!

Delia wiped some sweat off her face as she looked at her hand. Her eyes widened as she looked at the Sun, remembering something and quickly looked to her partner. "Alex, I have a hard hitting attack that could end this. Think you can get me in close?" Alex nodded her head as she gave Delia a thumbs up.

"Absol, charge at Gengar. Top speed!" Absol took off at such speeds that he looked like a white blur to everyone.

Gengar roared as he followed Absol's lead, charging at the Dark type. "Gengar, use Sludge Bomb," the man commanded his Pokémon.

"Absol, Detect. Then follow it upwith Psycho Cut," Alex yelled.

The two Pokémon appeared in front of each other as Gengar released the Poison attack but was easily dodged by Absol, who ended up behind Gengar. Then the Disaster Pokémon released the psychic slash upon Gengar, who yelled from the pain as he soared forward.

Gengar stopped himself midair (while upside down) and glared at Absol. "Gengar, behind you!" Gengar's eyes widened as he forgot that he had a second opponent. Turning around, he was faced with a grinning Ninetales.

"Ninetales, fire a point blank Solar Beam!" Delia called out. Opening her mouth, Ninetales fired a powerful beam of solar energy that engulfed the wide-eyed Shadow Pokémon.

The beam slammed into the ground, taking Gengar with it, causing a huge explosion upon impact.

'I thought the sun felt brighter than normal,' Alex thought to herself as she looked at the panting Ninetales. 'Her Ninetales must have the ability Drought, since I know Sunny Day hasn't been used yet.' Looking back to the clearing smoke, her eyes widened. "Even after all that damage it took."

In the smoking crater, Gengar stood once more. Its face contorted into untold rage as it held its wounded left arm. Gengar walked forward as it snarled at its tired opponents. Absol and Ninetails got into a fighting stance, ready to continue...

...only for Gengar to fall forward and faint.

Seeing this, Alex and Delia instantly cheered in victory. Alex can get her Umbreon back! As she stopped cheering, Alex glared and pointed at the man. "A deal's a deal. Give me back my friend!"

The man sighed as blew onto the red orb in his hands. The orb released a bright light before it flew into the unconscious Umbreon's mouth.

Alex watched with bated breaths along with the others, as the last bit of the orb entered Umbreon. After a minute, they all breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Umbreon's chest raising and falling again. But before they could cheer in joy, a painful noise echoed from behind them, causing them to turn around. They were surprised and angered at what they witnessed.

Three black and red chains were inside the back of the now crying Gengar. Following the chains path, they found that it was connected to the man. He had attacked his own Pokémon!

"What are you doing?!" Alex and Delia yelled in outrage. Opponent or not, they didn't like what was happening to the Gengar.

The man ignored their shouts as the chains retracted from Gengar's back, pulling out a familiar red orb. Gengar's yell of agony instantly stopped as its eyes became blank. The chains continued to retract until the man held Gengar's life essence in his grasp. Inspecting the orb for a moment, he popped the orb into his mouth and swallowed it. He looked to the shocked trainers before chuckling coldly.

"Why, how could you do that to your own Pokémon?!" Alex shouted angrily. She always loved Pokémon and with being around Ash for so long, only made her love for them grow even more. To see a Pokémon killed before her very eyes, it sickened and enraged her!

"No other reason than I had no use for such a weak Pokémon," the man replied in amusement. "If he couldn't defeat such a weak team then he would only be a hindrance to me." The man turned around to leave, only to duck as a ball of water flew over his head.

Everyone looked up to the left to see a shiny Vaporeon (which was a deep blue instead of the standard pink) snarling at the cloaked man from a tree as the Vaporeon jumped down. Next to the Water type was Jacob with a very displeased (and if one looked closely, they could see a tinge of disgust, especially because Jacob himself owned a Gengar!) look on his face. "You're not going anywhere except for prison!" Jacob shouted as he jumped from the tree, landing next to his Vaporeon who yelled in agreement.

The cloaked man was now unhooded, due to the force of the attack knocking it off, was now looking at Jacob. The man had long red hair with black tips that curled at the ends. He had an amused smirk on his face that showed off his razor sharp teeth. He also had what appeared to be red and black tribal tattoos on his cheeks, forehead, and chin which were all connected to each other. His blood red eyes gazed at the new challenge in amusement.

Delia looked confused at the new arrival while Alex smiled at the help. "Absol, make sure he doesn't get away!" she yelled out. Absol ran forward, followed by Ninetales, who surrounded the man along with Vaporeon.

The man's amused grin only grew as the Pokémon snarled at him, then without warning, a black dome erupted from him and pushed the three Pokémon back. Vaporeon slammed into a tree, Absol landed on his stomach as he dangled from a tree branch, and Ninetales landed under a tree in pain.

The three trainers were stunned at the man who sent three powerful Pokémon flying, without so much as twitching. They looked to the red haired man as he laughed sadiscally.

"You really thought you could me?! If I wanted to, I could make all of you end up like that pathetic Gengar of mine! I only came here for some fun which I must say went very well." He stopped his laugh as watched all three trainers with a dark gleam. "For actually entertaining me, I will leave you with some information as a reward."

All three trainers leaned in, as Jacob reached for another Pokéball to stop the madman from escaping, only to find he couldn't move. An Espeon walked out from behind a tree, walking passed the frozen Jacob. The Espeon had a look that was as a cold as its trainer's, its left ear missing a chunk on its side as if it was bitten off. Its body was littered with scars, one particular near its glowing right eye. The Espeon moved its head to the left slightly, which Jacob followed and was sent flying through the air and smashing into a tree.

"My name is Shadow. I am the one who will drown this world in darkness and feed on its very essence. Even Arceus will become nothing more than a food item on my upcoming menu. Be ready, for when we meet again none of you will walk away from it again, let alone alive!" The man (now known as Shadow) laughed loudly as he and Espeon glowed blue before they disappeared in a flash of light. Under Shadow's laughter, a distinct moan of pain could be heard. Delia and Alex winced at this before turning to the surprisingly conscious Jacob...

AN: And that's a wrap. This is by far, the LONGEST chapter I have ever typed but it was worth every moment. A bit more about Shadow is revealed and I like the way he turned out. We also see Jacob again. If you're just starting this fic, Jacob Matthews was introduced chapter 10. Hey, at least it didn't take me NEARLY as long as the last two chapters! Honestly I have nothing more to say really other than I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Please, as always, Review, Favorite, and Follow. If you guys have any questions or request let me know, I'll answer and no promises I will follow your request.

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