OSPREY….SWOOOOSH
Alright next chapter. Actor check
Ash: Ready
Misty and May: Present
Brock: All set
Max: Ready to go
UO: Good wait where's Drew? (Phone rings) Hello? YOUR WHERE? HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET TO CHINA? Took a wrong turn at Albuquerque WE ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE COUNTRY FOR THAT. CALL ME WHEN (Drew pulls up) you get back. How did you do that? (Stunned)
Drew: Anime Logic
UO: That makes no sense
Ash in a preacher's robe: No it makes perfect sense. It is the will of Anime that he be on one side of the world one second and be here the next. Amen
Rest of the cast in preacher's robe: Amen
UO: Help me. I don't own anything related to Pokémon or Kamen Rider. I would change so much in the former it wouldn't be funny and find a way to make an American version that's good for the latter
On with the show
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts
Bold: Yelling
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Underline: Dates and locations
Ch. 17: Flying among graceful skies
Somewhere in Viridian Forest
When we last left our heroes they had left Ash's house after Ash, Drew, Gabby and Tori reunited with Max, May and Misty. On their way home, Ash and Drew ran into Scott who presented them with an opportunity to take on the Battle Frontier in Viridian City. When they arrived home Ash told his mother about his relationship with May and Misty. When Team Rocket attacked Oak's Laboratory they were forced to don their Kamen Rider armors and beating the monster. After a couple of days of rest they were on the road to the first Frontier facility, the Battle Factory outside Cerulean. After meeting up with Brock in Viridian City they started their trek.
This is where we find our heroes, as they are in the middle of one of their most known pastimes,
"GOD DAMN IT MAX" Drew yelled.
Yes they were lost…again…for who knows how many times. Let's listen in shall we.
"I'm sorry but the pokénav is giving me problems" Max said. "What about a map" Gabby asked with a tic mark. "Uh I didn't think to bring one" Brock asked.
"Great we are lost the navigator can't find us we don't have a map, Misty is scared of bugs, I need bug spray, Gabby is having her time of the month, Ash is looking for bug pokémon" said trainer was looking for one. "Brock is not helping, May is more concerned about the forest then paying attention" May was looking at all the flowers. "Can this day get any worse?" Drew said ending his rant. Just then they heard buzzing. They turned and saw a bunch of Beedrill looking really mad. "I knew I should have stayed in bed today" Drew deadpanned as Misty screamed. They began running away from the angered bees and attempted to fight back with flames and wind but that just made them angrier. Eventually they outran them and were able to catch their breaths.
"I think…your ranting…angered them…Drew" Tori said as she caught her breath. "Sorry" Drew rasped out. Ash was slowly catching his breath but it wasn't helped that Misty was clinging to him very tightly making it hard to breathe. "May was also nearby and tried to comfort the red-head. "Great if it's not bad enough the sun's going down." Gabby pointed out as the sun was starting to go down. Looking around they saw there was a river nearby. "At least there's water nearby." Ash said, "Hey guys I got a signal. Uh…oh boy…hehehe we need to go back the way we came if we want to go to Mt. Moon. The whole camp collapsed in a heap. "Max we need you to work on your timing. Come on let's set up camp" Tori said.
After setting up a camp and a fire the group settled into their training regiments. Misty was still in a panicked state and it showed when she tried to bend the water for some of her katas only for to fling it at the smallest sound. Unfortunately, Ash, Drew and May were in the vicinity of her misfires and they got wet. Drew having the shorter temper snapped first after getting hit for the third time. "Alright Misty, you are done sit down you can't train like this" Drew said stomping over with a towel.
"You can't do this to me I need to make-up for the time I missed. I didn't get a chance to practice at home." Misty yelled. "Your mind is not in it. Sit down or I will make you sit down" "What like grabbing me and tying me down?" Misty taunted. "No. Besides I would let Ash do that" Drew said causing Ash to sputter and shocking Max to a comical effect. Now sit down and relax you are done. Go help Brock with dinner" Misty growled and stomped back to camp.
"You think you were a little harsh?" Ash asked. "Your concern for your girlfriend is cute. But right now she can't concentrate on her training because of where we are so I benched her to cool off." "Are you sure it wasn't because you kept getting hit" "No it's not because of me getting" Drew growled. "Come on we need to finish up training and get back to camp." Ash nodded and the two started sparing with their swords which after a few minutes of cutting through the trees ended with Ash's katana at Drew's throat and Drew's broadsword at Ash's side. "You're getting good Ash" "Thanks I have a good teacher even though we have different types of blades". "Come on I'm hungry" Drew said with Ash nodding sheathing their blades and walking back to camp. "You notice anything about the Beedrill" Drew asked walking back to camp. "Now that you mentioned they gave up way too easily. Something else must have come up" Ash said. "We will figure that out tomorrow." Drew concluded
At the campsite
Misty was still grumbling about being forced to stop training all because of her fear of bugs. He couldn't understand her fear because he never went through what she went through. She twitched as another sound in the forest caught her ears. Brock noticed
her twitching. "Bug issues Misty?" "No…just mad that Drew is treating me like a child we are the same age."
"Maybe I am doing it to protect you. If you can't control your fear it will control you." Drew called as the rest of their group made it back to camp. Misty huffed and turned away. "Sigh…Misty what's going on?" Gabby asked. "This is more than Drew yelling at you. It's about your fear of bugs isn't it?" Misty flinched but said nothing. "What happened to cause this fear?" Gabby pried. "Gabby if she doesn't want to tell she doesn't have to" May told the group. "Well we know my fear why can't she tell us?" Gabby replied back which caused the two to start arguing.
"Stop" the group turned to Misty. "I will tell you can I tell you over dinner. Brock can you serve us the food please" Misty said turning around. After serving the food Misty looked down at her food.
"I…had just turned eight. It was a nice day. We were having a picnic near Mt. Moon. I was a curious girl and loved the pokémon that were there. I had gotten separated from my parents and I was wondering around when I came across some bug pokémon. Being the little girl I was I went over to them. It turned out to be a mistake. They were Ariados and Beedrill. They were a particularly bad bunch and they captured me. I screamed and my parents and sisters came to help them. They tried saving me by cutting me loose. They chased us and my…parents got hit… My father died from multiple poison stings. They turned on me and when they fired…my…my…mother…threw herself…in…front of me and my sisters" Misty was breaking down but she trudged on. "My parents were killed by bugs…my mother…was killed right…on top…of…sniff…me…that's why…I hate…bugs…they killed my parents…I'm sorry…I accepted this power…because of my…mom…I don't… want to feel…sniff…useless…a…ag…WAAAAHHHHHH!" Misty had completely broke down. Dinner forgotten Ash and May grabbed her in a tight hug as she cried her eyes out.
Drew sighed "Great I feel like a real heel I hate seeing girls cry like this" Gabby turned towards him. "You didn't know. Heck I wouldn't have guessed that either. "Come on let's give them some privacy" Tori said as they went towards the river leaving the red-head to cry with her mates.
With said crying red-head she was slowly calming down. Ash started to rub her long red hair while May soothed her with the lullaby she used to sing Max (The one from the Jirachi movie) Misty finally calmed down after about fifteen minutes. "You know" Misty said catching the other two's attention. She had that vacant look on her face. "This was the first time I told anyone outside of the shrink" she whispered. "Thank you for trusting us with this" May said hugging her a little more. Ash continued to rub her hair. "Hm…that feels nice…just like mother." Misty murmured. "You want me to stop?' Ash asked. "No I missed this" Misty yawned. They got out their sleeping bag and put on their sleeping attire. Now snuggled into their sleeping bag Ash and May watched as Misty slowly feel asleep on Ash's chest. "Momma" Misty sniffled before falling asleep. "I guess we should try to get out of here in the morning" May whispered. Ash nodded continued to rub her hair. "What did she put in her hair to make it so soft?" Ash asked. "It feels that good huh" May said as she felt Misty's hair. Ash chuckled and scratched May's head earning a contented sigh from the brunette as they fell asleep.
A few minutes later their friends came back and some of them were arguing over sports. "I'm telling you, the Eagles will do well this year." Drew said as a passionate Philadelphia sports fan "Dream on you say that every year for the last three years. First time they lost to Tampa second time was Carolina" Tori said. When it came to sports they were total opposites as Drew grew up a Philly fan and Tori and Gabby were New York fans "Third time is the charm" Drew retorted "besides the Jets haven't done anything worthwhile. "Don't bring the Jets into this" Gabby said. "New York will always be Giant Blue not Gang Green." Tori said and Gabby got angry with flames behind her. The girls started shooting lightning at each other. Brock and Max were watching this with a sweatdrop as they didn't fully understand even though they explained the sports and their passion for their respective teams. Drew just followed along and stopped at the edge of the campsite with a smile. "Girls" they were still arguing. "Girls" still not listening to him he got a tick mark. "SHUT UP" and in a payback for earlier nailed them on the head giving them lumps. "Ow why did you that" Gabby whined. Tori was rubbing her bump "Two things one is to get back at you for nailing every time we come into a city. Second shut up and look." They turned and their faces softened. The three they left alone were sleeping May snuggled into Misty's back and Misty lying on Ash's chest. From the position of the boy's hands he was rubbing Misty's hair calming her down.
"Guess we need to be quiet" Tori said. " Gabby quickly took a picture of the trio. Drew smiled at the scene. "Alright bed time folks." "Aw but I'm not…yawn…tired." Max said. "Yeah that yawn says otherwise Max. We don't have to sleep but we may as well get ready.
A few minutes later the rest of the group was in their sleeping bags and they were talking about what they were going to do. "I say we sneak around them" Drew pointed out. "It sounds like a plan but what about if they get angry and charge us" Brock pondered. "We keep our weapons out and run like heck" Drew said causing the other to sweatdrop. "Well we need to get up early just in case they are early birds too" Brock as he turned around and fell asleep. Drew sighed and put the fire out and returned to his sleeping bag. "Do you think we can get out without angering the Beedrill" Gabby said as she and Tori got closer to their beau. "I hope so we saw how aggressive they were. They might be on a hair trigger" Drew said. They nodded their accent and went into a fitful sleep.
The next morning at the crack of dawn the group woke up and packed up. They went back the way they came and saw an unexpected sight. The Beedrill that were there were looked a little strange almost like they weren't Beedrill at all. What was more there was some sort of humanoid Beedrill ordering them around. "Alright my Beedrill clone army scare these humans out of the forest and make sure they stay away. This is the only to go for new trainers and if they are scared of a forest this region will suffer." Driller Bee said. Misty who was clinging to Ash was now hiding behind him. "Don't worry Misty we will get through this" Ash whispered. Misty fearfully nodded. "Looks like change of plans we need to get rid of these guys before more trainers show" Drew said as the pulled out their weapons. Gabby, Max and a frightened Misty were in the bushes. The others moved around the clearing in order to ambush them.
On three guys, 1…2…3 GO!" At the word go Gabby launched arrows at buzzing Beedrill clones. Some of them went down in a heap while the others were riled up. "Oh ho someone wants to fight me eh. Beedrill soldiers, Weedle soldiers advance find them." At this point Ash, Drew and May jumped out of the bushes and started hacking through some of the monsters. Tori had put up a defensive spell in hopes of blocking any debilitating conditions. But despite the surprise attack they couldn't hack through enough of them to get close to the leader. They were too fast and too numerous.
"Enough fooling around my minions fire your poisonous barbs." The troops fired multiple Poison Stings which they attempted to block but some got through and did some damage.
"Oh no Drew, Tori" "May" Gabby and Max as the ran towards the fight with Gabby activating her driver
ORION
HENSHIN
ORION
Now in Orion form Gabby joined the fray against the army. Max attempted to blow them away with his staff but that only serve to make them angrier. "Ha you can't be my soldiers kids hope you enjoy being stung to death." Drill Bee said. He then noticed another signature with his antennae. "Oh I find a perfect victim to make an example off. TWINEEDLE" He fired two large barbs right at where Misty was. Due to her training her reflexes got her out there but now she was scrambling to get away. "Oh ho, my true master will be pleased that these Kamen Riders do have fears" Drill Bee said as he starting going after Misty.
"MISTY! GOD DAMN YOU BUGS LET ME GO" Ash yelled as he scanned a card.
FLAMETHROWER
His anger fueled the blaze and scorched multiple bugs.
"I WILL NOT LET YOU BUGS STOP ME" May yelled out as she scanned a card of her Combusken using Overheat
OVERHEAT
May spun and fired in all directions torching the bugs surrounding her sending the burning husks to floor. "Come on we need to break free.
Max was using his staff to fight off the bugs. He was careful not to get any close to him by dodging left and right. He even leapt over some of them
"Alright you stupid bugs GET OUT OF MY WAY GALE FORCE." Max yelled out spinning his staff and causing a massive gale to lift up the bugs and stunned them long enough to for Ash and Drew to cut through the bugs.
"That finally got rid of them now let's go…save…Misty" seeing everyone else take off. "And they left me to destroy the hive and put out the fires" Drew said dropping his head. With his head still down he threw a large fire ball at the nest and then activated his Aquarius armor and put out the fire. "Ugh…well that's taken care off" Noticing a bright glow off in the distance. "Oh man…why am I always the last one to see stuff. Gah" Drew growled and started running towards the light.
Minutes earlier
Misty was stumbling through the trees. She leapt over a tree trunk and hid behind it trying to catch her breath. "Where are you little girl" She held her breath as Drill Bee hovered nearby. "Oh you will be a nice first victim to show that my master has this forest and no puny children are going to stop me." The monster stopped briefly and looked behind him. "Hm those kids defeated my hive. No matter I can always create more. That redhead I'm chasing will make a perfect queen for my hive" Misty's eyes widened and stumbled back accidently stepping on a branch. "There you are TWINEEDLE" Drill Bee fired at the trunk causing Misty to start running again. "You can't run forever little girl. You will make perfect queen for my province of my master's empire.
Misty ran away from Drill Bee until she tripped over a branch and tumbled a good fifty feet. When she shook out the spider webs she saw a lake in front of her. "Wow such a pretty lake." Misty said as she tried to walk towards it but she felt a pain in her ankle. Realizing she sprained her ankle she limped towards the lake. 'Water…I always had a special connection to it at least that's what momma said' Misty though she sat down on the water's edge. She pulled out her pendant. 'Momma I'm scared I just ran like a coward. My bug phobia is keeping me from helping my friends what should I do' Just then she heard a rustling in the bushes. She turned to see her foe approaching her. "Well, well, well hello princess who knew someone as tough as you were scared of bugs. Tell you what surrender and become my queen and I will spare your friend's lives." Drill Bee said with a maddening smile.
Misty turned around fully wincing as stepped on her ankle. "I may be afraid of bugs…but it doesn't mean I will surrender. I have one king and that is my boyfriend Ash." "Oh well too bad if you aren't going to become my queen you look good on MY DINNER PLATE. POISION NEEDLE STORM" Drill Bee yelled firing a large barrage of needles. Misty stood her ground and closed her eyes. 'Ash…I love you…always" and closed her eyes.
After a few moments and realizing that she wasn't hit she slowly opened her eyes and the widened them. In front of her was a woman with long red-hair just her wearing a blue dress and tear drop earrings. Turning her face Misty gasped as the woman had Cerulean eyes like her.
"Momma is that you?" "Hello my little Ariel" Sakura smiled. "Grr…you wench…I will destroy you and your daughter TWINEEDLE STORM." Their foe launched more missiles at Misty. "Mom Look Out!" To the surprise of Misty and their opponent the Twineedle bounced off. "WHAT" the monster growled.
"Now Misty enter your armor" "But I'm scared momma!" "My little Ariel, you are brave just by standing up and willing to fight back takes courage. Now transform and use what I give you to win" Misty nodded and pulled out her belt and inserted the Change Water Card. Placing the belt on her waist she lifted up her hand up in her pose.
Hen-SHIN" Misty yelled out bringing it down to the lever
EVOLVE
The shield popped out of the belt and crashed onto her turning her into Kamen Rider Triton.
Carolyn nodded and glowed brightly and shrunk down until she was the size of a card.
"Alright Mom let's do this together" Misty said as she scanned the card into her belt.
AMA
A bright flash shone throughout the clearing. When it died down Misty's form changed. On her legs the fins were more defined. Her armor was more streamlined for swimming almost like she came out of the water. The blue and green were well defined and looked like scales. Her helmet had fins near the ears and her helmet looked tougher. On her head was what looked like a tiara and was completed with a small cape and her trident spear. This was Trident Ama Form.
"A change of clothes won't help you. TWINEEDLE STORM" Drill Bee called out firing more needles. Misty just raised her Trident and the water behind responded to her call and swirled in front of her blocking the attack.
"My turn" Triton said in a watery voice. She waved her hand over her belt and let out a chime.
BUBBLEBEAM
Misty fired the bubble attack at the bee which connected doing some major damage. Misty spun her trident again and fired off another attack. "HYDRO CANNON" A massive water attack fired at Drill Bee. She quickly went on the offensive swinging her trident. Drill bee used his needles to try and block her however Misty instinctively flowed like water around the monster striking it in vital areas. Drill Bee roared and started to rapidly flap his wings in a hope to scare her off. Misty just commanded the water to wrap around the wings and ripped it clean off.
"My fear will not paralyze me, you are finished." Misty called out and swiped her hands over the belt twice then jumping towards the woods.
AQUA JET MAXIMUM ENERGY
AURORA BEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: AURORA JET
"NO WAIT" Drill Bee yelled out but was too late as brightly colored water surrounded Misty. She took off into the sky and flipped over into a path that would strike him. "Time to send you to the bottom of the sea" Misty called out. With a loud cry she started to spin rapidly like a drill with her trident in front of her. She drilled through Drill Bee and landed behind him on the water. She twirled her trident around and held it behind her back trident point down and to her left. Giving one last cry Drill Bee blew up.
Misty powered down and Carolyn reappeared next to her. "Momma" Misty started tearing up. She hugged the apparition and Sakura returned the hug. "I missed you momma." "And I missed you my little Ariel. Look at you all grown up." Sakura said. "Momma, I'm still growing I'm not that pretty yet." Misty looked down. "You were always pretty Ariel. But now you're beautiful. I bet in a few years you're going to have boys on our gym's doorsteps." Here Misty blushed. "Oh my pretty tomboy daughter already has a boy. What's his name" Carolyn asked like a gossiping teenager. Before Misty could respond she heard voices. "Misty where are you?" Cried out Ash "Misty come on its okay" that was May. "Hope she's okay I did not like the looks the monster was giving her" that was Gabby.
After some rustling her friends came out of the bushes. When Ash saw Misty he smiled really brightly. "Misty You're Ok!" "Pikachupi" Ash and Pikachu ran over to her. Only they forgot they couldn't walk on water and promptly fell in. "Ash…giggle…you never change." Misty said as she tried to pull out the hapless trainer. Keyword tried as Ash pulled her in with a yelp. The whole clearing laughed even as Drew caught the tail end of the exchange.
"So Misty, which one of these gentlemen is your boyfriend?" Misty blushed slightly as she and Ash climbed out of the water and grabbed his hand "Mother this boy here is boyfriend. His name is Ash Ketchum." She quickly introduced the others as they walked up. Ash stepped up to greet her. "Hello mam it's a pleasure to meet the mother of my girlfriend. Even it's only for a little while." Sakura nodded and then noticed the gem around his neck. "So you are my Ariel's prince I knew you would find him Misty. Is there anyone else Misty I always told you would have the hearts of four others" May shyly stepped up. "It's me mam and so far we haven't found anyone else." Sakura nodded. "Such a pretty one Misty, she's a keeper" Sakura giggled causing the three to blush. Saura started flickering. "I'm sorry everyone but I have to go back soon.
"But momma I only saw you for a few minutes I have so much to tell you" Misty cried out. "It's ok my little Ariel. I watch over you the gym and your sisters. You will have a piece of me in your pendent and in your new card." Ash and May looked down and saw she did have a new card. "I love you my little Ariel, Ash please take care of my baby girl for me please" Ash nodded. Sakura faded as Misty slowly walked towards her and reached out for her. A tear trickled down her cheek as she started crying. Ash just grabbed her in a tender hug as she slowly cried herself to sleep. "She must have had an exhausting day you ok to carry her?" Drew said. Ash nodded and Brock and Gabby grabbed their respective bags.
Two hours later they were finally out of the forest and heading towards Mt. Moon. Misty slowly awoke and realized she was moving. Ash felt her move and turned his head. "You ok Misty" Ash said as they walked. Misty nodded "I miss her…" Ash looked at her confused. "I miss mom. She was my best friend and to see her die like she did…" Misty started sniffling. Drew who had dropped back to check on her gave her his handkerchief to wipe her face. "She love you that's why she did that" Ash said. "A parent's ultimate priority is their kids. If it means dying than they would do it without question" Drew said. "It still hurts though" the two boys nodded. "Hey are you ok to walk?" Ash asked. "Yes but I like it like this can I stay this way at least today. I sprained my ankle so I shouldn't put weight on it." "I guess we need to get it looked at there is a center about two miles from Mt. Moon if we hurry we can get there before nightfall." Drew said and the other two nodded. Drew jogged ahead and explained the plan and they started speeding up. Drew walked back. "You guys take your time we will go on ahead get some ice on that." They nodded and Drew sped up to catch their group. Ash sat her down as Misty bent some water and iced her ankle for a few minutes and they unfroze it. They wrapped her ankle and then Misty hopped on Ash's back.
"You ok" Ash said as they started walking again. "I will be" Misty said and Ash understood. They continued walking with Ash carrying Misty and Misty snuggling her face into his back and nodding off.
Two days later Mt. Moon
After a day of rest and looking at Misty's ankle they resumed walking up the mountain where they ran into a familiar problem.
"Why do we trust Max with the map. May does your parents have issues with directions?" Gabby said as they were lost…again. (I'm sorry this is funny cannot help it)
"Well I'm not familiar with this area don't blame me or the map." Max yelled as they came across a fork in the road. They decided to take a break and released all of their pokémon for a water break.
"Alright which way do we go" Gabby asked as they pondered where to go. Suddenly a pokémon appeared right in front of them. It looked like a miniature version of a Clefairy. Gabby and Tori squealed at the cute pokémon while Ash pulled out his pokédex.
Cleffa, the Star Shape Pokémon. Cleffa are said to form circles and dance as if they are flying on nights when there are many falling stars. (All pokédex entries if I haven't said it are courtesy of Bulbapedia I make no profit from using it).
Misty who was still limping slightly was carrying her Azuril who hopped down to greet her fellow baby pokémon. "Aw you found a friend Azuril?" Misty giggled. Drew and Ash smiled but then Drew sensed something.
"GET DOWN" Drew said grabbing Tori and Gabby and pinning them down as a robotic arm swung down. Ash grabbed Misty and the two baby pokémon and fell to the ground while everyone else hit the deck. Looking up it was Team Rocket and they brought along one of their robots instead of a monster.
"Hello twerps time to hand over your pokémon" Meowth said as activated the suction. The machine whirled to life. One by one their pokémon were being sucked up and some of the trainers were losing their grips.
"Pika…chu…Thunderbolt" Ash called out. "Oh no you don't Seviper use Poison Tail" Seviper hit Pikachu and the mouse flinched as it got poisoned."
"Meowth what are you doing?" Jessie yelled at the cat as she fiddled with the controls. She inadvertently flipped the switch into reverse freeing all of the pokémon. The two started to fight over the controls causing a malfunction. After a few minutes the machine blew up sending Team Rocket flying. The explosion destabilized the cliff. Drew, Brock, May, Ash and Gabby were able to get out off the cliff but Misty having a bum ankle was too slow and she fell with Max, Pikachu, Azuril and Tori.
May reached for her brother only for him to elude her grasp. May's eyes widened dramatically as Max fell. Tori tried to jump so Drew could catch her but her momentum caused her to slip through his grasp.
"MAAAXXX, MIIISSTY" "TOORRRII" Drew and May yelled out as they fell into the river below. They could only watch as the river carried them away. May's starting tearing up. "MAAXXX" May started crying while Ash went to comfort her. "We'll get them back I promise" Ash said.
Drew growled and stomped the ground in frustration. "We need to go I don't know how much time they can last in the river and I don't know the geography of this place to know where we could find them." Gabby looked at the cliff worried. "They are tough Gabby, if we can't find them they'll find us come on." Gabby nodded and followed with her head down.
Down the river Misty, Tori and Max had finally gotten out of the river. They were panting with exhaustion as the current carried them down pretty far. After recovering breathes they noticed Pikachu breathing heavily. "Pikachu must be exhausted. From fighting off the poison and then the current he has to be running out of energy. Where's a Center when you need one." Max said. "I don't know about exhaustion but I can help out with the poison" Misty said. "Azuril sweetie can you use Refresh" "Azuril" Azuril said as she and Pikachu glowed green. The glowing stopped and Pikachu weakly opened his eyes. "Good job Azuril" the baby mouse nodded as Pikachu sat up. Tori smiled and checked over Pikachu then looked at Misty's ankle. "You feeling ok Misty" "A little sore my ankle is holding up." Tori nodded and rewrapped her ankle. Cleffa went into a nearby Pecha Berry patch to get some food for its new friends.
"Max I know we harp on you a lot but we need you to be our muscle" Tori said after finishing the berries. "Why me" Max asked. "I'm going to be carrying Misty her ankle might be not be healed up and the fall might have aggravated it. So please Max you need to protect us" Max gulped. "But you are the ones with the Rider gear I can't do anything if something big pops up." Tori sighed. "You don't need a fancy armor to have courage Max. Not saying anything will happen but we trust you to do something to help." Max nodded and they started walking. Suddenly they heard rustling and three Beedrill came out of the bushes. "Run guys AIR BURST" Max yelled as Tori and Misty started running while Max fired a gust of wind at the Beedrill which only made them angrier. Max quickly caught up to them but they inadvertently fell off a cliff. Thinking quickly Max sent a gust of wind of wind to slow them down and landed softly on the grass.
"That was close. Everyone OK" Max called out. They nodded and noticed the weather started turning bad. "This isn't good we need to find shelter" Tori. Misty looked over and saw a cave. "Over there quick" Misty said and they went inside. "We better stay here until the storm passes then resume finding Ash and the others." Misty said as they sat down.
With Ash and the rest of the group the same storm had them hiding under a tree. They encountered Cleffa's friends who were looking for it. May though was still depressed that they couldn't save Max. Ash grabbed her in a hug from behind. "May, Max will be fine. Misty is with him, so is Tori and Pikachu. They can take care off him." May slightly reassured just melted into Ash's embrace as they sat down.
Drew and Gabby were thinking about Tori and her status. "You think they will be alright" Gabby asked worried. "Yeah I am" Drew responded a little too quickly. "Are you saying that to assure me or yourself" Drew just stayed quiet. Gabby wrapped her arms around him as they listened to the rain.
Back in the cave the three trainers were sitting by a fire they started. The pokémon were asleep and it was quiet save for the fire.
"Oh man I bet May is freaking out without me. I know a lot about pokémon and she claims to know everything about the subject and doesn't need help but boy does she need it." Max said. "Max you shouldn't say stuff about May. Sure she has her moments but she has had her fair share of knowledge. But your right sometimes older siblings tend to think they know more than you. Take for example my sisters, they think they can run a gym with their looks but they don't know the first thing about running a gym. I'm glad that someone took over the gym duties otherwise the gym might have been closed permanently." Misty said. Max nodded. Tori though put a stop to their rantings. "You're lucky you have siblings that think they can be the boss. My older brother bless his heart has had multiple muscular problems since he was born. It's sometimes so hard to see him suffer" Tori said with a tear trailing down her cheek. Misty smiled sadly. "I guess us younger siblings have to stick together." Misty said causing the trio to laugh. Looking outside the storm was still raging. "Looks like we might have to spend the night here, good thing we have our bags" Tori said as they prepared to go to sleep. But for one of them they are about to have a crazy dream.
Max's dreamscape
Max opened his eyes and immediately panicked as he was in the sky and thought he was going to fall. After a couple minutes of struggling he realized he wasn't going to fall. Looking down he saw a whole host of pokémon underneath him. All the ones his friends had and those he had a special connection.
"Where am I?" Max wondered.
"You are in your mindscape young one" A mysterious(to him anyway) voice said.
Play instrumental Zelda's Lullaby (Like the one in the garden you meet Zelda in OoT)
"Who are you?" Max said.
"I am Tsukihime, last princess of a fallen kingdom. You may call me Tsuki."
"Ok what are you doing here Tsuki" Max asked.
Tsuki floated past him and looked down. "I am sure you know of the story of my kingdom correct?"
"Yes Drew said something about it falling to a dark force" "Very perceptive of you Max. You have seen how your sister uses the Kamen Rider belts correct?" "Yeah, though I am a little jealous about it. Though if I can't be one I can still help" "And that is why you will get one Max Birch knight of Petalburg City" "What but I thought there were only five and Drew said they were girls that were the knights." Max exclaimed. Tsuki just waved and a painting appeared (The one Ash saw in Ch.6). "Recognize anyone?" Max looked and gasped. He saw Ash sitting on a throne with Misty and his sister standing behind the throne with a hand on it. He recognized Brock and the biggest surprise was himself (go back to six for the outfit). "I don't understand why?" "Because Max your loyal despite what you say about your sister. You have the bravery without being a rider." Tsuki said as she swirled the air around and created a belt. It was grey and white with a small amount of cards. "When you need the power, you can borrow the cards of your teammates and copy them. You who are overlooked will become the wild card of the Aura Riders" Tsuki said as she started to flicker.
"W…Wait…how will I know when to use it!" Max asked as Tsuki faded away.
End the song
"When the time comes…you will know what to do" Tsuki's voice sounded as the dream fell away.
Waking world
Max slowly awoke noticing that that sun was up. Feeling around his glasses his hand touched something metallic. His eyes widened when he saw it was the same belt buckle from his dream. 'It wasn't a dream' Max thought surprised. "Max come on you lazy bum the storm is over." That was Misty who was now putting weight on her ankle meaning she was feeling better. "Yeah let's find everyone they can't be too far." Max quickly gathered his stuff and went after the two girls.
With the main group they had just packed and were walking away from the tree when they spotted something on the ground.
"Look guys footprints" Brock said. Looking at the ground, Gabby and Drew saw something that excited them. "These came from our friends. Look at this word" Drew said the others looked curiously at the mark. It had the word Timberland (don't own) in the middle of the footprint. "This is from Tori's boot. I should know I bought mine at the same time as hers" Gabby said showing her shoes.
"Our friends must be close let's go" Ash said but as they were prepared to move out an explosion rocked the canyon. Smoke clearing Team Rocket had appeared with another creature. This time it looked like a Parasect.
"Manic Parasect defeat these twerps and get me Pikachu" "Yes Mistress STUN SPORES" Manic breathed in and launched the paralyzing spores forcing them to dodge.
With Max's group
Max was leading the two girls and the pokémon when they heard the same explosion. "What the heck was that" Tori said. "Five bucks says that was Team Rocket" Misty said. "Sucker's bet" Tori said. Max however was already running while the girls ran to catch up with him,
Back at the battle site the group that had their armors transformed but now they were paralyzed. May took it the worse as she was defending Ash when she took the brunt of a large spore cloud. The armors while able to withstand a lot of attacks, were designed to defend against damaging attacks. An attack like Stun Spore would paralyze the gear and also their bodies.
"You twerps have interfered for the last time. Manic Parasect destroy them starting with that goody two shoes in green." May panicked and tried to back away. "With pleasure" Manic said and grew its claws making look extra sharp. He stepped menacingly towards May who couldn't move and her friends couldn't move to help her.
Parasect raised his claw to strike May and she closed her eyes. "STAY FROM MY SISTER GALE FORCE." A large gust of wind picked up and threw the Parasect monster at the rock wall. "Grr…who did that" the monster yelled. "I did" Max called out as the three trainers walked up to battle field.
"More to capture for my master how lovely STUN SPORE" Parasect breathed out more of the spores. "Don't even try it GUST" Max yelled out blowing the spores away and let them be sent into Team Rocket.
"No my master, YOU WILL PAY YOU BRAT" "I don't think so. You may have gotten four Kamen Riders but you failed to find three" Here everyone was confused. "Three?" Ash aid confused. "Only Tori and…Misty…no way Max" Drew started then widened behind his mask as did everyone else.
Tori though walked up to Max and placed her hand on his shoulder "Guess we should welcome you formally but we'll save that for later. It's time for the younger siblings to make an impact" she said pulling out her driver and her Sirius card. Misty pulled out her belt and Change card and put it in her belt. Max pulled out his black and grey belt buckle and a card. This card on the front had a Ditto on it and on the back was a black seven-pointed star on a white background (Colorless from the Trading Card Game) and inserted the card and put it on his waist causing a belt to wrap around his waist.
"Max what are you doing?" May called out. Max smiled "Just proving that the wild card... is always the last one you expect" he said as he placed his right hand on his face and dropped his hand slightly as he finished the line (Leangle pose) HENSHIN.
EVOLVE
Max brought his hands down to the middle of the belt causing the star to pop out and the middle to open up. (Again think Kamen Rider Leangle) A grey shield popped up and hit his opponent sending it back. The shield collapsed onto Max and when the light cleared, Max was in a grey and white suit. The boots and gloves were white and the armor had white striping. His eyes were black, his Sais were at his side and his staff on the back. The last difference was that he was taller closer to Ash's height.
Meanwhile Misty and Tori and completed their set up.
HENSHIN
KAMEN RIDE SIRIUS/EVOLVE
Triton and Sirius now stood on either side of Max. "Grr…you will pay for that. LEECH LIFE Manic yelled out firing at them. They dodged and got closer to their friends. "May, Ash give me a couple of your cards preferably your Swellow and Combusken. "Wait you don't have any pokémon. Why are you asking for ours" Ash asked. "Trust me guys I can use them. Also Drew can you throw me Flygon and Manectric, Gabby can I have Kirlia, Tori may I have Growlithe." Drew just nodded and motioned to give it them. Max caught the flying poke balls which quickly turned to cards.
"Now then time to show what my powers can do." Max said inserting Combusken's card into the slot in his belt buckle. Inside the buckle the Ditto card changed into Combusken.
COMBUSKEN
"Alright now let's see we can do.
FIRE SPIN
Max breathed a fiery vortex which surrounded Parasect and began damaging it. It only got mad and broke through. He fired more barbs which the three dodged.
Max switched out the card and inserted Kirlia inside the belt the image changed to Kirlia.
"Now for sharing the fight
CONFUSION
Lifting his hands he caught the Parasect coming at him. This gave Misty and Tori the opportunity to move in and attack.
WATER GYSER
BUBBLEBEAM
SWIFT
COMBO: SWIFT BARRAGE
Multiple projectiles fired and hit Parasect. Meanwhile Max found out he could use multiple cards at once as he inserted Swellow and Flygon.
FLAMETROWER
ARIEAL ACE
COMBO: FIREBIRD STRIKE
Max swooped in and dealt massive damage as he flew through the Parasect creature. He was now flying above them.
"Misty restrain it" Triton nodded and froze the legs. Now immobile Manic Parasect was helpless against the next attack.
Inserting two new cards Max prepared his finisher.
BLAZE KICK MAXIMUM ENERGY
AERIAL ACE MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: METEOR STRIKE
Max rose up further and glowed red. He came down like a meteor storm and with a loud cry crashed through the monster sending him flying towards team rocket, blowing up and sending them flying.
Max powered down and looked exhausted. Misty caught him while Tori ran over to the group,
"Healing Rain" Tori said a gentle rain came down and washed away all of the paralyzing spores. Powering down they walked over to Max who was struggling to stay awake.
"Hey Max you did great" Ash said. "My little brother cannot believe you're a rider like us." "Hehehe…guess you can't call me little anymore." May giggled while tearing up slightly, "We're siblings, you will always be my little brother Max." Max smiled tiredly. "Guess we need a rider name for you" Drew said and looked up at the sky to think. He smiled "You're the card everyone needs but at the same time is their worst enemy," the group turned to Drew who had his eyes close "you can be used in anything. And you're the card that changes on the game." Here Drew looked at Max, "You Max, are the Ace. Kamen Rider Ace, it fits with your color scheme it reminds me of a fighter jet where an Ace is the one who has succeeded the most."
Max smiled and fell asleep. May took Max and put him on her back. "Poor kid" Tori said. "Last couple of days tired him out. The new transformation probably did a lot to him." Ash said looked at Max. "Come on let's get of this mountain." Drew said as they walked towards the exit of MT. Moon after saying bye to Cleffa.
Three days later
It's been three days since Max joined the ranks of the Kamen Riders. It was two days since they stopped in Cerulean City to check on the gym and her sister who came into town. After setting the record straight with the assistant that he would take over until another replacement was found, Misty's sisters were back modeling around the world.
Now they were on the way to the Battle Factory and as usual they had a problem
"I swear this is someone's sense of humor gone haywire" Gabby growled. (Author sneezes on computer screen). Yes they were lost for the umpteenth time. "Ugh, sun's going we are lost Max are you sure we are going the right way?" Drew asked. "Yes I'm sure we are close to it.
Several hours later it was night time. "Sorry guys I guess messed up." "Sigh…it's alright Max let's set up camp." Brock said.
While setting up camp Drew took a look at the sky. "Full moon is beautiful tonight" Tori and Gabby looked up. "No pollutants no city lights this is Astronomy at its best." Drew finished. They both nodded and looked up. Tori then noticed something "Wait…is that snow" Tori asked in astonishment. Indeed, it was snow despite it being close to 70 degrees. "Where is that coming from?" Gabby asked.
They got their answer a minute later as a loud cry sounded. Ash's eyes widened at familiarity of the cry. "It's Articuno." Ash said in surprise. They all looked up and sure enough it was the legendary bird of ice and with the full moon it gave off an ethereal glow. They noticed something else. It was a bi-plane that appeared to be keeping up with the legendary bird. Suddenly it started smoking which caused it to disappear. The group quickly packed up and followed the smoke trail. They didn't find the plane but they did find a pokémon center of all things out here.
They went into the center and Drew walked up to counter.
"Hello Nurse Joy two things one can we get-"only to be interrupted by Brock who brushed him aside.
"OH NURSE JOY HOW LOVELY TO SEE-OW" Brock started only to be face planted against the counter and knocked back onto the floor. "Sorry…anyway can we get three rooms. Also Nurse Joy can you tell us how to get to Battle Factory, we are a little lost?" "Give me one minute on the rooms and I will give you directions in the morning, please make yourself at home." Drew thanked her and turned towards their companions who were tired. "Alright who wants to carry Brock" Drew asked. "Well we should do it in the fairest way possible" Gabby said.
"NOT IT" screamed six voices and Max grumbled at that. "Sorry Max you have to do it besides you're his roommate. Good night" Ash said as he Misty and May took one room while Drew and his girls took the other.
"DAMN IT" Max said as he carried Brock. "Why…are…you…so heavy Brock" Max struggled comically as he went to his rented room.
Next day
After spending the night at the pokémon center they were ready to head to the Battle Factory. Just as Nurse Joy was about to give them directions a voice stopped her.
"No need Nurse Joy I got this" a familiar voice sounded. "I got enough room for five of ya in my car the other three needs to get an alternate mode of transportation.
"I'll fly behind ya on Flygon with Gabby and Tori you just make sure they get their safely" Drew said as he released Flygon and hopped on after helping his girls up and took off.
While flying aboard Flygon they watched with a big sweatdrop as Scott was wildly weaving through the forest. "Glad we decided to fly right girls" Drew said sheepishly with the girls nodding sagely.
The group in the car finally reached a large building indeed looked like a factory nearly dying in the process. After some of the group got of the car and vomited they walked up to factory gates. They were greeted by another car, which was out of control. Using Brock's earth powers and Misty's water to liquefy the ground the car was brought to a stop. Out of the hatch that appeared was a man with black hair a red beanie and a white lab coat (His in-game appearance).
"Damn thing still will not listen to me. Thanks kids for stopping this car.
"Still inventing stuff eh Noland" Scott said. "Ladies and Gentleman may I introduce you to the Factory Head of the Battle Factory Noland. He is your first Frontier Brain." At that the rest of the group introduced themselves.
"Well…I may be a brain but I don't like to flaunt it." Nolan said sheepishly. The factory doors opened and a young man stepped through the factory doors. "Nolan are you playing with your gizmos again." "Sergio I'm not playing with them…it's more of…a hobby" Noland said nervously. "What's the difference between the two" the now named Sergio deadpanned. Sergio sighed "I came out to tell you it's time for pokéblock for our pokémon" "Oh thank you" Noland said and whistled. Twelve pokémon started running up to Noland throwing up a huge dust cloud. There was a Machamp, a Venusaur, a Breloom and a bevy of others. They all started munching on the pokéblock that were set out for them. May's Munchlax came out to try to eat an entire bowl.
"Munchlax wait don't eat the whole thing" "Relax Max there's plenty to go around." Noland said.
Turning to Ash and Drew he asked them "So boys who do you want to face in our match?" Drew looked over the pokémon "Why so many and for that matter why so many types?" Noland grinned "I face so many types of trainers so I need many different pokémon to match" the group nodded and they decided to start setting up lunch for themselves.
Meanwhile Munchlax had gotten another bowl and had ran away with Max and May in pursuit.
"Munchlax, darn it where are you" May called out. They entered a dark room and saw Munchlax eating contently. "There you are" May called out while Max saw something behind them. "Hey May take a look it's the plane we saw" indeed it was the bi-plane from the previous night. Just then the temperature dropped significantly. "May did anyone learn an Ice attack on your team. "Not yet but this isn't Ice beam or Icy Wind" They turned to see a silhouette. The lighting hit and was revealed as the Ice bird Articuno. Spreading its wing it took flight and left the building.
Outside the group saw the bird land next to Noland. "Wow I can't believe you caught Articuno they are very hard to find" Gabby said. Noland laugh "Oh this isn't one of mine. It is as wild as ever" shocking the group. "Well then what happened" Ash asked.
"Well let's see I was out flying my plane one night when I spotted Articuno flying. I noticed that one its wings was damaged possibly on the way out of the mountains so I got it to land on my plane and I brought it down to be healed. Since then it has visited be regularly.
"Oh man I want to fly with Articuno" Max said hopping around like a little kid. "Well then how about I take you up in my plane. What do you say Articuno" the bird gave a happy trill.
Noland and Max were now flying in the plane along with Pikachu. Articuno was flying alongside him. He grinned at Articuno and started performing with the bird making Max laugh at the stunts.
On the ground the spectators were enjoying the free airshow. "Wow Noland seems to know what he is dong" Tori said. "Articuno is so pretty with all that glittering ice" May said. "It's alright nothing beats the blue angels" Drew said smiling. "Oh yeah, I've never seen them" Gabby said. "Who are the blue angels?" Misty asked. "They are special demonstration squadron of our nation's navy. They go to all sorts of airshows and they get the name from the fact they are colored blue like the sky" (Never saw the show but I saw them train in Pensecola they are awesome) Drew said. He noticed Ash walking back. "Where did you go Mr. Ketchum?" "Oh just to make a phone call." Ash said mysteriously. Drew just shrugged it off as they watched the show. Suddenly a giant explosion occurred near Nolan's pokémon. When the smoke cleared it was Team Rocket in another Mecha. "Time to hand over your pokémon twerps" Jessie said haughtily. To back it up they also had a Rhydon looking monster
"Go Pikachu…oh wait he's up in plane. Plan B go Grovyle." Ash said. "I don't think so give me that" Jessie said as she grabbed Grovyle's pokéball. James proceeded to grab half of Noland's pokémon while the rest scattered.
Up in the plane Noland and Max noticed the commotion. "Oh no thieves are taking all the factory pokémon" Noland gasped as started to land the plane. Max though took out his belt and the change Ditto card. "Pikachu ready" "Pika" and transformed into a card Max unbuckled himself and stood up.
"Max what are you doing?" "Sorry Noland this is something we do" Max said and jumped out of the plane to Noland's shock. Articuno though followed Max down. "Articuno are you going to help me" the bird nodded. Max held out his hand and Articuno shrunk down to the size of a card. Max went into his pose as he angled himself down so his head was facing the ground. With the card already in he just needed the words.
HENSHIN
The shield opened up above his head and he fell through it. Now Kamen Rider Ace he looked and saw had two targets. Seeing that the robot had some of the factory pokémon he went after that. Inserting Pikachu' card he activated one of his attacks.
IRON TAIL
Taking out his staff it started to glow as he fell towards Earth.
On the ground they were having trouble fighting both off. Instead of being in their armors the gang had to resort to using their weapons as the two opponents were too fast for them.
"Finish Driller Rhino" Jessie called out. "Gladly ROCK BLAST" the rhino yelled out sending the group scattering for cover.
"Hmph these no good kids…wait where is the short twerp" Jessie said. The mecha looked around comically for him.
"RIGHT HERE TEAM ROCKET. HYAAAH" Max came down hard on the cockpit which caused it to short circuit. Quickly swapping out Pikachu and throwing it to Ash he inserted Articuno's card.
STEEL WING
Max charged in and struck the machine causing to tumble on its back. "Drew throw me Haryiama" Drew nodded and through Haryiama's poke ball which turned into a card which Max caught and inserted.
VITAL THROW
Max bulked up and picked up the robot with surprising strength and flung it sky high.
Swapping cards he activated the finisher.
ICE BEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
"TAKE THIS TEAM ROCKET ICE BEAM FURY" Max yelled and struck the robot and sent Team Rocket flying.
Letting out a breath he was about to power down when Drill Rhino came up behind him "Say good bye FOCUS PUNCH. Stunned he couldn't move as Rhino's fist came down on him. Only to be stopped by a clang. "You brats what are you doing" Max saw that his sister Ash and Misty were blocking with considerable effort.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY BROTHER" May yelled out as her fist started glowing. Ash's blade started glowing green while Misty's Trident glowed white.
SKY UPPERCUT
ICICLE SPEAR
LEAF BLADE
The three attacks combined sent Rhino into the air. They looked furious.
Off on the sidelines Tori and Gabby were about to go in and help but Drew held them back. "Girls let them take care of this" Drew said looking at the fight. "This will be a good test of them fighting by themselves.
Back on the battlefield the three trainers were pulling out their belts.
"Max let us help you we are a team do not forget that" Ash said inserting his card.
"We fight for each other and for our friends Max no need to do everything to prove it" Misty said placing the belt on her waist.
"After all Kamen Riders don't always fight alone" May said getting into her stance.
"Grr…take this DRILL BLAST" Rhino yelled as he fired his horn.
The three however stood their ground as it came close. They collectively yelled out HENSHIN
and flipped their drivers on
EVOLVE
The shields came out and blocked the horn. The shields came back and enveloped the pre-teens turning them into their Kamen Rider forms.
"Time to put this Rhino down" May said drawing her blade.
"This is what you get for messing with us" Misty sending summoning water and spinning it forming her trident
"You tried to destroy one now you face four of us" Ash said summoning his blade the Fang of Raikou.
"Grrr…come on" Rhino said as he charged at them. Max flipped in Haryiama's card while the elder kids scanned cards.
BUBBLEBEAM
LEAF BLADE
PETAL DANCE
The girls launched their projectile attacks while the boys rushed in with blade and fist glowing. With a resounding thud Drill Rhino was sent sky high. May and Misty took advantage and fired a Silver Wind and a Water Gun to do some light damage and caused him to land hard. He got up angrily "You kids are finished HYPEEERRR BEAAAM" Drill Rhino fired a massive attack as he launched the orange attack.
The four Aura Riders however kept cool and pulled their cards out charged them and scanned them. Ash's card was his Charizard for some reason, May's was her Munchlax, Max was using Articuno and Misty was using Gyarados.
FLAMETHROWR MAXIMUM ENGERGY
ICE BEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
SOLARBEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
HYDRO PUMP MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: ELEMENTAL UNION
Acting quickly they pointed their weapons at the Hyper Beam and fired their attacks which collided with the orange beam. The two attacks fought against each other neither giving an inch. The Hyper Beam started overpowering the combined attack.
"COME ON GUYS YOU CAN DO THINK OF THE POKEMON THINK OF YOUR FAMILIES" Drew yelled while Tori and Gabby shouted out words of encouragement.
The combined attack through the willpower of the riders increased and began pushing back the Hyper Beam. With a final yell the attack overwhelmed the Hyper Beam and connected with their opponent. With a final cry Drill Rhino fell back as the four Aura riders turned around.
Max laughed "The trump card always wins" Max said flipping his staff around and placed it on his shoulder while the others rested their weapons as Drill Rhino was destroyed.
Powering down and releasing the cards walking over Drew just clapped and laughed "You guys did amazing. Max you will make a great Rider just you wait." Tori and Gabby went over and hugged the girls while Tori scanned everyone for serious injuries. Noland walked over smiling. "You kids are something else." He said patting Ash on the back. "Max was it thank you for saving my pokémon." Max smiled "It was nothing Noland" Noland laughed "Alright let's get some food that made me hungry.
Later on after dinner Nolan turned towards Ash and Drew. "Alright young men please tell me you would you like to face for my symbol.
Ash and Drew looked over the pokémon "Any one we choose right?" Ash asked. "Anyone even Articuno" Noland said. Ash nodded "Then that's who I want." "Interesting choice Ash, Articuno want to battle?" The bird trilled a yes in response. "Alright what about you Drew" "I choose your Machamp versus my Haryiama." "Oh so you want to fight on your hands alright. Ash who are you going to face" Ash just smiled and looked up. "That one" Ash said indicating the moon. This confused everyone and they looked up. Max then saw something "Look something is coming this way." Indeed it was a large silhouette against the moon. "When I ducked away I made a call to an old friend. Noland to face your Articuno I am going to be using Charizard" as he said that Charizard landed and threw up a large flame. "Good to see ya Charizard" Ash said. The lizard took one look at him and fired a flamethrower at him. "Just…like…old times" Ash coughed. This got everyone to laugh and got ready for the battles next day.
Next day
The next day found the trainers in the Factory's battle arena. Nolan and Drew were already out on the platform.
"Ready Drew" "One sec Noland" With a flurry his hat and travel vest were gone and already held out Haryiama's Pokéball. "Ready.
"Alright go Machamp" "Let's ride Haryiama.
The battle was signaled to start. "Machamp Focus Energy then Mach Punch" "Haryiama use Arm Thrust quick." Haryiama went in an engaged in a fit fight with Machamp which ended with Noland ordering a Cross Chop while Haryiama was grappling.
"Damn got to think of something" "Machamp send him flying with Seismic Toss." "No Haryiama." Haryiama was picked and thrown against the wall. "Haryiama get up buddy." Haryiama struggled to get up. "End this with Focus Punch." One of Machamp's fists started glowing and charging in. "Damn no choice" Drew said closing his eyes. As Machamp came in close Haryiama also closed its eyes. Drew's eyes quickly snapped open. "Haryiama Chokeslam" Haryiama quickly opened his and grabbed Machamp by the throat and through him straight to the floor. Machamp was dazed but not knocked out.
"What the heck was that" Brock asked. "That's not a pokémon attack."
"It's not" Gabby said but her eyes were focusing on the fight. "In our world there is a style of fighting that incorporates showmanship with a style called wrestling. It's called professional wrestling but rather than focus on technique it is considered fake because it focuses on the show. However, not trained correctly could lead to serious injury. I knew Drew was teaching his pokémon other moves but who knew Haryiama would be taught this" Gabby said worried.
"In the wrestling world the Chokeslam is a popular finisher for the bigger wrestlers" Tori pointed out. "Which wrestler he is portraying is going to depend on what happens next.
"Grr…Machamp use Cross Chop" Machamp powered up his lower fists and struck home. Haryiama looked hurt but he recovered far too quickly which scared everyone especially the Earth girls.
"Oh boy Machamp is done" Gabby said. "Why" May asked. "There is only one wrestler that does that and he is considered a very dangerous character." Tori said now worried for Machamp. "Don't overdo this just knock him out" Drew didn't acknowledge he heard and just gave another command. "Haryiama clothesline" Drew said emotionlessly" Haryiama tackled Machamp twice. "Now Last Ride" Picking him up Haryiama lifted Machamp high in the air and dropped him.
"Who is the wrestler that Haryiama is attempting to portray" Max asked. Tori sighed "He's said to come from Death Valley a region known for being a depression in a desert." "He keeps dying but keeps coming back" Gabby continued. "He is known as" Tori said before being cut off.
"Haryiama finish it. Tombstone Piledriver make sure not to break anything" Haryiama acknowledged and picked him up. Bringing Machamp to his front and flipping him head down he jumps slightly and drove Machamp into his knees knocking him out. Tori quickly ran over to Machamp and making sure he was ok turned to Drew who quickly shook at off his persona.
"I guess I overdid it with the Undertaker thing" Drew said. "Yeah you did it scares me every time you do that" Tori said walking up to him. "Undertaker is that what the wrestler's name is" Ash asked and Gabby nodded.
Noland snapped out of his thoughts. "That was an unusual strategy but you used Machamp's strength against him. That's one for the knowledge symbol not then Ash let's get the main event going.
Ash nodded and Charizard and Articuno flew into the arena. The arena's skylights opened up to allow for sky battles.
With the signal given Charizard and Articuno flew up. "Articuno use Ice Beam" "Charizard use Flamethrower" The two attacks collided with Flamethrower winning and hitting Articuno. But it shook it off. Articuno flew up and Noland ordered a dive and a Mist. Charizard took the bait and flew into the Mist. Charizard couldn't see it until Articuno drove right into him shocking the spectators that Mist could be used liked that.
Articuno flew right back at Charizard and Ash ordered a Dragonbreath attack. It missed twice but it hit on the third time but Articuno was able to launch an Ice Beam which Ash countered with a Flamethrower which Articuno dodged and hit Charizard with a Steel Wing.
'Not good…I only have one shot left but it's too soon for it' "Articuno use Water Pulse on the ice on the ground." "Charizard shield yourself" Charizard did so. "Charizard climb up" Charizard did so but much slower than before. "Something is wrong with Charizard" Misty pointed out. "Misty is right…no his wing, it's frozen." Brock looked on in shock as in deed one of the wings was frozen solid.
"I knew that Water Pulse and Ice Beam combining would work eventually. Articuno again" "Charizard Flamethrower on the ice shard" Charizard was able to destroy some of them but some of them did get through.
'No choice' Ash thought. "Charizard climb above Articuno and use Overheat" shocking the group.
"Wait Charizard knows that move?" Brock asked. "He learned a new move awesome" Max said happily. Charizard started glowing which melted all of the ice on the wing and fired a strong stream of fire. "Articuno quick counter with Water Pulse" the two attacks collided and caused a large cloud smoke to appear. "Now move in and use Steel Wing." Articuno came in and nailed Charizard with a direct attack.
Brock saw how tired Charizard was "One more attack like that and its over" Brock noted. "Time to end this Ash, Steel Wing again" Articuno charged at a helpless Charizard. "Your right this fight is over. Charizard grab Articuno by its wings" Charizard did so surprising everyone. "Now use Seismic Toss" Charizard grabbed Articuno and in a similar fashion to Haryiama drove Articuno into the ground throwing up dust. When it cleared Articuno was still standing and Charizard was on the ground looking like it was knocked out
"A good fight Ash but it seems…what….NO" Noland started but stopped when he saw Articuno topple over. What's worse was that Charizard was struggling to stand up. Charizard stood up and with Articuno down he let out a victory roar. "No way I won we beat a legendary." Ash said and then started cheering as Charizard started roaring in victory.
"That was a great match Ash. Great matches from both of you. As recognition of beating the Battle Factory I present you both the knowledge symbol for the battle frontier. I also will tell you where the next facility is. It's outside Saffron City.
"Thank you very much" Ash and Drew said taking the gold symbols. They both grinned and went into their victory poses "Alright we got the Knowledge symbol" Drew and Ash cheered to the delight of their friends.
With that battle one of the battle frontier challenges is over. But Six more symbols await. And are there any more riders in Kanto? Find out on the Journey of the Dreamer
END OF CHAPTER:
UO: Finally done before I go back to school. Next update will be my Bleach story and that might be a while.
Anyway
New Powers
Triton Ama: By overcoming her fears she unlocked a new form the Ama form. It allows her to gain more power near water. In addition her abilities are enhanced and its possible should could breathe under water in this form. The name comes from the Japanese free-divers who are majority female. They often dive without scuba gear and as they age they can hold there breathe longer.
Kamen Rider Ace: Max's default form. Ace comes from the fact that it is often the best card in a card deck. The coloring reflects a fighter jet in which an Ace is a distinguished pilot with five confirmed victories. Max can borrow pokémon and use their abilities like a ditto. He is a trump card for they don't see him coming.
Chapter Preview: On their way to Battle Arena they run into several things including a new festival in Kanto. But foes rear their ugly heads and May might not get to participate. What will happen? Find Out.
Next time: A new circuit: Kanto's contests begin
Please review kindly. FLAMERS WILL BE IGNORED. Next update might be a while due to school. Till then
OSPREY…SWOOOSH