OSPREY….SWOOOOSH
UO: It's The Final Countdown. (Cues Song.)
Ash: Do we want to know?
Drew: No let's pretend we don't know him
UO: I heard that. You guys done celebrating
Dawn: Yes (Being cuddled by May)
May: Yep, time to cheer on our boy to victory
Gabby: You mean our man to victory.
Misty: (Dangerous Glint) What did you say
UO: Girls take it outside…(Catfight starts.) Damn it. (Sees Tori and Anabel get involved.) Don't destroy…(Set gets destroyed.) the set.
Dawn: Has this happened before?
Brock: Unfortunately
Ash: Yeah…(Blushes as clothes were tearing) Um…is it okay that I am turned on by this
Drew: I think so, Brock?
Brock: Yes, it is though make sure you use protection,
UO: GOD DAMN IT BROCK THEY ARE TOO YOUNG! MAX DISCLAIMER
Max: UnitedOsprey1991 Does not own Pokemon or Kamen Rider. He would be a billionaire and he would have paired Ash with at least Misty and May
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Chapter 47: Countdown to End Game, the Tournament of Destiny
When we last left our heroes, Dawn and May competed in the Grand Festival and Ash and Drew completed their quest to get into the Sinnoh League tournament. While at the festival, Paul led a huge attack on the festival itself. Despite Paul's seemingly increased powers and the stronger kaijuu, the riders were able to push them back and even force Paul out of his gear almost destroying it. With that settled, Dawn and May found themselves on opposite sides of the Grand Festival Finals and after a dazzling performance from both of them, Dawn pulled out the win on her first try.
Dawn groaned and blinked her eyes opened. She yawned cutely and felt gentle weights on her body. She turned her head and smiled at who the weights belonged to. Over her chest were two slender arms. To her right, she followed the arm to the red haired visage of Misty, who was laying on her shoulder with a bright smile on her face. Going to her left, she spotted May's grin as cuddled closer to the blue haired coordinator. Around her stomach were two very masculine and strong arms that belong to their boyfriend, Ash, who held her protectively. On her legs was the last member of their relationship, Anabel who was snoring cutely and hugging Dawn like her personal teddy bear.
Dawn remembered the previous night. Her friends had celebrated well into last night. The paparazzi and fans were swarming her and all of the attention nearly suffocated the poor girl. Her friends came to the rescue and the fans died down. They continue to celebrate and at the end Dawn was tuckered out and was carried back where she fell asleep almost immediately.
Carefully extracting herself, she crawled off the bed and headed over to the dresser to see a gold trophy on the dresser. She reached out and touched it.
"I can't believe I won. Its like a dream come true." She said seeing her reflection in the gold surface. She heard some shuffling and saw Misty's reflection in the trophy.
"Hi sweetie. How's the first morning as a Top Coordinator feel?" Misty said hugging the blue haired coordinator and kissing her cheek.
Dawn purred at the kiss. "It feels great." She said as Misty hugged her and placed her chin on her shoulder. "Like a dream come true. I like that I can leave my home with a good memory." She felt her body being moved and she went willingly to the bed to see the others waking up.
Misty looked at Dawn who's smile was contagious. She leaned down to kiss her tenderly and Dawn allowed the red head to do so smiling all the way. When they released, Misty petted her hair.
"So Cute. I'm glad your with us." Misty said. She turned to the others. "I'm glad I am part of this relationship with all of you and you are coming with us, Brock and Max as well. To think this all started with my bike getting destroyed. Who knew that having my bike destroyed would lead to so many adventures?" She said as images of their first adventures played through her mind.
May smiled and nuzzled into Ash who rubbed her back. "I've traveled with Ash since I started my journey. I have seen thing I never would believe when I left home. Over that time, I gradually fell in love with each of you. Ash, then Misty, then Ana, and then Dawn. I've explored so much, from my pokémon, to my powers, to even love. I want to continue this trip, I want to see it to the end." She said as images of their early journey from meeting Drew and his friends to the nights they spent to together to the battles they fought.
Anabel crawled hug Ash's torso. "Before I met you, I was just a Frontier Brain. The other six were my family and other than my pokémon, I guess I never really found friends. Even if I did, I never kept them due to my empathic abilities with my pokémon. When you all saved me, I felt like I could make life-long friends.
Her mind replayed the journey in her mind. The many adventures they had, the people the met, the sites they saw. In almost all of them, one of the others was either hugging her or holding hand some with wide eyed wonder, some with determination.
"Who know it would turn into love for not only Ash, but you all as well. And I wouldn't change a thing." She said reaching up to kiss Ash. Releasing they turned to the Top coordinator who blushed under the praising looks.
"When I left home, I couldn't even find Professor Rowan's lab. And then with no experience I went after Piplup and somehow saved him. Then I found your Pikachu and he helped me escape the troopers attacking me. Then you guys came and rescued me and I joined you all. I stumbled and made mistakes, but you supported me, taught me, and picked me up when I fell down."
Images of her early training were shown. They gave way to her being more confident, more powerful and more graceful as each of her friends taught her and she helped teach each other.
"When I became Hanabi, I realized that I could stand with you all. And I guess, the feelings I developed as our journey went on, it just worked out like it did. And I wouldn't change it for anything."
Misty and May cooed and hugged her, kissing her cheek as well.
Ash chuckled and looked at the ceiling. "When I started my journey, I was just a hot shot trainer and in Misty's opinion a bike wrecker."
Misty playfully punched him at that. "You still paid me back."
Ash cheekily smiled. "Over time I met so many people, some many pokémon and even though I didn't win my first two league titles, I didn't want my journey to end."
Ash reached into his undershirt and pulled out the Lightning Topaz. "When Drew and his friends came in and explained about this whole kingdom and dimensions thing, I was ready to write it off as a delusion. When I awoke my armor, it was life-changing. I always bonded with my pokémon but this gave me a new way to bond with them. With each battle, I got stronger and I trained harder to keep up with you all. I guess in a sense my and Drew were the leaders and we pushed each other to get better.
Images of him transforming went through his head and then several victories that were sealed with his sword Raikou. Even the wins at the league and the Battle Frontier were shown and then images of him overcoming Paul and Glenn with the help of his friends.
Ash looked up at the ceiling and smiled. "In a way my journey is ending, but a new one is just beginning. A journey that would take us to so many more places and meet so many people. And I am glad Max, Brock and especially you girls are coming with us. I love you, my precious mermaid, my beautiful Beautifly, my amazing Eevee and my adorable Buneary."
This got the girls to squeal and any further conversation was stopped as they kissed Ash and each other senseless.
Outside, Drew closed the door when the make-out started. He had come to check on the group and was going to knock on the door to wake them when they started talking. He smiled at what they said about their journey and wanting to continue their adventure.
"Aren't we a little old to be spying on our friends?" Gabby asked amusedly.
Drew shook his head. "Not like they would do the same thing. I just wanted to wake them up and I listened to some very…tender words." He shook his head. "Where did we get friends like that?"
Gabby smiled. "Just us being ourselves I suppose." Gabby gained a thoughtful look. "You think they will adapt well in our world?"
Drew nodded. "I think so. It will be hard to contain Ash and Max's energy. That's what we have sports for."
A shuffling caused their heads to turn to see Tori walking up and smiling. "Hey you two, are the others up yet?"
"Don't know about Max and Brock, but Ash and the girls are. But they are a little occupied." Drew said.
Tori nodded and then looked at Drew. "So, we are going home after this? Have you gotten in contact with Tsuki?"
"I am right here." Said a mystical voice. The three turned to see Tsuki walking up in a pair of jeans and a silver shirt. Even in casual clothes, her otherworldly beauty created a calmness in the center.
Drew turned to the others. "She teleported in last night from our dimension while Dawn was celebrating. She wants to see the pokémon battles and get a start on setting up the way home."
"Correct. I understand that Ash and his friends want to bring their family in. It will take some time to create records and bring them into your world, but it is no trouble for me."
Drew walked up to her. "You've done plenty for us. You opened our minds to so many adventures. I am happy that you will keep helping us, your highness."
Tsuki smiled. "My pleasure, Prince Drew." She turned. "Where is Prince Ash and Princess Misty?
Gabby giggled. "Just enjoying showing their love for each other and their knights. Of course, we are a little young for, well you know."
Tsuki made a noise of realization. "I see. So Drew, where do we go from here?"
Drew scratched his chin. "We have three weeks to get to the tournament. Three days to get to Sunnyshore, another two to get to the tournament location. I think we can get two weeks of hardcore training baring any circumstances. So let's take a day or two, relax, and then get on the road."
Gabby and Tori smiled at that. After a half hour of talking, the door to Ash's room opened up. Drew turned to see Ash with kiss marks and a goofy grin on his face.
"Enjoy your wake-up call?" He asked.
Ash grinned. "Yep." He said as the girls walked out with radiant smiles, with the girls holding each other's hands. Ash turned to see a silver haired woman. He widened his eyes. "Tsuki?"
This snapped the girls out of their states and turned to see the Moon Princess. Tsuki just smiled. "Greetings, Prince Ash, Princess Misty, Knights May, Dawn, Anabel."
Ash brushed himself off. "If I had known you were coming we would have cleaned ourselves more."
Tsuki shook her head. "It is fine. I only appeared last night. I have come to prepare this side of the portal to transport to Drew's world. It shouldn't take me more than a week to set it up to send you and your families there."
Drew spoke up. "So how's the home front?"
Tsuki's smile faded a bit. "Your country continues its march through the countries called Iraq and Afghanistan. Other than that, there have been no major disasters."
"What's the date?"
"It is two weeks from the summer solstice about two and half weeks from the end of the school year. Compared to Earth time you have been here two and a half months."
"And its been about twenty months on this world since we met. How are our clones?"
To cover the fact that they might be gone for long periods of time, Tsuki had created three clones from her magic. To anyone outside of their group, they looked like the real deal, even had the same attitudes and behaviors. Tsuki explained that when they came back, the memories would transfer back to them. Their families even acted like the clones were their own children, right down to family gatherings. (Think a Blood Clone from Fanon Naruto just using Tsuki's magic.)
"They are holding well. They have retained much of the school information, though the tests seems to have drained them quite a bit."
Drew looked at the ceiling. "So if we are close to the solstice…that actually works out because it will be summer vacation. Gives Ash and his friends and their families' time to adjust to our world, time to create records and to register for school."
Tsuki nodded. "Correct. Now then I believe we are taking this day to relax before the journey to this pokémon League. I am most curious to observe a pokémon battle and this Aura Link you have developed."
Ash and Drew nodded and left to get dressed for the day while the girls met with Tsuki.
Hidden Base, somewhere North of the Mainland
Paul groaned as he tried to sit up. He winced as he felt pain in his ribs as he remembered the thrashing he got at the hands of the Kamen Riders. The finisher from Aura's Master form was evident as the angry slash mark across the chest was an angry red.
"So you failed." Glenn said walking into the room where Paul was being healed.
"I was cocky. I had the power, yet somehow they beat me and all the powerful kaijuu. Why was the power not enough?"
Glenn hummed. "Perhaps their power is more formidable than I thought. No matter. The power we have from Dialga and Palkia will be soon be absorbed. Once I control Time and Space, the riders and the world will be in my grasp."
"And once they fall, the other worlds will fall as well."
"Yes. We have stockpiled enough weapons and used the last bit of my power to create kaijuu and soldiers to take over this country. Once enough power is gathered, this world will fall."
The laughter that followed was cut short by a huge explosion that caused part of the building they were in to collapse.
"What just happened!?" Glenn roared. They headed to where they had stored some of the munitions and more importantly, the device that contained the space-time energy was dented but held firm.
"Who the hell did this?" Paul said, grimacing in pain.
"Listen? Is that our boss' voice I hear?"
"It's Speaking to me Loud And Clear
"On The Wind!"
"Past the Stars!"
"In Your Ear!"
"Bringing Chaos at a Breakneck Pace!
"Dashing Fear, Putting Hope in its Place!"
"A rose by any other name is just as sweet."
"When Everything's fixed, our work is Complete!
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"And Meowth That's A Name!"
"Putting Evil-doers in their Place!"
"We're Team Rocket."
"IN YOUR FACE!"
"Wobbuffet."
Team Rocket stood proudly against the hole in the wall created by an explosion they created.
Glenn growled. "What are you three doing? Help us put out his blaze!
Jessie wagged her finger. "Well we would. But considering we never truly worked for you, why would we? Consider this our resignation."
Glenn growled. "So you never were on my side. I take it you were loyal to your old team."
James shook his head. "Wrong. Try again~~"
"Team Plasma, we know some of them escaped are you trying to resurrect them?"
Meowth laughed. "Wrong again losers. Let's just say our partners have our best interests at heart."
Paul widened his eyes. "You've been with those Loser Riders! How?"
Jessie smirked. "Since we went back to Kanto. We happened to meet at an old place of James' family. We've been feeding them information for months."
"So that's why they seemed so prepared at most of our battles. You tipped them off and they were able to get ready in time."
James nodded. "That's right, though we knew we couldn't always slip them information, less our cover be blown. Well, I think setting your plans back indefinitely will help secure our place within their group."
Glenn growled and held up a dark colored Aura Sphere and fired. Seeing the attack coming, the trio and Wobuffet jumped out of the whole as the sphere impacted the floor. The two dark riders ran to the hole to see the back stabbers flying away. Paul prepared to fire another attack, before an explosion occurred.
"Forget them, we need to save to containers!" Glenn yelled as they rushed over to the large containers. "Do you have any Flying pokémon?"
"I have Honchcrow but I don't know if we can carry it all back."
Glenn looked at Paul. "Go! I can start the procedure to infuse myself!"
Paul looked at him like he was crazy. "I can't do that! What about my share?"
"If I am successful, There will be Plenty to Go Around! Now Go! My Minions are already leaving!"
Paul immediately released Honchrow and flew off. He looked back as the base they had been operating from was consumed with flames. He growled and turned towards the island that would hold the Sinnoh League tournament.
Unknown to Paul as the flames consumed the structure it was suddenly swallowed amongst a maelstrom of chaotic energy. If someone could hear sounds, they would heard the sound of malicious laughter.
Two weeks later the day before Lily of the Valley Conference (Elements of DP182)
It had been two weeks since Tsuki joined their group and during that time she had seen things that both amazed her and made her question the social norms she grew up in. In the first couple of days, she noticed that when they changed, she was the only one that looked away while the guys changed. When asked, Drew explained that by being together for so long, they had eliminated the shame they had seeing each other in their undergarments. When all but two of the group were connected to each other, they simply stopped caring when on the road. In cities and around others, they would adhere to social norms. Tori likened it to a high school drama or play cast, the freshman would blush at the girls changing the first couple of times, than they would be conditioned to ignore it as they got used to it. (A/N: I believe its true. You kind of have to get used to it in order to have a smooth production.)
The second was the way they trained and what they trained in. She was expected some of the training she had helped Drew, Tori and Gabby with. While they did that, she was surprised when the Aura Riders, as they had dubbed themselves, trained themselves to use their companion's attacks. Through Anabel, she learned that when they battled or used their abilities they connect with the pokémon they had trained and bonded with.
This led to the third revelation and the one that disturbed her the most. She saw that the Pokémon battles were not the trainers merging with their pokémon, the trainers were issuing commands to them and they were hurting each other. When she brought up the comparisons to animal fighting and dog fighting, Drew immediately defended the trainers and had her observe one of the many training battles that took place. After observing a couple of battles, she realized this wasn't abuse as Drew, Ash and the other trainers knew their friends limits and strived to push them to their full potential. However, it took until Tsuki sat down and was swarmed by the cute pokémon that Dawn and May had, did she fully understand that these creatures weren't mindless fighters, but truly emotional beings.
Tsuki yawned as she stepped out of the living quarters they were given. The sounds of battle caught her attention. In the early morning light, she saw Ash and Drew training with their pokémon. Ash had asked for and received several pokémon he had acquired over his long journey and was training them as hard as had with his Sinnoh Team. He was currently battling with Drew and his Absol with his Cyndaquil.
Tsuki sat down to watch the battle. A cute squeak had her turn to see Buneary and Pachirisu bounding up to her. She opened up her arms and hugged the two cute pokémon.
"Cyndaquil use Ember!"
"Absol Dark Slash!"
The fire type launched the flame attack only for Absol's horn to deflect the attack back.
"Shadow Ball!"
"Get rolling with Flame Wheel!"
Tsuki watched with interest as the training intensified. She was so engrossed in the battle, she didn't notice someone sitting next to her.
"Didn't take you long did it to be interested in pokémon battling?" Gabby said amused.
Tsuki smiled. "Yes, though I have some reservations about it, I can genuinely see they enjoy battling. To improve themselves and to learn new techniques. I can also see Ash and Drew love their pokémon.
Gabby nodded. "Yeah. Though we may use our pokémon we do it with a sense of trust and they will try their hardest to do their best for us. We have actually fought and defeated a well know poacher and her team. There are people that would abuse their pokémon to make sure they get the results they want its sickening."
Tsuki hummed as she watched the rest of the camp trained. She observed May in a tank top and shorts that in here mind were a little on the short side. She began a kata that had her twirling on her hands, with what appeared to be petals and leaves following her. When she was finished, she started to fire off several attacks she knew including firing off leaves and firing off a yellow colored beam from her hands. Next to her Anabel was finish up a dance with her chakrams and was now preparing to train her pokémon. She noticed the smile on her face as she silently sparred with them. It was almost like she was telepathically telling them attacks as they fired at her.
Turing towards Brock he was busy creating unique rock formations and then using them to send at Max, who was practicing his evading the rocks and then countering with his own abilities. Over by the lake they were training at, Tori and Misty were standing on two ice platforms and sparring on the water, Misty in her Green Bikini and Tori in her training gear with her sleeves rolled up. Evidently the girls weren't afraid to show their skin. In her time in the Kingdom, showing such skin so blatantly was borderline scandalous, though there were heavy reforms that were going on at the time the Kingdom began to fall. She still had to learn a lot about social customs in this modern age. Looking over at Dawn she was firing of attacks in a very mesmerizing fashion similar to the contests that May and she did with Togekiss and Piplup.
Before commenting, a glow caught their attention over with the trainers. The glow was coming from Cyndaquil. Tsuki having never seen this panicked. "Is Cyndaquil alright?"
Gabby nodded. "Yeah. He's just evolving. Most Pokémon have a second form and some have three. They can get these under stress or having enough experience to evolve. Cyndaquil is evolving to its second form."
As the glow died, Cyndaquil was not larger and had two fire plumes.
"Quilava."
Ash pulled out his Pokédex. "Quilava, the Volcano Pokémon, and the evolved form of Cyndaquil. Quilava intimidates foes with its flame's heat, and when ready to battle, the fire burns with more strength."
Before Ash could give a cheer, Quilava launched a large plume of smoke and fire into the sky.
Brock looked up as Quilava evolved. "That was an Eruption. A very powerful Fire type move."
When the smoke and fire cleared, they saw a balloon had been caught it in and was starting to fall.
Ash tilted his head. "Is that a Meowth head?"
Drew looked up. "I think so."
"So That's Team Rocket's balloon?"
"Yep."
"And its heading our way?"
"Probably."
"So is this the part where we go yell and dodge out of the way."
"I think so."
Ash made an Ahh noise. And then the two did exactly day and jumped out of the way as the balloon crashed.
When the smoke cleared, Team Rocket was lying in a heap and groaning.
Ash ran up to them. "Sorry guys, I didn't know you were there." He said picking up James.
Jessie groaned as Dawn and Anabel ran over to her. "Don't worry about that. Just our bad luck. Anyway we have good news."
"Really?" Misty asked.
"Yep. One Bad Guy's base Taken Down! That Glenn fellow is either out of action or is severely lacking in materials. We also tried to destroy the containers that contained the energy they took from Dialga and Palkia." Meowth said as he relaxed under Tori's healing touch.
"Tried?" Drew asked.
"Yes. We tried to destroy the containers but they were too strong. We decided to blow the island have it sink into the sea. Last we saw, it was in a mountain of flames." James said as he stood up.
"But you couldn't confirm their destruction. Fine. You at least kept the troop numbers from being overwhelming. But it means, Glenn could show up soon and attack the League."
Jessie groaned. "Well, I figured we couldn't kill them. They are like cockroaches those riders." She looked to the sky. "So where do we go from here? We have nothing to our name except our pokémon and we aren't exactly the most righteous people in the world."
Ash looked at Drew and then looked at the others. His friends nodded knowing what he wanted to do. Looking at Drew, he just shrugged as to accept the idea.
"How about coming with us?" Ash asked.
The three looked at Ash like he had another head. "We are going to Drew's world. No one knows who you are. You could get a new start, turn over a new leaf. What do you say?"
The three criminals looked at the boy who they had been harassing for years to get his Pikachu and he was willing to give them a new start. The three sniffled and teared up. They started bawling and bowing towards Ash, mumbling. 'Thank you' and 'We aren't worthy.'
Ash laughed at their reaction. "Get up guys, you deserve a second chance. When this tournament is over, we will all go."
The former Team Rocket trio stood up. "Alright. But please, let us continue what we've been doing."
"We are disguise masters, we can still be double agents."
"If not that we can be your informants. Please let us repay you for you continued kindness."
The pleading eventually wore them down and the heroes agreed. Once they were calmed down, training resumed.
Four Days Later Opening Round of the Tournament (DP 183)
Drew and Ash were pumped up for the battles to come. The previous three days were qualifying rounds and the two trainers breezed through them with ease. The opening ceremony was the previous night and they had found who they were facing off against in the first round and further rounds. Ash saw he was against Nando as his first matchup and was on the complete opposite side of the bracket as Drew, so they could face off in the finals. Their friend Barry was lined up to face Drew in a potential Sweet 16 (Top 16) matchup while Conway was matched up to face Ash in the same round. Paul was on the same side as Ash but set up so they would meet in the Final Four.
Ash saw Paul walking around the previous night. He was going to talk to him but Drew held him back. If they blew their cover here, people would get hurt.
Ash was pumped getting ready for the battle against Nando. Curiously, when Ash went to get pokémon from the lab, Tracey was the one that answered the phone to swap out his pokémon.
Ash was getting himself pumped up for his first round battle.
"You ready to win today?" Drew said bouncing on his feet and shadowboxing."
"Oh heck yeah, I'm pumped." Ash said.
Dawn looked at Ash curiously. "Who are you going to be using?" She asked.
"Not telling." He teased getting her to pout. "Though it was strange that Tracey was there to take my call not Prof. Oak."
"It's because we want to cheer you on." A motherly voice called out. Ash turned and saw his mother and Professor Oak.
"Mom!?" He asked as he walked over and hugged her. "What are you doing here?"
Delia smiled as she hugged her son. "We came to see you compete in the Sinnoh League. And its not just me."
"Hello little Sis!" Three similar voices sounded.
"Daisy, Lily, Violet? Oh my Goodness!" Misty said rushing over to her sisters. May and Max already spotted their parents as well and were hugging them.
"Dawn?" The blue haired Top Coordinator turned to see Johanna. "Hi Mom." She said as she hugged her.
"I saw your win at the Grand Festival. 12 years old and your already a Top Coordinator. Your father would have been so proud."
Drew watched the proceedings with a smile and turned to his adopted sister who merely smiled and nodded at the unasked question. He looked at his watch and saw the time.
"Reunion later. We got to go." Drew said. Ash nodded and started to head out. "Ash?"
Ash stopped and turned around. "Don't get cocky."
Ash nodded and ran out to his battle.
Main Stadium
"Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to the Lily of the Valley Conference Round of 64. All matches prior to the Elite 8 are 3 on 3." (A/N: I don't like the randomness of the battles they did. I made it like the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Look it up)
"This Battle will be between Nando of Eterna City and Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town. Trainers send out your first pokémon."
"Roserade, Serenade them."
"Staraptor, I choose you."
The two pokémon stood looking ready for battle.
Meanwhile, Barry was finishing up his battle and was heading over to where Ash was battling. He passed by someone in a red cloak and blue hair and sent shivers up and down his spine.
"What the heck was that? Got to go find the others." Barry said to himself as he ran to where Ash was battling.
On the field, Nando seeing the type disadvantage ordered Roserade to use Sweet Scent. Despite the speed advantage, Staraptor got some in its eyes and fell victim to an Magical Leaf.
"Staraptor listen to me. I can guide you towards Roserade." Ash said calmly. The Aura Link quickly established itself with the flier. He saw through Staraptor's eyes, that Roserade was powering up a Solarbeam. At the last second, Staraptor snapped his eyes open and dove to the ground.
"Brave Bird!"
Staraptor glowed blue and charged through the attack and struck the Roserade knocking it out.
Nando calmly returned Roserade and sent out his second pokémon, an Armaldo. Dawn pulled out her pokedex. Armaldo, the Plate Pokémon, and the evolved form of Anorith. After Anorith evolves into Armaldo, it proceeds to live on land and an armor-like shell surrounds its entire body.
Ash looked at Staraptor and saw him severely affected by the Brave Bird. Thinking quickly, he ordered a Close Combat. The Flying type flew but got intercepted by a Protect and then a close range Rock Blast knocked it out.
Drew winced as he came to the seats. "That had to hurt." Drew said. His friends turned to him. "How was the battle?" Gabby asked.
Drew smiled. "Easy as pie. Infernape was on his game today. It helped he was facing a couple of type advantages.
They watched as Quilava took the field against Armaldo. As the battle began, Barry appeared out of breath.
"Guys! I just found out the freakiest thing. There is a trainer with a Darkrai in this tournament!"
Drew furrowed his brow. "What? That seems very unlikely. What's the trainer's name?"
Barry racked his brain. "Oh man! What was his name? Terry, Tony…"
"Tobias?" Max perked up.
Barry snapped his fingers. "That's him."
Max pulled up the data screen. "So far he's only used Darkrai. He's in the second round. Which part of the bracket is he…" He looked at the bracket and grimace. "He's on both yours and Drew's side. Looks like he would get the winner of your Round of 16 matchup in the round of 8, which is also the first of the 6 on 6 rounds."
Drew whistled. "That's rough. But we've got to take it one round at a time. We'll talk to Ash afterwards."
Just as he said that, Armaldo and Quilava who had been trading heavy blows clashed one more time and knocked each other out."
Brock crossed his arms. "Ash better get his act together otherwise it's going to be a short tournament."
This got the group to start cheering and the parents sitting behind them were surprised at the energy the group was giving off.
Nando sent out his final pokémon, which was his Kricketune. Ash surprised his friends and sent out his Heracross.
Misty smiled. "I remember him. He likes to try to eat sap from Ash's Bulbasaur."
May gulped. "Keep him away from mine." She said a little worried.
Misty patted her legs and gave her a smile. On the battlefield, it seemingly turned in Nando's favor when he had Kricketune use Sing putting Heracross to sleep. He then ordered Fury Cutter.
Ash though was smiling as he closed his eyes. "Alright. Now use Sleep Talk, Focus Punch."
The attack took Nando by surprise when Heracross dodged it and drilled Kricketune in the face. In the process it woke up. Ash immediately copied a boxer's stance and Heracross' hands glowed with Focus Punches. The two attacks countered each other until a strong blow pushed them back. Nando ordered a Sing to try to immobilize it, Ash ordered a Megahorn on the ground which lifted it off the ground. A Horn Attack Suplex ended the battle.
Nando sighed. "I guess this is my final curtain." He walked over and congratulated Ash on a well done battle and the two left on really good terms.
Next night with the parents. (Pre DP 185)
The parents and guardians of the traveling youngsters met in one of the rooms they had rented for the tournament. As expected, Ash and Drew made it into the round of 16. Their opponents would be their friendly rivals Conway and Barry respectively. Also of note was Paul making into the same round and the mysterious Tobias that was lined to battle either Drew or Barry.
The three families hit off spectacularly, telling stories of their youth and of their kids when they were younger. After calming down, Johanna looked down in thought. Delia looked at the blue haired mother.
"What's wrong Johanna?"
Johanna looked at Delia. "Nothing. Its just…how do you comprehend your son being with four girls? Nothing against your daughters, or your sister." Motioning to the Waterflower sisters. "But its really hard to wrap my head around my little girl being with the same man as three others."
Delia made a noise understanding and still had the bright smile on her face. "It is difficult I suppose." She looked up at the stars. "You and I are in the same boat, Johanna. Single mother, father died or disappeared when their children was young. I was Ash's world until he left on his journey." She looked at the sisters. "When he ran into your sister, I was of course jealous that a new woman would take over my Ash's life. Over time I understood your sister and grew to love her as a daughter, something that she and you three seemed to lack. When she separated from Ash, I could see the hurt in his eyes.
When I saw her with Ash and May in Hoenn, I smiled seeing Ash's grin talking about them. When they told me they were dating, I could see the happiness in their eyes and as I learned more about May she became another daughter to me. The same thing happened when Anabel joined and then Dawn. I saw nothing but love, compassion and innocence between the five of them and I saw it wasn't just Ash loving them, it was them loving each other as a group. So in my mind, as long as Ash treats them right and is happy, then who he loves is non-factor."
Johanna was shocked at Delia's admission and she had to digest it a minute. She turned to the sisters. "What about you girls?"
Daisy sighed. "To be honest, after our parents died, we took care of Misty as best we could. But we weren't the best of sisters. In some way, we blamed her for our parent's deaths. But over time we realized our treatment of her drove her away. Over time, we noticed her grow and we started to treat her better when she came home. We noticed her looking at Ash and she continuously denied her feelings for Ash. But when she came home, she was depressed. Like something was missing from her life."
Lily picked it up from there. "When she went to Hoenn to meet with Ash, she had this energy that she had seemingly lost when she wasn't with Ash. When she called to say she wasn't coming back, we had a sneaking suspicion that it involved Ash. Who knew after she came back, she would not only have a boyfriend, but also a girlfriend."
Violent finished the story. "The point is, Misty is our baby sister and she will always be our sister. Ash makes her happy and if the other girls do as well, then its no question we support them. Besides it makes for a very romantic story." She said gushing.
Johanna turned to the Birches. Norman leaned back and smiled. "Our little May was so full of worry, insecurity and even considered not going out for her adventure. But Ash brought so much confidence in our little Wurmple, we barely recognize her. So what if she loves Ash and the other girls, I can tell she cares for them as much as anyone."
Caroline turned to Johanna with a smile. "Just trust your daughter. Ash is a good boy, Dawn is in great hands. When we settle down in Drew's world, you can watch them interact more."
Johanna looked at the cup in her hand. "I suppose. Do you mind if I go say good night to Dawn?"
The others let her go and she headed towards where Dawn was sleeping with her partners. Knocking on the door, she didn't wait long until Dawn opened the door.
"Mom?"
"Hi sweetie. I came to say good night." Johanna said. Dawn stepped out and Johanna grabbed her in a hug and squeezed her tight. "My little Dawn. You've grown up so much. I can't believe its been only 12 years since I held you in my arms as a little baby. Why can't you stay that size?"
Dawn felt her mom's emotions, and it soothed her putting a smile on her face. She hugged her mother back. "Your little girl is still here. I just grew up a lot on this trip."
Johanna released her daughter and looked in the room. "Ash?"
The boy sat up. "My daughter means the world to me. Please watch over her."
Ash smiled. "You don't even have to tell me. I would protect her to the death if I have to."
Johanna smiled and turned to her daughter and hugged her. "Night sweetie."
"Night mom." Dawn said and walked into the room. Johanna watched as Dawn found her place on Ash's right shoulder. She wrapped her arms around May who was his chest and kissed Ash before snuggling into both.
Johanna closed the door gently and wiped a tear from her eyes. It was going to be alright in her book.
Two days later (Elements of DP186)
Drew was now walking towards his Round of 8 match. As expected, he would be facing off against the mysterious Tobias after beating Barry. It was a hard fought battle eventually coming down to Infernape and Empoleon. Infernape won with a knockout blow with a Focus Punch that caught Empoleon off guard while charging up a Hydro Cannon. Ash drew Conway and it nearly ended in disaster as Conway constantly out maneuvered him. But with the help a newly master Draco Meteor, Ash was able to win and get into his Quarterfinal match.
As Drew was walking with Tori and Gabby, he happened to pass a booth with a number of people around it. Looking up, they saw it was a betting station. Ash's odds in his match were 8-1. While Drew's odds were a staggering 45-1 mainly due to the ease Tobias had beaten his opponents.
"Gabby, Tori put some money on me and tell the others to the same." He said. Some of the other trainers heard him and laughed, thinking that he had no chance. But the bets were in and the trio walked towards his side of the field to get ready.
As they were the first match of the day, they were on almost immediately after the broadcasts began. The battlefield was a Grass Field.
"This Quarterfinal battle is a 6 on 6 battle between Tobias of Canalave City, and Drew of Oak Land. Let the battle begin!" The ref called out.
"Darkrai let's destroy this fool."
"Let's Ride, Luxray."
The legendary pokémon stared impassively at the electric type as she growled. Drew established his link and to the surprise of the audience moved his hands in such a way as if he was holding a controller.
"Darkrai, use Hypnosis."
Darkrai immediately tried to put Luxray to sleep, but Luxray's speed got it out of the way."
"Luxray Shockwave, keep your distance." Drew called out as he flicked his thumbs around.
Luxray unleashed a large electrical shock wave and struck Darkrai. It seemingly did nothing as Darkrai looked on.
"Use Shadow Ball." Tobias called out.
Drew smirked. Time to put his plan to action. "Alright Luxray, Iron Tail just like we practiced."
Luxray's tail glowed and to astonishment of everyone hit it back to Darkrai.
"You think just hitting it back will catch me off guard, Darkrai hit it back."
Up in the stands, Gabby giggled. "He's playing right into Drew's hand." At her friend's looks she explained. "There is a boss in some of the games he plays where the only way to get him vulnerable is to hit back his attack. Obviously he would try to counter it. But if Drew can it hit enough times." At that moment, Luxray slammed the Shadow Ball back and Darkrai had no time to react and was knocked into the wall. "The force would stun the boss long enough to get hits in." (For Reference this is Phantom Ganon.)
"He's stunned. Charge him and combine Spark with Iron Tail."
Luxray roared and charged at the Darkrai sparkling with electricity and struck the Dark-type with incredible power. After a minute of frenzied attacking, Drew ordered Luxray off. Darkrai was still hanging in there but everyone could tell he was wavering.
"Your Darkrai is nothing compared to the one we faced. Luxray, end him with Thunder."
Luxray jumped up and spun in the air and fired the large bolt at Darkrai. When the smoke cleared, everyone was stunned that the supposedly invincible Darkrai was defeated.
"Darkrai is unable to battle, Luxray wins."
"Unbelievable folks. In a shocking turn of events, it is Drew who is up one Pokémon to zero as the supposedly invincible Darkrai has fallen."
Drew looked at Tobias. "I hope that was not your trump card.'
"Hardly you fool. Go Latios!"
The sight of the Eon Pokémon could make any trainer look at it with nervousness. Unknown to Tobias, he was facing one of two trainers that interact with a Latios regularly. That wouldn't mean much, except he had used Latios in the previous round and thus revealed the pokémon to his friends who reported to him. Training with Anabel gave him an idea what to potentially expect.
"Alright, try to get in close. Use Thunder Fang."
Luxray charged in to bite Latios but Tobias was quicker and ordered a Steel Wing and knocked it off balance. Shaking off the attack, Luxray was hit again on a fly by.
"Luxray stay strong. Wait for the fly by again."
Latios came around and on a given signal Luxray jumped on Latios. Drew ordered Spark, which did some damage.
"No Latios shake him off!"
Latios continued to struggle with Luxray as it launched more electrical attacks.
Tobias growled and then smirked. "Latios climb up into the sky. Maximum speed."
Latios nodded and started climbing up. Luxray struggled to hold one with her claws.
"Hang on Luxray!" Drew called out to her.
At the crest of the ascent, Latios stopped and caught Luxray as it fell off. It then angled its self towards the ground and descended rapidly while spinning.
Knowing that if Latios got to the ground, Luxray would be seriously hurt, Drew racked his brain for a solution. He suddenly got an insane idea.
"Luxray, if you can, use Iron Tail!" Drew called out.
A few moments later, the two impacted the ground. Most of the crowd was expecting both pokémon knocked out, if not Latios climbing out of the crater.
Tobias chuckled. "Your Luxray was strong, but it could not beat two legendary pokémon. I would…suggest…getting the doctor?" Tobias started to mock him until he saw movement out of the smoke. The shadow revealed Luxray sitting like a dog wagging her tail. In the crater was Latios knocked out.
"WHAT!? THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!"
"Latios is unable to battle! Luxray is the winner!"
In the annals of Pokémon League Lore, there were moments that defied belief and gave rise to legends. There was Lance who became the first trainer to become a master using Dragon pokémon. There was the Cynthia's battle to become champion. But on this day, a humble electric-type pokémon did something that no one expected and defeated not one but two Legendary Pokémon. There would be many names, but the most prominent would be The Legend Killer.
In the stands, everyone was still trying to figure how Luxray pulled it off. Gabby though had an idea. "He changed how the force was distributed. Latios was descending and spinning in a spiral. Drew must have used Luxray's Iron Tail adjust the spin. Instead of landing head first like a tornado, he managed to get him to start flipping end over end. The combined momentum and power on impact hit Latios and knocked him out. But I don't think Luxray was completely unscathed.
Indeed, Drew took a look at Luxray as she walked back to him and she was wincing on her legs and her tail was not acting the way it was supposed to.
"Luxray, how are you feeling?"
Luxray growled and winced. She looked at Drew who was reaching for her ball. She growled and turned to face Tobias, ignoring the pain.
Tobias growled and recalled Latios. "So you think beating two legendary pokémon will win you the fight? No, I still four pokémon that can destroy any of yours. Tyrannitar, Let's go!"
The pseudo-legendary roared and looked down at the smaller electric type and silently laughed. To Luxray's credit, it looked on defiantly. But it was still feeling the impact from being driving into the ground like a missile.
In Drew's mind, he was going over what he could potentially do to Tyrannitar. Fortunately, he knew that despite the larger pokémon could teat through Luxray, one of the key advantages its pre-evolutions had was not present in the green pokémon.
Dawn looked concerned for Luxray. "Do you think Luxray will be alright?"
Brock crossed his arms. "Potentially, it may not be the best match up, but Luxray does not have to worry about the ground type in Tyrannitar. But with the potential injury to Luxray, her speed will be limited."
Tyrannitar opened the battle with a Dark Pulse. Luxray jumped out of the way, but showing surprising speed, Tyrannitar struck him with a Dark Slash. Luxray barely got off the ground before an Iron Tail slammed him into the wall. Backing off, Luxray fell shakily onto her feet.
"Hang in there. Use Spark!"
Luxray charged in and hit Tyrannitar. It was a glancing blow, but Tyrannitar was mad It grabbed Luxray and tried to use Focus Punch. Thinking quickly, Drew ordered Luxray to use Ice Fang. It bit the arm holding Luxray and released it just enough to brace for the punch. The force knocked it into the wall.
Everyone thought Luxray would be knocked out, which is why it surprised everyone when it stood up after some effort.
Tobias looked at Drew. "I suggest you surrender this round to me, Tyrannitar is leagues above your Luxray." As he said that, Tyrannitar flinched as sparks raced up and down his body, indicating the Spark had gotten a lucky paralysis.
"Paralyzed, humph, no matter, a pyrrhic victory is a victory none the less."
Drew looked at Luxray and closed his eyes and sighed while holding his chest. "You left with no choice but to use something that I am scared to unleash. Luxray!"
The electric type turned to her trainer. "I know I've said in the past to not let go of your full power. You've been holding back so much for me. Now…let it go."
Luxray looked surprised. "You heard me, unleash the full power I've been telling you to hold back. Unleash the anger you've held down so much. Show them, the power of our bond!"
Luxray nodded and closed her eyes. Sparks started to dance around Luxray as she growled and then let loose a large storm of electricity.
"Use Shock wave."
The large wave of electricity emanating from Luxray actually pushed the larger pokémon back.
"Spark."
Luxray charged at Tyrannitar. Tobias desperately ordered a Rock Slide. Luxray plowed the attack and struck Tyrannitar in stomach.
"Jump and use Thunder."
Luxray ignored the pain and jumped above Tyrannitar. The paralysis struck Tyrannitar at the worse time and took the Thunder full blast.
"Iron Tail!"
Luxray spun and struck the large pokémon's head and landed with a wince and panted. Tyrannitar moved to strike Luxray but the swipe missed and he fell to the ground knocked out.
"Tyrannitar is…unable to battle. The winner is Luxray." The ref said unable to believe the outcome.
Even Drew's friends and the parents were stunned that Luxray knocked out three extremely strong pokémon.
"Poor Luxray. How much more is she going to take?" May asked worried.
Delia looked at Drew and noticed him holding his chest. "What's wrong with Drew?"
Anabel looked and grimaced. "Drew is Aura linking with Luxray. He's been pushing his energy into Luxray and he's been feeling the pain Luxray has been feeling. Given Luxray's condition, when she gets knocked out, the backlash is going to be enormous."
Ash looked at Tobias, who had a mad look on his face. "Tobias is getting really mad. If his pokémon are like the first three, Luxray might not last too much longer. The only saving grace is Drew still has five pokémon left."
Tobias growled. "How dare you! How dare you get in the way of my league championship! I will end that Rat! Go Heatran!"
Out of the pokeball, a new pokémon appeared. It had a silver head with red eyes. The colors on its insect like body reminded Drew of lava. Based on the reaction of the crowd, it was another legendary pokémon from this region.
Drew looked at Luxray and pulled out her poke ball. "You've had a good run girl, let someone else fight."
Luxray turned and growled, ignoring the pain in her body."
Up in the stands, Anabel gasped. Everyone turned to her and she translated. "She's saying keep me in. I haven't been knocked out yet, I can still fight." Anabel started tearing up. "Keep me in, I want you to be proud of me."
Drew looked at Luxray in shock holding up the ball enlarged, shocked at her determination.
"Green trainer, are you going to switch pokémon?"
Drew's arm shook and then sighed. "Fine, You crazy pokémon, if you want to fight again. But if I see any sign of you wavering I will pull you out." And retracted the ball to the crowd's astonishment. A murmuring started to rise up from the crowd, almost like a cheer was started as Luxray stood on shaky legs and the ref signaled the battle to begin.
"Use Crunch!" Heatran was on Luxray in an instant and bit down on the Electric-type.
"Use Spark!" Drew cried out desperately. The Spark did do some damage, but it only made Heatran angry and threw Luxray against the ground like a ragdoll.
"Lave Plume!"
A large plume of flames engulfed Luxray and burned her nearly scaring her.
"End it. Earthquake."
The ground shook violently and buckled sending Luxray into the cavern below.
Tobias laughed and looked at Drew. He gained a curious look on his when his eyes were closed. Thinking he didn't finish the job he walked over to where Luxray fell.
"Tobias." Drew's cold voice shook the crowd. "Did you know that most lighting doesn't come from the sky?"
Tobias looked confused. Then air crackled with electricity.
"Use Thunder."
Heatran had no chance as the bolt struck home. Luxray leapt out of the hole and jumped onto Heatran still pouring electricity into Heatran and creating an explosion.
When the smoke cleared, both pokémon were knocked out and Drew was snapped out of the link and was breathing heavily. Recovering enough he ran out onto the field as the ref declared a double knockout. He signaled the medics as he ran to Luxray and picked her up.
"Please be okay. I'm sorry I pushed you. Think of who will leave behind." He said tearing up.
Luxray started twitching and then opened her eyes. "Luxray."
Drew nodded tears flowing down his face. "Yeah, you did good. You could never disappoint me."
Luxray nodded and fell asleep. He handed them off to the medics. As they left, Drew walked back to his side of the field as Tobias called back Heatran, now he was looking mad, but still had a smile on his face.
"So you took down four of my pokémon, I at least have the satisfaction, your strongest pokémon is out of the way."
Drew laughed. "If you think Luxray is my strongest, you are sorely mistaken." He said turning around.
In the stands, Ash grinned. "He's in Tobias' head. Luxray for all her power is not Drew's strongest and he took down three legendries and a pseudo one. If anything, Swampert or Infernape is stronger."
Indeed, Tobias seem to be in a bit of a breakdown. There was no way that Luxray wasn't his strongest. Tobias picked up his fifth pokémon. "I hope you have something to counter this. Go Salamence!"
The blue dragon roared as it entered the battlefield.
Drew looked at the ball in his hands. "Your comrade lit the way. Time for you to take the torch. Let's Ride Flygon!"
Flygon roared as he came out.
"Look where I am looking!" Drew said pointing to where the medics were tending Luxray. "Luxray fought and defeated four legendary pokémon. I know you can beat an overgrown lizard."
Flygon looked at the fallen pokémon. Luxray was groaning in pain as they wrapped her up. Flygon nodded and stared down the Salamence. The blue dragon which was trying to use its ability, flinched at Flygon's eyes.
"Salamence use Flamethrower!"
"Dragon Pulse!"
The two attacks collided and it became a dance of dragons in the sky. Salamence tried to overpower Flygon while Flygon put its effort into countering every move. After a few minutes, they came back down and they fired attacks again. This time Salamence seemed to overpower the seemingly weakened dragon.
In reality, Drew was not sending as much power through the link as the time with Luxray drained him of energy and confidence. Tobias noticed this and was about to order what he thought was going to be the finishing blow, when there was a commotion coming from where the meidcs were taking care of Luxray. This lapse of concentration also affected Salamence as it spotted something moving. As it was behind the two, Flygon and Drew didn't notice it and Dragon Pulse broke through the Hyper Beam.
Seeing Tobias look behind him, Drew turned to see the medics trying to restrain Luxray.
"Luxray?"
Luxray finally broke through the medics and walked to where Drew was standing and sat down bandages and all and looked at her master with a smile.
Drew's smile could light up the stadium and the crowd noticed it as well. The medics took one look at Luxray and left her alone confident that it would not battle again today.
Drew turned to Flygon who saw this and there was an air of confidence again and the link for those who could sense it was cranked to its max. They watched Salamence fly back but upon seeing Flygon, lost any of it swagger and started to flee to Tobias' horror. Another Dragon Pulse and then a Steel Wing knocked Salamence out and put Tobias, the odds on favorite to win the whole thing one pokémon away from losing.
Tobias though was not thinking about that, he was thinking on how this upstart had put him one away from elimination. He looked at ball in his hands and then at Drew. "Go Infernape!"
After seeing five legendries, seeing the fully evolved form of the region's starter was a bit of a let down. But Drew could see the anger in Infernape's eyes."
"Flygon stand down." Flygon obediently flew back. "Take a seat you want to see our victory right?"
Flygon nodded and landed next to Luxray who growled happily.
"Time for my closer. Let's ride Infernape."
Unlike Tobias, Drew's Infernape looked calm and collected. A far cry from his Chimchar days under Paul. Staring down his opponent, Tobias didn't give an order as his Infernape charged in. Drew calmly ordered his to grab the arm and put him in a hold, sitting on his back and lifting his head. (Crippler Crossface)
"I was all hyped up for this match. But this was a pathetic display. Power doesn't come from pokémon, it's the incredible bond we share. Ref, I don't think his pokémon can continue."
The ref looked and indeed Tobias' Infernape was fading. He called it. "For safety reasons, Tobias' Infernape cannot continue. As this is the sixth pokémon for the red trainer, I declare this battle over in favor of the Green Trainer Drew."
Infernape walked over and smiled and pounded Drew's fists. The three pokémon walked away with his trainer as Tobias suffered a mental breakdown.
That night
After the thrashing Drew gave Tobias, the rest of the Round of 8 passed uneventfully. Ash won his battle handily, 6-3 behind Pikachu and Gible. He would face Paul in the first semifinal tonight. After Drew's battle, those who bet on him went to collect their winnings which was substantial. Drew and Ash also had to deal with their adoring fans getting autographs from both of them, especially Drew for taking down Tobias like that. They even got some pictures with Luxray, who loved the attention and Drew made sure they were gentle with her especially the little kids.
Now they were celebrating getting into the round of four with their friends and family.
"To Ash and Drew, the best trainers in Sinnoh and future champions." Brock said toasting the group. The glasses clinked together as Drew and Ash were sitting at the end of the table like kings with their girlfriends on the side they occupied.
Ash took a sip of his drink. "You guys are the best you know that?" Ash put his glass down and brought his hand to his pocket. Feeling something in it, he pulled it out. "Huh, I didn't realize I had this in my pocket."
Drew looked at the bag. "That's the Sacred Ash you got before the frontier right?"
Ash nodded. "I guess I took it without me realizing it."
"Keep it on ya. You never know if you will need it." Drew said as he took a big gulp and sighed and asked for another drink."
Delia watched her son interact with his friends, paying special attention to the way he acted around his girls. From actually listening to Dawn's ideas about fashion to cleaning some mess May did on her cheek, to even sitting down next to Anabel making her smile and talk gently. But the proudest moment was him and Misty giving each other a sweet peck on the lips and then curling up with him.
Delia sighed happily, to which Caroline noticed. "Your boy is such a sweetheart."
"I know. The girls are such a blessing to him."
Caroline had a twinkle in her eyes. "I am thinking a Water themed wedding."
Delia giggled and the mothers and Misty's sisters started to secretly plan their weddings. After a couple of hours, they finished their meal and went back to their rooms.
Next Day at the Stadium
Ash was now waiting for Paul his opponent in the semifinals. Drew had already clinched his spot in the finals with a great 6-4 win that involved his Swampert and his Haryiama. He was now waiting on the winner of the match with his friends.
After a couple of minutes, Paul stepped out and he looked like the Skitty ate the Tailow.
Drew noticed this and frowned. "Something's wrong." He said as reached into his pocket.
Just he did so, an explosion rocked the stadium. Looking up in the sky, the air distorted and discolored and a figure descended. To the riders it looked like Kamen Rider Dusk, but he had gain immense size. His right arm was about six feet in length and colored black and blue with a diamond on his shoulder. On his left arm was a draconic arm that grey and purple and had a pearl on his left shoulder.
"KAMEN RIDERS!" Dusk roared. "YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD DEFEAT ME WITH SOME PATHETIC PARLOR TRICKS! COME AND FIGHT ME!
At this point, the crowd was panicking and headed towards the exits. The Riders quickly fought through the crowd after they made sure their families were okay and jumped onto the battlefield.
Paul quickly turned into Dante and he also had similar colorations to Dusk except they were flame imagery on it.
Dusk laughed. "What do you think Riders? This is the power of Dialga and Palkia, Time and Space. I am Dusk Universe Form."
Ash stepped forward. "You think you'll win, you've got another thing coming. Ready Guys?"
All of his friends had gotten their belts out. "Ready?" They said as one and activated them going into their stances.
STANDBY LEO/ORION/KAMEN RIDE
HENSHIN
COMPLETE/EVOLVE/ORION/SIRIUS
The riders transformed and pulled out their weapons. Dusk simply snapped his fingers and thousands of troops appeared between him and the heroes.
"This is where you will fall riders! You and this Entire World!" Dusk said thrusting his Lance forward.
The heroes started to charge as well and leapt to fight. The Battle for The Pokémon World Had begun.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: I had other stuff planned but I hoped this was a sufficient cliffhanger. Final Chapter is next chapter, may do an epilogue.
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