OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Alright no more stalling let's end this right and head off into the sunset. I don't own Pokemon or Kamen Rider. I would be a billionaire and Pokeshipping would be canon
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Chapter 48: Riders of Aura
When we last left our heroes, Ash and Drew competed in the Sinnoh League championship. They had both reached the semifinals after a long and hard tournament for both trainers. When Ash's battle with Paul was about to begin, Glen, who they thought was killed in an act of sabotage by their friends Team Rocket, launched a full blown attack against the league and the stadium. While the fans were evacuated, the heroes jumped in and transformed. The battle to decide the fate of the pokémon world commenced.
Outside the stadium
In the rush to get out of the stadium, the families of the heroes were lost in the shuffle of panicking civilians.
Delia was in the midst of the crowd when she feel down and yelped. She tried to get up but the stampeded nearly trampled her. Without warning she was picked up out of the crowd by a large arm and brought her out of the rush. Looking it up it was a Vigoroth who looked relieved at Delia's condition.
"Delia! Are you alright!?" Norman called out
Delia nodded and Vigoroth put her down. The rush to get out of the stadium had abated by this point. Another explosion rocked the stadium.
"Is everyone alright!?" Prof. Oak called out.
Everyone nodded save for being scared of their wits. The Waterflower sisters however looked around and noticed a few people missing.
"Wait, where's Ash?" Lily asked.
"Where is Brock, Max Drew and the other Girls?" Violet as the sisters started to feel dread.
"Where's Misty?" Daisy asked in panicked voiced.
Another explosion rocked the stadium. Daisy widened her eyes in horror. "They're still in the stadium with those…Things! We have to go back and find them!"
Before they could run in, Delia gently grabbed Daisy's shoulder. "Wait."
Daisy looked at Delia incredulously. "Why are we just standing here!? Our family is in there!
Delia shook her head. "Trust me, they are fine. I guess Misty kept a couple of things from you if your panicking."
"Kept things from us? What does this have to do with our sister?" Lilly said.
A large thunderclap was heard getting Delia to smile. "You see, there is another reason why our children are together. They…came into a power that gives them the strength to combat these fiends."
"Power? What?' Violet asked.
"Yeah it surprised us too. When May got her gift, she was protecting us and Max. What she did was absolutely amazing and I can only imagine she and Max have gotten better and stronger since then." Caroline said with a smile.
"What is this power you are talking about?" Daisy asked.
Johanna spoke up. "From what Dawn said, it's a power that dates back millions of years and our children inherited it. Each has their own unique abilities that they have trained in almost since they got their powers. It is this reason our children are so close. In fact Misty is one of the most powerful Kamen Riders they have.
"Wait, Kamen Riders? Those heroes on T.V? Or little sister is one of them?" Lilly said.
Delia nodded. "Yes. Though our children each have these powers, Ash, Misty and Drew have something more."
"What is it?" Violet asked.
"The power of royalty." Said Tsuki, startling everyone there as she was n. She smiled and looked at the stadium as beams of light shot out and a sound of earth moving was heard. "When they fully mature body and mind, their powers will rival deities. Ash, the Sky Prince of the Lightning. Drew, the Lion Prince of Fire. And Misty, the Mermaid Princess of Water. Your sister is bound for great things." Tsuki said with a smile getting the girls to look on in worry. "Do not worry. They will not fall here. I can assure you." Tsuki said. "Come we need to get away from the stadium.
The group agreed and proceeded to head out of the arena grounds. Tsuki frowned and looked back as they were running.
"What's wrong?" Johanna asked the silver haired maiden.
Tsuki shook her head. "Nothing, just something feels off. But do not worry. Your children will be okay."
Johanna left it at that and headed out of the grounds. They turned and watched as the stadium began to be engulfed in shadows.
In the Dome
With the amount of forces they had to contend with, getting to Dusk and Dante was going to take a lot of effort to break through and more a lot of energy.
Kyokan was weaving through her opposition, using her telepathy to swing Royal Circle around. Cutting a small circle around her, she danced out of the way of sword strike and cartwheeled behind her and kicked two troopers in the ahead. Building up momentum, she quickly spun around creating a large tornado.
PSYCHIC
DESERT TWISTER
She raised her hand and held the troopers that were caught in the tornado and then launched her chakrams at high speed, slicing and dicing them into bits. Coming down to the ground she spotted more and pulled out her Seer Card
SEER
Now in her dancer form, she held up her chakrams ready to strike. Without warning, she ducked her head out of the way and bisected the opponent coming from behind. Two more attacked her but she expertly dodged them and decapitated them. Looking in front of her, she quickly scanned two of her cards.
PSYBEAM
ZAP CANON
COMBO: RAINBOW CANON
Her chakrams glowed in front of her and fired off the two attacks. The group in front of her was destroyed as she landed she looked around. Seeing more enemies she sighed. "Got to keep my energy up. This battle is going to be long." She said heading into the melee.
Kusa and Hanabi were coordinating their attacks spectacularly. Kusa spun around her kicks causing her opponents to snap back. Meanwhile, Hanabi was bouncing around landing on each one and stabbing a second nearby. After five bounces, she landed and scanned a card.
ICE BEAM
Spinning Sylveon, she stabbed the ground creating an icy surface.
BLAZE KICK
Kusa launched her kick down and connected with the ice send up a large plume of fog. (Freezerburn from RWBY. Except it's the feet not the hands.)
In the fog, the troopers were confused as they searched for the two female riders. In the cover of the fog, the two riders jumped around and taking out each one they found. Five minutes later the fog lifted and the only two standing were Kusa and Hanabi. They were about to go join the others when a massive soldier stepped up with a large axe.
"These guys don't know when to quit." Kusa said getting into her stance.
"I figured this was going to be a long affair. But this is ridiculous. We need to finish this guy off so I can start healing people." Hanabi said as she waved her sword around and healed them of some of their fatigue.
"You okay honey?" Kusa said concerned.
"No need to worry. I got plenty left in the tank. Although, I think we might need a bigger one if we are going to survive this." Hanabi said holding her Eon card.
Kusa nodded grabbing her Fairy card and both scanned their cards.
FAIRY
EON
The big trooper charged and swung his sword at the two riders seemingly cutting through them. The two broke apart into petals and crystals.
Before the giant man could react, it felt two slashes across the back. It turned around to eat another set of slashes the two riders came down from the first attack. The two riders then went into a synchronized dance attack as they pushed their opponent back. One last kick pushed stunned him and the girls grabbed their finisher cards.
BLAZE KICK MAXIMUM ENERGY
AERIAL ACE MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: METEOR STRIKE
BOUNCE: MAXIMUM ENERGY
DRILL PECK: MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: DRILL SPIRE
The two riders jumped and glowed with their respective attacks and drilled through the larger opponent causing it to blow up.
The two riders stood up and looked and saw more to fight.
"Some days its not worth getting out of bed." Kusa said stretching out her back.
"Come on we need to keep up the pressure." Hanabi said as they lifted their blades and charged into the fray.
Orion picked off two more troopers as they got close. Behind her Sirius was blasting them back with water.
ARROW CARBINE
ATHENA'S WAVE
Orion spun around firing one arrow after another while Sirius slammed the ground sending a wave of water that surrounded the arrows The area around them was cleared out as the water wave crashed down sending the arrows scattering in all directions.
Orion looked around and saw the endless stream of troopers. "There's no end to them. Sirius we need to get into the sky.
Sirius nodded and pulled out her Cygnus card and put it into her driver.
KAMEN RIDE: C-C-CYGNUS
Sirius flew over and grabbed Orion and quickly flew up. With the better vantage point, it was easy pickings for Orion.
"Really need to invest in a hunting rifle." Orion grumbled as she fired off multiple bolts. "Maybe modify it so I can switch between the two.
"It will be fine. Right now we just need to worry about surviving." Sirius said as she flew out of the way of a couple of flying enemies and sniped them.
"Time to bring the rain." Orion said as she pulled out the Hercules Drive.
HERCULES
Now in her stronger form, she quickly move it to the finisher spot.
HERCULES: MAXIMUM DRIVE
ZEUS HAMMER PUNCH
Orion struck the ground sending out a large shock wave knocking over and destroying multiple opponents.
Looking around the battlefield, she groaned. "This is never going to end. Hurry up Drew."
Sirius grabbed Orion and flew off to help the others.
In the sky, Ace was already in Maverick form flying around trying to out fly many of the flying enemies. He turned around and scanned a card.
EMBER
He fired off several ember shots which struck the wings and cause a couple to crash. He turned back around and scanned another card.
PSYCHO CUT
Ace's arms glowed and two blades extended outward. He then hit the breaks and slashed through some of the flying enemies as they sped by him. They quickly recovered and Ace headed towards the ground.
The pursuing enemies followed Ace down to the ground unaware of another opponent ready to strike them. Suddenly multiple rocks were thrown into the air and struck multiple troopers. On the ground, Onyx in his Mega form was firing rocks like an anti-air gun. Stomping the ground and pulled Mortar back and smacked it like a baseball. He quickly scanned a card.
AIR CUTTER
Pointing the tip at the rock he fired off multiple blasts of air. The attack split the rocks up and hot more of the fliers chasing Ace.
Ace landed and started panting. "I knew the G forces were immense but all of this turning…and braking…are taking a toll."
"Easy there Ace. The numbers seem to be knocked down quite a bit." As he said this, Hanabi and Kusa flew over.
"Is Ace alright?" Kusa asked concerned.
"Just tired, he's been flying around a lot."
Hanabi nodded. "Some of the fighting has died down, let's heal up. Orion and Sirius are flying around. Kyokan is around here."
Ace and Onyx kneeled down to let Hanabi do her work. As they waited they watched as Triton, Zodiac and Aura fought through their opposition.
"It like a whole another level watching them." Ace said.
Kusa hummed as she kept an eye out for any stragglers. She also watched Aura and Triton with a close eye.
'We train our hardest every day, but Misty and Ash are leagues above us. So powerful and yet we know they will only get stronger. It's…soothing.' She thought with a smile and shivered at the prospect of the two protecting her like this.
With Said Riders
WATER PULSE
Triton in her Ama form fired off the orb of water that struck two nearby troopers. She spun around and kicked another one. Planting Lugia on the ground, she twirled around kicking several in the head and knocking them back. Landing, she spun Lugia around extending the blade and stabbed each of them in turn. To the untrained eyes, all that appeared was a whirlwind of water and troopers disintegrating.
Placing the Trident on the ground, she took a deep breath.
Tidal Storm
Instantly, Water appeared underneath Triton and consumed her. The water spread out and consumed her opponents. Those who survived witnessed, Triton emerge from the water and twisted the water into a tornado. These seemingly endless supply gave the Princess all of the ammo she needed to drown her opponents. Waves of water combined with several pokémon attacks destroyed whatever was left of her opponents.
She landed and found that, other than being a little out of breath, she was perfectly fine. She looked over to see Zodiac and Aura facing off against Dante and Dusk.
"Be careful you two." She whispered.
The two mentioned riders clashed against the two Dark Riders. Sword and lance clashed as Aura and Dante fought for dominance.
STANDBY CHANGE: TAURUS
Aura quickly jumped out of the way as Zodiac slammed his axe on the ground. It did little damage as both of the opposing riders jumped out of the way. But it did open them up for a follow up.
Aura, who switched into Master Form while in the air, landed next to Zodiac and fired off a Bullet seed to keep them off balance.
STANDBY CHANGE: CAPRICORN
VOLT TACKLE
The two dark riders could only stagger up and then get sent back into the wall creating a crater in the wall.
Dante stood up on shaky legs. Turning to Dusk he growled. "I hope you have some plan."
Dusk grinned. "Patience. After all, timing is everything, especially when you have all the time in the world." He said as the diamond on the right shoulder glowed.
Aura and Zodiac stood far from their opponents. Aura gripped Raikou hard. "What do you think they are planning?"
Zodiac looked at Aura. "Don't know. But be ready for anything."
They watched as Dusk stood up and walked closer. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.
"What the?" Both looked dumbfounded.
"Looking for me?" Dusk said from behind them. "Dark Slash."
Both riders were struck from behind and sent flying.
"What the heck? We couldn't even see them." Zodiac said.
"I didn't even sense him disappear. One second, he's there, the next we are get slashed across the back."
"Hope you didn't forget about me!" Dante called out. "BRICK BREAK!"
Ash crossed his arms and blocked the fighting move but the impact caused a crater to form underneath him. Ash quickly grabbed Dante and flipped him over. Dante quickly recovered and fired off a Thunderbolt which Zodiac blocked and charged after him. Meanwhile, Aura turned and charged up an Aura Sphere and fired. Dusk grinned as the pink circle on his right shoulder glowed. The Aura Sphere approached and seemingly went through Dusk.
"What!?" Aura cried out.
Dusk laughed. "You foolish riders. With the power of Time and Space, you can touch me and you can't avoid my attacks. Give up and maybe I'll let you live."
Zodiac rolled over from an attack Dante threw at him. "Great. A power trip. And they are kicking our butts."
"There has to be a way to defend against these attacks. There is no way they are invincible."
Zodiac closed his eyes in thought. "Maybe there is a way to use those powers against each other. 'Time and Space. Time would mean he's figured out a way to make sure he can be in the right spot to attack. Space means he can control whether or not those attacks get through. Space…What did Alan say about space?
Flashback January 2004, two months prior to departure
Drew was discussing the stars with his mother's boyfriend. His mom having divorced years ago had found an old flame in a physicist from California. One of the things they had in common was their fondness for astronomy.
"Alan, wouldn't a black hole in the center of a galaxy swallow up everything?"
Alan nodded. "You would be right, but a galaxy is so large that it would take millions of years before it could all be swallowed up. That said, the black hole's gravity is so massive, that nothing get out of it, if it is not fast enough. Even then light can also be swallowed up and destroyed.
"Would they go to an alternate dimension?" Drew asked curiously.
"Possibly. But right now we don't have the science to prove it. Maybe you can find out in the future. But the bottom line is, gravity is how strong a celestial bodies pull is. A strong enough pull on an object not going fast enough will be pulled in. The sun has our planets and Jupiter and Saturn being the biggest planets in the Solar system can pull comets off course. Nothing is stronger other than magnetism but you rarely feel the pull."
Drew nodded and smiled. Astronomy was very interesting.
End Flashback
"Gravity…one of the universal forces." Zodiac said. Pulling out his phone and hovering over the Libra symbol, he spoke to Aura. "I have an idea. We need a Duel Strike." He said pressing Libra.
STANDBY CHANGE: LIBRA
"You want to pull that trick now?" Aura asked. "They probably have that scouted out."
"Trust me." Zodiac said holdout his dist.
Aura looked conflicted but nodded and thrust his fist out and connected his. "Haven't driven us wrong before. Right. Let's go!"
DUAL STRIKE
Play Advance Wars Hero Duel Strike
The two riders glowed and felt their powers entwine with each other. The emblem on Zodiac's chest glowed and changed its position. Grabbing Aura he spun twice and flung him at Dante. Dante had no time and coughed out as Aura speared him. Zodiac meanwhile waved his glowing hand over his sword and then jumped up eliminating the gravity holding him down. Then he brought it back to descend on Dusk.
Dusk grinned and activated his Spatial warping powers. Zodiac charged and swung his sword down. Dusk was confident that the attempt would be negated. That's why he was surprised when he felt the cold steel of Leonid slash through his armor and knocked him into the wall.
Dusk tried to stand but the impact from the attack was still being felt.
"What…is this power? How could you have broken through so easily?"
Zodiac grinned and held up his hand.
MAGNUM SHOT
Six more shots each powered by a gravity assist impacted Dusk and for the first time in this battle, Dusk felt out of control of this battle. His seemingly unbeatable powers were not working. Meanwhile, Dante and Aura were clashing again. Only this time with Zodiac's abilities he was successfully able to push Dante back.
THUNDER
IRON TAIL
COMBO: IRON THUNDER
Dante felt every bit of electricity impact him. Aura quickly got close to him.
FORCE PALM
Dante was sent into the wall next to Dusk.
Dusk was still coughing. "How the heck did you get through my guard like that?"
Zodiac chuckled. "Simple Physics. Gravity controls everything in the universe. Us staying on the ground. The moon going around us, the sun keeping earth in its orbit. Gravity governs everything in any universe. Applying that to my sword, I was able to bypass your defense."
Dusk was now livid and started to laugh manically. "Unbelievable. UNFREAKING BELIEVEABLE! I THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE THIS AT 50% COMBINED WITH THE POWERS OF DIALGA AND PALKIA! I see now, in order to win, I need to give into my lust and give up my humanity." He said as the gems glowed brightly. Dusk's body glowed and transformed. After a few moments, the glowed died down. Dusk was now something that looked like a dragon that was over 12 feet tall. His face was similar to Dialga and Palka's face. The face was surrounded by a metal helmet. The legs were Dialga's and the arms were Palkia's. Dialga's tail was fanned out behind him connecting the shoulders while Palkia's fins spanned the arms. The rest of the body was metallic black with glowing blue and pink lines.
Evidently Dante was surprised at that much power as he jumped back. Zodiac and Aura though gripped their weapons tighter.
"And here I thought he was ugly before." Zodiac joked.
"So that's 100%. We've face tough odds before hasn't stopped us." Aura said preparing to scan more cards."
Dusk Dragon roared and summoned his lance to fire at the two riders. As he wound up, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a couple of the other riders. One rider, Hanabi, stood out with her pink armor. She was jumping and striking a couple of the remaining troopers. He turned and fired the lance at the vulnerable rider.
Zodiac watched him turn and adjust his throw. He looked at the trajectory of the lance and saw Hanabi landing. He watched in horror as the lance was fired at Hanabi as she landed. Knowing she couldn't duck in time, he yelled for her.
"DAWN LOOK OUT!" He felt the wind blow by him as he saw a blue and yellow blur.
Hanabi turned and saw the lance coming at her. Time slowed down as the attack came and she froze up. She could only watch with wide eyes as it got closer. At the last second she was pushed out of the way. She shook her head as she looked up at who pushed her. She widened her eyes and then gasped in horror and then did what anyone else would do. She screamed.
"ASSHHHHHHH!"
(End the previous song)
In front of her was Ash, standing with a lance through his heart and out his back, a fatal blow in anyone. The scream got everyone's attention. Triton, Kusa and Kyokan gasped in horror and rushed to Aura's side. Everyone else couldn't believe what happened and ran to Ash's side as he powered down.
Ash turned to Dawn. "Its alright Little Buneary. As long…(cough)…your still alive…I would take a bullet for you.
"Ash save your strength! Tori! Misty! Help Me!" Dawn said as she tried to crawl over to Ash.
Ash shook his head. "Sorry, (Cough) Dawn…this looks like the end of the journey for me." He turned to Zodiac, who through his aura saw he was struggling to hold it together. "Protect them with your life…Kick his Ass."
"You got it." He said sniffling. Ash turned to his girls who were crying behind their helmets and seeping through. "Anabel…befriending you was the easiest thing I ever did. May…your energy lit my world. And Misty…." The red head leaned close. "Taking your bike…was the best thing I've ever done. I love…you…all." And with that the rider went silent.
"Ash. Come on stop playing around. Ash? ASH!? WAKE UP! PLEASE!" Misty bawled her eyes out and cried over Ash's body. The other girls were openly crying and hugging their mourning queen. Pikachu who had been in card form walked up to him and cried into his trainers chest.
(Play Engage the enemy from Xenoblade Chronicles)
"GWAHHAHAHAHAHA! So that's one rider down! I can send you to join him soon enough.
Something in Zodiac snapped and he felt power coursing through his veins.
"You killed my friend." Zodiac said standing up and gripped his sword. Images of the journey flowed through his head. "You killed my first real friend." His heartbeat reverberated through his being. "You killed the best friend I've ever had." The heartbeat seemed to resonate with the other riders as those not already in their final forms took them out.
DIAMOND
CRYSTAL
KOKIRI
QUEEN
"You killed our brother. Our Comrade! Our Family! I"LL KILL YOU!" Zodiac roared as the ground shook as his armor glowed and began to change. When it died down, his armor changed drastically. His armor now contained gold stripes to go along with the crimson coloring. Along the arms, his armor gained gauntlets that were gold in color. On his legs were boots which were now up to his kneewl. On his shoulders were two crimson metal plates. His helmet now took on a more regal appearance with a small crown on his head, his eyes were now more lion like. On his back was a red cape that came to his shoulder blades. On his belt, the phone's face was now replaced with a screen that was lit up with Leo's symbol
This was Zodiac's new base form. Zodiac Viscount.
He pulled out Leonind. "Ash would not want us to mourn him until we won. So let us win this for Ash!"
"FOR ASH!" The nine riders called out and charged at the dragon.
Beyond the mortal plain (Stop previous song, play To the Garden of the Moon Butterflies in the Moonless Night: Baten Kaitos OST)
Ash groaned and blinked his eyes open. He saw he was in some sort of blackened void. He could see stars and even recognized some of the planets. He sat up and winced in pain. Feeling his chest, he widened his eyes as he felt where the lance had punctured his chest.
"I died…How? How could I leave them!?" Ash asked himself in despair.
"You did not leave them by choice, Chosen One." A calm but powerful voice sounded. Ash turned around and saw Ho-oh landing next to him.
"Ho-oh is right. You chose to defend your friends out of love. That is something worth sacrificing yourself for." Lugia said flying up from below.
"I'm dead now. I can't help them anymore. If I could I would kick that stupid Dragon's butt."
"That is the type of attitude I like in my chosen one." Another voice sounded. Ash looked up to see a tall white dog like creature with what appeared to thorns coming out its legs.
"Who…Who are you? You feel stronger than Lugia and Ho-Oh." Ash asked as he knelt down.
The creature chuckled. "You have no need to bow to me, neither do your friends. As for my name, I am called Arceus. The God Pokémon."
Ash stood up. "Arceus, if you are truly are a god, please Send me back! I need to help my friends! I have so much to do!
The three legendries laughed. Ho-oh spoke after calming down. "Ash, you were going to be sent back, because you truly are not dead. Do you remember the Sacred Ash you received?"
Ash widened his eyes. "So Drew was right it could bring back pokémon. But I didn't think it would bring back people. Why haven't you sent me back yet?"
Arceus stepped forward. "We wanted to give you a couple of gifts to save this world. One is the cards to us. Lugia for your Queen, Ho-oh for you, and myself for your friend Drew. The Guardians of the elements you called yourself.
"I also have a gift. Your friends have taken a beating. I am giving you this one time power to heal everyone to full strength and fix all the wounds they have." Ho-Oh said.
Lugia flew over. "You are the Chosen One because of your heart and your kindness. Let that heart guide you on all of your journeys."
Ash nodded and his belt materialized in front of him. He held his hand out for Ho-Oh. The three God Like Pokémon glowed and shrank into three cards. He pocketed the two other pokémon and looked at Ho-Oh's card.
"Alright. Its time for my comeback. Let's go Ho-Oh." He said inserting into his buckle and placed it on his waist. Going into his stance he smiled.
"I'm coming guys. HENSHIN."
With a bright glow, he vanished from the realm.
(Stop Previous song pick up Engage the Enemy about thirty seconds in)
Zodiac was panting next to Triton. His armors had taken serious damage and parts of it was missing, especially around the legs. On Triton's armor, parts of her chest plates and her shoulder armor were missing. They had taken some serious damage, but were still incredibly defiant. Looking behind them, the reason why they took so much damage was apparent. Hanabi and Sirius were completely exhausted keeping the other riders in the fight. They had taken damage as well and were kneeling on the ground, healing Onyx and Kusa who were powered down and out of the fight and Kyokan was protecting them. Over in the distance, Dante was keeping Ace and Orion off balance and was pushing them back.
"You pathetic riders. Your friend's sacrifice was in vain. You can barely hold out against me. I could kill you at anytime!" Dusk gloated
"Why haven't you? You too busy gloating?" Zodiac called out.
Dusk growled and landed. "For that, you will all die here right now!" And he started to power up a big attack.
Zodiac turned to Triton. "Get Orion and Ace and get everyone out of here!
Triton looked at Zodiac like he was nuts. Considering what that had experienced in the last twenty minutes, it might be the case. "Are you Nuts?! I already lost the man I love. I do not need to lose my brother!"
"And I made a promise to Ash to keep you Safe! Get the others out of here NOW!"
"I am not leaving! You can't make me!"
"I am not telling you, I am ordering to get the others and get out of here!" Zodiac roared.
Triton said nothing and held up her trident. "He's going to kill us anyway…I rather go out together th suffer alone."
Zodiac sighed. "Stubborn girl." He turned to bark the order at the others and to his surprise, they were all standing on shaky knees behind them. The looks told the Fire Guardian they weren't going to leaving their friends.
Zodiac shook his head. "Your all nuts. But, you wouldn't be my comrades otherwise. We die, we die together." Zodiac said as he held his sword ready to strike again. The other riders grouped around him ready to fight again
"Now disappear. TIME DISPLACEMENT CANNON!"
The Dark Blue beam fired and flew towards the riders. They watched the beam unblinking but united as their death came towards them.
Suddenly a bright glow appeared in front of him and the attack was absorbed and destroyed. The riders looked and saw it was another armored figure. It had rainbow colored wings that was on the back of a gold colored armor with silver striping. The glow died down and the armored figure turn his head to the riders. All of the riders widened their eyes as they recognized the blue eyed faceplate.
Triton broke out her stupor. "A-Ash? Is that…really you?"
If the helmet was open he would have be showing her his infectious grin. "Sorry to have worried you? But the stories of my demise were a bit premature."
Before he could go further, he felt four impacts. He looked down to see his four girls with their helmets off. Ash's helmet was knocked off by the impact and he had his hands full of crying girls.
"I'm sorry I worried you all. I'm back now. Hopefully I won't do that again anytime soon."
He sat up and saw everyone else had their helmets off trying to clear their eyes.
"Damn it man you had us worried." Zodiac said. "Not many people come back from the dead multiple times."
Ash grinned. "Thanks for the idea to keep that Sacred Ash on me."
Before Drew could respond, Dusk spoke out. "I-I-Impossible. Your supposed to be dead! I KILLED YOU!"
Ash stood up. "Yeah good luck with that. And before you get any ideas of finishing us off, I have a couple of gifts for you all. First this, Ra's Blessing!"
(Play Unfinished Battle from Xenoblade Chronicles)
Instantly a golden aura formed around the riders. After a few moments, the glow died down revealing the armors were back to full strength and any injuries and exhaustion they had were gone.
Ash grinned. "Ho-Oh gave me this power to heal us all. It's a one use thing so let's make it count." He turned to Misty and Drew. "Here. Its the cards for Lugia and the God Pokémon Arceus. They will help us."
Misty and Drew nodded and took them before they put their helmets on. As one, the other riders put their helmets on and pulled their weapons out.
Triton and Zodiac looked at the cards. Misty popped out the Change Starmie Card and put in the Lugia card while Zodiac opened up a card slot in his phone.
STANDBY CHANGE: ARCEUS
EVOLVE: LUGIA
The two armors glowed and changes. Triton's changed to match Aura's only silver was the main color and was more streamlined for the water. Zodiac's Viscount Form gained several yellow spikes and an elongated helmet. Despite the cosmetic change they seemed to be flowing with power.
Dusk roared. "So what if you had a costume change I will destroy you!" He roared as the last reinforcements of troopers came out. He immediately charged at the riders. Aura, Zodiac and Triton started to fly up and got the attention of the dragon. Their battle went into the sky, while the other riders charged at the ground forces.
Lightning cracked the sky as Dusk's claw struck Aura's blade. The two clashed multiple time before Triton came used an opening and stabbed at him. He held up his arm to block but whereas he barely felt the attacks before Aura returned, Lugia actually drew some blood.
"GAHHH!"
As he felt the pain, Zodiac got behind him.
"JUDGEMENT FLAME!
The attack hit his back and sent towards Aura who's sword was already glowing.
"SACRED BLADE!"
The glowing blade caused significant damage and even cracked one of the gems rendering the time manipulation useless.
Triton summoned water from her trident and pointed at Dusk.
HYRDO CANNON
Dusk was sent flying back but he was still airborne but now both gems were cracked rendering his trump cards useless. He snarled and charged again. He clashed with Aura, Lightning flashing with each hit until Zodiac kicked him in the head and started slashing him as well. From every direction they attacked. Dusk couldn't keep up and one last slash combination from Zodiac and Trition and he was stunned. The three riders rose above him and cupped their hands
SACRED FIRE
AEROBLAST
JUDGEMENT METEOR
The three attacks knocked him seemingly unconscious and started his slow decent to the ground.
"Ready to finish this?" Zodiac said holding his phone out to activate his finishing move.
"Let's End This!"
"Time End This Game!" The two shouted and activated their most powerful cards.
VOLT TACKLE MAXIMUM ENERGY
IRON TAIL MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: HEAVEN'S SLASH
AQUA JET: MAXIMUM ENERGY
HYDRO CANNON: MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: HURRICANE'S WRATH
STANDBY LEO: FINISHER
Zodiac placed his phone on his wrist and activated it again. Zodiac's armor glowed briefly as the armor popped up and segmented. His right hand gained a lion's claw which dropped below his hand. His shoulder opened to reveal two jets in the back of it. Aura and Triton glowed Yellow and blue respectively as a their spiked tremendously shaking the stadium.
The three auras intensified as the energy was built up. Dusk had recovered enough to see the increasing Auras. He knew if they got the attacks built up, he would be finished.
"NO! I WILL NOT BE EXTINGUSHED!" With the last of his energy he summoned multiple meteors and began to fire at the three riders.
Hanabi stabbed one of her opponents and turned to see the attack forming.
"Oh No! If those attacks hit, Ash, Misty and Drew could be killed!" Hanabi yelled scanning a couple of cards.
BOUNCE
PSYCHIC
Orion looked. "Those attacks take a long time to charge up. Come On! We Need to protect them! Sirius Let's Go!" Sirius flew in and picked her up.
Ace grabbed Onyx and took off, while Kusa and Kyokan flew up in formation behind them.
The three guardians were powering up their attacks and saw the meteors coming towards them.
"Damn it, we can't stop charging the attacks to handle it, we already have enough invested into this." Aura cursed as his body began to pulse with power.
Zodiac was about to power down and grab his sword when an arrow shattered two meteors near them.
Orion and Sirius flew up to them. "We got your back." Orion called out firing another arrow. The other riders were flying through the field to break the meteors.
Kusa flew up to them. "Don't worry about the meteors. We'll clear the way! Take this overgrown lizard down!"
Triton nodded. "Right!" She turned to the other Guardians. "Let's Do this!
(Play G Gundam Shining Finger Theme)
The Auras generated by the three glowed brighter and the images of the three legendary Pokémon roared. The kanji for Fire, Water and Lightning appeared in front of them.
"This hand of mine glows with the fires of justice." Zodiac pointed his arm down.
"Its roar tells me to protect my family. Its power tells me to win." He started descending at a rapid pace. Their friends were clearing the way for them using every conceivable power and ability they had left in their bodies.
"Here I GO!" The jets on his shoulder roared to life as be broke the sound barrier. A large lion followed spiritually as it roared. His wingman yelled in sync.
"ERUPTING BLAZING CLAW."
""HURRICANE'S WRATH
"HEAVENS SLASH!"
Their friends jumped out of the way and three struck Dusk. A few moments of colliding power later, they broke through the exterior of Dragon's armor and burst through landing on the ground with a lot of steam coming off them. Their friends landed in a crouch behind them.
The Dragon that was Kamen Rider Dusk gave out one last cry and fell to earth blowing up behind them in shower of flames.
(End Song)
Dante seeing this growled. "Those damn riders! No matter, Dusk was holding me back anyway." He said activating a portal. "Time to find this so called Puppet Master."
With the heroes, everyone powered down. The three pokémon who were powering the armors flew up as the shadowy dome that been covering the stadium disappeared.
"Chosen One. Your power has won the day." Ho-Oh said.
"But the Journey is long. Rest now. Your trials on this world are over." Lugia said.
"If you ever need our power again, do not hesitate to call us." Arceus said as they flew away.
The riders watch them fly away. It was broken when a yellow blur flew into Ash.
"PIKAPI!"
Ash laughed and hugged Pikachu. "Sorry I scared you buddy. I'm alright now!"
He turned to see his girls looking at him with tears in their eyes. Before he could respond, he was glomped and kissed by his concerned girls.
Drew sighed and hissed as he felt his arm. Tori noticed and started immediately healing the arm getting him sigh in relief. "So Ash, you've saved the pokémon world. What do you want to do next?"
This one line set Gabby off in a fit of giggles and these giggles were contagious as it infected the rest of the group as the laughed off the tension.
Ash leaned back, his girls calming down and snuggling into him. "I think you losing to me in the finals of the Lily of the Valley conference and then exploring a new world will be next course of action."
Drew hummed. "Good. I could use a vacation. Come on, our families have got to be worried."
Ash nodded and they headed out of the stadium. Once outside, they saw the crowd had gathered outside the stadium. They saw them walk out of the stadium and assumed correctly they were that saved the stadium. The whole crowd cheered and went up to congratulate them. In the midst of the crowd, Delia found her way to her son and hugged him tightly.
"My baby boy. I can't believe you are alive." Delia sniffled.
Ash smiled. "You have no idea what that means to me anymore."
Delia didn't question it and looked over to see the other family members hugging their children and saw Anabel left out. Reaching out to the empath, the purple headed girl teared up slightly at the embrace.
This went on for a few minutes until the reporters broke through and hounded them with questions on how they survived. They somehow managed to keep the rider involvement under wraps but they were still celebrated as heroes. After the trying day, it was revealed the league final would take place three days from that day, to repair any of the damage done. In Ash and Drew's mind that was just fine with them so they could rest and heal.
That night
After the celebration they had, we find the heroes in Ash's room, chilling and not even caring about the world outside.
Dawn was being extremely clingy to Ash, squeezing his arm like he would disappear if she didn't. Something Ash noticed.
"Something wrong Buneary?" Ash said concerned.
Dawn looked at Ash. "You died. You died protecting me. Why did you do that? I can't be worth your life!?" She said practically screaming.
Ash chuckled and pulled her closer out of May's embrace. "You know I would do it again right? Hopefully without the dying part," He said getting Dawn to pout.
"But still-Mmph!" Any conversation was cut off as Ash deeply kissed her. When he released, Dawn laid on his chest with a dreamy expression on her face.
Drew chuckled. "You gave us a scare Ash. I was really mad when you died you know that. Woke up my next form apparently."
He looked at the ceiling. "What I am more concerned is what will happen when we face other people with similar strength to Glenn. I am sure there are others out there, and Paul got away I am sure he's going to get stronger as well. We nearly lost you and we were put through the ringer before you came back to life."
Anabel leaned up from Misty's chest. "What are you saying?"
"He's saying, we need to get stronger. Learn more things. Branch out from our current abilities. The enemy is not going to sit back and let us get stronger. We will have to counter them with equal force." Gabby said.
Misty sighed. "That's great and all but can we get away from that topic at least for a couple of days? Because I want to see Ash beat Drew's butt."
Tori giggled. "In your dreams, Misty. Thankfully when we get back, we can rest for a couple of weeks and then back at training. We also should think about getting you some sports to further your training. But that's the future, I'm tired." She said with a yawn. With that the group said good night and dozed off to pleasant dreams.
Three Days Later
"AND ITS ANOTHER DOUBLE KNOCKOUT. THAT IS THIRD ONE TODAY AND BOTH SIDES STILL HAVE ONE POKEMON LEFT! THE CROWD IS GOING ABSOLUTLEY INSANE FOR THIS FINAL BATTLE!"
The announcer had to yell over the screams of the crowd as Lucario and Infernape were both knocked out. Drew and Ash stood next to their pokémon as they complemented them and returned them. As the announcer said they were down to one pokémon each. At the beginning of the battle, Ash and Drew sent out their Staraptors to lead off. This resulted in an aerial display as the two pokémon collided with each other. Close Combats, Aerial Aces, Air Slashes, you name they did it. One last Aerial Ace and both birds fell resulting in the first Double Knockout.
After that, it was Torterra vs Swampert which confused their friends as Drew would normally pay the matchup. The second match turned into a slug fest that was eventually won by Torterra on a well time Rock Climb into a Razor Leaf.
Undeterred, Drew sent out Flygon. This was a clear mismatch as Flygon could out fly the giant turtle. Still Torterra gave a valiant effort even pulling off a Frenzy Plant that Flygon was able to fly through successfully and nail him with a Steel Wing.
Buizel was the next one to face the dragon and it proved to be extremely tough and was able to use an Aqua Jet to end Flygon's day after getting behind him having him up 3-2 at the break. After the break, the next out for Drew was Cacturne. Despite knowing every trick that Drew could come up with, Drew proved he was just as tricky to combat and used a well-timed Suplex ended Buizel's day tying the score at three.
Next up for Ash was Quilava a surprise even to their friends. Despite the type matchup, Cacturne was able to keep Quilava off balance, Drew's tactical cunning shining through again. He went for another Suplex but Quilava used Eruption with the last of its energy and knocked out Cacturne at the same time he landed the blow knocking out the Fire-type.
By this point, the crowd was on its feet as they had an idea who was left. This was proven when Infernape and Lucario took the field. What followed was a clash of wills and swords as Lucario and Infernape created their own swords. With their trainers sending their auras into them, it was twenty minutes of pure fighting prowess and their bond with their pokémon. The final clash was reminiscent of a samurai show. The two attacked and appeared on each other's side. After a few tense moments, the two fell into a heap resulting in the third double knockout.
The two trainers approached their pokémon. Drew looked at Ash. "We trained them quite well."
"Yeah. Proud of each and every one of them." He said returning Lucario.
Drew looked up at the score board and saw it 5-5. "One pokémon left. I have an idea who you want to send out."
Ash nodded. "Is your choice good enough to fight?"
"She is. And I think the crowd wants it." Drew said walking towards his side.
Ash walked over to his side and knelt down to Pikachu's level. "You know who's left. Are you sure you can fight her?"
"Pika. Pika!" Pikachu responded.
"Alright." Ash stood up and pointed to the battlefield. "Pikachu. I Choose You!"
Pikachu hopped out onto the field, with the crowd eating it up.
Drew listened to the crowd and looked at the ball in his hands. "One last battle old girl. Time to show the world what we are made of." He held up the ball. "Let's. Ride. LUXRAY!"
Luxray appeared in a flash of light and the crowd was deafening.
In the stands, their friends could not contain their excitement. Max and Brock were remaining neutral while the girls cheered for their boyfriends.
"LET'S GO PIKACHU!"
"KICK HIS BUTT LUXRAY!
"What a battle Brock! This has been amazing." Max cheered
"An Appropriate last battle here in our home." Brock said with a small smile.
On the field, Luxray and Pikachu circled each other gauging their strength. Growing impatient, Ash ordered an Iron Tail. That was quickly countered with an Iron Tail by Luxray. This quickly turned into a literal cat and mouse chase as Luxray chased after Pikachu. Pikachu fired off Thunderbolts, only to be countered by a Spark shield. Luxray would fire off a Shock Wave only for Pikachu to ground itself and take the hit. The momentum changed when Pikachu went into a Volt Tackle. Drew ordered a Spark Counter and the two attacks collided. After a few moments of struggling, Luxray's injuries flared up and she took the full force of the attack.
"Luxray!" Drew called out worried.
Luxray staggered but stood up right watching Pikachu absorbing the recoil of the blow.
"Pikachu Thunder Bolt!"
Pikachu fired off the attack and Drew ordered a desperate Iron Tail to deflect the attack back. Luxray then got in close and use Fire Fang to bite Pikachu and caused some serious damage.
Both pokémon jumped back and they both looked exhausted. Their trainers knew that the next attack would decide things. Looking at each other they nodded and the crowd was on their feet knowing that attack was coming.
"Pikachu!"
"Luxray!"
"THUNDER FULL POWER!
The two electric attacks fired and collided sending off huge sparks. The two attacks pushed against each other, not giving a single inch.
"Keep going Pikachu!
"Don't back down Luxray!"
The two pokémon strained as the attacks drained their energy. They happened to glance at each other as they attacked. Memories of their time together flowed through them. Memories of happy times, memories of training and memories with their trainers.
Pikachu looked at Luxray and smiled. One last gasp and the two attacks created an explosion. The stadium watched with bated breath, while the trainers were watching for their beloved pokémon hoping they were okay. The smoke cleared to show both pokémon still standing but barely. The air was tense as they waited for the final outcome.
Finally, Pikachu flinched and collapsed completely knocked out.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Luxray and the Green Trainer Drew Wins."
The crowd went absolutely nuts as Drew was stunned.
"I won." Drew said. He chuckled and then let out a whoop. "I WON! Luxray you crazy girl Get over Here!" Drew said as he ran over to hug his companion.
Ash sighed and walked over to Pikachu who was opening his eyes. "Hey Buddy. You did Amazing! I am proud of everyone.
Pikachu nodded as he stood up. He felt a lick on his cheek and turned to see Luxray and Drew standing next to them.
"That was a great battle to end our trip. You okay coming with us?"
Ash nodded. "I am not going back now. I am in it for the long haul." He said shaking Drew's hand.
At the awards ceremony, Drew raised his trophy high and stood next to Ash as he held his runners-up trophy. Ash was slightly teary eyed knowing this was the final pokémon battle he would probably have. Looking back on his journey, he smiled at all the adventures and looked forward to the new one he and his friends would be taking.
Ten Days later in Pallet Town
Ash was looking over the fields of his hometown. Today was the day they would be heading to Drew's world. They had finished packing and had transferred their pokémon to a special reserve Tsuki had set up. They all had taken the opportunity to say good bye to their towns and in Norman's and Misty's sister's cases establish a new leader in their gyms.
"Hey Ash." The trainer looked to see Drew walking up. "What's going on?"
Ash looked at the fields. "It's…going to be tough adjusting to a new hometown. I grew up here, I had a lot of memories here. I guess I never knew I was attached this place."
Drew hummed and looked across the fields. "I'm going to miss moving around so much. But trust me, you'll like our world. It may not be as clean as this, but it has its benefits."
Ash smiled. "I guess so. But I wouldn't be able to adjust so well without our friends and family."
Drew nodded. "Yep. Let me tell ya, my dad will love you. I think you could use some fatherly input you know. Your mom did great but uh some things should be father and son you know."
Ash laughed and the two looked across the fields again.
"Ash! Drew!" May's voice called out. The two turned to her. "There you are. Come on, Tsuki is about to open the portal."
The two boys nodded and followed her. Ash turned to Drew. "Whereever the journey takes us, I will follow you."
"You know it bro." Drew said pounding his fist with Ash's as they ran after May.
At the portal site, everyone had gathered with their belongings. Drew walked up to Tsuki. "Ready when you are."
Tsuki nodded and closed her eyes. Snapping them open she held up her arm. The air in front of them distorted and a blue portal appeared in front of them. One by one each person carried bags and other things through the portal.
Ash was the last one to go through. Taking one last look, he looked and saw Ho-oh flying above them as if to bless their journey. Ash saluted the bird and with Pikachu on his shoulder, he stepped through to a new world.
END OF STORY
UO: Wow Three years on this and now book 1 is complete. Yes you read right this was only book 1. The riders will rest and then head out into a new world full of wonder and excitement. Want to know what the world is? Well here's a preview:
A cloudy sky parts to reveal a seemingly medieval town.
"Magic. A force thought to exist in Fantasy. But in this world, Magic is the power of very powerful people
Random Magic is shown, prominent are Fire and Ice
But in a world where Magic is common, they are threatened by a terrible force.
Multiple machines are in what seem to be a base are shown.
Machines capable of destruction and capable destroying the very society that this magic has built. Creatures with abilities of man and magic plague this prosperous nation.
Town people are scared out of their wits as multiple creatures are shown.
(A mysterious violin plays slowly and builds up)
"One force stands in their way. A guild that bares its scars on their shoulders.
A building with what looks like a Fairy on the side is shown.
"Come on join Fairy Tail." A pink haired boy said,
"With their bonds of friendship, they are a force to be reckoned with. But Bonds alone will not win the day. They will need the help of…The Guardians.
(Play the Fairy Tail Theme)
The Aura Riders and Earth Riders are shown outside the guild building.
"Now with the power of their own Guardians, the Fairy Tail Guild will team up with Riders of Aura and the Earth Riders to combat this new threat to their homeland. The Journey continues in the Land of Magnolia in…
Journeys of the Dreamer 2: Nakama United.
UO: That's right the next book in the Journeys series will be in Fairy Tail. I know what your thinking about the ages. The older mages will stay the same age but the younger mages i.e younger than Erza who is 17 will get their ages adjusted. Most of them will be 14 to match the other main characters.
Anyway that story won't start until Bleach Grand Prix is done. Speaking of that, my updates will change accordingly. Grand Prix will still be my focus until its done. 2nd Magnolia will now get more frequent updates. My new project will get off the ground after Grand Prix updates which will be the next update.
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OSPREY….SWOOOOSH
12/19/2015: This is to let you guys know that I will be going back and editing my earlier much more horrible chapters. While my quality has improved somewhat my earlier chapters are garbage. So I asked my good friend NorthSouthGorem to help me edit my earlier chapters. Story will not be taken down I will edit them as I go. Hopefully most of what I need edited will be done by the time Nakama United starts.