Chapter 31: Ultimate Showdown

After Lucario lands on the ground fifty feet away from Servine's body, he rushes towards Servine with a look of concern on his face.

After Zoroark jumps back fifty feet, expecting an attack, Lucario stops by Servine's side and kneels down next to her.

Lucario cries out as tears to sadness began to reveal in his eyes, "Servine! Don't go, Servine! Don't go!"

He tries to shake her awake, as if she was actually sleeping.

But when she opened her eyes weakly and looked up at Lucario's concerned face, she says in a dying tone, "Lucario… I'm sorry…"

The tears streaming from Lucario's eyes thicken slightly as he says, "No, Servine! Please don't leave!"

But as Servine slowly closes her eyes, she says on her last breath as a tear sneaks out of her right eye, rolling down towards the ground as if escaping death, "Lucario… I… enjoyed… the time… I had… with you…"

After Servine's eyes closed, her head rolls to its side, as if falling asleep in an eternal sleep.

Lucario cries out Servine's name, but it was no use; she is gone.

He drops onto his hands and knees, sobbing over Servine's body.

As he sobs, he hears Zoroark say in a serious tone, "Why are you crying over a meager Pokémon's death? What is the purpose of doing something like that?"

After Lucario managed to stop sobbing, he says while still looking down at Servine's pale face, "You ask me why…? Are you serious?"

When he looked up at Zoroark with his head, he says as his tears chokes his voice, "Are you seriously asking me such a question, Zoroark? I thought you of all Pokemon would understand."

Lucario's voice rises as he continues, "Tell me, what was the reason for you to return to the Hell in the first place?"

As Lucario slowly gets back up onto his feet, he says as his voice slowly continues to rise from sadness to seriousness, "Wasn't your reason for returning to Hell,"

After Lucario stands straight up, he yells out with tears of frustration rolling down his face, "Didn't you return to the Underworld so you could protect Mienshao? Didn't you go back so you could keep her safe from pain and death?"

But Zoroark still has an emotionless expression on his face, as if none of Lucario's words are sinking in.

Lucario has a serious expression on his face as he yells out, "Well, answer me already, Zoroark!"

But Zoroark says nothing and starts standing in the attack position.

Zoroark finally says after he stands in the attack position, "None of that matters now, Lucario. The only thing that matters to me is your death."

Lucario has a disappointed expression on his face and he says as he closes his eyes and looks down at the ground towards Servine's body, "You really have fallen into the darkness…"

After he looked up at Zoroark and opened his eyes, he yells out as his eyes turn into the eyes of Reshiram, "Allow me to reopen your damned eyes, Zoroark!"

Zoroark has a look of shock on his face as he sees white fire aura explode like a supernova out of Lucario's body, sending him flying through the air with his head aiming for wall of the dome.

As Zoroark flies straight towards the dome in an uncontrollable spiral, Lucario looks down at Servine with a serious expression in his eyes and he says as his voice and Reshiram's voice combine, "Servine… I'm sorry I couldn't get to you in time…"

Lucario looks straight ahead at Zoroark with a serious expression on his face and he says as the white aura fire flowing out of his body grew larger and stronger, "I'll be sure to get out of this war with both Zoroark's and my disappearance from this world!"

Zoroark's head slams right into the domes wall, but the shockwaves absorbed into the demon sends Zoroark flying back in the same direction. But he recovers his landing chances in midair and he falls down towards the ground feet down.

After Zoroark lands on the ground on all fours, he looks straight ahead at Lucario with a murderous expression on his face and he says, "You think you can take me along with you, Lucario?"

After he stands up on his two legs, he yells out as a discharge of black lightning aura rips out of Zoroark's body, reaching up to the top of the dome, "The only one who will be dying in this battle will be you!"

Both Lucario and Zoroark have serious expressions on their faces as they both fly straight towards each other, activating their Night Slash and Aura Blade attacks.

After they clash with each other, a massive explosion of energy rips throughout the dome; the shockwaves braking through the dome and reaching the outside world outside of the domed island.

As the shockwaves rip through the sky, the clouds began to get darker, revealing signs of snow or an ice storm.

As Lucario and Zoroark fought in midair, clashing with each of their attacks, Arceus and Darkdeath are still battling up in the air above Hell's Island.

As for the war taking place down on the island, plenty of Pokemon on Arceus's side of the war have dies. But Gallade and Gardevoir are still alive, fighting their way through the assortment of demons in their path.

Arceus and Darkdeath have taken lethal hits from each attack they launched.

Arceus has blood trickling from the wounds on his sides and legs; Darkdeath has blood trickling from the wound on his chest and arms.

Arceus has a serious expression on his face as he thinks while looking in the direction of the floating island, 'Servine… so you didn't make it after all…'

Darkdeath looks in that general location and he thinks with an intrigued expression on his face, 'So you've finally killed Mienshao off yourself, huh? Excellent… it'll only be a matter of time until you become Hell's guardian.'

Arceus looks back at Darkdeath with a serious expression on his face and he thinks with a concerned expression in his eyes, 'I need to weaken Darkdeath to the point where he can no longer use any attacks. I must keep this up; otherwise he'll try to kill Lucario…'

As an explosion of white aura rips out of Arceus's body like a wildfire again, Darkdeath looks in Arceus's direction and he says as the Draco Plate forms out of the white aura and forms into Arceus's body, "This will be your last plate, Arceus."

Darkdeath continues as he faces Arceus's direction, "You better make this one count, Arceus; otherwise you'll be forced to break your promise with Lucario."

Arceus has a serious expression on his face as he says, "I won't allow that to happen!"

After Arceus's ring around his waist turned to a reddish-blue color, Arceus thinks as he fires a barrage of Draco Meteors at Darkdeath from within the white aura, 'You must hurry, Lucario, for if you don't end this battle soon, then I'll have no other choice but to attack with my full power!'

As Darkdeath dodges the upcoming meteors by disappearing and reappearing in a random area, he thinks as he looks in the direction of the floating island, 'They're about to fight with all their strength. You better not lose this fight, Zoroark!'

While Darkdeath avoids the meteors, Lucario and Zoroark are clashing again and again in midair.

After they disappear and clash again, Lucario yells out with a serious expression on his face, "Why, Zoroark? Why did you kill Servine and Mienshao?"

After they disappear and clashed again, Zoroark says with a bloodlust expression on his face, "Mienshao failed me and Servine got in my way."

After they disappeared again and reappeared in a random location, Lucario yells out with an angered expression on his face, "But wasn't your whole reason for returning to Hell was to protect Mienshao?"

After they disappeared and clashed again in another random area, Zoroark says with a serious expression on his face, "Nothing matters to me anymore, Lucario,"

Zoroark finishes as his eyes turn into the eyes of Zekrom and his voice combines with Zekrom's, "My only goal now is to kill you, Lucario!"

Lucario's eyes widen with shock as he feels a massive surge of black lightning aura ripping out of Zoroark's body, and flowing throughout Lucario's body.

As Lucario feels the surges flow throughout his arms, he hears Reshiram's voice say from within his head, "Darkdeath… that damn bastard placed a seal on the Hell Spirit Blade! He has made Zekrom give Zoroark his full power, thus preventing Zekrom from controlling his own power! Zekrom…!"

Zoroark says to Lucario in the demon language as he starts pushing Lucario back with his arms, "Lets end this, Lucario, for seeing you standing before me breathing is pissing me off!"

Lucario's eyes widen with shock as he sees a massive discharge ripping out of the black aura, overpowering Lucario's white aura fire.

Lucario is sent flying off of his feet, flying straight down towards the ground of the coliseum.

As he falls down towards the floor, he hears Reshiram say in a serious tone, "Lucario… time is running out! You must end this battle before it gets out of hand!"

Lucario replies with his voice still combined with Reshiram's, "I know that, but look at that power coming out of Zoroark now. Even with the God's Arrow, I couldn't pierce through that much dense aura with this power alone."

Reshiram replies as Zoroark starts to fly down straight towards Lucario with a murderous expression on his face, "There is still a way… but the only move you'll be able to use are your Aura Arrows and God's Arrow."

Lucario asks as he blacks Zoroark's Night Slash, which sends Lucario falling down towards the ground at a quicker speed, "What do you have in mind?"

Reshiram replies in a serious tone, "I'll lend you all of my power in exchange for your Aura Blade and Aura Storm attacks. That should give me enough of your strength in exchange for mine. Does that sound reasonable?"

Lucario nods his head and he replies, "Yeah, but there is one move I want you to lend me in exchange for my Double Team attack…"

Reshiram asks in a curious tone, "What do you have in mind?"

After Lucario slams onto the ground on his back, he says as he coughs up blood from the impact, "I want…"

While Lucario tells Reshiram what he wants, Zoroark yells out as he flies down straight towards Lucario, aiming his left and right Night Slashes down at Lucario's chest, "It's time for you to die, Lucario!"

Before he reaches Lucario's chest, his eyes widen with shock as he sees Lucario's Aura Blades deactivating.

When Lucario opened his eyes, he quickly holds out his hands in the air and he yells out with a serious expression on his face, "Force Palm!"

An explosion of white aura rips out of Lucario's palms, making contact with Zoroark's arms and face.

He is sent flying straight through the air uncontrollably; his black aura lightning shrinking in size and power.

While Zoroark continues to fly through the air, Lucario quickly gets back up onto his feet and he says as an Aura Bow began to take form out of his left hand, "I allowed this battle to go on long enough… it's time to end it."

After the Aura Bow takes its form and turns white, Lucario continues as a sphere of white aura began to take form from his left palm, "My final technique… the God's Arrow."

Lucario looks up in the sky and sees Zoroark falling down towards the ground through the clouds head first. But Zoroark has regained controlling of his falling and is now diving down straight towards Lucario at a blinding speed.

Zoroark's legs have disappeared into the black lightning aura that has become a tail of a comet as he falls down through the sky.

Zoroark yells out with a bloodlust expression on his face as he aims his left and right Night Slashes at Lucario's head, "Let's end this, Lucario!"

As Zoroark continues to fly straight down towards Lucario, everything around them turned into slow motion.

Lucario thinks as he places the white aura sphere over the bow, 'Zoroark… this is the only way I can free you from the darkness…'

Lucario continues as he pulls his left arm back, the white aura sphere changing into the God's Arrow with the white chain still connected to Lucario's left palm, 'Zoroark… if I manage to hit you with this attack, you will lose the Hell Spirit Blade from your soul,'

Lucario continues as he pulls the aura string of the white arrow back, aiming carefully for Zoroark's chest, 'Once you lose the Hell Spirit Blade, you'll lose the seal that Darkdeath had placed on it, returning you to who you once were…'

As Lucario continued to take aim, he says with a serious expression on his face, "This last move is for my friends!"

Lucario fires the God's Arrow, sending it flying straight towards Zoroark's direction of his fall.

As the arrow flies straight towards Zoroark, Arceus and Darkdeath are glaring at each other.

Arceus has run out of plates, and is now forced to go for his full power.

As Arceus charges up for his Judgment attack, he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'I'm sorry, Lucario. But I'm down to my only option…'

Darkdeath yells out as he charges up for his Hell Void attack, "This is the end for you, Arceus! I win!"

Arceus looks up above Darkdeath's head and he sees how massive his Hell Void truly is.

Arceus thinks with a concerned expression in his eyes, 'With both of our attacks combined, the second Big Bang will come. I'm sorry, Lucario… but I must…!'

Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes widen with shock as he feels a massive burst of energy coming from the floating island.

When he looked in that direction, his eyes widen with shock as he feels the shockwaves of the God's Arrow flowing throughout the sky and Hell's Island.

Once Darkdeath felt the God's Arrow's shockwave, his eyes widen with shock and he thinks as he looks directly at the floating island, 'I-impossible! It can't be!'

As both Arceus and Darkdeath ended their attacks, Arceus thinks with a look of disbelief on his face, 'The God's Arrow has been used… and this shockwave of energy… did Lucario…?'

Before he could finish his thought, he finds himself flying straight up towards the floating island; his curiosity taking him over.

Darkdeath flies straight towards the floating island as well, thinking with a shocked expression on his face, 'This can't be! It can't be possible! Zoroark…!'

Once they both reached the floating island's barrier, they both looked down inside from opposite sides of the dome, looking down inside to see the true results.

Darkdeath's eyes widen with shock and anger as he sees Zoroark on the ground on his back; the God's Arrow pierced right through his chest and into his still beating dark heart.