Chapter 9: The Legendary Battlefield. (Former Title: Sacred Field, Legendary Birds and Legendary Beasts.)
Satoshi ran all night, too upset to eat nor rest. He came across a giant field, with a large lake in the middle. He stopped at the lake, setting Hikari down near the water. He dived in and stood up at the shallow area, wiping all the dirt off of him. He then dragged Hikari's body over, and started to wash off all the blood and dirt off of her. He had also hoped that making contact with the cold water would help her wake up.
The lake was very clean, similar to the Lake of Life in Johto where he met Celebi the first time. He pulled her out of the water and set her down on the grass near the water. She still seemed to be dead, but Satoshi could still feel her pulse, barely. He tried to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation the way he remembered it. He moved his head over hers, and lowered so that his lips could touch hers. He breathed into her 3 times, then pushed her stomach down, forcing her to exhale. He then poured another bottle full of water down on her face, while shaking her violently by the shoulders.
Getting angry at himself for being unable to revive her, he closed his eyes and slammed his hand down. He accidentally hammered down Hikari's stomach, causing her to exhale even more. Satoshi opened him eyes and thought that he accidentally helped her die, but his thoughts were cleared when he heard Hikari cough. Hikari was coughing violently, coughing up water from the lake which Satoshi poured down on her. Hikari opened her eyes, looking around. When she saw Satoshi right beside her, she jumped, and with whatever strength she had left, she tried to push him over. She couldn't though, as she didn't have any energy left at all. She just looked at his eyes, half-expecting them to be red; but they weren't. Surprised, she tried to touch his face with her hand, but she couldn't lift her arm.
Satoshi on the other hand, was glad that Hikari was alive. He didn't bother stop the tears from flowing down his face as he embraced her. She looked at him for a few seconds, then sighed in relief; he was no longer under the Haunter's control. Satoshi helped her sit up and embraced her tightly again. Hikari hissed as one of Satoshi's arms brushed her injured arm. She tried to hug him back, but since she couldn't move her arms, she just leaned towards him and kissed him on the cheek. Surprised, Satoshi's cheeks started to blush, but he ignored it; the moment was just too precious to ruin with thoughts.
"Hikari, y...you're alive! I was so worried...I was really afraid that I killed you...I'm so sorry...How are you feeling?"
"It...hurts when I...breathe..."
"What happened to you?" he asked her. He looked disturbed when he heard what he did to her.
Suddenly, he felt the wind becoming stronger, and started to snow. 'What the Hell is wrong with this place? The weather is out of control!' Satoshi thought, as he released Hikari from his embrace and climbed out of the water. He helped her up to her feet, but she couldn't stand on her own, so he carried her on his back. Her arms were resting on Satoshi's shoulders, her legs were wrapped around his waist with his hands supporting them, and her head rested against the back of his neck. Satoshi started to walk South, when he heard a loud screeching sound. Before he could look up, a strong Ice Beam was fired at him, which he managed to dodge barely. He looked up and saw Articuno flying around, firing Ice Beams everywhere.
'Oh...so that's why the weather's so crazy. Articuno keeps summoning blizzards...' Satoshi thought as he started to run South.
"What's...that?" Hikari asked, looking up. "Articuno? Oh crap...Satoshi, leave...me here and run." she whispered.
"What? No! I've done enough horrible things already! No matter what happens, I am not letting go!" he yelled back.
The Articuno fired another Ice Beam at them, but it was interrupted by a Thunderbolt, causing an explosion. The explosion sent Satoshi and Hikari backwards, but Satoshi managed to jump back to his feet and carry Hikari on his arms quickly. They looked up to see Articuno and Zapdos firing at each other with respective attacks. Satoshi kept running, until a sudden Flamethrower flew right in front of him. Satoshi knew that Moltres had arrived, so he just kept running without looking back. The fiery bird Pokemon joined the other 2 legendary bird Pokemon in their clash. The 3 legendary Pokemon stopped fighting, looked at the tainted lake (from Satoshi washing dirt and blood off of himself and Hikari) then dived down towards Satoshi and Hikari.
"Damn it, where's Lugia when you need it!" Satoshi yelled, looking at the 3 birds diving down on them. Suddenly, Articuno and Zapdos stopped diving down, but Moltres started to glow, still diving. "Oh crap. It's using Sky Attack!" Satoshi started to run as fast as his legs could carry him. Moltres was about to make contact when a Hydro Pump stopped it. Satoshi stopped running when he heard a deafening roar. He looked around and cursed at the sight. He saw Raikou front of him, Entei to the left, and Suicune to the right. He gritted his teeth as he watched the beasts run around and the birds fly above him.
'Wait...I don't remember hearing that Suicune attacks anyone unless it was attacked first...' he thought as he watched Suicune calmly look back at him. "Please, Suicune. I'm not here to attack anyone. I'm just trying to go home with a seriously hurt friend. Could you please just let us go in peace?" he pleaded, once he remembered the past experiences with it. Satoshi and Hikari looked at it desperately, waiting for either a friendly roar, or an attack.
Suddenly, they heard a loud screech and the birds dived down on them, firing their respective attacks. Satoshi braced himself for the impact, but the attacks were stopped in midair by Suicune's Hydro Pump. The other 2 beasts looked at Satoshi and Hikari observantly. Having made a decision, Raikou fired a Thunderbolt at the Zapdos, which countered with a Thunderbolt of its own, Entei fired a Flamethrower at Moltres, which countered it using the same move, and Suicune fired an Aurora Beam at Articuno, which countered using Ice Beam. Seeing this, Satoshi assumed that they were allowing him to leave, so he took the time to run South, heading towards the thick forest. Satoshi hoped that the 3 legendary beasts could stall the birds long enough for him and Hikari to successfully find Celebi and escape.
However, the birds had the advantage of flying, so one of the birds decided to chase them, while the other 2 fought the 3 beasts. Satoshi reached the forest about 10 minutes later. The sun was starting to set (means that Satoshi and Hikari starved for about 2 days straight) to the West as Satoshi continued running. Suddenly, a large tree in front of him caught on fire and fell forward, preventing him from continuing. Hikari saw a look of fear come across Satoshi's face when he turned around. Moltres had decided to chase them.
"Satoshi...you have to...keep running! Staying in a...thick forest with...a legendary...fire-type Pokemon...can't end well! Run!" she told him, worried that they might die in the forest fire that was soon to follow. As predicted, the Moltres fired a series of Flamethrowers, burning all the trees that came across their paths. Satoshi ran around in the forest, avoiding the trees as they fell over. Unfortunately, Satoshi tripped over a tree root, accidentally crashing down on Hikari. She had a look of fear on her face as she saw a large tree in front of them catch on fire and started to fall towards them.
Before she could say anything, a Leaf Storm blew in front of them, incinerating the tree that was about to crush them. Satoshi and Hikari looked around, trying to find the source of the attack. Satoshi suddenly got up, picked up Hikari and started to run, shouting in joy. Hikari looked over to the direction which Satoshi was looking at. She saw the Celebi that they were looking for; it was trying to quench the forest fire which the Moltres caused.
Desperate, Satoshi pleaded with it, begging it to take them back to their own time. She didn't know whether it understood what he was trying to say, but a sudden Sky Attack from Moltres caused it to envelop them in a green aura, and right before the impact, Satoshi, Hikari, and Celebi disappeared from the forest...