CHAPTER 6:
All four of the group swerved back and saw who said that. When they did, they met eye to eye to a boy Ash's age. He had crimson red eyes, with blue hair. He was wearing a silver sweat shirt and a black jacket on it. His pants were orange with silver zic-zag design on it. Some thing about him gave him a powerful and evil aura. He extended him arm to Ash, which Ash gingerly shook.
"Allow me to introduce myself, My name is Ruby. I am from Kanto."
"Hi, I am-"
"I know who you are. I tracked you here. Now lets get down to business. I want to challenge you to a battle."
Ash looked a little taken aback at that statement, "why?"
Ruby simply smiled and shook his head, "I want to be the best. And to be the best I have to beat the best. And now, my journey has led me to you. I want to challenge Brendan. And so I am on a journey to beat the best trainers in the world. And after that, I will challenge him and finally beat him" Ruby said gripping his pokeball with bottled anger.
"Is he really that good? I bet he is just a push over" said Max,
"are you serious?! Brendan is the best there is. I managed to defeat Lance in a non-official battle and went on to challenge Brendan. He pulverized me in one hit. Even my Shadow Dragonite could not stand more than one hit" said Ruby, staring with disbelief at Max.
The word, however, made Ash's eyes light up.
"Did you say, shadow Dragonite?" said Ash, pulling out his Pokedex.
It said, " Shadow Dragonite, a step above the legendary Dragonite. It is said to have immerse powers and it is highly rare. There are only a estimated 2 Shadow Dragonite left on Earth"
Ash, his mouth agape, stared at the new arrival. Who was this guy?
"heh… a shadow Dragonite? C'mon, I'll challenge you to a battle!" claimed Ash as he began running towards a clearing.
Max, however, looked incredulously at Ash, who was acting idiotically as usual.
"you….have got to be kidding" said Max, staring at Ash.
"no, I am deadly serious!" said Ash, grinning, and not getting the hint of Max's voice that indicates that he cannot win.
"Very well," sighted Ruby and took out a Pokeball, " lets go, Silver!".
The pokeball popped open and a red light filled the space before it and after a few seconds, a Larvitar appeared. It opened its mouth and uttered a short and mild roar.
"GO PIKACHU!" yelled Ash, as the little yellow rodent jumped from his shoulder onto the battle field, its cheeks sparkling, dramatically.
"heh, is this a joke? A electric versus a ground?!" said Ruby, a little irritated at the lack pf respect that Ash was paying him.
"fine, you get the first move" said Ruby as Ash commanded a attack. Max, as usual, picked the winning side and started rooting for Ruby but May on the other hand, for some odd reason, began vigorously cheering for Ash. Max looked at May, as though she was insane.
"what?" said May a little self consciously.
"I still don't get it why you stick up for Ash!" said Max, as though the answer lied in some alternate dimension.
Immediately a blush came on May's face as she vigorously shook her head,
"you wont get it Max! let it go" said May as she began giving the battle her full attention, the blush slowly wearing away.
TO THE BATTLE:
Ash grinned and commanded Pikachu to use a thunder. Pikachu unleashed a full fledged thunder that hardly stung Larvitar. It shook it head and yawned, before averting its death glare on to Pikachu. Pikachu stood in its tracks, shaking, staring without blinking back at the small ground Pokemon.
Brock was the first person to realize what was going on,
"ASH! WATCH OUT! ITS GLARE. IT CAN PARALYZE PIKACHU!" shouted Brock from the side lines.
Ash bared his teeth before shouting words of encouragement to Pikachu. None worked. The Larvitar seemed to have Pikachu in a death wrap.
Ruby smirked before commanding, " Silver, use Radical Punch!"
The small ground Pokemon's hand lit up white and suddenly blue ancient symbols began swirling in the whites of the glow. The Larvitar jumped with such velocity that everyone immediately lost visual of it. They regained visual after a second, but now next to it was a knocked out Pikachu.
"T-T-T-That's all?!" said Ash, stunned at the speed and attack this Pokemon possessed.
Ruby, however, looked flabbergasted.
"so, is this all the great Ketchum is made of? So basically the legends are fake. One attack! Sheesh.' said Ruby, turning and walking away, followed by his Larvitar.
That was it. Ash exploded. The mark on his arm began to emit through his glove, his eyes pulsing red. Pikachu was affected too. The marks on its back began pulsing blue as its entire body began changing into pitch black, its eyes gleaming red, its fangs glittering in the sunlight.
"Pikachu, THUNDER!" said Ash in an voice that was not his own. Pikachu, snarled and sent out a pitch black wave of thunder that struck Larvitar with full force. It floated into the air, due to the tremendous energy that was sent into its body. It landed, fried, knocked out.
Ruby stared, his red eyes, wide with excitement and a slight tinge of defeat. Max, Brock and May were stunned. Suddenly, Ruby smiled.
"so it starts, Ketchum, so it starts" he said as he took out his Pokeball, eager to continue the battle.
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