Champions of Sinnoh
The new chapter. And again with twists different from the Anime, where many things could have been avoided but no one did anything about them. Remember that characters are OOC so don't get surprised by whatever you can find.
Now, let's read!
Chapter 5: Hunting Pokemon
The couple of Dawn and Ash walked through their path heading towards Floaroma City. After Dawn and Ash had won their first ribbon and badge respectively weeks ago, the two hadn't stopped training their Pokemon. No matter how good they were they could still get much better. The future fights that expected the couple weren't a peaceful ride in the park so they had to be ready for anything.
As the two trainers kept their pace, they came upon a house standing in the middle of a beautiful field of multicolored flowers. The house had a certain church appearance. A shadow passed over the two humans through the sky. The couple set their sight up and looked at a quadruped Dragon with lime-scaled skin with red crescent-Moon wings. His underbelly seemed to be covered by a hard shell.
"A Salamence?" Dawn asked in surprise checking her Pokedex. One of the few Pseudo Legendary Pokemon of the world just so happen to fly pass over them. That made the blue-eyed coordinator a bit suspicious.
"Someone is riding it!" Ash said his tone not very a sudden feeling of dread in his guts. The two trainers started running towards the house. They could see a young girl with pink hair watering the plants with a Gardevoir next to her. But they could also see the Dragon Pokemon descending in front of the house. A tall woman was standing on top of the Dragon Salamence, dressed in a dark purple trench coat that snuggled against her firm body, with a dark red outfit underneath. Her gray hair gave her a more intimidating look, her eyes covered by a visor. Her left wrist had a sort of circular weapon.
She wasn't know as a Pokemon Hunter for a reason.
Her sudden appearance indicated no nice thing for the two trainers.
"What do you want?" The young girl called Melodi asked with fear in her voice. The woman in front of her was certainly intimidating. Next to her, Gardevoir stood with a feeling of uneasiness.
"Just your Pokemon" The Hunter replied, one of her Pokeballs out "Ariados, use String Shot!" The red-and-black spider appeared and prepared to fire his spiderweb and catch his prey.
"Pikachu, Electro ball!" Ash first ordered ready to stop the spider. The Electric starter charged the electricity in his tail and released his powerful ball. The powerful sphere of volts hit Ariados before it could fire his attack. He was instantly knocked out by the voltaic sphere. The grey-haired woman looked in surprise recalling her defeated Pokemon and checking for the one responsible. She saw two teenagers running into scene standing in front of the girl and Gardevoir protecting them.
"Who are you?!" Dawn asked anger in her voice. Attacking people and Pokemon wasn't something she liked.
"You can call me Hunter J" The grey-haired woman introduced herself, standing from her vantage point at her Pseudo-legendary Pokemon's back. She didn't have time for interruptions, however, so she drew another Pokeball "Let's go, Drapion!" She released a dark purple scorpion-like Pokemon with long arms ending in pincers. The blue-eyed coordinator stepped forward with decisiveness.
"Go Amaura!" Dawn sent out her cute fossil Pokemon from Kalos. Jay looked with an eyebrow raised. That Pokemon was really rare. She had never seen one in Sinnoh before. It had to be worth a lot of money for sure.
"Drapion, use Cross poison!" Jay ordered going right for the kill. The Scorpion Pokemon crossed his pincers in front of him and shot an X made out of purple poison.
"Amaura, jump an Ancient Power!" The small sauropod Pokemon jumped high dodging the venom and charged a white sphere in her mouth. The move quickly hit Drapion and sent him flying back head over heels. The Rock move had been very effective against the Poison type, who couldn't stood up properly.
"We will call you dead Hunter if you don't leave!" Ash threatened his fist tight. After Dawn had proved the Hunter with whom she was dealing with, the trainer from Kanto hoped not to use any more force. As tempting as it was. The bounty Hunter recalled her defeated Pokemon with a small chuckle escaping from her lips.
"Such brave kids. Hard to come by on these days" The grey-haired bounty Hunter stated looking at the two teenagers like pieces of meat. The Pikachu he had was certainly powerful and that Rock Pokemon was from other region for certain. If the two had such nicely trained Pokemon then they could be great additions to her job. She hated to see that much potential wasted "I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I will leave if you two come to work for me. Two trainers like yourselves don't just pop out from the ground"
"I'd rather die than work for an old whore like you!" The bluenette said in anger, Amaura's fins changing their color into dark red of anger like her trainer.
"Old whore?" The Pokemon hunter stated almost not believing such youngsters with such wild tongues. She could use two kids for her personal enjoyment "You two are coming with me. You need some serious discipline. And I know just the way how to apply it" The blue-haired coordinator felt a chill going down her spine by that comment.
"For a reason, that doesn't surprise me" Dawn answered back. Meanwhile, the Pokemon trainer from Kanto had two Pokeballs at the ready.
"Swellow, Staravia!" Ash sent out his Normal/Flying Pokemon. The two birds stood against the Dragon Pokemon.
"How quaint" Jay casually said arrogantly with arms folded over her ample chest. She casually dismissed her new opponents. They weren't rare at all "Those two aren't worth anything"
"We'll see" The trainer from Kanto stated with a smirk ready to show the woman who she was messing with "Okay guys, use Substitute!" The two birds created dummies that replaced them while the real ones disappeared from sight. Jay widen her eyes, recognizing the threat.
"Now hit Salamence with a double Brave Bird!" Ash said. The real Pokemon showed up from beneath the floating Dragon surrounded in red flames. The two clashed against Salamence making him lose his hovering balance. But Jay didn't fall from her Pokemon. She holded on while the Flying Pokemon disappeared again behind their dummies.
"You caught me off guard, kid" Hunter said regaining her leverage, obvious fury in her blue eyes from behind her technological visor "But not anymore!" She looked at her Pseudo-legendary Pokemon "Salamence, use Dragon Breath!" The Dragon fired a concentrated yellow blast from his mouth. The attack hit the fake Pokemon and shattered them. The real birds showed up without an injury from the Dragon move.
"And now time for some extra money" The grey-haired deadly beauty smirked raising the gauntlet in her left arm. She aimed at the Flying Pokemon and shot a golden beam towards them.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash quickly ordered. His starter didn't lose any moment and fired the powerful yellow bolt. The electricity cut through the golden beam and hit Jay right in her unique weapon. The weird weapon exploded the bounty hunter grunting in discomfort and pain. She could see her naked hand now burnt and dripping with blood. Ash took that lingering opportunity.
"Swellow, Agility and Double Team!" The trainer ordered right away, not going for a fair fight. Against a Hunter, who would be fair? The Pokemon from Hoenn increased his speed circling the Dragon and created clones of himself. The dozens of copies dizzied the Pokemon and the hunter.
"Use Flamethrower on all of them!" Jay ordered without a care if she killed her new pray. She now only cared about making the kid suffer. The mighty Dragon expelled the hot flames from the back of his throat, hitting the clones one after the other. But once he finished, the real Swellow wasn't there. Ash smiled after the Hunter fell for his trick.
"Now Staravia, Sky Attack!" The Trainer ordered. The Flying Pokemon from Sinnoh came like a comet from the sky, hitting Salamence right in between his wings. The Dragon hit the ground with his armored belly yelling in pain by the attack. Staravia floated next to Swellow, panting after using two of the strongest Flying moves in a raw.
Hunter J clutched her teeth, not liking her situation. She had been hurt in her job before but only when she had been a rookie years ago. And those two brats were making her feel and look like one. She called through the earpiece to her forces. Not two seconds later, a grey truck came bursting through the forest. It was aiming towards the teenagers ready to run them over.
Not if the blue-haired coordinator had something to say about that.
"Piplup, Pachirisu come out!" Dawn sent out her two small but powerful Pokemon "Use Whirlpool to stop that truck!" The Water starter unleashed his Water typhoon, which captured and raised the truck up without control "And Pachirisu use Thunder Shock on the water!" The Electric Pokemon shot the powerful blue volts, electrifying the water and making the vehicle explode into nothing but burning debris. Some men dressed in black or grey outfits were sent flying away screaming in pain, their bodies burning. The two trainers weren't going to be the ones who rescued them.
The Hunter grinded her teeth together. Those kids had not only put her forces down but were putting her down as well. Those two certainly didn't hesitate with the deadly force. It was trait they shared apparently.
If the timing couldn't be better, Jay heard the sirens of the police coming closer. Just what she needed.
A message beeped in her earpiece.
"Commander Jay, the client has cancelled the deal" A man said through Jay's earpiece.
"What?!" The Hunter blurted out in anger masking the pain in her injured limb. First the kids ruined her plans and now she was left without her paycheck. But she wasn't going to prison anytime soon "Call him and make sure that the contract is fully terminated" The Pokemon hunter ordered Salamence to start floating. The two trainers looked up to the sky and saw a gigantic floating citadel-like aircraft. But the Bounty Hunter still had some last words for the trainers "You got lucky kids. I don't have any more businesses here. But for your own sake, pray that we don't meet again" Her words carried a lot of real menace.
"Or what? You will loose again?" Dawn asked rhetorically, trying to get under the Hunter' skin. Jay barely smirked by the statement, flying away on her Dragon/Flying Pokemon towards her aircraft. It quickly left as fast as it appeared.
"That was close" Dawn said after a deep sigh of relaxation, recalling Amaura into her Pokeball. The next thing the couple knew, however, was a young pink-haired girl hugging them with bone-crushing strength.
"Thank you" The pink-haired woman thanked with tears in her eyes, hugging at both trainers "Both of you"
"No problem" Ash replied feeling a bit awkward by the hug and a tad out of breath. Seconds later, Officer Jenny arrived in her motorcycle with her trustful giant fire dog Arcanine.
"Are you okay?" The police officer asked to the three teenagers, who nodded in response. While the police officer talked to Melodi, Dawn and Ash looked at the place, where the massive aircraft had left.
"For some reason, I think we'll meet her again" The bluenette stated with arms folded over her chest.
"And you are right" Ash said back knowing things were never easy in his life. This wasn't the first person, who wanted to hunt Pokemon. But Jay was certainly the most determined and ferocious one.
The Pokemon trainer only hoped to be strong enough for their next encounter. He knew Jay would be ready for sure.
A couple of days later after the encounter with the Pokemon Hunter, the couple found themselves walking through a canyon. It looked like if a river used to run where they were. According to the people, who lived nearby the canyon had been once full of Bidoof. They used to build their nest near the shore of the river until something had driven them away without an explanation.
But as the two trainers kept their pace, the Pokemon trainer from Kanto didn't see the small boulder in his way.
"Ouch!" Ash yelled in discomfort, hitting a rock with his foot and almost tripping down "Stupid rock" Ash kicked the boulder. As he finished saying that, the rock shot into the sky along with half of the soil like if something bursted out of it. The massive-size boulder was actually a creature. His gigantic snake frame was recovered by hard steel. Each segmented part of him had iron spikes with a flat head at the top. The mean eyes looked in anger at the one who kicked him.
"It's a Steelix!" Dawn said in terror, backstepping by the imposing and angered figure. Her boyfriend, however, had anything but fear.
"And I will catch it!" Ash said stepping forward in front of the Steel/Ground Pokemon. The evolution of Onix stared down at the puny human with a malicious gaze. Ash didn't back down, however "Go Tyrunt!" The Fossil Pokemon from Kalos showed up roaring like a beast. While he was much smaller than Steelix, it didn't mean he was less determined to fight.
"Okay Tyrunt, use Tail Whip!" Ash ordered. The Fossil Pokemon turned around and started waving his tail in mockery. It lowered Steelix's attack and defense by one stage each. But it also angered the giant Pokemon, his mouth opening and firing a yellow blast.
"He used Dragon Breath" The trainer from Kanto stated, knowing how dangerous it could be to be hit by that move "Tyrunt use Dragon Dance to dodge and Dragon Rush!" The Pokemon from Kalos covered himself in a red aura, which increased his attack and speed. He shot forward like a bullet, eluded the move and surrounded himself in a blue dragon-shaped aura of power. Thanks to the lower defense and increased attack, the Dragon move did more damage at the time of impact.
But Steelix wasn't down just as of yet. He swiped his tail towards the Dinosaur Pokemon, making the tip shine with luster.
"That's Iron Tail!" Ash knew it could cause some serious damage but the trainer wasn't going to let his unique Pokemon get injured for nothing. "Tyrunt, bite the tail with Ice Fang!" The baby Tyrannosaur waited for the last second with his fangs covered in ice. He then bite on the tail, sending the freezing sensations over the Pokemon. Thanks to Tyrunt's ability Strong Jaw, the Ice move did extra damage. Steelix went back injured but with no extra lasting effect.
Then Steelix shot a powerful silver beam of energy from his open maw. Ash had no time to properly react, his Prehistoric Pokemon receiving it and crashing against a rocky wall of the valley covered in bruises.
"That was Flash Cannon!" Dawn yelled towards her boyfriend. Ash looked at his Pokemon, who amazingly stood up again ready for more.
"Come on Tyrunt, use Dragon Dance again!" The fossil run towards the evolution of Onix with more increased attack and speed. The Steel Pokemon rose his tail again, aiming another powerful Iron Tail.
"Use Dragon Rush!" The dinosaur Pokemon charged forward, jumping over the tail and completely hit Steelix with his Dragon Move. The fully-evolved Pokemon amazingly tried to stood up again, obviously not wanting to go down against a small Pokemon like Tyrunt. That was when Tyrunt's mouth gathered a green sphere of concentrated power, firing the special attack. Steelix was hit right in his face. He fell to the ground with a hard thud.
The Iron Snake Pokemon never stood up again lying with swirls on his eyes.
"Great job Tyrunt!" The trainer said with a smile towards his Pokemon. He wasn't expecting Tyrunt to learn Dragon Pulse but he luckily did. The small tyrannosaur tackled his trainer in affection as always licking at his face like a happy dog.
"Okay, okay, that's enough Tyrunt" Ash said, trying to get free from his happy Pokemon. He stood up with one empty Pokeball ready "Pokeball catch!" Ash captured Steelix inside his empty Pokeball. The small sphere shook for some time Steelix obviously fighting against it. But it never opened again indicating a full perfect capture.
Ash lifted his new team mate looking at it with a small grin. Dawn got closer not so fearful. If Steelix was with Ash then she wasn't going to be in any harm.
"I would like to see Hunter J fighting against Steelix and Tyrunt at the same time" The dark-haired trainer stated, scratching his Fossil Pokemon in the head. In his experience Ash knew the bad guy, or bad lady this time, would show up again. But the trainer would be even more prepared to handle her.
"Maybe Steelix was the one who drove the Bidoof away" The blue-eyed coordinator said in theory. She looked around at the devoid place of Pokemon live. It made sense that a giant mean Pokemon like Steelix had driven everyone away to claim the place as his own.
"Well, they can return now if they want to" Ash responded, clipping his new team member to his waist. The couple decided to keep on their way towards Floaroma Town.
Notes from Chapter 5:
I changed some things for the chapters. Specially Hunter J. She was one of my favorite villains in the series. She always used more deadly force than any other enemy. But it doesn't mean that Ash and Dawn can't play just as rough as she does.
I really hated to watch some of the coolest Pokemon in the Anime just doing nothing. Steelix is the example. But I fixed that right away.
So the unique Pokemon have made their entrances into battle.
Maybe Dawn was a bit dark or uncarring for Jay's thugs but can you blame her?
So the two Pokemon trainers had quite some interesting encounters in their journey. Will they have more? Check the next chapter for that!