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Chapter 7: Creation Sisters
"You two don't have to do this." Ash told Dawn and Diane. "I'm sure there's another way."
"Sorry Ash, but this is the only way to end this." Dawn told him. "Dusk isn't going to come along quietly, so we're going to have to bring her down."
"Do not worry Ash. I'm sure this won't take long." Diane assured him.
With that, Dawn and Piplup got onto Palkia's back, while Diane got on Dialga's. The two dragons and their riders flew up into the air to face Dusk and Giratina while Ash and the others watched from the ground.
"It's finally begun." Sabrina observed. "Those sisters are going to clash."
"Even with Giratina, there's no way Dusk can stand up to both of them!" a concerned Ben declared.
"Perhaps this is for the best." Cynthia proposed. "Maybe by working together, Diane and Dawn can finally work things out."
"C'mon Cynthia, you know it's not going to be that simple." Ash told her. "This is going to turn into a three-way battle and we all know it."
"And if this fight gets too out of hand, this whole town may end up being destroyed." Morty added.
Back up in the sky, the sisters were still preparing to face off. It seemed like Dusk and Giratina were sizing the others up.
Diane made the first move. "Dialga, attack Giratina with Flash Cannon!"
"Shadow Force!" Dusk quickly commanded.
Dialga fired a beam of white light from the diamond on its chest at Giratina. But before it could hit, Giratina suddenly vanished into thin air. Dawn and Diane began to look around for where Giratina might emerge. Suddenly, a massive black shadow with red eyes appeared and struck Palkia in the back, hurling the space dragon forward a few feet. The shadow quickly transformed back into Giratina.
Dusk giggled at the mischief she had caused. "Now used Aura Sphere!"
The plates on the phantom dragon opened to reveal its mouth, allowing a ball of blue light to form. Giratina launched the ball Dialga, striking the dragon of time in the chest.
"Palkia, use Spacial Rend!" Dawn commanded.
Upon recovering from the last attack, Palkia quickly flung a large blade of pink energy from its right forearm at Giratina. The phantom dragon was struck in the chest before it had a chance to get out of the way.
"Palkia's attack looks like it did a lot of damage." Misty observed from the ground.
"Okay Palkia, use Aqua Tail!" Dawn ordered.
"Dialga, use Roar of Time!" Diane commanded.
Palkia flew full speed at Giratina as its tail became shrouded in water. But just as the space dragon came in close to deliver its attack, Dialga fired a beam of blue energy from its mouth that hit Palkia in the back. Dawn, Piplup, and Palkia all seemed to move in slow motion for a few seconds as they recovered from the attack. Palkia turned around and growled at Dialga, seemingly forgetting all about its original opponent.
Dawn glared at Diane. "Damn it Diane! What the hell was that?"
"I was trying to bring this battle to a speedy end!" Diane told her. "If you hadn't blindly charged in to try and take on Dusk single handedly, we wouldn't be having this conversation!"
"Look, I can take care of this by myself! Why don't you just stay the hell out of my way?" Dawn shot back. "You've already caused more than enough damage!"
"And just what do you mean by that?" Diane demanded to know.
"You know damn well what I mean!" Dawn replied. "If you had watched Dusk like you were supposed to all those years ago, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"I'm so sick of you blaming all of that on me!" Diane shouted.
"Yeah? Well deal with it!" Dawn shot back. "Palkia, use Aura Sphere on Dialga!"
Palkia roared as a large ball of blue light formed in its right claw. The space dragon flung the ball at Dialga, striking the temporal dragon in the face.
"Damn you!" Diane cursed. "Dialga, attack Palkia with Dragon Pulse!"
Dialga opened its mouth and fired a large ball of blue-green light at Palkia. The dragon of space was struck in the chest and knocked back in the air slightly. Plakia recovered and flew full speed towards Dialga.
"They're… fighting again." Dusk observed with a sad expression. "Giratina… use Draco Meteor!"
Giratina raised its head and fired a ball of orange light high into the air. The ball exploded and several small meteorites rained down. Most of the falling rocks hit Dialga and Palkia, but some rained down upon the surrounding area as well. Ash and Lucario both raised their arms and erected a barrier of blue light to protect everyone from the barrage. After a moment, the rain of meteors caused by Giratina's attack finally stopped.
"This is nuts!" Clint exclaimed. "If those three keep at it this whole town going to get creamed!"
"Damn it!" Ash cursed as he got out a Pokeball. "Come on out, Ho-Oh!"
Soaring out of the thrown ball was a massive red bird with a mass of golden tail feathers and a white underside. Shimmering green feathers rimmed the bird's wings and adoring its head was a golden crest. Ho-Oh landed on the ground to allow Ash, Pikachu, and Lucario to get on its back.
"Ash, what're you doing?" Misty asked.
"I'm putting an end to this right now!" Ash told her.
With that, Ho-Oh took off into the air towards the three dragons clashing in the sky above. All three were so focused on attacking one another that they did not notice Ash's arrival.
"Ho-Oh, use Sacred Fire on Dialga!" Ash commanded.
Ho-Oh's eyes began to glow blue and its body became enveloped in rose-colored flames that remarkable did not harm the passengers on its back. With a flap of its wings, Ho-Oh sent forth a wave of flames that struck Dialga in its left side. The flames subsided and while Diane was unharmed, Dialga's body was smoking and the armored parts of its body were glowing red-hot. At that point, the attention of all three sisters was focused on Ash.
"Ho-Oh's sacred flames managed to burn Dialga." Morty observed.
"Will you three cut it out already?" Ash shouted at the three sisters. "You keep this up, and the whole town's gonna be torn apart!"
"Stay out of this Ash!" Dawn shot back. "Palkia, use Hydro Pump on Ho-Oh!"
Palkia shot a powerful stream of water from its mouth at Ho-Oh! The great phoenix flew up slightly to avoid the attack. But a split second later, a massive black shadow emerged from behind and rammed into Ho-Oh's back, nearly knocking the great bird out of the sky. The shadow soon turned into Dusk and Giratina.
"Dusk, what're you doing?" Ash asked.
"Please Ash… it's better if you don't get involved in this." Dusk told him.
"Dialga, use Roar of Time!" Diane ordered.
Dialga roared and fired a beam of blue light at Ho-Oh. The phoenix managed to evade the attack only to be hit from below by one of Palkia's Spacial Rend attack.
"Now they're all ganging up on Ash?" a surprised Bed observed.
"Even with Ho-Oh, Ash can't fight all three of them on his own." Misty spoke as she threw a Pokeball. "Go Kyogre!"
Bursting out of the ball was a massive blue and white orca with sunken yellow eyes. Its huge pectoral fins were like wings, and on the end of each one were four white square protrusions that resembled fingers. Running along the creature's body on certain parts was a red line, which also formed a unique pattern on its wing-like fins. Somehow Kyogre floated in the air as if it were in the water. As Misty got on the whale's back, the red lines on Kyogre's body began to glow.
Suddenly the sky became thick with dark clouds and the sound of thunder echoed through the land. In seconds, a massive downpour of rain began as Kyogre took off into the air.
"Kyogre, use Calm Mind!" Misty commanded. "Then hit Palkia with Ice Beam!"
Kyogre's eyes began to glow with a pinkish light. Once the whale had gotten in range, it opened its mouth and fired a beam of crackling white energy that struck Palkia in the back. A patch of ice formed where the beam hit and shattered as the dragon ruler of space turned around to face Kyogre.
"Damn it Misty, stay out of this!" Dawn ordered. "This is between me an my sisters!"
"Not anymore Dawn!" Misty told her. "This fight of yours has dragged everyone else in! So now I'm going to help Ash put a stop to this!"
"You asked for it!" Dawn shot back. "Palkia, use Spacial Rend!"
Palkia roared as it flung another pink blade of energy at Kogre. The great whale was struck in the right wing and nearly crashed to the ground before making a last minute turn upward. At the same time, Ash and Ho-Oh were still locked in fierce combat with Dusk and Diane.
"This is totally insane!" Shannon declared. "How the hell did these guys get their hands on such powerful Pokemon?"
"Maybe you should call in backup." Clint suggested.
"No amount of backup is going to be worth anything against those titans!" Shannon pointed out.
"Calling backup is unnecessary." Sabrina informed them. "I've have already called in some help of my own. He should be here any moment now."
As if on cue, a ball of blue light suddenly came from nowhere and struck Dialga in the side of its head. Ash, Dusk, and Diane looked to see floating in the air a six-foot-tall purplish-grey feline with a humanoid build. Its stomach and tail were both purple and it had a cord-like growth on the back of its neck.
"What kind of Pokemon is that?" Diane wondered.
"Mewtwo!" Ash called to the feline.
Mewtwo turned his head to look at Ash. "I understand you need assistance."
"You take care of Diane and Dialga!" Ash requested. "I'll handle Dusk and Giratina!"
"As you wish." Mewtwo agreed.
With that, Mewtwo began throwing more Aura Spheres at Dialga. Misty and Dawn meanwhile were still locked in combat, unaware of Mewtwo's arrival. Kyogre had barely managed to hold out against Palkia's attacks, but the damage Palkia had taken while fighting the other two cosmic dragons was beginning to take its toll.
"Dawn, how long are you going to keep blaming Diane for Dusk running off?" Misty demanded to know as the two Pokemon titans took a short breather.
"Looking after Dusk was her responsibility!" Dawn reminded her.
"Yeah? And how much responsibility have you taken for Dusk?" Misty asked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Dawn replied.
"My older sisters used to dump a lot of stuff on me in the past." Misty explained. "I was the one who got stuck with all the dirty work. Didn't you ever once help Diane look after Dusk?"
"Hey! I had my own life to live!" Dawn argued.
"So what, Diane's life didn't matter?" Misty asked. "She has dreams of her own, just like you do! You're saying that your life and your dreams are more important?"
"Well… well no I…" Dawn replied as a look of realization came to her face.
"You're a kind person, but you're thinking the same way my sisters did." Misty continued. "So I'm going to handle you the same way Ash and I handled my sisters years ago! I'm going to knock some sense into you! Kyogre! Use Thunder!"
Kyogre cried out and a massive bolt of blue lighting came down from the sky and struck Palkia. In seconds, Palkia crashed to the ground, throwing Dawn and Piplup from its back. Piplup was out cold but Dawn was still conscious. After managing to sit up, Dawn called Palkia back to its ball using her left hand. As soon as Kyogre came close enough to the ground, Misty dismounted the whale and called it back to its ball before running to Dawn with Clint.
"You okay?" Misty asked Dawn.
"My arm really hurts, but other than that…" Dawn replied while Clint looked her over.
"Well, looks like you've broken this arm." Clint diagnosed. "We'll have to swing by my office to put it in a cast."
"I really screwed up, didn't I?" Dawn spoke to Misty. "I guess I can't blame Diane alone for losing Dusk. Maybe if I had been a little more involved and spent more time with Dusk, none of this would've happened."
Back up in the air, Dusk and Diane were still locked in combat with Ash and Mewtwo. Mewtwo continued pelting Dialga with Aura Spheres.
"Dialga, use Roar of Time!" Diane ordered.
The dragon of time roared and blasted Mewtwo with another beam of blue light. When the attack was over, Mewtwo had taken a good deal of damage but was still in the air. At the same time, all the damage Dialga had taken earlier was starting to get to the dragon.
"Just get out of my way!" Diane ordered Mewtwo. "I need to stop Dusk so I can get her the help she needs!"
"Why… are you so insistent that your sister needs help?" Mewtwo asked as he recovered from Dialga's attack. "She seems to be doing fine on her own."
"No! She's not well!" Diane insisted. "Dusk is more disturbed than ever because I let her run off! I have to make things right!"
"For her, or yourself?" Mewtwo asked.
Diane's eyes widened a bit. "…What?"
"Sabrina told me of what was going on when she sent for me." Mewtwo explained. "She told me of your relationship with these sisters of yours. And from what I have seen, it seems you are simply trying to correct your own mistake rather than do what is best for your sister."
"That… that's not…!" Diane tried to argue.
"If you cannot accept your own mistakes, than you are weak!" Mewtwo declared. "And that means you cannot stand against me!"
Mewtwo cried out and spread his arms, and in seconds a swirling ball of purple energy formed in front of him. The ball continued to grow as the legendary feline brought his arms back together.
"Psystrike!" Mewtwo called out.
The swirling ball of light flew forward and hit Dialga in the chest like a bullet. The dragon of time was knocked out cold and began to fall to the ground. As Dialga fell, Diane was suddenly flung from it's back in midair.
"Diane!" a horrified Cynthia called out as she threw a Pokeball. "Go Garchomp!"
Flying out of the ball was a dark-blue dragon with a head that slightly resembled the head of a hammerhead shark. On its back was a fin with a notch in it, and the wings on its arms were like a large pair of fins. Garchomp managed to catch Diane on its back long before she hit the ground. The shark dragon landed near Cynthia to allow Diane to get off. Soon after, Diane called Dialga back to its ball.
"Are you okay?" a concerned Cynthia asked.
"I'm fine." Diane assured her. "Cynthia… I'm sorry about all this."
"Just don't scare me like that again, okay?" Cynthia requested as she put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey Diane?" Dawn interrupted as she approached.
"What do you want?" Diane responded.
"I just want to say that I'm sorry." Dawn explained. "I really have been too hard on you. I know you care about Dusk just as much as I do. I should've helped you more and maybe taken Dusk off your hands every now and then. Maybe if I had, things wouldn't be this way."
"No, you've been right all along." Diane told her. "If I hadn't been so involved in my work, Dusk wouldn't have run off."
"You were only doing what you love." Dawn reminded her. "Maybe we're both just as much to blame."
At that moment, Mewtwo landed on the ground near the others. The exhausted feline Pokemon fell to one knee.
"Mewtwo, are you okay?" a concerned Sabrina asked.
"I will be fine with some rest." Mewtwo assured her.
"Now Ash is fighting alone against Dusk." Diane realized.
"Don't worry. I'm sure Ash will do okay." Cynthia assured her.
Ash and Dusk were still engaging in battle up in the air. Ho-Oh had taken a good deal of damage from Giratina's attacks but was managing to hold on. Yet Dusk and Giratina were not letting up.
"Just go away Ash!" Dusk shouted.
"I'm only trying to help you Dusk!" Ash told her.
"Don't bother! It's… better if you and everyone else just leave me alone." Dusk replied. "I always do better alone."
"That's not true Dusk. You wouldn't have been able to help Marowak and her kids pass on if Sabrina, Morty, Misty, and I hadn't all helped you out." Ash pointed out. "And without Ben, you might not have been able to help the ghost of Maiden's Peak."
"Well… yeah, but still…" Dusk continued as tears came to her eyes. "I'm not normal! I cause trouble for normal people and get them involved in weird things! My sisters always fight because of me! So… it's better if I'm alone."
"You don't have to be alone Dusk!" Ash insisted. "You're not the only one who's a little different. Sabrina has psychic powers that no normal human had, but she has Morty, her parents, and lots of other people. It's the same for you Dusk!"
"No… it's not the same for me." Dusk denied. "So just go away already!"
"Not happening!" Ash replied. "Ho-Oh, use Sunny Day and Sacred Fire!"
Ho-Oh shrieked and shot a golden ray of light into the sky above. The rain stopped and the dark clouds dispelled to reveal a clear sunlit sky with a rainbow. The phoenix became shrouded again in rose-colored flames, and with a flap of its wings sent a wave of fire at Giratina. The phantom dragon was hurled back and knocked to the ground. Dusk managed to hang onto Girtina's back and was unharmed.
With the battle over, Ho-Oh landed on the ground near Giratina and Dusk. After dismounting Ho-Oh and calling it back to its ball, Ash walked over to Dusk with Pikachu and Lucario.
"I'm not going back with my sisters." Dusk told him.
"No one's asking you to." Ash replied.
"Dusk!" a worried Ben called as he ran over. "Are you okay?"
"I guess so." Dusk replied.
"Thank god." Ben breathed a sigh of relief. "Look Dusk… I've been trying to find you for years. You know how I feel about you."
"I… feel the same way." Dusk admitted.
"And that's why I want to travel with you Dusk." Ben told her. "My life hasn't been the same since that night we met. I want to be a part of your journey."
"It's better if you don't." Dusk replied sadly. "We're from two different worlds Ben. It… it just wouldn't work out."
"The hell it wouldn't." Ben responded. "Dusk, I came into your world that night at Maiden's Peak. I'm part of that world of yours now."
"So… you don't think I'm weird?" Dusk asked.
"If you are, so am I." Ben assured her. "So… will you have me?"
Dusk broke down in tears and wrapped her arms around Ben. Ben hugged her back, and after a moment the two of them kissed.
"Now hold on just a minute here!" Shannon interrupted. "I hate to break up such a touching moment, but you three girls have a few things to answer for after almost destroying this town."
"That will not be necessary, Officer Jenny." A familiar voice interrupted. Everyone looked to see Mayor Fuji approaching.
"Oh, Mayor Fuji! How long have you been here?" a surprised Shannon asked.
"Long enough to see that whole battle." Mayor Fuji answered. "And there is no need to punish Ms. Dusk or her sisters. No one was seriously harmed, and everything was resolved well. Besides, Ms. Dusk has done our town a great service."
"Thank you Mr. Mayor." Dusk replied.
"Wait, how do you know Dusk?" Ben asked.
"We met the night she came to town and sensed Marowak's spirit." Mayor Fuji explained. "I was the one who explained the situation to her. She's quite a remarkable young lady you know."
"You don't have to tell me." Ben agreed.
"Now then young man. If you are going to go with Ms. Dusk, then you may need this on your travels." Mayor Fuji continued as he handed Ben a Pokeball.
Ben took the Pokeball from the old man. "You know I'm not a Pokemon trainer."
"It's never too late to start." Mayor Fuji chuckled. "Consider this your first Pokemon."
Ben shrugged and threw out the Pokeball to see what was inside. The Pokemon that emerged was a living Cubone. The little Pokemon enthusiastically threw its bone into the air like a baton.
"That Cubone is the grandson of the Marowak who died in the tower." Mayor Fuji explained. "The trainer who raised Marowak's surviving child brought the little fellow to me hoping that I could find a good trainer for him. I think you'll do quite nicely."
"Thanks." Ben told him.
"I think we should be going now Ben." Dusk decided.
"Don't we need to get Giratina to the Pokemon Center first?" Ben asked.
"Nope." Dusk answered as she reached into the large black bag that was slung over her shoulder.
The item Dusk pulled out was a spray bottle with the words, Max Revive, written on the side in black letters. Dusk sprayed the liquid on Giratina, and in moments the phantom dragon regained consciousness and got up. Dusk got onto Giratina's back with Ben, Helen, and Cubone.
"Well, we'll be going now." Dusk told the others.
"Do you have to leave so soon Dusk?" Diane asked. "Can't you stay for a bit longer?"
"Don't worry sister. We'll see each other again real soon." Dusk assured her with a cheerful smile. "Nice seeing you all again." And with that, Giratina flew off into the sky and quickly vanished into the distance.
"At least she said goodbye this time." Dawn observed.
"If only we had understood Dusk better." Diane remarked. "It would've saved everyone a lot of pain."
"Hey, at least things are a little better between you guys." Ash pointed out.
"That's true." Dawn agreed.
"Well, we should probably get out of here." Clint decided. "For one thing Ms. Dawn, I still need to tend to that broken arm of yours."
"Yes, it has been a long day." Mayor Fuji agreed. "Though Officer Jenny, as I'm sire you're aware, there is one more thing you need to take care of here at the tower."
"Yeah, I have to get Mr. Baron's body out of there." Shannon sighed. "You know the guy was scum in the end, but I do feel kind of bad that we couldn't save him from getting killed."
"Yes, it is a shame." Mayor Fuji agreed. "But perhaps Mr. Baron's fate was unavoidable. Our sins have a way of catching up with us in the end. The same was true even for my own son."
With that remark, Mayor Fuji looked in Mewtwo's direction. The feline Pokemon noticed this and quirked his brow.
"So what do we tell Mrs. Baron?" Misty wondered.
"I'm sure we'll figure out something." Ash shrugged. "Whatever we tell her though, she's not gonna like it."
Author's Note: The battle in this chapter proved to be a tiny bit difficult to write. For those who don't recall, Misty had captured Kyogre in one of my previous stories, Revenge of Noir Mask. I'm sure many noticed that I wrote Kyogre as being able to fly in this story. I'm my own defense, Kyogre was depicted as being able to fly in some of the games. Plus it was the only way it could take part in the battle. As for Mewtwo showing up, even though I had implied in an earlier chapter Sabrina had called Mewtwo for backup, I still feel like him showing up was a bit of a Daeus ex Machina. All in all, I feel like there are some parts of this chapter I could've done better. But I'll let the readers be the judge.
Anyway, this story isn't quite over yet. There's going to be an epilogue that will hopefully be up soon. So stay tuned. And in the meantime, please review and let me know what you think.