Servo: It's about time the site got back to normal!
Crow: I agree. They said this was only supposed to be thirty minutes, and we ended up waiting a full freaken day!
Me: I'm sure many of you fellow authors were pissed about the little hiccup in the FFnet servers yesterday. I sure was! I got done with the newest chapter to PokeMario, and I was so excited about posting it that the problem yesterday delt annoyed the hell outta me! Anyway, the next chapter's finally here, so here's an overview: Ash, Clay, and Zane are forced into a pokemon battle against Kale, the Dentes Rhohos leader. Of course, everyone doubts he's the real leader since he's human, and the Dentes Rhohos have apparently been around since the Mezozoic Era due to legends handed down in the Mushroom World's dinosaur population. All of Kale's pokemon are loyal DR Pokemon, meaning they act without being ordered to most of the time. They also are a bit stronger than other DR Pokemon as well. I've gone a bit overboard in this chapter with the pokedex useage, so if you find it annoying, please don't be mad or anything. There's also one unexpected threat on Kale's team you'll be somewhat suprised by.
Mallow: Somewhat suprised?
Me: I'll explain at the end of the chapter.
Zane: Let's watch, wont we?
Chapter 47: Gotta Save Em' All!
"I challenge you to a pokemon battle." When Kale finished thant sentance, Ash, Clay, and Zane were suddenly pulled in closer to Kale by some unseen force. Suddenly a magical wall appeared blocking everyone else from trying to stop what was about to happen. DK tried to punch the wall down, but ended up hurting himself.
Kale then said, "Let me explain the rules of this match. You will be batelling not only for your own lives, but those of your friends as well as those of this world, and that of the Mushroom Kingdom. As such, you are expected to battle fiercely, not that it'll do you any good in the end. You three will be cooperating in a three against one tag battle, but the match will be done singles style, which I'm sure you are familiar with by now. To be fair, if you were to somehow defeat any of my pokemon, you may use those infernal machines to capture them."
Clay loked at Ash, and asked, "Tag match?" Ash then said, "Normally, a tag match is a double battle where two trainers battle two other trainers in a tag team double battle, where both sides each send in one pokemon. The better the bond between the trainers, the better the battle they put out, as they can read each others moves and act accordingly to try to defeat their opponents. In our case, we'll be doing a tag team singles match against one trainer."
Clay nodded, now getting the picture. Zane then said, "We better be careful. There's no telling what this psycho's up to." Kale ignored Zane's insult, and said, "First up, I choose you, Kabutops!!!!" From the pokeball Kale was holding, a savage-looking crature emerged. It almost looked like a Scyther due to the blade-like arms. It had a thin body with stone-like plates, and had two claws on each foot. It had a large head that looked like a crab's. Worst of all, it was another DR Pokemon.
Zane looked into his pokedex, which said, "Kabutops, the Shellfish pokemon. Kabutops is an aincient pokemon that died out many eons ago. It's thought to have lived in offshore areas and lakes, and fed off of the bodily fluids of it's prey with help of it's sword-like arms."
Kale then said, "If you're wondering how I came into possession of this creature, it was thanks to Team Rocket's attack on the Pewter Museum of Science." Brock became angered when he heard that, but didn't say anything. Lucy was able to calm him down, however. Kale then said, "As you'd expect, Team Rocket ressurected the fossil pokemon from the samples obtained, and I now have a squadron of ancient beasts to do my bidding! Now, choose the first victim of my prehistoric servent. He's getting hungry."
The heroes cringed at the thought f watching Kabutops feed on a fallen pokemon, but the three trainers in the shielded battlefield had no choice but to battle. Zane shouted, "I'll start this match! Let's go Mankey!!!! Use Low Kick!" The moment Mankey jumped out from his pokeball, Kabutops tried to rip him apart with a Slash attack, but Mankey dodged to the side, and delivered a harsh Low Kick to Kabutops' side, sending it to the floor. Thanks to Kabutops' weight and the type disadvantage, the Low Kick did a great amount of damage.
Kabutops then retaliated by kicking Mankey to the side, then it attacked with a Water Pulse attack. The attack hit Mankey quite hard, but Mankey refused to go down seeing as how he knew how high the stakes of this battle were. Mankey then rushed in and hit Kabutops over the head with Karate Chop, again sending Kabutops into the floor. Kabutops then suprised Mankey by doing a sudden backflip, and then began slashing into Mankey relentlessly with Fury Cutter, then it rammed Mankey with a Headbutt, sending Mankey into the barrier Kale put up to keep the others out.
Zane then yelled, "Mankey, you gotta get up! We can't afford to lose a single man on this battlefield!" Clay then said, "Yeah, that Kabutops is nothing but an evoltionary has-been! Why else would it be extinct?!" Ash then said, "I may have had only one fighting type pokemon on my team, but I know enough from countless battles that you guys are true champions! You can't let a little tap like that get you down"
Kale then said, "That fleabag is a total weakling! I honestly don't see why you kids waste your time with such inferior creatures when there are so many other more powerful specimens around!" When he heard that, Mankey imedeately got up, and he was mad. Ash smirked, and then said, "You shouldn't have said that!" Kale then "And why not?" His question was answered when Mankey began to evolve. Mankey grew taller, his arms and legs became more muscular, and his hands now looked like boxing gloves. The light finally faded, showing a Primeape in Mankey's place. "PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMME!!!!!!!!!" Screeched the now furious Primeape as it charged Kabutops and delivered a powerful Cross Chop to KO Kabutops.
Clay quickly used his snag machine to capture the DR Kabutops. "You got lucky..." Kale sneered as he sent in his next pokemon. He then said, "This one will be too much for that worthless ape to handle! GO AERODACTYL!!!" When the Pokeball opened, a large pteradactyl pokemon appeared. It's head was similar to a Charizard's due to the two horns on the back of it's head, but that's where the similarities ended. The jaws were lined with rows of triangular saw-edged fangs, and had to large wings with clawd hands. It had a long and powerful tail with an arrowhead-like tip at the end.
Zane checked his Pokedex agaiin, and it now said, "Aerodactyl, the Fossil pokemon. This pokemon was the ruler of the skys during the mid to late Cretaceous period. It went extinct around four to five thousand years ago as it could not keep up with the changing world. Suprisingly, despite it's apparent savage nature, there has been evidence that this pokemon along with other prehistoric pokemon lived peacefully with humans. It hunted by startelling it's prey with a shrill screech, followed up by a high speed dive where Aerodactyl finished it's prey off with a single bite to the neck with it's saw-like fangs."
Clay was scared of this new DR Pokemon regardless of the pokedex's description of the beast's hunting pattern. Ash then said, "Zane, let me handle this. Primeape needs a rest after that fight with Kabutops." Zane nodded and called Primeape back. Ash then said, "Ok Pikachu, do you think you can handle this?" Pikachu then said, "It may be tough, but since when are things easy for us? If I can handle taking on a Dragonite, I can handle this!" Pikachu charged onto the field as Aerodactyl prepared to attack with a Steel Wing attack.
Pikachu jumped into the air, and used Iron Tail, but Aerodactyl proved to fast and lashed out with it's own Iron Tail. Aerodactyl then somehow unearthed a group of boulders from the field, and launched them at Pikachu using Ancient Power. Pikachu used Agility to speed up and dodge the rocks, and was able to land an Iron Tail to Aerodactyl's chest.
Clay then said, "That was a good choice of target. If you hit Aerodactyl's chest enough, it's chest muscles will weaken a bit, forcing it to fight on the ground since the chest muscles help power the wings. However, since this is a DR Aerodactyl, I'm not sure if that'll help much." Ash then said, "Thanks for the advice. Pikachu, try Thunder Bolt now!" Pikachu shot a blast of electricity at Aerodactyl, which was blocked by Aerodactyl's Protect. Aerodactyl then used Earthquake, but Pikachu jumped over the shockwaves, which suprised Aerodactyl, leaving it open to another Iron Tail, which sent it to the ground.
Ash then shouted, "OK, VOLT TACKLE!!!!" Kale's face paled when he heard that, as he had no clue this Pikachu had an attack that rare and powerful. Pikachu raced towards the fallen Aerodactyl, and soon electricity covered his entire body as it charged foward. Pikachu kept gaining speed, and then finally collided with Aerodactyl causing a massive explosion. The blast sent Aerodactyl into the air, paralyzed and severly injured. Zane quickly captured Aerodactyl as Pikachu limped back to Ash. The downside to Volt Tackle was that it injurs the user for one quarter of the damage inflicted, so Pikachu was in bad shape right now. But thanks to a mushroom provided by Zane, Pikachu was feeling a lot better, but lacked the energy to continue batteling.
Kale was getting frustrated, and sent in his team's power hitter: A DR Rampardos. Zane then asked, "Is that a pokemon, or an actual dinosaur?" Kale then said, "Some paleontologists believe that some dinosaurs actually WERE pokemon. Rampardos is a perfect example, as it is suprisingly a close relative of the dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus, which is better known as the head-butting dinosaurs with the domed skulls."
Curious, Zane checked his pokedex, which said, "Rampardos, the Head Butt pokemon. Rampardos's skull is as hard as iron. One headbutt from this pokemon could bring the Empire State Bulding down. During prehistoric times, it tore down trees to catch prey." After the pokedex finished it's lecture, Kale said, "Enough biology lessons, time for you to die!"
Clay was getting fed up with Kale at this point, and said, "I've just about had it up to here with you! Go B.K.!" The shiny Persian lept from his pokeball, as he confronted the dangerous dinosaur pokemon. Rampardos started with a Zen Headbut. The power of the attack startled B.K., leaving it open to the attack. Despite the nasty hit, B.K. was ready for more. He after all survived being killed by a DR Scyther, he could handle a few hits from a DR Rampardos now that he was a Persian. B.K. charged in with a Faint Attack, which as expected, caught Rampardos off gaurd as it was hit pretty hard by the sneak attack.
Rampardos answered back with a move called Hammer Arm, which hit B.K. so hard, Clay feared he was killed by the attack. Kale smirked at his apparent victory, but was suprised when he saw the Persian get back up on his feet. Clay then said, "B.K., you can't take another hit like that! I gotta call you back!" Clay was about to pull out B.K.'s pokeball, when B.K. said, "Wait, I want another crack at this guy!"
Clay then said, "B.K., if you don't get back here where it's safe, you'll be the one who's cracked!" B.K. then said, "Sorry Clay, but I gotta do this!" B.K. lunged at Rampardos, who was about to strike with another Zen Heatbut, but he hit nothing but air since B.K. quicky used Double Team. Rampardos was confused by the many copies of B.K., which let B.K. unleash a powerful Thunder attack strong enough to paralyze it. B.K. then struck with his Iron Tail to bring Rampardos down. After Clay snagged the Rampardos, he said, "It seems the handicap you gave us is backfiring!"
Kale growled at Clay, then yelled, "Go, Bastidon!" A large, Triceratops-like DR pokemon appeared, It had a massive head and a body to match. It's skin looked like it was composed of rock and metal, showing it may have great defensive abilities. Zane checked the pokedex again, and it said, "Bastidon, the Shield pokemon. This pokemon is very docil, like other herbivores, but can be very agressive when protecting their young. The shield-like face repels all frontal attacks, so when protecting their young, the Bastidon herd surround the young Shieldon to discourage predetors."
At that moment, Chicky jumped from his pokeball, apparently wanting a piece of the action. Clay called B.K. back, and told Chicky that his best bet was to try and get around Bastidon to attack. Chicky nodded and rushed in to strike Bastidon from behind, but Bastidon used Protect to keep Chicky from getting around. Kale then said, "You honestly expected that I didn't take that into account!? Bastidon, use Iron Defense!"
Bastidon's body glowed a silver color. When the glow vanished, Bastidon's body reflected the light as if there was a higher metal content in it's body. Zane then said to Clay, "The pokedex says that thing is a steel and rock type. I don't think Chicky's gonna be able to handle this..." Ash then said, "Yeah, I have to agree with him on this. I think we should let either one of Zane's fighting pokemon deal with that thing, or I could send Blastoise or Charizard to take it out."
Clay then said, "Chicky wanted to battle. I'm sure he's got some trick up his sleeve. Although, that Protect cuts down the chance of trying to confuse that thing with Double Team..."
Kale then said, "Bastidon, use Block!" Large red Xs appeared on all sides of Chicky. Ash then said, "Uh oh, that attack prevents you from calling your pokemon back!" Clay then yelled, "Chicky, keep your gaurd up!" Chicky got ready for anything Bastidon could dish out. Bastidon then spat out a cloud of purple gas. James then shouted, "LOOK OUT! THAT'S TOXIC!!!" Chicky jumped away from the dangerous poison, then landed a Rock Smash attack on Bastidon's back. Sadly, it didn't do too much damage despite Chicky's high attack and the dual type disadvantage Bastidon has to fighting attacks.
Clay then said, "Too bad poison attacks wont work on steel types... Chicky's Poison Fang would certainly help right now..." Ash checked the available attacks a Mightyena could learn in hopes he could find something to help Clay with. He smiled when he saw one particular move. He whispered the find to Clay, who smiled sadistically.
Outside the battlefield, Goombario saw the smirk on Clay's face, and said, "I think he's got an idea now." Luigi, who was shivering madly, said, "G-g-g-g-good. The s-s-s-sooner Clay, Ash, and Zane finish this, the sooner I can calm down!"
Chicky noticed Clay's expression, and also smiled. That's when Chicky used Taunt to lure Bastidon into a trap. Kale tried to warn Bastidon, but his plea fell on deaf ears. With Taunt in effect, there was no longer any need to worry about Bastidon using support moves. Bastidon tried a Rock Tomb attack, which Chicky was able to dodge thanks to his speed. Chicky then jumped into the air, and Clay shouted, "Ok, Fire Fang now!"
Everyone but Zane and Ash looked quizzically at Clay when he called the attack, while Kale seemed to be losing his cool. Chicky's mouth lit ablaze as flames coated his fangs. He then bit down hard on Bastidon, whom despite it's high defense felt the flames burning on it's hide. The flames also made the bite itself more noticeable, and Bastidon cringed at the discomfort it was under.
Clay then said, "Chicky, ya gotta turn up the heat! Can't ya add more fire!?" Chicky concentrated as he fueled the Fire Fang attack with as much power as he could put in. He learned from Clay and his friends that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible, so he began thinking of how he wanted to help protect his home as well as the friends he left behind to protect them. With one loud growl, Chicky bit down harder on Bastinon's back, which actually got the hard-skinned behemoth to cry out in pain as the flames grew hotter. Soon, the flames became so intense, they enveloped the two fighters. Kale was starting to lose his focus, as the sight of the flames reminded him of what could happen to him should he fail this mission.
Chicky lept off, and then dug underground. The burns left behind by the Fire Fang began to sap Bastidon's strength faster than it's Dentes Rhohos regeneration powers could heal. Chicky then shot from the ground right underneath Bastidon, sending it into the air. Chicky then blasted the dinosaur with a Hyper Beam to finish it off. Soon after, Zane tossed a snag ball to capture it. Everyone then cheered loudly for Chicky's victory, and Chicky howled in return.
Kale then shouted, "Ok, I've had it! GO RHYPERIOR!!!!" Kale sent out a large bulky rock pokemon with two horns on it's head, and thick orange plates on it's body. Yet again, it was another DR Pokemon. Zane checked his pokedex, which said, "Rhyperior, the Drill pokemon. Rhyperior is the evolved form of Rhydon. It's thick plates make this possibly the most well-defended rock pokemon around. It places rocks in the holes on the palms of it's hands to shoot them at foes by flexing it's arm muscles. It sometimes shoots Geodude from it's hands."
Zane then said, "Ok, I'd better handle this one. Go, Lucario!" Zane sent Lucario into battle, who was just as psyched as Zane was now. Lucario then said, "You're gonna be nothing but a pile of pebbles when I'm through with you!" Rhyperior started with an Earthquake, but Lucario jumped over the attack, and came down with a High Jump Kick.
Rhyperior was to slow to dodge, and was hit hard by the attack, but it didn't seem to have been affected that much. Brock then said, "Guys, a Rhyperior's special ability gives it amazing defensive abilities! Even attacks effective against it's two types will not have as much effect as they normally will, so either use stronger attacks, or fight with moves that can somehow bypass Rhyperior's defenses!"
Zane nodded, and checked his pokedex again to see what a Lucario can do to effectively battle such a well-defended foe. Zane then said, "Ok, Metal Sound!" Lucario then let out a terrible screech that sounded like metal scrathing against metal. Rhyperior tried to shield it's ears, but it didn't do much to stop the sound. Lucario then used it's specialty; Aura Sphere, which struck Rhyperior whith crushing force. The most amazing thing about this attack is that it seemed very similar to Zane's own Bombs Away attack. Zane then thought, 'Oh yeah, Lucario and I were practically made for each other!' Zane smirked as he called out anther attack. "Ok, use Swords Dance!"
Lucario then began spinning very quickly, and a hologram of some swords appeared, then went into Lucario's body. Lucario then began to glow red as the dancing move raised Lucario's attack power. Rhyperior seemed to be getting ready to charge, but suddenly Lucario rushed in with a Double Edge attack. When Lucario's attack connected, both he and Rhyperior took heavy damage despite the resistance Rhyperior had to normal attacks.
Max then said, "Wow, how did Lucario's Double Edge do so much damage!? There's no way that could have happened, even with a Swords Dance!" Brock then said, "Hmm, I think Lucario used a move called Me First." "Me First?" Misty asked quizzically. Max then said, "Oh yeah! I heard of that move! When a pokemon uses it, they use the same move an opponent uses before they can even pull it off, but the one using Me First adds more power to the move! But it only works on attack moves, so Lucario was lucky he was able to attack when he did." Lucy then said, "Either that, or he was able to sense what Rhyperior was thinking, so he acted first to deliver a good blow."
Back on the battlefield, Lucario was batered pretty badly, but showed no signs of backing down, nor did he seem tired. Instead, he had a smirk on his face implying he was ready for more. Zane was also really getting into the battle. At this moment, Zane thought, 'Perhaps I should travel this world someday to make a name for myself as a pokemon trainer. This is just too much fun to do only once!' Lucario then shouted, "Is that it Kale!? If so, give up because we aren't going down so easily!" Ash then said to Clay, "Lucario's talking differently from what I remember. Before, he seemed more serious, now he's acting a lot like Zane."
Clay then said, "Well, didn't Prof. Oak say pokemon take the characteristics of their trainers?" Ash then said, "Yeah, but it seems Lucario's taken it to an extreme if you ask me. If anything, he's acting a lot like this one video game character I know, and Lucario's voice now sounds identical to to said character as well."
Lucario then yelled, "Come on, I thought this was a battle, not a staring contest!" Rhyperior charged in attempting a Fury Attack, but Lucario simply closed it's eyes as it sensed every attack by reading Rhyperior's aura. Lucario found a weak spot, and struck with a Drain Punch attack to deliver damage while healing himself. Lucario then said, "You can't leave yourself open like that if you want to win!"
Rhyperior tried to take a swipe at Lucario with Iron Tail, but Lucario jumped over the opposing pokemon's tail, and quickly struck with a Force Palm attack, which succsesfully paralyzed the DR Rhyperior. Rhyperior had worn itself out with so many failed attacks, and due to so many hits that the paralysis rendered it completely immobile. Kale was sweating bulletes now, as he could feel his master's displeasure with how this battle was going. Ash quickly snagged the Rhyperior while Kale was stunned.
After that, Clay said, "Well, even though most of our pokemon are so worn down, we've so far taken all of your DR pokemon no sweat! What's left for us to take?" Zane then said, "Why don't you just save yourself the trouble, and give it to us now?" Kale snapped out of his stupor, and began laughing. The others outside the battlefield were confused, and a little worried by Kale's sudden laughter. Getting serious, Ash said, "What's so funny!?"
Kale then said, "Nothing other than how you fools were the closest anyone's gotten to defeating me! In all my years as the leader of the Dentes Rhohos, I've never had this much of a challenge!" Clay then said, "Ok, you're officially insane if you actually think you've been in charge of these creatures for as long as you claim." Kale then said, "We'll see who get's to make the wise cracks when I'm through with you!" Kale sent out his last DR Pokemon. This time he didn't say the name of the pokemon, obviously wanting to add some suspense.
When the pokemon emerged, it was odd to say the least. It stood on four legs, a rather ugly-looking face, metal plates on it's face as well as metal knobs decorating it's body. The moment it appeared, the temperature in the room rose suddenly, implying this thing was a fire pokemon. The fact no one knew what this thing was made everyone worry due to the fact this was another DR pokemon. After Zane got done scanning the beast, the pokedex said, "Heatran, the Lava Dome pokemon. Heatran is a legendary pokemon, so not much is known about it, other than the fact it's said to live in the oldest known volcanos."
Ash gaped at the beast in front of them, and shouted, "THEY TURNED A LEGENDARY POKEMON INTO A DR POKEMON!!?!!!???!" Clay then said, "Man, that's lower than low!" Lucario glanced at the Heatran, and said to himself, 'So, they defiled a sacred being now!? They will pay for this!' Lucario charged Heatran to deliver a Drain Punch to heal itself a little more from it's battle against Rhyperior, but Heatran blasted Lucario with a Heat Wave attack, KOing the poor pokemon. Zane quickly called Lucario back, hoping he would be ok.
Ash then said, "Looks like it's up to me then! Go, Bla-" Before Ash could finish his sentance, Charizard popped out of his pokeball. Ash then said, "Charizard!!?! what are you doing!?" Charizard then said, "This punk has gone too far! I may have seen fellow fire pokemon being used for this asshole's sick games, but using a legendary fire pokemon is crossing the line! I'll handle this myself. Don't tell me what to do in this battle unless it's nessesary!"
Ash saw the anger and determination in his friend's eyes, and said, "Ok. If you want to battle, fine by me. We'll be behind you 100 percent!" Brock then said, "Ash, are you sure about that?" Charizard then said, "Brock, you may be just as much a friend to me as Ash is, but if you were in my position, you'd understand why I must do this! Now, watch as I turn up the heat!" Charizard roared as he flew straight for Heatran. Heatran tried to unlease an Ancient Power attack, but Charizard shattered the boulders with a Dragon Breath attack.
Heatran then lashed out with another Ancient Power, but Charizard flew high into the air to dodge the attack, then came down to the ground, slamming it hard to use Earthquake, which seriously damaged Heatran. Charizard then attacked with his own Ancient Power, but it didn't have as much effect as he had hoped. Apparently, the metal parts on Heatran also gave it steel type characteristics, thus giving Heatran some resistance to rock attacks. Heatran then struck with an attack called Lava Plume. Charizard was hurt a little by the surge of lava, but noticed how the attack was rushing towards his trainer as well.
Charizard flew quickly over to Ash, Pikachu, Clay, and Zane and grabbed them before the lava engulfed them. Sadly, this left him open to another of Heatran's Ancient Power attacks. Charizard was hit hard, and dropped his trainer and his friends (thankfully the lava cooled soon after the attack missed the three trainers and Pikachu). Everyone outside the battlefield was worried about the three trainers as well as Charizard and Pikachu (Vivian, Misty, and Meriee especially). Charizard looked down to see if the three, along with Pikachu, were ok.
He saw that they were still alive, but they were unconcious, and they had several cuts and scratches. Ash in partcular had a large gash on his left arm, and was bleeding. Charizard became enraged at this. He would not let his friend go down like this after his trainer saved him from literally freezing to death many years ago, both when he first met Ash as a Charmander, and from the time he was attacked by a Polywrath's Ice Beam back at the Orange Islands. He had to finish this battle now so Meriee could use her powers to help Ash and the others.
Charizard's rage suddenly peaked, and his eyes began to glow a pure white light, and his tail flame quintupled in size, and changed from redish-orange to bluish-white. Jessie, James, and Meowth knew this attack VERY well. The day Ash got Charizard to finally obey him, the three former Rockets made the mistake of making Charizard angry by knocking Ash out, thus causing Charizard to use his infamous Rage attack, and now Charizard was furious as ever.
To top it off, Charizard's Blaze ability kicked in, enveloping him in a redish-orange aura. All Charizard could say to Kale and Heatran now was, "I'LL CRUSH YOU!!!!!!!"
Charizard rushed forward, and delivered a Focus Punch to Heatran's face, kocking it across the field. Kale barely avoided getting hit by Heatran as it flew through the air.When it landed, Heatran tried to use another Lava Plum, but Charizard struck first with a Dragon Breath attack, forcing Heatran to halt it's movements. Ash, Clay, Pikachu, and Zane were able to gather enough strength to see Charizard's rampage.
Ash then said, "I'm glad now more than ever that I decided to let Charizard stay at the Charicific Valley all those years ago. I doubt he'd be able to handle this otherwise..." Clay then said while cringing from the pain, "Now Ash, you're still learning. No one said the road to being number one would be simple as 1, 2, 3. True, you could have taken better care training Charizard a long time ago, but better late than never, right?" Ash smiled, and said, "Yeah. You're right."
Heatran then tried an Overheat attack, which exploded on contact with Charizard's body. Everyone was worried at first until a savage roar rang out, and Charizard flew through the smoke, virtually unharmed from the Overheat attack, and grabbed Heatran as he flew higher up into the air." Ash then yelled, "Holy crap! Charizard's muscles must have really gotten stronger!!! Before, he couldn't lift a Golem like that, and those weigh in around six-hundred pounds!!! This thing looks a lot heavier than that, and Charizard's handiling it no problem!" Zane then said, "You did want him to be the best he could be right? I bet he's been working harder than ever since the last battle you two have been together in."
Eventually, Charizard began flying in circles as it prepared to do his Seismic Toss. Due to Charizard's rage, he put more force into the throw on the way down by throwing Heatran straight down as he flew down at top speed. Heatran hit the ground so hard, the whole ship they were on shook as if a giant missle impacted the hull. Charizard looked at Heatran, who was now out cold on the ground. Ash quickly used his snag machine to capture Heatran, then collapsed again.
Charizard was happy to see Ash and the others were ok, but was still pissed at Kale. Kale was now more terrified than he ever had been before in his life as Charizard slowly walked up to Kale. Charizard then shouted, "DIE!!!!!!!!" Then he shot a massive fireball from his mouth, which struck Kale hard creating a huge fiery explosion. The attack, identified as a Blast Burn attack by Max, left Kale motionless on the ground.
The force field surrounding the battlefield faded, and everyone rushed in to see if Clay, Ash, and Zane were ok. Vivian was in tears as she clutched Clay protectively. Meriee was busy casting recovery spells on the three as well as their pokemon.
Misty then whispered something to Ash that the Pokemon Master in training thought he'd never hear (and she was careful not to let Crow and Servo overhear). "Ash, I was so frightened... I've been keeping this secret for a long time, but I think it's important that you know this now before something else happens... I love you."
Ash looked at Misty with wide eyes, and then said quietly so no one could hear, "I love you too. We'll talk about this later, ok?" Misty nodded, as they stepped away from each other. Luigi then said to Clay, "Mama Mia, thank god THATS over! Everyone back home would kill me if they found out you died on my watch!" Clay smirked, and then said, "Heh, they'd have to get through my ghost first."
Meriee then said to Zane, "Thank the stars you're ok Zane... I don't know how your family at the dojo would react if you died in battle against that monster!" Zane then said, "They'd be hurt terribly by the loss, I'm sure, but I would have died with honor." Crow then said, "They should make a Hallmark card for the Martial Artist with that very line." Servo then said, "Yeah, sounds like a good idea."
Suddenly, they heard a voice say, "You may have beaten me in a pokemon battle, but you've now got to face me!" Everyone turned to where Kale was, and he was standing up, although he was clearly in pain. His suit had pieces missing due to the flames he was hit with, and his hair was singed as well. His skin was blackened, almost matching his suit.
Crow then said, "How in the ever-loving fucking hell are you still alive!?! I may not know much about how humans work, but I know enough to know that you should be rotting in the deepest circle of hell right now!!!" Kale smirked, and said, "I told you not to underestimate me. Now you shall see my true form!"
May then asked fearfully, "W-w-w-what does he mean by that!?" Max, who was clutching May for comfort, said, "I WANNA GO HOME NOW!!!!"
Kale then began to change shape before the heroes' eyes. The chared flesh stayed black, but it no longer appeared to have been burned. The skin also became textured, as scales suddenly appeared. Kale's face grew longer, and looked shark-like. Soon, red streaks appeared on his face. His mouth was lined with dozens of shark-like, red-painted teeth. His arms became more frail, but suprisingly still had a lot of muscle, and his hands became sheathed in a set of metal gloves with large claws at the end. The hands themselves had the fingers each merge with one another until only three fingers remained on each hand, each finger ending in a sharp claw. Kale hunched over until his body became paralel to the ground, his legs also became covered in scales. His feet broke through his shoes as the toes, like the hands, merged until only three were left. The center toe on the inside of the foot had a large six-inch retractible claw with an incredibly sharp point and a razor edge. Then a long slender tail sprouted from Kale's rear, and it was also razor edged. The final detal was a series of feathers sprouted along Kale's back. His transformation was complete.
Everyone was now more terrified of Kale more than anything else before. Clay then said fearfully, "Y-y-y-your-" Before Clay could say anything, Kale said in a somewhat reptilian version of his human voice, "Yes, I was the one who led the attack on you fools back at the Isle O' Hags! Ever since I lost to you and your meddelsome brothers, I've been waiting to get my revenge! I was able to force you into coming here, and I hoped to use Team Rocket's resources to destroy you. But apparently you were able to counter my every move. You may have known me as Kale, but my real name is Prophet, the ruler of the Dentes Rhohos tribe! Let's see you counter this!!!!!!"
Ash shook off his fear, and then said, "If you think you're gonna win against us, think again!" Crow, who had somehow put on a suit of armor, like knights of the Middle Ages would wear, then said, "Thine soul be as black as coal, and your breath stinketh worseth than Bowser's! Prepare to meet thy doom, pompous dickweed!"
Servo, now wearing his commando costume, complete with hand gernades and machine gun, said, "Ok, kids native to this world better get a safe distance away and let us handle this punk! He came from our home, so we'll take him down! Cambot, please film this battle, as this will be a fight the people of the Mushroom Kingdom wont wanna miss, heh heh heh!"
With the Dentes Rhohos leader, Prophet, now having revealed he is in fact not only one of the demon dinosaurs working under a phoney name, but also the leader of the pack who attacked the Mario brothers and their friends at the Isle O' Hags. How will they fight an immortal foe?
To be continued...
Zane: That... was... AWESOME!
Servo: Man, I had no idea how dangerous a Charizard could be untill now.
Me: When I wrote that part, I actually felt I was watching it on TV.
Crow: Now Prophet's true form has been revealed! Not nessesarily a sprise to those who've been reading up to this point, but still an important point in the story. BTW, I really liked the detail put in when Prophet morphed into his true form.
Me: Thanks. I'm really proud of this chapter.
Mallow: I see what you mean now about readers being somewhat suprised by the Heatran. It would be suprising to see that Prophet gained a legendary pokemon, especially one that requires such a task of actually encountering it like Heatran, but also considering how Pokemon Coloseum and XD went, it's kinda expected. Not bad though. Heatran certainly proved to be dangerous.
Servo: Before I forget, who was Ash saying Lucario reminded him of?
Me: (smirks) After watching Pokemon and the Mystery of Mew for the first time, I noticed Lucario's voice was done by none other than Dan Green, who also played a certain short-tempered red echidna from a certain game franchise made by Sega.
Crow: You mean Lucario sounds like the SonicX version of Knuckles?! (thinks) Well, considering Zane's inflence, I can see why Lucario would act and sound similar to Knuckles now.
Me: After hearing Lucario talk for the first time, I wanted him to have a Knuckles-style personality, as it seemed to fit. Anyway, R&R!