Chapter 7: The Battle Begins

Once Dawn and I had gotten outside the temple, we noticed that the sky had grown dark. "What's going on?" Dawn asked.

"It looks like a storm is coming in," Brock said, "We had better get inside."

All of a sudden, I saw something form out in the ocean. I couldn't tell what it was at first, but once it started coming closer, I realized with horror what was coming our way. "It's a waterspout!" I said. And it was a big one, too. "We need to get to cover fast!"

"Quickly!" Kevin said, "We got to get to the basement downstairs!" We quickly followed him and Sheena into the basement, closing all the doors.

Sheena couldn't possibly think of the ruins being destroyed by this tornado. She quickly got on her knees and started praying. "Hear me Dialga. Please help us. Don't let the origin of your birthplace be destroyed."

Out of the dark sky, a portal formed. Out of it came a bluish-colored Pokemon. Dialga stared at the funnel heading towards the ruins. It then went in front of the funnel and started to charge it's main move, Roar of Time. Once it had finally charged up, Dialga released it against the funnel, causing the funnel to stop in place, the water returning to the ocean. With it's deed done, Dialga looked to return back to its own dimension.

All of a sudden, Dialga was hit by a ball of pure energy, knocking it down into the ocean. After recovering, Dialga surfaced and looked around for the culprit. It looked up and saw it's attacker. Giratina looked down upon Dialga with an angry look, not forgetting the damage it and Palkia had caused. Giratina charged up another Shadow Force, while Dialga countered with another Roar of Time. They fired at the same time, causing a huge explosion.

Out of the smoke, Giratina crashed into Dialga, knocking them both onto the ground near the ruins. Dialga quickly charged back, knocking into Giratina and using Dragon Claw. They stood facing each other for a minute, staring at each other with such hatred.

Suddenly, they were both hit with two large waves of pink energy, knocking them down once again. They looked up and saw their third member, Palkia, staring down at them with the same look of hatred.

We waited for the inevitable to happen. However, nothing seemed to have happened. "Is it gone?" Ash said.

Sheena smiled. "It seems that Dialga has answered our prayers," she said.

Suddenly, the basement rocked, caused from a disturbance. "What was that?" Dawn said.

"I think I have a feeling, but I don't want to find out if I'm right," I said, realizing what was probably going on now.

We went back upstairs and went outside, and saw the battle before us. All three of the dragon trio had appeared, and they were holding nothing back. Each of them hit and got hit by one another, making the battle look like a total brawl.

"What are we going to do?" Dawn asked.

"If they keep this up," I said, "They're going to end up destroying the entire town." I looked to both Kevin and Sheena. "The townspeople are going to have to be evacuated. They might need your help."

"But what about you guys?" Kevin said, looking at us.

I looked to the others, who looked back and nodded. "We can take care of this," Ash said.

"Just be careful," Sheena said, and they both ran into town to help the people evacuate.

"Now what?" Brock asked.

I thought quickly of any possible ideas. "We have to find a way to stop them," I said, "Or at least get them away from the city."

"Pika pika!" I looked down and saw Pikachu looking at all of us. "Pika pika pikachu!" he then said.

"You're saying you'll try to make them stop?" Ash and I said at the same time. We then looked at each other.

"Sorry," I said, "I kind of gotten used to it."

"No," Pikette said, running to his side. "It's too dangerous."

Pikachu shook his head. "Pika pika pi. Pi pikachu."

"Duty?" Pikette said. "This isn't about fulfilling your duty, you're putting your life at risk! It's suicide! How do you think I would feel if I ended up losing you!?" Pikette added, tears in her eyes. She then looked away and started sobbing quietly.

Pikachu then went up to her and turned her around while placing his paws on her shoulders. "Pika pi. Pika pika pi pikachu." he said, looking at her, and wiping away her tears.

Pikette smiled. "You're right. I trust you more than anything. Just... be careful, and please come back."

Pikachu nodded. Ash then got one of his Pokeballs. "Staraptor, we need your help!" The Pokeball opened with a flash and out came Staraptor. "Staraptor, help Pikachu try to stop Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina!"

Staraptor nodded, and with Pikachu, they flew right into the battlefield.

While this was going on, the trio continued their long-awaited grudge match. The three threw attack after attack after attack against each other. Each of them noticed they were growing weary. All of a sudden, a voice rang out towards them.

"Please, you must stop!" They looked towards the source of the voice and saw a Pikachu riding on top of a Staraptor. "Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, you have to stop," the Pikachu said. "You're putting hundreds of people in jeopardy!"

It had suddenly come to both Palkia and Giratina. They had both met this Pikachu once before.

"Giratina," Pikachu said, "I know you're upset from Palkia and Dialga causing wreck to the Reverse World, but fighting will not make things better. Palkia and Dialga, there is no need to fight between yourselves, you both were created for a single purpose, to keep the environment and world in balance. Your fighting is going against all that you believe in."

Palkia and Giratina looked at each other. The Pikachu was right. Besides, he had no part in this. Dialga however, still enraged by what Giratina had done, did not want to hear it and suddenly charged up another attack towards Pikachu and Staraptor.

Palkia and Giratina noticed this at the last second and quickly got in front of the two, absorbing the attack, causing them to fly towards the temple in the ruins and falling on top of it, completely destroying it. The two got up, and then looked at each other. They nodded at each other, realizing there was only one other way to stop this. It had now become a two versus one battle.

We looked in horror as Dialga had tried to attack Pikachu and Staraptor. But the most surprising thing was how both Giratina and Palkia had taken the blow, trying to protect them, and then crashing into the Temple of Arceus.

I was relieved as well as everyone else seeing Pikachu and Staraptor coming back. Pikachu hopped off Staraptor's back with a disappointed look on his face.

"Hey, don't worry about it," Ash said, returning Staraptor to it's Pokeball. "The important thing is that you both are alright."

"And you did some good," Dawn said, pointing towards the sky. "It looks like Palkia and Giratina are fighting together."

The idea then came to me. "That's it!" I said. "Palkia and Giratina had both met Pikachu at one point, while Dialga didn't, and he must still have rage against the other two, if not just Giratina."

"But what can we do now?" Ash said.

His question was quickly answered by a ball of light that appeared in the sky. The Pokemon, feeling threatened by this, shot an attack at the glowing ball. However, the ball of light deflected the attacks, causing them to hit their masters, knocking them into the ocean. They resurfaced, looking at the ball of light which started to take form. The light grew brighter and brighter, almost as bright as the sun. Once the light faded, a figure stood in it's place, much like the one Dawn and I had seen in the forest. Arceus had arrived.

(A/N: Oh, this is going to get good. How do I know? I'm the author of course. I had extra free time to write another chapter, so here it is. Anyway, I knew I had to split up this major battle into sections so hopefully I did alright with it. But the next chapter might be the "conclusion" of the battle, along with "two" songs being featured, which I have a feeling you'll like. Actually, make it one and a half, I'll explain next chapter.)

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