A/N: Thank you MashupMan2100 for an idea in the story; you left a clever idea in a review so I put it in. And I thank you, the reader, for making it this far in my fic. Read, review, and enjoy the story!
Chapter 19: The Sinjoh Ruins – The Raging Rescue
Ash, Max, Dawn, and Bonnie made it to the top vertex of the huge Mystri Stage.
"That was a lot of walking!" Bonnie panted.
"Yeah," Max agreed, also panting in exhaustion.
"Hey Ash, there's Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus," Dawn pointed out.
"And there's Giovanni and Pikachu," Ash also pointed out while running towards his throne. "I'll go and beat him right now!"
"Really?" a man bellowed.
Ash turned around to find that Bonnie and Max were being taken away in a metal cage.
"Remember me, the fighting elite?" he said. "I crushed you all in battle about an hour or two ago."
"Let them go!" Dawn and Ash both yelled in unison.
"Why would I do that?" the fighting elite smirked. "These kids give me an advantage against your team – they're my hostages! So now there's no way anyone is going to stop Team Rocket's plan!"
"Ash, this is bad! Are you going to get Pikachu, or are you going to help me save Max and Bonnie?" Dawn asked.
"Yes, that is your question, Ash!" the fighting elite cackled. "Save your Pikachu and let your friends suffer, or save your friends but lose your Pikachu forever! Take your pick boy!"
Split Decision
Ash struggled tearfully to find a solution to the painful dilemma. "Man, what am I going to do? If don't save Pikachu now, then there's a chance that he will be in danger if we don't make it in time. But if I don't save Max and Bonnie, then there's no way I'll ever forgive myself when they get kidnapped forever. I mean, just look at that cage! There's no Pokemon attack that can break those solid bars. And what about that fighting elite? I know Dawn can handle it her own, but the gruesome fight would last too long to save anyone."
"Ash," Dawn suggested, "it doesn't have to be one or other. You can do both! Just send some of your Pokemon to grab Pikachu and have some to help save Max and Bonnie. Our Pokemon are awesome in that way; they can be there when you can't. That's why we're here as a team; there's nothing we can't do if we work together!"
"Great idea," Ash smiled. "Thanks Dawn." After Ash sent out his Buizel and Charizard, he gave them some instructions. "Listen carefully guys. You see Pikachu over there? I need you to go grab him for me, Charizard. But Charizard can't be interrupted, so I need you Buizel to be the frontline distraction. Throw Water Pulse all over the place so that Giovanni and his Pokemon will be forced to go after it. You can use your Water Countershield too. Then, Charizard will swoop in when no one's looking, grab Pikachu and Buizel, and fly back to me. Got it?"
Buizel and Charizard both grunted in agreement. As soon as Ash was finished, Buizel took off on Charizard's back and flew towards Pikachu.
"The rest of my Pokemon will fight you!" Ash shouted at the fighting elite while pointing at him.
"So, you decided to try to do both," the fighting elite laughed. "I'm also a karate master have fun trying to take me out now!"
"Don't count me out!" Dawn affirmed confidently. "My team is much stronger than you think."
"Yeah," Ash asserted, "we're taking you down together!"
Just curious Ash," Dawn inquired engrossingly, "since when did you become a master strategist?"
"Hehe," Ash laughed, "let's just say that I was inspired."
"Do your worst, children!" the fighting elite mocked. "And don't say I didn't warn you if you two get taken hostage as well!"
Fight of Might
"Quilava, go!" Ash and Dawn said in unison.
"All right then," the fighting elite casually responded, "Hariyama, Throh, stop them."
"Quilava, use Swift!" Dawn declared.
"Use Flamethrower to help it out!" Ash shouted.
"Throh, you're up first," the fighting elite said. "Use Vital Throw to throw this boulder in front of you to block it!"
Throh successfully blocked Flamethrower and Swift only to see a flaming ball headed towards him.
"Flame Wheel!" Dawn yelled.
"Catch it and use Circle Throw!" the fighting elite responded.
Quilava's attack was fierce, but it was no match for Throh's muscles. Quilava was spun and hurled into the surrounding stone blocks.
"Now!" Ash said all of a sudden. He told Quilava to use Flame Wheel when Throh wasn't looking.
"Too bad my Throh's reaction times are too fast," the fighting elite sighed, "use Seismic Toss!"
After taking the savage slammings, Ash and Dawn knew they were in trouble.
"Ash, what do we do now?" Dawn wondered worriedly.
"We attack together," Ash affirmed.
"Right," Dawn agreed.
"Flame Wheel!" Ash and Dawn said in unison.
"Throw Ash's Quilava out of the way by using Circle Throw!" the fighting elite yelled. "As for Dawn's Quilava, keep it and squeeze it tight."
Dawn watched in horror as her Quilava got crushed by Throh's overwhelming power. However, she thought of a way out of the sticky situation.
"Finish with Storm Throw!" the fighting elite commanded.
"Smokescreen!" Dawn responded. "Then use your fiery back combined with Flame Wheel to escape!"
The Smokescreen covered the battlefield in smoke, but Ash and Dawn knew that this was the perfect opportunity to attack.
"Now!" Ash told Dawn.
"Yeah," Dawn said, knowing to attack.
"Flamethrower!" Ash and Dawn both commanded.
The combined force and power of two Flamethrowers obliterated Throh, who was caught off guard because of the Smokescreen. Throh was no longer able to battle.
"Urgh…Hariyama, go and get 'em!" the fighting elite yelled, returning his Throh.
"Use Eruption!" Ash shouted.
"Use Eruption as well!" Dawn also shouted.
"Block it with your invincible giant palms!" the fighting elite yelled.
With an enormous power such as Eruption, even the huge hands of Hariyama were having a hard time pushing back. All it took was one slipup for Hariayama's defense to drop. When Hariyama hands dropped, there was nothing else it could do to protect itself from the insanely powerful attack.
"Hariyama too?" the fighting elite grumbled as he stared at his scorched Pokemon. "That's it; you're really going to get it from me! Machamp, Toxicroak, Pangoro, Poliwrath, all of you come out at the same time!"
"Return Quilava, you were awesome," Ash said to his returned Pokemon in the Pokeball.
"You too Quilava," Dawn also said.
"Hey Dawn, let's send in a lot of out Pokemon out as well," Ash suggested.
"Good idea," Dawn agreed.
"Heracross and Infernape, I choose you!" Ash declared.
"Pachirisu and Mamoswine, go!" Dawn said.
"Toxicroak, Sludge Bomb!" the fighting elite yelled. "Pangoro, Rock Slide! Poliwrath, Hydro Pump!"
"Heracross, block it with Hyper Beam!" Ash responded fiercely.
"Pachirisu, use Discharge!" Dawn shouted. "And you use Hidden Power Mamoswine!"
As the blasts collided with incredible force, the fighting elite took advantage of an opportunity.
"Now's my chance!" the fighting elite smirked. "Use Focus Blast Machamp!"
"Not so fast!" Ash quickly said in return. "Infernape, stop it with Flamethrower! Then use Dig to hit right under Machamp!"
Even more battle smoke was expelled when the two blasts hit each other. As the smoke cleared, Infernape leaped out of the ground to sock Machamp with a powerful Dig attack! However, Machamp shook the damage off; the Pokemon was very tough!
"That's it," the fighting elite grunted, "Toxicroak, attack Infernape with Cross Chop! Pangoro get Infernape with Hammer Arm! Poliwrath, freeze that monkey with Ice Beam! And Machamp, confuse that ape with Dynamic Punch!"
"You don't know how fast Infernape is, don't you?" Ash smirked. "Mach Punch all of them!"
As one of Ash's strongest Pokemon, Infernape swiftly dodged each attack countered with his own devastating Mach Punches, landing direct critical hits on all four Pokemon. All of the fighting elite's Pokemon were fainted except for Poliwrath, who somehow managed to get up.
"So," Ash noticed intently, "he has one Pokemon still standing."
"Ash, I can handle him now," Dawn told Ash.
"But Dawn," Ash worried.
"No need to worry," Dawn reassured Ash. "Go and save Pikachu and the legendaries; we're running out of time."
"Ok," Ash agreed as he returned his Pokemon and ran off.
"You'll regret that, little girl," the fighting elite deviously smiled. "I may only have Poliwrath left, but he's my second strongest Pokemon and a master at martial arts just like me! To give you an idea, Poliwrath can defeat all of your Team Pikachu singlehandedly if he wanted to."
"We'll see about that," Dawn declared. "I bet you've never went against a coordinator before!"
Sneak, Swoop, Scram
"Zarr-" Charizard smiled as he gave Buizel a thumbs up. They were looking right above Giovanni's throne area where a group of Pokemon were standing in front guarding him. Charizard and Buizel were able to go unnoticed because there were holes on the ceiling and the Pokemon were able to hide on top of the ruins.
"Bui-" Buizel replied in agreement as he jumped down from the roof by using Aqua Jet right on Giovanni's head. After Buizel landed, Giovanni was furious!"
"Attack!" Giovanni yelled angrily.
But before they even heard his command, Buizel had already attacked all of them at once using his Water Gun Countershield. Since none of the Pokemon could even touch Buizel's attack, Giovanni got off of his throne to settle the matters with his own Pokemon.
"Zarr!" Charizard roared as he swooped in from above. With Giovanni distracted, Charizard he had the perfect chance to take Pikachu's canister. When he was within a few feet away from Pikachu, however, a powerful Hyper Beam was fired at him by a Kangaskhan. Charizard barely avoided the attack.
"Kanga," Kangashkhan grunted. She was the only Pokemon guarding Pikachu while the rest were out fighting Buizel.
Charizard landed to engage Kangashkhan in hand-to-hand combat, and Kangashkhan already threw a slug fest of powerful Mega Punches. However, the mighty Charizard easily shrugged off the blows and eventually grabbed Kangashkhan's wrist. Being the boss that he was, Charizard took Kangashkhan's wrist into the air and slammed her on the hard stone floor with a Seismic Toss. Then Charizard finished Kangashkhan with a Flamethrower to make sure she wouldn't get up.
"Char," Charizard roared after his victory. He then proceeded to snatch Pikachu, but before he could reach him…..
"Power Gem!" Giovanni commanded one of his Pokemon.
The glowing stone energy beam would have dealt so much damage that Charizard had no choice but to leave Pikachu. Now that Giovanni had noticed him, Charizard knew for certain that he would get wrecked.
As he flew and dodged the Power Gem beams, he saw Buizel continuing to hold the Pokemon off with his Countershield. Knowing that they would eventually lose, Charizard swooped in to save Buizel and then started to fly back to where Ash was.
"Char," Charizard expressed sadly. He was unable to save Pikachu.
"Bui," Buizel also sighed. As the two Pokemon flew back, they hoped that Ash was ready to fully commit to beating Giovanni.
Fighter vs Coordinator
"All right guys, you can get up now!" the fighting elite cackled.
"No way!" Dawn gulped. , who was standing right behind Dawn, also gulped in shock.
"Oh no!" Max and Bonnie cried from inside the cage.
It turned out that Machamp and Toxicroak were just playing dead so that Ash could leave Dawn all by herself. Pangoro just so happened to faint from Infernape's Mach Punch.
"That's right Dawny, there's no way you're going to beat me now!" the fighting elite laughed. "Did you really think that a Mach Punch would beat a Toxicroak when it is not very effective? And by the way, I see your Mamoswine, but where's your Pachi – "
THUD! BOOM! BAM!
After the three blows, all three of the fighting elite's Pokemon fell to the floor.
"NOOO!" the fighting elite bellowed. "Attack at will!" Machamp tried attacking Pachirisu with a Low Sweep, followed by Toxicroak trying to land a Poison Jab and Poliwrath trying to grab with Circle Throw. However, the small squirrel Pokemon was just too swift and nimble to be hit.
"Discharge!" Dawn shouted. Machamp and Toxicroak were left unable to battle, but Poliwrath was still standing.
"Use Spark on Poliwrath!" Dawn commanded. Pachirisu began charging its way to tackle Poliwrath.
"It ends here!" the fighting elite shouted. "Poliwrath, stop it with Ice Beam!"
"I don't think so!" Dawn responded. "Mamoswine, Pachirisu, Ice Chandelier!"
Dawn knew that Ice Chandelier, one of her coordinator combos, would be just the attack to use with Pachirisu and Mamoswine together. Mamoswine used Ice Shard to create an ice sphere around Pachirisu as it used Spark so it could run in it like a hamster ball. Now the only thing Ice Beam could do was add to the attack's power. After the ice sphere started shining from Pachirisu's electricity, Ice Chandelier was ready to go.
"Do it!" Dawn declared.
After crashing into Poliwrath to deal great damage, Pachirisu let out one last Discharge to finish Poliwrath once and for all.
"This isn't right!" the fighting elite cried as he looked at his fainted Pokemon. "How did I lose? I'm a karate master! Return everyone!"
Bonnie, who was still in the cage, had a special plan, but it wouldn't work until all of the fighting elite's Pokemon were defeated. But now that Dawn finished them all, Bonnie proceeded to execute it.
"Yay!" Max cheered.
"Dedenne, I want you to squeeze in between this space between the cage bars and use your Nuzzle on that man," Bonnie instructed Clemont's Pokemon. "Then, go in there and grab the cage key from his belt."
"Nene!" Dedenne agreed.
The fighting was elite was angry. "That's it Dawn, since I can't beat you with Pokemon, I'll have to beat you with brute for – "
ZAP!
After the fighting elite got shocked, he lay weakly on the floor and stopped talking.
"You did it Dedenne!" Bonnie chanted.
"Hey guys, let get you out of there!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Bonnie and Max squealed.
After Dawn unlocked the cage, freed Max and Bonnie, and returned her Pokemon, the three of them discussed the battle.
"Wow Dawn," Bonnie excitedly said, "that was so awesome!"
"I can't believe he didn't see those attacks coming when Ash left!" Max exclaimed.
"Yeah," Dawn elaborated. "Super Fang halves the opponent's health, so it made my job much easier. And since Ash hit all of them with Mach Punch, I figured I could do that too! I didn't expect Machamp and Toxicroak to get up, but I made sure Pachirisu was right behind them so that none of them would see Super Fang anyway."
"And that lightning ice sphere attack was super duper amazing!" Bonnie squealed.
"That's Ice Chandelier for you," Dawn laughed. "And I gotta say, Dedenne being able to slide in between the bars helped a lot. Of course, we all couldn't have done it without our Pokemon, right?"
"Right!" Max and Bonnie replied.
"Pip-lup!" Piplup chirped in agreement.
"So Dawn," Max asked. "What do we do now?"
"Ash is going to battle Giovanni," Dawn started, "so we should meet back with the others behind us. That way they can follow us to where Giovanni and Ash are."
"Good idea," Max said.
"Let's go!" Bonnie told them as she started running back.
The Other Rescue
Donovan and Ashlyn were still trapped in the cage and under Archer's watchful eye. Archer pridefully laughed after successfully capturing the couple.
"Haha, we will always maintain control no matter what the situation!" Archer laughed arrogantly. "Face it, we've won from the moment you stepped in the ruins!"
"Hopefully the rest of the team can save us," Ashlyn whispered to Donovan.
"Yeah," Donovan agreed.
Meanwhile, Looker ran back for about two minutes and eventually met up with the rest of the team.
"Guys, look over there," Brock pointed out.
"It's Looker!" May said.
"Great to see you again," Blaziken Mask stated, "even if we haven't talked to you that much."
"Come to think of it, we haven't formally introduced ourselves. I think Serena's the only one you know," Clemont realized. "I'm Clemont."
"The name's Looker, nice to meet you," Looker replied.
"Guys, let's introduce ourselves while we're walking so we don't waste time," Misty told them.
"She's right," Tracey agreed.
"We can't afford to lose this fight against Team Rocket!" Iris declared.
As they were walking and introducing, Cilan, who was the last person to introduce himself, asked Looker a question.
"You look a bit worried," Cilan noticed. "Is there something going on?"
"Yes," Looker said solemnly, "I'll tell everyone in the group at the same time."
As the group walked up a stone ramp inside the Mystri Stage, Looker stopped everyone right before they turned the corner so they could hide.
"Hey guys, let's stop right here," Looker told them. "Something serious has happened to Donovan and Ashlyn."
"What happened?" May wondered.
"You see," Looker explained, "Ashlyn and Donovan have been trapped in a cage by Archer, so we need to plan to get them out."
"So that's why you were acting solemn," Cilan thought out loud, "It makes sense that you couldn't do anything since you don't use Pokemon if I remember correctly."
"Umm, guys?" Misty asked.
"What's up Misty?" May said.
"Where did Jessie and James go?" Misty wondered.
"Huh," Clemont mumbled.
"Where did they go?" Iris said while looking around.
"Over there!" Brock pointed out. "They're already running out there!"
"Wait up guys!" Cilan shouted.
"We don't need to make a plan of attack," Meowth affirmed.
"That's because we have a plan – attack!" James declared.
"We're going to run in there and show him what we're made of!" Jessie proclaimed.
"Don't you think he'll be a little too much for them to handle?" Iris questioned.
"Well there's only one way to find out," Cilan responded.
"Yeah guys," Tracey said as he started to run off, "Let's go and watch them."
Everyone followed Tracey's lead around the corner to where they had a clear view of Archer and the cage. However, they were surprised to see that Archer was already beaten. As for Ashlyn and Donovan, they were still in the cage and were peacefully taking a nap together.
"Look at that," May pointed out, "they've already won!"
"Wow," Clemont observed, "Archer's face sure is scratched up."
"That must be Meowth's Fury Swipes then," Brock told Clemont.
"They were even able to tie him up in rope!" Iris pointed out.
"This guy didn't use any Pokemon on us," Jessie told them.
"I'm guessing one of these two sleeping lovebirds beat all of his Pokemon before they got caputured," James thought.
"Sounds like a good prediction to me," Blaziken Mask remarked.
Misty thought to herself. "I remember a long time ago Team Rocket had me and Ash trapped in a cage and they called us lovebirds on. Wow that brings back memories."
"Did you guys find the cage to free Ashlyn and Donovan?" Looker asked.
"No, there's no sign of it," Meowth replied. "It's not on Archer's clothes or belt."
"Come on guys, we have to look for it!" May affirmed.
There was quite a lot of space in the area, but the group went in determined to find it. However, after about few minutes and searching and looking, the group gave up hope.
"It's no use," Brock sighed.
"We can't find the keys," Misty stated.
"Especially with this snowy stone floor," Iris also sighed.
"You mean these keys?" a voice said.
"Hey guys!" two younger voices shouted.
"Dawn!" Misty said.
"Bonnie!" Clemont shouted. He looked like a bomb exploded in his face for some reason.
"Max!" May also shouted. Both Max and Bonnie tearfully ran up to hug their older siblings.
"You really found the keys!" Cilan exclaimed.
"And it's a good thing Max and Bonnie are safe!" Iris said in relief.
"Go and unlocked Ashlyn and Donovan's cage over there," Looker told Dawn.
"Sure," Dawn agreed as she walked towards the young adults.
After Dawn freed Ashlyn and Donovan, who had just woken up, the group got together to talk some more about the recent happenings.
"So we're all here, eh?" Meowth noticed.
"Yep, everyone except for Ash and Serena," Tracey counted.
"Serena is near the entrance of the ruins talking with the others in Blackthorn City," Clemont stated. "She's probably watching us from a nearby camera."
"And Ash is about to fight Giovanni, Team Rocket's boss!" Dawn declared.
"Woah!" Misty reacted in shock.
"No way!" Brock jumped up.
"Before that," Dawn asked, "how did your battles go?" I was up at the back of the ruins so I want to know how things went."
"Cilan and I took down Atlas and Ariana in a tag battle!" Iris reported.
"And we put them to sleep using Grasswhistle!" Cilan added.
"Clemont, Tracey, and Misty beat Petrel," Blaziken Mask stated.
"And Misty physically beat Petrel as well!" Clemont laughed.
"That's Misty for you!" Tracey also laughed.
"You know, I could hit you guys with my mallet just as hard as I hit Petrel!" Misty smirked.
"How about hitting on them?" Bonnie teased happily.
"I HEARD THAT!" Misty glared at Bonnie.
"I was able to beat Proton," May told Dawn.
"But of course May just had to beat him up physically too," Brock pointed out.
"Slashing him with rose thorns is nothing," May said defending herself, "especially with a guy like him!"
"And of course we easily beat Cassidy and Biff!" Jessie declared.
"You mean Butch," Meowth corrected Jessie.
"They used our Unova Pokemon against us!" James told everyone.
"What's worse is that Giovanni was the one who gave them our Pokemon," Jessie said angrily.
"The disrespect though," Cilan sighed with a smile.
"Good thing you were still able to beat them," Iris grinned.
"And as for us," Donovan started.
"Donovan and I were able to beat most of his Pokemon before Archer trapped both of us in that cage," Ashlyn finished.
"So you were right James," Blaziken Mask told him.
"I sure was," James said proudly.
"Hey May," Max told her big sister, "You won't believe it! Bonnie and I were trapped in a cage too!"
"WHHAAAAATT?!" May responded in horror. Then May turned to talk to Dawn. "Hey Dawn, Max and Bonnie got captured too?"
"Yes," Dawn answered. "Luckily, Ash and I were able to stop that fighting elite guy that kidnapped them."
"Don't forget Dedenne physically beating him for us!" Bonnie laughed with joy.
"Good work Dedenne," Clemont smiled as he petted his Pokemon.
"Which reminds me Clemont," Dawn inquired, "couldn't you have use an invention or something to find the keys?"
Clemont just stood there sadly.
"Does that look like the face of success to you, Dawn?" Bonnie asked Dawn teasingly.
After noticing Clemont's burnt hair and a broken metal detector in his hand, Dawn could only assume that Clemont couldn't find them because of a failed invention.
"Oh," Dawn realized. "I see. We found the keys because of that high tech Xtransceiver you gave Max, Clemont."
"Haha, well at least that invention worked!" Clemont laughed.
"Anyway guys, I think it's best that we start heading over to where Ash is," Tracey told everyone.
"Right," everyone replied as they started to move.
"You stay right in my hair, ok Axew?" Iris told her Pokemon.
"You too, Dedenne," Bonnie told the Pokemon, "stay tight as we get a move on."
"That means you as well Piplup," Dawn also said.
And so, Team Pikachu followed Dawn's lead and made their way to Ash's location on the ruins. However, the legendary Sinnoh Pokemon were almost done creating the portals, so everyone was running out of time. Up at the very back of the ruins, Ash faced his greatest challenge yet: Team Rocket's boss Giovanni.
Brace for Battle
As Ash ran towards Giovanni's throne, he saw Charizard and Buizel flying back towards him.
"Hey guys, how did it go?" Ash asked his Pokemon.
Charizard and Buizel responded with sadness. When Ash saw that they did not have Pikachu in their hands, he understood what had happened.
"That's okay guys," Ash said, "you two did your best. Return."
"Well, well," Giovanni yelled, "it was you who attacked me on my throne, Ash Ketchum!"
"That's him," Ash thought to himself determinedly as he ran towards him. "If I can just beat this guy it will be all over."
Finally, Ash Ketchum and Giovanni were a close enough distance from another so that they could talk.
"Give me back my Pikachu!" Ash yelled at Giovanni.
"Oh really?" Giovanni said mockingly. "You think the future ruler of the world is going to obey you, Ash? I don't think so. In fact, I should be asking you to bow down to me."
"I….I don't care who you are," an enraged Ash screamed, "but you are not taking my Pikachu from me! He's my best buddy! Give…him…..BAAAACCCCK!" Ash then broke down on his hands all of a sudden and started crying furiously. Ash's river of tears became one with the snowy floor, and Ash's wailing echoed throughout the ruins for all to hear. Ash was drowning in his sadness.
Giovanni's guard Pokemon were just about to sneak attack Ash, but Giovanni stopped them at the last second."
"Hold up," Giovanni told the guard Pokemon, "I can handle this crybaby."
"Ash, you tried your very best to stop us," Giovanni affirmed, "but in the end you failed to stop me. There's no point in us fighting now – the portals are very near to completion."
As Ash cried with his face to floor, a calm feeling suddenly reached him as he thought about all of his friends.
"My friends..." Ash thought to himself, "…they went so far just to help me out. They'll always be by my side. And Pikachu, I want him to know how much he means to me. So I can't give up now. I have to win."
Ash got up and was finally able to get a hold of himself. The Pokemon trainer was more determined than ever. "Giovanni, I challenge you to a Pokemon battle. Let's make this 5 on 5."
"You're very fortunate that your Charizard took down my Kangashkhan," Giovanni stated. "And I already know about how you only have five Pokemon since Pikachu is your sixth."
"Are you going to take me on or not?" Ash asked confidently, holding a Pokeball forward.
"Very well," Giovanni agreed. "You won't win, but I'll still battle you anyway. I'll show you that I was always meant to have control ever since the day I was born!"
Ash knew very deep inside that beating Giovanni would stop the legendaries for good. He was also aware that he needed use physical force on his body somehow to stop the Team Rocket boss and save Pikachu for good. This was a battle Ash had to win.
Will Ash be able to defeat the mighty Giovanni? Can Ash's friends do something about the legendary-created portals? And most importantly, will Ash save his Pikachu? Find out on the next chapter of Saving Pikachu!
"Hey guys, look!" Kenny pointed out.
"Ash is going to fight that Team Rocket boss!" Drew said in shock.
"I see," Conway said gazing at the computer screen.
"He better beat him," Clair said.
"Ash, you're the best, so you have to win this," Serena thought to herself.
To be continued...