Did it Work?

Previously, Lugia had revealed a plan to the group, with Reshiram joined in. Now, they were each headed to their own destination for their role in the plan to save Ash and May and stop the war...

On Ice Island...

"Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres! I need your assistance!" Lugia called for the three birds. The three birds glided down from the mountain and landed before Lugia.

"(Master, what is it?)" Zapdos asked in the screeching bird way.

"I need your help in stopping the oncoming war." Lugia told them telepathically, like he always does.

"(I see... of course we'll help you.)" Moltres said.

"(We said we'd risk our lives for you and the world anyday, and now I guess is the time.) Articuno added.

"Thank you. Now, here's the plan..." Lugia said, and whispered the plan to the birds.

"(It will work! We must believe!) Moltres said positively.

"(He's right! Let's go help!) Zapdos added. The four birds started talking about how they would execute the phase. Meanwhile, at Zekrom's lair...

"ZEKROM! I'M BACK!" Reshiram flew through the open roof and crashed on the ground. Many electric pokemon tried to stop Reshiram, but came to no prevail. Reshiram found Zekrom in the back, watching some electivire go hand-to-hand combat.

"ZEKROM! IT'S BEEN TOO LONG. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?" Reshiram asked calmly. Zekrom didn't turn but just spoke.

"RESHIRAM, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING... WAITING FOR MYSELF TO HEAL?" Zekrom growled in telepathy.

"I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY... A LONG TIME?" Reshiram asked, knowing the answer.

"2,500 YEARS! 2,500 YEARS OF TRAINING AND TENDING TO ME HEALTH, ALONE!" Zekrom turned to Reshiram as its tail began spinning and crackling electricity.

"WELL, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT... IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, I'LL BE GLAD TO DUEL YOU ALONE, JUST US TWO WITH NO BACKUP ARMIES." Reshiram offered.

"TEMPTING OFFER, MY NEMISIS... BUT I MUST PROVE TO YOU THAT ELECTRIC POKEMON ARE THE RIGHTFUL RULERS OF THIS WORLD!" Zekrom responded. Then a smaller figure stepped from behind Zekrom's leg. It was Ash, posessed and laughing evilly again.

"HAHAHA! What makes you so confident to actually challenge my master to a 1-1?" Ash asked in the deep, evil tone.

"I WANT TO END THIS, JUST GET IT DONE WITH AND OVER." Reshiram said calmly. Zekrom just laughed at Reshiram's wording, and soon, Ash joined in.

"VERY WELL. WE SHALL MEET AT-" Zekrom started, but was cut off.

"I WOULD LIKE US TO BATTLE WHERE YOUR APPRENTICE'S SOUL WAS RELEASED INTO THAT BODY, IF YOU DON'T MIND." Reshiram interrupted. Reshiram pointed towards Ash and Zekrom looked at him confusingly, but agreed. They would battle when the sun next comes over the horizon (morning). Reshiram agreed and flew off again.

"HE'S UP TO SOMETHING..." Zekrom watched its enemy fly off.

"Indeed, master, I can feel he has a reason for that spot..." Ash added in the deep tone. They just stared up at the sky, as the sun was going down for the night.

Meanwhile, back with the kids...

"I hate how we have to cause pain..." Max said.

"I do too, Max. But Ash has experienced lots of pain, and he never backs down quickly." Brock reassured the boy.

"Yes, he is strong that one." Melody added. Then they saw Lugia and Reshiram flying back with smiles on their faces.

"Success." Lugia said as the two pokemon landed.

Then everyone fell asleep for some rest, preparing to watch Zekrom fight Reshiram in the morning. Reshiram woke up after 2 hours, then shook everyone else awake. They all headed off towards the island of Ash's posession, when they got there, there was no one. Not even a breeze. They headed to the middle and still didn't find anyone.

"There's no way he would forget... and he certainly won't back down..." Lugia said, looking around. Then Reshiram sensed something. He could feel something moving around in the bushes. He motioned for everyone to get behind the statue and watch. Reshiram closed its eyes and stood there. Then a black blur came darting out of the trees but Reshiram grabbed it and slammed it into the ground.

"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?" Reshiram chuckled at the already-weakened Zekrom.

"DON'T UNDER ESTIMATE ME BECAUSE I FAILED ONE ATTEMPT." Zekrom jumped upwards. "YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WORSE!" it charged towards Reshiram, but Reshiram flew upward, then shot a fire blast at Zekrom's back, sending it into the ground again. "YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING, HAVEN'T YOU? I'M NOT SURPRISED, YOU WERE SCARED I WOULD WIN THE WAR!" Zekrom growled at the vast white pokemon.

"NOT ON YOUR LIFE!" Reshiram growled back. Reshiram charged into Zekrom, causing it to crash into the trees. Zekrom stood again and tried to hit Reshiram with a thunder punch, but Reshiram quickly stepped to the side and smacked him with its tail. But Zekrom spun around and bounced off the ground with its tail and crashed into Reshiram with another thunder punch, leaving it paralyzed.

"HA! PREDICTABLE AS EVER!" Zekrom laughed. Reshiram tried to shoot a flamethrower, but was stopped by sparks throughout its body. Zekrom used this opportunity to use a full power thunder on him. Reshiram roared in pain and fell to the ground. Zekrom stood over it and smiled. "I WAS EXPECTING MORE THAN THAT, WEAKLING!" Zekrom added. Reshiram quickly spun on the ground and tripped Zekrom, when Reshiram was up again, it hit Zekrom with a full power overheat, causing Zekrom to roar even louder.

"NOBODY CALLS ME A WEAKLING!" Reshiram's tail started spinning, creating a fiery aura around Reshiram. Reshiram grabbed his legs and spun him around and around, and flung him into the air. When his body came falling back down, Reshiram jumped up and grabbed Zekrom, then used flamethrower on his back the whole way down making them go even faster. When the smoke cleared, Reshiram stood over the body deep in the ground, hoping he would get up.

"I WAS EXPECTING MORE FROM YOU! MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE WON IF YOU HAD AN ARMY OR BOOBY TRAP AT LEAST!" Reshiram told Zekrom. Then Zekrom began to laugh, confusing everyone. Then he looked up weakly with a huge smile.

"WHO SAYS I DIDN'T?" Zekrom grinned evilly. Reshiram understood him, but it was too late. Ash had jumped out of the bush and had Venusaur fire a solarbeam at Reshiram's unsuspecting back, causing it to fall on one knee.

"HAHAHA! Didn't expect for him to cheat, did you? Normally he wouldn't need to, but this time he was distracted!" Ash laughed evilly. Brock, Max, Melody and Lugia were all happy and sad at the same time, Ash had arrived which is what they wanted, but Reshiram was getting hurt more than they anticipated...

"We've got to get Ash in contact with the statue." Lugia whispered to the others in the bush. Then a figure appeared behind Ash, everyone except Ash and Zekrom saw it and smiled.

"WELL IF YOU DID, WHY WOULDN'T I?" Reshiram grinned. The figure darted out of the bush, revealing Aquimko! He grabbed Ash then flew over to the statue and pushed Ash into it, causing it to glow again.

"NO!" Zekrom roared in terror, and tried to run and stop it. But Reshiram grabbed him and pulled him towards the beach. Ash then became surrounded with an eerie purple glow and the statue started to crackle. Then Lugia flew a distance, and fired a psycho boost right at Ash's body. When it came in contact with Ash and the statue, it began to shrink, and became a cloud above the statue. Then it fired a thunderbolt into Ash, causing him to yell in pain.

"Ash...come on...a little longer...!" Lugia thought in determination. Ash stopped screaming, and so did the thunderbolt. The cloud disappeared and Ash was sparking and smoking, he fell to the ground as the purple aura came off of his body and became a sphere. The pokeball on the statue opened up and the purple aura ball floated into the statue and it closed, once again locking the spirit inside. Everyone ran up to Ash's body (except Zekrom, who flew back to his lair) and wondered the same question...

"Did it work?" everyone thought.

END