Revival of Legendary Pasts

Ash watched the pink crescent pokemon get up, then charged for the dark pokemon beside him. It raised simply defended itself by raising an arm, and firing an eery ray of waves towards the pink creature, crashing it into a tree.

"Ash, you must sacrifice soon. Time is almost up." the pitch-black pokemon told the boy.

"But how can we trust you...Darkrai?" Brock asked the pokemon, who's identity is Darkrai.

"You must. Otherwise, your world...our world...will come to its knees." Darkrai told them.

"But your species is usually evil. How can we be sure you're not like any other darkrai?" Ash asked the pokemon.

"You have to trust me. It is true, I was born evil like all others, causing chaos and spreading nightmares and darkness through the world. But as the days went by of people screaming in terror at the sight of me, I came to think. Why would I want the world in an endless nightmare? I wasn't thinking dtraight when I was young, and so I changed my ways, and tried to help humans with tasks I saw on the streets. But when I tried to help, I was always blasted with an attack. Then...I met her." Darkrai explained, then looked towards the crescent pokemon behind it.

"But...what about this Cresselia?" Brock asked.

"This one is like no other. I found it in an alleyway, luring some small pokemon into the darkness. When I went in after them, I found the pokemon injured, and cresselia was gone. I knew my destiny had started that day. My feelings of purity and her feeling of hatrid... we seemed to be th eopposite of our species' natural behavior. So I chased her out here, hoping to defeat I found her trapped in a shadow hole, and realized someone had beaten me to her." Darkrai explained to them.

"BUT WHO GOT TO HER? I'VE WANTED TO GET BACK AT HER FOR THE MILLENIUMS OF PAIN SHE CAUSED ME. BUT IF NEITHER OF US DID IT...THEN WHO DID?" Reshiram thought out loud. Everyone looked at Darkrai, who only floated.

"It`s not important, and Ash still has to make the sacrifice." Darkrai told the group.

"But...why Ash? Why does it have to be him?" Max asked.

"Because no soul is more purified and bold than his. He's saved the world countless times from chaos, and been revived by the tears of pokemon. No other human being is like him, he is one of a kind." Darkrai looked at him.

"Yes, that's all true. How do we do this?" Ash asked darkrai. Then he saw Cresselia get up again, and fire a beam of colors. Darkrai grunted, then held out his arms to create a black energy shield.

"May I be good or bad, I still posess the powers of darkness." Darkrai told them.

"Come on! Let'sget out of here!" Brock told the group, and they started to run to the trees.

"Hide! We'll handle things!" Darkrai told the humans as they ran away from Darkrai and Reshiram. Reshiram nodded, and flew into the sky. Cresselia followed close behind, and stopped a small distance in front of him. She smiled, which made Reshiram cringe.

"Reshiram, my darling. It's so nice to see you again." Cresselia communicated with telepathy.

"YOU CAUSED ME SO MUCH PAIN, ZEKROM AND I. YOU STOLE OUR POWERS, AND WEAKENED US AND LEFT! NOW YOU'RE FINALLY FREE FROM YOUR CURSE, I CAN DESTROY YOU WITH MY NEW POWER!" Reshiram shouted angrily, then charged towards Cresselia. She only floated up, then sent hearts towards Reshiram. They burst on contact, but Reshiram continued towards her. Reshiram's started spinning violently, then he slammed her down with the flaming rotor. She got up, and floated back towards him.

"Well done. I see you've been training since our last encounter." Cresselia smiled sweetly, which made Reshiram angrier.

"YOU...! I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS MOMENT!" Reshiram shouted in anger, then charged towards her again. She floated upwards, then her eyes flashed blue and a wall formed in front of her. Reshiram bounced off, enveloping himself in bright and dangerous blue flames. The blue flames collided with reflect, then smashed through and into Cresselia. Cresselia smiled, then fired an ice beam towards Reshiram. He fired flames and exploded with the ice. Reshiram burst through the smoke and charged towards her again. He drew his head back as his fangs emenated flames, then something appeared in front of her. He saw a rock, which made his eyes go wide and cancel his attack. She smirked, and fired a psycho cut directly at his chest. He was sent flying back.

"Darling, you are still sad about those rocks? I'm sorry, but maybe we can work out a deal." her smile seemed to grow nicer as she said, making Reshiram angry.

"NO! WHATEVER IT IS, I'M NEVER GOING TO BE INTERESTED!" Reshiram replied angrily.

"But don't you want your rock? I can give it back." she smiled cuter, making Reshiram calm down.

"WAIT...YOU'LL REALLY GIVE IT BACK?" Reshiram asked in disbelief.

"Of course, sweetie. All I ask in return...is for you to destroy that meddlesome darkness dweller." she looked at Darkrai.

"What!" Darkrai asked angrily.

"That's all I ask. Destroy him, and you can have your infinite power back.." Cresselia smiled again. Reshiram looked at Cresselia then to Darkrai, and made his choice. At the same time these events were occuring, the kids were still running.

"Hurry!" Melody panted as they didn't stop. They a pink flash appeared in front of them, making the cover their eyes. When they looked, they saw Cresselia hovering in front of them.

"Cresselia!" Ash said in anger.

"Hello, darling humans." Cresselia replied replied in her telepathic voice.

"Wait... How can you be here...and with Reshiram at the same time?" Lugia asked the female pokemon.

"Psychic abilities help with duplicating. Now, I have something to propose to you, Ash." she looked at Ash, who was still angry.

"What is it?" he asked angrily.

"A simple exchange. You give me what I want...and I'll help you end this war." she said, making him look at her in disbelief.

"How can you do that? And what do you want?" he asked cautiously.

"A simple secret of mine, and no much. Just some time to travel with you, alone." she told him.

"What would you do in that time?" Ash asked again.

"Oh, nothing much. Maybe a trip to Reshiram's volcano and Zekrom's labratory, no big deal." she said, which made Ash think of something.

"You're going to attack Zekrom and Reshiram!" Ash confronted her, making her do a pokemon giggle.

"No, sweetie. I only want to visit. Besides, Reshiram is usy with my copy and Zekrom wil not like to see me." Cresselia told him.

"..." Ash looked at the group, who remain expressionless. Ash sighed, then looked back at her. "...Fine. You have a deal." Ash said.

"Ash, you cant! Remember what Darkrai said-" Max started, but was stopped by Cresselia's psychic attack.

"So, let's go." she communicated. Ash cautiously walked towards her, then the two flashed blue and disappeared. When Ash opened his eyes, he saw he was at the entrance to Reshiram's volcano. Cresselia floated down, followed by Ash. She transformed into a Magmortar, then continued down. She looked around, watching the pokemon battle and train for the war.

"Oh my, sweetie. Look over there." Cresselia pointed towards a hand-to-hand combat between magmortar and blaziken. Ash watched intriguengly, as Cresselia sneaked away and into another section of the volcano. When Ash turned around, she was standing there in Magmortar form still.

"That was cool." Ash told her, to which she happily nodded. Then they left the volcano, and she teleported them to Zekrom's volcano. Outside, she transformed into Melody. When she started to walk inside, Ash saw something orange glowing in her pack. He shrugged one shoulder, and folowed her in. When they got in, h saw Zekrom and Pikachu doing some training. He walked by them, hopefully going unoticed. They managed to evade its detection, and continued through the battle zones.

"Look at that." Cresselia pointed at some Luxray clashing iron tails. Ash was once again intruiged, and Cresselia snuck away. After some time, Ash turned to see Cresselia in Melody form, smiling at him.

"Okay, let's go." Ash said. Cresselia and Ash walked outside, then teleported back to the spot where they left. They found the others waiting for them.

"I had a great time, sweetie." Cresselia took her original form and smiled at Ash.

"Me too. I don't know why you wanted to go, but I had a great time all the same." Ash smiled back.

"Now, how can you stop the war?" Lugia asked the female pokemon.

"In good time, darling Lugia. In good time." Cresselia flashed an evil grin as she teleported away. Everyone looked at Ash.

"Did she do anything suspicious?" Brock asked him.

"Did she leave your sight?" Max followed.

"No, leave it at that." Ash said without thinking of their trip. The others shrugged it off, then started back to Reshiram and Darkrai. When they got there, Darkrai fired a dark pulse at the cresselia-copy. The attack went right through it, which confused its opponents. They saw the group, then floated down.

"DID YOU SEE THAT?" Reshiram asked them, pointing at the distorted cresselia.

"Yeah. That's a copy you were fighting, and we were just with the real Cresselia." Max told them, making Darkrai gasp.

"What did she say to you, what did she do to you?" Darkrai asked Ash.

"Nothing and nothing." Ash replied without thinking again.

"I DON'T KNOW...SHE NEVER CONFRONTS YOU WITHOUT A PLAN TO USE YOU TO HER ADVANTAGE." Reshiram told them.

"Well, she did ask me to travel to your volcano and Zekrom's lair..." Ash thought back to her proposal, making Reshiram cringe.

"WHAT DID YOU DO THERE? DID SHE SAY WHY THOSE TWO LOCATIONS?" Reshiram asked cautiously.

"She didn't, and we just took a tour of your battle-training zones." Ash replied.

"She must have had a reason for those locations...Wait! Do you remember what I told you in your head?" Darkrai asked Ash.

"Sacrifice...bonds...Hey, something about...!" Ash trailed off as his eyes got wide, and they stared at Darkrai. "Uh-oh..." Ash said in realization.

"What is it?" Max asked him, but was replied by Ash saying 'uh-oh' constantly as he ran away. They chased him into the forest, and found him looking in the air.

"Ash?" Brock walked beside the boy.

"Look for Cresselia, there might be trouble." Ash said, looking around the huge sky. Everyone looked around, but saw nothing.

"What trouble?" Max asked.

"Deep trouble." Ash shivered.

"Don't tell me..." Darkrai looked at the boy, who only nodded sadly. Darkrai shivered too, then floated up and looked around. Then he saw something in the distance. He floated down.

"Hurry! We have to get to Reshiram and Zekrom's lairs!" Darkrai speedily floated towards Zekrom's lair, followed by the others. When they got there, they saw Pikachu and Zekrom having a practice battle.

"Zekrom, get away from that Pikachu!" Darkrai shouted as he floated towards the two. The two gave it a confused look, then Pikachu fell down. It shouted its name in pain, then looked at Zekrom with bright pink eyes.

"WHAT'S WRONG?" Zekrom asked the rodent. Pikachu only shouted angrily and struck an iron tail at Zekrom. Darkrai's arm glowed black and purple as it struck the iron tail, sending Pikachu into the wall. Zekrom's eyes widened at Pikachu's sudden agressive behavior.

"Pikachu!" Ash shouted worriedly, but Darkrai held him back.

"Ash...I'm afraid...she has done what we feared." Darkrai communicated. Ash looked at his pokemon sadly, and stared into its bright pink eyes.

END

What's up with Pikachu, and is anyone else affected? Find out in the next chapter! R&R!