Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 25: Legendary Pokemon Part II
"Pokemon" Normal speech
'Pokemon' Normal thoughts
"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk
"Pokemon" Flashbacks
"Pokemon" Pokedex speech
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I don't own Pokemon. I do however, own this laptop and this story and NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE IT!
Tojho Falls
Within the caverns of Tojho Falls, sounds of construction could be heard. Wild Pokemon watched from the shadows as the humans welded, hammered and sawed various materials in order to aid in the creation of their new base of operations.
"Alright, the support beams are placed here, here, here and here. Now that you are all aware of this, apply the steel plating around them to ensure their stability and have your support Pokemon use Rock Tomb to hold it in place. Place the generators at the strategic locations chosen by Leader-sama along the cavern networks so as to keep this small base functioning. Remember, we only need one Electrode per generator unlike the six we needed to power the massive one we had back in our former HQ. We lost a lot of our men to the Goldenrod City escapade and when Izuna Uchiha and those brats invaded our HQ in Mahogany Town so Leader-sama we need to accommodate for the lack of labour force and increase our work output."
"Hai!" The ROOT grunts saluted before they led their various Fighting and Rock type Pokemon in aiding them to finish the construction of the ROOT base. Once the support beams were up and the generators were connected, everything fell into place. Machinery whirred to life, living quarters were finally established and the various caves were converted into connecting tunnels for the small ROOT base.
The ROOT contractor gave a nod of approval as he surveyed everything before he made the last minute checks over the finished base. It took them weeks to make, but it was finally complete and ROOT was now operational. The contractor ticked off the boxes on his clipboard as he finished checking over everything before settling down in a nearby chair. A Zubat flew in with a glass of water and rested it in the man's hands. The contractor thanked the annoying Pokemon that appeared in every single cave complex in the Pokemon world before it flew off. As the contractor raised the glass to his lips, he paused as he heard the sound of footsteps against the earthen floor.
Turning to the entrance tunnel of his resting quarters, his eyes widened slightly as he stared into the violet eyes of Nagato. He quickly stood up, spilling a bit of his water on his shirt, cursing slightly and then saluted to his leader. The contractor gulped down his water as he heard the light chuckle from his amused leader.
"Leader-sama, what brings you here?" The contractor asked as he wiped his shirt dry. Nagato looked around the contractor's quarters as he answered.
"I came to view your progress on the base. I appears it has come along quite nicely and I was just informed that it is fully operational."
"Hai, Leader-sama. We can now assume any and all operations you wish to undertake." The contractor replied.
"Excellent." Nagato said with a nod of approval. "Your skills are quite exemplary. So now that the base is operational, it is time we begin the necessary steps to bring about the succession of Project Time Travel."
"But Leader-sama, what of Project Danzo? Surely you are still interested in bringing back our fallen leader?" Nagato's violet eyes seemed to shine through the shadows formed by his long red hair.
"What occurred in Goldenrod City is a show that Danzo is not meant to return. I may have been an admin of ROOT during his reign, but Danzo will not be returning at all. He is now dead to our cause. We have sent numerous messages through the radio signals from Goldenrod and it has been weeks since that escapade and still Danzo has not revealed himself. Obviously he is either dead or does not wish to return to us. Either way, Project Danzo is to be considered a failure and we shall then move on to our next plan which will be and is Project Time Travel. Am I clear, contractor?" Nagato spoke with venom in his tone.
"H-H-Hai, Leader-sama. I apologize if I had upset you with that question." The contractor bowed lowly to his superior commander. The red haired man merely nodded.
"Now then, I will be heading to the briefing room. You may take your leave contractor."
"Leader-sama." The contractor saluted before going over to the bed on the side of his quarters. Sometimes this job seemed more stressful than he thought it would be.
ROOT Base-Briefing Room
Nagato flung open the door as he saw his three children and a few of the other higher class ROOT members sitting along the length of a black granite table. The red 'R' of ROOT emblazoned upon the granite's surface. The occupants of the room rose up from their chairs and bowed to their leader.
"Leader-sama." They greeted to which he responded with a mere gesture for them to sit. He was in no mood for pleasantries, now was the time for his plans to be set into motion. It was time for him to summon Celebi...to bring back his deceased wife and his children's mother.
"I am in no mood for anything stupid today, so hold any useless comments for another time. It is time." Nagato said. The three children that sat near to him seemed to gain a sudden boost of adrenalin as they snapped up from their hunched positions that indicated their boredom, and were now sitting up straighter.
"Really, Otou-san?" The three asked with a glimmer in their eyes. The man's harsh gaze softened slightly as he watched his children. His pride and joy. The only reminder of his deceased lover.
"Yes. Ruby, Sapphire, Wallace...we shall begin Project Time Travel. Now, to those of you who wonder of the fate of Project Danzo, I will make this very clear. Project Danzo has failed since he has not returned as a result of our sending him messages through the Goldenrod City Radio Tower. The project was a failure and thus it shall not be brought up at all. As for Project Time Travel, I shall explain the principle as to how this should be brought about." Nagato looked at his children once more before turning back to the older ROOT members.
"Project Time Travel is a very complex process that involves various components in order to be successful. The first step was to generate the biological toxin that is used to suppress a Pokemon's biological functions, a fluid that was shown to be successful from our tests on the Miltank on Route 36 and the Amphoros that lives in Olivine City's Lighthouse. The second step was to gain the essence of the Shiny Pokemon, DNA was successfully extracted from the Vulpix we had attained at the Pokeathlon in Goldenrod City and so we now have a binding agent that will be used to aid in the capture of the legendary Pokemon. Lugia and Ho-oh are said to be the Pokemon who blessed species of Pokemon within the joint regions of Kanto and Johto with the ability to gain a phenotype that changes their bodies and thus what changes their bodies' colours. This DNA that was extracted also bears these Pokemon's essences and so we can also use the Vulpix DNA to track Lugia and Ho-oh."
"That's amazing!" One ROOT member spoke. "But, Leader-sama, I am quite certain it will be difficult to bring down legendary Pokemon if we aim to capture them. What will we do?"
"That...is not a stupid question. Excellent work grunt." A sweatdrop formed on the back of the grunt's head as a few of the others snickered.
"Ummm...thank you, sir?" She replied with an unsure tone.
"How we bring down the legendary, is with the suppression serum I mentioned beforehand. After much research, our science division had managed to track the legendary Pokemon and manipulated the serum using a bit of the Shiny Vulpix's genetics to most likely affect the legendary Pokemon. Once they are suppressed by the serum, you can easily capture them using an Ultra Ball since a regular Poke Ball or a Great Ball would not work efficiently."
The ROOT admins all nodded in understanding as Nagato continued to speak. "Once we have captured Lugia and Ho-oh, it will then be time to create the Pokeball that will be designed to capture our real objective. Celebi, the Pokemon that is able to travel through the very time continuum itself. The power of Lugia and Ho-oh must be utilized in order to create such a Poke Ball and so we will need a master of Poke Ball creation to do it."
"But the only person with enough expertise to even commit such a task is..." Ruby paused as her father nodded, already knowing her statement.
"That's right. Kurt, the man who can make any type of Poke Ball and knows more about the devices than even a Pokemon Professor as renowned as Hiruzen Sarutobi and one as intelligent as Iruka Umino. However, the time it will take to create this ball falls directly into the schedule of my plans." The admins looked confused at this.
"How so, Otou-san?" Sapphire asked. Nagato smirked at his blue haired daughter.
"It will take at least three months to create such a powerful Poke Ball, as well as to gain the ability to tame Ho-oh and Lugia once we have captured them. The reason I say three months is because the Pokemon League will be beginning in that time and so during the Johto Silver Conference Victory Tournament, we will strike there first. We will reveal that ROOT has not truly fallen and that we are stronger than ever before since we have the Legendary Pokemon on our side. The world will feel pain just as I have and once we have crushed any hope of resistance, we shall head to the Illex Forest where the Illex Shrine is. We shall use the powers of the Legendary Pokemon to draw Celebi forth from the time stream and then I shall utilize Celebi's power when I capture it and finally...my dream will be fulfilled."
'Konan-chan...you will finally be brought back to me and your, no, our...children.' Nagato's face bared a ghost of a smile before his eyes snapped upwards. He then glanced at his admins before tapping the granite counter. In a flash of blue, a holographic screen emerged from the table with an image of the Johto-Kanto continent.
"Now your missions are simple in terms of explanation. Your objectives are to go to the areas where Ho-oh and Lugia are said to be and await their arrival. I have researched the history of the Pokemon world and I am very sure that now is the time for us to act and now is the time when the Beast of the Sea and the Lord of Sky will return. You shall journey to your respective coordinates. Take a tranquilizer gun with darts containing the suppression serum to your locations to take them down before catching them in the Ultra Balls." Nagato then tapped the holographic screen as if it were solid and the map was sectioned off to show the Johto region alone. The Johto map was then broken apart before two areas were zoomed in on specifically.
"Lugia is said to dwell within the Whirl Islands on the oceans near Cianwood City and Ho-oh will be at the Bell Tower in Ecruteak City. Catch them and do not fail. You will then return to base when your objective is complete. Understood?"
"HAI LEADER-SAMA!" The admins then all left the room, sines Ruby, Sapphire and Wallace.
"We're really getting her back, Otou-san?" Wallace asked. Nagato smiled warmly at his son.
"I'm counting on it. I can only hope the assumptions I've made in this plan are proven correct...I really do miss your Kaa-chan."
"I'm sure Okaa-chan will be happy when we bring her back." The twins smiled brightly along with their little brother. Nagato chuckled before watching the holographic map before him.
'Soon. Soon you will be back with me, Konan-chan.'
Whirl Islands-Lair of Lugia
Lugia's eyes glowed a frightening shade of blue, a sign of it unconsciously releasing its psychic abilities. The waves of the Whirl Island cave churned before mutliple whirlpools swirled to life and rose out of the water as giant twisters of fluid. Lugia reared back its head and released a song-like cry, beautiful yet frightful to ears of the beholder.
The Kimono Girls bowed to the great Beast of the Sea before the lead Kimono Girl of the worshipers of Lugia raised her head.
"Lord Lugia, we welcome you back to the world above the sea. Your inevitable awakening has been foreseen, please accept a battle from these two trainers before you as tribute to your awesome power and as a celebratory act of your ascension from the seas." She spoke. Sasuke and Hinata turned to her, Feraligatr and Espeon looking shocked as well.
"TRIBUTE?!" They exclaimed.
"ESPE ESPEON?!"
"FERALIGATR?!"
Both Pokemon were in just as much shock as their trainers. However, they were removed from their shocked mindsets to awe as they watched Lugia had now been fixating its gaze on them. The legendary Pokemon turned, bowed its head to the Kimono Girls before returning to face the two trainers and their Pokemon.
Lugia released its melodious cry before flapping its wings. Powerful winds flew forth from that single motion and Espeon was forced to use its psychic abilities to anchor everyone to the ground. The Kimono Girls then stepped off to the side and one of them withdrew a Pokeball from her sleeve. She pressed the button and it opened to reveal an Espeon. The Sun Pokemon's eyes shone a bright blue as its psychic powers began to activate.
"As per tradition, we are not allowed to remain within these chambers once the Dive Pokemon has been awakened. Good luck in your battle against Lugia, you will surely need it." The Kimono Girls spoke. The Kimono Girl then nodded to her Espeon and in a flash of blue light, they were teleported out of the lair of Lugia leaving Sasuke, Hinata, Feraligatr and Espeon alone.
Lugia slowly flapped its wings as it remained aloft in the air, its dark coloured eyes watching them sternly. Lugia then let out a melodious cry once more and the waters below churned.
"Espeon Espe Peon."
"All out? What do you mean Lugia wants us to go all out?!" Hinata asked her partner. The Sun Pokemon shook its head showing that it not understand either. Sasuke and Feraligatr looked at each other and nodded. Hinata and Espeon were blinded by the few flashes of light that emerged from Sasuke's person and suddenly the other five members of Sasuke's team stood behind him.
"That legendary Pokemon wants us to go all out? Then we'll give it all out." Sasuke stated. Hinata and Espeon then looked at Sasuke as his six Pokemon readied themselves for battle. Lugia nodded its head before turning to Hinata, as if waiting for her to do the same. The formerly shy Hyuga gulped as she could practically feel the power from Lugia's gaze alone.
She took out her other five Pokeballs and opened them revealing her other team members as well. Lugia, seeing as how its opponents were now fully prepared for battle, gave a nod of acknowledgement to the two trainers and the twelve Pokemon present. Lugia then closed its eyes before they snapped open.
Then all hell broke loose.
Wind flew forth as Lugia unfurled its white wings and the gale force winds sent everybody skidding backwards. Lugia then flew into the air before its eyes glowed cerulean. A gigantic whirlpool swirled life beneath it before it rose into the air as a twister of water. With a melodious cry, Lugia sent the whirlpool at its opponent.
"All of you..." Sasuke and Hinata watched with awe at the gargantuan water circulation system before uttering their command, "ATTACK!"
With an accumulation of cries from the Pokemon, they released a flurry of attacks at the whirlpool. In a matter of second, the whirlpool had been frozen over by Feralgiatr, Gyarados and Lapras's Blizzard attacks before being shattered by all the others. Lugia's eyes narrowed before it sent more whirlpools their way. For a few minutes this continued. All the Pokemon attacked the raging whirlpools that were sent their way, until finally, after the final whirlpool, Lugia had climbed higher into the air.
Its eyes shone even brighter than it did before and then a powerful blast of telekinetic energy was sent their way. Gyarados quickly snaked its away to the head of the group and coiled around the others to form a protective wall around its compatriots, roaring in pain as the Extrasensory attack struck.
"Gyarados, don't let that weak attack bother you. That thing is using its ability to fly to its advantage. We have to ground it. Use Thunder, Feraligatr use Blizzard!" Sasuke told his two strongest Pokemon. The powerful bolt of thunder launched itself from Gyarados's body, follow by the freezing winds of Feralgiatr's Blizzard. Lugia released a powerful cry before the attacks were dispersed, however as the two attacks disappeared, Rapidash came through having used its powerful leg muscles to jump extraordinarily high. Atop its back was Espeon
"RAPIDASH, FLAMETHROWER!"
"ESPEON, SHADOW BALL!"
The blast of flame impacted with Lugia's chest, burning the Diving Pokemon slightly but the real damage was done by the super effective Shadow Ball attack. Being a part Psychic type made it vulnerable to the Ghost type move and it was sent back a bit from the explosive force of the dark matter spheroid. Lugia responded with an Extrasensory attack that sent Rapidash and Espeon into the walls of the cavern. Rapidash and Espeon then began to fall towards the waters below, however they were saved as Rapidash managed to regain its bearing and with Espeon using its psychic abilities to help Rapidash defy gravity, the evolved form of Ponyta used its extreme speed to defy the laws of physics and run vertically down the rocky wall and across the waters below, firing jets of flame while Espeon launched Psybeams and Shadow Balls to distract it.
"Butterfree and Jumpluff, use Sleep Powder! Togekiss, use Fly!"
"Gengar, help Butterfree by using Hypnosis. If we can get it to sleep, we'll be able to gain an advantage and hopefully try and catch it." Sasuke said. "Sneasel use Ice Shard to wittle down its health. Rhydon, help out with Rock Blast!"
Butterfree and Jumpfluff flew overhead and sprinkled the green powder over Lugia's head, but the Diving Pokemon immediately flapped its wings upon seeing the two dual types and sent a powerful wind to repel the Sleep Powder. Butterfree and Jumpluff tumbled through the air as if they were dandelions in the breeze and slammed harshly against the rocky wall before being forced into unconsciousness by a powerful blast of water. The Hydro Pump attack blasted apart a large circular crater in the wall and had thoroughly soaked Butterfree and Jumpluff so even if they had managed to remain conscious, there was nothing could have done with their ability to fly being compromised.
"NO!" Hinata quickly sent her Pokemon back into their balls before they hit the water. However, Gengar emerged from the shadows. Its eyes glowed red as it stared into Lugia's own eyes. However, though Lugia began to feel slightly drowsy, there was a flaw in the plan to knock out Lugia. When one falls asleep, there two external sources that could be used to stimulate the act of jolting awake. One is by loud noise. The other is the feeling of falling. Since Lugia was in the air, the second external stimulant forced it awake and Lugia growled before sending an extrasensory attack at Gengar, however the legendary Pokemon was unsuccessful in aiming the attack as Togekiss slammed into the side of its head when it performed Fly. Togekiss then had an aura of white surrounding it as the rocks beneath the churning waters rose up.
"Use Ancientpower!" Hinata ordered. The rocks slammed into Lugia's chest before Rhydon's Rock Blast attack crashed against the side of its head.
Lugia cried out in rage before sending slapping aside Togekiss with its tail and then sent a Hydro Pump at Rhydon.
"Gyarados, counter with Hydro Pump! Feraligatr use Blizzard!" The two Hydro Pumps clashed in an epic explosion of water only to freeze over as Feraligatr's attack sped towards Lugia. Lugia cried out in pain as it felt its wings start to freeze over. It then began to fall to the waters below, but its eyes shone brightly before it crossed its wings over its body before forcefully letting them free. The force shattered the ice around its body while also sending a massive storm of wind that sent Sasuke, Hinata and all the land based Pokemon against the rocks of the formation they stood upon. Suddenly, the world turned darker as a large whirlpool made by Lugia's telekinetic abilities was summoned forth to crash down upon them.
As Rapidash continued to run across the waters below, it aimed a Fire Blast at the raging vortex of liquid only for it to only release a cloud of steam. It was even strong enough to repel Espeon's Psybeam and Shadow Ball.
"Gyarados, Feraligatr, use Surf to stop that whirlpool!"
"Lapras, help out too. Use Surf and Nidoqueen aim an Ice Beam at Lugia!"
As the massive tidal wave met the equally massive water vortex, an explosion of water resounded through the lair of Lugia. As the water fell back down, Lapras shot forth the pale blue beam of icy energy. Lugia quickly avoided the blast by twisting and rotating in midair as it flew to avoid the Ice Beams before countering with a Hydro Pump.
Sasuke and Hinata watched in shock as the attack neared their locations, but Sasuke's Rhydon quickly appeared in front of them and its arms glowed a startling white as it used Hammer Arm. It punched forth both arms and the Drill Pokemon released a roar of effort and pain as it tried to hold back the super effective move.
"Rhydon!" Sasuke cried out in alarm. The Drill Pokemon looked back at Sasuke before using its tail to slap aside its trainer. Sasuke rolled along the ground and looked up in shock as he saw his Rhydon become overwhelmed by the raging water blast, sending it through several rocks and into the walls of the cave before it fell into the waters below.
"Gyarados save Rhydon! Everyone...Hinata, provide Gyarados and I with cover fire!" Hinata nodded as she ordered her four Pokemon to attack with everything they had. Sasuke's Pokemon did the same as the boy jumped atop the Red Gyarados and the two dove beneath the waters. Sasuke and Gyarados glanced around, the sounds of the battle above easily reaching past the water's surface that it seemed as if they never left the battlefield.
The two continued to survey the area before Sasuke spotted his suspended Drill Pokemon. Gyarados quickly wrapped its tail around Rhydon and pulled the Pokemon up to the surface and burst forth with a roar. Sasuke immediately jumped off onto the rock formation platform as Gyarados rested Rhydon on the ground.
"Gyarados, make a wall of ice for protection. Then help the others with Thunder!" Gyarados nodded as it erected a giant ice structure as tall as itself to provide cover for Sasuke before going around to launch Thunder attacks at the Flying and Psychic type.
"Togekiss use Ancientpower!" Hinata told the Pokemon she had helped hatch. The rocks from various locations rose up into the air before being launched at the Diving Pokemon. The legendary Beast of the Sea released a cry and repelled the rocks as it stretched out its wings. The rocks crashed into the walls of the cave only for a massive electrical bolt to blast apart one of them and continue along its path towards Lugia. Lugia noticed this and quickly dove into the waters, causing a massive splash.
"Kuso, it went underwater." Sasuke then looked to see Rapidash halting in its water running to leap back onto the rock formation he and Hinata were standing upon. Espeon leaped off of the Fire-type's back.
"I got it!" Hinata said before looking to her Nidoqueen and Lapras. "Both of you, trap Lugia beneath the waters. Use Ice Beam!"
"It won't hold for long, but it may work. Gyarados, Feraligatr use Blizzard and Sneasel use Icy Wind!"
The entirety of the cave suddenly dropped in temperature as the giant body of water was frozen over and continued to extend past the large unnderground lake of the Whirl Islands. The giant waterfall and even the rock walls were starting to freeze over. In the end, the whole lair of Lugia now bore a great resemblance to the Icefall Cave.
"Hopefully that will hold it off for a little while while we recuperate." Sasuke said. He then turned his attention back to Rhydon. The Drill Pokemon was lightly breathing, but Sasuke could hear the effort it took for his Pokemon to carry out the simple action, until-
Sasuke's eyes widened as he watched Rhydon's eyes roll into the back of its head. The rise and fall of its chest ceased and the Uchiha could only shake with anxiety as he lightly shook his Pokemon.
"Rhydon." Sasuke whispered as he shook his Pokemon more forecfully. "Rhydon!" No response. "GOD DAMN IT, COME ON WAKE UP! WAKE UP RHYDON! RHYDON!" Sasuke shook the Pokemon more and more forcefully. The Pokemon and Hinata quickly ran towards the two and Hinata knelt down. She rested her head against Rhydon's open maw and her eyes widened as she heard a slight gurgling sound.
"Feraligatr, push down on Rhydon's chest! Get the water out of his lungs!" The Big Jaw Pokemon nodded. The blue reptile pushed down on Rhydon's dense body and did so for quite a while. Feraligatr's arms were getting tired, but it refused to stop. Feraligatr then raised its arms up high and brought them down with enough force that it caused Rhydon's body to convulse slightly. With a loud cough and a growl, Rhydon's eyes snapped open and it began to cough violently as more water ejected out of its throat. The Pokemon gasped loudly. Sasuke and Hinata could only grin as the other Pokemon helped Rhydon stand muttering their respective cries of happiness.
"Are you okay, Rhydon? You nearly..." Sasuke paused before seeing Rhydon tap him lightly with its tail. The Pokemon merely gave a smirk as Sasuke reached towards his backpack to take out a Hyper Potion but frowned as he realized he had just dived into the water. Anything in his bag that was not waterproof was now either defective or not working at all.
'And people tell me I'm a genius.' Sasuke facepalmed before he saw Rhydon stumble forwards, being steadied by Feraligatr and Rapidash. "Rhydon, return." The Ground/Rock type shook its head and gave a sturdy roar as it pounded its chest only to suddenly cough violently. Sasuke's eyes narrowed.
"Get in your Poke Ball now. You nearly died Rhydon and you're low on health. If you take another attack I'm not sure we can bring you back. Once is the only amount of times you can have a near death exeperience, now get obey me and GET IN YOUR BALL NOW!" Sasuke raised his voice as he held out Rhydon's Poke Ball. Rhydon's eyes widened before narrowing in defiance, but a nudge from the Drill Pokemon's fellow team members made it change its mind in defying its trainer. Rhydon closed its eyes and released a growl of defeat before its head dropped in surrender.
Sasuke gave a nod before holding out the ball. "I'm sorry, Rhydon. But I'm not risking your life again in this battle." The Drill Pokemon didn't reply as the red energy beam launched forth from the centre of the Poke Ball and the weakened Rhydon was returned into the safety of its capsule. As Rhydon was returned, Hinata quickly began to survey the surroundings and frowned as she noticed there was no way out except for the way they came in. The eerie silence didn't help solidify her feelings of anxiety either as Lugia had been submerged under the water for quite a while.
"It's too quiet. Lugia still hasn't surfaced, what is it doing?" She asked herself.
"Probably recuperating maybe. Even if it is a legendary Pokemon it still needs to recover." Sasuke said. Hinata bit her lip as she thought otherwise.
'What if it's planning something. Legendary Pokemon are said to have extremely high intellects, not to mention this one seeing as how it is part Psychic type from its usage of extrasensory and the blue glowing eyes which are a feature of the usage of the part of a Pokemon's brain that utilizes Psychic-type moves.' Hinata thought for a moment only for her to be jolted out her thoughts when she heard the ice begin to crack loudly. She and Sasuke looked at each other before glancing back in time to see the ice shatter as if it were glass as a titanic whirlpool tore through it, whipping up high speed winds and large volumes of the water along the walls and the rock formation the group was standing on. Lapras and Gyarados had quickly chosen to dive beneath the waves to protect themselves before resurfacing when the giant whirlpool continued to rise. The whirlpool increased in size and rotation speed, resulting in several other, smaller whirlpools to form around the waters.
The whirlpool tore through the rocky ceiling of the Whirl Island cave the two young trainers and their Pokemon were currently in and easily broke through it, making it look as if it were made of paper. The light of the sun entered through the hole, but the clash of water against rock caused the stalagmites above to begin to fall along with several large rocks. As the whirlpool continued to rise, Gyarados shot down all the rocks with a swift use of Hyper Beam, while those it missed were held within the telekinetic grasp of Espeon.
"Nice job you two!" Hinata and Sasuke complimented their Pokemon. They then watched as the whirlpool died down and Lugia was still nowhere to be seen.
"It probably went through that hole, we have to follow it!" Sasuke said. Hinata nodded in agreement.
"Lapras, Nidoqueen, use Ice Beam to make a bridge of ice for us to reach that hole. When the ice path was finished, the young Hyuga and Uchiha returned their Pokemon to their balls, all except for Espeon and Rapidash. Sasuke, Hinata and Espeon climbed atop Rapidash and Hinata wrapped her arms around Sasuke to prevent herself from falling off.
"Let's go, Rapidash!" The Fire Horse Pokemon took a few steps back to the edge of the rock formation before taking off, reaching top speed in a the small matter of seconds it took to reach from the end of the rock formation where the ice bridge started.
"Espeon, use Confusion to keep Rapidash from slipping!" Espeon's eyes shone electric blue and a similarly coloured aura outlined the Fire Horse Pokemon. Rapidash clocked in at 100 miles per hour as it raced up the ice bridge, defying gravity as it began to run completely vertical up the area of the ice bridge that led up into the hole. It then began to leap from stone to stone along the lining of the tunnel that left out of the lair of Lugia, similar to that of a mountain goat. Using its powerful leg muscles, Rapidash quickly leaped up to the exit and with one final, telekinetic enhanced jump, it leaped through the hole in the island's cave before landing. The fire-type began skidding along the surface of the sands of one of the many beaches that made up the shores of the chain of islands that made up the Whirl Islands.
The two trainers and Espeon jumped off of Rapidash before they began to scan the area.
"Did it fly away?" Hinata asked as she noticed there was no sign of the Diving Pokemon.
"Couldn't be possible. Those Kimono Girls said that Lugia needed us, specifically me, to fight it for some odd reason. It hasn't won yet and neither has it lost so it could be trying to pull another..." The sound of an explosion met their ears as Sasuke, Hinata and Espeon turned to see Rapidash laying in a giant wet spot in the sand as a result of Lugia's Hydro Pump striking it.
"Sneak attack." Sasuke finished. Rapidash's mane, leg and tail flames were low and slowly dying out, indicating it was low on health. Sasuke quickly returned it to its ball as he saw Lugia's eyes glow with blue light. A split second later, the wet spot from Hydro Pump became a large depression as Extrasensory had missed its target. Sasuke quickly sent out Gyarados and Feraligatr, knowing full well that Sneasel and Gengar wouldn't be able to do much anymore with Lugia being airborne. Rhydon couldn't be used for obvious reasons, Sneasel would be too out of range for any attacks to hit, a problem Lugia did not have and Gengar would be vulnerable slightly weakened due to being in the sunlight and could easily be defeated by Lugia's Extrasensory attack. Hinata sent out Nidoqueen and Lapras since she had already lost Butterfree and Jumpluff and Togekiss, despite now being in the open space, would be helpless against the larger airborne Pokemon.
Lugia released its melodious cry as it called upon the powers it had kept locked away for so many years. The skies became black and the winds whipped wildly. A powerful aura outlined Lugia's body and flickered as if it were fire. The shining white aura was then reflected in its eyes, turning them a startling white that lacked no irises. Suddenly, Lugia opened its jaws and the winds began to swirl into its mouth. Rotation and Power. These two elements were shown to create the powerful compressed air spheroid within Lugia's maw and it was only growing larger by the second.
"Kuso...that attack looks to be extremely powerful. None of my Pokemon know Protect or a defensive type move that could help!" Hinata spoke with paranoia evident in her tone.
"Neither do mine!" Sasuke cursed. "We have to try and get out of here before that attack finishes charging otherwise we may actually die!" Sasuke exclaimed. The two began to look around frantically, but suddenly Lugia's head reared back as it was ready to strike.
"Nidoqueen use Ice Beam! Lapras, Psychic! Espeon use Shadow Ball, full power!"
"Gyarados use Hyper Beam and Feraligatr use Hydro Cannon!"
A powerful beam of ice blue energy flew from the Poison type Pokemon's mouth, followed by a large ball of shadow, a golden-orange beam and a gargantuan blast of pressurized water. All four powerful attacks were enhanced in momentum before being fused into one powerful beam of energy. The five attacks launched themselves at Lugia and time seemed to slow down as the blast neared the Diving Pokemon. However, Lugia's eyes shone brighter than before and within a loud cry, a blast of white energy surrounded by hurricane force winds burst forth from its jaws. The swirling typhoon of energy and wind clashed against the myriad attacks and easily held its own before it began to push back the attack with even greater ease.
'It's...' Sasuke froze in awe and fear.
'Forcing us back?!' Hinata unknowingly finished Sasuke's thought.
The power of a legendary Pokemon was now nearing them. The attack that could cause a storm to rage for forty days straight. This...was the might of the most powerful Flying-type move, Aeroblast. As the attack neared them, they never noticed that Lugia seemed to falter slightly in its position in the air and the energy collected between the Aeroblast attack and the attacks of Red Gyarados, Feraligatr, Lapras, Espeon and Nidoqueen exploded outwards in massive blast of light. The force of the explosion crashed into the trainers and their Pokemon below and the light blinded any who would have dared to watch it.
After a minute, the light died down and revealed Sasuke, Hinata and their Pokemon all lying unconscious on the sand. The previously black skies had cleared and the blue sky was shown once more. The seas had calmed down and the whirlpools around the islands were now spinning at their usual one thing was truly wrong with this scene.
Where did Lugia go?
Ecruteak City- Top of Bell Tower
"ATTACK!" The storm of moves flew at Ho-oh as all twelve Pokemon aimed their attacks at the Rainbow Pokemon. However, Ho-oh took the attacks head on, a massive explosion resulting from the contact. However when the smoke cleared, they were all in shock to see Ho-oh was still hovering in midair as if it weren't even hit at all. Even super effective moves like Azumarill's Water Gun and Pikachu and Amphoros's Thunderbolt hadn't done any visible damage to the Legendary.
"Pika, use Thunderbolt!" Sakura ordered.
"PIIIIIKAAAAACHUUUUUUUU!" The Electric Mouse Pokemon launched forth a deadly electric blast at its opponent only for the Rainbow Pokemon to simply release a tongue of fire from its beak, completely engulfing the Thunderbolt and continued on its ways towards the Electric-type. However, a blur flew by the Pikachu and its trainer, scooping them up from their area on the large rooftop of the Bell Tower.
The Bell Tower's roof was lightly scorched, but there was no other noticeable damage done by the supposedly weak attack.
"Thanks Naruto." Sakura thanked her blonde friend. Naruto nodded as Sakura wrapped her arms around his waist to steady herself as they flew around on Pidgeot. Ho-oh watched from atop the spire of the Bell Tower. Its rainbow coloured feathers reflecting their own rainbow as the sun's light shone on it.
"Heracross, use Night Slash!"
The Bug/Fighting type nodded and leaped at Ho-oh and its claws coated themselves with shadow energy and struck Ho-oh in the chest, however the attack didn't affect Ho-oh visibly as the legendary Pokemon batted away the much smaller Pokemon with its wing. However, as Heracross flew through the air a blast of fire followed after it. The fire attack was deflected however as Typhlosion leaped to its team member's aid and utilized its fire-proof fur to take the heat, literally. Typhlosion gritted its teeth as it held back the flames before a blast of water from Quagsire generated a steam cloud as it tore through the flames and struck Ho-oh's stomach.
The Rainbow Pokemon released a screech of pain as the super effective move struck it, but when its crimson eyes scanned the area, only steam surrounded it. The steam cloud blinded it only for it to be struck in the face by Typhlosion's Rollout attack. A blast of fire from Sakura's Vulpix followed afterwards. Ho-oh flapped its wings and dispersed the steam cloud before its eyes glowed a shining blue as it used Extrasensory on its nearest target. Sakura's Vulpix was that target and the Legendary Pokemon easily knocked it off of the roof with the telekinetic blast. Sakura quickly caught her Pokemon as Pidgeot dove down to save it.
Naruto then hovered with Pidgeot before his Pokemon seemed to flicker in movement. Ho-oh's eyes widened as Pidgeot appeared in its face from the high speed at which it moved. Ho-oh's eyes narrowed as it raised its left wing to deflect the Steel Wing attack aimed for its body before batting away the smaller Bird Pokemon. However, as the Rainbow Pokemon was distracted by Dragonair's usage of Aqua Tail, an attack that damaged the Fire/Flying type quite badly if the cry of pain was any indication, Pikachu and Amphoros quickly joined hands and electricity sparked off of them as they charged their electricity.
"THUNDERBOLT!" Naruto and Sakura yelled simultaneously. A massive thunderbolt flew forth from the two Electric-types. However, Ho-oh's body glowed with the light of the sun as it issued a Sunny Day attack before releasing the star-shaped Fire Blast. The attack tore through the Thunderbolt like it was nothing.
"Qaugsire, use Surf to shield Amphoros and Pikachu!" Naruto told the Mud Fish Pokemon. Quagsire's body became coated with water and the water expanded outwards as it turned into a powerful tidal wave. The Fire Blast turned the entire wave to steam as soon as it made contact. Ho-oh simply blew it away with a simple flap of its wings before releasing another Fire Blast attack. The three Pokemon all jumped out of the way and then Dragonair wrapped its tail around Sakura's Jigglypuff as it curled into more of a ball than it already was.
"Dragonair throw Jigglypuff!"
"Jigglypuff, use Rollout to hit it and when you're close enough, use Sing!"
The Dragon Pokemon hurled the puffball of a Pokemon through the air and rolled. The extremely small Pokemon did no damage whatsoever and Ho-oh seemed to sweatdrop as it felt as it someone threw a feather at its chest. However, Jigglypuff pulled out its microphone and took a deep breath.
"Jiiiiii-gallyyyy-puuuuuff-Jiggaallyyy!" The round Pokemon sang sweetly. Ho-oh's eyelids began to droop as it began to sleep. Naruto then took out the Ultra Balls he had in his pack. He threw one, but the high grade Poke Ball didn't even shake once as Ho-oh burst forth. Naruto tried it three more times, all of which failed as the Ultra Ball never shook once. Naruto threw a fifth Ultra Ball as Ho-oh began to wake up.
The Rainbow Pokemon then became fully aware of its surroundings as the Ultra Ball became visible in its line of sight. A simple gust of wind made by its wings sent the capturing device careening off course and into the trees below.
"Amphoros use Thunderpunch, Dragonair use Aqua Tail!"
"Azumarill use Water Gun! Meganium, use Magical Leaf!"
Amphoros and Dragonair went in for their close range attacks, but Ho-oh easily sent them back with Extrasensory before burning them with an immensely powerful Fire Blast. The two burned Pokemon lay on the rooftops, groaning in pain as Azumarill fired off a pressurized water blast while Meganium sent a flurry of multicoloured leaves at the legendary Pokemon. The Lord of the Sky flew up to avoid the Water Gun while burning the Magical Leaf attack with a tongue of fire.
Naruto quickly healed his downed Pokemon with the Burn Heals he had gotten beforehand before applying some Hyper Potions to heal them. However, despite their health being restored, their fatigue was still present. Taking on a full Fire Blast attack would tire out a lot of Pokemon. Amphoros and Dragonair rose back up.
"Amphoros, use Thunderbolt, Dragonair use Dragon Rush!" The blue bolt of electricity struck Ho-oh in the chest, but this time it seemed to do some damage as Ho-oh screeched in pain.
'It could be anger thought cause it looks really pissed right now.' Naruto thought as Ho-oh's crimson eyes focused on his location. It then released a column of flame at Dragonair, denying the Dragon-type the ability to hit it and Dragonair soon down for the count as it was sent into the roof of the Bell Tower when a powerful Extrasensory attack struck it. Naruto quickly returned Dragonair to its ball as he and Amphoros climbed atop Pidgeot's back and took off into the skies.
"Meganium, Magical Leaf, Jigglypuff use Rollout!"
"Typhlosion, you use Rollout to build up momentum and then go into a Double Edge attack! Heracross, help out with Brick Break!"
The Grass-type starter Pokemon released the storm of multi-coloured leaves, but Ho-oh burned with its flames. The holy flames of the of Ho-oh continued along its path as Jigglypuff and Typhlosion were rolling up the incline of the Bell Tower's tiled roof. As the two Pokemon had rolled into the air as they hit the edge of the incline, Jigglypuff and Typhlosion were struck by the flames, however only Typhlosion was able to plow through them since it had fire-proof fur. Jigglypuff was not so lucky as it was sent into the tiled roof, forming a crater the size of its own body. It's was body burned and bruised to a high degree and Sakura was forced to return it after she gave it a Burn Heal as her Pokemon was placed into unconsciousness.
Ho-oh's body shifted backwards in midair as Typhlosion's Double Edge attack struck in hard in the chest. The momentum from Rollout granting it enough force to perform the act. Ho-oh grabbed Typhlosion in its talons however, said talons creating small gashes on Typhlosion's body. The Rainbow Pokemon then felt the impact of Heracross's Brick Break on its wing, but it quickly batted away the Horn Pokemon before flying towards the Bug/Fighting type at high speeds. It drove the foot holding Typhlosion downwards, slamming both opposing Pokemon into the roof, creating a large crater before a blast of water from Azumarill and a Surf attack from Quagsire struck it.
"Good job, Azumarill and Quagsire. Now soak it down!" Sakura told the two.
The super effective moves continued to bash away at the Legendary Pokemon and the Pokemon was now soaking wet. Ho-oh literally burned with rage, the water beginning to evaporate off of its feathers, wisps of steam coming off of it.
"Naruto, hurry before all the water evaporates!" Sakura told the blonde trainer. The son of Kushina nodded as Pidgeot hovered overhead.
"Pika, Amphoros, use Thunder!" Both Pokemon leaped off of their perches atop Pidgeot and dove towards the large bird-like Pokemon before latching onto its back. Ho-oh glanced backwards and watched as the two Pokemon continued to hold on despite being badly burned from the heat produced by Ho-oh's body as well as the steam coming off of it.
Ho-oh's irises dilated as pain registered throughout its body. Large amounts of voltage coursed through its body as two Thunder attacks shocked the Pokemon to such a degree the cry of pain could be said to have been heard across the entire region of Johto. Ho-oh's body smoked as the electricity stopped going through its body and Pikachu and Amphoros fell off, their energy expended from using such large amounts of electricity.
Naruto then picked up an Ultra Ball from his bag and prepared to hurl it at the weakened Legendary Pokemon. However, his eyes widened as he saw Ho-oh look up at the sun and then spread its wings. It's body became enveloped in a golden glow before all of its wounds seemed to heal. Bruises vanished. Burns were reduced to nothing. Scratches and blood disappeared from view and its body was now good as new. The glow vanished and Ho-oh's crimson eyes glowed with power. It landed in the centre of the Bell Tower's roof before expelling a wave of flame from its body.
Naruto quickly dove down from above and picked up Sakura. However, all of their Pokemon were struck by the fire pulse. Their teams released agonizing cries of pain as the flames burnt their bodies before falling into blissful unconsciousness. The only ones able to take the damage was Typhlosion, Pidgeot and Vulpix. Pidgeot was only slightly burned since had flown out of range of the attack and Typhlosion was panting heavily.
Vulpix, fueled from the energy of Ho-oh's flames began bouncing around in hyperactivity. It then took off, leaving behind a streak of colour when it attacked Ho-oh.
"VULPIX NO! DON'T!" Sakura yelled to her vulpine Pokemon, but it fell on deaf ears as Vulpix struck forth with Flamethrower and Take Down attacks, all of which were super charged and extremely powerful due to its Flash Fire ability...or at least they would have if the Pokemon before it wasn't a gargantuan legendary with the powers to incinerate a landscape if it so wished.
It was as the two trainers made these thoughts that they realized something.
'Ho-oh has been holding back this entire time. Fires of Ho-oh's calibre could no doubt incinerate this place, but it seemed to have lowered the intensity to get a good fight out of us. The Kimono Girls said that Ho-oh needed to fight us, me specifically.' Naruto paused as he watched Ho-oh easily avoided all of Vulpix's attacks and with a lazy expression on its face. 'Fighting against a legendary Pokemon is a privilege only few have had the pleasure of doing, but to think a trainer could be so outclassed.' Naruto chuckled causing Sakura to watch with a shocked gaze.
"Why are you laughing at a time like this?!" She exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. It's just that...we're completely out of our minds. We're just a couple of kids. Because of some stupid prophecy-legend shit, we came here to take on Ho-oh. A Legendary Pokemon with the power to destroy and revive lives as if it were a god. We are way out of our league here Sakura-chan. No doubt about it...we're going to lose here."
Sakura gulped as she heard the words leave Naruto's mouth. Never had she heard Naruto, the boy who never gave up, the boy who claimed he would become Champion and a Pokemon Master, would sound so confident...with regard to losing. Her eyes widened when she heard Vulpix's cries.
Ho-oh's eyes narrowed as it was bombarded by the attacks. It then watched as Vulpix fired a Flamethrower at its face before launching a Take Down at its chest. However, Ho-oh merely slapped Vulpix down into the tiled roof, hard enough to break bones as a sickening crack was heard from Vulpix's ribs and left forelimb. It then raised its foot and slammed it down on Vulpix's body, effectively putting the Fire Fox out of commission.
Sakure and Naruto returned all of their fainted Pokemon to their balls before they landed on the roof with who they had left. Typhlosion and Pidgeot stood in front of Sakura and Naruto with defiance as they all stared at the Legendary Pokemon.
Ho-oh released a cry of victory as it flew over its weakened opponents and landed in front of them, holding its head high as if to declare that it had won.
"Typhlosion." Naruto said, a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face. The Volcano Pokemon glanced back at its trainer.
"Ty?"
"We need to distract them in time for Sakura and Pidgeot to get out of here." All three turned to look at the blonde in shock. Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled out his four other Poke Balls along with Pidgeot's own. He handed them to Sakura and placed them in her hands.
"Sakura-chan, your Pokemon are all out of commission so there's no need for you to stay here. You'll only get in the way. Go back to Ecruteak City, heal them and hold on to my Pokemon for me. Keep them safe." Sakura stared at the blue eyed blonde with shock, her mouth agape. She wanted to tell him to stop talking the way he was, but no words exited her mouth.
"Pidgeot, take Sakura and get back to the Pokemon Centre in Ecruteak City. Typhlosion and I will hold off Ho-oh to give you enough time to go." Naruto said. The Bird Pokemon shook its head rapidly.
"Pidgeooooo Pidge Pidgeot!" The Bird Pokemon denied its trainer's orders, stamping its talons harshly on the tiled roof.
"PIDGEOT, DON'T ARGUE JUST TAKE SAKURA-CHAN AND GO!" Naruto roared. Pidgeot and Typhlosion looked to see Naruto had tears lining his eyes, but said eyes were filled with frustration.
"GO, PIDGEOT!" The Bird Pokemon then knelt down and Sakura climbed atop it.
"You're...You're gonna make it back right? You promise me you're gonna make it back or I'll tell Hinata on you." Naruto looked down at the ground before grinning at Sakura's comment.
"It's funny how near death experiences enlighten a person to the feelings they have towards others and the truths they had denied. Sakura-chan tell Hina-chan..."
Sakura's eyes widened as she heard Naruto's words. She nodded slowly before taking off towards Ecruteak City on Pidgeot. Naruto wiped away the tears before determination burned in his eyes. His sapphire orbs glared at Ho-oh's crimson ones. The Rainbow Pokemon took a step back in shock as it watched Naruto's eyes before it seemed to look down with mild respect upon the trainer it was destined to fight. Ho-oh's body then burst into flames, only these flames were not regular coloured flames, not even white flames. They were a beautiful mixture of blue, white and violet. The mystical flames burned brightly before Ho-oh spread its wings and collected to form a vortex of flame that was prepared to be used to attack Typhlosion and Naruto.
The legendary signature attack of Ho-oh. Sacred Fire.
"TYPHLOSION, USE BLAST BURN!"
Typhlosion's neck flames blazed as they changed into a shining white before they charged at Ho-oh. Ho-oh's eyes turned glowed the same colour as its flames before the flames stormed towards the Blast Burn attack. Both attacks collided with enough force to generate a shockwave that tore apart the tiled roof and even melted some areas due to the extreme heat. However, Sacred Fire began to push back Blast Burn with relative ease.
'So this is the power of a Legendary Pokemon. Power to even fight off the most powerful Fire-type move in existence.' Naruto's eyes stared in awe as the violet flames overcame Typhlosion's white ones. However, Ho-oh seemed to falter in the air before the flames destabilized and a bright explosion of light and flame burst outwards. The light was blinding and the area vanished from view as the light continued to shine.
When the light died down, Naruto and Typhlosion were shown to have been blown off of the rooftop of the Bell Tower, unconscious. However, Pidgeot and Sakura managed to catch the trainer on its back while holding Typhlosion steadily in its talons.
"Baka, no way am I going to tell Hinata something like what you just told me. Better to hear it from you herself." Sakura muttered to the unconscious blonde, covered in burns and a few scratches from broken tile pieces scratching him when the explosion occurred. Sakura looked at the destroyed rooftop of the Bell Tower and her eyes widened when she saw it. Everything was melted and there were a few patches of violet and white flames scattered across its surface area.
However, the thing that seemed to hold her attention was the fact that Ho-oh had vanished.
'Where did it go?' She thought. She then looked down at the damaged Naruto and Typhlosion and noticed just how badly injured they were. While she was only covered in a few scrapes from the roof tiles, Naruto looked like he had just came out of running through a forest fire and Typhlosion didn't fare any better despite being a Fire-type Pokemon with fire proof fur.
"Better take these two to the Pokemon Centre. Come on Pidgeot, we better hurry." Pidgeot nodded as it took on a burst of speed and zoomed towards Ecruteak City.
Tojho Falls-ROOT Base
Nagato sat in his office with a face of intense concentration. He was staring intently at his laptop screen. This specific act required the intellect of a genius such as himself and the ability to react at a moment's notice. However, Nagato's eyes suddenly widened as the sound of failure met his ears.
GAME OVER!
"DAMN YOU BLINKY!" Nagato cursed as he watched Pac Man die for the third time and thus losing his last life in the game. He then looked up at children who were staring at him as they entered through the doors. "WHAT?! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M BUSY TRYING TO DEFEAT THESE EVIL PIXELATED GHOSTS FROM HELL?!"
"Blinky killed you again, huh Otou-san?" Sapphire spoke with an amused look on her face.
"Don't patronize me, Sapphire. Ruby, Wallace stop laughing with your sister." He said as his violet eyes narrowed. "So what are you three doing here?" As the three children of the ROOT leader stopped their laughing, they immediately gained serious looks on their faces.
"We are here to give you the reports of the admin teams who returned from the quests to the Whirl Islands and the Bell Tower of Ecruteak City, respectively." The twins rested the manilla folders on the desk and Nagato opened them, looking through the written reports before eying the photos that were taken as well.
"So it seems the children were there as well. The Uchiha and the Hyuga were facing Lugia while the Uzumaki and that pink haired girl went off against Ho-oh."
"Hai. Also, as said in the reports, they had managed to get each Legendary Pokemon to use their signature attacks. Lugia using Aeroblast and Ho-oh, Sacred Fire. When the Pokemon were distracted they launched the darts containing the ability inhibitor serum at them, thus causing the explosions that allowed them to sneak in and capture them with the Ultra Balls you provided."
"They succeeded?" Nagato asked with genuine surprised.
"Hai." Wallace spoke this time. He reached into his pockets and pulled out two Ultra Balls. Nagato quickly took out a small device and scanned the high grade capturing devices with them. Images of Ho-oh and Lugia came up on the screen attachment of the Poke Ball scanner along with showing certain statistics of the Pokemon's abilities and their known moves.
"Such power." He whispered as he noted their stats. Nagato grinned widely before looking at his children. "The plan is falling into place. Soon...we shall be able to bring your mother back us. Project Time Travel will not fail."
The three children gave their father matching grins of genuine joy. "HAI!"
"Prepare for our attack on the Pokemon League. We have three months and in three months I am hoping to complete all preparations for Project Time Travel." Nagato commanded Sapphire, Ruby and Wallace. They nodded before leaving the room. Picking up the two Ultra Balls, Nagato then left his office and journeyed through the small base of operations of his organization. He then entered the laboratory where a few scientists were working on some technological projects. They temporarily stopped their work to salute their leader who waved back at them. Nagato headed to the back of the room and allowed a machine to scan his eye and fingerprints.
With a hiss, the door opened and Nagato went into the back room, the door shutting behind him as he did so. He then smirked as he saw two grunts guarding the restrained, unconscious man. Just the man he needed.
"Wakey Wakey, old man. No time to sleep on the job." The man groaned as his eyes opened slowly, only to snap fully open as he noticed he wasn't in his own home.
"Wh-What the...Where am I? Who are you? What is this place?!" He asked in rapid succession.
"You're in my base, Mr. Kurt. Now then Kurt, you are said to be able to create many forms of Poke Balls. I need you to make a special one for me."
"SO YOU KIDNAP ME?!" Kurt exclaimed. Nagato waved his hand.
"Irrelevant. The point is that this project needs to be put above all others you have had prior to it. With me, I have the source of a Silver Wing and a Rainbow Wing. These materials can be used to generate a Poke Ball capable of capturing a type of Pokemon none have been able to capture before, am I right?"
"Impossible! You wish to try and capture Celebi?! It'd take a miracle to do that, not to mention that you could not have captured Ho-oh and Lugia! Their unique energies are the only things capable of restraining the time traveling abilities of such a Pokemon!" Nagato silenced him as he held up the two Ultra Balls. The restrained Kurt was then dragged by his grunt guards as they followed Nagato to an elevator. They all entered the elevator and descended for a couple of seconds before a ding was heard. The doors then opened to reveal a large underground level with two large containment units. Nagato then placed each Ultra Ball in their respective units. The Ultra Balls opened and Kurt's eyes widened in shock, nearly having a heart attack as he gazed upon the unconscious forms of Ho-oh and Lugia.
Walking up to the Rainbow Pokemon, he plucked off one feather before plucking off one from the Diving Pokemon. The containment units then activated as Nagato pressed a few buttons on a nearby console. The unconscious Pokemon were then restrained around their necks, wings, bodies and feet.
"They won't break out in case you were wondering. Those restraints are made of high grade Steelix steel, the toughest kind of metal in the region. It'd take more than the power of a Legendary to break free from those things." Nagato said with pride. He then held out the Rainbow Wing and the Silver Wing of his own and gave Kurt a dark look.
"Now, you will do as I tell you. Take the Rainbow Wing and the Silver Wing and combine them. Use their unique properties and give me the Poke Ball that will be able to capture the legendary Time Travel Pokemon, Celebi."
"You're insane! As if I'd help..." He was silenced once more as he was punched in the face, a line of blood flowing from his burst lip.
"Obey or face the consequences. I know of your granddaughter and I can easily send my people to go and make her disappear. It could look like it was an accident."
"NO, YOU BITCH! LEAVE HER ALONE! LEAVE MY GRANDDAUGHTER OUT OF THIS!"
"Then do as I say." Kurt gained a conflicted look on his face. His granddaughter, Maisy, she was all he had left. After Kurt's daughter, Maisy's mother, died due to lung cancer, her father was mentally unstable and gave her to him. Maisy's father was then found to have been killed in a drunk driving accident a few months later. Kurt gulped as he nodded his head.
Nagato spoke with a cold tone of voice, "You have three months to make it. That will be more than enough time to generate a Poke Ball with the capturing rate equal to or greater than that of the unique Master Ball." Kurt nodded before sighing heavily.
"Fine I will, but you leave Maisy alone or so help me, I will kill you and take any chance of you succeeding in this along with me." Kurt growled. Nagato didn't respond as he led the grunts and Kurt back to the laboratory floor. As they exited the elevator, the red haired man turned to the grunts.
"Take him back to the lab. Twenty-four watches, all days of the week. Keep him sustained, he can sleep and eat when he needs to, but keep him on the clock."
"Yes, Leader-sama!" The two grunts saluted.
"You start tomorrow, old man. Get the work done by the end of three months or you may never see your granddaughter's happy little face again. Believe me when I say that I will make you feel the pain that I have felt at losing someone close to you. Make me the GS Ball or Maisy dies."
And with that, Nagato left the room.
(A/N: Hey guys, Kitsunedragon here. Sorry for the extremely long wait, three months to be exact. I've been extremely busy with school these days and I never got the time to start writing yet. But now that I do have the time, I was finally able to make this chapter. I hope it's too your liking. I started writing this chapter on Sunday and it's Wednesday now, so as you can see I've gotten rusty over the few months and with school nearly over, I'll get a bit over two weeks of vacation before I start my third term of school. I hope you all can understand why I lagged so much in chapter updating.
Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. I worked really hard to try and make it to you readers' likings so please, all of you tell me what you think so that I'll know if I need to improve on anything, if I've gotten rusty in terms of writing or if I've still got it and I am still able to satisfy you guys in writing the story.
Now I will be focusing a bit on my other story, Dragonslayer. I'm aiming to get back into the updating trend of two chapters per week, which is one chapter per story per week. So one chapter of Johto and one chapter of Dragonslayer. Now in the next chapter, now that the Legendary Pokemon saga is done, it's time to move on. I will be going on to the start of the Pokemon League, going to Victory Road.
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Pokedex: Seen-150
Caught-100
Character Bio: Deidara
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Blonde
About: Deidara is the current Grand Festival Champion and a highly qualified Pokemon Coordinator, hence why he IS the Grand Festival winner. He was born in Pewter City before moving to Johto when he learned of the introduction of Pokemon Contests. He is a fanatic when it comes to art and he also seems to have an unhealthy obsession with explosives and anything that can and will explode, bringing great joy to him. This has caused some people to question his sanity at times, but he has proven to be very level headed as he is a Pokemon Contest judge. His Pokemon team consists of mostly Ground-type or Rock-type Pokemon, but there have been a few deviations to this. His team consists of a Sandslash, Golem, Electrode, Yanmega, Larvitar and his trump card, Tyranitar. His favourite hobbies include performing any art form, but his favourites are clay molding and statue making, as well as going out and watching things explode...mainly his Electrode or Golem when they use Explosion or Self-Destruct.
Naruto's Team:
Typhlosion(Male)
Pidgeot(Male)
Heracross(Male)
Quagsire(Female)
Amphoros(Female)
Dragonair(Female)
Hinata's Team:
Espeon (Female)
Butterfree(Female)
Nidoqueen(Female)
Jumpluff(Female)
Lapras(Male)
Togekiss(Male)
Sasuke's Team:
Feraligatr(Male)
Sneasel(Male)
Gengar(Male)
Rapidash(Female)
Red Gyarados(Male)
Rhydon(Male)
Sakura's Team:
Meganium(Female)
Azumarill(Female)
Porygon2(No Gender)
Jigglypuff(Male)
Vulpix(Female)
Pikachu(Male)
Akatsuchi's Team:
Golem(Male)
Steelix(Male)
Sudowoodo(Male)
Crobat(Female)