Chapter 68 Mewtwo Challenges
Next is Mewtwo's quest, Red brings Ash and Lillie to the Perfection Cult Base, which is empty with nobody inside. Ash says, "So why are we here? Um... other me?"
Red says, "This is where your trial for Mewtwo begins. However, it will not be easy since Mewtwo and I put a lot of obstacles for you to go."
Lillie says, "Great, more puzzles."
Then they enter the secret room and find two buttons and two boulders. Red says, "The puzzle here is the Strength puzzle. It won't be that hard for you."
"Yeah. We learned the hard way, the further we're in, the harder it is going to be." Ash says.
They first move the two boulders to two blue switches, and the only problem is that they have to go the other way so they could push the boulders. Once they activate both switches, they enter the next room to find red switches, the door only needs two to activate, so they have to pick the two switches to activate. They ignore the boulder in the bottom-right corner of the room and move the other two boulders until they cover the top two switches to gain access to the next room.
"So let me guess, having Manaphy statues here means we need to use Heart Swap?" Lillie asks.
"I guess so." Ash says, "That also reminds me. Why don't we use this Manaphy Statue to activate the switch instead of using the boulders?"
"Maybe it will work." Lillie says as they try it out, they use Heart Swap a lot of times until they put the boulder on top of the top-most pink switch.
"Good, now we have one boulder to spare. We can try to move it into the next room." Ash says.
"Then they head to the next room to find yellow and green switches this time. They ignore the two boulders in the corner and move the other three boulders so that they cover the three yellow switches. After that's done, they also use the Manaphy Statue to activate the green switch, then they open up the final room.
"I think this is it?" Ash asks Red, who says, "You're almost ready, there is only one last thing to do. You remember the incident of the Delta Typhlosionite, right? I have set up a similar puzzle for you."
Ash groans a little, but then he notices Lillie was never with him back with the incident, so he says, "Lillie, since you weren't with us when that happened, how about you try this puzzle?"
"Sure, I guess." Lillie says as she checks the puzzle. However, he can only rotate one tile, and the four in the east, west, south, and north are the ones also moving in the same direction.
"Okay... this is a little hard..." Lillie mutters. But after several tries, she finally makes the correct circuit. And after they're done, Mewtwo shows up in front of him.
"You've done it. You manage to finish the trial." Red says. "And Mewtwo is now yours to take."
"So we don't need to battle it?" Ash asks.
Mewtwo says, "You don't. After all, I owe you a lot even before."
Lillie asks, "What does he mean?"
"It's something that I want to forget." Ash says. "Short story, both he and Mew almost kill me."
"Okay. Why am I not surprised?" Lillie says.
After capturing Mewtwo, Red says, "Now Mewtwo's trial is done, I assume you also get the Mega Stones back in Void Gauntlet. I assume the next is Mew's quest. Right?"
"But Mew is already our Pokemon considering Dawn and I made a switch up..." Lillie says. "I wonder what challenge she's going to give us?"
After bidding farewell to Red, they head to the Battle Frontier in the Torren Region and find Dawn in front of one of the facilities. But she's not alone, there is also a man besides her.
"Scott? What are you doing here?" Ash asks in surprise.
"Hello, Ash. You realize that this is the Battle Frontier, and I'm the owner." Scott says. "And with your parent's help, we manage to expand our territory from not only Kanto and Sinnoh, but Torren as well."
"That sure is not surprising." Ash says.
Dawn says, "Indeed. Although Sinnoh only has five facilities, and you basically had battled Palmer, Barry's father, who is also the Tower Tycoon."
"Yeah, I remember that." Ash says.
Lillie asks, "So what is special about this battle frontier?"
"Oh, I forgot that you don't know about it. The Battle Frontier contains a lot of special facilities so that we can battle. And since I manage to defeat the Kanto Frontiers, I was also offered to be one."
"And the deal is still on for you." Scott says. "But you're a Champion of Torren and also the third Augur here."
"Yeah, I guess I have a lot of duties here." Ash says. "So Dawn, what's the challenge?"
"It is this. The Challenge Championship!" Dawn says while showing the building. "Since most of the Timeless members are Gym Leaders and Champions, and with you defeating the Cults in this region, Mr. Goodshow and Scott decide to bring the other leaders to the Torren Region and we can all compete here."
"No way. That means I can battle other Gym Leaders or Champions in this place?"
Scott says, "Of course. And the Torren Leaders are also invited. And besides it. We have the other facilities, but you probably already know most of them. So how about you try out this challenge?"
Ash nods as he heads inside the challenge. He is happy to meet up with the other leaders in the resting room. They learn about what happened to Ash and they are also excited to see him using Delta Pokemon in action.
Once he manages to emerge victory, he is rewarded with the Tube Pass, which is for another challenge known as the Tube Challenge. However, Dawn only wants them to win the Championship as the trial, so Ash and Lillie then bid farewell to Scott and Dawn while heading back to Gaea Town to rest.
(A year later)
Ash is always excited to battle the other leaders who want to challenge him in the Challenge Championship, and with the wins, Ash manages to get to the final rank. The Game Master's Rank. (Suzerain Rank)
"Looks like I've got another challenge." Ash says after seeing the letter, Lillie, who is pregnant with Ash's child, says, "I see. I know you can win this again."
"Yeah. I wonder who is going to battle me." Ash says.
After he goes to the Championship alone with Pikachu, he is surprised that the challenger is no other than a Shadowized Mewtwo.
"You must be Ash Ketchum." The Shadow Mewtwo says.
"Are you Mewtwo? But why are you looking like this?" Ash asks.
"I'm not like the regular Mewtwo. I am known as the Shadow Pokemon, something that Cipher has created in the past. In the Ferrum Region, I tried to save a girl from being possessed by a Shadow Synergy Stone, but then I was possessed by it instead. I travel around trying to control this power, and now I have it and I wish to battle you."
"Okay... So a Shadow Mewtwo who seems to be in control of himself." Ash says while sending out his own Mewtwo, who is already in its armor.
"A Shadow Mewtwo?" The Armored Mewtwo asks Ash, and he says, "Yeah, but don't worry, he's in control of himself. Just battle like we used to."
The Shadow Mewtwo notices the armor and says, "You even give your Mewtwo the armor?"
"This armor was found back in the Perfection Lab located north of Metchi Town. It used to be something that Team Rocket developed. However, thanks to our gym leader scientist Anastasia, she modified the armor so that Mewtwo's ability is now Hubris." Ash says.
"I see." Then Armored Mewtwo and Shadow Mewtwo have their own battle. But Shadow Mewtwo being the Dark Type made Mewtwo's Psychic moves useless.
"If that's the case, use Miracle Eye!" Ash commands and Mewtwo uses Miracle Eye so that it can use Psystrike on Shadow Mewtwo. But Shadow Mewtwo says, "Nice try. But let me show you the move I made. Dark Nova!"
Much to Ash's surprise, the Shadow Mewtwo uses the Synergy energy and creates a giant move, hitting Mewtwo and causing him to kneel on the ground.
"Mewtwo, can you hold on? Use Recover." Ash says as Mewtwo recovers himself. He says, "I'm fine, but it seems like I finally have a worthy opponent."
"Aren't you getting a little cocky?" The Shadow Mewtwo says, "That's not what I can also do."
Just then, the Shadow Mewtwo Mega Evolved on its own using the Mewtwonite X, and Ash groans a little with horror. "Are you kidding me? You can Mega Evolve as well?"
"And my Mega Form's ability is Shadow Synergy. It boosts my Dark Type Moves. You might be able to survive the Dark Nova from before. But now I'm powered up, let's see how it goes!"
"Mewtwo! Quick! Use Barrier!" Ash yells as Mewtwo barely survives the Dark Nova attack, and it has to use Recover to recover its health. Ash notices the difference and says, "Wait, Dark Nova is both a Physical Move and a Special Move?"
"It determines by using the highest stat. After Mega Evolving, my Attack stats is now higher than the Sp. Attack stats." Dark Mewtwo says as it goes for Night Slash, but Armored Mewtwo dodges the attack with ease. Ash also notices that Psystrike has become powerful after hitting the Mega Shadow Mewtwo.
"I have to bet that the Mega Shadow Mewtwo X's typing is the same as Mega Mewtwo X." Ash says as he has Mewtwo use Me First when the Shadow Mewtwo tries to use Dark Nova again, and Shadow Mewtwo kneels after being hit by its own attack.
"Not bad. I can see why you are a strong trainer. I wish to join your team to become stronger." Shadow Mewtwo says after stopping the battle. Ash is surprised, but he turns to Armored Mewtwo and asks, "What do you think?"
"He is a worthy opponent." Armored Mewtwo says, and Ash takes out the Master Ball and captures him. Once he's done, he returns to Gaea Town and finds Lillie.
"So how did the battle go?" Lillie asks while petting both Eevee and Snowy on their heads.
"It was a Shadow Mewtwo, and we just had a tough battle." Ash says.
"A Shadow Mewtwo? I thought Shadow Pokemon isn't a thing after Cipher was arrested..." Lillie asks with confusion.
"This Mewtwo was turned in Ferrum, another region that I have no idea about." Ash shrugs. "But thanks to him, I learn a lot more new things."
Then he tells her about the battles, and Lillie can only open her mouth wide in shock. "Wow... that's amazing."
"I know." Ash says with a smile.
(Back to the present)
In Gaea Town, Ash and Lillie are now having dinner with their parents, and Adam says, "Well done, Ash. It seems that both you and Lillie have finished the Kanto Dex."
"Yeah, with Red giving me the Mewtwo, all 151 Pokemon from Kanto are captured. But that doesn't mean we're finished yet." Ash says.
"Indeed. We're going to do the Johto ones tomorrow." Lillie says. "I wonder what new Delta Pokemon and Mega Evolution can we get."
"I'm sure we all like to research about them as well." Lusamine says as they all continue to have dinner.
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, Shadow Mewtwo is in the game and you can capture it, to achieve the Suzerain Rank, you have to win 50 championships, and if you lose one, you minus one. So it is actually a tough one. I hope you like this chapter and we'll be capturing more Delta Pokemon in the next chapter.
