Chapter – 5
"Yeah I'd like some food, especially some ketchup" Pikachu said as all others just heard "Pika Picha cha". All except Ash
"Pikachu" Ash shouted as Pikachu looked up in confusion. "Pika Pikapi" it said, tilting his face to the side as Ash heard 'What Ash?' "I just understood you" Ash stated as the others stared at him in disbelief. "But that should be almost impossible. Getting the general meaning from a Pokémon's behaviour and actually understanding it is a huge difference" Brock said, still in disbelief.
"I think it might be a side effect of Aura powers" Ash said matter-of-factly as others looked at him even more puzzled than before. He decided to explain. "You see the attacks Pikachu used were Force Palm and Aura sphere. Most Pokémon can use just one or none. Using both means just one thing, the Pokémon can use aura. And I think it's because of that I can understand Pikachu now.
"But aren't aura moves limited to just Riolu and Lucario?" Brock asked, since he had next to no knowledge about aura. "My Togekiss can use Aura Sphere" Dawn chimed in. "Yes well it can use only Aura sphere and not Force palm, so it can't really manifest Aura. Other Pokémon though, like Riolu and Lucario, Mienfoo and Mienshao, Meditite and Medicham, Mewtwo, Mew and nearly all Legendaries can use Aura. Other Pokémon knowing both moves, is very rare though.
"But then why did I use those attacks?" Pikachu asked as the two trainers looked at Ash quizzically. "He asked why he used those moves" Ash said gesturing to Pikachu as the Pokémon nodded. "Well I'm not sure, though Queen Ilene asked me whether I bonded with a Pokémon which could use Aura. I think it also works vice-versa. I think because of my close bond with Pikachu, he can now use Aura".
The other two were still pretty confused but decided to let it go for the moment. Then Pikachu said "So about that ketchup". Ash just rolled his eyes and said" Yeah let's get something to eat".
*A week later, Cameron Castle*
Ash had just finished watching the news when Amanda knocked on the door. "Mr. Ketchum, we have someone waiting for you" she said as Ash opened the door to find her walking to the right already. He decided to follow her without a word. She passed a few more corridors as Ash caught up to her. She then opened a door as a black and blue blur tackled him to the ground and a voice said to him. "Oh Ash, I missed you" He immediately recognised the voice. It was the Riolu he had saved from Hunter J. "Yeah Riolu, I missed you too" he said as Riolu nuzzled against him.
Riolu then noticed something was amiss. "Where's Pikachu" he asked since he knew Pikachu rarely left Ash's side. "Oh he's training in the dungeons with the others. That said, I think I should introduce you to all my Pokémon. Follow me" Ash said as he and Riolu began heading down a corridor.
*Three months later, Giovanni's Office*
Tobias is standing in Giovanni's office, his pale bluish-grey hair covering half his face. "Tobias, I believe you know why you are here" Giovanni asked, looking out from the big window of his office. "Not exactly sir. You said you wanted me to test some new kind of pokeball for you" Tobias asked. Goodshow had told him to get there that morning and had refused to give any more information.
"Yes, here read this" Giovanni said giving him a folder. Tobias opened it to find details of many pokeballs and design of a specific one. Included were the Masterball, Mewtwo's darkballs, Marauder's pokeballs and others. Then a design of a new kind of pokeball titled the O-ball.
"What is all this? When did you get into the pokeballs business?" Tobias asked sarcastically and was rewarded with a glare from Giovanni. "The O-ball or the Obedience Masterball is a special kind of pokeball guaranteed to capture any Pokémon it is used upon. But not only that, it ensures a hundred percent obedience of the Pokémon it captures, even legendaries" Giovanni said and seeing Tobias silent, continued.
"I want you to test a prototype of this" Giovanni said, handing Tobias a pokeball that was almost identical to a Masterball, only that the two red spheres on the top were black coloured and there was a big O inscribed between the black spheres. "This is the O-ball. A prototype actually. We want you to catch a legendary with it and check its functioning. A friend of ours – a scientist named Zero has been into the Distortion World and he has created the portal again. I believe Giratina will be an ideal subject for your capture."
"Yes sir" Tobias said quite formally. "And what am I to do with the captured Giratina?" he asked. "You can keep it. It will help with your 'missions'. Now, Zero is currently in our Hoenn headquarters. You should head off now. I expect you to be back till dinner" Giovanni said, waving him off quite informally. "Yes…father" Tobias said, then strode out of his office to the roof. Even though Tobias was Giovanni's illegitimate son, he still cared for Tobias, but still expected a top report. And he knew better than to piss his father off.
*An hour later, Rocket Hoenn Research Branch*
"And you can keep this portal open long enough for me to enter and exit Reverse world" Tobias asked Zero, a little amazed by all the huge machinery in the room. "Yes sir, an hour at max. I hope that will be enough for your venture" Zero said, a little disappointed that Tobias wouldn't share any details of his mission in the reverse world. "Yes, now open it" Tobias said as Zero started typing some commands into a computer. Soon, a portal opened in thin air and Tobias walked into it without a word.
As soon as Tobias went inside, he heard a very loud roar from behind him. Turning around, he saw the huge dragon that would have made most people run for their lives. Coming towards him at incredible speed, was the lord of the reverse world himself. Giratina roared another challenge at Tobias, who just stood there. As soon as Giratina got near, Tobias unclipped the O-ball from his belt and threw it at Giratina.
The ball hit on the side on his right wing and converted him into black energy, instead of the usual red. The O-ball then returned to Tobias and didn't even shake. Tobias then released his latest capture. Giratina's eyes no longer had any pupils in them, and had turned completely black. Tobias then rode him out of the portal.
Zero was a little shaken to see Tobias back so fast. And was left with his mouth hanging to see him riding Giratina. Tobias got off the legendaries back and then returned him. He then faced Zero and asked him. "How much do you know about my mission?" he asked the amazed scientist. "Not much" he said. I know that you have been working on a ball to ensure complete compliance. And I now know that you captured Giratina, so apparently that worked. And I know you are trying to help the league, though I don't know why."
"That's quite a lot you know" Tobias said, looking at Zero. "Unfortunately, it's too much" Then with a slight movement of Tobias' hand, Zero was lying in a pool of his own blood. "What a waste", Tobias said as he strode out of the Lab.
*Few days later, Dungeons, Cameron Castle*
"Ash was training his Aura abilities with his recently evolved Lucario. Ash had made quite a bond with the jackal Pokémon, though he still wasn't able to manifest it as Mega-evolution. In the three months they had been there, he had progressed hugely in Aura manipulation. Everyone had made progress in fact.
Brock had been able to mega-evolve his Swampert which had evolved soon after Steelix had gone mega. He now had two megas and was often sparring with Sudowoodo to train in fighting. All of them had to learn how to defend themselves after all. Dawn's Lopunny had mega-evolved and her Typhlosion had gotten extremely strong, almost tying with Mamoswine for the position of her strongest.
Queen Ilene had given her a Pokémon egg which had hatched into a Swablu, and was now a seriously powerful Altaria that saw Dawn as her mother. Ash knew from the bond she had that Altaria would soon go mega. Her Glameow was the most cunning of the lot. She though wasn't as powerful compared to her strongest, but her experience more than made up for it. Dawn herself had gotten pretty strong. She was mostly learning to fight from her Lopunny and had even managed to defeat Brock once in a hand to hand fight. It was then Brock had started to spar as well. Dawn herself had grown as well. She was no longer the bubbly coordinator she was when they had first met her. She had gotten way good at Pokémon battles, even defeating him on some occasions. He had begun to see her in an all new light. He still had confused feelings about her, but then, love was never his strong point.
He himself had gotten stronger. Sparring with many Pokémon like Lucario, Infernape and when he was feeling confident, even Charizard, and had ended up always getting his ass burnt. His Wartortle had evolved to a Blastoise and wore his triangular shades again. His Charizard was the first to mega-evolve, and quite impressively could switch from X to Y form. Latias and Pidgeot were next. And after a quite gruesome battle, his Sceptile too. His Gabite had evolved into a Garchomp and was a complete monster.
Mewtwo had mega-evolved as well, after taking quite a beating from his teamed Mega-Charizard, Mega Sceptile and Mega Pidgeot. After Mega-evolving and gaining a new type - Fighting, Mewtwo had become the strongest of his Pokémon. He was currently away though, checking up on his cloned Pokémon. The only other Pokémon who even came close to that level of power was his Pikachu, who he had to admit was a total killing machine. Soon after getting the power of aura, Pikachu had gotten a huge power boost, in all of his moves, and could take on Mega-evolved opponents by himself, and win.
While they were training here, a lot had happened. He had learnt that Bianca had registered in the Elections for Alto mare's Mayor, and because of what had happened with her Grandfather, had gotten a lot of votes. What impressed the citizens even more was that she had Latios and Latias backing her, so most other candidates had simply given up, in fear or in respect. She had then proceeded to tell the people of how Ash Ketchum had saved Alto mare. She had won the elections and had declared Alto mare out of the Leagues control and declared a rebellion. Ash had sent her a thanking message, to which she had replied that if he could replace the corrupt League, that would be all the thanks she needs, and he had promised Bianca to do just that.
While he was thinking all this, Lucario had gotten an opening and nailed an Aura powered punch straight to his chest. This brought him back from his thoughts and he decided to concentrate on the fight instead. After fighting for a few minutes more, he had gotten quite tired. He might have the power of Aura, he still didn't have the stamina Lucario did, and fighting with a Steel type chipped it off quite easily. During the time he had stayed there, he had replaced his usual outfit for the uniform of an Aura guardian and now used Sir Aaron's gloves which fitted him almost perfectly. He had also gotten Sir Aaron's staff, though he still couldn't figure out how to use it, except like an ordinary staff.
He then heard Lucario talk to him. "Master?" Ash turned to him. "Lucario, how many times have I asked you not to call me that. Just call me Ash like Pikachu does". "One hundred and eighteen times, Sir Ash" Lucario said smirking a little. Pikachu came to where they were sitting. "Speak of the devil" Ash said, rolling his eyes. "Oh so I'm the devil now" Pikachu said with a mock frown. "Who would be your angel then? Dawn I suppose" Both him and Lucario burst out laughing at him. Ash wasn't pleased in the least. It seemed all their Pokémon had gotten a new hobby, and that was teasing Ash every chance they got. Since he could already understand Pikachu and Lucario, he was having a more embarrassing time than Dawn.
Ash then smiled a little wickedly and shouted to Dawn who was sparring some distance away with Lopunny. "Dawn, do you mind sending Lopunny here for a bit, I think Pikachu wants to have a spar with her". Before Dawn could say a word, Lopunny had already rushed from her side for Pikachu. Pikachu gave him a glare that probably meant 'I'm going to kill you' then turned heel and ran. This left all of them in fits of laughter.
Ash then decided to head off to get a little fresh air. He pulled his Aura Guardian hat down and headed off into the castle. He had turned a few corridors, when he was suddenly snatched into a room. Breaking the man's grip, he found himself in a small storage room. Facing him were none other than his old enemies – Jessie, James and Meowth. "Hi guys, it's been long" he said, quite casually.
"Listen twerp, we don't have time for this, and that's why we are skipping the motto today" Jessie said with a serious look on his face. "You and your friends need to get out of here as soon as possible" James continued.
"But why?" Ash said, "No one knows we are here?" "Yo, listen here twerp" Meowth said in his usual voice. "The Boss has known you are here for quite some time. He didn't want you escaping this time so he didn't act immediately. He has been taking his time and has replaced most people in this city with Rocket grunts. They all stand ready to storm the castle. You need to get a move on as fast as you can. And don't use the aerial way till you are a good distance from the city. They have patrols there".
"And why are you telling me all this?" Ash asked, a little sceptical of the fact that Jessie, James and Meowth of all people would be helping him. "We have some scores to settle with the people in charge of this operation. If they screw this, we get promoted to their post and they come under our command. So it benefits most of us" James said plainly. Jessie continued "Also if you see Butch and Cassidy, kick their asses for us". Meowth finished for all of them "And the next time we meet you, we fight you" They then quickly strode out of the door.
Ash stood there for a few moments before heading out himself straight for the training area. Dawn and Brock were sitting with all their Pokémon, eating lunch. He sat down next to Dawn thinking of a plan. Dawn immediately noticed and asked "what is it Ash? You look in deep thought" Ash pondered his dilemma for a second, then decided to tell them about what he had learnt.
All of them stayed quiet for a few seconds before Brock spoke up "Well if that's the case, shouldn't we be leaving them. We don't want to put Queen Ilene in danger. Not after all she's done for us". "I agree with you Brock, so I've thought of a plan. I go to the Tree of Beginning while the both of you escape and meet me on the other side of the Tree. We head off from there."
"And how exactly do you plan to escape with all the rocket grunts in the city. They might be weak, but they still outnumber us, by a lot" Dawn said. "We use the dungeons" Ash simply said. "We travel as far as we can, and then use Infernape's and others' Dig to get out". "That's ok" Brock said, "And what about the Pokémon, I believe the Regi trio still protects the Tree and tests the power of anyone who dares to venture".
"Well I guess my Pokémon could use a spar" he said jokingly, as all his Pokémon cheered. Dawn then said "Then what are we waiting for? Every moment we spend here gives the Rockets another moment to prepare. "Yes Dawn, but I need to first tell Queen Ilene we are leaving" He said returning all of his Pokémon as others followed suit. He then left for the castle with Pikachu on his shoulder and Lucario, who had opted to stay out of his pokeball on his side.
*Fifteen minutes later*
Ash returned to the training area to find Dawn and Brock standing with all their gear packed. Another backpack waited for him at the centre. Ash picked it up then said to the others "Let's go" and all of them marched straight through the dungeons.
In all the time they had been here, they had never wandered far from the training area. As soon as they reached the place where the dungeon separated into a labyrinth, Brock released Crobat. "Find out which way leads us the farthest from the castle" Brock commanded him. Crobat immediately started sending Supersonic after Supersonic to map out the entire area. After a while, he led the three trainers to their right and into the labyrinth.
After following Crobat for almost an hour, they reached a point where the path had caved in due to all the earth that had fallen in due to a broken roof. Brock thanked Crobat and then returned him and released his Steelix. "Steelix, Dig us a path through all this soil" he commanded his starter Pokémon who gladly obliged. After climbing through Steelix's tunnel for about fifteen minutes, they finally climbed out from beneath the ground.
Ash looked around to find himself a little distance away from the city. They all then headed towards the general direction of the Tree of Beginning. Ash, however had his doubts. It was quiet, too quiet. His Aura senses suddenly flared and he felt an urge to lunge to the side, which he did, only to see a Shadow ball pass through the space he was on, only to see almost a dozen grunts running towards them with their Pokémon. He was about to send out his Pokémon when he was stopped by Dawn. "Ash, you go on ahead, we will hold them off and meet you later" she said, taking a defensive position in front of him and released her Lopunny, Typhlosion and Altaria. Brock brought out his Croagunk, Forretress and Swampert. Ash released his Lucario and, using his aura powers, began running in the direction of the Tree of Beginning.
Ash had been running for quite a distance when Pikachu suddenly stopped and sent a Thunderbolt straight up. He turned just in time to see it obliterate a missile probably meant for him. Looking up, he saw two helicopters with a huge R symbol following him. "Shit" he said to himself and released Pidgeot, Swellow, Staraptor and Latias. As soon as they were out, they immediately took notice of the situation and Pidgeot and Latias mega evolved. He looked up to see many Pokémon had been released from the helicopters as well. The two machines were now surrounded by many Fearow, Zubat, few Honchcrow and an Aerodactyl.
The Fearow didn't know what hit them. Pidgeot already had a grudge against them since she had spent many years of her life away from Ash and fighting them. Staraptor had a similar grudge against Honchcrow, mostly because of Paul's Honchcrow. Swellow was engaged in a brutal fight with the Aerodactyl who was trying his best to keep up with Swellow's speed. Mega Latios had decided to take on the two helicopters instead and was harassing them with his almost supersonic speed while all of them were punching the occasional Zubat that crossed their way.
Whilst all of the aerial party had been held off by his Pokémon, Ash had called Charizard and was now riding him at breakneck speeds to the Tree. He looked back to see that Mega-pidgeot had taken out most of the Fearows and was helping Mega latias with the helicopters, who had already taken out the tail rotor of one. Startaptor had taken out all of the Honchcrows and he and Swellow had teamed against the Aerodactyl who was mostly beaten up and the remaining Zubat. Suddenly Charizard took a hard right.
Registeel had seen the Pokémon approach from a long distance. So as soon as it got in his range of attack, he had fired a Flash Cannon which Charizard had dodged. The next attack did nothing but only when the next Zap cannon homed on them did Ash know what the last attack was. Registeel had used Lock-on. Ash knew he couldn't run so instead he released Donphan instead to help Charizard while ordering his Garchomp to dig a tunnel instead. After about ten minutes, Ash popped up from under the ground near the entrance to the Tree. Ash returned him and ran straight into the Tree.
He had been trying to navigate the passageways of the tree when Pikchu's ears perked up. "What is it buddy?" he asked Pikachu. The rodent said nothing but jumped and fired a thunderbolt straight at the oncoming Ice beam. "This is getting annoying" Pikachu said as a Regice came into view. Deciding to not waste any more time, he released Infernape, Blastoise and Heracross. The Regice was immediately assaulted from all sides. It tried to retaliate with Blizzard but Infernape's Inferno made short work of that. Heracross was taken out by a Sheer Cold, but that attack had given Infernape and Blastoise an opening. With a combination of Blast Burn and Dragon Pulse, Regice was down. Ash, however had left already.
Ash had gone deeper into the tree as soon as he had released his Pokémon. He was almost sure Regirock would soon be there too, and he was right. Regirock came out from under the ground and if Ash hadn't gotten an Aura Shield in time, he would have gotten a Rock Wrecker to his face. Before he could do anything else, Regirock had taken an aura powered Iron tail to the face from Pikachu. "Take that you antique" Pikachu shouted as he pumped up his fist. As soon as Regirock got up, he was assaulted by three very angry Pokémon. Sceptile sent a Leaf blade to his face while Buizel used Water pulse and Garchomp used Dragon rage. In short, Regirock knew this was a mistake. In almost ten minutes, he was lying on the ground as a Mega Sceptile flanked by Buizel and Garchomp looked over.
At the same time, Ash had finally reached the heart of the Tree. He released Lucario as all of them touched the crystal in the centre and began feeding it Aura. Soon however both Pikachu and Lucario were sent back. Apparently, Ash had to do this alone. So he concentrated and kept feeding the Tree more and more Aura. After a while, Ash had used up most of his stored Aura but he still kept up the transfer. Soon the Aura flowing was draining from his life-force. Ash felt himself passing out and was what Lucario and Pikachu saw as well. Ash's hands had apparently glued to the crystal while his body had gone numb. His soul was in the tree now.
Ash opened his eyes to see a strange sight. He was floating in an endless green and black space. And standing in front of him was the first Guardian of Aura, Sir Aaron. Standing at his side was his faithful Lucario. "Sir Aaron" Ash began, but stopped as Sir Aaron raised his hand.
"I know why you are here, Ash. Lucario here has told me a lot about you. And I myself have been watching you for quite some time. You are doing a wonderful job. Now ask, what you wanted to. We don't have much time." Sir Aaron said with a faint smile. Ash was a little taken aback but was quick to recover. "I want to know is there a way to revive the race of Aura Guardians. The Pokémon League has killed most of them and there are rarely anymore remaining. Can I do something to bring them back, Sir Aaron?" Ash said, slightly nervous to be with the first Guardian himself.
"If someone is gone, he is gone. So no, the Aura Guardians can't be brought back. New ones can be made though. Use the staff Ash. It has the power to awaken the Aura of anyone. Also there is an ancient law that says that in dire times, Aura guardians are permitted to take more than one wife to ensure the continuation of the race. But know, before you can use that power, there will be a test. Only then will the staff work" Sir Aaron said a little gravely. "Now I believe you should head back. This place isn't meant for the living. Let me awaken all your hidden Aura" Sir Aaron then placed a hand on Ash's shoulder and Ash's felt a surge of power within him. His vision soon faded started to fade though. When he woke up, he was surrounded by Lucario, Sceptile, Garchomp and Buizel while Pikachu was on his stomach.
"Ash you are back" Pikachu said as he jumped up in joy. "Yes Pikachu, I guess I am" Ash said rubbing the back of his head. "Let's go back to the others" he said and returned everyone save Pikachu and Garchomp. He then took hold of the Dragon Pokémon as he sped up through the tunnels. Coming out of the tree, he saw all his Pokémon waiting for him. Most of them had sustained minor injuries, except Heracross, who had fainted. He returned them all and got on Pidgeot, who was still in Mega form. Pidgeot then rushed as fast as a bullet straight through the air to where Dawn and Brock were. He looked down to see Dawn barely dodge a razor leaf. Another attack connected though, and cut a few of her side bangs and drew blood on her cheek. He saw a huge Rhyperior prepare a Rock wrecker apparently for her and jumped straight off Pidgeot shouting "DAWN….."
*Fifteen minutes earlier, Outskirts of Rota*
Dawn had brought out her Altaria, Mega-Lopunny and her Typhlosion while Brock had his Mega Swampert, Forretress and Croagunk. Soon, they had been surrounded by Rocket grunts. "Well, at least they don't have a motto" Dawn said as the hostilities began.
The grunts mostly had a load of Arbok, Weezing, Crobat and other poison types. The two trainers Pokémon made short work of them. After all of their Pokémon had been wiped out, the grunts were foolish enough to charge at the trainers themselves. Dawn punched a male straight in the face while Brock was wrestling with two more. Typhlosion had incinerated two grunts who were now lying on the ground covered with burns. Mega Lopunny had turned a grunt into her punching bag. While her ears held the guy in place, she was using a barrage of dizzy punches. Altaria was attacking from the sky. Mega Swampert had a grunt in each of his hand and was bashing them together. Forretress was playing a game of bowling with itself, knocking down any grunt who came close. Croagunk was using Poison jab and Brick Break repeatedly on a poor grunt.
Using their Pokémon for help, the two easily got rid of the grunts. They were about to go to meet Ash when a voice called from behind them. "And where do you think you're going? Leaving the party so early?" The turned to see a known duo running towards them. "Cassidy…and Biff. Or was it Bert? Or Blake?" Brock said wondering. Dawn replied to him, thinking "I think it was Michael. Cassidy and Michael, right." Butch got real mad and shouted from some distance away, "That doesn't even resemble my name. It's Butch, you idiots?"
"Butch?" Dawn said trying to rile him up even more. "When did you change your name, Michael?" Before Butch could reply, Cassidy decided to step in. "Shut up you brats", she said and sent out her Pokémon, Manectric and a Hypno. Butch followed suit and sent out a Beedrill and an Arcanine. Butch and Cassidy then flashed threw two shiny looking stones to Manectric and Beedrill. Brock and Dawn immediately recognised them. They were keystones, used to forcefully mega-evolve some Pokémon.
Dawn returned her Lopunny while Brock returned Swampert. Both of them had used most of their energy in the mega form. Butch decided to start the fight. "Beedrill, use Pin missile. Arcanine, fire blast' he shouted, apparently without any strategy. Dawn was first to respond. "Altaria, use Gust to disrupt the pin missile. Typhlosion, combat the Fire Blast with your own" she shouted as Brock decided to step in. Croagunk, use Dark pulse on the Hypno. Forretress, use spikes around Arcanine" he shouted.
The battle had been going in Dawn and Brock's favour. Typhlosion had already defeated Mega Beedrill with a Blaze powered Fire Blast, but being on his last legs, had fallen after a violent Thunder from Mega Manectric. Forretress wasn't doing better either. Arcanine had drawn him to his limit. Seeing he was losing, he had used Explosion as a last resort, and had managed to take Mega Manectric with him, though had missed Arcanine. Now, Croagunk was clashing with Hypno, and being part Dark type, was beating the guts out of Hypno. Altaria and Arcanine were engaged in long distance combat, shooting long ranged moves at one another.
Butch knew if things kept going this way, they would lose. So he decided to go for a cheap shot, and shouted "Arcanine, use Dragon Rage…on the blue girl". He smiled wickedly at that. Arcanine looked at him like he had gone nuts. He, however had been trained very had with a lot of pain to follow every command he got. Giving Dawn an apologetic look, he fired. Dawn had seen it happen, but it had happened so quickly, she couldn't dodge. The attack never hit her though. It hit a brilliantly flashing Altaria who had dived to save its trainer, who she also considered her mother.
When the flash vanished, everyone saw what had happened and Arcanine gulped. Altaria had mega-evolved, and because of her new type, she had avoided all damage. But the look she gave Arcanine said it all. Arcanine was dead, very, very dead. "You DARE hurt my MOTHER!" Altaria shouted, though only the Pokémon understood her, everyone got her message. Combining Brave Bird with Giga Impact and Dragon Rush, she used all three moves at one and literally annihilated Arcanine. Arcanine wasn't going to be able to even walk for almost a month.
On the other side, Croagunk had defeated the Hypno and was being praised by Brock. "You have lost. Surrender now, or maybe I should let Altaria have her way with you. She looks pretty eager" Dawn said, with a face that defied her kind demeanour. Butch smiled at her darkly. "Oh we aren't done yet" he said. "We were just here to delay you. Let's see how you fare against our bosses" Butch said, just as a helicopter appeared above them. Four men jumped down from it and landed around Brock and Dawn. Soon, they found themselves surrounded by a Tyranitar, Rhyperior, Shiftry and an Emboar. Suddenly, the machine at the bottom of helicopter flashed and sent some kind of electromagnetic wave which made their pokeballs useless.
Brock and Dawn had returned Altaria and Croagunk before these men had arrived and so now they were left without any defences. Thinking it would be for the best, they held their arms in surrender as one of the men laughed. "Oh you don't get to surrender, you get to play" he said wickedly and ordered his Shiftry to use Razor leaf on them. Dawn dodged the first few attacks, thanks to her training with Lopunny, but finally one connected and drew blood on her cheek. She then heard Ash shout Dawn from the sky and looked up to see him free falling.
Ash landed in front of Dawn, and quite amazingly, was able to do so without breaking his legs. He immediately put up an Aura shield against an oncoming Rock Wrecker which Dawn had failed to notice. Pikachu had simply Force palmed Tyranitar and knocked it to unconsciousness. Then he ran straight and volt tackled Emboar. He then Iron tailed Shiftry exactly on the nose, and sent an Aura Sphere straight at Rhyperior. In a matter of minutes, all four opponents were down. Then they heard a bang.
Looking up, they saw Pidgeot had flown straight into the machinery and had managed to break it, though not without fainting herself. This however meant that Ash could return her. They were about to send out their Pokémon to chew their attackers alive when a voice stopped them. "Do anything stupid and she gets it. All of them turned to see a gun pointed straight at Dawn's forehead.
"Dawn!" Ash shouted for the second time today. The attackers took hold of her and backed down to the helicopter which had landed behind them. As soon as they were in it, he pulled the trigger.
The bullet never left the gun though. Instead, the barrel of the gun caved inwards and the bullet stopped where it was. At the same time, the blades of the rotor had stopped moving and were bent in strange directions. Dawn took advantage of this and kicked the man in the groin and ran to where Brock and Pikachu were. The electric rodent had a bloodthirsty look on his face and it was directed towards the people in the helicopter. It was nothing compared to Ash though.
Ash's eyes had gone a bright blue and blood was seeping out from the corners. His hair were flying wildly and his cape was defying gravity and flying straight up. He himself was almost six feet from the ground and was floating there covered in a blue flare. Anyone who saw him had just one thought. And that was to run, and run as far as he could and hide. Lucario immediately came out of his pokeball and created and Aura shield all around the three of them. Then everything went white.
When Dawn opened her eyes, they were standing in an almost twenty feet deep crater that was about a hundred feet wide. Lying in the middle of it and bleeding all over was Ash. Dawn immediately rushed to his side as Lucario dropped the shield. There was no helicopter there anymore. Not even the people or their Pokémon. Everything had simply evaporated due to the release of sheer energy that had occurred.
When Dawn reached Ash, he wasn't breathing. "No" she cried "NO!" she shouted again to get no reply. Brock placed a hand on her shoulder, but she threw it aside. "NO!" she shouted again and hit Ash straight in the chest. Next to her, Pikachu was sobbing quietly and giving Ash light thundershocks, hoping his partner would wake up. "NO!" Dawn shouted again and hit Ash again with more power.
She then closed her eyes and prayed to Arceus, the god of all, and held her hands up a final time. What she didn't know though, and Brock was astonished to see was that Dawn's hands turned blue for a moment, and an Aura Sphere almost the size of his head appeared in Dawn's hands. She didn't open her eyes though, and still praying to Arceus, brought her hands down on Ash. His lifeless black eyes flashed blue for a moment, and then he blinked. His vision cleared, and then he saw Dawn in front of him, hands folded and eyes closed. "Dawn" he said.
Dawn couldn't believe herself when she opened her eyes to see Ash staring at her, alive. She immediately hugged him and cried "Ash if you ever leave me again, I'll find you, no matter which place in hell you are and I'll kill you again" she said. "I know Dawn" Ash said hugging her. They stayed like this for a good minute, until Pikachu decided it was getting late and shocked both of them. "Thanks" Ash muttered to Pikachu, then looked around.
Evening had fallen in Rota and they needed to leave. Ash got out Swellow, deciding to give Pidgeot a rest. Dawn got Togekiss out while Brock got out his Unfezant. "Where to?" Brock asked Ash. "Coast of Hoenn. I want to get a certain someone before settling scores with May" Ash said. Brock nodded, he already knew who that was. Dawn didn't though, but decided to wait instead. Then they all kicked off the ground.
A/N: That was the longest chapter till now. I originally thought of dividing it into two, but then went with the flow instead. Hope the end made up for it. Now to answer some reviews.
Ash latios: In didn't think of that. Let's say Latios was too weak and could either create the soul dew and save Alto mare or keep his life. He decided for the former.
Johnathen: I don't know much about Mario, so sorry.
FanficFan920: Oh yeah Buneary, I forgot.
Stars90: Because Mega Lucario is one of my favourites. Dawn will have a red female lucario too.
DarkestlightofHope: Yeah. Be assured though, Ash will only love Dawn. Anabel will be there only because she saves Ash and asks to marry him in return. I LOVE PEARLSHIPPING!
MCRasengan: Ash has Pikachu and Lucario, and will get an aura capable blue gardevoir. Dawn will have a Red she-lucario and a blue aura capable Gallade, brother of Ash's gardevoir. They will come in next chapter, or one after that.
Guest: Serena will come and she will love Ash and Dawn will leave for a while. When she returns, she will be a badass and will be able to take on and even defeat Ash, for some time only though. Serena won't get Ash though. Sabrina vs Anabel. Saves Ash. Rings a bell? Iris will be with Ash and in the Aura council.
Bleachedred Shinigami Pokémon: yes, Ash will get Hoopa and Froakie in kalos.
Guest, Zanzara, and Cutesaralisa: Thanks for the reviews.
And that sums it all. Know that with school and tuitions and all, updates might be a little late. A week at the most. Enjoy. Next chapter had Dawn vs May, Ash vs Max (he will get beaten to a pulp) and Ash vs Drew. See you all next chapter. Also if you have an account pm me instead of a review so I can answer you there. Helps in not giving spoilers away. If not, then just leave a review. It's still great.