THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON
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Chapter 28: Trouble with the Forecast Pt.1
"Alright guys, we're here at the Driftveil Gym…again," said Naruto with a deadpanned expression as he and the others were currently standing before the aforementioned building for what sounds like the second time since they arrived at the city.
"Tell me about it, it felt like he blew us off because of his secondary job of being a miner," said Iris with a small frown.
"But you do have to admit that we had some interesting moments while waiting and training until now though," said Cilan.
Like the aspiring Pokémon connoisseur said, the group did get themselves into interesting events along the way. They had met a resident biker by the name Charles who's a very friendly guy with his Pokémon Accelgor and is well-liked by the locals which was evident when they went to visit the Driftveil Market, however there were crimes going on whereby a masked hero going by the name the Mighty Accelguard and his Pokémon Accelgor would appear to stop. Naruto and the group got involved to help stop the crime and capture the criminal, though they easily figured out that Charles was the masked hero much to Naruto and Kurama's amusement.
A couple days later, Ash and Naruto were doing some training with the Pokémon over at the battlegrounds of the Pokémon center when they got a surprise visit from Cilan's brother Chili who is one of the three gym leaders of Straiton City. Apparently Chili was on a journey of his own and wanted to battle Cilan upon learning that he was nearby. Cilan won the battle but there was a discord between Chili and his Pansear, they later found out that Chili had left the gym feeling upset due to feeling that he has been losing too quickly to challengers and got upset at the advice which Cress gave to him. Cilan and the others help Chili out by tutoring Pansear to learn how to use Solar Beam as well as restoring his confidence as a gym leader then they bid each other farewell as he began his return journey back to Straiton City. It was then that Nurse Joy informed the group of the gym leader's return and now here they are.
Ash and the gang went inside and stood before the aspiring Pokémon master called out loud "Hey Clay, I'm here to challenge you to a gym battle!"
Two sliding doors ahead of them opened as someone came through them, he is a large man with brown hair and wears a large white cowboy hat with a yellow stripe and a teal gem on the front. He wears a sleeveless jacket with small ribbons on his chest, as well as a hazel shirt underneath it. He also wears teal pants with a belt with a yellow buckle underneath his large brown pants, and a pair of dark brown shoes. This is none than Clay the leader of the Driftveil City Gym.
"And who might you be?" asked Clay as he approached the group.
"My name is Ash, don't you remember when we met?" asked Ash confusedly "You didn't have time for a gym battle before, so we're back when we heard you returned,"
"Huh is that so? Well I'm sorry but I got business to take care of right now," said Clay, surprising them.
"You're kidding, not again!" Ash protested.
"We're out of revival herbs, this is no time for a gym battle,"
"Revival herbs?"
"The king of all healing herbs, it heals even the most injured Pokémon," Iris explained.
"True, it's special indeed even though it can be quite bitter to the taste," Cilan added his input.
"Whoa, sounds amazing," said Ash in wonder.
"True, I can imagine the many uses Granny Tsunade and Sakura would had had if they got some," Naruto muttered.
"Let me get this straight, you come here for a gym battle and you don't know a whit about revival herbs? I'm sorry but don't have time for this nonsense!" said Clay.
"But we came a long way to get here," Ash protested.
"Yeah!" said Pikachu.
"Here's the deal, bring me some revival herbs and I'll battle you," said Clay.
"But how?"
Clay walked past towards the exit of the gym "Take it or leave it, till then this gym's on vacation. Bye!"
"You've gotta be kidding me," said Iris with a frown.
"That wasn't very nice," said Axew.
"I'm sure he must be a very busy person," said Cilan.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow at that "So busy that he would send complete strangers on an errand which he could have his workers do instead? Busy indeed,"
"Oh man, all this for nothing," said Ash depressingly.
"Now now, what say we head over to the Driftveil Market and have a look around? We might be able to get some revival herbs there," said Cilan.
"Alright Cilan, let's go," Ash was about to take a step forward when one of his pokeballs opened up and Snivy stood before them "Snivy, what's the matter?"
Snivy crossed her arms "Just wanted to walk around a bit,"
Naruto translated to Ash who nodded in acceptance "Okay Snivy, let's go then,"
The group headed out with Snivy walking next to Naruto until they arrived at the Driftveil Market where they came across a now familiar face in the form of a man dressed in black biker clothes and an Accelgor standing next to him, Ash called out to the man.
"Hey Charles," said Ash.
The man turned round and waved at them with a smile "Hey Ash and the gang! What are you all doing here?"
"We're on a lookout for revival herbs, do you know where we can find any?" asked Ash.
"Not sure but I'll go ask around for anyone who has some," said Charles.
"Thanks a lot Charles," said Naruto.
"I certainly hope that we can get some here," said Snivy.
"Me too,"
The group went round the market and checked out the shops in search of the revival herbs until coming across a shop based on selling all kinds of medicines and went to ask the shopkeeper whether he had any in stock.
"Yes I do have a Revival Herb. Take a look," the pharmacist brought out a small wooden box and took of the lid to reveal a green leafy plat for everyone to look at.
"So that's a Revival Herb," said Ash in wonder.
"Yeah," Pikachu nodded in agreement.
"I can imagine that there's more to it than just the appearance," said Naruto thoughtfully.
"I'm sorry though, but this Revival Herb will be going to the Pokémon Center," said the pharmacist apologetically.
"Will there be more coming in?" asked Charles.
"No, for the first time ever, our supplier has completely run out,"
"Sounds like something happened on Milos Island, the island of legends,"
"Milo's Island?" asked Iris confusedly.
"Milo's Island is the only place where Revival Herbs can be grown," Charles explained.
"But why call it the island of legends?" asked Cilan.
"Because they say that legendary Pokémon lived there," said the pharmacist.
"Legendary Pokémon huh? Sounds like an interesting place to check out plus we could also try to get some Revival Herbs while we're there too," said Naruto.
"That's a great idea Naruto, let's get going!" said Ash excitedly.
"Me too, I wanna know more about the legendary Pokémon too," said Iris.
With some help from Charles, the group soon found themselves on a boat which was currently transporting them towards their destination until finally arriving at the island. They walked around a bit from the port to find themselves amongst fields although nothing seems to have been grown yet. They looked around for a moment before spotting an elderly woman on the field before calling out to gain her attention.
"Um excuse me, we were told that we could find some Revival Herbs here," said Ash politely.
The woman got up and approached them "Well you al came to the right place, you need to know that they don't grow everywhere,"
"Do you know where we can get some?" asked Iris.
"You will have to make your way up to that mountain and you still won't be there. Then you'll meet a young man named Lewis and he'll know exactly where you need to go,"
"Thank you very much for the information, we'll be on our way," said Cilan.
"You're very much welcome,"
Then they set off and proceeded up the steep pathway towards the mountains, Cilan complained a bit about the climbing which Iris teased him for but Ash was used to these kinds of things given the previous regions which he traveled through with his other friends plus the fact that he has been undergoing training courtesy of Naruto. the group took a break every now and then to rest a bit and by the time they had reached the mountain, the sun was beginning to set.
"Does this Lewis really live out here?" asked Ash confusedly.
"I think so, cause I'm sure that we weren't misdirected," said Cilan.
Iris then noticed something ahead of them and spoke up "Look, someone's coming out from those woods. I think it's him," they looked to see and sure enough, a male teen emerged and was approaching them.
"Hey, how are you doing? Are you Lewis?" asked Ash.
"That's me alright and who are you?" asked Lewis.
"My name's Ash and these are my buddies Pikachu and Tokala," said pokemon waved a paw in greeting.
Iris introduced herself next "My name is Iris and this is my friend Axew,"
"And my name is Cilan,"
"It's obvious that you've all traveled a long way, so why are you here?" asked Lewis.
"We came so we can get some Revival Herbs," Ash replied.
"I see…it's getting late, let me take you to my cabin so we can talk things over,"
"Okay," said Iris.
Lewis proceeded to lead Ash and the others to his home with Naruto following him from behind when he suddenly stopped and turned round to look at a particular spot in the woods with a small frown on his face. He was about to approach it when Ash called out to him from a distance.
"Hey Tokala, are you coming?" asked Ash.
"…Yeah, I'll be right there," Naruto responded, he looked at the spot one more time before turning round went to catch up with the others. Had he stayed long enough, the Pokémon ninja would have noticed a pair of red eyes staring at his retreating form before disappearing further into the words.
Upon arriving at the cabin, Lewis helped them place their bags in a closet and treated them to a cup of tea at the table. But the group couldn't help but take notice of a Pokémon nearby laying on a bed and is apparently unwell at the moment.
"Is that a Lilligant?" asked Cilan curiously.
Lewis nodded in affirmation "Yes, it is,"
Ash took out his Pokédex to scan the bedridden Pokémon for additional information.
[Lilligant, the Flowering Pokémon. The beautiful on Lilligant's head gives off a relaxing fragrance, although getting it to bloom can be difficult even for a veteran trainer]
"Well you see in the past, Lilligant always used to help me out when I search the forest for Revival Herbs, but then Lilligant started getting sick. And Lilligant is not the only one, a group of Cottonee which used to fly over the field also started getting sick as well," Lewis explained.
"But do you have any idea why?" asked Cilan.
"No, I don't have any yet,"
"Lilligant and Cottonee are both grass type Pokémon, so this can't be a coincidence,"
"It might also be possible that the land itself might be sick,"
Naruto then spoke up "In that case, why don't I check it out?"
"You mean using your sensory abilities in your Natura Mode?" asked Ash, receiving a nod of affirmation.
"What do you mean?" asked Lewis confusedly.
"Tokala can transform into different forms and one of them can connect with nature itself since it's a grass type too," said Cilan.
Naruto shifted into his Natura mode and sat cross-legged to meditate and connect with the natural energy around, everyone as the markings on Naruto's body began glowing but rather dimly compared to the usual, this took about two minutes until Naruto stopped meditating and opened his eyes with a frown.
"What happened Tokala?" asked Iris curiously.
"…there's definitely something wrong with the island, there is a severe lack of natural energy in the entire island and probably that's what is causing the grass type Pokémon to become sick, and also why the Revival Herbs are so scarce too," Naruto explained.
"So that explains things," said Lewis thoughtfully.
"Could it have something to do with the legendary Pokémon we've been hearing about before coming here?" asked Ash.
"Quite possibly,"
"Could you tell us about it?"
"Sure I can," Lewis straightened himself on his seat and began to narrate the story "It all started long ago, it is said that there was a legend of Landorus the Abundant Pokémon. In ancient times, Landorus got caught in a battle between savage Thundurus the Bolt Strike Pokémon and fierce Tornadus the cyclone Pokémon, so Landorus came between them to stop their fighting. But Landorus was horribly wounded as a result, then the inhabitants of the island used a Revival herb to heal Landorus' wounds. After regaining its strength, Landorus drove the battling Thundurus and Tornadus away. To thank the people who healed it, Landorus transformed the land into a fertile paradise. At least that's the way the legend goes…,"
"Wow," both Ash and Iris were in awe of the story, Naruto himself was pretty impressed. His encounters with the legendary Pokémon have shown him how much influence they have on the world from its beginnings.
"But with this current problem, Lilligant and the Cottonee will grow weaker while the forest dries up," said Lewis with concern.
"Do you have a solution so far?" asked Cilan.
"We need it to rain, so tomorrow I'll be having a rainmaking ceremony to do just that, this way it will prevent a potential drought and help the Revival herbs grown in bounty once more," said Lewis.
"Then we'll help out too," said Ash.
"Yeah!" Pikachu was in agreement.
At that moment, everyone heard the sound of clattering and turned towards the source to see a Pokémon come in through the window and land before them. It is a black humanoid Pokémon with slim arms and legs, there are two round buns on each side of its head with a smaller drop-shaped piece. Adorning its hair are four white bows with two on each bun. It has a pale purple face with red lips, and has two white bows on its body which flares at the bottom to form a skirt shape. The group also noticed the Pokémon to be holding something.
"Welcome back Gothorita," said Lewis fondly, giving the others the idea that the Pokémon belongs to him as well.
"So that's a Gothorita huh…," Ash brought out his Pokédex to scan it.
[Gothorita, the Manipulate Pokémon and the evolved form of Gothita. Gothorita uses starlight as its power source. It arranges rocks in the same way as the stars, and can use its Psychic powers to control people and Pokémon]
"Meet my friend Gothorita, legend also says that it was a Gothorita who healed Landorus long ago," said Lewis, the Gothorita approached Lewis and held out what seems to be a familiar plant "Oh, you found another Revival Herb…but it's all dried up like all the rest we found before,"
"I'm sorry," Gothorita bowed in apology.
"Don't be sad, we even have guests tonight, so go ahead and say hello,"
Gothorita approached the group particularly the Pokémon and greeted them, she was a bit nervous around Naruto as she sensed the massive amount of energy from him but the short conversation with the Ninetales lookalike cleared it up, and she became quite fond of Axew.
"Looks like Gothorita and Axew are friends already," said Lewis smilingly.
"That's nice," said Iris in agreement.
"It's getting late, we better turn in for the night so we can wake up early tomorrow to prepare for the ceremony,"
"Okay Lewis, goodnight,"
Ash and the others brought out their sleeping bags with Lewis turning off the lights while Pikachu and Axew curled up with Ash and Iris respectively. Soon, everyone was fast asleep…well not exactly everyone as Naruto opened his eyes and sat up. He looked to make sure that the others were still asleep before exiting the cabin through the open window. Naruto navigated his way through the woods cautiously to a certain point and stopped there before speaking up.
"I know you're there and have been following my friends and I, so come out and show yourself," said Naruto. There was silence until he heard rustling from the bushes nearby and turned to see something emerge to reveal itself to him.
It is a quadrupedal mammalian Pokémon with a dark blue body covered in white fur as its broad feet are equipped with three claws each, and spikes protrude from the heels of its hind legs and the elbow of its front legs. It has a ruff around its neck and chest, and a tuft on the top of its head adorned with a single blue-black oval. The Pokémon also has a feline face with almond-shaped red eyes, a scythe-like tail, and a crescent shaped horn on the side of its head.
Naruto identified the Pokémon to be an Absol due to having been browsing through the database on Ash's Pokédex from time to time when they took a break during their travel on the road. Both Pokémon stared at each other silently for some time until one finally spoke.
"Do you sense it, the imbalance plaguing this land?" Absol in a surprisingly feminine voice but with a no-nonsense tone.
"If you're talking about the lack of natural energy, the scarce Revival Herbs, and the sick grass type Pokémon…then yes, I have sensed it," Naruto replied.
"A disaster is approaching, your trainers and humans must be prepared to face it,"
Naruto tilted his head in curiosity "What kind of disaster are we looking at?"
"I can't tell which exactly but it's liable to destroy the entire island and its residents," said Absol with a small frown.
"I see…but I want to why you've been following my friends and I around ever since we arrived on this island?"
"Because I had sensed a great source of power approaching the island and feared it to be yet another potential disaster so I descended from the mountains to observe. Seeing as you to be the source, I can only hope that you'll be able to help restore the balance to Milos island," said Absol, Naruto can sense the concern from the Dark type Pokémon.
"I'll see what I can do along with Ash and my other friends when the time comes," said Naruto.
Absol nodded in affirmation "I am grateful for your help, know that I shall assist any way I can. I bid you goodnight,"
"Okay, goodnight to you too," Naruto watched as Absol disappeared into the night before letting out a sigh "Why do I keep getting dragged into these kinds of things?"
"Must be the Uzumaki luck, been affecting you since the day you became a ninja. Remember your first C-rank mission?" said Kurama musingly.
"How could I forget? What was supposed to be an escort mission turned into fight for the freedom of a country, might as well be on guard and be ready stop whatever might be the cause of this disaster she's talking about," said Naruto as he walked back to the cabin to sleep.
The next day, everyone were led by Lewis while carrying bales of long grass from the forest up a flight of stairs to a clearing where they saw an obelisk at the center of it, Naruto felt traces of energy emanating from it and had an idea of what the structure is with Lewis unknowingly identifying it for him.
"This is a shrine dedicated to Landorus," said Lewis then he went to place his bale of grass against the shrine "Come and place yours over here as well,"
"Okay Lewis," Ash along with Cilan and Iris went to place theirs against the shrine.
"Now I'll ignite them then Gothorita will see a request to Landorus," Lewis took out a pair of flintstones and used them to see the grass on fire for smoke to rise into the air "Alright Gothorita, it's up to you now,"
"Okay," Gothorita went down on her knees with hands clasped together and began chanting her name to the ears of the humans, her body radiated with purple energy which rose up to fuse with the smoke.
"Whoa, look at that," said Ash in wonder.
"Wow," Pikachu was in the same boat as with his friend.
'So far, so good. There are no problems as of now,' thought Naruto as he saw the smoke form into a large dark cloud.
"It's working! This might lead to a big downpour!" said Lewis excitedly, Naruto's eyes narrowed upon seeing the clouds suddenly swirl round much to the confusion of the group, and he heard Kurama speak up from the mindscape.
"Kit, there's something within those clouds and it's rather powerful from what I'm sensing," said Kurama.
'Noted,' Naruto replied, it was at that moment that the clouds dispersed to reveal something very surprising to everyone present, especially Lewis.
Hovering above them is a green muscular humanoid Pokémon that resembles a genie, on its forehead are two long purple and sharp horns, it has long billowy styled hair and spiky moustache. The Pokémon's upper body is covered in purple spots while the lower body consists of a trailing cloud with a long purple curling tail tipped with a whirl, spanning the length of the tail are several khaki colored whorled structures which follow the same direction as the tip of its tail.
"Tornadus!" Lewis gasped in shock.
"Are you saying that's Tornadus the legendary Pokémon?" asked Ash in surprise.
"Yes, but is Tornadus doing here?"
"You better hold that thought, cause Tornadus is about to attack!" like Naruto just said, Tornadus began twirling his tail before him to launch a strong blast of wind.
"Gah! That was Tornadus' Hurricane attack!" Cilan called out of the roaring winds.
Tornadus held out his hands to form saw-like discs out of wind, Iris quickly alerted the group "Watch out, now it's using Air Slash!" they all ducked when the projectiles were thrown in their direction as they flew over their heads and went to slice through several trees behind them.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash called out, Pikachu immediately responded and fired a blast of electricity at Tornadus but the legendary Pokémon flew out of the way and retaliated by launching a barrage of green orbs in the form of Hidden Power.
"I don't think so, Return!" A white aura radiated from Naruto as he used his attack and it broke off to take on the forms of kunai before he willed them to strike at the incoming projectiles and destroying most of them, causing Tornadus to narrow his eyes at the unknown Pokémon "Guys, we need to get out of here right now!"
"Right!" Ash nodded in affirmation, everyone ran from the area and were quickly descending along the stairs but they could feel the ground shake and winds howling around them.
"Why is Tornadus so angry?" asked Iris.
"At this rate, the island will be destroyed!" said Lewis with worry.
"But why?" asked Cilan.
"It could be possible that something might have happened at Tornadus' Obelisk!"
"What do you mean?" asked Ash confusedly.
"It is a stone monument that keeps Tornadus from ever coming back to Milos Island! We need to go and check it out right now!" said Lewis.
Cilan skidded to a stop and turned to face Tornadus with a Pokéball in hand "Then in that case, you guys go on ahead while I try to hold Tornadus off!"
"Watch yourself Cilan, that Pokémon isn't called a legendary for nothing! Maybe I shou-" Naruto was about to say more when something landed on the ground near them, revealing to be none other than Absol much to everyone's surprise.
"An Absol? What's it doing here?" asked Iris confusedly.
"They only show themselves when a disaster is about to happen, this one must be here to help us," said Lewis in conclusion.
"Go along with them, I shall remain here to assist your friend," said Absol before turning to face Tornadus.
"Okay then, you two better watch yourselves," said Naruto before following after the others.
"Alright then, Pansage come on out!" Cilan threw his Pokéball to call on his main Pokémon who appeared at the ready "Now Pansage, use Bullet Seed!" the simian Pokémon opened his mouth to fired a barrage of seeds at high-speed with Tornadus dashing to the right to avoid the attack and was about to retaliate when Absol's eyes glowed white and an orb flew away from Tornadus and was absorbed by her before she launched a barrage of green orbs to strike the legendary Pokémon who was now glaring at the Disaster Pokémon.
"Astounding, Absol just used Me First!" said Cilan in shock but snapped back into focus on the battle as he called out on another attack.
Meanwhile, Naruto and the group reached the edge of Milos island and crossed a wooded bridge towards one of the smaller isles nearby where they ran up the stairs towards the obelisk mentioned earlier but there was something wrong upon arrival…a crafted piece of stone lay broken before the obelisk and Naruto sensed the fear from Lewis.
"The wedge has been broken!" Lewis exclaimed.
"Does it mean what I think I means?" asked Iris, already not liking the answer about to be said.
"Yes…there's nothing to stop Tornadus,"
"And that's why it's here," Ash gritted his teeth at the logic.
Gothorita quivered in fear "This is terrible,"
"Who would do such a thing?" Lewis then looked up in realization of something "Thundurus has an obelisk too!"
"And I reckon that's what keep that Pokémon away as well right?" asked Naruto urgently.
"Yes, and it's on that isle over there," Lewis pointed at said place for them to look at "We need to go there quickly!"
They rushed over to the other island as quickly as they could only to discover that the wedge of the second obelisk has been destroyed as well which only confirmed the dread they had been feeling.
"With this wedge destroyed that means Thundurus will be coming too," said Ash.
"And soon…," said Lewis grimly.
"Whoever did this must want two to come here but the question now is why?" said Naruto with a frown.
"I don't know yet, but we need t-" Lewis was interrupted by a large blue bolt of lightning which struck the ground behind the obelisk as they noticed something above and looked up only to gasp in surprise.
Overhead is a Pokémon looking just like Tornadus but there were several differences being that this one has blue skin, on the forehead is a single long sharp purple horn, a white zigzagging and jutted styled hair, and it has a long purple curling cable like tail which has several gray ball-like structures with a long spike on one side of each spamming along it.
"It's Thundurus!" Lewis exclaimed, Thundurus launched a Thunder attack, getting everyone to duck for cover and followed it up with a large Focus Blast before flying away towards the main island "At this rate, the battle between the two will start over again!"
"Then we better move it and head back to Cilan and the Absol!" said Ash.
Naruto spoke up "Then I'm going on ahead, getting caught between those two won't be good for Cilan and Absol,"
"Okay then, you go and we'll be right there!"
Naruto nodded in affirmation and used Extremespeed to take off after the legendary Pokémon. He arrived to see Thundurus about to use a Thunder attack on Absol and Pansage out of annoyance for battling Tornadus instead of him which annoyed the PokéNinja "Don't think that I'm gonna let you do that!" he increased his speed and leapt over the two Pokémon to intercept the incoming attack "Raiden Mode!" he transformed into his Electric type form and absorbed the attack with his ability using the energy to increase his speed.
"Thanks for that Naruto, I doubt Pansage can take any more of this," said Cilan before recalling his Pokémon into the Pokéball.
"Thank you for the assistance," said Absol gratefully.
"No thanks needed, we're all in this together," said Naruto, then he saw Ash and co arrive.
"How are things going?" asked Ash.
"Not good, and it gets worse now that we have to deal with Tornadus and Thundurus!" Cilan replied.
Everyone looked up to see the two legendary Pokémon leering at each other, Tornadus attack with Air Slash and Thundurus responded with Focus Blast but both attacks whizzed by each other and struck their targets with explosive impact which could be sensed from where the group were standing at.
"Things are really getting frightening," said Iris fearfully.
"Those two have been bitter rivals," Lewis explained to them.
"This is just like in the legend you told us," said Ash with a frown.
"I never would have thought that the disaster I sensed would be of this scale," said Absol, slightly worried though not expressing it.
"What's going to happen to Milos island?" asked Iris.
"If I don't know any better, it would be destroyed from the aftermath of their battle which is why we need to stop them before that happens!" said Naruto urgently.
"Then we'll just have to get them to focus on us!" said Cilan.
Music Start: Pokémon Black and White OST; Battle! Legendary Pokemon
"I'll take point, Snivy come on out and use Leaf Storm!" Ash threw a Pokéball to call out Snivy who quickly launched a vortex of razor-sharp leaves towards Tornadus with the Pokémon using Hurricane which struck Snivy, sending her into the air. Thundurus approached with his arms glowing with white energy ready to attack her with hammer arm "Tokala intercept with Quick Attack and then use Metal Claw!" Naruto immediately moved swiftly with white streaks trailing behind as he clashed with Thundurus before striking fiercely with claws steeled with a metallic sheen, Snivy grabbed onto Naruto's back before they landed back on the ground.
"Thanks Naruto," said Snivy gratefully.
Naruto smiled in response "Anytime,"
"Excadrill, come on out and use Focus Blast!" Iris called out on her own Pokémon to attack as Excadrill launched a blue sphere of energy with Tornadus responding with a barrage of Hidden Power, both attacks collided in the middle seemed to match but then the remaining orbs burst through the smoke and struck Excadrill "Please stay strong, we're counting on you!"
Absol took to the offense as she opened her mouth to form a black sphere of ghostly energy before firing it at Thundurus, striking true but the legendary Pokémon didn't appear all that damaged and attacked with Thunder, Absol quickly used Double Team to create illusive copies to serve as decoys and safely avoided the attacked. Tornadus switched targets to Naruto by firing multiple Air Slash attacks at him but Naruto was dodging them all quickly thanks to his speed having been amped up by Thundurus' electric attacks through his Motor Drive ability, he waited until the final moment to dodge an attack and fire a blast of lightning to land a super effective hit.
"Naruto, behind you!" Snivy called out in alert, Naruto looked back to see Thundurus zooming towards him with a Wild Charge attack and leapt into the air, barely dodging it but he wasn't out of the woods yet as a recovered Tornadus hovered overhead ready to strike him with Hammer Arm. Reacting sharply, Snivy shot out a vine to wrap around Naruto and pulled him to safety before Ash gave that exact command.
"Guess it's my turn to be rescue, thanks," said Naruto with a smile.
Snivy smiled back "It may seem so,"
"Please be on guard, they are attacking once more!" said Absol, causing the two to snap back into focus and ready themselves.
"Pikachu, Tokala! I need you to use a double Thunderbolt on Tornadus!" Ash commanded, Pikachu jumped onto Naruto's back as they channeled their energies before combining them to fire a large blast of electric. Tornadus flew out of the way of the attack for it to strike Thundurus with no effect due to the same typing as he launched a Focus Blast towards them, Naruto used Quick Attack evade but they were blindsided by a Hurricane attack from Tornadus to send they crashing into a boulder.
Ash and Snivy ran over to check on the two "Are you guys okay?"
Naruto got to his feet and shook his head to clear with Pikachu sitting up before replying "Still good to go but we need a plan other than just getting their attention,"
"Normally I would suggest knocking those two muscle heads out but your chakra circulatory system is recovered to 70%," said Kurama.
'Can't I use the cloak to at least even things out?' asked Naruto mentally.
"Actually, you can but only for a short time, and it seems like our new friend has something in mind," Naruto turned towards Lewis who was speaking to them.
Music End
"With the way things are going, the island will be destroyed. So, we have no other choice but to summon Landorus," said Lewis thoughtfully.
Ash was a bit confused "Landorus?"
"I see what you mean, Landorus was able to stop those two before like in the legend so he should be able to do so again," said Naruto with Lewis nodding in affirmation.
"An astute reasoning, Landorus' strength should help stop all this," said Absol with a nod of agreement.
"So how do we summon Landorus then?" asked Cilan.
"Since Landorus is a guardian of Milos Island, he will come when summoned by a Shrine Maiden and with that said…" Lewis turned to Iris "Iris will become the Shrine Maiden,"
Iris was taken aback upon hearing this "Me?! But I'm not a Shrine Maiden!"
"True, but the Shrine Maiden has to be a girl plus Gothorita will support you in the summoning,"
Naruto then spoke up "I'm not sure if we should go on with the summoning,"
"Why not?" asked Cilan.
"We mustn't forget that someone purposely broke the wedges to bring Tornadus and Thundurus here, it might be possible that they might target Landorus too,"
"I get what you mean Tokala, but those two are too strong for us to handle right now and we'll need all the help we can get," said Ash.
"…alright then, guess I'll keep an eye out for them then," said Naruto, still hesitant about the summoning.
"Like I said before, the cloak can only be used for a short amount of time, so keep that in mind," said Kurama as a reminder.
'Gotcha,' thought Naruto.
They ran back to Lewis's cabin where the Shrine Maiden's outfit was kept for Iris to put on and Lewis also picked up a brown sack bag to bring along with them before making their way back to Landorus' shrine, but they needed to hurry for the weather turned stormy due to being influenced by the battle between the legendaries. Lewis reached into the sack bag and took out four spherical stones each colored red, blue, silver and black.
"What are those?" asked Iris.
Lewis explained "They're mysterious stones which are used to strengthen Gothorita's psychic powers, now let's begin,"
Iris nodded in affirmation before clasping her hands with eyes closed in prayer while Gothorita followed suit "Please Landorus, hear our request and come to our aid," Gothorita's radiated with psychic energy, causing the stones to react by glowing in their respective colors and levitating into the air "Milos Island is in danger, I plead for your help for the bottom of my heart!" at this point, both Iris and Gothorita were shrouded in psychic energy before the stones suddenly shot to the air before descending to fuse with the shrine in a glow of golden light. There saw something take form and Naruto sensed the energy it was emitting and had a vague idea of who it belongs to.
"The guardian finally appears," said Absol.
"Let's just hope that things don't get any worse than it already is," said Naruto with a small frown.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and the gang finally arrived at Driftveil City for Ash's next gym battle, however they were denied entry twice with the second time practically strong-arming them to collect a medicinal plant known as a Revival Herb if they want a gym battle. With help from a new friend, they were guided to Milos Island which is said to be where the plants ae known to grown and there were tales of a legend.
Upon arrival, the gang were informed of an issue which was causing the scarcity of revival herbs and sickness in grass type Pokémon. Naruto encountered an Absol warned of pending disaster which sure enough occurring in the form of a rivalry battle between legendary Pokémon, now they need to seek from another to resolve the situation but Naruto suspects a hidden player in the game and is on a lookout. Find out more in the next chapter.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
