Chapter 23: Fossil Pokemon Rampage

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, I do own Hotaru, Darnel, Ashley and Queen Venomica.

It was a peaceful night in the city of Manassas. While nearly every human was sleeping, no one ever heard a creature enter a park. There were only two humans staying out late at the park in their car. They were teenagers much older than Hotaru and in high school. They were all alone and were about to start making out when the ground shook. In a panic the two were shaken to their feet and turn to see a dark creature lurking in the darkness. It was huge and with a madden roar it came closer to the car. In a panic the two teens screamed, turned the car on and floored it for dear life unsure what they saw. The teens never looked back as the creature gave up chase with ease staying in it's place after all it wouldn't be the first time it had scared off potentual prey for now it had made up it's mind to stay in one place.

Morning rose and Hotaru woke in her room. She stretched her arms and legs to get up and dressed. It was another schoolday and she was gonna make sure nothing happened to Ashley. Once she got up and dressed she heads out of her room. She walks downstairs where her parents were up. They heard Hotaru come down.

"Hey sweetie" Kenshin told his daughter.

"Morning mom and dad" Hotaru said.

"Sleep well last night?" Hotaru's mother asked.

"For the most part, yes," Hotaru admitted as she sat at the table.

Hotaru's mother was looking at the news "Hotaru...May I suggest you check out the park after school?"

"I can do that" Hotaru admitted "Why?"

Hotaru's mother pointed to the news which was on the tv, "There was something spotted at the park last night. No one knows what exactly it looks like, but...Maybe you could look into it."

Hotaru thought about it, ever sense her parents found out everything about her, they had been much more supportive of her even going so far as to give her some tips to try to give her a heads up "Do you think this could be a Shadow Pokemon mom?"

"If it isn't" Kenshin told his daughter "It probably will be once Cipher gets to them."

Hotaru bit her lip knowing that was true, once Cipher got word of a creature wandering around somewhere they'd come to get it "I'll do it then, but after school."

Hotaru's mother giggled "I wish you luck sweetie."

Hotaru gets up and leaves her house towards the direction of her bus stop brain already thinking what it could be. While their daughter was leaving Hotaru's mother turned to Kenshin "Isn't there anything we can do to help her further?"

Kenshin put his hand under his chin "She wouldn't last for some training with boss...I could think of something giving time. I'll think on it while at work today myself."

"Good" Hotaru's mother said wanting to give her daughter some type of training that could help her in someway honestly she wanted to do something to help her daughter be better so she could avoid any more defeats that could bring her to the verge of death, especially sense the previous nights had given her daughter a hard time especially her battle against the Shadow Mega Metagross which as Ashley told her nearly killed her daughter.

Hotaru manages to get on her bus and sat with Ashley and Darnel. as it made it's way to school. Hotaru watches out of the schoolbus's window trying to see anything about what appeared at the park. She kept her eyes looking out of the window looking for any signs of this creature. Ashley and Darnel kept quiet watching Hotaru knowing she was looking for something and they figured was important.

Intro- Latias's voice- Three years ago, my brother Latios and I made our escape from Cipher taking the Rototrix with us. For three years we had avoided being captured and turned into Shadow Pokemon as well as keeping the Rototrix safe from Cipher whom were making plans to use it for their own evil needs. Three years later, Cipher has remerged selling Shadow Pokemon to Earth in a bid to take over the universe. Luckily my brother and I managed to save a girl in need and gave her the Rototrix a device that transforms the wielder into a Pokegirl or Pokeboy of 14 different types of Pokemon. Now she has the difficult task in not defeating Cipher but purifying all of the Shadow Pokemon. Hotaru certainly has a difficult task to do but she's the only chance two worlds have and I have a feeling, Hotarumon 14 is going to stop Cipher's plans once and for all.

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Erdos was furious! He had lost a great Shadow Pokemon to his foe Hotarumon 14. What made him even more angry, was that it was the RIGHT Pokemon for the job against his foe whom had used Sylveon. He was unable to see how and why he had lost that battle. He should've won that battle with Hotaru dead and eaten by Queen Venomica. He banged his fist angrily on the wall "HOW?!" he raged as this was the angriest he had ever been "HOW COULD THIS BE? LIKE QUEEN VENOMICA THOUGHT SHE'D USE ON US, WE USED THE RIGHT POKEMON FOR THE JOB! YET HOTARUMON 14 LIVES? UNDER NO CONDITION COULD SHE HAVE BEATEN SHADOW MEGA METAGROSS! YET SHE DOES!"

There was no answer as Erdos might have been just yelling at himself. Not even Miror B was around to answer. He breathes in and out in anger. Ever sense Hotaru had opposed them, Cipher had been on a losing state. He looked around and was listening to a news report on the radio. Once he heard about a strange creature lurking around the park he had a feeling what it was. He turns dialing in "Cipher agents...Report."

Cipher Soldiers ran into the room with Queen Venomica slithereing in also.

Erdos tried to remain calm as the Cipher agents knew he wasn't all to happy at the moment.

"You all know me too well" Erdos muttered "Anyway there seems to be a creature lurking around. Your mission is to find it and bring it back here."
"Sssoundsss sssimple. But why hunt for this cccreature?" Queen Venomica asked.
"It could be a Pokemon" Erdos answered "If it is...We'll be able to turn it into a Shadow Pokemon."

"Oh, I sssee now" Queen Venomica said.

Erdos nods "I'm pretty sure Hotarumon 14 will be searching for it too once school gets out. So by going out early we get an early advantage, and we could finally set a trap for her too if our forces and her collide. Or..."

Queen Venomica smirks "Or...We can catch her while she's battling that Pokemon and force her to fight against not only it but Cipher as well."
"Precisely." Erdos said even texting his brother Ardos about it.

In Hotaru's school Ardos got the message and was going to try to plot Hotaru's demise. After all he was setting up an all day field trip at the park. That would be all day till the schoolbuses arrived back at school. Perhaps he could seperate Hotaru along with her two friends Ashley and Darnel so that they could quote and quote 'accidentally' run into the Cipher agents.

He nods that was the course of action and as a teacher he'll keep an eye on his students from a safe distance so that he wouldn't exactly blow his cover. After all he still needed to act the part as a teacher as he supervised all of his students. When all of his students came in he took role call, then after morning annoucements he told his students where they'd be going for the entire day.

While they were walking to get onto the bus to get to the park, Darnel turned to Hotaru "I know this was a planned field trip but for the entire day?"

"I did tell my mom I'd check it out anyway after school so it beats having to wait till after school" Hotaru admitted.

"What do you suppose is down there that she thinks there is a problem?"

Hotaru answers in a whisper "She thinks it could be a Pokemon of somesort...Not sure why though but she asked me to check it out so why not?"
"She maybe onto something there" Darnel admitted "After all her parents have been much more supportive of her once they discovered her secret."

"That they do" Ashley admitted.

The trio with the rest of the class got onto the bus.

When the bus arrived. Ardos had called Ashley, Darnel and Hotaru towards him.

"You wanted to see us?" Hotaru asked him still not expecting Ardos to be her enemy.

"Yes" Ardos told her "I want you and your friends to stay together as a group and search around here."

"Yes sir" Hotaru said.

Ashley, Darnel and Hotaru spread out searching for that creature. Hotaru looks everywhere in the area and it was Darnel that spots a foot print "Ashley, Hotaru, over here!"

The two girls look ahead and ran over towards Darnel. When they got there they stopped in their tracks for in front of them was a large footprint that represented a tyranosaurous rex's. What freaked the girls out as this footprint seemed realatively huge and fresh.

"Well" Darnel muttered to the girls "Looks like something was here last night."

"And it's not a fossil" Ashley admitted.

Hotaru put a hand under her chin as she now was trying to figure out if this was a Pokemon. If it was she'd have to figure out where it was going...She was gonna get that answer when she saw actual tracks. She walked closer to the tracks seeing that it was identical to the footprint she saw before and it was leading towards...The city of Manassas!

"Nuts" Hotaru muttered.

Darnel also knew the urgancy "If whatever was in the park during last night is now walking towards the city..."

"Then it could cause terror!" Ashley said looking at Hotaru "Hotaru...What are we gonna do?"

Hotaru heard Cipher agents arriving too "And Cipher is here too searching for it..."
She had to do something to delay the Cipher Soldiers and she had the solution "Cover me Ashley and Darnel! I'm going Butterfree!"

She was about to go Butterfree but then a madden roar echoed. causing everyone to look around. Hotaru then saw the shape of a T-Rex making a mad dash to the the city. Hotaru didn't have much time to act as she needed to do something now that the roar gave away the creature's position.

Hotaru checked her Pokemon wanting to use Butterfree, but sure she could put to sleep the Cipher Soldiers but something told her this T-Rex possibly was indeed a Pokemon but she sensed it was part Rock Type a weakness Butterfree couldn't withstand. She'd have to use something else. She turned her Rototrix to what appeared to be a diplocus or any long necked dinosaur "Well, other than me turning myself into prey...This might have to work."

Ashley turned to Hotaru "Hotaru...Let me remind you with a certain enemy that you fight you're almost always prey."

Hotaru blushes red "Yeah well, this time I'm about to feel teeth for sure and not be injected by venom..."

She takes a deep breathe, turned it to that Pokemon, then slammed the Rototrix down. White light filled the air while she grew gigantic her back became Dark Blue blue diamonds on it, she has a light blue frontal body, the lower part of her head becomes dark blue with the top being white with a light blue diamond on it as well, she gains blue eyes, and grows yellow sails from her head with the neck being slightly taller than most humans and the sails extend to the bottom of her neck, while her feet are mostly blue as well as her hands, her legs and arms increase in size to match that of a longed neck dinosaur her toes and fingers are white. When the light finished, Hotaru emerges as "Aurous!"

Hotaru somehow got on all fours as she found it very hard to stand on her two legs now that they were bigger than normal...And they felt heavier too. She manages to charge down towards her opponent with Ashley and Darnel following. Several Cipher Soldiers saw her running down aiming their weapons to shoot her down and begin firing.

"I'm not going to be detoured!" Hotaru told them as the bullets came towards her.

Bullets came towards Hotaru mercilessly with intent to kill her. She remained calm as ever and she timed it right then swung her tail using it like a bat to smash the bullets back at the shooters. Several Cipher Soldiers fall injured by their deflected bullets as she continued her charge. Some of the soldiers that had fallen didn't have enough time to react when Hotaru's huge feet crushed them "You all aren't stopping me!"

Those she stepped on she managed to just stomp on their arms or legs breaking them. She wasn't trying to be fatal. If she was, she'd be stomping on their heads or stomachs. Despite this more soldiers arriving but she gathers in energy around her body as she goes for a Take Down. The Soldiers had no time to react as her Take Down plows through their ranks easily somehow freezing them as she makes her way through their ranks.

"What is that?" Ashley asked Darnel.

"That must be her refrigerate ability, it turns Normal type moves into Ice type moves."

"Interesting" Ashley said amazed at this.

The two continued to follow Hotaru whom was making her way towards the T-Rex. She smirks seeing the chaos unfold. Ardos watches from a safe distance disappointed in the Cipher Soldiers' inability to defeat Hotaru even though she was using a form she never used before.

Hotaru does her best to run down the area towards her opponent. She finally gets towards her opponent, clearly seeing it wasn't a Shadow Pokemon...Just yet.

"Great..." Hotaru said as the T-Rex saw her "It isn't a Shadow Pokemon...What is it though?"

"Tyrantrum! The evolved for Tyrant! A Rock and Dragon Type, it is one of ten Pokemon thought to have died out but it can be brought back with the use of a Jaw Fossil!" Hotaru's Rototrix answered.

The Tyrantrum had been on rampage looking for fresh meat, it then caught sight of Hotaru whom had her eyes locked onto it. With a roar the Tyrantrum charges her hungry for fresh meat. Hotaru watches it "Must we fight?"

It roared coming at her and Hotaru sighed "I don't usually fight non-Shadow Pokemon but if we must fight, then we shall!"

Hotaru prepares to defend herself unaware more Cipher Soliders were now closing in on the area.

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Ashley and Darnel reach the area too and saw the T-Rex prepare to square off against Hotaru. They also saw what Hotaru didn't and that was more Cipher Soldiers appearing. Some with heavy net guns to pin Hotaru down while she was facing off against the T-Rex. The Tyrantrum roared coming at Hotaru with a massive bite. Hotaru avoids the bite then just like any long necked dinosaur would do she turned herself and whipped out at it with her tail. Wham! Her tail acted like a battering ram wiping her foe off it's feet. The Tyrantrum fell onto it's back but gets up roaring.

Hotaru glared back with Ashley turning to Darnel "If they pin Hotaru...That Tyrantrum won't just bite her badly but Cipher could get their hands on Tyrantrum!"

Darnel agreed "Then let's do something about it for her."

Ashley turned to him "What shall we do?"

Darnel got an idea "Do you have any freezing spells?"

"My blizzard spell if I work on it cou ld do that. However...What if I could swallow them up in the Earth?"

"Like make a sink hole?"

"Yeah!"

"I suppose that could help...But we need to act quickly"

Ashley agreed nodding "Right."

Hotaru watches her foe and swung her tail once again this time missing Tyrantrum by mere inches. With it's jaws seemingly getting wider it mananges to get right in and using Bite bit her in the neck causing her to gasp before it sank it's teeth deeper into her neck trying to strangle her. She growls gasping for breathe and in pain feeling it's sharp tyranosaurous rex teeth digging into her flesh which felt like sharp steak knives into her neck. Honestly this pain was a bit worse than being bit by Queen Venomica's huge basilisk fangs as once the fangs were in her they just pumped venom into her instead of the teeth trying to remove her head like Tyrantrum was trying to do. She gathers in a powerful beam unleashing Hyper Beam at point blank range right onto the Tyrantrum's chest. Several things happened all at one time. There was a giant roar then an explosion as Hotaru's attack hit home unable to miss her target at close range. The explosion rocketted both Hotaru and Tyrantrum off their feet and onto their backs.

The Tyrantrum was more damaged than Hotaru was due to her Hyper Beam turning into an Ice Type Move and with Tyrantrum's Dragon Typing was a super-effective hit but Hotaru was still realing in pain from the T-Rex's teeth that was in her neck prior to the explosion so she stayed on her back trying to let the pain go away bleeding from the teeth holes in her neck.

"Hotaru..." Ashley muttered.

"She'll be fine Ashley" Darnel told her "We've gotta act before Cipher manages to pin her with a net! Then she'll certainly be in danger."

Ashley nodded seeing Hotaru give her a small smile and thumbs up giving Ashley the courage to do her part "Right! Hotaru's always putting her life on the line almost every day. I can't allow Cipher to get in the way between their newest Shadow Pokemon target and Hotaru!"

Ashley watches as more Cipher Soldiers try to get into the area. She starts building up her magical powers needing to swallow them up into a sinkhole. She had to do this for Hotaru. Hotaru gets up but so did the Tyrantrum, with a blood curling roar it comes at her with it's head lowered and using Head Smash smashes it into Hotaru's chest causing her to cough up blood and she was on her back yet again with a massive thud. For Hotaru she was reliving the fight of prehistoric times when dinosaurs roamed the Earth specifically a herbavoir Sarapod dinosaur vs. a massive meat eating T-Rex. She was determined NOT to be a meal to anything ever again, especially a T-Rex.

Hotaru was still lying on her back unable to move regretting using Hyper Beam at this time as she couldn't. The Tyrantrum was onto her digging it's claws into her legs. It prepares for another Bite to the upper neck, but at this point Hotaru managed to move her tail whipping it upward hitting the Tyrantrum right between the belt causing it to roar in pain. She then slammed her own head into the Tyratrum blowing it backwards and onto it's back. Hotaru slow gets back onto her four feet glaring. Both combatants just glare both in massive pain. For Hotaru she just had to beat this thing causing it to faint, while avoiding becoming a meal to it. Then it was the matter of how to get it back safely to the Pokemon World.

She heard Cipher Soldiers arriving but they found themselves tripping over wires that Darnel managed to lay. They stumbled over the wire. Some fell while some easily regained their footing. They saw Darnel aiming their guns but before they could do anything, Ashley unleashed her spell. The earth started to shake beneath their legs and a massive sink hole appeared sending almost all Cipher Soldiers screaming into the hole. Erdos was viewing this from the safety of his helicopter knowing those soldiers won't be able to get out any more. He shook his head "If you want something done, right you must do it yourself!"

He pulls out a bazooka aiming it at Hotaru's back "Time to blow up!"

He pulls the trigger. BOOM! The weapon fired. Hotaru was too busy fighting the Tyrantrum that she didn't see the blast until it was too late. The projectile smashes into her exposed back causing her to gasp in surprise. Erdos fired two more blasts from his weapon. Hotaru took the second but manages to avoid the third blast which strikes Tyrantrum instead. Regardless both go down with Erdos approaching.

"Cowardly" Hotaru muttered seeing Erdos.

"You left your back exposed" Erdos told her smirking "And now"

He pulled out another gun and Hotaru saw a net in it. She was still was in pain but she watches as a heavy net came out at her. Instead of waiting till the net got to her, Hotaru focuses in her energies and unleashed a Thunder Bolt at the net. The attack strikes the net forcing it back towards Erdos. Erdos watches in disbelief that Hotaru's Thunder Bolt attack which was non-stabbed was enough to do this to his net. She continued pressing onto her attack but just when it was about to Erdos in his helicopter, Queen Venomica's tail managed to grab him out of the helicopter in time and the electrical net hits his helicopter destroying it. Had he had been staying inside the aircraft he'd have fallen perhaps to his death.

He sighed as he turned seeing the Succubs Naga Queen whom had safely brought him back to his base "Good try Erdosss, but it'sss a lost cause."

Erdos sighed "I swear Cipher is surrounded by idiots...Only my brother seems to do things right."

"There will be a next time Erdosss...For now it's best to withdraw."

Erdos agreed reluctantly.

Hotaru managed to get onto her four feet as she turned to address the Tyratrum whom roared now that it was back to the two of them.

Hotaru had to finish this and quick. The Tyrantrum comes at her this time with a powerful Crunch attack. Hotaru focuses in her energies then whipped out her tail at it. This time the Tyrantrum was ready for it. Just as the tail was about to strike it, the T-Rex manages to weave backwards a bit then bites her tail almost ripping it out of her body in fact it is torn out of her body. Hotaru screams in pain but fights through it and uses one final Hyper Beam. The attack strikes home sending the Tyratrum flying and landing on it's back. Hotaru grunts in pain unable to move from using a second Hyper Beam hoping this was enough to stop her opponent from going rampage and the torn out tail was still causing her pain. She watches as the Tyratrum gets back up glaring at her it gave one more hungry roar before falling to the ground fainting.

"That...Did...It..." Hotaru breathed out.

Ashley and Darnel ran over to her with Ashley wincing "That torn out tail had to hurt."

"IT DID!" Hotaru told her "Now the big question is how to get this thing back? I DON'T WANT ANOTHER ROUND WITH IT! It was gonna make a meal out of me!"

Just as she finished her question Latias and Latios appear.

"Latias! Latios!" Ashley shouts.

The two nod as if giving Hotaru the information that they'll take the Tyratrum back. Hotaru gives them a nod as the two levated the Tyrantrum with their psychic energies and took it with them back to the world of Pokemon. Once this was done Hotaru returned back to normal and the three head back to the park for their fieldtrip. Hotaru huffs glad to have won that battle even if it was the first ever non-Shadow Pokemon Battle she fought in. She hoped there would be no other encounter like that ever again.

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I know this is late, as I meant to upload this chapter yesterday but I ran out of time so I finished today. Hopefully you all liked it. Next chapter is Chapter 24: Training with Dragons P1: When Hotaru's cousin arrives her father sets her up to train alongside him, but her cousin and his grandfather has a secret one that has Cipher has plans to use for their own game to destroy Hotaru.