Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ The Unwanted Acquaintances ❯ A Legendary Battle ( Chapter 6 )

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Recap: Ash and friends had made it to Foretree City. After a terrifyiing start to their visit, namely Damien almost being responsible for killing Ash, things had slowly gotten better. Within about a week, Ash was able to challenge Winona for his sixth badge. The battle was a grueling one, but Ash and his Pokemon came out on top. They then headed to Lilycove so May could compete in the contest.
( ) following Pokemon talk is the translation
( ) alone is Charizard talking
/ is Zapdos talking
Bold words is Rayquaza talking
(' is Pokemon thoughts
' is human thoughts

Chapter 6: A Legendary Battle

Several days have passed since Ash earned his sixth badge. After how things started for Ash in Foretree, earning the badge was the crowning glory. Ash and friends were currently in the Lilycove City Pokemon Center. The trip from Foretree to Lilycove would've probably taken them a day and a half if not for all the trainers around.

Ash's Pokemon won every single trainer battle. The battles were numerous, but Ash made sure to give his Pokemon Hyper Potions as the potions were needed. As of current, Nurse Joy had returned Ash's Pokemon. After taking his Pokemon from Nurse Joy, Ash and the others headed for the Pokemon Contest building. They had arrived several moments later.

"So are you ready for this May?" Brock asked.

"I hope so," May responded.

"You'll do fine May," Ash said.

"Thanks Ash," May said before she and the others entered so she could sign up for the contest.

Meanwhile, a sinister plot was already starting to unfold. Deep under the sea, Team Aqua was nearing Kyogre's slumbering area. Archie had stolen the blue orb from Mt. Pyre and was now moments away from awakening Kyogre.

"What's our position?" Archie asked.

"We're almost there now sir," a grunt responded.

"Excellent. My dream of sea expansion will finally be achieved," Archie said.

But Archie wasn't the only one moments away from awakening a super powerful Pokemon. Two days ago, Team Magma found out that Groudon had been sleeping in their hideout all along. Maxie had gone to Mt. Pyre and stolen the red orb the next day. Now he had just entered the room where the legendary Groudon slept.

"With this orb, my dream of landmass expansion will be a reality," Maxie said before pointing the orb towards Groudon.

The orb glowed so bright that everyone had to cover his/her eyes. When the glow died down, Groudon was wide-awake.

"Now Groudon, let's go," Maxie said.

Groudon came out of the lava before digging a tunnel that led outside. Upon being outside, the sun's rays had intensified. Everyone nearby had felt the sudden temperature increase.

"Excellent, things are going according to plan," Maxie said.

But that wasn't the case for long. The sky had soon clouded up. Then rain began to fall. An hour later, the sun had shone very bright again before rain came down another hour later. It was like the weather didn't know what it wanted to do as it alternated between sun and heavy rain.

"What's going on?" a grunt asked.

"It must be Team Aqua. They must've awakened Kyogre. They're probably experiencing the same thing we are so they know that we awakened Groudon," an executive responded.

"Let's find them. We'll never achieve landmass expansion with the weather going awry like this," Maxie said.

Groudon was able to sense Kyogre's presence. He dug underground.

"What's Groudon doing?" a grunt asked.

"It must know where Kyogre is. It will lead us right to Team Aqua. Let's go," Maxie responded.

Team Magma got into their land vehicles and used infared scanners to follow the burrowing Groudon. Meawhile back at Lilycove, May had made it into the finals. She was facing a young girl with an Absol. May used her Combusken. It seemed like May would win, but the young girl's Absol had easily taken out Pokemon that had type advantage over it.

"I hope that May can win this one," Max said.

"I know. The girl trained her Absol very well," Brock said.

"As long as May doesn't panic, she'll be fine," Ash said.

The battle was on.

"Combusken, start of with Fire Spin!" May said.

"Combusken(You're getting burned)!" Combusken said, unleashed a whirling cyclone of fire.

"Absol, Agility!" the young girl said.

Absol quickly evaded the Fire Spin.

"Use Swords Dance and follow up with Shadow Ball," the young girl said.

Absol complied. The Shadow Ball that Absol had launched was a large one due to the Swords Dance.

"Use Fire Spin again Combusken," May said.

"Combusken(Here it goes)!" Combusken said before unleashing the fiery attack.

The Shadow Ball went right through the Fire Spin like a hot knife through butter. Combusken was knocked to the ground as the Shadow Ball impacted her. She slowly got back up.

"Whoa, that was some combo," Max said worriedly.

"I have faith in May. I know that she will think of something," Ash said.

"I hope you're right Ash. Combusken is looking pretty tired already," Brock said.

"Surround it with Double Team and Agility Absol!" the young girl said.

Absol split itself into many, encircling Combusken.

"Now use Shadow Ball again!" the girl said.

"Jump Combusken!" May said.

Combusken jumped just as the Shadow Balls were launched. In an ironic twist of fate, the real Shadow Ball had ended up hitting the real Absol. The other images then faded away.

"Wow, talk about a backfiring attack. In trying to attack Combusken, Absol got struck by its own Shadow Ball," the judge said.

"Combusken, Double Kick Absol while it's disoriented!" May said.

Combusken went to Absol and kicked it twice. Absol staggered a bit but was still very much in the fight.

"That was a mistake on our part Absol. But we won't make it again won't we," the girl said.

Absol gave a confirmation noise before facing Combusken again.

"Now use Quick Attack!" the girl said.

"Wait for it Combusken. Then use Sky Uppercut!" May countered.

Combusken closed her eyes in concentration. She stayed still as Absol charged for her. Just as Absol was about to strike, Combusken opened her eyes and gave Absol a devastating uppercut to the jaw. Absol was sent flying into the air. It then slammed into the ground so hard that it didn't get back up. It had swirls in its eyes.

"Combusken has ended the battle with one decisive hit. Absol is down and out. May wins this contest," the judge said as the crowd cheered.

"She did it," Max said in awe.

"What did I tell you? I knew that she could," Ash said before going out of the stands, Max and Brock following.

They met May in the lobby.

"You did great May," Ash said.

"Thanks Ash. I thought about what you told me about not panicking. That really helped," May said.

"You're welcome May. Let's head to the Pokemon Center so Combusken can be healed. Then we'll be on our way," Ash said.

The others nodded and headed outside. The weather was still nice so they had no idea that two super powerful Pokemon had been awakened. They headed to the Pokemon Center. About ten minutes later, they had caught a ferry to Mossdeep Island.

About ten minutes into the trip however, the weather suddenly turned stormy. About three waterspouts had missed the ferry. But there was plenty of lightning around so the captain had ordered everyone inside. Ash had ignored the order and was still out on deck. Pikachu was standing beside him. Pikachu knew that something was wrong. Zapdos had come out of his Poke Ball and was flying alongside the boat.

"Something's wrong isn't it?" Ash asked.

Zapdos only nodded. He looked ahead upon hearing a loud noise. Ash looked ahead as well and saw a speedboat heading towards the ferry. As the boat came closer, Ash could see a young man at the controls. Soon, the speedboat was going right alongside the ferry.

"Who are you?" Ash asked.

"My name is Wallace. I was sent to investigate the sudden change in the weather," the young man responded.

"What do you think is behind this?" Ash asked.

"I fear that Kyogre was awakened," Wallace responded.

"Kyogre?" Ash asked.

"Yes. Kyogre is a legendary Pokemon who was slumbering under the ocean. Now that it's awakened, the rain will continue," Wallace responded.

"Will it ever stop?" Ash asked.

"It won't as long as Kyogre's drizzle ability is in effect. At this rate, the rain will cause floods in less than an hour," Wallace said.

The captain came above deck. He soon saw Wallace. "What do you suggest that I do?" he asked.

"Where are you headed?" Wallace asked.

"We're headed to Mossdeep," the captain responded.

"Pacifidlog Town hasn't been affected by the weather yet. You should dock there," Wallace said.

"I'll tell my crew immediately," the captain said before going back inside. He told his crew to change course and alerted the passengers to the course change. On the way to Pacifidlog town, the weather suddenly became sunny and hot. With Zapdos's help, Wallace was now aboard the ferry. He had put his speedboat on automatic pilot. The speedboat was following the ferry.

"Why is it so hot all of a sudden?" Ash asked.

"Groudon must have been awakened as well. Its ability is Drought, which greatly intensifies the sun's rays. If this keeps up, the water of the world could dry up," Wallace responded.

About an hour later, the weather had alternated between sunny and stormy. The sun would be out for five minutes then it would get stormy for five minutes and so on. Other passengers had come out to sun only to end up being caught in the rain.

"This is some crazy weather," one passenger said.

"Tell me about it. I'm going back inside before I get hypothermia," another passenger said.

"What are we going to do?" Brock asked.

"There is one Pokemon that can help settle Groudon and Kyogre," Wallace said.

"Who is it?" May asked.

"The legendary dragon Rayquaza," Wallace responded.

"But where is Rayquaza?" Ash asked.

"Rayquaza is in the Sky Pillar," Wallace responded. He saw the ash-covered land coming out of the water. "We're nearing my home city of Sootopolis. It appears as though the weather is really alternating a lot faster here. I have to say that Groudon and Kyogre must be here," he added upon noticing the faster alternations beteween sun and rain.

"Well let's go investigate," Ash said.

"It might be too dangerous," Wallace said.

"Trust me. We've been in more dangerous situations than this," Ash said.

"All right. Let's get to my boat," Wallace said.

"Zapdos, can you help us out?" Ash asked.

Zapdos gave a confirmation squawk before helping Wallace, May, Max and Brock into Wallace's speedboat. Then Ash got aboard Zapdos.

"We'll head to Sky Pillar and see if Rayquaza will help us out," Ash said.

"All right. Sky Pillar is to the northeast of here. Good luck," Wallace said.

"Thanks," Ash said before Zapdos flew off for the Sky Pillar.

Then the speedboat began to change.

"What's happening?" Max asked.

"My boat can become a medium-sized submarine. It really comes in handy. Although there is an air entrance since the city was built inside a dead volcano, the main entrance is an underwater one," Wallace responded.

The boat had fully converted moments later. Then the sub dove underwater and through the entrance before surfacing in the city. After surfacing, the sub converted back into a speedboat. Wallace and the others immediately saw the battle going on between Groudon and Kyogre, Kyogre being in the water and Groudon on a strip of land that was now jutting out of the water. They could also see a blue sub behind Kyogre, and a red sub behind Groudon.

"Use Hydro Pump Kyogre!" Archie said.

Kyogre launched a large stream of water towards Groudon.

"Counter it with Solarbeam!" Maxie said.

Groudon complied. The Solarbeam went straight through the Hydro Pump. It slammed into Kyogre, knocking her back underwater. She surfaced and shook her head a little before facing Groudon again.

"That's the way to show it Kyogre. It's going to take more than that to stop us," Archie said. "Freeze it with Ice Beam!"

"Don't let that beam come near you Groudon. Use Fire Blast!" Maxie said.

Groudon unleashed a large fiery star, which stopped the Ice Beam in its tracks.

"I should've known. Team Aqua and Team Magma are behind this," Wallace said.

"I just hope Ash is successful," May said.

"So do I," Brock said.

"Pika(Me too)," Pikachu said.

Meanwhile, Ash and Zapdos had made it to the Sky Pillar. Then Ash and Zapdos entered before Ash released Charizard, Swellow and Sceptile to deal with any wild Pokemon that may be dwelling here. They had encountered Mawile, Claydol, Sableye and Banette along the way, but Zapdos, Swellow, Charizard and Sceptile easily dealth with them. About twenty minutes later, they had come to where Rayquaza rested. They gasped in awe upon seeing the dragon Pokemon. It was a long and elegant green dragon with two arms near the front of its body.

Rayquaza awakened to see Ash and Pokemon facing him. "Welcome to Sky Pillar," he said.

Ash gasped in shock upon hearing Rayquaza speak English. But he quickly recovered, getting back to the task at hand.

"I sense the balance of nature has been disturbed. What has happened?" Rayquaza said, seeing a disturbed look in Ash and his Pokemons' eyes.

"Groudon and Kyogre have been awakened and are causing the weather to go haywire," Ash said.

"This is bad news. We must act quickly before things get too much out of hand," Rayquaza said. "I can easily find where they are. Get on. I'll give you a ride there," he added.

Ash returned his Pokemon before climbing on Rayquaza's back. Rayquaza took to the sky, heading for Sootopolis City. In Sootopolis, the battle was still raging on. Neither Pokemon appeared to be tired. Ten minutes later, everyone heard a loud roar coming from above. They looked up and gasped in awe to see a large dragon Pokemon descending. The weather had become quiet again. The sun was shining, but nowhere near as brightly as a little earlier.

"All right. Ash was successful," Wallace said.

"So that's Rayquaza. It looks awesome," Max said in awe.

"But where's Ash?" May asked.

Pikachu watched, as Rayquaza got lower. Several moments later, he saw Ash on Rayquaza's back. "Pikachu pika(There he is)," Pikachu said pointing upwards.

Several moments later, Brock, May and Max could see Ash on Rayquaza's back. Rayquaza soon landed outside the Pokemon Center and let Ash off. "I'll try to settle them down," he said.

"Good luck," Ash said before heading into the Pokemon Center to heal his Pokemon.

Then Rayquaza headed of to face off with Groudon and Kyogre. Ash came out of the Pokemon Center ten minutes later to see Rayquaza holding his own although he was outnumbered 2 to 1. Rayquaza launched a Hyper Beam at Groudon. Groudon had barely countered with Solarbeam. The two attacks did cancel out, but the explosion was very close to Groudon instead of in the middle because the Hyper Beam had driven through the Solarbeam somewhat before exploding. Groudon was sent flying into the water, but he was able to make it back to the piece of land jutting out.

"Hit that overgrown dragon with Fire Blast!" Maxie said.

Groudon unleashed the attack. Rayquaza easily flew above it before retaliating with Dragonbreath. Groudon ducked just in time, and the attack sailed over his head. Then Rayquaza fired a Hyper Beam at Kyogre. Kyogre dived underwater to avoid the attack before resurfacing; only to get hit as Rayquaza used Extremespeed against her. Again, she resurfaced pretty quickly.

"Use Ice Beam Kyogre. Let's get Rayquaza before Team Magma does," Archie said.

"I'll be the one getting Rayquaza. Use Fire Blast Groudon!" Maxie said.

Groudon got off his attack first. Rayquaza dodged the Fire Blast. But he had forgotten about the Ice Beam and was soon completely frozen. He fell out of the sky. Groudon had created a strip of land to prevent Rayquaza from falling into the water.

"Now Groudon, let's get that Rayquaza," Maxie said.

"Use Water Spout Kyogre!" Archie countered.

Kyogre complied and a large water cyclone knocked Groudon into the water.

"I'l be taking Rayquaza," Archie said.

"No you won't. I won't let you," Ash boldly said.

"And just how will you stop me?" Archie asked smirking.

"This is how," Ash responded before picking Zapdos's ball. "Zapdos, I choose you! We need to help Rayquaza," he added, throwing the balll.

Zapdos appeared in a flash of light. /I'm ready/ he said.

All except Brock, Wallace, May and Max did a double take upon seeing Zapdos. Then Ash released Sceptile.

"Zapdos, Kyogre is all yours. Sceptile and I will deal with Groudon," Ash said, knowing that Zapdos wouldn't really need him to tell it what to do. "Start off with Bullet Seed Sceptile."

Sceptile unleashed hundreds of seeds. Groudon countered with Solarbeam. The Solarbeam pierced through the seeds and headed straight for Ash and Sceptile. Sceptile quickly tackled Ash to the ground.

"Whoa, Groudon is pretty powerful. This is going to be our toughest battle yet," Ash said as Sceptile helped him up. Meanwhile, Zapdos faced off with Kyogre. Zapdos launched a Thunderbolt attack.

"Dive to avoid it Kyogre," Archie said.

Kyogre dove underwater and completely avoided the attack. She retaliated with Hydro Pump. Zapdos flew above the attack and retaliated with Drill Peck. Kyogre was knocked deeper underwater, but she quickly surfaced again. She and Archie saw Zapdos flying higher.

"Here's our chance to get another legendary Pokemon Kyogre. Hit it with Ice Beam while it doesn't see you!" Archie said.

Kyogre fired the Ice Beam. But Zapdos turned to see the oncoming attack and evaded it easily. Then he flew a little higher into the air before aiming a Thunder attack into the water. The electricity raced across the water and struck Kyogre dead center. Kyogre cried in pain as the very powerful attack tore through her body. With her last ounces of strength, Kyogre flipped onto her back before fainting.

"Nice work Zapdos. Can you help me over to where Rayquaza is?" Ash said.

Zapdos flew over and grabbed Ash's shoulders before flying up and gently depositing him next to Rayquaza. Zapdos flew back and helped Sceptile over as well. The ice was beginning to thaw, but at a very slow pace.

"Charizard, I need your help," Ash said, unleashing Charizard. "The ice is thawing too slowly. Use Flamethrower to help speed things up," he added.

Charizard nodded before useing Flamethrower to melt the ice trapping Rayquaza.

"Oh no you don't. Use Mud Shot Groudon," Maxie said.

"Counter it with Solarbeam Sceptile," Ash countered.

Groudon fired the Mud Shot at Charizard. Sceptile soon fired a Solarbeam. The Solarbeam redirected the Mud Shot and fired a Fire Blast at Sceptile. Sceptile quickly jumped out of the way. Meanwhile, Charizard had finished thawing Rayquaza out. Rayquaza had regained consciousness. He was so weak that he was only able to bring his head up about six inches. He saw Ash and Charizard looking at him, worry in their eyes.

"Are you all right?" Ash asked.

"Other than feeling very cold and pretty weak, I'm fine. Thank you for helping me," Rayquaza responded.

"It's no problem. Do you know Rest?" Ash said.

"Yes I do," Rayquaza said.

"Then use Rest. Maybe that will help you regain your strength and negate the effects of the Ice Beam," Ash said.

"All right," Rayquaza said before before closing his eyes and going into a brief sleep.

"Now Groudon, use Thunder while it's still asleep," Maxie said.

Groudon fired a Thunder attack at the sleeping Rayquaza.

"Zapdos, counter Groudon's Thunder with your own," Ash said.

Zapdos fired his own Thunder attack at Groudon's Thunder. The two attacks cancelled each other out.

"Use Solarbeam again Sceptile," Ash said.

"Sceptile(You're going down)," Sceptile said before firing the Solarbeam.

Before Maxie or Groudon could counter, Charizard had fired a Dragonbreath attack. The two attacks merged into one. The now combined attack rocketed towards Groudon. Groudon had no chance to react as the attack hit him dead center. Groudon was knocked into the water again. It staggered back onto the piece of land jutting out of the water. Everyone could see that Groudon was starting to tire.

"It's starting to get tired," Brock said.

"Not only that, but Rayquaza is waking up," Ash said as Rayquaza stirred from its short rest. "How do you feel now?" Ash asked.

"Good as new," Rayquaza responded. He charged up for a Hyper Beam. Several seconds later, he fired the Hyper Beam at Groudon.

The attack exploded upon impact with Groudon. When the smoke cleared, Groudon was down for the count as well.

"No, how could this have happened?" Maxie asked.

"All my hard work to expand the sea has failed," Archie said in disbelief. He retreated to the Team Aqua sub.

"I can't believe that a kid foiled my plans to expand the world's landmass," Maxie said before retreating to the Team Magma sub.

Suddenly, the blue and red orbs glowed before flying out of Maxie and Archie's hands before the hatches to the subs were closed. The red orb floated over Groudon, and the blue orb floated over Kyogre. The orbs glowed brighter and brighter until everyone had to shield his/her eyes from the blinding auras. Several minutes later, everyone heard loud shattering sounds. Then the auras began to die down. When the auras completely died down, everyone gasped in awe as Groudon and Kyogre stood/floated, completely healed and revitalized. Groudon and Kyogre looked toward each other, serene expressions on their faces. Then they looked at Rayquaza and bowed before him.

Then Kyogre dove under the water to return to her resting place. Then some land jutted out of the water. Groudon walked on the land to the shoreline before tunneling into the ground, heading deep into the earth. This time, he wasn't going to take any chances. He stopped near the earth's core; so deep, that both human and Pokemon would instantly fry. Even other ground-type Pokemon would have no chance of surviving in this kind of depth. Because Groudon is pretty strong, he had a heat resistance so great, that it would take all the ground Pokemon combined to be able to match his heat resistance level.

Then the jutted out land began sinking back into the water. Rayquaza flew into the air before the land he was on sank as well. At the same time he flew off the strip of land, Charizard flew over to just outside the Pokemon Center with Ash while Zapdos did the same with Sceptile. Rayquaza then hovered above and in front of Ash. The inhabitants of Sootopolis were still in intense awe upon everything that happened.

"Groudon and Kyogre are at peace once again. The balance of nature has been restored," Rayquaza said, not seeing that the Team Aqua and Team Magma submarines had already retreated.

"And with the red and blue orbs destroyed, no one will be able to easily control them again," Ash added.

"Yes, and that is how it should be," Rayquaza said.

"So are you going back to Sky Pillar?" Max asked.

"No," Rayquaza responded.

"Where will you go then?" Wallace asked.

Rayquaza looked at Ash.

"You want to come along with me?" Ash asked in awe and disbelief.

"Yes I do. In a way, I owe you my life. If you hadn't intervened when you did, who knows what might've happened. Not only that, but you saved the world by helping to restore nature's balance," Rayquaza responded.

"We were just helping a Pokemon in need," Ash said as Charizard, Sceptile and Zapdos confirmed to what he said.

"But I still feel that I should thank you. And I can't think of a better way to thank you than becoming one of your Pokemon," Rayquaza said, flying down closer to Ash.

"If that is what you want. Then so be it. Poke Ball go!" Ash said before throwing an empty ball.

Rayquaza didn't even put up a struggle when the ball captured him. The ball then came back to Ash's hands. Ash looked at the now occupied Poke Ball.

"Welcome to the team Rayquaza," Ash said before clipping the ball to his belt.

"Incredible," one of the residents said.

"You said it. I never even thought that I would be a witness to something like this," another resident agreed.

"Well done Ash. Not only did you save the world, but you also have another legendary Pokemon on your team," Wallace said.

"Thanks Wallace," Ash said.

"I heard that you are collecting badges. Since you're here, you might as well go for this gym's badge. I was once the gym leader. Now Juan is the gym leader. But expect a tough battle because he is no push over. He is almost as good I am," Wallace said.

"I'll do my best," Ash said. "But I'll wait a day first. I've had enough excitement for one day," he added.

"Sceptile scept(Amen to that)," Sceptile agreed.

"Pika(Yeah)," Pikachu said.

/I'm with him on that one/ Zapdos said.

(I am too) Charizard agreed.

Ash returned to the rest of his Pokemon except for Pikachu before he and his friends went to the Pokemon Center to settle in for the day. This would definitely be a day to remember. Not only had the people in Sootopolis seen four legendary Pokemon, but two of the four were also in the possession of a cleary extraordinary trainer.

And that's a wrap on this chapter. As far as the speedboat turning into a sub thing, I thought that it would be cool to have that happen. Anyway, now Ash has the legendary Rayquaza as his sixth Pokemon. How many legendaries will I have Ash capture? Even I don't know for the time being. Moving right along, preview for Chapter 7: A Two in One Battle: Ash and his Pokemon go for a soothing flight before the battle for the Rain Badge. When the battle happens, a very familiar Pokemon crashes things. Will Ash and his Pokemon be able to win the gym match while having to fend Aerodactyl off? Stay tuned for the answer.

Well remember when I said that I was working as a Temporary Employee? I found out this past Thursday that I had been let go. After only one month, I am out of work again. So until I can find another line of work, I guess that updates could be a little more frequent. I'm still a bit disappointed about being let go because it's amazing how accustomed you can become to something after only a month, but that's what it means to be a Temporary Employee. You never know how long you'll be in work.