Ho-oh flew across the sky, ignoring the heavy rain that drenched it's feathers. The land below it was black and flames began to die out with the arival of the rain. Ash had done this, he'd destroyed this whole area.
In the present state he was in, Ash seemed to have no memory of his past. What he searched for was something difficult to find, a worthy opponint.
"Ho-oh, you can't be serious about this," Rick said worriedly and he held tightly to the feathers on the birds back.
Ho-oh frowned but kept it's gase locked forward. "I know, but it's the only way."
Rick narrowed his eyes and pulled on the feathers angrily. "But you could kill him in a battle!" He yelled angrily. He frowned as he noticed Pikachu and Misty, who were sitting behind him, flinch at his words.
"Rick, I know you're worried, but I have no other choice" Ho-oh replied gloomily. "He's looking for a strong opponint and he won't stop until he is defeated..."
The whole area around him was black from his attacks. Repeatedly he'd challenged and easily beaten wild Pokémon, not one of them close to his stregth.
"Ash!"
Ash turned and spotted Ho-oh standing nearby, and what looked like a Charizard flying away to the left. A grin spread across his face as he saw the bird Pokémon. Ho-oh was powerful, it would make a strong opponint.
"Ash, I challenge you to a battle" Ho-oh proclaimed, and it knew only to well that Ash would accept.
"Challange accepted," Ash said as the wings on his back stretched out, a black aura drifting up and fading like smoke from them. As he took flight, so did the mighty phoenix Pokémon that stood before him. When they reached high altitude, Ash was the one to start the match. He raised his hand high above him and a ball of black energy formed in his once empty hands. He threw it forward at the fire bird Pokémon as hard as he could.
Ho-oh decided to fend off the attack, and used a protect attack. It's eyes widened as the attack struck the barely visable red shield. The shield shattered like glass and the attack struck Ho-oh head on. The unexpected hit caused Ho-oh to be thrown back, but it was able to steady itself before it hit the ground landing to take a breath. "I don't understand, how did that attack break through my barrier?" Ho-oh thought in shocked amazment.
Ash laughed at Ho-oh as it looked at the ground, keeping it's senses alert while trying to figure out what had just happened. "Surprised?" He asked in a mocking voice.
"How did you do that?" Ho-oh asked looking up. "Your powers shouldn't be this strong"
"You mean you don't know?" Ash asked in a fake shocked voice. "Well the thing is, our powers are not the same, Ho-oh. You see while my powers are growing, yours stay the same, and do you know why?" Ash took one look at the blank expression on Ho-oh's face and continued. "Because your heart is to pure. I have aloud the power of evil to consume my heart, and it has granted me more power then I could ever imagine. While you continue to use your powers to help others, I chose to use mine to gain more power. It's a small world, and there are no room for the weak"
Ho-oh growled and stood up slowly. It could not believe what had happened. In Ash's confused state, he had somehow aloud the evil that once resided in the Dark Legandaries to embrace his soul, granting him some of their power.
Ho-oh flapped it's wings hard, dodging the red and black blast that had be fired at it. It flew upwards until it was level with Ash.
"So, your not ready to give in just yet then? Fine with me, I could use a little target practise" Ash said with a grin, readying another attack.
Ho-oh narrowed it's eyes. Ash may have more attack power then it had, but that didn't mean their speed levels were the same. It would just have to dodge as many attacks as it could until it came up with a plan.
To Be Continued
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