I do not own any of these characters and/or places that you
would see in the Pokémon world. Now here’s Part 17a of this fic. Oh...and
another thing...notice all the extra people...well, they aren't all that important, 'cept for maybe
me weird, but I've always liked a lot of characters in a story, even if briefly
mentioned or under-developed.
Ash/Duplica/Shelley/Eric/Cherie: 13
Misty/Todd/Gary/Toni: 14
Tad: 15
Mondo: 16
Jen: 17
Joya/Kenji/Cassandra/Marissa: 18
Brock/Jessie/Damion: 19
James/Butch/Cassidy/Laura: 20
Part
17a: Misty to the Rescue!
RP: Last time, Kenji, Duplica, and Jen came face to face with Giovanni and the Professor who turned out to be Bill of the Lighthouse. Who would’ve guessed?
Kenji/Duplica/Jen Title: Misty to
the Rescue!
Ash: Hold it! Why are Kenji, Jen, and Duplica announcing the title?
RP: Because you’re supposed to be temporarily knocked out, that’s why! Besides, Kenji, Jen, and Duplica are playing more of a role in this section than you are!
Ash: Oh yeah, that’s right! (Laughs bashfully)
RP: (Exasperated sigh) Now that Ash is out of the picture, let’s
continue on with this fic!
x x x x x x x x x x
The Pokémon were now launching attacks at the three. Not knowing what to do, exactly, both Kenji
and Jen instinctively put up a force-field to protect the three of them. Neither could explain how they knew what the
other was thinking, they just did. All
of the attacks being tossed out bounced off of the force-field.
During this, Duplica felt herself transforming, a white light surrounding her body. Her arms and legs grew slightly, making her a bit taller, but not by much. She was still petite. Her clothing now consisted of a long-sleeved maroon dress, which came down to the ground. It was very old-fashioned looking. Along with the dress, she wore a pair of brown, leather boots. Her hair seemed to be the same length it always was, only it was tied back into a single ponytail. The light died, and this new Duplica stood. As for her facial features, they were exactly the same, only she looked to be in her mid 20s.
Kenji and Jen had ignored this transformation of Duplica's, as they were concentrating very hard on keeping up the force-field they had somehow created. They couldn't allow themselves to be distracted by anything. Duplica formed a small sphere of energy in her hands, it growing larger and larger in size. It became almost as big as the force-field, and looked to be a bright, miniature sun. When she felt that it was complete, she shot it out, hitting the Pokémon that were currently attacking them. The attack made some of them actually faint.
Duplica felt exhausted after using such an attack. Kenji and Jen finally stopped concentrating, the force-field lowering itself. When it was down, the two finally took notice of Duplica's new look. Both were wondering when she actually had the chance to change.
"Duplica?"
"Who is this Duplica of which you speak?" she asked in confusion. "For I am known as Hoshi and I have returned to help fight off these Shadow Demons once again."
Before either teen could reply, a bright white light surrounded the two. They could now feel themselves transforming as well. Height and physique wise, Jen remained the same, but her looks did change. Her clothing now consisted of that of a great female warrior. Her armor looked to be medieval-like, with the skirt part being a bit short, and a dark cape flowing behind her. She wore high-heeled brown boots which came half-way up her thigh, and she had a sheath, which held a sword, on her side. Her hair was now much longer than what it was before, and was a dark shade of brown. Jen also looked older, but only slightly.
As for Kenji, his clothing changed to that of a robe - similar to Waruii's, only it was a burgundy color - and his hair was much shorter. His headband was no longer present, and was tied around the wrist of his right hand. He looked older just as Jen did, but only vaguely.
The three were now back to the forms they originally were, when going up against the Shadow Sibs before, their present-day selves' souls resting. There was one main difference between Duplica, Kenji and Jen; Kenji and Jen didn't resemble their present-day selves in any way or form. Hoshi just looked like an older version of Duplica.
"We have been reawakened to destroy you, Waruii," Juudai told him threateningly.
"You will not survive this time," Junsa insisted.
"You've knocked out but a few of my Pokémon," Waruii didn't seem bothered by their threats at all, "but I do have control of them, and all these Shadow Pokémon will fight you!"
"Master, can we not fight them now?" Rinazu begged in a whiny voice. "We can probably destroy them with one hit!"
"No, I do not want you to fight as of yet."
"You're going to make our fight against them too easy for us. If you allow them to continue fighting, they will grow weaker and tired, and that would take away our fun in killing them," Tenzu complained. 'That idiotic moron! He should let us fight and annihilate them. After all, these three weren't responsible for his death entirely; to my knowledge, he was double-crossed by family.'
While the three demons continued to beg Waruii to fight, Masaki pretty much watching the discussion, Hoshi took out Ditto. Hoshi ordered the Ditto to transform into a clone of herself. The Ditto obeyed, and used the same attack Hoshi (as Duplica) had used earlier, which showed to be very helpful.
Both Junsaa and Juudai were now attacking as well. Juudai, and Jen, had finally gotten the hang
of conjuring up elemental attacks. He
tossed out fire-based ones, while Junsa used electric ones. The strangest thing of all, was that this all
seemed natural, and their memories were coming back to them. The three continued attacking and fighting
the Shadow Pokémon that Waruii just kept ordering to attack them. Luckily, these three had the upper hand, and
continued to fight until none of the Shadow Pokémon were able to…
x x x x x x x x x x
Watching from a nearby distance, a Pokémon not
being controlled by Waruii…
':I can't believe what's happening here,:' the Pokémon thought
bitterly. ':I should have never helped, but I couldn't prevent
that; as I was under his control, but
what can I do to help these humans
battling? I know that I do not belong
with the evil Pokémon, but I still feel the urge to help. This just all seems so-so-so familiar to
me…but why?'
x x x x x x x x x x
"Yatta," Hoshi cheered,
"we did it!"
"I cannot believe this," Waruii replied, his long black hair flowing in the wind. "How did that girl clone herself! What sorcery did you use to do such a thing with that girl's body?" he demanded.
"I believe that it is a Pokémon, sir," Masaki timidly explained.
"She too now has the power of two!"
"Shall we send out these," he looked to the creatures, hoping not to offend them in any way, "shadowy creatures you summoned, sir, to fight them?"
"Not quite; we still have our other weapon locked up in the lab. I plan on using the essentials of what this century has to offer."
Catching on, Masaki nodded. "I suppose that I should go fetch him."
Waruii nodded. "Of course. I want to see how well he can fight."
He bowed. "As you wish, sir."
The professor left, re-entering the gym to retrieve the Pokémon he had been
referring to…
x x x x x x x x x x
RP: Aren't the villains always stupid
when it comes to bumping off the good guys?
He could have done away with all of them by letting those shadow demons
attack, but nooooo, he wants to faint
every Pokémon he has first! (Rolls eyes over the entire situation) Hmm, I'm rambling. Well, back to the story.
x x x x x x x x x x
Back at the house…
Misty sighed as she sat down on the couch in the living room once again, growing pretty much hysterical from having no one to speak with (Togepi was still asleep) and from no one's contacting her. Due to this, she decided to call out all of her Pokémon.
"No one has called yet," she told them gloomily.
":Maybe Pikachu will come back soon,:" a Vaporeon, which Misty named Shawaazu answered with optimism. The Pokémon was an icy-blue color, and seemed to have a majestic sparkle about it.
":Yeah, he'll be back soon,:" her Staryu agreed.
"I hope so," she sighed desperately, "because I have the utmost feeling that something is wrong."
":Don't worry,:" her Starmie replied. ":Everything is probably fine.:"
A duck like Pokémon, who was holding his head and always seemed to look confused, spoke up next. ":Can I have a sandwich?:"
Misty sighed at Psyduck's response, rising from her seat. She walked over towards the window, her Pokémon following behind her. When looking out, Misty noticed how much darker it had become.
"When did it get so dark out?"
":That is one fast upcoming storm,:" Starmie commented.
":Maybe that's why everyone isn't back yet.:"
Misty looked down at her Vaporeon, asking, "What?"
The flabby yellow duck nodded in agreement. ":They are probably out trying to find some shelter until the storm passes.:"
"Psyduck," Misty stared at the psychic aquatic fowl in disbelief, "you actually said something smart?"
"Psy?"
'Oh brother, I should've known,' the girl thought, while rolling her eyes. She looked back towards the window, a sullen look about her pretty face. "I don't think that's a storm cloud," she told her Pokémon companions. "I feel that something is happening and that I should go check it out."
":Why do you want to go out there?:" Shawaazu questioned.
"I don't know," she answered, not entirely sure herself, "but something is telling me to go out there and-and help," she finished up slowly.
":Help with what?:"
"I don't know, Staryu."
Her mind made up, Misty grabbed her coat, and rushed to the front door, slipping into her sneakers.
":Kasumi!:" Shawaazu called. ":Where are you going?!:"
"I told you that something is going on, and I sense that Ash and the others are all involved in some way," she told them firmly. "I don't know what I can do, or how I can even help, but I am going!" She looked down at them once again. "I want you all to stay here and watch Togepi."
":But---:"
"Shawaazu, please stop trying to dissuade me from going, because I am, and that goes for the rest of you as well! I'll take Furiizaa along with me, just to be on the safe side."
Her Pokémon reluctantly agreed to stay with Togepi, knowing that trying to keep their trainer and good friend from going out into the storm was going to do no good. To the Pokémon, it really did seem that a very bad storm was coming, nothing else. Misty waved goodbye to the Pokémon, and ran out the door, closing it behind her. She then began to jog towards where the darkest clouds were forming.
'I'm coming to save you, Ash,' she inwardly said in determination. 'I know you're in trouble somehow. I don't know how, but I know that you are,
and everyone else. I'll rescue you all!'
x x x x x x x x x x
Hoshi, Junsa, and Juudai had been fighting for their lives. The Pokémon that the professor had brought up
was, indeed, Mewtwo. In their past
lives, they'd never encountered something as strong as this. Mewtwo, even though he didn't want to hurt
them, was doing just that. Although
Mewtwo knew that the three weren't quite themselves, he was still forced to
attack them, as this Waruii person had more of a control over him than he, as
Giovanni, had ever managed.
"Use your Psybeam on the girl who can clone her body!" Waruii ordered Mewtwo. "They are tiring out!"
"Use your energy ball against it!" Hoshi instructed Ditto.
Both Hoshi and Ditto formed a medium-sized white sphere within their hands, just as Mewtwo had launched his Psybeam. The two medium spheres seemed to form into one big bright white sphere. The attack hit it, which absorbed the power of the Psybeam, tossing it right back at Mewtwo.
Mewtwo saw the attack coming, but couldn't teleport fast enough to avoid it. It connected, knocking him back towards Waruii. This attack showed to be quite powerful, since Mewtwo's power was indirectly mixed in with theirs.
"You're more worthless than what you were before!" the sorcerer spat furiously, only it wasn't as Waruii. The voice belonged to that of Giovanni. Waruii somehow had Giovanni's state of mind, currently. "Lock him back up, professor; recharge him, and set the dial to 20!"
"Twenty, isn't that a bit…high?"
"I don't care!" he shouted, "just do it!" The professor nodded, putting Mewtwo back
into his restraints, and transporting him back into the lab. "I guess it is time for Plan
C." Waruii waved his right
hand. In front of him, a trap door
opened, three cages rising from the ground, a boy standing on the top of the
middle one…
x x x x x x x x x x
':I found his bag.:' The strange Pokémon
who had captured Todd earlier, sniffed at the beige bag that lied on the
ground. ':Maybe there is something here
that I can use so that he can once again be on the good humans' side.:' it
concluded, as it put its neck through the strap, so that it could hang around
the Pokémon's middle. It took off, going
towards where the dark clouds had formed.
':Only one can break the spell, but how?
There are only three out of the four battling, to my knowledge. Maybe the boy I attacked was the fourth one,
but he is now working for the other side, and if that's the case, how come I
don't truly sense that he's the
fourth one? When I studied him, I didn't
feel that he was.
':From what I remember, it was…a girl, and she was…my trainer…:'
x x x x x x x x x x
After what seemed like a lifetime, Misty finally made her way to where the
clouds seemed to be forming. She was
surprised to find that she'd ended up back at the spooky gym. She hid behind one of the nearby trees,
trying her best to keep herself pretty well-hidden. She stared around, trying to attempt to
figure out the situation. She saw
Duplica, Kenji, and Jen first, who looked as if they'd been fighting.
"My dream," Misty choked out, "it was some type of a warning!"
She then noticed "Waruii" (vaguely) and the "Professor", not wanting to believe what she was currently witnessing. "Let us see how well the camera boy can fight," she heard the Professor say. She recognized him, still not sure what to make of him. "Masaki-san…why is he here? Why are the others dressed in such strange clothes?"
Misty noticed the three shadowy creatures near Waruii, who of which she still couldn't get a good view of, and the Professor, sensing nothing but pure cold-heartedness from all of them. She turned her attention towards the cages that were now on the surface. With each cage, different electric type Pokémon surrounded them, all looking to be stuck in a daze.
She identified them all, just like her dream, minus the others in the cage with Mayor Imité and Laura. In the cage to the far left, she saw the ex-Rocket members, and an unconscious James; in the middle one, she saw Brock laid out, while Joya was trying her best to comfort him. She looked to be quite distressed. Misty also noticed Ash, his back against the cage wall, the flap of his cap covering his face slightly. He looked to be annoyed and depressed.
The girl shuddered, hating the fact that she had been right about something happening to him and the others, but, she was still quite confused over what exactly was going on.
Misty squinted her eyes a bit more to see a boy standing on top of the
middle cage, his arms crossed. 'Why…'
x x x x x x x x x x
"Hello there, Juudai, Junsa, Hoshi," the boy replied eerily. "Long time no see."
The three looked up to the boy who had addressed them.
"Toru-kun!" Junsa screamed out, only in Jen's state of mind. This brief interruption didn't last, as Junsa regained control again. "But it sounds like…no, it couldn't be! He tied of natural causes; although, he was pretty young. How could he be here now?"
Duplica broke through next. "I knew something bad had happened to him! He's possessed!"
"Possessed is such a strong word," he commented dryly. "I like to call it being immensely powerful," he added, giving the three an evil look.
Hoshi, who still had Duplica's state of mind, continued on. "You're our friend, and we all care about you!" Hoshi's face turned slightly red. "I care about you. Please, don't do this!"
Todd only scoffed at her, raising his hand. A streak of black lightening immersed from his right palm, heading straight for Hoshi (who still currently had Duplica's state of mind), and was too surprised to actually counter attack.
"Stop it!" Misty shouted, stepping out from her hiding spot. Her body began to glow an unusually pasty color, and a streak of white lightening shot from her body, blocking off the attack that was headed towards Duplica.
"Who dare interferes with my
mission!" the older male fumed.
x x x x x x x x x x
A little ways back, was the strange Pokémon again, holding Todd's bag. It had been witnessing all for a good
while. ":It must be her! She's the last
of the four, which means that there is hope after all!:"
x x x x x x x x x x
All of the attention was now on Misty (those in the cage trying to figure out
why she was there). Misty was now
staring at the man (wearing the strange looking clothing) who seemed to be
quite furious. Her eyes began to water,
her voice quivering, "Gio-Giovanni?"
Giovanni once again, broke through. "It's that redheaded brat! All of you, attack! Get rid of all of them!"
Tenzu cracked his knuckles. "I've been anticipating this for a while!"
Rinazu flipped some of her dull, shadowy hair over her shoulder. "You said it!"
"Attack!!" Shinzu called out.
Rinazu raised her slim, shadowy arms into the air, causing more and more clouds to form overhead. The cloud began to crackle and spark. A streak of dark electricity struck the tree that Misty had been hiding behind earlier. "That's my Shadow Lightening Storm," she told them, eyeing Misty in particular who of which was still a short ways back. "That was good practice; now let's see how good you four are!"
"I sense that these three are much stronger than when we encountered them before," Juudai muttered darkly. He turned to the female warrior at his side. "We must, at all times, try our best to remain linked."
Junsa nodded. "Youkai!"
Hoshi (Duplica once again, not in control), looked to her cloned self. "We must fight harder than we ever have before, okay?"
Ditto nodded, and answered, in Hoshi's voice, "I'm ready to fight!"
Misty stood alongside the other three, quite baffled and lost as to how her
body had let off that strange attack.
Not knowing what else to do, she decided to fight with them.
x x x x x x x x x x
"Hey Ash, is that," Gary squinted his eyes, "that redheaded girl
that travels with you?"
"It looks like her, but why is she here," Cassidy asked.
"She…really shouldn't…be here," Brock groaned in pain. "She might…get hurt…"
Ash raised the flap of his cap, and looked to where everyone else was, seeing that it was, indeed, Misty. He was glad to see that she was okay, but also not content due to the fact that she was there. It was like Brock had said, she could get hurt.
"Misty!!" Ash called to her.
"Ash!"
"Get out of here, Misty! Those three can handle whatever is going on!"
Misty shook her head defiantly. "No! I'm going to fight!" She then looked down at the ground, and muttered softly, quite unsure of her self, "I think I can, anyway."
Ash looked to be fighting an internal struggle. The protective side of him wanted her to go right back home, get back to her sisters, anything, but he knew that as her boyfriend, and good friend, that he should support her decision. "You can do it, Misty! Just believe in yourself!" he told her, somewhat forcefully, and ignoring Brock's disapproving looks. "Remember, I'll…love…you no matter what happens, and as soon as all of this is over, I'll treat you to a movie and an ice cream; maybe even a new bike!"
Misty stared over towards Ash, quite surprised at his words. This was like her dream. After a brief moment, the others - whom were actually conscious - cheered the young girl on.
"All of you, quiet!" Masaki shouted to them. "Why give the child hope when you very well know that she is going to die!"
Waruii looked to mumble something, and the cages were all shocked with electricity. It came from the many electric-type Pokémon that were surrounding the three cages. One of the Pokémon, Misty noticed, looked to resemble a smaller version of an Electabuzz, like a pre-evolved form of one.
"No, stop!" Misty gasped out.
Waruii stopped mumbling, and eyed Misty. The Pokémon stopped attacking. "These Pokémon only obey me," he told her.
"Okay you three," Juudai instructed, "we fight now!"
Not knowing what to do, Misty pulled out a Pokéball. "Articuno, go!"
Waruii stared in slight admiration as Giovanni seemed to break through again. "That Articuno, I must have it!" he shouted out, only as Giovanni. Waruii shook his head, forcing Giovanni back once again.
"Such a majestic bird," Masaki gaped as Articuno flew overhead, as if protecting Misty. "I never thought that I would live to actually see one!"
Todd could only snort at it. 'I could
take that flying ice-box down in one hit.'
x x x x x x x x x x
In the cages, everyone, who didn't know about it, was pretty much astonished.
"It's both of ours," Ash corrected.
"That Articuno was given to both of us," he explained. "It's a good thing I left it behind;
otherwise, Masaki would've gotten it."
He looked back over towards
Ash could tell that
x x x x x x x x x x
"That Pokémon should be of great help," Juudai replied hastily. "Now, here is how we're going to do
this: Hoshi-san, you and your Pokémon,
will attack the shadow creatures, along with Junsa and myself."
"'Hoshi-san'?" Misty questioned, once again confused. "What are you guys talking about? What about me?"
"Mizuna-kun, you use this Ice God to try and get the one by the name of Toru, back to his normal self."
Misty could only nod to this Juudai guy. 'They called me 'Mizuna-kun' in my dream, and Mizuna was also the name the gym leaders mentioned earlier…'
Their tasks were set, and they all rushed off into battle. Juudai went after Rinazu; Hoshi went against
Tenzu; Junsa fought against Shinzu.
x x x x x x x x x x
RP: For the record, all of these fights are happening at the same time, as
everyone is paired off.
x x x x x x x x x x
"You know, the person you picked to be reborn in was a bit cute,"
Rinazu told Juudai, who was floating in the sky. "You have good taste," she blew a
kiss at him, and gave off a playful giggle.
"Too bad you have to die!"
She used the same attack she had earlier on the tree, on Juudai.
Juudai concentrated as hard as he possibly could, knowing that he was strongest when linked with Junsa. As quick as he could, he decided to reflect the attack. His body became smooth and slick, as the bolts bounced off of him, right back at Rinazu.
The shadow girl only scoffed as she held up her hand, causing the bolts to stop in mid-air, tossing it aside, which hit part of the gym. "This is nothing but child's play. I thought you'd have grown stronger, Juudai. You're as weak as you were in the past!"
Rinazu landed to the ground, and raised her arms. "Fury…Fire…WALL!!" she shrieked out.
Before Juudai could react or think, a wall of black shadowy fire began to surround him. All around was this fire, the heat coming from it immense. He realized he was in trouble, as he couldn't concentrate too well and was having a difficult time linking his powers with Junsa due to the fire's blocking him off from her.
"It looks like lights out for the brainiac, and because I love you so much," she reprimanded playfully, "I shall use my Kage no Kissu on you! It's to," she giggled like an innocent teenage girl, "die for."
Juudai didn't really like the sound of that, and managed to put up a small barrier to help protect him from whatever attack this deranged girl had in mind. It was like a stalemate, he couldn't move from his spot, because of the fire, which was more powerful than his barrier, he sensed. Rinazu took the sky again, and looked to be twirling. "Kage no Kissu," her screechy voice echoed. She blew a bunch of kisses at him, which went right through Juudai's barrier.
This caused the wizard to slump down to his knees, breathing hard, as he endured each kiss. Each kiss was invisible, and when it hit him, it felt like a powerful Thunder Punch, only this attack was continuous. Without his second half, he wasn't as powerful, and didn't have enough energy to fight back due to their earlier battle against the Pokémon.
"Well, it looks like my work
here is done," Rinazu shrieked as she lowered her wall of fire. She landed back to the ground, a sickening
grin etched to her dark face. Rinazu
made her way towards Juudai, who was lying out, too weak to even sit himself
up. She kneeled down, and grabbed him by
his short hair, forcing him to look over towards Hoshi, who was still fighting
against Tenzu. Juudai grunted, as the
angle she was holding him, caused him great discomfort. "I'll let you hang on a little bit
longer so that you may see your little friends perish, and if you try anything," she held her sharp nails
towards his neck, "I will kill
you," she finished up with a dark laugh.
x x x x x x x x x x
"Shadow Illusion!" Tenzu called out, his arms raised.
Hoshi wasn't familiar with such a technique, and was tricked immediately. Darkness surrounded both her, and her Pokémon, which caused neither of them to see anything, so they thought.
"Oh no!" Hoshi began to
feel around blindly. "Where did
everything go? Why has all of the
sunlight vanished?"
x x x x x x x x x x
"What is wrong with her?" Mondo asked in alarm. "It's not dark out, it's still the
same."
"This entire thing is strange, especially since they are using some kind of magic and transformed right in front of us," Laura spoke up, whose skin was pale from all she was now witnessing.
"That one with the Ditto is looking around as if she's blind," Damion pointed out depressingly.
"We're doomed!" Marissa whined, tears streaming down her face.
"Don't say that!" Brock retorted, trying to sit up, only to scream.
"Takeshi-san, you have to try and remain calm. The slam to the ground really injured you, and my weight added to it, didn't really help!"
"With an attitude like that," Cassidy snapped at the girl in the cage to her far right, "of course we'll lose!"
"Reality check,"
Ash who had been pretty quiet, finally spoke up. For once in his life, he literally felt
helpless. "Come on,
"If I only had my Pokémon with me."
"What kind of Pokémon do you have?" Ash asked Mondo.
"A Ditto. I could have it transform into a shield so that we could get out of here, but the Boss has it."
"If I could only get my hands on dat Persian, I'd use my Fury Swipes on her!"
"What does that have to do with their battling and our hoping they win?" Butch asked the feline.
"Nothin', really, I just always wanted to use my Fury Swipes on her."
Everyone ignored Meowth. "He has my Rhyhorn, and Cassidy's Ratticate."
"He also has Jessie's Arbok and Lickitung, along with James's Wheezing, Victreebell, and Growlithe," Cassidy continued.
"Please, cuz," Laura looked a bit worn out, "beat that thing for us all and for Unc!"
Jessie was quiet, and looked down at James, whose breathing was becoming a bit more labored, which, to her, sounded as if he was on his deathbed.
"Are you all right?" Cassandra asked from her cage, noticing Jessie.
"You don't look very well," Cassidy pointed out.
Jessie stood up slowly and somberly, her head facing down. She then lifted it and began to scream
manically. "Come on, Ditto Girl,
beat that Shadow Ignoramus!!"
x x x x x x x x x x
"I have this battle in the bag," Tenzu laughed, as he held out his hand
once again. "Shadow Flame!"
Hoshi was still looking around, as if trying to find her way out of the darkness that only she was seeing. "Metamon," Hoshi called, "transform into magical glasses, which one wears in the night to see, now!" Ditto went back to its normal form, and hopped into Hoshi's hands. It then transformed into a pair of night goggles. She put them on gratefully. "Wow, this is much better."
Hoshi saw the massive dark flame headed towards her. She dodged it just in the knick of time, the flame hitting a nearby tree. "You have to do better than that. I'm good at avoiding attacks, you know. I was the mother of a two year old and a four year old, and they had their occasional spats, which involved toys being thrown around."
"I'm sure that I can," Tenzu snarled. He looked to hug himself, as he cloned himself into three. All of the clones surrounded Hoshi, their palms raised. Each used one of his "Shadow Flame" attacks.
Hoshi knew that dodging would do no good, as she was surrounded, so she tried something that she hoped would work, as she was growing immensely tired. She used an attack called, "Water Wall Barrier." A wall of water came up from the ground, surrounding her, but the flames overpowered her weak barrier and went right through it. It did manage to stop one of the flames, which just turned to steam, but it wasn't enough. Hoshi yelped out in pain as she slumped to the ground.
"Pitiful, child. You shouldn't have picked such a weak person to be reborn in, even if she is a direct descendant of you."
"No…fair," she groaned as she forced herself to stand, the goggles still on. "Imité…Spe…cial!" she called out weakly. A big, bright sphere formed around her, wind blowing, her hair flowing. This was her most powerful spell, which would drain the magic of anyone she goes up against, but would also leave her a bit weak as well because of it. She launched the sphere, hitting Tenzu. After the big flash that had been created from the attack cleared, Tenzu laughed, smoking slightly.
"Oh, that tickled," he chuckled while brushing himself off. "Now, this is an attack!" He waved his arm, which caused Hoshi to fall to the ground on all fours as she felt herself being hit with seemed to be a mix of scorching water and electricity. This attack was so immense, that it caused Ditto to go back to its true form, and was knocked out. "This is my Kage Kurse! Enjoy!"
Hoshi shakily tried to put up a barrier, but it was penetrated easily due to
her being so weak…
x x x x x x x x x x
"Duplica...NO!" Laura screamed out, falling to her knees.
"Don't say that!" Ash told the boy, a bit hysterical. "I know they'll win!"
Joya nodded, remaining optimistic. "Yes, they're the good guys."
"The good guys don't always win," Damion said.
"You sure are negative," Cassandra muttered.
Damion crossed his arms, rubbing them. He was growing a bit chilly. "No, I'm just being realistic," he retorted coldly.
'I bet Madame Boss is turning in her grave right now, seeing what her only son has become and what he's doing. Even she wasn't that cold and heartless,' Jessie thought, wishing she could right now strangle Giovanni, 'but I will never forgive her for what happened to my mother! She knew it was a dangerous mission. Why did she feel the need to send her?' She looked over at James again, his breathing now raspy. 'Now, I'm about to lose somebody else close to me. I can't let that happen…no, I won't let that happen!' Jessie began to scream psychopathically, "You have to win! James's life is depending on it, not to mention the others!"
"Wow, Jessie isn't being selfish, conceited, or arrogant as usual! She's not even using her mallet anymore!" Ash laughed goofily. "Now that's funny!"
"Wanna bet," Meowth muttered under his breath.
All of a sudden, a mallet from out of nowhere hit Ash atop the head. "Shut up!" Jessie spat.
"I…was…wrong…" Ash managed to get out before falling over.
"Same old Jessie," Brock mused.
"Betta him den me," Meowth grumbled.
x x x x x x x x x x
"So you want to fight me, come on!"
Junsa was in a fighting stance, egging Shinzu. "We defeated you once before, and I'm
sure we will again!"
"Like you'll be a challenge," the demon scoffed. "You'll have to literally do away with me this time, and I don't plan on letting that happen!" The demon soared through the sky, and then rushed towards Junsa, trying his best to use his agile Shadow Kick.
Junsa countered by using her Iron Fist attack. She bawled up her right fist, which seemed to gleam. She swung her arm and punched Shinzu, who went flying in the opposite direction, landing on his back. It was pretty much a powerful "Mega Punch".
She walked over towards the staggering creature; her heels crunching in the snow. She unsheathed her mighty Templar sword, and held it towards what looked to be the creature's neck. "I thought you were better than that."
He chuckled, and then began to laugh. "On the contrary, I am!" Before Junsa knew it, the creature had punched her in the stomach. The punch was very hard, as it looked like he had embedded his fist into her. She coughed, and cowered over, holding her stomach with her left, while holding herself up with her sword planted into the ground, while Shinzu stood.
Since the girl's guard was down, Shinzu kicked the sword from her hand.
She winced as she forced herself to stand fully, but Shinzu just kicked her in her chin, causing her to fly back with a yelp. Shinzu walked towards her, Junsa forcing herself to stand again, wiping the warm, metallic-tasting liquid forming in her mouth. She saw Shinzu's right fist engulfed in a dark aura. He was about to use that same punch again on her. "I…don't…think…so," she grunted, her stomach still massively hurting.
Junsa closed her eyes, looked to be concentrating, although she was a bit shaky. She murmured something that the others couldn't quite make out. All of a sudden, an orb of golden light appeared in each of her hands.
"Two can play at that game," Shinzu sneered, as he rushed towards her, his other hand also engulfed with the dark aura.
The orbs that had formed in the hands of Junsa seemed to take the shape of something a bit longer and solid. When the light died down, two Samurai swords were in its place. Right at that moment, Shinzu began to swing, and regardless of her current pain, countered immediately, by back flipping out of the way. She then held the swords up and used it as a shield to block any physical hit Shinzu aggravatingly threw at her.
"You were always quite agile, Junsa, but there is no possible way for you to block this off!" Shinzu stopped in his tracks, Junsa standing, her swords still in hand. The demon's fists were still bawled, and he looked to be hugging himself. He smiled in a deranged like manner, as the dark aura around his fists grew. He then let go of himself, and the dark essence launched itself at Junsa.
"Shimatta," the girl cursed. There were shouts from the cages, telling the young girl to get out of the way, but it was of no use. A big, dark light emitted when it hit, rubble all around. Shinzu just laughed, while Joya shed tears after witnessing such a gruesome sight.
After the smoke and light cleared, there was a great big indention made into the ground where Junsa had once stood. Shinzu looked around in slight confusion. "Where did she go!!"
"Right here!" she called as she leapt down from the tree she was in, her swords in hand. Shinzu turned to see the girl coming towards him. Before landing, she used another spell of hers, the two Samurai swords firing out of her hands, and right at the shadowy beast. Not able to block the attack, both swords landed right in his heart.
Shinzu roared in agony, and his dark face seemed to have a look of unspeakable pain. The two swords seemed to have a mind of its own, like it was being guided towards his weak point. The more Shinzu tried to pull the swords out, the more embedded they would become.
Junsa, at this point, was growing very fatigued, as using such a spell was immensely draining her of her energy. 'I feel…so weak, but I have to defeat this demon. Banishing him will not work; I must destroy him this time!' She closed her eyes, beads of sweat streaming down her face. 'Juudai, I can sense that you are also nearly drained, but I need you. Help me fight this thing off, just like we did all those centuries ago.
'If we can get rid of these three, and Waruii, our tired souls can finally rest in peace, as well as Hoshi-san, who had a family she never got to bond with due to her dying at such a young age.'
Juudai grunted, Rinazu having just grabbed his head at the bad angle. He felt linked to Junsa at that moment, despite his discomfort, just as she did. She had the strength to finish off the attack she'd planned.
The swords at this point had forced its way all the way into Shinzu's heart, the only part of the sword visible, being the handles. The demon was still screaming as he continued to try and remove them.
Junsa glowed, her hands raised, her breathing a bit unsteady due to how tired she was. A beam of white light shot from her slender hands, and went right towards where the swords were currently locked in place. "死ね(shine)," she muttered exasperatingly. The beam was attracted to the swords, like it was some kind of an magnet. The light seemed to go through it, right into the body of Shinzu, whose body was lighting up to a pale grayish color.
"Damn you," he cursed, trying to remove the swords still. He felt himself growing hot inside. "I will kill you!" he snarled, ignoring the pain tearing him inside. He extended his sharp claws, the tips dark and bloody looking. "I'll rip your throat out!" Right now, he didn't care if he couldn't remove the swords. Junsa attacked again, causing the demon to stagger back, his eyes wide in terror.
The handle of the swords were now glowing white, the attack was now complete. The swords had finally absorbed enough power. This then caused Shinzu to explode from the inside. His body deteriorated, leaving off dark smoke, which seemed to vanish into the atmosphere. After the explosion, a great majority of the Shadow Pokémon who had been knocked out earlier by fainting, awoke and were back to their present-day selves.
Junsa fell to the ground; she had used up too much of her vigor to cast such
a spell. 'Thank you…Juudai…'
x x x x x x x x x x
Closer to the cages, were Misty and Todd.
She hadn't had much luck with him.
Todd caused the legendary bird to faint easily, like it was a Magikarp. Due to this, Misty recalled it before Todd
could steal it.
"Mizuna-chan," Todd called to her, "how would you like to become my bride?" He frowned slightly. "You always ignored me back then, but I now have supreme powers, so you have more of a reason to love me!"
Hearing this, Ash fumed, "Back off; she's my girl friend!"
He looked towards Ash coldly, as Todd's state of mind took place of whoever this person was. "I've had enough of you, Ketchum!" he snarled at him. He raised his hand, and shot a beam out at him that was similar to the one he had used on James earlier. He really wanted Ash to feel pain. "This is between Misty and me!" The attack caused Ash to fall unconscious.
"Todd," Misty nearly screamed, "how could you! Ash is your friend!"
"He was becoming a nuisance to me," he answered icily. "We now have his Pikachu on our side, so we have no further use for your boyfriend."
Misty understood what he was referring to. Pikachu was one of the electric type Pokémon near the cages, ready to shock on command. She was about to say something, when a weird sound stopped her. There was a loud explosion, and an ear-piercing scream. Both she and Todd turned towards the sound, to see that Jen had defeated one of the demons.
"Oniichan?" Rinazu questioned, letting go of Juudai, who fell to the ground with a thud. "My big brother…he's been…defeated?"
Tenzu's eyes flashed dangerously, his gaze on the exhausted Junsa. "She killed our brother!! You will pay for that with your life!"
"I can not believe that the one named Shinzu was defeated," Masaki murmured.
"Damn that girl," Waruii seethed. "Get rid of them all!"
Having their orders, Todd and the remaining two demons attacked Juudai, Junsa, and Hoshi. Apparently, Misty wasn't enough of a threat to bother with.
"No, don't!" Misty trembled, her eyes watery as she watched the three get beaten right in front of her.
"Mizuna-kun," Juudai shook, not even able to stand, "you have to…save…us."
Hoshi, who was in the same state, looked up at Misty, her eyes playful and confident. "You can do it, Mizuna-chan. You were the best student Juudai-san ever had." She then stared over towards Waruii scornfully. "These demons…are much stronger than before. Damn Waruii, because of him, I never got the chance to see my children grow up!"
Junsa was breathing hard from her spot on the ground, her entire body bruised and sore. "I'm out of energy," she grunted.
"Mizuna-kun, you have to try to remember everything that was taught to
you by me," Juudai told Misty seriously, his eyes teary, swollen, and
purplish. "You have to
unleash…your…powers from…within."
x x x x x x x x x x
RP: I know, I know! The line was corny,
bare with me here!!
x x x x x x x x x x
"You three are delirious," Rinazu told them scathingly. She raised her hand, and a dark beam shot
from it, hitting Juudai, causing him to bark out in pain.
Tenzu did the same, shooting out two beams similar to Rinazu's at Hoshi and Junsa. "Why live in a fantasy world?" he questioned them, not letting up on the attack, while Misty continued to plea. He ignored her. "You're going to die anyway, so why bother believing in pointless things such as hope? The only one who would probably have a chance at defeating us is that wench, Mizuna, and she's not even here."
"We'll keep you three alive long enough to see her die, unless she reconsiders my offer." Todd received a confused look from Tenzu. "On the contrary, Mizuna is here. This Kasumi person, reminds me of her for some reason," he explained. 'Maybe this is her present-day form.'
Misty didn't like the way Todd had said that. It sounded too much like a threat, his
"reconsiders my offer" statement.
"I-I'm sorry, Todd. I have
Ash."
x x x x x x x x x x
Ash began to stir, his eyes finally opening, the blurry outline of a girl
standing over him.
"Satoshi-kun, you're finally awake!" Joya turned towards the other injured party. "Takeshi-san, Satoshi-kun has awakened!"
Ash sat up, holding his head. "What happened? I feel a bit dizzy."
Before Joya could give the boy an answer, Brock spoke up. "If I could only help them…"
"You're in no condition to help anyone!" Joya reprimanded. "You are seriously injured!"
Ash, finally remembering what had been going on, pounded his right fist into the palm of his left. "If Todd hurts Misty, I'll---"
"Calm down,"
"He's right," Brock agreed. "Unless we can manage to get out of here," he winced since he had tried to move his body, "there's nothing we can do otherwise."
Ash quieted down. Even though Brock
and
x x x x x x x x x x
"So you won't love me?"
"I love you, Todd, but not in the way that you want me to. You're my friend, and that's the way I love you."
"You said that before, Mizuna-chan!" he shouted at her. This was definitely not Todd speaking at the moment. He sounded a bit uproarious. "You said we were only friends then. I was distraught when you 'died', but before then, I tried my best to impress you, even attending those classes with you, but nothing I ever did was ever good enough for you! You would still go on about how you loved me as a friend."
Misty shook her head, trying to make sense of what he was saying, and trying to figure out why everyone was calling her this "Mizuna" person. "What about Duplica? You like her, don't you? She's nice and cares about you."
Todd was taken aback from the statement. A part of him wanted to say, "Yes, I'm truly fond of Duplica", but his possessed side still had romantic feelings towards Misty, and the spirit that was controlling his body had deep feelings for "Mizuna" and as of the moment, that controlled a big percentage of his body and thoughts. It was like Todd had three different personalities at the moment and all three were alternating.
"What does it matter," possessed Todd snapped indignantly. "She wouldn't like a person like me."
Hoshi groaned, as she looked up towards Todd, her eyes teary. "You're…wrong…Toru-kun…" she managed to say as Duplica.
For a brief moment, Todd came back to his senses. "Toru-kun? You called me 'Toru-kun'? Only close friends use that. You're not older than me, nor are you a teacher." He looked to be struggling, as he went back to his possessed self. "Stop with your lies! You would never like someone like me!"
"I do like you! I like you a lot, more than you know!" Hoshi (as Duplica) continued sincerely.
Todd stared at Hoshi, not wanting to hear the truth. "Quiet! Enough of this!" He looked to Misty. "Do you or do you not want to become my bride? We will take over this entire planet." He smiled, he was no longer his possessed self, but the other entity, he put out his hand. "Come join me, Mizuna-chan."
Waruii had grown tired of this display and screamed, "You know better than that! I wanted to take over this world. That has been my main motive all along!"
Todd narrowed his eyes at Waruii, and raised his hand, shooting a beam at the man. Luckily, for Waruii, it missed him.
"What is the meaning of this!" he demanded. "I ought to---"
"Without me, none of this would be possible, so you better watch yourself," he threatened monotonously. "That there was only a warning. Next time, I promise that I won't miss. You resurrected your assistant's spirit within me, and you very well knew that I was more powerful than you ever were. You taught me to go for whatever I wanted." He scoffed. "You were foolish to resurrect my torn and spiteful spirit."
"This is no way to treat family!" Waruii argued. "I figured that we'd come to a mutual understanding of one another. I thought that if I brought you back, that thing would be different. I even got you a nice container, that photographer's body!"
"You actually thought that I would listen to you?" Waruii didn't answer. "I hate you, and always will for what you did to me in the past. You took something away from me that I couldn't get back! As soon as I get the chance, I will kill you off."
The remaining shadow siblings stared at Todd, who didn't look to be joking at all. Both were wondering why they were forced to listen to Waruii, when his "assistant" was obviously much stronger and more worthy of their time.
"So, Mizuna-chan, what is your answer?"
Misty stared, as if studying him. 'It's almost like he has more than one personality. His regular self, who was talking with Duplica when she called him Toru-kun, a possessed side of him that seems to like me, and then another that wants to marry this Mizuna person.
'I wonder why he keeps calling me Mizuna, the others too. Maybe I look like her?'
"Mizuna-chan?"
"I'm sorry," she told him boldly. "I love you only as a friend. I already have a boyfriend, and that's Ash."
"Fine, believe in your theory," Todd snapped at her. He then turned to Rinazu and Tenzu. "Kill her," he told them sadly and regrettably. "If I can't have her....nobody will." He sighed heavily, his heart aching. "Just to think, I'm trying to waste my time getting with her present-day form. She's still nice, as well as pretty, like Mizuna-chan. I really miss her. I don't really want to do this. No, I really shouldn't." Todd screamed. "This is terrible! I cannot think for myself completely! This body and mind, isn't compatible with my mindset!"
Misty dropped to her knees, and began to sob from being so overwhelmed. To those around her, Misty looked to be praying. She overheard Ash yelling obscene things at Todd, who was doing a good job of ignoring him. The sibs, on the other hand, were about to end her life. Rinazu was preparing to use her Black Lightning storm, the storms already being conjured overhead, while Tenzu was preparing to use what he called a "Hydro Flame".
"I need help!" Misty called out softly. "Somebody help me! Okaasan, otousan; tasukete, kudasai!"
All of a sudden, a soft glow appeared in front of Misty. The glow took the shape of two humans. The girl opened her eyes, captivated by this
glow, which had prevented her from being hit.
x x x x x x x x x x
"What in the world is going
on?"
"Kasumi-chan…" Joya stared, "what's going on with her?"
"I don't like the looks of that," Laura said.
"I think I know what it is," Ash muttered quietly.
"Did you say something?" Brock asked.
He nodded to him, then looked back out at Misty. "Kasumi no kazoku," Ash answered him simply. 'Kasumi no fubo...I just know it is.'
"Misty's family?"
"Yes, her family…"
x x x x x x x x x x
Misty's tears of sorrow and fear, were now those of joy. She looked to the two glowing figures. "Kaasan, tousan?" The glow finally cleared down, the figures
now having a more solid form…to Misty, anyway.
"Yes," a short woman with long, bright red hair nodded, resting her hand on Kasumi's right cheek, "it is us."
"How are you," the man with the spiky brown hair asked in a gruff voice, "my little waterflower?"
Misty was so overcome by emotion, she just screamed out, "Mother, father!" once again. She wanted more than anything to hug the two, but neither of them said a word. Both grabbed a hand of hers and began to glow once again. Misty felt herself filling with some sort of energy, her body glowing as well.
The two let go of her hands and just smiled at her. Misty looked down at her body, as she too felt herself transforming. Her clothes now consisted of a beautiful long light ice-colored, blue gown, which looked like it could've been made of silk. Her plain, shoulder-lengthened red hair was now half-way down her back, sleek, and wavy. She had a pair of diamond ear-rings, shaped like the Pokémon that had attacked Todd earlier in the shopping district. Her cheeks were a bit rosy, her eyes big and a clear blue. Unlike Kenji, Jen, or Duplica, Misty seemed to have not changed age at all.
"No!" Waruii roared. "It's the last one! You weren't supposed to know of your powers, nor were you supposed to have discovered them!" He gave Todd an evil glare. "You wouldn't have even discovered them if it weren't for that stupid brother of mine's."
Todd gaped, and blinked. "Mizuna-chan…she-she's back?"
Misty nodded, giving Todd a warm smile.
"Atashi wa Mizuna desu,"
she looked towards the evil man, pointing an accusatory finger at him,
"and I will rid you from this world once and for all, Sorcerer
Waruii!"
x x x x x x x x x x
Ash and
"She looks good," Ash heard
"Don't even think about asking her out!" Ash warned. "I'm her boyfriend! You heard her!"
Ash looked like he was about ready to knock his rival out. "You're lucky I'm stuck over here!"
Joya, who was now holding Ash back, kept the boy from running through the cage doors; everyone else just stared at Ash and sweat dropped at the scene he was making. "Satoshi-kun, he was only joking around I'm sure."
Ash mumbled something as Joya let go of him.
To Joya, it sounded something like, "He better be joking…"
x x x x x x x x x x
After Mizuna's introduction, the Pokémon that had been witnessing everything,
still holding onto Todd's bag, ran up to her.
She didn't fear this strange looking Pokémon at all. As a matter of fact, she seemed to be
expecting it.
"You are the special Pokémon that is supposed to help defeat the evil demons," Mizuna stated as matter of fact like. "You fought by my side once before, but Sorcerer Waruii was in the form of Giovanni, meaning he wouldn't have possibly known that."
":I sure am!:" the Pokémon nodded. Mizuna understood its words perfectly. ":I was told to help by a Yamato-san. I didn't know it, but I sensed that I was supposed to help in some way. My memory of the past events is coming back slowly.:"
"You are the Pokémon called Flamie," Mizuna continued, her hair flowing in the gentle, cold winter-like breeze. "You are the only one out of the Shadow Pokémon that is not evil, with the exception of a few others."
":Yeah, I'm finally ready to help!:" Flamie put Todd's bag down.
"Flamie, you take care of the human by the name of 'Toru'. Keep him under, until I can help release the spirit that has been resurrected within him."
":Right!:"
"How come that Pokémon didn't change back to its original form," Waruii questioned.
"That is the one that I sent out to abduct the shutterbug," Masaki pointed out. "I think that this Pokémon just may be a real legendary Shadow Pokémon. The other ones only turned into them because of the spell your present-day self cast onto the island. It changed the majority of them into these 'Shadow Pokémon', and your present-day self was planning to sell them to oversea buyers to make a profit off of them. He was also planning to take over this place, because the earth here is rich in jewels, gold, and silver."
"Damn," he muttered. 'Why did I have to be reborn in this moron!'
Flamie, at this point, had attacked Todd the way it had before. It showed to be victorious, as it was more agile than Todd could even wish to be. When it saw an opening, it used an unusual powerful Psywave, which had knocked the boy out.
"What is going on!" Waruii demanded. "How did that Pokémon defeat one of my strongest warriors!"
The Shadow Sibs were a bit flabbergasted, and unsure of what to do. Waruii hadn't given them any instructions as to what to do, not that they were inclined to want to help out Waruii anyway. They hung back and watched, wondering what Waruii was going to plan.
Mizuna held up her hand, muttering something no one could catch. An ice-colored beam shot from it, hitting Waruii dead on. He screamed in agony from the pain of the powerful ice beam Mizuna was using. Waruii couldn't believe that such a normal attack could harm him in such a way.
Waruii fell to the ground, transforming back into Giovanni. The spirit of Waruii floated from his body. It looked quite transparent, and had the physical features of a young man, somewhere in the age range of Hoshi. The spirit then disintegrated with an ear-piercing scream, into a fiery abyss that seemed to open up below him. Masaki helped the man up, trying his best to awaken him.
"He wasn’t strong at all," Mizuna commented dryly. "He was hiding behind others, letting them do his dirty work."
"Sorcerer Waruii-sama has been defeated," Tenzu gaped, his voice awed and disappointed. "He is back to his present-day form, and saved us a job!" He looked at the redhead. "Mizuna must be much more powerful than what she was before to use such a simple attack that defeated Sorcerer Waruii-sama so effortlessly."
"She ruined our fun," Rinazu complained. "Let's get her!"
"You know we really can't," Tenzu sputtered impatiently. He pointed towards Giovanni. "We can't do anything until he gives us the word." Rinazu "hmmphed" and crossed her opaque arms. She knew her brother was right.
Giovanni struggled to stand along with Masaki's help. He held his head feeling a bit lightheaded due to the transformation that had occurred in the first place. "If you harm these creatures," Giovanni snarled at Misty threateningly, "I will kill your friends! I can order them to attack at their maximum, which means over 1000 volts each per Pokémon going into the cage nonstop; no human can withstand such power!"
Masaki nodded. "He's right; we have these Pokémon under our control. There isn't anything the likes of you can do."
The others in the cages, looked quite anxious over their words, but Mizuna kept her nonchalant attitude, unfazed by the threats that were delivered to her.
"Did you not hear me?" He held a remote in his hand. This controller had a button on it that sent out a telepathic message to the electric types, which would force them to attack and obey him. "I said that I will kill your friends!"
She shook her head at him, and she looked to even smile slightly. The girl then muttered some type of incantation. The dark clouds that had been hovering over all of them, cleared up, and all of the electric type Pokémon that had been keeping the cages guarded, ready to attack when given the order, looked to have been awakening from a nice long rest, all looking quite confused.
Giovanni kept pressed the button on his controller vigorously, for the Pokémon to shock the cage to the maximum, but it didn't work. Masaki stared on in pure astonishment, how could she have done such a thing?
Mizuna, at this moment, conjured up a grandiose ice-blue colored Pokéball. She tossed it at the Pokémon that looked to be a pre-evolved form of an Electabuzz, capturing it instantly and without any trouble at all. She walked over to the sphere, and picked it up. She looked towards the middle cage and nodded to Ash, tossing it to him from a distance. He caught it, his eyes wide. The only thing he could do was manage out a "Thank you".
"NO!!" Giovanni hollered. "Rinazu, Tenzu, attack her now! Rip her limb from limb! I don't want anything left when you're done, except for her corpse at my feet!" Both were happy to oblige.
"I don't think so," Mizuna told him, a sly look on her face.
"Let us work together," Tenzu recommended.
Rinazu nodded, as she began to conjure up another one of her Shadow Lightning storms, only this one was more dangerous than what it was before. The lightning bolts were branching out, which would make impossible for one to dodge or counter against. As for Tenzu, he was preparing to use his Ultimate Hydro Flame. Rinazu controlled the lightning, it combing with Tenzu's water-based attack. Together, it created a giant extra scorching hot, electrical whirlpool which would not only hit Mizuna, but her three comrades as well, all three in no position to fight. Mizuna still seemed unbothered by this.
"This is for our brother!" Rinazu seethed. "We will avenge his death!"
"You four made our lives a living hell! We were banished to such a realm of torture for over five centuries, and it is now that you guys pay!"
Mizuna stood in front of Juudai, Junsa, and Hoshi. She muttered something, and created an ice-colored ball of energy in her hands. It looked to be no bigger than a baseball. She held it up, which absorbed the attack, the sphere growing bigger and bigger. This was pretty much similar to what Hoshi had done earlier. Along with her power, she threw it right back at the two remaining siblings.
Rinazu's eyes went wide, realizing what was about to happen. Both she and Tenzu tried to dodge this attack, but Mizuna had used another spell, which targeted them. No matter how fast they floated off and tried to dodge, they just couldn't. Finally, it hit them, engulfing the two into the whirlpool where they were scorched, burnt, and electrocuted.
"We're…joining…our brother…in hell…" Tenzu declared, knowing his and his sister's fate.
"Damn you…Mizuna!!"
There was an explosion shortly afterwards, the bodies of Tenzu and Rinazu vanishing in the same way their older brother's had. The other Shadow Pokémon that were left, returned to their normal selves, with the exception of Flamie, Michu, and Arcaking. The other Pokémon that were restored and back to normal, went off in search of their friends and trainers.
"Flamie," Mizuna called, her voice soothing and relaxed, "open the cages in which these people are trapped in."
Flamie did so. It went up to each of the cages, resting its forehead against the lock of each, melting them off. Everyone was very grateful that they were now freed. As for Giovanni and the "professor", both were pretty much frightened of "Mizuna" and had no idea she had possessed such a power.
"I'll have to do this the old fashioned way." Giovanni pulled out a pistol from his pants pocket, and aimed it right at her. The others gasped. "You have once again ruined my plans, and I am not going to let you live this one out. I should have killed you along with your pathetic parents, ten years ago like I was planning to, but I always had a rule about kids; I don't kill them, but I was going to make an exception for you since you caused me so much trouble.
"You ran away, and neither my henchmen nor I could find you. We had to disperse before the authorities arrived, of course. When I read about you in the paper about a four year old who had suffered temporary amnesia, I was quite pleased. My sources began to warn me of your eventually remembering the incident fully, and I couldn't allow you to live, which is why I had those incompetent fools Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, and Butch to go after you a while back. I should have killed you then!" He cocked the gun. "Looks like I get to do so now."
A glow surrounded Mizuna once again. When the glow subsided, she was back to her regular clothes; her hair was back to its usual style, etc. Misty's eyes were blank and lackluster. She then spoke in a voice that wasn't quite hers, as it sounded to belong to that of an older woman.
"Go ahead and shoot."
Giovanni stood there for a moment, recognizing the voice. "Ha-Hanada?" his voice shook, lowering the gun.
"You have harmed my daughter and my family for the last time," Misty spoke (her voice her mother's). "As Mizuna, she cannot attack you or even attempt to get rid of you. She could only attack you as Waruii, as that was her purpose."
"What does it matter," he told her smugly, "I can still kill her."
"I said, that in the form of Mizuna, she can not harm you," she answered him impatiently, "but as my daughter, Kasumi, she can!"
Mrs. Hanada had taken over Misty's body entirely at this point. Misty waved her arm absently, which caused Giovanni to drop the gun, as if told to do so. After dropping the gun, Misty walked over and picked it up. Giovanni at this point, was looking around quite apprehensively. "Growlithe?"
Juudai, Junsa, and Hoshi managed to stand up, a bit surprised at all that was happening.
"I had you killed! Why are you haunting me!"
"What is he talking about?" Juudai asked. "I don't see anything."
Masaki went over to his mentor, trying to calm him. "Sir, get a grip on yourself."
Giovanni pointed around him. "Do you not see all of the Growlithe surrounding me?! The one that I had killed, has somehow returned, and has cloned himself into 20!"
"But sir, there are no Growlithe around here. I can assure you of that!"
"Oh, they're there alright," the redhead muttered under her breath darkly.
Giovanni continued to panic and whine, claiming that ten of the twenty Growlithe had evolved to Arcanine.
"Arcanine, Growlithe, Fire Blast, now!"
Giovanni fell to the ground, covering himself, as if trying to protect himself from the many flames coming towards him. He also began to sob hysterically, asking for someone to help him.
Knowing that her work was somewhat done, she waved her arm again, and everyone and all of the trainers were back to normal, and all had their Pokémon back. This also included those who weren't in the cages, but in the underground hideout of Giovanni's.
After that, Mrs. Hanada left Misty's body. Misty blinked. "What happened?"
Ash and Pikachu rushed over to Misty, both giving her a bone-crushing hug. "Mizuna-chan, I'm so glad you're safe!"
"Mizuna? Have you lost it?"
"I meant Misty," Ash added on hastily. "Anyway, Bulbasaur, go!" Since the trainers all had their Pokéballs back with their Pokémon, Ash decided to use them. "Tie up Giovanni and the phony professor," Ash ordered his friend. 'I never would've thought I'd have to restrain Masaki of all people…'
Bulbasaur obeyed, and tied up both men.
"We've lost…" Masaki muttered depressingly.
"Ash, I was so scared," Misty told him, hugging Pikachu. "And I know this is going to sound strange, but I think I saw my---"
"I know," he interrupted. "I saw them too."
"Hello, my son," a woman greeted.
Ash was startled. He could only see two glowing figures, but Misty could see both the way she remembered them before they'd died.
"Hello, Satoshi-kun," the second glow greeted, "we appreciate all you've done for our daughter."
He bowed awkwardly, "You're welcome, sir."
Mrs. Hanada turned her attention towards Misty, and smiled faintly. "We will always watch over you, Kasumi-chan, and your sisters."
"Thank you," Misty told her, shedding tears. She hugged her, but to everyone else, it looked like Misty was hugging a bright light.
"My little waterflower has grown up very nicely." He hugged her as well. "We are very proud of you." Misty nodded and sniffed. "I know that you've had a bit of trouble with your older sisters, but you are the youngest, so they will be a little tough on you sometimes."
"Yes, father."
"There is still one more thing left for you to do."
"What's that, mother?"
"You must return your friend back to his normal state. The evil demon of greed and desire is stuck within him, hence the way he's been acting, but I sense that it was nothing but an act."
"But how---"
"You'll know."
The girl left the two glowing lights, and walked over to where Todd was lying. She stared down at him sadly, as she began to transform once again into Mizuna, everything returning from the sleeveless dress, to the diamond Flamie-shaped ear-rings.
Todd's eyes began to flutter, awaking to a beautiful sight. "Why," he began weakly, "why…won't you…love me? Why didn't you accept me back then?"
"You were changing, and I didn't like you in that way," she answered frankly, avoiding his eyes. "You kept going on about how you wanted to be just like your brother, and we all saw how he turned out. He was selfish and greedy, yearned for power, and wanted to enslave the entire world so that all would worship him like some type of a god. Your older brother did unspeakable things, and that involved death amongst innocent people, and he also exploited our Pokémon friends, as well as other things I don't even want to mention."
"I…I know that," he admitted somberly. "I was wrong. After you and the others were killed because of the attack my brother brought upon the island, I killed him. I was avenging your death back then. After my brother's 'accidental' death, I lived out the rest of my life in misery and despair. I could neither eat nor sleep without everything reminding me of you! I didn't care about life, but vowed that I would find you again."
"That is why you died at such a young age. You grew ill due to your being malnourished, and your body growing frail and weak. I know that you were avenging my death, but killing is still wrong. Everyday, you were becoming more and more like your brother; maybe not as bad, but his ways were starting to show within you leading up to that final battle."
His eyes were flooded with tears. "I really loved you, Mizuna-chan!"
Mizuna looked quite disheartened. "I know." She leaned down and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I must do this now, Kureeji-kun. Maybe we can be together in our afterlife, if what you are saying is indeed true; if not, then it was all a ruse to work on my sympathies towards you."
She stood again and held her hands over Todd. She muttered something. The last remnants of the dark clouds that had been lingering around, was now gone. The sun was also shining, and the snow around them was melting.
This unusual change was now reversing the affects of all of the damage that had been done by "evil Todd" and the island was no longer enchanted. A spirit, after this healing had been done, left the photographer's body. The spirit looked very similar to that of Waruii, only younger (Mizuna's age) with short dark hair.
"Brother, I am coming to join you," he said regrettably. "I am sorry for killing you, please forgive me!" He looked towards the redhead. "Mizuna-chan, if no one ever forgives me for anything I've ever done, I wouldn't want it to be you. You're too important to me, and even now you are and always will mean a lot to me," he choked out.
His spirit finally vanished, but instead of it being engulfed into a dark abyss, like Waruii's, a glow surrounded it, and it went upwards. A bright opening engulfed him, and then closed up. Flamie ran up to Mizuna and the laid out Todd, setting the photographer's bag next to him.
Mizuna stared upwards, her eyes filled with the salty liquid. "He was
telling the truth…"
x x x x x x x x x x
James finally awoke, and both his and Brock's injuries were gone.
"My back feels better," Brock announced. He forced himself out the confining bandages, and removed the board. He did a cartwheel. "I've never felt better!"
Joya couldn't contain herself any longer, and rushed up to the boy, giving him a hug and a kiss. "Oh, Takeshi-san, that's wonderful!" Brock was surprised by the kiss, but soon gave in to it. After they broke, she told him gently, "I'm so glad that you're okay. I thought I almost lost you."
Brock grinned goofily. "It'll
take more than a broken back to take me away from you," he joked.
x x x x x x x x x x
James sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"What happened?" He
looked around. "Where are we? Did you guys find the shutterbug and the
artist?"
"James!!" Jessie tackled
James, giving him a huge hug.
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RP: I envy Jessie.
Jessie: Back off RP! James is mines!
RP: I know, I know! Sheesh. I don't want him. I can't help it if he's cute, adorable, handsome, wonderful, great, a--
Brock/Kenji: Here we go again.
Kenji: RP, CALM DOWN!
RP: Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry. Back to Jessie now. (Laughs nervously)
x x x x x x x x x x
She was weeping tears of joy, refusing to let her grip up on James. "I thought I'd lost you!"
"I'd never leave you, Jess," he coughed, and gasped for air, "but if you don't stop suffocating me, I just might."
Jessie yelled at him, whacking him with her fan, "What!" James held his head, Jessie but the fan away, growing timid. "Sorry about that, I'm just glad that I didn't really lose you." She looked away from James, staring at the ground. "I can't take another loss in my life," she told him quietly, 'even though I'll never forget her.'
"Remember, we are a
team," James smiled broadly at her.
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RP: Isn't it ironic how James and Brock were the ones to get hurt? I didn't intentionally set it up that way
either. (Readers look at her curiously) Well, both James and Brock have the
same voice actor for the English version of the show. lol Well, James's second voice actor and Brock's
voice actor are the same.
x x x x x x x x x x
Mondo and Meowth gave one another a high-five, and began to do a victory dance,
now that the danger was over, even if it didn't make much sense. Marissa, Laura, and Cassandra helped out
Mayore Imité who was still pretty much shaken up over what had just happened.
Todd began to stir. "What…what happened?" he asked in confusion, sitting up.
"You have finally awakened." Todd looked up towards the one who had spoken. This one before him looked to be a beautiful goddess, only she resembled Misty.
"Misty?"
She shook her head. "No, I am Mizuna. I was reborn in the form of Hanada Kasumi, but I will not be here much longer. My purpose has been served.
"Our souls, Hoshi-san, Junsa-san, Juudai-sensei, as well as mine, can now rest in peace. Sorcerer Waruii has now been defeated, and can no longer return. It was only meant so that he'd be reborn once.
"You were being possessed by his assistant and younger brother, Kureeji. Kureeji-kun was much more powerful than that of his older brother, which was why when resurrecting old spirits, Waruii used him to take over your body. He was a jealous boy. He envied Waruii and the power he seemed to be obtaining, but that all changed after my death.
"Kureeji-kun double-crossed his older brother, killing him in the process, passing it off as an unfortunate 'accident'. As for what happened to Kureeji-kun, he died of natural causes, but I guess one could say he committed suicide.
"He passed a short while after the murder of his brother, but he was growing as bad as his brother. Due to his brother's influence, he was taught to kill to get what he truly wanted, but unlike his brother, Kureeji actually did have a heart, and knew how to love. He wanted neither power nor world domination; he only wanted…my love."
Hoshi, along with Juudai and Junsa, staggered over to Mizuna. "I can now rest in peace with my family. Because of the stupidity of Waruii, I missed out on the lives of my son and daughter. I can now rejoin them."
"Juudai," Junsa looked up at him, "we can finally live our lives the way we had always planned, even if it is in the meadow in which our present-day selves met the guardians of the present-day self of Mizuna."
"Right," Juudai nodded to his love. He then looked towards the youngest of them. "Mizuna-kun, we are ready. I am very proud of you for the job you did. I am glad that you were my pupil, and used all that was taught to you by me, especially with your healing techniques."
"Arigatou, Juudai-sensei." She turned back towards Todd, who was now standing, his bag draped over his shoulder. "I must now go and rest, along with my friends."
"But---"
A big, beautiful light blue glow covered the area the four stood in. Hoshi transformed back to Duplica; Junsa transformed back into Jen; Juudai transformed back into Kenji; Mizuna transformed back into Misty. Todd looked at the four in surprise, especially Misty.
"You guys…how…"
"What's wrong?" Misty asked.
"You were someone else a moment ago," he pointed to the rest, "you all were."
"We'll explain it later," Kenji told him.
"I also had this weird dream that---"
"---you were a weird guy trying to kill everyone?" Misty finished up knowingly.
He nodded. "Yeah," he answered pitifully.
Misty left Todd, who was with Kenji, Jen, and Duplica still. Something had grabbed Misty's attention.
"Kasumi-chan," she heard her mother call, "our time grows short. We must leave you now."
"What?! No, don't leave me again!" she pleaded.
"My little waterflower," her father began gently, "we will always be with you in spirit, and in your heart. Besides, you will see us again; a lot sooner than you think."
Misty held back a sob. "When will that be?"
"We will be around for the next major event in your life," her mother explained. "I know to you mortals it will seem like a long time, but for us, it seems like a matter of mere moments."
"My next major event?"
She nodded. "One of the most important ones of your entire life."
"What's that?"
"We cannot tell you any more, for you are not allowed to know what your future holds unless you were born with the gift to do so, and unfortunately, you were not," her father wisely input.
"Goodbye, Kasumi-chan. Your father and I will see you for the most important event of your entire life, and the results from it."
With that, the two glowing figures vanished, leaving Misty confused over their words.
Officer Jen and her squadron drove up in their squad cars to see a tied up Masaki and Giovanni. "Is everyone all right here?" she asked, her officers taking both the men into custody.
"We are now," Jen told her cousin.
While Giovanni was being taken to the car, he screamed out, "Stop attacking me! Keep the Growlithe and Arcanine away from me! No, not the Ninetails I disposed of for its elegant fur!" he shrieked in an unusually high-pitched voice. "No!! Get that Magikarp away from me! It's using a Dragon Rage attack!"
"Don’t even try it, Giovanni!" Officer Jen said while rolling her eyes. "My father’s sister’s cousin’s wife’s daughter’s son’s sister’s second cousin’s wife’s great-grandmother’s granddaughter’s son’s uncle’s aunt’s sister’s half-brother’s third cousin’s once removed, wife’s younger sister’s husband’s older brother’s father’s youngest daughter's niece's oldest son's youngest daughter, Warden Jenny told me about how you used the insanity act before, just so you could get out of the Viridian City Prison! And besides, whose ever heard of a Magikarp that can use a Dragon Rage attack! A Magikarp can barely Splash, let alone tackle!"
Ash and Todd were standing beside Misty, amazed at the huge family.
"What a family," Ash whistled.
"How in the world do they remember who's who?" Todd questioned.
"And how come Giovanni is acting crazy?" Ash asked as they forced Giovanni into the police car.
"I don't think he's acting this time," Misty told them assuredly.
"Do you mean he actually thinks that Pokémon are attacking him?"
"Yeah," Misty said, nodding at Todd. "All of the Pokémon he's brought harm to, or has killed, are attacking him at this very moment. It's all in his mind, though."
"Will that ever wear off?"
"No, it won't, until he realizes that everything he's done is
wrong."
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"Jen-san, thank you very much," Mayor Imité thanked the officer.
"I'm always on duty, sir," she saluted.
With that, the woman drove off, Giovanni screaming his head off about a Scyther slicing him that he had had killed in order to remove its blade years ago. "The Pokémon are haunting me!!" He screamed again. "NO, MY ARM! THE SCYTHER HAS JUST SLICED OFF MY ARM!! DON'T YOU SEE THEM? I'M GOING TO BLEED TO DEATH!!"
"You could say that you did train," Ash told him. "You did battle with some weird and unusual Pokémon."
"I guess you're right."
A few people exited the gym, looking quite dazed and confused.
"What in the world happened?" a girl with long, dark-blue hair questioned. Shelley gazed at those around her. "How did we get here?"
The bouncy-haired Cherie could only shrug. "I have no idea."
The boy with the short black hair noticed a certain boy wearing a conspicuous Pokémon League Cap. "Hey, it's that little baby kid," Tad ridiculed.
Ash heard this, and glared at the boy. "I am not a little baby kid!"
"Yeah right," Tad scoffed, remembering how his match had gone with him. "All you have is a Pikachu and a Bulbasaur."
"I do not just have a Pikachu and a Bulbasaur! For your information, I have an Articuno!"
The other trainers gathered around the two arguing teens, especially after hearing Ash's claim of having one of the Legendary Birds.
"Prove it!"
"Okay, I will!" Ash rushed over to Misty and snatched the Pokéball that contained Articuno off of her belt, despite her protests. He just hoped that it had rested enough to show it off. He went back over to Tad, and held the red & white sphere in his face.
"I'm waiting."
"Okay, come on out, Articuno!"
A bright, blue light emerged from the ball as the ice-bird god hovered above Ash, shrieking out, "Cuno!"
All the trainers around him stared in pure amazement.
"No, it couldn't be," stammered the spiky-haired Eric.
"That's the special Pokémon needed to get the free meal at Articuno's Ice Palace!" the
blonde-haired, green-eyed Toni said.
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RP: In my last fic, I never did mention what type of Pokémon was needed for the
free meal, but from the clues I gave, I hoped that you guys would have
determined it on your own, and guess Articuno.
I included things like, "No one has ever managed to catch
one," and the actual name of the place was a clue as well. If you didn't get it, it's no problem.
x x x x x x x x x x
"See, I told you I had
one!"
Tad went quiet for a moment. He couldn’t insult someone who had managed to obtain one of the legendaries. "I, um, well…I'm sorry I was a bit mean to you," he apologized. "I just figured you were one of those loser trainers who only like to brag and show off."
He recalled Articuno, despite everyone wanting to keep it out. "It's no problem."
Damion looked around and the many trainers reunited with their Pokémon. For the first time since he'd been there, he gave a small smile. 'It's good to have things back to normal.'
"Excuse me!" everyone heard a voice shout wearily over the crowd. "Hello!!" It was Duplica's uncle. "Due to the recent events, I insist on having a party at my home tonight. My nieces and all of their friends are invited!"
"But uncle," Duplica started, "you don't have to---"
"No no, I want to!" he insisted firmly.
Laura and Duplica looked at each other, and then squealed gleefully at the thought of a party at the big Imité mansion.
"Everyone here, I want you to head over to the
Excited, Misty and the others went to ready themselves for the big celebration
at the
x x x x x x x x x x
This was an interesting chapter, I suppose.
There really isn't much to say about it, other than the next part is
coming right up.
Author's Notes
Yatta - This interjection pretty much means "hooray" or
"success" or maybe even, "alright!"
Furiizaa (フリイザア) - This is the original name for Articuno. Furiizaa = Freezer pretty much. If you're wondering about the other two birds, their names are Faiyaa (ファイヤア), which is pronounced "Fire" (Moltres) and Sandaa (サンダア) which is pronounced "Thunder" (Zapdos). Pretty pun-like, eh?
Youkai (溶解) - I know you're probably like, "Isn't that the name for a monster or a demon?" Well, yes, it is, only it has another writing for it (妖怪). Anyway, "youkai" in this sense typically means "Right!" You know, a way of showing that one understands something. One way it seems to be translated to, is "Roger". Like, "Are you ready?" and the person could reply with, "Roger!"
Kage no Kissu (影のキッス) - That simply translates to Shadow Kiss. I hope I got the kanji right for Kage there. ^^
Metamon (メタモン) - This is the original name for Ditto. I forgot to mention it earlier.
Shimatta - This pretty much translates to "darn" or "damn", etc.
Shine (死ね)
– I know you all are wondering what I meant by this. Shine = die.
It's not pronounced the way you think.
It's more so like She-nay.
Oniichan
(おにいちゃん) - This simply means brother. This is like a cute way of saying it because
of the "chan" at the end of it and with the way I was describing Rinazu's
character, she strikes me as the type who would use "oniichan" as
opposed to maybe "oniisan" or "niisan", etc.
Okaasan (お母さん), otousan (お父さん); tasukete (助けて), kudasai (下さい)! - This translates to "Mom, dad; please help me!" Thanks goes out to an online buddy who corrected me. I was close, "tasukete nasai" but I found out that for the context I was using it in, "kudasai" would be more appropriate to use.
Kasumi no kazoku (霞の家族) - This simply translates to "Kasumi's family". 霞 (Kasumi) の (no) 家族 (kazoku). I'm only assuming that that is how Kasumi is spelled out since her name does translate to "mist", so I was told. It just may be written in Hiragana as かすみ, and this seems to be more appropriate anyway. I don't know which, but I think I'll stick with the Hiragana as opposed to the Kanji.
Kasumi no fubo (かすみの父母) - This simply translates to "Kasumi's parents".
Atashi wa Mizuna desu (私わみずなです) - This translates to "I am Mizuna."