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Disclaimer: By now you should have figured out that shadow does not own pokemon, but just in case you haven’t, I’ll say it right now. SHADOW DOES NOT OWN POKEMON! It belongs to Nintendo, Game FREAK, 4Kids, Shogakukan comics (yay!), etc.

Notes: Italics indicates pokemon speech that has been translated into English for the benefit of the readers, <> indicates telepathy a.k.a. thought-speak, and ** indicates a person’s innermost thoughts and musings.

Ranma – hai, hai. Just kick some other people into reviewing and I’ll update faster.

The Insane Vulpix – I can tell…

Tmp – well, that might be explained later. Pidgey is a magic-type pokemon; remember? very powerful. If it’s a pokemon card I will usually mention it. AIPL = advanced identification pokemon locator. He got it from Giovanni about 20 episodes ago. Teresa’s crush will be explained in 2 episodes, be patient!

Digifan – Cliffhanger! Hahahahahaha

So, I only get 4 reviews? Okay, wait another week before I update then.

Episode 63: You’d think that a magical artifact would be pretty sturdy…

“RELEASE!” Ash said, grabbing his staff. “All right, what do you want?”
Beside him, Charlotte withdrew her own staff and took a fighting stance. The sharp dagger-like tip at the bottom of hers glinted in the noonday sun.

“Why, I’m simply going to do something that’s very inimical to your health.” Bob said calmly as he withdrew his Daemon card. “Prepare to die!”

Ash jumped out of the way of his first blast of dark energy. “Raichu, Thunderwave!” He shouted, changing another card. Raichu instantly shot a paralyzing bolt of electricity at Bob, but his dragon jumped in front of him. At least the Thunderwave put the dragon out of commission temporarily.

“Die!” Bob shrieked, releasing the Daemon card. Pika-chan’s eyes widened as she identified it. * Oh no! Not the Daemon card again! Even Clow had trouble with that one! And Disruption was bad enough! *

“Not likely!” Charlotte shot back. “Moltres!” The flaming chicken charged at Bob, nailing one of his legs. Bob replied with a huge wave of water.

Moltres vanished. Charlotte froze as the water rushed towards her. Ash quickly used some wind energy to grab her out of the way. Seeing as she was still in shock, he decided that he most likely had to do the rest by himself.

“I’ll protect her!” Vulpix-chan said as she transformed into her Ninetails form. Ash nodded and pulled out another pokemon card, one he had already changed. “Snorlax, Slam him!” Snorlax nodded and charged at Bob in a grumpy rage.

However, the Daemon card chose this time to attack, blasting Snorlax back into card form in the blink of an eye.

“How do you like my new trick?” Bob asked, as he began to laugh. “I made a pact with this creature, and it became my card. Pretty useful, huh?”

Ash growled and through out another card. “Poliwhirl, go! Hypnosis and put that monstrosity to sleep!” Poliwhirl immediately began sending out sleep waves at the Daemon card, but it just brushed the attack off.

A burst of fireballs headed for Ash, who quickly shielded himself with a quick muttered charm. * This is bad… *

Teresa kept taping.

Just then, Charlotte woke up. Vulpix had flamed her with a Fire Blast, so it was to be expected. Feeling a bit better, Charlotte stood up and threw out one of her own cards. “Persian, go! Screech!”
Persian materialized and let off a high-pitched screech, but it only made Bob angry. “So you’re the other one. I can still defeat both of you.” And with that, he sent a wave of ice spears at her.

“Jump!” Charlotte shouted, getting out of the way. “Try this then. Heaven’s Glow!” From her hands, a white light formed and shot towards the Daemon card, which staggered a bit, but retaliated with a huge ball of shadow energy.

“Shield!” Charlotte barely managed to bring up her energy barrier. * Darn, if this continues, Ash and I will definitely lose! *

< We have to work together! > Ash said.

< I know! But do you know any combination attacks? >

< No, but if we use two compatible elements, it should be okay, right? >

< I hope so… I’ll use fire. >

< Okay! And I’ll use electric. > Ash said as he powered up his magic.

“Ready to give up?” Bob taunted. * Those fools! Mere children hope to defeat me? Those idiots! *

“Not yet!” Ash said as he formed shards of lightning, fiercely sparking, in his palms. “We don’t die that easily!”

“Don’t underestimate the power of the light!” Charlotte said. Her hands glowed with leaping flames, winding all over her body.

Bob laughed. “Daemon card, finish them off!”
“Not yet!” Ash hissed as he drew his arm back and hurled his attack at Bob. “LIGHTNING DESTRUCTION!”

“Flames of Rage!” Charlotte added, her fire attack mixing with Ash’s and creating a truly terrible elemental storm. Bob was caught off guard and hit with the full brunt of the attack.

“Now!” Pika-chan said. Ash nodded and pulled out the Onyx seal. He and Charlotte each took one side and flung it at Bob, who shrieked.

“NOOO! I won’t allow it! Disruption!” The card managed to deflect most of the power, allowing Bob time to escape. Ash tried to get out of the way, but because of those slippers that Teresa had given him, was unable to move and was hit, making him feel very fuzzy.

The two Chosen cursed.

“We were so close!” Ash said. He rubbed his head and wished for the pounding inside to go away.

“I know.” Charlotte muttered. “But look at what happened to the Onyx Seal when the Disruption card hit it.”
“Great.” Ash muttered. “It’s torn down the middle. Does that mean it won’t work now?” He rubbed his sore noggin, annoyed.

“I think so. We will have to go through a complex magic ceremony to repair it.” Pika-chan said as she floated down to comfort her Chosen.

Vulpix-chan licked Charlotte’s cheek in an effort to cheer her up. Charlotte sighed and petted Vulpix-chan on the head.

“At least we managed to hurt him, right?” Teresa asked in a feeble attempt to raise everyone’s spirits. She received several heated glares.

Teresa wilted. * I was just trying to help… *

Pika-chan handed Ash the Wand of the Water Guardian, which he used to heal himself.

Bob’s realm/lair…

“This is interesting.” Bob said as he watched. “Perhaps that girl will be the link I need to destroy them.”

His dragon climbed out of the pool of healing fluid that Bob had sunk in a corner. It looked healed now, but Bob knew better than that. It would take several days for the dragon to recover, and Bob himself need much rest before he could attack again. His forbidden cards hissed from their Black Book.

“Don’t worry, my darlings.” Bob said as a smile twisted his physiognomy into a visage of evil. “We shall have our revenge!”

Cackles and maniacal laughter filled the area.

The original Pokéverse…

“Looks like he won’t be coming back for a while.” Lance said as he stroked his Dragonair’s shiny scales.

< Yep. He’s still very busy. > Dragonair said. < I think getting home is the last thing on his mind right now, strange to say. >

< Time passes more slowly here than there. In fact, almost no time at all has passed here. >

< What? But I thought… >
< When he returns, it will be as if he never left. >

< Oh, I see. >

Eriol’s place…

“How can Bob get rid of the Onyx Seal so easily?!” Spinel demanded as he flew around in circles. “What do we do now!?”

“Relax, Spinel!” Eriol said. “Besides, it wasn’t even fully repaired when they used it, remember?”

“But Bob is free now!”

“I know that if the two trainers combine their powers, they will triumph over Bob. I have seen it.” Eriol said.

“You sure?”

“Yes. Only it will be very difficult…”

“Oh. So this is another test?”

“Very observant, Spinel.”

CP Universe…

“What? We need a full moon?” Ash asked. “But tonight’s the new moon… so that’s at least a week and a half away!”

“No choice.” Pika-chan said. “This seal was forged with moon-based magic, so we need the power of the moon to repair it.”

“Sunlight won’t work?” Charlotte asked.

“No. Starlight will not work either, Ash.” Vulpix-chan said, seeing that Ash was about to ask the question.

“Can I help?” Teresa asked in a small voice.

“No. I’m sorry.” Angel said in a dignified, scholarly tone. “But we need only active participants at this ceremony.”
“I can’t tape?!”
“No.”

Teresa looked shocked. “B-but….”
There was no reply.

End Episode 63! *Smirks* what do you think? Drop me a review! Flames will be used to forge Erase, to erase Nelvana! Mwahahaha!

Remember, at least 7 reviews needed for me to update… I am seriously lowering my standards here…

POLL: What hair color should a new trainer have?

A.) Dark Red

B.) Light Blue

C.) Black

D.) Blonde of course!

E.) Silver

F.) Another color, please tell me

Just one last note,I put up ‘Looped’, the story about Ash and Red switching places.