Yatta! Episode 134! *Winks*

Disclaimer: Oh where, oh where, has my pokemon gone? Oh where, oh where can it be? Well, it’s still with Nintendo where it belongs, and it will never belong to me.

Did that make sense? Oh well. I own Destiny, new pokemon, etc.

Notes: <> Indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics indicates translated pokemon talking.

Giselle is evil!

Jarzard – hai, hai. ^_^

Link Masters – hehehehe…. I’m not feeling very sorry for the guardians though.

Aragorn the Ranger – um, Berkeley, SC, SD, LA, and Davis

Xaero – okay, just tell me one pokemon you have

Incomplete13 – I think it’s a guilty pleasure? ^-^

SS2 Megami-sama – might take a while, oh well. What about your fic?

Tmp – Ash did challenge Rudy. Hm… well, Lance has her ways, which shall be revealed in a few chapters.

Digifan1 – gracias!

Psychic Sabrina – hello. And don’t worry, you should be seeing the moon guardian soon! ^-^ In a couple of episodes more like, and I love your commentary! Guardians cannot die from something as simple as a gun, they can heal easily so energy loss/death of master is probably the only way.

Episode 134: Hope vs. Destiny

“I’m flying!”
“I noticed.” Lance said deprecatingly. She flapped her steel wings slowly. “Any reason why you brought it up now?”

“What if someone sees us?”

Pika-chan tsked. “Aren’t you using the partial illusion spell I told you to use?”

“Um… it ran out a few minutes ago…”
“Ash!” Lance said, sweatdropping. “What if someone sees us?”

Ash looked apologetic. “Sorry…”
Lance sighed. Her eyes glowed blue and a wave of energy shot out. “Amnesia wave.” She muttered. “Anyone who saw will be automatically wiped.”

Then, she began to drift lower.

“Quite exhausting to use.” Luna said, as she flew over with a Hyper Potion.

“Thanks, Luna.” Lance said, drinking some. * Thank goodness! Otherwise I might have fallen out of the sky. *

“So why are we flying again?” Luna asked nobody in particular.

“It’s quicker and less conspicuous than surfing.”

“Ah.”

Ash finally brought up the subject of what had happened the day before. “Er… Crystal?”
“Yes, Ash?” Lance asked, looking over at him. The sun glinted off her steel dragon wings, scales perfectly outlined by the bright light. It seemed to form a halo around her.

“What happened yesterday…”
“You’re worried about that?”

“Yes…”

“Don’t worry about it, Ash.” Lance said. She reached into her shirt and pulled out a locket made out of clear crystal.

“Here you go.”

Ash’s eyes lit up. “The Starlight Orb locket…”
“Yes. It will allow you to take your other form. I wasn’t going to give it back to you until after the Orange League, but you need it now.”
“Hope?”
Lance nodded.

Ash touched his heart. “Hope and Destiny are one.” He put the clear crystal locket on the gold chain with his black stone amulet, the one with the rough sketch of a bird on it. “Destiny’s amulet, and Hope’s locket.”

He smiled at her.

Lance smiled back. “Let’s keep flying, Ash.”
Ash nodded, and they continued to fly quietly, both lost in thought.

“That’s so sweet!” Pika-chan bawled. In return, she earned dirty looks from both Chosen. “What?”
Lance scowled. * Okay, so I was just working up the courage to kiss him. Maybe I should wait on this. *

Ash sweatdropped. “Pika-chan…” * Darn! I was going to ask her if she minded when I kissed her! All right, so it wasn’t really a kiss, but still! And now Team Rocket’s going to tell Giovanni, I mean dad, and… *

“What?”

“You are hopeless sometimes.” Luna said, shaking her head.

“What?”

*Sigh*

*CRASH*

Ash quickly got out of the way as something large slammed into Pika-chan. It looked like a giant black flying thing.

“What is this?” Pika-chan asked, as she fried it with a Thunderbolt.

Lance narrowed her eyes. “It looks like a shadow Kabutops! But how?”

“That’s not all.” Ash said grimly. There, on the head, was a red ‘R’.

“Team Rocket?!”

“Prepare for trouble, and get ready to fight!”

“And make it double, you’ll be out like a light!”

“To protect the world from devastation!”

“To unite all peoples within our nation!”

“To denounce the evils of truth and love!”

“To extend our reach to the stars above!”

“Susan!”

“Shawn!”

“Team Rocket blasts of at the speed of sound!”

“So you’d better run, you don’t want to stick around!”

“Team Rocket.” Ash stated. “I thought I was rid of you. Why are you here?”

“Pathetic little boy.” Susan said. “The boss wants you.” She tossed her black hair arrogantly.

“You don’t get it, do you?” Shawn asked. “You see; Team Rocket is under new management now. And I doubt that Kamon has any qualms about using you as one of his latest experiments. Your mother was certainly strong, though, she survived three days of therapy before she was killed off.”

“Just before Giovanni died, he was tortured. And in his feverish ravings, he talked about a boy. A boy with supernatural powers, who would be an asset to Team Rocket. He only left a Vulpix behind, but that Vulpix has served its purpose. We have found you. We will now take you back to HQ with us. Do not try to resist.” From behind her back, Susan pulled out a battered, bruised Vulpix card.

Ash’s eyes blazed angrily. “We’ll see about that.” He hissed. His hand went to Destiny’s amulet. “Very well. I summon the elements of fire, ice and thunder. May the three forces of nature combine. Now reveal to me my destiny, and my true form will revive.”

Gray light whipped around him. When it cleared, Destiny stood there. But his wings were no longer white. Instead, they were a dark gray. They glinted eerily in the light. His golden armor glittered and sparked. In his hair, the feathers were still white though. His talons seemed to glow also, sharply. His legs were covered with tufts of gray-white feathers. In his hands, his staff appeared. His three tail feathers were two gray, one still white.

Lance wisely stepped aside.

“Gray…” Pika-chan whispered. * This is bad. Destiny’s feathers represent his heart. White for innocence and purity, gray for a mixture, but if they turn black… there will be no hope for humans and pokemon to coexist. *

“Go, Arcanine!” Susan said.

“Graveler, you’re up!” Shawn said. Two obviously forced shadow evolution pokemon appeared. They were black, with glowing red eyes.

Ash felt a bit sympathetic for them, but now was not the time.

“Machoke, go! You too, Eterneon!”
Eterneon appeared and began shooting Light Ray attacks in all directions, stars flying every which way. Machoke quickly Karate Chopped and Low Kicked the Graveler into submission

“Tempest, Darkstar, go! Use Restoration rain!” Lance said, releasing her two dragon types. Rain washed over all the combatants. Both pokemon began to wince and twitch in pain.

“Damnit!” Susan cursed. “Oh well, time for plan B!”

She pulled out a capture net and shot it at Ash.

Destiny’s eyes glowed red, and the net burst into flames. He phased through it and formed a ball of glowing white energy in his hands.

“Die.”
The equivalent of a Hyper Beam mixed with an Aeroblast and Ancientpower crashed into the rockets and their shadow pokemon.

Destiny continued to fire off ball after ball of the attack.

“Ash, stop! That’s enough!” Pika-chan cried.

“You can’t become them! Snap out of it!” Luna said.

Destiny didn’t seem to hear.

Lance sighed and flew over to him.

“Get out of my way.” Destiny snapped.

“No.” Lance said simply.

Destiny’s eyes turned gold and he released a Thunder attack.

Lance gasped as the electricity arced and twisted over her body. “Ash! Stop this! I know you’re still in there!”

Destiny brought his hands up and formed another ball of energy.

It crashed into Lance as he released it. She screamed as the energy froze her in place and roared in torrents.

“ASH! STOP! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?” Pika-chan screamed.

“ASH! STOP! PLEASE! CAN’T YOU SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOING?!” Luna demanded.

Ash seemed to waver for a split second, as he stared at Lance. Recognition flashed in his eyes, and he reverted back into Ash. He quickly dissappitated the attack with a quick undo spell.

“Crystal!” Ash cried, scooping her up. “What have I done? What happened?”

Lance coughed weakly. “Don’t…” She whispered.

Ash quickly collected almost all his chi into a Softboiled attack and forced it into her. Slowly, her wounds began to close up.

“Why didn’t you fight back?” Ash said, as he began to cry unashamedly at what he had almost done.

“I had to… it was the only way to stop you.” Lance said. “Ash, what happened? Every time you’ve turned into Destiny in the past you have never lost control like this.”

“When I heard what they had done to my mom and Giovanni, I lost control.” Ash said. He shuddered and stared at his hands. “What have I become?!”

“Shh… not your fault.” Lance said, as she reached up to ruffle his hair. “You are the tenth legendary pokemon. There is a reason why you have two pokemon forms, Destiny and Hope. You see, Destiny is like a child, innocent and a healer, but as he is stained by the world’s evil, he becomes darker and his powers change to those of destruction. Hope, on the other hand, is like an adult who has weathered the storms of emotion and survived.”

“All my fault…” Ash sobbed.

Lance sighed. “Ash, if you were a terrible person, would the pokemon cards have protected you during the Final Judgment and during my test?”

“N-no…”
“Shh…” A different voice said. Ash looked up and saw a pokemon that looked kind of like Chansey, and a fully healed Vulpix card, smiling at him.

“Not your fault.” They chorused.

Ash wiped away his tears and nodded. The two cards smiled, and reverted to card form, even the new one.

“Blissey…”

“See?” Lance whispered. “It will be all right.”

End Episode 134! So, how was this one! It was so sweet! Kawaii! Yes, I know it was a bit dark in places too. Still, I liked writing it. Hope you had fun reading it! Drop me a review!

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