Episode 161!

*TIRED*

Disclaimer/Notes: See part 1

Link Masters – I don’t think they’ll do too much

Ranma – thank you! *beams very happily*

SS2 Megami-sama – many thanks! *Chases after __ with flamethrower*

Digifan1 – hai

Alanzia – um… no idea, just popped into my head.

Tmp – I agree, English dubs are usually quite… bad, to put it mildly.

Blackness44 – ic

Aragorn the Ranger – ah, thanks!

Episode 161: Dragon Rage + Helpful Information from Pika-chan

< I still can’t believe Team Rocket would do that to a dragon pokemon. > Lance fumed quietly.

< Calm down. > Dragonair-chan said in her soft, musical voice.

< I’m trying. >

< No you’re not. > Dragonair dumped a bottle of Calming Potion on Lance. Lance frowned, but calmed down as the potion took effect.

< Well, still! I’m the Dragon Master. I can’t allow this crime to go unpunished. > Lance said. She willed herself into her dragon armor, sprouted her steel wings, grabbed her Dragon Daggers, and flew off towards HQ.

Ash sighed. * I guess I have to go after her… *

When Ash got there, he saw a smoldering heap where Rocket HQ had been. He stared at Lance. “What did you do?”

“Hyper Beam.”

“That’s it?”

“Yes. Why do you sound so surprised?” Lance asked as she stroked Dragonite’s head affectionately.

“Hyper beam did that much?”

“Well, kind of combined it with Dragon Rage.”

“Oh…”

“Lighten up, Ash.” Lance said. “Don’t worry.”

“I’ll try not to…”

Lance smiled. “That’s good, because there’s a pokemon card that you should be focusing on right now.”

“Huh? What?”

Ash spun around, and pulled out his key. “Key that hides the power of the stars, reveal your true form before me! Your master under the seal of contract Ashura commands you, Release!”

“Now where is it?” Ash asked.

“Use the key chant, Ash. That will help you find it.”

“Right.” Ash confirmed. “Magic to cards, cards to key!”

There was a small flash and a beam of white light shot into a bush.

“Great.” Ash said. He crawled over to the bush and peered in.

He found himself face-to-face with a Heracross.

“Ninetails, go!” Ash said, letting out the ‘Ash’ card. “Flamethrower!”

Heracross was, much to its surprise, burnt and crispy. Poor thing didn’t even have time to fight back.

“Under a new seal of contract, your master commands you, return to your true form, pokemon card!”

Needless to say, Heracross was captured.

Ash grinned and caught the card.

“Almost there.” Pika-chan said brightly. “Only a few left.”

“Pika-chan, what is the final judgment for this set?”

“You have to fight a team of six pokemon.”

“Oh…”

“And you can’t use their elements, unless you want the attack to backfire on you, like with Sabrina...”

Ash winced. “What elements are they?”

“Flaris – Fire. Hydroxis – Water. Sparkle – Electric type. Floweris – Grass/Poison type. Supernatural – Ghost/psychic type. Demon – dark type. And all of them are part flying as well.”

Ash groaned.

“You’ll be fighting them pretty soon, so be careful…” Luna told him.

“And then Giselle will show up again.” Lance reminded him.

Ash groaned again.

“Don’t worry! Look at how high your magic level is now.” Pika-chan said optimistically.

“Yes, but magic isn’t everything.” Luna reminded her.

Pika-chan growled and hissed at Luna.

Luna flicked her tails and walked off primly.

“Those two…” Lance said, sighing. * How did they get along when they were created? I wonder… *

Ash shrugged. “Oh well.” He noticed that his key was still glowing and smiled. “Guess there’s more than one out here…”

A roar of flame from nearby answered his question.

A few minutes later, Entei appeared.

“Suicune, go!” Ash said, releasing the card. “Shroud yourself in mist, then use Hydro Pump!”

Suicune nodded, cloaked itself, vanished, and drenched Entei.

Entei retaliated with Crunch.

Suicune cried out in a high-pitched bark as Entei bit it.

“Suicune, Bubblebeam!”

The bubblebeam attack smashed into Entei. Entei went flying.

“Now use Ice Beam!”

This time, Entei was frozen solid. Before it could defrost, Ash had captured it.

“Expect Raikou to show up soon.” Pika-chan said. “After that come the three legendary birds of Johto.”

Ash grimaced, but nodded.

The next day…

“Gotcha.” Ash breathed a sigh of relief. * Good, now I’ve got Lugia and Raikou. Good thing Serebii just came to me and let herself be captured. *

“Ash, the Kingdra card is attacking you.”

“Articuno, go! Blizzard!”

Shockingly, Kingdra remained standing. It looked fine, only a few nicks and bruises from the blizzard attack.

“What?”

“Ash! Kingdra’s a dragon/water type! So it’s strong against ice and electric attacks!” Lance scolded.

“Oh…” Ash said. He recalled Articuno, and pulled out another card.

“All right then.” Ash said. “Dragonite, go! Outrage!”

Dragonite developed sparks and slammed into Kingdra.

As Outrage was a dragon-type move, Kingdra took considerably damage, but retaliated with Dragonbreath.

Dragonite used Outrage again, crushing Kingdra beneath its larger body.

Kingdra used Twister…

“Dragonite, Ice Prison now!” Ash said. Dragonite nodded and formed a square of ice with its hands, which it flung at Kingdra. The ice expanded into a rectangular box, sealing Kingdra inside.

After a few minutes of struggling, Kingdra passed out.

“Under a new seal of contract, your master commands you, return to your true form, pokemon card!”

Kingdra vanished… into a card, of course.

Ash smiled and fell over.

“Of course he’d be tired.” Pika-chan chattered. “The poor kid’s been changing cards today almost nonstop.”

“I know. I was surprised when Pupitar attacked, but he took it rather well.”

“I thought the part when Smoochum tried to kiss him was funny.” Luna rejoined.

They all laughed. They had been walking through the forest. Ash had been trying to find something worthwhile with his Itemfinder, when all of a sudden, a Smoochum had jumped out of the bushes and onto him.

Ash had panicked and released his key.

Smoochum had immediately begun cowering. Ash had reassured her that he wasn’t going to hurt her.

Then, Smoochum had kissed him on the lips.

Ash had fallen asleep, due to the nature of Lovely kiss.

Pika-chan had woken him up with a well-aimed Thundershock. Ash had immediately turned Smoochum into a card, to protect his lips.

It was funny, really.

Lance still couldn’t think of it without smiling.

“Poor Ash…”

“Nah, I think he took it okay.”

“He’ll recover.” Pika-chan said. “But now, we should heal him.”

Lance nodded and pulled out the Wand of the Water Guardian. She couldn’t chi transference each time. The blue healing light flowed over Ash’s body softly. Ash seemed to sigh in his sleep.

“Sleep well, little one.” Pika-chan said. Then, the rest of them set up camp and turned in also. After all, the sun was setting.

And this night, there were no dark pokemon.

End Episode!

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