Ash's decision. Part 7. Fan fiction written by Sheikh Alfonso. I tried to buy Pokemon yesterday but the price was OUTRAGEOUS! So... Disclaimer: Pokemon and its associated characters are Copyright by Nintendo / Game Freak /4kids /KidsWB and more. O_o; Thank you, now begin--Oh and thanks to the ones who voted me for the BIC award. Oh and... this fanfic should NOT be copied/Posted elsewhere without the author's permission. *********************************************************************************************************** Ash's body was flying through the sky and landed somewhere deep inside Pallet Forest. He groaned and rubbed his aching body. How did he come here? He turned around looking for the others. No one was there. Suddenly he saw a yellow figure lying down near a lake. Pikachu. He thought. He ran towards the electric mouse and carried him in his arms. Pikachu was bruised badly. He needed to heal him. But how can he? His bag-pack was in the house. He slapped himself on the head. Of course my powers he thought. He put his left hand on Pikachu's head. He thought of an attack that could heal. Recover. He yelled in his mind. A spark came from his hand but nothing came to heal Pikachu properly. What the hell is happening? No power? I thought I was a pokeman. He thought furiously. He looked around angry. One thing was for sure. He got hit by something was the last thing he felt before going down. But where is this? This sure wasn't where he fell down. It was different. Much different. Something was wrong here. Ash looked up at the star-filled sky. A series of red and blue light were flashing somewhere. He then looked down at the Pikachu in his arms. Pikachu was still breathing but in a fainted way; nothing else to do. Just ran off to the house. And that he did. Silent and fast, Ash was walking the wrong way. Heading deeper and deeper into the forest. He had to get out of here. But he didn't know the way anymore. Suddenly a cold and snowy storm came out of nowhere so sudden; so fast. Then a distant rumbling noise came out from the sky. It was thunder. Thunder in snowy weather. How strange Ash thought. Ash stopped to look at the ground. The earth was hot even if it was snowing. The snowflakes hardly touched the ground before it melted. Hot ground. Thunder in the skies. Snow from the clouds. This was something Ash knew happened a few years ago. Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres were spirits of ice, thunder and fire. This was something Ash experienced a few years before. He then started running much faster. Then there was a sudden roar; a shout; a new shower of red and blue beams appearing in the sky. Ash was still running—This time in another direction. He made a right turn and was now heading towards the battle of Daniel and Death Strike. A tree root was lying in the path and Ash tripped to the ground. As he fell to the ground Pikachu flew into the air, "Oof." Ash groaned and then stood up. Shaking, he looked for Pikachu wherever he was. "Pikachu!" He shouted. A soft rustling behind the bush startled him to turn around. "Grovle." (A/N: I admit I put a Treeko in the first few chapters.) A reptilian Pokemon with leaves attached to his head, leg and arms came out of the bush with a yellow figure in his arms. "Swell!!" A red and blue bird with a white under crest flapped her wings coming down to the ground. Another Bird Pokemon but this time a tan brown and a yellow and red mane came down. "Pidgeot." "Pidgeot, Swellow, Grovle." Ash shrugged a bit. "Grovle, bring Pikachu to the house. Quick. And give some potion to him and call the other Pokemon... Swellow, look for the others" Grovle and Swellow nodded and went on their way. "Pidgeot. Help me find out where the beams are coming from." Pidgeot nodded and let down a wing so Ash could sit on his back. Ash slowly moved to Pidgeot, boarded and looked up at the sky. Pidgeot slowly flapped his wings and rose into the air. "Geot geot" "Yeah, I remember that time you left, "WHOA!" A sudden beam came up from under Pidgeot who narrowly dodged it. Ash nearly fell off if he hadn't held on tightly to the Pokemon. A blinding light momentarily blinded Ash's eyes. The sun was coming up and it was the day when he would go to Indigo Plateau. There wasn't much time. He had to get to Indigo Plateau at eight ,"DRAG!!!!" A deep rumbling noise came out from behind Ash. "PIDG JET!!!!"! Another squawk came from behind Ash. He turned his head and saw two figures. One with pink, spiky hair, slashing eyebrow, wearing a black cloak, on a Dragonite and another one having brown spiky hair and wearing a blue T-shirt, deep purple pants and high brown boots. Around his neck was a red and yellow ying-yang medallion sitting on a Pidgeot,"Lance! Gary! "Ash shouted out to them. Ash's Pidgeot turned around just in time to avoid a blue beam. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*; Down below our heroes. *~*~*~*~*~*~ "You have learned how to use your power most strongly, Daniel Ketchum. But you still cannot defeat my power," Death Strike said as he let loose a powerful red beam, which Daniel dodged. "I have learned my power. I have learned how to use it. I also learned how to defeat another with the same powers. But you have not learned the power. Neither has my son, Ashura. You have merely stolen his powers." Daniel yelled out as he sent a blue beam of power. Deathstrike shielded the beam with his arms but fell backwards onto a tree, "You have distracted me by anger, Ketchum. NOW TAKE TH-- Ahhh!!!" Three huge beams fell down on him. Dust and all sorts of debris flew everywhere. A beating of wings was heard on Daniel's right side. Dragonite, Ash's and Gary's Pidgeot were landing. The dust was slowly going away. Daniel looked at Ash, Gary and Lance then back to where DeathStrike was once standing. Only a black cloak was found. Daniel quickly ran to the spot and held up the cloak. On the ground was--,"Nothing. He disappeared." He turned back to the trio behind him,"Daniel Ketchum, Once Pokemon Champion, and infamous Team Rocket thief..." Lance observed. "Well...you got that part right ... for once." Daniel said. Ash just looked at the spot where Death Strike disappeared, "How can he leave like that? And … what is happening to me." He said. Daniel looked down at his son, "DeathStrike stole your powers. That is how he left...I think..." "Erm...I hate to break this up, but I think we should leave this area. And Ash, your Pikachu is here." Gary said as he opened up his backpack and a yellow mouse jumped out and onto Ash's shoulder, "Thanks to your Grovles' top speed, I was informed of what had happened. I was looking after your Pokemon when Grovle came. So I came here with help." "Thank you, Gary. Lance, I have to look for my friends. Swellow should be back here soon." Ash said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*To our other heroes..-Misty and Duplica*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Geoto, geoto." "Will you stop doing that? I feel like strapping tape over your mouth." Misty said while looking at a Pidgeot that quickly turned into a human figure, "Sheesh, all you had to do was ask. I was getting tired of doing that anyway..." Duplica mouthed at the redhead, "At least I'm not stupid not to admit I'm in love..." Duplica continued. "What was that supposed to mean?!" Misty shouted while turning around, "You know what it means. You just don't have the guts to admit it." Duplica said calmly while looking at a blank space in the sky with the rising sun. ,"And what do you mean by that?" Misty asked. "Sigh, you're in love with Ashy. And you can't even admit it." Duplica said after looking back down at Misty, "I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH ASH!!" Misty started yelling. She stopped after Duplica raised a hand to quiet her down, "Of course you're not...Swell! Swell! Low!" Duplica called out at the sky. Misty looked up at sky curiously. '' Nothing Woo ... Duplica's going crazy...But she's right about my love for Ash...I'll never admit it though..." She thought to herself. "You admitted it to me." Duplica said from behind her and then continued Swellow calls. "What do you mean by THAT!?" Misty replied to Duplica. "Low! Easy...I'm a PokeMorph. I can read the minds with psychic powers, can't I? My powers are Mind Reading and Transforming. How else did you think I changed into Pokemon? Swell wello!" "Grr ... just promise you won't tell anyone. And WHY THE HELL ARE YOU MAKING SWELLOW NOISES?" Misty yelled again, "Sheesh! It doesn't take much to anger you, does it? I'm trying to contact Ashy's Swellow. Unless you didn't know that ... And look ... or hear rather." Sure enough, a noise that sounded like a cross between squawking and cooing was heard from the sky. Duplica and Misty scanned the skies. A red and blue with a white undercrest bird squawked. With her wings spread wide out, occasionally flapping her wings as to glide down. She was close to the ground and stopped in mid-air flapping her wings, which made a small sandstorm. Misty and Duplica had to close their mouths so they wouldn't breathe in the dust. Slowly, Swellow landed to the ground, "SWELL! Swel Swel low!" The bird Pokemon said and lowered her head to the Misty and Duplica. "What did she say?" Misty asked. "Swellow said to board her back so we can fly to Ashy." Duplica answered and advanced toward Swellow, jump aboard her back and looked at Misty, "Coming?" Misty looked up at Duplica in a dazed way, almost like she was hypnotized. But Misty shook off the look on her face. ,"Yes...I-I'm coming." And with that she walked over to Swellow, and boarded. As swift as she had come, Swellow flew into the sky. She flew around the sky a few times then went on a straight line. "Hmm ... those beams have stopped..." Duplica said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*To our OTHER heroes..-May and Brendan*~*~*~*~*~*~ "THE THIRD TIME!!! Grr ...I don't know if those beams were meant for me, or they're not so well- aimed." A white-haired kid with a bandana on his head roared out with outrage. He scanned his surroundings with his sharp, brown eyes. He was still in the forest, the dark trees covering out any light the sun would've sent down. There wasn't anything close to him that looked happy and filled with light. It was just sad and dark. The ground was a deeper brown than usual. It was hot. He looked up. The ground had a trail leading out of the forest, or maybe deeper. He walked the trail gazing, still at his surroundings. It was still dark and scary. The hot feeling was still there, although Brendan didn't see how it would feel like that, since it was snowing still. Then he heard it, a groan mixed with rustling of a bush, came from a bush behind him. Turning, he walked towards the source of the rustling. The bush was turned aside as he held an arm to put it away. A girl with light brown hair, wearing a red cap, red shirt and a black skirt and white shorts under it 'May! Whatever her last name is....' May's eyes were closed and she was still breathing; only harder. Brendan stood upright again and quickly tossed a pokeball. A big Swellow came out. , "Brrr..." The bird cooed. Brendan carried May in his arms and slowly put her in Swellows back. May was now sitting on Swellow, her head lying on Swellows. Brendan jumped slowly onto Swellows back. Swellow squawked and flew up into the sky, "HEY! Another Swellow is flying!" Brendan exclaimed. Duplica and Misty turned their heads and called Brendan to follow them to Ash. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*To our OTHER heroes..-Brock and Jiroo*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Brock! Brock! Brock, wake up!" Jiroo kept yelling in his brothers' ears. Brock was totally out. Jiroo had to drag him so they could move away from the deep part of the forest. He had seen a few flying figures in the sky, but Jiroo had missed them. Jiroo dragged Brock close to a boulder and sat down on it, leaving Brock on the ground. Jiroo sighed and, tired, looked up at the sky. A groan ever so slight came from Brocks' mouth. He was coming to. Jiroo looked down at Brock, who was slowly coming up, his right hand on the ground to support him up. Brock looked at Jiroo and sighed, "We lost the group. C'mon. Let's go find them." Brock said and stood up, brushing the dust off his clothes. Jiroo merely nodded. And stood off the rock and looked around. They were still in the forest. The forest trees blocked all the sky, "It's kind of hot here." Jiroo said. "ROAR!" "Hey! I recognize that roar." Brock turned around and saw a black body of stone in front of him. Brock looked up and saw the body turn into a snakes' body. The head was rocky and two eyes looking down at Brock. A spike came out of the Onix's head that Onix had lowered. Jiroo quickly ran to the Onix and jumped on it's back, "Come on, Brock." Jiroo told his elder brother. Brock walked towards Onix and took out a small microphone, "All clear. Wait a few more days... " He said so quietly that Jiroo hadn't heard. *** Soon. *** Brock and Jiroo had arrived on Onix to the spot where Ash, Lance and Daniel were. Misty, May, Brendan and Duplica have also arrived. Two Swellows' were flying around in the sky. Pidgeot was sitting in a tree with its' eyes closed. Jiroo jumped from Onix's neck to the ground and so did Brock, "Okay, Ash. You're friends are now here. So maybe we can go to Indigo Plateau?" Lance said in a bossy tone. "Hold on." Misty said while looking around, "Where are Mrs. Ketchum and Psyduck?" Everyone began searching. Everyone except Brock, who was sitting in a tree on the highest branch... ~*~*~*~*~*~* Somewhere in the forest...~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Psy..." Psyduck quacked in a weak tone. Delia Ketchum looked around the forest where she and Psyduck were stuck in. This was a new part of the woods. No one had come here before. It was once rumored that there was a terrible beast that ate anyone who came to this side of the forest. Delia shuddered a bit and looked down and Psyduck and picked him up, "Duck." The little duck Pokemon said, "Don't worry, Psyduck. You'll be safe. Ash and the others will find us. Another thought had been running through her mind about Daniel. How would Ash feel if she told him about her and Daniel's secret? *** Delia and Psyduck had been walking in the forest for some time. Ash and the others were worried. A single soul was flying in the sky on a Pokemon with a long beak and neck and huge wings flapping every one-minute. The bird Pokemon had small red hair on its head. The man's face was covered under a hood. A long black cloak went down his back covering his full body as he sat on the Fearow. "Daniel Ketchum... hmph. He's still alive. He should be dead." He told the Fearow in a deadly tone. He curled his gloved hands into lethal fists. "How did he survive is a question to me..." He stroked his Fearow's head. The bird Pokemon blinked a few times and then let out a small bird- like growl. "Soon, my pet, we will be more powerful..." The bird Pokemon quickly flew away. *** "AHHH!!!!" Delia screamed as a Graverler came chasing after her and Psyduck. The duck Pokemon was holding on tight to Delia's back, "GRAV!" The rock Pokemon yelled. Delia ran and ran until they hit a cliff. Delia looked down; it was really far to the ground and there was no way of getting away from the rock type, "Veler..." Graveler had finally caught up with them. Delia had no choice but to jump, "Psy!" Delia looked down at Psyduck. The water Pokemon was glowing with white-energy. The glowing stopped and Psyduck was still standing Graveler used a rollout at Psyduck. It was an inch from Psyduck. Delia screamed and closed her eyes. She couldn't bear to watch Psyduck get pulverized. That Graveler was too strong. The Graveler hit Psyduck. WHAM! "Psyduck!!" Delia yelled. She opened her eyes to see... "Psyduck!" The duck pokemon yelled happily. Graveler was on the ground, blood oozing out of its stony body. Delia blinked and hugged Psyduck, "Thank you for saving me, Psyduck." Suddenly, out popped five Golems, all- stronger than the last Graveler. They were angry because Psyduck had killed off one of their tribe members. The Golems eyes were bloody red in anger. Three more Golem's picked up a heavy boulder and threw it at Delia who screamed. Psyduck pushed Delia aside. Narrowly getting hit, Delia sighed in relief. The other two used a rollout attack the three roared out and each Golem picked up new boulders. Psyduck was defenseless now. "Chiko! Saur! Grovle!" A white pokemon with a necklace of green seeds and a big leaf on its head jumped out a nowhere along with a green pokemon with a bulb on its back who sent out two strong vine-whips at the two rolling Golems'. The vines hit the Golem's dead on the center forcing them backwards towards a tree knocking them out. Chikorita sent out loads of seeds heading at the boulders. The seeds only destroyed one boulder. The leaves on Grovle's arms glowed light emerald. Grovle ran at a blinding speed towards the boulders with it's arms spread out. The boulders were only an inch from Grovle until...! Grovle landed on the ground its arms still spread out. The rocks were still falling towards Delia and Psyduck, both of whom had closed their eyes. The rocks suddenly glowed green and broke unrealistically in mid-air. Grovle breathed hard and turned around. Bulbasaur walked towards Delia and a vine came out of its back. The vine wrapped itself around Delia's arms. She stood up and brushed off the dust from her body, "Thank you all. But we have to find everyone else." She said in an almost Ash-like voice. *** "Ugh ... we're going late." Said an impatient Lance. They had been searching for a long time and still no sign of Delia, "Always the buisness first guy, eh, Lance?" Daniel replied. "Face it, Ketchum. She could've run to the deep part of the forest. She could be dead. Those Gravelers and Golem's are stronger than anything I ever saw before." Lance said in an angered tone. In a flash, Daniel held Lance up by the collar, "Never," Daniel breathed in a low and ferocious voice. " Say that my wife is dead." He growled and let go of Lance who painfully fell down to the ground. Silently, Lance started cussing at Daniel while Daniel had left the area in search of his wife. *** A dark figure in a brown suit and had fine, sleek hair, a big cat with a ruby on its forward following its master towards two other men. One wore a blue bandana of his head and wore a black suit that left his chest free. He wore an evil grin on his face, which would scare a Gyarados. The third person had a red coat with a black and wooly collar. He wore a 'business is business' look. His red hair was spiky. The dark figure in a brown suit spoke in a deep tone, "We are ready to make the final step of our plans?" The other two merely nodded, "Good. We shall proceed the final step tomorrow. Starting at Indigo Plateau. " The man left the room with his Persian still walking beside him. *** They were there. Everyone. Delia, Daniel, Ash, Gary, Brendan Misty, Brock, Lance, May, Duplica, Psyduck, Grovle, Bulbasaur and Chikorita. Ash caught Pidgeot once again and put the Pokeball in the pocket. He took out three more pokeballs and returned the three grass types after giving the trio thanks of gratitude for finding his mom. Pikachu sat on Ash's shoulder and gave a sigh. Misty took Psyduck's ball and returned it after giving her thanks. "The rules have changed. You can now have more than six." Lance told the young trainer. They all stood in silence until Lance took out a pokeball and released his Dragonite. "Rawr" The dragon type roared. Lance jumped on its back quickly and told everyone else to release their flying Pokemon. Charizard suddenly flew in from the skies, while holding six Pokeballs. Ash took the balls and put them in his pocket. "Squirtle, Quilava, Croconaw, Noctowl, Muk and Charizard's own ball. Plus Pikachu, Pidgeot, Grovle, Bulbasaur, Chikorita and Swellow. That makes twelve," Ash threw Pidgeot and Misty jumped on the bird Pokemon as she had no flying types for herself. Ash boarded Charizard. Brendan threw out his Swellow's ball and quickly boarded the bird. May boarded Brendan's Swellow and Duplica transformed to a Fearow and began flapping her wings. Everyone else left held onto Gary's Alakazam, which completely turned purple and disappeared. The flying Pokemon and Duplica flapped their wings and had liftoff. __________________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************************************************************* Authors note: Well. ^_^ Took meh one month to finish. Spell check, grammar check, and such. It's really long too... o.O; Like twenty-one KBs. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. I got the plot ready. So you guys can expect what might happen. No more DQS today. ^_^ It's you ask your own questions now. So... POKEDEX FUNTIME! O.O; A LOT OF POKES! _______________________ Pikachu-- Electric mouse Type--Electric. Special Ability--Static [When Pikachu is struck directly, the foe has a 30% chance of being paralyzed.] Attacks used in fanfic: None. Grovle-- Wood Gecko Type-- Grass. Special Ability-- Overgrow. [Raises Grovle's Grass Attack Power by 1.5 when HP is low] Attacks used in fanfic: 1.)Agility -(Running at a blinding speed often confusing an opponent or raises the speed of the user.) 2.) Leaf Blade -( Glows emerald and the leaves are used to hit an opponent. Hit physically.) (Two)Swellow-- Swallow Pokemon Type-- Normal/Flying Special Abilty: Guts. [If under a status effect, Swellow's attack is raised each turn until it wears off] Attacks used in fanfic: 1.) Fly (In battle, flies up to the sky using up one turn then attacks the next turn. Out of battle, Flies into the sky to selected town, city, etc. (Three. One of them was Duplica's transformed shape.) Pidgeot-- Bird Pokemon. Type: Normal/Flying Special Abilty-- Keen Eye. [Prevents Pidgeot from accuracy loss] Attacks used in fanfic: Fly. (Look on what I said about Swellow's Fly. o.O;) Dragonite- Dragon Pokemon. Type-Flying/Dragon Special Ability-- Inner focus. [Prevents Dragonite from flinching.] Attacks used in this fanfic: Hyperbeam. ( Releases a huge charge of energy. User needs rest in second turn) Onix- Rock Snake Pokemon. Type-Rock/Ground Special Ability-- (Two) Sturdy [Prevents Onix getting hit by OHKO moves] 2.) Rock Head [Prevents Onix from receiving recoil damage] Attacks used in this fanfic: None. Psyduck- Duck Pokemon Type-Water Special Ability- (Two) Damp- When Psyduck is in battle, it prevents the opponent from using Self-Destruct or Explosion Cloud Nine- When Psyduck is in battle, it prevents weather effects on all Pokemon in that battle. Attacks used in this fanfic: Furious Glow Blow [Since this is my own attack, I'll give it's stats] Attack Power: 100 Accuracy: 100 Type: Fighting Description: The user glows a hot-white color awaiting the opponent to attack. When the opponent does attack the user does not get any damage loss, stat loss, etc. But the opponent loses its full HP. This unbelievably strong attack can faint a Pokemon for two days. Either that or the Pokemon hit by this attack ... dies. Fearow- Beak Pokemon Type- Normal/Flying Special Ability- Keen Eye [Prevents Accuracy loss in battle] Attacks used in fanfic: None. Graveler- Rock Pokemon Type- Rock/Ground Special Ability- Rock Head [Prevents Graveler from receiving recoil damage] 2.) Sturdy- Prevents Graveler from getting hit by OHKO moves. Attacks used in fanfic: Rollout. ( The user rolls itself into a ball and rolls out to the opponent) Golem- Megaton Pokemon Type- Rock/Ground Special Ability- Rock head [Prevents Golem from receiving recoil damage] 2.) Sturdy [Prevents Golem from getting hit by OHKO move] Attacks used in fanfic: 1.)Rock throw (Throws rocks towards the opponen) 2.) Rollout. ( The user rolls itself into a ball and rolls out to the opponent) Bulbasaur- Seed Pokemon Type- Grass/Poison. Special Ability- Overgrow [Raises Bulbasaur's grass moves by 1.5 when HP is low] Attacks used in fanfic: Vinewhip. ( Bulbasaur opens up the bulb on its back and releases two powerful vines.) Chikorita-- Leaf Pokemon. Type- Grass. Special Ability- Overgrow [Raises Chikorita's grass moves by 1.5 when HP is low] Attacks used in fanfic: Bullet Seed ( Sends out a ton of seeds at the speed of a bullet.) Persian- Classic Cat Type- Normal. Special Ability- Limber [Prevents Persian from being paralyzed.] Attacks used in fanfic: None. Charizard- Flame Pokemon. Type- Fire/Flying Special Ability- Blaze. [Raises Charizards fire attack by 1.5 when HP is low] Attacks used in this fic: None. Alakazam- Psi Pokemon. Type- Psychic. Special Abilities: Inner Focus [Prevents Alakazam from Flinching] 2.) Synchronize [If Alakazam is burned, paralyzed, poisioned, frozen, etc., the same thing would happen to the opponent] Attacks used in fanfic: Teleport. ( Out of battle: Transports the user to a place it has gone to before. In battle: Sends the user to another part of the battle field or sends it out of the battle.) _____________________________________________________________________________ X_x; All righty now ... this fanfic has taken me a month to do. So don't expect part eight to be done shorter than that time period. Lately, I've been hit by Writer's block, school, etc. But now since it's VACATION time I can finish this without Writer's block. XD; O_o; You guys and gals might see Jessie and James in later fics. Thanks for reading and send those reviews. ^_^ (Asher) Sheikh Alfonso, signing off. rapid_water_beast04@yahoo.com jon_blazer_fire_trainer@yahoo.com ash_ketchum_shadow_trainer@hotmail.com