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Pokemon, Asylum of the Damned

Chapter LVII

Saga XII- Exodus Saga

Chapter IV- The Wrath of the Chapter with no Name!

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Tom and Porygon Two kept following Sensai in silence. They trailed him to 
the foot of the smokey mountains of the island, again igniting Tom's 
curiosity from the moment he saw them when he first set foot on the island. 
"Sensai," Tom asked, "What is this favor you want?"

Sensai just kept walking up the narrow path of the mountain. "You'll see," 
he said. "Good things come to he who waits."

"We've been waiting for almost five months," Porygon Two muttered under ts 
breath. "I can't wait to get off this island."

They continued up the narrow mountain path, and Tom soon felt his ears begin 
to ache with the change of air pressure. "Sensai, there's something else 
I've been wanting to ask," said Tom. "Porygon detected no volcanic activity 
on this island, but there's a lot of smoke on the peaks of these mountains. 
Why is that?"

"Full of questions today, eh?" Sensai said. "Sometimes, the answer comes to 
you before you ask the question."

"He doesn't like to give out straight answers, does he?" Porygon Two asked, 
irritated. Tom was too busy mulling over Sensai's cryptical reply to take 
notice.

Soon, they came up to a rocky plateau in the mountains, bearing an entrance 
to a dark cave on the side of the mountain. When Sensai stopped in the 
middle of the plateau, Tom and Porygon Two stopped as soon as he did. "Tom," 
asked Sensai, "Which of your Pokemon have you been around with the least?"

Tom's mind changed gears. "Sharpedo and Hariyama," he said without a 
split-second of delay, "I only caught them when I arrived here."

"Tell me, would you consider each other the best of friends with time?"

"Well, I guess."

Almost as soon as Tom spoke, the ground rumbled beneath their feet like 
heavy footsteps. A blocky shadow came from out of the cave, and it soon took 
the form of a giant dinosaur-like Pokemon. Tom quickly dug out his Pokedex 
and aimed it at the creature.

"Tropius, the Fruit Pokemon," said the Pokedex. "The long outgrowths along 
it's jaw are actually fruit that it grows for itself. While slow in normal 
conditions, Tropius' have the ability to become faster when exposed to 
sunlight. Not much else is known about this elusive and rare Pokemon."

"Tom," said Sensai as Tom put away his Pokedex, "This is Tropius, who has 
been the pilliar of my survival when I landed here."

Tom blinked. "You brought us up here just to meet a Tropius?"

"And what about that favor?" Porygon Two asked.

"Call out your Hariyama, Tom," Sensai instructed, "And you'll see soon 
enough."

Tom and Porygon Two glanced at each other uneasily before Tom cautiously 
took out his Pokedex again. Fiddling with a few buttons, one of Tom's 
Pokeballs on his belt was quickly replaced with another, and Tom picked it 
off. Tom opened it up shortly afterwards, and the giant figure of Hariyama 
soon stood in front of him. "Now what?" Tom asked.

"Now we'll see if you truly are in tune with your newest Pokemon," replied 
Sensai. "Tropius, attack!"

Tropius suddenly lunged at Hariyama before either he or Tom knew it, 
smashing his weight into Hariyama's chest. Hariyama staggered backwards, 
hugging his chest as he weezed and gasped for air. Just as Tropius threw 
himself at Hariyama again, Hariyama wound back his arm and thrust his palm 
into Tropius' face, stunning the Pokemon dead in his tracks. Recoiling his 
other arm, Hariyama let his other palm smash into Tropius' jaw, nearly 
bowling him over. Then, with a flurry of speed, Hariyama unleashed blow 
after rapid blow of open-handed punches at Tropius' nose. When Tropius was 
fully dazed, Hariyama's monstrous hands grabbed him by the neck and flung 
him over his head, smashing Tropius onto the ground with a Vital Throw. 
Tropius bounced back onto his feet as soon as he hit the ground, quickly 
spinning around and whipping his tail at Hariyama. A speeding blurr of green 
shot by Hariyama's face, driving Hariyama to his knees, rubbing his suddenly 
bloody cheek, caught off guard by Tropius' Razor Leaf. Hariyama got back to 
his feet just in time for Tropius to flap the two giant leaves on his back, 
suddenly blowing a fierce gale at Hariyama, whisking Hariyama off of his 
feet and smashing him against the mountain wall. Hariyama dropped to the 
ground, left on his hands and knees, spitting up phlegm and the sudden 
bitter taste at the back of his tongue.

Hariyama weakly rose to his feet and snarled at Tropius. Tropius sneered 
back at Hariyama as well. The two suddenly lunged at each other again, with 
Tropius ready to throw his body at Hariyama again. He did, but only to have 
Hariyama switfly catch him by the neck again. And with a fierce roar, 
Hariyama let it be known to Tom, Porygon Two and Sensai that he was about to 
show the height of his power.

"That's enough," Sensai said. "Tropius, you may stop toying with them now."

Tom was in sudden disbelief. "Toying?" He asked as Hariyama struggled to set 
Tropius down gently.

"Take a look for yourself," said Sensai, glancing at the two Pokemon. 
Hariyama was winded and breathing heavily, while Tropius was now more 
occupied in licking the fruit dangling from his jaws, with the same vigor as 
he had when they first met.

"Very well done for a Pokemon that has fought his first battle for his new 
trainer that he hardly even knows," Sensai said. "Tropius, you may leave 
now." Tropius grunted and trudged down the mountain path.

Tom zapped Hariyama back into his Pokeball. "Just what was that all about?" 
Tom asked.

Sensai sighed, and looked into the cave. "A test," he said, "One of many 
which I believe you have passed."

Porygon Two was fed up. "Alright, enough games," Porygon Two snorted, "Just 
what do you want from us?"

Sensai only looked at Porygon with a grin a grandfather would give a 
grandson. "Seek and ye shall receive," replied Sensai, starting to walk into 
the cave. "Care to see what you've been looking for, Tom?" Sensai asked. 
Millions of ideas rushed through Tom's head as he eagerly followed Sensai 
into the cavern.

And when he and Porygon Two saw what was inside, Tom's jaw dropped wide 
open.

-End.......?

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