Pikachu shook his head in disbelief, as he looked at his lifeless trainer. "Pikapi...?" He walked forward and shakily put his paw on Ash's arm, shaking him slightly. There was no reaction. Pikachu's eyes filled with tears. "Pi-Pika-p-pi" He stuttered through tears of sorrow.

Misty had her hands over her face and was crying loudly. She picked up Pikachu and hugged him tightly, crying into his fur.

Pikachu returned the hug and continued to cry heavily.

Rick was frozen with shock. It took him a while to actually believe that his son was dead. He looked at the ground and clenched his hand into a fist. He stood up, fists shaking with anger. He bent over and picked up the sword that was still in Ash's hand, held it up in front of him and looked at it. "If they say this is the only thing that can destroy that monster...so be it" He took out a Pokéball and choose Charizard. He ordered it to take him outside through the door that was still open in the roof. It obayed and they flew up towards the exit.

Just at that moment, the doors began to close.

Charizard narrowed it's eyes and flapped it's wings harder, trying to get out before it closed. It got through just in time at the door narrowly missed shuting on it's tail. Charizard flew down and landed at the front door.

Rick jumped off and looked up to see Articuno defeat Dark Articuno. All the Dark Legandaries lay lifeless on the land beofore him, but Dark Ho-oh was missing. He looked up and saw Ho-oh shoot a powerful red and black beam right at the legandaries. They fainted instintly and Ho-oh let out a victory cry. Rick had never felt hate towards anything, but he wanted this monster to die and pay for what it had done.

As if reading his thoughts, the blade of the sword in his hands began to glow a bright red, along with the red jewel in the hilt. He looked at it and narrowed his eyes. He turned back to Charizard, took out his Pokéball and said, "I want to do this alone" Charizard was reluctant to return but Rick got it into it's Pokéball, then he turned to Dark Ho-oh.

Dark Ho-oh noticed something out of the corner of it's eye and looked over. It saw the human that was accompanied by the Chosen One. It grinned and floated down towards him, gliding only a few feet off the ground. "What are you doing here human? Do you want to suffer the same faith as the boy?"

"You are going to pay for what you did to Ash" Rick said as he raised the sword.

Ho-oh grinned even more evilly. "I'll take that as a yes" It dove at Rick and slammed him back with it's beak.

Rick regained his balance and held up the sword. He ran forward and slashed the Dark Ho-oh's stomach as it made an attempt to fly back.

Dark Ho-oh cringed. The sword did more damage than it expected. Blood seeped from the wound and Dark Ho-oh looked at the sword. "That sword.....but it can't be! I killed the one that can awaken it's power!"

"You don't think the world's faith is always in Ash's hands do you?" Rick asked. "I didn't know it till a few minutes ago but I was the one that was supposed to have this sword. I was the one who chose Ash to have Ho-oh's powers, but Mew was the one the one that chose me as the bearer of this sword" Mew had been the one in charge of chosing a human to awaken the power of the Solis Sword.

Dark Ho-oh shook it's head. "It doesn't matter, I can still defeat you, I have more power than ever now" It flew up and shot a dark Flamethrower at Rick.

Rick raised the sword and a barrier formed around him. When the flamethrower stopped he ran forward and drove the sword into its side and sliced out, cutting a hole in Dark Ho-oh's side.

Dark Ho-oh screeched in pain and flew backwards, shoting a fireblast.

Rick was hit by the Fire Blast, but he refused to give up. Then he had an idea.

Dark Ho-oh looked forward to attack again but couldn't see Rick anywere. It looked around wildly before it felt a pain shoot through it's back as Rick came from behind and stabbed it, driving the blade in as far as it would go. Ho-oh fell on it's stomach and Rick was tossed forward, pulling the sword out as he was tossed forward.

Rick landed on the ground on his back and skidded to a stop. He groaned and got up onto his hands and kness and looked up at Dark Ho-oh.

Dark Ho-oh was breathing heavily and couldn't move.

Rick got up and walked forward with the sword, blood dripping on the ground as he walked. He stopped in front of Dark Ho-oh's face and raised the Solis Sword, ready to give the final blow.

The Ho-oh looked up at him, "No...don't do it..."

Rick paused for a second. He wondered if he was doing the right thing. He shook his head as the memory of Ash came back. "Say goodbye..." He drove the sword down. There was a sickening crake as the blade met Dark Ho-oh's skull and another as it broke through it's jaw and drove into the ground.

Dark Ho-oh screeched but fell silent quickly. This angered Rick slightly. He wanted it to suffer for what it had done.

He looked up at the sky. The sky! Why was it still black? He'd killed the Dark Ho-oh.

He looked back at Dark Ho-oh and it's glowing red eyes shot open.