"Ho-oh, watch were your flying!" Ash called as Ho-oh just missed slamming into the side of a mountain after being struck by a wing attack from Dark Ho-oh.

The battle had only begun about ten minutes ago, and already sides were looking weak. The Dark Legandaries had the upper hand in this battle, being able to see in the dark, but if the battle went on to much longer the sun would rise and they would be at a disadvantage, so they were giving it their all.

"Ho-oh we need a plan" Ash said as Ho-oh flew up out of the way of a Flamethrower. "The only thing important about this battle is if we survive it. Even if we beat the Dark Legandaries they can just come back. If only there was a way to prevent that..."

Ho-oh raised it's head slightly, as if surprised. "Thats it...Ash, your a genius!" There was something about the words 'Ash' and 'Genius' being in the same sentance that didn't sound right to Ho-oh, but Ash had given it an idea anyway.

"Wha? Ho-oh what are you on about?" Ash asked, obviously clueless.

"It's true the Dark Legandaries can come back, but only if theres someone to help bring them back" Ho-oh explained. Seeing that Ash was becoming more confused, it tried to explain better. "As long as there is one Dark Pokémon at this side of the portal, then the Dark Legandaries will be able to come back without any trouble"

"But then how did they get here in the first place?" Ash asked, remembering the day they covered the sky with darkness for the first time.

Ho-oh thought for a while as it used a Psychic attack to confuse Dark Ho-oh. "Well...it's posible that when we sealed up the Dark Portal before, we may have left an opening, or maybe a Dark Pokémon had been able to escape before the portal was closed, but I'd say it's most likely that they were building up their powers over the centeries. As long as they were careful with their powers the would one day have enough to open the portal for a short amount of time"

Ash took a second to let all of this sink into his brain. "Right...so your plan is?"

"Destroy them all at once" Ho-oh said.

"Easier said than done" Ash pointed out. The Dark Legandaries had a reputation for retreating if they see any sign of losing coming their way. Also, the Dark Legandaries seemed to have figured this out and were trying to keep spread out. To destroy them all at once they'd need them to be together or else for a huge attack to get a direct hit. "It's gonna take a miracal to pull this off"

Ho-oh flew upwards and charged down towards Dark Ho-oh below, who dodged the attack and used a peck on Ho-oh's back, narrowly missing Ash. Of corse, Ash wasn't going to let Dark Ho-oh get away with that, and before Dark Ho-oh knew it it had been blasted back by a red beam of energy.

Suddenly, Lugia let out a cry and all the other Dark Legandaires abandoned their opponints and regrouped, still spread out to much for a target. They all had evil glints in their eyes and were grinning. Suddenly, all there eyes turned to Ho-oh and Ash.

"Take them out first!" Dark Lugia cried as they all charged at once, Dark Raikou standing on Zapdos' back, Dark Suicune on Dark Articuno's and Dark Entei on Dark Moltres'.

Ash had hold on for dear life as Ho-oh shot upwards as all the Dark Legandaries charged towards them, but the strange thing was, the Dark Legandaries weren't firing any attacks at them.

Ho-oh soured higher and higher, and still no attacks were fired, and the Dark Legandaries were only going fast enough to keep up, and seemed to be galncing at eachother every now and then.

All of a sudden Ash noticed the air was starting to become thiner and it became harder to breath, as if he was breathing in water. He coughed and tugged on Ho-oh's feathers. "Ho-oh...stop"

[But the Dark Legandaries won't be able to go much higher] Ho-oh said without stopping. [Dark Lugia, because it's so used to being under, can't breath much higher up, Dark Ho-oh is to much of a coward to fight by itself unless the others are nearby and Dark Articuno, Dark Moltres and Dark Zapdos can't come much higher because the Dark Legandary Dogs can't breath in high altitudes]

"Neither can I..." Ash tried to say, but it only came out as a whisper and he coughed. That had been their plan all along, to chase them upwards until Ash couldn't take it anymore. They were smarter than Ash gave them credit for.

They were well above the clouds now, and Ash was beging to feel dizzy and his vision blured. He kept trying to tell Ho-oh to stop, but all he was doing was wasting his breath.

Most of the Dark Legandaries had stopped, except for Dark Ho-oh. It grinned evilly as Ash looked back, sencing his weakness.

Ash suddenly felt the last of his strength leave him and he fell into unconciousness. His grip lossened from Ho-oh's feathers and he slipped away from Ho-oh and felt the wind rush by him as he began to plummet downwards.

Dark Ho-oh grinned and began to flap it's wings harder, shooting towards Ash at a high speed. Ash couldn't do anything, he was unconcious, he was easy prey for the giant evil bird. Closer and closer until...

CRASH! Ho-oh slammed head-first into Dark Ho-oh, knocking it in the opposite dirrection of Ash. Ho-oh growled an charged again, tackling the other legandary back. Dark Ho-oh then began working on defence because all it did was dodge attacks. Why did Ho-oh have the feeling it was forgeting something?

Ash was still falling!

The Dark Legandaries had got Ho-oh twice in one day, thats why Dark Ho-oh was only dodging and not attacking. No time for this.

Ho-oh swooped upwards, turned and darted downwards like an arrow. After a short while he spotted Ash and flew under him so he landed safely on it's back. Ho-oh sighed heavily, but it didn't have time to relax.

They had been waiting for them. The Dark Legandaries all released there attacks at once, electric, psychic, water and fire attacks struck Ho-oh, causing an amazing amount of pain. Ho-oh couldn't stay in the air, so it plummeted downwards, crashing hard into the ground and causing dust to cover the area. Ho-oh and Ash lay motionless in the centre.

The Dark Legandaries cheered. Dark Lugia flew forward in front of the others. "Without those two, the world is allmost ours. Theres just a little bit of exterminating to do" It said looking to the other legandaries and grining.