Chapter
16- The Sand Raiders
~Even though I defeated the Missingno Gang
and Team Rocket has stopped pestering us for now, my problems are far from
over. Everywhere I go, I find trouble, and it clings to me like a stench. This
is the price I pay for helping out those in need. With all the danger I’ve been
facing, I always sigh in relief that I survived to see another sunrise. But
everything I’ve faced until now was just practice… because I was soon to
discover the existence of a force unlike anything this world has ever seen… I had
no idea just what I was facing at the time, nor did I even begin to comprehend
how monstrous our enemy is, and how deep their power runs. The bane of
humanity, the power that could one day consume this world… the force known
simply as the Kaiser Cult…
-Ash Ketchum
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“HAAAA!”
“Heh…
finally… done…!” Cleft panted, smiling to himself as he stepped out of the
tunnel he had smashed, running right through the mountain cluster which
separated one side with its green forests to the other with a vast desert.
Cleft sighed as he slumped down to the ground, removing his helmet and taking a
swig from his canteen. “This oughta repay the favour. The shortcut will save those
guys three days of climbing and mountain crossing” he said out loud, to no one
in particular. “Well… I’d better get going…” he sighed as he stood up and
brushed himself off. “Even though it was only a temporary alliance, I enjoyed
it. Good luck in the rest of your journeys, Ash Ketchum…” He smirked as he
continued walking. He was then joined by Bonsai, and the two Super Fiends
walked off into the distance…
***
(Location- Marble dessert)
“OH YEAH! NOW
THIS IS WHAT I CALL TRAVELLING IN STYLE!” Tracey stood up and yelled. The
Marble dessert was pretty windy place, and because of this, they have decided
to use this to their advantage. While Ash and Misty were busy gathering items,
Ebi, Brock and Tracey had built the special sled. It was shaped similar to a
raft, so it could carry many people at once, but the sail and its design made
it so it could move on the sand, and the wind would push them.
“If we
travel like this, we won’t have to worry about the heat, because that cool
breeze we’re getting from the ride! YAHOO!” Brock held on to the mast and raised
his hand in the air; he was enjoying the ride very much.
“I
gotta hand it to that Super Fiend!” Ebi called out, standing and enjoying the
breeze, “If he hadn’t created that shortcut, it’d have been impossible to carry
this thing and we’d have had to walk! Wasn’t this a great idea or what?”
“ONLY
FOR YOU…!” Ash was sweating and grunting in effort. He was riding in front of
them on the QuickSilver, and tied around his shoulders and arms were two ropes
connected to the front of the sand sled. Because the wind was blowing in the
opposite direction, someone would have to get out and push, or in this case,
pull. “I thought we agreed on everybody pulling their own weight, but here I
find myself doing it for you! Maybe if you guys weren’t too lazy to walk, I wouldn’t
have HEAVY burdens that you guys are, literally resting on my shoulders! Couldn’t
you have at least tied those ropes to the QuickSilver and NOT me?!”
“Yeah,
I suppose we could’ve done that. Remind us next time we decide to cross the
desert on a sled!” Ebi called back, while everyone else laughed.
“Stop
complaining! We’re losing speed! Now MUSH!” Misty yelled and cracked a whip
“YEOOOW!
KNOCK IT OFF MISTY!” Ash shouted “If I go any faster, we can lose control and
you guys will probably crash (not that you don’t deserve it) but it’ll rip my
arms off in the process! If you wanna speed things up, couldn’t you at least
get rid of that sail?! For crying out loud, the wind’s blowing in the opposite
direction!”
“Removing
the sail will kind of ruin the point of sailing!” Tracey called out and
everyone laughed out loud
“GRRRRR…”
Ash growled, “If you guys don’t stop making fun of me, I just might let you go,
sending you-WAAAH!” Ash yelled. A jet of flames shot out of nowhere. It burned
through the left tip of the sail, set the mast on fire and barely missed Ash.
Ash could feel the heat of the flames passing just inches away from his head.
“WHAT
WAS THAT?!” Brock shouted
“OVER
THERE! LOOK!” Tracey pointed behind them. Chasing them was a group of men, each
of them riding various pokémon or desert vehicles. They each wore goggles over
their eyes and cloaks and scarves around their neck and shoulders to protect
them from the sun and sand. By the looks of things, they were armed, and that
blast of fire came one riding a Rapidash. “Bandits!?”
The
hoard of sand raiders was gaining up on them, and in the front of them all was
a desert speeder that hovered above the ground, and carried one in particular
who stood out among the raiders. He wore a white turban and white cape, along
with a scarf that covered the bottom part of his face. Hanging from his belt
was a shining, razor-sharp scimitar. Clearly, this one was the leader. Although
the speeder was being driven at a very high speed and steering hard, he stood
straight up with his arms crossed, not even flinching or showing any signs of
caution or fear.
“We
have to speed up, let’s jettison anything useless that’ll slow us down!” Ebi
shouted, and then turned to Brock, “You! Jump off!”
“WHAT?!
Why me?!” Brock shouted
“Quit
thinking about yourself no-eyes, and nobly sacrifice your life for us!” said
Ebi
“Hey, I
got a better idea! Why don’t we throw YOU off instead?!” shouted Brock
“Because
my life is actually worth something!” Ebi argued back
“Oh,
and mine isn’t?!” Brock said angrily
“WILL
YOU TOO KNOCK IT OFF AND GET RID OF THAT STUPID SAIL ALREADY?! IT’S BURNING
ANYWAYS!!!” Ash shouted over the two. Quickly, they did what he said, undoing
the rope and letting the flaming cloth fly through the air…
“AAHH!!!”
The rapidash rider in the front screamed as the burning sail hit him and his
pokémon, causing both to fall into the sand and get left behind.
“Ah!!!
Look guys, the mast is on fire!” Tracey pointed at the mast
“Then
let’s get rid of it too! It’s useless anyways now that the sail’s gone!” Misty
said, taking out her sledgehammer… “HAAA!!!” she swung it at the base, smashing
through the wood and causing it to tip over, off the sled and roll down the
sand…
CRASH!!!
The
burning mast slammed into the front of the desert speeder, causing it to spin
out of control and smash into several other of the bandits.
“Success!”
the team cheered… but that soon changed when they saw the leader… Even though
the vehicle spun out of control, he leapt high into the air and landed cleanly
on his feet, and began chasing them on foot… “Oh… my… god…” they gasped as they
saw him ran…. he was moving even faster than the speeder he was riding on!
Drawing his scimitar, he had caught up with them and was running beside them!
“Ah…!
WATCH OUT! THERE’S MORE OF THEM COMING!” Ebi shouted, pointing at a sand dune
to the side, as more of these bandits came out and chased them, “Grrr…! This
was a planned attack!” he growled, “ASH! There’s no point in running anymore!
We can’t escape them in their territory!”
“Way
ahead of ya!” Ash grinned, understanding what Ebi was getting at. They’d just
have to take the fighting to them!” However, just as he was about to release,
the raider dressed in white slashed the two ropes Ash was pulling. “WAAAA!!!!”
Ash screamed, suddenly spinning out of control, “STOOOP!!!” Ash screamed out,
trying desperately to regain control, “WA!!! GUYS! WATCH OUT! IN FRONT OF-OOF!”
Ash shouted as he crashed into the sand
“AH!”
Ash’s friends gasped when they saw what was ahead. They were heading straight
for a large rock! “JUMP!” They quickly dove off the side of the raft…
CRASH!
The
sled had crashed into the face of the gigantic rock and shattered to pieces. Ash
got up and joined the others. Everyone had their pokémon ready. The riders surrounded
them, and skidded to a halt, cornering them against the rock. “You better explain
yourselves! Out of the way!” Ash growled
“Pikachu!”
Pikachu agreed with Ash
“What
are you, bandits or something?” Asked Ebi
“My
orders were to keep outsiders like you out!” the leader of these desert raiders
shouted down at the group as he stood atop the large rock. “HMM!!” He kicked
off the rock and flipped through the air, landing gracefully in front of them. “You
foreign scum will not take a step any further, unless you’d rather die at the
hands of KN-05, White Kaiser!” He shouted down at them, “Turn back now, or face
the consequences of enslavement or death!”
“Um…
group huddle!” Ash called out
“This
White Kaiser guy seems pretty serious!” Said Brock as everyone huddled
“Serious
doesn’t describe him, he’s completely out of his mind! And did you see him
move!? He must be incredibly strong! That sword of his looks like it can cut
more than just a couple of ropes!” Said Tracey
“But
don’t forget that we HAVE to travel east! I don’t know anything about any
territorial junk or whatnot, but this is more important!” Said Ebi
“This
guy’s definitely got connections with that Red Kaiser… but right after he
explained his mission, he called that Kaiser Beast to attack us! But that was
in the forest and full of dark trees where we can’t see anything! There doesn’t
seem to be any Kaiser Beasts here!” Said Brock
“This
is a desert. There’s a possibility it could be hiding under the sand, or he
could even be carrying it in a pokéball.” Said Ebi
“It
doesn’t matter” Said Ash, “Even if he has a Kaiser Beast, I’ll just blast it
like I did the other one…” he looked at White Kaiser, “And he himself shouldn’t
be too tough…”
“But he
said the consequences would be death for us, or possible slaves!” said Brock
“You
mean… we could really be killed?” asked Tracey uneasily
“Turning
around’s not an option. It’s a choice between slavery and death” Ebi sighed
“Shouldn’t
we have a vote on it or something?” asked Tracey
“No… I
trust Ash…” said Misty, “I’ll go with any decision you make”
“Hm…”
everyone else nodded in agreement. “Go on, it’s your call.” Said Ebi
“Then
we all know the answer…” Ash then turned to White Kaiser and made a VERY rude
gesture with his fingers, “THAT’S our answer!”
“And
what is that supposed to mean?” asked White Kaiser
“It
means that we’ll be trash you and the rest of you freaks! PIKACHU! ATTACK!” Ash
shouted as he and Pikachu jumped into battle. Pikachu’s lightning attack shot
forwards, but White Kaiser jumped to the side, and instead the lightning struck
a vehicle carrying four raiders, causing it to explode
“GRRR!
FIRE!” The bandits armed with guns aimed at the group…
“ONIX
GO!!!” Before they even grabbed the guns, Brock had already released Onix. The
stone snake appeared and shielded them from the gunfire. The bullets had no
effect on Onix’s stone body. “Heh! Now’s my time to shine! A dessert
battlefield is the perfect place for my rock pokémon! TAKE DOWN! MEGA PUNCH!
SCREECH!” Brock shouted, also releasing Geodude and Crobat. The three struck
fast and hard, Crobat’s screech forced them to drop their weapons and cover
their ears, while Onix and Geodude smashed into them with their stone bodies,
sending them flying in every direction. Immediately, the others in the team
joined in too
“Staryu!
Starmie! Double Edge!” Misty yelled. Staryu and Starmie flew like shurikens and
slammed their targets to the ground, out cold
“BUBBLEBEAM!”
Tracey told Maril to attack. Maril launched his water attack. Thousands of bubbles
flew like a machine gun, continuously striking them
“PIKACHU!
THUNDER ATTACK!!!” Ash shouted. The lightning struck a vehicle, causing it to
explode and sending those standing around it flying. “First strike, absolute
success!” Ash clapped the dust and sand off his hands. “See how much your guns
and weapons can do against the spirit of real pokémon trainers!” Suddenly, it
something occurred to him… the leader, he wasn’t among the fallen raiders! “Wait…
that White one… where did he go?!” he exclaimed, looking left and right…
Suddenly, he felt something. It was his trainer instincts, they were warning
him… DANGER!!! “URGH!” Ash spun around and raised the QuickSilver, clutching it
in both hands, shielding himself from a slash from White Kaiser’s scimitar. “AH!”
Ash gasped, though he blocked that blow, he didn’t react fast enough when White
Kaiser’s other fist shot up and uppercutted him, throwing him through the air
and hitting the ground, the QuickSilver flew out of his hands. Ash quickly
shook it off and made a dash for the QuickSilver, quickly grabbing it. He had
to equip it fast…
“AN
OPENING!” White Kaiser lunged at him, swinging his sword down before Ash was
ready… “Hmm?” his eyes widened slightly when his sword was suddenly stopped.
“Geo…!”
Geodude growled, having appeared between White Kaiser and Ash, and caught the
blade of the scimitar between his palms.
“And
just what makes you think I’ll let you attack my friend before he’s ready?”
Asked Brock, he was the one who commanded Geodude to stop the sword… but
something was strange… Geodude seemed to be having a lot of difficulty holding
this man’s sword back… Geodude should have been able to overpower him!
“Hmm…” a
smile crossed White Kaiser’s face. Instead, he turned around and swung the
sword at Brock, with Geodude hanging on the end!
“AGH!”
Brock screamed and fell back, “Ah… agh!!!” He gasped, writing in pain from
being slammed by Geodude’s solid stone body!
“Hey!
You’re not gonna-AAAH!” Ash was about to attack, but White Kaiser swung his
sword with Geodude hanging on and slammed him across the face. Ash fell onto
his back “That was a lot more painful than it looked…” He sweatdropped
“GEODUDE!
JUST LET GO OF THAT SWORD ALREADY!” Brock yelled and got up. White Kaiser swung
the sword as Geodude let go, sending the rock pokémon crashing into his face.
Brock fell over on his back, “Geodude…” he growled, “Pray you don’t grow a neck
anytime soon… because I would so be strangling you right now…”
“Geo!”
Geodude slapped him
“We
have to disarm him first! Get rid of the sword!” Ebi yelled from the sidelines.
He was no fighter, or pokémon trainer, so the best he could do was observe and
try to think of a way to beat him.
“Onix!
Use bind!!!” Brock shouted. Onix roared lunged at White Kaiser, but he was faster,
dodging left and right, not giving Onix the chance to coil around him. “A
slippery one eh? Then let’s see how you handle this! ROCK THROW!!!”
“You
may be good at dodging, but no one can evade SWIFT!!!” Ash shouted. Following
these two commands, the battlefield was literally being showered with a rain of
flying boulders and stars, all being fired at a single target. White Kaiser
evaded every rock with ease, and deflected the stars with his sword. “You’re
good, really good… but can you handle this?! PIDGEOT! SAND ATTACK!!!”
“AGH!!!”
White Kaiser exclaimed, surprised when the bird pokémon flapped its giant wings
and sent sand flying right into his eyes…!
-CRACK-
“NGH!”
White Kaiser exclaimed, as one of the rocks slammed into his body, throwing him
right off his feet and hitting the ground.
“Yes!!!”
Ash and Brock cheered, White Kaiser was down! “Ah!” they both gasped when they
saw, he was getting back up!
“You’ve
got to be kidding!” exclaimed Ash
“Hmph…
how humiliating” White Kaiser growled, shaking his head and standing back up… “I’ve
gotten soft, to let myself fall like that to such a light blow.”
“A
light blow…?! Is he serious?! He got slammed by a boulder!” Gasped Brock, “What
is it with all these people these days?! All these humans taking the full brunt
of pokémon attacks and not even trying to at least PRETEND it hurts?!”
“Who
needs to pretend?” White Kaiser spoke bitterly, “Pitiful children with your
meagre pets cannot even begin to compare with a Kaiser Knight…”
“SCYTHER!
SLASH!” Tracey yelled, as Scyther bolted to White Kaiser from behind and swung
his right talon downward…
-CLANG-
The
sound of metal clashing rang through the air, after White Kaiser turned around
and lifted his scimitar above his head, completely blocking the attack. “HMM!!!!”
White Kaiser struck with his left elbow, smashing Scyther in the stomach and
sending him flying back
“AH!
SCYTHER!!!” Tracey yelled, running to his injured pokémon
“Attacking
me from behind… like I would fall for something like that…”
“Maybe,
but can you dodge bullets?” Misty said with her arms crossed, “ATTACK NOW! ICE
BULLETS!!!” she shouted, pointing at White Kaiser. Staryu and Starmie had each
fired bubble attacks, and Politoed had frozen them in mid-air with blizzard. By
combining the two attacks, they had changed fast-flying bubbles into rock-hard
projectiles, and even White Kaiser didn’t have the chance to dodge!
“NGH!”
One after the other, White Kaiser was being pelted with thousands of solid ice
bullets. Even this was too much for him to dodge and deflect… so he had no
choice but to defend himself, firmly planting his feet into the ground and
shielding himself with his arms in the ‘X’ position… “UGH!” While he was so
focused on blocking from the ice bullets to the front, Geodude lunged from the
side and smashed his stone fist to the side of his face, knocking him off
balance, “AGH!!!” Onix’s tail slammed him from behind, and he fell forward, the
scimitar flew out of his grip… White Kaiser growled, he was down on his knees…
“ICE
PILLAR!!!” Ash and Misty shouted. All their water pokémon fired water attacks,
while Politoed froze it all into a solid pillar, flying to White Kaiser…
SMASH!!!
“AH…!”
the team gasped. Just as ice pillar was about to hit him, White Kaiser had
smashed it to pieces with his bare fist! “I… impossible!”
“I have
had enough of this fight…” White Kaiser said bitterly, standing up and wiping
the dirt off his face. “I was being merciful when I gave you the choice to turn
back… but now it is too late. You heathens are beyond redemption…” he clenched
his fists… “HAAA!!!” Suddenly, he darted forward, right past any of the pokémon
that stood ready for battle, right for Ash! “RHA!!!”
-THUNK-
“AH…!!”
Ash’s eyes opened wide, his mouth hung open, when White Kaiser had slammed his
fist square into his stomach… “NGH…! Agh…” Ash immediately collapsed to his
knees, trembling, clutching his stomach… The pain he felt from White Kaiser’s
punch… it was so strong…!
“HMM!!!”
White Kaiser didn’t waste time watching Ash suffer, and went for Misty’s
pokémon. “RHA!!” He leapt off the ground and sailed through the air, his foot
smashed straight into Starmie’s jewel, shattering it. Quickly he turned around,
breaking Staryu’s jewel with his fist. “HA!!!” He spun around and slammed his
foot across Politoed’s face, sending it flying and crashing into the rock.
“AH…!”
Misty gasped. This man… he had attacked them for no reason, and now he’s gone
as far as to attack Ash and injure her pokémon… “WHY YOU…!” She screamed,
reaching for another pokéball…
-SMACK-
“AAAH!!!”
Misty screamed when White Kaiser spun around and slammed her with his fist,
throwing her through the air and hitting the ground, “Unh… agh…!” she lay on
the ground, her eyes closed and writhed in pain…
“MISTY!!!” Ash exclaimed, immediately standing back up on his feet, his pain completely forgotten as anger surged through him… “KAISEEEER!!!!” He roared, charging towards White Kaiser, clenching his right armoured fist… “HAAAAA!!!!”
SMASH!!!
“AAAAGH!!!” White Kaiser screamed, his head flung back as Ash’s armoured fist smashed into his face with such force, his body was sent flying through the air and crashed into the ground.
“Hah…
hah…” Ash stood there, panting heavily, sweat poured from the side of his face.
“Grr…” He growled, and took a fighting stance, as White Kaiser was getting up…
“Ngh…
Argh…” White Kaiser slowly rose to his feet, but stumbled. He was panting
heavily, his mouth hung open as he was gasping for air. “GRR…” he clenched his
teeth as he turned to Ash. “That strength… how could a child hit so hard…” his
eyes narrowed on his opponent. “Hmm…!” His feet shifted, as he took a fighting
stance. This boy wasn’t normal. He had to treat him like a serious enemy… “HMM!!!”
Suddenly White Kaiser darted forward, running past any pokémon that stood in
his way. He wasn’t going to waste time fighting anyone other than the boy…
“RHAA!!!”
Ash shouted, lunging forward and swinging his right arm towards White Kaiser, but
the warrior caught it in his hand. Ash’s eyes opened wide as he saw a smirk
cross the warrior’s lips, he reacted immediately, pulling his arm out of the
QuickSilver just as White Kaiser twisted it a full 180 degrees. If Ash hadn’t
pulled his arm out just then, it would’ve been broken. “UGH!” Despite having
saved his arm, White Kaiser swung the board and slammed it across Ash’s face,
causing him to spin and fall to the ground, “Argh…!” Ash growled, clutching the
side of his face…
“You
are quite talented as a fighter… but you lack the strength to face me…” White
Kaiser smirked, holding the QuickSilver in his arms. Clutching the board, he
felt even he wouldn’t be able to break it… but the clips… “Heh…” he snapped
them off and threw them to the side. Now it was impossible for Ash to use it as
a weapon…
“Grrr!!!”
Ash sprung to his feet and jumped back, putting some distance between him and
the warrior while his hands reached for his pokébelt, but White Kaiser’s eyes
didn’t miss the movements, and he wasn’t about to let Ash call out any more
pokémon… “UGH!” Ash gasped, his shoulders hunched over and body fell forward
when White Kaiser tackled him in the gut, knocking him to the ground. Ash
struggled to get up, but White Kaiser stepped down hard on his chest… “AGH…!”
“ASH!”
Pikachu, Brock, Tracey, and even Ebi ran towards White Kaiser…
“AAAHHH!!!!”
Ash screamed out loud when White Kaiser pressed his foot down harder on his
chest, and his friends immediately stopped.
“I’m
sure you’ll know what happens should you take another step…” White Kaiser
smiled evilly. Ash was at his mercy, he could kill him any time he wanted to.
He laughed as he saw Pikachu growling, his cheeks sparking, yet unable to do
anything. All the people around him, all their pokémon as well, even if he wasn’t
holding Ash hostage like that, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to him…
“Hey
Kaiser…” a deep voice called from behind. Unwittingly, White Kaiser turned his
head… “HAAA!!!!”
SMASH!!!!
“AAAGH!!!!”
White Kaiser screamed, he was thrown right off his feet, and his body literally
went flying through the air and crashed into the large rock.
“AH…”
Everyone gasped when they saw who attacked White Kaiser. There he stood, with
spiky blond hair, a massive figure, the gigantic Super Fiend, G.I. Jolt!
“G.I.
JOLT!?! What are you… doing here?” Ash quivered
“Nothing
much… and certainly not saving you…” G.I. Jolt growled, not looking at Ash. “I
came here for one reason… him.” He pointed at White Kaiser in the distance
“Hmph…!”
White Kaiser shook his head and stood up, as if the punch had no effect. “Grrr…
it’s you…” he growled, seeing the Super Fiend, “One of the followers of Sky
Render… G.I. Jolt, am I correct?” He took a fighting stance, his eyes focused
entirely on the Super Fiend, it seemed he forgot about Ash, “You know which one
of us is stronger… yet you’re actually challenging me?”
“HMM!!”
G.I. Jolt cracked his knuckles. “Hey… Ketchum” he called over to the pokémon
trainer, “You expect to reach Sky Render at that pathetic level?”
“Wa?”
Ash blinked, confused as the battle started, and the Super Fiend and Kaiser
Knight charged at each other…
“RHAAA!!!”
G.I. Jolt swung his fist down, but the knight dodged and spun in the air,
slamming him across the face with a powerful roundhouse kick. Jolt’s entire
body stumbled back, from the powerful impact, yet he growled and straightened
up, lunging forward and grabbing White Kaiser’s smaller body, lifting him over
his head, “HAAA!!!” He shouted, smashing him to the ground head first… But
despite having his head slammed right into the sand, White Kaiser showed no
sigh of pain, and kicked upward, slamming Jolt’s chin and knocking him back. “Grrr…!”
the two of them growled, not saying a word. The two charged at each other,
switching powerful blows one after the other. They were evenly matched!
“Ah…!”
Ash gasped, “G.I. Jolt’s strong… no… POWERFUL!” He said, remembering Jolt’s
superhuman strength, “But that White Kaiser is so small, yet his strength
matches his exactly! No… it even surpasses him!” Ash gasped as he saw White
Kaiser gaining the upper hand, slamming Jolt’s face and causing him to reel
back. “How can any human being have so much strength?!”
“Urgh…!”
Jolt stumbled back and collapsed to his knees, panting heavily. “The answer is
just that… he isn’t human!”
“So
this is the Herculean strength of G.I. Jolt? You’re no match for me!” White
Kaiser sneered, “I’m superior in every way… not only am I stronger, but faster
too!”
“You’re
right… I can’t beat you alone…” Jolt smirked… “NOW!”
“AH…!”
White Kaiser’s eyes opened wide, as a figure suddenly sprung from the sand
behind him, and he felt a piercing in his back. Looking down, he saw a blade
sticking out right through his chest “WHAT?!”
“AAH!!!”
Ash, Brock, Tracey, and Ebi gasped, Misty screamed and covered her eyes…
“Doton no jutsu… the ground cloaking technique” Standing behind White Kaiser was the one who stabbed right through him. The icy ninja Super Fiend… AntiArctic! “HM!” he pulled out the Ninja-To (small sword used by ninjas) and sheathed it
“Urgh…! You!” White Kaiser growled, turning around and seeing the icy Super Fiend…
“Ah…!” What shocked Ash more than there being two super fiends, was the fact that White Kaiser had been stabbed right through the heart and was still alive! There was no blood, no wound, no sign of injury other than a hole in his shirt!
“We told you Ketchum… this man is not at all human… not anymore at least…” AntiArctic spoke, “White Kaiser is the result of a horrible technology that goes against the very bases of nature… to cast aside his very flesh and blood, and replace them with the power of machines and steel! He’s no longer human… he is Kaiser!”
Ash,
Misty, Brock, Tracey and Ebi gasped at what Jolt had said. It couldn’t be
possible… but for him to be that strong… and to be able to survive a mortal
wound without flinching…! That was the only explanation!
“You
are correct… I am what you people would call a ‘cyborg’… a human who has been
blessed with this invincible body…” White Kaiser took a fighting stance, “I
have given everything for this power, and I am now invincible! STRENGHT AND
POWER MEANS EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD! THE WEAK DESERVE THEIR FATE!” He charged
to finish ran forwards to finish G.I. Jolt off
“HMM!!!”
AntiArctic struck his palm to the ground… “HA!” suddenly, a layer of ice formed
beneath White Kaiser’s feet, causing him to slip and lose balance…
“HAAA!”
Jolt shouted, smashing his fist against White Kaiser’s face
“URGH!”
White Kaiser was thrown back and hit the ground. “Argh…!” he growled at
AntiArctic, and quickly turned to attack him
“HM!”
AntiArctic dodged left and right, evading White Kaiser at every step. His
movements were incredible, and even White Kaiser couldn’t keep up with him! “What
makes you think you can outstep a ninja?!” AntiArctic swung his leg upward, a
thick layer of ice froze over his shin… “HA!!!” he kicked White Kaiser across
the face
“Agh…!
ARGH!” White Kaiser was getting madder by the second, but with the arrival of
this icy super fiend who did everything to hinder his movements, while the
large one kept smashing him with his strength, he was at a disadvantage! “GRRR!”
As AntiArctic attacked, White Kaiser reached down and grabbed his scimitar… “HAAA!!!”
-SLASH-
“AH!”
Ash and his friends gasped. White Kaiser stabbed through AntiArctic’s body!
“Heheheh…!”
White Kaiser smiled, and laughed insanely! He got him…! “WHAT?!” suddenly he
saw it! On the end of his sword wasn’t the Super Fiend… but a log!?
“Kawarimi
no jutsu… the art of substitution…” AntiArctic stood behind White Kaiser,
holding the Ninja-To… “Even your strength is no match for the arts of the ninja!”
he smirked, as White Kaiser turned around, “Succession Technique: KOGOESHINU!
(FREEZE TO DEATH!)”
with all his strength, he stabbed into White Kaiser’s body… but this time, instead
of a simple stab, he had concentrated his powers through the small blade, and
inside White Kaiser’s body, everything was beginning to freeze!
“Ah…!
Aagh…!” White Kaiser gasped, shivering… the cold spread through his body…
everything was frozen… he couldn’t move at all…!
“ARMAGEDDON
FIST!” Jolt ran towards the immobilized white Kaiser, and swung his arm. Electricity
crackled around his fists and sparks flew through the air. There was a huge
crash that sounded like thunder as he slammed White Kaiser with a mighty slam.
White Kaiser was sent flying into the sky, over the horizon. G.I. looked into
the distance and could see tiny figure in the distance. He then pulled out a large
bazooka, with the words ‘BIG SHOT’ painted on the side. “FIRE!” a gigantic
rocket that flew through the air, homing in on the distant target. There was an
explosion as it had hit its target, “Oh yeah!” G.I. Jolt cheered and turned
around,
“Gah…”
Everyone gasped… the one enemy who had effortlessly defeated them, pokémon and
all… was taken down by these two Super Fiends!
“He’s
definitely survived, and he’ll be coming back for us sooner or later… we better
move. A drawn-out battle with him will surely result in our deaths.” AntiArctic
said, retaining the serious look on his face. “There is nothing left for us in
this desert. Let’s go…” he said simply, and walked off…
“Hmm…”
Jolt didn’t leave however, and instead turned to Ash. “Hey Ketchum…” he called
out to him. “Don’t bother thanking us, because as I said earlier, we did not
come to help you… we only fought that man because he is our enemy… and because
we believed you could’ve handled yourself better, though it seems we were
wrong…” he growled, “Sky Render believes in you… that you have the potential to
grow strong…” He shook his head and turned around, “But back there… that was
pitiful”
“G…
grr…” Ash clenched his teeth. Jolt was insulting him… but he was right. Ash was
trembling… he really couldn’t do anything about it “N… no! It’s not my fault!
They were the ones who started it! We were the ones being attacked!”
“And
when they gave you the choice to leave or fight, what did you choose?” Asked
Jolt, and Ash looked down. “You are a great pokémon trainer… more than skilled
enough to win whatever pokémon league competition… but that’s it. With your
power, you can do little more than play in those games.” He looked at Ash
seriously, “The real world is much harsher than you think, and pokémon masters
are worth nothing in the face of people like these. There are those who are
strong, stronger than me, stronger than White Kaiser even! And many of them
will make themselves your enemy! What will you do then?!” Ash closed his eyes
and looked down… “If you want to have any hope of survival, you must grow
strong, stronger than me even! The path you walk is a dangerous one, and if you
go any further, the games will stop and battles will become those between life
and death.” Jolt paused, “The choice is yours. Return to the safe places and
play in your Pokémon Leagues if you
think it’s too tough… but remember what I told you…” and with that, Jolt left…
“Hmmm…”
Ash clenched his fists tightly, saying absolutely nothing
“Ash?”
Misty carefully approached him
“I am
weak…” Ash finally spoke, looking down at his hands. “At my current level… I
can definitely win the league… but against the world itself, I’m too small…
HMM!” He closed his fist and looked at Jolt, “HEY JOLT!!!” He shouted to the
Super Fiend in the distance, “YOU TELL SKY RENDER THAT I’LL BECOME STRONG!
STRONGER THAN YOU! STRONGER THAN HIM! I WILL SURPASS EVERYBODY!” he shouted
“Hmm…”
A smirk crossed Jolt’s face, and he raised his hand high into the air, giving
Ash a thumbs up. He smiled as he travelled further into the desert, and Ash and
his group started moving along again. “You were right Sky… that boy has spirit
like I’ve never seen before…” He spoke out loud, “Without a doubt, the next
time I see him, he’ll be a serious contender… probably even stronger than me…”
***
(Location-
Team Rocket’s Crash site)
“IT’S
NOT FAAAAIIIR!” James whined, “RIGHT WHEN WE GET A NEW BALLOON, SOME NUT-JOB
SUPER FIEND SHOOTS US DOWN!” Incidentally, the figure that G.I. Jolt fired that
he thought was White Kaiser happened to be Team Rocket’s balloon.
“Oh,
quit complaining!” Jessie slapped James, shutting him up.
“Meowth…
this bites…” Meowth sighed
As the two Super Fiends and Ash’s group leave
their separate directions, they all know this isn’t the last time they will
meet. The world is vast, but those who walk the path of the strong shall cross,
as is the fate of the warrior…
(TO BE CONTINUED)