Chapter 21- The Battle of Greyrock City

 

~The newly made team, the Dire Hunters is little more than a group of kids. There’s no point in lying about our strengths. It was always Ash doing the fighting, and we barely stay conscious long enough to finish the battle. We’re not a team of hardened warriors or heroes, but just four friends barely hanging on together. Now we find ourselves in our first real battle as the hunters, face-to-face with one of the strongest fighters in the world, Green Kaiser, and we are at our weakest. It is times like these that I ask myself: will we live long enough to regret this decision?

-Ebi

 

(Location- Greyrock City)

 

“TITANIX ATTACK!” The Tamer shouted, and his gigantic Kaiser Beast lunged forward

 

“ONIX! USE DIG!” Brock shouted. Onix dove into the ground as he jumped to the side, missing the attack from Titanix. As Onix emerged from the ground, Brock shouted then next command, “ROCK THROW! NOW!”

 

“GRROOO!!!” Onix roared as it swung its tail, throwing large chunks of rock

 

“Stand your ground Titanix! Show no weakness!” said the tamer. Titanix stood still as the rocks slammed into its metallic body. The rocks that hit the Kaiser Beast broke, and the Tamer simply dodged the ones aimed at him. He ran forwards and brandished a battleaxe, “HA!” he swung it at Brock

 

CRACK!

 

“AH!” Brock screamed, barely missing the swing as it hit the ground, cracking the pavement. Brock growled, he could feel the air from that swing, this large cultist was strong… there was no doubt about it, he had some mechanical parts built into those arms! Brock had to be ready… for he and Onix were in for a tough fight.

 

In the meantime, Scyther was going head-to-head with the Kaiser Beast Katanar. Katanar darted towards Scyther with his razor sharp blades, and Scyther deflected them and swung his own. The pokémon and the Kaiser Beast clashed as they swung and deflected each other’s blades.

 

BLAM! BLAM!

 

“WAAA!” Tracey dove for cover behind some debris. The Kaiser Tamer he was facing was armed with a pair of plasma pistols and shooting at him

 

“Keep running you coward!” The Kaiser Tamer laughed as he ran forwards and jumped on top of the pile of rubble and aimed down, but didn’t see Tracey!

 

“RIGHT HERE!!!” Tracey shouted as he appeared from behind. The Tamer turned around just in time to see a fist flying at his face! The Tamer stumbled back and slid down the pile, hitting the ground. “It’s over Kaiser!” Tracey stood at the top, ready to deliver the final blow when he saw the tamer sit upright and point both his guns to him. “WHOA!” he dove down before the Kaiser pulled the triggers. Tracey growled as he ducked for cover. This Kaiser was no stronger than a regular man, but those weapons made him dangerous. Each shot left a crater in the concrete and melted metal! A direct hit from those plasma pistols could be fatal! However… Brock and Tracey had it easy compared to what Ebi and his sister was going through… The two siblings were facing by far the most dangerous opponent here!

 

“RHAAAA!” Green Kaiser roared

 

CRACK!

 

Ebi and Amaebi barely jumped out of the way when the Bastard sword came swinging down at them. The ground was split under the strength of the blow.

 

“Heh…” Green Kaiser smiled, “HAAA!” He swung his left sword at Ebi, and Ebi ducked. Green Kaiser swung his right sword, and Ebi moved back, his plasma sword ready. Even though he himself had a weapon, he could not hope to defend against Green Kaiser’s attacks, and could only dodge!

 

“HA!” Ebi jumped forwards and struck his plasma blade straight into Green Kaiser’s heart. “Take that!” Ebi looked up. To his surprise, Green Kaiser was smiling!

 

BAM!

 

“AGH!” Ebi stumbled back when Green Kaiser head-butted him

 

“I felt a little sting right here” Green Kaiser pointed to the tiny hole in his chest. The Ebi sword did nothing against this immortal Kaiser Knight! Ebi growled. That hit was intended to end the fight immediately, yet Green Kaiser was completely unharmed!

 

“YOU WANNA FIGHT ME!?” Brock roared as he lunged forward, his fist connected with the large cultist’s face and knocking him over. The cultist growled as he got up, clutching the one-handed battleaxe… while Brock raised his fists in a boxing stance, circling around his opponent from a safe distance…

 

“RHAAAA!!!” The large cultist roared, stepping forward and swinging the battle axe. Brock quickly moved back, as the weapon chopped right through a cement lamppost. Again he turned to Brock and swung the weapon down on him…!

 

CLANG!

 

“Ha-HA!” Brock laughed in a triumphant tone, as he clutched his own frying pan, having blocked the Cultist’s axe! “HYA!” He shouted, pushing hard against the large cultist’s arms and forcing him back. The Cultist quickly straightened up, and the two started swinging at each other, deflecting the other’s weapon with their own…

 

“Filthy savage… why do you seek to disrupt our noble crusade!” The cultist growled as the two were locked in a standstill, their weapons pushing against each other’s…

 

“Do I even need to answer that? I’m all for respecting other people’s religious beliefs, but DAMN, MAN! YOU GUYS ARE FREAKING CRAZY!” Brock shouted… pushing with all his might… “RHAAAA!!!” with all his strength, he sent the battle axe flying out of his opponent’s hands!

 

“BIG MISTAKE, HEATHEN!” the Cultist roared, his fist slamming across Brock’s face, knocking him back while the frying pan fell out of his hands. Brock straightened up, and the two of them glared at each other and growled. The Cultist stood in a military hand to hand style while Brock retook the boxing stance…

 

Onix and Titanix were slamming their heads into each other’s. This was painful for both of them, but it was clear that Titanix was the one winning. It was bigger, stronger and its metal body made it much harder as well. Onix growled as it jabbed its head again, but this time Titanix moved to the side, missing Onix. It opened its mouth and bit hard into the middle section of the stone serpent’s body. Onix screamed out loud. It could not move, and it was in pain.

 

“ONIX!” Brock screamed. His pokémon was losing to the Kaiser Beast!

 

“You should worry more about yourself than your pokémon!” The Tamer took Brock by surprise when he slipped behind him and grabbed him by the neck!

 

“AH!” Brock exclaimed, “GRR…! Let… GO!” he struggled, but he couldn’t breathe. This Kaiser was trying to strangle him! No… he wasn’t just trying to strangle him, he was going to completely break his neck! “GRRR!” Brock growled, “RHAAAA!!” he screamed, and with all his strength, he bit the cultist’s arm! The cultist screamed and let go of Brock, clutching his arm while the Gym Leader stood back. The two of them growled at each other… neither would back down…!

 

“RHAAA!!!” The two of them charged towards one another, Brock against the large cultist, both disarmed, both fighting with their bare hands. Their hands were locked in a fierce mercy fight, and they were both equal. Neither of them was about to give up. “HA!” The Kaiser Tamer head butted Brock, taking him by surprise. As he did, he tightened his grip on Brock’s hands and pushed them back. Brock screamed. His fingers were about to break! He had to do something, but what! Suddenly Brock got an idea, “TAKE THIS!!!” He kicked with his knee, slamming the Tamer right in the groin. The tamer’s eyes opened wide as he fell to his knees, gasping for air. “Ha-ha-ha! When fighting the Brock, always remember, I fight dirty!” He glanced to the side and saw his frying pan, and picked it up “HEEEEE-YAAA!” The cultist gave one last look up at Brock, only to see the frying pan come down at him…

 

CLANG!

 

“Ugn…” The Kaiser Cultist lay face flat on the floor… he was defeated.

 

“YES! VICTORY GOES TO BROCK!” Brock cheered, twirling the pan between his fingers and sheathing it (or in his case, stuffing it down his pants… he really needs a holster or something) and giving a thumbs-up. Quickly glancing left and right, he started looting the Beast Tamer, from the contents of his pockets, to that nice pocket watch with the gold chain. He then turned his attention to the battle, “Onix! SLAM!”

 

Onix growled. It struggled, but it could move. It turned its head around and slammed it into the side of Titanix’s head with its horn, again and again, it was becoming unbearable for Titanix! Onix pulled his head back, for one powerful slam “GROO!” Onix had hit with his full strength, and Titanix screamed in pain and let go. Titanix growled, and Brock shouted the next command, “Use bide right now!”

 

“TIIITAAANNN!!!!” Titanix roared and attacked Onix with its full strength. It coiled around Onix, crushing the pokémon with its size, and biting hard into Onix, covering the rock snake with large cracks. Titanix didn’t realize what happened until it was too late. It was the Bide attack!

 

BIDE! When executed, a pokémon will absorb the damage it takes from its opponents for several rounds, storing energy from each hit, and unleashing it all at once, dealing twice the damage it received!

 

Onix’s eyes were glowing as his broke out of Titanix’s grip. “GROOOOONIIIIIIX!!!

 

CRASH!!!!

 

Titanix was slammed with a blow so hard, it body was smashed to pieces. The pieces fell and hit the ground one by one, looking more like massive steel boulders than anything else. The last piece to hit the ground was the head, which crumbled to a million pieces. Onix roared triumphantly, it had defeated Titanix!

 

“Way to go Onix!” Brock cheered and hugged his pokémon. “You’ve had a tough battle, return!” he called back his pokémon. “I wonder how Tracey’s doing… WA!” Scyther and Katanar took their fight to him. They were extremely fierce and Brock started running before he got caught in between them.

 

Tracey made a mad dash as the Tamer was shooting at him with both plasma pistols. The walls were covered with holes. Tracey pulled out a couple of pens as he ran “YA!” he threw them, but he had to dive for cover before he could aim properly and missed. He took cover behind a wrecked car “Geez!” he crouched as the tamer stopped shooting. Tracey growled. This Tamer wasn’t running out of ammo, and only stopped shooting when Tracey hid. If only he could get one clear shot without being fired at… but that opportunity just wasn’t coming up!

 

“WHAAA!” Brock ran. The fight between Scyther and Katanar was extremely violent, and Brock was trying to get away, yet wherever he turned, the fight seemed to be following him. He wasn’t looking where he was going… “OOF!” he ran into the tamer!

 

“NOW!” Rather than question this random turn of events, Tracey took this chance and leapt out from behind the car, “HA!” he threw them at the distracted tamer

 

THUNK!

 

“UGH!” The Tamer’s eyes opened wide as he dropped his guns. Looking down, he could see them sticking out of his chest. Gasping for air, he collapsed to the ground

 

“Success!” Tracey cheered. Those pens had nailed special vital points, and even if the cultist was still conscious, he had by no means enough strength to move. Tracey then turned his attention to Scyther

 

CLANG!

 

“SCYYY!” Scyther’s blade hit Katanar on the chest, but nothing happened. Just like all the other times he had successfully struck, it was useless. His scythe talons just bounced right off the Kaiser Beast’s solid metal exoskeleton.

 

“TANAR!!” the metallic insect Kaiser Beast swung the right blade and cut Scyther. Scyther groaned in pain, as he backed off, and Katanar swung again. Though they were the same speed, Katanar was far stronger and armoured. As Scyther fell to his knees, Katanar raised its right blade, ready to behead the pokémon…

 

“NO!” Tracey shouted and threw the pens, but they harmlessly bounced off Katanar’s back. The Kaiser Beast turned around and looked at him, “Leave him alone!”

 

“Katanar…” the Kaiser Beast growled and turned around to face Tracey.

 

“I said…” Tracey took up a fighting stance, “Leave him alone”

 

Katanar growled. This human annoyed him, and whoever annoyed Katanar had a death wish. “KATA!!!!” Katanar sprung upwards and swung at Tracey.

 

“GRR!” Tracey evaded the first slash, but the next hit across the chest! “AGH!”

 

Katanar approached Tracey. No one told it what to do, not even its tamer! The only ones it would fully obey are the Kaiser Knights… for even Katanar knew better than to defy their rule. To everyone else, it was a wild killing machine, and anyone who challenged it would soon be dead. Katanar’s attention was focused on Tracey so much it didn’t notice the glint in Scyther’s eyes right behind.

 

“SCYYYTHE!!!!” Scyther sprung upwards!

 

“Ka?” Katanar turned and saw Scyther coming, before Katanar could react…!

 

CLASH!!!

 

“KATA…” Katanar gasped in disbelief. It stood there, its arms were no more. They were shorn right off by Scyther’s slash. They weren’t the only thing that had been cut off. “Ka… ta… nar…” Katanar gave one final sigh before its head fell off, and there was a clank of metal as it hit the ground. The Kaiser Beast Katanar was defeated!

 

“Whew…” Tracey sighed before turning to Brock, “Looks like…”

 

“We won…” Brock sighed as he turned to Tracey.

 

Their tired looks changed to bright smiles. “YES!!!” They jumped and high-fived each other, “WE DID IT!” They had won their first rupture battle!

 

“Scy…” Scyther on his knees, resting his blades on the ground and panting for air

 

“You did a great job Scyther” said Tracey as he held up his pokéball, “Return!”

 

“Hey Tracey, you okay?” asked Brock

 

“Huh?”

 

“I mean, you WERE slashed on the shoulder by a Kaiser Beast”

 

“Oh yeah! That!” Tracey remembered and pulled up his shirt, revealing the Ebi-Armour “These things work really well!” He said as he it go, “Well, that was a good warm-up, now for the real battle!”

 

“Right!” said Brock as they rushed towards the battle against Green Kaiser.

 

Green Kaiser swung his blade, and Ebi called up the shield to block it. The two were locked in fierce combat.

 

“EBI LASER!” Ebi shot the beam! It flew and hit the corner of Green Kaiser’s face. Though capable of penetrating metal, it did no damage to Green Kaiser!

 

“YA!” Green Kaiser swung his massive blade…

 

“UGH!” Ebi exclaimed as the blade slammed into his stomach, lifting him right off the ground and send him flying back!

 

“EBI!” Amaebi screamed, but Ebi stood up

 

“Ugh… I’m fine… I didn’t get cut by the blade” Ebi clenched his teeth, clutching his stomach… struggling not to throw up. His shirt was cut, and the armour concealed inside could clearly be seen… he was in tremendous pain… even though he hadn’t been cut. From that hit, he felt his ribs crack…

 

“Your armour may be strong, but your body is weak.” Said Green Kaiser, “If I hit you at full strength, the shock will crush your fragile skeleton” he smiled “ENGUARD!”

 

PING!

 

A bullet flew out of nowhere and struck Green Kaiser on the side of the head, taking him by surprise. The bullet bounced off, and his swords missed Ebi. “What was that?!” He exclaimed as he looked down and was surprised to see it was… a pen?

 

“I think you’ve done enough damage for today” Tracey crossed his arms. Green Kaiser growled as he turned to face him…

 

CLANG!

 

Green Kaiser stumbled when something hit him on the back of the head. “I’m the one allowed to fight with Ebi! Go find your own punching bag, freak!” Brock said,

 

“You’re here? Then what happened to…” Green Kaiser looked and saw the defeated tamers and destroyed Kaiser Beasts. “Ah, I see. My vassals have failed. No matter… they were useless anyhow” He looked at his challengers, Brock, Tracey, Amaebi and Ebi. “Four humans… four victims… you, all of you” he drew his swords, “Your lives end here. RAAAAAGH!!!” he charged forwards with his two swords

 

“WHOA!” Tracey yelped and moved back, missing a swing that would cut him in half. Green Kaiser swung several more times, and Tracey did the best he could to avoid them all. “AGH!!!” Green Kaiser did something he didn’t expect. He kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying back. That was when he turned to Brock

 

“Gah!” Brock gasped when Green Kaiser swung his sword down at him. Quickly, Brock raised his two hands and caught the blade between his palms. Brock growled, but he wouldn’t let Green Kaiser use the sword! There was also something he wasn’t counting on, “Oh… CR-!” he gasped when Green Kaiser raised the other sword…!

 

“EBI SWORD!” Ebi shouted and darted forwards with his blade ready. Green Kaiser kicked Brock away and freed his sword from Brock’s grip. He held as he held the two bastard swords in the ‘X’ position and shielded himself from Ebi’s attack.

 

“HAIYAA!” Green Kaiser spun around swung with his full strength

 

“EBI SHIELD!”

 

CLASH!

 

Green Kaiser’s blades bounced right off, and Ebi made a face “You’re strong, but nowhere near strong enough to break the Ebi shield!” he laughed

 

“Maybe, but who says I have to break it?” Green Kaiser smiled and lifted it up

 

“WHOA! Hey! What are you doing?! AH! AGH! STOP IT!” Ebi screamed. Green Kaiser was bouncing the orb with his legs like a ball with Ebi in the inside. Green Kaiser then kicked it up and jumped up, spiking with the full force. “AAAAH!”

 

CRASH!

 

“That makes one” Green Kaiser smirked after he sent Ebi flying and crashing a good distance away. He turned to Amaebi and held up his swords, “And now for you”

 

“Stay back, or else!” she said and held up her cell phone. Green Kaiser looked at her strangely for a second, and then burst out laughing. “Hey! I’m serious!”

 

“About what?” he asked, “Exactly what is that thing supposed to do?”

 

“THIS!” she shouted, pressing the button that resembled a skull…

 

FWOOSH!

 

“AAAARGH!!!!” The powerful fiery beam from Amaebi’s cell phone sent Green Kaiser flying. Green Kaiser was on the ground, and he wasn’t moving

 

“Whoa…” Amaebi’s eyes were wide open “I never knew it was THAT powerful!”

 

“So did we win?” asked Brock as he and Tracey stepped up

 

Ebi rushed back into the battlefield. “Far from it! Let me take a look! EbiDex Scan!”

 

EBIDEX SCANNER

Name

Weapons

Trainer Class

Fighter Class

Stats

KN-03

Green Kaiser

2x Bastard Sword

Kaiser Beast Tamer

Kaiser Knight

Rank S

Strength- Very High

Attack Power- Superhuman

Speed- Very High

Fighting Skills- Superhuman

Toughness- Legendary

Endurance- Legendary

Mind Power- Average

Intelligence- Average

Determination- Superhuman

 

“Be careful guys…” Ebi said as more numbers streamed across the screen, “His power is over the roof, far beyond any of us! One slip and he’ll kill us all!”

 

“GRRR…” Green Kaiser growled, slapping out the flames on his cape. He then looked at it and gasped “My cape…” he said in shock, seeing it was burn and torn all over. It was little more than a green rag now. “This cape… is a holy relic that has been with me for centuries…” he snarled, “To desecrate a work of art more valuable than your lives… the punishment of death is too good for you” he sheathed his swords

 

Everyone backed off, scared. “He’s not going to…”

 

“The time of purification is at hand. The city and its entire people will be slaughtered, starting with you…” Hanging from his neck was an emerald-green pokéball decorated with many designs, and a symbol of a leaf. He reached up for that ball… “KAISER BEAST SNAPDRAGUSAUR! I CHOOSE YOU!!!” he shouted, throwing it

 

The ball opened in mid-air, and a huge dusty cloud was released. It took a moment for everyone to realize that it was pollen. The wind blew the pollen cloud away, and the Kaiser Beast in the centre of the cloud was revealed.

 

“Ah…” they backed off, terrified.

 

Standing on four legs, the massive creature’s scaly hide had a bluish-green colour. It towered thirty feet above them, and its head looked big enough to be able to swallow them all. The beast resembled a Venusaur. Its back was plated with some sort of dark green armour, which on closer look were leaves. The flower wasn’t on its back. Instead, the stem ran up to the back of the monster’s head, and seems to have fused with it. Around its head, large petals opened up, making it look even bigger. Its jaws were wide and resembled the mouth of a Venus flytrap.

 

“SAAAAUUUUR!!!!!” it roared.

 

Everyone was terrified. The monster that towered over them, and could very well be their doom. It was the grass-poison elemental Kaiser Beast, Snapdragusaur.

 

“Snapdragusaur, teach them to fear you! GROWL ATTACK!” Green Kaiser shouted

 

“SAAUR!” Snapdragusaur roared. The growl attack was a fairly basic move, but from a Kaiser Beast, it was a terrifying roar that made everyone tremble.

 

“Excellent work!” said Green Kaiser and turned to the group “The mighty Kaiser Beasts that the warriors hold are the true embodiment of power! It has been too long since Snapdragusaur fought last, and you shall be the perfect victims!” he laughed, “Snapdragusaur! Make sure they can’t escape! Stun Spores!”

 

“SNRRR…” Snapdragusaur growled, “AAAUR!” it roared. From its mouth, it sprayed a cyclone of yellow pollen at the group.

 

“EBI FLAME!” Ebi shouted, incinerating the pollen that came towards him. Amaebi and Brock rushed behind him, but Tracey, who was closest to the beast was too late.

 

“AAAGH!” he fell to the ground, “I… CAN’T MOVE! HELP!”

 

“Grab him, Brock!” Ebi shouted when he burned away all the stun spores

 

“I got ya!” Brock dove and picked up the paralysed Tracey and pulled him to safety behind Ebi, “He’s stunned! What do we do?!”

 

“EBI SHIELD!” Ebi shouted when Snapdragusaur launched a razor leaf attack. Hundreds of thousands of leaves flew towards them like knives. They bounced off the shield, but it was evident how dangerous was the attack. “Brock! You’ve got water in your bag, right? Pour it on him! Wash off the stun spores!”

 

“All right!” said Brock. Quickly he pulled out a bottle of water and splashed Tracey

 

“Ungh…” Tracey got up. He felt a bit numb, but he was fine. “GRR! That lousy Kaiser Beast!” he growled, “Why I oughta…”

 

“Don’t try anything foolish!” said Ebi, “Hurry! Follow me!” he dropped the shield and ran. The rest of them followed as they rushed into an alley

 

“How are we going to fight something that big?!” asked Amaebi

 

“It’s huge and just as powerful!” said Brock, “And along with that monster, there’s also that Green Kaiser to worry about! What do we do?!”

 

“Listen” said Ebi, “Let’s take a look!” he looked outside the alley, “EbiDex scan!”

 

EBIDEX SCANNER

Name

Element

Attacks

Stats

Info

Snapdragusaur

Grass/Poison

Tackle

Growl

Leech Seed

Vine Whip

Poison Powder

Sleep Powder

Razor Leaf

Sweet Scent

Growth

Synthesis

Solarbeam

Level: 94

HP:27053

Attack: 1782

Defence: 1302

Speed: 211

Special: 2043

 

Kaiser Beast Snapdragusaur is an unnatural evolved form of Venusaur. The flower has fused with its head and become part of the creature therefore giving it more elemental control and a staggering amount of HP. Beware its toxic bite, as its venom is extremely lethal to living beings.

 

“It’s a grass/poison type. Though it has two strengths, it also has two weaknesses!” said Ebi, “The grass elemental is weak against fire, ice, poison, flying and bug while the Poison elemental is weak against ground, psychic and bug. Like I said, while it has attacks from both Grass and poison, it has the weaknesses of both!”

 

“But will simply strategizing elements be enough to beat this monster?”

 

There was a glint in Ebi’s eye, “If we play our cards right, it makes all the difference. Attack as much as you can with the elements it’s weak against and we’ll reduce its HP to zero!” said Ebi, “We’ll show the cult what the Dire Hunters are made of!”

 

“Yeah!” they all cheered. They all ran out of hiding to face Snapdragusaur.

 

“Let’s see, elementals…” Brock thought about it for a moment, “I know! Pineco! Crobat!” he grabbed the pokéballs “I choose you!” he released the Bug/Steel pokémon and Flying/Poison pokémon flapped overhead

 

“Okay, an element that could beat grass is bug! Venonat!” said Tracey, picking up the ball “And Scyther’s also a bug type and has a flying-type attack!” he said, almost reaching for the ball, but remembered “Ah! No! I forgot he’s hurt!”

 

“It’s okay! Release him and I’ll heal him!” said Ebi

 

“Fine!” said Tracey, “Venonat! Scyther! GO!” the bug/poison pokémon was fine, but Scyther was exhausted…

 

“Allow me!” Ebi smirked, picking up numerous vials and splashed Scyther with the contents “Max potions and Ethers! Scyther’s ready to fight!” Scyther took a stance in confirmation, fully healed and ready for battle. “Okay!” said Ebi as they all stood in front of Snapdragusaur, “Let’s go!”

 

They all charged towards the Kaiser Beast, and the fastest ones were the first to reach it, “YAAAAH!!” Tracey ran ahead of the group, with Scyther and Venonat at his side, “Scyther! Cover me and Venonat as we get up close!”

 

“Scy!” Scyther called as it zoomed forwards

 

“VENO!” Venonat hopped towards the Kaiser Beast

 

“Don’t let them attack you! Use Razor leaf!” shouted Green Kaiser

 

“DRAGUUU!” Snapdragusaur roared. From around its head, it fired a wave of razor sharp leaves at the attackers

 

“SWORDS DANCE!!!” Tracey shouted. Scyther roared as it spun around, increasing its attack power, while slicing to apart the leaves! “Great job Scyther! My turn now! HA! YA!” Tracey jumped into the air, throwing eight pens with all his strength, and embedding them into Snapdragusaur’s thick hide. Though they did no harm, Venonat hopped on them like steps and reached the face, “VENONAT! USE LEECH LIFE!! SCYTHER! USE WING ATTACK!!!” Venonat and Scyther attacked the right side of Snapdragusaur’s face.

 

“STOP THAT!” Green Kaiser roared and charged forwards with his swords

 

“Oh no you don’t!” said Brock as he ran along with Pineco and Crobat. “We have to get there fast! Crobat, fly us in!” he grabbed Pineco and held him under his arm as Crobat started flapping its wings and flying faster. “LET’S GO!!” Brock jumped and grabbed onto Crobat and hung onto him, holding Pineco “YAAAA!” Brock shouted as he let go of Crobat and went sailing through the air, feet first…

 

SMACK!

 

“AH!” Green Kaiser exclaimed as Brock kicked him and knocked him back

 

Brock spun towards Snapdragusaur and threw Pineco, “PIN MISSLE!!!”

 

“PINECO!!” Pineco spun rapidly and fired needles at Snapdragusaur

 

“EBI FREEZE!” Ebi shouted, hitting the Kaiser Beast with a blast ice

 

“Take this!” Amaebi pressed the buttons on the cell phone and fired the fiery beam! The round of attacks ended, but there were only a few marks. Snapdragusaur turned its head and growled at them. “I don’t believe it! There was no effect”

 

“Believe it all right! The Kaiser Beast is so huge, our attacks are little more than insect bites! WATCH OUT!” Ebi yelled and jumped to the side, pulling Amaebi

 

“SAAAUR!” Snapdragusaur roared, launching another stun spore attack

 

Everyone got out of the way, but Brock wasn’t fast enough. “GRRR!” he shielded himself with his arms and stood his ground as the attack passed. “Agh!”

 

“BROCK!” everyone cried out

 

“Don’t worry, I’m fine” said Brock, shaking a bit, “I’m a little numb, but I can move” he said as he turned around to face Green Kaiser “Don’t worry about me! Fight the Kaiser Beast with all you got! I’ll take care of him!”

 

“All right!” said Ebi, “Everyone! Keep fighting!!”

 

SMACK!

 

“UGH!” Brock took a hard hit on the face. He stumbled, but straightened himself and holding his fists up in the boxing position. “Was that the best you got?”

 

“Hardly…” Green Kaiser spoke, walking over to him. Both his swords were sheathed and he was fighting Brock with his bare hands.

 

Brock growled… this opponent was capable of taking down Super Fiends, there is no comparison between Green Kaiser and the cultist he fought earlier… however… “Ash never backed down in face of danger, no matter how strong the opponents… HA!” he punched, but Green Kaiser tilted his head and missed. Brock punched again and again, but he couldn’t hit Green Kaiser. “WHY YOU!!” Brock had swung his fist, but Green Kaiser caught it in his hand “AAAAH!” Green Kaiser tightened his grip on Brock’s arm and was crushing it “LET GO!” he punched with all his strength, hitting Green Kaiser’s face several times, but no effect. On his fourth punch, Green Kaiser caught the other fist and started crushing it as well, “AAAGH!”

 

BAM!

 

Green Kaiser head-butted him and let go, letting Brock fall to his knees. “It is over”

 

As Green Kaiser turned around and started walking away he heard something, “No… it… isn’t!” he turned around and saw Brock growling, slowly getting up. Brock was sweating, and he spoke, “It isn’t over, Kaiser!”

 

As Brock bravely stood up to Green Kaiser, the rest of the group were having major troubles with the Kaiser Beast. “EBI FLAME!” Ebi shouted as he shot fire

 

“TAKE THIS!” Amaebi shot the cell phone beam, hitting Snapdragusaur’s face

 

“HYAA!” Tracey was on the creature’s head and stabbed into it with both pens

 

“VENO!” Venonat continued draining HP with leech life

 

“SCYTHER-SCYTHER-SCY!” Scyther was hacking madly at the side of the giant’s head

 

“CROO!” Crobat bit hard into the creature’s hide

 

“PINECOOO!” Pineco spun and fired the pin missiles

 

“Saur…” Snapdragusaur growled and stopped walking. It stood still for a moment, and then shook Tracey, Venonat, Scyther and Crobat off.

 

“Nothing we’re doing is working!” said Tracey, running back

 

“There’s a way, we have to hit the weak spot!” said Ebi

 

“But we don’t know what that is!”

 

“I know we don’t” said Ebi, “But there’s one weak spot that all creatures have!”

 

They all turned to Snapdragusaur. It was staring at them… then it hit them!

 

“AH!” they exclaimed, “That’s it! The eyes!”

 

“That’s right!” said Ebi, “We attack at once in one spot! Not only do we do more damage that way, but it’ll debilitate the beast!” he picked up his laser sniper rifle and aimed it carefully, straight into the pupil of the left eye, “Everybody… NOW!”

 

FWOOOSH!!!!

 

All their attacks flew through the air, towards Snapdragusaur. Before it realized what was going on, it was too late.

 

CRASH!!!

 

“SAAAUUUR!!!!!” Snapdragusaur roared, stomping around madly. It finally stopped stomping and growled, its left eye was now a smoking crater on the face

 

“Success!” they cheered. They really damaged Snapdragusaur this time!

 

“No! Wait! Something’s wrong!” said Ebi, and everyone stopped cheering, “Look at the position it’s in! The way it’s standing!” he was shaking

 

“What is it?” asked Tracey and Amaebi

 

“No… it can’t be!” Ebi looked like he was about to panic, “It’s the Solar Beam!”

 

“Snap… dra… go…” Snapdragusaur growled. It finished gathering the energy for the attack! “SAAAAAAUUUURRRR!!!!!!!!”

 

“EBI SHIELD!!!” Ebi screamed as Tracey, Amaebi and the pokémon stood close to him. The protective sphere appeared, encasing them all as the beam drew near…

 

CRRRAAAASHHH!!!!!!!!

 

“AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!” They all screamed. They were slammed with such an intense force… they had never seen anything so powerful! “Ah…” The attack ended. They all stood there for a moment. The Ebi Shield shattered, and they all collapsed

 

“I… can’t… believe it…” Ebi spoke, unable to move “so… powerful…” He and Tracey were too hurt to move, while Amaebi and some of the pokémon were unconscious.

 

“HA-HA-HA-HAAAA!” Green Kaiser laughed triumphantly, his arms were crossed and Brock was face flat on the floor. “So how did you enjoy, the Purification Solar Beam?”

 

“Pure… purification… solar beam?” Tracey asked weakly

 

“It is over!” Laughed Green Kaiser, “We have triumphed! You lose!”

 

“No…!” Ebi said weakly

 

“Your pitiful stand has gone on long enough.” Said Green Kaiser, “Defeating your blind friend was possible the easiest victory I have ever had!”

 

“DON’T YOU CALL ME BLIND!” a voice shouted

 

“Hmm?” Green Kaiser turned around

 

KASMACK!

 

“AAAGH!” Green Kaiser was sent flying. He hit the wall and fell. Looking up, he saw who hit him. It was Brock!

 

“(Pant… pant…)” Brock was panting. He was exhausted, and his hand was bleeding. He had punched Green Kaiser so hart, his knuckle cracked.

 

Green Kaiser felt his face, “What?!” he exclaimed. There was a dent in his head! He growled and walked up to Brock, “How dare you!” he hit him. Brock fell back, “I… have had… enough of… YOU!!!” he shouted, punching him several more times, “WHY-WON’T-YOU-DIE!?” he beat Brock. As Brock fell, Green Kaiser caught him by the front of the shirt and lifted him up, “What do you say now?”

 

“Heh-heh-heh…” Brock laughed

 

“WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT!?” Green Kaiser shouted, hitting him

 

“You say you’re gonna kill the entire city… and just how are you gonna do that?” Brock smiled weakly, “Even with your strength and a Kaiser Beast, what good is it when you just can’t win? The power of people is greater than you think… and even if we die fighting, everyone… human… pokémon… will stand together and defeat you!”

 

“FOOL!” said Green Kaiser, “Do you think I came here by myself with only a Kaiser Beast and a pair of useless tamers?” he laughed, “Outside the city, a whole army of Cultists and Kaiser Beasts are poised to strike when I give the word!” he dropped Brock, “There is no escape, and no band of civilians cannot compare to the might of a Kaiser Army! It is hopeless! You cannot stop the destruction!”

 

“Maybe they can’t do anything to stop you, but WE CAN!” a voice shouted

 

“Huh?” Green Kaiser turned his head, “AAAAH!”

 

“CHAARBOK!!!!” an Arbok appeared out of nowhere and bit Green Kaiser in the face!

 

“WHAT?!” He exclaimed and hit Arbok off. He looked down and saw Brock was gone! “Hey, where did he… AH!” he gaped when something darted by and slashed him

 

BAM!

 

“UGH!” Green Kaiser was hit on the back of the head by something hard. He turned his head and saw it was a Wheezing! And the think that slashed him…

 

“It’s MEEEOWTH!” Meowth struck a pose

 

“Meowth? Arbok? Wheezing?” Tracey asked, “That means…”

 

“That’s right!” two familiar voices called. Everyone turned and saw them. Brock was on the ground, they were the ones who pulled him to safety.

 

“Prepare for trouble!”

 

“Make it double!!”

 

“All you Kaisers, tremble before our might!”

 

“Say your prayers, ‘cus you’re in for a fight!”

 

“Meowth! That’s right!”

 

Ebi and Tracey couldn’t believe their eyes. What was Team Rocket doing here?

 

“We heard about our friends being in trouble and decided to help out!” said Jessie

 

“You, the guy in Green!” James pointed at Green Kaiser, “This senseless destruction has gone long enough! You’re in trouble, and we mean it!”

 

“Yeah!” said Meowth, extending his claws

 

Green Kaiser stared at them, and began laughing hysterically.

 

“Hey, what’s so funny?!”

 

“It’s you people! That is what’s so funny!” he laughed, and straightened up, “Leftovers from Team Rocket? You think you can even compete with me?!”

 

“PIKACHUUU!”

 

“FREEEEE!”

 

“CHAAARRR!”

 

CRASH!

 

Thunderbolt, confusion and flamethrower, they all hit him “UGH!” Green Kaiser exclaimed, and turned around to see who shot them.

 

“Maybe they can’t stand up to you, but how about us?” asked Richie. Next to him were his three loyal pokémon: Sparky, Happy and Zippo.

 

“Who are you?!” Green Kaiser growled

 

SLAM! WHAM! FWOOSH! CRACK!

 

“GRR!” Green Kaiser was being shot in every direction by attacks!

 

“Threatening to destroy a whole city? You’re outta your mind!” AJ stood there holding his whip, and Sandslash was next to him, ready to fight

 

“Don’t you dare hurt my friends you monster!” said Duplica as Ditto sat next to her

 

“These people who bravely stood up against overwhelming odds to protect the innocent, you can’t call them anything less than true heroes!” shouted Todd

 

Brock groaned and woke up again. Looking around, he could see everyone. Jessie, James and the old friends they encountered in their journeys! “Wha… when did they get here? How did they know we needed help?

 

“Allow me to answer that!!” said a voice.

 

Brock turned around and gasped, “Gary! What… how…”

 

“I’ve been doing some light travelling, and I made some friends. The second I told them about you guys, they joined me to see you guys again!” Gary smiled, “Still, we didn’t know about the trouble goin’ on until now, otherwise we’d be here earlier”

 

“But then, who told you?” asked Brock

 

“I did!” AntiArctic appeared, and so did Twin Dreamer “Do your thing TeeDee!”

 

“Don’t call me that!” Twin Dreamer snapped at him before aiming at Brock, “HEALING WAVE!” he used the healing technique, mending his wounds, He then turned and aimed it at the group as well. They all got up, healed…

 

“NO!” Green Kaiser screamed

 

“Well I’m done here. Bye for now!” Twin Dreamer teleported, leaving them

 

“Okay everybody! Attack NOW!” shouted Gary

 

“Come on Brock!” AntiArctic helped Brock up, “Green Kaiser’s too strong. He beat me once before, and I got a score to settle! By the looks of it, you too!”

 

Brock took a moment, and then smiled, “Yeah!” he and AntiArctic high-fived and jumped down to the battlefield. Green Kaiser had the two swords ready, “LET’S GO!”

 

“RAAAA!!” Green Kaiser charged, swinging his swords.

 

AntiArctic dodged the swings and pulled up the ninja-to “HAAA!!!”

 

“UGH!” Green Kaiser growled, but kept on fighting.

 

“HEE-YA!” Brock swung the frying pan

 

BAM!

 

“AH!” Green Kaiser stumbled back, feeling pain on his forehead

 

“Succession technique: KOGOESHINU!” AntiArctic shouted, striking his Ninja-to into Green Kaiser’s arm, freezing its insides and rendering it useless! Green Kaiser fought the both of them, and was losing. Even with all his power, he could not win…!

 

“SAUR!!” Snapdragusaur roared. It was being attacked in every direction!

 

“EBI FLAME!” Ebi fired the burst of flames at the Kaiser Beast’s face

 

“Fire Spin! Thunder! Psychic!” Richie pointed, and his pokémon shot their attacks

 

“GRRR!” Snapdragusaur growled and was about to attack when…

 

CRACK!

 

“ROOAAR!” Snapdragusaur roared when AJ whipped its right eye

 

“That’s enough outta you!” he shouted, “Sandslash! Attack!”

 

“Sandslash!” Sandslash darted ahead and started swiping at Snapdragusaur’s body

 

“Shadow Ball!” Gary shouted, and Umbreon shot the ball of dark energy. “Alakazam! Use Psychic! Pikachu, Squirtle, use HydroThunder!”

 

“UMBREEEON!”

 

“ALAKAZAM!”

 

“PIKACHU!”

 

“SQUIRTLE!”

 

SLAM!

 

As the entire group were winning bit by bit against Snapdragusaur, Brock and AntiArctic were also winning their battle.

 

“RAAA! HA! YA!” Green Kaiser was going crazy. His armour was cracked, as well as his swords, and the expression on his face was one of utmost insanity. He didn’t look at all like a warrior now, but a raging lunatic.

 

“He’s totally lost it!” said AntiArctic

 

“He hasn’t lost anything, he never had sanity to begin with!” said Brock

 

“Heh…” AntiArctic smirked, “For a great warrior like him to act like this… it is a sure sign that he is losing, and he knows it as well!”

 

“No…” Green Kaiser growled, “I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!!!!!”

 

As Brock and AntiArctic were dealing with the raging Green Kaiser, the group was busy with the giant Kaiser Beast. “DRAAAA!” the Kaiser Beast roared. It began shaking its head, and some sort of pollen was coming from it

 

“Get away! Those are stun spores, sleep powder and poison powder!” shouted Ebi, “It’s getting desperate now and attacking with everything it’s got!”

 

“SNAPDRAGUUU!” Snapdragusaur roared. It began shooting seeds from its back that rained down from the air.

 

“Those are Leech Seeds! Don’t let them touch us!” shouted Gary

 

As everyone were blasting away the seeds, some huge vines extended from Snapdragusaur. “It’s Vine whip!”

 

“SCYTHER!” Tracey shouted

 

“SANDSLASH!” AJ shouted

 

“SLASH ATTACK!” they called at the same time. Both Scyther and Sandslash hacked away the vines before they did any real damage.

 

“SAUR!” Thousands of razor leaves were flying at them.

 

“ALAKAZAM!” Alakazam stopped the leaves with his powers

 

All the attacks flew at once, hitting Snapdragusaur with full strength. Snapdragusaur couldn’t take it anymore and collapsed…

 

“We win!” they cheered

 

“NO!” Green Kaiser shouted, “GRRR! I’LL SHOW YOU!” he pulled out some sort of communicator, “KAISER ARMY! ATTACK!!!” he shouted. There was a silent pause, and nothing came. He was getting nothing but static from the communicator, “What’s going on?! What happened to my army?!”

 

“I don’t think you don’t want to know” said a voice. Everyone turned around and gasped at who they saw entering the scene. It was Bonsai, Cleft, G.I. Jolt, Twin Dreamer and Goth! “We’d have gotten here sooner, but we were busy off an army!”

 

“You WHAT?!” Green Kaiser exclaimed

 

“We beat them” Jolt crossed his arms, “Your army would’ve been really strong if the tactics didn’t suck! With strategies like yours, its just like throwing soldiers at us!”

 

“They WERE throwing soldiers at us, remember? Man, those Kaiser Beasts sure are ruthless” Goth crossed his arms

 

“AH!” Green Kaiser was shocked when he saw Goth, “YOU!”

 

“Yep, it’s me” said Goth, picking up his scythe “Green Kaiser, my old friend, I see you are doing well… or not. As you can clearly see, I have made some new friends”

 

“GRRR… the traitor… Black Kaiser…” Green Kaiser growled, gripping his swords, “I…”

 

“Hold it!” Brock tripped him, “Your fight’s with us!”

 

“NO!” Green Kaiser screamed, “SNAPDRAGUSAUR! GET UP! I COMMAND YOU! DESTROY ALL OF THEM! PURIFICATION SOLAR BEAM!”

 

“It’s doing it again!” shouted Ebi, “It’s the Purification Solar Beam!”

 

“Purification Solar Beam? So that’s its ultimate attack” said Gary, “Then I guess it’s time to show OUR ultimate attack!” he looked at the group, “Ready?”

 

“Now for the best part. I gotta see this” Bonsai leaned back. The Super Fiends, tired from fighting off the army sat down and watched.

 

“SNAAAPDRAAAAGUUUU…” Snapdragusaur absorbed the sunlight and charged its strongest purification solar beam possible.

 

“All right everyone, this is the moment we’ve been preparing for!” said Gary. All the pokémon were ready, and they were going to do a UniStrike.

 

“AH!” AntiArctic ducked, missing the sword. Any later and his head would’ve been chopped off, “WHY YOU! HYOKEN!” he attacked Green Kaiser

 

“Can we just defeat him quick, I wanna watch this!!” said Brock. He would much rather be watching the Purification Solar Beam Vs. the UniStrike than fighting a crazed Green Kaiser. Green Kaiser was especially violent for some reason.

 

“OUT OF MY WAY!!” Green Kaiser howled, “I WILL KILL THE TRAITOR!” apparently, it was the sight of Goth, the former Black Kaiser and traitor that enraged him so much “MOVE!” shouted Green Kaiser, “I’LL KILL YOU BOTH IF YOU DON’T!”

 

“He’s gone crazy!” Brock shouted over Green Kaiser’s yelling

 

“Even more so than before!” AntiArctic called back and growled. Green Kaiser’s yelling and struggling was starting to get really annoying for both him and Brock…

 

“JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED!! THE TRAITOR SHALL PERISH…!”

 

“SHUT UP!” Both Brock and AntiArctic shouted, turning to Green Kaiser…

 

POW!

 

“AAARGH!!!” Green Kaiser screamed, sent flying by the two’s punch

 

“SAUUUURRR!!!!!” Snapdragusaur fired its most powerful attack

 

“UNISTRIKE!” Shouted Gary. Everyone’s attacks fused together and grew in power

 

“GRRR! NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM KILLING…” Green Kaiser suddenly realized where he was standing. To the left was Snapdragusaur firing its attack, to the right was the group firing the UniStrike. He was right between them! “…the traitor?”

 

CRASH!!!!

 

The Purification Solar Beam and the UniStrike crashed into each other at full force, and Green Kaiser who was right in between was completely vaporized. Snapdragusaur’s attack was incredibly powerful, yet it was still an earthly element… and was being absorbed by UniStrike. It shrunk in size as the UniStrike grew in power. By the time Snapdragusaur realized what was happening, it was too late…

 

“SNAPDRAGUSAAAAUUURRRR!!!!” Snapdragusaur roared one last time as it was consumed by the UniStrike and reduced to dust…

 

“Whew…” Everyone dropped to the ground and sighed. That was a really tough battle, one of the hardest they’ve ever faced. And they won…

 

“YES!” They all cheered, “WE DID IT! WE WON!!!”

 

***

(Location- Greyrock Mountain)

 

“Cheers!” Called Tracey as they were all gathered around a roaring fire.

 

It wasn’t that long after the battle ended that the sun had set. They were gathered at the base of the mountain and celebrating their incredible victory. Though they were tired from battle, they never felt more awake.

 

“So that’s the whole story of the Kaiser Cult?” Asked Ebi as he and the rest of the group listened closely to every word. Goth was explaining it to them in detail, on everything from the heresy of Black Kaiser to the Shadow of the Deceiver.

 

“Yes” Goth nodded, “Sadly, it is all true”

 

“Hmm…” AJ leaned back, “That’s a pretty wild story. If I hadn’t seen that Kaiser Beast with my own eyes, I wouldn’t even consider believing it”

 

“I know how hard it is to accept, but the Kaiser God IS real” Said Goth “Just like in the ancient days… that wretched demon is manipulating everyone, and bringing war and destruction to us. Only this time, they’re going by a different approach”

 

“I had wondered why all sorts of things were happening in Greyrock City, yet no one really took action… but as soon we started capturing cultists and I got a good look at those Kaiser Beast Tamers, I figured it all out” Said Ebi, “I looked into the profiles of these cultists, and many of them were working as policemen or part of city hall for years, some of them were very high-ranking too. That’s why all of this was happening… they’ve been working on the inside… disrupting the flow of information and creating more confusion by spreading false information.” He then threw a few papers in front of them, “Almost all the data on this city has been erased by hackers… or rather, destroyed by those cultists working on the inside, so legally this city wouldn’t exist. There were other cultists who worked in the communications and power companies, and they had destroyed those buildings as the battle started. This way, the city has already been erased off the map, and all communications and means of calling for help have been cut. If we weren’t here, Greyrock city would have been completely destroyed by now”

 

“You hit the nail right on the head” said Bonsai, “That’s how the Cult works… large numbers of them will set themselves within a city for months to years, blending in with society while causing confusion… they work continuously, to quietly build their trap and turn the city into a prison of no escape… and then they do the deed.”

 

“For people who know this city, it would have mysteriously disappeared… but with no official data, and nothing but memories and maybe a few photos, they can’t make any real claim to the government. Greyrock maybe a big city, but it’s not well known because it’s so secluded. No trains running to that city, no major exports or trades with the outside, and no pokémon gym to attract travelers.”

 

“Much of the government is already controlled by the Cult, so you know there’s no claims people can make to sway them. Within the government, cultists work in strategic points, manipulating it to channel money towards weaponry, and make sure the right people are assassinated, so no one learns about the cult” said Twin Dreamer, “It’s rare to find a City that is completely free from their grasp.

 

“So this city could just be one of many. Who knows how many other cities out there were like this one? More than that… how many of them could have been destroyed already?” Asked Brock, “We got rid of the Kaisers here before they could do any real damage… but still, there were many victims…”

 

Everyone sighed, and then Todd spoke up, “Hey” he said, “What happened to Ash?”

 

“I knew something was strange when we didn’t see him fighting!” said Jessie

 

“I haven’t seen him in ages!” said Richie, “How’s he been doing?”

 

“And Misty!” said Duplica, “Ever since I got here, I’ve been waiting to see them!”

 

Brock, Tracey, Ebi, Amaebi and Gary sighed.

 

“Well you see…” Ebi explained, “Ash has become an incredible fighter and the Kaiser Cult’s number 2 threat (Sky Render as usual is number 1), but anyways…” he sighed, “It took a while, but in Marble City, Ash well… he told Misty that he loved her and she told Ash that she loved him and they became boyfriend and girlfriend”

 

“Whoa!” exclaimed Richie

 

“Ash and Misty…? A couple?” said Todd, “That’s great!”

 

“That is so wonderful!” Duplica clasped her hands together, “So is that why they’re not here? They’re out there… hand-in-hand… travelling the world together…”

 

“Well… no” Ebi said uneasily “They’re not here, and they’re not together out there…” Everyone looked up at him, “They got into an argument… a really serious one. Misty was sick of these battles, she didn’t want to fight anymore, but Ash hadn’t had enough and would go through any means to defeat the Kaiser Cult. They fought, she said she hated him, Ash ran away to this place… and was killed in battle… WHICH apparently was not true!” He added hastily seeing their shocked expressions, “According to our good friends,” he nodded at the Super Fiends, “He’s out there somewhere, confused about his own feelings and hiding from us… Misty left the group without a word. I think she’s left to go find him, but we haven’t heard from either of them since.”

 

“Hmm…” Everyone sat still for a few minutes, and that was when Meowth stood up “Well I’ve heard enough!” he said, while Ebi blinked. “The tw… Ash is out there, and so is the girl! It could be dangerous!” said Meowth.

 

“Meowth is right!” said Jessie and James

 

“I agree” said AJ, standing up, “It’s really dangerous, especially if they’re enemies with the single most evil force in the whole wide world!”

 

“I’m not sitting here on my hands while they’re lost out there, whether it’s the real world or their own thoughts, same thing! I’m going to look for them!” said Richie

 

“Ash and Misty, to love each other so much, and break it off all because of a single argument, I won’t allow it!” said Duplica, “I’ll not only find them, I’ll reunite them!”

 

“So we’re in agreement!” Gary stood up, “Ebi! About that Dire Hunters group?”

 

“Yes?” asked Ebi

 

“I’m joining” said Gary to a shocked Ebi. Then Richie stood up

 

“In that case, I’m joining as well!” said Richie

 

“Me too!” said Todd and Duplica

 

“Count me in” said AJ

 

“Since Team Rocket IS in shambles, I guess it wouldn’t hurt to join a new team, just for a little while” said Jessie

 

“Agreed” said James, “We can even make them a motto!”

 

Meowth turned to Ebi, “In short, we’re also joining!”

 

Ebi sat still for a minute, then sprang up to his feet, “ALL RIGHT! You’re all in!” he cheered, as well as everyone else. “Great! We’ve gone from a rag-tag group of four to a team full of skilled and powerful fighters!”

 

“You have more than that” said G.I. Jolt, as the rest of the Super Fiends stood up. “Friends of Ash Ketchum are our friends as well, and you have our support”

 

“Perfect!” said Ebi, “We even have the Super Fiends on our side!” he turned to the group, “You know, I am finally starting to think, things are really going to turn out fine!” he said as he held out his hand and they stood in a circle “We stand up to the unjust and fight for what is right! We’ll find evil no matter where it hides, and we’ll put a stop to it! We’re the Dire Hunters! YEAH!” Everyone followed in the cheers

 

(Location- Kaiser Holy Grounds, Void Tyrannis)

 

“(hah… hangh…)” Ash was panting heavily. He was exhausted and sweating. His face was horribly battered and his clothes were stained with his own blood. His opponent was none other than the almighty Kaiser Tyrant. “HAAAAAA!!!!!”

 

BAM!

 

“AAAAH!” Ash screamed as he flipped through the air and landed on the ground. When he had charged at the Kaiser Tyrant, he had raised his staff and countered with almost no effort. Ash struggled to get back to his feet, but collapsed once more

 

“Accept your defeat Chosen One, you have lost!” the ancient sage spoke harshly

 

“No…” Ash got back up, “I’M JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!”

 

The battle of Greyrock City comes to a close. Green Kaiser has fallen, and the Cult has lost its hold over this city… and the two teams move on, travelling east to find their lost comrade… but while their fight is over, Ash is fighting an even harder battle… against a foe beyond anything he has faced before. Ash has done well to resist the cult so far… but could he rally overcome the ancient master of the cult? Find out next time on Pokémon: Shadow of the Deceiver!

 

►TO BE CONTINUED