Chapter 12
With that being said Ash did not fully understand but that last statement made a lot of things clear for him now. He smiled and Eriscordia returned the smile but then the strange scenario of the light and the darkness exchanging pleasantries would soon end for both had a score settle. Eriscordia flapped her graceful wings and flew into the night sky, once high enough she extended her right arm and lifted her index finger and at the tip of her finger a small white sphere began to materialize and it grew slowly.
Ash stared at the sphere and then realized what attack it was. The attack was nothing like Lights Shadow but it could do some heavy damage if he took a direct hit. He turned around and ran away from Eriscordia but as she unleashed the attack it hit right behind him pushing him over the buildings edge. The front side of the bank had a sliding design to it that allowed Ash to only slide down the building. Of course as Ash slid out of control he tried to hang on to something but there was nothing he could get a good grip of so he extended his claws on both hands and sank them into the glass. The claws made a horrible screeching sound that bothered him but he knew if he let the sound get to him he would slide faster and surely go over the edge. As he reached the edge he got a good grip of the edge and held on as long as he could.
Meanwhile down bellow everyone had been watching and Officer Jenny and the others become alarmed when they saw someone hanging on to the edge of the building. Oh, my goodness.
Ash?!
Pika pi!!
Ash groaned as he slipped a little but tried to hang on as much as possible. Eriscordia flew down to where he was and said, as she once again became that vile and unpleasant girl who had made Ashs life miserable for the past few days. Well, hows the view from there, Ashy boy?
Oh, you idiot!
Tch, tch. My, what a short temper we have. So how are you doing?
Falling, jackass. Im falling.
Eriscordia began to laugh and as she did she pointed her right index finger at Ash. She was going to hit him with the same attack but before she could he let go of the edge and fell down 96 floors. When he hit the ground he did so with his feet and as soon as his feet touched the ground he walked forward and seriously. All bystanders were both shocked and amazed as how he landed on his two feet and broke nothing, Eriscordia of course was not happy at all. She flew down and landed close to Ash but he kept walking down the road and after he felt he had a good distance he stopped dead in his tracks.
Ash began to glow with a black aura and a black mist appeared and wrapped itself all around him. The mist became so dense no one could see anything at all but Eriscordia knew what was happening so she sat back and waiting. Slowly the mist cleared away and all around gasped in horror for Ash had also changed into his now true form. Before them stood a nightmare, the creature was a gargoyle with black skin, two huge wings that looked like a devils with the skin on the inside silver like Eriscordias hair and feathers. The gargoyle had frightening yellow eyes, needle sharp fangs that looked like they could tare flesh in a matter of seconds. There were three massive horns on its head and several long and thin spikes running down its back and a long smooth tail.
The creature was truly menacing and scary. Just looking at him brought unease to all who laid their eyes on him, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Dante, C.J., Karin, Brock, May and Pikachu were all frightened by Ash. Ash however cared not, he knew what and who he really was and who Eriscordia was so the form bestowed upon him did not trouble him one bit, and it in fact fed his ambition to defeat Eriscordia. Eriscordia on the other hand was having trouble, the dark image before her scared her to no end but she tried her best not to show it although it was futile since Ash could smell the fear emitting from her.
Now that both were even they were about to give all they could and stop at nothing to win this battle that would determine if the end was near or not. Eriscordia was a tad insecure about what her actions should be since over the years she lost all her battles one after another. Eriscordia lifted both arms at shoulder length and closed her eyes as she began to concentrate deeply. Ash knew she was up to no good so he kept both eyes open in case she would pull a dirty trick. A soft rumble was felt on the ground as Eriscordia summoned her shadow minions once more. Right behind her from the ground a dozen shadows emerged from the ground and stood still as they waited for her orders. This time all her shadows were legendaries. Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Ho-Oh, Entie, Suicune, Celebi, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Jirachi and Rayquaza stood behind her and snarled as they laid eyes on their target. A feeling that Eriscordia had tapped into his mind crossed by his thoughts since all shadows standing there represented all legendaries that he had encountered.
The shadows divided and separated as they made a team of three in order to take Ash down. Of course that didnt stop Eriscordia from having a bit of fun of her own. She looked at her shadow minions and said. Now my pets, one pack of three shall attack and then the other and then the other. Of course, you will succeed in bringing him down so I dont see the need for replacing each other. Nowget him!
The Mewtwo, Mew and Lugia launched after him as the first to strike. All three raced towards him but he lay perfectly still as he concentrated and focused on an attack. High above Ash the clouds began to circle about slowly but surely and as they did they were making a portal to the sky. This portal of course was an attack, one Eriscordia knew of well, as the clouds made a circle from the middle a thin ray of pure light dropped down on him and as soon as it touched him it filtered through him and as he opened his snout widely a wide burst of pure white energy rushed straight to the shadows. As soon as it hit the shadows they burst into dust. Eriscordia became infuriated so she sent all remaining shadows after him.
This of course was no real problem for Ash since he knew he could easily defeat them and he would get a kick out of watching more of Eriscordias cheats go down on flames. First to approach was the Groudon, which was a fire/ground type so any water attack would bring the massive shadow down. Ash thought of an attack but for it he would need to gather as much as energy as possible. He began to concentrate on the attack and focused on the target as it approached. When he felt the Groudon was too close he unleashed an abnormally strong Water Pulse attack on the Groudon. The wave of water hit the giant beast like a bulldozer would hit a brick wall at top speeds. As soon as the dust cleared away the Suicune hit Ash with a massive Skull Bash. Ash fell back but he was not brought down.
Right next to the Suicune was the Moltres, which was a flying/fire type, and Suicune was water so any electric attack would come in handy. Suicune and Moltres both turned around and headed right for Ash with another Skull Bash and Moltres with a Double Edge. Ash got up and charged some electricity through out his entire body as he ran straight for the two shadows. As soon as all three came into contact there was a massive electrical explosion that caused the shadows to turn into dust.
As soon as the dust settled Rayquaza and Entei ran towards him from different directions. All Ash thought of was to sit perfectly still and wait, as the shadows drew closer Ash spread his demonic like wings and when the shadows were only inches away he jumped high into the sky and flew off causing Rayquaza and Entei to crash into one another in a destructive collision. High above a Mist Ball passed right by Ash, he looked at where it came from and saw Latios and Latias racing towards him. He snarled from the frustration that these shadows were not about to give up the chase but nonetheless he flapped his wings and flew even higher into the sky. Latios and Latias gave chase just as he wanted them to do so. Ash had flown so high up he popped up from under the clouds and swirled around about two times as he plunged nose first back down while Latios and Latias still gave chase. Ash flapped his wings intensely as he dove faster and faster towards the cold, hard concrete down bellow. Those looking at the battle were wondering why Ash was doing that but they were about to find out, As soon as Ash was very, very close to the ground he pulled up and flew a few mere inches from the pavement. Of course Latios wasnt as fortunate, it was too slow to pull up so it hit the ground at top speeds of mach two and the result was a rather nasty burst into dust. Latias was quicker though; she followed Ashs every move.
Ash picked up the pace and flew faster and so did Latias. Up ahead Ash saw another skyscraper and came up with another idea. For four years Ash had led his Pokmon into gym battles and leagues and from everything he saw and learned he fed off as he tried to beat this new challenge presented. Ash tried to pull off the same trick with Latias, As soon as he was inches from the building wall he pulled up quickly and flew up alongside of the building but Latias did not fall for it. As Ash climbed the side of the building wall Latias began to blast Mist Balls at him but he managed to evade each and every single one of them.
Almost at the top of the building Ash picked up more speed and as soon as he passed the last floor he swooped backwards sort of forming a huge c and around the curve he twisted around and faced Latias who was then smashed through the buildings glass and brought into the building. Once inside Ash managed to shove Latias through to the other side and as they smashed through the other side of the building Ash grabbed one of Latias paws and swung her around and brutally tossed her towards another building wall but as soon as Latias hit the wall she burst into dust from the impact.
Down on the ground Eriscordia watched as her rival viciously and brutally finished off her minions with combinations of both wit and brute strength perfectly aligned to create catastrophic results. Those last two moves were something almost barbaric and intense, proving that Ash was not going to go down as easily as her previous rivals, although he had already proven it long ago. High above in the sky Ash looked down on Eriscordia and let out a rather threatening and intense roar, after doing so he swooped down and tried to tackle Eriscordia but inches from her Ho-Oh had hit Ash on his side with a devastating Double Edge attack that sent him flying to a nearby telephone booth which he smashed into pieces.
Brock, May and Pikachu were startled by the intensity of the hit, which looked quite painful from where they were standing. From the ruble Ash strained to his feet and saw Eriscordia with the remaining shadows beside her, she swiftly waved her hand and they vanished into thin air and took two steps forward. Ash snarled as she approached him, she took it as a threat so before he could go anywhere she teleported right next to him. Ash tried to hold it together but the hit had taken its toll, he changed shape back into human form and tried to catch his breath as he stared at Eriscordia viciously and with fury.
Eriscordia lifted her right arm and a piece of fallen metal levitated in midair, that same piece of metal quickly launched right at Ashs throat and tightened as Eriscordia controlled it by closing her fist. Pikachu saw how Eriscordia was strangling his best friend so it decided to take the situation into its own paws. Pikachu ran to Eriscordia and hit her with its best Thunderbolt as it shrieked out. Pikachuuuu!! But being what she was the Thunderbolt barely even affected her. She did however grow weary from Pikachus attempt to try and stop her. Eriscordia pointed her right arm at Pikachu and fired a rather meek Thunder attack; of course to Pikachu the attack was anything but meek as it was enough to bring the little mouse down.
Ash had seen that so he struggled to get back on his feet but the more he struggled the tighter the piece of metal became. Ash was too stubborn to stop struggling so he kept trying yet the more he tried the tighter the metal got and the less air got into his lungs which was resulting in a blurry vision and feeling light headed, all signs indicating that he would soon pass out. Eriscordia walked over and picked Pikachu up in her arms, the little small mouse was barely conscious as this was happening so it had no way of protecting itself and Ash himself would soon pass out if he continued to struggle.
Ash tried to remove the piece of metal but it wouldnt budge at all. As it grew tighter the piece of metal was beginning to really hurt, Eriscordia then walked up to him and said as she petted Pikachu. Before I send you back into the Underworld Ill let you watch as I make your whole world collide and shatter into billions of pieces.
Ash knew he had to act fast so he looked around for another idea that would get Pikachu out of Eriscordias hands and to safety. He saw a light pole that had been brought down so he turned to the psychic powers and as his eyes began to glow yellow a black aura wrapped the light pole and it levitated in midair. Ash looked right at the pole and then sharply moved his gaze to Eriscordia who so far was oblivious to the events; the pole launched quickly towards her and just as she raised her face to look at Ash the pole hit her right in the face. She dropped Pikachu as she fell back she covered her face with both hands and yelled out in pain since Ash had launched the pole with full force. The piece of metal also fell off of Ashs throat giving him the opportunity to run to Pikachu and get it to safety.
Ash picked up the little mouse and as Pikachu slowly moved its little head to look at him it tucked its face in his arms seeking the warmth and comfort from its trainer. Ash smiled sweetly and hugged Pikachu and said. You okay, buddy?
Pi Pikachu was pretty hurt from the blast of Thunder Eriscordia had hit it with but Ash knew it would be okay after a good rest. He ran towards Brock and the others and handed Pikachu over to May. Watch him for me, okay?
I will.