Tiger nodded, and continued forward. He then froze when he saw
Ho-Oh attacking Kit, and Tally, which were two ninetales, one
shiny. Tiger then growled, and nodded to Cyndaquil. The two then
climbed into a tree, and yelled at the legendary bird.
Ho-Oh turned away from the Ninetails and glared at Tiger. "Ho-Oh Ho
Oh? (So you have returned?)" he said menacingly. "Ho-Oh? Ho ho
OH...ho-oh (Come to help this doomed forest again? Last I
checked...you should be dead)" the legend snarled, and shot off a
sacred fire.
Tiger jumped backwards, and dodged the flames. He then narrowed his
eyes at the pokemon "and why are you here?" he retorted. "Team
Rocket trying to capture innocent pokemon again?" he spat
angrily. He then saw Snow, and his father, Frost. The two pokemon
were about to capture an Eevee, and a Vulpix. Tiger then nodded to
Cyndaquil, who used a flamethrower on the two grunts.
Bulbasaur grabbed the two Pokemon and dragged them away, to where
Mira was. She looked at him darkly. "How many?" She muttered.
Bulbasaur held up two paws. "Bring them here if they're hurt or
traumatized," She directed, and sent him off again.
As for the Pokemon, she was too busy giving out potions and healing
them up to realize what was happening behind her.
Ho-Oh just began to notice Mira. The legend then smirked evilly.
"Ho-Oh? Ho-Oh Ho Ho Ho-Oh!? (Who's this? A friend of yours!?)" he
asked Tiger in a low growl. Tiger didn't respond he just looked at
Ho-Oh. Cyndaquil was busy fighting Poliwrath that Snow sent out to
help Frost. "Ho-Oh? Ho...Ho-oh hooh (she is? Heh why don't I...hurt
her)" he said darkly. "HO-OH HO! (AFTER ALL YOU'D DO ANYTHING TO
SAVE YOUR FRIENDS!)" Ho-Oh yelled the last part menacingly.
Tiger was about to warn Mira to get out of the way when Ho-Oh
growled, and screeched. An Alakazam then appeared, and held Tiger
still with a Psychic. The trainer couldn't call for Mira to get out
of the way. Ho-Oh then flew behind Mira, and was about to use a
sacred fire when a screech was heard, and an aero blast hit Ho-Oh
causing the sacred fire to fly above Mira's head.
Mira saw the fire above her and turned around to see the bird. She
yiped in surprise and scrabbled backwards, staring in awe. One of
the Pokemon behind her--they were moving too fast for Mira to see
exactly which one--ran forward and tackled the Alakazam. Bulbasaur
was too busy helping Cyndaquil (he figured having an ally with a
type advantage would be helpful). "What just happened?" She
breathed, wondering why the attack got cut off.
Tiger fell to the ground, and out of the tree once Alakazam was
hit. Tiger panted, and growled as he hit the ground with a hard
thud. He then looked around wildly, and saw Ho-Oh looking around
wildly for the Pokemon who attacked him. "Ho-Oh ho! (Lugia show
yourself!)" Ho-Oh yowled angrily.
Lugia then flew down, and landed in the clearing close to Mira. He
then screeched, and spoke using telepathy "you are attacking
Pokemon in the forest, and you want to kill these humans? You make
me sick Ho-Oh" he snarled crossly, and blocked Ho-Oh from attacking
Mira any further. He glanced at Tiger, and the boy tried to hide
from the fire bird.
Cyndaquil nodded a thanks to Bulbasaur, and used an aerial ace on
Poliwrath. The Pokemon stumbled back from the combined moves of
Bulbasaur, and Cyndaquil.
Mira blinked in surprise. And now Lugia is standing right in
front of me. She thought, a smile growing on her face. She
looked over and dove into a bush, closely followed by the other
Pokemon.
Ho-Oh growled, and went to attack, but Lugia used a psychic, and
froze the fire legend. "You are going to far...brainwashed or not
you need to stop" the legend snarled, and threw Ho-Oh toward the
ground.
"Ho-Oh oh (you are protecting these wimpy Pokemon, and humans? They
could bring glory to Team Rocket)" Ho-Oh growled back, and used a
sacred fire. It hit Lugia, and caused the legend to screech, and
stumbled back.
Tiger froze, and scrambled to his feet. He then let Charmander out.
The golden shiny's scales seemed to blend in the faint moonlight.
"Help Lugia" Tiger whispered. The Pokemon nodded, and darted up a
tree.
Ho-Oh was about to use a brave bird and hit Lugia while he was
confused when Charmander jumped out of the tree, and landed on the
Ho-Oh's back. He then used dragon claw to slow the fire bird
down.
Lugia saw his chance. He then sued a hydro pump on Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh saw
it coming, and flipped around. Charmander then got hit with the
move, and fell off Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh was also hit by the move, and took
a lot of damage.
Mira, without thinking, darted from her hiding spot and caught
Charmander, diving into another bush. Panting, she put him down.
"You okay?" She asked quietly, keeping a close eye on Ho-Oh.
Charmander panted heavily. His tail flame was critically low
"c...char" he said weakly. Tiger then ran out of his cover, and
tried to jump out of the way of a sacred fire. He then was hit by
the move and fell face first into the area where Mira went. He then
noticed the tail flame on Charmander and froze. "Mira give him
this" Tiger said softly, and pushed over a secret potion from his
bag "I've had it for quite a while...I got it from The potion shop
in my region" he said softly. He then looked out of the bushes and
saw Lugia was trying to win the battle. Cyndaquil was hit with a
powerup punch from Poliwrath, and fainted. Team rocket was winning.
Mira nodded and fed Charmander the potion before noticing Tiger.
"You got hit," She muttered, passing him the bag. "Treat yourself.
I've got Cyndaquil."
She rushed out, without any items, and grabbed Cyndaquil. She
grabbed the necklace from around her neck and put it to his back;
there was a bright flash and he was no longer fainted. As for
Bulbasaur, though he was hurt, he benefited from the Leech Seed he
planted and was still in the game. He used a Vine Whip.
Tiger nodded, and used a secret potion on himself. He looked at
Charmander who was in better condition. "Charmander char! (I need
to help Cyndaquil, and Lugia)" he snapped.
"No you need to rest" Tiger retorted, and sighed. "If you take
anymore damage you could get hurt or worse" he said quietly.
Charmander froze, and nodded relucantly.
"Charmander char char (alright sorry)" he said lowly.
Tiger sighed, and hugged the Charmander "it'll be fine, Dusk. We
will help help any injured Pokemon who get hurt."
Charmander nodded, and heard his new name. He then sighed
"Charmander charm (alright. We can do it)" he said cheerfully.
Cyndaquil came to, and groaned. He then looked at Mira, and nodded
a thanks. Poliwrath was then hit with vine whip, and stumbled back.
The leech seed then took the last of his health.
Tiger thought for a moment "between the both of us we have six
Pokemon, and considering the rocket grunts, and Ho-Oh we alone are
out numbered, but..." He trailed off, and looked around. He then
saw the river where the revival herbs grew. "There's a cave near
the other side of the river...if Lugia can distract Ho-Oh for long
enough we can make it to the cave, and ask for the Pokemon inside
to help us" he said softly.
"Alright," Mira glanced back to the fight. Something rumbled in her
bag, but she completely ignored it. "When Ho-Oh is completely
distracted... Stunned, and looking away. That's when we'll run,"
She muttered.
Tiger nodded, and narrowed his eyes. He then saw Lugia use another
hydro pump the move stunned Ho-Oh, and the two flew backwards away
from the cave, and from the bush they hid in. "Go" Tiger whispered
swiftly.
Mira bolted from her hiding spot and leapt as far as she could
across the river--the effort got her mostly across, with one foot
in the water. She looked around for the cave.