Chapter 220: Kyogre, Groudon, and Lugia
Because Hoopa's power had already left the Prison Bottle, Barza was finally free from Hoopa's control.
"What happened to me?" Barza asked, shaking his dizzy head.
"Brother!" Mary ran to Barza's side, pointing at Hoopa, who was excitedly shouting in the air, and said, "Look, Hoopa! Hoopa has returned to its original form."
The moment Barza saw Hoopa, he remembered everything, "No, we were wrong. We shouldn't have released Hoopa's power!"
"What?" Mary didn't react.
At this moment, Hoopa had already turned its gaze over. Its target was the Prison Bottle in Barza's hand.
As long as the Prison Bottle was destroyed, no one would be able to seal it again.
From Little Hoopa's memories, it already knew that the old man who sealed it had died.
On a tower not far away, the Team Rocket trio, who had been following Ash, were observing Ash and the others with binoculars.
"What's that Pokémon? It looks so powerful!" Meowth said.
James's eyes lit up, "If we catch that Pokémon, can't we do whatever we want?"
Jessie slapped James, "Idiot, the important thing is that bottle. As long as we get that bottle, we can control that Pokémon."
The Prison Bottle emitted a red light, and Hoopa immediately realized that it couldn't move.
Immediately afterward, a strange suction force came, and the power of Hoopa Unbound was instantly resealed into the bottle.
Without that power, Hoopa transformed from its Unbound form back to its Confined form, and fell from the sky, completely exhausted.
"Hoopa ~ ~ ~" Mary hurriedly ran over to catch it, "Hoopa, are you okay?"
"Hoopa is so scared, it's going to be eaten!" Hoopa nestled in Mary's arms, trembling all over.
"Mary, what exactly is going on?" Ash ran to Mary's side and asked anxiously.
At this time, Barza walked over and said, "We miscalculated. The power sealed within Hoopa has developed its own consciousness over the long years, and now it wants to replace Hoopa and become the real Hoopa."
"How could this happen?" Mary's expression changed upon hearing this, "That's clearly Hoopa's own power!"
Barza shook his head, "Now that power is filled with angry emotions."
Subsequently, after Mary and Barza's explanation, Ash and the others learned that the person who sealed Hoopa in the past was Mary and Barza's great-grandfather.
Barza and Mary came from a very mysterious place called the Valley of Creation.
The people there had a special relationship with the legendary Creation Pokémon Arceus, so they possessed the power to communicate with nature from birth.
Barza and Mary's great-grandfather relied on this power, using the power of earth, fire, and water, which filled nature, to create the Prison Bottle that sealed Hoopa.
After Hoopa was sealed, Barza and Mary's great-grandfather, Ghris, hid the Prison Bottle, while he took Hoopa back to the Valley of Creation.
Over the past hundred years, Ghris constantly taught Hoopa to understand nature, wanting it to understand the true meaning of power, and to know that power should not be used to make trouble, but should be used in useful places.
Later, Ghris passed away, and the task of guarding Hoopa fell on Barza and Mary's shoulders.
Barza and Mary felt that Hoopa was already able to control its past power and understood their great-grandfather's teachings, so they took it away from the Valley of Creation.
They came to the place where their great-grandfather sealed Hoopa, wanting to help Hoopa find the Prison Bottle and retrieve its former power.
Barza found the Prison Bottle in the desert according to the information left by his great-grandfather, but he didn't expect to be controlled by the sealed power.
"Then what do we do now?" Ash asked.
Barza looked at the Prison Bottle in his hand and said, "We can only hide the Prison Bottle again."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a rope suddenly descended, landed on the Prison Bottle, and quickly took the Prison Bottle away.
Ash and the others looked up and saw a hot air balloon flying over their heads, with the Team Rocket trio smiling triumphantly on it.
Jessie shouted, "We'll take this bottle!"
"Ah ha ha hey ~ ~" James and Meowth made faces at Ash and the others.
"Team Rocket!" Ash gritted his teeth!
Barza didn't have time to ask who Team Rocket was, and immediately commanded his Brave Bird to chase after them.
"Ree ~ ~" Brave Bird cried out and chased after them, its wings turning into blades, easily cutting through the Team Rocket trio's hot air balloon.
The hot air balloon was damaged, and the trio was immediately thrown out by the shaking hot air balloon.
Jessie, who was holding the Prison Bottle, slipped and threw the Prison Bottle out.
Brave Bird wanted to catch it, but it was too far away and didn't have time.
Crack ~ ~
The Prison Bottle fell to the ground and shattered, leaving only a few golden rings and a bottle cap.
The black and red smoke transformed from Hoopa's power floated out of the broken bottle and flew towards Hoopa Confined again.
"No, it's coming! Hoopa is going to be eaten!" Hoopa Confined was very scared, shivering in Mary's arms.
Seeing this, Ash commanded Pikachu and said, "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Pika ~ Pika ~ ~"
Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder, used Thunderbolt, and controlled a thick lightning bolt to strike the black and red smoke.
Obstructed by the lightning, the black mist retreated a certain distance, but then quickly approached Hoopa Confined again.
"It's coming! It's coming, it's going to eat Hoopa!" Hoopa Confined shouted loudly.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt."
Ash commanded Pikachu to use Thunderbolt again to repel the black mist.
After failing to approach several times, the black mist began to twist violently, and then, in the surprised gazes of everyone, it transformed into the form of Hoopa Unbound.
To be precise, it wasn't the real Hoopa Unbound, but a shadow of Hoopa's power!
Hoopa Unbound stretched out a hand, and the golden ring on its hand quickly floated to its front.
It put its hand into the ring, and the next second, a ring appeared behind Hoopa Confined, and Hoopa Unbound's hand stretched out from it to grab Hoopa Confined.
Fortunately, Ash reacted quickly.
"Pikachu, Iron Tail!"
"Pika!" Pikachu cried out, and a metallic luster flashed on its tail, which slashed at Hoopa Unbound's hand like a blade.
"Hoopa ~" Hoopa Unbound retracted its hand in pain.
Failing to capture Hoopa Confined again, Hoopa Unbound became angry and released Evil Pulse towards Ash and the others.
Pikachu leaped into the air, used Thunderbolt, and blasted a lightning bolt to clash with Hoopa Unbound!
The black energy wave and the golden lightning were deadlocked in mid-air, but in the end, Pikachu was no match, the Thunderbolt was defeated, and the remaining power of Evil Pulse struck Ash and the others.
After an explosion, Ash and the others were covered in dirt.
At this time, the Team Rocket trio saw that the situation was not right and decisively chose to run away.
Hoopa Unbound released Evil Pulse again and launched an attack on Ash and his group.
Serena hugged Pancham, Mary hugged Hoopa Confined, and Bonnie hugged Dedenne, all closing their eyes subconsciously.
At this critical moment, a voice rang out.
"Volcanion, Water Gun!"
As the voice fell, a thick stream of water came from a distance and instantly shattered the Evil Pulse.
Ash and the others looked in the direction from which the Water Gun came, and saw Angie standing riding on a Braviary, with Volcanion standing beside him.
A Noivern was flying over his head, and Diantha was holding Z2 standing on Noivern's back.
"Mr. Angie!"
"Angie!"
Ash and Barza shouted in surprise at the same time, and then the two were stunned at the same time.
"Ash, do you know Angie?"
"Mr. Barza, do you know Mr. Angie?"
The two asked at the same time.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. The most urgent task is how to reseal Hoopa Unbound," Barza said, frowning as he came back to his senses.
"But the Prison Bottle is already broken!" Mary said dejectedly.
At this time, Angie had already come to everyone's side, while Volcanion and Diantha joined forces to hold back Hoopa Unbound.
After hearing the conversation of several people, Angie asked, "Are there any other ways to seal it?"
Although Anjie had many questions in his heart, he knew that now was not the time to ask them. He would wait until after resolving the issue with Unbound Hoopa!
Barza and Meray shook their heads.
Meray said, "If Great-Grandfather were here, there might be a way, but our power is insufficient."
Barza said, "Unless we recreate the Prison Bottle."
"How do we do that?" Anjie asked.
Barza said, "We need to go to the Prison Pillar in Dahara City, use my and Meray's abilities to control nature, and borrow the power of Fire, Water, and Ground-type Pokémon to create it."
Upon hearing this, Ash immediately said, "I have Water-type Pokémon!"
Saying that, he took out a Poké Ball and released his Frogadier.
Serena followed, saying, "I have Fire-type Pokémon." She took out a Poké Ball and released Fennekin.
"We're still missing a Ground-type Pokémon," Anjie said.
None of the people present had a Ground-type Pokémon.
Bonnie thought for a moment and said, "Aren't there many Hippopotas and Hippowdon nearby? We can have Hoopa send one over."
Confined Hoopa immediately said, "No problem, watch me."
Saying that, it controlled its rings and teleported a Hippowdon over.
Hippowdon looked around in confusion. Bonnie squatted down and patted its head, saying:
"Hippowdon, can you lend us your power?"
Although Hippowdon didn't understand what was happening, it obediently nodded.
"Since that's the case, let's split up," Anjie said.
"Unbound Hoopa's target is Confined Hoopa, so Ash and I will take Confined Hoopa and lure Unbound Hoopa into the desert.
This place is too close to Dahara City. The battle between Mythical Pokémon could cause the entire city to disappear.
As for Barza, Meray, Clemont, Serena, and Bonnie, you guys go to the Prison Pillar to recreate the Prison Bottle."
"Okay!!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Then let's begin!"
Saying that, Anjie grabbed Ash's hand, pulling him and Pikachu onto the back of the Talonflame, then took Hoopa from Meray.
"Mr. Anjie, I'm entrusting Hoopa to you," Barza said.
"Don't worry." Anjie nodded, then patted Talonflame's neck and said, "Talonflame, let's go!"
"Flame ~ ~" Talonflame responded and immediately started running with its long legs.
"Ah ah ah ~ ~ ~"
"Pika ~ Pika ~"
Talonflame was running too fast, and now Ash and Pikachu were getting messed up by the wind along with Anjie.
Unbound Hoopa, who was fighting Volcanion and Diancie, saw Confined Hoopa quickly moving away and, as expected, ignored Volcanion and Diancie, instead chasing after Anjie and Ash, gradually moving away from Dahara City.
Seeing this, Diancie rode on Salamence and chased after them.
Volcanion also ejected a large amount of steam from its arms, quickly rising into the sky.
After Anjie and the others left, Barza and the others found the broken Prison Bottle and quickly headed to the center of Dahara City.
Talonflame's running speed was extremely fast, even Unbound Hoopa, who could fly, couldn't keep up.
They didn't know how long they had been running, but they had completely entered the desert. The surrounding area was desolate, and not even a single Pokémon could be seen.
This should be a place where they can fight without restraint!
Evading alone cannot solve the problem!
"Talonflame, stop!" Anjie patted Talonflame's neck.
"Flame ~ ~" Talonflame stopped suddenly upon hearing the command, almost throwing Ash and Pikachu off.
Seeing Anjie and the others stop, Unbound Hoopa also stopped.
It roared angrily at Confined Hoopa.
"Disappear for me, I am the real Hoopa!"
Confined Hoopa shouted, feigning strength, "I won't disappear, you should be the one to disappear!"
Clearly, it was the real Hoopa...
Unbound Hoopa was enraged and immediately used its signature move, Hyperspace Hole, to attack Anjie and the others.
Six rings flew out from Confined Hoopa's arms and quickly grew larger, surrounding Anjie and the others from six directions.
Just as Hoopa was about to reach its arms into the rings to attack Anjie and the others, Volcanion and Diancie arrived in time.
Volcanion launched its signature move, Steam Eruption, while Diancie launched its Fairy-type move, Diamond Storm, which restrained Unbound Hoopa.
Even Salamence, who was temporarily acting as Diancie's mount, wasn't idle. It opened its mouth and spat out a pillar of fire, blasting towards Unbound Hoopa.
The Salamence that Z2 chose to be its mount was very high-leveled.
Unbound Hoopa was immediately knocked to the ground and had to retract its rings to defend.
In fact, in terms of true strength, Unbound Hoopa, who could only be considered half a Hoopa, couldn't defeat Volcanion, let alone with Diancie and Salamence helping from the side.
But the tricky part was the magical rings in Unbound Hoopa's hands.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Unbound Hoopa flew back into the air, letting out an angry roar, "Hoopa is angry, Hoopa is angry!"
It threw out two rings, and in the next second, two Legendary Pokémon emerged from them.
One was Groudon, the embodiment of land.
One was Kyogre, the embodiment of the sea.
As soon as the two Pokémon appeared, they immediately underwent Primal Reversion.
Obviously, Unbound Hoopa couldn't deal with Volcanion on its own, so it called for helpers.
Upon seeing this, Ash couldn't help but exclaim, "Groudon, Kyogre!"
Anjie patted his forehead and said, "This is troublesome."
As soon as the two Legendary Pokémon appeared, they began attacking Volcanion and Diancie.
Kyogre directly used its signature move, Origin Pulse, to attack Diancie and Salamence in the air.
Four cyan-white pillars of light formed under its fins, shooting out like giant water arrows.
At the same time, Groudon also used its signature move, Precipice Blades, to attack Volcanion.
It stomped on the ground, and pillars of molten rock, like giant swords, rose from the ground and slammed into Volcanion.
Of course, Diancie wouldn't clash head-on with Kyogre, it wasn't stupid.
Salamence flapped its wings forcefully, rapidly ascending into the sky, deftly dodging Kyogre's attack while carrying Diancie.
At the same time, Diancie completed Mega Evolution in that instant and launched a Diamond Storm.
Instantly, countless pink diamonds swirled towards Kyogre.
Volcanion used Steam Eruption to clash with Groudon's Precipice Blades, but unfortunately, it couldn't win and immediately controlled steam to quickly ascend, dodging Groudon's attack.
Because of the appearance of Groudon and Kyogre, the situation suddenly reversed.
Volcanion, Diancie, and Salamence were restrained, so Unbound Hoopa freed up its hands to deal with Anjie and the others.
Confined Hoopa, who was nestled in Anjie's arms, was very angry upon seeing this.
"Hoopa can also find helpers!"
Saying that, the ring hanging on its horn flew out, rapidly growing larger as it rose into the sky.
Unbound Hoopa has a total of six rings, each worn on the wrists of its six arms.
Confined Hoopa only has three, one hanging on each of its two horns, and one around its waist.
The rings are a symbol of Hoopa's power, so it can be seen that Unbound Hoopa's power is far stronger than Confined Hoopa's.
Once Confined Hoopa is caught by Unbound Hoopa, it will definitely not escape the fate of being devoured.
Soon, a Legendary Pokémon emerged from Confined Hoopa's ring.
It was Lugia, the embodiment of the monsoon!
"It's Lugia!" Ash shouted excitedly.
Lugia looked over upon hearing the sound, and it was surprised to see Ash and Pikachu.
Because Ash had helped it a lot in the past.
The first time, its followers Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were captured by a human collector, causing a great disaster.
It was Ash who helped to quell it.
The second time, its child, Baby Lugia, was captured by a Team Rocket scientist, and Ash helped to rescue it as well.
"Lugia, please lend us your strength to stop Hoopa!" Ash shouted at Lugia.
Lugia nodded.
At this time, Unbound Hoopa was about to launch Hyperspace Hole at Anjie and Ash again, and Lugia directly used Aeroblast, crashing into it and knocking Unbound Hoopa away.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Unbound Hoopa was about to be angered to death and immediately controlled Dark Pulse, sweeping towards Lugia.
Lugia flew nimbly in the air, and Unbound Hoopa's attack missed, sending sand flying everywhere in the desert.
