Finally the final installment of Shadow of the Day

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Chapter 6: Viva la Vida

The two executives gazed at Rui with surprise, and laughed cruelly afterwards.

"Alright little girl, show us what your gallant prince has given you to have so much guts," the male executive laughed.

Rui threw the three Ultraballs out; each burst open with a different but blinding auras. The first one exploded with awesome blue lights and created glaciers nearby. The second one generated a whirlpool of flame, and the last one sparkled with thunder and sparks of electricity. The six Rocket Pokemon retreated a few steps with fear, the two Executives flinched, and the two gym leaders gazed with their mouth wide open. Standing in front of them were the three legendary dogs Suicane, Entei, and Raikou.

"Suicane, Entei, Raikou, please, these people are trying to use the snag machine to commit atrocities. You must help us to prevent that from happening," Rui communicated with the dogs.

With intimidated roars, the three legendaries charged forward fearlessly. The six Rocket Pokemon shot beams and flames, but all proved useless against the speed of the three dogs who dodged all attacks. Suicane jumped into the air and faced Aerodactyl and Salamence, who were too stunned to retaliate. Suicane's eyes glowed and a blizzard storm hurled towards the two airborne dragons. They were immediately shot down after struck by the mighty frozen wind. Entei turned to Metagross and Aggron, opened his mouth wide open and fired a huge fireball at them. The two steel Pokemon soon were engulfed by the fireball which turned into a star-shaped blaze after hitting its target. With only Gyarados and Cloyster left, the two Rocket Pokemon flinched so badly and started to shoot beams of ice at random direction. The sight of the legendaries as stunning enough to leave the two Pokemon in confusion.

"Gyarados! Power Cloyster and yourself up with Rain Dance!" The male executive demanded desperately. The blue dragon started to wiggle and blasted a hole through the ceiling; raindrops showered on the two aqua Poekmon.

"Raikou! Perfect moment!" Rui shouted. Raikou released a mighty roar; immediately huge bolts of thunder bombarded from the raining sky to the remaining Rocket Pokemon. Another crack sent the Rocket executives and their Pokemon flying away from the building.

"Well..." Brock broke the silence after a few seconds. "that was a typical Rocket style departure after getting their asses kicked.

"All that time we thought you were just a fangirl that can see through people's heart..." Misty said while recovering from her shock. The three dogs went to Rui, who sat down and gave each legendary a hug, whispering "thank you" to their ears affectionately.

Umbreon panted.

He was usually the most active one, with the most energy left in him. But this time, he was out of breath, longing for a vacation. His brother, who was usually calm and clear sighted, was also starting to get dizzy, after such a long fight.

Blastoise gazed at his partner Charizard. The two bigger sized Pokemon then looked around. There were Rocket Pokemon laying everywehre; all out of energy. The Rockets tried to demand more from their Pokemon, but most persuasion proved fruitless, as all their Pokemon had just spent their last bit of power in the battle. Ash's Venusaur and Pidgeot were close to faint, so Ash allowed them to return to their Pokeball since he and Wes were both out of potions.

After awhile, a couple Rocket grunts started to fall back. Soon, more and more retreated after them and within a couple minutes, only Ash and Wes along with their Pokemon were still on the field. Wes smirked.

"Well looks like your little defense squad just failed you." he taunted.

James bit his lips. Both he and Jessie jumped on the battlefield (James of course tripped and fell face down, with Meowth leaped onto his head and creating a comical scene). Jessie stuck up her finger. "Not until you go pass us little boy."

"See who is talking here" Wes smirked wider.

Jessie's smile didn't twitch, but rather she confidently pulled out a Masterball.

"Oh shit." both Wes and Ash exclaimed.

The purple Pokeball flew to the ground and exploded into a magnificent light. Pikachu appeared, but wearing a weird collar. Ash snapped.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?"

"Well that is just a dog collar we put on him to keep him under control." Jessie said and took out a remote control. She pressed a button and the collar emitted high powered electric sparks. Pickachu screamed in pain upon the torture.

"Tesla collars, proven to be pretty usual in controlling these brats, even if the rat is electric type," Jessie said sinisterly.

Ash dropped on the ground. "Why," he muttered. "Why won't you ever leave him alone?"

"Well firstly he doesn't belong to you; he is ours in the first place," James answered. Ash and Wes gazed at him confusedly.

"Kid, you ever wonder why we want the Pickachu so badly?" Jessie questioned. "Because he is the first and most powerful Shadow Pokemon ever created in this world."

"I thought Shadows were created by Cipher," Wes interrupted.

"No, we, Rockets, did," James continued. "Years ago, Giovanni invested a huge fund to create the ultimate Pokemon. His scientists picked a Pickahu as a labrat, mainly they presumed a Pickahu would be easiest to handle. It went well at first. However, upon completion, he was too powerful for everyone to handle, and eventually broke out. Losing such an important product, Rocket was about to go bankrupt, until one day Cipher laid eyes on the project and bought all the equipments and manifests from us. They managed to create their own Shadow Pokemon with some of their own technologies, but never as strong as Pikachu.

"Our project had then been hidden hidden in our archive and classified higher then top secret. It was thought to be forgotten, until the three of us spotted the Pickachu with you. Under close surveillance and observation, we are certain that he is our Pikachu and well, just say that we want to get back what originally belonged to ours. "

"Now that makes sense," Wes said. "No wonder it was stronger than other shadows we have faced."

Ash however remained silent. He couldn't believe what he had been told. Looking at Pikachu, his best friend and companion being tortured he couldn't even hold himself up. Devastated, he was about to collapse.

"Now Pikachu," Meowth commanded. "Attack those fools"

The Pokemon refused to take any actions. The tesla coil around him glowed with blue and shocked the poor pokemon. After a while, the tire and hurt Pikachu released bolts of thunder at random direction. Espeon casted a light screen to protect anyone from harm.

"Ash," Wes picked the fallen trainer back up. "Don't give up. You gotta keep in mind that Pikachu belongs to nobody; not the Rockets, not you, but himself. Falling down can do nothing to save him, but you gotta rescue him"

Just then, three canine Pokemon galloped into the hall, carrying Rui, Brock and Misty on their backs. The three legendaries dropped the human and met up with Wes. Ash looked at them. He took Wes' hand stood back up.

"Thats the spirit man," Wes said, and handed the snag machine Rui had just given him to Ash. "Now my friend, with this you have to bring Pikachu back to us. It is all up to you now."

"But..."

"There is no but. You got to believe in yourself. Umbreon, Espeon, cover us!"

The two Eveelutions ran around Pikachu to distract it. Ash put on the Snag Machine and loaded a Pokeball. Aiming at his best friend, Ash drew his arm back and swung forward the Pokeball. Everyone seemed to be in adrenaline while watching the ball impacted on the yellow Pokemon's body. A bright light engulfed him and the ball dropped on the ground. After a second that seemed like an eternity, the ball stopped shaking. Umbreon immediately picked it up and gave it the Ash, who immediately called Pickahu out and destroyed the tesla coil.

"You... You brats!" Jessie yelled and pulled out her Pokeball.

"It's time for you to get the fudge out of this scene!" Wes retorted. Espeon, Umbreon, Entei, Suicane and Raikou all attacked the Rockets which created a huge explosion and sent them flying away...

"Team Rockets are blasting off again!"

The lone moon of the night sky shone like a searchlight on top of Celebi's Relic. Wes, who was with Rui, Umbreon, Espeon, Entei, Suicane, and Raikou by his sides was leading Ash, Brock, and Misty. Ash was holding Pikachu like an infant.

Wes put a hand on Ash's shoulder. "It's time." he said.

"Hmm" Ash nodded his head solemnly. He then placed Pikachu on top of the rock. He stood back as a green light that lightened up the entire place was circling the Pokemon. With a brilliant flash, the night returned to its peacefulness. Wes looked at Rui, who in tern gave him a thumb up.

Ash slowly approached the yellow rat. Pikachu twitched his years, then leaped into the open arms of Ash. Misty and Brock then group hugged them. Wes smiled and led Rui and his Pokemon out of the cave slowly.

"Wait up Wes!" a voice echoed behind the sandy haired teen. He turned back and saw Ash and his gang caught up with them. "Thanks."

"Any time. At least Rui wouldn't nag me for wasting my vacation." Wes replied, and got his foot stepped on by Rui.

"Hey...I just found out that we haven't completed that battle yet."

"Yup, I was waiting for you found out. I am always prepared, even now."

Wes whistled to his Pokemon, except he got no response. He turned around, and found the three Legendaries lying tiredly on the ground, with Espeon and Umbreon snoozing peacefully on top of them.

"Well, maybe not tonight."

I hope yall enjoy this series. I am gonna take a break and work with my take of the original story of Pokemon Colosseum. Thank you so much for supporting me! Stay in tune for Legendary Liberation