The Power of Two

chapter 6

Ash and Akito were by a temple once they finally got Ash his hat back.

"We made it, but..." Erin said.

Pikachu then got off the boat and began to run towards and up the stairs to the temple.

"Pikachu, wait!" Emi called.

Ash, Akito, and Emi began to go after Pikachu.

"Wait, Ash, Akito, Emi, we shouldn't, the wind might pick up again!" Erin called out to them.

"But Pikachu's been acting really weird lately!" Emi called back.

"Wait, Pikachu doesn't act like this from time to time?" Akito asked Emi.

"Never." Emi said.

"Then we better find out why Pikachu is acting this way then." Akito said.

All three of them then continued to follow after Pikachu to find out why it was acting so strange. Team Rocket was hiding behind rocks, they felt lucky as the wind blew and there was coming the yellow Pokemon that their boss always sent them for. They all laughed as it seemed like they were finally going to get what they wanted. Ash kept following his Pokemon, not understanding why it was acting like this way, but hopefully it would stop soon. Pikachu did stop at the top of the steps and there seemed to be some ancient temple behind him once Ash finally came. 

Akito and Emi also finally came to the top of the stairs to see the ancient temple. Pikachu disappeared once they finally came. Ash, Akito, and Emi walked up, seeing the temple, wondering about it.

Pikachu climbed the top of it, looking at them. "Pika Pika Pikachu..." he chittered, gesturing to a red sphere inside of the statue's mouth. 

"The ancient sphere..." Ash whispered once he recognized it and reached out to grab it. Once he grabbed it, he began to pull it. It seemed to be stuck, so Emi and Akito helped him out. 

Pikachu chanted to them strictly, as if he was encouraging them to try harder.

"Come on, we can do it!" Akito called out.

Ash kept trying, but soon enough, it was finally loose. He walked out of the temple with his Pokemon, sister, and new friend and he saw that there appeared to be a fire inside of the ball. 

"Pika!" Pikachu said to them, then went off again, he seemed to know everything now.

"Let's get going to Lightning Island next." Akito said as he followed Pikachu.

Pikachu went with them, however, Team Rocket was there. 

"Oh, no..." Ash and Emi groaned.

Meowth stood in front of the two humans with a grin with the blue-haired boy and the pink-haired girl in their Team Rocket uniforms.

"Who are those three?" Akito asked.

"Team Rocket..." Ash grumbled.

"Jessie." the girl said her name.

"And James." the boy then said.

"We're in a hurry and the weather's lookin' bad out here!" Emi yelled at them.

"It has been bad, always like our luck," Jessie pouted, then looked sharp to the kids. "But our luck's changed and our ship's finally come in!" 

As she said that, as if on cue, a ship came up in the air. Jessie, James, and Meowth turned around and screamed as the ship came and they ran off, screaming to avoid it. There was a merman from behind the ship who lifted his golden trident to make the ship ride over safely.