Ho-Oh and the Legendary Beasts

Today the gang was back in Ecruteak City. To get to Mahogany Town, they had to pass through Ecruteak City first. The gang had met up with the Kimono Sisters again and Sakura's Eevee was now an Espeon. She had also captured some new Pokemon; an Azumarill, a Bellossom and a Pichu. Sakura had decided to set off on her Pokemon journey and her sisters accepted her desire to go on a Pokemon journey. So after meeting up with the Kimono Sisters, the gang was now in the Pokemon Center planning how to get to Mahogany Town. Ash came up with the idea to visit Morty first, because he had Celebi with him and figured that he should introduce her to Morty. Misty, Tomo and Brock saw the logic in Ash's point, because Morty was a expert on legendary Pokemon and he would probably not forgive Ash if he didn't show Celebi to him.

Suddenly the sound of bells ringing was heard throughout Ecruteak City.

"I wonder what's going on?" Misty questioned out loud.

"Maybe trouble." Brock said.

Just then a glow came from Ash's backpack. Ash realized that the golden locket with the Rainbow Wing was glowing and when he opened up the locket it was the Rainbow Wing glowing.

"You don't suppose this means that Ho-Oh is approaching Ecruteak City again, do you?" Ash asked the others.

"Well the Rainbow Wing is a feather of Ho-Oh's." Brock said. "So there is a good chance that it is. We should go and see Morty."

The others agreed. Ash placed the golden locket back into his backpack and then he and the others quickly left the Pokemon Center.

The bell noises were coming from the Tin Tower, so the gang headed over there. Morty was at the Tin Tower, and another man was there too. The man's name was Eusine and he was a researcher and expert on the three Legendary Beasts; Entei, Raikou and Suicune. Morty and Eusine had heard the bells ringing and checked out the Tin Tower; the reason why the bells were ringing was because the special crystal bells on the ninth floor of the Tin Tower had been stolen.

"We need to find those crystal bells." Morty said. "They are important to the Tin Tower."

Eusine agreed with him.

Just then the gang showed up. Morty was happy to see them again.

"Ash with your presence here, I think you can help us." Morty said.

He introduced Eusine to the gang and explained that Ash had seen Ho-Oh twice during his journey. Eusine couldn't believe Morty's words.

"Ash, show him the gold locket that I gave you." Morty said.

Ash took the gold locket out of his backpack and showed his Rainbow Wing to Eusine. He could not believe his eyes once he saw the wing.

"That really is a feather of Ho-Oh." He said.

Morty also explained that Ash also had a Lugia and Ash showed him the Silver Wing in his silver locket. Eusine could not believe Ash one bit.

Morty brought the gang to the gym and explained what was going on.

"The four crystal bells from the Tin Tower have been stolen." Morty said.

He explained that the normal bells and the crystal bells were from the original Tin Tower, and they were left unscratched when the tower burned down.

"Ever since the bells were placed in the new Tin Tower, they haven't rung once until today because of the stolen crystal bells."

"Apparently Ho-Oh still watches over humans." Eusine said. "And so do the three Pokemon that Ho-Oh was said to have created."

"You mean the three Legendary Beasts Entei, Raikou and Suicune right?" Ash asked.

"You know about the three Legendary Beasts?" Morty asked him.

"I've read about them numerous times." Ash answered. "I also know that Ho-Oh created them from the flames when the Tin Tower burned down."

"That's correct." Eusine said. "And Ho-Oh sent them to watch over humans in it's place."

"Tomo, Misty, Brock and I encountered Suicune once before." Ash said.

"Ash is right." Misty nodded. "We came across Suicune in the forest next to Arborville."

Brock and Tomo nodded in agreement.

"Wow first Ho-Oh then Suicune, you're lucky Ash." Morty said.

Eusine could not believe Ash met Ho-Oh and Suicune and called him a liar.

"What I just said isn't a lie." Ash replied calmly. "I can prove it."

He took a Poke Ball off his belt and sent out Celebi. Morty and Eusine could not believe their eyes once they saw Celebi.

*'It's good to be out of the Poke Ball again.'* Celebi thought.

Eusine and Morty were speechless once they realized Celebi had telepathy.

"Wow Ash." Morty said. "You have another legendary Pokemon."

"That's right Morty." Ash replied. "I caught Celebi in the same forest where I encountered Suicune."

*'Ash speaks the truth.'* Celebi said.

Eusine was extremely jealous that Ash encountered Ho-Oh and Suicune and had Lugia and Celebi on his team.

Just then Celebi flew over to the window of the gym.

"What's wrong Celebi?" Ash asked.

*'I sense a lot of trouble in the forest around Ecruteak City Ash.'* Celebi said. *'And all the wild Pokemon are upset.'*

"I bet they are upset because the crystal bells were stolen." Brock said.

"We need to find the crystal bells now." Morty said.

Everyone agreed and left the gym to begin their search for the bells.

Once they exited the gym, they saw the Burned Tower and nearly everywhere else in Ecruteak City was covered by string shot produced by the wild bug type Pokemon. Misty didn't like seeing all the wild bug type Pokemon. Celebi had a word with a wild Tangela and asked it what was going on.

*'The Tangela said they are angry with the thieves who stole the crystal bells.'* She said.

"Do you know where the thieves are?" Ash asked.

*'Yes, the thieves are hiding in the forest.'* Celebi said.

"Then we should go there and retrieve the crystal bells now." Eusine insisted.

Just then Ash's gold locket started to glow.

"What's going on?" Ash asked.

The Rainbow Wing's glow started to point to the Tin Tower.

"I think the Rainbow Wing wants you to head over to the Tin Tower Ash." Morty said.

"I wonder why." Ash stated.

"I don't know, but you better head over to the Tin Tower and I will be going with you." Morty said.

"Okay." Ash remarked. "Will everyone else be fine finding the bells?"

"Leave it to us." Brock said.

Tomo, Misty and Eusine nodded in agreement. Ash told Celebi to help the others too. Then he and Morty headed off to the Tin Tower while Eusine and the others headed to the forest.

Eusine sent out his Pokemon, an Alakazam to battle. Tomo sent out Sunkern, Ledian, Growlithe, Charmander, Totodile and Snubbull to battle. Misty sent out her two Politoed, Staryu, Croconaw and Corsola to battle. Brock sent out his Steelix, Graveler, Pineco, Weepinbell and Crobat to battle. The wild Pokemon started to surround them, but their Pokemon bravely fought back.

"We better find the bells soon. Otherwise the Pokemon will get even more upset." Eusine said.

"I hate to think who the thieves are who stole the bells." Tomo said.

"So do I." Brock added. "Because of them all of Ecruteak City is in trouble."

*'I can sense the thieves are in the middle of the forest.'* Celebi said. *'But we need to hurry.'*

The humans and Pokemon ran as quick as they could to the forest.

Meanwhile Ash and Morty had made it to the Tin Tower. Flaffy and Morty's Gengar fought off the wild Pokemon and Ash used Quilava to melt the webs with Flamethrower. Once Ash and Morty stepped inside the tower, Ash's Rainbow Wing started to glow brighter.

"I think we better head to the floor where the crystal bells were." Morty said.

Ash agreed.

He and Morty ran up the stairs to the ninth floor of the Tin Tower.

"Okay, so what do I do now?" Ash asked.

Morty thought for a second.

"I'm guessing that you need to pray to Ho-Oh Ash." Morty said. "Since it was Ho-Oh's feather that guided us here, I think that's the only solution."

Ash nodded.

Ash walked to the center of the ninth floor, knelled down onto the floor and began to pray, while holding the gold locket in his hands. While he prayed, the Rainbow Wing glowed brighter than ever and Ash began to glow too. Morty stared in wonder while that was happening. Ash continued praying and then he started to see Ho-Oh in a vision and Ho-Oh was squawking as if it was communicating with Ash and Ash listened to Ho-Oh, understanding what it was saying because of his psychic powers. Then suddenly the vision ended and Ash stopped praying and the Rainbow Wing stopped glowing. Morty ran over to Ash.

"What happened Ash?" Morty asked.

"Ho-Oh contacted me through a vision." Ash explained. "And it spoke to me. It said that it's coming here and so are Entei, Raikou and Suicune; they know that the crystal bells have been stolen."

"If that's the case, then we better join the others and get the bells back now." Morty said.

Ash agreed and they immediately left the Tin Tower. Ash placed the gold locket back into his backpack with the silver locket.

Eusine and the others were still looking for the thieves that stole the crystal bells.

*'I can sense the thieves.'* Celebi said. *'We are close now.'*

"Good." Eusine said.

A couple seconds later, they found the crystal bells and the thieves. The thieves turned out to be none other than Team Rocket.

"We should've known you three would be behind this!" Misty shouted.

"Give the crystal bells back!" Tomo yelled.

"No chance." Jessie said. "We are using these bells to call forth the legendary Ho-Oh."

"That's right." James said. "We have heard about the legendary bird and that these crystal bells are related to it. So that's why we stole the bells."

"Sorry to disappoint you. But that isn't going to work." Eusine said. "Ho-Oh never shows itself to scoundrels like you three."

*'That's right.'* Celebi said. *'Ho-Oh will only show itself to good people, not bad people.'*

Celebi used Psychic to get the crystal bells away from Team Rocket and handed them to Eusine.

"That was great work Celebi." Misty said.

*'Thank you.'* Celebi said.

"Hey give those back!" Meowth shouted.

Suddenly all of the wild Pokemon appeared; Spinarak, Ariados, Caterpie, Weedle, Parasect, Gligar and Tangela were everywhere.

"What's going on here?" Jessie asked nervously.

*'The wild Pokemon around here are angry at what you three did.'* Celebi said.

"That's right." Eusine added. "Because you three stole the crystal bells, the peace in Ecruteak City has been ruined."

The Caterpie, Weedle, Spinarak and Ariados tied Team Rocket up with String Shot.

"They really are upset." Brock said.

"We should hurry and put the crystal bells back in the tower." Eusine said.

But the wild Pokemon surrounded Eusine and the others and were ready to attack.

"We got the crystal bells back and we're going to return them." Eusine said.

But the wild Pokemon still got ready to fight.

*'They won't listen.'* Celebi said. *'They're way too angry and won't listen to anything we say.'*

"So what can we do?" Misty asked.

Just then Ash and Morty entered the forest and saw the situation.

"The Pokemon are really angry." Morty said.

Ash tried to talk to the wild Pokemon.

"Please don't be angry anymore." He said. "We came here to get the crystal bells back from the thieves and return them to the Tin Tower."

"It's the truth." Morty said. "So please let us pass and return the bells to the tower."

The wild Pokemon refused to listen. Then suddenly a wild Tangela started to use it's Vine Whip attack.

Tangela was just about to hit Ash and Morty with a vine, but then a roaring noise stopped the Tangela in it's tracks and then all the wild Pokemon left. Then a blue wind surrounded the area and all the webbing disappeared. Team Rocket was freed from their web prison.

"What's going on?" Misty asked.

"I don't know." Ash said.

Three big Pokemon showed themselves in front of everyone; it was Entei, Raikou and Suicune. Everyone gasped once they saw the Legendary Beasts.

"I don't believe it!" Eusine gasped.

He had always wanted to see Entei, Raikou and Suicune. Team Rocket saw this as an opportunity to try and catch them and sent out their Pokemon to fight, but Suicune calmly released an Aurora Beam and sent Team Rocket blasting off.

Ash stepped up to the three beasts and Entei, Suicune and Raikou stared at Ash. Suddenly a screech was heard from the sky.

"What's that sound?" Brock asked.

"That was the cry of Ho-Oh." Morty said. "Ho-Oh is here."

Morty was right; Ho-Oh flew down onto a cliff and the three Legendary Beasts stood under the cliff. Everyone was really shocked that they were seeing Ho-Oh.

"Ho-Oh is so beautiful." Misty said.

"Wow, what a sight." Brock said.

"This is really cool." Tomo said.

Eusine was too speechless to speak.

"I never thought I'd see the day that I would see the legendary Ho-Oh with my own eyes." Morty said.

Ash bravely ran forward to where Ho-Oh and the beasts were and bowed down to Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh squawked and suddenly a golden light surrounded it and Ash.

"What's happening to Ash?" Misty asked.

*'Ho-Oh is making a bond with Ash.'* Celebi said. *'Ho-Oh has sensed Ash's good heart and now Ash has become a friend of Ho-Oh's and the Legendary Beasts.'*

"Really?" Morty asked.

*'Yes, Ash has Ho-Oh's trust.'* Celebi said.

Ho-Oh began to squawk some more.

"What's Ho-Oh saying?" Brock asked.

*'Ho-Oh is telling Ash that it and Entei, Suicune and Raikou will always help Ash whenever he needs their help.'* Celebi said.

"I get it." Morty said. "In the legends, it said that Ho-Oh made bonds with the chosen ones and that it was always willing to help them if they needed Ho-Oh's help. So it's obvious that Ash has become Ho-Oh's new chosen one and that's why he received the Rainbow Wing from Ho-Oh."

"Amazing." Misty said.

She, Brock and Tomo couldn't believe that Ash had now become friends with Ho-Oh and the Legendary Beasts. Then Ho-Oh and Ash stopped glowing and then Ho-Oh, Entei, Raikou and Suicune left the area.

"That was incredible." Ash whispered.

After the disaster was averted and the crystal bells returned to the Tin Tower, it was now time for the gang to leave Ecruteak City. Morty told Ash he was surprised about the bond with him and Ho-Oh.

"I'm surprised myself Morty." Ash admitted. "I mean I know I saw Ho-Oh twice before today, but I never thought that I would ever become Ho-Oh's friend."

"Well don't forget Ash you've met other legendary Pokemon before." Brock said. "And you own three legendary Pokemon."

"That's true." Ash said.

Eusine admitted that he was wrong about Ash lying and that he felt like he still had a lot to learn about legendary Pokemon.

"After today's events." Ash said. "I have the feeling that I will meet other legendary Pokemon in the future."

"If you do Ash, please tell me all about your encounters." Morty said.

"I will." Ash promised to do so.

Ash and the others said goodbye to Eusine and Morty and left Ecruteak City to get to Mahogany Town.