Ponyville, Twilight's lab, day.
"Oh!" Twilight was currently looking at her new equipment for the Pokemon Lab. A Pokemon Energy Tracker. A device that tracks the energy of specific Pokemon energy signals. From Fire, Water, Grass, Electric etc. But that wasn't why she was surprised.
There was a larger reason. A certain Psychic energy was being shown on the tracker. A very familiar one belonging to a powerful and extremely rare Pokemon.
"High levels of Psychic energy that could belong to Mew!" She gasped.
"W-Who's Mew?" Sunset asked, not knowing who Mew is.
"Apparently, it's this ancient Pokemon that's the ancestor of all Pokemon. From what we've heard." Starlight responded.
"Ancestor of all Pokemon? Then what does that make Arceus?" Sunset raised her eyebrow.
"Does that mean that Mew's in Equestria right now?" Twilight gawked.
"Hold it!" Hearing Twilight scream Mew prompted Pinkie to burst into the lab at hyperspeed. "Did I hear something about Mew?! Is Mew here?!"
"See for yourself." Twilight pointed her hoof at the radar screen, prompting Pinkie to dash over. "Right next to Remoraid Rainforest."
The pink pony's eyes bulged out, scanning the radar screen before her. She even pressed her face on the screen to get an even closer look. Her eyes rapidly moved around the screen before directly focusing on the purple energy signal that represented Psychic.
"Oh...Mew!" Pinkie Pie squeed as she was getting excited at the thought of seeing Mew again. Mew and her were essentially friends from the interactions they've had together.
"Hm?" But then, Twilight noticed something new next to the Psychic signal. A brand new signal had shown up. And judging by the colour, it belonged to a Ground-Type. And it was just as big as the Psychic signal. "Hold on! There's another signal right next to it!"
"Really?" Sunset and Starlight dashed over to look at the screens themselves.
"Looks like we might have two very powerful Pokemon in one spot." Twilight tapped the screen.
"We need to go! We'll get to see Mew again and-" Pinkie was ready to bolt out until Twilight stopped her via magic.
"Hold on, Pinkie. It might just be another mistake like before." Twilight pulled her back.
"Huh?"
"Remember? Last time, we thought it was Mew. But it just ended up being Mewtwo instead. Or another really powerful Psychic-Type maybe."
"Oh." Pinkie descended with her ears dropping before rising again. "Mewtwo's good too. Ah! Maybe it's Mewthree?!"
"I'm not sure that's real..." Twilight slowly shook her head. "But this is a great first start. With this Pokemon Energy Tracker, we'll be able to track down even more powerful Pokemon easily. Pokemon Researching will be way easier now!"
"So, are we going to go and research Mew or maybe Mewtwo?" Spike asked.
"Certainly!" Twilight nodded. "And whatever that Ground-Type may be. "Let's gather everypony and head out. Those signals seem to be moving haphazardly. We're going on a little trip!"
"Espeon!"
Remoraid Rainforest.
"Toucan..." A Toucannon cawed while sitting on a tall tree branch. "Cannon." And below them were Ash, Goh, the Mane 6 alongside Sunset and Starlight, all arriving here to search for potentially Mew or Mewtwo and that unidentified Ground-Type Pokemon.
"Everypony. Careful where you put your hooves and feet," said Applejack
"Um...I don't think that'll be a problem," Sunset sighed as it was revealed that they were all walking in a large lake together with a few of them flying. "Some of us are up to our knees here."
"Easy for you to say. Some of us can't even reach the ground." Spike replied. "I think something's trying to pull me down."
"Axew?"
"We'll get this done very soon," said Twilight, flying over the lake with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Twilight also held a smaller version of the Pokemon Energy Tracker in her hooves
"Hup!" Spike and Axew jumped onto the back of Audino to feel safer. "Ah, much better."
"Audino?"
"Xew..."
"This could really be my chance to get Mew!" Goh grinned. "If it is Mew. Might just be Mewtwo again."
"I'm still betting that it's a Mewthree!" Pinkie exclaimed. "That exists, right, Ash?"
"Uh...not 100% sure if that's real." Ash laughed nervously.
"Pikachu..."
"Ampharos." Rarity's Ampharos was acting as a perfect guide in this fairly dark rainforest, granting them all some light with his glowing body. Dark red eyes were lurking in the dark, watching Ash and the others walk and fly about.
Some Zubats were feeding off the juices of fruits stacked on the trees. The fruits were sucked dry, dropping on the lake near Sunset and Starlight.
"Ugh...Let's hurry and get out of here, please?" Starlight shuddered.
"Oh?" Just then, Rarity felt something stick to her hooves. Something was leeching onto her while also sending electricity through her. And that something were a group of Eelektrik that were all over Rarity. "Kyaaaaaaaaaa!" Rarity screeched at the top of her lungs.
"Rarity?" They all faced her.
"Get them off me!" Rarity pranced on the spot, jumping about, trying to get the Eelektrik off her.
"Eel!"
"Hold on. No need to make such a fuss." Applejack went over with her Sceptile to deal with this.
"Sceptile." Sceptile effortlessly removed the Eelektrik off of Rarity along with Applejack who used her rope to do so. Spike, Axew and Pikachu helped out by going for Rarity's hooves.
But as they were removing the Eelektrk from Rarity, an even bigger individual was swimming behind them. One that Audino could hear coming.
"Audino?"
"There's another one?" Fluttershy said.
"More Eelektrik?!" Rarity shuddered while being paralyzed. It wasn't quite another Eelektrik. Mainly because this next Pokemon was bigger and the superior version of it. The Pokemon with no weaknesses.
Eelektross.
"Eelektross!" The EleFish Pokemon jumped out of the lake, splashing everyone with water.
"An Eelektross!" Ash gasped.
"Pikachu!"
"Oh, that's probably what tried to pull me down earlier, I think!" Spike pointed at Eelektross.
"Tross!" Eelektross was going straight for Rarity as she was the first one in its sights.
"W-Why is it looking directly at me?" Rarity gulped as she slowly backed up. She then realized why the Pokemon here were suddenly attracted to her. She thought back to earlier today before they left to find Mew.
After coming back from Pokestar Studios, Rarity was given an exclusive Nimbasa City perfume for her great acting as a reward. A Sweet Scent perfume. So, she tried it on today and this was the result. Thankfully, it wasn't a lot but it was still enough to draw in some Pokemon.
"Oh. That makes sense." Rarity nodded, finally understanding why.
"Eelek!" Eelektross dived towards Rarity at high speeds.
"Ampharos!" Thankfully, her partner was there to help by firing a Dragon Pulse directly at the approaching Eelektross. A Dragon-Shaped shockwave soared through the sky, hitting Eelektross head-on.
"Eel!" The EleFish Pokemon bellowed as it was sent flying into the distance from the explosion of Dragon Pulse. Unfortunately, the explosion was a bit too close, so Rarity got affected as well. But it was mostly her mane that took the explosion.
"T-Thank you, Ampharos." Rarity sighed.
"Ampharos!"
With that sorted, Rarity sent out Pheromosa to overpower the Sweet Scent with her own pheromones, freeing Rarity from any other surprise Pokemon appearances that she wasn't up for.
Now they could continue searching for Mew or Mewtwo and the Ground-Type. They had finally walked out of the lake, getting on fresh yet still soggy land. Twilight noticed that the energy signals, while still moving haphazardly, were starting to slow down a bit.
From how they were moving, it could be a clear sign that Mew was most likely up to its usual antics considering how much of a playful Pokemon it is. The Psychic signal was moving faster while the Ground signal was slowing down from what she could observe.
"Hm...Wonder what's going on there?" Twilight wondered with Eve and Togekiss looking at the screen with her.
But as Twilight wondered and everyone else was wandering through the rainforest, they could all hear some rumbling. Or rather, Audino was the first one to hear rumbling and then everyone else. And they could also feel some rumbling too.
"Dino?"
"Now what?" Sunset looked around. "More Pokemon?"
"They don't sound like Pokemon footsteps..." Fluttershy picked up on the sound. "More like...humans?"
"Maybe that Ground-Type's shaking the earth right now." Starlight looked over at the tracker. "But if so, that's some pretty weak rumbling."
"Maybe. Or maybe..." Twilight and the others slowly turned their heads to the side, finding out where the source of the sound was coming from.
And indeed, Fluttershy's theory was right. When turning to face the left, there were in fact, humans here. All four of them were running in one direction next to each other and they were all Pokemon Trainers. Their footsteps were surprisingly heavy when combined.
"Oh, it is humans!" Pinkie shot up. "Hey! Where are you all going?!"
"Didn't you hear?! There's like two really strong Pokemon here! We're going for a Raid Battle!" A trainer responded as he ran off with the others.
"Raid Battle?!" Ash and Rainbow Dash's attention had now been boosted after hearing that. They both looked at each other with wide grins before nodding in unison, knowing what to do. At the same time, they both dashed off to get ahead.
"Pika!"
"Ah! They're gonna beat me to Mew!" Goh bellowed as he pulled his hair, also running ahead.
"Wait for me, Mew! I'm coming!" Pinkie did the same, bouncing over Goh.
"The signals are getting faster! Now they're heading south!" Twilight noticed, flying after them. With that, the rest of them followed as well, following the trainers. All the while, the energy signals on the tracker were now speeding up once more.
It was now apparent that others knew about these two extremely powerful Pokemon. After all, in the Pokemon World, they already have the technology to pick up on Legendary and Mythical Pokemon, just like Twilight's new equipment. Most of them anyway.
Everyone was heading south in the Rainforest with Pinkie Pie and Goh hoping it was Mew while everyone else was ready for whichever Pokemon it may be.
Eventually, everyone reached a stopping point. A hill by the rainforest was where everyone stopped running. And also where the energy signals were the most prominent.
"Why are we stopping?" Spike asked while everyone stood at the hill.
"Apparently, the two extra powerful Pokemon should be here." Twilight looked at the signal. "But, I don't see them."
"This Rainforest's pretty large. Maybe that's why." Applejack narrowed her eyes.
"Come on Mew...Mewtwo's good too..." Pinkie Pie was hoping for Mew so badly. And if not, Mewtwo's a good substitute.
The Pokemon Trainers already knew which Pokemon-Types they could be going up against. So, they already had their Poke Balls out, ready to send their partners out.
As everyone waited patiently, a second rumbling could be heard and felt. But it wasn't coming from any newcomer trainers this time. Instead, it was coming from the rainforest itself. This was already promising as the energy signals were going off the charts.
Then, high above the skies, an orange storm cloud was forming before everyone's eyes. The storm cloud was turning the rest of the sky into a grey skyscape as the ground itself kept shaking.
And within the storm cloud, a pink glow could be seen twinkling inside of it. Everyone, who were keeping their balances, squinted hard to really see if they could spot what was up ahead. Twilight took out some binoculars to gain a better view. And what she saw surprised her. There were indeed two Pokemon here. One of them was the expected one while the other was unexpected. The storm cloud had separated while the pink twinkle came closer as the two Pokemon were revealed.
Mew and Landorus.
"Mew!"
"LANDORUS!" The Abundance Pokemon roared at Mew as he was seemingly trying to catch Mew.
"Oh! It reallyis Mew!" Rainbow Dash gasped.
"But who's the big buff guy on the cloud?" Spike tilted his head.
"It's Landorus!" Ash gawked.
"Pikachu!"
"Landorus?" Twilight took out her Pokedex, scanning Landorus.
"Landorus. The Abundance Pokemon. From the forces of lightning and wind, it creates energy to give nutrients to the soil and make the land abundant. Lands visited by Landorus grant such bountiful crops that it has been hailed as The Guardian of the Fields.
"It's Landorus!" A trainer exclaimed.
"It was worth coming here." Another grinned.
"Wait! You're not here for Mew?" Sunset turned to them.
"Nah! Landorus is what we want!" All of them said as they sent their Pokemon out.
"Mamoswine!"
"Tauros!"
"Vaporeon!"
"Froslass!" The Pokemon were sent out by their trainers to deal with Landorus as none of them were really interested in Mew. Then again, they've heard more about Landorus and how powerful he is, so it stands to reason why they would all go for seemingly the strongest Pokemon here.
"Can't let them beat me to it...!" Goh reached for a Poke Ball, sending out his Golurk.
"Golurk!"
"Why's Landorus chasing Mew?" Starlight wondered.
"It looks upset about something." Fluttershy noticed.
"LANDO! LANDORUS!" Landorus roared, putting his hands together as he was about to fire a Hyper Beam at Mew with a huge vein popping out of his head.
"Mew!" All the while, Mew just giggled at Landorus, further aggravating the Abundance Pokemon.
"LAND!" Landorus then fired a large blast from his hands, sending it straight towards the New Species Pokemon.
"Mew!" Mew looked back to see a Hyper Beam coming straight for it. Knowing that getting hit by Hyper Beam wouldn't be pretty for it, the New Species Pokemon transformed itself into a Gengar, making the Hyper Beam phase right through it.
Except, while that was great for Mew, it wasn't so great for everyone else. Because Hyper Beam was heading straight for all the Pokemon Trainers standing on the hill since they were also within the line of fire.
"Uh oh!" Twilight's yelped as she and everyone made the clever decision to make a run for it as they all turned around while Hyper Beam was heading for the hills.
As everyone bolted away, Hyper Beam hit the hills. Upon contact, a vicious and wide explosion was born, disrupting the hills and landscape as well. The hills had been obliterated by one single Hyper Beam. And because the hills had been obliterated, the ground below everyone on land had been affected too.
The ground below had shattered, forcing everyone who couldn't fly to fall to the lower ground of the Remoraid Rainforest, screaming along the way.
Thankfully, the fall wasn't that high as most of them fell into the lake safely. The only major consequence was that they were now wet. But some hit the ground, unfortunately. Which didn't spell good news for their backs.
"You all okay?!" Rainbow Dash and the others that could fly asked.
"We're fine." Ash nodded as he sat up.
"Pika..."
"Ugh..." The Pokemon Trainers stood up from the ground and lake. They were here to capture Landorus so a minor fall wouldn't get in their way.
Speaking of Landorus, his pursuit of Mew led him to the lower ground with Mew just continuing to tease him to no end. Mew descended as it had spotted some friendly faces down below. One of which was the pony it adored the most, Pinkie Pie.
"Mew!" Mew called out for Pinkie Pie's name as it flew straight for her.
"Oh! Mew!" Pinkie Pie stood up, holding her hooves out and inviting her friend for a hug. The two pink individuals had wide smiles on their faces as they embraced each other with a loving hug.
"Mew!"
"Eh?!" Goh gasped, witnessing Pinkie Pie and Mew hugging each other. But that wasn't the main focus right now. The real main focus was Landorus who had descended with his arms crossed.
He was still furious at Mew as seen by his very visible vein, bloodshot eyes and rumbling body which was also causing the entire rainforest to rumble as well.
His eyes were locked onto the New Species Pokemon, who was within the hold of Pinkie Pie. Mew blew its tongue out at the Abundance Pokemon, only further aggravating him.
"Lando...!" Landorus pointed at Mew, shouting aggressively at the New Species with horrifying words that are best not translated by Fluttershy.
"Yeesh. What did you do to make him so mad?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Mew!"
But aside from Landorus's current rage towards Mew, the Pokemon Trainers and their Pokemon lined up, standing before Landorus as they were blocking his view of the New Species Pokemon.
"Land?"
"We came here to battle and catch Landorus and we're gonna do just that!" One trainer spoke. "Mamoswine! Ice Shard!"
"Tauros! Blizzard!"
"Vaporeon! Hydro Pump!"
"Froslass! Ice Beam!"
All at once, all four Pokemon went on the offensive, attacking Landorus under their trainers' commands. All at once, four super-effective moves were formed. Tauros spun its tail around, kicking up a violent howling blizzard and sending it straight towards Landorus.
A shard of Ice, a high volume blast of water and a beam of ice were all fired in unison, merging with Blizzard to create a superior move that was perfect against Ground-Type Pokemon.
"Lando!" Except, Landorus had his own response to that. The Abundance Pokemon used Hammer Arm with his right arm glowing with red energy emanating out of it. With a mighty yell, Landorus struck the combined moves of Ice and Water with his fist, generating so much overwhelming force and power that he actually managed to send the moves right back at the Pokemon who fired it.
Gasping in shock, the Pokemon had all been hit by their own unified attack, taking the full force of it as well as their trainers. The resulting explosion was full of ice and water that erupted on the spot as the trainers and their Pokemon were all sent flying back afterwards, landing in the lake once again.
"Agh!"
"Landorus!" Clearly, Landorus's rage was so immense that not even super-effective moves were going to stand in his way. Not until he takes it all out on Mew.
"Pinkie...I think it's best if you got out of here with Mew..." Applejack spoke through her teeth, telling Pinkie to leave with Mew for further safety, hopefully.
"Oh! Right!" Pinkie nodded in understanding as she ran off with Mew sitting on her back. Even if Mew was being sent further away from Landorus, that didn't mean the Abundance Pokemon would just simply stop chasing Mew.
But it did mean that everyone else can give enough time for Pinkie to find a good place to hide while they dealt with Landorus. The Pokemon trainers and their Pokemon were already down and out after that one single Hammer Arm knockback.
"Landorus!"
"Don't worry! I got this!" Rainbow Dash stepped forward, holding out a Poke Ball. "Go, Altaria!" Out came the Humming Pokemon Altaria.
"Altaria!"
"Lando?"
"Ice Beam, go!"
"Alta!" Altaria went first, opening her beak as an orb of ice formed in front of it.
"Lando...!" Landorus narrowed his eyes, having little patience for any obstacles that would try and stop him from reaching Mew.
"Taria!" Ice Beam was fired at Landorus, who wasn't bothered about the approaching beam of ice heading his way. Mostly because he flew to the side, avoiding it as he then advanced towards Altaria.
"Dorus!" Aggravated, the Abundance Pokemon grabbed Altaria by the neck, shocking everyone.
"Al?!"
"Lando!" With fury, Landorus used Hammer Arm while holding onto Altaria as he slammed her onto the ground with devastating force.
"Ta!" Altaria screamed as a shockwave was formed, destroying the surrounding trees of the rainforest.
"Oh! Altaria!" Rainbow Dash gasped.
"Lando!" Landorus then tossed Altaria back at Rainbow Dash, causing the Humming Pokemon to crash into her trainer as they both were sent flying because of the strength of Landorus's throw.
"Rainbow Dash! Altaria!" Twilight turned around to see Rainbow Dash and Altaria falling down.
"Dorus!" Landorus wasn't done yet. He was about to use Stone Edge next. Large blue crystals surrounded the Abundance Pokemon as he sent them flying into the air.
"Not good! Run!" Ash figured that standing this close to Landorus while large sharp rocks were about to rain down from above wouldn't be the best option right now. So, the decision had been made to make a run for it and get far away from the rocks.
And that's what everyone did. They all got away from Landorus as large crystals started raining down after them, stabbing into the ground.
"Pikachu! Iron Tail!"
"Pika!" Pikachu hopped off Ash's shoulder, hardening his tail with iron. "Chu...Pika!" The Electric Mouse Pokemon then swung his tail upwards, destroying some of the approaching rocks.
"In there!" Twilight noticed a large cave up ahead. Three of them actually. One that could help conceal them from Landorus for the time being. As everyone else spotted the caves with Pikachu landing back on Ash's shoulder, they all split up, entering the three separate caves in different groups.
They had escaped from the Stone Edge rain but they hadn't escaped from Landorus, who was still hot on the trail for Mew.
"Landorus..."
The left cave.
Rainbow Dash, Sunset and Applejack had entered the left cave as a group, breathing in and out after running from the Stone Edge rain.
"Heavens to Betsy...! Too close...!" Applejack exhaled rapidly. "That Landorus' angrier than a hornet...!"
"You okay, Altaria?" Rainbow Dash asked her partner.
"Taria." Altaria was fine but that Hammer Arm slam into the ground plus the throw did leave a number on her.
"Get some rest for now." She sent Altaria back into her Poke Ball.
"Is he still out there?" Sunset slowly poked her head out of the cave, wondering if Landorus was nearby.
When looking outside, she found out that Landorus wasn't there. He was obviously in pursuit of finding Mew so he had no time for everyone else, especially if they got in his way.
"Okay, we're good..." Sunset sighed. "But I don't know about everypony else..."
"It's only after Mew right. Pinkie's in trouble too if that big fella's going after 'em." Applejack stood up.
"Hold on." Rainbow Dash took out her Xtransceiver, calling for her friends. She selected Pinkie Pie and Twilight's trainer number as the communication device was ringing. In just a few seconds, they had both picked up. "Pinkie! Twilight! Everypony! You okay?"
"We're fine. Just over at the middle cave." Twilight said as she was grouped up with Ash, Rarity, Spike and Fluttershy. "What about you, Pinkie? Are you far away enough from Landorus?"
"I think so." Pinkie Pie replied. "We're below right now."
"Below?" Rainbow Dash looked down.
"Yeah. We found a bunch of leaves that go all the way down like a slope. So we're at the lowest part of the rainforest. I think. Hopefully, Landorus doesn't look here."
"Yeah well, don't worry. I'll deal with Landorus, okay?" Rainbow Dash grinned.
"Let's just try talking to Landorus since he's so upset at Mew," Fluttershy suggested. "And then maybe, we can have a nice and normal Raid Battle, right everypony?"
"Speaking of which...what did you do to make him so mad, Mew?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Mew! Mew, Mew!" Mew explained what it did to rile Landorus up so much to a point where he would be in such hot pursuit along with the destructive fury of the land by his side.
Fluttershy, being the translator here, had heard everything that Mew had said. And once she got it all down, Fluttershy's pupils shrank, her ears dropped and her frown intensified.
"Oh...my..." Fluttershy's jaw dropped.
"What? What did it say?" Sunset questioned.
"...Mmm..." Fluttershy covered her face with her wings. "It's best nopony knows."
"So does that mean....you can't calm him down?" Goh asked.
"I don't think so after that." Fluttershy shook her head. "But I could still try."
"Mew!" Mew laughed.
"Well, whatever happened, we're still dealing with that Landorus. Ash, you in?"
"Let's try having Fluttershy talking to him first." Ash chose to talk to Landorus first before potentially jumping into a battle. "How close is Landorus, Twilight?"
"Just above the caves." Twilight looked at the tracker. "Looks like he hasn't found out about the lower section yet. And he won't even bother coming for all of us in the caves."
"Pinkie Pie. Stay deep down there with Mew and don't move. We'll sort it out as soon as we can." said Rarity. "Who's the closest to Landorus?"
"Nopony." Twilight observed. "He's moving all over the place at this point."
"Then we'll go for him first. Let's go." Ash ran off with Pikachu, heading out of the cave.
"Oh! We'll catch you later! Stay safe!" Fluttershy hung up the call as she also followed Ash and the others out of the cave to try and calm Landorus down.
Pinkie also turned the call off as she sat down with Mew right next to her. "Phew. Looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while."
"Mew."
"But whatever you did, could you apologize to Landorus, maybe?" Pinkie pleaded for Mew to apologize to Landorus.
"Mew." Mew nodded in understanding.
"But in the meantime!" Pinkie pulled out a cupcake. "Try some of this! I know you liked my cupcakes from before!"
"Mew!" The New Species Pokemon certainly did as it grabbed the cupcake, devouring it upon the first contact. "Mew! Mew!"
"Have some more!" Pinkie then held out more cupcakes, tossing them towards Mew. The Psychic-Type then transformed into a Gulpin, opening its mouth wide so that cupcakes could enter in easier.
"Gulp!"
"Ooh! Try eating it a different way!" Pinkie and Mew were starting to experiment with new ways of eating cupcakes. Pinkie tossed some cupcakes into the air, waiting to see what Mew would do.
Mew then transformed into a Hitmonlee, using its spring-like legs to jump after the cupcakes. It then held the cupcakes with its legs, using their flexibility by bending them, launch the cupcakes into Mew's mouth.
"Nice!" Pinkie applauded as Spinda popped out of her mane, applauding as well.
"Spinda!"
They kept trying new ways of eating with Pinkie Pie continuously throwing cupcakes and Mew transforming into other Pokemon to catch and eat them differently. All the while, concealing themselves from one of the Forces of Nature, Landorus.
And speaking of Landorus, he was still searching for Mew, hovering high above the rainforest with his eyes being sharpened. So far, he hasn't been able to find Mew here.
Annoyed that he had lost the trail on Mew, Landorus decided to find a way to drag Mew out. And that would involve messing with the rainforest.
"Lando...!" To bring Mew out, Landorus was about to use the One-hit KO move, Fissure. The Abundance Pokemon raised his arm with white energy coming out. He was planning to split the entire rainforest in half just to get to Mew.
"Wait!" But before Landorus could so, the voice of Ash and Fluttershy rang out.
"Landorus, stop!" Fluttershy exclaimed.
"Land?" Landorus looked down, spotting the familiar faces of Ash and Pikachu after getting a closer look.
"Landorus, please listen!" Fluttershy waved her hooves around. "We know or at least I know what Mew did to you."
"Dorus!" Bringing up Mew and what it did to him was riling Landorus up as he was very close to using Fissure on the ground.
"And it's okay that you're mad! But you can't take it out on the rainforest! All the Pokemon here are having their home damaged right now! So um...please stop before somepony gets really hurt in all of this. We can still solve it all before it's too late. Please?" Fluttershy pleaded.
"Lando!" But, Landorus's rage was too immense right now. What Mew did to him was inexcusable in his eyes as he would be satisfied if he took out all his anger on Mew.
"It didn't work!" Fluttershy yelped.
"Is he seriously that mad!?" Spike pulled back. "What do we do?!"
"Axew!"
"This won't end until he gets Mew. Looks like we'll need to have them both talk it out," said Ash.
"Pika."
"Talk it out?" Spike turned to face Ash.
"We'll have to get him to talk to Mew if we want this to blow over and end." Ash declared.
"How are we gonna get him to talk to Mew if he's so mad?" Twilight gulped.
"Landorus!" Landorus charged down, ready to use Fissure on the ground.
"We'll battle him, that's what!" Ash held out his Poke Ball. "Gengar! Ice Punch, go!" He tossed his Poke Ball forward, sending out Gengar.
"Gengar!" The Shadow Pokemon instantly zipped forward, concealing its hand in an icy blue aura as it went straight for Landorus.
"Lan...!" Landorus pulled his fist back, ready to smash it down and split the entire ground with a gigantic fissure. But there was someone to stop him.
"Gen...gar!" Getting in between the ground and Landorus, Gengar thrust its own fist forward, connecting Ice Punch with Fissure. Upon contact, a white light emerged in the middle of their clash as it pushed both Gengar and Landorus back, successfully stopping Fissure from landing. "Gen!"
"Land!" Landorus actually felt that one as the recoil was fairly powerful. The Abundance Pokemon held his head before shooting his eyes at Gengar. "Landorus!"
"You want Mew? Then follow us!" Ash taunted Landorus with Mew's name as he and the others jolted off, forcing Landorus to chase after them.
"Land!" And Landorus took the bait. Anything to get to Mew after all. The Abundance Pokemon started chasing Ash and the others down through the rainforest.
"We'll knock Landorus out before we get to Mew! That way, we can have them talk with Landorus at a weakened state." Ash broke down the plan. "Gengar! Night Shade!"
"Gen!" Gengar turned upside down while rotating to face Landorus. Out of its eyes, black and red lightning bolts came flying out, heading straight for the Ground-Flying-Type.
"Dorus!" Landorus countered this by using Protect. A green barrier was put up, protecting Landorus from Night Shade.
"Axew!" Axew looked over to Spike, telling him what they both needed to do immediately. Spike understood as he nodded in understanding with Axew.
"Okay! Axew, transform!" Spike commanded.
"Xew!" Axew stopped running as he was ready to transform into his superior state. First, he transformed into his Equestrian Axew form and then secondly, he went straight for his Equestrian Haxorus form with a golden pillar of light surrounding him.
"Haxorus!" Out of the light emerged the Axe Jaw Pokemon as he stood before Landorus.
"Land?!"
"Xorus!" With great strength, Haxorus put his arms forward, stopping Landorus's advancement with his hands on Landorus's face. A small shockwave emerged when they collided.
"Dorus!" Landorus was trying to push through Haxorus by forcefully moving forward.
"H-Hax...!" Haxorus's legs were moving back as he was trying to keep Landorus on one spot. Cracks in the ground were being formed from their struggle.
"Gengar! Attack from above with Ice Punch!"
"Gar!" Gengar zigzagged up, hovering above the Abundance Pokemon while he was trying to push through Haxorus.
"Haxo...!"
"Landorus...!"
"Gengar!" With Landorus distracted, Gengar capitalized as it dashed down, smashing Ice Punch onto Landorus's back and dealing very super-effective damage.
"D-Dorus!" Landorus's eyes widened as he had been smashed into the ground with his back being frozen thanks to Gengar who laughed after landing a hit.
"Now, knocking him back with Dragon Claw!" Spike commanded.
"Haxorus!" With Landorus on the ground now, Haxorus also attacked by summoning draconic green energy around his claws. The Axe Jaw Pokemon then slapped Landorus in the face with Dragon Claw, sending the Abundance Pokemon flying afterwards.
"Laaaaaaandooooo!" Landorus screamed after being launched far back by Dragon Claw. The Ground-Flying-Type was spiralling in the air as he still had his back frozen by Ice Punch, making it difficult for him to focus.
"Now, Fluttershy! While he's still stunned!" Twilight turned to Fluttershy.
"Right!" Fluttershy nodded in understanding before turning to Audino. "Sorry about this, Landorus! Audino! Use Hyper Beam!"
"Audi...!" Aiming to knock out Landorus with this one attack, Audino put her hands together, generating pure hyper energy in front of her. The Hearing Pokemon then fired a majestic blast of energy that tore through the skies themselves.
"D-Dorus?!" Landorus finally recovered as he noticed that a Hyper Beam was heading his way at high speeds from Audino's direction. "Land?!" Knowing that this will hurt a lot considering Hyper Beam's immense power, he countered it with his own Hyper Beam. "Landorus!"
Out of Landorus's arms, Hyper Beam had been fired as it came out fast enough to clash with Audino's Hyper Beam. Now the two of them were in a beam struggle because of this.
"A-Audino...!" Audino groaned while trying to succeed in this struggle.
"Land...! Landorus!" Landorus's eyes flashed as it was clear that his Hyper Beam was the superior one here. His Hyper Beam was starting to overpower Audino's by slowly moving downwards and consuming hers.
"D-Dino...!" Audino closed her eyes.
"Gengar! Fly through and use Ice Punch!" Ash pointed.
"Gengar!" Another one of Ash's many wild strategies came into play. Since Gengar was a Ghost-Type, it could easily interact with Hyper Beam without having to worry about taking damage.
So, that's what it did. The Shadow Pokemon entered Hyper Beam with Ice Punch on both its arms. While inside of Audino's Hyper Beam, Gengar flew upwards, travelling through the Hyper Beam while Audino was doing her best to hold her ground against Landorus.
"Audino-No...!"
"Gengar!" Gengar successfully moved through both Audino and Landorus's Hyper Beam. Ice Punch was ready as the Shadow Pokemon was gazing straight at Landorus's stomach. With its eyes narrowed and a wide grin on its face, Gengar finally reached Landorus as it struck both of its frosty fists onto the gut of the Abundance Pokemon. "Gar!"
"L-Lando!" And with a double hit to the gut, Landorus's eyes widened as he stopped firing Hyper Beam. Not only did a super-effective move strike him in the chest, but now he was vulnerable to Audino's Hyper Beam.
"Audino!" Seeing that Landorus was wide open, Audino managed to get her Hyper Beam through as it connected with Landorus, finally.
"L-L-Landorus!" Landorus screamed as he was being engulfed by Hyper Beam. The screaming stopped after a blazing explosion happened in the sky, visible to everyone in the Remoraid Rainforest.
"Gen." Gengar hovered back, completely free of harm. One of the many benefits of being a Ghost-Type.
As everyone looked up in the sky, they could see Landorus slowly falling down, unable to continue after being hit by a devastating Hyper Beam and super-effective hit to both the gut and back.
Even Landorus knows when he's beaten as he fell to the ground, flat on his face too. "L-Landorus..." The Abundance Pokemon groaned.
"Whew." Spike sighed. "Glad that's over with. Good job, Haxorus."
"Xorus." Haxorus gave a thumbs up before reverting into his Unovan Haxorus form and then right back down to his Unovan Axew form. "Xew."
"Great job, Gengar. Return." Ash returned Gengar.
"L-Landorus...!" Landorus raised his head, looking at the two individuals who had defeated him. Fluttershy gently approached Landorus, trying to give it a second go since her reasoning with him failed the first time.
"Um, excuse me Landorus. I know you're probably not a fan of us right now but we had to stop you before the rest of the rainforest got hurt. Sorry."
"D-Dorus...!"
"I know that what Mew did was wrong and I'm sure Pinkie Pie will let Mew apologize. But look at what you've done to the rainforest." Fluttershy showed Landorus the destruction he had caused from pursuing Mew.
So much of the environment had been demolished from his punches or even ranged attacks. Many Pokemon were all looking at Landorus, clearly shaken up and intimidated by him
For a Pokemon who makes the land abundant, this was embarrassing for Landorus. Especially since it's usually Tornadus and Thundurus who start fights out of nowhere with Landorus always being the one to stop them.
"Landorus..." Landorus sighed, feeling ashamed of himself.
"Aw, it's okay." Fluttershy patted Landorus on the head. "Come on. Let's get to Mew. Once the apology's over, you can head home to um...W-Where do you live?"
"The Abundant Shrine," Ash explained.
"Right. There." Fluttershy nodded. "Okay?"
"Lando."
Eventually, Landorus was led to the lower section of the rainforest where the leaves go down in a fun slope. There, Pinkie Pie was already waiting with Mew.
Landorus held his head as he was too weak to even do much after the battle he just had. When reaching the lower section, the Abundance Pokemon and the New Species Pokemon came face to face with each other once more.
"Mew!" Mew flew over to Landorus, ready to give its sincere and honest apologies instead of just flying away from him again.
"Dorus?"
"Mew. Mew-Mew." Taking responsibility, Mew bowed its head, knowing that upsetting Landorus in that way was wrong and out of line. Even for Mew's usual playful antics, that was going a bit too far.
"Land..." Landorus was just done for today. He held his head, still exhausted after the previous battle. And he could tell that Mew was being genuine with its apology. And for Landorus, right now, that was enough. "Landorus." Landorus accepted its apology.
"Mew! Mew-Mew-Mew!" Glad that Landorus accepted its apology and that they had now buried the hatchet, Mew hugged Landorus by latching itself onto his face.
"Lando?"
"Mew!"
"That's that." Ash nodded. "All they needed was some face to face talk."
"Pikachu."
"Right on that..." Rainbow Dash nodded. "But I'm kinda curious...what did Mew do actually?"
"Oh well...I think I should actually fill you in." Fluttershy decided to tell everyone what she heard from Mew as they all gathered in. "You see...Mew turned into a Landorus itself and ■■■■■, and then used it on Landorus's ■■■■. And Mew used its tail to ■■■, then turned into a Lickylicky to lick ■■■■ and that led to this."
Fluttershy gave everything to them as they all pulled back, shocked at what they had just heard. Everyone snapped their heads towards Mew, gazing at the New Species Pokemon with horrified looks on their faces.
"Mew...Why would you do that?" Ash stuttered.
"Mew!" Mew just simply laughed as it flew around Pinkie Pie.
"Oh well. All in good fun, right Mew?" Pinkie Pie nudged Mew.
"Mew-Mew!"
"Landorus..." Landorus had enough. He decided to leave and return to the Abundant Shrine. All he wanted was some peace at this point. As the Abundance Pokemon flew off, the trainers who were planning to catch Landorus had lost their opportunity, sadly.
"Aw...bummer. Oh, well. Maybe next time we'll get something else." The trainer shrugged as he and the others left to return home.
And speaking of returning home, the same can be said for Ash and the others since their time here was done. They had found the two energy signals after all so there was no further reason to be here. Although, there was one more thing that was about to be done.
"Mew-Mew." Mew suddenly poked Pinkie in the face.
"Hm? What is it, Mew?" Pinkie asked.
"Mew." The New Species Pokemon then dug into Pinkie Pie's saddlebag, moving its hands about. Everyone looked to see Mew grabbing a Poke Ball out of Pinkie Pie's saddlebag. "Mew!"
"Eh? EH?!" Pinkie Pie's eyes shot up along with her mane, tail and ears. Seeing Mew hold the Poke Ball in front of her only meant one thing.
"N-No way!" Goh pulled back.
"Mew? You want to..." Pinkie zoned out.
"Mew!" Mew nodded as it already knew what it wanted. It had already developed a strong bond with Pinkie Pie from their previous and current encounters with each other. Mew had made its decision. So much so that it smashed its head on the Poke Ball, activating it without Pinkie Pie needing to throw it.
The Poke Ball pulled Mew in as it landed on the ground. Now, it was time for the inevitable shaking and to see what the result would be. But it was obvious at this point as everyone leaned in.
1...
2...
3...
Gotcha!
Mew was caught!
"...You're kidding..." Goh dropped to his knees.
"P-Pinkie...Y-Y-Y-You got Mew..." Twilight's hoof was shaking uncontrollably.
"I did." Pinkie Pie picked up the Poke Ball, looking directly at it with deep eyes. "I got Mew..." She then scrunched her face, realizing the massive achievement that had been made. "I got Mew!"
"Spinda!"
"Would ya look at that." Ash adjusted his hat. "Guess that's the first time someone's caught a Mew, huh?
"Pikachu..."
"Beaten to it..." Goh lowered his head.
"No need to worry, Goh." Ash patted Goh on the back. "There are other Mew's out there, ya know. Still pretty rare though.
"Pika-Pikachu."
"Out you come!" Pinkie sent Mew out.
"Mew!" Mew was now officially Pinkie Pie's Pokemon and possibly the second pony to receive a Mythical Pokemon. Especially the ancestor of all Pokemon.
"Glad to have you with us, Mew!" Pinkie hugged Mew. "You're gonna have a lot of fun at SugarCube corner as much as you want! Oh! I should let you meet my family first too! That'd be great!"
"Mew-Mew!"
"Well...I didn't expect this." Twilight shook her head. "Maybe, we should do what Landorus did. Head home."
"Uh-huh." The rest of the Mane 6 agreed with her. Sometimes, there's a limit to how much excitement and surprises can be performed and experienced in one day.
With that, everyone was heading home with a brand new friend by their side. And a brand new story to keep in their memories via Landorus as the journey continues.
Chapter 372 End.