//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Ho-Oh, and Team Rocket // Story: The Trainer of Friendship // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// Will, along with his sister and the ponies were mesmerized by the amazing sight that was coming towards them. "That's, Ho-Oh! The legendary Pokemon said to revive the dead!" Will said, staring at the colorful bird. "That's Ho Oh? Its beautiful!" Crystal said. After awhile, Ho Oh finally landed in front of the friends, and focusing his attention on Will, "Ah, young will, it has been a long time since you and I have last met," Ho Oh said, speaking to Will telepathically. "I agree, I haven't see you since after I retired," Will said, smiling at the bird Pokemon. Looking at the ponies and human children, and the draconequss duo, Ho Oh then looked at Will curiously, "Are these new friends of yours?" Ho Oh asked the trainer. "Yep, and they're gonna help me and Cindy move to their homeland, where me, my sister, and all my Pokemon can live peacefully," Will explained. "I see. But I would still like for you to prove you are worthy of being my master," Ho Oh said. "You still want me to be your trainer?" Will asked in shock. It was only a nod that made Will run up, and hug the phoenix Pokemon. Meanwhile, the bushes. "I can't believe we had any faith in those trio of bozos," the man said with an annoyed tone. "I can understand your frustration Butch, but made maybe we can still catch that Ho Oh, once that dimwit of a Pokemon Master weakens it enough," the woman said, smiling evilly at her partner. "Ok, so I assume your plan is to wait for that naïve master to weaken Ho Oh before we use our nets, right Cassidy?" Butch asked, acting like he didn't know what Cassidy was getting at. Cassidy only nodded evilly, as she turned to see Will coming out of his Pokeball storage area. Back to the ponies, "So, Ho Oh still wants you to catch it?" Cindy asked her brother, who was carefully picking his team to help catch the rainbow Pokemon. "Yep, and I want to be sure to give him a good battle," Will replied, as he was recalling two of his electric type Pokemon. "Ok, so I have two water, two rock, and two electric types, I think I have a shot," Will said, clenching his fists in determination. "Do you think you and your Pokemon will be able to catch Ho Oh?" Twilight asked the trainer. "'We never know until we try', that's my motto," Will replied with a confident smirk on his face, as he went to the field to do battle with the Legendary Ho Oh. "Alright Ho Oh, we're ready to battle," Will said, tossing a Pokeball, releasing a rock ball Pokemon, with short arms and legs, and a small head protruding from the shell. "You ready Golem?" Will asked his Megaton Pokemon, who roared with determination. "Alright, then we'll start out with Rockslide!" Will commanded, which Golem then focus its energy, causing boulders to form from thin air, and fall around Ho Oh, who was able to dodge some of the rocks. "Most impressive Will, you haven't lost any of you strong determination since last we met," Ho Oh said, before charging up for one of its attacks, "Now take this, SACRED FIRE!" Ho Oh roared, unleashing a magnificent flame that was hurdling towards Golem. "Golem, use defense curl!" Will commanded, which Golem just withdrew back into its shell, "Good work, now roll out attack!" Will commanded, which had Golem rolling towards Ho Oh, at a high velocity, and striking the bird Pokemon, knocking to the ground. "Ok, I think that might be it, go..." Will was cut off when he and the ponies gasped in horror, as a net ensnared the defenseless Pokemon. "What the..?! WHO DID THAT?!" Will asked angrily, looking around for who trapped poor Ho Oh. "A silly question he asks," a feminine voice purred. "We are here to do our tasks," said a males voice. "HERE'S OUR MISSION SO YA BETTER LISTEN!" the two voices rang as two shady figures jumped from the bushes. "To infect the world with devastation," the woman sang. "To blight all peoples within our nation," the man rhymed. "To denounce the goodness of truth and love," the woman said. "To extend our wrath to the stars above," the man said evilly. "Cassidy!" the woman said, introducing herself. "And its Butch!" the man said. "We're Team Rocket, circling the globe all day and night!" Cassidy rang. "Surrender to us now, or you'll surely loose the fight, fight, fight!" Butch said, finishing up the motto. "Team Rocket?" Rarity asked. "They're the bad guys I told you about, Cassidy," Will said with a sneer. "And Bert," Cindy said, glaring at the two. "I TOLD YOU, MY NAME IS 'BUTCH'!" Butch yelled, furious at how they never could remember his name. "Well, whatever your name is, we won't be letting you take Ho Oh!" Discord said, conjuring up some scissors. "Well, we aren't leaving here without Ho Oh, or all of his Pokemon," Cassidy said, pointing at Will. "Forget it! You'll never get my Pokemon, or Ho Oh!" Will snapped at the duo. "If you won't give them to us willingly, then we'll take them by force, go Houndour!" Cassidy called, releasing a black dog Pokemon with sort of a skull helmet on its head. "Hitmontop, assist Houndour," Butch said, releasing a short bipedal Pokemon, with a blue torso, a spiked tail, and a spike on its head. "So its a fight you want? Then I'll give you one, Electivire, help out Golem!" Will said, releasing a large yellow biped Pokemon, with black markings on it, and twin tails that have a resemblance to wires. "Houndour, use Flamethrower on Electivire!" Cassidy told her dark Pokemon, who exhaled a red hot flame from its mouth. "Hitmontop, Rolling Kick on Golem!" Butch commanded, which had the handstand Pokemon spinning really fast towards Golem. "Golem, use Rock Tomb on Houndour, and Electivire, use Discharge!" Will commanded, which had Golem throw a large boulder at Houndour, and Electivire unleashing a wild charge that electrocuted Hitmontop and Houndour, sending them back into Cassidy and Butch, also electrocuting them, but to the ponies surprise, it didn't affect Golem, who just took it like having a foam ball thrown at him. "Good job guys, now use hyper beam!" Will instructed, to which, the two stronger Pokemon fired the same beam of energy that Gyarados fired, at the Team Rocket members, thus creating an explosion that sent them flying. "I can't believe it, why can't we ever win?!" Cassidy whined. "Well, at least we're better than those two buffoons, Jessie and James, and that simple minded Meowth of theirs," Butch said, trying to lift Cassidy's spirits. "True, but..." Cassidy said, before she and Butch spoke in unison. "WE'RE STILL BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" they said, still flying until they weren't in sight anymore. "And that's that," Will said with a smug smirk, before turning his attention to Ho Oh, who was still trapped, "Hang on Ho Oh, we'll get you out!" Will said, trying to find the opening in the net. "You have the heart of a true hero, Will," Ho Oh said, smiling up at the Pokemon trainer. "Thanks, I get that a lot," Will said, just as he found the opening, and helped Ho Oh crawl out, "So, now that all distractions are out of the way, shall we continue our battle?" Will asked the legendary Pokemon. "No, you have proven that you are worthy of being my master, for which, I will gladly allow myself to be captured," Ho Oh said, giving Will a warm smile. "Really?!" Will asked, like a kid who just got the best news of his life. Ho Oh only nodded warmly. "Alright, go ULTRA BALL!" Will said, throwing his Ultra Ball at Ho Oh, who was soon turned into red energy, and went inside the ball, which, as soon as it hit the ground, started to wobble. After the third wave of wobbles, he ball made a clicking sound, which signaled the successful capture of Ho Oh. "Alright, after all these years, I finally caught Ho Oh!" Will said, picking up the Ultra Ball, and looking at it in awe, which he then tossed in the air, releasing the Rainbow Pokemon. "You're part of the family now Ho Oh," Will said, smiling at his newest Pokemon. "And I shall do my very best to help you in anyway I can," Ho Oh said, smiling back at his new trainer. "Alright, so now that that's all out of the way, we can now start with the move," Discord said, smiling at his friends. "Ok, if its not too much trouble, I would like my ranch to be in the fields on the outskirts of Ponyville, please?" Will asked the draconequss. "But won't someone notice your ranch is missing?" Rainbow Dash asked, arching an eyebrow at Will. "Doubtful, our ranch is in a secluded field out side of town, so I doubt anyone will notice," Will said, reassuring his cyan Pegasus friend, before remembering something, "OH, I almost forgot! We need to let your school know that your moving away Cindy," Will said, looking at his sister. "If you all could wait just at least an hour, I should be back by then," Will said, before running towards the school where his sister used to go to. "Well, its nice that you and Will are coming to live with us, but won't your relatives wonder where you two are?" Twilight asked Cindy. "No, see all our other relatives passed away, so we don't have any other family besides each other," Cindy replied, giving the lavender alicorn a sad smile. "Oh, sorry, I didn't know," Twilight said, apologizing for treading on sensitive thoughts. "Don't worry, a lot of people ask us that," Cindy said, trying to reassure her lavender friend, who smiled at how kind Cindy was. Half an hour later, Will came back, "Ok Cindy, I just let your school principal know that we're moving, I didn't tell him where we're moving to because he might think I'm crazy, so now, you're signed out of school," Will said, ruffling his sisters hair. "We're ready to go!" Will told Discord, Eris, and Francisco, who all nodded, and snapped their fingers, thus teleporting the whole ranch out of Mahogany Towns outskirts.