With Kingdom Hearts 3 right around the corner, I felt like it was time to write a better, but shorter Kingdom Hearts X Pokemon crossover. The original version of this story was going to have Ash, Dawn, Sora, and Kairi going through some Nintendo worlds, but this one will feel more as if Lumiose City (or Kalos) was an actual world in an KH game.

Enjoy!

Serena's POV

"Now for the grand finale!" I exclaimed.

Upon soaring in the gust tornado with my pokemon formed by my Sylveon, it was time to wrap-up a good performance practice. Braixen, Pancham, and the fairy type Eeveelution began shooting their best projectile attacks towards the center of the tornado, calming the wind down enough for us to land back down to solid ground. Our surroundings were shrouded in a intensive light, forming a enormous flower encasing us.

*BOOM!*

The flower bloomed in a majestic, yet explosive way as it deteriorated into millions of particles into the night sky of Lumiose. I then spun around and smiled at my pokemon in response to a job well done.

"And that's a wrap!"

My pokemon ran up to me for a group hug in response to our training. It took us a few hours, but we managed to perfect our performance. A performance that my pokemon and I had done back when we were facing Aria, the Kalos Queen during the Master Class Pokemon Showcase. We managed to get to the top 2, but in the end, it was Aria who retained the title.

Since then, I took a break of performing so that my friends and I could finished our journey through Kalos. However, after an evil organization named Team Flare tried to eradicate the whole world, but was foiled by us, I came up with an idea. I wanted to cheer the citizens of Lumiose up with a show. A show that would bring performers together and bring everyone's spirits with hope and joy after witnessing a horrific disaster.

Upon gazing up at the sparkling particles raining down like snowflakes, I'd say we were ready. We were ready for tomorrow's show, but were the other performers were? As the memories of their past performances were playing in my head, I was completely confident in them. They were as highly skilled as I was and I knew we were going to please the crowd.

"You all did a great job!" I exclaimed, separating them from our hug.

"Braixen!" My starter pokemon nodded.

"Pancham pan!" the panda pokemon smiled.

"Veon!" Sylveon agreed.

"I'm so psych for tomorrow!" I smiled, thinking about the crowd's reactions.

Unfortunately, my body begged to differ as a yawn was comin inside me. Sleep was beginning to consume me after a day of training and was telling me to go rest up. As the fresh night air was being inhaled into my mouth, I let out a yawn sound and rubbed my eyes a little.

"But I think it's time for all of us to hit the hay." I replied, rubbing my eyes.

"How about it?" I asked my pokemon.

My team couldn't have agreed more with me and I didn't blame them. We had been training since dinner; which resulted in us being exhausted. After an evening of hard training, it was time to take a good night sleep.

"I thought so." I giggled a bit.

"And I bet Bonnie will need some help getting tuck in." I mentioned.

My pokemon nodded in agreement as I started to lead the way to Clemont's house. Since I didn't want to show my friends my act until tomorrow's show, I decided to let them enjoy their evening plans without me while my pokemon and I were training over at the Pokemon Center. Even though I was only a few blocks from where Clemont and Bonnie lived, it was always nice to see the gang after some private trainer.

"Pan!" Pancham cried.

The sudden cry of my smallest pokemon ceased our way back, causing me to turn around after taking four steps.

"What's the matter, Pancham?" I asked.

The panda pokemon was simply staring down at the ground, not responding to me as something got his attention. At first, I thought he tripped on a pebble or found something special, but when I approached him, I knew why he was suddenly silent. What was laying on the ground was my ticket to becoming Kalos Queen. A business card that had the Pokemon Showcase insignia, but more importantly,..

"Palermo's phone number" I exclaimed

Throughout my journey to become queen of my home region, the showcases were the most fun activities I ever had in my life. Each performance I did with my pokemon brought as much joy to me as the crowds I had entertained. But little did I know, I was lacking something that Aria had and a gray haired woman named Palermo called me out on it. I tried to prove to her that a performer could become queen while having fun, but it backfired on me.

I was then offered with an opportunity that most performers would have chosen within a day. To have Palermo train you to become the next Kalos Queen. Unfortunately, I put her offer on hold so that I could be with my friends for awhile longer. Palermo was somehow kniving enough to see things my way and allowed me to enjoy the rest of my journey. She then gave me her business card so that when I was ready, I could call her.

'Our journey's over,... but am I ready?" I whispered.

Each time I read the phone number, the more I asked the same question to myself. Was I ready to go train with Palermo? My journey with my friend had recently come to an end, but my heart wasn't so sure what to do next.

"It seems you are in quite of a predicament."

"Who said that?" I gasped.

A mysterious voice awoke me from my thoughts as I shot myself back on my feet, searching for the one who spoke. Braixen quickly pulled out her twig in an attempt to protect, but we didn't know where the voice was coming from. We were still standing in the back of the Pokemon Center with barely any lights shining down from the street lights. Plus, I didn't notice anyone watching us while we were practicing.

"Where are you?" I called out.

I then turned around, only to be startled by the one who called me. A tall person who was wearing nothing but black. He or she was wearing a black coat with a long zipper and a hoodie covering the face. He/she also had on a pair of black gloves and a pair of black shoes, but the coat was what really scared me.

"W-who are you?!" I jumped back a bit.

The person simply took a few steps towards me, completely ignoring my question. The closer he got to me, the more creeped out I was getting.

"Brai!" Braixen ordered.

In an instant, my starter pokemon lit her twig on fire, trying to defend me by scaring the person. The being came to a sudden halt towards the flaming twig and stood in silence.

"What do you want from us?" I wondered.

"What is there to give?" The person answered.

"Huh?" I muttered.

Judging by the person voice, it was clear I was talking to a man. He had a deep, calming voice; which surprised me by the situation he was in. He was acting all calm despite being an inch from being burnt from my Braixen. But what was even weirder about him was his response to my question.

"Tell me, did you enjoy your journey?" The man asked.

"Y-yes" I nodded.

"It was fun going through Kalos." I replied, keeping my guard up.

"And now it has led you into quite a dilemma." The man reminded me.

As much as I didn't want to admit it, he was right. I was stuck in predicament that that was going to impact the rest of my life.

"The number you are holding will lead you to the path of something you are desiring." The man exclaimed.

"How do you know that?" I asked, looking at Palermo's card.

"But in order to claim it, you must lose something you hold dear to you." The man mentioned.

"Lose something I hold dear?" I repeated.

At first, I didn't understand what the man was saying. Ever since I first heard him, he had been speaking in riddles. Even his appearance gave him a mysterious vibe to me. Now he was talking about something I'll lose dear to me if I call Palermo.

"I don't know what you're talking abou…"

Then, it hit me. Within a heartbeat, my face shot bright red upon remembering the feelings I had for a certain Pokemon Trainer. A trainer from the Kanto region who I first met back when we were little kids. The same trainer who would later travel with Clemont, Bonnie, and I through Kalos.

"That is none of your business!" I shouted.

"The heart never lies." The man pointed out, pointing his left main finger towards my heart.

"And right now, yours is showing that you are still holding on to something very important." He replied.

"Something you will miss dearly."

What happened next was something that no one could even imagine. With the guy's hand reaching out to me, a powerful gust of wind started to blow furiously against my pokemon and I. Petals of pink cherry blossoms blew at us as well as I quickly embraced Pancham tightly, trying to fight the strong winds that were pushing us away.

'W-what's happening?" I groaned while fighting the wind.

As if I wasn't struggling enough, I then felt something strange phasing through my body. For a brief moment, it felt as if a part of my heart was being painfully touched. A part of me that made me whole. The wind then suddenly ceased blowing as I collapsed on my knees.

"Braixen!"

"Sylveon!"

Pancham jumped out of my arms as the rest of my team approached me with concern. I opened my eyes upon feeling Braixen's hand on my left shoulder.

"I'm okay, but how about you three?" I responded, gazing up at my pokemon.

The three gave me a quick nodded before Braixen became all serious again. She ran beside me with her twig still in her hand as I got back up and turned around. The mysterious man was standing over to the opposite side of the battlefield holding some kind of blue card in his hand.

"What did you just do?" I called out.

"I simply sampled a piece of your memories and with them I made this." The man answered.

He then threw the card at me with great accuracy and speed as I barely caught it. The card itself was oddly shaped with the top side being all pointy with three points going upward like a crown. I then examined the front side of it, only to be shocked and confused by what I was seeing.

"Huh?!" I gasped.

"What is this place?"

What was on the card was a house with a windmill standing beside it. For a moment, I didn't have a clue what I was looking at, but then my heart jumped wildly. My face began to turn red once again as a precious childhood memory began playing in my head, revealing where I had been.

"The choice is yours, Serena." The main said.

"For your future, to find is to lose, and to lose is to find."

"H-hold on!" I pleaded.

Before I knew it, the man instantly vanished without a trace. He completely disappeared from our sights, leaving nothing but slight darkness.

"He's gone!" I stated the obvious.

"Braixen Brai?" Braixen blinked.

"Pan." Pancham muttered.

"Sylveon?" Sylveon wondered.

Overwhelmed by what just happened, I looked down at the card I was given. The card that showed the other path of my life I wanted to take. Although, the man was the most confusing person I've ever met in my whole life, he made a really good point towards my future. No matter which path I chose, I'd lose something precious to me. Either I go train with Palermo and miss seeing my friends again or go to Kanto to be with the one I love, but lose the one hobby I love doing.

"To find is to lose, and to lose is to find." I whispered.

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Ironically, when I started writing this chapter, Twitch has been re-streaming the first 2 seasons of the Pokemon anime and they've started advertising Kingdom Hearts 3 during the marathon.

And before anyone asks, "Why isn't the story set during the Sun and Moon anime?), it's because I think XY had more interesting than the SM Gang. I could see Sora blending in Lumiose City with Donald and Goofy and helping the XY Gang WAY MORE than them sticking like sore thumbs in a classroom and acting like goddamn Power Rangers when a Ultra Beast or Necrozma is released.