Pokewing Z: Dimension Rifters

by Kuwabara Shizuru

A transdimensional plot by an entity known only as "The Unmaker" threatens to destroy all human life, and only a handful of people from various dimensions can stop it. Chapters 66-69 uploaded. As Riku and Hiei's conflict comes to a close, the day is finally upon our heroes... and the results of the fight are devastating. Rated M for implied sex.

1. Chapter 1

PokeWing Z:Dimension Rifters, Episode 1

A mega-crossover fanfiction by Dustin Dixon and Caleb McGlone, with help from Rob Volske.

Disclaimer:We own very little in this story. About the only characters I(Dustin) own are Janine and Wayne. Distribution of this story without our consent will result in several hollow bullets being lodged in your brain. Actually, we'll sue for semi-copyright infringment, though you can nail us on the same grounds. Just...ask if you want to distribute the story, okay? Speaking of stories...let's get on with this one!

The room was brightly lit, as the three friends charged up the stairs leading to it. The lead one, a raven-haired teenager, looked around for anything in the room aside from the three of them. "Looks like the coast is clear! Come on, you two!", he said.
"Ash, watch yourself. They could be anywhere.", said the one on his left, a weird boy with snow-white hair,
and glowing green eyes. He wore a black jumpsuit, colored white in various places. He was looking anxiously around the room.
Ash nodded, looking over at the third and final friend, a girl with long red hair and blue eyes. She wore a black long-sleeve shirt, and blue jeans. She had a determined expression on her face. "Ash, Danny, let's do this.", she said, "We're almost there!"
"Right.", the teenage boy known as Ash said, "Jazz, if you want to turn back now..."
"Don't say another word...", the redheaded girl, Jazz, said, "You know what my answer is gonna be."
"Should have known...", Ash replied. The three charged their way up a flight of stairs. Danny, the glowing-eyed boy, flew ahead slightly, and spotted a door.
"Guys!", Danny shouted, "Up ahead! We made it!"
"Here we go!", Ash said, raising his arm defensively, as if crouching behind a shield of some sort. As he raced toward the door,
everything began to get brighter. He suddenly came to a stop, then started to feel dizzy. He could hear Danny and Jazz calling out to him, but their voices now sounded very different.
"Ash! Ash!"
Fourteen-year old Ash Ketchum awoke with a start. His eyes gazed up, up into the eyes of his sweetheart, fifteen-year old Misty Williams. "Your watch has been beeping for a good half hour now, sleepy-head!", she said, with a heavy sigh.
"Huh? Oh...OH CRAP! HALF AN HOUR!", Ash shouted. He raced out of his room, downstairs, and out the front door as fast as his legs could carry him. He then quickly checked to make sure no one would be listening in on what was about to happen. Pushing a button on his watch, he spoke up. "Ash here, Enma sir! What'dja want?", Ash asked.
"One half-hour...I couldn't reach you for HALF AN HOUR.", Enma, lord of the Spirit World, stated, while maintaining a straight face.
"Geez, I fell asleep! I didn't know that was illegal!", Ash said defensively.
"It is! At least, when something big is going down!", Enma answered.
"What?", Ash asked, "What could POSSIBLY be going down right now!"
"How about our old friend Wayne? Remember him?", Enma asked, with an exaserpated sigh.
"Hold on a sec...you mean the guy I sent to jail, a month ago?"
"Did you really think he couldn't break and/or bribe his way out?"
"Of course I considered that. But why is it such a big deal that he's out? I kicked his butt before, I'll kick it again."
"The reason it's so big is because he's found two items that could very well destroy the world."
"That serious, eh"
"Exactly! You know that Wayne would take any chance he could get to destroy the world"
"He won't do it. I'm gonna stop him."
"If your confidence is any indication of your ability, you won't have a problem with him, but I wouldn't get arrogant, Ash." When Ash just kept a sraight face, Enma sighed and continued. "Therefore, it will probably please you to know that we do have some knowledge about Wayne that would help you."
"I'm listening." Ash said dully.
"First and foremost, we do know that Wanye did not break out from that prison on his own. He had outside help, Ash, which means he's not alone. Be careful when pursuing him this time."
"I could easily take on a few--"
"I'm not done yet, young man. I haven't even gotten to the lead." Enma scolded him.
"Alright, get on with it then."
"We do have a lead on his location."
"Good, let's hear it." By now, Ash had sat down on a couch, for he expected this to be a long briefing.
"Do you remember that area on the other side of town with the abandoned Rocket Base?"
"Of course."
"Well, for starters, I sensed something strange coming from the base late last night. The worst part was, I could not identify it. I was able to get opinions from townsfolk, you know they sometimes see things we don't, and they agreed that something shady seemed to be going on near that base."
"You sure you ain't just stumbled on to some Rocket work? That is a prime location to get a base going again. Quite frankly I can't see why the base was abandoned in the first place." The minute Enma spoke, Ash knew that his words weren't even a possiblity.
"It was Wayne, we are sure of it. No Rocket would have energy that strong. Anyway, that's where we get to your assignment."
"Oh joy, my favorite part." Ash leaned back and kicked his feet up on a table in front of him. "Let me guess, I have to go check out the Rocket Base and search it for any trace of Wayne."
"You catch on pretty quick." Enma tried to lighten up the mood with the comment. "Oh, and there is one more thing, Ash. You will be going alone."
"I can't just take Janine and bomb the place with Spirit Guns galore?"
"That's the very point, Ash. We don't know for sure that Wayne is working alone this time. If you find yourself outnumbered, then it's a lot easier for one person to sneak in and out than it is for two."
"So basically, you're just sending me in for reconissance."
"If that's how you want to say it." Enma saw the bland look on Ash's face. "Don't be like that, Ash. You can't underestimate Wayne. And wether you like it or not, this is procedure. I expect a full report by tonight. I'm out."
With that, the watch went off, and reverted back to a normal watch. Ash had his assignment, and he was ready to go. 'After all,', he thought, ' it might be fun to have another go around with Wayne.' Ash smiled to himself as he got up to go eat breakfast with Misty and his mom, Delia.

Ash Ketchum was walking down the East Side of Pallet Town, the industrial side, so to speak, where he could find his destination, the Abandoned Team Rocket Base where his nemesis, Wayne, was supposedly lying in wait for him.'Sent me alone,', Ash thought. 'Maybe...maybe it's because he thinks I can handle this alone. Yeah, yeah that's logical. I took care of Wayne once before, no reason I can't do it again. Not a thing to worry about.' He had a large grin painted on his face, when soon, he found himself in the shadow of the Rocket base.He looked around. It was a relatively quiet day. Not many people at all, with the exception of the occasional car driving by. Ash figured he could just walk through the front door, and that was precisely what he did. Placing his hands on the large, steel knobs, he pulled down, and pushed the warehouse door open, which did so with a loud creak. Ash quickly shut the door behind him. He noticed that he was standing in what would have been a lobby. Then, he turned around, and immediately found exactly what he had been sent after. Standing 15 feet away from Ash, with a large smirk on his grungy face, was Wayne Williams. Ash momentarily stood in a battle stance, but then relinquished it when he saw what Wayne was sadistically staring at. Two items, two pedestals, stood in front of him. Then, Wayne spoke."Ash, Ash, Ash," Wayne said, with a tone of disappointment in his voice. "You shouldn't have come here, Ash.""I came to stop you, Wayne, and that's what I'm going to do." Ash's voice was rather hostile."Stop me? Not likely, this time. Now, you see THIS?" With a huge jerk of his left arm, and pulled what was in the first pedestal. A Golden, jagged sword. He held it above his head, as if showing it off.
"And, THIS?" A smiliar jerk of his right hand, and he bent over and grabbed what sat on the second pedestal in one motion. He now wore on his hand a golden bracelet. There were mysterious marks all over it. Wayne held them both up, before dropping them down to torso level. "The Rift Sword and The Rift Bracelet." He named them. "These--"
"I know exactly what they are!" Ash inturrupted. "They're what you're planning to use to destroy the world. Well, if you think two little toys are going to help you beat me again, you have something hard and painful coming." Ash paused. Nothing for a moment, then, a small murmur from Wayne, which turned to a giggle, then Wayne was flat out laughing at Ash. He stopped.
"Foolish little boy." Wayne spoke, his voice now arrogant. "You think that I would need THESE? No, no, no, my boy. These are meerly tools for what I really need done, as you will see. As I am about to show you, right now." Wayne raised his right arm up into the air, and the Rift Bracelet began to glow. Wayne spoke something in an unidentifiable language, then suddenly, the whole room was bright. "Like that, do ya?" Wayne smirked. "Then, are you ready for THIS!"
Without warning, Wayne slashed the Rift Sword in mid air. Nothing happened at first.
"Trying to scare me, are you Wayne?" Ash commented, stepping towards Wayne. "Well, it'll take a lot more than that to--" Ash froze. He saw before him, the air. But there was something different. Where Wayne had made the slash with the Rift Sword, a large rip was there. through it, he saw blackness, and white dots, and rifting colors, everything different. Ash had no idea what to make of it as he stood there with his mouth wide open. Wayne looked intensley satisfied.
"Do you know what this is, Ash? Do you? I have done it, by God, I have done it! I have opened THE DIMENSIONAL RIFT!"
As Wayne basked in his glory, something happened. The sword suddenly became superheated, causing him to drop it on the ground with a loud cry of pain. "Wh-- what the HELL is going on!"
"Ash!", shouted a voice from the watch on Ash's wrist, which could have only come from Enma himself, "Get that sword!"
"Right!", Ash said, then he dived for the sword. Amazingly, when he grabbed it, it wasn't hot at all. It felt almost exactly like his Soul Sword, as a matter of fact. So much so, he didn't notice that it was stuck to him until he tried to shift it into his left hand so he could blast Wayne with a Spirit Gun. "Huh! This sword's freakin' stuck to my hand! You sick bastard! You coated it in super glue,
didn't you!"
"What...what are you talking about! The weapons bond to their user!", Wayne exclaimed, "Why did the sword choose you!"
"Because it's a great judge of character.", Ash said, smirking. Wayne stared at him for a minute with a scowl, but it soon became a smirk, which, from there, became his trademark evil sneer. "Well then...", he said, "I assume Enma never once told you that I only need one of these items to reach the Spirit Stone. I may have lost the sword, but I WILL have the Spirit Stone!"
"Spirit Stone!", Ash asked, a puzzled expression adorning his face, "What're you talking about!"
"As I said, these two weapons are mere tools that lead to a greater power. That power, the Spirit Stone, will make the person using it into a GOD! A GOD, Ash! With that kind of power, morons like you will never stop me again!"
"And you think I'm just gonna let you get your filthy hands on godlike power? YOU'RE the moron, Wayne!"
"And YOU'RE too late to stop me!", Wayne exclaimed with a laugh, as he stuck his left arm into the rift.
"What ARE you doing!"
"What does it look like! I'm using the rift I created!", and with that, Wayne stepped completely into the rift. Ash charged toward it, to follow Wayne, but as he dove for it, it sealed itself. He stood there in absolute disbelief in a second, as the truth sank in; he'd let a criminal get away, and to top it off, it was Wayne Williams, the very first criminal he'd ever fought as a Spirit Detective, and without a doubt, the most dangerous. Unlike most of the other opponents Ash had fought, who were all talk, Wayne was strictly business;
the business of assassinating people and becoming stronger, to further his goal, which was the death of every human being.

"And that's what happened.", Ash said, dejectedly.
"What! How the hell could you let Wayne get away!", Enma shouted.
"I would have stopped him, but this stupid sword kept me from firing my Spirit Gun! And besides, I tried jumping in after him, but that damn rift shut"
"It's sealed again. The spot that was cut repaired itself. It'll be another...holy crap"
"What? What is it"
"It'll be an entire three months before the seal weakens enough for you to re-open the rift"
"Three months! What am I supposed to do until then"
"Continue with your life as normal"
"Yeah, I'm going to LOVE explaining this sword to Misty"
"Just...tell her you're working at a Halloween goods store part-time"
A huge sweatdrop formed on the back of Ash's head "...Riiiight"
"Or you can think of your own excuse"
"I think I'll do that"
"Even though thinking isn't your strong suit"
"Exactly...I mean...shut up!", Ash said, flipping off the tiny screen on his watch.
"Heh heh heh...", Enma laughed, then continued, "Anyway, I'll contact you when the rift weakens enough to be opened again.
Until then, consider yourself on vacation."

The room was dark, pitch black. Not a thing to be seen, until suddenly, a small light was turned on in the middle of the room, illuminating a small, circular area in the room, no larger than 10 feet wide. A man stepped forward, and was closely followed by two others, all three of their faces covered by shadows. The male who had stepped forward first spoke, and immediatly, he was identified.
"Well, this certainly seems to be a problem." It was the obvious voice of Wayne Williams. "Ash has taken the Sword. While I do not need it, nor does he, I cannot help but wonder WHY the sword chose him, or what he could possibly do with it."
"Master Wayne," The second voice spoke, the voice of a young man, addressing Wayne. "it would seem that you are worried about Ash. I can assure you, he won't be a problem for you this time. After all, you have me around."
"Silence, young one." Wayne scolded his proverbial padawan. "Your arrogance will be the death of you. Ash is not to be underestimated by anybody but me, is that clear?"
"Aye, sir, my mistake." The second voice concluded.
"Damn right." Wayne responded and turned to the third person. "Now then, as for you..."
"You remember our deal, Wayne." It was the scratchy voice of what sounded to be a woman, though something sounded different, and because she was standing in complete shadow, nothing could be made out about her. "You will NOT go back on this now."
"Calm down, missy." Wayne barked. "What you desire is very close, now that I have the Rift Bracelet, we are one step closer. What you desire is indeed very near, and nothing can stop us now."
Wayne now stepped into the middle of the illuminated area, showing himself. "Gentleman, and lady, you know what you are to do, and you both know where to rendezvous, now leave me, I have preperations to make." With that, Wayne let out his trademark evil laugh as the other two bowed and left him, alone, in that dark, dark room.

"Ash, you're back, where'd you...What's with the sword?" Misty was talking to Ash, who had just walked into the bedroom, where Misty was busy with housecleaning. She had just noticed the Rift Sword infused in Ash's hand, and was curious. Ash hesitated.
"Ahh...uhmm, you see..." He stuttered, wondering weather to use Enma's crappy excuse or try to think of his own, which probably wouldn't be much better. Misty raised an eyebrow. "I'm, uhh...working part time at a Halloween store, yeah, and uhhh...they say I need to get used to carrying this sword around. Yeah..." Not very convincing, but Misty seemed to buy it.
"Oh, really?" She said, walking over to Ash. "Well, can I see-OW!" She had touched it, and immediatly drawn her hand back. "Ash, that thing is burning hot! How are you holding onto it!"
"Well, it's not really hot to me."
"Ash! Could you come here please?" It was the voice of Delia, Ash's mother.
"Yeah, I'm coming!" Ash yelled before turning back to Misty. "Look, don't worry about it, okay?" He gave her a quick kiss and ran out of the room, down the stairs. Making sure nobody was around, he pushed a button on his watch.
"Thanks for getting me out of that one, Enma. You sounded just like mom there."
"Not a problem, Ash." Enma said, his face now appearing on the watch. "But regardless, you still have to keep this a secret for three months. She may NOT find out that you are a spirit detective. Understood?"
"Yes, sir." Ash began to turn the watch off, but Enma stopped him.
"Oh, and Ash..."
"Yeah?"
"There's something else. I have hired a new assistant. He will be helping you part time. I know I don't normally do it, but he seemed to have pretty decent spirit power. That, and I felt sorry seeing him in the unemployment line, so I gave him a shot." Enma concluded.
"Well, let's see him."
"Right." Enma turned his face to face off-screen. "Hey, come here. I want you to meet your new part time associate."
The sound of footsteps was heard, and then, beside Enma, there was what appeared to be an oversized brown rat. He had solid red eyes, which made him identifiable, but aside from that, he was just a large Rat.
"Ash," Enma was introductory. "Meet Ratty."
"Wassup, fool?" Ratty spoke for the first time. His voice was semi-high pitched, and he shook his head when he talked. "The name's Ratty, and I'm here to help you go postal on Wayne's ass!" He can suck it!"
"I like this guy already, Enma." Ash had a large grin on his face. He had a co-boss he could relate to now. Ash had a feeling he and Ratty would hit it off fast.
"Well, it's good to know. But make no mistake, you will still be working with me. I'm just letting Ratty here break into the buisness, so to speak."
"Damn straight!" Ratty raised a paw into the air. Ash just laughed, and though he knew he had a hard three months coming up, he knew everything would be okay.

THREE MONTHS LATER

Ash stood in the rocket base, exactly as he had Three Long months ago. He knew the time had come, and soon enough, he would finally be able to chase Wayne down once and for all. This was it. Suddenly, Ash's watch communicator began to beep. He turned it on, and there was Ratty.
"What's up, Ratty?" Ash inquired.
"Just checkin' in on ya, boy." Ratty said. "Enma told me to. 'Said it's about time for that there "rift" to open."
"Yeah, it is," Ash responded. "And I'll finally be able to track down Wayne."
Suddenly, there was a brilliant flash of light. Ash raised his arm to shield his eyes. The light faded a few moments later, and there it was. The Rift. The Rift in space and time that Wayne had jumped into three months earlier. The rift through which he had fled Ash again. At that moment, Ash decided that this would be the last time that Wayne would flee him.
"He won't escape me again." Ash monolouged to himself, however unaware that his watch was still on until Ratty broke the silence.
"Damn right!" Ratty sounded confident. "Ash, I want you to do something for me..."
"What is it, Ratty?"
"When you find Wayne, make the son of a biscuit eater suck it once for me!"
"Will do, Ratty. Will do. Over and out." Ash pressed a button, and his watch was just that. A regular watch. With a determined look on his face, Ash took a great leap, and within seconds, he had dissapeared into the Rift, hot on the trail of Wayne Williams. Where the Rift would take him, he did not know, but no matter where it took him, he was ready for whatever he faced.

To Be Continued

Co-Authors Note: Caleb here. Myself and Dustin have been working hard on this first episode for a few days, and now here it is. We hope you enjoy it enough to read the continuing drama of Ash and his friends as we get more Episodes written up. Peace.