Shadow Colusseum

Summary: After two years, the same fan-girl travels to the Pokemon World in time for the events of Pokemon Colusseum.
Disclaimer:
Pokemon (except for Phanteon and my version of Mewthree), Wes, Ash Ketchum, Rival character "Thomas", Rui, and other human characters are © Nintendo/GameFreak
Fan Characters/Pokemon like Mona and Mewthree are © Imperfection07
If there are any similarities, it is only out of coincidence. Note: I don't know what happens at the end of the Kanto Battle Frontier so I'm guessing it.
Rating: K+ (May change in the future)
Note: Some characters may be OOC.


Chapter 2:
Onwards to Orre

It didn't take me long to travel back to New Bark Town. All I had to do was buy a ticket for a boat headed for Olivine City, Johto, and then have Nanosaur fly me the rest of the way there. Needless to say, Amelia and Ninetales were happy that I kept my promise and returned after two years. I also made a personal note to see if I could contact any of my friends so I could tell them that I just got back…

Well, after I took a bit of a nap. What! It was a long trip from Hoenn and I was also exhausted from battling Thomas, especially after he wiped out Rika and Nanosaur with Alakazam.

"Shoot…I'm probably getting worse…" I grumbled, asleep. Right then I was dreaming that I was taking on a familiar figure with a ball atop his head…or was that his hair? I continued grumbling out of irritation since it seemed to me that his 4 Ludicolo had damaged Godzilla (my Fraligator) to the fainting point. "Darn…you…your stupid Pokemon are at level 30…Godzilla's at level 95…so how…? No-no-no, four level 30 Pokemon shouldn't be badly harming one level 90 Pokemon, even if they are a dual water/grass type…so…HEY! THAT'S IT! YOU'RE CHE-"

Then I woke up, a bit stunned and my dark-brownish hair was frazzled and matted. "-eat…ting…Gah…I should stop drinking so much chocolate milk before bed! I swear, last time I did I dreamt that something freaky was glaring directly at me…"

"Mona! The Cinnabar Burger's ready if you're hungry!"

"Okay!" I called down before shuffling off the bed and heading downstairs. "Well…food first, questions later. Say Mom? Do you have a phone book?"

"Are you ordering out?" She asked, turning slightly as I headed towards the video phone near the wall.

"No. I just need to call a friend for a moment just to let them know I came back. It's been two years you know."


Meanwhile, back in Pallet Town, Ash Ketchum was sprawled on his bed after coming back from the Kanto Battle Frontier. He, May, Max, and Brock had went their separate ways after that so Ash and Pikachu got a well deserved break from their long trek, even though in the morning the black-head was going to be in for a major wake up call…

(Note: He's still in his Hoenn/KBF outfit)

By which we mean his repaired Voltorb-Alarm-Clock (which was vibrating due to the alarm) decided it was the best time to slip off its perch and…nail the unsuspecting trainer on the head.

BONG!

Ash promptly woke up with a pained expression and a round mark of red on his forehead. On the upper bunk, Pikachu stirred before getting up and stretching as its human companion did the same.

"What…what time is it?" The newly turned teenager yawned before picking up the busted alarm clock. Of course, he had just relived a dream from a few years back when he was a ten-year-old and just before he met Pikachu of course. The busted alarm clock didn't help either. "AAAAAAH! Squirtle! Bulbasaur! Charmander! Just save one for me-!"

THUNK!

"Ow…"

Well…nothing's changed…he's still the same Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town… and would it be an offense to say he ran into the door in his groggy trance? Ash held his head and got up from his place on the floor, muttering a slur of words without a meaning, before turning slightly to view his friend.

"Good morning Pikachu…"

"Pika…" The electric mouse nimbly leapt off the bed and onto the desk before sitting there. "Pika-Pikachu?"

"It's nothing, I just relived some dream from before I met you…"

Pikachu did a head tilt and smiled slightly. "Pika-chu…"

"Ash…!" Delia Ketchum called upstairs.

"Yeah Mom?"

"Lunch is ready!"

"Lunch! What happened to breakfast?" Ash called back.

"It's twelve already!"

"Oh…" Ash immediately remembered how late he had gotten home after the trip he took, he and Brock separating at a crossroad in Viridian that headed towards either Pallet Town or Pewter City. The black-head let out a prolonged yawn before he and Pikachu left the room. No sooner had he cleared the stairs, the sound of a video phone ringing caught his attention. "I'll get it Mom!"

Ash walked over to the video phone before picking up the receiver, before he could utter a hello…

"Hey Ash, didja miss me?"

Ash stared at his friend who was now smiling at him through the monitor. "Mona?" Then smiles came on his and Pikachu's faces. "Since when did you get back? It's been two years."

"Ah, well…just yesterday and I came from Hoenn. Ya see, when you travel to another world, it's bloody hard to get back…" I replied with a grin. "Anyway I beat the Elite Four there, and from what I can tell you probably just got back from the Battle Frontier, am I right?"

"Yeah, I just did. So how are things going?"

"Ah, pretty good. I'm a bit glad Oak gave me the OK to switch either Phanteon or Mewthree but not both. My team's balanced pretty well right now. You?"

"Oh me? I just woke up."

"Ah, I can see…" I pointed towards my head and Ash discreetly pushed some hair in front of the mark so he looked a bit more like his manga-ish version. "Well, I'd better not have you skip breakfast…"

"Lunch-"

"Oh…silly me. Okay, I'll be seeing…"

Another ringing…

"…you?"

"Um, can you hold?" Ash asked, reaching to line 2.

"Sure…" I nodded as Ninetales nuzzled the underside of my arm and petted it, just as Ash got Prof. Oak on the line.

"Hello Ash,"

"Good afternoon Professor."

"Oh, I'm on line two…were you busy?"

"Uhh…"

"No not really Professor." I interjected, motioning for Ash to make it a three-way call. He did so and the screen was split between the two callers. "I was just saying hi."

"Well, it's good that you both were chatting. This matter is important, unless Mona's been there already." Oak sounded serious. I immediately remembered Orre and the game I recently beat as Amelia went over, stirring some batter for a pastry she was making. "It involves a region called Orre. It's been deemed dangerous at this time and there's been a warning issued to trainers to stay away from there."

"What about the ones still in there?" Amelia asked.

"It's where they live, and they won't leave despite the dangers." Oak responded.

"Is there anything about Giovanni in this?" I inquired. "Because I can't just stand aside and watch innocent people have their lives destroyed by this madman or other."

"Me neither…" Ash spoke up.

"Mona, Ash, this is serious, the region's completely a desert landscape except for two oasis. Not only that, there are criminals stealing Pokemon called "Snagem"."

"I've been there before already…in disguise as another trainer to avoid getting spotted by certain characters. Prof, Mom, don't argue with me on this…I'm going in there." I replied.

"Me too…"

"Pika-pika!"

"Alright then…seeing as how we can't convince you two otherwise, how would you be getting there?" Oak commented.

"Well, I'm going to be riding on Flygon ("Flydrach"). He's been known to fly several miles without stopping, even over oceans, so he's the best bet. Ash, I'm going to come over in a couple of hours."

"Hours?"

"Mom just made a Cinnabar Burger, I can't just turn it down after all the hard work it was for her to make it."

"Shall I make another for you to bring over for the trip?" Amelia asked, a bit happy that I didn't forget about her.

"Sure, that'll be nice…" I replied before glancing over towards Ash. "I'll be sure to bring over another if you want…"

"Sure, that sounds good."

"Oh, uhm Professor, is Phanteon with you? It's been two years and I wanted to check."

"Why yes, I gave you the okay to switch between the two…especially after that close encounter you told me about…he's doing fine with the other Eevee and their evolutions."

"Thank Groudon…" I grumbled prior to replying. "Thanks Prof. Anyway, I'll be there in a couple of hours, see ya!"


Momentarily, as I mentally thanked Amelia for being an understanding person (even though I only stayed for one day like last time), I was off with a rearranged party of Pokemon and key items…including two Cinnabar Burgers (inside a basket provided by Amelia), as I was riding on Flygon "Flydrach" and heading for Pallet Town. The Ground/Dragon type did as I said it would, by which I meant it flew a couple good miles before landing inside the Pallet Town/Route 1 Border.

"Argh…I should've told Ash where to wait until I showed up…" I grumbled, hopping off Flydrach. "Hm, maybe he's hanging out somewhere…"

"Did you check up a tree?" Flydrach inquired before I looked up and, sure enough, there was Ash sleeping in a tree with Pikachu. Probably bored to death of having to wait. I paused and smirked before climbing up the tree, motioning for Flydrach to go under the branch in case he fell off. Then from out of nowhere, I held out an air-horn and held it close to their ears.

This was going to wake him up…and make the trainer go a bit deaf if he was lucky…

-AIR-HORN!-

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"PIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Ash fell off the tree branch and was caught by the ground/dragon type while Pikachu was clutching onto my head like one of those 'face-grabbers' from Alien vs. Predator…so I could only see yellow.

"What the heck was THAT!" Ash panicked, scrambling out of Flydrach's claws before I pried the panic-stricken electric mouse off my face and hid the fog-horn in my bag.

"Ah, ah…a Dodrio?" I grinned innocently resulting in a flat-face forming on Ash.

"Since when were Dodrio that loud?"

"Err…okay I used an Air-Horn!" I blurted out. "It was something I bought on the way here from Lilycove aaand I wanted to test it out!"

"…on me?"

"No-no, whatever gave you THAT idea!" I placed a hand behind my head and laughed nervously. "So, shall we get going? Orre is a long way away from here…"

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were changing the subject…" Flydrach chuckled as it pulled a bag of Poke-chow from behind its back and began eating a few pieces before offering some to the electric mouse.

"No Flydrach, I'm not changing the subject…" I argued before sliding down the tree and heading towards it.

"So, you can still understand Pokemon language? I thought you would forget after that long a time away…two years you know…"

"Ah, no…nothing's changed…" I replied as I got on the Flygon with him following. Pikachu hopped onto his shoulder and got ready for the trip. "…except for how many Pokemon I caught…" I whispered under my breath.

"What…?" Ash blinked.

"I didn't say anything!" I blurted out again before Flydrach spread its wings and took off. This was going to be a long trip…so I changed the subject: "Cinnabar Burger…?"


Meanwhile, in Pyrite Town (Orre), a young red-head (resembling Misty in a sense) with blue eyes was walking through the town with a small mouse Pokemon with Blue Markings sitting on her right shoulder.

The teenager was around five-foot-six and her hair was styled in short pig-tails, the rest of her red hair reached her shoulders. She wore a light jean-jacket over a dark-violet top (hiding a Pokeball belt that contained only one) and had a mini-skirt that reached her knees. Her boots were a magenta color with black socks underneath. Around her neck was a necklace that had an ornament that was a tear-drop shape. Her Minun had a pink bandana around its neck, signifying it was a female Pokemon and was owned by the young girl.

"Something tells me we went the wrong way Mimi…" Rui murmured as her Pokemon chirred unhappily due to the sun bearing down on her long ears. The shade given off by Rui's pigtails weren't much help either. "I know we were supposed to reach Agate…my grandfather must be worried…"

"Mi-nun…" Mimi churred before its ears perked up at the sound of a Pokemon Battle. "Mi…?"

"What is it Mimi?" Rui glanced at her Pokemon before looking up and spotting a Makuhita (a yellow fighting-type Pokemon that looked like a mass of blubber with a tie on its head –pardon the description-) beating down an Oddish. "Odd…I thought Grass Types had an advantage over Fighting…types…"

Rui's eyes widened as she spotted a glowing bluish-purple aura resonating off the Pokemon as its trainer called: "SHADOW RUSH!"

"Shadow…rush?" Rui's blue eyes widened as Minun frowned and some sparks came from its cheeks.

"Nuuun…" It growled as the same aura grew inside Makuhita before the Shadow-Pokemon's fist connected with the Pokemon, sending it flying into a garbage bin.

"ODDY!" The female trainer, whom the Oddish belonged to, ran towards it and picked it up. A small dot of blood was noted on its mouth. "You jerk! Oddy is badly hurt and there isn't a Pokemon Center in this city!"

"Feh, well it sucks to be you don't it?" The greenette smirked before spotting Rui staring at the Makuhita. "What's YOUR problem?"

"Uh…uhm…I…" Rui backed off, wary that she wouldn't stand a chance if Mimi fought the Makuhita. "Why's your Pokemon…g-glowing that color?"

"Glowing…color?" Trudley glanced at Makuhita before staring at the red head. "You mean to tell me dat you can see the aura off my Shadow Pokemon?"

"Shadow…Pokemon…?" Rui backed away as her Minun glowered and charged up some electricity.

"We can't have you going about and telling the feds about this…" A voice said from behind her. Rui turned abruptly as Mimi lunged at the blonde behind her and bit down on his arm. "OW! GET YOUR STUPID MOUSE OFF!"

This only peeved the electric type into using spark. "MIIII-NUUUN!"

CRAAACKLE!

Foley backed off, his form laced with electricity as the Minun leapt back in front of Rui; ready to defend her trainer.

"So, you want to fight do you?" Foley grimaced as he regained his posture. "Trudley, it looks like she's not going to go down without being silent."

"Please, I won't tell! Just leave us alone!" Rui pleaded before spotting the Makuhita punching one fist into another.

"How about this…if you win, we leave you alone…" Trudley grinned. "That is…if you can beat all three of my Pokemon with just one scrawny little mouse…"

"Mimi's not scrawny!" Rui retorted.

"Okay then…go Lotad!" Trudley released a water/grass type which had six to eight limbs, a yellow beak, and a plant in the shape of a Lilly-pad on its back. "Lotad, use Water Gun!"

"Mimi, use Spark!" Rui countered. Mimi dodged the spurt of water before sparks came from its cheeks labeled with blue negative signs and it rammed into the dual type, harming the opposing Pokemon. "Now use Quick Attack!"

The Minus Pokemon began disappearing and reappearing as it dashed towards the Lotad and then ramming it. Lotad went spiraling into the air before the Minun leapt at it and launched one final Spark that sent Lotad to the ground for a KO.

"What!"

"Like I said before…MIMI'S NOT SCRAWNY!" Rui snapped as the Greenette recalled his Pokemon.

"Yeah…but that was just one Pokemon…GO DUSKULL!"

"Duskull…?" Rui stared at the ghost-type which floated in place. There was a moment of silence before she got back into focus. "Mimi, use Spark!"

Mimi dashed back and forth, avoiding the ghost-type's attacks and then ramming it whenever it had the chance. In the end, Mimi won (barely standing) while the other Pokemon lay flat on the ground like a torn-up rag that remained unmoving.

"Not bad…for a girl…" Trudley smirked as he recalled his Pokemon while Rui had a relieved expression. "…but not good enough! Go Makuhita!"

Makuhita stood up and charged into battle, ramming Mimi who skidded backwards in pain from the sudden and uncalled attack.

"You stupid Pokemon! I didn't say to attack yet!" Trudley shouted angrily.

"Mimi! Please get up!" Rui pleaded, seeing the aura around Makuhita turn a bright red. Mimi got up, slowly but surely, before getting poised for battle. "Okay! Let's go!"

"Mi-nun!"

"This is it for your rat…" Trudley smirked as Foley slowly inched towards Rui from behind. "Makuhita, Shadow-Rush!"

"Dodge it!" Rui cried out as her Pokemon dodged. The Makuhita shot past it but got close enough to Rui in order for her to see a ferocious smirk on its face, unnerving the red-head. "Mimi, SPARK!"

Mimi charged at the opponent, weakened but not going to give up for its trainer's sake. It struck the Pokemon before spotting it charging the familiar aura.

The Makuhita's fist struck Mimi with such a force it was forced to cough up some saliva before lying on the ground, too much in pain to battle.

"MIMI RETURN!" Rui recalled her Pokemon and turned abruptly in order to attempt an escape only to smack into Foley. "AH…!"

"You didn't think we'd let you escape that easily did you?" Trudley smirked as Foley turned Rui around, his hand clamped over her mouth and preventing anything as much as a squeak from escaping as another arm went around preventing her from struggling. Her bluish eyes were watery and filled with panic. "Master Nascour would want to meet her…wouldn't he…?"


To Be Continued…

I'm currently enjoying the fact that people are reading the fanfic (Thank you!). I didn't want Rui to go down without struggling…so I gave her a Pokemon. She's also a bit different from her game version if you didn't know… I didn't really like it when Rui was considered a Wall-Flower…so like I said: a bit of a difference…

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