~CHAPTER 3~

After living with the twins for two months already, Lapis could confidently say that she had nailed their personality and quirks so she wasn't surprised when the whole house was awaken by a screaming alarm clock AKA Rua.

Lapis and Diana yawned as they walked down to the living room where Rua is searching high and low for Yusei. Guts was standing by the side trying to calm the boy down.

"Not here! Not here! He's not here!"

"What is Rua going on about, Lapis?" Ruka asked as she and Ange stood beside the older girl while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"He's trying to find Yusei." She replied as she and Diana headed to the kitchen to fix up breakfast since everyone's awake. She could hear whatever the twins are saying and it seems they found his parting gift.

"He sure was odd." Ruka muttered as Lapis came out with plates of bacon, hash brown and sunny side-up. "I would like to talk with him more but it's a bit too late for that now."

"Mah, you won't know. You might meet him again someday." The older girl said as she set the plates down on the table.

"Yeah, you're right. They did say duelists are fated to meet so we might see him again!"

Just then, the phone rang. Rua went over to answer and the video showed Tenpei. "Good morning, Rua."

"Oh, Tenpei, you're early!"

"You promised today! You didn't forget, right?"

Lapis raised a brow at that. Did the kids promised to hang out today? She didn't think so...

"The Black Rose Witch!" Tenpei answered after Rua couldn't reply.

The older girl narrowed her eyes at that name. The Black Rose Witch is an infamous duelist in the Daimon Area, though many people didn't believe they exist as it's said that they could turn an innocent game into reality. Where battle damage becomes real. Lapis was a believer because she had seen what psychic powers can do back in her world like Sabrina of the Saffron Gym, Tate and Liza of the Mossdeep Gym, Olympia of the Anistar Gym, and the Psychic Users of the Elite Four.

They utilized their powers to command their Pokemon telepathically and they're always in sync so it's hard to predict or attack.

To think there's one here who would use it to hurt others. Granted, Sabrina did that to her back then but she had changed for the better. She hoped this person is the same.

As she was deep in thought, Ruka had cut off the call when Rua was about to say something about Yusei. She then took this moment to round on Rua who sweat-dropped at her smile.

"So what is this I hear about you going after the Witch?" Lapis asked.

"Um, well you see..." Rua stammered before turning to his twin who raised her hands in surrender.

"I told you two this is a bad idea and that Lapis will get mad but did you listen?"

"How could you, Ruka!"

"R.U.A. You better give me a valid reason before I ground you for life." The boy could see a vein popping on her temple. The older girl rarely gets angry; it's either exasperation or worry but never anger.

"Eep."

~X~

In the end, Lapis allowed the kids to go, as long as she can follow. Tenpei, being a good friend, didn't question the huge bump on Rua's head as they walked down Daimon Area. She told Ruka to stay behind since she didn't want the young girl to get involve in the boy's 'adventure'.

Tenpei said that the Witch shows up in the downtown area where many of the thugs there had markers on them. Though she was surprised to see a few of them had Pokemon like a Scrafty, a Krookodile, a Seismitoad and a Conkeldurr.

She figured that they're hiding in the dark so the media didn't know about them since a red two-legged crocodile will turn a lot of heads.

As they walked further, she noticed how the other duelists avoided the ones with Pokemon. Some even ran away when they got close. She felt Rua and Tenpei holding onto her as the thugs with Pokemon came closer. They had these smug faces, ones she had seen way too many times back home.

"Hey, missy. How's about you and I go out for a bit?" The man with the Krookodile flirted.

She narrowed her eyes in reply as she drew the younger boys closer to her. She had left Diana with Ruka since she didn't want anyone asking about why she had a talking rock with her. Guts had wanted to follow Rua but Lapis said that if people had saw Guts coming out of the Tops area, they'll cause another uproar. She wished she had let him come.

"What's up? Cat got your tongue?" Another with the Scrafty taunted.

She remained quiet but jumped when the third guy with the Conkeldurr touched her shoulder, almost caressing it. She slapped the offending hand away and back away with Rua and Tenpei behind her.

"Oi, oi. Isn't that a bit too cowardly?" They turned to find a tall man with hair that reminded her of Quillfish. "Ganging up a girl and children. And you call yourselves duelists?"

"Hey, isn't that Jin Himuro?" Rua asked Tenpei.

"Oh, you're right. I heard he was once a pro duelist until he got defeated by Jack Atlas. Then he got into underground dueling and that got him arrested by Sector Security."

Lapis shushed them, since the man could hear them.

"Well, if it isn't Jin Himuro. Did the Sector dogs released you early for good behavior?" the Krookodile user taunted.

Himuro only grinned, "Something like that."

"Good for you then. Now scram, we're busy with this little kitten." the Scrafty User said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "She owe us a date."

"I don't owe you anything. And don't call me kitten!" She said as she ducked under his arm and ran towards Himuro with the boys.

"Ooh, kitty got claws." the one with the Seismitoad laughed.

"Alright, that's enough." Himuro shouted.

"Look, boys. The former pro just ordered us."

"Whatcha gonna do, call the Security dogs on us?"

"How about a duel?" All of them turned to find Yusei with Yanagi and Saiga standing behind him.

"Yusei!" Rua called.

"You know him?" Tenpei asked before noticing the marker on his face. "Rua, isn't he a marked?"

"Yusei's not a bad guy." The green-haired boy retorted.

"If I win, you leave them alone." Yusei proposed as he stood beside Himuro.

"Hmph, sounds good to me." The Krookodile guy said. "And if I win, we get to beat you up and bring little kitten there out for some fun."

"Excuse me?" Lapis looked disgusted.

"What creeps." Rua said as he held onto the older girl's hand.

"They're the worst." Tenpei added as he held her other hand.

"...Deal." Yusei said, albeit hesitantly.

~X~

"You don't have to do this, Yusei." Lapis said as they followed the thugs to a secluded open area, away from the other marked duelists.

"It's the least I can do to repay for your help yesterday." He replied. "Don't worry, I won't lose to these guys."

"I know you won't but..." She glanced at the thugs, particularly the ones with Pokemon. "I have a feeling they're thinking about a different kind of duel."

"I'll go first then." The Krookodile man said as his Pokemon stepped into the field, surprising Yusei and the others.

"Hey, I thought you agreed to a duel?" Yanagi shouted.

"I did but we're gonna do it a different way." The man snickered as the Intimidation Pokemon crossed its arms in a taunting manner. "You must have heard about these monsters, right? We found these guys loitering around and ever since we found out their power, we used them to scare away those Security dogs. Then we figured we might as well have fun with them so we challenged those dogs to duels like this."

"You should have seen their faces when we totally trashed them up. Since they don't have monsters of their own, we never stepped foot here again." Scrafty man laughed.

Lapis twitched at that.

"Then we turned our sights to take over the Daimon area. Those duelists didn't know what hit them!" Conkeldurr guy continued.

"How cruel." Saiga muttered. "This area is the only place where the marked can duel in peace without Sector Security breathing down their necks."

"Only for these thugs to strip them of that leisure." Himuro added.

"But how are we gonna stop them? Neither of us can take them on." Yanagi said.

"Not all of us." Lapis said as she stepped forward.

"But Lapis!"

"I'm making an exception, Rua. Besides, if what they are true, then it's possible the higher authorities here knows how much of a threat Pokemon can be when in the hands of people like these guys." She said. "And, I despised guys like them."

Rua sweat-dropped, "Uwah, here comes her Rage Mode."

She then stepped in front of Yusei. "You don't mind if I take over?"

"You sure about this?" Yusei asked.

"Relax, Yusei. When it comes to this kind of duels, I'm no damsel in distress." Lapis winked before turning back to the thug. "And for the record, they're not monsters. They're called 'Pokemon'."

"What's she going on about?" The Seismitoad guy asked.

"Maybe she's so scared that she's losing it." The Conkeldurr guy joked.

"So the little kitten wants to play?" Her opponent taunted.

She smirked as she took out one Pokeball, "I'll have you know that this kitty has claws of her own. Come on out, Roll!" Tossing the ball into the air, it popped opened to reveal a humanoid rabbit.

"Lo punny!" She cried out as she posed cutely with a wink.

The area was silent as the thugs stared incredulously at her Pokemon before they burst into laughter.

"Hey look! Little kitty brought her bunny rabbit out to play!"

"What's it gonna do? Smother us to death with its cuteness?"

The men were so into their laughing that they missed the tick mark on the Lopunny's head.

"Oh man, maybe this wasn't the best idea." Tenpei said. "I thought that since Lapis is a real Pokemon trainer, she might be able to do something about this. But what's she gonna do with a rabbit? That crocodile looks much more menacing compared to it."

"Come on, Tenpei. Have faith in her! She knows what's she's doing!" Rua defended.

"I'll have to agree with your friend there." Saiga said. "She's going to need more than faith to defeat that guy."

Yusei just stood silent as he watched this match.

"This'll be a walk in a park. Alright, Croc! Grab that bunny by the ear!"

"Kroo kodile!" The red crocodile charged at the Rabbit Pokemon who couldn't dodge in time before her ears were grabbed.

"Now give it a good spinning toss!" Croc spun in a circle while grabbing onto her ears, causing the Lopunny to scream in pain as she was spun before it tossed her down harshly to the ground, causing a large dust cloud.

Rua, Tenpei and Yanagi gasped while Saiga gritted his teeth.

"That's some attack." Himuro muttered.

"Hmph, the duel's over and done with." The thug smirked, only to falter when he saw the confident look on Lapis's face.

"You sure about that?" She asked. As the dust cloud faded, it revealed a perfectly fine Roll who only dusted herself off. "It'll take more than that to finish her off."

"No way! How is it still fine?! No matter, try again Croc! This time, put your back into it!"

Lapis only watched as the Krookodile caught her Lopunny by the ear again before smirking, "You shouldn't have done that."

The next thing was Roll upper cutting the heck out of the Krookodile before doing a Jump Kick. "Roll really hates it when people grab her ears like that. Well then, shall we finish this?"

"Lo punny!"

"Roll, start with a Drain Punch!" The Lopunny's fist becomes surrounded in a green orb of energy as she charged at the still staggering Krookodile before punching it.

"What kind of attack is that?" Tenpei asked.

"Drain Punch is a Fighting-Type move, that drains the opponent's health to restore the user's." She explained. As she said this, sparkling green orbs of energy flew out of Croc and into Roll as she jumped back to Lapis's side. "Next up, Dizzy Punch!"

Roll's fists glowed a multi-colored before punching the Krookodile.

"Croc, pull yourself together!" The thug shouted, only to be shocked when the crocodile started teetering left and right with swirls in its eyes.

"Dizzy Punch is a Normal-Type move that has a chance to confuse the opponent." Lapis explained again. "Finish this with Ice Beam!"

"Lo pun!" A light blue ball forms in front of her mouth before releasing light blue beams at it, freezing it into a Popsicle.

"Well, looks like I win." She said as the ice cracked to release the fainted Krookodile.

"Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!" Rua cheered. "You're so awesome, Lapis!"

"Well I'll be." Saiga muttered.

The thug stomped the ground in a fit of rage, "I demand a rematch!"

"A deal's a deal!" Himuro said.

The man scoffed, "Yeah, well, here's new deal! You'll have to beat all three of them to win!" He then gestured his three-man gang. "At the same time!"

"Hey, that's not fair! It's a three-against-one!" Tenpei shouted.

"Well, this is a surprise. A Triple Battle." Lapis said before smirking. "This should be fun. I accept your challenge."

"Oi, you sure about this!" Yanagi said in concern.

Lapis nodded as she took out another Pokeball, "You should do just fine. Come on out, Rotom!" The Pokeball popped opened once it was tossed into the air like before to reveal a Pokemon with a plasma body in the shaped of a lightning-bolt.

"Oh, Lapis did say that they have Double Battles where they used two Pokemon at once." Rua recalled. "Now she had even the odds."

"Ro tom!" The Plasma Pokemon snickered as it buzzed around her head before landing on her shoulder. "Ro to! Ro tom!"

"I know. Sorry if I haven't brought you out for so long, Rotom but things got a bit hectic." Lapis apologized before pointing to the . "You see those guys there? You up for some fun?"

"Ro tom!" Rotom nodded as it flew beside Roll.

"Roll, let Rotom handle this, okay?"

The Lopunny nodded and wished Rotom good luck before retreating behind Lapis.

"Huh? Why did Lapis recalled Roll? Now it's a Three-VS-One deal. Rotom will be at a disadvantage." Tenpei cried out.

"The usual plan, okay Rotom?" She winked. "Use Electro Ball!"

Rotom's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Rotom's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Rotom's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it before firing it at Scrafty, who couldn't dodged in time.

"Shadow Ball!" This time, Rotom formed a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it and fired at the Conkeldurr.

"Ominous Wind!" Rotom spun around and released a purple wind that surrounds all three Pokemon like a tornado.

"Come on Scatz! Don't let that puny thing push you around!" The Scrafty, who was less affected by the attack, lunged at Rotom with a High Jump Kick but was shocked when it fazed through the Plasma Pokemon and crashed into a nearby junk pile.

"Whoa, the attack fazed through it!" Yanagi said.

"That's because Rotom is an Electric/Ghost-Type. It's immune to any Fighting-Type moves like that High Jump Kick Scatz used due to its Ghost-Typing." Lapis explained before pointing to the Seismitoad. "Hey, the one with the blue toad there, your partner is part Ground-Type which is super-effective against my Rotom so let it use some Ground moves!"

"What is she doing!" Saiga shouted. "Don't take pity on the enemy!"

"Heh, thanks for the advice. You heard her, Sumo!" The man ordered Sumo who let loose a Mud Shot but Rotom only snicker and flew higher to get away from the Mud Shots. "What?!"

"Well, it will be if not for my Rotom's Levitate Ability. That means it's immune to any Ground-Type moves." Lapis added.

"Geez, she's full of surprises, that girl." Himuro whistled impressed with Yusei nodding.

"You know, Pokemon battles looked a whole lot like duels. I mean, Pokemon have their strengths and weaknesses like decks had theirs. They have Abilities like Duel Monster cards. You even have to think on your feet at times as well." Tenpei pointed out.

"Now you mention it..." Rua muttered.

"You little bitch!" Shouted the thug. "Stop with your tricks already!"

"Hey, there're children here!" She shouted back. "And if you think that's all, you haven't seen anything yet!" She then turned to Rotom. "Ready, Rotom? Let's kick it up a notch!"

"Ro tom!" Rotom then flew up to the air and looked around to see the object he's trying to find before zooming off.

"Looks like your little friend ran off!" The Scrafty guy taunted.

"Not really." Was Lapis's reply before an orange blur flew over her head and landed in front of her to reveal Wash Rotom. "Rotom just went for a make-over."

"What the?! Rotom turned into a washing machine!" Rua shouted.

"Alright Wash Rotom, Hydro Pump!" Rotom snickered as it pointed the pipe on the side of its body and blasted a powerful jet of water from it at Scrafty, knocking it out.

"Scatz!" One of the thugs shouted.

Rua and Tenpei cheered with Yanagi.

"Why you! Brute!" The Conkeldurr swung the concrete pillars it held at Rotom who managed to get out of the appliance in time.

"Whoa, that one sure has the muscle power." Rua muttered. "How's Lapis going to deal with that one?"

"Rotom, next one!" Lapis said. The Plasma Pokemon nodded and flew away again. A minute later, everyone turned to see an animated fan flying in.

"Now it's a fan?!"

"Fan Rotom, Air Slash!" Its fan blades glowed light blue and released multiple light blue glowing saw disc-like energy blades from its fan at Brute, who could only defend himself before being knocked out as well.

"Sumo, beat that thing down!" The Seismitoad then unleashed its own Hydro Pump at Rotom who, once again, avoided disaster by getting out of the fan.

"Last one, Rotom!" Rotom nodded again and flew away, only to come back as a lawnmower. How it was able to find one is beyond her.

"Now what?!"

"Mow Rotom, Leaf Storm!" Rotom formed a glowing green sphere in front of its mouth, then fires countless glowing green leaves from out of the sphere at the Seismitoad. The Vibration Pokemon couldn't do anything but but be thrown around by the hurricane of leaves before it fell to the ground, knocked out as well.

Lapis smiled, "Well, with all three of your Pokemon out of commission, guess I won again."

"Yahoo! You did it, Lapis!" Rua cheered as he ran towards the older girl. "You're so awesome!"

"Yeah, I couldn't even keep my eyes off!" Tenpei praised.

"Hahaha, you are something. I'll give you that!" Himuro said as he patted her back harshly. "Didn't think Yusei would meet a girl like you."

Said man sighed at the taller man before turning to the girl who rubbed her back, "Great battle out there."

"Thanks. It's nice to do something I'm familiar with. It's been a while since I last battled so it's a nice change of pace, even for a little bit." She smiled.

"Don't think you'll get away from this, girly!" They turned to see the thugs brandishing weapons of all kinds. "I'll teach you not to mess with us!"

Yusei was about to step in front of Lapis but she snapped her fingers and Rotom appeared as a microwave oven. "Actually, it's more of me teaching you not to mess with me." The next thing the thugs knew was a blast of fire from the Pokemon.

~X~

"We're sorry! Please forgive us! We'll never do this again, promise!" The charred thugs apologized in a Dogeza.

"Very well." Lapis said as she walked back to the group, who were staring incredulously at her.

"Remind me to never piss her off." Himuro whispered to Saiga who nodded as well.

After the whole fiasco was over, the group ventured further into the Daimon area. Lapis had already returned both Roll and Rotom into their Pokeballs while she briefly explained her situation to Himuro, Saiga and Yanagi.

"Man, talk about rough. So how are you coping?" Himuro asked.

"Pretty good. Not the first time when things turned bad for me, though I'm not sure if I can even go back." She replied.

"Do you want to go back?" Saiga asked.

"Well, yeah. My friends and family might be worried about me. Even then, rushing won't help me at all and since I have nothing better to do, I might as well help you guys out with your Pokemon problem."

"What's the worst thing that could happen?" Yanagi asked.

"Hmm, an attack from Beedrill? They're very territorial and will attack anyone who comes too close. A rampaging Scolipede? They're very aggressive. How about a Gyarados that suddenly appeared by the ocean? They're very short-tempered and destructive."

The men sweat-dropped. And the people of her world had to deal with this kinds of creatures on a daily basis?

"By the way, why are you here? This isn't a place for kids." Yusei asked.

Lapis sighed, "They came here for the Witch."

"The Witch?"

She was about to explain when Tenpei said, "Ah! Look at that!"

They turned to see where he's pointing to see Yusei holding a white envelop, not just any envelop but the one that contains the participation invite to the Duel of Fortune Cup. How no one actually noticed it in the first place is beyond everyone.

"Yusei, that's the invitation to the Fortune Cup! Are you going to participate?" Rua asked.

"That's right."

"Awright! I get to duel against Yusei again! This time, I'm not going to lose!" Rua cheered.

Lapis sighed once more before turning to look at their surrounding. When the thugs with the Pokemon are gone, the duelists in the area went back to what they do best here without anything to disturb that. She smiled at the grinning faces of the people; it reminded her so much of the time when Team Plasma disappeared and the people of Unova cheered as they have their peaceful lives back.

"Help..."

She blinked and looked around before turning to the group. They seemed occupied with whatever they're talking so it couldn't be them. She turned back around and saw a white figure beckoning her in the distance so she couldn't see it properly except for its white body.

"Help her..."

'Her?' Was her thought when she felt a tug in her chest and heard a grunt.

She turned to find Yusei kneeling on the ground, clutching his right arm in pain. "Yusei, what's wrong?" Rua asked.

"It's the same as that one time..." Yusei says still in pain.

"That one time?" Asked Himuro.

Yusei looked up slightly and says, "When that Crimson Dragon appeared."

'Crimson Dragon?' Lapis thought.

There was then a cry in the air, "It's the Witch!" Rua and Tenpei immediately look over to see the Witch.

"The Witch? She really showed up? Where? Where?" Rua asked excitedly.

Just then people began to run in the group's directions, shouting "It's the Witch!" or "We'll get offed! Run!"

At where the duel was held, a small hurricane resided in front of the duelist that was having a duel before. Lapis squinted her eyes to see something within the hurricane but they were covered in a sort of haze.

"So, she's here now, huh?" Said Saiga.

"She?" Himuro parroted.

"We'll get dragged into this. We need to run."

But before they could do such, the ground cracked open to reveal throny roots that lodged themselves into nearby buildings making the people frightened and run away in terror. One came their way so they dodged in time for it to crack the ground they were standing on with Lapis, Yusei and Yanagi on one side and Himuro, Saiga and the youngsters on the other.

"Is everyone alright?" Lapis asked and when she got affirmatives, she turned back to the hurricane only to see a hazy figure of a dragon with red glowing eyes.

"Please help her..."

'There's that voice again.' She thought, not noticing a root coming her way before it entwined itself around her waist, trapping her arms. "Huh?!" Was all she uttered before it pulled her towards the figure in the haze.

"Lapis!" Rua shouted.

She tried struggling out of the thorns, only for it to tighten its grip. She winched when she felt the thorns jabbing her skin. "It's useless to struggle." She turned to the cloaked woman with a mask and a Duel Disk.

She watched as the 'Witch' walked closer to her, while she was being lowered to her level, and raised her right arm to reveal a claw-shaped birthmark similar to Ruka's. The 'Witch' then gently rested a hand on her cheek, much to her surprise. For someone who leaves a trail of destruction behind her, she wasn't expecting such gentleness from the masked duelist. She shivered when the orb residing in her pulsed again while the birthmark on the 'Witch' glowed a soft crimson, unlike before where it almost looks like a blazing fire.

"I knew it." The 'Witch' said. "You hold something that can quell this wretched mark."

Lapis couldn't see it but the 'Witch' could see the golden-yellow lines appearing on her skin with a Delta-like symbol on her forehead. It flickered for a bit before disappearing again. She sighed as the sensation faded but was startled when she saw a white figure standing beside the 'Witch'. It has a white body that resembles a gown with green 'hair' and red eyes.

"A Pokemon?" She couldn't helped but mutter the word.

"Gar devoir." The Embrace Pokemon stared at her as if trying to convey a message.

"Please help her... My friend..." Lapis startled at the voice in her head before turning to the Gardevoir.

"Lapis!" They turned to see Yusei and the others when the haze dissipated.

"The Witch..." Yusei says with seriousness in his voice.

"So that's the... Witch?" Leo says, seemingly mesmerized and tried to walk forward, but Yusei stopped him.

"The Black Rose Witch is real..." Says Saiga.

"Well, I'll be damned!" Says Yanagi in shock.

The Witch seemed to notice the glowing mark in Yusei's right arm and says, "You as well."

This causes Yusei to look at the Witch in shock, Yusei looks at his mark, he then looks back at the Witch and says back, "You as well?"

Yusei then takes steps forward, trying to get near the Witch. But she wasn't having none of that as she shouted, "Wretched mark!"

Lapis whimpered as the sensation came back again when the 'Witch' promptly places a card down and a large blinding beam of light appears where she stands, the air whipping around the place madly. It was too much for the people to handle; Yusei fell to his knee, and Rua and Tenpei were knocked over, same with Yusei's friends. The only one not affected was Lapis as she was gently let down while she watched the 'Witch' disappear with a few sparks of electricity with the Gardevoir who teleported them away.

Lapis sighed again as the pulsing stopped before going over to the others who recovered from the ordeal. "Is everyone alright?"

"Yeah, what about you?"

"I'm fine."

"What th'heck was that? How was she able to blow us back with her Magic card's power, even though it's just Solid Vision!?" The old man said with panic in his voice.

"She is... She is real!" Tenpei says huddling with Rua with tears of fright in their eyes.

"I'm so happy we didn't get offed..." Rua said shaking in fright still.

Lapis walked over to Leo and Tenpei, and when they saw her, they rushed into her arms, keeping their face in her top so no one could see that they had been frightened to tears. Lapis smiled and placed her hands on the boys' heads and whispered, "It's alright, she's gone."

After they calmed down, they turned to Yusei to see him looking at his arms, where the tail birthmark used to be.

"Aah! It's gone!" Rua said in amazement.

"Why!? That's a shame!" The old man said.

"I'm more interested on the Witch's reaction when she saw you, Yusei." Saiga said.

"That's because she has one as well." Lapis confessed, and they turned their attention to her as she laid her hand on where the orb is. "I saw it. It's in the shape of a claw."

'Though I wonder why she said I hold something that can quell the marks? Does she mean the Green Orb? But the orb only quells the powers of both Kyogre and Groudon... What is going on here?'

Unknown to them, Yeager is standing above the area they're in and had watched everything as he had been tasked to see the possible candidates. But he had also set his sights on another player.

"The director will be pleased to hear about this."

Okay, I have a reason to use Rotom here.

To many people, Rotom is a mediocre Pokemon with its only redeeming feature being it able to Forme Change. I actually like Rotom because of the possible combination you can try with it and its Forme Change. I actually wanted to use it in Fire Emblem: A Trainer's Fate. That is, until I remember that it'll be the most useless thing there as appliances and electricity doesn't exist in the Fire Emblem World.

Unless it's in the Tokyo Mirage Session #FE. The Shin Megami Tensei Crossover with Fire Emblem.

But in here, it's a possibility as there will be junk everywhere in Satelite and some unused appliances in some parts of Neo Domino City.

Also, points to those who recognize the episode I used for the battle at the end. I loved that one out of all the other Rotom appearances.

I will put down the Pokedex entries for the Pokemon that appeared in the chapter but didn't put the entries down. Note, it's only for those that appeared, not mentioned:

Krookodile, the Intimidation Pokemon. Krookodile can see faraway objects as if through binoculars. Its jaws are strong enough to crush a car.

Conkeldurr, the Muscular Pokemon. It uses concrete pillars like canes, tossing them with ease. It is thought that Conkeldurr taught humans how to make concrete more than 2,000 years ago.

Scrafty, the Hoodlum Pokemon. Scrafty can use its powerful kicks to smash through concrete blocks. To protect itself, Scrafty can fold its loose skin around its waist.

Seismitoad, the Vibration Pokemon. By vibrating the bumps on its fists, Seismitoad increases its power, pulverizing a boulder with a single punch.

Lopunny, the Rabbit Pokemon. The ears appear to be delicate. If they are touched roughly, it kicks with its graceful legs.

Rotom, the Plasma Pokemon. With a body made of plasma, Rotom is able to permeate various kinds of electrics devices, causing all sorts of problems.

Gardevoir, the Embrace Pokemon. Gardevoir will use all of its psychic energy to protect a trainer it has made a deep connection with.

Lapis - Diana (Diancie, Female), Roll (Lopunny, Female), Rotom (Genderless)