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The Sky Person was kicked to the ground by Shion. As he groaned in pain, Shion took him by his collar and looked furiously into his eyes.

"Where's The Sky Temple?" demanded Shion. The man shivered.

"I don't know," said the man.

"I know you know asshole," said Shion, "That city didn't hold E.N.D. We checked inside that damn temple, and there was nothing. It was built for no reason! You live there. So you should know where it is. If you don't, I swear I'm going to throw you off a..."

"Let's not go crazy here," said Brendan as he pulled Shion away from the man. He then crouched down to get a better eye contact at the fallen man.

"Listen buddy, I don't want to hurt you, so just tell us what we need to know," said Brendan, "That place was a trap, so you guys saw us coming. I want to know how, and I want to know where the real Sky Temple is. If you don't, I'm going to have to let my Aggron or Ash take care of you." The man looked towards Ash, and saw his eyes flash blue. The man turned back at Brendan, trying to avoid Ash.

"I swear, I have no idea what you're talking about," said the man.

"He's lying!" yelled Shion, "He knows!"

"But if they did make that into a trap, and they made it because they knew we were coming, then how would they be able to build a city that fast?" asked Dawn, "It must've been made long ago."

"And how come the map tells us to go here?" asked May as she reviewed the map.

"Maybe that white haired basterd read it wrong!" yelled Shion.

"Hey, you can't just call Brendan that!" protested Dawn.

"It's okay," said Brendan as he placed a hand on Dawn's shoulder, and then walked over to May to take the map. He saw it, and then shook his head.

"I could assure you I read this correctly," said Brendan, "This could only mean that this map was a trap since the beginning."

"Impossible!" yelled Shion, "It was in that vault since it was made. No one other than my family could enter it."

"Then it was switched while we walked here," said May. Shion turned towards the man once again.

"Then you must tell us how to get to The Sky Temple!" said Shion, "We don't have much time! Tell us now!" Shion started walking towards the man again, but May stopped her.

"Let me handle this one," said May, "May you guys wait a second?" Shion slowly nodded. May then walked over to the man, and started talking to him. After a few minutes, May came back with a smile.

"I got it out," said May, "He said it's just a few miles north from here. We enter a short forest, follow the only path, and we find it."

"How did you get it out of him?" asked Dawn.

"You guys should know something about asking nicely," said May. Shion suddenly then hugged May. After a few seconds, she released her and started walking.

"Let's go," said Shion. They started following her, but May stopped and turned back to the man, who was still tied up. She walked towards him and cut the rope.

"Get out of here before Shion notices," said May, "She's not really that bad. She's just a bitch only when she's angry. I'd suggest you don't go back to them and leave, because after this, I'm not really sure what she's going to do to your people. Be careful." The man nodded, and then ran off. May ran to catch up with the others.

After walking for a while, they made it into the forest, but something strange happened. A mysterious, thick fog covered the forest. It was hard to see who was in front of you. After a few minutes, something felt different.

"Brendan!" yelled Dawn.

"I'm right here!" yelled Brendan. When he looked behind him, no one was there. He looked around and sighed.

"Great, I'm lost," said Brendan. Before he did anything, he heard Dawn again.

"Brendan!" yelled Dawn. Suddenly, Dawn ran through the fog and bumped into him. She stopped herself from falling, and when she saw Brendan, she sighed.

"You got lost too?" asked Brendan.

"Yeah," said Dawn, "You guys just disappeared. I didn't want to be walking here alone."

"Alright then," said Brendan, "Let's go find the others before they get more lost." Dawn nodded and grabbed onto Brendan's arm. They kept walking, until Dawn started to hear rustling from the nearby trees.

"You hear that?" asked Dawn.

"It's just the wind or a wild Pokemon," said Brendan. They walked some more, and Dawn heard it again.

"Something is following us, Brendan," said Dawn.

"Don't worry," said Brendan, "If there is something, then I'll protect you. I promise." They continued to walk, and this time, Dawn heard stepping, but decided to ignore it, thinking it was a wild Pokemon, but Brendan knew something was up. He listened closely and heard it again and turned behind him.

"Who's there!" yelled Brendan, and no one said anything, "Is that you, Ash?" Suddenly, something burst from the trees and ran towards them. It was human. Brendan pushed Dawn behind him as Dawn screamed, but it was no use. That thing knocked them out.

Ash was with May. They had lost the others. The reason they stayed together was because May was holding Ash's hand the entire time. May told him they should go back, but Ash didn't care and continued on. After a while, May gave up and followed Ash. While they were walking the fog started to get thinner. Suddenly, they heard a high pitched scream from behind them. May turned back.

"Dawn?" said May. Ash heard it too and turned back. He was about to head towards its direction, but then May looked forward, and slapped Ash's arm to get his attention and pointed at what she saw. Ash turned and saw something huge, but he couldn't see it through the fog.

"What the hell is that?" asked Ash.

"Pika," said Pikachu in astonishment. They then saw a familiar figure standing in front of it. It was Shion.

"Shion!" exclaimed May, and she rushed towards her. May went in front of her and started talking to her, but she didn't respond. She was looking down, and her face was emotionless. Pikachu sniffed the air, and then started growling. Ash noticed this, and turned back towards May, and then felt something. His eyes flashed blue for no reason.

"Are you okay, Shion?" asked May, "Where's Brendan and Dawn? How long have you been here? Did something happen?" Shion then pulled her head up to May, and her eyes flashed purple. Now Ash knew something was up.

"Get the fuck away from her!" yelled Ash, and he grabbed May and pulled her back. Pikachu went on the ground, and prepared to fight.

"What's wrong?" asked May.

"That's not her," said Ash. Before May could object, Shion glared at them, and then suddenly, they saw something purple and was through swirling around her for a spilt second.

"Shion?" asked May. Suddenly, the purple thing reappeared and extended a part of it towards the three, but they got out of the way, and it crashed on the ground. Ash pushed May aside, and ran towards Shion and threw a punch, but the purple thing around her was squishy, and it just absorbed his punch.

"Where is Shion?" asked Ash. Ash continued to punch it, but then a mouth appeared in front of it, shocking Ash.

"Don't worry boy, this is the girl," said a feminine, sinister voice from the mouth. It then shot out the purple ooze from its mouth and hit Ash on his stomach and pushed him away. It was going to hit him again, but Pikachu came and used iron tail to block the hit.

"Give her back!" yelled Ash, and he charged towards it, but it just smacked him away with its extended limb again. It almost hit him, but he materialized his Aura Blade and cut through it. He saw it fall to the ground, squirm, and then disappear into tiny bits.

"That thing is made out of energy," said Ash.

"Dark energy," said the voice, "She was overcome with grief, and sadness. She had dark thoughts, and it was because of those dark thoughts that I got her."

"What the hell are you?" asked Ash.

"This is only a part of me," said the voice, "Darkness is my specialty. I love it. Hate, greed, anger. They're all so beautiful. I can smell the darkness in you. I want to see it. Let it out." Ash's eyes turned blue again. His legs started to get engulfed in aura, but he stopped it. It was like that thing was pushing it out of him. He fell to his knees and yelled in pain. The thing sent out two purple limbs to grab Ash.

"Let me have that beautiful power," said the voice.

"Combusken!" yelled Combusken as it crashed down on the limbs with its fire punch. The arms disappeared. May then ran in front of the fallen Ash.

"And what does a girl like you want with me?" asked the voice, and it started to growl, "The power that's in you sickens me. Begone!" It shot out limbs, but Combusken kicked them away before they hit May.

"Don't you dare intimidate Ash like that!" yelled May, "Combusken, use Aerial Ace to break Shion out of that!" Combusken nodded and ran towards Shion and cut through the blob, seeing Shion through it, but it closed up. It tried again, but the purple limb hit it away. It tried hitting it again, but Pikachu hit it away with volt tackle.

"Pikachu!" said Pikachu, and it hit it with a thunderbolt, but it had no effect. It then crashed its extended limb at the ground, but the Pokemon dodged it. May saw they were having difficulty, and prepared to throw another Pokeball, but a secret extended limb that extended from the ground grabbed onto her arm.

"Getting another one?" asked the voice, "That was a mistake." It then pulled May towards the ground, making her yell in pain. The Pokemon heard and turned towards her. This gave the monster a chance, and it grabbed onto both Pokemon and repeatedly slammed them on the ground. May broke her hand through the blob, and then the monster tossed both Pokemon at her. They collided, and May fell to the ground, knocked out. Ash saw this, and it continued to spread. The blob came in front of Ash.

"You're resisting it?" asked beast, "Why? Don't you love the power? The anger?" Ash looked at the beast furiously, and let out a deadly growl. The beast chuckled.

"Alright, I'll just fuel that anger," said the thing, and it extended out a huge limb from the ground, and it headed towards May. As it got closer and closer, it got sharper and sharper.

"May!" yelled Ash, and he ran in front of her at a rapid speed. When he did, the limb pierced through his stomach. He froze, and suddenly, a huge pillar of aura surrounded him. When it disappeared, what was standing was a foxlike figure that was blue, had white, blank eyes, and amazingly sharp teeth and a tail. It took the limb from its stomach and ripped it off, and the wound healed up. It then turned toward the blob.

"That's beautiful," said the blob, as it looked like it was going to exit Shion's, "Now, I can take over your awesome body..." Suddenly, it was pushed back at Shion. It seemed shock, but stopped and realized what was going on. It chuckled.

"Your anger is far beyond my power," said the blob, "I can't enter you. This must mean..." Suddenly, Ash used his huge claws to slash through its body, creating a huge gap in its body. Then, before it could heal it, Ash slashed it again, creating an even bigger gap. The blob yelled in pain. It extended a limb and pushed Ash away, but he ripped it apart, and then breathed in. After a few seconds, it shot out a huge blast of aura at the blob. The blob yelled in pain when it hit, and then there was a huge explosion. When it cleared, the blob seemed weaker. It tried focusing, and Ash was circulating around it. He was going to attack again.

"You wouldn't dare hit the girl, would you?" asked the blob. Ash breathed in again. The blob was surprised at his rage. Before Ash breathed out, something fell from his pocket. He looked down, and saw a ball. It cracked open, and a slip of paper showed up. Ash looked at it, and it seemed to have some strange writing on it. Suddenly, the aura on him disappeared, and Ash fell to the ground. He fell to the ground. He rubbed his head, and then looked at the slip of paper.

"That old man saw this all coming," thought Ash, "Sometimes, I'm glad I ever met that guy." Ash then stood and faced the blob, which wasn't very stable at all. He saw Shion, and her blank look. He slowly stood.

"Listen Shion," said Ash, "You have to calm down. You're going to let that thing kill us. How about you..." The blob extended a huge limb and crashed it down on Ash, but he got out of the way.

"You won't listen to reason, won't you?" asked Ash, and he faced Shion again, "That thing took over you because of your grief. I can already tell where that came from." It crashed the limb on Ash again, but he held it with his hand.

"Natsu would not want you to do this," said Ash, and he saw Shion's eye twitch, "Would you really want Natsu to look down on you and think of how of a monster you are? It's not worth it. Don't let that thing get into you. Fight it." He saw Shion's eye twitch again, and then she started to blink. Tears started forming in her eyes.

"Ash?" said Shion. The tears started to fall. The blob's power was weakening. It sighed.

"This is goodbye," said the blob, "But remember this. I will be released, and when I do, the whole world shall once again be filled with darkness." It then disappeared from Shion, and she fell to the ground. Ash saw it disappear, and then turned towards Shion, and noticed she was crying. He walked over to her.

"I-I miss him so much," she was able to let out. Ash sighed, and then bent down and hugged her. She cried on his shoulder.

"It's okay," said Ash, "We're here for you." After a few seconds, Shion started to stop. Ash then let go of her. She looked at him, and then bowed.

"Thank you," said Shion. Ash nodded and stood up and looked towards May, who was still unconscious. He went by her body and held her in his arms. He slowly shook her. After a few minutes, she groaned and slowly opened her eyes. She looked up at Ash.

"You okay?" asked Ash. He saw her slowly nod, and then pick herself up. She looked around, and saw Shion, the normal one.

"You okay, Shion?" asked May. Shion nodded. May then took out her Pokeball and returned Combusken. She tried to stand, but fell back down in pain as she held her leg.

"You're hurt?" asked Ash, as he took out some medicine, "Want me to fix that?"

"No," said May, "Let me do it. You're just going to spray it all over me."

"No I won't," said Ash. They both then started arguing on who was going to heal May. As they did, Shion felt jealous for some reason. She looked away, but couldn't help looking back at them. She saw Ash take the medicine from May and tried spraying her, but he sprayed it on her whole body. After being disgusted, May punched Ash across the face, making him fall to the ground. She took the medicine, sprayed it herself, and then stood up carefully. She looked towards Shion.

"Are you sure you're okay?" asked May. Shion nodded. After recovering from the punch Ash stared back at Shion, and noticed what was behind her. It was a huge temple, with a face on the very top. They hadn't noticed that the fog disappeared after their fight with the blob. Shion turned towards it, and slowly stood up to get a better look.

"This must be The Sky Temple," said May, "We found it!" Shion nodded.

"We did," said Shion, "This temple holds E.N.D." May then stopped and looked around, and noticed something was missing.

"What happened to that thing that was taking over Shion?" asked May.

"Ash saved me from it," said Shion, "But that wasn't just an ordinary blob. That was a piece of E.N.D. I remember coming here, and something strange happened. I thought I heard Natsu. Hearing him made me happy, yet sad. It wasn't a dream, it was real, but the realization that it was fake overcame me, and E.N.D took me over."

"I thought it was sealed?" said May, "Does that mean it's out?"

"No," said Shion, "It has cracks in the seal, and pieces of it are being released. That just means it's almost out." Ash then stood, and Pikachu jumped on his shoulder.

"Then let's go!" said Ash, "We don't have time to be just stand around here!"

"But there are people in there," said May, "It must be heavily guarded." Ash then broke into a sudden run and ran past May. His sudden run dropped Pikachu.

"I don't care!" said Ash, "Let's go, Shion!"

"Right!" said Shion, and she ran with Ash. They started going up the stairs towards the entrance. May watched them as Pikachu went on her shoulder. They looked at each other, and then smiled.

"What am I going to do with him?" asked May. She then started to go after them, but as soon as they entered the entrance, the ground started to shake. May stopped, trying to keep her balance. She looked around to see what was causing it, and looked back at the temple and her eyes widened. It was rising up. Someone must've activated it. She watched it get higher, and higher, and higher. When it got high enough, it started to move while rising. She watched it go, and then realized something.

"Ash, Shion!" yelled May. She saw where it was going, and noticed it was heading to Alamos City.

"Pika!" yelled Pikachu. May nodded and started to run after it.

Ash and Shion didn't really notice the shaking. They just kept on running. They headed towards the main room, which was in the center of the temple. They learned it from the residents of The Sky People, who they plowed through to get there.

"We're almost there!" said Shion, "This will all be over in a few minutes, Natsu. I promise!" As they ran, they saw a light at the end of the hallway. Shion smiled.

"Let's go," said Ash. He ran faster, and ran through the doorway. He stopped, and looked at something with a shocked expression. Shion didn't know why he stopped, and ran past him, but then slowed down. She saw something that both stopped her heart, yet got overcome with joy. Her eyes widened, and a smile started to creep on her face. The room was ginormous, with a pillar in the middle with a huge circle on it with a bunch of patterns. Before the circle was a throne, and on the throne was a young man, the young man everyone thought had died. It was Natsu.

"Hello Princess," said Natsu in a casual tone, "It's very nice to see you again." They didn't say anything. Suddenly, tears started flowing down Shion's cheeks, and it was happy tears. She started running towards Natsu to embrace him.

"Natsu!" exclaimed Shion, and she hugged the man. Ash still stood where he was. He didn't understand how he was alive, and he was beyond confused. Natsu hugged Shion back. After a few seconds of the hug, Shion started talking.

"How did you survive that?" asked Shion, "I thought you died. We buried you."

"I didn't," said Natsu, "I have ways to prevent a death like that. It's funny how the world works, isn't it? Death is a very painful thing. Too bad more of it is about to come." Shion didn't say anything, but continued to hug Natsu.

"This is where E.N.D sleeps," said Natsu, "After so long, it shall come back to haunt the land." This time, Shion stopped and looked up at Natsu.

"What do you mean?" asked Shion. Natsu grabbed the top of her head, and lifted her up from the ground. He was grabbing on harshly, and it was hurting. She tried letting him let go, but it didn't work.

"It's funny how I was able to put up with a bitchy Princess like you for so long," said Natsu. He started squeezing harder, and Shion started groaning in pain.

"Stop it, Natsu," said Shion, "This is not funny anymore!" Natsu chuckled.

"This is no joke, princess," said Natsu, "I guess it's time to clean stuff up. The reason I'm here, is because I am not just some ordinary civilian, but the leader of The Sky People. I have been working undercover at your castle, just so I could get close to the holy water. Years ago, I found this temple. I explored it, and learned about the evils of the world, and how E.N.D put it into order. Don't you get it, E.N.D will finally set this world straight after so long. I stepped up as leader of these damn people, and was able to break the seal a little bit a long time ago, maybe four years. I was your trusted servant, so you let me into the vault sometimes. I switched out the original map with the fake one. I planned for you to enter that city so I could fake my death. I ordered The Sky People to attack Alamos to persuade you to get out here. I set all this up, just so you could come here."

"This is no longer funny, Natsu!" yelled Shion, "Let go of me this instant!"

"If you say so," said Natsu, and he let go of her, and then kicked her away. She landed by Ash. She rubbed her head. She then touched her neck, and noticed it was missing. She looked around, and when she looked at Natsu, he had it in his hand. He had the holy water.

"What are you doing with that?" asked Shion. Natsu chuckled.

"What do you think?" mocked Natsu. He then stepped on something, and a podium rose from the floor. On top was a hole. Natsu opened up the top of the bottle.

"Prepare to witness the new beginning of this world," said Natsu, and he let the water fall into the hole. After a few seconds, the patterns on the circle stared to light up. After it did, the whole room started to shake. The circle then split it in half, and it started to separate from each other. Natsu laughed as when the circle did, a purple, spiraling portal was behind it. After a few seconds, a huge, clawed hand came out. Then the other one. The head of the beast came out, and it looked like the fusion of a serpent and a dragon. Its body was made out of purple, dark moving energy. It continued to come out, with the rest of its long body coming out. It gave out a hurtful screech. Shion was mortified, as Ash still stood there like what the fuck is going on. As it was still coming out, red markings on the floor lit up. Natsu was in the middle of it, and he placed his hand on the floor. He gave a big smirk. The dragon then screeched again, and it seemed like it was getting sucked into the markings. It did, and as it got sucked in, the markings changed from red to purple. It was now gone, and the portal disappeared, returning the room back to its normal color. Then, the purple writing started moving towards the middle, and into Natsu's arm. It was going in him. He groaned in pain, but still had a smile on his face. When it was finished the writings we're gone and Natsu stood up with his eyes closed.

"What the hell did you do?" asked Shion.

"Something someone taught me," said Natsu, and he then opened up his eyes, whose pupils changed to purple. He looked at the two and started flexing his muscles.

"You didn't think I was going to let it take over the world itself, did you?" asked Natsu, "I absorbed it into me. I'm going to be the one who controls this damn planet." He then started laughing. Ash then shook his head. He still didn't understand this at all, but he did know one thing: it was ass-kicking time. He jumped at Natsu to punch him, but Natsu punched him aside before he could.

"How the hell did you think that would work?" asked Natsu, "I'm like, a thousand times stronger than you now." He once again started to laugh. Ash picked himself off the floor and looked at Natsu.

"So?" asked Ash as he wiped off the dirt from his clothes, "That just makes it even more fun for me." Natsu stopped laughing and faced Ash. His eyes flashed blue. He smirked.

"You're a confident one, aren't you?" asked Natsu.

"Hell yeah!" yelled Ash, and he ran towards Natsu at lightning speed. He was going to throw a punch, but he was stopped by Shion.

"STOP!" yelled Shion, making Ash stop in front of him. He looked at Shion, and saw tears falling down her face. Natsu then kneed him on his stomach, knocking him to the ground.

"Aw," said Natsu, "That's cute. You still think there's still hope for me." He then jumped up at an amazing height, and crashed down on Ash, who spat out blood and yelled in pain. He then punched the boy over and over again.

"You see this, Princess?" asked Natsu, "This is the power of E.N.D." He then stood and kicked Ash towards a wall. Ash crashed on it and fell. When he stood, Natsu came and upper-cutted him, and grabbed his leg and slammed him on the ground. Over and over again, Ash got pummeled. Whenever he punched Ash, another blow came at Ash from another direction. He couldn't even see him anymore. When he did, he tried punching, but Natsu disappeared and appeared on the other side. Shion watched this all happen as tears kept on falling.

"Stop it, Natsu!" yelled Shion. Then, Natsu disappeared. Ash looked around for him. Suddenly, Natsu appeared behind him with a dark, spiraling ball in his hand.

"This is the power of darkness," said Natsu, and he crashed the ball on Ash, causing a huge explosion. Ash crashed hard on the wall by Shion, creating a huge crater on the wall. He then fell to the ground. A hole on his shirt was on his back.

"Ash!" yelled Shion, and she rushed to his aid. His face wasn't in good shape, with a bunch of bruises. He was coughing up blood. Natsu was laughing as the smoke cleared.

"I can't believe he survived that," said Natsu, "An aura guardian is impressive." Shion looked towards him.

"Please Natsu, just stop it," said Shion, "Did I do something wrong to you? I'm sorry. Just stop this madness."

"Madness?" mocked Natsu, "I'm totally sane, bitch. Don't worry, I'll just use you as my slave when the time comes." Shion lowered her head. Tears continued to fall. Ash noticed this, and pulled himself up with the support of his arms.

"Shion," said Ash, "I can see where your pain is coming from, and it'll be hard for me to stop him with that. There's no telling what I'm going to do to him, but I'm not going to hold back. You have to do it now, because if you don't, you'll never be able to get this chance again." Shion looked at Ash, nodded and looked at Natsu. She froze for a second, and then started talking.

"Natsu...I...I..." said Shion, "I love you. I said it. I love you. I've loved you since the day you came to work for me. You've always been nice to me, and I've loved you for that. I don't care what you're doing. I don't care if I'm a princess. I always dreamed of you marrying me. Please Natsu, stop this." There was a moment of silence.

"Pfft," said Natsu, "Shut the fuck up. I don't care what you feel about me. That was all a dream. Get over it. I would never dream of being with a bitchy princess like you." He started laughing. Shion lowered her head. Ash looked at her. Then, a memory of May confessing her feelings to him popped into his head. How nervous she was, and how surprised he was. He wanted to protect her, so he denied, but promised that he would after this was all over. His eyes turned blue. He ran towards Natsu.

"THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DENY A CONFESSION!" yelled Ash, and he punched Natsu across the face, surprising the young man. He could regain himself, but then Ash punched him on his stomach.

"YOU DAMN PRICK!" yelled Ash, "I SWEAR, WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH YOU, YOU'RE GOING REGRET EVER CALLING HER A BITCH!" He punched him over and over again, and Natsu couldn't stop him. He was too fast. Just like when he punched Ash. Finally, Ash created an Aura Sphere and crashed it on him, causing an explosion that crashed Natsu against the wall. He slid to the ground. He was surprised.

"When did you get this power?" asked Natsu. The dust cleared, and Ash stood with an Aura Sphere in his hand.

"Die, you basterd!" yelled Ash. He ran towards the young man, who couldn't even move. Before Ash got any closer, lightning crashed down in front of him. He was surprised to see it, and looked around to see where it came from. He looked up, and saw the one boy who he always hated. It was Gary. They all looked up at him and he came down towards them. He landed right in front of Ash.

"Gary?" asked Ash, "How did you..."

"You're Natsu, right?" asked Gary. Natsu watched him, and then smirked and nodded.

"Yes I am," said Natsu, "Why are you in this temple? It's in midair, isn't it?"

"This place is flying?" asked Ash.

"I was in Alamos City when your people attacked," said Gary, "I interrogated your men, and they told me everything. I came here hours ago and waited for you. It's easy to get information from people once they see me killing their own friends in front of them. I'm here to come for you. My master, Sephiroth, has ordered me to get you to him. He wants your spells and skills. I've been watching you since those two entered this room. I saw what you absorbed in you. I saw your power."

"You saw what happened the entire time!" yelled Ash, "You asshole! Why didn't you help me!" Natsu didn't say anything, and then he chuckled and stood up.

"Sephiroth, huh?" said Natsu, "Sorry, but not now. I don't have time to be dealing with his apprentice and that boy. I plan on ruling the world, and to do that, I must show the world who I am. This place is flying because of the energy I've been using from the people I've captured. I must get more energy to become stronger. Tell Sephiroth I'll see him later though. Bye." He seemed to be exhausted and in pain right now, and his eyes seemed to get weaker, and he was breathing heavily. He then pulled a switch from the wall, and fell inside of a hole, and it closed up. Gary sighed, and started running away.

"And where the hell do you think you're going!" yelled Ash. Gary left. It was now only Ash and Shion. Ash looked at her, and saw her still crying. He sighed, and then looked away.

"Stop crying," said Ash. Shion didn't stop.

"This is all my fault," said Shion.

"I'm going after him," said Ash, "It's okay. I'll get him back for what he said. But I need you to do something for me. He said people are trapped here, and I need you to go save them. I'm not going to let him hurt people anymore. But promise me you'll be okay, okay?" Shion stopped crying. She then wiped the tears away from her face. She then looked at Ash confidently.

"Yes," said Shion, "I promise." Ash nodded, and ran towards Gary's direction. Shion stayed there for a while, nodded, stood up, and ran in the other direction. They had to stop Natsu, and they had to do it fast.

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