Greetings, howdy hoo, and all that jazz. Time marches foreword, and it waits for no one. But you have read this story and have a right to know how things turned out. What follows is a summary of the conclusion of One LIfe. I'm very happy all of you reviewed who did.

I'm just so happy that you all reviewed, thank you, each of you. It was an honor.

Brock's date with Nurse Joy is canceled when Sammy shows up with his Charizard Scar from Charific Valley saying he knows where Ash is. Misty says that Nurse Joy must have dated him out of pity, but Brock says he's actually perfectly able to charm women, it's just that Misty, May, Max, etc, all pulled him away before he could charm them. Misty doesn't believe this. Brock swears that it's true. Misty says then for him to 'charm' her, but Brock says that wouldn't be right. She asks why, and Brock tries clumsy to dance around the subject that it wouldn't be right given Misty's relationship with Ash (that both deny even exists).

And when I say Sammy I mean Sammy. Though it is actually Samual Oak, his age regression a 'short term trick, so don't cancel your life insurance plans' given to him by Celebi to make him able to make the trip to Mount Silver and to hide Celebi's direct involvement, and to create an extra layer of mystery about Sammy so Misty and Brock are more likely to accept a 'need to know' type answer.

Scar is indeed the same scarred charizard from Charific Valley, of course Scar is NOT his real name, but it's a stereo typical nickname he's had to endure. Scar says nothing about his trainer's real identity by divine command: all pokemon fear celebi when she flexes her power enough. While Celebi as a matter of decency would never erase someone from history directly, everyone still thinks if they get her angry enough she'll travel back in time and sing them a lullaby of Perish Song in their crib.

Sammy gives a bare minimum explanation for his appearance, telling Misty and Brock only that he ended up in the 'future' by 'accident' and says he 'saw' Ash and Casey being taken to Mt. Silver. As they travel however, Sammy says he's 'read a few dusty book on legendaries' and explains in vague details about the legendary wars and the Agreement, and the doom of the two humans. Of course Misty and Brock don't believe there's anyway what so ever that Ash could really be gone.

A storm at Mount Silver makes flying to the top pretty much impossible, forcing the heroes to land and climb the rest of the way up. On the way up, they encounter trainers from both Team Aqua and Magma, who are actually working TOGETHER as impossible as they sounds. The Teams' plan is a simple one, disrupting the fight so there is no winner, so the resulting chaos reawakens the elder legendaries, and both are fully convinced that it's their master that'll rise victorious in the resulting fight upon their release, and thus see no reason not to 'use' the other Team to achieve this goal of releasing their master.

Brock faces against the Team Magna trainers who say how he fight 'his own' but Brock retorts he isn't 'their own' but they say the Slates are descendants of Groudon's servants and thus he should be working with them. The trainer happens to be female, but for the sake of Ash: Brock for once doesn't surrender to his hormones.

Misty fights the Team Aqua trainer and Misty says they give water pokmon a bad name. The opposing trainer says that everything they've been doing is for water pokemon's sake and only them and that Misty is an idiot for not siding with them for the higher cause. Misty is knocked off kilter by the speech but for Ash's sake she throws it to the winds, and yes the Aqua trainer also pulls the Waterflower blood-line card but to no effect but more due to Ash than anything does Misty refuse to let herself be deterred.

Both Team Trainers use a wrist mounted device that keeps their six pokeballs in two rows of three on both sides of their twists which spreads out from connectors once the battles starters. This is an allusion to the Yugioh anime which I had a particular liking to in those days (before it jumped the shark twice).

The fight against two elite assassins and two Gym Leader level trainers is even for a while. Both Team Trainers then reveal their secret weapon. Inspired by the Seal of Oricalcos and Pikachu's possession of Groudon in the anime, both trainers use what they call the 'mark of the elders.' This odd effect which is only vaguely explained with hints towards faux versions of the blue and red orbs, causes the pokemon to suddenly develop glowing red or blue lines in the patterns of the elder legendaries, increases their aggression and attack power, and turns them into the Type of that elder legendary. This leads to some fighting combinations that would normally be impossible and Brock and Misty's pokemon are hammered.

It never occurs to Misty and Brock that technically Team Aqua and Magma want the exactly same thing as Misty and Brock do, to end the fight! This has to due with the antagonism the heroes naturally come to feel for the Teams they often find themselves fighting against. Plus Misty and Brock are SURE there's a way to end this with getting their friends back and NOT giving the bad guys what they want.

Sammy who before had been planning to go on ahead while the heroes delayed the unwanted baddies, realizes that Misty and Brock chances for winning just nose dived, and Sammy shows just how powerful his team really is and turns the magic trick the Team trainers are using against them resulting in a swift, but costly and brutal victory.

"Dammit..." One of the Team Trainers says, "Unleash it now!"

And Regigigas is freed by the respective teams from a helicopter above (which nearly flies out of control in the storm) and when it lands it shakes the entire mountain, and the helicopter goes crazy from the sudden change of weight. And Regigigas SPEAKS, saying it'll disrupt the pact and release it's master itself!

Regigigas in this canon is a creation of Team Aqua and Magma together, based on how the elder legendaries created the golems. the creature has no true loyalties to the Teams however, seeing them only as a mean to free groudon.

Deciding that what awaits them at the top isn't a battle that can be actually won by strength (or perhaps just that Sammy can no longer risk going to the top of Regigias right behind him), Sammy tells Misty to go up, while Brock and Sammy will delay the titan (they know their chances of winning are absurd).

It never occurs to the trainers to tell the legendaries to tell them about Regigias since again, they doubt the legendaries will be appreciative or stop the fight because of it even though the legendaries COULD likely stand up to Rigigigas and even destroy it if it was still in it's 'slow start' stage.

Sammy's pokemon prove their stuff against the Legendary of Normal-Types but it's not enough against one who can move continents. So they are reduced to playing in and out games of tag with it to distract it from it's real goal.

A series of Giga-Impacts once the Normal Legendary is at full power is enough to knock Sammy's group down for the count and Brock's group out. Sammy then does what most people would never consider. And tries to REASON with the titan. First that Groudon would likely destroy him for being an abomination that Groudon didn't make. Giga doesn't care it's his duty to release Groudon. Then Sammy tries that Team Magma won't likely be anything but slaves when Groudon is unleashed. Giga doesn't care. Finally, Sammy says how, if Giga is really made from the foundation of the elements, then it must know what'll happen when the two elder legendaries fight, and the chaos that'll result, something in direct contradiction to the stuff Gigas was born from. For Giga is a creature of ORDER, and the CHAOS from the two elder legendaries' battle could destroy the order of things... Gigas says it needs to do some thinking on the subject and withdraws it's attack.

Sammy also realizes, the loophole Celebi was talking about was the one that could have enabled the elders to escape, and Sammy realizes Celebi never said it would be a loophole that enable them to get Ash and Casey back. Sammy then wonder if Celebi did all this just to keep the fight from being ruined by TM and TA.

Misty arrives at the top. The battle has already begun. A solar eclipse happened when no one was noticing. It doesn't do anything to effect things, though the legendaries approve of it adding an extra sense of ceremony.

Misty has never seen so many legendaries in one place before, it's unlikely any human or pokemon alive in two thousand years has (not since Samus Oaken). She asks where Ash and Casey are, and is ignored like a fly by the majority of legendaries. Sucune however, of all the legendaries present, takes notice of her and actually SPEAKS to her, explaining things to her, and that this isn't a fight that can be stopped, and doesn't allow for anything other than a fight to the death. Misty is Sucune's chosen human, which is the only reason that he bothers saying anything to her. (This a reference to the manga.)

Misty makes demands for the fight to end, for a time out, a suspension, a pause to the game, SOMETHING! Everything she says is ignored, no more so than the two combatants. Misty calls out to Ash, and, after much internal struggle and agony, screams her real feelings to him. This doesn't do a damn thing.

Misty screams how these gods can justify killing two people to settle their personal grudge match. Celebi says it was either this or have the grudge match destroy the world with the return of the elder legendaries. Misty has had enough and rashly enters the arena. Or rather tries to, the entity who was Molly takes her task very seriously and teleports Misty out of the arena without nano-seconds and tells Misty NOT to do that again! Misty appeals to Molly, begging her to stop this, since as judge she can, but the part of Molly that would be effected by Misty's pleas has been shelved.

Mew says "There is nothing Misty can do to effect the outcome of this fight: one fighter will die, the other will be the new agent of the only surviving elemental trio." And right the wolfen who had been Casey seems to be the the logical winner due to both having more creative thinking up her sleeve and her water type resistance against the ice element of what was once Ash. What was once Ash however does have the advantage of being air born.

"They're both my friends! I don't want either of them to die!"

"Your friends are already dead, their bodies and souls were raw material."

"I refuse to believe that!"

"Refuse to believe in gravity, you'll still fall." Says the floating pokemon.

"Stupid words from someone floating in mid-air!"

"I do not rebuke that gravity exists, nor do I defy it's existence. I acknowledge that gravity exists, how I float still works within the rules."

"...How can I save my friends within the rules then?"

"I said already, your friends no longer exist."

"They're still alive! You're Mew aren't you?! The ancestor of everything alive!? And you're celebi aren't you? One whose existed since time began and will be around when time ends?! Are are the two of your together- going to tell me- that you CAN'T think of a way to help me, a lowly human, save two innocent lives-?!"

The two little legendaries look at each other. Then back at Misty. Mew asks, "Are you willing to die to save them?"

"....Yes."

"Misty." Mew said floating down, "Are you willing to surrender everything you are, have been, and will be, for sake of saving two who were born just to be weapons?"

"I..." Tears in Misty eyes, "I want to get to know them... and I have a feeling, you don't want either elemental trio to have that kind of power... "

The two legendaries looked at each other again. "Misty, you are Sucune's current chosen, but as one of the Genesis Pokemon, I can chose any pokemon or human as my chosen within the ranks of those the other legendaries have picked. No one can overturn my decision. ... Will you accept that?"

"I-I can....I know what you're asking."

"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU KNOW ANYTHING YOU STUPID LITTLE HUMAN-?! This is MORE than death! In order for you to step into that arena, you need to be made into an INSTRUMENT! Everything that makes up who you are right now will be wiped away and replaced with a purpose! There are a handful of others that can be selected to pick up the slack from Ash's absence in the pokemon world. ... That won't make his mother anymore happy, or your sisters, yes they love you, deal with it."

"Please... just do it before I realize I'm being complete insane..."

"... If that is what you wish. Good-bye Misty Kasumi Waterflower, I'll remember you as the bravest human in history.."

Mew enter Misty's mind and swiftly and painlessly wipes her out of existence, taking personal care to remember everything she undoes. Mew has the DNA of every living pokemon in her. The elements Misty gains are Ice, Dragon and Water, reflecting her original personality.

Misty is transformed into a dragonoid like pokemon that is white with blue highlights. She loses her red hair, being effectively 'bald' though the crests on her head make up for it. Her hands and feet are sets of three gold claws each. While Mew gives the new nameless dragoness Misty's memories, the dragoness sadly admit to Misty being a previous incarnation at best and her not being Misty herself.

Mew makes her wager mid-battle. Naturally since it IS mid-battle the trios call foul. Mew however says her instrument will seek to subdue, not kill the other two. This is seen as a disadvantage by the trios and who accept, and also order both their pawns to rip the new comer to shreds.

The nameless wolfen openly apologizes while the nameless avian get tries his hardest to ripe her heart out. Dragoness knows unlike Misty that appealing to emotions that are no longer there won't work.

She does however try her hardest to turn her opponents against each other by the use of ice decoys of herself to draw their fire. With them distracted she uses Dragon Dance to up her power, and then uses twisted to bring Avian down to Earth. Using Water sport then to negate the fire-power of her two opponents. Thankfully her dragon type negates her weakness to electricity but it still hurts!

The dragoness is ultimately able to lure both in closer as the two on one fight begins to slowly take it's logical course. The dragoness then uses Sheer Cold, on both her opponents, and herself, knocking them all out.

The Judge declares the fight to be a draw. This outrages the elemental trios who look ready to fight the grudge match themselves and possible unlock the elders with their in fighting. Mew Revives Dragoness and Wolfen and Avian who are confused on what they are supposed to do now if the fight is over and yet both are alive.

Dragoness of course can't end a centuries long grudge match with just a few minutes of talking. But she's been making it up as she goes along so far and figure she shouldn't stop now. Dragoness makes a startling suggestion. For the two elemental trios to submit their power to the new trio... This naturally doesn't go over well. But the Judges believes much to the shock of everyone that this is a good idea, since she doesn't want to see the world destroyed either.

But the judge creates a twist... the new three some of Avian, Wolfen, and Dragoness, are made to be the MIDDLE BALANCE FORCE for the two opposing parties, since they contain elements of both, this is a logical choice.

Dragoness becomes the one to tell Misty's sisters what happened along with to Ash's mother. And Dragoness know Avian and Wolfen will never be Ash and Casey, she sees them as her precious siblings, who she has to raise and teach to regain what they lost... they have eternity to do it after all....

~ Fin

Original Skeleton Summary:

Team Aqua and Magma seek to disrupt the duel, knowing that if there is no winner, than the elder legendaries will be released from their eternal prison claiming this is the 'loophole' Celebi was talking about. Brock and 'Sammy' block them at these attempts. While Misty comes face to face with the games as they begin, and even faces Lugia, and Ho-Oh...

Misty says if there's any way to keep Ash and Cassie from killing each other.

While Cassie and Ash's conditions for willing are killing each other, Lugia says that a third party need not have that same condition. Even if it'll mean Lugia and Ho-Oh will then have the power.

Misty finds this the lesser of two evils, and agrees. Even when she's told her old identity will be mostly destroyed in the process. White/Ice/Dragon.

Misty barely manages to win... and the world changes.

Misty, Ash and Cassie are lost forever, but what used to be them are given basically free will and the ability to make their own lives...

Cast:

Ash Ketchum

Misty Kasumi Waterflower

Brock Slate

Casey Crystal

Molly Hale

Absol

Unown

Deliah

Casey's Family

Pikachu

Legendary Birds

Legendary Beasts

Latias and Latios

Elder Legendaries

Lugia

Ho-Oh

Mew

Celebi

Prof. Samuel Oak

Team Aqua and Magma

And a WHOLE LOT of pokemon!!!!!

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