The creature eyed the boy and his Pichu eerily, writhing forward. Double D closed the door. "...Whatever you are...stay back."

The Pikachu-rag wearing being stopped it's approach. Then, immediately, it lunged at Edd, shadowy claw-like tentacles emerging from under the sheet. The boy had barely enough time to duck. He pulled Nat's Ball from his bag. "Nat! I choose you!" He threw the Ball into the air, causing it to open and the hairy purple bug to appear.

"Venonat!" It chirped.

"Please help us out with this thing! Psybeam!" Double D commanded.

"Veno-!" The bug shot beams of energy from it's compound eyes, but the disguised creature slipped away, only for the Nat to chase it around the house, still shooting.

"Nat, what are you doing!? You can't shoot the house up!" Edd shrieked. His Venonat stopped using Psybeam, turning back to him confusedly. The creature lunged again, striking Nat with a clawed tentacle. It chirped painfully.

"Watt, help him out!" Edd shouted.

"Pichu!" Watt nodded, leaping on all fours and hopping over to thrust itself between them. "Piiiiichu!" It called, popping off a Thundershock.

The intruder felt the shock, and it's Pikachu head lolled over as if it's neck was broken. Double D and Watt nearly wretched. The strange creature approached Watt, leering at it uncomfortably.

"Kyuuuuuuuu…"

"Pi...pi...chu…" Watt whined in fright. The creature started rubbing the head of it's costume on him.

"Mimi-mimikyu!~"

Watt blinked, unsure what to make of the action.

Edd watched the Pokemon rub against his Pichu almost disturbingly, but recalled that he was pressed for time. He produced a blue-topped Poke Ball with red nubs on top.

"Go, Great Ball!" He shouted, throwing it. It was hit on the head by the metal sphere and sucked inside.

Watt, Nat and Double D stared as the ball shook only once, and clicked. Double D picked the Great Ball up, feeling it's weight lightly. "What was that all about?" He pulled his Rotom Dex from his bag. "Roto-Z, what do you make of this?"

"ZRRT! It's a Mimikyu! A rare Ghost and Fairy-Type Pokemon!" It replied.

"Ghost? Fairy?"

"Ghost-TypeZZZ are mysteriouZZZ Pokemon that are completely immune to Normal attackZZZ like Tackle and Take Down, and Fighting-Type attackZZZ like Submission and Karate Chop. Fairy-Type is a recently diZZZcovered Type that is highly suZZZeptible to Poison and weak to Steel Type."

"Intriguing…"

"Mimikyu is a shy Pokemon that hideZZZ it's real appearance under a rag shaped like Pikachu. Pichu'ZZZ evolved form. They make their disguiZZZe look like Pikachu because of how popular it is. In actuality, they completely deZZpiZZe Pikachu."

"Then why was it rubbing up on Watt as if it liked him?"

"That I don't even know. PerhapZZZ it didn't know Watt WAZZZ a Pichu, or didn't recognize it as Pikachu's Baby stage. I don't mean to interrupt, but don't you have ZZZschool in a little while?"

Edd checked the clock on his Pokedex screen. "Oh dear, you're right!" He rushed upstairs to grab his homework off his personal desk and made a break for the door.

0

Later that afternoon, Eddy and his two friends had found their way to the lake East of Peach Creek. Sure enough, Kukui was there to meet them, along with a lanky pale scientist with glasses and light, short, blondish-brown hair.

"Glad you guys made it." Kukui smiled. "I'd like to introduce you all to Professor Elm. Second seat at the Professor's Union."

"It's nice to meet you." Elm began. "I heard you had a run in with a pair of trouble-makers this morning."

Eddy grinned and gave him a thumbsup. "Nice to meet ya too, Prof.! Yeah, but we had it in the bag the whole time." He held up Boss' Poke Ball. "Or should I say 'In the Ball?'"

Ed waved his hand, Turtwig on his shoulder and Sneasel by his side, arms folded and pouting. "Hello!"

"Tur-Twig!" "Sneeee…" His Pokemon vocalized happily and annoyed, respectively.

"It's an honor to meet another esteemed researcher." Double D said, offering his hand. Elm shook it. "As I recall, Professor Kukui asked us to be here to show Eddy a concept called...Z-Power?"

"That's right." Kukui nodded. "Z-Power is a special aura that Pokemon can tap into when they and their Trainer are totally in sync. Since Pokemon aren't natural inhabitants of this world, I'd thought Z-Power wouldn't exist here. But it seems I've been proven wrong. If it didn't, then the great Tapu Fini wouldn't've seen fit to give your little friend their a Z-Power Ring or a Z-Crystal."

"So what's the crystal for?" Eddy asked, donning his ring on his left wrist.

"The crystal is basically the hub for the Z-Power to flow from the Trainer into the Pokemon when their emotions match. When it taps into it, then that Pokemon can use an especially powerful attack called a Z-Move."

Ed cupped his hands to his side and thrust his hands out. "Kamehame-HA!"

Kukui raised his eyebrow. "Why does that word sound familiar to me?"

"Ignore him, he's just stupid." Ed added.

Elm turned to witness a large spout of water rise up from the lake as if something hit it coming from their direction, but it seemed he was the only one who noticed. "Strange…"

Professor Kukui waved his hand. "Anyway, I think what we need is a demonstration. You got your Feraligatr on you, cousin?"

Elm snapped back to reality. "Uh, sure! Yeah, I have him."

Kukui produced a Poke Ball. "Then let's start the Z-Power Demo!"

Elm produced his own. "Right."

"Come out!" They cried in unison. From Elm's Poke Ball was produced a very tall and muscular bipedal crocodilian, with red dorsal plates on it's back, tail and head running in a straight line down it's back. It had stocky legs and bulky arms, and strong powerful jaws.

"Gatrrr!" It growled.

From Kukui's Poke Ball emerged a tall bipedal feline, bearing tiger-like features, with red and black fur, and a belt of flame. "Incine-ROAR!" It roared proudly.

"Woah! Talk about amazing!" Eddy said as he and his friends marvelled.

"Okay, boys, here's where it comes." Kukui declared. He crossed his arms, pulled them to his side, and lifted his hands several times as if calling something up. The crystal in the white ring on his wrist glowed a fiery red.

His Incineroar took on a glowing, fiery aura.

Kukui raised his hands one last move and thrust one out. "Incineroar! Z-Move! Inferno Overdrive!"

Incineroar's fiery aura intensified as it pooled flame from it's belt and mouth together in an enormous fireball. In a flash, the words Inferno Overdrive appeared above it's head magically stylized.

With one last roar, it unleashed a gigantic BEAM of fire at Feraligatr. The Big Jaw Pokemon held it's arms up as if to miraculously catch it. The crocodilian biped was consumed by flames, that erupted into an explosion.

The Eds recoiled from the shockwave of the explosion, and watched as the smoke died down.

Feraligatr stood in the same place, albeit it's hide sustained minor burns over much of it's body.

"That was...awesome!" Eddy shouted.

Elm produced a pair of spray bottles. "Thank you, Feraligatr. Are you okay?"

The large alligator lowed and nodded. "Good." Elm sprayed the two bottles on it's burned hide, causing them to vanish. "Thanks for your help." He returned Feraligatr to it's Poke Ball.

"You too, Incineroar. Good job." Kukui added. The feline growled contentedly.

"So…our Pokemon can do that to so long as we have these cool crystals?" Eddy beamed.

"Well, like I said, you gotta have the bond, as well as the crystals and ring." The Alolan Scientist said. "Let me show you how. Bring out your Oshawott right quick."

"M'kay." The shortest Ed produced the Ball. "Wotter, come on out!" He threw the orb and his small otter Pokemon manifested in a flash of white light.

"Oshawott!" It cried.

"Nice to see you again, Wotter." Kukui knelt down to pat him on the head. "Your Trainer treatin' you right?"

Wotter shrugged, wiggling his paws back and forth, giving a questionable reply.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Eddy grimaced.

The Water-Type's belly rumbled loudly.

Kukui grinned. "Can't really keep your mind focused on training if you've got a full belly, huh?"

Elm walked to the van and produced another Poke Ball. He opened it up, and a tall mammalian Pokemon with a yellow underbelly and a dark bluish green back with a ring of red spots on the back of it's neck appeared. "TY!" It barked.

"Typhlosion, help me out right quick."

The two hefted a long folding table from the back of the van and unfolded it. Elm sat almost a dozen cans of some kind of pet food onto the table.

"We didn't know how many Pokemon you'd caught by now, and we assumed your blue-haired friend would be with you." Kukui added. "How's about you all let your new buddies out for a late lunch?"

"That sounds like a good idea." Double D said. "I'd like to know more about Pokemon nutrition."

Double D and Eddy pulled out their individual Poke Balls and chucked them out into the open.

Nat and Watt showed themselves, as well as the Mimikyu Double D caught that morning. King rose up with a snort, along with Boss, the blue cat giving a meow as he stood up and stretched on all fours.

The Mimikyu leapt up and latched on to Double D's shoulder, giving him a nuzzle as it made cute, yet disturbing sounds.

"Th...that'll be all, Polter." He said.

Polter leapt back to the ground, joining Boss, who gave it an uneasy glance before grooming himself.

King snorted and glared at Eddy, before Kukui laid a hand on it's head. "Howzit, primo Primeape?" The simian Pokemon shot a fiery look at the scientist, before launching his fist at him.

-SUBALAWA!-

Before he made contact, Kukui's Incineroar lunged in and blocked it with his clawed hand.

"Rrrr…" Incineroar growled. He and King stared each other down intensely before each of them backed off.

Elm opened up a few of the cans, drawing in each Pokemon's attention, but Incineroar. He poured the contents into several doggy bowls, being composed of small pieces of kibble food.

"Lunch time, everybody! Come and get it!" The Johto scientist called.

The entire group of Pokemon charged in and started munching on the specialized food.

"Standard Pokemon food. Produced by the International Pokemon Breeders Association of our world." Kukui began. "We'll wait about an hour before we get started with your Z-Power Training.

0

Across town, Kevin, Rolf and Nazz were all gathered outside the Peach Creek Gym, accompanied by Buck, Bastion, and a small, girlish Pokemon with a green and white body, skirt-like waist, thin feet and a pair of pink, twin curved crescents atop her head.

"So the Eds and their new friend battled here? They weren't causing trouble or anything?" Nazz asked with a flick of her hair.

"That's what Rolf says anyway." Kevin said. "He tried to battle this guy with a really tough rabbit thing, but his chicken lost right off the bat."

"Quiet! Bastion fought honorably." Rolf scowled. "Rolf has lead you here to challenge the creature master and earn his badge of glory that he may as well earn the Beast Tamer Urban Ranger badge!"

"Right." Nazz added. "As long as you don't get any on me."

"Kirrrrr…" The feminine Pokemon behind them cooed.

"Don't worry, Kenzie. I won't have you fight anything at all." Nazz said. "After all, we're girlfriends, right?" She added with a wink.

"What does that mean?"Kevin asked.

"It means we're girls, and we're friends. So what?"

"Silence! Rolf must ruminate on a strategy to overcome the rabbit of might." Their blue haired friend interrupted, before coming into a familiar smell.

His eyes locked into a stoic stare as he got parallel to the ground, sniffing the pavement.

"Dude, what are you doing?" Kevin asked.

"Follow Rolf!" He replied, as he scuttled away.

Kevin and Nazz exchanged confused gestures before trailing behind him. Rolf continued to slink along the pavement, through another city block, through a dog park, and across the street toward another warehouse, clearly abandoned.

Rolf reached up and pulled the twin doors apart. Inside were large cages, each filled with familiar animals that would dwell on a farm, including chickens, cows, sheep and pigs.

Two familiar men, Trudly and Folly stood in the center of the warehouse, next to single pig and goat, each animal staring off into space.

"So. It was you!" Rolf shouted as Kevin and Nazz joined him.

"Wh...who are you brats?" Folley asked.

"Are those the animals from your family's farm, Rolf?" Nazz asked.

"Yes, they are indeed. You have absconded with a shepherd's livleyhood and as so, must be punished!"

"These things are way too stupid and useless, so I figured they couldn't be Pokemon." Trudly smirked, stretching his arms. "But this dope thought that they might be worth something, so we snatched them all up."

"Who you calling dope, ya dope!?" Folley asked, shaking his fist.

"In honor of my ancestors!" Rolf growled, before reaching around behind him. The two goons nearly fell back as he swept an enormous cloth object past them, and watched him don it on his head.

"Wh...what the heck!?" Trudly asked, gaping in awe and fear at the gigantic hammer-shaped cap.

"Behold, the great Hat of Discipline! Take in the magnitude of your evils, and feel it's punishing swing!" He swung his head down toward them. "Goodbye!"

Before it could hit, a chilling ray of freezing light shot the hat, icing it over and causing it to fall off Rolf's head and hit the floor harmlessly between the two thieves.

Rolf jolted around to scowl at the man standing in the corner. It was a skinny fellow with a huge Poke Ball afro he'd never seen before, wearing exquisite fashions and bedazzled spectacles.

Beside him were a pair of Pokemon, the first, a short, yet stocky humanoid with a lily pad on it's head and a pattern on it's torso resembling a vest, with red claws. The second, a tall, wide creature with duck-like lips and shaggy body hair, and a larger head ornament resembling a sombrero.

"Nice shot, my lovely Lombre." The stranger began. "Another stunning Ice Beam display as always. That hat looked tacky anyway."

Rolf scowled at him. "Who is this with such a large head of hair that it outshines the desert sun?"

"Seems these children need a lesson not to mess with dangerous men like us." Miror B. began. "Let the music play, boys!"

Trudly fiddled with his headgear and with a flip of a switch, a fiery ramba melody started playing as his master started to perform a salsa dance.

"We're the biggest criminal crew ever seen! From the humble region of Orre we hail!~"

His cronies struck threatening poses. "Trudly!" "Folley!" They shouted.

"And I'm big, bad Miror B!" The boss began. "The baddest baddie that ever crawled out of Pyrite!" He struck his own pose after moonwalking a bit.

"We are the Miror Syndicate!" They cried in unison.

One of Rolf's chickens crowed.

"Lame!" Kevin shouted, stabbing his thumb downward.

"Blame Game Freak for making me a two-hit wonder." Miror B. spat, breaking the fourth wall. "And since you've discovered our operations here, you three have to disappear."

His Lombre and Ludicolo stood before him.

"Lombre!~"

"Ludi-co-lo!~" They vocalized with dancing motions.

Kenzie ducked back behind Nazz, shivering.

"Get those gross things away from us!" Nazz demanded, causing the two Grass/Water hybrids to freeze and fall out indignantly.

"Oh, my lovely darlings, how DARE she insult you so." Miror B wailed, clutching his chest. "Punish her now!"

Kevin and Rolf stood by in defensive stances as their respective Pokemon stood before Lombre and Ludicolo.

"Charrrr…" Buck snarled.

"Skeeeeennn…" Bastion crowed angrily.

"Oh, so it's a Double Battle, is it? That's fine." Miror B grinned. "Let's get it on!"

0

Eddy and his Oshawott stood before Kukui and his Incineroar, now wearing boxing gloves. "So...what exactly is this gonna do for us?"

"Well, traditionally, when kids reach the age of eleven, they're allowed to go trekking along Alola's four islands on a challenge, undergoing arduous trials with their Pokemon. They normally earn their Z-Crystals in trials, but since we're in your world, and Tapu Fini straight up gave you one, we're just gonna improvise. I want you to punch at me while Wotter there punches at my Incineroar. But we ARE gonna block you so you can each work up a better sweat. The activity should help the two of you get in sync."

"Fun." Eddy muttered.

Ed slung a bag of Pokemon food that Elm gave them over his shoulder as he and Double D started walking away. "See ya later, Eddy!"

"What!? Where in the heck are you two going?"

"Ed and I have to clean up that mess Polter made of my house while it was...playing. Though I do expect you to show us the fruits of your labor tomorrow!" Double D replied.

"Lucky me…"

As the two of them left, Kukui readied his hand. "Aaaaand go!"

Eddy and Wotter started slugging their opponent's hands, but in a chaotic and disorganized manner.

"It'll never work like that, little cousin." Kukui said. "You gotta time your punches closer together."

"I know what I'm doing!" Eddy protested, pointing at Wotter. "It's him that's got us off!"

"Osha!?" Wotter vocalized, annoyedly, before spitting a Water Gun at him.

"Hey!" The shortstack yelled as he was soaked. He shook his hands in a threatening manner. "Why you little-"

"Stop." Elm said as he and his Typhlosion got between them. Eddy raised his eyebrow at the skinny professor. "You CAN'T blame your Pokemon. You can never bond with him that way."

"Try it again, but this time, Eddy, you punch the air first, then let Wotter punch at Incineroar."

Eddy rolled his eyes, only for Incineroar to snarl at him. "Okay-okay! I'm doing it!" He took a step back before thrusting his fist into the air.

Wotter mimmicked his motion, punching at Incineroar with his paw. The feline caught it easily with one hand.

"Good. Now do three punches." Kukui added.

'This is stupid…' The short Ed thought. He did three light punches into the air and Wotter punched at Incineroar, the bipedal feline catching two before Wotter managed to punch him in the knee.

"See. One of them hit." Elm noted.

"I guess it did."

"Now, this time with feeling!" Kukui demanded.

Eddy crouched before leaping into the air and punching at the professor, only for him to catch it. His Oshawott crouched and jumped as well, actually landing a punch on Incineroar's cheek.

The Fire/Dark Type shot him a toothy grin.

Wotter chimed happily before Incineroar grabbed him and flung him back to Eddy, who actually managed to catch him.

"Eddy, my man, you seem like the kind of guy that comes off as pushy, but hides his real feelings. If you were the sort of cold hearted person that doesn't care for others, you wouldn't've caught your Oshawott just now."

"Are you calling me a pansy?" Eddy grimaced.

"No, nothing like that." Kukui began. "I'm just saying. Now, let's see if you can pull off a Z-Move for real."

"All-right!" He sat Wotter down, and tapped his Z-Power Ring. "So how do I make it work."

"Well, I want your buddy Wotter there to prepare to use Water Gun, but don't have him shoot it. Then, I want you to mimic my movements. The movement is crucial for the Z-Power to flow."

"Whatever. Just don't have me ballet dancing." Eddy said waving his hand.

Wotter pooled water into his mouth, as Kukui crossed his arms and brought them down. He made waving motions with his hands and arms. Eddy mimmicked the motion, and as he did so, he felt something cool and fluid flowing within him.

Then, with a gasp, he felt the force flow before him and toward Wotter, but it fizzled out.

"That's great!" Professor Kukui noted. "But this time, focus more on the action, and what you want accomplished, rather than the transfer itself."

"I can tell this might take a while…" Eddy groaned.

0

Claws flashed as they struck the shaggy fur of Miror B's Ludicolo. Buck unleashed a furious Slash attack, but it seemed to do little good. The Charmeleon lept back as several whips of energy lashed out at it. Bastion loosed a spinning spiral of flames at these whips, nullifying them.

Lombre charged in and struck at Buck with it's Fury Swipes attack. The lizard Pokemon hizzed and grunted as it was lashed mercilessly. Ludicolo chuckled until Rolf's Combusken clocked him with a pair of kicks to the face.

"Hah!" Miror B. boasted. "My Pokemon aren't even breaking a sweat! I thought you might pose some kind of challenge because your boys were at least stage one, but it looks like I was mistaken."

Kevin scowled. "Sh...shut up, you crazy haired dork!"

Miror B. frowned. "Ludicolo. Lombre. Time to finish this! Surf!" The two Pokemon locked arms and danced, and between them formed a great deluge of churning water.

Nazz's Kirlia snapped into action, knowing Buck would die if it's tail went out. She flitted forward before descending between the two starter evolutions.

"Kenzie, now!" Nazz shouted.

"Kir! Lia…" She focused her mental energies and generated a green barrier. As the flood of water crashed into it, she seemed strained to maintain the barrier, but it held strong in the end.

"Heh! Fine. All three of you come at us once. It won't make a bit of difference!" The criminal boasted.

"Master Mirror B's never lost a SINGLE battle!" Trudly stated. "You three ain't got a chance!"

"Well, there was that one whitish haired guy with the Umbreon and Espeon, and the girl that could see-" Folly began, but Trudly slugged him in the stomach.

"Shut up, Folly."

When the Surf attack ended, and Kenzie dropped her guard, Buck and Bastion moved into action. The Charmeleon opened up it's jaws and loosed a mystic fire from it's mouth. As it launched at Lombre, one could see the shape of a stylized Western dragon soaring through it at the water weed Pokemon.

When the flame collided, Lombre screeched and was knocked down.

Miror B grunted. "Come back, Lombre." He said as he recalled it.

"Oh yeah! Buck's Dragon Rage sure packs a punch!" Kevin fistpumped. "Now it's just your big ugly duck thing and it's all over!"

Miror B gave a dark smirk. 'Shows what you know, shovel chin boy...I got an impressive trump card to share.' He thought as he felt the Poke Ball in his side pocket. A dark aura pervaded it's circumference.

"Bastion! Free the fowls!" Rolf demanded. "Sky Uppercut!" His Combusken lunged forward and thrust it's claws at Ludicolo.

"Ice Punch!" Miror B commanded.

"Colo!" His servant balled it's flat hand up into a fist and it froze over, slamming into the Young Fowl Pokemon's claws. The two cross countered each other, each of them flying back.

The two of them fell out, unconscious. Rolf spat in his native tongue before calling Bastion back and Miror B recalled Ludicolo as well.

"Sorry about that, Rolf." Kevin said. "But now he's got nothing left! Now get outta town, ya disco reject!"

"Hahaha...Ah-hahahaha!" Miror B laughed, whipping out his last Poke Ball. "Surprise, punk!" The ball opened, and in a flood of dark light, a shadowed figure appeared. It was a tall creature, being draconian, with orange hide, and a pale yellow underbelly, a medium length, thick tail, short, yet powerful wings, and standing upright. Two antennae fluttered at the top of it's head, a single blunt horn between them.

"Draaaago!" It roared aggressively as it flapped it's wings powerfully, creating a gust that knocked the three humans before it off their feet. Buck struggled, but maintained it's ground.

When Nazz collected herself, she set eyes on the beast. "That things...huge!"

"Kirkirlia…" Kenzie added.

Kevin rose back to her feet. "Buck, you got this?" His Charmeleon nodded with a cry of "Char!" "Are you sure?"

Buck loosed flames from it's mouth into the air, a show of force. The dragon before it simply leered at it angrily.

Nearby, Ed and Double D were passing by on a nearby street when they heard Buck's flames wooshing. "Oh dear, what's going on?" Edd asked as he poked his head through the alley. "Is Kevin having a battle?"

Ed walked forward a bit. "Those guys have Rolf's chickens!" He ran toward the scene. "I know that smell anywhere!"

Roto-Z hovered in front of Edd. "He has a keen sense of smell, doesn't he?"

"Roto-Z, what is that Pokemon?"

The Rotom Dex twirled around, displaying it's image. "Dragonite. The Dragon Pokemon. A Dragon and Flying-Type. UZZually a friendly marine dwelling creature that assists rescueZZ drowning swimmers. It izz the fastest flyer among all Pokemon."

Double D looked at it. "It doesn't seem very friendly at all. If anything it seems to be instigating a fight." Indeed, Miror B's Dragonite lurched forward and motioned with it's bulky arms in a 'Come on!' gesture.

"Buck, use Flamethrower!" Kevin shouted.

"Charrr!" It hissed, breathing flames at Dragonite.

"Dragonite! You use Flamethrower too!"

"Dragoooooo!" The pseudo-Legendary Pokemon called as it too spat fire at it's opponent. The flames crackled into each other, but Buck's Flamethrower was instantly overpowered.

"Meeell!" Buck wailed as he was burned by the Dragon Pokemon's attack.

"Buck!" Kevin gasped. His partner shook his head and braced himself for another attack.

"Now use Take Down!" Miror B commanded. The orange Dragon charged in and roughly slammed into it's prey, tackling it into a wall.

"Charr!" Buck hacked. It's tail lolled about as the flame weakened.

"Kenzie, do something!" Nazz asked of her own Pokemon, but as soon as she stepped forward, the sound of a herd of buffalo stampeding blew through. She looked to the side. "Is that Ed!?"

Ed sprinted into the battle, with Jackie on his shoulder. The Sneasel snarled in protest. "I am Ed! FREE! THE! CHICKENS!" The big lunk hurled his Sneasel at Dragonite, with the Ice and Dark Type flailing about until it caught sight of her target. Jackie braced herself and slammed into the much larger Pokemon with a headbutt.

"Go!" Miror B's mighty Pokemon called as it doubled over.

Jackie landed at it's feet, raising her clawed paw. "Snea-sel!" She hollered proudly.

Dragonite shook his head before he rose up and bellowed angrily.

"Jackie!" Ed began as his eyes straightened. "Use Icy Wind!"

"Sneeee!" She complied, blowing snow and cold air from her mouth at the Dragonite. It growled, and tried to slam it's fist into her, but stopped short as snow built up on it's form, weighing it down.

"That seemed to be a good call." Double D noted as he walked up. "According to my Rotom Dex, Ice-Type attacks are twice as effective against Dragons, and also twice as effective against Flying-Types. So that makes it four times as effective!"

"Where did you dorks come from!?" Kevin asked. "We had this?"

Double D walked up to his nearly fainted Charmeleon. "I beg to differ." He produced a spray bottle, Super Potion as he believed Elm called it and held Buck's shoulder. "Please remain calm. It'll sting a bit, but I assure you, it'll take some of the pain away."

As he sprayed the potion onto Buck, he recoiled, but soon felt his sores and burns wearing away. "Charrr..." He vocalized soothingly.

"I don't now where you two interlopers came from, but none of you can be allowed to leave. I'll silence you right here!" Miror B said.

"Sir, do you need-" Folley began, but his boss held up his hand.

"No, I do not need any help. Besides. Dragonite needs the exercise. Show that little snot your Slam attack!"

His draconian servant charged in and swatted Jackie away with his tail and let out a roar.

Ed managed to catch his Sneasel before she hit a pile of crates.

Miror B snorted. "Nice save, but how long will that cute lil' Sneesnee last?"

Ed let Jackie stand on her own clawed feet, but she staggered lightly. That Dragonite was no ordinary Pokemon.

"I suggest you use have her use Haze, Ed!" Double D began. "We can make a break for it in the-" A Poke Ball at his waist burst open, revealing his partner, Watt. "W-Watt!?"

"Chuuuuu…" The Pichu glared at the Dragonite, and the much more massive Pokemon reciprocated with his own. The two developed a backlight-like aura, with Dragonite's being a dark purple, and Watt's being a dark yellow. The two stood there for a good while, before Watt decided to loose a Thundershock directly into the horn atop Dragonite's head.

"Draaa-goooooooo!" It wailed, staggering. With a deeper roar, Dragonite burst out of the electric shock.

"I think you just made it madder, Watt…" Edd whispered.

Dragonite opened his maw, gathering yellow particles that formed an orb.

"Hyper Beam!" Miror B shouted. "Blast 'em all away!"

"GOOOOO!" Dragonite screamed, loosing an intense, destructive yelow beam.

Double D and Watt screamed as the blast aimed at them closed in with great speed. "Watt! Save yourself!" Double D demanded as he readied himself to throw his little Pokemon to Nazz, but a flash of darkness blurred his vision. The Hyper Beam impacted against something.

Dragonite examined the explosion's aftermath, watching the smoke die down, but when it did, it revealed Edd and Watt to be alright, and another Pokemon wearing a Pikachu-shaped costume.

"Polter!?" Edd gasped. Evidently the Ghost Pokemon picked up on the danger and freed itself from his Ball to absorb the hit.

"M...MMMKyuuuuuu…" His Mimikyu chittered wrathfully as it crushed the remainder of the Hyper Beam energy in it's Shadow Claw. A dark, shadowy aura engulfed the disguised creature.

"Double D had something like that?" Nazz asked. "Talk about creepy…"

Rolf's eyes popped open, and he started prancing about in a terrified manner. "What's up, Rolf?"

"We are all in terrible danger!" The foreign kid replied. "The costumed spirit of vengeance will unleash it's boundless rage upon all it sees!" He ducked behind Kevin and looked out, horrified.

"Woah…" Kevin said. "If it scares Rolf, it's gotta be something really bad."

"KKKYuuuuuuuu…" Polter growled, the head of it's costume lolling to the side and whipping around.

"I don't like the looks of that thing. Take Down, Dragonite!" Miror B commanded. His Pokemon charged the eerie ghost, only to pass right through him. "A...Ghost-Type!?"

Polter grabbed the Dragonite's face with it's claw and started to pummel it senselessly, kicking up dust cloud, and sparks.

Roto-Z twirled around before the kids. "Play Rough. A strong Fairy-Type move that Mimikyu excells at utilizing. Dragon-Type attacks cannot harm Fairy-Type Pokemon, and Fairy-Type moves inflict double the damage against Dragon-Types."

"Seems like that Dragon picked the wrong crew to mess with." Kevin noted.

As the Mimikyu continued to trounce Dragonite, until it loosed a burst of flames from it's jaws, prompting Polter to evade, but not before it singed the top half of it's costume. "Mimi!" It chittered angrily.

"That's the way!" Miror B grinned. "Flamethrower once more!"

Dragonite blew another jet of fire at Polter, only for a burst of snowy air to cut it off. The Mimikyu turned to Ed and his Sneasel, but it looked just as confused as Polter himself was.

"That's enough." A voice called. Preston walked into out from behind the warehouse wall, Hopz standing before him.

"And who might I ask are you?" Miror B asked. "All these interruptions are pecking at my last nerve."

"I'm the Gym Leader of this town, established by the Professor's Union. Tell me…" Preston said. "You're attacking these children...and I see those innocent…'animals' locked up in those cages. So I can assume you're a pretty bad guy. Are you with Team Rainbow Rocket?"

"Team Rain-who now?" Miror B asked. "Look, I don't have time for this. I didn't stick my neck out to have to fight some Gym Leader. So I believe that's it for today." He looked over to Edd and his friends. "Count yourselves lucky, oh you bad little boys and young lady." He laid a hand on his Dragonite, and it extended it's wings.

The two of them took off in flight, with the group seeing them off. Buck snarled at the Dragonite as it's form shrunk from distance.

Hopz blinked. The dress-clad Lopunny was actually looking forward to a challenge. She turned her attention to his two goons that were left behind.

Trudly and Folley held each other by the shoulders. "Ba-ba-ba-bababa-ba-ba-!" They panicked.

The sound of twin kicks echoed through the town as the two of them were cast over the horizon. "You know...I can't help but think this is a reference to something." Folley said, scratching his chin as he and his cohort flew out of sight.

"How long was the Gym Leader standing there?" Rolf asked Preston.

"Long enough. I wasn't going to let it all get out of hand."

"How did you know about Team Rainbow Rocket?" Double D asked.

"Professor Rowan filled me in on the whole thing not long after he selected me to be a Gym Leader, after I passed all the neccessary tests. I thought as crazy as that afro was, he'd be aligned with a group with a name like that, but I guess he was just a common crook.

"Thanks for showing up when you did." Kevin said, recalling his Charmeleon. "Rolf wanted to come see you and we just followed him."

Nazz' Kirlia walked up to Hopz, gasping in awe at her beautiful appearance, as well as her exquisitely made blue dress. "Kir! Kir-li-lia!"

Hopz smiled. "Pun-ny!"

"I think Kenzie just made a new friend." Nazz giggled.

"You caught a Pokemon yourself, Nazz?" Double D asked.

"Yeah, but I don't keep her cooped up in a Ball or anything. I let her be herself." She replied.

The Rotom Dex brought up a Kirlia on a screen. "Kirlia. The Emotion Pokemon. If it is happy, or if it is brought out on a sunny day, it will dance around. It is always in tune with it's Trainer."

"Wh...what was this again?" Nazz asked.

"I am Roto-Z!" The talking Pokedex answered. "I am a Rotom that has entered into and has blended with a Pokedex. Otherwise known as a Rotom Dex. I am to provide Pokemon information and accompany Double D and his friends. Are you one of his friends?"

"Kinda...Hehheh! You're kinda cute there."

The screen of the Pokedex lit up with a blushing emoticon as he turned away, shaking.

"C-c-cute?"

"Rolf would love to exchange pleasantries, but I have much work to do." Rolf began. "Will someone accompany Rolf to return his livestock to their proper home?"

"Ooh! Ooh! I will! I will!" Ed said.

"Sneee…" Jackie groaned.

"I guess I will." Kevin added.

"I personally have to clean up a mess at home. Until class tomorrow, everyone." Double D started walking with Watt in tow.

"Pi!" Watt waved goodbye.

"Coming, Polter?"

The Mimikyu(which had still been glaring at the portion of the sky that Dragonite flew off to) turned back to him. "Kyu!Kykykykykykyu!" It chittered as it scuttled to him and leapt up on his shouder and snuggled his face.

"Ehhh...Okay, there Polter. You don't have to-Hey!" He covered his head immediately after the costumed Pokemon forced it's way into his hat and took off with it. "Get back here you!" He chased after Polter at near inhuman speeds.

As the group stood baffled, a pair of binoculars had watched the whole series of events. From the top of one of the nearby buildings, a trio of girls had been spying on them, one with curly red hair blocking view of her eyes, another with short blue hair, and another with buck teeth and long blond hair.

"Where did all those wierd animals come from!?" The blond one asked. "Double D and Eddy had some, that bike kid, the blond girl, and then that dude with the crazy hair and the new guy too?"

"It doesn't matter where they came from. We gotta get some for ourselves!" The red head declared, slamming her fist with her hand.

"I'm really digging that cute one that my boy toy had in his hands!" The blue haired one said. "Makes me wanna go out and find one of my own, so we can double date!"

"That's stupid, Marie."

"What does that mean, Lee!?" She grabbed her older sister by the collar.

"Get your hands off me!" The two started wrestling about until May frowned.

"Come on, guys don't fight!" She said.

"Blondie there is right. Sisters shouldn't fight." A seductive female voice began.

The three of them immediately turned to face the three other figures that were standing across them, against the sunset.

Lee dropped Marie, who grunted. "And just who are you?"

The first, a woman with crazy long hair ending in a curl giggled a bit. "Prepare to cause some trouble."

"And with any luck, we'll help that trouble double!" The second, a man with neck-length hair and a refined voice added.

The third, a feline biped approached. "Just sit right on back, and take some advice from the top cat!" He did a backflip. "Meowth, that's right!"

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Oh no. Seems the Kankers have finally stuck their heads out into the open! And what do these three familiar villains have in store for them?