We open to a small run down town where a trainer was collapsing on the ground as a girl approached her with an Espeon and Umbreon by her side. She kicked the trainer before bending down and grabbing the pokeballs off of them.
"Please...not my pokemon." they begged.
"If you didn't wanna lose your pokemon, you shouldn't have challenged Aria Blaze of Team Snagem to a battle." she said walking over to a hover bike as she and her companions got in and drove off.
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Aria Blaze, I used to be a part of this group called the Dazzlings until a no name band beat us with their magic. We were left without magic of our own. We tried to join with Flux's group, but the jerk ended up saying we were losers and laughed in our faces. We were homeless and left drifting from town to town. Eventually, we grew bitter with each other and broke off and went our separate ways. I went to the Orre Region and joined Team Snagem, a criminal organization that steals pokemon from other trainers. Sucks I'm the only girl in an organization full of guys but...that's life.
After delivering the pokeballs to the HQ, Aria soon drove to a train shaped rest stop as she got out with her Espeon and Umbreon.
The Espeon and Umbreon beside me are two strays I rescued from an alleyway when they were younger. I identified with them a lot so we've been together ever since.
As Aria as her two companions were eating inside, they watched as the TV came on.
"Hello and this is Universal News. Recently, local villain turned humanitarian, Amadeus Flux, has just donated 100,000 dollars to a local orphanage to help the children acquire a better education as well as new toys, books and living quarters." a reporter said.
"That bastard….charitable?" Aria said before scoffing. "Yeah right."
"We interviewed Mr. Flux himself and what he had to say was…" the reporter began.
"My fellow people of the universe, I know I have done wrong in the past, but I am doing right now in the present to make up for the evil I have done in the past." Flux said in an interview.
The audience cheered loudly for him as he took a bow. "And this is only one of many charitable acts made by Flux himself. Recently, he's helped reforest barren wastelands into blooming forests, feed the starving masses of many worlds and even helped construct new schools and orphanages. He has gone from villain to hero in a quick scoop. I can safely say he no longer has evil in his heart." the reporter said.
Meanwhile in a different location as Flux and several darkened figures watched the same story…
"No longer has any evil in his heart. I feel sorry….for how stupid that reporter is." Flux said laughing.
"So, I take it these charitable deeds are ways of covering up your still evil roots?" one of the figures asked.
"Indeed. Its a way for a respectable villain like me to avoid going to jail. I've even claimed credit for the Universal Core incident, stopping it and subduing the mimic. But, I doubt the deeds I've done recently are the reason you called me in." Flux said.
"Yes. We'll get right to the point. Normally, we welcome villains who are actually….successful with their evil schemes. But you seem to fail a lot of your plans. But your side projects have both been prosperous and successful. We are interested in giving you a membership. By giving you one, you would receive any info normally restricted to freelancing villains, an endless expense account and complete immunity from being arrested." another of them said.
"Hmm. I imagine there is some sort of catch involved." Flux said.
"Yes. Are you familiar with Amon and the Equalists?" another figure asked.
"That group from Republic City? Of course." Flux said.
"Well their talk about equality for all is really bringing down our name since some villains think they are associated with us. So, we'd like to employ you for an assassination of Amon." one of them said.
"And so we don't know you chicken out, you'll bring his mask as proof you did the deed. Bring Amon's mask as proof of his death and the membership is yours." another said.
"Consider it done." Flux said as all of them joined in an a large evil laugh.
Meanwhile in a mysterious tower, Yen Sid was in his desk as before him stood two familiar superheroes of Paris, Ladybug and Cat Noir.
"Okay, what gives? We were just doing a patrol of Paris when you whisked us here." Cat Noir said.
Ladybug elbowed him. "Sorry. Please, tell us why you summoned us, Master Yen Sid." Ladybug said.
"I'll be blunt. There are dark forces at work all over the worlds recently. This was confirmed when Mickey discovered the Shadow Pokemon being made all over as well as the kidnapping of pokemon deities. It also seems darkness is brewing from the Ginova family as well. Things are looking grim." Yen Sid said.
"We're sorry to hear that sir. But, why call us in?" Cat Noir asked.
"You two have proven to be very well placed heroes and wielders of the Miraculouses. So, I ask you to go out into the worlds and combat these dark forces." Yen Sid said.
"Well, thats flattering sir but...we have double lives, and we don't wanna reveal our secret identities to each other or civilians." Ladybug said.
"That I can remedy." Yen Sid said as he waved his hands as a glow surrounded the two before it faded.
"Whoa. Was that some sort of magic spell?" Cat Noir asked.
"Yes. It is one of a most powerful nature. No matter when you change back, both of you shall still appear to the other as your hero personas, further more, your kwami's will be invisible to the other hero when they come out. Your civilian selves and kwamis can only be seen by the Dimensional Heroes as well as the Hope Squad, since both of them are trusted parties." Yen Sid said.
"And the civilians?" Ladybug asked.
"They will not recognize you at all." Yen Sid said. "Now then, here come the ones who will take you to the first world."
The two heroes looked back at the door in shock when they saw a familiar keyblade hero as well as a duck and dog at the door.
"I'm back!" Sora smiled happily.
Back at the rest stop, Aria continued to scowl at the TV before seeing two people in cloaks approach her. "Mind if we sit down?" the tall one asked.
"Its a free country." Aria said as they sat across from her.
"So, not a big fan of Flux?" the shorter one asked.
"Can't say I am. Met the bastard once and he screwed me and some friends of mine over big time." Aria said. "Now here he is doing "good deeds" while on the side he's making a profit making that Shadow Drug that makes and turns normal pokemon into Shadow Pokemon. He's even got a factory making the drug and the pokemon I mentioned."
"If you hate him so much, why work for an organization that supports him?" the tall one asked.
"Hey, even I need a job. Believe me, I would love to show that bastard up for the pain he caused me, but I don't have a way how." Aria said.
"Snag Machine." the short one said as Aria nearly choked.
"How do you know about that?" Aria whispered.
"We have out ways." the short one replied.
"Fine. Yeah. We made a machine capable of stealing pokemon from other trainers. But there's one right now. I'd love to take it and start taking all of Flux's products away from the trainers and evil groups he's sold them them to, but I'd get caught easily." Aria said.
"Not necessarily. What if we...provided a distraction for you?" the tall one asked showing Aria and her Espeon and Umbreon a bag of explosives as the girl smiled.
Aria soon returned to the base inside of the canyon as she walked right in undetected with a smile on her face as she walked past the grunts.
Meanwhile, up on the second floor, there sat a man with a bolt like mustache and eyebrows and bulging muscles, this was Gonzap, the leader of Team Snagem. He sat there before a grunt approached.
"Sir, I wanted to bring something to your attention. A couple of our boys caught sight of a couple of trespassers outside of the base." the grunt said.
"Trespassers huh? Well, can't let people like them mess with Team Snagem. I'll see to this myself." Gonzap said getting up and heading out.
Outside, inside the wall of the cavern, a Mirapo was situated right into the canyon was as it suddenly glowed bright. Out of it, two familiar figures popped right out. This was the duo of travelers Hope the Victor and Mukuro Ikusaba.
"Whoa. Wild. Wait...where the heck are we?" Hope asked seeing themselves in a canyon opening to a desert like wasteland.
"I don't know. We've been training and traveling worlds for the past 5 months now." Mukuro said.
"Wherever we are…" Hope said. "It cant be good."
"Got that right kid." a voice said as Hope and Mukuro saw grunts in red uniforms marching out with Gonzap behind them.
"Gotta admit, you kids have guts trespassing on our turf, so, if you wanna apologize, I might be generous enough to let you go." Gonzap said.
"Uh…" the two said.
"Hmm? Oh I get it. You're so frightened with fear that you can't move. A normal reaction when they see my mighty muscles. Yes, I am the great Gonzap, but don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt you weak little kids….at least not unless you don't apologize." he chuckled as he twirled his mustache.
"Uh….who are you?" both said as he and the grunts fell over.
"They seriously never heard of us?" a grunt asked.
"Makes sense. We are one region centered." another said.
"Quiet you numbskulls." Gonzap said. "Come on, quit joking kids. I know kids get stupid with fright, but you must know about us. Team Snagem."
"Not in the least." Hope said before stroking his nose with his thumb. "But… I can tell you all didnt come out here to welcome us. Youre looking for a fight?"
"You are trespassing in Eclo Canyon, the territory where our hideout is. According to the bylaws written by me, I gotta stomp you out." Gonzap said drawing a ball. "But apologize now and I'll let you go."
"Whaddya say, Mukuro, should we give em an apology for just arriving in somewhere we dont know?" Hope said.
"It doesn't make sense to apologize for something we had no control over." Mukuro said. "If anything, that muscle bound buffoon should apologize."
"Oh you little stuck up….fine. But we gave you a choice." Gonzap said. "Skarmory!" he shouted calling out a large metal bird.
"A Skarmory?" Hope said before seeing it all black. "And why does it look savage and black?"
"Huh? Ah. So you can see its aura huh?" Gonzap said chuckling.
"What did you do to that skarmory?" Hope said.
"He's done something horrible!" said a familiar voice as Mickey dropped down.
"Your Majesty!" Hope said.
"I know you. We worked with another crime organization called Cipher and they reported seeing you on Melemele Island when they failed to capture Tapu Koko." Gonzap said.
"King Mickey, just what exactly is going on here, what have these guys done to that Skarmory exactly?" Hope said.
"Something horrible. They shut its heart closed and filled it with darkness. They turned it into a vicious fighting machine with no emotion." Mickey said.
"Heh. So what if we did? Pokemon are meant to battle. Wimpy emotions just get in the way. They're our weapons." Gonzap said.
"Youre wrong about that…" Hope said.
"I am? What makes you an expert?" Gonzap asked.
"You think I didnt stop while we were traveling to see everything that my friends from Jexis team have done all over the other regions?" Hope said. "They dints treat them like battle weapons."
Up in the sky, Rarity appeared, swirling and changing outfits.
"First, Rarity owned the master class with affection and timed coordination with her pokemon." Hope said.
Next up was Odd and Sonata doing their movie.
"Then, Odd became a director for his first movie and he got Sonata to star in it, with a pokemon by her side." Hope said.
Third up was Rainbow as she was training with her flyers.
"Next, Rainbow flew effortlessly alongside her flyers, and she may have called me a big head….on live tv." Hope said.
Next showed Applejack as she climbed up a cliff.
"We also saw Applejack risk her life to save pokemon in Danger when they couldn't save themselves. They felt fear and joy when she rescued them." Mukuro said.
Next was Sunset fighting the Cipher troops.
"Even though she didnt use Pokemon, I still watched as Sunset risked her own life to protect Tapu Koko, even when she herself was being beaten down." Mickey said.
Next showed Shun with Spinarak as they left a large hill with Cobalion looking back.
"I know I feel responsible for making some members like Shun leave, but I know they'll always come back." Hope said. "Someday."
Next was Ulrich who looked at all seven collected symbols.
"After Ash, Ulrich Beat the Battle Frontier, which i have heard is impossible to do." Mukuro said.
Pinkie was then seen holding the eggs.
"And Pinkie risked a lot… I think, to keep those eggs from being someone's breakfast." Hope said.
It then finally showed Aelita as she walked through the snow with Empoleon.
"Finally, there was Aelita, who braved the frozen wilderness and the wild in order to find the one partner that she could call her perfect link." Mukuro said.
"So you see, all these tales that were told, they aren't just stories, they're inspirations that pokemon are our friends and not tools." Hope said.
Most of the grunts were in tears as was Gonzap himself.
"In all my years of running this organization, I've never heard something so beautiful." Gonzap sobbed before he put back a straight face. "Shame I still gotta rub you three out."
"Aw damn. It didn't go through." Hope said.
"Well, you did as your heart commanded." Mickey said.
"Ready, Skarmory? Use-" Gonzap began before an explosion went off inside shaking the canyon. "What the?"
"Our base! Someone Bombed it!" a grunt said on the comm.
"How bad is the damage? Gonzap asked.
"Not bad. Its strangely only concentrated on the second floor." a grunt said.
"Second Floor? Why stick with just one floor? What could…." Gonzap thought before he realized. "Of course. All grunts mobilize to the second floor! The bombing's a distraction! They're after the Snag Machine!"
Another went off a figure leapt out on a hoverbike as it landed and skidded before the four of them. Gonzap saw it was Aria with her Espeon and Umbreon.
"Aria? You little…" Gonzap said.
"Stick it down your throat, Gonzap. I quit." Aria said before she drove off away from them with a weird machine on her left arm as she pressed the detonator again as another explosion went off in the base as Gonzap gritted his teeth. He was seething with rage.
"Oh, she made him pissed." Hope said.
"I'll take my rage out on you. Skarmory, Steel wing!"
Skarmory charged in.
"Mickey…!" Hope said, worried.
"Don't worry. Just stay still." Mickey said.
As Skarmory got close, the tall cloaked figure from earlier jumped in the way with fire in their hands. "Fire Wall!" they shouted as a wall of flames separated them from Skarmory.
"What the?" Hope said as the cloak fell off the person. He looked in shock to see it was Sabo.
"Hey. Nice to see you too." Sabo said.
"Sabo? But I don't get it. How are you…" Hope began.
"I'll explain later. We need to go. Your Majesty, Koala and Riku have the ship ready." Sabo said.
"Right. Hope, now's the time to go. We can explain more in my gummi ship." Mickey said.
The four of them then started running as all Gonzap could do was watch them run as he roared.
"Sir?" a grunt asked before Gonzap grabbed him.
"I don't care how you do it, but find us a working ship of any kind on this region. I don't care how long we travel, I will get that Snag Machine back." Gonzap said.
"Yes sir." the grunt said.
On the Gummi ship…
"Okay, so… why exactly are you guys here with Riku?" Hope said.
"Well, I've actually still been stuck in this timeline since the last worlds crisis. You know, with Ouma and Zavok and all that stuff?" Sabo said.
"I thought you were gonna use the mirror to get back." Hope said.
"I tried. But I guess it was one way. I kept trying to force my way through but ended up pulling Koala through and shattering it." Sabo said.
"I found them in that castle when I was making sure no left over Ouma projects were in the works. So, I took them in at my world and they've been helpin me with a lot of stuff around the worlds." Mickey said.
"Yeah. We actually supplied that girl with the explosives that decimated Team Snagem's hideout." Koala said.
"We knew she had a hatred to a certain villain who created the drug that makes Shadow Pokemon and wanted a way to get back at him for brushing her and her friends off like trash." Sabo said.
"And she didn't even know it. Nice." Hope said.
"Anyway, we didn't come just for a sabotage of Team Snagem, I brought us here to pick you up, Hope." Riku said.
"Pick me up? How did you even know I was here?" Hope asked.
"I have ways Hope." Riku said before holding a letter. "This letter….is from our dear friend Korra, telling us...its time to reunite."
"Reunite?" Hope said smiling.
"Right. We left you out of it. Its something we coined together in secret from you. We picked a member to give a location and date. Korra was picked. So the deal was train for 5 months before she would start travelling there and sending out the letters." Riku said. "5 months have passed and the letters are going out. Only seen a few replies so far from the Combat Revue, Team Vashyron, the God Eaters even Titanica. That's all I've seen, but I'm sure we'll see more."
"How did Korra react to getting picked?" Hope asked.
Flashback…
"Yes!" Korra said as she was Water, Earth and Fire Bending all over the area.
End Flashback…
"She took it….pretty well." Riku said. "Anyway, we'll be meeting in Republic City about the same time she's gonna arrive."
"Finally getting around to it, huh? Cant wait to see how Aang's world moved on after the 100 year war." Hope said.
"Yeah. Though...I think I should tell you not all of the members are coming back." Riku said.
"Who left?" Hope said.
"Medaka for one. She's now a member of the School Board now." Riku said. "Precures are going for a quiet life now. Even Viola's left."
"Viola?" Hope said.
"Apparently, her big explosions caused her idol career to sky rocket. Her old manager found her and convinced to get back on the saddle." Riku said.
"Oh. Anyone else?" Hope asked.
"As far as I know, that should be it." Riku said.
"Well, you gotta be happy to be goin back at your pals after so long. I've bet you've been workin hard to get stronger just for their sake." Mickey said.
"Ive been training to be offensive and supportive. Rainbow's right, I got a big head and i take the spotlight. Its my job to lead the team, to suppress it." Hope said.
"Wow. I guess the TV shot she got really inspired you." Riku said.
"Sorta, but i am gonna get her back. I also have some new stuff to show Korra when I see her." Hope said.
"Well, guess all we can do is keep goin to Republic City. All six of us." Mickey said.
"YOure coming with me?" Hope asked.
"Yep. We're all in this together now." Sabo said.
"We owe a debt to the king, so wherever he goes, we go." Koala said.
"And we're good friends Hope. You've given me no reason to distrust you before." Mickey said.
"Riku?" Hope asked.
"Im a member of your team. And… youve helped me through a lot on my path." Riku said.
"Yeah. Were brothers in arms. You may be darkness, and Im light. But we only walk one road together, my brother." Hope said extending a fist.
Riku did the same as did Mukuro, Mickey, Sabo and Koala.
"We walk a road to Dawn." the six of them said.
"So, I guess this makes this the Second formation of your little squad right?" Sabo asked.
"Im gonna have to find some replacements for -" Hope said. "You know what, I gotta stop worrying about replacing."
"Wow. You really did change." Riku smirked.
"So have you. You act more like Sora every day." Hope said laughing.
"What? No I don't." Riku said.
"Well, to republic City!" Hope said as they cheered.
Meanwhile in the lanes between, Aria sat on her bike with Espeon and Umbreon by her side as she rode across the sky while looking a slip of paper that was given to her by Sabo and Koala.
"So, this is my fist hunting ground." Aria said tossing it aside. "I don't care how long it takes, I'm gonna take them all back."
The paper floated in the lanes as it turned to the screen as it read "Republic City."
The End
A/N: Well, my friends. I hope you enjoyed my very first side story and I can say that the wait is almost over. Part 2 begins tomorrow! So, I and Hope hope to see you when we bring you….Dimensional Heroes Adventures!