Hey, guys! It's been a while since I updated this one, hasn't it? Sorry about that. Anyway, here's chapter 12! Hope that it was worth the wait!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.

In the last installment of Pokémon Fusion Warriors, Seth and friends met up with a new classmate named Michael who was just a bit too flirty when it came to certain people like Kelly. Because of this, a jealous Seth had to try all that he could to compete with Michael, but in the end, the two were unable to do anything by themselves when it came to dealing with five hybrids that had been hired to capture Kelly! However, after learning that Michael was also a fusion warrior, Seth teamed up with him in order to stop the hybrids and save Kelly. Once this was accomplished, Seth offered Michael a spot on his team, which the teen accepted. So, now that their team has increased from three to four, what will happen when they meet a new fusion warrior with an icy disposition? Read on to find out!

Chapter 12: "A Chilly Situation"

"BRIIIIIING!"

As the school bell sounded off in its annoying tone, all of the students of Hoenn High were practically running inside the building in relief.

Why were they so relieved, you may ask? Well, it may have been because they were able to temporarily escape the mind-melting heat wave that was going on outside.

"Ugh! It's so hot!" Seth said with a groan. "When is this heat wave gonna end?"

"Pi-chu!" Pichu's ears drooped as he laid on Seth's shoulder while panting heavily.

Due to the excessive heat, Seth had decided to do a wardrobe change into some cooler clothes, which included a red T-shirt, a pair of light blue jeans, and his usual black-and-red sneakers.

Seth and his Electric-type partner weren't the only two in distress at the moment. Their three friends, Kelly, Connor, and Michael, were practically dying from the heat along with them.

While Kelly was wearing her usual clothes, the other two males had changed clothes as well. Some more than others, as Michael had only discarded his blue denim jacket for the time being while Connor wore a white T-shirt, a pair of blue shorts, and black tennis shoes.

"Well," Connor began as he and the others walked inside of the school. "By my calculations, it should be over by Friday."

"But that's so far away," Michael whined.

"It could be worse," Kelly said indifferently. "We could be having a huge blizzard or something."

Seth chuckled. "A blizzard? In Hoenn? Yeah, right. There's not a single piece of ice to be found in all of Hoenn."

"Actually," Conner interrupted, "explorers have found that there is an area filled with ice in the bottom of Shoal Cave."

"Well, that's not anywhere near here, is it?" Seth countered in irritation.

He then sighed and said, "What I wouldn't give to live somewhere cooler, like the Sinnoh Region."

"Sinnoh?" Michael said with a confused look on his face. "What's that? Something to eat?"

The other four all fell over anime-style at his comment.

"You can't be serious," Conner said while pulling himself off of the ground. "You've never heard of the Sinnoh Region?"

Michael shook his head. "The only region that I've ever heard of is the Hoenn Region, and I don't know much about it either."

"So where did you live before you came here?" Seth asked.

"Oh, me and my folks lived in Mauville with my Grandpa Wattson," Michael explained.

"You're grandpa is Wattson, the Mauville City Gym Leader?" Seth uttered out incredulously. "The Wattson?"

Michael nodded. "Yeah. He's the guy that gave me my Raichu in the first place."

The others were shocked. Michael was the son of a gym leader?

"But this still doesn't make any sense," Kelly said in confusion. "You've got three Pokémon that aren't even from the Hoenn Region. How is that even possible?"

"Oh, well, you see, when I was little, my dad traveled around a lot and challenged a lot of gyms in different places," Michael began. "He never really told me where he went, but when he came back, he gave me a few Pokémon that he caught. That's how I got my Pidgeot, my Cyndaquil, and my Lucario. I caught the other two around Mauville a few years back."

"Wow," Seth said in shock. "I never would've thought…"

"But let's get back on topic," Michael said with a serious look on his face. "What other regions are there?"

"There are a bunch of regions all over the globe," Connor answered. "There are even some regions that we haven't gotten into contact with yet. However, the five main regions are Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova.

"Kanto and Johto are two conjoined regions an ocean away from us. They were actually the two original regions and many of the Pokémon that we find here in the Hoenn Region were brought here from those two regions. For example, Pichu and Raichu's ancestors probably came from Kanto or Johto."

"Whoa," Michael gasped in awe.

"Unova, which is a region we created contact with pretty recently," Connor continued, "is a longer way away, and contains all sorts of Pokémon that we can't find here. It's actually the place where Seth's Servine and Kelly's Lampent came from."

"Sweet," Michael commented. At his statement, Seth and Pichu both rolled their eyes, causing Kelly to giggle.

"Then, there's the Sinnoh Region," Connor said while ignoring the interruptions. "We got into contact with it before Unova, but it's a bit tricky because the people of Sinnoh don't exactly get along with us Hoenn natives too well."

"Why's that?" Kelly inquired.

Connor opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped when a voice out of nowhere said gruffly, "It's because you people from Hoenn think that our weather in Sinnoh is too cold, but in reality, your weather's just too hot."

All of them turned to see a guy who looked to be about their age leaning up against the wall close to the lockers.

He had black hair which he had tied back into dreadlocks, brown eyes, and dark skin. He wore a long, button-down black vest that he wore over a long-sleeved white collared shirt, a pair of blue jeans, and a strange-looking chain around his neck.

Despite his intimidating looks, what really intimidated them was the cold, calculating look that he had on his face. His eyes looked icy and emotionless, and it felt like they could stare right into your very soul.

He also had a strange aura emanating from him. Even though they had just come inside from the blazing heat, all four of the trainers and Pichu felt cold and began to shiver with goose bumps strangely appearing on their skin.

"Who are you?" Kelly asked. "I've never seen you here before."

"That is because I just came here from the Sinnoh Region as a transfer student," The teen replied curtly. "My name is Trentavious Phoenix, but you can call me Trent."

"The Sinnoh Region?" Seth muttered in surprise.

Personally, Seth knew a little bit more about the Sinnoh Region than the others because his mother, being a trainer herself at one point, had traveled there when she was younger. She told him that the Sinnoh Region was an extremely cold place, especially in the north, and some of the people there were even colder.

"You wouldn't happen to be from Snowpoint City, would you?" Seth questioned.

A small glimmer of surprise appeared in Trent's eyes. It didn't last long, however, and his eyes went back to their cold demeanor.

"Not bad, Hoenner," Trent smirked. "Yes, I am from Snowpoint City. I only came here because both Professor Rowan and Candice, the gym leader there, recommended it. But enough talk. I'm looking for Kelly Roberts."

"That's me," Kelly waved nervously.

"I was told that you would be my escort to Coordinators' Class," He said with a cold look in his eye. "You've got five minutes to take me there."

"You're a coordinator?" Connor said incredulously.

"No, you slime," Trent said while giving him a deadly glare. "I'm only in there because all of the classes here are beneath me. At least in there, I get to mop the floor with really weak Pokémon suitable for nothing other than showing off."

He then turned to Seth and said, "And then there's Battle Class. Aren't you supposed to be the best in the class? You look kind of pathetic if you ask me."

Seth started to growl in anger as he prepared to take a step towards him, but Kelly stopped him.

"Don't do anything stupid," She whispered to him to where the others couldn't hear. "I don't think that this is the right guy to mess with. Just calm down and I'll meet up with you guys after class."

Seth was still steaming in anger, but then he let out a sigh and gave her a nod.

Soon, Kelly and Trent walked off with Kelly looking back at her friends nervously.

Meanwhile, Seth and Pichu both looked furious while Connor seemed a bit wary. All the while, though, Michael had a questioning look on his face.

"I wonder who we transferred to get him," He murmured to himself.


A few hours later, Seth and the others walked into the cafeteria during their lunch break in order to fill their growling stomachs.

"So where should we sit, guys?" Michael asked.

They all looked around the entire room filled with students. It was extremely hard to find a place to sit around here, seeing as there were so many people that went to their school.

Then, a voice piped up behind them and said, "Um, you could sit with us if you want."

Our heroes turned around to see an almost empty table with only three people sitting there.

One of them was a boy with brown hair that he wore under a red baseball cap, fair skin, and brown eyes. He looked a little shorter then Seth and was a bit pudgy as well. Besides his baseball cap, he wore a blue T-shirt, white shorts, and brown sandals. Also, he had a yin-yang necklace around his neck.

He didn't seem to notice any of them as he played what looked to be a handheld video game device. Seth noticed that there was an Oshawott on his shoulder who was engrossed in the game as well.

The second person was a boy with spiky, light blue hair and indigo-colored eyes that looked slightly intimidating. Not as intimidating as Trent's had been, but they were pretty close. He had very pale skin and was about the average height for his age, which looked to be about fifteen. He wore a black T-shirt, dark blue jeans, a pair of gray tennis shoes with thick, purple soles, and a pair of glasses with a faint yellow-green tint in the lenses. Around his wrist was a silver Pokétch that was really shiny.

And last, but not least, there was the girl that had invited them to sit there. She had long pink hair that she wore in a side ponytail that went to her left. Her bangs went down over her eyes, blocking her eyesight a little.

Suddenly, she pushed her bangs out of the way, and they could all see that she had pale blue eyes that had a small hint of light blue in them. Like Talo, she was decently pale and her skin was very close to white.

She wore gray tank top and red short shorts. In her ears, she had lightning bolt-shaped earrings, and around her neck, she wore a gold necklace with a Pokéball-shaped charm at the end. The top part of the Pokéball charm was silver, however, while the bottom of it was gold.

"Sweet," Michael grinned. "Come on, Kelly, my darling. Let's sit here."

With that, he grabbed her arm and dragged towards the table, making her sit on one side of him while the pink-haired girl sat on the other.

At this point, Connor and Pichu noticed that Seth was fuming angrily. They looked at each other and shrugged before the three of them sat down as well.

"Thanks for letting us sit here," Kelly said to the girl gratefully. "Sorry if we're imposing."

"Not at all," The girl replied meekly. "Most people don't really like to sit by us, so we're glad that you actually said yes. My name's Amy Latler by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Amy," Michael said with a grin. "So, cutie, who are those guys?"

"Oh, um," Amy sputtered out with a huge red blush on her face. "Well…"

The blue-haired boy groaned and face-palmed himself. "Ugh, I guess I'll introduce myself then. My name's Talo Zeph. The kid beside me is Ben. You won't get much talk out of him, though. Once he's playing a video game, he's in his own little world unless you say something about hybrids."

That caught Ben's attention. His face paled and he began to tremble nervously. "H-h-hybrid? Where?"

"Osha-wott?" Oshawott said, looking just as scared as his trainer.

Talo sighed. "Don't worry, Ben. There's no hybrid here. Not today anyway."

"What do you mean by that?" Connor asked.

"Well, ever since that Pokémon Knight guy showed up, it's like hybrids are making this school their number one target," Talo said with a serious look on his face. "Some people say that they're just coincidences, but if you ask me, I think that the Pokémon Knight is someone who goes to this school and the hybrids all come here to pick a fight with him."

Seth and the others all gulped and their eyes widened. Talo wasn't too far from the truth.

"So anyway, did you guys see that new kid from Sinnoh?" Talo inquired. "He looks pretty scary."

"He's not that scary," Amy commented. The way she was shivering though said otherwise.

"Isn't he that kid over there?" Ben said while pointing across the lunchroom.

Seth quickly turned to see Trent sitting at a table in the far corner of the cafeteria all by himself. It seemed like he truly did scare everyone off.

"I forgot to ask, Kelly," Connor suddenly spoke up. "How did it go with Trent in your class? You're the only one that's had a class with him."

"What about Battle Class last block?" Kelly asked.

Michael shook his head. "Naw, he wasn't even in our class. He has it some other block."

"Well, he didn't seem so bad," Kelly answered while twiddling her fingers. "He still gives me the chills, but I just think he's lonely."

"Pi-chu-chu-pi," Pichu commented while rolling his eyes. ("I doubt that's it.")

"You know, she might have a point," Ben interjected. "Amy, Talo, and I sit here because we're lonely, but at least we have each other."

"I am NOT lonely," Talo growled while grabbing onto the pudgy boy's shirt collar. "Don't ever call me lonely again."

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Ben practically wailed as he tried to get out of Talo's tight grip.

"Guys!" Amy yelled exasperatedly. "Cut it out!"

While the others tried to help get Talo away from Ben, Seth continued to look at Trent. He couldn't quite place it, but the Sinnoh native had a familiar aura about him.

"I think I'll go talk to him," Seth said, starting to stand up.

Then, out of nowhere, the PokéFuser on Seth's wrist lit up and said, "Hybrid detected."

"What was that?" Talo asked suspiciously.

"Oh, nothing," Seth said while nervously. "Oh, hey, guys, didn't Miss Mason tell us that she needed some help with something after we finished lunch?"

"I don't remember tha-YOW!" Michael yelled after Kelly discreetly stepped on his foot.

"Uh, yes, you're right," Kelly hastily answered. "Come on, guys, let's go!"

With that, the four of them all stood up and ran out of the cafeteria, leaving the three teens at the table looking extremely confused.

In their confusion, they didn't notice that Trent had disappeared from the cafeteria, as well as two other figures.


Meanwhile, all of the people downtown were screaming as they ran from large waves of later that had begun flooding the town.

In the middle of it all, there was a blue humanoid figure with arms and legs that looked like tentacles, a large mustache-like collar that covered the bottom of his face and all of his neck, a small crown on the top of his head. He also had red eyes.

"Oh-ho-ho!" He chuckled with booming laughter. "How much fun it is to flood all around! I just love a good flooding! It makes me feel all warm inside!"

"Well, that can't be good, seeing as it's so hot around here," A voice suddenly said a few feet away.

The Jellicent hybrid spun around to see Seth and Michael in their fusioned forms. While Seth stood on top of one of the buildings, Michael used his Pidgeot wings to float in the air.

"If it isn't the famous hero of Rustboro, the Pokémon Knight!" The hybrid boomed. "I was wondering when you would show up. But who's this? Your sidekick or something?"

"I am not his sidekick!" Michael yelled angrily. "You can call me 'The Soldier'!"

"Whatever," The hybrid rolled his eyes. He then turned to Seth and said, "Well, I know your names, but you don't know mine. I am the bringer of the seas, Jelliking! I have come to your city to cool it down with my nice, cool water!"

"That's nice and all, but you're kind of flooding the place," Seth told him.

"Oh, what's a bit of flooding?" Jelliking chuckled. "The main thing is that your city won't be hot anymore! Don't worry, there's no need to thank me!"

"That's good, because I wasn't gonna," Seth answered. "Thunderbolt!"

Seth held out his hands and fired a bolt of powerful yellow electricity at the hybrid. Unfortunately, Jelliking just barely managed to dodge his attack.

"Oh, well, that's not very thankful at all," Jelliking commented.

"And neither is this, Fish Breath!" Michael shouted. "This is for calling me a sidekick! Shock Wave!"

Michael fired a beam of light blue electricity straight at Jelliking.

"Oh, that won't do at all," Jelliking said as the beam came towards him. "Guess I have no choice."

Jelliking held out his tentacles and fired a shadowy black orb with purple static surrounding it at Michael's attack, causing both to explode upon contact.

"Now, time to stop you two from interrupting my fun," Jelliking said as he opened his mouth and released a stream of scalding hot water that had steam emanating from it towards the water below, causing it to bubble as it began to boil.

Seth and Michael's eyes widened. If they didn't do something fast, everyone in the city would be boiled!

Then, out of nowhere, a light blue beam of icy energy flew past them and hit the water, immediately stopping the bubbling as it turned the water ice cold.

Seth turned and was shocked to see an intimidating-looking figure standing on top of a nearby building.

He was cloaked in what looked like a coat with a hood made of snow and fur and he had sharp claws on the top of his hands. On his head was a mask that looked similar to a Froslass's with ice horns on top, Altaria cloud-like cufflinks around his wrists, ankles, and his belt, and on his feet, he had claws that looked like a mix between Walrein tusks and Weavile claws. As well, on one of his shoulders, he had an icicle protrusion that looked similar to the beard of a Beartic.

"I don't think the people of Hoenn need any more heat, hybrid," The figure said in a deep voice.

"Oh? What are you going to do about it?" Jelliking asked.

"But that would ruin the surprise," The figure grinned maliciously. "Let's just say that it'll be a chilling experience."

All of the sudden, his hands lit up in a light blue light and swords made of solid ice appeared in his hands. He then jumped into the air straight towards the hybrid with the swords at the ready.

"What are you…," Jelliking gulped in fear before his body began to glow in a blue light. "Water Spout!"

The Jellicent hybrid fired a powerful burst of water from the crown on his head towards the ice warrior.

As the water was about to touch him, however, the warrior made the ice sword in his left hand disappear and then used his left hand to grab onto the water spout. The water instantly became frozen solid and turned into a pole that went straight towards Jelliking.

"But how?" Jelliking exclaimed. "That's not possible!"

"Blizzard Kick!" The warrior yelled as he slid off the pole and continued on towards Jelliking with his foot glowing light blue as he kicked the hybrid in the face.

The force of the kick sent the Jellicent hybrid flying several yards away until he crashed into the icy water. When he floated back up to the top, Seth and Michael were shocked to see that he was now frozen solid.

"Not bad, huh?" Seth heard a voice behind him say. He turned to see the ice warrior standing behind him.

"How did you…," Seth began to ask.

"Altaria flying powers," The warrior answered, interrupting Seth. "Helps to be a fusion warrior, doesn't it, Pokémon Knight?"

"Uh, yeah," Seth nodded. He felt a bit intimidated by the ice warrior's presence.

"Hey, buddy!" Michael yelled. "How do you suppose we get rid of all of this water?"

Seth thought about it for a moment. How were they going to get rid of it all?

The ice warrior sighed. "You Hoenners are all alike. Here, allow me."

The warrior then flew up into the air and then dived down towards the water. Just when it looked like he was going to dive into the water, he held out his hand and began to suck all of the water into it. Within minutes, all of the water from the flooding was gone.

Seth couldn't believe it. This guy had managed to get rid of all of the water just by sucking it into his hand! If anything, Seth knew that this guy was tough.

Suddenly, before he realized it, the warrior was standing right in front of him! How did he do that?

"Now look," The warrior began, "I didn't come here to help you or anything. I really could care less about hybrids."

"Then why did you come?" Seth asked.

"To challenge the famous Pokémon Knight of course," He answered. "News of your power and fighting skill has spread even to the region where I came from. I simply cannot allow a Hoenner to be more famous than me. Therefore, I challenge you to a duel."

"Pfft…," Michael sputtered out in laughter. "A duel? Seriously? Who even says that anymore?"

Before Michael could even react, the warrior created a spear made of ice and held it to his throat.

"You got something else to say?" He asked with venom in his voice.

"Uh, no?" Michael gulped.

"Good," The ice warrior said with a smirk. "Because you're not gonna get the chance. Sheer Cold!"

Michael's eyes widened as the warrior opened his mouth and let out a fierce, blisteringly cold wind that instantly created a shell of ice around him. Soon enough, Michael was frozen solid in a large block of ice.

Seth couldn't believe his eyes. This guy had just used a Sheer Cold attack and encased Michael in a block of ice! Now he knew that this fusion warrior was very powerful indeed.

"So." Seth turned towards the warrior after he spoke up. "Are you brave enough to face me?"

Seth thought about it for a moment. If this guy had been powerful enough to take down Michael with one Sheer Cold, would he even stand a chance against him? Well, there was only one way to find out.

"Alright, I'm game," Seth grinned. "When should we fight?"

"Now," The warrior sneered. "Blizzard!"

All of the sudden, he held out his hands and released a fierce blizzard straight at Seth, blinding him completely.

"Hey!" Seth said as he attempted to restore his vision. "Could you give me a warning next time?"

Once he could finally see again, he quickly looked around and tried to find his enemy, but there was no sign of him.

"Now, where'd he go?" Seth muttered.

"Right here."

Seth's eyes widened as he quickly turned around, only to see his enemy fire a barrage of icicles at him.

"Flamethrower!" Seth said as he hastily released a stream of red-orange flames at the deadly icicles, melting them completely.

"Not bad for a novice," The warrior chuckled as he landed a few yards in front of Seth. "But I have to admit that I was expecting better."

"How's this?" Seth growled. He then held out his hands and yelled, "Leaf Tornado!"

Seth's eyes immediately took on a green glow as a large tornado with circles of green energy appeared around him. Then, the tornado spread towards his hands and shot out straight towards the ice warrior.

However, just as it was about to hit him, the warrior's left arm took on a light blue glow before ice came out of it and formed a shield that effectively blocked Seth's attack.

"Please," He chuckled as the shield disappeared back into his body. "Did you really think that a Grass-type attack was going to hurt a master of Ice-types?"

"Not really," Seth admitted. "But it doesn't hurt to try, now does it?"

"You may be wrong about that, Pokémon Knight," The ice warrior sneered. "I think that 'try' of yours is going to end up hurting you a lot more than you realize."

All of the sudden, the warrior's eyes began to glow white and a clear coating appeared on his body. Then, a clear tornado that kind of looked like it was made of reflective glass surged forth from his body and went directly at Seth before he could even dodge.


Meanwhile, Kelly and Connor managed to sneak their way over towards the frozen Michael while Seth and the other warrior continued to fight from building to building.

"So how do we get him out?" Connor whispered to Kelly.

"I think I've got an idea," Kelly said with a smirk as she took out a Pokéball.

She then immediately pushed the button in the center of it, causing the device to open up and release a flash of light.

"Lam-pent!" The Lamp Pokémon chimed as it appeared in front of them.

"Alright, Lampent," Kelly told it, "Defrost Michael with Inferno!"

Lampent nodded and then rose up into the air behind the frozen flirt. It quickly put its arms together and fired a light blue stream of fire with dark blue rings of fire around it at the block of ice.

A few minutes later, Michael could be heard yelling loudly as he ran around the roof, trying to find a way to put out his pants that were currently on fire (Due to the one-hit KO effect of Sheer Cold, Michael was defusioned after being frozen in the ice).

"Hold still!" Kelly yelled as she ran after him with her Lampent and Buneary by her side. "I'm gonna have Buneary use Water Pulse to put you out!"

"No!" Michael shouted back. "You're the person that put me on fire in the first place! Why should I trust you?"

At the same time, Connor just stood there watching them with a disappointed look on his face.

"I don't have friends for years, but when I do, they're these guys?" Connor thought out loud. "Why don't you just add a girl with an affinity for Dark-types?"


After about ten minutes of fighting, Seth was completely worn out while the warrior that he was fighting looked as strong as ever.

"Look, can we end this already?" The ice warrior asked him impatiently. "It's obvious that you can't defeat me, so why even try?"

"Because I'm not gonna give up!" Seth said in between pants. "I'll never give up!"

"Too bad," His opponent sighed. "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do this."

He then made several quick hand signals that Seth couldn't quite make out. Soon, Seth began to notice that the warrior's eyes were glowing a bright white and a white outline appeared around his entire body.

"Ice Dragon Strike!" The warrior yelled as the white outline burst forth from his body and formed into a dragon made of icy energy.

Seth was shocked as the attack came towards him. He tried to move and get out of the way, but he soon found that the fight had made him too weak to move.

All he could do was stand there and take it as the ice dragon crashed into him. The impact of the strike sent him flying back several yards until he hit a brick wall that crumbled to pieces as Seth crashed into it. Seconds later, the rubble covered most of Seth's body and the Pokémon Knight was sent into unconsciousness.

"What a waste," The ice warrior sighed as he looked on his opponent with pity. "And here I was, thinking that you were going to be a challenge. I guess that I was wrong.

"Oh, well. I've got bigger fish to fry. Now, where'd I leave that hybrid?"

The warrior turned and looked to where he had left Jelliking, but was surprised to find that he had broken out of the ice and escaped.

"Well, that's unfortunate," He said as he picked up a piece of the ice that had once held the hybrid. "Guess I've got more hunting to do."

With that, the warrior took off into the air and disappeared from sight. At the same time, another person was watching him leave.

"So it seems we have a powerful new player," Crow said as he fed the Honchkrow on his shoulder a Poffin. "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to step in for Seth this time, but I guess I'll have to..."

Then, he noticed another person who had been watching the whole fight. She was invisible at the moment, so most people wouldn't have detected her presence. Crow, however, wasn't like most people.

"Ah, so it's not just one, but two new players, eh?" Crow grinned. "And if my assumption is correct, I'd say that Seth is going to fight with that ice warrior again really soon."

He turned to the figure beside him and said, "What do you think, Jelliking?"

The battered hybrid who sat beside him just groaned and replied, "I think that I need to find a better boss. I can't keep getting injured like this."

"Don't worry," Crow reassured him. "You won't be needed to fight Seth or the others anymore. You did well. Now, if you will please leave so that I can think."

"Hey," Jelliking said in outrage. "What about my pay? You promised to pay me if I did this job for you!"

"And you will," Crow answered calmly. "But right now, I need you to leave me alone for a little while."

"No!" Jelliking shouted angrily. "I'm not going anywhere until I get my pay!"

Crow suddenly turned towards Jelliking and glared at him with a menacing look in his eye.

Jelliking gulped nervously. Something told him that if he didn't do as the phantom thief asked, he would have far more serious injuries than the ones he had sustained in the fight with the ice warrior.

Immediately, the Jellicent hybrid rose up into the air and quickly flew away, leaving Crow alone with his Honchkrow.

Crow then turned towards the spot where the invisible girl was and muttered, "Alright, girly. I'm not sure what your plans are, but Seth better be ready for his rematch with the ice warrior. I can't have my rival being called a weakling."

Then, with a swish of his cape, Crow was gone.


Later, Seth finally returned from unconsciousness and found himself bandaged up and lying on his bed surrounded by Kelly, Connor, Michael, and Pichu.

"He's waking up!" Connor exclaimed happily.

"Darn it," Michael murmured. "I was hoping that I would finally get Kelly all to myself."

Ignoring Michael, Kelly crouched down next to Seth's bedside and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"Like I was hit by a Heatran or something," Seth moaned as he sat up in his bed and rubbed his aching head. "So what happened? How'd I get back here?"

"Well, after we finally put out Michael's flaming pants, we found you knocked out under a ton of rubble," Kelly explained. "Once we managed to dig you up, we brought you home. Luckily for us, your mom left a lot of medical supplies in your kitchen cabinets before she left."

"And don't worry about your Pokémon," Connor added. "We took them all to the Pokémon Center after we brought you home and had them healed straight away."

"Pi-chu!" Pichu said happily, giving Seth a thumbs-up.

"Good," Seth sighed. He soon attempted to get up out of his bed, but Kelly stopped him.

"Don't strain yourself," The blonde coordinator told him. "You need your rest."

"I know," Seth groaned. "But I've gotta get back at that overgrown snowman for doing this to me. He's gonna pay. You can count on it."

"Well, why don't you let me help you?" A voice behind suddenly said.

Everyone's heads immediately turned around and they were completely shocked to see a girl and a Pokémon sitting in Seth's window sill.

She was a teenager that looked to be about fourteen years old and was slightly shorter than Kelly. She had long black hair that stopped at her mid-back. Her skin was very dark and she wore what looked like black ninja robes. Her eyes were a bit mismatched as one was green and the other was golden.

At her side was a small, brown foxlike creature with a bushy tail that had a cream-colored tip and a large, furry collar that was also cream-colored. Both the girl and the Pokémon were smiling at the group's shock.

"W-who are you?" Seth asked.

"The name is Blair Azure, Seth Burns," The girl said with a grin, "but you can just call me the "Dark Lady".


Next Chapter: Chapter 13: "Type Training"

Hope you all liked it! Once again, I apologize for the long wait. I had a lot to deal with over the summer, and writer's block had been a pain for a while.

That being said, writer's block is slowing down my progress on League of Ultimates. I know what I want to write, but I just can't figure out exactly how to write it. So, for now, I'm going to be focusing on Fusion Warriors so that we can get a bit further into the story.

Alright, so last time, I said that I was only going to have one OC per chapter. Well, I have changed my mind, seeing as there are about 42 OCs total that I have to work with, not to mention my own characters. So, I'm gonna try to introduce multiple OCs in each of the chapters. There's not a particular order, but I'm just gonna warn you all that the OCs that are actually in high school are going to appear first before a lot of the others. As well, depending on your character, he/she may appear more or less frequently than others, depending upon my choice. It's not that I have anything against anybody's OCs. It's just that I can't have 42 OCs all appearing in every chapter.

So that being said, I'd like to thank Trentavious Phoenix for his OC, Trent, whose fusion warrior form is pretty easy to guess. Another thank you to BrunaMoonLight, who has been patiently waiting forever for her OC to show up. These two of course will be joining Seth's team along with Michael. There will be one other member of the team, but I think that I'll leave that little tidbit of info to myself.

Some more thanks to Pokemanchas for his OC, Ben; to Darkiceflame for his OC, Talo; and a extra special thanks to TheRaichuResistance for her OC, Amy. These three OCs are most likely going to be recurring characters as I felt that their characters worked well for these roles. There'll be more recurring OCs, but you'll have to wait and see who they are! And no, I'm not going to tell you who they are. That's a secret! XD

Well, again, I hope that you liked the chapter and I hope that you all read and review! See ya guys next time!