Okay- i'm going to explain this simple.

Okay, there are three parts.

Part 1: Team Rocket (THE MAIN PART OF THE STORY!)

Part 2: Team Aqua/Magma (SHORT! Maybe only 4 chapters or so.)

Part 3: Team Plasma (Short, and the ending part.)

There will be an Epilogue, split into two parts actually. A two bit Epilogue if it makes sence.

There is no Pokemon Black/White here.


"What now?"

They were sitting around a small campfire, just outside of Silver City where they officially named Red and Cynthia as a draw, presenting Red with a large Silver Conference cup, the man giving a small smile, Pikachu jumping inside the large metallic object, lounging out and sliding across the indent with a squeal, causing the crowd to erupt into cheers.

Red had walked out of the city with the cup, awkwardly stuffed in his backpack, Blue only snorted at the sight before gladly taking the things Red wasn't able to stuff in his own pack- all things that a human needed to survive. It seemed that discarding his sleeping bag before discarding potions and revives were on Red's agenda.

"Well, first we have to put that cup somewhere. "Blue noted, eyes drifting on the budge of Red's pack, and Ash grinned.

"We could drop it off at my house, it's close." Ash offered, "Or Pewter City, I'm sure my siblings wouldn't mess with it." Brock threw in.

Red gave them a slight shake of his head, looking up over their head at the looming sight of Mt. Silver.

"So, you stayed up there for years, right?" May asked, Red looking at her, the flames reflecting eerily from his eyes as he gave a slight nod.

"Must have been cold." She frowned, causing Red to give a slight shrug. Looking up at the mountain with some sort of…longing.

"Oh, you big idiot." Blue sighed, leaning back while Red gave him a slight glare, before crossing his arms and looking up at the mountain.

"You know, you can't just keep on looking up there and not expect us to stay here." Dawn noted, causing Red's head to swivel in alarm.

"No Dawn- no." Blue spoke, voice harsh while Dawn frowned, setting her hands on her hips. "Why not? I can go anywhere I want to!"

"Not Mt. Silver." Blue spoke, voice firm while Brock frowned, looking at Blue In confusion.

"He's right, I heard that Mt. Silver is home to wickedly powerful Pokémon! Not to mention how high it is!" Max grinned, while Red gave a slight nod.

"Then strong Pokémon is the perfect Pokémon to train with! What do you say Pikachu?" Ash asked, his Pikachu nodding determinedly.

"No- look. Pidgeot can get to the top, but it's hard. Besides that, only Charizard can make it up there. At most, two people besides us." Blue sighed and Red gave a slight nod.

"So Pikachu and I will go with Red, then you can fly with someone else." Ash grinned, while the others shifted.

"Actually…my sister's weren't expecting me to be gone for so long." Misty stated awkwardly, while May and Max spoke, "Yeah, and dad's getting worried…" Max spoke, causing Ash to blink, looking at Brock who sighed and gave a small nod also.

"Okay, it's fine guys. I get it, really." Ash smiled, and they smiled back, causing Blue to blink in surprise.

"O-Okay. I don't think I understand really, but it's cool. Thanks for uh, helping us save the world." Blue smiled, Red giving a nod while it let the campfire burn out with a layer of awkwardness.

The next morning, Brock and Misty left with a wave, leaving May and Max, whom Red and Blue were going to give a lift to Viridian city, where a plane would send them out to Hoenn.

"So, are we going to see you again?" May asked, looking at Red whose eyes narrowed slightly as he gave an almost secret look and a wink.

May's eyes narrowed in confusion before she understood, her entire face lightening in surprise.

"You're coming to Hoenn?" May whispered, casting a look at Blue who was riding Pidgeot with Ash and Max.

Red gave a slight nod, and May smiled, "Call us! I'm sure we can help in some way."

Red nodded, Pikachu chirping loudly a 'Thanks!' in the form of a 'Pikachu Pi pi!'

They landed, luckily the airport had thought ahead and built landing areas for flying Pokémon, as well as areas for running Pokémon like Rapidash or Tauros.

'Thanks for the lift!" Max bubbled, May waving goodbye as they jumped off, walking inside with a wave while planes in the distance vanished.

They turned, Charizard overtaking Pidgeot easily as they flew, the only remanding group flew back towards the mountain, only for Red's small visit.

"What's it like up at the top?" Ash asked curiously as they flapped up, breaking the clouds and flapping upwards.

"You know, I've only been to the top once, and that was before Red ever went up there. It was a challenge, a privilege to be able to climb the mountain, so I wanted to do it to the fullest. We both climbed to the top, and then…well, apparently Red went up again." Blue shrugged, Pidgeot crying out as she flapped again, the air growing thinner and more crisp, the bird struggling slightly as they reached an altitude where the air was thinner.

"Red!" Blue shouted, Pidgeot panting in the air while Charizard swooped over, spinning in a barrel roll as Red reached down, clamping his legs around Charizard, snatching Ash and lifting the weight from Pidgeot, who coed in relief at the loss of weight.

The two continued to fly, the blizzard picking up and slamming into the bird while they saw the summit in sight behind a swirling inferno of snow.

"Red! Pidgeot can't take this!" Blue shouted, and Charizard swooped down, its legs grabbing onto Pidgeot's wings as it flapped harder, wincing as it was forced to carry the three humans and a Pidgeot.

They broke through the snow, skidding and spinning as Charizard landed, Pidgeot dropping to the ground in thanks and cooing slightly while Red jumped down, not concerned by all the snow.

"Arceus it's cold!" Blue hissed, rubbing his hands for warmth while Ash looked around at the snowy peak. Sliding down and Pikachu burrowing in his arms for warmth.

The two looked at Red, who was actually smiling- walking across the snow with nothing but restrained happiness, his Pikachu bounding across happily, leaping from icy rocks to icy rocks while squealing as it slid around.

Red walked over to a cave, nearly completely hidden from sight and slipped inside. Ash and Blue traded a slightly confused look as they hesitated before walking towards the cave, Ash found the crack with his fingers, shivering at the icy touch before slipping into the larger room- glowing a light blue from the ice hitting the sunlight.

Red was in the middle, trailing his fingers across the walls and towards the pillars where he gently brushed his hands over the ice, a small colored bundle in the corner was apparently the extra things he had traveled across the universe that he didn't need, a folding bike, three empty Pokeballs, an Ultra Ball, spare clothing (such as a jacket), and a small bag, one filled with something glittering gold.

"You kept it." Blue muttered, Red looking up from the ice crevice he was edging the Silver Conference Trophy in. He followed Blue's line of sight, and stilled when Ash walked over, looking with interest as Blue pulled the canvas top off of the glittering cup.

"Whoa." Blue muttered, looking at the large golden cup, made from authentic engraved gold and platinum, causing Ash to swallow in surprise and almost…humbly as he looked at the cup.

"The Elite Four Champion cup." He whispered, and Blue picked it up, trailing a finger on it gently to wipe a bit of snow from the platinum.

"Normally, when a Champion loses their title they hand it to the next Champion, passing the cup along generation to generation, champion to champion." Blue whispered, eyes widening as he looked at Red suddenly, who was mostly ignoring them.

"Red! Do you know what this means? This means that by Elite Four code- you're still the Champion- you don't have to register to fight! You- you don't need to qualify, technically it doesn't have to be a legal fight- it's an Elite Four mishap of titles, Red, you can fight without breaking any rules." Blue gasped, and Red spun, looking shocked to Blue's triumphed gaze.

"Uh, what?" Ash blinked, and Blue grinned, looking to Ash in barely restrained joy.

"Red wants to regain his title! He technically never gave it up, so he doesn't have to qualify again because he was the one that was champion before!" Blue grinned, and Ash's eyes widened as he looked at the cup, gently reaching out and tracing a finger across the golden surface, gently lifting it up.

"One day you'll win that." Blue noted, nodding to the cup while Ash's eyes widened. He looked at Red with a frown, "No I won't."

"But you forget. We're from a separate universe." Blue noted, and he gave a wink, "Secretly, Lance isn't that hard. He relies too much on his Pokémon flying, take out their wings and you have a win." Blue nodded, Red agreeing while they stood.

"So, where now?" Blue asked, looking at Red who pulled out his Pokedex, displaying the map ability and tossing it over to Blue.

"Hoenn? Really? We're traveling into a completely unknown realm, and unprepared, with unknown Pokémon and-"

Red rolled his eyes, shaking his head as he held his arm out for the Pokedex.

"Look!" Ash gasped, pointing to the clear surface of the ice, it suddenly cracked.

The ice groaned, cracking and shifting as before their eyes it morphed. From the glacier blue ice it cracked, drawing out Pokémon with rough cracks. One large formed, lumbering and hunched, distinctly Tyranitar looking as another formed to its right. It twisted, looking thin and resembling a Dewgong with a split tail, and long fins.

The ice above chipped, the loudest crack as another Pokémon formed above the two creatures. Its tail formed quickly, spreading into a shape that resembled a Dragonair, only including a pair of small dangerous looking claws.

"What is that?" Blue asked, looking at the three Pokémon while Ash gasped quietly, "The Weather trio." He muttered, causing Red and Blue to look at him.

"Er- Legendary Pokémon of Hoenn. Rayquazza, the Dragon of the Sky." He pointed towards the serpentine figure, "Groudon, the Continent Pokémon." He nodded to the large hunched over creature, "and Kyogre, the Pokémon of the Sea." He nodded to the ice.

"And you know this how?" Blue asked, baffled while Ash shifted. "Well, I met Kyogre and Groudon once when Team Magma and Team Aqua controlled them with the Blue and Red orb-"

"Team Magma? Aqua? Crap- that's why we're still here, isn't it?" Blue sighed, looking at Red who nodded.

"But I defeated Team Magma and Aqua- they broke up right infront of us!" Ash argued, Red sighing and looking at Ash with an odd sympathetic look.

"Kid," Blue spoke, possibly translating Red's facial expression, "When you get older, you'll realize that no matter how many times you take down an organization, they'll spring right back up again. Like Crabgrass." Blue explained, pointing towards the final Pokémon in the ice, "And when did you meet this one? The Dragonair?"

"That's Rayquazza. I met Rayquazza once when two Deoxys crashed, and Rayquazza thought that they were invading its territory." Ash blinked, and Red looked at the picture again before pointing to Rayquazza once more.

"What about it?" Ash blinked, and Blue caught on.

"Those organizations, Team Aqua and Magma, is there one that is after Rayquazza? It seems the dominant figure, is it?"

Red nodded, showing that that was what he wanted to know.

"Well, uh, not that I know. Rayquazza I think was the leader of the trio, but I'm not sure. I think that it's fine, and it's really strong."

Red sighed, looking at the picture and leaning his head against the ice, 'There would be another reason besides the image you showed me, Arceus. What does Rayquazza have to do with this? Will Rayquazza be the one to calm Kyogre and Groudon's rage?'

The ice snapped again and Red paused before pulling his hand away.

'Sky Pillar.'

Red eyes narrowed, and he hastily clawed his hand over the ice, denting it from being seen again.

"Pika?" Pikachu asked, looking at Red's which shrugged, looking at Red before noticing the look in his eye.

It looked at the picture, then at Rayquazza, and very pointedly, Red walked over, picking up one of the spare Ultra Balls and clipping it on his waste.

Blue noticed, but didn't react to the action, Ash noticed, but decided to keep it to himself.

'Looks like Red's going to catch somet- Oh, that idiot.'

x-(X)-x

Red wasn't sure if it was irony or not that they landed in Lilycove city, the plane touching down by the harbor where an array of different boats sat, as well as Pokémon. Red couldn't help but feel unnerved, having never seen such vast creatures in his life, different then what he was used to.

They walked down the runway, Ash calmly as he had walked on many boats and planes, used to the simple disporting system. Blue was decently okay, having taken planes before when Gym duties required it.

Red was by far the worse. He didn't show it, but Blue nearly had to catch him as the walkway lurched suddenly when the plane moved slightly, causing Ash to try and restrain his laugh, Pikachu giving no restraint and laughing loudly with loud chirps.

Red rolled his eyes, feeling better the moment that their feet touched solid ground, looking out and seeing the glittering ocean to the East and South.

He blinked, seeing large squawking birds that cried out loudly "Wingull! Wingull!" They cried, flapping overhead while Red tracked their movement with his eyes.

"Those are Wingull, they're like Hoot-hoot of the Sea- they're nothing." Blue nodded, and Red gave a slight nod, walking behind Ash who walked nearest the city, causing the two to look at him.

"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Ash asked, Blue looking at Red who slyly looked around slightly. Eyes drifting on the harbor. He saw why Team Aqua would make base there, it was prime location and access to the sea, where the legendary Pokémon Kyogre apparently lived.

Red turned, walking towards the beach while Ash and Blue raced after, not wanting to lag behind as Red walked, mindful that the sand could be housing an array of odd Pokémon, seeing large- huge Pokémon in the water made him take an instinctive step back.

"Those are Wailord- they won't hurt you unless you attack first." Ash smiled, and Red nodded, hesitantly drawing closer to the water as he saw countless Pokémon leap out, trainers swimming and playing with their aquatic Pokémon.

Red pulled out Charizard, letting the large beast snort, sniffing the new air and the salty taste as he looked at the soft sand he sunk into.

"You taking an aerial swoop? You going to plan this out or just charge in without us?" Blue sighed, Red swinging his leg over and arching an eyebrow before Charizard took off, wind slapping the two's face.

"Yeah yeah, let's get a room at the Pokémon center." Blue sighed, turning and walking back while Pikachu jumped down off of Ash's shoulder, running across the warm sand with joy.

"Beautiful place this is." Blue stated calmly, causing Ash to grin as Pikachu raced around, finding another trainer's Plusle and chirping happily, racing around happily.

"Yeah, I had a good team here." Ash grinned, causing Blue to frown slightly, "Pardon?"

"Oh! Whenever I go to a new region, I start with only Pikachu here, and I make a team out of wild Pokémon from that area." Ash explained, causing Blue's eyebrows to rise.

"Impressive. I'd advise you to get those Pokémon then- they'll be more familiar with the land and other trainer's Pokémon." Blue noted, Ash shrugging before they walked towards the Pokémon center, Ash moving towards a PC inbox to swap his Pokémon with the ones back in Pallet Town.

Blue ignored him, walking up and renting a room which had four beds, one extra, probably for a few Pokémon.

They went out, grabbing food and bringing back extra for Red as the night went on, the sun setting and the Wailord drawing closer to the shallow water to sleep.

"Blue…where's Red?" Ash asked, Pikachu looking out worriedly as the night wore on, and slowly the moon was just peeking up.

"…I don't know." Blue sighed, his Jolteon whimpering quietly in worry.

'Where are you Red?'

x-(X)-x

Charizard took off into the air, Red looking around and shifting at the warm humid air, much different then what he was used to. Charizard also felt discomfort, snorting occasionally, blasting a plume of flame as if to evaporate the wetness on his skin and muzzle.

Red patted him gently, looking around at the sparking ocean and the city. Large rock fragments were trailing from the mainland, branching out towards the sea. Red gently pressed his right foot into Charizard's side, causing the beast to veer right and follow the Archipelago out further.

It was only a few minutes of flying when they saw a suspicious looking rock, built with perfect symmetrical shapes at the end of the trail of islands, spotted on the water.

Charizard spotted the oddity, and swooped down with no urging, traveling around it once before seeing a suspicious and large gap in the face, pointing southern to the ocean.

They swooped down, Charizard recalled while Pikachu was summoned then- the electricity would be better than any other Pokémon he had, Venusaur would sink if he fell through, it wasn't worth the risk.

"Pika." Pikachu whispered, the two slipping inside and immediately seeing a small docking area with submarines, as well as an underwater opening.

The two pressed their back to the wet cave wall, trying to stay out of sight of the few people working, wearing bandannas with on odd symbol, which was printed in white on the wall of the cavern.

Red quickly deduced it as the Team Aqua symbol, and observed their Pokémon- one which looked very similar to a completely black Houndoom without horns, another looking as if a large blue Electrode with little flippers, possibly the pre-evolution of the Wailord he had seen earlier.

Red glanced at his Pikachu, briefly wondering if he should return and fetch Blue and Ash.

'I took down Team Rocket single handed, we've only grown stronger since then. I can do this alone.' He thought to himself, looking at the grunts once more, then back at his Pikachu whom was waiting carefully.

He arched a brow, holding an arm out in a silent question of 'What do you think?'

Pikachu glanced between the two, and its master. It lowered its ears, shaking its head and saying nothing, leaving the offer for Red's decision only.

'I don't need Blue's help. I am stronger, then he. I can take on a few weak grunts.' He reasoned, swallowing a slightly guilty lump in his throat before looking at Pikachu, and giving a slight nod.

They moved on silent feet, not making a noise as they slipped past the two amateur grunts, moving out of sight easily.

He snuck around another corner, moving out before he heard a sharp bark.

"Ana! Mightyana!" One of the Houndoom like Pokémon growled, eyes glowing with anger, recognizing him as an intruder, and preparing to attack.

Pikachu did a neat flip, landing a solid Iron Tail on the base of the creature's head, knocking it out cold, Red giving a nod of thanks as they continued quickly.

Pikachu looked around, ears perked as it shook its head, Red venturing along quietly, slightly wanting to bring out Espeon- but with the threat of these Dark type dog creature around, they might hurt her before she could be of use.

They moved on, quietly racing through the halls as they searched frantically. If he could find the leader and defeat him, not to mention cause an explosion large enough for the police to see and arrest Team Aqua.

"Hey! Who are you?" Red looked over his shoulder, seeing three people, two girls and a guy.

"Go get someone, we have an intruder." One girl sneered, the guy running off while the girls released Pokémon, a Golbat and one of those odd dogs.

Red didn't even need to say anything before Pikachu jumped into battle, spinning and releasing a powerful thunderbolt before using an Iron Tail while slamming onto the dog. The Golbat shrieked, knocked out with a single hit while the dog winced, but managed to stand, glaring at the Pikachu with caution.

"Golbat! No!" The girl shouted, returning her Pokémon and looking at the other, who returned her growling Pokémon before running off.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted, almost giving a chase before Red turned and ran.

They now knew that he was there, and they were going to be angry. Pikachu raced after, Red looking around as he ran, looking and opening doors, only to keep them open to confuse the grunts chasing them.

The turned, rushing by only to slide under a water gun, Pikachu growling at the Pokémon.

It looked like a levitating shark with large teeth, firing off another water gun as more came, some Pokémon that resembled Goldeen but were red and dark blue in color. They snarled, releasing water that pushed back Red and Pikachu, who jumped and released an electric discharge, causing the four Pokémon to cry out and faint.

"Pika!" Pikachu cried, charging through the fainted pile of Pokémon while Red followed, dripping wet as he looked around the corners.

"Intruder Alert. Intruder Alert in section 14. Lock Down all testing facilities. I repeat, Intruder Alert"

Red gritted his teeth, they were in the testing facilities. Perhaps they were experimenting on Pokémon, although it seemed more like it was for underwater machinery as Red glanced in one window.

They raced on, Pikachu using a powerful Slam on a door and busting it open, turning right at a corridor and chasing it down.

"Hey! Get him!"

Red turned, eyes widening slightly as two of the giant Wailmer rolled towards him, using Rollout.

"Pika!" Pikachu growled, using Iron Tail on the metal ground and shattering it, causing the Wailmer to groan as they hit the metal barrier.

"No! Use Water gun instead!" The grunt shouted, Pikachu leaping up in the air and using thunderbolt to knock the two Pokémon out.

"Hey! I know you! You were against the Sinnoh Champion!" The grunt gasped, returning his Pokémon then running away. Red ran again, rising and chasing down the corridor, Red giving a silent gasp as another spurt of water slammed into them, slamming Red hard into a door, probably bruising his back.

He winced, standing upright as Pikachu took care of the threats, and they were running once more.

They moved, heading up stairs towards a separate section of buildings, noticing now that he could hear people chasing after him, he glanced behind, easily spotting twenty or more people racing after them.

Red snapped open a Pokeball, Espeon landing with a flip and quickly matching Red and Pikachu's quick pace. He snapped pointing behind and Espeon kept moving, leaping up in a flip, firing a Psybeam once she was upside down, basting the hallway and causing it to crumble down, trapping the people while they ran on. Pikachu jumped onto Espeon , panting from its electric attacks, settling for a moment to regain its breath.

A Pokémon burst out in front of them, Espeon pausing to grab the large pink Dratini-like Pokémon and slam it against the wall again and again, crying out "byss! Byss! Gorebyss!" It cried before fainting at the impacts.

Red rushing by and noticing the large tanks on either side of the walkway, Pokémon similar to that he just attacked and another, a large mouthed blue creature with an orange tail. Clam Pokémon similar to Cloyster were on the bottom of the tank, Kingdra and Seadra swimming calmly as well as the odd Shark Pokémon.

He knew from the extravagant tanks and feeding areas, that this more than likely lead to the leader of Team Aqua, and the path ended.

Steps outlined in glowing blue up towards a large metal and blue glowing door. He winced looking at Espeon who hummed softly, forcing the door open as he entered.

Pikachu perked up, ears laying flat in anger as it stared, rejuvenated from its short ride on Espeion's back. They stared, a man sprawled out on a chair, feet propped up on the desk as he smirked largely. His legs were fitted with black slack pants, a black button up coat with golden buttons, partially undone. Upon his neck sat a blue bandanna- the Team Aqua symbol resting on it.

"You!" The man smirked, a large jawed look that matched those odd shark and Goldeen-look alike Pokémon. Red said nothing, looking at him with cool crimson eyes.

'Perhaps I should have awaited Blue and Ash, they would have proven a distraction for the other Pokémon.'

"Hah! I've heard a lot about you! Watched your match, pretty nice 'till Rocket joined the party." The man casually stated, feet up on his desk while he rolled his eyes and head, looking at Red with a lifted eyebrow. His entire body had a slight blue tinge from the illuminated tank the size of a wall behind him.

Red said nothing of course.

"And you don't talk. I got that too. Pretty impressive seeing you get all your way in here, and not command those little terrors of yours." The man stated lazily, and Red said nothing, his crimson eyes narrowing.

"I kinda' expected it. The name's Archie, I don't expect you to care. I heard you were good, let's see if you can stop me, 'cause that's what you're here for, isn't it?" Archie asked with an arched eyebrow, Red said nothing, and instead Espeon stepped forward, Pikachu jumping onto Red's arm and shoulder.

"Get 'em, Sharpedo." The man smirked, the familiar shark looking Pokémon jumped from the tank behind him, landing in the air in front of the group and snarling.

"Espeon!" Espeon snarled, recognizing by the mind of the other, the dark type.

"Sharpedo! Dark Pulse!"

Espeon lunged, flipping up into the air and slamming down with Iron Tail, knocking the water Pokémon into the ground, where it lunged up, teeth clamping down painfully on Espeon's paw with a Crunch attack.

Espeon snarled at the attack, it looked at the Pokémon with distaste, a high pain tolerance caused the super effective attack only to sting.

Espeon's paws glowed, the other within the creature's mouth glowed as well before it jumped up into the air with its powerful haunches, flipping into the air, the Sharpedo forced to follow as it landed with a powerful Brick Break into the ground, metal denting as the Sharpedo was slammed into the ground, and knocked out.

Espeon gingerly pulled her paw from the Pokémon's mouth, looking at it with slight irritation as it was inflamed from the bite wounds along the sides. She looked at Archie angrily, hissing loudly and her ears pulling back.

"Not bad." Archie nodded, pulling out two Pokeballs and sending out two more Pokémon, a Crobat and one of the black dogs.

"Try my Crobat and Mightyena!" Archie laughed, a little crazily in Red's opinion, the man having lost one of his Pokémon already.

Espeon growled, looking at both of the Pokémon before staring at the Mightyena, her eyes glowing as the dog was thrown into the Crobat, both painfully slamming into the side of the tank. Espeon took a few steps forward as she pulled water from the tank, using it to slam down and trap the two Pokémon, submerging them and only releasing the small bubble of water once the two had passed out from suffocation.

"I see why you're the champion." He sneered, causing Red to arch one eyebrow and look unimpressed, "Oh please, the way you were going, you could have taken that Blondie any day." He snickered, causing Red to roll his eyes.

"I'll admit, you're good. But not that good." Archie rolled his eyes, opening up one drawer almost lazily before pulling out a large red stone, almost the color of a ruby. Red frowned, he had just defeated the man's two Pokémon with only one of his own.

"See, the whole reason why I didn't attack and put my master plan into action, is because I knew that you'd be here." Archie drawled lazily, holding the stone almost as if it was an egg. "Esp!" Espeon growled, ready to plunge herself into the mind of the older male.

Red suddenly had a very sick feeling.

"Why would I put my plan into effect when I could do something so much better? See, you're the biggest threat out there right now. Team Magma and us are actually on the same side right now- to get rid of you." Archie sneered, and Red said nothing.

'They were expecting me?'

"So, I was wondering, why would I join at one base when we could hold out own easily? So, we made a small swap. Let's see if you can handle this." Archie laughed, the red gem in his lap glowing suddenly, Red taking a step back as the water rippled from behind the glass, shifting before suddenly, it erupted.

Red made a small soundless gasp, Espeon bowing her head to limit the water impact with her eyes as drains lifted from the ground, leaving it at reasonable depth in the tank.

Then the water surface erupted, a large blue shape appeared with a loud resonating roar.

'Kyogre.' Red's mind whispered, seeing the creature with glowing red eyes, controlled by the gem In Archie's lap. 'What have I done?'

"Kyogre! Finish this pest and rid him for us!" Archie laughed, and his carelessness with his other Pokémon suddenly became clear.

Water exploded, Espeon shrieking as she forced a psychic shield, blocking the brunt of the attack, and protecting Red and Pikachu, who noticed the severity of the attack.

'Oh Arceus, this isn't a copy. These are the original. He captured the true Kyogre.'

"Pikachu!" Pikachu growled releasing a powerful Thunder, casting Pikachu only in black and white with the severity of the power, causing Kyogre to flinch as it took it, eyes widening in pain of the assault.

"No! Kyogre- destroy them!" Archie howled. Kyogre opened its giant maw, letting from it a massive roar, so great the glass it hid behind cracked, flooding the area with ankle deep water as it spread its massive fins, the water swooshing upwards on both sides, extending the metal walls until they crumbled, actually part of the sea behind. Red exhaled shakily- he wasn't prepared to fight a true legendary- a true eternal.

He couldn't win, he could knock it out, but Archie would only revive it using the Orb, under his control once more.

'I can't win- I can't fight it! Not here, not underwater!'

The water slammed into them, forcing them back and into their mouths and down their throats, gagging them in the salt compound forced its way down his throat. He recalled Espeon blindly, and Pikachu clung to him, not panicking and trying its best to relax, just as his master was.

The water drained away, falling to the ground around them, showing the two collapsed soaking against the metal wall in which they came from, Archie still dry and leaning on his desk, the glowing orb in his lap.

'He isn't going to stop.' Red realized as he coughed, leaning against the wall as he tried to stand, holding Pikachu close. It coughed a little, before glaring, sparks in its cheek as it growled angrily.

"You think you can beat me? Hah! Try to beat the power of a god!" Archie boasted, and Red really wished he had caught one of Kyogre's descendents across the sea. 'Even a mindless copy would suffice. Where is Mewtwo?'

"Kyogre! Use Hydro Pump!" The creature opened its mouth with a mindless action, aiming the powerful jet of water. Red turned, and Archie laughed as he closed his eyes, protecting Pikachu with his back.

The jet of water was excruciating cold, it numbed him nearly as soon as it hit, causing him to slam into the wall, possibly hurting Pikachu even more as the water drowned them again. The moment it let up, they were crumpled on the floor, the water level leaking into his mouth as he gasped for air.

"Finish this! Double-Edge, then Surf! Let's see you survive this." Archie smiled, and Red looked at his Pikachu with one eye, the poor creature's eyes were open in shock, breathing quickly in panic. Its eyes met his and he smiled slightly, returning the Pikachu carefully just as the heard the massive Pokémon move through the water with slapping noises.

'I am so sorry, Pikachu.'

He could hear it below him, and with an odd watery slapping noise, he heard it inhale, then-

He couldn't breathe.

He gasped, feeling an odd unique skin slam into him, a long tooth scrape against his hip, and an even longer one dig deep in his thigh, drawing blood from the hot wetness underneath the suffocating black.

It was steadily getting heavier until when he exhaled, the pressuring weight was blackening, the pain causing his bones to creak as he felt them flex, steadily bend further and further.

He didn't hear a command, but the weight was vanished, instead a rushing of water as he tried to inhale, coughing as his body felt heavy, and a disorienting feeling of weightlessness.

Archie looked around at his office, the Kyogre obediently waiting in its tank once again, the water puddle around where Red was, was just as his namesake, red and cloudy.

"Good job." Archie grunted, rising and opening the door- he'd get someone to clean his office later.

Red was weightless, limp as the current drifted him out further and further South.

He was unconscious when his Pokeballs reacted, the Pokémon inside having enough information from the outside world to know that yes, they were underwater and no, they weren't moving.

That could mean either of two things. One, their Pokeball could have been dropped in water, or two, their trainer could be in danger.

A Pokeball opened, Blastoise blinking as water surrounded it, instantly it opened it pores, letting its skin take in water and absorb the oxygen in the sea as it looked around calmly.

It looked in slightly panic as it saw its trainer, grabbing the boy with his claws he saw the limpness, and the lack of bubbles creating air.

"Lord?" Blastosie turned, hearing the underwater voice and looking at the huge and unnerving blue Pokémon, swimming with leisure.

"Blas! Blas!" Blastoise called underwater, the large creature drifting over, noticing its cry for help. Blastoise tightly gripped his trainer, holding him close and concerned when his pores on his hind legs detected a compound he recognized as blood. He glanced down, seeing the cloudy red liquid spreading from his trainer's thigh, and the large creature scenting it also, hurried over.

"Wa wa, Wailord?"

"Blas! Toise Blastoise!"

The Wailord looked at the two, before opening its mouth, and closing it firmly over the two Pokémon, exhaling through its mouth while Blastoise coughed at the wet moist air that forced the water out, leaving his trainer in oxygen.

It seemed the moment air hit the Pokeballs at his hip, his fellow companions appeared, Espeon landing gingerly on the Wailord tongue, favoring one paw while the others appeared. Charizard snorting at the moist environment and flaring its wings, trying to get rid of the wet feeling. Pikachu landed, panting and shaking slightly from the wetness that mirrored its trainer. Venusaur landed next, looking around with curiosity and at Blastoise, who hurriedly explaining the situation.

"Esp." Espeon hummed, settling down next to Red as she mentally reached for the water in his lungs, and forced it out with mental force.

Pikachu jumped back, sniffing slightly as Blastoise gently rolled Red, letting the male gag and cough out all of the water that Espeon pushed.

"Esp. Espeon." Espeon stated upset as she tried to feel the breathing of her human, instead she didn't, and she forced her mind to lift and lower the lungs, instinctively making him breath.

A few seconds and he gagged, coughing wildly as his lungs finally worked, causing Red to vomit, watery bile spreading out on Wailord's tongue, who flinched but didn't move other then keep swimming.

"Pika chu chu?" Pikachu asked looking concerned at his trainer, and he sniffled again, his trainer coughing and shivering once more.

Charizard grumbled, shifting closer and lying down on the wet spongy tissue, wrapping its tail around his trainer as Espeon gently lifted Pikachu and set it on Charizard's back, letting the natural warmth of the fire type heat the cold Pokémon.

Red stopped shivering but still coughed as Charizard spread its wings, wrapping them around his trainer to try and offer as much heat as they could.

Venusaur shifted closer, offering an incredibly weak absorb, sucking the moisture from Red and Pikachu as Wailord moved.

After nearly an hour, Wailord opened its mouth, fresh salty air hit them as The five Pokémon looked out, seeing a large swarm of the huge Pokémon, smaller ones looking at them curiously.

"Saur!" Venusaur cried out, looking at the pod while glanced at them unsure of what to do.

"Stoise! Blast Blastoise!"

"Saur! Venusaur!"

Charizard roared, trying to get the point that they needed help for their trainer, the pod looked at each other, crying out in agreement before one submerged itself, appearing next to the others just under the water.

"Saur!" Venusaur shouted, taking a few steps before using vines to propel itself further out and onto the back of the creature.

"Esp!" Espeon shouted, looking at the others to make sure they understood. Blastoise went next, using his water cannons on low just to lower itself to the back gently. Espeon limped out, using psychic on Pikachu before lowering it to Venusaur, who placed it gently on his flower, Charizard rose, gently picking up Red and carrying him as he glided down onto the back, settling Red In Blastoise's claws before rising again to carry Espeon.

The creature rose, the water slipping from its rough barnacle covered back as they were lifted a few meters off of the water, and they started moving, gently traveling south, Charizard shaking off the wetness and flapping into the air, roaring happily before using fire spin to remove the water from its scales.

Espeon looked up at Charizard, resting her head on her paws and glowing steadily through Morning Sun, Venusaur using Synthesis while finally, Snorlax was released, causing the Wailord to sag before getting used to the added weight.

Snorlax looked around, recognizing that they were all on the back of some creature as they moved along at a steady pace. Snorlax sat back down, noticing that there was no place to go, and settled, just sitting.

Espeon settled, licking her one paw. Blastoise saw her pain, using a minor Blizzard , forcing ice and allowing the chill to take away Espeon's pain. The bite marks were still hot to her skin, rather deep on her fur.

Pikachu had gotten his fur dried, and the water from his lungs removed while Espeon helped remove it mentally through a long and…disgusting, process. Pikachu now was resting, curled up next to his master while the moon rose in the sky, the Pokémon sleeping calmly while the Wailord continued on.

They awoke the next day, having to swap Wailord so the one they normally rode on could hunt in the ocean.

Charizard didn't mind carrying the group, finding it actually nice to carry Venusaur, who had enough trust in the fire flying it was well beyond the point of worry.

Blastoise took a leisure swim, the turtle casually exercising next to the giant creature. Pikachu was up and running around, Espeon was out and about, limping on one foot again although she was quick to use Morning Sun to regain any energy her wound sapped from her.

Snorlax was mostly lounging around, providing shelter against the sharp winds that had appeared in the night. It was getting slightly warmer where they were going, and it had been the previous day when they departed from Ash and Blue.

Near sunset of traveling did they grow hungry. They hated to resort to primal stages and have to hunt, instead of using the food Red so readily had prepared always. Nor did they want to have to feed their trainer, but they had no other choice.

Charizard and Blastoise both departed, Blastoise diving low beneath the water for anything that could resemble Pokémon from their own world Charizard had moved in the air to hunt the new prey of the region, or anything near the surface.

A while later Blatosie resurfaced, its mouth clamped around two Magikarp, it dropped them off with Espeon's help, then Charizard returned, carrying a mighty prize of a Kingdra, causing the group to look at it rather impressed.

Blastoise's cannons created freshwater, allowing a weak drizzle to be enough to drink from, and enough to allow their trainer to drink.

Charizard and Pikachu shared a Magikarp, Espeon and Blastoise shared the only other. Venusaur ate very little of the Kingdra, instead he absorbed the nutrients of the Pokémon before passing it to Snorlax, who cared very little for the form of which its meal was in.

The next day a similar pattern arose, leaving the Pokémon to mostly lounge around and await help.

The Wailord stopped the day after that, a total of four days of traveling at the speed of a speedboat. They only halted, waiting while the group looked at a large volcano, its rim was worn by the trails traveling up the side, and a large lagoon showing an underwater passage.

Charizard vanished first over the ledge of the Volcano, only moments later a group of people riding Pokémon emerged, surfacing from the lagoon, riding a large variety. Some were native Pokémon of the smaller Wailord, some were even Milotic's and Kingdra's. (That caused a fair bit of awkwardness for Venusaur and Snorlax).

A human climbed up the side of the Wailord they were on, dismounting from his Gyarados and walking over with a frown, gasping at the passed out form of Red, immediately calling for help.

Charizard snarled at any who approached that did not look as if they knew the art of healing.

"Please let me help!" A woman sighed, hair pinned back as she looked at Red, her Milotic cooing loudly behind her as it spoke with Charizard, who eventually let the lady pass.

She hurried to Red's side, pulling his hat from his head and pressing her palm to his forehead, feeling the fever at once as she felt down his chest, feeling for any lumps of broken bones or dislocations.

Red moaned quietly, as she continued, causing her to open his shirt much to Espeon's hissing, and notice the large splotching dark purples and blue's covering his torso. Some were yellow along the sides of his collar bone and Pecs, although the bruising was mostly along his lungs. She shifted him on his side, noticing the more severe bruising on his back, almost as if he had slammed into something with incredible force.

She continued on, feeling more and more sickened at the state of the boy, finally noticing the shallow but long gash on his stomach, already scabbed and oozing yellow and white liquid. She continued further, spotting a putrid wound in his thigh, cut deep and in the same state as above, puffy red around and pulsating hot.

"Doctor!" The girl cried, looking over her shoulder, "Get the doctor, he's in Pacifidlog Town in the Southwest!" She cried, pulling something from her pouch, causing Espeon to limp over and growl threateningly as she paused, showing her the dried leaves.

"I- Please. It'll help with his leg and stomach." She hurried out, eyes drifting to her hurt paw, noticing it she pulled it tighter to her body.

"Please, I'm a Pokémon Doctor- the human doctor is away right now but he'll be back later. I can help you." She stated, and Espeon stared at her before gently holding her paw out.

She flinched slightly as the lady grabbed something else from her back, massaging the cold liquid on the furry appendage and halted when Espeon hissed In pain as it stung the tender skin.

"I'm sorry I can't do much better than that, it'll take time. That's a Sharpedo bite, it's not venomous. We need to get him inside-" She held up her hands in defense as suddenly Charizard grabbed Red carefully, and flapped, taking off in the air towards the Volcanic crater.

"Esp." Espeon stated, and the woman sighed, looking at her Milotic, then Snorlax and Venusaur.

By nightfall everyone had been shifted inside. It had taken a good two flocks of Wingul and their evolution to lift Snorlax and Venusaur over the crater ridge and onto the floor by the small shack of a doctor's office Red was in.

Espeon and Pikachu also received a bed, Pikachu was sick with a mild flu, although Red was out due to the wounds on him from Kyogre's teeth creating an infection when released into the water. Espeon was fine besides the wounds taking a long time to heal.

Red's Pokémon were naturally quite a spectacle, the natives of Sootopolis never having seen Pokémon like Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise. They had seen Snorlax due to evolving Munchlax on the mainland.

The native's children found all the Pokémon rather amazing, feeding them berries and other food that grew on the island, even showing them to the Cave of Origin, where it was off limits to people, but not Pokémon. Charizard had ventured to the depth of the cave, finding a large lava pool in which he lounged around, absorbing the warmth and letting his tail flame grow stronger.

Three days after the initial rescue, and seven days after the original landing of this Region did the Human Doctor return, immediately setting to work on Red, stitching up his leg and side while the Pokémon were cared for by the other lady.

A day after that, Red awoke.


Okay- Red's out and injured on a random island, Blue and Ash are on the mainland, and Team Magma/Aqua have made a deal.

Hope you like it! Sorry for the wait! Anyways, i tried to add in this little major plot twist, because...well, an Angsty-Red is a fun Red to write.

I think you all know where this is going- but i hope now you realize how Ash is going to tie into all of this.

~Oceanbreeze7

(Keep the Reviews coming guys! We can break one hundred! I HAVE FAITH IN YOUUUU!)

P.S. I got a challenge a while ago about doing a Xaiolin Showdown fanfic. did any of you watch that show? Had the Shen Gong Wu and the green talking dragon?