A/N: APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION REGARDING THIS CHAPTER "DISAPPEARING"

What ended up happening was this- I had planned on continuing my proof-reading before uploading Chapter 14 and was unsure exactly how much time that would take to accomplish. To play it safe I uploaded an "author's note" to bring attention to the fact it could be a few days before chapter 14 would be uploaded.

Long story short, I forgot it would relay it as a new chapter being published to those following my story. After I had taken the note down there was confusion about where chapter 14 had went. I apologize for not just leaving the note up and i promise not to make a blunder like that again.

POKESPEECH/THOUGHTS:

"Normal"

'Telepathy/Pokemon Thoughts'

'Normal Thoughts'

"POKESPEECH/Abilities

A/N: A VERY special thanks to "CR0553" for letting me use their 'OC' last chapter. It was incredibly fun writing her in action and I am looking forward to working with her more.

DISCLAIMER: IF I OWNED POKEMON ASH WOULD HAVE ALREADY HIT PUBERTY

DISCLAIMER #2: I DO NOT OWN THE 'OC' "RUBY CIEL GARNET!" THAT HONOR GOES TO "CR0553"

MICHAEL KRAMER (The 'Half-Breed' "Shiny" Gallade from my copy of Pokemon Platinum) AND JESSICA (My "Shiny" Gardevoir from my copy of Pokemon Sapphire) BELONG TO ME.

WARNINGS: DARK THEMES, VERY EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND ADULT SITUATIONS.

Michael's POV

"CELEBI?! The Voice of the Forest! What in the name of Arceus are you doing here?" I shook my head and stood before Celebi, dumbfounded that a Pokemon with power comparable to the birth-mother of all known Pokemon was here, in the flesh and defending the human who not only tried to take my life but, when that failed, attempted to capture me AND put her blade at the throat of my beloved. It was going to take a LOT of explaining even from a legendary Pokemon like Celebi to control my ire long enough to let the human live.

'I am pleased you know who I am! I am also pleased that you listened to me and let my friend live, she didn't mean to cause so much trouble I assure you.'

I twitched noticeably at the mention of the word "friend" 'Tell me...what has your friend done for you that warrants pardoning an attempted assassination, attempted capture and attempted assassination of the formers mate?' I wasn't going to let this human off the hook just like that, I didn't care if this human saved a whole family of Celebi, she put their hands on my beloved and that was unforgivable.

'I would love to tell you but I need to get Ruby back to her base before-' I interupted the time-travelling legendary without missing a beat. I wasn't going to be put on hold any longer.

'You listen to me, Celebi, I have had it up to here with death threats, attempts on my life, attempts on my mates life, the work-around from Arceus' so-called "Chosen One" and now a human that tried to kill me, capture me and then tried to kill my mate! THE SAME HUMAN who is somehow being protected by one of the most powerful Pokemon alive! I will not be denied the answers I seek and I am starting with your friend, Ruby. Damn me if you wish but I. WANT. ANSWERS. RIGHT. FUCKING. NOW.'

If it had been any other legendary Pokemon in front of me, my tirade would have landed me in the Reverse World with Giratina earlier than I would have liked. Fortunately, for me, Celebi was one of the most patient Pokemon around. It would take a lot to arouse her anger.

'I understand your frustration, dear Michael, I really do. Unfortunately the future is not something I feel you are ready to witness. Please believe me when I tell you the future is only being kept secret from you for your own protection. I saw you fight that red Gyarados, you must be some kind of crazy to take on a Pokemon thought by many to be hell-incarnate.' Celebi's words struck a nerve with me and I gently laid a hand on her onion-shaped head.

'Try me, Celebi, please. All I want at this point is...to run away from this conflict and take Jessica with me. I don't want to be a part of this any longer. If I lost Jessica I...I don't even know what I would do.' I bit my lower lip hard as the air around me began to get thick from increasing humidity and heavy rains were falling despite there not being a cloud in the sky.

Celebi looked at me with an expression that tugged at my heart far harder than it should have. I could see tears falling from her sky blue eyes and immediately felt remorse, for what I couldn't be sure yet it was there. 'My dear Michael, you know I have the power to travel through time, and your mate, the one you call Jessica, has the power to see glimpses of the future. History cannot be changed without directly affecting the future and, though I have searched high and low, the future belonging to yourself and Jessica is not something I, Jessica or even Arceus wish for you to discover at this time.'

Celebi suddenly wrapped her small arms around my neck and clung tightly to me, still sobbing like someone going through unimaginable pain and heartbreak. I closed my eyes and went to return the surprisingly strong embrace when a vision appeared in my mind.

I could clearly see an off-color Gallade clutching its chest spike and weeping before an immensely decorated grave. The unique peach skin tone and navy blue body armor of the Pokemon was an easy match to my own, but, if that WAS me, who was I mourning...I saw my father clench his fists and began mourning as well. Patrick, Derrick and a slew of others in black cloaks and combat boots were paying their respects as well.

Then I saw the inscription on the obsidian-laced slab, and the warning Celebi just said earlier became all too real for my mind to accept.

"In loving memory of Jessica Kramer (Gardevoir)"

Blade and Amber were clinging to my arms and sobbing uncontrollably, then the vision ended, with every image that was shown flowing in reverse.

I was back in the open fields outside Pallet Town.

Tears were already falling from my emerald green eyes as the reality began to settle in. I had been shown a vision from the future which Celebi came from. There were no fabrications or inconsistencies, every person in that vision shared the same malleable pain and sorrow that I felt in this moment. All I could do was stare at Celebi and look into her eyes in an attempt to find some sort of exception, some kind of silver-lining.

I saw nothing but brutal reality in her gaze.

'This is the future that awaits you and Jessica, my dear Michael. You will both stand side-by-side in battle and both of you will fall to your injuries. Jessica will manage to stay alive but...' Celebi stopped herself and pulled away from me with both of her small green hands covering her face. '...you are surely aware of a Gardevoir's hidden power, right?'

The question threw me for a loop, but not the good kind. I was about to inquire further when I felt a soft hand clamp down on my left shoulder. I turned around to see Jessica looking down at the ground with her lower lip bitten and tears threatening to spill from their prison.

'A Gardevoir does have a rarely-seen hidden power...but it can only be used once...' I stared incredulously at my beloved as she took a deep, shaky breath before continuing. '...We Gardevoir pride ourselves on the bonds we form with trainers and Pokemon alike. In fact, out of all known Pokemon currently documented, a Gardevoir's bond surpasses all of them by leaps and bounds. If...a Gardevoir is intimately close with its trainer or with another Pokemon...and that trainer or Pokemon is put in a life-or-death situation...' Jessica gazed at her knees and pressed her forehead against mine. '...the Gardevoir will sacrifice their lives by opening a dimensional rift that is capable of saving the life of their trainer or Pokemon. If the life of their trainer or Pokemon has already been lost...the Gardevoir will pour its remaining psychic energy out through their chest spike. Because of this the Gardevoir's energy takes on life-giving properties so their bond-mate can be revived but...at the cost of the Gardevoir's life.'

My mind was overloading with the new information, all of which lead to one inevitable conclusion, Jessica's death.

"W-Why..."

I saw Celebi and Jessica look at me while tears stained my vision and began flowing rapidly.

That flow would increase moments later...

"WHY? WHY MUST IT BE LIKE THIS? SURELY THERE IS A WAY TO SAVE JESSICA'S LIFE?SURELY THERE IS A PATH THAT ALLOWS ME TO STAY ALIVE AND PREVENT JESSICA FROM NEEDING TO SACRIFICE HERSELF? THERE HAS TO BE! THERE...THERE HAS TO BE! IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF THERE WASN'T A WAY-"

'Only Arceus knows for certain, for only Arceus has the power to change the future. However I have not seen Arceus in any of the future timelines, and even if you decide to ignore the conflict the Hell Pokemon will find you and Jessica. There is only one inevitable outcome and that is the death of Jessica-'

"SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! JUST SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU STUPID FUCKING POKEMON! THAT ISN'T TRUE! IT'S NOT TRUE! JESSICA IS EVERYTHING TO ME! THERE IS NO WAY I COULD LIVE ON IF SHE DIED! I WOULD RATHER KILL MYSELF! SO DON'T YOU TELL ME SHE CAN'T FUCKING BE SAVED, OR, SO HELP ME, I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN WHERE YOU STAND!"

'The future cannot be changed regardless of whether or not you actually succeed in your endeavor! The only thing you would be changing is your own fate at the hands of an angry god Pokemon! If you truly wish to change the future and save your mate then let me explain what Arceus told me and the other Legends!' I suddenly found myself being pinned down by innumerable vines which had sprung forth from the fertile earth under my feet. My blades were still heavily corroded due to Ruby's toxic cloud so any threats I made fell on deaf ears. I struggled to escape the vegetation keeping me tied down but Celebi was much too powerful for my meager strength to handle without my blades. A pair of warm arms draped over my chest and began working over my shoulders and neck.

Jessica was giving me a soothing massage to try and ease the tension from my prone form, and she was succeeding. I tilted my head back and felt those sinfully delicious lips press against my own with reassuring comfort and love. 'I know you must feel terrible after seeing such a bleak outlook...but please know that I have not given up...there is a future Celebi did not show you. When the time is right I will form a mind link with you and show you the lone possible future that sees the two of us live and all Pokemon and humans bonding in every way...it was a vision shown to me by Arceus when you were killed by those Houndoom and Mightyena.' I looked into those stunning amber pools and suddenly felt all the stress and anxiety leave my body, just like it always did when my beloved got that certain gleam in them.

'I'm so sorry for acting the way I have been, my beloved, it's just that the whole concept of losing you doesn't sit we'll with me in any reality and I don't want to ever live in that kind of world...a world without you by my side. We still have Amber and Blade to raise and watch them grow up, plus I wouldn't mind having an even bigger family as long as its with you, Jessi~'

I could see the well of heat rush to Jessica's cheeks, causing her to glance to the side from embarrassment. I simply tilted her head back so she was looking at me again and kissed her soft lips, listening to her squeal and moan happily.

'Yes, this is the future I want to live in.'

The moment was unceremoniously ruined by a gruff cough which grabbed both mine and Jessica's attention. What I saw, or, rather, WHO I saw, sent a surge of adrenaline through my every nerve and muscle.

Before me was the fully awakened human that had given me a fight for the ages, and nearly killed my mate. She was only slightly taller than me at roughly five-feet, six-inches in height and she, though it pained me to admit it, had a body that would surely have made me do a double-take were I still human. A trim and very athletic body was accentuated by a pair of hips which begged to be grabbed. After the initial eye-candy it was clear to be nothing more than a visual temptation used by someone highly skilled in the art of stealth and subtlety.

At the very top of her head were numerous locks of midnight-black hair, the woman's, whose name was Ruby, bangs concealing the left half of her face enough to hide the eye underneath. The ends of Ruby's ebony hair were tipped blood-red and made the bangs over her left eye resemble thin daggers. A pair of mis-matched eyes were just one of the many unique features this woman possessed. Ruby's visible eye was a soul-piercing shade of silver and I had to shake myself free from her entangling gaze lest i become lost in them. The other eye, though covered by the her bangs, could not keep its fierce lavender glow from being seen. A pair of lips were curled upwards in a sinister smirk, promising plenty of trouble for those caught in her web.

Another easily noticeable trait Ruby possessed were a pair of knockers that would make even some star models green with envy. What could easily be seen as the fabled "Double D's" of every human fantasy were pressing so snug against their prison that it defied sensible logic that they hadn't escaped already. An equally snug black T-shirt with a logo depicting a fighter in a balanced combat stance acted as the aforementioned "prison" Attached to her shirt and held together by a shoulder clasp was a black cape with red trim. Attached to the clasp was a hood which could be used to hide the users face, just like it had when she fought me. It was at that moment I was grateful to have lost my humanity, otherwise Jessica would have undoubtedly caught on to me gawking.

A small amount of skin was revealed below Ruby's shirt and a small circular object was attached to her belly button, most likely a piercing. The object was trimmed with gold and a magnificent ruby was situated dead center, numerous clasps grabbing the gem possessively. A pair of grey pants brought an end to the lascivious display, along with numerous cuts and tears in the fabric around the knee area. Last but not least, a pair of black combat boots, sleek in design but lethal in effectiveness they brought, finished the ensemble of seduction and danger that came with the total package.

I was about to address her when she started walking towards me and Jessica with an unreadable expression. I clung to my beloved like a prize fighter does a trophy, ready to protect what I cherished with my life. What happened next took me and Jessica by complete surprise.

She kissed me.

Celebi, Jessica and myself were stunned beyond measure, although even that phrase couldn't accurately describe what I was feeling at the moment. It took every ounce of my willpower not to move my hands over Ruby's hips and just a little bit more to not give away the fact I was aroused as fuck. I could feel teeth clamp down on my lower lip in a painful vice before the flesh was tugged towards the woman. Eventually my lips simply would not go any further and were let go, creating an audible smacking sound when they rebounded.

When I was finally able to focus again I saw a HUGE grin on Ruby's face, her visible silver eye practically glowing with a satisfied aura. I thought that would be the end of the surprises for the day. I couldn't have been more wrong.

She leaned over and kissed Jessica.

I thought the kiss she had given me was a bold statement but the one being issued to my beloved was like comparing Pecha berries to Oran berries. I could see actual movement being made by Ruby's hands and feet as though she were trying to feel Jessica up. The only reason I didn't go ballistic at this turn of events was only understandable due to me being a human before. "It just is what it is" was the usual response given by a guy after seeing two women kiss each other. 'I suppose some things are just programmed into our DNA regardless of species...' I trailed my thoughts just as Ruby parted from Jessica.

The look on Jessica's face said it all yet she still had to add something with her mouth.

"What...was that for?"

Ruby simply smirked at my beloved and pointed at her with a smooth finger. "For being a good sport about the whole 'knife-to-the-throat' routine."

She then turned to face me.

"-and yours was for giving me the best fight I've had in three years. Seriously, how the fuck did you manage to find me after i activated my TSOC?" I blinked at the four-letter reference, of which I had no clue what it meant. I could only tilt my head to the side and shrug my shoulders, hoping the gesture would better explain my conflict.

Unfortunately I would not be spared such a benefit as those lips once again pressed against mine harshly. This time I was able to gather my bearings and push Ruby back towards Celebi, who had been watching the entire exchange with a "What do I do?" expression plastered on her face.

"Aww, you could at least let me cop a feel...after all, you're half human so that means you have the...equipment to possibly interest me-"

Ruby's attempts at seducing me were abruptly halted by a blazing psychic signature full of fury the like of which this world has never seen before.

"MY BELOVED IS NOT YOURS TO OOGLE AND UNDRESS! IF YOU SO MUCH AS BLOW HIM A KISS, LOOK AT HIM FUNNY, "TALK" TO HIM OR TEMPT HIM WITH YOUR BODY I SWEAR AS ARCEUS' WITNESS THAT THE FLAMES WILL COME AND I WILL BE THE ONE TO BRING THEM!"

I had never been more attracted to Jessica than I was at that moment. I wasn't sure what came over me just then but I picked her up and smashed my mouth against hers, forcing my tongue inside as we wrestled with each other in such an intimate way.

Celebi had her mouth hanging open while Ruby couldn't help but grin at the sheer power of the kiss. 'I do believe we've found ourselves a couple of partners-in-crime, Fae'rore.'

'I believe you are right, Ruby, dear.' Celebi cooed in response as the pair decided to let the two lovebirds have their moment.

Normal POV

'So...let me make sure I heard you right. You work for a vigilante organization designed around scoping out dangers involving Pokemon and those who use them for their own ends? How is that any different from the police?'

Michael looked at Jessica with a frustrated sigh as this would now be the third time Ruby would have to explain everything. Oddly enough he felt sort of sorry for the black-haired human and decided to try his luck at getting through to his beloveds' thick skull.

'From what I understand, Jessi, Ruby Ciel Garnet, known otherwise as "Ruby", is part of a secret task force centered around finding and apprehending rogue criminal organizations that are lying too low on the radar to be bothered by the federal agencies and police department.' When Michael saw Ruby nod he continued. 'Since your organization is flying under the radar, along with the people they follow, you are able to achieve results much faster due to cutting out the interrogation and holding process.'

Jessica seemed better informed but still had some apprehension on her face. Michael saw this and turned his attention to his beloved.

'"I get that part, what I'm concerned with are the methods you use to get your results...are they similar to-"

"Exactly, dear, my methods are straightforward but very, VERY effective. You have quite a catch there with that Gallade, you know. He's the first half-breed to survive one of my ambushes long enough to force me into using my TSOC twice, and the first living thing in three years to actually land a punch on me. Whoever trained him would make a wonderful teacher for our new recruits."

'That was another question I wanted to ask you, Ruby...what exactly is "TSOC?"'

The ebony-haired woman went to open her mouth but quickly closed it. Jessica didn't think anything of it but Michael knew he had caught onto a piece of information that wouldn't come easy. Apparently it wasn't to be known as public knowledge either, as Ruby began to speak telepathically to Michael.

'It's what I was using in our confrontation to turn invisible. It's our master's design and his greatest achievement. With it we have been able to successfully infiltrate the deepest reaches of our enemies stronghold in Viridian City with no casualties to speak of on our end.'

'Enemy stronghold? In Viridian City? Michael! Wasn't that where Ash and his Pokemon took us after you ended my Hell Evolution?' Jessica questioned with a mix of shock and uncertainty. Michael gave a slow nod of confirmation, taking the news with a relaxed attitude. Ruby on the other hand looked at Michael with utter disbelief.

It was enough to break her mind link and begin talking aloud once again.

"You took down a Hell Pokemon?! AND saved that Pokemon in the process?! How is that possible..."

Michael went into a short summary about how his eternal bond with Jessica allowed her voice to reach his mind and prove that she wasn't too far gone to be saved. All of a sudden it was as if a light had been switched on for Ruby.

"That explains everything, actually...of course! How could we have been so blind to the most obvious fact...Michael, you've heard of the Pokemon fanatic organization known as PAIR, correct?" Michael gave a firm nod of confirmation. "Hell Pokemon are Pokemon that have been stripped of all cognitive reasoning and emotion, the likelihood of a bond being made in a Hell Pokemon in exactly zero percent...but if the bond was already there to begin with..."

'Just tell me what it is, Ruby!' Michael said loudly.

"It means that the way to end Hell Evolution and bring justice to PAIR is through the bond you share with Jessica. It's the bonds that break the cycle! No wonder they wanted to discredit and make it illegal to bond with Pokemon! It would bring an end to Hell Pokemon! Master Oak must be notified..."

Jessica and Michael both stared at Ruby with confused stares.

'Master Oak?' They asked in unison.

"The Leader of our organization, Blades of Evisceration, our master's name is Gary Oak"