Ok, it's chapter 14! Let's start!

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Chapter 14:

The Two Thieves

"What happened?" Mario asked once he, Peach, and Dusknoir were at the guild. Everyone in the guild were there, including Shinji. Shinji noticed Dusknoir was there, but he tried his best not to run.

"You're late. I just heard this now, but... Fogbound Lake's time gear... has been stolen!" Chatot announced to everyone.

"No, it can't be that... someone spilled the beans?" Mario said quietly, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"We didn't tell anyone about Fogbound Lake. How dare you accuse us of telling! We didn't do anything. Right, May?" Alice turned to her teammate, May.

"Y-yeah... right..." May was about to cry.

"May, you're about to cry again?" Alice said.

"Sorry, for accusing you guys. I know you wouldn't tell anyone about the lake," Mario apologized. Chatot cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"As I was about to say before I was interrupted," he looked at Mario, "Uxie is safe. After he was questioned, we've found out who the culprits are," Chatot turned to the wanted posters behind him and pointed to two particular posters, "One of them is a Grovyle, and the other is..." Chatot paused, "a human." The human's picture was in black and white. The human was a woman with a narrow face, a tiny nose, a small mouth, and almond shaped eyes.

"WHAT? That's not possible!" Loudred bellowed.

"I know, it's impossible, but it's true. We should catch these crooks as soon as possible, but first we should see where they would strike next," Chatot continued.

"May I interrupt?" Dusknoir asked, "If Uxie was guarding a time gear, then Mesprit and Azelf must be guarding some too. They should be at lakes, like Uxie was."

"Seriously, what's with them and lakes? I just don't get it," Peach interrupted him.

"I don't know. Well anyway, we should look for the lakes in where you would least expect them to be," he said.

"That's a marvelous idea, Dusknoir. Now, Team Ai and Team Pokecuties will investigate the Northern Desert. Bidoof and Sunflora will go to Crystal Cave..." Chatot assigned everyone to a mystery dungeon. Peach was relieved that her team was not with Bidoof again, but she was a little upset that she had to go with Team Ai. "Everyone should make preparations before they go..." Chatot kept on talking. When he was finally finished, Peach and her team went to the Chimecho Assembly to put Butterfree on the active team. After a visit to the Kecleon Shop and the Kangaskan Storage, they were finally ready to go.

At the entrance to the mystery dungeon...

When they got to the entrance, Alice suggested that both teams split up and explore separately. Peach agreed and they all went inside.

Northern Desert B1F

The first thing they noticed was that there was a sandstorm brewing. They thought nothing of it at first, but as they walked, the sand started to hurt their eyes.

"Ow! It hurts!" Butterfree screamed in pain.

"It's nothing, Butterfree. We only take three points of damage every few turns," Mario explained to him.

"Oh, I was overreacting..." He said. A few minutes later, they walked right into a monster house. About ten Pokemon appeared out of nowhere to attack the team.

"Let me take care of this!" Peach was about to use Blizzard when Butterfree used Silver Wind and knocked all of the Pokemon out. "What was that for, Butterfree? I was about to knock them out with Blizzard," Peach was not pleased with her teammate.

"While I was off the team, I learned this move. So, I decided to show it off. That's all..." Butterfree was a little saddened.

"She didn't mean it, Butterfree, so don't be sad..." Shinji said. They walked a little and beat up the Pokemon that attacked them, and then they reached the stairs.

Fourteen floors that are not important to the plot later...

"Oh! You're here, Team Pokecuties! We got here a few minutes ago. Check these pools of quicksand out!" To Peach's dismay, Team Ai had gotten to the end of the dungeon before her and her teammates.

"Nice quicksand," Peach said. She didn't get was so cool about quicksand, especially this one. She quickly noticed May was crying, for the second time that day.

"I-I don't want to go in! No, no, noooo!" She was shaking her head a little bit.

"Don't mind her, she cries all the time, for many reasons," Alice said.

"What's the reason this time?" Shinji asked.

"Oh, it's simple, I just wanted to leap into the pools of quicksand. There might be something in there," Alice said. Peach was very surprised at what she had said.

"You wanted to jump into the quicksand? No wonder May is crying!" Peach yelled at her.

"My, my. You get angry so easily, Peach. Dusknoir said to look for water in the most unexpected of places. You wouldn't expect to find water in a pool of quicksand, would you? Think about it for a second," Alice calmly said to the easily irritated Piplup. Peach paused for a few seconds and then she grumbled a little bit.

"Fine! We'll all go in tomorrow," Peach started to walk away, "Mario! Shinji! What are you waiting for? Let's go back to the guild," She turned around and then her teammates followed. Team Ai also followed them back to the guild.

At the guild...

"So, did you find anything?" Chatot asked. There was silence for a few minutes. "I'll take that as a no. Well, we'll look again tomorrow..." He said. Soon after, everyone ate their meals and went to bed.

The next day, Chatot told everyone to look for the time gears on their own. Team Ai and Team Pokecuties went back to the pools of quicksand without going thorough Northern Desert.

"Ok, we'll go in and then we will go split up and search for the lakes on our own, ok?" Alice said when they were there.

"Ok, that's a great idea," Peach agreed with her. They all then leaped into the quicksand together. They all landed in a room with sand pouring down.

"So I was right, there was something here!" Alice exclaimed. Everyone ignored her and went on.

Ten plot unimportant floors later...

Team Pokecuties was first to the midpoint. Peach was quite happy because of this.

"We got here before that annoying Team Ai!" She said, quite proud of herself. Just then, Team Ai walked in. Peach bragged to them about how she got there first and how they were slowpokes. Alice remained calm for some reason.

"You do know that there is a boss Pokemon ahead since this is a midpoint, right?" She asked. Peach paused for a moment.

"Of course we're ready! We've fought Groudon before, so this next fight will be easy!" She said. She and her teammates left for the next part of the dungeon, which was Quicksand Pit, soon after.

Underground Lake

"Ah! A lake! A time gear must be here!" Peach and her team came to the lake before Team Ai had.

"How DARE you try to steal the time gear!" A voice came from the water.

"We're not trying to steal the time gear! We're-" Shinji was cut off by the voice

"Silence! I already know you're trying to steal the time gear!" It was a feminine voice, almost certainly coming from a girl, "Uxie told me telepathically!" Mesprit came up from the water.

"Looks like we have a boss battle coming up..." Peach didn't sound happy.

"How can you tell, Peach?" Mario asked.

"We're usually interrupted at least once before the battle," Peach said.

"Were we late?" Alice said as she and May came to the lake.

"No, you're just in time for a boss battle," Shinji said. A few bits of dialogue later, a boss battle started. Peach was about to use BubbleBeam when Butterfree suddenly used Silver Wind and knocked Mesprit back a little.

"Good job, Butterfree! Keep using that move, ok?" Peach praised her teammate.

"Thanks!" Butterfree responded. A few uses of Silver Wind later, they defeated Mesprit.

"I w-won't let you take the time gear even if it kills me!" Mesprit said.

"Listen, we're not here to take the time gear," Peach said.

"Then if you're not here to take the time gear, then who is?" Mesprit asked.

"That... would be us," a voice said from behind them. It was Grovyle and the woman in the poster. Peach noticed that her skin seemed to be as white as snow and her eyes were a reddish pink with red pupils.

"I'm sorry, but we need that time gear. I'm Himeka if you want to address me by anything," She said. Grovyle groaned and knocked Mario, Peach, and Shinji out of the way.

"Get out of the way!" He yelled at Mesprit.

"Over my dead body!" Mesprit yelled back.

"Fine then," Grovyle attacked Mesprit. Peach and Mario got up and stood in front of the lake.

"Sorry, Grovyle, but we won't let you take the time gear!" Peach said. Grovyle said nothing and knocked them out of the way quickly.

"Wow... he's way fast!" Mario said. Grovyle jumped in the water to take the time gear.

"Why isn't Himeka doing anything?" Peach noticed that she was standing by the lake instead of helping Grovyle take the time gear.

"I'm guessing she can't swim," Mario said quietly. Suddenly there was a huge flash of light and everyone got up. Grovyle got out of the water and ran with Himeka out of the dungeon.

"I guess we better do the same thing as they're doing. Run for our lives!" Butterfree screamed. They did just that.

At the guild

Back at the guild, Magnezone and the Magnemite were talking about how Mesprit was safe and thanked them for helping them with their criminal investigation and then they left.

"So you found a lake with a time gear, fought Mesprit, and saw Grovyle take the time gear?" Chatot said after they were gone.

"Yes..." Mario said sadly.

"Well, now we have to find Azelf," Dusknoir said, "Bidoof, didn't you take a crystal from Crystal Cave?"

"H-how did you guess? I did take one from there and never told anyone! You are so smart, Dusknoir!" Bidoof said.

"May we see it?" Dusknoir asked.

"But that's my personal treasure!" Bidoof said.

"Don't worry, Peach is only going to touch it to activate her plot advancing powers, or the dimensional scream, which lets her see the past or future," Dusknoir assured him.

"Oh okay," Bidoof handed the crystal over to Peach. No sooner had she touched it, her dimensional scream started up. She saw Grovyle, Himeka, and Azelf at a lake. Azelf was hurt badly.

Grovyle: Forgive me, but I'll be taking that time gear now!

After the vision was over, she told everyone about it.

"That's interesting... but do you know if it was in the past or the future?" Dusknoir asked. Peach shook her head. "Well, we have to go to Crystal Cave and see," He said.

"Okay, make your preparations and then head out for Crystal Cave," Chatot said. Peach ignored Chatot and went right to Crystal Cave.

Skipping to the end

They came to three different colored crystals at the end of the dungeon. Mario walked up to them. He was curious at what they were.

"What are these? For some plot related reason, I think these are clues! Let's touch them and see what happens," Mario touched a crystal, which changed its color. "Wow! They change color when you touch them! Peach, why don't you touch a crystal?" Peach walked up and touched a crystal a few times.

"Cool! We should touch these some more... Oh no..." She felt a dimensional scream coming, "I hate these..."

I see... Azelf is the being of willpower. Willpower is what drives us both. It's a power that unifies us. If the colors of the crystals were made one, the path should reveal itself. What is the color of Azelf's soul, anyway? That is the question.

"It was only a voice again..." Peach muttered.

"So, what did you see in your dimensional scream?" Mario asked. Peach told him everything about the vision. "So, we have to make all the crystals the same color?"

"That's right, I'm guessing that the crystals should be blue since Azelf is blue," Peach said. She, Mario, and Shinji touched the crystals until they were blue. There was a tremor and then electricity surged from all of the crystals and went to the center, forming a sphere.

"This looks dangerous! We should back off!" Mario said. They all went near Butterfree, who was standing near where they had come from. Suddenly, a huge crystal rose from the floor, revealing a door into a mystery dungeon.

"This is probably the way to the lake. So, let's go team!" Peach said. Everyone nodded in agreement and they were on their way.

Skipping to Crystal Lake

When they got there, they noticed that they weren't too late. Grovyle and Himeka were there, but they hadn't taken the time gear yet. Azelf, like in Peach's vision, was badly beaten.

"Forgive me, but I'll be taking that time gear now!" Grovyle said.

"Stop right there!" The whole team shouted at the same time. Grovyle and Himeka turned around to see them.

"Who are you?" Himeka asked.

"We're Team Pokecuties, a gold rank exploration team! I'm-" Peach was cut short by Mario.

"Since when were we gold rank?" He asked.

"We got it between chapters, remember?" She said.

"Oh, that's right," Mario remembered.

"Sorry, but you won't be getting the time gear today," Azelf said and then his left eye started to glow. Crystals sprung up nowhere all around the lake, making going in and swimming impossible. Grovyle was clearly angry at Team Pokecuties for not letting him take the time gear, he was clenching his fists and gritting his teeth angrily.

"You morons! Can't you see what you've done?" He shouted at them.

'Well, we can't let you take the time gear!" Peach hollered back.

"I'm sorry, but I need that time gear and I don't care if I have to knock you out to get to it!" A boss battle started instantly. Butterfree used Sliver Wind several times during the fight, while Peach used Peck. Eventually, Grovyle was defeated, but soon after, he got up and attacked Team Pokecuties with no real explanation as to how he suddenly healed himself.

"Ack..." Mario was right in front of Grovyle.

"Move out of the way!" Grovyle shouted at him. Mario tried to say something, but he conveniently couldn't speak. I conveniently can't speak! At one of the worst times too... but I won't step aside for Grovyle! He thought.

"You refuse? Well then, you leave me no choice!" Oh no! I'm going to die! I'm too young to die! Peach, if you can read my mind, please name your babies after me! Mario thought.

"Forgive me, but this is for the time gear!" Grovyle lunged at Mario.

"Stop!" Dusknoir appeared out of nowhere. Oh, Dusknoir conveniently appeared! Yes! I'm not dead! Mario thought. "Are you alright, Mario? Let me handle this one!" Dusknoir punched Grovyle, sending him back a little.

"D-Dusknoir!" Grovyle sounded surprised.

"It's been way too long!" Dusknoir said.

"Heh. To think you chased me even to this world. You're really clingy, you know! I'm honestly really surprised, but I'm ready!" Grovyle said.

"What's going on?" Himeka said, very confused. Mario looked at her and shrugged his shoulders.

"So you'll fight for once. So be it. But, can you win? Especially against ME?" Dusknoir put both of his hands in the air. Grovyle and Dusknoir both lunged at each other, but there was suddenly a bright flash of light and then Grovyle and Himeka disappeared.

"That blasted Grovyle! He never wanted to fight!" Dusknoir punched the ground, "There's no escaping ME!" He vanished suddenly in pursuit of Grovyle. Mario fainted soon after.

"Oh my gosh! They're out!" Sunflora shouted off camera.

"Hey hey hey! Hurry up!" Corphish said. They all ran to where Azelf and Team Pokecuties were.

"Waah! They're knocked out! Waah!" May cried.

"They're badly injured! We need to take them to the guild for immediate treatment," Alice said. They surrounded the injured Pokemon and took them to the guild.

At the guild

"Ugh... where are we?" Peach said when she woke up in her bed. Chimecho was in between the three beds.

"You're in your room in the guild. You three were hurt. You've been sleeping for days," Chimecho answered.

"A-are you okay you two?" Peach asked her teammates.

"Yeah," they said in unison.

"That's a relief. I was worried there for a moment," Peach sighed, "Wait, what about Azelf? Is he okay?" Peach asked.

"He's fine. He got up earlier. Compared to you, his injuries weren't that severe. He got up earlier today. He's in the guild," Chimecho said.

"That's great! I'm glad he's okay," Peach said, relived.

"I'm really glad you guys are also okay! I'm going to call everyone in to see you," Chimecho rang the bell on her head and then the rest of the guild stampeded into the room.

"REALLY? That's AWESOME!" Loudred said as loud as ever.

"Oh my gosh! That's wonderful," Sunflora said.

"Waah! You're awake! Waah!" May was crying, again.

"I'm mighty glad! If something were to happen... I'd... I'd..." Bidoof said.

"Wow! You're really emotional! Oh, there's something I want to share with you all," Mario said.

"What? You're saying that Grovyle and the great Dusknoir knew each other before all this?" Chatot said later when he heard what Mario wanted to say. They were in front of the Guildmaster's door.

"Yeah! It sounded that way when they were preparing to fight," Mario said.

"Well, what happened to the great Dusknoir?" Alice asked.

"Grovyle and Himeka escaped, and Dusknoir went in pursuit of them..." Mario said. Suddenly, the emergency siren sounded.

"Waah! It's so loud!" May started to cry. Diglett got a message from Magnemite for everyone to come to the town square immediately. Everyone rushed to Treasure Town. When they got there, they saw that everyone in the town was there.

"Oh! The guild members!" a Teddiursa said.

"If even the guild members are here, something serious must be happening!" a Vigoroth said.

"Azelf!" Uxie noticed his presence.

"Uxie! Mesprit!" Azelf reunited with the other members of the lake trio.

"Are you all right?" Mesprit asked.

"I'm ok," Azelf said. After more talking, Peach and Mario finally came onto the screen.

"Oh! Peach and Mario! You're safe! Hey, where's Shinji?" Dusknoir said.

"He had some business to take care of so he won't be here. I wonder why he's almost never here when you're around. Anyway, can you tell us what happened? What happened to Grovyle and Himeka?" Mario said.

"I chased them, but they slipped away from me," Dusknoir responded.

"Oh, that's too bad. Anyway, there's something I want to ask you. Have you and Grovyle met before?" Dusknoir was about to answer Mario's question when officer Magnezone interrupted them.

"May I interrupt? That and more will be covered in this meeting," He said. Later when everyone was there, the meeting started. Officer Magnezone began talking. "ZZZT! Many time gears have been stolen! By the Pokemon Grovyle and the human Himeka! ZZZT! In the regions where time gears have been stolen, time has stopped! ZZZT! This is a very serious problem, as you all may know! ZZZT! Grovyle and Himeka failed... ZZZT! Failed to steal a time gear! This one was protected by the mighty Azelf!" Everyone clapped happily, "And who chased off Grovyle and Himeka and saved Azelf from death? The great Dusknoir! ZZZT!" Everyone praised Dusknoir and cheered.

"May I interrupt? I should explain from here..." Dusknoir said.

"ZZZT! Of course! Please take it from here! ZZZT!" Magnezone said.

"Everyone! While we should be happy we protected the time gear this time... Grovyle and Himeka still remain at large."

"How does everyone know Himeka's name? Dusknoir and Magnezone weren't there when she said it," Peach whispered to Mario.

"I told them her name, Peach," Mario whispered back.

"Grovyle and Himeka will certainly make another attempt to steal the time gear. There is another matter that has to do with this. It is extremely important and I must share it with you. Earlier, Mario asked me if I knew Grovyle from before. It is correct, I knew Grovyle from before all this. What I am about to say may shock you, but it is the truth! First, Grovyle is a Pokemon from the future. Himeka is his best friend. They are notorious criminals. They have a huge bounty on their heads. In order to avoid being captured, they fled to this time. When they came here, they plotted a catastrophic plan. A plan to paralyze the planet. You see, when a time gear is removed, time stops in that region. As more and more are taken, time stops in more areas. When all the time gears are taken, the planet becomes paralyzed," Dusknoir began to vividly describe what a paralyzed planet is like. It was almost like he lived there. "Things have been going out of control lately. That is also because of the time gear theft. If time gears continue to be stolen, the world will end in ruin." Corphish interrupted Dusknoir and asked how he knew all about Grovyle and the time gears. "Well, that is because I, too am from the future. My objective is to capture both Grovyle and Himeka. That is why I came to this world. I needed to know as much as I could to capture them, so I studied intensively about this world. That is why I know so much."

"Why didn't you tell us before, Dusknoir?" An Ursaring asked.

"I sincerely apologize. I feel terrible for not saying anything. But, what if I told everyone about my identity from the start? Who would have believed me? Nobody would believe me at all," Dusknoir said.

"Sorry..." Ursaring said.

"I also needed to avoid alerting my presence to Grovyle and Himeka," Dusknoir said.

"That makes sense when you think about it..." Chatot said.

"But... it is a fact... that I have been deceiving you all this time. For that I apologize," Dusknoir said.

"No no! You don't have to apologize! You haven't done anything wrong!" Chatot said.

"ZZZT! I agree with Chatot! Dusknoir has done nothing wrong in my book! ZZZT! Instead we should direct our anger on Grovyle and Himeka! ZZZT! We must capture them! ZZZT!" Everyone agreed with Magnezone. Eventually, they came up with a plan to capture Grovyle and Himeka. First, everyone would spread rumors that the time gear in Crystal Lake was being sealed away. Then, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf will go to Crystal Lake to catch Grovyle and Himeka. Everyone wanted to be the one to catch them.

"I'm sorry, but I need to work alone," Dusknoir said.

"W-why?" Mario asked.

'To put it short, Grovyle is extremely wary. He'll notice it's a trap if he notices the unusual number of Pokemon in the area. Himeka will too. That is why I must work alone. Sorry for my selfishness," Dusknoir explained.

"That makes sense..." Mario said, a little disappointed.

"That's how it is, guild members. Up to now... we were catching Grovyle and Himeka," Chatot said, "but now we're not. We'll just provide support."

"I still want to catch that Grovyle..." Peach said sadly. The meeting ended on a high note a few minutes later. That night, before they went to sleep, Team Pokecuties had a conversation.

"Are you still awake you two?" Mario asked.

"Yup, thanks to you," Peach said rudely.

"I was about to go to sleep, but yeah, I'm still awake," Shinji said.

"That's great because I wanted to talk to you two about today," Mario said.

"You mean Dusknoir's speech?" Peach asked.

"Yeah, that. It was shocking. I mean, the fact that Grovyle, Himeka, and Dusknoir are from the future," Mario said.

"Yeah, it was shocking. Dusknoir came from the future to pursue Grovyle and Himeka and take them back to the future," Shinji was soon cut off by Peach.

"And he's doing it alone too! I really want to catch that Grovyle! I don't care if he said we couldn't! I'm going anyway!" Peach said angrily.

"Peach, that's not such a good idea. Remember what happened last time we faced Grovyle? I was almost killed," Mario said and sighed.

"Oh, right. Sorry for getting so worked up about it. I guess that catching Grovyle and Himeka is Dusknoir's responsibility," Peach sighed.

"And that means we have to stay out of his business, right?" Shinji added.

"Right. Let's go to sleep... good night you two..." Peach laid down and went to sleep. Mario and Shinji did the same.

"WAKE UP! It's MORNING!" Loudred woke them up the next morning.

"ARRGH! Can't you shut up, Loudred? I need my beauty sleep!" Peach screamed at Loudred when she was woken up by his loud voice.

"WELL, excuse me! I'm just doing my JOB!" Loudred shouted back in a loud voice. They both started to argue.

"Peach and Loudred! Stop this at once! My ears are ringing!" Mario broke up the fight before it got ugly.

"Sorry, Mario," Peach apologized. They soon all went to do the morning cheers.

"So, we have not yet gotten word of Grovyle and Himeka's capture. Until they are captured, we should carry on with our usual work. That is all. So, let's get to work everyone!" Chatot said after the morning cheers.

"HOORAY!" Everyone went off to do their work, including Team Pokecuties.

"Listen you two... Do you think Azelf and his friends are doing okay?" Peach said as she laid in her bed that night.

"Of course they're doing okay! They've got the great Dusknoir on their side! There's no way they can lose!" Mario said.

"Are you really sure he's that strong?" Shinji asked.

"Of course I am!" Mario said.

"Good night you two. I'm going to go to sleep now..." Peach said.

"Good night, Peach," Mario said.

"WAKE UP! It's MORNING!" Loudred shouted with his ultra loud voice.

"It's not worth arguing with you anymore..." Peach said after she woke up. They all went to do the morning cheers after a few seconds. After the morning cheers, Chatot said almost the same exact things he said the day before when the emergency siren sounded.

"Officer Magnemite is here!" Diglett announced.

"ZZZT! We are pleased to annonce that both Grovyle and Himeka have finally been captured! But wait, there's more! They were both captured by the great Dusknoir! He said that he will be going back to the future with them! ZZZT!"

"Dusknoir is leaving...?" Peach was a little disappointed, "Going back to the future... how do you do that anyway?" Peach wondered.

"ZZZT! I do not know the exact process! ZZZT! But I have heard that they will be going thorough a tunnel called a dimensional hole! ZZZT! He opened one in the town square! ZZZT! Dusknoir told us that he wanted to say goodbye before he leaves! Meet him at Treasure Town's square! ZZZT!" Magnemite said. They all hurried to the town square. When they got there, everyone was there except for Dusknoir, Grovyle, and Himeka. There was a dimensional hole at the front. Bidoof tried to touch it.

"ZZZT! Stop! Once you touch it, you'll be sent to the future instantly! ZZZT!" Magnezone stopped him.

"Hey, Azelf! And Mesprit and Uxie too! How was the plan? Did it work?" Peach asked them.

"Yup. Thanks to Dusknoir, it was flawless. Grovyle and Himeka have been captured. We also got back the time gears he stole. We'll put them back where they belong. Dusknoir should be here in a bit," Azelf said. No sooner had he said that, Dusknoir came with Grovyle, Himeka, and some Sableye. Both Grovyle and Himeka were tied up and muzzled. There were tears in Himeka's eyes.

"Wow. Grovyle even looks like a BAD guy. The world was NEARLY ruined because of him and that human," Loudred said. Himeka shot a sad look at him. They walked in front of the dimensional hole.

"Everyone! I want to share some excellent news with you! Grovyle and Himeka... have been captured!" Dusknoir said. Everyone cheered.

"Nothing less from the great Dusknoir!" Alice said.

"This was all because of your support and cooperation. I can't thank you enough!" Dusknoir thanked everyone. Everyone cheered again. "You see, Grovyle and Himeka are both vicious and wicked. Their capture should result in everlasting peace." Grovyle shook his head while Himeka's eyes widened.

"Mmmmf! Mmmmf!" Grovyle tried to speak. Himeka also tried.

"It looks like they muzzled both of them..." Mario stated the obvious.

"But... that means I'll be leaving," Dusknoir said, "Everyone! This is goodbye." Everyone was sad. "Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf... I entrust you with the rest."

"ZZZT! Thank you for everything! ZZZT! You have saved us all! ZZZT!" Officer Magnezone said.

"Oh no no... I was only able to do it with your help. I hope that all of you will work to preserve the peace," Dusknoir said.

"ZZZT! You can count on us! ZZZT!" Magnezone said.

"I'm afraid the time to leave is now," Dusknoir said and turned around to see the Sableye push Grovyle and Himeka into the dimensional hole. "Everyone! Even though it pains me... I must leave." Everyone started to cry, even Peach. Dusknoir turned to leave, but then he stopped. "Oh, yes. Before I go, I must see two very special Pokemon. Peach, and Mario!" Dusknoir turned around.

"I feel it's a trap... but I also feel this is the only way to advance the plot. So, let's go, Mario," Peach said. They both went up to Dusknoir.

"I guess this is goodbye... Dusknoir... sir!" Mario said with tears in his eyes.

"Yeah, I might as well say it... Goodbye, Dusknoir, for everything you've done," Peach reluctantly said while looking away. There were tears in her eyes, too.

"Well, this is goodbye... Or is it?" Dusknoir said suddenly.

"What? What do you mean!" Peach was very surprised. Dusknoir raised his hands and the mouth on his stomach opened.

"It's way too soon for goodbyes! You two..." Dusknoir grabbed them and said, "are coming with me!"

"H-hands off! Let go of me this instant!" Peach shouted at Dusknoir. He ignored her and dragged them into the dimensional hole. When he was inside, the hole closed.

Ok, that's the end of this chapter! So, what do you think? Please post it as a review! Thank you for reading!