The heroes now awake on the beack just like when they first arrived.
Riolu: Hey! Isn't this the place where we first met? Doesn't that mean?
Luffy: We're back in the past.
Grovyle: Did we now?
Riolu: Yeah! This is where I first met Pikachu and the rest of our friends.
Grovyle: So that's what happened. The trip sent me and the others into the Eastern Forest.
Dan: There's really a whole lot we don't understand about that.
Davis: Like the concept of time travel. Could you explain it to us?
Riolu But not here. I know where we can stay for the time being considering Grovyle and his group are still outlaws.
Shun: Then we'll have to stick to the shadows.
They soon arrived to a large cliff shaped like a shark.
Riolu: This is Sharpedo Bluff.
Alice: Sharpedo Bluff?
Riolu: It was named after a pokemon named Sharpedo and it looks like one too. Nothing seems out of the ordinary here.
Riolu then moved a bush to reveal a hidden staircase.
Ichigo: A hidden staircase.
Riolu: Follow me. You see, I lived here before we joined the guild.
They climbed down to a large room in the cliff.
Aelita: I see. This is a hollow chamber in the face of the cliff.
Riolu: I'm glad no one's wrecked the place. We can stay here for the time being. I have enough beds for everyone.
Krokorok: Actually, we're going.
Odd: Your just going to leave us like that?
Fraxure: Its not like we don't like you.
Pawniard: But like exploring even more.
Snorunt: And we are not going to live like outlaws.
Bastiodon: Later.
Team Crusader then left to parts unknown. The heroes then stayed around the fire for the night.
William: Pikachu. We never expected you to be the same guy.
Nami: Guys? Could you tell us more about this.
Grovyle: Me and Pikachu were jointly investigating the planet's paralysis. He had a special ability like nothing else.
Chopper: The Dimensional Scream. We've seen it in action many times. But it didn't work in the future. Why?
Chad: The Dimensional Scream is a strange ability. It requires the presence of a trusted pokemon partner.
Robin: Without the partner it cannot be triggered. It goes off when its near a time gear.
Cody: That's why it didn't work in the future.
Grovyle: I then had the honor of meeting your friends. We joined forces to stop the paralysis of the planet. When we took the Passage of Time, we were attacked by a shaodwy adversary. Something tells me it did not want us to go back and fix everything. It wanted things the same.
Alice: We thought it was Dusknoir, but the figure was too thin to be him.
Marucho: Maybe it was Flux.
Jexi: Impossible. Flux doesn't have the guts to pull something like that off.
Zoro: How would you know?
Jexi: Because I was fighting him when he sent you to this world and when you were time traveling.
Julie: You fought him?
Jexi: I got wind of his plan from an unnamed assalient. I tried to stop him, but I was too late. So I decided to help Grovyle to stop Dialga and Flux.
Runo: But if that's true, who attacked Grovyle?
Rukia: There could be someone else involved.
Yolei: The Dark Crew.
Renji: They must be involve din this somehow.
Ken: It's getting pretty late. We better rest.
meanwhile on Flux's ship.
Voice: I cannot believe you let then live.
Flux: Relax. I have everything under control. The charges have been set at the base of Temporal Tower. Everything is going as planned. In four days, that tower will be nothing but rubble.
Voice: It better or you can forget me paying you.
The next morning the five heroes and Grovyle awoke to see Riolu and Jexi missing.
They went up to see then on the cliffside.
Jexi: Hey.
Aelita: What are you two doing up here?
Riolu: I was just mulling over some things.
Jexi: I was waiting for the sunrise.
Ichigo: The Sunrise? Why?
Jexi: I just enjoy it. It means that this world still continues to proser, to live, to be free.
The sun then started to peak over the ocean.
Grovyle: Will my future be as bright?
Luffy: Of course it will.
Later...
Uryuu: So I guess we should start by going after the time gears again. But which one?
Grovyle: Treeshroud Forest. It has no guardians, so it shall be easy.
Kon: Treeshroud Forest it is.
They soon arrived to the forest and pressed onward til they reached the time gear alter.
Kari: Look at this place.
They soon saw that time was still stopped, even with the time gear in place.
Ulrich: Even with the time gear in place. Everything is still stopped.
Grovyle then took the time gear.
Jeremie: What are you doing?
Grovyle: Time has already stopped here. Taking the time gear now will not change this. We fix Temporal Tower, we start this place back up. I want all of you to gather info in Treasure Town to learn what's been happening during our absense.
They soon returned to Sharpedo Bluff.
Sanji: The word is time is stopping in bigger areas.
Grovyle: Then the collapse of Temporal Tower has begun. We need to find the Hidden Land.
Aelita: The Hidden Land?
Grovyle: It is the location that houses Temporal Tower. Me and my group will go and collect the other four time gears. You try to find the Hidden Land's location.
Jexi: I'll go and see if there's a way to slow this down.
They all then seperated.
Runo: How are we suppose to find the Hidden Land anyway? We'd need an expert.
Pikachu: Maybe the guildmaster.
Riolu: Pikachu. I love to visit the guild more that anyone. But will they believe us even if we saw it with our own eyes? Should we tell them anyway?
Pikachu: Yes! Tell them!
Ichigo: Why?
Pikachu: We need everyone's help if we want to save every world from paralysis. We can't find the Hidden Land on our own, but with our friends, we can achieve that goal.
Davis: Let's go to the guild then.
They soon left for the guild.
back to first person.
Flux: Hello again readers. Hope you enjoyed that chapter. Reading this chapter, you must already know that the epic showdown is coming closer and we are reaching the end point. Next time will be a special episode. Next Chapter: Here Comes Team Charm!