A/N: Thank you for the reviews! I hope for some more! Also, if anyone likes the pairing of Leaf and Aaron (which has mostly been shown in chapter 18), or even if you don't, I would like some suggestions for a shipping name.
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Before we go any further up the stairs, I do some last minute planning. I suggest to everyone that we should swap our pokemon so no one will recognize us. We begin swapping and I end up with Leaf's Primape and Vaporeon (the one she got in Kanto after if evovled from Eevee), Aaron's Beautifly, Daimon's Torterra and Snorlax, and Lucas' Clefable. I konw that th're not used to other trainers, but it will have to do.
"Hey! I saw you guys on the first floor!"
On our way up to the third floor, we are confronted by a galactic grunt. He tells us that he knows that we're imposters and challenges me to a battle. He says that there are four other guards on each of the floors. I smirk, telling the others to go on ahead to fight the other trainers. After they leave, I send out my "new" pokemon.
"Alright. If you guys win, we won't tell the admins or the boss 'bout you," the grunt says.
(Glactic Battle Third Floor)
The pokemon I send out is Vaporeon. The grunt sends out Luxio. Shoot. Vaporeon turns to me with a confused expression then turns back to Luxio. I order Vaporeon to use hydro pump, but Luxio doesn't faint. It counters back with spark, but I order Vapreon to dodge then use ice beam. It hits, making Luxio faint.
The next pokemon sent out is Zubat. Gosh, does everyone here have a Zubat?! Anyways, Vaporeon uses ice beam again, ensuring the grunt's defeat. Now to join the others.
(Galactic Battle Fourth Floor)
Leaf sends out Drapion while the male grunt sends out Grimer. She orders Drapion to attack with earthquake, but Grimer uses protect. The next move it uses is acid armour. Once again, Drapion uses earthquake and Grimer faints.
A Purugly is sent out next. Drapion uses earthquake but it jumps up, dodging the attack. Still in the air, Purugly attacks with shadow ball. Drapion takes the hit, then counters with a critical hit from sludge bomb. After winning, Leaf, or Nepsa, returns Drapion and kisses the pokeball.
"Thank you, Noraa."
(Galactic Battle Fifth Floor)
Aaron throws out Infernape's pokeball and the female grunt counters with Golbat. Golbat starts off the battle with wing attack, and since Infernape is a duel-type, being fire and fighting, it takes alot of damage. Aaron grunts, ordering it to use shadow claw. Golbat doesn't take much damage, then uses wing attack once more. Infernape begins to breathe heavily, so Aaron retuns it to it's pokeball, sending out Leaf's Pidgeot.
"Nepsa,"Aaron sighs and orders Pidgeot to attack with drill peck, making Golbat faint.
The grunt smiles sheepishly, saying that that was her only pokemon. Aaron rolls his eyes, continuing up the steps.
(Galactic Battle Sixth Floor)
Daimon starts off by sending out Lucas' Alakasam. The grunt that he's facing calls out her Glameow. Alakasam uses energy ball, hitting the cat pokemon. Glameow counters back with scatch, but Alakasam shakes it off. It finishes off Glameow with a psybeam attack.
After returning Glameow, the grunt sends out her Luxray. Alakasam is about to uses another psybeam, but Luxray uses fake out, stopping it's attack. Once again, Alakasam attacks with psybeam, and Luxray faints.
(Galactic Battle Seventh Floor)
Last but not least, Lucas starts the by sending out Green's Charizard and the last grunt uses his only pokemon like the grunt on the fifth floor. Crobat. To Lucas's luck, Charizard beats Crobat with one fire blast.
"Now I know what it's like to use the pokemon of a champion," Lucas says, daydreamingly," Someday, I'll become a champion!"
(On the Seventh Floor in Front of Saturn's Office)
The five of us meet up in front of the office. Of course, since I'm the leader, I'm the one who knocks on the door.
"Enter," Saturn's voice sounds bored.
I open the door, seeing Saturn resting his head against his left palm. His elbow is resting against the desk. But there's someone next to him. Wait a minute. Is that...?
"Dawn!" Daimon and Lucas whisper.
I can see that they are trying to restrain themsevles from bursting out with joy. Saturn doesn't notice this, telling us that "the girl", as he calls her, needs to be transported to the boss' office in the basement of the headquarters building. He reveals to us that she was captured because she is the keeper of the Azure Flute and the only one who knows how to use it.
The Azure Flute? I ask what they need the Azure Flute for and he begins laughing out loud. After his fit of laughter, he informs me that it's the only thing that can summon the legendary pokemon, Arceus.
I silently gasp. Arceus?! I thought that it was only a myth! Is it really real?
"Isn't that right sweetheart," Saturn says seductively, tilting Dawn's chin up to look at him.
Daimon and Lucas quietly growl at the sight of the admin supposedly flirting with their friend. Saturn lets go of the girl's chin, handing her over to us. He tells us to take good care of us, getting up from his desk and pushing us out the door, slamming it shut.
We begin heading down the stairs and Dawn starts whining, telling us to let go of her. Lucas chuckles, revealing to her who we are. Dawn gasps, then squeals, launching herself at Daimon, embracing him tightly. As Daimon blushes, Lucas huffs at the sight. He's definately jealous, I tell you.
Dawn turns to Aaron and I, asking who we are. Aaron introduces himself first.
"Aaron?! The Aaron of the Elite Four?!" She gasps loudly.
"Yeah, the one and only," he replies.
Our new companion starts swooning over him and Daimon and Lucas are giving him death glares. Once again, their just jealous. Of course, I introduce myself to her, saying that I'm a champion and the leader of the group. Dawn swoons over me too. Aaron, Daimon, and Lucas all become even more jealous. Wow, this girl swoons a lot!
She goes and stands next to Leaf happily while I look at the map to see where the boss's office is. According to the map, we should head North, then turn East to a stairway. Okay, let's go!
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After climbing up endless amounts of stairs, we finally reach the boss' office, I open up the door without knocking first. No ones here. Hm. I look around the room until I spot a teleport panel. I call out to everyone, telling them to follow me. We all step on the panel, and we get teleported to some kind of lab.
There are large cylinders that a connected to the ceiling, containing green ooze inside of each and every one of them. Disgusted, we proceed through the lab, until we reach a door at the end of the hallway.
Cautiously, I twist the doorknob, revealing a horrifying sight.
The three pokemon that I met in Eterna Forest are each strapped to large machines. I can see the electrical charges generating from them.
"Amazing, isn't it. These three, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf, shall come to me willingly now," I dark voices comes from behind us.
The six of us turn around to see a tall man with a galactic uniform on with light blue hair.
"So you five are the imposters. Though you seem a little too young to be snooping around my headquarters," he says, amused.
"Who are you?!" I yell.
"Cyrus!" Dawn gasps.
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So what did you think? Good or bad? I really want some suggestions for a shipping name for Leaf and Aaron. Please R&R!
