Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Light

Chpt. 25: Siesta on the Action

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or Inside Out.

Team Alchemy

Ash: Male Grovyle; Leaf Blade, Giga Drain, Close Combat, Swords Dance, Glare, Agility, Aerial Ace

Dawn: Female Piplup; Peck, Water Gun, Water Slap, Fake Tears

Blaze: Male Charmander; Ember, Scratch, Metal Claw, Flamethrower, Tackle

Chim: Male Chimchar; Ember, Scratch, Dig, Rock Climb, Quick Attack

Thulle: Male Treecko; Absorb, Pound, Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Agility

Hydroflora: Female Carvanha; Tackle, Hydro Pump, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Surf

Rowan: Male Celebi; Teleport, Heal Bell, Roar of Time

Azure: Male Azurill; Fake Tears, Bounce, Splash

Stolen Gears:

Sunshore Gear (electric)

Dualeaf Gear (normal)

Almia-Alola Gear (soul)

Desertjewel Gear (sand)

Keora Gear (ghost)

Eterna Gear (grass)

Mountainglacier Gear (ice)

Pastoria Gear (fighting)

Hapispirit Gear (rock)

Celestia Gear (legend)

Viridian Gear (steel)

Azalea-Osaka Gear (bug)

Violet Gear (flying)

North Hooto Gear (dark)

North Yangtze Gear (fairy)

South Yangtze Gear (psychic)

Vostoki Gear (poison)

3rd POV

Okay... since there was too much action the past few chapters, let's take a little siesta on the action first and know the two protagonists' inner thoughts.

Dawn's POV

"ASH! Sniff... I've missed you so much!" I cried as he held me in his lap. We were currently in a forest in the center of Kalea (Kalos); Parilumina.

Now that I felt safe again, I took a little while to check my surroundings and notice what I couldn't notice before.

Zif is male. That's for sure. He looks like a normal Darkrai, except for a little tear in his... hair..? I'll ask him later.

Mr. Rowan's a mystery below that black cloak of his. All I know is that he is a male Celebi, but I don't even know what that Pokémon is!

Thulle and Chim are still very childish, although the former seems to act awkwardly in front of Hydroflora. Thulle has a cowboy hat and pants, while Chim had a cute chibi hat with a badge(?) inscribed on it. The two also have the old scarves I gave them, wrapped around them like a... scarf. Hydroflora also seemed to be able to buy a navy blue one.

Azure is jolly again, although he still feels sad about Cleopatra. Those two were like ketchup and mayonnaise.

Blaze looks less miserable, and is slowly acting more and more like the Blaze I met when we first went to Sunshore. In fact, he's acting funny right in front of us right now! But his outfit changed; he went for a Sherlock-esque look, with detectives' clothing & hat.

Lastly, Ash... I looked up to the green face of my secret crush. Sigh, I wish it was just like the old times... Where is joy when you need her? Hopefully not travelling in long-term with sadness like in that movie... Anyway, Ash looked so... handsome. His eyes, though filled with rage and determination, still had a small spark of brown hope and surprisingly, wisdom. He lost the jacket, but still had a hat. He also wore pants made of woven Nanab leaves, and had several pockets for the Time Gears, I think? His body has endured wear and tear, he looks like a real adult now. To think this was the short, inexperienced boy I used to travel with before...

I really hope he didn't see that blush that was plastered on my face.

Ash's POV

Dawn, do you REALLY think I didn't see that? Well, I was oblivious before, but now... you're beautiful. You may be a puny Piplup, but you're just beautiful, Whitecaphead...

I shook my head of all thought. We've come so far, we shouldn't lose now. I thought of all the places that were devastated because of our conquest.

Sinnoh...

Kanto...

Josun...

Thulle...

Vostok...

Gregoria...

Ransei...

And our friends!

Iris...

Tracey...

Oak...

Barry...

even May. May had to follow Brock so her brother would be safe. And her brother is right in front of me, not even knowing he HAD a sister.

Life is so hard...

Sometimes, I just want to give up. But looking at the seventeen Time Gears I have, I decided to keep on going.

And then it happened.

Out of the blue, a single white Time Gear floated down from the sky like a cloud and fell on top of Dawn's head. She, her pendant and the Time Gear glowed, as if in perfect harmony. Yes, it made anyone's hearts lift. Light and light.

We had found the Light-type Time Gear of Kalea.

A/N: Wow, my first filler for this story. Sorry, I got too obsessed with Duolingo, I forgot to do Fanfiction, too. Please review, and nonconstructive flames will be out out by a Lv. 1 Magikarp holding an Everstone's Splash.

TBC