Sorry for the wait. Hope everyone is having a good spring break.
PEACE
The gang lounged around in the ranch for a while. They watched a herd of Tauros roam about in the plains. "So, all these Taurus' are yours, huh, Ash?" Yugi asked.
"I know I'm no Pokémon trainer, but I thought you're supposed to capture only one species each," Joey said. "Why thirty of dem, Ash?"
"Well, let's just say they all took a jump at me when I try to catch some Pokémon." Ash explained modestly, scratching his head. "So yeah, I own thirty Tauros."
Yugi chuckled.
"Pikachu."
"That's one way to catch 'em all," Téa commented.
The rest of the group chuckled.
"Are you guys having fun?" Gary came up to them.
The friends looked up in reply.
"Hey, Gary, what's new?" Ash said.
"Grandpa's computer should be backed up now." Gary informed.
"You wanna go back inside and try to unlock the Pharaoh's past?" Ash asked his ally.
"Uh, sure. Yeah okay, let's do this." Yugi anxiously agreed.
"Pika, Pika."
Later, the group left the Poké Corral and was heading back inside the lab. "Goodbye, guys. I'll see you later." Bakura waved to his Poké friends who had to go back to their habitats, including Zoroark and her pups who teleported and returned to home.
"I think that's enough Pokémon for today," Joey said.
"The more you spend time with them, the more they'll grow on you," Max said.
Just when they were about to step inside, they picked up some sounds of enthusiastic noises and turned around.
"Huh?"
Out of nowhere, a teenaged girl with sparkling long purple hair and matching skirt and blouse jumped up in front of the heroes and gazed with extreme admiration.
"Is that them? Is it really them?"
Ash and Yugi looked at her with weirdness.
"I must be dreaming! I'm actually seeing the world's greatest trainer!" A teenaged boy wearing a wacky hat with Poké ball springs on them exulted.
"Yugi Muto, the super-duper hunky King of Games is here!" A short teenage girl with long brown hair, makeup, and jumper said in a odd high-pitched voice.
"Super cool!" A short boy about the girl's height shrilled joyfully. He was wearing a tee shirt that had a drawing of a black dragon that had red eyes, a Dark Magician cap, and black sunglasses.
"I am a big fan of both of you!" A smaller kid with large glasses, a poofy afro, and long trench coat that reached his paws. (It is actually Meowth in disguise.)
The group stared at the unidentified visitors with queer. "Who are these people?" Téa asked her friends.
"I have no idea," Max answered.
"Uh...Can we help you, folks?" Professor Oak asked cautiously.
"We're from the Poké-Dueling club!" The purple-haired girl answered. "I'm the president!"
"We're a fan club of both Pokémon and Duel Monsters!" The tall teenage boy said.
"We like to duel and we like to battle!" The odd short girl added.
The friends twerked their eyebrows and cocked their heads in question. "Have you heard of the Poké-Dueling club?" Brock asked.
"I didn't even know there was such a club," Joey said.
"Neither did I," said Max.
What they don't know is that the so-called fan club is actually Team Rocket and Rex and Weevil in disguise.
"We especially love that Pikachu, young man!" Jessie the purple-haired girl said enthusiastically.
"Mind if we hold on to it?" James asked. "I've always wanted to hold on to a Pikachu!"
"Uh...well, I don't know," Ash dubiously hesitated.
"Pika, Pika."
"If it's not too much trouble, Mr. Muto, we'd like to take a picture of your deck." Weevil, the one wearing sunglasses and cap requested, holding a camera.
"My deck?" Yugi asked.
"It would mean the world to us," Rex disguised as a girl said.
"Pretty please?" Jessie pleaded.
Yugi and Ash peered at each other. "What do you think, Yugi?" The trainer asked. "Should we do it?"
"Beats me." Yugi said,
"I don't know if that's a good idea to expose your god cards to unidentified strangers, even if they are from a fan club," May said.
"If it makes your fans happy, I'd say go for it," Bakura said.
"Well, okay," Yugi consented and reached his deck to pull out his god cards.
"And you can take a picture of my Pikachu," Ash permitted.
"Yay!" James cheered.
"Let me take a picture of your god cards first!" Weevil gleed.
"Hey, do me first!" Joey stepped in front of the camcorder. "I've got killer monsters cards that'll knock your socks off."
"NO THANKS!" The fan club strongly rejected.
"Huh?" Joey and the gang looked at them strangely.
"I mean," the blue-haired boy tittered nervously. "We're only interested in Yugi's deck and Ash's Pikachu."
Joey, Max, and Tristan looked at each other in queer.
"Why are you only interested in my cards?" Yugi asked.
"And my Pikachu?" Ash added.
The fan club looked stumped and tried to think up a reason. "Well, uh...because..." Weevil paused in mid sentence. "...because..."
"Because what?" Ash asked.
"Because..we're...interested in the coolest ones only?" James answered sheepishly.
"Yeah, what he said." Rex agreed.
"What? You don't think I'm cool enough for ya?!" Joey ejaculated, insulted.
"Something's screwy about you guys," Gary said, arms folded and tapping his finger on his shoulder. "Why would you think that Ash is the coolest trainer around?"
"Hey! I am the coolest trainer on Earth!" Ash ejected irksomely. "You wouldn't know it if it hit you on the head!"
"Come to think of it, one of you guys do look familiar," Téa put in. "I know I heard those voices before."
Team Rocket stood stiff in fear. "This looks bad!" Meowth muttered in fear.
"You idiots! Grab the god cards!" Weevil said through his gritted teeth.
Just then, Muk the sludge Pokémon came in to welcome the new people. It toppled over Rex and Weevil and pinned them to the ground.
"Muuuuk!"
"WAAAAHHH! Get it off us! Get it off us!" The boys squalled as their bodies were half smothered in purple sludge.
The heroes just stood there and stared.
"Don't just stand there!" The long-haired brunette shouted in a deep voice. "Get this dirty Muk off us!"
The group gawked with weirdness.
"What the-did that girl's voice turn deep?" Joey said with oddity.
Rex squeaked and coughed innocently, trying to act . "I mean-ahem! Gosh, my voice is acting from all this excitement!" He tried to conceal his identity with his phony high voice,
"Shut up, Rex! You gonna give us away!" Meowth hissed.
"Muk!" Muk pounced on him next. He screeched as it reached its slimy paw and pulled off his hat, revealing two black pointy ears and noseless feline face.
The group stared in realization.
"Wait a second, that's Meowth from Team Rocket!" Ash declared.
The exposed scratch cat Pokémon tittered in fear.
"Nice going, Big Meowth! We were this close of snagging Yugi's god cards until you guys messed it up!" The jade-haired bug duelist shrilled angrily.
The heroes expressions changed at what they heard. "Say what?" Yugi repeated.
The group froze in their tracks.
"What's going on here?" Bakura asked.
"Something tells me you are not a fan club at all," Professor Oak said, folding his arms.
The five impersonators tittered nervous under the suspicious glares from the group.
Ash folded his arms and realized that the so-called Pokémon and Duel Monsters club are actually a team of imposters. "Pikachu, use Thundershock."
"Pi-Ka-Chu!" It unleashed a volt of electricity and zapped the so-called news crew and magazine writers, revealing the true identities of three certain thieves and dishonest cheats.
"Who are these three chaps?" Bakura asked as he first sees Jessie, James, and Meowth.
"And these guys?" May asked, eying on Rex and Weevil for the first time.
"That's Team Rocket!" Ash said.
"And Rex and Weevil!" Yugi added.
"Who and What-vil?" Max asked.
"What are they doing here?" Tristan asked.
"Looks like the jig is up, Jess." Rex informed.
"Guess you're right, Rex." The red-haired girl replied.
"Hold on, are Team Rocket and Rex and Weevil working together?" Téa asked.
"Yes, and you better prepare for trouble!" Jessie declared with a smirk.
"And make it double!" James added.
"Again? The same old motto?" Joey said with bored face.
"Not quite! You folks better prepare for triple trouble!" Rex said.
"Make that quadruple!" Weevil grinned, touching his glasses.
"Oh boy!" Max said.
"This should be interesting," Professor Oak said.
The troublesome team posed together as they remixed the original motto. "To protect two worlds from devastation!" Jessie started.
"To unite our peoples into one big nation!" Weevil recited.
Yugi, Ash, Pikachu, and co. watched them with anticipation and bizarreness.
"To extract our differences between duelist and trainer!" James said.
"To band the forces of Pokémon and Duel Monsters!" Rex added.
"Jessie!"
"Weevil!"
"James!"
"And Rex!"
"Don't forget Meowth!"
"This is just too weird." Tristan said.
"Yeah," Tracey agreed.
"Pikachu."
"Whenever there's peace in the universe..." Jessie said.
"And balance between two worlds..." Weevil added.
"Team Rocket..." James put in.
"And the dueling duo..." Rex added.
"Will be there..." Meowth added that last piece.
"To make everything worse!" They all finished together.
"Wobbouffet!"
"Mime, Mime!"
Bakura charmingly applauded. "Jolly good presentation!" He accredited.
"Bakura!" Everyone exclaimed at once.
"What? I'm just being polite." The white-haired boy shrugged and silenced at once.
"What are you guys doing in here?" Brock asked.
"We were just in the neighborhood and we happened to stumble upon the Oak Corral," James answered. "And then we thought while we're here, we're gonna each and every of the Pokémon and ship them to the Boss for a big promotion."
"Not to mention a raise," Meowth added.
"Excuse me, James. But I thought the plan was to steal the Yugi's Egyptian's god cards first and then we go for the Pokémon," Weevil interposed.
"I'm sorry but I don't remember asking your opinion, Dino-Brain!" Meowth retorted.
"You said I could take a shot at it!" Rex argued.
"I only said that so you would agree to work for us!" James said.
"So that was a lie?!"
The male thieves quarreled while the heroes stared at them with weirdness.
It was then impatient Jessie stepped and broke up the quarrel. "Be quiet!" She snapped. "You lunkheads take whatever you find, either way, Team Rocket will not leave here empty-handed!"
"Whatever you say, Jessie." Rex said.
The friends did not appear amused.
"Don't these guys ever learn to give up?" Asked Téa.
"Unfortunately, no." May shook her head.
"Enough talking! Time to swipe some Pokémon!" Meowth declared.
"And cards." Rex reminded.
"Whatever. Either way, we will take what is yours, both your Pokémon and your Duel Monsters!" Jessie declared, enlarging her Poké ball.
"Hand us your Pikachu and god cards or else!" James threatened.
"Not a chance!" Ash refused.
"Pikachu!"
"We wouldn't give you even our lamest cards!" Joey said.
Yugi's Millennium Puzzle glowed once more as transformation took place. "YU-GI-OH! It seems that you two haven't learned anything at all since the last time we met," Yami Yugi said. "It seems that you like to learn things the hard way!"
"Ha! The only things we'll learn is not to let meddling brats like you interfere with our plans!" Jessie retorted.
"I don't think so!" Ash swiped his hat backwards as he got ready for battle. "I choose you, Grovyle!" He threw the Poké ball and out came his green reptile Pokémon who leaped into immediate action.
"Cactnea, I choose you!" James threw his Poké ball and as always, his cactus Pokémon gave him a painful hug. "Why every time?!"
"I'll help out too..." Yami Yugi stepped in and enlarged an anonymous Poké ball. "Poké GO!" He summoned Ash's Single Horn Pokémon whom he bonded earlier.
"Hera-Hera-Cross!"
Rex and stared in queer. "Huh? Yugi knows how to battle Pokémon?" They said in unison.
"I don't just duel. I make friends with Pokémon and I don't make them do bad stuff just like what you're doing!" The King of Games remarked.
"Oh please! Don't tell me how I use my Pokémon!" Jessie snapped. "Whether or not you're a Pokémon trainer or big shot duelist, I'm gonna take you down and eradicate that smirk permanently!"
"Let's get it on! Heracross, use Tackle Attack!" Yami commanded.
"Heracross!" The beetle-like Pokémon charged at the Team Rocket duo, literally knocking them and Cacnea off their feet.
"Yeah!" The friends cheered.
"Go, Yugi!" Joey cheered.
Rex and Weevil looked envious. "Dude, not only he can duel, but he can battle Pokémon too." The dinosaur duelist commented.
"He thinks he's so perfect! He gave me another reason to steal his god cards!" Weevil grumbled.
"God cards will have to wait!" Meowth said. "While their hands are full, we can sneak in and grab some Pokémon!"
"You go ahead, Meowth. We're sticking around to take my Red-Eyes Dragon back from Wheeler!" Rex said.
"And my Insect Queen!" Weevil added.
"In your dreams!" Joey rebutted.
"Let me give you a hand, Joey!" Brock volunteered.
Joey peered at him. "Wait a second, Brock."
"We got to prevent Team Rocket from stealing the Pokémon." May said.
"We can stop them by working together." Max said.
"We can help the Pokémon while you take care of those troublemakers," Bakura said.
"Seviper, Bite Attack!" Jessie commanded her Pokémon.
Seviper took a leap at the Big Horn Pokémon, opening up its fang wide.
"Heracross, use Counter!" Yami commanded.
"Hera-cross!" Heracross braved against Bite Attack and blocked Seviper's fangs with its long horn.
"Now, use Seismic Toss!" Yami Yugi added.
"Heraaaa!" It lifted the black snake Pokémon high and lobbed it with its horn.
"Seviper Poison Sting!" Jessie hollered a command.
In the air, Seviper expectorated several venomous needles at the Long Horn Pokémon.
"Lookout! Glalie, Aurora Beam now!" Ash intervened.
The face Pokémon quickly fired a colorful ray which vaporized the Poison Sting needles.
"That's cheating! Cacnea, use Mega Punch!" James hollered.
Cacnea threw a glowing fist at the heroes.
"Heracross, block it!" Yami shouted, returning the favor.
Heracross cancelled Cacnea's attack at once.
"I summon Hercules Beetle in attack mode!" Weevil declared.
"And I summon three Gilasaurus on the field!" Rex added.
When they inserted their cards in the slots, their holographic monsters appeared between them and Brock and Joey.
"I choose you, Steelix!" Brock threw his Poké ball and out came his Iron Snake Pokémon.
"If I know how to handle a Pokémon, I'd give you a hand with dis guys." Joey said.
"Remember what I taught you, Joey." Brock advised. "Trust in your Pokémon and they will obey you if you put your heart in them."
Joey nodded and understood. "Okay then." He looked around and spotted a short medium-sized iron Pokémon with four legs and ivory spikes on its back, looking up on his leg. "What's up, little guy?" He addressed.
"Lairon!" It looked at him with its small blue eyes.
"You want ta be my Pokémon for the day?" Joey asked
The armored Pokémon barked and growled determinedly.
"Alright then, Lairon, use Tackle Attack!" Joey said his first command.
Lairon received order and whacked one of the Gilasaurus down.
Rex gawked in awe at the blonde duelist expected Pokémon training skills. "So Wheeler knows how to battle too. Whoop-dee-doodle do!" He said sarcastically.
"Steelix, use Bind!" Brock ordered.
Steelix growled and wrapped its metallic coils around the giant beetle and began squeezing it.
"I'll use Laser Cannon Armor to raise its defense points!" Weevil said as he inserted a spell card to help his monster hardened its shell against Steelix's bind.
"Quickly, while those twerps are preoccupied, we get grab what we can in Professor Oak's research lab!" Meowth said to Wobbuffet, and Mime Jr. He and his partners scurried past the battle and entered opened doors of the research lab.
"I just saw Meowth, Wobbuffet, and Mime Jr. infiltrate the laboratory!" Max said.
"We got to foil them then!" Téa said.
"Go after dem, guys! We'll take care of these guys!" Joey said.
"You heard him! Let's save those Pokémon!" Tristan said.
And so while the heroes are battling the bad guys, the other sidekicks rushed inside to prevent the Poké balls from being stolen.
"Which way to the Pokéball storage room?" Tristan asked.
"That way!" Max pointed to the left.
While the friends hurried down the hallways, Bakura took a different direction up to the second floor.
"Bakura, where are you going?" Tracey asked.
"I have to get the Ball of the Underworld!" Bakura answered, racing upstairs. "They might tried to steal it and I have to make sure they don't!"
"That reminds me; I got to get the research papers!" Tracey ran into the lab.
Bakura arrived at the study room and began searching around the room. "Where is that ball?"
He opened the closet door and found the safe, containing the evil Ball of the Underworld.
"There you are!" He said. His voice grew deeper and sinister. Yes, the spirit of the Ring has came back! Yami Bakura leered and grinned viciously as he held the safe in his hands. "I won't let anyone else have it."
He turned to make his escape when he was encountered by three Pokémon. Meowth, Mime Jr., and Wobbuffet.
"Get out of my way, Poké vermin!" The thief spirit barked.
"Mime, Mime, Mime?"
"I'd say kid, what have you got there?" Meowth asked confidently, arms folded.
"None of your business, furball!" Yami Bakura snapped. "If you'll excuse me-" He stamped and pushed Mime Jr. and Wobbuffet out of the way.
Meowth wouldn't back off. "I bet it's really valuable!" He said, eye gleaming. He took a lunge at the safe. "Give it!" His claws gripped on tight.
"Let go, you fool!" The thief spirit snarled. The two started brawling in the study room while Mime Jr. and Wobbuffet watched.
In the Poké ball storage room, Tristan, Max, May, and Téa rounded up every last Poké ball into the cart. "There! That's the last one!" Max said.
"Where's Bakura?" Téa asked.
Upstairs, Yami Bakura and Meowth struggled in a tug-of-war over the safe. "Let go of the safe if you know what's good for you!" The evil spirit threatened. "This Ball of the Underworld is not a play thing!"
"The Ball of the Underworld?" Meowth repeated in question and stared at the safe. "I don't know what it is, but I bet it's really valuable! That would make a fine gift for the Boss!"
"You don't know what you're up against." Yami Bakura leered dangerously at the clueless cat Pokémon. "Give me the Ball of the Underworld or suffer the consequences!"
Meowth threw a raspberry. "Oh please! What are you gonna do?"
"Unwise decision, insignificant hairball!" Yami Bakura growled. His Millennium Puzzle glowed and casted an immobilizing spell on the scratch cat Pokémon.
"Ehhhh...I...can't...move..." He muffled through his frozen mouth.
Yami Bakura yanked away the safe from the scratch cat's grasp and headed straight for the door. Wobbuffet appeared in front of him, blocking the exit. "Wobbuffet!"
"Get out of my way, Wobbuffet!" Yami Bakura growled.
"Wobbuffet!"
"Mime, Mime!" Mime Jr. came to the rescue and performed a Doublekick on the thief spirit's legs, causing him to trip and drop the safe. It bounced down the stairs.
"NO!"
Meowth scratched the thief across the face and caught the safe in his paws. "Let's get out of here, guys!"
Mime Jr. hopped behind him. Wobbuffet tailed after. Yami Bakura looked up, face full of scratches and growled in anger. "Blast!"
The heroes rushed to his aid. "Are you alright, Bakura?" May asked.
Yami Bakura turned his head, leering but keeping it casual as the innocent Bakura would. "It's fine. Go after them."
Outside, Ash and Yami Yugi were still battling against Jessie and James while Brock and Joey battled against Rex and Weevil. "Bayleaf, use Razor Leaf!" The pharaoh commanded.
"Bayleaf!" Bayleaf obeyed and flung multiple sharp green leaves at Cacnea and Seviper.
"Had enough yet?" Yami Yugi remarked.
Jessie and James growled in anger.
"Hey, guys! We gotta get going now!" Meowth hollered from the window. "Time's a-wasting!"
Receiving the message, Jessie and James looked at Rex and Weevil and all nodded, believing it's time they wrapped this up and take something they desire.
"Seviper, use Haze!"
"I activate Volcanic Ash!" Rex played a trap card.
Seviper and Rex's trap card released an amount of black smog that shrouded the group. Everyone coughed in the suffocating smoke, unable to see anything.
"I can't see a thing!" Joey coughed out.
"HA HA HA HA!"
By the time the smog cleared up, they looked up in the air. They saw Team Rocket, Rex, and Weevil are already in their hot-air balloon, making their getaway.
"You made it so easy!" Jessie remarked.
"Get back here!" Joey shouted.
"Thanks for the whatever-you-call here!" Meowth smirked, holding the safe of the Ball of the Underworld.
The group gawked in awfulness. "Oh no! They got the Ball of the Underworld!" Professor Oak exclaimed.
"It was an easy grab!" Rex smirked. He held the three Egyptian god cards in his hands.
Yami Yugi gasped in horror and checked his pockets. "Oh no! They took the Egyptian God cards too!"
"If we let the Ball of the Underworld fall into the wrong hands, the world could be in peril!" Ash said seriously. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
"Cyndaquil, use Flamethrower!" Yami ordered.
"Pi-ka-chu!"
"Cyn-da-QUIL!"
Both of the small Pokémon threw out their strong attacks, but Weevil grinned cockily and counterattacked with Insect Barrier and bounced them back at their attackers.
"Pika!" It got by its own lightning!
"Cyndaaaa!" It was burned by its own Flamethrower.
"Pikachu!" Ash cried. He dashed and held his hurt partner in his arms.
"Cyndaquil!" Yami shouted.
"Nice try, but not even your Pokémon can stop us!" Rex smirked.
"Thanks to our new alliance, we can finally get away scot-free and give the prizes to our Boss!" Jessie said.
"Thanks again for the god cards, twerps!" Weevil sneered.
"It's been a blast but we gotta fly!" Meowth added.
"The Boss will be so proud of us!" Jessie smirked.
"Give them right back!" May shouted.
"They're not yours!" Téa shouted. "They belong to the Pharaoh and he needs them!"
"Well, they belong to needy Team Rocket now, and we're giving them to our needy Boss!" James returned.
"And there is nothing you can do about it!" Meowth added.
"Ta-da!" Team Rocket's balloon was floating farther and farther.
"No! They getting away!" May cried.
The gang could only stand there and watch Team Rocket disappear into the clouds, their Pokémon, God cards, and Ball of the Underworld.
"Come back here, you jerks! You think you can just take off like that?!" Max shouted at the top of his lungs and threw tufts of grass he pulled from the ground and rocks at the same direction Team Rocket escaped. May held on to him, trying to ease him. "Let me at 'em! When I get my hands on them, I'll..." He growled in rage.
"Take it easy, Mad Max. We'll get them back." Joey pitched in and soothed.
"I can't believe they took the Ball of the Underworld," May said. "That's bad, right?"
"I'm sorry, I let Team Rocket get away." Bakura said compunctiously. "I tried to stop them but their Pokémon outnumbered me and took the Ball of the Underworld."
"It's not your fault, Bakura." Professor Oak said. "At least, they didn't take the research papers. I still need them to figure out the mystery of the Ball of the Underworld."
"Team Rocket couldn't have gone very far." Yami Yugi said. "I can track them down using the link I connect with my monsters and they'll lead us to their location."
"But Yugi, they have your Egyptian god cards." Ash reminded. "Aren't you worried about what they'll do with them?"
"It could be dangerous if they fell into the wrong hands." Téa said.
"And even if we do find them, we might be too late." Bakura said. "They could accidentally released Cerberus from the Ball of the Underworld, or worse."
Now the group felt very worried, fearing the worst.
"It is never too late, dear friends." A familiar voice said.
"Huh?" The group looked up.
The voice belonged to an Egyptian fellow in a white long robe, turban, and large key around his neck.
"Hey, it's Shadi!" Yugi said.
"Shadi?" The group repeated.
"It's been a while, old friend," Shadi said.
"Same to you, Shadi," Yugi replied. "I didn't expect to see you here.'
"Shadi?" Ash repeated.
"You know this guy?" Max asked.
"We keep running into friends from our world," Joey said. "First, Bakura, and now him."
Ash gazed at the enigmatic guardian spirit for a second and recognized him in a flash. "Hey, wait a minute! I remember you!" He said to Shadi. He had flashback of their encounter at the Saffron City bus terminal. "You're the guy I met from the bus terminal."
"You know Shadi?" Yugi asked.
"I ran into this guy right before we got into the bus to Domino City," Ash explained.
"Really?" Yugi's eyes widened with surprise.
"Shadi, what you said at the bus terminal, did you mean that Cerberus will return and destroy our world?" Ash asked.
"I did. It had been many eons since the pharaoh and traveller sealed Cerberus into the magic ball of the Underworld." The tomb guardian chronicled. "Now that the pharaoh is here, we just need to fully awaken Cypress' memories in preparation of the final battle against the guardian of the Shadow Realm."
The group looked confused. "Who's Cypress?" Ash asked. "And what are you talking about?"
"You may not know it, but you carry the memories of the Pokémon traveler 5,000 years ago. He too dueled against evil, and helped the pharaoh evacuate the people from Egypt." Shadi continued.
The boys looked amused. "He did?" Ash asked.
"While you were asleep, Mew planted Cypress' memories into your mind." Shadi informed.
"HUH?!" At first, the group didn't want to believe him, but they can see the truth.
"I remember!" Ash recalled. He had a flashback about that he dream about his encounter with his "shadowy self". His introduction with Duel Monsters.
"So it wasn't a dream. Mew actually planted those memories inside Ash's brain." Max said.
"That is absolutely nuts." Gary commented.
"That means my dueling against Billy and Kidd wasn't coincidence." Ash realized.
"And my experience with Pokémon wasn't accidental either." Yami Yugi put the pieces together.
The group were highly impressed. "That's amazing!" Said Max.
"Who knew that the pharaoh and traveler were friends in the past?" May said.
"Imagine a duelist and a trainer working together in the past despite their differences of their monsters." Brock said.
"That would explain everything," Tracey said.
"Hmm." Gary folded his arms, half amused.
Only Joey is the one who is still lost. "I don't get it."
"You don't get everything dude." Tristan said.
"Fate works in mysterious ways, don't they?" Professor Oak said.
"What are we waiting for?" Ash said. "We got to stop Team Rocket from unleashing the Ball of the Underworld!"
He, Yami, and the rest of the group ran across the Poké Corral to find the enemies.
Shadi remained where he was and watched them go. He looked up and saw a jet plane shaped like a Blue Eyes White Dragon soaring through the dusk sky at the speed of light. He then saw a tandem rotor helicopter with the red letter "R" painted on the tail.
Shadi knew who is riding in that copter, a descendant from Brutus of archaic Team Rocket.
In the skies, Mew flew through the pink clouds and approached the guardian spirit in the face.
"Mew, old friend. I fear that even with their memories equipped together, the traveller and pharaoh may not be ready for the final battle." Shadi said.
"Mew!" The pink mystic Pokémon took off again and disappeared in the skies.