Victini: 'My turn! My turn! Sparky does not own the characters and story elements of the Pokémon franchise. Only Nintendo, the Pokémon Company and Game Freak owns it all. Sparky is only borrowing them for entertainment purposes. Though... things would look better if yours truly was... [Hit with a Brick Break to his left hip] YEOW!'

Katsumi: [Grabbing her mate by his left ear] 'Let's go my love. Time to let Sparky do his writing without distractions, you are just as bad as that human known as Brock when he goes around flirting with cute girls constantly honestly….'

Me: -_-,

Meloetta: *Sweat-drops* 'Anyway a good PS is in order, if you are enjoying this story then Sparky highly recommends the Advanceshipping story Pokemon: Rise of Heroes by EmperorDraco7 and the two side-stories that coincide with it. The side-story Pokemon: Rise of the Young Adventurers is done by Lily Nadesico while the side-story Rise of Heroes: Rise of the Pokemon Princess is done by Sparky himself so please, enjoy these stories as well.'

Meloetta and Katsumi: Let's get on with the show!

27: Enter Nemera, the Poison Bender and the Last Badge Before the Akatsuki of a New Journey

After a spectacular fashion show, we learned that the next Pokémon Contest was indeed in Undella Town in a few days and it seemed as if we were staying in Undella Town a lot longer then we had planned on staying. Plus, we had learned that the Mistralton gym had been temporarily shut down pending further investigation into Skyla's 'Air Battles.' So instead of going to the Mistralton gym for the Jet Badge, the next badge was located at Virbank City. Lady Rhea thought that we were intent on going to the gym instead of staying for the Pokémon Contest. After explaining things to Lady Rhea, she stopped trying to hurry us into the Trident Sub, but insisted that we stay there instead of the Pokémon Center.

"Lady Rhea, we're planning on staying at a resort or Cynthia's villa," Relena said to Lady Rhea. "If she doesn't mind, of course."

"I don't mind at all," the Sinnoh League champion said as she had overheard us talking about our lodging arrangements alongside her female Glaceon and her fellow female companion Garchomp. "It does get a little too quiet at my villa and visitors are always welcome."

'Yay! We're gonna stay with Cynthia!' Pikachu exclaimed happily as he got on Cynthia's left shoulder, making his wife, my Glaceon, a little uncomfortable

"Let's get this freak!" exclaimed a couple jerks as we saw a girl about our age, maybe a couple years older, in a pure white one piece swimsuit getting kicked around.

"Stop, I didn't do anything wrong to you," pleaded the brown skinned girl as she tried to protect herself.

"Who said you could you talk, freak?!" demanded one of the teenage boys kicking the girl.

Before any of us could react, Relena and her father were quick to react as Relena got on Aurora's back and both of them charged at the three bullies. Aurora let out a cry as he and Relena charged at them and got their attention. The bullies were frightened by the sight of Aurora and the fact that he was using Scald to drive them away from the girl. Aurora was even careful not to hit the girl with his Scald attack either. The three boys each were slightly grazed by the Water-type attack leaving a small burn mark on their lower left legs. They ran away in terror and shouting that they'd be back with their strongest Pokémon to defeat Relena and her father. Once they left, Relena got off the back of her father, she went over to the beat up girl and tended to her. The girls was a bit nervous to see Relena and tried to shield herself as she thought that Relena was going to hurt her like the other boys did. Before Relena could try to help the girl, she pulled her hand back a bit as it seemed like she sensed something unusual.

"You don't find many people with the ability to use poison-type magic nowadays," Relena said to the girl. "It's very rare to find a soul who uses poison magic, even in mine and my fiancé's home region."

"Huh?" asked the 18 year-old girl as she then looked to Relena a little confused and let her hands down. "Y-You use magic?"

"Of course I do," answered Relena as she began to heal the girl of her bruises and the black eye on her right eye. "Like I said, it's rare to find someone who uses poison magic. My ancestors outlawed the use of poison magic in the Atlantica Islands, though I'd imagine there might be an underground sect somewhere that's using poison-type magic."

"I.. I don't really think that what I've got is magic," the girl replied to Relena. "Sure, I have the poison-type powers, but I don't consider them as being able to use magic."

"What's your name?" Relena asked the girl.

"Nemera," answered the girl. "Nemera Anzai."

"It's nice to meet you Nemera," Relena said happily to Nemera. "I'm Relena Kaiou from Tsunami Island in the Atlantica Islands."

"I'm from... Mauville City," said Nemera a bit shyly.

"How about coming with us?" Relena asked Nemera as she gestured to the group.

"Um... the offer is really kind," began Nemera, "but I think I'll have to decline the generous offer. But I don't like being around a large group of people."

"Do you have a cellphone?" asked Relena.

"Yes, but I don't give my cellphone number out on a regular basis," answered Nemera.

"Let me give you my cellphone number if you ever wanna chat or hang out while we're here in Undella Town," said Relena as she asked Nemera for her cellphone.

Nemera was reluctant to give Relena her cellphone, but gave it to her anyway. Relena plugged in her cellphone number to Nemera's cellphone quickly and gave the cellphone back to Nemera. Nemera gave Relena a slight nod in thanks for the cellphone number and started to go on her way with a slight smile when Victini, my silly little buddy, had to try and get affection from Nemera. With a smile on his face and quick check to see if his mate wasn't around, Victini went over to Nemera and stopped her before she could go on her way.

'You're most certainly a rose,' began Victini as he gently held Nemera's hands. 'Even though you are a rose with thorns, you most certainly are gentle as the gentle waves of the sea. With skin that is sweet as chocolate and long hair black as charcoal you are certainly a picture of beauty.'

"Uh... um... th-thank y-you," Nemera replied nervously as she was blushing from my silly little buddy's flattery.

'Why not come with me?' Victini asked Nemera with a confident grin on his face. 'Maybe you and I could find some place that has Mago Berry pancakes and…. YEOW!'

Nemera was startled as Katsumi made herself visible and had used her Brick Break on Victini's left hip and dragging him away from Nemera by his left ear as she said, 'Let's go Mr. Hungry Jack. I'll give you something to eat alright, but it won't be pancakes.'

'Ow... ow... ow... ow... ow...' moaned Victini as he was in pain from both Katsumi's Brick Break to his hip and being dragged away by his left ear. 'Oh my left ear and hip... they hurt.'

'You flirt with human females and you'll feel the pain,' Katsumi informed Victini in an upset tone with Pikachu snickering from Cynthia's shoulder.

As Pikachu was snickering, Glaceon went behind Pikachu and Cynthia... and she was very upset with her mate just as much as Katsumi was upset with my silly little buddy. My pregnant and moody Glaceon yanked Pikachu off Cynthia's shoulder by his tail and was in one of her mood swings, induced by her pregnancy. Ash's Pikachu, her was terrified to see his mate having a pregnancy induced mood swing.

'Pikachu!' hissed Glaceon.

'Um... would saying 'I'm sorry my Ice Princess' calm you down? Even a little bit?' squeaked a terrified Pikachu as Glaceon had him on his back and her front right paw down on his stomach. 'I-I'm not like Brother Victini. Y-You know that.'


After all of the silliness was done and Glaceon calmed down, we headed to Cynthia's villa where we got settled and once again Victini was at it again. What my silly little buddy didn't expect was that Katsumi had put a butler outfit on him and was going to have him help Cynthia's butler since he was the only one who was waiting on all of us. Glaceon felt it was a good idea and had Pikachu do the same, much to Ash's displeasure. Secretly, I thought it was a good idea too. As we enjoyed our time at Cynthia's villa, Dawn came by to visit us alongside her fiancé Kenny and check on our progress with the Pokémon contests and gym battles. Jonathan and Abelia introduced themselves to Dawn and Kenny while her Buneary went to go look for Ash's Pikachu, presumably to try and mate with him as she was in heat.

'That's oddly convenient timing,' I thought to myself as Dawn's Buneary went to find Pikachu. 'Buneary will be in for quite the shock when she sees that Glaceon already beat her to the punch with Pikachu.'

Wondering why Dawn and Kenny came here, I decided to pull her aside and ask why she decided to come back to Unova if they were supposed to be in Johto. Dawn and Kenny were curious by me questioning their motives for coming from Johto. Dawn explained that Buneary wanted so badly to take a break from her modeling job that was still active even when both of them and Piplup went to the Johto region with Kenny and his Empoleon wanting to support them. Plus Buneary had told Dawn and Kenny that she missed Pikachu. The responsibility of telling Dawn that her Buneary was a bit too late to get hitched with Pikachu fell on me. But before I could explain things to Dawn and Kenny, both of us heard a loud startled cry coming from Dawn's Buneary.

"What was that?!" asked Kenny in disbelief as he, Dawn and I went to the source of Buneary's cry and saw that Glaceon had put herself in between Ash's Pikachu and Buneary.

'I am sorry Buneary, but Pikachu is my mate,' Glaceon said to Dawn's Buneary. 'Why not try mating with another Pokémon? Perhaps Ash's Dewott might mate with you. Maybe try mating even with your companion, Pachirisu?'

'But why not Pikachu?' whined Dawn's Buneary.

'I'm sorry Buneary, but I made a promise that I would always be Glaceon's mate,' Pikachu said to Dawn's Buneary. 'I intend to keep my promise to my Ice Princess too.'

Letting out a sigh of defeat, Buneary drooped her shoulders and was reluctant to accept that my Glaceon had gotten to Pikachu first. Buneary then excused herself as she apparently was still trying to get over having a chance to mate with Ash's Pikachu slip through her hands. As we rejoined the group, we saw that Relena had excused herself after receiving a phone call from Nemera. Ash said that Nemera sounded frantic when she called Relena, begging her for help. Both Relena and Aurora were quick to dart off to help Nemera along with Richie and his shiny Raikou, Thor. With the co-champions gone, we settled into our lodgings for the three days we were staying in Undella Town for local Pokémon Contest.


An hour later, Relena and Richie came back with an injured Nemera. She had been beaten up pretty badly by the same brutes who attacked her in first place along with a few other guys. Relena said that a few of those bullies had been poisoned by Nemera as she tried to protect herself from them. Relena had said that she was tempted to let the bullies die from the poison, but instead used a couple crushed up Kebia berries to neutralize the poison that Nemera hit them with. Even though she healed them from Nemera's poison, she wasn't going to let go back into town. As luck would have for Relena, a small group of Corphish happened to come out of Undella Bay and agreed to keep the jerks restrained until the police got there and arrested them for assault and battery. As for me... I started to feel queasy and my stomach hurt. Cynthia asked me if I needed to see a doctor, but I assured her that I was fine and thought maybe a goodnight sleep would help me feel better. Turning in for the night, I fell asleep into dreamland once again.


In the morning, I awoke a bit late to sounds of Victini urging me to wake up and Manaphy wanting me to feed them breakfast. I had that same dream again, the one where I saw my 'daughter' and her best friend, like I had seen in Nimbasa City and Driftveil City. This last dream I had seen was in the sea temple of Samiya, the same temple that I am charged with guarding and protecting because the Prince of the Sea is my son. In my dream, my 'daughter' had revealed to me that I was pregnant with her and that events were set in motion now that I had become pregnant with this girl from my dream. Before she could finish what she had to say was when I heard my silly little buddy and Manaphy wake me from my sleep.

"May, are you feeling alright?" Relena asked me as I looked like I was down in the dumps and my stomach still felt weird.

"I... I'm fine," I tried to tell Relena.

"You don't look fine, May," Relena said to me as she didn't buy my attempt to wave her off. "Let me use my magic to see if you're really fine."

Knowing that it was futile to try and stop Relena, I allowed her to do as she requested. Channeling magic into right hand, Relena used her magic on me to see if anything was wrong with me. As she used her magic, Relena closed her eyes in order to concentrate on her task. Once Relena was done, she opened her eyes and pulled her hand back as her magic disappeared from her hand.

"I hope that you're ready to tell your parents that you're pregnant," Relena said to me as she looked to me. "I already told my sister, my mother and Lady Rhea about me being pregnant. My mom wasn't exactly thrilled to hear that I got pregnant, even though it was an accident that I got pregnant. Father wasn't thrilled either, but he told us that we were going to have to live with the consequences of us sleeping together."

I froze at the thought of why I had slept with Ash the night before the fashion show. I was still wary about Lady Rhea and still thought that she might try to take Ash from me. We had gone to the pool used for our basic training and... well you know, um, had some... late night mischief. A shiver went down my spine at the thought of having to tell my own parents that I was pregnant and had gotten pregnant just to make sure that Lady Rhea didn't try to take Ash from me even though she assured me, Hilda and Abelia that she had no intentions of stealing our significant others from us. I could also see my dad chewing Ash's head off about getting me pregnant too. But unfortunately, either way I was going to have to tell them. I had hoped that my parents were going to be in a good mood when I called them.


"Oh man, your dad took that better than I thought he was going to take the news," Ash said to me after I had called my parents and broke the news that I was pregnant.

"Well, he took it better then you did," I replied to my fiancé. "You were practically freaking out after I told you that I was pregnant. Pikachu had to shock you just to get you to calm down."

"So now what do we do?" Ash asked me. "You told your parents and my mother about you being pregnant."

"I have to let both employers know that I'm pregnant," I answered Ash. "Though I'm sure Lady Rhea will ask why I decided to get pregnant."

"Yeah, I agree with that," said Ash as he slightly nodded his head.

I let out a relenting sigh and then looked to my fiancé as I asked, "Shall we go see Lady Rhea?"

Ash gave me a slight nod giving me his answer. I acknowledged his slight nod with one of my own. Ash and I informed the butler that we weren't staying for dinner as we had to see Lady Rhea on job-related matters. Jarvis, the butler, bowed to us slightly as he acknowledged our intentions and watched as we went on our way to the Trident Sub. The walk to the beach took Ash and I about 40 minutes to get there. But when we arrived at the Undella Beach, we arrived to see the Trident Sub submerge underwater. Seeing no other option, Ash and I had no choice but to swim out to sea and dive to the sub ourselves. Thanks to Manaphy and Ash's Dewott, we made our way to the Trident Sub to meet with Lady Rhea. Once again, I had a shiver run down my spine.


"How could you think that I would do something so low and despicable?" Lady Rhea asked me angrily as she slapped me on my left cheek.

I had to admit it, but when Lady Rhea slapped me, she slapped me hard and it stung worse then getting stung by a Beedrill. Lady Rhea narrowed her midnight blue eyes at me as she was very upset when I told her that I had Ash get me pregnant because I was afraid that she would steal Ash from me. The others had told me that they didn't think that Lady Rhea would try to steal Ash from me. Sadly for me, I had refused to listen to them and remained wary of our boss.

"Um... maybe I should j-just s-step out while you talk with May," stammered Ash as he was about to leave Lady Rhea's office.

Lady Rhea, however, used her own magic and shut the door to her office and prevented Ash from excusing himself. I guess she was just as upset with Ash as she was upset with me. The Team Trident leader then stood up and walked over to us as she had more to say to us.

"Now let me get one thing straight with you, young lady," Lady Rhea hissed at me. "I have no intention of stealing your fiancé from you. If I wanted to steal Ash from you, I would've done it long before you two decided to sleep with each other. The woman who would make any of my male subordinates sleep with me just for pleasure no longer exists. I am no longer that woman.

"If I wish to sleep with a male subordinate, it will be my aide who tends to my every needs," Lady Rhea finished with me before looking to Ash. "I am disappointed with you, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town."

"Wha? Me? What did I do?" Ash asked Lady Rhea in whining tone.


"Ow, that stings and the salt water doesn't really help with the swelling," complained Ash as both he and I had left the Trident Sub after informing Lady Rhea that I was pregnant.

Lady Rhea had slapped both of us on our left cheeks for the stunt I had pulled. Ash really didn't deserve to get slapped just because I was afraid that Lady Rhea was going to take Ash from me for herself. However Lady Rhea was happy that I was pregnant and did ask for the details of how I got pregnant. I explained every detail to Lady Rhea how it went down... while Ash and I were nursing our sore left cheeks. Lady Rhea seemed to like every detail and even predicted that my firstborn child was going to be a daughter and that I would give birth to my firstborn in the sea like Relena would with her first child. After meeting with Lady Rhea and calling Jessica to inform her that I was pregnant, we left the Trident Sub the same way we entered... after Ash's Dewott decided to mate with my female DW Dewott. All I could think was that love was certainly in the air.


"I see Lady Rhea took the news of you being pregnant rather well," Relena said to me and Ash as she was healing the scars of from our bruised left cheeks. "You let my sister know about you being pregnant, right?"

"Yeah, I called her and let her know before we left the Trident Sub," I answered Relena. "Then we had to wait for about an hour... hour and a half while Ash's Dewott decided to get frisky with my Dewott."

Relena just laughed at my last remark but believed me nonetheless. I had just hoped that I would be able to get married to Ash before my first child was born. I think Relena thought the same thing as she and Richie were probably contemplating on wither or not to return to their home region right away and ask their parents to allow them to get married or wait until they got home once the Unova League was done. Either way both Relena and I didn't want to give birth to our firstborn children without getting married first. But then Relena's attention turned to caring for Nemera. She went to tend to brown-skinned girl and see if she had woken up.


"I do thank you for being kind," began Nemera as she picked up her clothes and tried to walk out, "but I don't think you'd want me being around you and your friend May."

'Is it because of your Poison-type powers?' Aurora asked Nemera. 'Are you afraid that you might cause harm to my daughter and her friend?'

"Eh? Y-Your... daughter?" Nemera asked Aurora confused and dumbfounded. "She's... your daughter?"

'Is there a problem with that?' Aurora asked Nemera calmly.

"Well... you're a Pokémon and Relena is human," answered Nemera. "How can a Pokémon be a father to a human being?"

"Do you believe in magic?" Relena asked Nemera with a confident and gentle smile on her face.

Nemera cocked an eyebrow in interest and looked at both Aurora and his biological human daughter. It seemed as if Nemera did believe in magic but didn't answer Aurora's question. After looking back and forth between Relena and Aurora for fifteen minutes, it seemed as if Nemera pieced it together and figured out. Forming a grin on her face, Nemera then closed her eyes and began to imagine what Aurora looked like as a human being. All Aurora could was let out a sigh and give a slight telepathic chuckle.

"What did you look like as a human, Father?" Relena asked her Suicune father.

'I was a very handsome human... by human female standards,' Aurora answered his youngest daughter with a smile on his face.

I was sure that Aurora probably knew that I was there with Abelia, Anna and Hilda as we tried to remain quiet as Aurora described himself as a human. The four of us each different ideas of how Aurora looked as a human being. But since Aurora was telling Relena and Nemera what he looked like, the four of us waited patiently to hear what the noble Suicune had to say.

'I was six inches taller than my first wife is in her human form,' began Aurora, 'close to the average height of you humans. I weighted… in your human measurements, about… 185 pounds, most of it was lean and trim muscle.'

Abelia and Hilda both had big grins on their faces as it seemed as if part of their guesses on Aurora's human appearance were correct. As for Anna and I, we remained quiet as Aurora continued his description.

'My skin color was the same as your older sister's skin color, a light chocolate brown tone,' continued Aurora.

"No wonder my sister always looks so good," Relena said with a grin. "You gave her your skin tone and she has your eyes."

Aurora chuckled telepathically and responded, 'And you have your mother's eyes.'

"Wait hold on a second," interrupted Nemera. "First wife? You have more than one mate?"

"As you stated Nemera," began Relena, "my father is a Pokémon. So Pokémon aren't exactly bound to the laws of humans. Especially the marriage laws in our home region."


"So close to hearing everything about Aurora in his human form," Hilda said as she, Abelia, Anna and I were quick to disperse.

Just because Aurora didn't finish describing himself as a human didn't mean that the four of us were done trying to get a description of Aurora. Nemera had asked Relena to a six-on-six Pokémon battle, in which Relena agreed to do. Both of them went down to the beach for the Pokémon battle as they both felt comfortable doing the battle on the beach. Aurora decided to step out of the six-on-six battle and then focused magic power to a Mystic Water item he had around his neck and started to change form into a human being. The process took only a couple minutes, but the wait was well worth it as Hilda, Anna, Abelia and I saw Aurora in his form and about fell in love as Relena's father was indeed handsome for being a human. Both Relena and Nemera were equally floored when Relena's father turned into his human form. He was indeed the average height at 6 feet and had a well toned muscular body of a very sexy athlete. His skin tone was light chocolate brown like our first employer Jessica, purple hair that went down to his shoulders and ruby red eyes that were one of the main features of a Suicune. He had on a sleeveless blue shirt, light blue cargo pants that had the diamonds that ran along Aurora's body as a Suicune, no footwear on his feet as he preferred to go barefoot like Lady Rhea and Abelia and his Mystic Water hold item around his neck.

"He's so gorgeous!" exclaimed Hilda with glee.

"More like a handsome man who's a like-minded person," insisted Abelia as she looked at Aurora and took notice that he had nothing on his feet. "But I am a married woman, so this is only a fantasy for me."

"Wow Abelia," commented Anna. "You're more restrained than us. I thought you'd go head over heels for Relena's father."

"In another life perhaps," replied Abelia. "But not in this one. And I am happy to be married to Jonathan and having his children."

"Aurora is dreamy," I began to Hilda and the other two with me, "but I don't think that Relena would like us to be hitting on her father. Plus he's older than us in human years."

Letting out an exasperated sigh, the four of us then just decided to watch Relena battle against Nemera. We were wondering what kind of Pokémon Nemera used as Nemera hadn't even revealed what kind of Pokémon she used. As for the stud muffin, Aurora, he was about to take his place as the referee until a another woman arrived and brushed past myself, Hilda, Abelia and Ash's older twin sister. She was about four to six inches shorter than Aurora. She had a farmer's tan complexion, long flowing purple hair, ruby red eyes and wore a blue sleeveless shirt with a Suicune diamond design, light blue Capri pants, a Shiny Charm choker and it looked as if she had white streaming ribbons dangling from her sleeveless shirt. The woman looked to Aurora and studied him for a brief moment. It seemed as if Aurora was also studying the woman himself as if both both of them thought that the other person was familiar to them.

"Aurora, is that really you?" the woman asked Aurora as she held out her slender left hand to him.

Aurora then widened his eyes as he approached the woman and reached out to receive the woman's hand as he asked her, "Amelia? My precious Amelia are you really here?"

Both Aurora and the woman let out a soft cry of surprise as they then embraced each other and kissed too. Relena had a smile on her face as recognized the woman, but Nemera was confused. Not only was Nemera confused, but Abelia, Hilda, Anna and I were also confused as to what is going. It was then that Relena looked to Nemera and the four of us who were watching from a distance.

"May I present to you the gym leader of Amber Island, Amelia Skyforth," Relena said to Nemera and the four of us as we came closer. "She's the first wife of my father and as I said, the gym leader of Amber Island. She too is a Suicune with the ability to change into a human form."

The purple-haired woman then looked to the five of us who were paralyzed by confusion and gave us a slight bow. She was definitely pretty and appeared to be a perfect match for Aurora as both of them. They sure looked happy to be reunited with each other as they embraced each other once again. After taking a couple minutes to finally get over the shock, Relena told Amelia that she and Nemera were going to have a six-on-six battle. Amelia Skyforth then gave Relena a slight nod as she took Aurora's place as the referee.

"This will be a full six-on-six Pokémon battle with no time limit," the Amber Island gym leader announced to the combatants, me, Abelia, Anna and Hilda. "The battle will end when one's Pokémon are no longer able to continue. Let the battle begin!"

"Alright Toxicroak, you're up!" exclaimed Nemera as she called on her first Pokémon.

Nemera's Poison/Fighting-type evolved form of Brock's Crogunk stood before Relena and Michiru as she had just let herself out of her Cherish Ball. Michiru wanted to face off against Nemera's Toxicroak, but Relena held her back and shook her head. Instead, she produced an Apricorn Love Ball and threw it up in the air.

"My Braixen, Sakura, let's go!" Relena exclaimed happily as a shiny female Braixen came out and had a Sakura blossom flower on her left ear.

As Relena's shiny Braixen came out and stretched, Nemera's Toxicroak slightly grimaced at the sight of the evolved Fox Pokémon. I guess that Toxicroak grimacing was an indication that it's ability was either Anticipation or Dry Skin, both of which can prove dangerous given how smart it's opponent is. Michiru looked to her 'sister' and gave Relena a slight nod indicating that she made the right call in calling Sakura out first instead of her. Nemera gave no expression as it seemed as if she donned a poker face, showing no emotions at Relena calling out Sakura. She wanted to battle Relena and see how good she was after hearing that Relena was one of the co-champions of the Atlantica Islands.

"Let the battle begin!" exclaimed Amelia as she brought down her arms.

"Toxicroak, use Poison Jab on that Braixen," ordered Nemera.

Nemera's Toxicroak complied as he charged at Relena's shiny female Fox Pokémon with his left hand seeped in poison looking to make the quick strike. As for Relena and Sakura, they weren't going to let Nemera get the upper hand right off the bat. Relena then took a deep breath and exhaled as if she was blowing on a hot spoonful of soup. Taking that cue, Sakura then whipped out the stick she had set in her tail and created an orange ball of fire and then released it at Nemera's Toxicroak.

"Oh no you don't," shot back Nemera. "Toxicroak, get to the water and get ready to dive in to dodge it."

'On it Nemera,' acknowledged her Toxicroak as he hastily made his way towards the water.

Relena then gave her shiny Braixen a slight nod indicating that she needed to attack right away. Sakura then let loose another Fire-type attack to try and cut off Nemera's Toxicroak from escaping to the water and even gave chase too. Nemera gritted her teeth as she saw that Relena's Braixen was giving chase and cutting off her Toxicroak's escape into the water. It looked as if she needed to come up with a plan quick as Sakura had reached the water's edge and blocked Toxicroak from ever getting to the water.

"Toxicroak, use Stone Edge," ordered Nemera as she kept her calm.

'On it,' replied the Poison/Fighting-type Pokémon as he used the Rock-type move against Relena's Braixen.

As sharpened stones from underground were coming up from the ground, Sakura began to dodge the attacks without so much as a command from Relena. However, the shiny female Fox Pokémon didn't dodge all of the the sharpened stones and took some super effective damage from them.

"Quick, use Bullet Punch and try to keep her off balance," Nemera ordered her Toxicroak.

Relena had just given her Braixen a slight nod indicating the next attack she should do. But before Sakura could do her own attack, Nemera's Toxicroak used the Steel-type attack he had been ordered to use against the Fire-type evolved form of Fennekin. The Bullet Punch attack did little damage to Relena's Braixen and she was quick to counter back by focusing her willpower to her head and then attacked Toxicroak point-blank at close range. Nemera was shocked to see that her Toxicroak had been caught off guard and let himself get caught with an opening for Sakura to capitalize on. Since Nemera's Toxicroak was a Poison/Fighting-type Pokémon, it meant that he was going to take four times the damage to Psychic-type attacks. Nemera's eyes widened in shock as her Toxicroak fell in defeat with a dazed look in his eyes.

'S-Sorry Nemera,' Nemera's Toxicroak stammered weakly. 'S-She got... got me.'

"Toxicroak is unable to battle," announced Amelia. "Braixen wins!"

Letting out a long sigh, Relena's Braixen, Sakura, then collapsed to one knee and panted heavily from her battle against Toxicroak. Nemera looked and noticed that Sakura was weary from battling her Toxicroak and thought that she could take advantage of that. She readied her next Pokéball which happened to be a Dusk Ball.

"Alright then, Drapion, you're up," Nemera said as her next Pokémon came out of the Dusk Ball.

Nemera's next Pokémon was another Poison-type Pokémon, this one also from the Sinnoh region like her Toxicroak. Sakura looked to Relena as she wondered what her trainer had in mind against Poison/Dark-type Ogre Scorp Pokémon. Seeing her shiny Braixen pretty beat up, Relena motioned for Sakura to come back at first, but then realized that Sakura had picked up an item that looked like a bulls eye for a game of darts. Once she saw that item, Relena changed her mind and had Sakura stay in and promised that it was for a few more minutes. Once Sakura saw the item that she had, she gave her trainer... I mean 'her human' a slight nod.

Relena then looked as if she was making a pitching motion to her Braixen. Nemera was confused by this at first and then saw Sakura flinging the hold item she had at her Drapion. She widened her eyes in shock as she had an idea of what was going to happen. The shiny female Braixen flung the item at Nemera's Drapion which caught the Poison/Dark-type off guard. Relena then gave Sakura a slight nod as if she wanted her to launch an attack. The shiny Fire-type Pokémon then pulled out her stick and used her Psychic attack on Nemera's Drapion.

"Oh no, I forgot about getting rid of that Ring Target!" exclaimed a shocked Nemera. "Now Drapion is weak against Psychic-type attacks!"

Instead of following through, Relena motioned for her shiny Braixen to pull out of the fight. Relena's next Pokémon was one that was a bit familiar to us as we had encountered something similar to it in Nimbasa City. Aurora then looked those of us not battling Nemera and he said, "That's Eelektross, the EleFish Pokémon. It's an Electric-type thought to be from this region. But this shiny Eelektross is from my daughter's home region and used to belong to my firstborn daughter."

"Oh boy, of all the times for my Poison-types not to know Gastro Acid," Nemera huffed under her breath. "My Drapion can't use Bulldoze against it and he isn't even able to learn Smack Down."

"Natsuko, are you ready?" Relena asked the shiny Eelektross.

'I am always ready,' answered the shiny female EleFish Pokémon before noticing Nemera's reaction to her. 'Though I think you may have caught our opponent off guard by calling on me.'

"No, there's no problem," Nemera said to Natsuko and Relena. "I can adapt to the change in opponents."

'We're always ready,' added Nemera's Drapion.

"Drapion, let's take away that Eelektross's immunity to Ground-type attacks," Nemera ordered her Poison/Dark-type. "Use your Fling Attack!"

'Special delivery!' exclaimed the Drapion as it flung the Ring Target at the shiny Eelektross.

'Uh oh, not good,' remarked the shiny Eelektross, Natsuko.

"Now Earthquake!" ordered Nemera.

The Ground-type attack made it's mark on the shiny female EleFish Pokémon that was supposed to have no weakness at all. Even though Natsuko was hit by the Ground-type attack, she came right back and took her stance. Still giving no verbal commands, Relena then clenched her fist. Natsuko then charged at Nemera's Drapion and with her glowing fist made contact with the Poison/Dark-type Pokémon, stealing its energy and receiving part of what she stole from Nemera's Ogre Scorp Pokémon.

'You'll pay for stealing my energy!' Drapion lashed at Natsuko.

'Then you'll have to come get it back,' countered Natsuko.

"Then we'll knock you out," Nemera said to Natsuko before looking to her Drapion. "Drapion, Bulldoze!"

Relena grabbed a water bottle she had on her and swished it around for her shiny female EleFish Pokémon to hear. Giving a slight nod, Natsuko's tail had Water-type energy on it used it against Nemera's Drapion, striking a critical blow on Drapion.

"Come on Drapion, let's avenge Toxicroak's defeat, use Retaliate!" exclaimed Nemera.

Relena clenched her fist once again and then rubbed her thumb against her index finger signaling another attack. Natsuko gathered electrical energy on her right fist and charged at Nemera's Drapion. Both attacks hit their mark perfectly and Nemera and her Drapion thought that they successfully brought down Natsuko, the shiny female Eelektross. Much to their error in judgment, Natsuko had landed her Thunder Punch at the same time Drapion used Retaliate. Then both fell in defeat as neither one could continue fighting on.

"Both Pokémon are unable to battle, this one is a draw," announced the Amber Island gym leader.

Before both Relena and Nemera were able to grab their next Pokéball, we all heard the familiar sound of rockets coming in our direction and aiming for the cliff side to bury us alive. However, Aurora was quick enough to get to his wife, Amelia, and shield her from the incoming rockets. Relena wasn't going to let the rockets even hit us as she used some of her magic and produced electrical energy and sent it at the rockets. The electrical energy connected with every single rocket, intercepting each and every one of them. Once the dust settled, a certain white-haired person appeared and it was one person that Hilda, Relena and I didn't expect to see. Abelia and Nemera looked and saw the white-haired guy and were confused as to his identity.

"Zero!" Hilda exclaimed in contempt.

"You didn't think that I would simply just forget about what you did to me, did you?" Zero asked Hilda, Relena and I. "It's a shame that your friends will also have pay with their lives just like you for thwarting my efforts to rule the Reverse World. Now go all of my Magnemite, Magneton and leader Magnezone. Destroy each and every one of them!"

"Huh? But I didn't do anything to you!" complained Nemera as she looked to Zero.

"Not my problem," Zero said to Nemera cold and without emotion. "You are with my enemies, and you will die just the same as them."

"Oh brother," Abelia said as she huffed in annoyance and produced the Cherish Ball containing one of her strongest and most powerful Bug-type Pokémon. "Genesect, time to go to work here!"

'I am ready to battle Bug Tamer,' replied the Paleozoic Bug/Steel-type Pokémon as it seemed to have a red computer disk-like object attached to the cannon.

"Scizor, I need you too!" Abelia added as she threw up a Safari Ball that her other Bug/Steel-type Pokémon was captured in.

'Ready Mistress Abelia,' replied the Pincer Pokémon as it too had a Mega Stone like Abelia's Beedrill.

"I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do this, but..." began Hilda as she produced the Heal Ball that held her strongest and most powerful Pokémon of all. "Zekrom! I need your help!"

Zero's eyes widened bigger than dinner plates when he heard Hilda calling on Zekrom. I think hearing that Hilda owned the Deep Black Pokémon put some fear of Arceus in him. But before Zero could begin attacking, a large orb of fire came in from the direction of the west northwest. Most of us turned to see that the Boundary Pokémon, Kyurem, had shown up as White Kyurem and had a rider standing on his head. The rider was very familiar to us as that cute young man who went simply by the name of N. I think even Nemera was infatuated by how cute and handsome N looked as she blushed at the sight of him.

'So it seems as if there's a problem that needs to be dealt with here,' Kyurem said as he reverted back to his Original Form. 'Would you not agree, N?'

"Yes, I agree with that," answered N. "Nothing disgusts me more than seeing someone using Pokémon fulfill such vile acts murdering someone. You're just as low as that one man who trained his Aerodactyl and Kabutops to attack and kill innocent people back in Alto Mare."

"Stay out of this," Zero ordered N. "This matter does not concern you. I will have my revenge on those who stop me from..."

"Taking control of the Reverse World and try to rebuild the world in your image?" asked N as he apparently had gotten knowledge of Zero's plans and only one being besides Dawn's Shaymin knew about Zero's plan. "The Ghost/Dragon-type Renegade Pokémon told me of your attempt to copy his power that would've taken his life as he deserted one whom he thought could bring out his potential."

Zero then narrowed his eyes at N as he wanted to know Giratina was. I guess Zero thought that Giratina was out of his reach when Iris had him in her possession, but now that changed when the Ghost/Dragon-type Pokémon came to the conclusion that he was wrong about Iris.

"Now where might I find such a rare valuable specimen like Giratina?" asked one of Ash's old foes from the Orange Islands, standing on one of three Magnezone Pokémon before looking at N and Kyurem. "Now there's a quality specimen."

"You must the one known as Lawrence the Third," N said to the Pokémon "Collector."

"Unfortunately, I haven't met someone like you before," Lawrence said to N. "But my business is not with you, like my companion, Zero, here. So run along while I'm a giving mood."

'Is that... that supposed to get us to back off?' Kyurem asked Lawrence. 'Because I have no intention of backing away while my home region is threatened by the likes of you two!'


After having Relena and Nemera's battle called off because of interference from the now deceased Zero and Lawrence III, things calmed down mostly. Poor Nemera hurled at the sight of what she had done to Lawrence III. As for Zero, Lady Rhea also came to our aid and had her oversized Sharpedo, Titan, eat Zero alive. We tried to calm her down and reassure her that what she did was self-defense against Lawrence III and that the police weren't going to arrest her. However, the Poison-type Pokémon trainer wanted to be alone and think about what happened and what her next course of action would. Relena's father reverted back to his self as a Suicune and purified the bloodied water before any more Sharpedos showed up looking for a meal. As for Amelia, she too turned into her original form as a Suicune as she wanted time with Relena's father alone and to herself. Michiru assured Aurora that Relena was safe and that the two of them would be fine.


"What? Zero and Lawrence III showed up?" asked a surprised and startled Ash after the girls and I explained why we were so late in getting back from the beach. "Where are they now?"

'Zero is in Titan's stomach and will no longer be of any concern to us,' answered Michiru. 'He screamed pathetically as Titan tore him apart.'

"And Lawrence III?" Ash asked Michiru.

"He died from exposure to a lethal dose from a Qwilfish's poison," Relena answered quickly as she was quick to protect Nemera. "It was a slow and painful death."

"Ouch," remarked Jonathan. "Not exactly a way to go. Either way, getting eaten by a Sharpedo or dying from a lethal dose of a Qwilfish's poison."

'Serves those humans right for trying to get revenge of past events,' Victini said plainly.


Before anyone could agree with Victini's statement, we could hear a cry of pain coming from Glaceon. I was quick to rush outside where I saw Pikachu holding Glaceon's front right paw and encouraging her as she was giving birth to her offspring.

'That's it my Ice Princess,' Pikachu said to Glaceon after she gave birth to their second offspring. 'You're doing great my love.'

'Easy for you to say that,' huffed Glaceon as she was about to give birth again.

'I'm here for you,' Pikachu said to Glaceon before she cried out in pain once again. 'Does that not count for something?'

Before Glaceon could answer, she gave birth to three more Pokémon offspring. All together, Glaceon gave birth to five baby Eevees, all of them were shiny, thanks in part to the Shiny Charm that Lady Rhea gave to my Glaceon. For me and everyone else who gathered around while Glaceon gave birth, it was a rather wondrous sight to see. Relena called in the Undella Town Nurse Joy to make sure that Glaceon's offspring were healthy and that were no problems with them.


A few hours later, Nemera came back with a worried look on her face. Nemera told us that she still felt uneasy about what happened on the beach when Zero and Lawrence III tried to attack us. Relena and I were quick to assure the brown-skinned girl that nothing was going to happen to her since she was clearly right to defend herself from the Pokémon 'collector' and what she did was justifiable in the eyes of the law. After explaining the truth to Ash and the others, Nemera insisted on going to Officer Jenny and explain what happened at the beach. If anything, the Poison Bender, as Relena started to call her, didn't want to look guilty by running away.


"I see, so you're going to do some traveling around Unova?" Relena asked Nemera as she set was about to set off on her journey.

"Yes," answered Nemera. "I wanna become a master of Poison-type Pokémon and learn further to keep my poison-type powers under control. I think by catching every known Poison-type Pokémon, I can learn from them on how to control my powers."

"We wish you luck in your journey," I said to Nemera with a smile on my face.

"Don't forget about the special passport in your pack," Relena said to Nemera. "Take it to either Snowport City in the Sinnoh region or Slateport City or Lilycove City in Hoenn and you'll be able to come to Richie's and my home region of the Atlantica Islands without a problem."

"I'll remember that and thank you again, Relena... everyone... for all the kindness you've shown me," Nemera said to us as she bowed and went on her way.

Once Nemera left, I let out a sigh after seeing on Pokénet that no more Pokémon contests were going to be done in Unova since not enough interest was developed. Poor Ash was bummed out that the Unova League had been canceled for the year, even though he could still acquire all eight of the Unova region's gym badges. Looking on Pokénet, there was quite a buzz about the Unova League being canceled for the year because the Pokémon League commission was doing a review on their policies and looking at the gym leaders to see if they were doing their jobs effectively. Many trainers in Unova were upset by the cancellation of Unova League, but it was also good for those who had fallen behind in their training. With the cancellation of the Unova League, Ash and the others figured that we could get one more badge and then take the fight to our enemies who were pursuing us for foiling their past plots. However, before we could plan out our next move, Relena then received a phone call on her cellphone. She went far enough away from us so she could have a private conversation with her mother.


"Hi Mom," Relena said as she was talking to her mother. "I wanted to talk to you... and Lady Rena about... Huh? Are serious?"

"Something wrong Relena?" Abelia asked her best friend.

"I see," said Relena as she was still on the phone. "What do you mean what am I doing? I'm traveling in the Unova region with my fiancé and our friends."

"So what's going on?" I asked Abelia.

"Beats me," answered Abelia. "I haven't gotten an answer from her yet as to what's going on."

"I'm sure that you don't need me and Richie to be... I see," Relena continued as she let out a relenting sigh. "Can I at least bring my friends with me?

"Thanks Mom, you're the best," Relena said happily with a big grin on her face. "I love you too. I'll give you a call back in about a few hours and let you know who's coming with me, Richie... and Father too. Is Jess already home?"

"Hey what's going on?" Ash asked me and Abelia.

"We don't know," I answered Ash.

"I understand... Your Majesty," finished Relena. "I'll see you next week then. Bye Mom."

"So what's going on?" Abelia asked Relena. "You were really focused on that conversation."

"My grandparents stepped down from the throne as king and queen," Relena said to all of us. "Mother wants me and Richie to return to Sol Palace for her coronation. She'll be crowned as the queen of the Atlantica Islands."

"Congratulations to your mother," I said happily. "I'm sure she'll be a fair and just queen."

"I don't really wanna go to the coronation, but Mother insisted that I have to be there," explained Relena.

"Relena, you know that your mother wants you to be there and it's important that all of her children be there," Richie said as he gently pulled his fiancée into a hug and kissed her on her lips tenderly.

Relena enjoyed the kiss and kissed Richie back warmly with us staring at them until Abelia cleared her throat to get there attention. Relena had a sheepish grin on her face and then said, "I would like for you guys to be guests of honor for new queen's coronation. You'll be given the royal treatment."

Unfortunately, a loud blood curling scream was heard and we wondered what was going on. "What was that?" asked Ash, we all realized that this wasn't a good sign at all especially as he went off ahead before the rest of us could try and stop him. Needless to say, it was right near where we arrived at Undella Town and when he arrived, he saw two things that he thought he would never see again… one was a man with dark blue hair and a gold crown on the front, he had orange eyes and a white business suit. However, Ash saw that the man was missing one of his arms and blood was spurting out of where it used to be.

It wasn't for long before he and Pikachu saw that among the blood laid a knocked out Mismagius and Shuppet and the Pokémon that defeated it. "It can't be…" he muttered to himself, taking his Pokédex out in order to see if that was who he thought it was.

Mewtwo, the Genetic Pokémon began Dexter, revealing the data on the Pokémon that was responsible for Grings Kodai missing his right arm and having easily defeated Mismagius and Shuppet like they were nothing. A Pokémon created by recombining Mew's genes. It's said to have the most savage heart among Pokémon.

Soon Mewtwo turned his attention towards my fiancé, his expression was dark the moment he saw Ash and Pikachu. 'You…. I remember you….' he spoke through telepathy, however there was something about the dark expression that Ash didn't like one bit and realized that Mewtwo is planning to kill Kodai in cold blood but had no idea why. 'Ash Ketchum was it?'

"Mewtwo, what do you think you're doing?!" demanded Ash, while he wasn't too keen on seeing Grings Kodai, the fact that Mewtwo is planning to kill him seemed to be something that my fiancé wanted answers to. "Why are you here in the Unova region?"

Unfortunately, Ash was grabbed by psychic energy and was tossed aside, slamming him hard against the nearest tree as it felt like every bone in his body had become broken as he coughed up a small mouthful of blood.

'This does not concern you at all!' he lashed mentally then proceeded with grabbing Kodai's throat with one hand. 'Now, where is that clone of me that you wicked humans are hiding?'

"Fuck… you..." lashed Kodai before coughing up some blood of his own, while he failed to get his hands on Celebi's Time Ripple via Zoroark due to the intervention of Ash, Brock and Dawn long ago in the Sinnoh Region, he will rather die then reveal the location of the clone that Mewtwo is talking about. "Though I may die, my new partners will be one step closer to achieving their goal and this world will get what they deserve!"

This served to further enrage Mewtwo to the point where he didn't care anymore and used Psychic to tear off the remaining arm from Kodai's body, causing him to scream in more pain as there was massive blood spurting all over the ground. "Mewtwo…. Don't do this…" Ash groaned in pain but the Psychic-Type Legendary Pokémon wouldn't listen as he intends to end the man's life… permanently for what he had done.

"Ash!" I called out, as we arrived at the scene and saw that my fiancé was critically injured and there was an unfamiliar Pokémon right in front of us strangling a man that was missing both arms. "What's going on here? What kind of Pokémon is it?"

'That's Mewtwo, we met him at the Johto region….' explained Pikachu, as he noticed that something was off…. Mewtwo was rarely without the other clone Pokémon with him unless something happened that we never knew about. 'As for the man that Mewtwo is trying to kill, he's Grings Kodai, he nearly killed Zorua s mother Zoroark after he captured her son Zorua and manipulated her to do his bidding in an attempt to acquire Celebi's Time Ripple the Sinnoh Region!'

The way Ash had been banged up, we had feeling that this must have been Mewtwo's doing while Anna was not too pleased with what he had done to her brother and Relena turned her attention towards Mewtwo and gave a serious glare at the Psychic-Type in question. "I understand that man did heinous things Mewtwo…" she spoke in a rather calm tone despite the horrific scene that was being shown to all of us. "However, what you are doing is just making you to be like him and hurting our friend like that is low even for you…"

'Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do!' lashed Mewtwo, backhanding Relena across the face and knocking her to the ground much to our shock, it seems the Kanto Psychic-Type was living up to his savage heart and is further doing so taking his anger out on us. 'If you keep getting in my way, I won't hesitate in killing you!'

"Relena!" yelled Richie as he and Jeanette went towards Relena, her cheek was red from Mewtwo's slap earlier and her fiancé was rather ticked off by the Pokémon right in front of them. "You just hurt my fiancé, besides we've already had to go through enough without you showing up!"

'I warn you, do not interfere again!' though it was then that Michiru popped out of her Cherish Ball as she too was not happy with the fact that the Kanto Genetic Pokémon just slapped her human sister and he had gone too far this time.

'If it has come to this, then we have no choice but to stop you!' the shiny female Embrace Pokémon snarled at the opposing Psychic-Type, even Pikachu, Sparky, Whimsicott, Manaphy, Victini, Glaceon, Clefairy and Aurora were having had enough of this. 'Still, I never thought we would actually encounter a Mewtwo from a region not from the Atlantica Islands?'

'What?!' exclaimed Mewtwo, having no idea on what exactly the Psychic/Fairy Pokémon was taking about then his expression darkened as he continued. 'You mean to say there are other clones aside from the one I am searching for?'

'Yes, Mewtwo isn't as rare in the Atlantica Islands as they are in Kanto and even here in the Unova region… Plus the Mewtwos that live in the Atlantica Islands aren't clones,'responded Michiru, then got ready to ask the next question concerning the reasoning for Mewtwo being here to begin with and is going to be as blunt as possible. 'This specific Mewtwo you are looking for, is it actually a unique Mewtwo?'

'Yes, this one could change between two forms but no matter how hard I try… it seems to somehow allude me,'commented Mewtwo though he still finds it hard to believe that there was actually a region where multiple clones of him reside in. 'Also what of Team Rocket? This man knows where they might be and if they have a means of…'

'Team Rocket is long gone, destroyed from within by two of its former members…' Meloetta had arrived at the scene alongside Katsumi, my Glaceon, Cynthia and her female Glaceon, which was a normal one which didn't have the DW ability that mine had as Mewtwo was shocked by the fact that the organization that created him and desired to control him is now defunct. 'I know it is hard to believe but we are speaking the truth so please…. Stop this pointless conquest of revenge….'

Remaining silent, Mewtwo didn't know what to say as Meloetta began singing a song which was more than enough to calm the Genetic Pokémon down and drop the armless Kodai onto the ground, yet by the time he did so…. The man from Nimbasa City had drawn his last breath as he laid lifeless while his two Ghost-Types looked down at their now deceased trainer. "So Kodai's usefulness has ended a pity…" commented a man from within the shadows.

"No matter, we better report back to Hunter J at once…" responded another before they disappeared within the darkness before the rest of us could even notice or see them doing so, as it would shock Ash and his Pokémon if they were to learn Hunter J is still alive.

As this was going on, Michiru used her Heal Pulse on Ash and Relena, healing their injuries as I went over towards my fiancé before the shiny female Embrace Pokémon decided to have a few further words with Mewtwo right now. "Are you alright?" I asked, hoping to see if he was able move his body which thanks to the Heal Pulse, he's starting to regain some feeling into his body.

"Yeah, I think so…" he replied with his usual smile, though I was actually less than thrilled that he would do something so stupid and without thinking, I wound up before delivering a powerful slap across his face which reminded him of when Misty slapped him twice before, first when they first met at Route 1 with her asking if Pikachu was okay while he originally thought she was asking if he himself was okay back when they were fleeing from a flock of angry wild Spearows and again when he tried to use Caterpie against Pidgeotto at the Viridian Forest and putting him in danger against her. "Ow, what was that for?!"

"ARE YOU CRAZY ASHTON KETCHUM?!" I screamed, though everyone could see how upset I am at this very moment, even Mewtwo himself could see how I felt about the whole situation of Ash nearly dying from the injuries inflicted before and I had tears in my eyes. "YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT, YOU KNOW THAT?! WHAT IF YOU HAD DIED BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO YOU?!"

"I'm sorry… I just wanted to see what was going on and I tried to stop Mewtwo from making the biggest mistake of his life" he replied, as if my words were hurting him even more than my slapping him did and the others remained silent as it seems I never lashed out at Ash this way before, hell even Pikachu was shocked by this as usually Misty would be the one to do so not me. "Plus it wasn't the first time that I…."

"I'M SORRY, BUT NOT THE FIRST TIME?! BESIDES YOU SAYING SORRY ISN'T ENOUGH… HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RAISE THE CHILD IF I WAS TO LOSE YOU OR EVEN FACE YOUR MOTHER BECAUSE OF YOUR IDIOCY…." I screamed out in tears before punching Ash's chest constantly and cried my eyes out. "YOU ARE NOT INSPECTOR GADGET AS THAT SHIP HAS SAILED LONG ENOUGH, YOU NEED TO START THINKING BEFORE YOU EVEN RESORT TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN!"

Ash was currently at a loss of words; more so as if Misty were still with we and she saw him nearly die at Mewtwo's hands then she would have used that mallet of doom on him, something he cringed on even to this very day. "May, I…." he tried to come up with the right words to say to me without making a comment that he would regret and make things worse. "I understand if you don't want to be with me ever again, maybe it's for the best… Especially as I really don't like the idea of you beginning to hate me because of this…"

I looked at Ash, though he saw my tear-stricken eyes and he felt responsible for causing these tears from any girl especially since it is something that never happened to him before then he tried to speak again only for something warm touching his lips. As for Mewtwo, he was about to leave the scene when Relena spoke up.

"The one who created you intended for you to be savage," began Relena. "But something tells me that you're not as savage as you appear to be."

'And how would you know about me?' Mewtwo asked Relena cautiously.

"My mother taught me and my 16 siblings, well… 1 sister and 15 half-siblings, that no being is brought into this world good or evil," began Relena. "All of us, human and Pokémon alike become what we are through the choices we make. Or if we allow others to influence our lives."

'You think that I was… influenced into having the savage heart that I have?' Mewtwo asked cautiously as he remained in a defensive posture.

Relena gave a slight nod to the Kanto Psychic-type Genetic Pokémon as her answer. Mewtwo remained cautious and in his defensive posture as Ash and I broke out of our kiss because that everyone seemed to ignore. But Relena continued as she sought to answer Mewtwo's question.

"What you seek is called Mega Evolution," explained Relena as she showed Mewtwo her Keystone Pendant and Michiru showed her Gardevoirite mega stone. "My guess is that this Mewtwo you're looking for has the ability to mega evolve without needing a human with a Keystone to aid in Mega Evolution or even a Mega Stone."

'I see,' replied Mewtwo. 'I thank you for assistance and information, but I must go and search for this Mewtwo.'

"Why not come with us?" Lady Rhea said as she came walking up. "You and I share a common pain in the now deceased Giovanni."

'You knew Giovanni?' a surprised Mewtwo asked Lady Rhea as he slightly relaxed his posture and cocked an eyebrow in interest.

"Much to my shame, yes," answered Lady Rhea in a bitter tone. "Giovanni raped me when I was 16 and got me pregnant with my firstborn daughter, Ariel.

Mewtwo remained silent as Lady Rhea continued, "If I understand you correctly, you were created from a fossil of a Mew… yes?"

'That is correct,' answered Mewtwo.

"Giovanni was a cruel and ruthless man and I am sorry to hear that you suffered greatly by the hands of that rapist," Lady Rhea said to the Kanto Genetic Pokémon. "I would like to extend an invitation for you to join Team Trident. Here in Team Trident, both humans and Pokémon alike create the backbone of our organization and work together as equals."

Mewtwo narrowed his eyes at Lady Rhea at mention of being treated as an equal as I had to guess that the leader of Team Rocket must've promised to treat him as an equal, but lied to him in the end. With Titan, Lady Rhea's Sharpedo, close by, the Water/Dark-type Brutal Pokémon surfaced to protect Lady Rhea from Mewtwo should the need come. However Lady Rhea waved Titan off so she could show Mewtwo that she was earnest and wanted to show the Kanto Psychic-type Pokémon that she could be trusted.

'Very well. I will give you and your Team Trident a chance to prove to me that humans and Pokémon alike are equals,' responded Mewtwo as he relaxed his guard. 'Any attempt to try and use my power for selfish reasons will be dealt with just the same as that wicked human or worse.'

Lady Rhea gave Mewtwo a slight bow in acknowledgment to Mewtwo and his conditions. If anything, I think that Mewtwo was in for quite the shock once we board the Trident Sub.

Yet as we were going to board the submarine, a shadowed silhouette flew past us that moved so fast its sound was heard for a brief moment and the first person to look was our friend Jeanette. "Is something the matter?" I asked, hoping that it wouldn't be another one of our old foes though she shook her head as it felt like it was just the wind. "Well?"

"It's nothing, we should be getting into that submarine anyway" she responded to me while stroking the left cheek of her shiny female Whimsicott in an attempt to convince me that everything was fine though it didn't too a good job at that remark, for now let's not to dwell too much as even Manaphy was just as concerned for Jeanette as I was.

Meloetta revealed herself from her invisibility as she had a feeling on what it was since the smile on her face proved it wasn't a threat though it was too soon to tell if it was indeed who she thought it was then looked at the direction of where that sound originally came from. 'Could it be…. You're here as well, all the way from the Kalos Region?' she mentally asked herself before joining up with us since she wouldn't want to worry Ash or Pikachu. 'Guess we'll have to worry about that later, though it seems she is starting to take interest in Jeanette for whatever reason.'


"Are you sure that you want to go to Virbank City and get another badge before going to the Atlantica Islands?" Lady Rhea asked those of us getting the eight badges of the Unova League Gyms.

"Yeah," answered Ash. "I kinda wanted to get the other 3 badges, but May really wants to go to the Atlantica Islands."

"Have you and May talked about getting married?" Relena asked Ash as I froze at the thought of getting married. "It might be a good idea to get married soon rather than when May has the visible baby bump."

"Can… we… even get married in the Atlantica Islands at our age?" I asked Relena after she brought up the marriage question.

"At your age, you need your parents' permission to get married," Lady Rhea said to me and Ash. "And that's if you get married in the Atlantica Islands. Otherwise once you turn 17, you won't need your parents' permission to get married.

"And frankly… I'd be inclined to agree with Lady Relena and get married before you have the visible baby bump," Lady Rhea finished with a couple cracks in her voice.

"Lady Rhea, we've reached the Virbank City Harbor," a submarine operator informed Lady Rhea.

Lady Rhea gave the submarine operator a slight nod and then looked to those of us looking to get our next badge and said, "You've got 36 hours to get your badge from the Virbank City Gym. After that, we will leave for the Atlantica Islands to the capital city of Costa del Sol on Tsunami Island."

"Thank you Lady Rhea," Ash said as he bowed to Lady Rhea. "Hopefully we shouldn't be too long at the Virbank Gym."

"Just make sure you battle hard and earnestly," Lady Rhea instructed us with a smile on her face. "I wish you luck my friends."

With that in mind, we made our way towards the Virbank Gym, at least Anna was well enough to rejoin us as we got ready for the Gym Match with Ash, Hilbert, Hilda and I not wanting to let the 36 hours we have right now go to waste as my fiancé told us he was going to use Meloetta to see if he could ace the battle since he also considered using Palpitoad and Kokorok should he need a backup plan while I had Braxien, Victini and Kodai's female Mismagius, who wanted to join me since that man she used to belong to is dead from having bleed to death, I couldn't turn her away so I used a Dusk Ball I had to capture her since it was night time and Dusk Balls work best at night as well as in any cave. "I think I have my plan figured out" said Ash, though he was more like he was winging it rather than having a good plan. "And a back up to the plan just to be on the safe side along with a backup of the backup plan…."

"Remember we only have 36 hours to win our respective Gym Badges at the Virbank Gym before we have to return to the submarine" reminded Hilda, even she was hoping to get a proper tour of the area but it will have to wait till another time. "We can't afford any distractions whatsoever that includes you Hilbert."

"Well you don't have to tell me twice" responded Hilbert with a shrug then we saw a young boy wearing a yellow jacket bringing his Pokéballs to the Pokémon Center nearby and the expression was pretty frantic as we speak which made us concerned right now. "I wonder what that was about…"

"I have no idea, maybe we should find out…." commented Jeanette as we approached the Pokémon Center and upon entering, we saw that the trainer from before had brought his Pokémon to Nurse Joy for some serious treatment which made us even more worried.

"They all got hit with Toxic?" asked the Pokémon Center's Nurse which the boy silently nodded his head to confirm it being true, which made her and her Audino more worried than even as she had a feeling what this meant. "No mercy, just like always…."

"Will my Pokémon be alright?"

"Don't worry, here at the Pokémon Center we're used to dealing with Poison all the time" answered Nurse Joy with a confident smile on her face as she and Audino took the Pokéballs from the brown-haired trainer in order to give them the proper treatment. "We'll call you as soon as we're finished, please wait there."

"Excuse me…" came Ash's voice as we arrived to see how the boy was doing, surprising him when we gathered by the desk as it might not be a coincidence that something like this had occurred, to Ash and Pikachu, it was if they were experiencing deja-vu in a way. "All your Pokémon got badly poisoned by Toxic?"

"Yes, we challenged the Virbank Gym Leader Roxie and we had no idea on how powerful she really was" answered the boy; we were shocked that the trainer responsible for this was actually Virbank's own Gym Leader which would mean that we'll have to update our strategy a bit. "The Virbank Gym is really tough, are you guys here for a Gym Battle against Roxie too?"

I nodded my head to the boy, and then spoke. "Yes we are but we're on a tight schedule right now and will need to win our badges before we head off somewhere" I left out the details since it wasn't important for the time being yet it only served to further make him frown.

"You better get ready to deal with a whole lot of poison" he said, making us realize that there was more to what he was saying then originally anticipated. "Trust me; I've never seen a Gym Leader so good with Poison-Type moves…. Her Pokémon are really high-leveled as well and we couldn't do anything. First we'd get poisoned, then our moves would get totally messed up… we were done before we could do a thing…."

Then a lovely young girl with pig-tails and wore a pink shirt joined with the boy. "Same thing happened to me!" she said before a boy with blue hair and a light blue shirt also came to warn us about the impending danger of facing Roxie in a gym match.

"We got poisoned right away too."

"So did we…." came the voice of another girl as she had pig-tails in her blue hair. "That Gym is too difficult!"

"I can't believe with just one of her Pokémon, she took out every one of mine…" the comment from the last trainer that joined with the others that were defeated by Roxie shocked all of us, including Ash himself though now he knew it sounded familiar to him as it seems he and Pikachu had seen something similar to this before.


"I can't believe it, Roxie is able to defeat all those trainers like they were nothing…" commented my fiancé then glanced at his Pikachu with a serious expression on his face which his buddy had similar thoughts to his trainer. "This is starting to sound like Lt. Surge all over again…."

"What do you mean?" asked Hilda as she and Hilbert had no idea who Lt. Surge was but then again, they never been to Kanto or took on any of its Pokémon Gyms so they wouldn't know what Ash meant by that comment.

"It's a long story… but I'll explain later" he replied, since now was not the good time or place to tell the two right away since we'll have to improve on our strategy if we're to avoid being poisoned when we take on the Virbank Gym. "Huh? Pikachu, what's up?"

'I'm not sure, but I have a feeling we're being watched,' commented Pikachu, though it couldn't be the trio since Team Rocket itself has long since been disbanded then Meloetta gave another smile which made us confused. 'What's with the smile Sister Meloetta?'

'You guys don't have anything to worry about, it's just a close friend of mine from the Kalos Region, she tends to visit me here in Unova from time to time' she replied then glanced at the tree nearest to our location. 'You can come out now, my friends won't harm you.'

Coming from hiding was a gray, sylph-like Pokémon with a white chest and arms that resembled a dress. It had a headdress which consists of pink crystals, four short ones cresting along top pointing upward and two long ones on either side of its head pointing downward, with a diamond –cut centerpiece framed by its slim gray ears. A smaller pink crystal was also embedded in the back of its head, and a gold nugget is embedded in its forehead. Its eyes were red with pink irises. A gold crescent circled its neck, with the ends joined by a rhomboid gem. Its lower body resembled a large pink crystal protruding from it. "It couldn't be…." muttered Jeanette, taking her Pokédex out and scanned the Pokémon that appeared right in front of us.

Diancie, the Jewel Pokémon said the Pokédex, revealing the data of the Pokémon in question much to our awe and it looked quite beautiful to say the least. It can instantly create many diamonds by compressing the carbon in the air between its hands.

"So you know this Pokémon huh?" Ash asked Meloetta, a bit confused by the fact that his Melody Pokémon was close friends with this new Pokémon from Kalos.

'Yes, not just me but Jonathan's Volcanion knows her as well' explained Meloetta, glad to see her friend again after so long though my silly little buddy seemed dumbfounded at this revelation. 'What took you so long?'

'Sorry, I've been trying to hide my presence in case of any criminal organizations like Team Flare were to be in the area' answered the Pokémon known as Diancie, giving Meloetta a sincere smile of her own then turned to see the rest of us and sensed no hostile intentions which made her a bit relieved then her attention was mostly towards Jeanette as there is something about the violet-haired girl from Crimson City that piped her interest. 'You seem very familiar, have we met before?'

Jeanette felt somewhat nervous as Diancie looked into her eyes and then after what appeared to be a minute or close to it, she seemed to be in disbelief. 'Wait a minute…. You're that girl who risked her life to save one of my Carbink followers from that vicious black Haxorus!' she exclaimed as she heard about the rumors that a human had protected one of the Carbinks who have been loyal to her from a black Haxorus though the moment she mentioned a black Haxorus, I immediately put two and two together.

"A black Haxorus…. Wasn't that the shiny Haxorus that her Mawile saved her from by Mega Evolving into Mega Mawile?" I asked her much to the shock of Ash, Hilbert and Hilda though Jeanette gave us a simple nod of her head to confirm that it was indeed true as she started to remember that day and the reason for taking on Haxorus to being with as an injured Carbink was hurt and she used Mawile to stop the shiny Unova Dragon-Type from delivering the killing blow.

"Come to think of it, it is…" she told us, which began raising even more question than ever as she glanced back towards the Diancie and she spoke again. "That Carbink was one of your followers? I… I actually had no idea when I protected it with my Mawile and to think that there was something off about a Carbink that wasn't in the Kalos region that explains a whole lot."

Diancie nodded her head as apparently there is something she's wanted to do in order to repay Jeanette for her heroic act and then had an idea since it would require her permission concerning the situation as she spoke with Meloetta in private. 'I wonder what they are talking about' wondered Victini as he was kept from ease-dropping on the matter by Pikachu since it would be rude of him to do so despite his own curiosity. Fortunately, the conversation between the two Legendary Pokémon concluded and they approached us again. 'I've spoken with Diancie and it seems that she wants to come along with Jeanette' she told us, leaving everyone speechless since it's not everyday a Legendary Pokémon would want to come with a trainer as their Pokémon.

"Is this true?" began Jeanette, hoping that she wasn't just hearing things but Diancie nodded her head truthfully to confirm that she is indeed going with her decision of becoming the Pokémon of the female champion from Crimson City which made her beam up at this. "Alright then, I think I have the perfect Pokéball in mind… my mother gave this to me when I was little, she said it will help commemorate an event of some sort and I'm guessing it would mean the bond we'll be forming together."


With that and Jeanette revealing that she joined Team Trident as well after having captured Diancie with a Cherish Ball from her mother, we made our way to the Virbank City gym. As we approached the gym we could hear the sounds of a rock band pulsing through the doors of the gym. With Glaceon walking along with us, we entered the gym and found out that we had go to down the steps into a very large basement with people chanting the gym leader's name. Once the gym leader was done with her song, she noticed our group and had smile on her face.

"Well, it looks like we got us some more trainers who wanna challenge me for the Toxic Badge," the gym leader named Roxie said to her fans and band members. "I was kinda floored when the Unova League Commission wanted me to take Skyla's place after launching an investigation into her 'Air Battle' methods. I agree with the trainer who utterly defeated her, Skyla's 'Air Battles' tarnish what it means to be a gym leader and makes them lazy."

"Glad to hear someone else agrees with me," Relena said aloud for Roxie to hear. "Plus, I think my sister, Michiru and I hammered my point in hard too."

"Eh? That was you who totally pounded Skyla into the dirt?" Roxie asked Relena before forming a grin on her face. "That was a gnarly battle you did. I was even stoked when I saw your Gardevoir change into that new form."

'It's called Mega Evolution, if you must know,' Michiru said as she once again popped out of her Cherish Ball. 'Normally my sister does not use it unless it is necessary for me to do so.'

"Wow, a Gardevoir that can use Telepathy too?" Roxie asked as she was completely surprised that Relena's shiny Psychic/Fairy-type Pokémon could use Telepathy. "This has got to be quite a sick surprise I wasn't expecting today."

"I'm here to challenge you for a gym battle," Ash announced to Roxie.

'My human is wanting to battle you too!' Victini exclaimed as he raised his hand up getting Roxie's attention.

"I'll tell you what," began Roxie as she looked to me and Ash, "I'll accommodate your challenge and do a Double Battle against both of you.

Then Roxie looked to Hilda and Hilbert and said to them, "Then I'll do a Double Battle with you two as well. I've got plenty of Pokémon to use against both couples."

'Works for me,' Victini said happily.

"Just one last thing before you challenge me," Roxie said to me, Ash, Hilda and Hilbert. "If you have any Pokémon that do this Mega Evolution, you'll need switch out what item they have to help them mega evolve. This Mega Evolution seems like a new idea and the Unova League may not allow for the use of Mega Evolution."

'But that's not fair!' protested Latias.

'Peace Sister Latias,' Meloetta said to female Eon Pokémon gently. 'Ash is not using your strength in this gym battle, so you have nothing to worry about.'

Then one of people from the audience came forward and I guess he was the referee, even though he looked like someone going to a punk rock concert.

"The Double gym battle between Roxie and challengers Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and May Haruka of Petalberg City will now begin," the referee announced to the audience as Lady Rhea entered the gym herself with one of Glaceon and Pikachu's offspring on her left shoulder.

"Something I gotta ask you two before we start," Roxie said as she noticed our Team Trident uniforms. "You guys going swimming later on or something."

Grimacing at the mistake of not grabbing our clothes before exiting the Trident Sub, Ash and I just smiled to cover up our embarrassing mistake. If there was one thing about being in Team Trident that I didn't like, it was that we always had to have our uniforms on underneath our clothes and never take them off unless we switch out for a new uniform. Still, Ash and I were part of Team Trident and we were going to follow Lady Rhea's instruction down to the letter.

"Uh... yes," I answered quickly. "Yes we are going swimming later."

"It's just that we were in such a hurry that we forgot to put our clothes on over top of what we got on," added Ash.

"Same here with us," Hilda finished as she figured that Roxie would ask her and Hilbert the same question too.

"That's fine," replied Roxie. "Just show me what you got. I wanna see if you can rock out against my Poison-types. Especially the Koffing I got. He just found his way to my band and he's become one of my strongest Pokémon ever since."

'We shall see about that,' commented Victini as he was about to take the first slot when all of a sudden, Amethyst popped out of her Love Ball.

'I'll take them on!' Amethyst exclaimed happily and with glee.

"Amethyst!" I exclaimed as I wasn't going to call on her, knowing that Fairy-type Pokémon were weak against Poison and Steel-type Pokémon… First Glaceon did so at Driftveil City Gym when I tried to use Manaphy against Clay and now Amethyst was doing it too, at the Virbank City Gym.

'Relax, I've got this one and Sister Glaceon doesn't need to battle after she gave birth to her offspring,' Amethyst said to May.

Glaceon let out a sigh as she said to Amethyst, 'May is already letting me rest after I gave birth to mine and Pikachu's offspring. But I do thank you for the kind gesture though. It is thoughtful of you.'

"Wow," said Roxie. "Even got Pokémon coming out of their Pokéballs too. This has got to be a real gnarly day. Plus you even got one of those Fairy-type Pokémon too. I'm wickedly stoked!"

Still Roxie then let one of her first two Pokémon make its appearance. It was a spherical Pokémon that occasionally expelled toxic gases to keep itself afloat. It reminded me of one of those Pokémon that had been poached by the now deceased poacher Rico in the Petalburg Woods while to Ash, it reminded him more of one of the Pokemon used by James in Kanto ever since encountering him, Jessie and Meowth back at the Viridian City Pokemon Center for the first time, especially as James used his Koffing in several battles prior to its evolution into Weezing along the way to Fuchsia City. But I couldn't believe that my shiny Sylveon was going to try and battle against Roxie's Poison-type Pokémon. As for Ash, his choice he chose to call on his sunglasses wearing Krokorok and gave him the Ring Target item that he got from Relena after she battled against Nemera. When I saw Ash giving Krokorok that Ring Target, I was wondering if Ash was out of his mind. Of course I knew better than to ask Ash if he was out of his mind by giving Krokorok the Ring Target. As for Roxie, her second Pokémon to partner with Koffing was one that was very familiar to us as Jessie and Pike Queen Lucy owned this serpentine Pokémon themselves though Lucy's was stronger than Jessie's, it was a Seviper. Roxie looked very confused as to why Ash gave his sunglasses wearing Krokorok the Ring Target, but shrugged her shoulders as the referee signaled the beginning of the gym battle.

[Cue Relena's theme ORAS Gym Battle Music www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=91tODLXipK4]

"Koffing use Toxic on that Sylveon," ordered Roxie before turning to her Seviper. "Seviper, use Poison Tail on Krokorok."

"Dodge that Toxic, Amethyst," I countered back, "and use your Psyshock attack!"

"Krokorok, dodge and then use your Fling attack on Koffing!" exclaimed Ash.

All four Pokémon did as they were instructed to do. Amethyst used an attack that I never knew that she knew. Her eyes began to glow a soft pink color and she was able to evade Koffing's Toxic. As for Krokorok, he dodged Seviper's Poison Tail and flung the Ring Target at Koffing as Ash had planned. Though Roxie was quick to catch on to Ash's plan. But before she could have Koffing counter back quickly, Amethyst weaved past Seviper trying to block my shiny Intertwining Pokémon from landing a hit on Roxie's Poison Gas Pokémon and used the super effective Psychic-type attack on Koffing. sending it spinning backwards. Roxie was certainly impressed by how skilled we were.

"Amethyst, use your Dazzling Gleam!" I exclaimed as I wanted to keep Roxie's two Poison-type Pokémon off balance, even if Amethyst's Dazzling Gleam wasn't going to do the kind of damage I hoped it would do.

"Krokorok, use Bulldoze!" added Ash as he was ready to add in that one-two punch to knock down Roxie's two Poison-type Pokémon.

Both Amethyst and Krokorok used their said attacks effectively. Both Koffing and Seviper were blinded by the Fairy-type move, despite only doing a little bit of damage. As for Krokorok using his Bulldoze attack... he accidentally did some damage to Amethyst in the process of applying that finishing blow to Seviper and Koffing.

'Sorry about that Amethyst,' Krokorok apologized to Amethyst. 'At least we took down the gym leader's two Pokémon in the process.'

Once the smoke cleared from Krokorok and Amethyst's combination attack, both of Roxie's first two Poison-type Pokémon were down for the count and lying dazed on the floor.

"Koffing and Seviper are unable to battle," the punk rock referee announced to the audience. "Sylveon and Krokorok win!"

"Seems that young Amethyst had a little surprise in store for not just this gym leader," began Lady Rhea as she was spit's shot behind us, watching our gym battle.

"What was that attack you used before using your Psyshock?" I asked Amethyst.

'It's nothing really,' answered Amethyst. 'My papa, Absol, knew Detect and passed that knowledge down to me and my brother, Sapphire.'

"That's pretty handy," I said with a slight grin.

'Just don't rely on Detect all the time,' my silly little buddy cautioned me. 'The more successful times you use Detect, the more likely it'll fail like Protect, just keep that in mind.'

"I gotta admit, you caught me by surprise there," Roxie said to Ash and I. "Never thought a Fairy-type would beat one of my Poison-type Pokémon. This world is a lot bigger than I thought it was."

"That caught me by surprise," Ash said as we waited for Roxie to call on her next two Pokémon.

"Now that all the surprises are accounted for," began Roxie, "how about we move on to the verse in this gym battle?

The audience cheered as Roxie threw up her next two Pokéballs and called out, "Scolipede and Toxicroak, time to rock the stage!"

Seeing our new opponents it was then that Ash and I decided it best to switch out our Pokémon. Ash reached for Palpitoad's Pokéball only for Latias to take his place. Ash was certainly surprised that Latias took the place of his intended choice.

'Come on Ash, I'll join up with you,' Latias said to Ash.

"B-But Latias," protested Ash as he didn't like that another Pokémon decided to let themselves take the place of his intended choice.

'Sister Latias, come back to the side,' Pikachu called out to the Dragon/Psychic-type female Eon Pokémon. 'I'm sure that Ash will call on your strength in the next gym battle.

Latias hesitated to return back as Pikachu continued, 'Besides, the gym leader said that she doesn't want Pokémon that can Mega Evolve to be using their Mega Stones in the gym battle.'

Then Meloetta added, 'We must obey the rules that the human gym leader has set for the gym battle. Come to the side Sister Latias and let ourhuman use the Pokémon that he intends to use in this gym battle.'

Relenting and letting out a sigh of defeat, Latias returned to the side and then transformed into her favorite form as Bianca Davis from Alto Mare. Ash then called out his Palpitoad finally as he was able to use the Pokémon he had intended to call on this time. Roxie and her band seemed astonished by the sight of Latias turning into her 'younger sister.' Even Roxie's Scolipede and Toxicroak were surprised too at the sight of Latias turning into a human being.

"This is one rocking day," commented Roxie. "Pokémon that can use Telepathy, use attacks without even being given a command and now a cool Dragon-type Pokémon that can change shape into a human being."

"Then let's keep going," I said as I was eager to get the gym battle completed so we could go to Relena and Richie's home region.

"Fine with me," Roxie agreed as she then looked determined. "Toxicroak, use Cross Poison on Braixen! Scolipede use Poison Tail on Palpitoad!"

'Got it!' acknowledged both Poison-type Pokémon as they charged forward against our Pokémon.

"Palpitoad, use Mud Shot on Toxicroak!" exclaimed Ash.

"Braixen use your Flamethrower on Scolipede!" I countered back knowing that Bug-types were weak against Fire-types.


"I must say that both of you battled well," Lady Rhea said to me and Ash as we set our Toxic Badges in our Badge Cases before looking to Hilda and Hilbert. "And both of you battled well as well. Well done to both couples."

"Thank you Lady Rhea," I said as I bowed to her.

"Is there anything else you would like to do before we head to the Atlantica Islands for the coronation of the Royal Gym's gym leader?" Lady Rhea asked us as we still had plenty of time to explore Virbank City.

"I'd like to get home as soon as possible, if no one wants to do exploring," Relena spoke up. "But if everyone wants to go exploring first, I won't stop you."

"I hate sounding like my fiancé," I began, "but I'm really eager to this new region. New places to see and maybe find some new Pokémon to add to my team."

With Hilda and Abelia in agreement with me, most of us voted to just head back to the Trident Sub so we could get underway and head out to Relena and Richie's home region. Pikachu and Glaceon had to be recalled to their Pokéballs, much to their displeasure as we had to swim out to sea in order to reach the Trident Sub. Fortunately for us, it hadn't dived into the sea forcing us to go underwater just so we could enter the sub. Once we entered the Trident, Sub everyone went to their quarters and we waited for the four day journey to the Atlantica Islands to be over. Once Pikachu and Glaceon were let out of their Pokéballs, they went to go find food to eat. Mewtwo seemed to be fitting in with his new companions and had been assigned as a squad leader after he was inducted into Team Trident. Plus Mewtwo had also changed his appearance too. Instead of having a deep purple tail and abdomen with his lavender skin, he now had a green tail and abdomen. Ash was certainly surprised to see Mewtwo in his new appearance.


3rd Person POV

Pallet Town, Kanto Region

"What?!" exclaimed a girl with dark red hair, amber eyes and donning a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans and black shoes, completely shocked that Ash has a fiancé right now and she was speaking with Oak and Delia on the video phone. "Are you sure this is true?"

Nodding his head, Oak gave no verbal reply. "I have to admit Rena, Ash is starting to mature… so to speak" commented a boy her age that had goldenrod blonde hair, silver eyes and donned a red and white stripped shirt under a gray sleeveless jacket, gray jeans and black shoes. "Then again, I taught him a few things about girls…"

"Keep telling yourself that David…" responded the red-haired girl, somewhat annoyed with how her friend David was acting as if he was full of himself at this moment but was jumping too far ahead at the moment. "In any case Professor Oak, we just wanted to let you know that David and I are about ready to reach the Atlantica Islands or more specifically Tsunami Island where Lady Relena and Lady Jessica were born at shortly…. Apparently we each got special passports to go there along with two shiny gift Pokemon from the Kalos region."

"Is that so?" asked Oak, having a feeling that Relena and Jessica were the ones who gave them the special passports for the ferry that they were riding. "Just make sure that you two are careful once you get there Rena, plus be sure to give my regards to Ash, Anna and May when you get there."

"We will Professor… oh yeah, when did Ash and Anna even have shiny Pokemon?" wondered the red-haired girl known as Rena, even her boyfriend David was just as curious as she was. "Now that I think of it, Ash never told us he and his fiancé actually caught some Legendary Pokemon either…. How is that even possible?"

"That is actually an even longer story that might take longer than it should be" answered Oak, giving David and Rena a slight nod of his head since he had mentioned how Ash not only has Latias, Meloetta and Virizon as well as owning a shiny female Gourgeist, a shiny male Tangela, a shiny male Kabuto, a shiny male Mudkip, a shiny male Chespin, a shiny Noctowl which he had captured from his Johto journeys and even a shiny female Eevee while May had a Victini, a Manaphy, a shiny female Snivy, a shiny female Sylveon, a shiny female Braxien, a shiny female Liligant, a shiny female Swellow, a shiny female Whirlipede and a shiny female Roselia and Anna had a shiny female Chikorita, a shiny Treecko, a shiny Cacnea, a shiny female Roselia, a shiny male Eevee and a shiny female Cottonee as well though the two teens are somewhat jealous of Ash and Anna for being lucky enough to catch these Pokemon and in Ash's case, some Legendary Pokemon as well.

"We understand perfectly, though at least Team Rocket is no more" commented David, both were aware that Team Rocket was destroyed from the inside by two of its own former members which was actually a shocker in itself. "Then again, I would have made sure they wouldn't lay a finger on Rena."

"Really? I am a capable trainer David and I kicked your butt in battle several times… if you don't remember that then maybe my Delphox might jog your memory" said Rena, causing David to stop in his tracks as he could remember all the times that Rena's shiny female Delphox used her Psychic attack to drop bricks from her red-haired trainer's bag whenever he does something that could get him in trouble with the two. "Glad you do remember… Anyway, we'll call you as soon as we reach the Atlantica Islands…. Besides, Porter and his family are well known from the Decolore Islands and offered us a life to Lady Relena's and her fiancé's home region plus make sure that Rotom of yours from Unova doesn't shock you too much."

The Electric/Ghost-Type Sinnoh Pokemon appeared right behind Oak and gave David and Rena a slight nod as it will try to be on its best behavior as it does assist both Oak and Daisy in the fieldwork should Gary or Tracey not be available to assist them, then again right before Oak and Delia returned to Kanto when they accompanied Ash and May to the Unova region…. Oak had captured the Rotom that was with him that was from a horde that was usually hard to come by and it wanted to go with him so he used a Pokéball to capture it

Speaking of Tracey has been spending time with his fiancé Misty ever since the Battle Frontier events and it surprised Oak, Daisy, Gary and Delia, even Misty's three sisters by this fact but congratulated them on getting together especially as Tracey somehow managed to catch a shiny female DW Oshawott that he wanted to give to his orange-haired Cerulean City born love once she returns from Unova since he knew how much she loved Water-Type Pokemon and an Oshawott would be the perfect surprise for her as a Pokemon she will train very well for her team.


It wasn't for long until Caroline came from downstairs and she had a serious expression on her face as with her was Mrs. Alexis Hale from Greenfield and her young preteen daughter Molly Hale, accompanied by the cute Teddiursa that Spencer had gotten for her since the events with the Unown and Entei at their home. "Alexis? Caroline? What are you two doing here?" asked Delia, being the first one to notice one of her friends from Greenfield along with Caroline.

"We just came to see how you were doing Delia" began Alexis, since she thought it would be good for Molly to visit Kanto again after so long then her expression turned serious. "How's things been going for you so far?"

"So, so… Mimey and Minccino are keeping me company at the house while Ashy is on his journey with May" answered Delia as she was still surprised by the fact that Mimey was indeed a Psychic/Fairy-Type Pokemon as of learning about Kalos, then again there were things that the three women needed to discuss as it seems Caroline already told both Spencer and Alexis this news but will need to brief it with Delia as well so they are all on the same page concerning Ash and May. "Is there something the matter?"

"Actually, we just wanted to talk to you that's all plus Max is almost ready to start his journey and will be picking Mudkip as his starter Pokemon, even though he's already gotten some Pokémon on his own, starting with that little Ralts and hopefully the new PokéNav Plus will help him out since it is the newest version of the PokéNav from the Devon Corporation" answered Caroline, especially as she turned her attention towards Oak. "If you don't mind, we would like to speak with Delia alone if that isn't too much trouble."

Oak gave no verbal reply as he nodded his head since the matter would be something that only the three women would talk it out. "Molly dear" said Alexis, glancing down at her daughter with a bright smile on her face. "How about you and Teddiursa play with some of the Pokemon here at the lab?"

"Sure mama" replied the cheerful young girl as she and her Teddiursa were greeted by Oak's Rotom and Ash's Muk, the latter showed his affection by glomping onto Molly and Teddiursa though the young daughter of Spencer and Alexis found it cute that the Kanto Poison-Type was quite affectionate towards her and her female Normal-Type Johto Pokemon though Teddiursa got off before explaining to Muk about personal space.

With that said, Delia joined with Caroline and Alexis as they went downstairs in order to have this discussion since it had to be personal. "By the way" began Delia, curious on if the respective husbands of Caroline and Alexis are present as well if they are here in Kanto. "Where are Norman and Spencer?"

Caroline gave a small laugh. "Don't worry, they're fine… they'll meet with us later" she replied though in actuality, Norman and Spencer were both tied and gagged when they had learned the news that Caroline mentioned, especially as it was for their own good. "What we need to discuss is the wedding that will take place in the Atlantica Islands…. Lady Relena herself recommended that your son and my daughter should get married before… well…. you know…."

"In fact, Mr. Davis from Alto Mare wanted to send Ash something that could help him…" added Alexis, gesturing to a special flute that was created and to be used only for Latias and Latios which she had no idea that such an item even existed nor did Caroline plus it would be sent to him along with a Soul Dew and a Light Ball, two items that can only be used certain Pokemon…. Both women are aware that the Soul Dew can only be held by Latias and Latios while the Light Ball could only be held by Pikachu. "Oh and Lady Jessica mentioned having four outfits made for when Ash and the others arrive, two of them will be given to Pikachu while the remaining two will be given to Victini but we won't tell them as has to be a surprise."

"I also got a call from the Royal Gym's gym leader, Princess Michiru Kaiou, Lady Relena's mother," added Caroline.

"Oh, what did she have to say?" asked Delia as she and Alexis were interested to hear what the Royal Gym's gym leader.

"She said that her daughter, Lady Relena and her fiancé, are going to get married," answered Caroline. "But she and the parents of Richie Henderson had to fill out a parental consent form allowing their teenagers to get married."

"You'd think with being with royalty, Princess Michiru wouldn't have to do that at all," commented Alexis.

"I'm sure that she wants to show the people of her kingdom that even the royal family obeys the law too," Delia offered up to Alexis and Caroline. "But does that mean we'll mean we'll have to do the same?"

"Given that Lady Relena recommended to my daughter and your son that they get married before May shows the baby bump," began Caroline, "we'll have to assume that they'll get married in the Atlantica Islands. And I think we should follow the law even though we're not citizens of the kingdom."

Delia gave Caroline a slight nod of agreement. But for both mothers, it was a tough pill to swallow at first and Norman wanted jump into the video screen and try to strangle Ash for getting May pregnant and then have the audacity to ask to marry his daughter. But in the end, they were both happy that they were going to have a grandchild, maybe more once Ash and May got married.

"It'll be nice to have grandchildren," Delia said softly as she closed eyes.

"Especially grandchildren to spoil and just give them back to their parents once they start crying," joked Caroline with a slight giggle.

After enjoying a slight chuckle to themselves, Caroline led Delia to where Norman and Spencer were hogtied and gagged. Caroline then proceeded to let Norman loose slowly. As for Spencer, Delia set him loose herself. As Caroline let Norman loose from his bindings, she glared at her husband with daggers in her eyes, making Norman's blood run cold like ice.

"Now then Norman, if I let you loose, are you going to behave and restrain yourself from wanting to strangle Ash?" Caroline asked her husband sternly and with authority.

The Normal-type gym leader of Petalberg City gave his wife a quick nod 'yes.' Caroline continued to let her husband loose and then looked to him again.

"And you're not going to lay a harmful hand on Delia's son, correct?" Caroline asked Norman in a slightly darker tone.

Norman's eyes widened in terror as he nodded his head 'yes' and remained still as his wife asked one last question.

"Am I going to have to make you sleep outside where the nocturnal Pokémon are usually roaming about, should you consider trying to hurt Ash?" Caroline asked her husband her last question.

As much as Norman wanted to strangle Ash, he had no choice but agree to restrain himself as both Delia and Caroline had become such close friends. Hurting Delia's son was much more than signing his death warrant, the Normal-type gym leader would probably be sleeping with the Sharpedos... figuratively of course. Letting out a muffed sigh of defeat and not wanting to incur Caroline or Delia's wrath, Norman shook his head 'no' as his wife set him loose. Once he was unbound, Delia had already set Spencer loose and then looked to Norman as she said smiling, "Don't worry my son hurting May. That's what Pikachu is there for. I'll have a talk with Pikachu once we get there."

"I guess that's… better than wanting strangle Ash," Norman said as he scratched the back of his head after taking the gag off his mouth. "Don't worry about an upset father, worry about the Pikachu next to you."

"See, I knew you'd agree an angry Pikachu would be a lot scarier than an angry father," Caroline said to her husband in a sickly sweet tone patting him on the head.

"By the way, when's the coronation?" Alexis asked Caroline and Delia.

"It's next week," answered Delia. "But I have to get some clothes packed up and then we could probably set out tomorrow morning and try to beat the kids to the Atlantica Islands."

'No need to worry about you packing clothes, Mistress Delia,' Minccino said to his mistress as he came to see her. 'It's mine and Mimey's job to anticipate and predict your every needs, you know that. Plus we are confident you'll require us when you travel to the Atlantica Islands.'

"Thank you Minccino," Delia said to the Normal-type Chinchilla Pokémon before looking to Caroline and Norman with a sweat-drop on her forehead.

"I assume you're ready to go then?" Norman asked Delia after hearing Delia's Minccino report that her two butlers already packed her clothes.

"Well, I need to fill out that consent form," answered Delia.

"We'll fill it out on the plane to Costa del Sol," Caroline informed Delia. "Besides, I think we should try to beat the kids to the Atlantica Islands. Princess Michiru said the royal jet is waiting for us at Vermillion City."

"Wow, a direct flight to the Atlantica Islands," replied Norman. "This'll be great."

Within the hour and Alexis and Spencer agreeing to watch Delia's house while she was gone, Delia and May's parents were driving on their way to Vermillion City where the royal jet was waiting to take them to a new and exotic region.


May's POV

A few days later

En Route to Costa del Sol

"I don't think I want to sleep with you for a while," I told Ash after recounting the things I heard Lady Shelly and Lady Rhea telling her aide as they really got comfortable and were very intimate with each other. "And that means after I give birth to our baby."

"I didn't say that I wanted to sleep with you after you gave birth to our baby," replied Ash as he was floored by the things I told him.

"Good," I said sternly. "That's good because I want to be able to heal from giving birth and at least have a chance to nurse our daughter."

"You believe Lady Rhea's prediction that you'll give birth to a girl?" Ash asked me as he petted Pikachu, who now had marigold fur after consuming a berry shaped like a galaxy called a Nebula Berry.

Pikachu had then become a shiny Pikachu after consuming the berry. Relena had told us that the effects of the Nebula Berry were permanent and couldn't be reserved. Though Glaceon liked Pikachu's new appearance herself.

'I really hope that you give birth to a girl,' Victini said happily to me. 'I wanna be a big brother and be her protector. Besides, something tells me that she'll need a protector when the time comes.'

'It doesn't matter to me if May gives birth to a male or female baby,' Pikachu said as he enjoyed being petted by Ash. 'As long as May is happy with the child, then I will be happy.'

'I agree with my love,' Glaceon said as she winked to her mate before looking to me. 'As long as you're happy, May, I shall be happy for you too.'

Like Pikachu, she too had consumed a Nebula Berry and changed her into a shiny Glaceon herself. Both Pikachu and Glaceon liked that their new appearance and were going to cuddle with each other at later time. It was one of the things that Ash and I were going to have to get used to during this new part of our journey together. A new region stretched out with open arms waiting to receive us and calling us for our next challenge. The thought of the Atlantica Islands calling out to us gave both Ash and I excitement as we got into bed and cuddled with each other ourselves. What ever was coming our way, Ash and I were going to face it and face it together, hopefully as husband and wife.


Author's note: Thanks to dA artist xXSilveniaXx for allowing me to bring in her OC, Nemera as well as EmperorDraco7 for not only assisting in writing this chapter but for also allowing me to use his OCs David and Rena as well. Again, I would like to thank you for supporting this story and I am hoping that you will be able to support Pokemon: Rise of Heroes, Pokemon: Rise of the Young Adventurers and Rise of Heroes: Rise of the Pokemon Princess the same way too as my friends and I would truly appreciate it. Plus , I am taking a break from Unova and heading to my region the Atlantica Islands. I hope this won't cause any problems. I promise that they'll return to Unova and finish their journey there. Thank you for understanding my friends.