Ash walked through the arena corridors just as the sun was rising. There weren't many trainers in this early, so there was plenty of quite... Until Gladion walked in. As soon as he got near Ruby, Null's pokeball burst open, the Synthetic Pokémon going absolutely berserk.

"The hell!?" Ruby exclaimed in complete surprise. She held up her arms as Null swiped at her, knocking her to the ground.

"Gah! Null! Calm the fuck down!" Gladion exclaimed, trying to calm the Pokémon down. An odd looking pokeball rolled from Ruby's belt. Null noticed it and lunged at it, only for it to be intercepted by Greninja's Cut. The two were locked in place long enough for Gladion to recall Null. Ruby pushed herself up, her sleeve growing a dark red.

"Dammit Gladion! Keep that thing under control!" Ruby snapped, picking up the pokeball and walking away, leaving a trail of red droplets in her wake. Gladion eyed the pokeball in her hand.

"A Beast Ball."

"Pardon?" Ash asked. Gladion pointed to the pokeball in Ruby's hand.

"They were specifically designed to capture Ultra Beasts. It must have been why Null went bersek. It was designed to take down the Ultra Beasts... Why does Ruby have a Beast Ball?" Ash shrugged.

"I hardly know what Ruby's up to half the time." With that he turned and walked away, leaving Gladion more confused.

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"Ok!" Axel announced loudly at Naminé and Xion. "Which one of you has my Keystone!?" Xion lazily pointed at Axel's wrist, upon which a keystone sat. "...Ignore the past thirty seconds..." He turned around. "Anyway, what do you two wanna do today?"

"Axel, you've got another friend besides us." Naminé said. Axel waved a hand.

"Ah well, he's off doing his own thing. You make it sound like you don't wanna hang out with me."

"It's not that." Xion responded. "It's just really early." Axel shrugged.

"Aww come on. We can go watch that movie about the Rattata from that foreign region who gets seperated from his family on the way to the Unova region."

"Oooh!" Naminé chirped. "I love that movie! Little Fievel!"

"I prefer the NIMH movie." Axel whirled around at the voice, eying Saïx as he walked nonchalantly up to them.

"Well well, it's been a while Saïx. Got my name memorized?" Saïx frowned.

"Where is your blonde friend? My... Replacement." Axel shrugged.

"Probably off doing things you can't do... Like getting laid." Xion and Naminé burst into a fit of giggles. Axel smirked, while Saïx was fuming... Quite literally. Things were about to get ugly.

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"This reminds me of when you were a little girl." Serena spoke up as she wrapped a bandage around Ruby's arm. "You and Mawile were always getting yourselves hurt, sometimes you would drag your brother into it and he would get hurt."

"He never said no."

"Mostly because you never really told him what you were doing." Ruby gave her a cheesy smile. Serena shook her head, tightening the bandage on Ruby's arm. "You know, sometimes I feel like you children grow up too fast." Ruby blinked.

"I'm only thirteen."

"It feels like just yesterday you were only five and your dad had to stop you from giving that guy "The talk". Ruby snorted with laughter as a servent brought up a pair of milkshakes: Chocolate for Ruby and Cheri Berry for Serena. Ruby grabbed her milkshake, taking a sip of it, downing half of it in one go. Serena shook her head at Ruby's antics. There was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Serena called. The door opened, revealing a female Sentinel with blonde hair. A few small knives were strapped to her belt. An Alolan Raichu and a Jolteon were on either side of her, the Raichu carrying her helmet. "Larxene? What is it?" Larxene bowed.

"Your majasty, we found a young boy around the Princess' age out in the snow. He's breathing, but isn't responsive and has an almost dead look in his eye. The High Prince's match is about to start, so we came to you instead." Serena nodded, standing and following Larxene out, grabbing her milkshake on the way. Ruby sat there for a moment, contemplating, then stood up and followed them out.

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Ash watched the field below in ernest. Despite the many years of battling, he never really got tired of it. He made his way down to the field below. He had a goal in mind...

His next opponent was Marik.

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Serena followed Larxene into the room with haste, Ruby just a few steps behind. Laying on a bed was a blonde boy around Ruby's age. Two pokeballs sat next to him. Ruby looked at him closely.

"Do you know what happened to him?" Serena questioned. Larxene shook her head.

"We found him like this."

"Is it just me, or does this kid look like someone I know?" Ruby asked.

"We thought the same thing Princess, but this is not the same person."

"Do you at least have any idea what's wrong with him?" Serena asked. Larxene shook her head.

"We haven't been able to get response from him." There was silence, then Ruby liften her hand, swiping it across the boy's face hard and fast, leaving a highly audible slapping noise.

"Ruby!" Serena scolded.

"Ngh..." The boy moaned.

"I got a response!" Ruby chirped. They helped the boy sit up as he opened his eyes, revealing them to be blue, yet strangly faded and without pupils.

"I... I..."

"Young man, can you tell us your name?" Larxene asked.

"V-Ventus..." The boy seemed to be struggling to find the words, and had a very distant air about him.

"Ventus, can you tell us what happened to you?" He was silent.

"Do you remember anyone attacking you?" Serena asked softly. Ventus started to cringe.

"Can I call you Ven?" Ruby randomly asked. Ventus screamed, surprising everyone in the room. He grabbed his head in agony, falling back onto the pillow, unconscious.

"Is he okay?" Serena asked.

"He's breathing." Larxene stated. Ruby laid her hand on Ventus' forehead, a soft blue glow of aura emanating from it.

"Ruby, what are you..." Serena was interrupted by Ruby standing.

"His memories are gone, and his heart is incomplete. All he can remember is his name and that he owns a Froakie and a Fletchling."

"How is that even possible!?" Serena asked. Larxene stood up.

"We might have to get him to someone who can protect him, and if his memories are really gone, can maybe teach him how to be a trainer again."

"Ruby, what about your old teacher?"

"The one at the Frosthall City Pokémon school?" Ruby questioned, startled.

"Yes, the one you said was practically obsessed with Fairy Types." Ruby sighed.

"Fine, I'll take him when he wakes up." She answered, eying the unconscious boy.

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Xigbar looked over as Saïx appeared in his seat, his nose broken. The one eyed man snickered... Then he was beaned in the head with a rock.

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A/N My tablet broke, so I have to type on my phone, meaning all chapters will take longer than usual.