I'm not dead! Man, I've always wanted to say that! Okay, I'll give you guys an explanation and some information at the end of the chapter, but until then, read on and enjoy the chapter! I hope you like it and it makes up for my absence!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon and probably never will.

Chapter 45: "The Return of Team Umbra, Part 3: Total Eclipse"

(Intro with scenes from the previous chapter)

Last time on "Pokémon: League of Ultimates", we saw Ash and the others meet up with the two Champion siblings, Professor Carolina, Looker, and Damien Black, the curator of the Noctae City Museum for an exclusive tour. Then, however, everything went sour when both Team Umbra and Team Rocket appeared to steal the Jewel of Willpower! Will our heroes be able to stop the two teams?


(Outside of the Noctae City Museum)

"Move it! Move it!" A frustrated Officer Jenny said as she motioned for all of the officers in her command to surround the Noctae City Museum.

"Yes, sir!" The officers all said completely in sync as they all took their places around the building. In a matter of minutes, they had completely surrounded the museum.

As well, there were many Growlithe, Herdier, and other Police Pokémon there to help in case they were needed.

"Sir!" One of the officers said to Jenny, saluting to his superior. "We have the building surrounded! There's no chance that either team will be able to escape!"

"Good work," Officer Jenny nodded. She then looked to the museum with a bit of concern. What could possibly be going on in there?


(Inside of the Museum)

Ash gritted his teeth as he looked at the two villainous teams that were currently surrounding them.

On one side stood some members of Team Umbra, all wearing black uniforms with a symbol of a white skull with a crescent moon behind it and a single star above the top left-hand corner of the skull. Standing in front of them was Eclipse, a woman with long, silver hair and silver-colored eyes who looked to be extremely sinister, especially with her Liepard by her side.

On the other side were some agents of Team Rocket, including Jessie and James, who had sent out three Pokémon that Ash looked upon with a little bit of distaste in his mouth: Arbok, Weezing, and Wobbuffet.

'So how are we going to get out of this one?' The Pallet Town native thought as sweat went down his brow.

Ash looked over at the others. All of them looked just as nervous as he did. Even Paul looked uneasy at the impending threat of the two criminal teams.

He then looked over at May. There was a large amount of fear emanating from her usually cheerful-looking sapphire blue eyes. Ash now knew that he had to do something, but what?

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he heard Eclipse say, "Well, if it isn't Team Rocket, the criminal organization feared all throughout the Kanto Region. Funny, you don't look all that scary to me."

Instead of going into her usually unstoppable rage, Jessie just sneered and said, "That's some tough talk coming from an organization that's afraid to show themselves out in the open. Why don't you just run along while we take this jewel off of the museum's hands?"

"None of you are getting this jewel!" Damien yelled with an angry look in his eyes. "It is a priceless artifact that belongs to the museum!"

Before he could say more, however, Eclipse's Liepard jumped in front of the curator and crouched down into a pouncing position. It gave a terrifying snarl that caused everyone to wince.

"Can it, curator," Eclipse said with an angry look on her face. "Now, if any of you wish to get out alive, you will hand over that jewel!"

"Fat chance," Chris retorted. He then took out a Pokéball and threw it into the air while yelling, "Salamence, battle-flash!"

In a flash of light, the large and powerful-looking Dragon Pokémon appeared in front of him and gave out a roar that made the hairs on the back of Ash's neck stand up.

"Interesting," Eclipse said with a look of intrigue on her face. "I guess I shouldn't expect any less from the Champion of the Amaro Region. Let's see if you're as powerful as they all say. Liepard, use Hyper Beam!"

Liepard opened its mouth and a pink orb of energy with white energy outlining it appeared in front of it. It then fired a powerful red beam of energy surrounded by white energy out at the Dragon/Flying-type.

"Dragon Pulse," Chris commanded.

Salamence opened its mouth and fired a turquoise ball of energy out at Liepard's attack. The two attacks collided and then exploded in mid-air.

"Well, while they're fighting, we might as well take the jewel," James said with a smirk. "Weezing, use Sludge Bomb!"

Weezing opened its mouths and released a barrage of brown balls of sludge out at the teens that were in front of the jewel.

"Toxicroak, block that attack with Dark Pulse!" Looker shouted as he threw a Pokéball up into the air.

Instantly, a teal-colored, humanoid frog-like creature appeared in front of the International Police Officer. Strangely, it was wearing a hat that one would usually see a police officer wear, but with a small opening at the top that allowed the spike on its head to stick out.

The Toxic Mouth Pokémon put its hands together and created a ball of black and purple circles. It then hurled the ball out as a beam of circles at Weezing's attack. As the two attacks met one another, an explosion of smog occurred.

"Arbok, stop that frog with Dragon Tail!" Jessie ordered.

Arbok began to slither towards Toxicroak before it sprung into the air and began to come down towards it with a glowing light blue tail.

"Garchomp, protect Arbok with Brick Break!" Cynthia instructed as she tossed her Pokéball out at the two Pokémon.

Just as Arbok was about to strike, the Mach Pokémon appeared and blocked its attack with a glowing white fin on one of its arms. Sparks flew as the two attacks pushed against one another.

Suddenly, Cynthia turned towards Ash and said, "Take the jewel and run, kids! We'll hold them off for as long as we can!"

"Right!" Ash said with a nod. He then pointed towards the display case and yelled, "Pupitar, break the glass with Stone Edge!"

"Pup-i-tar!" Pupitar grunted as it fired a barrage of gray stones at the display case that held the jewel. Amazingly, the rocks only shattered the glass and didn't even touch the jewel.

Ash then ran towards the jewel and grabbed it while yelling, "Come on, guys!"

"Right!" The teens nodded. They all began to run until they were stopped by several Team Umbra and Team Rocket grunts.

"You kids ain't going anywhere," One of the grunts sneered.

"Ninjask, use Giga Drain!" Paul shouted.

Ninjask's body began to glow green and it flew above all of the grunts. It then started to rapidly fly in circles above their heads, leaving behind a turquoise trail of energy as it flew. Finally, when a turquoise circle appeared above the grunts' heads, Ninjask's eyes started to glow red while it still spun around and green static came off of the circle and hit the grunts. Their bodies glowed green and they let out loud screams of pain as energy was drained from them.

Eventually, Paul signaled for Ninjask to stop. As it did, all of the grunts slumped to the ground and into unconsciousness.

"Let's go!" Paul said to the others, who were all awe-struck at the power that Ninjask held. They soon shook it off, however, and began to run after the purple-haired trainer. Soon, all of the teens disappeared from sight as they ran into the bowels of the museum.

Eclipse turned to the grunts that stood behind her and said, "Well don't just stand there! Don't let them get away!"

"Yes, sir!" The grunts saluted the Team Umbra general and began to go after the teens.

Eclipse then threw a smoke bomb to the ground and a thick layer of gray smoke filled the room. Once it cleared, all of the Team Umbra agents were gone. As well, so were the ones from Team Rocket.

"We've got to hurry," Professor Carolina said to the other adults. "Those kids will be in a lot of trouble if Team Umbra or Team Rocket catches up to them!"

The two champions, the officer, and the curator all nodded and the five of them began to run in the direction that all of the children had run off to.


(Outside)

"Alright, men!" Officer Jenny said after hearing several explosions occur inside of the museum. "It's time to move in!"

"Yes, sir!" All of the officers saluted.

They were about to all run inside when they were stopped by a beam of red energy surrounded by white energy that hit the ground in front of them, causing a large explosion of black smoke.

As the smoke cleared, Officer Jenny looked up and said, "Who did that?"

"You might want to look up," She suddenly heard a voice say.

She looked up to see a bulky man standing on the roof of the museum with cropped black hair and green eyes, wearing a black uniform with a small white symbol that she couldn't quite identify due to the distance between them. Next to him was a large, green, dinosaur-like creature that was giving all of the officers an intimidating glare.

"And who are you?" She called out to the man.

"Nebula, one of the three top generals of Team Umbra," The man replied with a sneer. "And also, your worst nightmare."

"Well, I really don't care who you are, but if you're with Team Umbra, I'm gonna have to take you in," Officer Jenny said to him.

Nebula laughed and replied, "I really don't think that any of you has the power to take me on. Tyranitar, get ready to use Giga Impact."

Tyranitar got into a squatting position and it began to growl as orange streaks appeared around its body. A purple energy then appeared from the top of the streaks and enveloped Tyranitar's body.

The officers all winced as they prepared for Tyranitar to attack. Suddenly though, just as Tyranitar was about to attack, a white orb came down and struck the Armor Pokémon, causing it to have to stop its attack completely.

"What the…," Nebula said in shock. He then grimaced and yelled, "Who did that?"

"Just me, a trainer simply passing by," A voice said from a short distance away.

Nebula looked up to another building close by to see a man cloaked in black and wearing a black, wide-spread hat. On his shoulder was a Murkrow with a pink bow on her head, and beside him was a Bisharp who looked to be the source of that Metal Burst attack.

"And also," Jeremiah continued with a smirk, "Your worst nightmare."


(Inside)

"Empoleon, use Hydro Cannon!" Barry called out.

Empoleon opened its beak and a blue flash of light appeared in front of it. Then, a glowing light blue ball of water appeared in front of the Emperor Pokémon's beak where the flash was and Empoleon proceeded to fire it at the Team Umbra grunts that were chasing them.

Seconds later, several grunts were knocked to the ground, but many more still followed. Barry groaned in exasperation and continued to run along with a few of the others that he had gotten separated with.

Earlier, all of the teens had been in one group, but in order to keep the jewel safe and the grunts confused, they all had to split up into several smaller groups. Currently, Barry was running for his life beside Bianca, Leaf, Max, Stephan, and Gary.

"Keep going, guys!" Gary told them as they ran.

Like he didn't know that? Where did that spiky brown-haired upstart get that he was in charge? Barry wished that he had been in a group with Ash or Paul, but unfortunately, he was stuck with these guys.

Leaf skidded to a quick stop and threw a Pokéball into the air. In a flash of light, a large, green quadrupedal dinosaur-like creature with a flower on its back appeared in the museum.

"Venusaur, use Petal Dance!" Leaf ordered.

"Saur!" Venusaur grunted as it fired a barrage of multiple pink petals in a twister-like fashion at the grunts from the large flower on its back.

Immediately, a bunch of the grunts were blown back to Barry's amazement. That girl was a pretty powerful trainer.

Barry then quickly came to a stop when he heard a girl scream. He turned around to see Bianca and her Cinccino completely surrounded by Sableye.

"Hey, leave her alone!" Barry yelled at the Darkness Pokémon. He then pulled out a Pokéball and hurled it towards them.

Instantly, a large creature with a huge belly and sharp teeth appeared next to all of the Sableye, who looked up at the Pokémon in fear.

"Snorlax, use Heavy Slam!" Barry commanded.

Snorlax jumped into the air with amazing jumping ability and then came down hard onto the Sableye, all of whom were squashed under the blob's weight.

Bianca opened her eyes to see that she wasn't even close to Snorlax and the Sableye. She then noticed that she, Cinccino, and Barry were all on top of a Rapidash.

"You won't find any Rapidash faster than mine," Barry boasted. "I figured that you could use some help, so I saved you with my Rapidash while Snorlax crushed those Sableye."

"Oh, my hero!" Bianca squealed. Then, out of nowhere, she wrapped her arms around Barry and squeezed him tight, making the latter squirm.

"Okay, okay, I saved you, but let me go before I have to fine you!" Barry said as he struggled to get out of the Unova native's embrace.

Meanwhile, there was a battle going on between several Mightyena and Stephan's Sawk.

"Sawk, knock them off their feet with Low Sweep!" Stephan told the Karate Pokémon.

Sawk nodded and then aimed a low kick at the Mightyena's legs, knocking all of them to ground with ease.

"Great job, Sawk!" Stephan gave his Pokémon a thumbs-up.

"Sawk!" Sawk said as he flexed his muscles gloatingly.

What Sawk didn't notice, however, was that there was a particularly menacing-looking Mightyena getting ready to attack him.

"Vigoroth, stop that Mightyena with your Focus Punch!" Max yelled.

One of Vigoroth's fists took on a light blue glow as it jumped towards the Mightyena and gave it a good punch in the jaw that sent it flying.

"Uh, thanks," Stephan said, a bit shocked that he hadn't noticed the Bite Pokémon creeping up on them.

"No problem," Max grinned.

"Vig-or-oth!" Vigoroth jumped around with glee.

At this point, there was only one grunt left with a single Mightyena by his side. Gary smirked and threw a Pokéball into the air, releasing an angry-looking Blastoise.

"You might want to run," Gary said with a terrifying demeanor about him.

Blastoise nodded while cracking his knuckles, which caused the grunt and his Pokémon to sweat in fear.

"Mightyena, use…," The grunt stuttered in a panicked tone.

"Blastoise, use Water Pledge!" Gary instructed.

Blastoise slammed one of its hands into the ground, causing a pillar of water to erupt from the ground where Blastoise had hit. More pillars of water then started to rapidly erupt from the ground, each one growing even closer to the grunt. Once the pillars reached the enemies, a ring of water pillars formed around them until the pillars merged into one huge pillar of powerful water.

As the pillar disappeared back into the ground, the grunt and his Pokémon could be seen lying on the ground unconscious.

Gary sighed in relief and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"They'll be more, but I wonder how the others are doing right now," He muttered to himself.


May grimaced as she dodged a Sludge Bomb that had been heading straight for her. There were several members of Team Rocket chasing after her and the people that she was currently running beside: Paul, Georgia, Burgundy, Luke, and Brock.

Behind them were a multitude of Koffing and Ekans that seemed to have come out of nowhere, like Jessie's Arbok and James's Weezing.

"Ekans, get them with your Acid Spray!" A couple of the grunts blurted out.

The Ekans all opened their mouths and released streams of foul, murky green-colored liquid at the teens.

"Ferrothorn, use Gyro Ball to deflect the acid!" Paul ordered.

"Forretress, you help too with your Gyro Ball!" Brock added.

Both the Thorn Pod Pokémon and the Bagworm Pokémon proceeded to spin around rapidly, their bodies surrounded by light blue energy circles. The spinning and the fact that Steel-types are not affected by Poison-type attacks protected the teens from the Ekans' attack.

"Koffing, use Tackle!" A few other Team Rocket grunts instructed.

At that moment, it seemed as if there were multiple Koffing-shaped missiles heading straight for the teens.

"Golett, use Shadow Punch!" Luke hollered out.

Golett pulled back one of its arms and then fired a black fist with a purple outline out at one of the Koffing, knocking it to the ground.

"Beartic, freeze them with Ice Beam!" Georgia told the polar bear-like creature beside her.

Beartic opened its mouth and a light blue orb of energy appeared in front of it. It then fired multiple light blue beams from the orb at the Koffing, freezing several of them completely solid and causing them to fall to the ground with a thud.

"Dewott, use Water Pulse, s'il vous plaît!" Burgundy said to her Pokémon.

Dewott held out both of its arms in the shape of a 'T' and opened its mouth. A light blue orb of energy appeared in front of its mouth and it then fired the orb at the remaining Koffing and Ekans.

When the orb hit the Poison-types, it expanded and surrounded them in a large orb of water. The orb then floated into the air and started to swirl around from all sides, causing the water to explode.

The grunts were shocked at how strong the teens' Pokémon were. They then noticed May pull out a Pokéball and throw it into the air, causing her Blaziken to appear right beside her.

"I think you guys should leave now," May said with a serious look on her face.

At that second, Blaziken cracked its knuckles menacingly. The grunts flinched and then ran off with their unconscious Pokémon in their arms.

'Well, that takes care of that,' May thought with a smile on her face. The smile quickly turned into a worried frown as she began to think about Ash.

"I hope he's all right," She muttered so quietly that only Blaziken could hear her.


At the moment, Ash was running as fast as he could with a blue gem in his arms, Pikachu on his shoulder, and Meowth by his side.

Behind him was not only Dawn, Kenny, Cilan, Iris, and Drew, but also a whole group of Team Rocket grunts led by Jessie and James

"It's foolish to run," Jessie yelled out to him. "You might as well just give up and hand over the jewel!"

"Weezing, Smog attack!" James shouted.

"Wee-zing!" Weezing said as it floated ahead of the teens and began to let out a smokescreen of toxic fog from its mouths and the holes on its body. "Weeeee!"

Ash and the others skidded to a stop and began to cough as the smog began to sap up their clean air.

"Pidgeot!" Ash sputtered out as he tossed a Pokéball into the air. "Use Gust to clear out the smog!"

In a flash of light, the Bird Pokémon appeared into the air and began to flap its wings at a high speed. This released a strong gust of wind from its wings and caused the smog to dissipate.

"Not bad, Ketchum," Drew said, surprisingly giving his love rival a compliment for once. "Now, it's our turn. Typhlosion, come on out and use Flamethrower!"

Instantly, a large creature with a plume of fire on its dark blue fur-coated back appeared in front of the green-haired coordinator.

"A Typhlosion?" Ash said in disbelief. He then pulled out his Pokédex to scan the Pokémon.

"Typhlosion, the Volcano Pokémon. The evolved-form of Quilava and the final form of Cyndaquil. It attacks using blasts of fire. It creates heat shimmers with intense fire to hide itself."

Typhlosion then opened its mouth and released a red-orange stream of fire from its mouth at James's Weezing.

"What an unimpressive move," James sneered. "Weezing, use your Thunder attack!"

Weezing nodded and fired a massive beam of yellow electricity from its body at Typhlosion's attack. The two attacks collided and caused a large explosion of black smoke.

"Piplup, let's take them down with Hydro Pump!" Dawn told her partner Pokémon.

Piplup opened its beak and a blue ball of water formed in front of its beak. Next, the ball of water flattened and turned into a circle. Then, a powerful jet of water was fired from the circle at Arbok.

"Arbok, dodge it and freeze it with Ice Fang!" Jessie instructed.

Arbok quickly slithered out of the way, and then, it bit down upon the jet of water with icy fangs. The Hydro Pump then began to freeze until it froze completely solid and dropped to the floor.

"Alakazam, show them what you can do!" Kenny blurted out. "Use Psycho Cut!"

Alakazam's spoons began to take on a light blue outline. It then swung the spoons in such a way that they fired multiple light blue crescents at Team Rocket.

"Wobbuffet, use Mirror Coat," Jessie said to the blue blob beside her.

Wobbuffet's body became surrounded in a white reflective color as Alakazam's attack came at it. The attacks were stopped by a strange force field and then fired back at the teens.

"Look out!" Cilan yelled as he tackled Iris to the ground as the Psycho Cut attack was about to hit her. Luckily, thanks to Cilan's quick thinking, both of them narrowly missed getting hit by the attack.

As Iris opened her eyes, she saw Cilan on top of her and immediately began to blush a bright red.

"Um…," Iris said nervously, "Thank…you."

"No problem," Cilan gulped, his face just as red as Iris's.

At the moment, nothing else seemed to matter as the two Unovan natives stared into each other's eyes. Then, strangely enough, the two of them slowly leaned into a kiss.

All of the teens were surprised at this. Dawn let out an "Aw!" while Ash, Drew, and Kenny smirked with approval.

"Well, isn't that just sickeningly sweet?" Jessie said with acid in her voice. "But now, let's get back to the matter at hand. Give us the jewel!"

"No way!" Ash said as he tightened his grip on the gem in his arms. "Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!"

"Pika-pika-pika-pika-pika," Pikachu chanted as he ran at Jessie and James with his body surrounded by yellow electricity.

"Wobbuffet, Counter!" Jessie said to her Pokémon.

Wobbuffet's body took on an orange glow as Pikachu came towards it. Pikachu was stopped in his tracks as some strange force emanating from Wobbuffet's body held him in place. Pikachu was then suddenly sent flying back in the direction he came in.

"Pika!" Pikachu screamed as he flew backward through the air.

"I've got you, buddy!" Ash said as he jumped and caught Pikachu just before he hit the wall, taking the full force of the attack and the impact himself.

"Are you alright, Pikachu?" Ash asked his Pokémon weakly.

"Pika," Pikachu nodded, looking just as weak.

"Looks like the jewel is ours," James said as he, Jessie, and their Pokémon began to walk towards the raven-haired teen. They were stopped, however, by a certain Scratch Cat Pokémon.

"I won't let yous guys hurt my trainer!" Meowth said with his claws extended.

"Your trainer?" Jessie repeated with a sneer. "Does that mean that you actually let him catch you?"

"Yeah, so what?" Meowth shot back. "I usually don't like to battle, but at least when I battle with him, it's fun!"

"When did you ever consider battling to be fun?" James snickered. "You've changed, Meowth."

"I guess I have," Meowth nodded with a grin. "Let me show you how I've changed!"

Meowth's paw suddenly became surrounded by a black aura with a purple outline. The aura then took the form of a huge claw as Meowth jumped towards Wobbuffet and slashed the Patient Pokémon before it could do anything.

"Wob-buffet!" Wobbuffet yelled in pain as it flew back and hit the wall.

"How did he…," James began before he noticed that Meowth had appeared right behind Weezing and slashed it with a shadowy claw.

"What?" Jessie said in disbelief. Before she knew it, however, Meowth had done the same to Arbok.

Meowth then did a backflip and landed right where it had been before it had even attacked with a grin.

"How do you like me now?" Meowth said gloatingly. His grin suddenly faded when he noticed Weezing, Arbok, and Wobbuffet slowly stand back up.

"You don't think that you can just defeat them that easily, do you?" Jessie said with a devilish grin. "Arbok, use Poison Sting!"

Arbok opened its mouth and fired multiple purple-colored darts out at Meowth, who was immediately inflicted with great pain.

"Weezing, use Sludge attack!" James shouted.

Weezing opened its mouth and spewed dark brown sludge at Meowth from the mouth of its larger body.

This attack left Meowth just barely standing. Wobbuffet walked up to him and Meowth angrily slashed at him with a Scratch attack. He was unable to hit the Psychic-type, however, due to it easily blocking the attack with Counter. Meowth then scratched himself and was in turn knocked to the ground and sent into unconsciousness.

"Pitiful," James murmured as they stepped over Meowth's body and walked over towards Ash.

Dawn, Kenny, Cilan, Iris, and Drew ran towards them in an attempt to stop them with their Pokémon and Pidgeot by their side, but Wobbuffet's Counter sent them all flying back towards the ground. All five of them and the Pokémon were unable to get up with the pain that they were in.

Ash looked up as Jessie and James stepped in front of him and Pikachu.

"Now, give us the jewel," Jessie said to the teen.

"I guess I have no choice," Ash said as he handed Jessie the gem in his hand.

"Smart move," James sneered.

Suddenly, however, the gem faded and completely disappeared.

"What?" Jessie and James said in disbelief.

They looked down at Ash when they heard him begin to chuckle.

"We thought that this might happen," Ash said weakly. "So Gavin had his Weavile make a Substitute. The real one is with him."

Jessie and James growled with anger and were about to obliterate the teen when they suddenly heard him say, "See ya."

Immediately, Kenny's Alakazam's body began to glow in a multicolored light, along with the rest of the teens and their Pokémon. Then, they all disappeared from the room in a flash of light.

James then pulled out a headset and said into it, "Pierce, we lost them. The real gem is with Ketchum's cousin."

"Don't worry," A voice said back. "Everything is going according to plan."


"Hurry, everyone!" Gavin said as he, Misty, Tracey, Zoey, and Kelly tried to run as fast as they can from a multitude of Team Umbra grunts who were being led by Eclipse.

"You all can't run forever!" Eclipse said to them with a sneer. "I know you have the jewel, so just hand it over and no one gets hurt...much."

"Weavile, use Ice Shard," Gavin said to the Sharp Claw Pokémon running beside him.

Weavile grinned and then jumped into the air, firing a glowing light blue ball of ice from its paws at the silver-haired woman.

"Liepard, shatter it with Night Slash," Eclipse ordered.

Liepard let out a snarl as it jumped into the air and slashed at Weavile's attack with a glowing purple claw. This caused the orb to immediately burst into a cloud of icy dust.

Gavin sighed, wishing that the attack had worked. He was still wondering how the Team Umbra general had figured out that he had the jewel in the first place.

"Staryu, stop them with BubbleBeam!" Misty shouted.

"Venonat, use Signal Beam!" Tracey yelled.

"Glameow, fire a Shock Wave at them!" Zoey commanded.

"Grumpig, use Focus Blast!" Kelly directed.

With that, the four attacks were fired directly at the members of Team Umbra.

"Sableye, use Shadow Ball!" The grunts all yelled.

All of the Sableye then threw orbs of shadowy energy out at the oncoming attacks, and as the attacks collided, there were multiple explosions of black smoke.

"Now, Liepard, hit them with your Hyper Beam!" Eclipse called out.

Liepard opened its mouth and fired a red beam of energy surrounded by white energy out at the teens' feet. As the attack exploded against the ground, all of the teens were knocked off of their feet and to the ground.

Eclipse smirked as she and her Liepard walked over to the brown-haired trainer that now currently laid on the ground in pain. She noticed that the other four that had been with him had all been knocked out when they had hit the ground.

"So," Eclipse began. "The jewel, if you will."

"I guess you've got me," Gavin said as he sat up and pulled his backpack to his lap. He had started to open it when he suddenly yelled out, "Pichu! Thundershock!"

To Eclipse's surprise, the Tiny Electric Mouse Pokémon jumped out of the teen's backpack and released a bolt of yellow electricity out at her and her Liepard. She managed to jump out of the way, but left the grunts to take the full effects of the attack.

Seconds later, she grimaced as she heard all of the grunts slump to the ground and into unconsciousness.

"Not a bad move," Eclipse said with an impressed look on her face. "Although, I guess it is to be expected from the International Police's top agent."

Gavin and Pichu's eyes both widened in shock and fear.

"How did you find out?" Gavin asked.

"Oh, I know all about you," Eclipse said with an ever-widening sneer. "We have every single bit of data on you, especially of your history."

A look of intense anger appeared on Gavin's face, and the same went for Pichu.

"However, if you want your secret to stay secret, you might want to hand me that jewel," Eclipse said malevolently. "If you don't, not only will your secret be revealed, but your friends and all those that you care about will be taken out."

Gavin growled with anger as he slowly pulled the blue gem out of his backpack.

"I will stop you," Gavin spat as Eclipse took the jewel from his hand. Sparks danced across Pichu's cheeks as he glared at the silver-haired woman.

"We'll see," Eclipse said as she put the jewel in a special container. As she did this, all of the grunts had managed to wake up and had now gotten back on their feet.

"So long, little agent," Eclipse said as she gave him a wink and a sly smile. She then threw a small marble-like ball to the ground. The bomb exploded and created a smokescreen that blinded Gavin and Pichu.

Once the fog finally cleared, Gavin saw that they were all gone.


(Outside)

"Tyranitar, use Stone Edge!" Nebula ordered.

The Armor Pokémon's body became surrounded in white energy for a moment and the energy came off of its body in the form of two rings of jagged white energy orbs that began to float around it. The white energy faded and the orbs formed into gray jagged stones. Then, Tyranitar fired stones at Jeremiah and his Pokémon.

"Bisharp, use Guillotine to block!" Jeremiah told his Pokémon.

The blades on Bisharp's elbows began to glow a light blue glow. It then slashed at the stones, cutting them into pieces and causing them to fall to the ground as dust.

It had been a long and fierce battle on the rooftops. Jeremiah glared intensely at the Team Umbra general.

"Not bad, Nebula," Jeremiah yelled out. "However, it all ends here."

"Yes, it does," Nebula said with a sneer.

Suddenly, a black helicopter appeared in the air and hovered above the museum rooftop. Jeremiah squinted and could see a silver-haired woman standing inside of it.

"Eclipse," Jeremiah muttered with a bit of anger.

Nebula quickly recalled Tyranitar back into its ball and then climbed up the rope ladder that the helicopter sent down to him.

Jeremiah took out a Pokéball and was about to send out the Pokémon inside, but suddenly stopped.

"Next time, my friend," Jeremiah whispered to the Pokémon inside of it as he watched the helicopter fly off until it was out of sight.


(Noctae City Pokémon Center)

Later that night, all of the teens sat in the Noctae City Pokémon Center as they waited for their Pokémon to be healed. As well, they had all had their wounds and bruises healed by Nurse Joy's Chansey and Audino.

At this point, all of our heroes' rivals had all gone to bed while their Pokémon were being healed. This left our Ash, May, Brock, Dawn, and Max moping in lobby while the others were dealing with other things.

"I can't believe they got away with the jewel," Ash said angrily.

"It'll be okay," May said calmly to Ash.

"Looker said that they had put a tracking device on Team Umbra's helicopter before they got away," Brock said to the raven-haired trainer. "They won't get far."

Ash nodded, but then noticed that Iris and Cilan were nowhere to be found.

"Hey, where are…," He started before he saw Max pointing towards the window.

The four of them looked out to see the two Unova natives currently making out in the moonlight. This caused Ash, Max, and Brock to snicker until they saw the look on May and Dawn's faces. If looks could kill, the three of them would have totally been taken out in an instant.

"So I heard that they had to postpone the battle between Cynthia and Chris," Ash said, trying to change the subject.

"Unfortunately," Max added. "Due to the damages at the Noctae City Museum, they have to hold off on the battle until things settle down."

"Too bad," Dawn sighed. "Hey, has anyone seen Gavin?"


Gavin grimaced as he sat outside of the Pokémon Center with Pichu on his shoulder.

"If they know, then it won't be long before the others know," He said so quietly that only Pichu could hear.

Suddenly, a ringing tone began to emanate from his jacket pocket. He then pulled out what appeared to be a sort of cell phone, opened it up, and answered it.

"Dude, I heard that Team Umbra got away with the Jewel of Willpower! So what happened?" Gavin heard Walker's voice ask.

"They know my secrets," Gavin answered. "One of their generals told me that if I didn't hand it over, they would reveal my secret and take out everyone that I care about."

"Oh. Well, I've got some new information. We found out who Team Umbra's leader is! It's…"


Meanwhile, in a dark office far away, Nebula and Eclipse were kneeling in front of a makeshift throne where a dark figure sat.

"My lord, now that we have the second jewel, we are working to find the location of the third jewel!" Nebula said to the figure.

"Excellent," The figure said as he stepped into the light, revealing his short and spiky jet black hair, pale skin, and scarlet-colored eyes. He wore black pants and a black jacket with Team Umbra's symbol in the spot over his heart.

"Master Damien, I must apologize for my attitude towards you back at the museum," Eclipse said with great fear.

"Don't worry, my general," He said calmly. "It was the only way to keep those brats and the Champions unsuspicious. Although, we must keep an eye on that boy."

"And what about Jeremiah?" Nebula asked. "He continues to show up and mess with our plans."

"He won't be a problem for much longer," Damien answered with a smirk. "My third general will make sure of that."

Damien then took out a black Pokéball with a skull on it and tossed it to the ground. In a flash of light, a black, shadow-like creature appeared in front of him.

It was quite a scary-looking creature. It had a small head with a white fog-like ghostly substance billowing from its head that covered one of its bright blue eyes. It also had a red spiky growth around its neck. It had skinny arms and long black tatters hanging from its shoulders. It had the slight appearance of an hourglass figure and looked like it was wearing an old, ripped cloak. It also had black, claw-like hands.

"You summoned me, my master?" It said in a deep and ominous voice.

"Yes, I want you to go to General Dusk and tell him to speed up his search for the Jewel of Knowledge," Damien said to the creature.

"Yes, my master," The creature bowed before it began to sink into the ground and into the shadows.


At the same time, Pierce had been watching the entire conversation that the leader of Team Umbra had been having with his generals through binoculars on a nearby rooftop.

Standing next to him on the rooftop was a strong-looking Marowak who was happy to be back with its original trainer instead of those two other Team Rocket agents.

He then pulled a com-link out of his pocket and said into it, "Sir, they have the second jewel."

"Excellent," The deep voice of Giovanni answered back. "All is going according to plan."


Next Chapter: Chapter 46: "Welcome to the Jungle! Ash's Battle for the Fourth Badge!"- Ash and the others have finally reached Loraflay Village, the site of Ash's fourth gym battle! However, after meeting the gym leader and seeing the power of his Pokémon, will Ash be able to take him down and win his fourth badge? Find out in the next installment of Pokémon: League of Ultimates!

Team Umbra's got the second jewel! Will Ash and the others be able to stop them? We'll have to wait and see! I hope you liked it! Read and Review!

Okay, so I meant to try and finish enough of the chapters to post non-stop for a week, leading up to the premiere of the first chapter of "Kyurem and the Hero's Sword", but there were a few issues in the case of my ongoing war against my own laziness. Even though I have plenty of free time right now, I've been having a losing battle with my laziness and Writer's block. However, I will try to finish all of the other chapters of my stories that I have planned to do before I premiere "Kyurem and the Hero's Sword." Hopefully, I should have the first chapter of KHS out sometime this month! Until then, I'll be working on getting chapters 7-10 of "Pokemon Fusion Warriors" written and posted as soon as I can! So see you guys next time!