Pokewing Z: Dimension Rifters, Episode 51: Return to Amity Park Part 1

A mega-crossover fic by Dustin Dixon, Caleb McGlone, and Rob Volzke

Time for another of these, eh? Well, the only characters we own are Wayne, Riku, Janine, Aimee, Zenki, Vikki, and Kitrala. All other characters belong to their respective owners. Let's get the ball rolling on Season 3!


It was a quiet afternoon in Amity Park, or so it seemed... at an apartment downtown, an excited Victoria Masters answered the door to let in a familiar man, with long, spiky red hair. Behind this man was a woman with waist-length, straight red hair, wearing what looked like a business suit.

"We've been expecting you. Come on in." she grinned, as the two walked in wordlessly, the door shutting behind them. As they climbed the stairs, they saw Vlad, who grinned down at them as well.

"You must be Zenki and Kitrala Aladar..." Vlad gestured over to his sofa as they reached the top, which the two nodded and sat down upon. "Vikki, be a dear and fetch our guests something to drink."

"Yes, right away!" she called back, jogging off toward the kitchen.

"I trust you found the apartment okay?" Vlad asked.

"Well, it IS in the ritziest part of town..." Kitrala began. "Not much for subtlety, are you, Masters?"

"Oh... I know more about subtlety than you might think, my dear Kitrala..." Vlad hinted.

"I know about your little secret. I DO research more than just my targets, you know." Zenki smirked.

"Yes, I figured as much." Vlad sat down in a posh, extremely comfortable armchair, kicking back and resting his feet on the accompanying footstool. "So tell me, you and your wife used to work for that blasted Enma, correct?"

"Correct. 65 years ago, we found one of the last Kamoa and helped him become the unstoppable killing machine he is today." Zenki smirked.

"Funny. Someone I know once told me that HE was the very last one." Vlad's eyes narrowed as he stroked his goatee. He suddenly snapped away from whatever he was pondering, and he spoke up again. "But enough about that... you must be wondering who I'm asking you to kill. He's been a thorn in my side ever since he showed up here a year ago and started thwarting all of my carefully-laid plans! YEARS of plotting went down the proverbial drain in an instant!" Vlad snarled furiously.

"I don't give a rat's ass about your personal life." Kitrala sounded bored as she spoke up. "Just tell us who you want dead and they'll die."

"Yes, very well..." Vlad trailed off, pulling out a photo of the person in question. Though nobody could tell from his unchanged facial expression, Zenki was caught extremely off guard as he glanced at the picture.

"Him... I want you to KILL Ash Ketchum."


(Title) Return to Amity Park, Part 1

(Subtitle) He's Back in Black!

(Image) Zenki, Kitrala, and Vikki loom over Ash, grinning evilly, as he shields a horrified Jazz.

(Jingle) Electric Guitar

Special Guests:

Michelle Ruff - Vikki

Samuel Vincent - Zenki

Wendee Lee - Kitrala

Daran Norris - Bullet

James Arnold Taylor - Walker

Dee Bradley Baker - Wulf


"Kill Ash Ketchum, eh?" Zenki repeated. "...I could definitely kill him with his powers sealed like they are."

"How do you know his powers are sealed?" Vlad looked surprised.

"Because I was there when it happened, fighting two of my former students while my friend Kensuke was committing genocide to the people that he and Ash should have been ruling."

"Should have been ruling...?" Vlad parroted, extremely confused.

"They're brothers. Ash's real name is Asheron Christopher Raderia. My friend's name is Kensuke Raderia." Zenki explained. "Anyway, to keep a handle on the powers of the Legendary Hero, that is, Ash Ketchum, Enma had to seal his powers with a Mafukan spell. He's back to whatever strength he was at before killing Shadow Wayne."

"Hmm... then this should be no problem for two of the 'Warriors of God', now should it?" Vlad grinned evilly.

"..." Zenki stared at the picture of Ash that Vlad had handed him silently, as if studying every inch of the boy he'd just been asked to assassinate. After a few seconds of looking beyond the picture, he spoke up again. "...I'll do it... but we do things MY way."

"If you so insist." Vlad said. "As long as he dies, I'm fine with whatever you want to do."

"Are you really going to do things like that, Zenki?" Kitrala turned to her husband, who nodded.

"You know me too well, Kit... here's the deal. I will kill him in a year and a half. His power will have mostly reawakened by then."

"But that's crazy talk!" Vlad shouted. "Why let his energy come BA-" he started, only to be cut off by a Spirit Gun narrowly missing his head and putting a rather large hole in the wall behind him.

"We can either do this the way I want to do it, or I can kill YOU instead." Zenki said coldly. "I have no qualms with either way we go about it."

"...Wayne wasn't kidding. You are a cold bastard." Vlad suddenly smirked. "Very well. Even if I don't understand it, you can kill him however you want."

"Good... Ash will be returning to Amity Park soon. I'm sure the first question he'll ask me is where Ken's gone off to..."

"Not that it matters." Vlad smirked.

"Indeed." Zenki's expression hadn't changed from when he shot at Vlad a few seconds ago. As he rose to his feet, Kitrala joined him. Wordlessly, Zenki walked toward the stairs. As Kitrala followed, she turned her head back to Vlad and spoke briefly.

"...My husband has his own way of doing things. Understand that... that is, should you meet us again after the job's over." She then descended the staircase, leaving Vlad sitting there, as Vikki returned.

"Where'd they g- OH DEAR GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WALL?!"


It was a beautiful Monday morning, in stark contrast to the way Mondays usually played out for 15 and a half year old Danny Fenton, as he rose out of bed, stretching his arms and emitting a loud yawn. He brought his right hand to his face as he walked toward the bathroom, still surprised to feel the actual beginnings of a beard on his face.

"This is gonna take some getting used to." he muttered, as he proceeded to take a shower. He was interrupted from taking off his pajamas, however, by a knock on the door. Maddie spoke up as she knocked again.

"Danny, could you be a dear and phase down into the lab? I left a surprise present for your father down there."

"Yeah, sure Mom." he said, obeying Maddie's request and gazing around the lab for the present she spoke of. He saw a box covered in polka-dotted gift wrap, with a nice, neat orange bow tied around it. "Bingo." He floated over, grabbed the present, and floated back through the ceiling, phasing his arm and the present through the bathroom door and dropping it into Maddie's waiting hands.

"Thanks hon!" Maddie called out enthusiastically.

"Don't sweat it, Mom." he said, looking at himself in the mirror, a warm smile appearing on his face, as he laughed inwardly at himself. Not even a year ago, a showing of his ghost power, even an accidental one, could have been disastrous for the young half-boy, half-ghost, or at least, it could have been... in his mind. He was happy to finally have no secrets between him and his parents, and as he got ready to climb into the shower, he told himself one thing with extreme confidence.

"This is the year it all turns around for you, Fenton. It's time to grab life by the balls!"


Later that day, Danny, Sam, and Tucker had just gotten out of first period class. As the three of them walked, Danny couldn't help but notice someone who walked on the other side of the hall, passing them. He stared, wide-eyed, before turning around and shouting after him.

"Hey! Ash! You're back!" This caused the boy to turn, however...

"Who? I think you've got the wrong guy, man." The boy in question only bore a resemblance to Ash in height and hair style. Everything else was different about him. His voice sounded much shriller, and he had some pretty bad acne. Most of all, he had no zigzag patterns on his cheeks.

"...Guess I did. Sorry about that." The boy nodded and kept walking. Tucker looked back at the retreating teenager.

"You know, he DOES really look like Ash from behind." Tucker shrugged.

"So what did you guys think of P.E. today? Is it just me, or is Tetslaff going easy on us recently?" Sam changed the subject.

"Eh. I see it as a warning of things to come." Danny frowned.

"I'm with Danny on this one." Tucker agreed. "Perfect strategy, lure you into a false sense of security, and then BAM!"

"Maybe so." Sam shrugged. "By the way, why do seem to be on the lookout for Ash?"

"Jazz said he was coming back. She saw it in one of those weird visions she's been having." Danny explained, his expression becoming confused. "I'm seeking help for her." he commented dryly. "In the form of her not-actually-boyfriend-yet boyfriend. Wish he'd get his ass in gear and get back already! It's been three days since she saw that vision!"

"Wonder what's keeping him held up for so long?" Tucker pondered.


"That's the last of it for the living room." Wayne said, putting the last two pictures that had previously been hanging on the walls of the Ketchum household into the hands of Delia Ketchum, as she and Brock glanced around.

"Are you sure you don't mind coming along too, Brock?" Delia asked.

"Hey, I've wanted to see Ash at work firsthand." Brock smirked. "If his Spirit Detective skills are like how he was as a Pokémon Trainer , he might need a bit of advice from an old buddy."

"Yeah, well leave the fighting advice to us, Squinty." Wayne grinned cockily. "Ketchum's ass would be grass if he took advice from you."

"I suppose that's true." Brock sighed.

"Besides, I know the real reason you want to come. Futuristic babes." Wayne's eyes narrowed as he flashed a cheesy thumbs-up.

"Heh... yeah... wonder if Janine's there in Amity Park?" This caused Wayne's eyes to narrow to comical slits.

"Stay the hell away from my sister."

"...Wait, what?" Brock looked shocked.

"Yeah. Janine's my older sister." Wayne said. "Not my ex. Made that up to infiltrate your little group of friends when we worked for Team Rocket."

"Huh. Imagine that." Brock shrugged.

"Are we about ready to go, then?" Brock turned to Delia.

"Yeah... as soon as Ash gets back from Enma's office."


"I trust you found everything you needed to know?" Botan asked, as Ash entered the office.

"...You knew Kensuke, didn't you?" Ash asked in response, as they walked toward Enma's desk. "Brock mentioned that you referred to my predecessor by name."

"Yes, I knew him quite well." Botan sighed. "I didn't think he was going to go crazy like he did..."

"How exactly did you know him, Botan?" Ash's left eyebrow raised questioningly.

"...I was... am... his wife." she admitted. "Your brother and I got married 60 years ago on his 17th birthday." Ash stopped dead in his tracks.

"You knew I was his brother too, didn't you?"

"Not at first... eventually I realized you were my brother-in-law when I saw how well you fought with your brother's sword. I'm sorry... I would have told you, but I thought he was dead. Even Lord Enma thought he was dead."

"...Forget it. You do realize I'm gonna have to fight him one day, right?"

"Of course..." Botan sighed, looking away. At that moment, they reached Enma's desk, and he turned around.

"Good afternoon, Ash. I trust you're about ready to head back?" Enma smiled at Ash, who nodded silently. "I wanted to hand you this..." he handed Ash a piece of paper. Ash grasped it, reading over it wordlessly before ultimately speaking up.

"This is a list of..."

"Your new abilities. I wanted to write them down so you could have them on hand. These are ancient magic spells commanded ONLY by the Kamoa."

"This... this will really help out, Enma." Ash sounded like he was a million miles away.

"That's all I wanted you to come here for... good luck, Ash." Enma said, and Ash turned to leave, before he suddenly spoke up again. "...Ash. Something is troubling you, I can tell."

"...Misty's dead." Ash spoke up suddenly, shocking Enma.

"What?! When, how?! Botan, did you know of this?!"

"No, another Grim Reaper must have picked her up." Botan said.

"He or she must have picked up her sisters as well, cause they're also dead." Ash said, his face covered in shadow. "According to eyewitnesses around the Cerulean Gym, some sort of monster exited out of there. When they went in, her sisters were all over the walls."

"I'll send some ogres to investigate the manner." Enma said. "I'm sorry." Ash just chuckled monosyllabically in response. "Ash." he spoke up again.

"Yeah?" Ash answered without turning around.

"...Don't die. Kensuke's far tougher than anyone you've faced to this point in your life, and he's determined to defeat the Unmaker by stealing your power. That won't work, but he won't believe me if I tell him."

"Then I'll beat him." Ash said simply. "I don't care if we are related... what he did was unforgivable."

"I agree... and I'll help you in any way I can." Enma said. "I'm on your side, and I always will be, Ash."

"...Thanks." Ash smiled weakly, as if finding out about Misty's death had drained him of his usual, loud and obnoxious behavior, leaving a quiet, more reserved Ash in its wake.

"Ash... don't change. Don't lose what makes you who you are. You're perfect the way you are: obnoxious, loud swearing and all. Your father knew you would grow into your own legend, and I have faith that you will too. After all, you proved the prophecy about the Dimensional Elevator shining to be wrong..."

"...Yeah." Was Ash's simple response as he turned around, walking out of the office.

"...Botan." Enma said out loud.

"Yes, sir?"

"Do you think he's got a chance of victory against the Warriors of God?"

"Yes. He's weaker right now, but those powers will come back to him and he'll be able to defeat even Kensuke. I'm sure of it."

"Are you sure you want to speak like your husband might end up dying?" Enma's right eyebrow arched, assumedly in genuine concern.

"...I haven't seen him in 55 years, Lord Enma. The man I love is dead, replaced by a demon of vengeance." Botan sighed, looking like she was about to cry.

"...He gave me the Earth Stone, Botan... he's not completely lost. It's almost like he WANTS us to stop his plan."

"Kensuke..." Botan trailed off, perhaps thinking of happier times.


Hours later, Brock, Wayne, and Delia all stood in the latter's old living room, which had been effectively stripped of all valuable possessions.

"Hey, you put that out!" Delia called out to Wayne, who'd lit a cigarette just a few seconds ago. "Don't smoke in here!"

"What do you care? It's not your house anymore." Wayne commented dryly, taking a drag and, deciding to be a complete jerk, blowing the smoke in Delia's face.

"Eugh..." she started coughing. "How'd you get addicted to those vile things, anyway?!"

"Needed something to calm my nerves while working for Giovanni." Wayne shrugged. "It was either this or the booze. I chose this."

"Those thi-"

"-ngs will kill me, yeah, I get it." Wayne grumbled. "My fiancée, Jazz, and now you, have all made a point about that. Again, so could a car, or a shotgun to the chest. The only difference is I KNOW what's gonna kill me."

"When the hell did YOU propose to Aimee?" came Ash's voice as he entered the front door.

"I told her I was only going to if she got a revealing bathing suit." Wayne smirked.

"Wow, that's... pretty despicable. So much for true love." Brock said.

"Oh go to hell, Squinty! I was kidding!" Wayne growled.

"Well... congratulations, Wayne." Ash said, offering up his sincere congratulations to the tall redheaded man.

"...Yeah. Life's good, ain't it?" Wayne took another drag. "How about you? You gonna get off your ass when we get back to Amity Park and finally ask Jazz out?"

"..." Ash remained silent.

"Hey... 'the hell's wrong with you?!" Wayne's eyes widened slightly.

"...I'll talk about it later." Ash muttered.

"...Whatever." was Wayne's only response.

"Can we go now?" Riku asked, as he entered the room. "Everything's packed away."

"Of course. Enma can send some ogres to get it any time now." Delia said. "Ash, would you be so kind?" she gestured to his communicator.

"Right." Ash said, pressing a button, and as Enma popped up, Ash spoke again. "We're ready."

"Right. My team of ogres will be there soon. As for you, your friends, and your mother, the rift should be opening any second now."

"Then I'm right on time!" Jenny called out, entering through the front door.

"Where the hell were you?" Wayne asked, tossing his finished cigarette to the ground and stomping on it.

"Hitting on guys of course." Jenny smirked. "Hey, who's that kid with the spiky reddish hair that's been hanging out with your old mentor?"

"That'd be his grandson Gary. I may introduce you to him when this is all over."

Well, he's kinda heading this way..." Jenny pointed, as Gary knocked on the front door. As Ash answered it, Gary spoke up.

"So you're just gonna leave? You didn't even say goodbye to me or Gramps!" Gary shouted.

"...I don't have time to explain everything in detail, Gary. You win, okay? I don't wanna be rivals anymore, and I don't want any bad blood between us..."

"...You've changed." Gary looked away. "You've grown up, Ash. What the hell happened to you?"

"...I found out about my father. My REAL father." Ash sighed. "It wasn't pleasant to find out what happened, but the reason I'm leaving is to set things right in the Dimensional Universe."

"Dimensional Universe...?"

"There are many other worlds out there that need my help. I have to liberate them from the hands of the Unmaker... starting with Amity Park. I made a promise to someone very special that I'd return there after I discovered who I really am. Also... I have a feeling the Unmaker's evil is spreading there."

"..."

"You saw that big continent in the sky, right? That thing was made by the Unmaker to anchor itself to a place called the Balance Dimension where his body is kept. He's been trying to get it back for the past year and a half now. If he gets it back... we all die. I'm gonna keep that from happening."

"Will we see each other again?" Gary asked, after a few seconds of pure silence between the two rivals/friends.

"...Yeah, definitely. I'll be back here eventually. First I gotta waste the hell out of the Unmaker."

"Well..." Gary trailed off, looking away, then smiling warmly as he stuck his hand out for a shake, which Ash slowly obliged. "Take care, Ash. See ya when ya get back."

"Say goodbye to your grandfather for me, Gary!" Delia called out, just as the rift opened.

"Will do, Mrs. K! You all be careful!" Gary called out, as Ash and friends all vanished into the rift...


As school let out for the day, Danny, Sam, and Tucker headed out the door, running right into Aimee, who let out a startled cry as she dropped to the ground, landing butt-first.

"Oh, sorry Aimee..." Sam muttered, grabbing Aimee's outstretched hand and helping her back to her feet. "Wait... why are you here? Slimer High's on the other side of town!"

"I got a message from Wayne. The dork said he, Riku, and Ash will be back today." Aimee explained, and suddenly, Ayumu "Osaka" Kurosawa walked up behind her.

"Oh wow, really? That's great!"

"What are you doing here? Enma's homeschooling you!" Danny exclaimed.

"I just felt like runnin'." Osaka shrugged.

"Sounds like a plan to me, darlin'." Janine commented, running up to Osaka.

"Oh hey there Master Janine." Osaka greeted happily.

"Let me guess, you got a note too." Tucker hazarded a guess as to why Janine was in the area.

"No, I was just in the area. But since we have this bit of good news to celebrate, let's all head to Nasty Burger! It's on me!"

"All right!" Tucker cheered excitedly.


Later, at the Nasty Burger, the six friends sat and chowed down.

"So what have you been up to this summer, Master?" Osaka asked.

"Enma had to fire me. Orders from above." Janine explained. "I don't blame him, of course. Just the same, I miss being on cases."

"How've you been able to scrape by?" Sam asked.

"Oh, she's rich." Osaka commented. "Extremely rich."

"Don't advertise it like that, Ayumu!" Janine had several sweat drops forming on the back of her head.

"S'all good here, Janine." Sam smiled. "I'm fabulously loaded as well, but just like you, I don't try to advertise it."

"How are you rich? Ash showed me a few of his check stubs from Enma. He gets paid barely above minimum wage!" Danny argued.

"Well, technically, Wayne is fabulously rich. But seeing as how he gave me his debit card, I assume he doesn't care if I use some of that money to feed myself and my friends."

"Well, it's much appreciated, future sister-in-law." Aimee smiled. "Of course, as long as there's enough for your brother and I to live on until I can get through high school."

"Sweetie, you won't have to worry about money ever again after you two are married." Janine spoke up confidently.

"Well isn't that nice?" Jazz quipped, smiling as she walked up to the six.

"Oh, hey Jazz. Apparently everyone's supposed to be back today." Danny commented nonchalantly.

"I told you they were coming back!" Jazz grinned widely. "I get to see Ash again!" she cheered loudly, running off toward her car.

"Well, I guess we should get h-" Danny started, but was cut off by Jazz's scream. he turned his head, as suddenly, before the lot of them, there were Ghost Police, as far as the eye could see.

"...Why didn't my Ghost Sense warn me?!" Danny said out loud.

"I can answer that, punk." said a familiar pale-skinned ghost, wearing a bandanna and a cape, with a patch over his left eye. It was the number two man of Ghost Zone Warden Walker: Bullet. "We got our hands on some new cloaking technology. They even filter out our ectoplasmic signature, so your little Ghost Sense couldn't warn you of our arrival!"

"Walker's goons?! What the hell?! I thought we sent you guys running home scared last time!" Danny shouted.

"I'm afraid not, Phantom. We even brought out an old friend to play with you!" Bullet laughed.

"Huh?" Danny scratched his head, before being viciously tackled by...

"Wulf?!" he struggled against his ally's grip pinning him to the ground.

"Mi... mi apologize me amiko..." Wulf grunted out, as Danny saw an upgraded version of the collar that Wulf had on him in their initial encounter.

"You mother-" Danny was cut off by an ecto beam hitting him in the chest, knocking him silly.

"DANNY!" Sam and Tucker both shouted simultaneously. Less than a second later, Janine and Osaka had leapt over their respective tables and begun a charged toward the ghostly henchman. This charged was quickly stopped as they were blasted with ectoplasm, quickly restraining them hand and foot.

"This is all too easy." Bullet laughed. "Mission Accomplished Walker, I have the girl."

"Wait... you're here for Jazz?!" Danny looked surprised.

"The girl's bait for your little friend, Ash Ketchum. We'll draw him out by holding his girlfriend hostage." Walker spoke up on the other end of the communicator. After a few seconds of silence, everyone present was shocked by a voice coming out of nowhere. Jazz recognized the voice immediately, turning her heard in its direction, and sure enough, with Riku, Wayne, and Jenny standing next to him, was...

"Or you could just say 'Hey, let's talk'. But I guess you guys are a bunch of suicidal dumbasses." Ash said, crossing his arms. "I was on my way back to take care of you anyway."

"ASH!" Jazz cried happily.

"Hey Jazz, what's up? Talk to you in a minute." he flashed a toothy frown, as he uncrossed his arms, the Rift Sword appearing in his hands as he and his friends stared down the vile Ghost Police horde...