Disclaimer: I still do not own pokemon or FF7. If I did, I would be very happy, but no. They belong to Game Freak and Squaresoft. Lucky them. Hey! I found a quarter! ~Smiles~

Last Chapter: Our heroes chased Yuffie all the way to Wutai, where they had to follow her around to try to get their Materia. But wait, there's more. Don is there too! He caught Yuffie and Elena, and so AVALANCHE temporarily teamed up with the Turks to rescue them. After finding and saving them, Yuffie is back on the team, with their Materia. Now they are headed to the Gold Saucer to find the key to the temple of the Ancients. But will trouble occur?

Note: This is one of very few pokemon/Final Fantasy 7 crossovers. I myself got the idea from stories like 'New Friends' and 'Transformations'. I hope you enjoy my version of it. Also, please REVIEW to my, I really like reviews. They really make my day. Good or bad, makes no difference at all.
~ Do you notice that those bars that say 'hit the target and win', you don't even have to hit the target and you still win? Course there so easy to hit
anyway. Wonder why they do that?
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I LIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVEEEEE!!!!! Really, I do. LOL
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Chapter 24: The Search for a Key

"Well, here we are again." Said Barret as they entered the Gold Saucer.

"Yes. But let's not have a repeat of the last time." Said Red.

"Come on you worry warts! I want to go on some rides!" The ever-energetic Yuffie shouted and ran into the theme park.

The others sighed and followed her in. Since Dio normally hung out in the battle arena, they decided that that would be the place that they would check first. They went down the slide in the main room to the battle arena, and before you could say 'Chocobo' they were there.

They climbed up the long set of stairs, finally reaching the top and opened the neon light framed door, entering the building.

Everyone split up to look for Dio. Ash, having his first brain storm in a good while, asked the secretary where he may be. She pointed to a room in the back, and he thanked her, then went to she if he was in that room.

The inside of the room was filled with many odd objects. Funny little spheres, paintings, old weapons, even the toothbrush used by a famous musician. (EEEEWWWWW!!!) But the thing that caught Ash's attention was in the center of the room. It looked like a stone slab with odd circular holes in it. Ash touched it, and the holes in the stone began to glow blue.

"Weird." Ash mumbled to himself, not realizing someone had heard him.

"Yes, I bought that from a weapon shop owner a bit east of Gongaga. Actually, he seemed to want to get rid of it pretty badly . . ."

Ash turned around and faced the person who spoke.

"Dio?"

"That's my name, don't wear it out."

Ash sweatdropped.

"Um. Is it ok if me and my friends borrow this stone for a while? We need it for something." Ash asked.

"Oh no! I never lend anything to anybody!" Dio exclaimed, watching Ash as his face shone with disappointment. "But . . ."

"But what?"

"If you battle in the arena, I'll give it to you and your friends."

"You will?!"

"Sure!"

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Ash stood near the edge of a red, circular ring, his katana drawn and ready for whatever could possibly come through the doors on the other side. He breathed deeply, hoping that the things he had to face weren't to bad.

He didn't really mind fighting monsters, but those had always been for a reason, and they usually attacked him first. These monsters were just placed into the arena to be fought.

Ash sighed. 'Better get this over quick'.

The doors suddenly opened, revealing a number of different kinds of monsters. They didn't all come out a once. Instead, they grouped themselves together and attacked him in pairs.

The first few groups were easy, but as they continued to come, the battles got harder and harder. By the time the final group challenged Ash, he was already pretty exhausted. It was a Stilva, a creature that looked a lot like the Materia Keeper, only it was red.

It smashed it's clawed, crab-like legs into the ground where Ash was moments before, for he had rolled away at the last second. Standing up on his legs again, Ash began to glow red and shouted "Phoenix Blade!" Fiery wings formed on his back and his blade erupted into flame. He hovered over the monster a bit, and then darted down in a streak of fire, combusting Stilva and reducing it to ashes.

When he was done, the door on his side of the arena opened, allowing him to leave. As promised, he got the stone, but also received a protect vest and a chocobo feather, just because he had done so well.

When Ash found everyone again, they headed back to the entrance, only to be stopped by that weird guy in a chocobo outfit.

"Sorry, the Tram is out of order currently. You'll have to stay the night."

Everyone groaned, but Cait Sith didn't seem to mind.

"I know! Let's stay at the hotel! They know mw there. I'll go talk to them." And he bounded of towards the Ghost Hotel.

"We don't have much of a choice, do we? With the Tram out and all." Brock said.

"Well, now that we are stuck here, we could go on some rides." Aeris commented.

"Yeah. Aren't all rides free tonight?" Tifa said.

"Now if ONLY I could get someone to TAKE me." Misty added.

Ash, Cloud, and Brock sweatdropped, then asked the girls if they wanted to go.

"I thought you'd never ask." Tifa said, glomping Cloud.

"Er, yeah. Come on. Let's go to hotel first. Cait Sith probably thinks we died or something." Cloud chocked out from lack of air.

"Well then stop with the mushy stuff and let's go!" Yelled Yuffie, running into the park, the others following behind.

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Around the middle of the night, Ash was pacing in his room at the hotel, about to have a nervous breakdown. For as long as he had known Misty, this was their first official date. Sure, Brock, Cloud, Aeris, and Tifa would be more or less there, but in his mind that didn't help any.

Suddenly there was a knock on his door, nearly making him jump out of his skin. 'Find a happy place, find a happy place. . .' (Damn you Nemo) He opened the door, and there stood Misty. She was wearing more dressy clothes, a blue skirt and shirt with silver embroidery, her hair was in a pony tail, and she had a little bit of make-up on. She blushed, noticing Ash's stare.

"Ummm. . . do I look ok?"

'What to say, what to say! You look pretty? No! She's not 6. Lovely? No, you say that to old people. Ummm. . .'

"Ash?"

Ash blushed, not realizing he had zoned out.

"You look beautiful Mist."

Misty blushed redder and nervously laughed. "Thank you."

"Well your highness, shall we be off?" Ash said jokingly, holding out his arm.

"We will, good sir!" Misty replied just as jokingly, as she grabbed his arm and the two exited the room and met up with the others.

"This will be a night to remember."

Next Chapter: OOOOOh. A Date! Will it be the perfect night? Or will disaster strike? Heh heh. FF7 players know, but if you don't, you're S.O.L.! You'll just have to wait until the next chappy is out!

Note: God people, I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while. Lots of shit has been going on and when it's not I'm just to damn lazy to do anything. Again, sorry. I had so many people ask me to update that well, I just couldn't let them down. Another update will be up soon, maybe Wednesday. Well, until then, todaloos!

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