[Cues: Pokémon FireRed/Leafgreen OST - Intro]

The Outsider's Insurrection

Indigo Iliad

Chapter 76: Snapped at the Showdown

Translated Pokémon Speech

Pokédex Entries/Computerized Voices/Flashbacks

Reference to an Accessory in the Games

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(Lapis Town | May 18th | 8:00 a.m.)

The next two days were a blur of training and planning for Black Dragons. Crimson got around to teaching his friends the Mega Punch and Mega Kick techniques. Rusty proved rather adept at picking up how to do it. Megumi had gotten all the cash her parents and Quagmire had converted to the local currency, leaving her able to live comfortably. Stewie…now Sora, opted to go to the Kassai Institute. Crimson had put a good word in and now it was just Megumi alone in the hotel room…with her new Pokémon, of course. A humble Purrloin she called 'Asta' which was a gift from one of her neighbors.

Now Megumi was considering joining the Black Dragons as she was in a lounge in the Triton.

"Hey, Megumi. You rang for me?" Crimson asked.

Megumi had a bit of a makeover. Her hair was dip dyed pink and in sideswept waves. Her nails were painted black, and she also no longer wore glasses. A few punkish piercings were on her ears. She wore a Pink Striped Tank Top, Damaged Jean Shorts, Black Riding Boots, a Pink Logo Cop, and a pale pink backpack.

"Yeah, I wanted to join up with the Black Dragons." Megumi affirmed.

"I see. Well, normally…I'd say yes, but you're just a bit too green for the group at the moment. You need time to grow and develop as a trainer." Crimson explained. "Besides, you got the means to do so, and you have an understanding of how to do it."

Crimson took a few things out of his bag, namely a Dive Ball.

"Here. Inside of it is a Squirtle. I have its final form and Misty has one…and they made two Eggs. When they hatched, Misty gave me one and I want to give it to you." Crimson said. "Take good care for Rhint Jr. Also, there's a switchblade to defend yourself and a Hachiman for the Black Dragons. Don't lose it, it's specially marked. When you get experience and feel you're ready, go to the town of Seacrest and show them this."

"Then, I better get going on that journey then. The maid seems to really be relived it was just going to be me, and she'll probably be celebrating to see me go. I guess today is a good day to get going." Megumi said getting up taking the gifts. "I guess I'll see you out on the road."

She took her leave out towards her future. Crimson sighed content only to remember what tomorrow entailed.

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(Lapis Town | May 19th | 10:00 a.m.)

"Shego, we're finally here in the Kanto region."

"Dr. D, remind me why we're here again?" Shego said annoyed as she and him got off the airship parked on sea next to the island.

"Because some snot-nosed brat ruined that deal. DNAmy was going to pay a fortune for those Cubone skulls." Dr. Draken said. "I offered Team Rocket to pay them to whack the brat, but they flat out don't want to. I contacted a guy in the underground here, but the moment I said his name…the guy flat out told me if I can't handle Kim Possible, I've got no chance against him."

"Ok, while I am annoyed, we're wasting our time here. I see a town with a beach, and I could use some me time to relax." Shego said. "You do have an idea of where he is?"

"Considering he's a Pokémon Trainer, he could be anywhere. However, I did discover that his last known areas were this place and a city inland. So, we'll have to search…on foot." Dr. Draken said. "And by we, I mean you."

"What th-And why don't we have grunts for this crap?" Shego snarled.

"Because I wanted to use the smaller airship to not be detected. And I can observe the fight for data on him. Just go searching for him." Dr. Draken said.

Up in Crimson's suite, Crimson was training. He had even got a gi sent to him, thanks to Shady who said to him, 'If you're going to do some DBZ shit, you need to look the part.'. The gi was similar to the what the Black Belt trainers wore, but Shady got it customized. The gi was sleeveless and black with a red obi and wristbands. On the back was a white circle that spot the symbol of the Black Dragons. Crimson still wore the Air Jordan 1s but wore a Hachiman on his head with his Black Dragon jacket one.

He was in the mitts of lightly sparing with Alicia. Joe was meditating with Nigiri, Misty's Starmie, and Healani. Rusty was practicing his sensing. Misty was in the midst of some stretches and Sissi was watching television…doing research.

Rusty's eyes snapped open along with Joe's as even Crimson stopped his fight.

[Cues: One Piece OST – Overtaken]

"They're here." Rusty said.

"Ok, so are we confronting them?" Misty asked.

"One problem. Seems Shego is on her own while Draken's staying put." Rusty said as Crimson cracked his knunckles.

"Mary, I need you to stay and watch the house. Sissi, I need you to hang back here." Crimson said firmly. "I need backup for Mary. Everyone else is going after Draken. I'll deal with Shego."

Crimson got his gear in order as the four returned their Pokémon before going in the elevator. They came down to the first floor looking fierce as they walked out the Triton before splitting up. Crimson was a bit nervous at first. Even if he knew Shego's abilities, there was a difference between knowing what a person is capable of and actually fighting said person. He focused on her energy and found her in the shopping district asking around. He removed his weights storing them in a capsule before pocketing it. He was already near 1500 in weighted gear, and it was time to see the results.

[Music Ends]

"Look, where can I this kid?" Shego said holding up a picture of Crimson.

"Why are you looking for him?" Muffet asked sitting at a café table with a coffee.

"I owe him…a beati-I mean visit." Shego said.

Muffet could see Crimson walking up behind. Crimson tapped Shego on the shoulder to which she turned to a punch that sent her sliding on the table and onto the floor.

"Hello, Shego." Crimson said calmly.

As Shego got up seething, her fists glowing toxic green with energy. Crimson simply dodged a blast before getting hit with the other one that sent him skidding on the ground right out of the café.

"That was the last hit you're going to get on me, brat." Shego snarled.

Crimson got up and charged in with a jump kick which Shego caught.

"Mega…" Taeko said as half of his free leg glowed hot white. "KICK!"

Shego was slugged with a face full of Mega Kick which forced her to let him go. She skidded back as Crismon flipped onto his feet. Shego decidedly was done 'playing around' and swiped at him with her gloved hand hoping to slice him. Crimson was on defensive thinking of a way to counter before thinking of something.

"Wait, if I can pull off Mega Punches and Kicks, couldn't I just pull the Elemental Punches too? Hell, I can do Diable Jambe." Crimson thought. "Probably best to try Fire Punch first though."

She nicked his cheek and Crimson homed in on his energy feeling the heat in the air before his right hand combusted into flames to Shego's surprise and his own.

"Hiken!" Crimson roared before slugging her with a heated fist.

Shego screamed from the burn before he covered her mouth and blew her away with a kiai. Shego was getting up only to dodge a Flamethrower attack.

"Shego, put your hands up and come quietly!" Officer Jenny said with her Arcanine growling.

"Stay out of this!" Shego said before aiming her hand to fire upon the officer.

Crimson saw this and, for a moment, she saw the dead Jenny in his mind. That reminder had him boil to rage as Shego blasted a roof to get debris to fall on Jenny and her loyal mutt. He ran, forgetting about the Shego for the moment, to tear through the debris to get Jenny out. Jenny was not hurt, but he was still seething.

[Cues: Hensonn – Sahara]

"Are you ok?" Crimson asked her, failing to restrain the anger in his voice.

"Yeah, just some bruises." Jenny said before seeing Shego coming up from behind. "Behind you."

"You good guys are all the same, too distracted to save the day to save themselves." Shego said charging an energy sphere. "For what's worth…I think you could kick Kim's ass."

Crimson caught Shego's wrist causing her sphere to dissipate as he squeezed it enough to her to wince. Crimson did not speak in favor of tackling Shego to the ground and choking her with 'Hiken' on forcing Shego to scream out for help. Her voice weakened, her skin burned, and Shego could see Crimson did not want to defeat her. No, in that moment, he wanted to kill her. However, he did stop to let her cough and sputter. She saw it in his eyes, he pulled himself back from killing her…seemingly snapping out of his rage. Shego and everyone else were all stunned at the show of brutality.

"You know what, since you did come to kill me, it's only fair that instead of killing you back, I let you live…in agony." Crimson said revealing a knife. "I could ruin that face of yours…"

"Please…you proven your point. Just let me get arrested…" Shego pleaded.

The knife went down, right next to Shego's throat as he leaned in.

"You know what? Fuck you. You're not worth wasting my energy to kill you. But I will leave you with some parting words. Come near me, my family, or my friends…of you even dare start shit for my gang or for Kanto….I won't hesitate to kill you!" He said in a heated whisper. "Understood?"

She nodded, and he got up dragging Shego to the Healing Haus. Much to Shego's relief, the Pokémon assisting the doctors were able to heal her completely. It was like she was never burned or beaten…she still felt exhausted. Crimson did pay the bill before looking at the shaking Shego.

"I've spared your life…and your looks. A reminder that maybe it's unwise to continue being a supervillain…high chance of death." Crimson said icily as he was cleaning his blade in front of her. "I'd start running before I change my mind."

Shego promptly bolted out of the door. Dr. Draken was actually keeping the other three on the ropes with his gadgets. In any other time, Shego would have been proud of him, but all she wanted now was to get as far away from here as possible.

"You brats are-Shego?!" Dr. Draken said as Shego was showing clear panic.

"We're leaving!" Shego said frantically.

"But what about Crimson?" Dr. Draken said only to see Shego looking like she was about to have a panic attack. "She-"

"WE ARE LEAVING!" Shego said dragging him into airship.

Shego took over the control and flew wanting to make sure she was far…far away from the Kanto.

"Shego, what happened?" Dr. Draken said. "You're not injured at all…"

"Only because he healed after what he did to me…" Shego said shaking. "And I don't want to talk about it. I don't even want to think about this place or him!"

The ship was a blip in the sky as Crimson walked up.

"Yo." Crimson said.

"What the hell did you do to Shego to have go running like that?" Joe asked.

"I discovered I could use one of the elemental punches…and I burned Shego's throat after I broke her wrist." Crimson said. "And she doesn't look injured because I got her healed. Considering…what she said, I flipped out. I could have killed her, but…I snapped out of it."

"You okay?" Misty asked.

"I need a blunt." Crimson said tiredly as he put back on his weights.

[Music Ends]

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(Various Locations | May 19th | 6:00 p.m. (in Kanto))

To say that it was rather shocking was an understatement. Thankfully, the only one who heard Crimson's threat to Shego was keeping her mouth shut on it. What the people did see was Crimson viciously beating and traumatizing one of America's more famous villainess.

"My god." Wade said horrified.

"That was seriously overkill." Kim said in disgust.

"This shocking display of brutality is not without reason, just a few days prior. Crimson fought against the Team Rocket Grunt known as Bullet…who Crimson managed to kill but not before Bullet took the life of that town's Officer Jenny. Crimson was shown taking it rather hard…"

Kim could only shake her head in disbelief.

"We did ask Crimson for a statement to which he had this to say this over the phone."

"I don't take much pride in what I did, only that I had to defend myself, my team, my friends, and this region." Crimson said. "Killing Shego was unneeded. She needed to live to be an example. I highly doubt any of Kim Possible's rogues are even going to set one foot on Kanto soil or go anyone near me. I do have some words for Kim herself…go check on Shego."

Kim turned off the television and shook her head.

"You probably should go see her." Wade suggested.

Crimson's reputation grew in America…as traumatizing Shego of all people to run in fear of you was quite the accomplishment. Of course, this sadly meant that there were people who just did not heed the warning.

In Kanto, opinions were a bit split. Some said Crimson went too far, others were in the middle, and others say it's clear self-defense and well-deserved of Shego considering her action. What people could agree was Crimson was clearly not to be trifled with, and it hit one person the hardest.

Gilbert was still in the hospital which gave him time to think. Honestly, it took Crimson burning Shego's throat for it to hit a realization. Maybe it was his own realization that maybe he was entitled or just the ID part of his brain telling him that keeping on Crimson's bad side would risk getting himself seriously maimed. At the core of it, he realized that all his decisions led him here in a hospital bed alone…with no visitors. His parents did not even bother to visit him, Oak and his side of the family at least called. Only his Pokémon kept vigil and company for him.

"Mr. Oak, you got a visitor." Nurse Joy said as in walked something he did not expect to see come for him.

(A/N: One could feel bad for Shego, but then again you remember she tried to kill a kid. However, I wanted to show everyone was split about the whole thing this time. Given that the world got to see this one, this would get people to question Crimson. And raise interest in martial arts…the idea of Monkey Fist coming down after him does interest me. As for the point in KP, I'd say I'm playing with the timeline a bit, but they are still in school.)