The Next Dimension

By: Gardie

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon. I just enjoy them and write fanfiction.

AN: Took a while to get the required reviews but I can update now.

TOWTWUKER: Interesting?

Suuki-Aldrea: Thank you.

twisterblake: I update according to reviews. Five more to update.

Bill Everyman: It's also a year older than Dark Growlithe. I like to think I improve.

Late Reviews

Chaos Knux (Chpt 1): All inspiration for this I'm pretty sure came from reding a few of Enkidu's yugioh stories.

Chaos Knux (Chpt 3): I'm glad you think it's funny. I do.

Chapter 5

Joey's POV

We had just neared Cerulean City when, as we came over a hill, we ran into two trainers, a boy and a girl, having a picnic.

"Check it out!" shouted the boy, "there's a whole bunch of pokemon!"

"Let's catch 'em!" yelled the girl, grabbing a pokeball and throwing it, "Go Vaporeon!"

"Go Tyrouge!"

"The two pokemon appeared in twin flashes of red light. The Vaporeon was going to be a problem. Tristan, Mai, Ryou and Bakura were all weak against water.

"Be careful of the Vaporeon!" I shouted at them, "Duke, help me get the vaporeon! Tristan, get the tyrouge, the rest of you, help him."

"What?" asked Mai.

"Vaporeon's the blue one!"

I ran towards the Vaporeon and slid into a low kick attack. The Vaporeon jumped over me and was tackled by Duke in the air. I saw Tristan knocking the tyrouge down repeatedly, preventing it from fighting. Mai, Ryou and Bakura were all using flamethrower on it. The male trainer returned Tyrouge. Vaporeon tail-whipped Ryou away and tackled me into Tristan before hitting Ryou with a Water Gun. Ryou was knocked unconscious. The female trainer threw a pokeball, capturing Ryou. She caught the ball when it flew back to her and, after returning Vaporeon, the two trainers ran off. Bakura began to run after them.

"Wait!" I called, "Duke's hurt!"

"Screw Duke! Ryou's captured!"

"We'll get Ryou when everyone's ready," said Mai, "Don't worry."

Bakura stopped.

Marik's POV

"Let's bail," I said.

Everyone jumped out of the truck, except for Kaiba, who flew out.

"Look," said Tea, "Our friends!"

We turned and saw he other group. Everyone looked depressed.

"What's wrong?" asked Yugi.

"Ryou's been captured," answered Joey.

"What!"

I looked at the group and confirmed he wasn't there.

"We ran into some trainers," explained Mai, "Had a battle and Ryou got captured."

"We'll help rescue him," declared Yami.

"We're always ready to help our friends," smiled Tea.

Everyone groaned.

"How'll we find him?" I asked.

Everyone was silent but then it clicked in my mind.

"I got it! Bakura!" I yelled triumphantly.

"What?" he asked.

"You can find Ryou."

"If I had the Millennium Ring, sure, but it's not here."

"I get it!" exclaimed Yugi, catching on before everyone else, "You're a dog Bakura!"

"Watch what you say!"

"Yeah," agreed Kaiba, "Joey's the dog."

"Hey!"

"Guys!" whined Yugi.

"Bakura," I said, "You're a dog now. You can tack Ryou by smell."

"Hey, that's a great idea!" observed Joey.

Duh, I thought of it.

"Why didn't I think of it?" he continued.

"Maybe because you're an idiot," suggested Kaiba.

Bakura's POV

I sniffed the ground according to Marik's plan. Since I was in a dog's body, or at least a dog pokemon's body, my sense of smell was incredibly good. Using smell I was going to track down Ryou and the trainers who'd captured him and when I caught them… I smelt Ryou! His scent was similar to my own. I could also smell the trainers. I'm surprised I never noticed this before, but I guess I had other things on my mind.

"This way," I said.

We moved at a jog, following the trainer's scent. Kaiba flew above us to prevent any more run-ins with trainers. The trail led into Cerulean City. We moved slower, partly because we needed to avoid being seen and partly because it was harder to follow the smell in the city. Eventually the trail led into a house.

"Is this where they are?" asked Marik.

"I'm pretty sure, yeah."

Ryou's POV

The column of water crashed into me, knocking me back. Wherever the water touched me it stung my skin. It became harder and harder to focus until I blacked out. When I woke I found myself in a dark place. Everything around me was pitch black. The only thing I could see was myself. I tried moving to find a wall but there didn't seem to be any defined space where I was. Suddenly everything went red; I felt very strange and suddenly found myself outside. The girl who I'd been battling was crouched in front of me, holding a pokeball.

"Hey, Growlithe," she said, reaching out to touch me.

I growled at her and she backed off.

"I guess you're still scared," she said, "I won't hurt you."

If she could understand me I would have pointed out that she already had.

"Here's food and water (Do fire pokemon drink water? Wouldn't that damage them? But then what do they drink? Blood? Lava? Don't drink?)," she said, putting two bowls down, "I'll come see you later."

She left me in the room and closed the door. I guessed it was her room. It had plushie pokemon toys, posters of famous trainers and most of the furniture was sky blue (My room's painted only in blue. The curtains and carpet are also blue. Not sky blue though all different shades. Walls and carpet are darker than the roof and curtains). She seemed nice, but that didn't matter, first chance I got I was out of here.

Yugi's POV

"Be careful, they're good trainers," Joey warned.

Bakura, Yami and Marik were going to battle; Joey and I would free Ryou.

"We'll wait here unless you need us," reassured Mai.

"We always come through for our friends," agreed Tea, "Stay safe Yugi, Yami."

Bakura and Marik sniggered; they'd made up.

"Let's go," said Yami.

Yami went first, his armoured scales protecting him as he smashed through a window. Bakura jumped in after him, followed by Marik, me and Joey.

"Aah!" screamed a boy, "Mad pokemon!"

Bakura tackled the boy, winding him badly and shutting him up. A girl ran in and threw a pokeball.

"Go, Vaporeon!"

Joey tapped my shoulder and we snuck off.

Ryou's POV

My sensitive ears picked up the sound of battle. Yugi! I thought. Why Yugi? Why didn't I think Bakura, Marik or someone? Anyway I yelled, "I'm here!"

Thinking again I realised that this was probably a bad thing to do. What if it wasn't my friend s, but some evil criminals or something? I decided that either way, Yugi or criminals, the commotion would provide the perfect cover for an escape plan. I took a breath and sent a fireball into the door. It exploded outward, splinters and ash flying everywhere. The smoke cleared and I saw a monkey, covered in soot, holding the handle of the destroyed door.

"Joey!" I exclaimed, "I'm sorry. I didn't realise you were there."

Yeah," he coughed, "No problem, dude."

A blackened, but unharmed, Yugi uncurled.

"Hey," he said cheerfully, "I see you're okay."

"What about me!" demanded Joey, "and how come you're fine?"

"This creature has good reactions and curled into a ball instinctively."

"Lucky you."

Yugi grabbed Joey's hand and my fur, "Come on!"

We ran down to where the battle was. Bakura was fighting the tyrouge and Yami was fighting the Vaporeon, expertly dodging the Water Gun attacks.

"We're leaving!' called Joey.

They broke away from the battle and ran, Marik stopped before the window.

"Come on!" everyone called.

Marik stood still and soon the gold rings on his body began to glow. It filled me with fear and I just wanted to get away. The vaporeon, tyrouge and trainers fled.

"Cool, huh?" asked Marik, "I learnt it last night."

Kaiba's POV

"We'll split up again," decided Yami.

We were just outside Cerulean, near a mountain.

"We know where the rod is and you guys say that you know where to find the book. We'll meet up here after we've got the items."

Everyone agreed and we split up.

"We'll miss you," said Tea, "You'll all be in my heart."

"Keep better care of Ryou," said Marik to Bakura as they left.

Bakura grinned, "Okay. Don't take care of Tea."

"You bet!"

I spread my wings and took off, watching the two groups separating below me.