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Sinnoh, Present Day - Team Galactic HQ

"And with that in mind, I'd say the best course of action is to introduce more species in each of the lakes." Saturn said.

"Mmm…" Jupiter folded her arms. "Wouldn't this be an invasive species problem? I'm not entirely sure about this."

"To be fair, I've seen some Goomy hang around Lake Verity. And in Lake Valor, we introduced Barboach, Whiscash and Qwilfish." Saturn explained. "And of course, there's Lake Acuity that we introduced Basculin. All three Lake Pokemon have kept an eye on them and they seem to get along pretty well with the Magikarp, Goldeen and Psyduck in the area."

"Hmm… even so…"

"I mean, we can try to add more." Mars said. "We are doing our best to improve Sinnoh…"

"Exactly. Cynthia gave us a second chance and we turned our lives around." Saturn agreed.

Jupiter sighed. "I know, but I'm a tad concerned that we'll unwititngly introduce a Pokemon that'll wipe out the ecosystem."

Saturn smiled. "Which is why we're going to make sure we do it right." He said as he pulled up a graph. "Now, back then, we'd consider throwing in Gorebyss but considering how dangerous they can actually be, I'm reconsidering it. Remoraid might work, but-"

"GAH!" Mars suddenly yelped, falling from her chair and clutching her stomach.

"Mars?!" Jupiter turned to her as she was right by her side as Saturn immediately went over.

"You okay?" Saturn asked.

"I… I'm not sure…" Mars groaned as she noticed she was fading away.

BGM: Whispers at Night (Kingdom Hearts)

"G-guys…?! What's happening?!"

"What on…" Jupiter looked on in shock.

"It would seem that something horrible had happened in the past."

They turned to see Arceus teleporting in their room. "Arceus! What exactly do you mean?" Saturn asked.

"A group of individuals went back in time to sever the bond between humans and Pokemon. I have sent a team to put a stop to them. However, it seems your ancestor was caught in the crossfire."

"My… ancestor…?" Mars asked, wincing. "So… th-that means I'm…"

"Yes. I'm afraid that you will soon cease to exist."

"No…" Jupiter clenched her fists. "Take us to the past then! We can try to stop her ancestor from dying! Please… we don't want to lose Mars…"

"Fear not. I was actually going to send you three to the past to save your ancestor. In turn, you may help the team out in vanquishing this group."

"Do it… I… I want to keep living…"

"I will send you to the exact moment before your ancestor was killed." Arceus said as a time portal opened up as Dialga walked in, and then he unleashed Roar of Time to open up a portal.

"C'mon. We're going to get to the bottom of this." Jupiter said as she and Saturn wrapped Mars' arms around them as Mars breathed heavily as they walked into the time portal.

"Good luck, Team Galactic."

End BGM


Back in the past…

A portal opened up near the Scarlet Bog as the three of them came out, as the portal closed behind them. "Ugh… that was painful…" Mars groaned as she looked at herself. "Good… I'm not fading away anymore."

"Hmm? Look!" Saturn pointed down a hill as they looked to see Arezu gathering ingredients.

"Okay, this should be enough for Lady Lilligant… I hope this is enough to quell her frenzy."

"Is that my ancestor?" Mars asked in surprise.

"Oh look at you, you were so cute back in the day!" Jupiter gushed.

Mars blushed. "Jupiter…"

"Well well well, what do we have here?" A voice asked as she turned to see a few Neo Plasma Grunts surrounding her.

Saturn's eyes widened. "Team Plasma? Now I get it…"

"Didn't they become terrorists at one point?" Mars asked.

"They did… and something tells me they're going to make things a lot worse." Jupiter said with a grimace.

"...So. You're this Team Plasma I've heard about." Arezu said.

"That's right. And we won't let you stop Lilligant's rampage."

Arezu growled. "You dare talk to me that way…" She clenched her fists as they called out Yanmega, Ursaring and a Rhyhorn, but then to Arezu's surprise, the Plasma Grunts brought out their own weapons.

Mars gasped. "An Ursaring and a Rhyhorn?!"

"Interesting…" Saturn mused.

"We have to stop them!" Jupiter said as she tried to get up.

"Wait! …I want to see how this plays out." Saturn said, noticing Arezu getting into a fighting stance.

"So, you wish to fight us without any weapons? You have a death wish, girl." A female grunt said.

"I'm not afraid of you."

"We'll make you afraid of us. Get her!"

BGM: Battle! Team Galactic Commander (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl)

The Rhyhorn charged at Arezu, tackling her head on but Arezu jumped into the air and landed behind the Rhyhorn as it slammed into a tree. The Ursaring charged and swiped at Arezu, but she weaved her body to the side and delivered swift palm strikes into the Ursaring.

The Ursaring snarled and swiped again, but Arezu dodged and proceeded to attack the Ursaring's pressure points to knock it down to the ground. The Yanmega used Air Slash at her, but she rolled out of the way as it used Ancient Power, but Arezu slid underneath it and grabbed the Yanmega by the tail and threw it into a Plasma Grunt.

The Rhyhorn turned around and charged again, where Arezu cartwheeled out of the way as the Rhyhorn kept charging as it attempted to slow down… but slid right into a wild Onix, which was enough to make it angry and glared at the Rhyhorn.

"Look at her go… she's way acrobatic!" Jupiter said in awe.

"So that's where I got my acrobatics from…" Mars whispered with a proud smirk.

"Alright, that's it!" One of the grunts charged at her with a dagger, which was enough to worry Jupiter, as the grunt slashed at her but Arezu dodged the stabs and kicked him in the shin before roundhouse kicking him in the face to knock him down.

"Nice!" Mars fist pumped as Jupiter breathed a sigh of relief.

Another grunt, this time with a nunchuck twirled it around. "Hoooo-aaaaah!" The nunchuck smacked him in the head. "Ooof!" He grunted, making Mars snicker while Saturn shook his head as Arezu punched him in the wind pipe and grabbed the nunchucks as she swung it into his face to knock him out.

The female grunt brought out a katana and charged at Arezu. "A katana?!" Jupiter said in horror as Arezu turned around and used the chain to block it swinging down at her, then Arezu kicked the woman in the knee as she wrapped the nunchuck around the sword and yanked it away as she then clobbered the woman with the nunchucks before kneeing her in the stomach and then flip kicked her to the ground.

End BGM

Arezu tossed the nunchuck away. "Anyone else!" She called out before turning around. "I thought not."

Mars whistled. "That's my girl." She grinned as Saturn turned his attention toward the female grunt.

"I'm not through with you yet, girl…" She mumbled as she reached into her pocket.

"Guys!" Saturn whispered, catching the two's attention as their eyes widened.

Immediately, Mars sprang into action and jumped down the hill, immediately running toward her ancestor.

"Say goodnight."

"Huh?"

"GET DOWN!" Mars tackled Arezu to the ground right as the Plasma Grunt fired the gun, hitting Mars in the shoulder. "Gah!"

"WHAT?!" The grunt yelled in surprise.

"Mmmph…" Arezu grunted as she looked to see Mars holding on to her shoulder. "Who…?"

"No… no way…" The grunt immediately touched her earpiece. "Ghetsis, come in! Team Galactic is here! I repeat, Team Galactic is HERE! We need backup on the doub-" Jupiter ran over and kicked her in the face. "NNNGH!" She fell on her back as Saturn kicked the gun into a swamp while Jupiter crushed her hand. "AAAAGH!"

"You piece of scum…" Jupiter glared at her.

"What's going on here!" A voice called out as the three of them looked to see the heroes approaching them

"Team Galactic?!" Steven said in surprise as he reached for his Pokeballs.

"Wait." Cynthia put her arm out. "You can relax. They're not evil anymore."

"They're not?"

"I made sure of it." Cynthia gave him a reassuring smile before turning to the trio. "What brought you three here?"

"Well, saving her of course." Saturn motioned his head to Arezu. "Apparently, once upon a time, that Plasma girl killed Arezu, which in turn, almost cost Mars her existence."

"Wait, that bitch killed me?! …Ugh, of course Plasma does me in." Arezu mumbled.

Calaba looked over at Mars. "You're wounded. Let me take a look at you." She said as she walked over to Mars.

"It's… nothing, really." Mars winced as Adaman was by Mars' side and took a look.

"That's definitely not "nothing"." He said as Calaba pulled out some tweezers and gently pulled the bullet out of her arm, causing her to hiss.

"Adaman, there's a Medicinal Leek in my basket." Calaba said as Adaman looked into it and pulled it out.

"There we are." He said, breaking it apart and applied it to her wound. "There we go. We need to head over to the Diamond Settlement. That way, we can properly take a look at this wound here."

"Team Galactic… never thought I'd meet 'em in the flesh." Marnie said.

"You've heard of us?" Saturn asked.

"There were a few Galarian tourists in Sinnoh when you were up in your antics. They posted about a terroristic explosion at Lake Verity on social media, which in turn, caught Kalos' and Paldea's attention… and I'm sure Unova heard about it too." Marnie explained.

"We did." N nodded.

Jupiter sweatdropped. "Small world…"

"Um, guys? Where's that Plasma bitch?" Arezu asked.

Nearby, the Plasma Grunt tried to get away while holding on to her hand. "Where's that damn gun…" She grumbled as she searched for it in the mud, where a Hippopotas peeked its eyes out of the mud.

"Hmm? What are you looking at? Get lost!" She tossed mud into its eyes.

"Hippo!" Hippopotas yelped and went back underground.

"Tch… I'm sure it's around here somewhere." She grumbled as something rose out of the mud, causing her to groan. "I said get lost, you-" She turned around, seeing a female Hippowdown. "...Oh…"

"Powdon… HIPPOOOOOOW!" She lunged directly at the female grunt.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She shrieked as everyone turned to the source of the cry.

"...Welp, better her than us." Akari said as Weiss grimaced at the grisly sight while Ruby covered Oran's eyes.

"Aw, but I wanna see!" Oran pouted.

"Trust me, you don't…" Ruby grimaced.

"Come on, let's go." Calaba said, as her Bibarel picked up Mars and headed over to the Diamond Settlement.

BGM: Clan Settlement (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

"Now what in the name of Almighty Sinnoh were you thinking?" Adaman demanded as they were at the settlement. A few Diamond clan members looked at Calaba warily while she and a Diamond medic looked over Mars's arm.

Arezu sighed. "Honestly? I look after Lady Lilligant, so when she went into a frenzy, I thought I could try to stop her… and that's when Ursaluna got too close to her and she accidentally shed her poison onto him."

"Ah, so it was Lilligant's poison… that'll do it." Calaba nodded.

"When I heard these guys quelled Kleavor, I thought I could try to do it on my own. I thought I could try to stop Ursaluna because I felt responsible for what happened." Arezu sighed. "I caught so wrapped up in it that I… nearly got killed by Team Plasma."

"Ah… so you felt it was all on your shoulders." Adaman said. "You could've come to me for help… but then again, we Diamond folk are a bit of a proud bunch and tend to do things on our own." He mumbled.

"Fret not, Arezu. It was just an accident. I hold no animosity toward you, my dear." Calaba said with a reassuring smile.

Arezu sighed with relief. "That's good…"

"So…" Ozpin began. "You three are from Team Galactic, yes? Tell us a bit about this team."

"Well… where do we start?" Saturn wondered. "Cyrus wanted nothing more than to rebuild the galaxy in his own image, hence Team Galactic. He found all three of us and we wanted to make him proud. However, not even we understood his true goal. What he asked of us was to capture Pokemon, including the three Lake Pokemon. No one ever took us seriously… until we blew up Lake Verity. It was Cyrus who suggested it, saying that "everyone should know the day Team Galactic makes its mark on Sinnoh"."

"We made our way to Mt. Coronet, and that's when Cyrus captured both Dialga and Palkia… and in turn, that caught Giratina's attention… which became something that Cyrus wanted. He was taken to the Reverse World." Jupiter said. "Next thing we know, all three of us were arrested by Cynthia right after."

"That's when I went after Cyrus." Cynthia said. "I made my way into the Reverse World and found him, but that's when Giratina stopped me and said that he's much better off in the Reverse World. Cyrus felt too much at home. So I left it at that… though I've heard he's made a friend recently."

"We escaped imprisonment… but we tried to find Cyrus the best we could. We tried to find some way to get him back, but when Cynthia found us, she told us it wasn't worth finding him." Mars mumbled.

Cynthia closed her eyes. "I still remember when I confronted him…"

Pause BGM

"Cyrus! Is this what you wanted?"

"Of course. I sought to reshape the world in my image; a world with no spirit. Team Galactic has served its purpose. They were all faithful subjects, but their services are no longer required. With this world, a world of nothingness, my dream is fulfilled."

"So you'd rather dump everyone just because you're here?"

"Yes. I never cared for any of them. They helped me reach my goal. That's all that mattered."

"They were just pawns… you really are a nihilist, aren't you?"

"So what if I am? Leave me… this world is mine for the taking."

Cynthia reached out to him, but then Giratina got in the way and looked at Cynthia. It gently screeched at her as Cynthia stared at Giratina and sighed. "Then so be it… I hope you're happy living here." She turned around.

Resume BGM

"When I told them he never cared for anyone… I still remember Mars taking it the hardest."

"Of course I did… I saw him as a father figure." Mars mumbled. "I was too young and naive to realize his true goals."

"Yup… that'll do it." Adaman nodded. I have no idea what they're talking about though…

"That's pretty awful…" Akari said.

"It took us a while to accept it, but we eventually moved on. Because of that, Cynthia approached us and suggested we reshape Team Galactic. It would take time considering what happened, but in the end, instead of being feared like what Cyrus wanted, Team Galactic became something beloved." Saturn explained. "We'd help out around the cities, clean up messes we've made, make the gym challenges better and stronger, make the ecosystem flourish… it took time, but people soon started to warm up to the idea."

Steven chuckled. "Heh, so that's what that pet project of yours was."

"I wouldn't call it a pet project… I just simply pointed them in the right direction." Cynthia chuckled.

"...Even so, somethin's botherin' me about this." Gloria spoke up. "In my eyes, Team Galactic is nothin' more than a cult."

"What? Don't be ridiculous! Team Galactic isn't a cult!" Jupiter said.

"Yeah! I mean, when people joined Team Galactic, they simply put on a uniform, dyed their… hair green and… got a haircut where… they… uh…" Mars blinked, folding her arms. "Huh…"

Well, this is awkward. All three of them thought.

"I rest my case." Gloria chuckled.

"Honestly, I'd say Team Plasma's the real cult." Blake said.

"Well, given how Ghetsis ran the original Team Plasma with me as a puppet, that's not entirely far off…" N mused.

Mars moved her arm, wincing. "Damn…!"

"Easy, no need to reopen the wound right away." The medic said.

"So… Plasma's trying to sever the bond, hmm?" Jupiter asked.

"Pretty much." Ruby nodded.

"Then allow us to help you out." Saturn said. "Considering what Team Plasma did, we can't let this slide… by the way, is your friend okay?" He asked, referring to Rosalina.

"...Honey, are you okay?" Tai asked.

"Huh?" Rosalina snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh, yeah, I'm okay. When I heard about this Cyrus person wanting to reshape the galaxy in his own image, I was playing scenarios in my head where I would have met Cyrus reshaping the galaxy. None of them were pretty… for him, anyway."

Jupiter raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, I travel the cosmos a lot. I'm typically referred as the queen of the cosmos. So, if I were to have met Cyrus… things wouldn't have gone the way he'd hope."

"I dunno, you don't look like much." Mars said unconvinced. Rosalina simply snapped her fingers as the gravity around them started to disappear, making them all float.

"Waaaaah!" Arezu yelped.

"Oh my!" Calaba exclaimed.

Adaman laughed. "Oh, you guys continue to be cool in my eyes!"

"Woooooohooooo!" Akari did several acrobatic frontflips. "Whoooooa… okay, I'm dizzy…"

Fear set in the trio's eyes as Rosalina set the gravity back to normal. "...In a way, I'm glad we're not opposing sides." Jupiter said.

"I'm glad we had this talk~" Rosalina smiled and walked out of the tent with a hum.

"...Oookay. She scares me." Mars said. "How do you know her anyway?"

"Long story." Ruby said. "Plus she's engaged to dad." She pointed to Tai.

"D-dad? That's gonna be your moth-..." Jupiter paled. "Goodness, I'd hate to be the one responsible for messing with your family."

"Oh, you don't know the half of it…" Byleth mumbled.

BANG!

"Huh?!" Ruby turned to the source as they ran out as they would see Rosalina having put a barrier up and telekinetically lifted up a Plasma grunt while also destroying a gun effortlessly.

"You honestly thought that was a good idea?" Rosalina asked.

"Nnnngh!" He grunted as Rosalina slammed him to the ground.

"Goodness, what is with these people and their obsession for firecrackers?" Calaba wondered as Rosalina threw the Plasma grunt to the side.

"You okay?" Tai asked.

"Oh, I'm fine, darling! This little pest, not so much. I heard him sneaking up on me. Oh, and there was a small group with him-" She pointed to an Alpha Rhyhorn chasing down several Plasma grunts. "-But I introduced them to an Alpha Rhyhorn."

"Hmph. Good… now I say we punish this man severely." Summer said. "Break every bone in his body, crush his pelvis… anything sounds good to me."

"...Summer?" Willow looked at her in worry. "That's very… unnerving of you." She said as Raven and Mavis gave her concerned looks, and then suddenly a time and space rift opened up above them and wrapped around the entire settlement.

"Another one?!" Akari said as a few Pokemon showed up.

"Reva Revaaaaa!"

"Taro?"

"Paw Paw?"

"Tinka…"

"What the heck are those Pokemon? I've never seen them before!" Ruby said.

"I have. During my studies as a Pokemon Breeder, I occasionally went back to Paldea." Victor said. "That's a Tarountula, a Pawmi, a Tinkatink and… I've honestly never seen that one before."

"A car…?" Rosalina wondered, losing her concentration as the grunt got back up and quickly made a run for the Revavroom, getting on top of it and quickly putting a device on it.

BGM: Wild Battle ~ Area Zero (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet)

"Reva….!" Revavroom grunted as its eye turned red as the Plasma Grunt smirked.

"Alright, I'll run all of you over!" He said, hooking up biker handles on the side of Revavroom and started to rev up.

"He's gonna run over that Tinkatink!" Marnie said as Nora's eyes widened, where she immediately sprang into action and dove for it right as the Revavroom charged. Nora took the Tinkatink as Pyrrha used her polarity to pull the Revavroom toward her, then she rolled out of the way.

"I got ya, little thing…" Nora said, holding the Pokemon close as the Pawmi scampered over to Nora while Ren found himself near the Tarountula.

"Alright, that's it!" Jaune said, calling out his Nidoking. "Alright, Arthur! Earth Power!"

"Nope!" The grunt moved out of the way and started to run them over but Nidoking grabbed the Revavroom and used a point blank Earth Power, knocking them back.

"Reva…!"

"Alright, that's it!" Gloria immediately ran toward the grunt as he turned to her and smirked, charging at the Scottish champion, but she did a few front flips and then landed on the Revavroom.

"Is she crazy?!" Mars said.

"Nope, she's just Scottish." Marnie said. "...But yes, she's also crazy!"

"Hey Gloria! You want some help?" Akari called out.

"I got it, lass!"

"There's only room for one on here!" The grunt growled as he punched her, but she caught his fist and slugged him in the gut repeatedly until she delivered an uppercut that knocked him off of the Revavroom.

Gloria immediately took the mind control device off of the Revavroom and took the handle bars off. "Reva…?" Revavroom wondered as it turned to the grunt and glared, proceeding to run him over.

"GYAAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled as the Revavroom then proceeded to sit on him while Gloria hopped off. "Too… heavy… a-a-aaaaagh…!" He reached out for them, coughing out blood before falling limp.

End BGM

"That's a nice speed bump if ye ask me." Gloria said as Ren felt the Taoruntula climb on him and rested on his shoulder.

"Huh, you're not so bad up close." He said, patting it on the head.

"Tao!"

"Come on, let's get out of here. I'm sure more wild Pokemon are gonna show up." Steven said as they walked out of the void, and once they did, the time space distortion shrunk until it disappeared.

Nora rubbed the Tinkatink. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." She said as the Tinkatink nuzzled her affectionately while Pawmi jumped up on Nora's shoulder. "And you're quite cute too!"

"Hmm, hang on a moment…" Gloria pulled out her Rotom Phone. "Gotta scan these."

"Unidentified Pokemon not found in National Dex. Please try again later."

"Augh, don't give me that!"

"Hang on, let me try mine." Ruby said, pulling out her Rotom Scroll.

"Bzzzt, sorry Ruby… I can't identify these Pokemon."

"Aww… it's okay." Ruby sighed, putting him back.

"So… what do we do with this one?" Yang wondered as the Revavroom looked around.

"Hmm…" N walked over to the Revavroom. "Hey."

"Reva?" Revavroom turned toward N as the two communicated shortly after.

N smiled, turning around. "He wants to join for a while."

"Not sure if you like Pokeballs, but here you go." Akari tossed him a Great Ball as he took it.

"The only Pokemon I brought with me would be a bit overkill…" N admitted as he put the Revavroom inside the Great Ball, where it shot off a firework.

"So… shall we see what this Lilligant is all about?" Coco spoke up.

"I was about to say the same thing." Qrow said. "...And also keeping an eye on Summer too."

"What? It's Plasma." Summer shrugged as they walked up the trail with Galactic accompanying them, where a Graveler spotted them and rolled after them, but they dispersed as it smacked right into a tree, which angered a few Combee and Vespiquen as they charged after it.

"Wait… is that…?" Ruby spotted an Alpha Roserade. "Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!" She fangirled. "Primrose could use a big sister!"

"Nope! We're not getting you killed over that!" Yang said, yanking Ruby away along with Weiss and Gloria.

"Aww… fine…" Ruby sighed as they kept going until they soon made it to Brava Arena.

"Here we are, Brava Arena." Adaman said.

"Liligaaaaant!"

They would see a Hisuian Liligant gracefully dancing around the field… unfortunately, it was also frenzied.

"...Goodness, I didn't think Lilligant would be so… tall!" Whitley said.

"That's one way of putting it." Yang said.

"Lillliiii!"

"Lady Lilligant, come back to your senses!" Arezu pleaded as she jumped into the arena.

"Arezu, wait!" Mars went after her, and then Weiss, Ruby, Akari, and Gloria jumped in after.

"I'll call to her to get her to snap out of it!" N said as he got into position.

"That didn't exactly work out with Ursaluna!" Yang said as Ursaluna tried to jump in. "Whoa, big guy! We don't need you to get into another frenzy!"

"She's right." Calaba nodded.

"Ursa…" Ursaluna pouted.

"Alright… let's make things interesting." Mars said, pulling out her Pokeball. "Crobat, let's go!" She called out.

"Crooooo!"

"Eeeek!" Gloria yelped and hid behind Ruby.

"Huh?" Mars wondered.

"She's terrified of Crobat." Ruby said.

"Oh…" She recalled Crobat. "Sorry about that. Let's go, Lilligant!" She called out a Unovan Lilligant.

"Lilli!"

"...What in…?" Arezu wondered. "Never mind! Let's bring her back to her senses!"

BGM: Battle! Noble Pokemon (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

Lady of the Ridge - Hisuian Lilligant

"Lilligant! Come to your senses!" N pleaded as Lilligant held on to her head.

"Lilli… LILLI!" Lilligant danced around the ground, proceeding to gracefully kick at Arezu but she rolled out of the way.

"Sorry about this!" Arezu said, kicking the Lilligant in the chest as she responded with a Petal Dance.

Weiss created a few glyphs, where they shot out icicles into Lilligant. The Noble Pokemon turned toward Weiss and shot an Energy Ball at her where she stabbed the ground to create an ice wall. "Those platforms… we can step on those, right?" Akari asked.

"Yeah!"

"Make some more, I got an idea!"

Mars' Lilligant used Energy Ball of her own, striking the Noble Pokemon as it turned toward her and lunged, unleashing Close Combat. "Lilli!" Lilligant yelped, being knocked back.

"Synthesis!"

"Gaaaaaant!" Her Lilligant cried as Gloria jumped in and punched the Noble Pokemon in the face with Arezu, and then Akari jumped off of Weiss's glyphs and dive bombed on Lilligant.

"Lady Lilligant! Come back to your senses! You are not yourself!" N called out again as Lilligant stumbled a bit, shaking it off before grabbing Akari and slamming her into the ground and was about to stomp on her, but then a Psychic struck the Hisuian Lilligant.

"LILLI!"

"Huh?" Akari wondered as a Kirlia teleported in.

"I heard the ruckus. I came to help."

"...Telepathy?" Akari asked in surprise as the Kirlia turned to her with a nod as Akari smiled and got back up as the Lilligant lunged at the Kirlia, but she used Confusion to hold her back as Weiss made some red glyphs as fireballs shot out and struck the Lilligant.

"Lilli!" Lilligant groaned as she proceeded to cartwheel toward Ruby and sweep kicked her, but Ruby backflipped to avoid it and then Arezu jumped in and sweep kicked Lilligant to knock her on her back.

"Lilligant! Come back to us!" N called out one last time, which was enough for the light to disappear from Lilligant.

End BGM

"Lilli…? Gant Lil…" Lilligant groaned, rubbing her head.

"Lilli! Lil Lil!" Mars' Liligant cheered as the Noble Pokemon looked down at her Unovan counterpart.

"Lilli…?" She knelt down, curiously looking at her before smiling and patting her on the head, and then stood up and did the same with both Mars and Arezu, both of them blushing.

"Well, that's another Noble quelled from her frenzy." Ruby said. "Thanks N!"

N smiled. "Still got it." He said as Lilligant turned to N and tossed him the Meadow Plate, where he caught it.

"I'm glad I came to help. You seem like fun people. I want to join you!"

"Really?" Akari asked.

"Yes!"

"Hmm… now what to name you…" Akari folded her arms. "If… you want to be named, that is."

"Oh, I don't mind."

"Hmm… ah! How about… Athena?"

"Athena?" The Kirlia tilted her head. "...I like it! It sounds pretty!"

Ruby smiled. "Well, now you got four." She said, before shifting her eyes to the right and jumped back to avoid a Dark Void from Darkrai. "You!"

"Well dodged." A voice said as Ghetsis approached.

"Ghetsis!" N exclaimed.

"So that's Ghetsis?" Adaman glared.

"Tch, I've heard from Irida. You despicable man…" Calaba glared.

BGM: Villains of a Sort (Kingdom Hearts)

"So it's true then! Team Galactic has come to this era." Ghetsis said. "What are you three doing with these folk? You could join me, reclaim what you once lost. Rebuild Team Galactic and perhaps… have your boss reunite with you! Oh yes… I've heard what had transpired with Team Galactic."

"Sorry, but we're not interested!" Saturn said.

"Oh? You're not interested? How amusing. You were capturing Pokemon before, correct? Why not do what you had always done before?"

"Beat it!" Mars glared.

Ghetsis smirked. "You think you're above it now, hmm? You think you have reformed? You can't erase your past, no matter how hard you try. Once a terroristic group, always a terroristic group."

"You're one to talk!" Cynthia growled.

"It is a shame. I was hoping we would work together. Just think of the possibilities of you joining Team Plasma."

"Sorry, but we don't take kindly to those who wish to destroy the friendship with Pokemon and humans." Jupiter said, reaching for her Pokeball as did Cyrus and Mars.

"That is quite a shame." Ghetsis smirked. "Darkrai. Dark Void."

"Dark…" Darkrai said quietly, something that N picked up on as he unleashed Dark Void, but his eye shifted as a Psycho Cut slammed into the ground, making Darkrai back up.

"Hmm? Ah, Cresselia." Ghetsis smirked wickedly as Cresselia got between them.

"Cresseli!"

They heard a roar shortly after as Ursaluna charged at Ghetsis while Hisuian Lilligant charged at Ghetsis as well. "Hmph. I suppose we will have to retreat for now. Enjoy your torment, Byleth." He said, causing Byleth to stiffen as he dropped a flash bang to blind the Pokemon as he and Darkrai escaped.

"He's really asking for it…" Marnie said.

"Ooooh, I'm going to enjoy breaking his legs." Nora glared.

"...So… I hate to ruin this moment, but… has anyone seen Summer?" Mavis asked. "I haven't seen her since we were watching them fight the Lilligant."


Nearby, at some ruins…

Summer approached a statue of an Odd Keystone. "Something about this is… calling to me." She said.

"It's a good thing you came." A voice said as Summer turned to see a Plasma Grunt approaching her. "I was starting to get impatient." He said.

"You… you have something for me." She said as the Plasma Grunt pulled out a jar filled with fifteen wisps.

"Found all of these last night before the sun rose up. Had some help with my friends." He said as he opened it up, as Summer brought out the Odd Keystone as the wisps flew to her, but went inside of Summer instead.

"Nnnngh! Mmmph!" Summer grunted, closing her eyes and falling on her knees, panting and sweating uncontrollably. She coughed violently enough for some spit to hit the ground. Images of people getting murdered in cold blood, getting pushed off a cliff or getting executed flashed hard in her mind.

Purple veins flashed on her arms as her eyes glowed purple. "Heh… heheheheh…" Summer chuckled as she looked up. "That… that felt good!" She said as she got up. "I desire more…"

"M-more? But in order for that to happen, we would-"

Summer grabbed him by the throat. "Did. I. Stutter?"

"O-Of course! We'll find more of them!"

"Good." She dropped him. "It won't be long until I'm whole once more."

"R-right away!" He said as he took off, and as he did, Summer blinked as she went back to normal. "Uuuugh… why do I have a massive headache…? And why do I feel so… chilled…"

She shuddered before turning around and walking away, a feeling of dread pressing against her shoulders.


Ibuki: Oh no... she's getting worse! AND SCREW YOU GHETSIS!

Massive shout out to Wizard Magics on Discord for suggesting that Mars comes and takes the bullet for Arezu, which, in turn, have us get the idea to bring in Team Galactic!

Oh, and another one for Megan who suggested Pawmi for Nora and Taoruntula for Ren!