A/N: Hellooooo everyone! Back here responding to more reviews! Remember I respond no matter how big or small the review since I appreciate all of them! Leave on this chapter is you want a question answer, or just wanna chat!
If I Could Begin To Be: I assume you mean Marik xD and no reason I just decided after righting Para and Dox as he first members I may as well name them all after YuGiOh villians xD Marik and Ishizu won't be the last lol. As for Sceptile's health yes I can confirm he will be okay, his pride hurt a little, but trust me we'll see JUST how powerful he is soon on… As for why the squad is so good with Pokemon now… that has a reason and will be answered in due time as well!
Darth Leo: I'm glad to get you pumped for updates! I hope you enjoy the battle and its aftermath! It's going to keep on picking up as we go!
The Pokemon Whisperer: Alola
Lumiose City, Kalos Region.
"Amazing… he managed to access their bond form from all the way in Alola…" Calem said in an amazed tone.
"Even when he's thousands of miles away… he's still here to save us." Serena commented feeling herself well up.
For a moment Greninja just stood there between Sceptile and Guzzlord, whom Marik was attempting to climb back onto. She could not believe that Dom and Greninja had synchronized from so far apart. 'Dom-Greninja' as Shauna had so aptly named it, stared down the man, who's veins seemed to almost be bursting from his temple. Serena managed to catch a glimpse of Greninja's eyes, and it was very clear that they were not happy at all.
"YOU DARE ATTACK ME!? I'LL SHOW YOU THE FATE OF ALL THOSE WHO DEFY THE ULTRA RECON SQUAD!" Marik yelled as he finally got back atop of Guzzlord.
"Ninja…" Greninja said facing Sceptile. The two Pokemon nodded, before Sceptile who had managed to stagger to his feet, seemed to give Greninja the go ahead.
Sceptile however soon after finally collapsed back onto the ground.
"SCEPTILE!" Serena yelled running over to her friend's starter.
Calem quickly followed and she kneeled down next to the powerful grass-type. She dug into her bag and pulled out a few berries she had stored away. Sceptile glared at her with angry eyes before begrudgingly accepting them. She didn't focus on him however and turned to see Greninja facing down Guzzlord, holding out two long blades of purple energy for a Night Slash attack. She gripped at her chest, and imagined Dom in Alola now, in the exact same position.
"Dom… please be careful." She said, before the battle finally erupted.
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"Wow… he's big." Dom said as he saw his opponent through Greninja's eyes.
"Bigger then anything we've ever faced…" Greninja muttered as the ash and flames roared around them.
Dom shook his head. "The bigger they are the harder they fall… let's do this!" He yelled.
(Pokemon XYZ Ash-Greninja theme song.)
"Guzzlord Dragon Pulse!" Marik yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Jump up and dodge, into the tree, then use Double Team!" Dom said seeing the action clearly.
A blast of draconic energy soared towards Greninja, who leaped up into the nearest tree that was still in flames at points. Double Team activated and hundreds of copies of Greninja multiplied throughout not just that tree but every tree in the park.
"BURN THEM ALL GUZZLORD, FIRE BLAST! BURN ALL THE TREES!" Marik yelled.
"ICE PUNCH!" Dom yelled as soon as he gave the order.
Fire roared through all the tree and just before it hit all the Greninja clones leaped up out of the tree, and into the air. Marik did a 360 spin, and his eyes widened at the sheer number of Greninja in the sky, almost blocking out the light from the wormhole.
"Destroy them! HYPER BEAM!" He yelled desperately.
"Now Greninja!" Dom ordered loudly.
Guzzlord unleashed Hyper Beam and spun destroying the clones of Greninja, but just before they were all destroyed Greninja darted down, his fist full of icy mist. He punched down hard on the top of Guzzlord's head causing the beast to roar loudly, piercing Dom's ears. Greninja landed on the ground and then uppercut the monstrous beast from its belly and sent it stumbling backwards.
Marik faltered from the top of his beast but only appeared even more angry.
"I'll teach you to defy my power! GUZZLORD THUNDER!" He yelled out.
"Dodge it!" Dom yelled, seeing Guzzlord's mouth fill with cackling electricity.
The blast came and Greninja leaped out of the way just in the nick of time.
"Night Slash!" Dom yelled, and Greninja darted forward with two long blades of purple energy elongated.
"Deflect it!" Marik countered when Greninja got close.
Guzzlord used its multiple claws to deflect Greninja's strikes and lashed out with his own. Dom felt his body move although all he saw was the battle through Greninja's eyes. They ducked and slashed, doing everything they can to try and press their advantage. Finally, Dom saw a giant claw coming from overhead and he knew he had to move.
"Use your Shuriken!" He yelled out.
Just as the claw hit he and Greninja reached around and pulled out the blue Shuriken from his back and held it up, just narrowly deflecting the claw.
"Roll back and use Water Shuriken!" Dom ordered as soon as the attack deflected.
Greninja rolled back and yanked the shuriken off his back and launched it, hitting the beast's claw, making it stumbled slightly backwards again. Marik was not happy he was losing the battle.
"YOU INSOLENT POKEMON! YOU WILL BE DESTROYED, USE DRAGON PULSE!" He yelled.
The attack came to quickly and slammed into Greninja's stomach and sent the ninja frog Pokemon slamming backwards. Dom felt pain wash up in his gut as he felt himself fall back as well. He only hoped that Lillie and Hau weren't too freaked out.
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Iki Town, Alola Region.
"Night Slash!" Dom yelled, swinging his arms as if a blade was in it.
Lillie couldn't believe what she was seeing. Dom's eyes were wide open like he was fully aware of his surroundings, he was there… but he looked over them. She watched as he slashed, ducked and moved his position as if he was in the middle of a fight. She racked her brain trying to figure out what could be happening.
"Roll back and use Water Shuriken!" He yelled out, reaching around his back and making a hard throwing motion.
Lillie's eyes widened. "It's called synchronizing. I mimic Greninja's movements, I won't go jumping around like him, but like when he throws his shuriken I'll do the same thing!"
Lillie knew then what Grovyle had been trying to tell her. She turned to a very worried looking Hau.
"Lillie we… we gotta call somebody!" He said worriedly, going to the house phone.
Lillie grabbed his arm and shook her head. "No! Hau he's synchronized with his Greninja!" She told him.
"Synchronized?" Hau asked skeptically.
Lillie shook her head in frustration. "It's what that special form he has with his Greninja is called! They become one, he's… fighting something with Greninja right now!" She explained to him, having finally pieced it all together.
Hau looked over at Dom who was still ducking and dodging. "How… is that possible? His Greninja is all the way in Kalos!" He said.
She shook her head again." I don't know, but we can't-."
"AHHHHHHH!" They heard Dom yelled, just in time to turn around and see him clutch his stomach in pain.
Hau went to run over to him but Lillie stopped him. He knew that if the connection was broken by her or Hau it would affect him greatly and the last thing she wanted to do was to hurt him even more.
She just had to hope he was strong enough.
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Lumiose City, Kalos Region.
Dom watched as Greninja slowly got up to his feet. He heard the yells, screams and pleas of desperate people in the streets. He looked and saw Lumiose Park in ruins. The two of them needed to stop Marik and they needed to do it now. He also felt his strength begin to give out. He didn't know how long he and Greninja could stay synchronized like this, so he needed to end it now.
"Water Shuriken!" He yelled.
"Pitiful! Use HYPER BEAM!" Marik countered.
Greninja reached around and threw the Water Shuriken on his back and it collided in a huge BOOOOM with the Hyper Beam.
"Follow up and use THUNDER!" Marik yelled out in command.
"Water Shuriken block it!" Dom countered as soon as the order came.
A huge blast of thunder ripped through the streets, and Greninja grabbed the Shuriken from his back and slammed it into the ground. The Thunder attack hit the Shuriken and sparks shot in every direction and split as soon as it made contact. Dom felt the sparks hit Greninja and their feet begin to drag back, as he stemmed the tide of the relentless attack and he felt the shuriken begin to grow large and hot.
Dom looked up and saw Marik cackling, and felt his anger reach a boiling point. Soon enough the attack stopped, and the man looked speechless.
"WHAT!? HOW DID YOU-."
"NOW, GRENINJA FIRE!" He yelled as they both lifted the now massive Shuriken above their heads.
The heat from the now giant orange Shuriken was contagious. With every bit of strength that he had he and Greninja launched the Shuriken right for Guzzlord and it ripped through the street and with a large BOOOOOOOM slammed into the massive beast.
Dom huffed and watched the smoke clear. Guzzlord was there, his body mattered with black ash and soot, but somehow still standing. Marik cough as the two watched him slowly climb back to the top of his beast. How he was still conscious Dom had no idea, but he coughed soot out of his lungs and looked over at Greninja.
"FOOLS! Even if you defeat me today… we will not stop. Our great commander will rule this world, and THE BLINDING ONE SHALL RETURN! GUZZLORD FIRE DRAGON PULSE!" He yelled to his now charred beast.
"Dodge it and jump up!" Dom yelled, miffed how his opponent could still fight.
Greninja jumped out of the way just in time. He leaped to a street light and jumped up as high as he could into the air, above even Guzzlord.
"DOUBLE TEAM!" Dom yelled, and soon the sky in-front of Guzzlord was covered in clones of Greninja.
"I don't know who you are, what you want or why you're doing this… but NOBODY puts my friends and loved ones in danger! Greninja, show them our full power, WATER SHURIKEN!" He yelled, feeling his anger boil over.
Greninja and him reached around and raised up his Shuriken into the air. All the copies disappeared and became energy absorbed into the Shuriken and the shining blue attack grew to an absolutely massive size.
"NO! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, HYPER BEAM!" Marik yelled from the ground.
The giant white blast fired from Guzzlord, and with every bit of strength they had left Dom and Greninja launched the shuriken with all their might right towards the attack! It ripped through the beam and zoomed down slamming into the massive Pokemon on the ground. A loud BOOOOOOOM shook all of Lumiose Park and more smoke filled the air as Greninja gently landed on the ground.
When the smoke finally cleared Dom could see Guzzlord on the ground, with Marik next to him. Dom felt the energy begin to leave him, but he knew that they would not be getting up again for a while.
"Thank you, Dom, … I only ever feel alive battling when it's with you." Greninja's voice echoed in his head.
Dom went to respond, before he felt the last bit of energy leave him. The connection broke in a second, it was all it took. He felt blackness overtake him, and he and Greninja both fell to the ground.
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"Greninja!" Sceptile yelled after finally recovering.
He was till feeling weak, but the berries and aid he got from Serena had helped. He saw Greninja fall and he was able to catch his friend just in time. He had no idea how much power it had to exude from him to access and hold the synchronization for that long. He was relieved when he saw that he was simply exhausted and had passed out from that. Serena and Calem ran over to them next and knelt down next to them.
"Greninja! Are you okay-."
"Don't YOU DARE touch him!" Sceptile snapped as Serena tried to reach out.
Sceptile knew Greninja must have communicated with Dom somehow and his trainer had agreed to synchronize so he could save the city, his Pokemon, and most importantly Serena. He remembered what he heard in the Professor's lab before the fight and felt his anger well up even more now.
"Sceptile she's just trying to-." Calem started.
"Shut up! You're lucky I don't blast you into a building!" He snapped at the boy.
He knew that they didn't hear what he had really said. However, from his tone they must have gathered he was angry. He stared into their hurt eyes, but Sceptile didn't care, all he knew was that they were going to hurt his best-friend more then ever when they finally revealed it to him, if they ever did.
For a second, they both looked confused, however Serena's eyes soon widened. The two locked eyes, and Sceptile knew that she knew he knew about her and Calem. She seemed like she was about to cry again, and Sceptile was beginning to think of a way to get Greninja to the lab.
"Sceptile, Greninja!" He heard from above them.
Sceptile looked up and he saw Flygon flying down towards them with Gardevoir on his back. The dragon-type landed and Gardevoir jumped off running next to them.
"Sceptile are the two of you okay!?" She asked him.
"Yeah, we were helping the people like you said when we saw the explosions and came right away." Flygon explained.
Sceptile sighed and shook his head. Seeing the two of them reminded him of Lucario and Pyroar, and the real reason Marik had come in the first place. He was feeling weak still, but he was the leader of the group, it was his responsibility to make sure his teammates were alright. He gently slid the unconscious Greninja to Gardevoir.
Ignoring Serena and Calem he stood up. "Gardevoir help Greninja how you can and then get him back to the lab. He's unconscious, he had to access his Battle Bond with Dom." He explained to her.
He saw the eyes of both Pokemon widen. "How!? Dom's all the way in Alola, thousand of miles away!" She asked him.
He shook his head. "I don't know, but it's taken a lot out of him. Flygon, we need to get to the prison, they were after Lysandre!" He yelled to the dragon.
Flygon nodded dutifully. "Right! Climb on, let's get going!" Flygon said lower his back so Sceptile can climb on.
Sceptile took a few shaky steps before regaining his footing. "Sceptile, are you sure you can barely walk!" Gardevoir said, sounding concerned.
Sceptile shook his head and managed to pull himself onto Flygon's back. "I'm okay Gardevoir really. Just get Greninja back to the lab and have the Professor call Dom we need to make sure he's okay." He stressed to her.
She nodded and Flygon took off into the air. The two sped towards the Lumiose Maximum Security Prison. Sceptile knew tat no good could come out of someone wanting to free Lysandre. He was particularly worried since the man as he was being taken, swore vengeance on Dom. If he ever got out, he shuddered to think what he would do if he found Dom again.
He could only hope he wasn't too late.
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"Pitiful humans…" She muttered, stepping over the unconscious forms of the prison guards.
She chuckled at seeing the Lucario and Pyroar that had done everything they could to stop her. They put up a half decent fight, but in the end, they were no match for her. While her idiot brother pounced around destroying buildings and setting things alight, she had remembered their actual mission. She smiled coyly as she finally made her way to the cell block.
"Maximum security cell block D-34, it's locked…. Alakazam?" She asked her new Pokemon.
"Ala…" Her new Pokemon said as it closed its eyes.
She crossed her arms as it opened its now glowing eyes. She heard the lock on the door click and she smirked.
"The commander will be pleased… the light of the Blinding One will soon be ours." She said as she opened the cell door.
The cell block was dark, and she heard water dripping, and running through the pipes in the walls. The room was painted a dark black on the walls with white floors. There was a metal toilet on the left with a small sink, and a small two barred window. She heard chains rattle and looked to the right. On a small bed, was her target.
"Can't a man be defeated in peace…" She heard the deep voice mutter as the chains rattled more.
"Ah Mr. Lysandre… we've been searching for you." She said with a calm but satisfied voice.
The former boss of Team Flare was in tatters. He wore a grimy orange prison jumpsuit, and he orange hair was down behind his back in a greasy mess. Shackles were around his ankles. She noticed where the protruded from the middle wall, it only gave him the room to walk perhaps to the door of his cell. The man looked broken down and beaten. That was good she knew, it would only make him want even more to get revenge.
He huffed and ran a hand through his greasy hair. "And who may I ask are you? That's a… very odd way of dress I must say." He commented.
She laughed lightly looking at her blue and white crackling armor. "How rude of me. My name is Ishizu, captain in the Ultra Recon Squad." She said respectfully bowing.
He huffed again, appearing unimpressed. "The Ultra Recon Squad? Can't say I've ever heard of you, now what is it you want? I have precious little time to actually sleep these days."
She nodded. "Straight to the point then yes. I come bearing a message from our great commander. He has a… proposition for the leader of Team Flare." She informed him.
"Former. Former leader of Team Flare… I was about to usher in a new age! A new dawn of peace and harmony. Free from corruption and evil… until that BOY got in my way…" He snapped turning to look out his barred window.
Ishizu knew she was to expect this; the commander had informed her as such. She nodded to the man. "Yes, we know about your failures Mr. Lysandre. However, how would you like to have a chance to achieve that dream once again?" She asked.
She saw the man freeze before turning around to her with a coy look. He chuckled slightly. "Ha… and how does your precious commander plan to do that? The Ultimate Weapon has been destroyed, my team disbanded. No, I have no point in going on anymore… my dream is gone. I…have no purpose." He said bitterly.
She took a step closer and smirked at the man. "You say you have no purpose Mr. Lysandre but what the commander is offering is your chance at several things, power, redemption, a chance to usher in a new age and most importantly… a chance at revenge…" She said, taking her time on the last part.
The former Flare bosses' eyes narrowed at her and she continued. "A chance at vengeance on the boy who took EVERYthing from you… what was his name? Dominic Harper ah yes, that's what it was." She said coyly.
"That BOY!" The man snapped punching his fist into the wall.
Ishizu watched the display with elation, this was exactly the reaction she had wanted. She saw the veins bursting from the man's head and nodded.
"Oh yes. A chance for revenge against Dominic Harper… and to be one of the heralds of a new world order all await you, if you simply accept my commanders offer." She said politely with her hands behind her back.
The man managed to calm down and looked back to her. "And how do I know your offer in genuine? What is your commanders plan for me?" He asked her.
She nodded. "Of course. First as a gesture of good faith… Alakazam, the shackles." She ordered the psychic-type.
"Alakazam!" It said fiercely, waving its spoon. The shackles on Lysandre's feet burst and fell apart.
He looked down and reached to feel the area where he was once bound. She saw a look of relief on his face and reached to her waist.
"And this as well I suggest waiting until we are in a more open area to release him." She said tossing a pokeball at the man.
He caught it and looked at it skeptically. "Your Gyarados. I have the rest of your Pokemon with me as well. As for my commanders plan… all I can tell you now is he is gathering the greatest minds the known world has ever seen… and together he and them will usher in a new age." She said turning from the man.
He stared at the pokeball for a moment before looking back at her again, still seeming to be speechless.
"The door to your cell is open Mr. Lysandre, the shackles are off your legs and all the guards are unconscious. You can run, head off and be hunted by yourself. Or… you can return to the commander with me… and be a herald of a new age. The choice is yours." She told him, walking out of the cell.
She walked down the hall of the prison. She smirked, the commander would be please with her and she knew it.
She already knew the answer Lysandre was going to give.
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Alola Region, Dom's House.
"SCEPTILE, GRENINJA!" He yelled shooting up into the air.
He felt a cold sweat running down his whole body. After being up for a few seconds he felt exhaustion wash over him again. It was as if he had slept so hard he felt he needed to sleep again just to recover from it. He looked around and sure enough he was in his room, the last thing he remembered before synchronizing was falling in the kitchen. He felt relieved that Lillie or Hau hadn't broken the connection with Greninja, so he could battle, but he was feeling it now.
He was about to attempt to get out of bed, when the door creaked open.
"You're awake!" He heard a relieved Lillie say.
He whirled his head around and she was there in the doorway with a cute relieved look. He laughed a little and rubbed his head. "Ahaha yeah I am… I'm sorry if I scared you." He said genuinely.
She set a glass of water down on the nightstand for him, which he downed. She sighed and sat down on the bed next to him. She gave him one of her cute small smiles.
"It's okay, it was scary seeing you in pain but when you finally synchronized? It was… really amazing to watch. Was everything okay? What happened?" She asked him.
"It's a long story, I'll tell you when we make our way to the next stop for the Island Challenge." Dom said, really wanting to get out of the bed.
She looked at him worriedly for a second. "Are you sure? You still seem tired, and it had to have been exhausting synchronizing like that form so far away?" She asked him.
Dom knew she was right. He was tired, but he also wanted to get moving. If what he saw of this Ultra Recon Squad was the real deal, which he was pretty sure it was he needed to get moving. He knew in the back of his mind that the best way to uncover what they were doing, and what this 'endless darkness' and great evil he has to apparently defeat is, the key lay in completing his Island Challenge. He needed to train up his team, he needed to beat the trials and Kahunas, and most importantly to him at the moment he needed to fix his laptop, so he could get in contact with Kalos again. He could always use another laptop, but none of them had the contacts he did or the number for Professor Sycamore in Kalos he was sure.
Lillie got up off the bed and he tossed the blanket off himself. He was still wearing his red Alolan shirt and tan khakis. He got his feet onto the ground and right away felt his legs give out. Luckily Lillie was right there and managed to stop him from faceplanting into the ground.
"Dom! I told you, you need to take it slow. You're still exhausted!" She scolded him, somehow still looking cute.
The words came out of his mouth before he could stop himself. "You know it's kinda cute when you get angry like that."
She saw her freeze, and her paler face was now a deep shade of red like his. "Th… thank you." She said.
For a few moments he just stood there and the two looked at each other. He felt some like a fire being stoke between him and her. It wasn't like what he felt with Serena, no… it was deeper then that. He had never claimed to be a love expert, but a part of his heart was slowly being pulled in her direction and he didn't know how he felt about it.
Fortunately, his Pokemon decided to save him.
"He's awake!" He heard, before a small brown blur leaped up at his chest.
He just managed to catch Rockruff before Noibat zoomed in and landed on his shoulder. Rockruff nuzzled his rockcollor into him.
"Oh man I was so worried! Grovyle said you would be okay, but I was so worried because you weren't moving, and you were asleep and-." The puppy Pokemon started.
He was cut off when Dom felt two more Pokemon slam into him as Grovyle and Torracat ran in and latched onto both his legs.
"Guys, guys careful I'm gonna-." He was cut off when he fell backwards down onto the ground in his room laughing.
He felt his head being bit by Noibat, neck being rubbed by Rockruff, while Grovyle and Torracat hugged into his chest. He felt himself start to laugh as he managed to sit up and look at all of them.
"I'm okay! Haha, sorry if I worried you guys. I trust Grovyle told you all what was going on?" He asked them all.
The group nodded, as Grovyle proudly stepped forward. "You bet I did! So… what happened!? If Greninja needed you so bad he had to synchronize something must have happened!" He asked in a concerned voice.
Dom shook his head. "Don't worry your dads okay. I'll explain it all to you guys later, but I can tell you this." He started as all four of his Alolan Pokemon sat in-front of him.
He sighed and remembered the destruction the beast from the Ultra Recon Squad caused. "All I know is, we need to keep working hard. We still have three islands to go and who knows what to battle and beat. We need to be ready… and I'm glad that I have you all to get me through this." He said smiling at his Pokemon.
He saw the satisfied looks on their faces and turned back to Lillie. "So, Lillie I finished the Grand Trial on Melemele, you're the expert. Where to next?" He asked her.
She smiled at him and the Pokemon, "Well that's one of the things I wanted to tell you. The Professor is taking us to the next Island soon. Akala Island is next." She said smiling.
He nodded and looked back to his team. "Okay! Akala Island here we come!" He said determined.
Episode 9: Akala Island! New friends, and new rivals!
Dom, Lillie and Hau make it to Akala Island! After being greeted by Kahuna Olivia and Trial Captain Mallow, will Dom and Hau be ready for their next trial!? Will Lillie be ready for HER new rival!?
A/N: Hellooooooo everyone! So you guys can blame this late update on the giant storm that ran over my area for a few days and knocked out my wifi xD By the time it passed I was slammed with work and had to wait for some free time but here it is now!
You'll notice this chapter is MUCH shorter then my normal ones. This is mainly because I didn't want to start the Akala Island Arc in this chapter. I wanted it to be mainly the battle with Guzzlord, freeing of Lysandre, and of course my mandatory Dom x Lillie bonding xD
Anyway I hope you did enjoy this chapter! Next chapter we get o Akala Island, and that is where things REALLY are going to start picking up! The next few chapter I personally think are going to be EPIC! So stay tuned!
I promise I will be back to the normal update wise soon! I promise that as of next chapter also we are going to be mainly just in Alola for the next few, so the plot will advance here!
See you guys next week! Please be sure to review what you think of the story so far! What are you exited for!? Tell me and I'll respond and answer all questions in the next top AN see you guys there!