OSPREY...SWOOSH
UO: What's up guys sorry about the delay.
Ash: No biggie
Drew: It's fine
May: Yeah it let us do our thing
Misty: Can't focus on us all of the time
Dawn: Yeah because we can't always fight crime.
Gabby: And our studies are always important.
UO: Good for you to understand. Now as the readers have seen I have put the episode numbers for a reason. In order to get the plot I want I have to jump around. In this case two of the episodes I want to do is before a really important plot point. So I am moving them behind my plot point and with the plans I have for the next two chapters it fits better. Anyway, is everyone else here?
Brock: Ready when you are
Max: Good to go
Anabel: Present (is seen petting Espeon while being cuddled by Misty)
UO: You really like be cuddled don't ya?
Misty: Not my fault she is so huggable. (Squeezes Anabel closer)
UO (shakes head) whatever, just don't let it distract you. Disclaimer please
Tori: UnitedOsprey1991 does not own anything familiar to anyone. If he did he would be a Trillionaire and Ash and Misty at the least would have gotten together.
(Ash and Misty smiled with Ash wrapping and arm around the hugging girls and place a kiss on Misty's head)
UO: Thank you
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Underline: Dates and locations
Chapter 34: Feelings of Weakness and Power
When we last left our heroes, Glenn made an appearance robbing the Eterna museum. If it wasn't bad enough, he introduced a new rider for his army, in the notorious Hunter J who became Kamen Rider Dracul. But thanks to May and Max's new forms they got from the temples they fought in along with Dawn and Anabel's new pokémon the Eon siblings Latios and Latias they were able to drive Glenn's forces back with the help of a new combination technique they have dubbed Duel Strike.
Now we find the rookie coordinator practicing her katas with her sabre Sylveon. They were Hearthome city for a contest held at what was considered one of the premier contest destinations. To everyone's shock, Dawn was knocked out in the preliminaries. This shook the girl's confidence up. May had won the contest earning her first ribbon but everyone was concerned about Dawn as she was a bit more fragile mentally. She assured them she was fine, but in her mind she had begun to doubt herself.
She finished her kata and walked back to the center where her friends were discussing something with her friend/rival Zoey who lost to May in the semifinal round of the Hearthome contest.
"Hey Dawn!" Zoey called out. The red headed coordinator walked over. "I was just talking with your friends about this tag team tournament coming up. I think you guys should participate."
Dawn looked unsure. "I don't know Zoey. After what happened?"
Zoey shook her head and placed her hand on Dawn's shoulder. "I insist it will take your mind off your performance at the contest.
Dawn looked at Zoey and then at her friends who were smiling. She looked at Ash. "Come on Dawn it will be fun."
Dawn flushed a bit at his confidence. Her feelings for the young trainer were still jumbled and she tried to shake it away but they kept getting stronger. It had even entered her dreams; her favorite was she danced a beautiful number and when she was finished she was in his arms surrounded by the other girls. She always thought that a relationship should be one guy and one girl but for some reason, having Misty, May and Anabel made it sweeter.
Dawn shook her head when she felt something touching her leg. She looked down to see a pink round pokémon that wasn't taller than her boots. This was Happiny, Brock's newly hatched pokémon from the egg he got before the battle in Eterna City. The little one looked up at Dawn and happily chirped. Dawn smiled and looked at her friends.
"Alright let's do this." Dawn said with fire in her eyes.
Her cheered and headed out towards the stadium. After some discussion, it was decided Dawn, Brock, Drew and Ash would be in the tournament and they could be on four different teams. After the opening ceremonies, they all went looking for their partners. Ash and Drew quickly found theirs as they ended up on the same team. Dawn ended up with a creepy boy named Conway and Brock ended up with a girl named Holly. Brock though was smart as he remembered Suzie his girlfriend.
"What are you doing here?" A snide voice sounded. The group turned and saw that Paul had indeed entered and was next to an older trainer.
Ash stepped up. "What our business is, is none of your concern. As it is, we heard about this tournament and figured why not participate in this.
Paul scoffed. "Whatever. Your kindness here will only result in your failure. Let's go John." He said walking away.
Ash growled but felt Drew's hand on his shoulder. "Relax. Let's show them that our teamwork is unbeatable."
Ash took another look at Paul and then followed Drew.
The tournament then began. Dawn was the first one with her partner Conway who used his Slowking with her Piplup. Thanks to some strategy and some defense from Conway they were able to be to win against a Koffing and a Scyther.
Next up was Brock and Holly with Sudowoodo and Holly's Wingull against a Bagon and a Yanma. Thanks to some stout defense, Sudowoodo was able to use Flail and scored a knockout on the Bagon while Holly eliminated the Yanma.
Paul and John were ruthless against an Umbreon and a Machoke but it was evident that Paul was pushing Chimchar too hard as he forced Chimchar to fight Machoke without assistance. Somehow though the combination of Chimchar and Graveler was able to win.
The last match of the day was Ash and Drew versus a Juggler and Hiker (UO: If you guys can tell me what classes the opponents were in a review that would great.)
Their opponents revealed a Rhydon and a Magmar.
"A Fire-Type and a Rock and Ground Type. What's the call?" Ash said to his younger, by two months they'll say, but wiser friend.
"Would not count out that Rhydon having Lightningrod. I have Haryiama with Thick Fat and the type match-up." Drew said.
"We should send a message. Go Pikachu." Ash called out with the electric mouse standing ready.
"Alright then. Let's Ride Haryiama." Drew called out his fighting type.
The battle then began in earnest. Ash ordered Pikachu to use Thunderbolt which headed towards Magmar before being pulled towards Rhydon which fizzled out. Rhydon showing surprising swiftness used Megahorn to knock Pikachu back. Then Magmar fired off a Lava Plume which attacked everyone the field.
"Haryiama get in front of Pikachu." Drew called out. Haryiama did so and absorbed the Lava Plume which was nullified by the Thick Fat. This however set him up for the Hammer Arm by Rhydon, which set up Rhydon for an Iron Tail.
"Haryiama you okay?" Ash called out. Pikachu shared his trainer's concerns.
"Don't worry about him. He's seen worse." Drew said wincing as the Aura Link made feel that Hammer Arm to the gut.
Ash nodded knowing this to be true. Then their opponents pulled off an unexpected combo. Magmar used Protect and Rhydon used Surf. Pikachu panicked and Ash wondered what to do. Suddenly he remembered Zoey's appeal in the Hearthome contest where she split the water with Glameow and its Iron Tail. Using the same logic, he got Drew to order Haryiama to toss Pikachu up and brought an Iron Tail down on the Surf attack which bored into Rhydon knocking it out. The attack distracted Magmar enough for Haryiama to swoop it and pick it up and power bomb it knocking out the fire type.
Ash and Drew just smiled and pounded their fists as their girls cheered for them as the first day drew to a close.
At the pokémon center the gang was chilling in the lounge watching some comedy show on the T.V. The girls were resting in their preferred spots with their guys and even Dawn was closer to Ash than normal to his girls' delight. She explained that it was to try avoid Conway who was freaking her out.
After about an hour the guys decided to get up and stretch their legs while the girls decided to gossip about different things. As Ash and Drew passed the desk which was overwhelmed by trainers, Brock decided to break off and help Nurse Joy dragging Max with them. Shaking their heads the two trainers walked out to do some light training. On their way out they heard explosions in the distance. They ran and saw a sight that made their blood boil. All of Paul's pokémon were ganging up on poor Chimchar.
Ash ran over. "What the heck are you doing to Chimchar?!"
Paul looked at Ash. "What I do to my pokémon is my business?" Using the same tone Ash gave him earlier which made the trainer growl. "As it is, Chimchar is going to be facing tougher opposition. He needs to face stronger opposition."
Paul looked at the abused monkey. "I caught him after he was being chased by a pack of Zangoose. I saw his ability Blaze activate and defeated the Zangoose. I captured it and I have been trying to reawaken the power shown that day." Paul said turning away.
"What are you doing to poor Chimchar!?" Dawn called out as she had come out to get the boys for dinner.
"Dawn, we've got this, don't make this worse." Drew said to the blue haired coordinator.
Paul scoffed. "I will say this. Chimchar needs to get stronger if he is going to win against opponents like that Machoke."
Ash growled. "Chimchar is a great pokémon. If you would get your head out of your behind you would see that."
Paul scoffed. "Whatever. Let's go you pathetic ingrates." Paul said as his pokémon followed him. Chimchar looked back at Ash and his friends and then walked away.
Drew growled and looked at Dawn. "I know your trying to help but Paul is not exactly the person that deals with niceties." Drew said walking away.
Ash walked up to Dawn. "Let him cool off alright." Ash said smiling at Dawn. She nodded with a smile blush and they went back to the center.
Next day
After the previous' days activities, the eight remaining teams were ready to battle. Brock and Holly won their match with her Farfetche'd and his Sudowoodo. They would be facing Ash and Drew who handily won their match with Staravia and Luxio. Dawn and Conway won their match as well with Pachirisu and Aggron.
The last match of the day was Paul and John versus a Psychic and a Black Belt. John released his pokémon a Roserade while Paul released Chimchar, which shocked Ash and his friends.
"What the heck is he doing!? He's going to kill Chimchar!" Dawn yelled.
"Nurse Joy explicitly said not use Chimchar. Why is Paul doing this?" Max growled.
As their friends were protesting Drew looked over to Anabel who looked extremely worried as she could feel Chimchar's distress. This made him remember the conversation from last night.
Flashback
Anabel was walking towards their shared room from the bathroom. She was about to enter when a voice sounded from inside the room.
"Hey Anabel can we talk for a minute?" Drew said walking towards her.
Anabel was curious about Drew wanted and even Ash was to.
"What do you want with Anabel?" Ash called out from his spot on the floor.
"Oh relax, it's just something I want to figure out." Drew said as he and Anabel went down the hall.
When they were in a private area he turned to Anabel. "You saw Chimchar right?"
Anabel nodded. "He's hurt, physically, emotionally, mentally, it's really bad. I can feel his distress."
Drew sighed. "That's what I figured. Anyway, this is about the Aura Link. Is it possible to connect someone to another pokémon that isn't theirs?"
Anabel thought about it seriously. "I…think it is possible but you would need a strong mental connection. Something like a conduit."
Drew nodded. "Could your telepathy be able to do this?"
Anabel looked at Drew. "I can legitimately try. This would be the first time doing it. It would be theoretically easier than say transferring one person's thoughts or project their voice to another person. Why?"
Drew looked at Anabel. "Despite Joy's advice, Paul will probably use him. If it's as bad as you say then I think we can send our feelings into Chimchar and set up an improvised Aura Link. His mental barriers would be weak enough to try this."
Anabel looked at Drew. "Alright but only if we need to."
Drew smiled. "Thanks."
Flashback end
Drew looked back at the battle and he could only watch as Chimchar froze as Zangoose pinned Chimchar. Despite his orders, Chimchar refused to attack. The gang could only watch as Paul turned away from the battle. As they protested, Drew turned to Anabel. "Do it." He said closing his eyes.
Anabel nodded and clapped her hands together and closed her eyes. Soon the two Aura's linked and she placed her hand out towards Drew. The increased connection was then sent towards Chimchar.
Chimchar was in a state of breaking down as Zangoose started attacking Roserade. He couldn't follow his trainer's orders and when he saw him turn his back he knew he was on his own. And he would lose everything.
"Chimchar." The monkey heard a voice. It sounded like one of the nice trainers but he was nowhere near the battle field.
"Chimchar listen to me. I am sending my emotions towards you. Paul is not going to give you commands so I will give them. You just have to trust me.
Chimchar figured he had nothing to lose and nodded. He stood up.
"Now turn your attention to Metagross. And get ready to use Flamethrower." Drew thought.
Chimchar turned its aching body towards Metagross which was coming in to finish it off.
"Alright on 3. 1…2…3!" At the moment he said 3 Drew leaned back in blew out of his mouth. On the battlefield Chimchar unleashed a huge Flamethrower which hit Metagross and knocked it out stunning the crowd that Chimchar would act on its own. Zangoose's trainer ordered him to go after Chimchar with a Crush Claw. Chimchar looked slightly frightened.
"I am with you Chimchar. Do not be afraid."
Chimchar nodded. He got into a small stance and as Zangoose charged in. At the last second Chimchar blocked the Crush Claw and deflected it away. He then used Flame Wheel to hit Zangoose and knock him out.
The crowd cheered for the win as the heroes sighed.
"Glad that's over. But I'm still worried about Chimchar." Dawn said.
"We all are, Dawn. Let's just hope Paul doesn't do anything stupid." Misty said. Turning around she found Anabel feeling dizzy.
"Ana? Are you okay?" Misty said walking over to her. She took noticed that Drew was out of breath. "What happened?"
"Something we discussed last night. Tried to establish a link to a pokémon that ain't ours. Didn't think that the strain would be that much. Sorry Anabel." Drew said calming down.
Anabel smiled. "It's alright. Though I believe the ability can be useful in the future."
Misty sighed and pulled the empath close and kissed her head. "Don't strain yourself alright sweetie?"
The group headed back to the center to rest their pokémon for the final day. As they were walking out to do some training they spotted Paul taking out a poke ball and releasing Chimchar in a blue light indicating he was being released.
"Get out of here. My training has apparently no effect. I can find a better fire type than you."
Paul started to walk away before he felt a fist connect with his face. He turned to see Ash being held back by Brock, Drew and Misty while Tori and Dawn were examining Chimchar.
"That was low even for you Paul. Why did you do this?" Ash asked.
Paul just rubbed his cheek feeling the bruise. "That failure is no longer my concern." Paul said walking away.
Ash calmed down and his friends let him go. "Sorry. I lost my cool."
Drew waved it off. "It's alright you beat me to the punch." He looked over at Tori. "How's Chimchar.
Tori sighed after examining the monkey. "A lot of bruising and extremely frightened. I think he'll be okay. The problem is he is now considered wild."
Drew looked at Chimchar and then at Paul who was leaving the area. Looking back at Chimchar he smiled and knelt down to Chimchar. "You know…not all trainers are like Paul. Do you want to win? Do you want to get stronger?" He said looking at the fire-type.
Chimchar looked at Drew and nodded. He took a poke ball and enlarged it. "Then how about joining us. I promise you we will treat you well and train you to the best possible condition."
Chimchar teared up and hugged the trainer. He sighed and hugged Chimchar back.
"It will be okay Chimchar." Drew said hugging the monkey and calming it down.
Final day of the competition
The final day of the competition dawned on the group after the emotional events of the previous day. Drew and Ash faced off against Brock and Molly. They easily finished them off with Luxio and Staravia against Farfetch'd and Croagunk. Holly went into a slight depression and vowed to get stronger leaving a stunned Brock. Dawn and Conway stood no chance with Paul's Electrabuzz and John's Bronzong but gave it a valiant effort.
Now the final match that pitted Ash and Drew versus Paul and John.
"Go Skarmory."
"Torterra stand by for battle." The two trainers called out.
Ash surveyed the battlefield and turned to his brother in arms. "You want your Staravia or mine out?"
Drew looked at the battlefield. "Yours. I think a spot of justice is in order." He said reaching into the left side of his belt.
"You sure?" Ash said. Drew nodded. "Alright then. Staravia I choose you."
"Let's ride Chimchar." Drew called out. This surprised Paul who had abandoned the monkey yesterday.
"Torterra use Giga Drain on Chimchar."
Torterra glowed green and began to try to suck energy out of Chimchar.
"Chimchar get on Staravia and climb into the sky." Chimchar did so and avoided the Giga Drain. This however opened them up to Skarmory who came in with a Drill Peck. Ash ordered Staravia to dodge and use Quick Attack which did some light damage. Drew then ordered an Ember which made Skarmory chase it down to the ground leaving it open for Torterra to use Hyper Beam. Staravia got nailed with Chimchar taking some of the collateral and the attack continued on to hit Skarmory for significant damage.
While John was arguing with Paul over the attack, Ash and Drew were watching Staravia managing to stay in the air and Chimchar suffering from the effects of the Hyper Beam.
"Chimchar listen to me. You took a Hyper Beam. That proves you are strong. Just dig deep and we can win this." Drew called out as Ash was trying to keep Staravia flying.
Skarmory recovered and charged in with Steel Wing.
"Chimchar! Use Flamethrower Now!" At that moment Chimchar's body started glowing bright red indicating Blaze was activating. A large white hot flame launched at Skarmory knocking it towards Torterra which caught on fire.
Paul was stunned. "How…"
"Staravia use Aerial Ace!"
"Chimchar Flame Wheel!"
The flames surrounded Staravia and started spinning liking a drill crashing down into Torterra at top speed. Torterra groaned and then collapsed knocked out, stunning the crowd then they started cheering as the ref announced the winner.
Staravia flew over and Chimchar jumped in Drew' arms as the two celebrated their team win.
On the other side, John was smiling for their opponents and turned to see Paul already leaving the stadium, fists clenched in fury.
"I need to be stronger. I need more power. Those losers humiliated me and I must make them pay."
"Perhaps I can be of assistance." A snide voice said. Paul turned to see Glenn appear out of the shadows.
"My name is Glenn and I have a proposition for you." Glenn said with a sinister smile.
Veilstone city two weeks later (DP066, 067 and 068 in that order)
After a couple of weeks of traveling they had reached Veilstone City. During that time Ash got a Gliscor in a city near Solaceon Town. Then a plot by Team Plasma to awaken an evil pokémon called Spiritomb was thwarted by a combination of Misty, Dawn and Ash. This gave the blue-haired coordinator some confidence heading into that town's contest but it was short lived as she lost in the preliminaries again. After some comforting Dawn decided to take a break from the contest scene for a while. May though would continue to do contests but would try to help Dawn with her confidence.
Now having arrived in the city the group had decided to head to the gym. Before they could go into the city they heard an explosion. Turning they saw a pink-haired girl fighting a Lucario. Ash being excited to see the fighting-type up close. They watched as the Lucario activated a Bone Rush and charged at the young woman who blocked the attack and continued sparring.
"Whoa. This looks more intense than a normal sparing session." Dawn commented.
"Nothing that we haven't really tried but our pokémon aren't as big for sparing like this." Misty commented as the spar was abruptly halted as Lucario fired an Aura Sphere into the trees. Out popped an Electrabuzz. Followed by a purple haired man that was dressed as a breeder.
"Electrabuzz there you are what are you doing interrupting their training session?" The man called out.
Misty looked at the Electrabuzz. "Doesn't that pokémon look familiar?" She pointed out.
Max widened his eyes. "Yeah that's Paul's Electrabuzz."
The man smiled. "You know my brother?"
"Know of him yes? Liking him, no." Ash said growling.
"Sorry about that. I'm Reggie. Paul dropped off several of his pokémon earlier. He beat the gym leader. Ms. Maylene here." Reggie motioned to the pink-haired girl who was now being scolded by some of her disciples. The group introduced themselves while Maylene was being told off.
"You see she came to the leadership position not too long ago and she still has her doubts." Reggie said as Lucario launched an Aura Sphere which Maylene blocked and nearly hit the group which spooked some the group.
"Maylene, calm down. I know what my brother said was harsh-"
"Shut Up! He was right. I am worthless as a trainer and that loss proved it." Maylene yelled and ran off.
Reggie sighed and turned to the group. "My brother Paul came to battle Maylene. He came prepared knowing the typing of her gym. She was shut out with Flying and Fire types. When Paul took the badge he said something really cruel.
"You're the weakest. The weakest leader I ever fought, and this lightweight Badge is just like you."
"After that, Maylene hasn't been the same. At this point it might be best if you found another gym."
Ash growled. How dare Paul put down a gym leader like that? He was about to go after her when Dawn put her hand up.
"Let me go talk to her. I think a more sympathetic ear is needed for this." Dawn said picking up Piplup. Lucario nodded and Dawn followed the Aura pokémon while her friends headed towards Reggie's house with the group wondering how Dawn was going to talk to Maylene
After a few minutes of searching Dawn and Lucario found Maylene meditating. Letting Piplup down so he can swim, Dawn sat next to her which surprised the gym leader as she expected Lucario.
"Hey there." Dawn said.
"Oh hello there. Dawn right?" Maylene asked to which Dawn nodded.
"I heard you had a really bad battle and your confidence is gone." Dawn said with a small smile.
Maylene looked away. "I know what you're going to say please don't."
"Wasn't even crossing my mind." Dawn said.
After a few moments Dawn spoke up. "I understand your pain. You see I did horrible in my last two contests and as a result I'm taking a break from them." Dawn said to which Maylene was surprised. Dawn continued. "But that isn't the worse part. I feel like I'm dragging my friends down. Those that do battle and compete regularly are so much better. Misty and Brock were gym leaders, Ash and Drew were the finalists in the Ever Grande Conference and May made it to the finals of the Kanto grand festival. And look at me I can't even get more than one ribbon." Dawn said raising her knees. "And what's even worse is that I started to fall for Ash even though he has more than one girl. You see Misty, May and Anabel are his girlfriends and I vehemently denied my feelings for him. But it's really, really hard not to fall for him."
Maylene giggled. "Sounds like my problems are less serious than yours."
Dawn returned the laughter. "You have no idea." She said as the tension from before dissipated. They talked for a few more minutes and then got ready to head back when Lucario heard something and tensed. Dawn, even though her senses weren't as honed as her friends picked up what Lucario was feeling. They looked to the bushes and saw Team Rocket appearing out of the bushes with what looked a larger version of Buizel.
"Oh hello dearies. We come to find a gym leader and we find one of our targets. Float Weasel get them.
Weasel roared. "WATER GEYSER" He slammed the ground unleashing a torrent of water at the girls. They jumped out of the way as Lucario fired off and Aura Sphere. Weasel blocked the attack away and Lucario charged in with a Bone Rush. The fight was short as Weasel got inside Lucario's guard and knocked him into one of the trees.
"Lucario!" Maylene shouted as she went to the fallen Aura pokémon. This opened her up for an attack as Float Weasel got closer.
"ICE FANG." Weasel charged in to inflict damage on Maylene. That was until Dawn stepped in front of Weasel, Sylveon drawn and holding up the mouth. Removing here left hand she stuck out her hand.
SPARK
A white bolt jumped from her hand and struck the monster for significant damage and force it back.
"Dawn?" Maylene said astonished with Lucario sharing his trainer's surprise.
Dawn looked over shoulder and smiled. "I might look fragile but I can fight this monster." She said bringing out the Fairy Buckle. Inserting the change card she twirled around and got into her stance and activated her belt
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Maylene watched as a pink energy shield popped out and pushed the monster back and then enveloped Dawn replacing her with a pink and white armored figure.
"Dawn is that you?"
The armored girl nodded. "In this form I am called Hanabi. Now it's time to make my own stage."
Weasel snarled and leaned back. "ICE SHARD." He fired towards Dawn who activated one of her cards.
DIZZY PUNCH
She thrust her sword out and stabbed the Ice Shards as they came towards her. After about fifty of these shards Hanabi stood with no damage to her armor. She scanned another card.
DISCHARGE
She spun her sword and then planted it on the ground sending up an electrical wave that hit her opponent. She didn't waste time scanning another card.
ICE BEAM
She pointed her sword at the paralyzed opponent and fired the cold beam dealing more damage to it and freezing it in place.
"Time for your curtain call." Hanabi announced as she powered up her cards.
BOUNCE MAXIMUM ENERGY
DRILL PECK MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: DRILL IMPACT
Hanabi bounced high into the air and brought her sword down to strike. With a cry she sped down and pierced through her opponent appearing behind Weasel with her blade crossed over her chest.
"That was your final curtain." Hanabi said pulling her sword to the side as her opponent fell apart and blew up.
Team Rocket growled. "You'll pay for this twerpette." Jessie growled as they retreated.
Hanabi removed the belt returning to her civilian form. She looked at Maylene. "I guess I have a little explaning to do?"
Maylene nodded. "That would be nice."
Dawn sighed. "I can't tell you much we have a rule on what you just saw. But I assure you this power is for the good of mankind and pokémon kind."
Lucario walked over to Dawn and put his paw out for Dawn to shake. Maylene giggled. "If Lucario thinks your good, then so do I. And thank you. That fight we just had, it lit something in me. I want to battle again." Maylene said getting Lucario to smile again.
"No need to worry. Though can I ask for a favor? May I be the first one to battle you? I feel that if I do something out of my norm I can get the confidence for contests again." Dawn asked.
Maylene smiled. "You bet." With that the girls walked to Reggie's house.
When they arrived they caught the tail end of a battle between Reggie and Ash. Reggie was using a larger version of Staravia that looked more like a hawk. Dawn pulled out her pokedex.
Staraptor, the Predator Pokémon, and the evolved form of Staravia. Staraptor's ferocious nature means that it has no problem challenging much larger opponents.
Dawn watched as the larger bird glowed blue and struck its opponent, Pikachu. The battle went on for a few more minutes before a Volt Tackle connected and defeated the Staraptor.
Seeing the battle over the girls went over to the group watching as Misty embraced Ash with a kiss on the cheek.
"So Brave Bird was the move you want to show me?" Ash asked.
Reggie nodded. "Yes a very powerful move that hits your pokémon for recoil. Your Staravia has the drive to learn this move." It was then they noticed Maylene and Dawn approaching the group.
"Oh Maylene there you are. I was wondering if you would reconsider a battle with Ash and Drew."
Dawn raised her hand. "Before Maylene fights you Ash and Drew…she agreed to a battle with me tomorrow."
This completely stunned her friends.
"Okay way out of left field there. Why do you want to battle Maylene?" Gabby asked crossing her arms.
"I think this is what I need to bring back my confidence at contests." Dawn said determined.
Ash just smiled which made Dawn's cheeks heat up. "Alright then." He turned to Maylene. "I hope you have enough for three battles because after Dawn's done you are facing us."
Maylene grinned. "I welcome the challenge."
(This is now DP067)
After that the gym challengers went to train their respective pokémon. Ash was training Staravia in Brave Bird, in which he took a more hands on approach in teaching the move. This got a talking to by Misty about risking his body like that.
Drew was training his bipedal pokémon in hand to hand combat knowing that it was possible that they would need more unconventional tactics to win.
Dawn was training her selected pokémon Piplup, Ambipom who evolved before the Solaceon contest, and Buneary which got a raised eyebrow from those observing her training, Brock and Anabel. But after hearing her reasoning they let her be.
After a couple of hours of training they decided to turn in. Dawn was a bundle of nerves as she waited for her first gym battle.
"Wow…so this is what you feel like Ash before a battle." Dawn said in her nightwear. They were now at the pokémon center. They had gotten comfortable enough with each other that they didn't care what anyone wore to bed and with some of the girl's developing bodies the clothes were a bit more mature for their age.
Ash chuckled. "Oh yeah. Some of the first gym battles I couldn't tell you how nervous I was. Misty can tell you I was cocky but it was to hide my nervousness."
Misty smiled gently. "I remembered yelling at you, because I cared, you knucklehead." Misty said kissing Ash tenderly. Drew who had been listening and reading a manga book smiled at the interaction.
"Best way to overcome nervousness is to not think about it. I think a good night's sleep will do you some good for tomorrow."
Everyone else agreed and settled in for the night. Sleep was fleeting for Dawn as she was nervous about the battle. She looked over to the pile that was Ash and his girls.
'I wish I was in there. But would they accept me?' Dawn wondered as she fell into an uneasy sleep.
The next day they showed up at the gym. With her friends on the sidelines Dawn stepped up to battlefield.
"You can do it Dawn!" Ash called out.
"Show Maylene that coordinators can kick butt too!" May cheered.
Dawn looked away to hide her blush but she released Buneary and removed the rabbit's jacket while Maylene released a Meditite. When the battle began, Dawn ordered a Bounce to jump into the air and then down but Meditite used Detect. When Buneary landed Meditite used Drain Punch.
Max noticed something with Maylene. "Hey guys, is what Maylene is doing look familiar?"
The group noticed Maylene copying Meditite's stance. "What do you know, Maylene must train in sync with a lot of her pokémon." Misty agreed.
"This might not be the best match-up for Dawn if that's the case. She still is learning to hold that connection." Brock said crossing his arm. Since they were in a dojo, they had to take off their shoes and unfortunately for Ash's hormones, Dawn's training and her outfit that exposed her toned legs made it hard for him to concentrate.
May saw this and giggled. "Is three girls not enough for you." May whispered in his ear. Ash groaned. May was a minx end of story. "It's alright. We'll welcome her no problem. Just don't take too long." May said pulling away.
Ash flushed but his concentration was broken by an explosion. Buneary had recovered from a Confusion and Bounced into a Drain Punch. The poor bunny collapsed as it took too much damage. Dawn ran over and cradled Buneary.
"You did amazing Buneary." Dawn said carrying her companion over to the group for Tori to take a look. After a quick inspection, Tori looked up with a smile. "Just needs some rest. She was a brave little rabbit."
Dawn nodded and went back to her side of the field. Pikachu padded over and nuzzled Buneary wrapping his tail around her. Buneary smiled weakly and nodded off.
Dawn then called Ambipom who had some battling experience under Ash's tutelage. Ambipom launched a Swift attack that surrounded Meditite like a contest move. Meditite after taking the damage fired a Drain Punch that was caught by one of Ambipom's tails. Then Ambipom countered with a Double Hit which knocked out the fighting type.
Maylene returned Meditite and everyone even Lucario noticed that the fire that had been missing in Maylene had returned with a force. She then summoned out Lucario, which to the observers meant Maylene was taking this battle seriously. Ambipom started with a Double Hit which Lucario deflected with Bone Rush. Then Lucario picked up Ambipom and use Force Palm to knock her to the other side of the field and out of the battle.
Dawn returned Ambipom and after congratulating the monkey sent out her starter Piplup. Piplup fired off a Bubblebeam which Lucario countered with Aura Sphere and knocked Piplup back. Dawn then returned to her previous strategy of using her contest moves and used Whirlpool to trap Lucario and then sliding in with Peck. Lucario broke up the Whirlpool with Metal Claw and then caught Piplup and use Force Palm paralyzing it. Piplup broke through the paralysis and countered Aura Sphere with a Peck connecting with Lucario and forcing him back. Now more energized Maylene ordered another Aura Sphere which Piplup countered with a Bubblebeam which sent up a smoke screen. Dawn ordered a Drill Peck through the smoke to where she thought Lucario was but it turned out he wasn't. Piplup looked around and then looked up to see Lucario coming down with a Force Palm which connected and knocked Piplup.
Dawn sighed. "Some first battle. Piplup you did great return." She called out returning her starter and hearing her friends cheering for her. She giggled and curtseyed.
"Dawn. Thank you for the battle. That was exactly what I needed to get my spirit back." Maylene said. She turned to the boys. "I'm ready for you two now. Who's up first?"
Drew immediately stepped up handing his jacket and his hat to Gabby and Tori. "I'll go. Hope you're ready for us."
Maylene nodded. "A good gym leader should have multiple pokémon for multiple challengers. Three and three acceptable for you?"
Drew nodded.
"Alright then. Breloom time to battle.
"Let's Ride, Chimchar." Drew countered.
Breloom and Chimchar stood on the opposite side of each other. Breloom started with a Mach Punch which knocked the smaller monkey back but he held firm. Chimchar launched an Ember which hit Breloom for some moderated damage. Breloom then countered with a Spore in an attempt to slow Chimchar down. But Chimchar fired up his flames to dispel the spores before rolling into a Flame Wheel which caused a critical hit and the knock out.
Maylene then called in Hitmontop. (Her Platinum Rematch team has both) Drew decide to save Chimchar for later and sent in Staravia who had been learning alongside Ash's Staravia in using Brave Bird.
Hitmontop began the battle with a Jump Kick in an attempt to surprise Staravia but to no avail as Staravia used Double Team to try and disorient Hitmontop. The fighter countered with a Triple Kick to dispel all of the illusions and connect with the bird. Then he use Jump Kick to kick its Beak.
Drew growled knowing there was one chance left.
"Staravia use Brave Bird." Staravia nodded and started flying towards Hitmontop glowing blue as neared Hitmontop. Maylene countered with an Aerial Ace making the two collide and sending up smoke. When it cleared both pokémon were knocked out.
Returning their pokémon Maylene nodded to Lucario who moved to the field. Drew decided to go back to Chimchar to see if he could get the type match-up working. Taking a page from Maylene he and Chimchar mimicked stances which got a raised eyebrow from Maylene but she paid it no mind. Drew started off the battle with a Flamethrower which Lucario dodged and then went into a Bone Rush which Chimchar niftily dodged over and under before firing a Flamethrower at Lucario's face. Lucario jumped back and sent an Aura Sphere which Chimchar countered with Ember. But the smoke thrown up by the collision allowed Lucario to sneak in and use Force Palm to knock out Chimchar.
Drew growled. "Damn. You did great Chimchar. Return." He said returning the monkey and then tossing the ball towards Tori where she was patching up Staravia.
"You all show great care for your pokémon even if they are not your own." Maylene said smiling.
Drew chuckled. "Spend as much time around these guys and your pokémon becomes more than companions they become your family. Same goes for humans though some of us are bit closer than family." He said amusedly as he glance at Gabby and Tori. Tori just wrapped her jacket tighter and Gabby smiled with a small blush.
Drew returned his attention to the battle. "Now then you want a good last fight let me oblige you. Let's ride Haryiama."
Haryiama appeared with a loud yell. One look at Lucario and immediately got into his stance and mimicked Drew's stance. Lucario did the same with Maylene. The two stared each other down and then Lucario charged intending to use Force Palm. Haryiama deflected it away and it became a sparring match as Haryiama's surprising speed managed to keep up with Lucario, who was sturdier than they thought. This ended when Lucario went in for a Force Palm was caught and Haryiama brought its big arm in for a Tackle and slammed Lucario to the ground.
Maylene winced. "Quite an unorthodox style you show your fighting types."
Drew smiled. "It's the way I've taught them. Like this, Haryiama use Arm Thrust." Lucario was getting to his feet when Haryiama approached him and sent its fist into his chin. Before he got to high Haryiama grabbed him and brought his face down onto his shoulder. (Pro Wrestling Stunner)
Lucario got down to the floor in pain and Haryiama leaned over him.
"I don't like to hurt pokémon more than necessary. Surrender please."
Maylene looked at Drew. He and Ash were so much different than Paul allowing her this opportunity. She knew she would need all the help she could get against Ash so she took the smarter route.
"Alright then. Thank you for the battle." Maylene said. Drew nodded to Haryiama. The sumo pokémon held out his hand to the Aura pokémon who took it with a smile.
"Allowing mercy to those defeated and sportsmanship after the battle. I think the Cobble Badge has a rightful winner."
Drew nodded and returned Haryiama. He bowed to Maylene who was shocked but returned the bow.
(Now we are on DP068)
After having lunch and allowing time for Lucario to recuperate Ash took his turn to battle. Drew was now laying back with his arm around his girls tenderly.
Anabel looked at them and giggled. "We are lucky girls huh?"
Gabby nodded. "Doesn't hurt they were raised as gentlemen." She said as she felt a kiss on her head.
Dawn looked at their interaction and her heart ached at the site. Looking at Ash she had to turn away to avoid her blush being seen. However Misty and May did see it and smiled at each other thinking the same thing. 'It's only a matter of time.'
On the battlefield the two trainers got ready for battle.
"Machoke get ready to battle." Maylene called out.
He summoned out Gliger, his new pokémon to watch the match. Then got another poke ball
"Staravia, I choose you." Ash said releasing his flying type. His friends figured he would try to get the type match-up against the fighting type.
Ash opened the battle with a Quick Attack but it was countered by a Brick Break which stopped Staravia cold. Ash ordered Staravia away using Whirlwind and then Aerial Ace. Machoke then used Cross Chop which knocked Staravia down and then used Brick Break repeatedly. As Machoke reared back to throw Staravia for Seismic Toss, Ash ordered a Quick Attack which threw the fighting type off balance and opened it up for an Aerial Ace which finished off Machoke.
Maylene returned the big pokémon and sent out Meditite. Staravia started off with a Quick Attack which Meditite dodged with a Detect then used Meditate to raise its attack. Ash tried to use Aerial Ace but the same thing happened. Meditite then bounced up and used Drain Punch but Staravia pushed forward with Aerial Ace. Meditite in desperation used Confusion which made Staravia go off course. Ash called back Staravia and sent out Pikachu.
Pikachu moved in with Thunderbolt which was dodged with Detect. Meditite then moved in with Drain Punch in attempt to hurt Pikachu. Pikachu countered with an Iron Tail which separated the two. Pikachu then for a Volt Tackle but Meditite used Confusion which sent him off course. Ash was forced to go get Pikachu and bring him back, which Maylene allowed as a substitution. Staravia returned having shaken its confusion off. Ash ordered a Brave Bird which rocketed towards Meditite and ploughed through the Drain Punch and knocked out the Psychic type.
"This has been one of the best battles I've ever had. But it isn't over yet. Go Lucario." Maylene called out as the Aura pokémon stood ready to fight. Ash started off the battle with a Brave Bird but Lucario's Metal Claw combined with Staravia's exhaustion knocked it out. Ash recalled Staravia and sent out his starter. Pikachu launched a Thunderbolt which was deflected by Lucario's Bone Club. Lucario then launched an Aura Sphere which Pikachu tried to send back with Iron Tail but it hit Pikachu with residual damage. Lucario took advantage and used Force Palm to grab Pikachu and send him into the wall knocking him out.
Ash ran over to Pikachu and picked him up. Seeing he was okay he walked over to the sidelines and placed him next to Buneary.
Returning to his side, he called out Buizel who looked pumped for this battle. He opened with a Water Gun which Lucario countered with an Aura Sphere. The two attacks collided but the Aura Sphere broke through and hit Buizel. Lucario then used Bone Rush which Buizel dodged. Ash had Buizel spin and use Aqua Jet. Lucario tried to defend with Metal Claw but it failed and knocked him back. Buizel then used Sonic Boom which Lucario used Bone Rush to deflect them. Lucario fired back with Aura Spheres which Buizel countered with Sonic Boom. This allowed Lucario to move and use Force Palm knocking Buizel down.
As Maylene ordered Lucario to finish the battle off with Aura Sphere, Buizel to the surprise of everyone got up and gathered energy. In his paws a ball of water formed. Once that ball was large enough Ash ordered him to fire to counter the Aura Sphere.
Ash's friends stood up. "What the heck was that?" May asked.
"That looked like Water Pulse." Brock commented.
"It was I recognize one of those any day." Misty said as they energy level increased.
On the battlefield, Ash ordered another spinning Aqua Jet which forced Maylene to order a Force Palm to counter it resulting in an explosion. Hurt by the collision, they ordered Aura Sphere and Water Pulse again which blew a hole in the roof. After the latest exchange both of them were exhausted by Lucario summoned enough will power to launch a Metal Claw which knocked Buizel down making the group gasp.
The ref was about to declare Buizel out of the battle when defying belief Buizel stood up.
"Lucario use Bone Rush." Maylene ordered.
"Come on Buizel get up!" Ash called out.
Lucario approached slowly and was about to strike when rain started to fall through the hole in the ceiling and hitting Buizel. Lucario brought the glowing attack down only to miss.
"Swift Swim!" Brock and Drew called out. "Buizel's speed is higher now thanks to the rain." Brock said.
Lucario kept attacking with Bone Rush only to keep missing. Buizel then went into an Aqua Jet which Lucario countered with Force Palm.
"Come Buizel you can win this!" Dawn called out. Ash looked at Dawn and got an idea.
"Buizel use Water Pulse and hold it." Ash said mimicking the stance of Buizel's Water Pulse. Buizel did so struggling slightly. "Now spin and use Aqua Jet." Buizel did so and charged in with Lucario countering with Force Palm. The attacks connected and both pokémon were knocked out.
"Both competitors are unable to battle this battle is a draw." The ref called out.
Everyone in the stands turned to the former gym leaders. "What's the call you two?" Drew asked.
Brock looked at Maylene. "In the event of a draw, it's the gym leader's choice to hand over their badge."
Misty nodded. "Wouldn't be the first time Ash has done that."
On the battlefield Ash had cut the connection to Buizel and was exhausted having to fight that hard with the level of connection with Buizel. He looked over to Maylene and was breathing heavily as well.
"Ash…that had to be…one of the best…battles I've ever had. I think my pokémon can agree that you earned this badge."
Ash caught his breath and let out a cheer with his pokémon. Now both Drew and he were on three badges, they felt nothing could stop them.
Late the Next Day (Elements of DP069)
The group was preparing to leave Veilstone City. Ash had asked Nurse Joy where the nearest gym was and she suggested the Pastoria City Gym. Thanking her he turned to his friends who were lounging around either watching T.V, reading or playing a card game. He had to chuckle when Brock threw down his cards revealing a three of kind only to be beat by Misty with a Flush and then Drew with a Full House getting the other two grumble.
Max was watching looking outside when he saw something bright coming from the distance.
"Hey guys take a look." Max pointed out. Everyone looked and saw the bright lights in the distance.
Reggie looked and widened his eyes. "That looks like it's coming from the meteors outside of town." Reggie had shown them stating it was a cultural landmark of the city. Soon the pokémon center's lights flickered and went out.
The heroes looked at each other. "You don't think…" Dawn asked.
"Too close together to be coincidence." Drew said as they ran out of the door with Reggie in tow.
At the meteor site, Team Galactic goons led by a dark blue haired man were trying to extract the meteors. Team Rocket was guarding nearby with several armored troopers and a cloaked individual.
"Commander Saturn, all non-galactic communication is now disabled."
Saturn nodded. "Good work proceed with the task." The grunt nodded. Saturn looked over his shoulder. "You think they'll come."
The cloaked figure nodded. "Yes…Master Glenn confident in them showing up. He promised me a fight with the Thunder Prince."
Saturn was about to respond when they saw a group of people ran up to them. It was Ash and his friends along with Maylene who they intercepted on the way over.
When they got close, the riders pulled out their weapons. "Team Galactic, why am I not surprised. A space themed group taking celestial objects." Drew said.
Saturn regarded the riders for a second. The robed figure waved his arm and the troopers appeared in front of them. They prepared to go into their armors when they heard the figure chuckle.
"I knew you lot were pathetic. How you became riders is beyond me especially that blue haired loser that I crushed in the Tag Team tournament.
Dawn growled. "Why you…wait a minute. The person who beat me in the tag team contest…No!" Dawn widened her eyes as did everyone else especially Reggie.
The cloak was pulled off revealing Paul who had a confident smirk on his face.
"Paul!? What are you doing with Team Galactic?" Reggie called out.
Paul laughed. "They gave me power. Enough to destroy our mutual enemies. You Riders." Paul said holding up a buckle and a card which depicted a Charizard. Sliding it in the belt wrapped around his waist and he stood in with his left leg towards the heroes.
"Henshin" He said sliding the belt to its left.
EVOLVE
A red shield appeared and flew back encompassing Paul. When the shield died down he was a burnt orange and black outfit with scales that matched Charizard's scales. His helmet also took on the appearance of Charizard's head.
"Kamen Rider Dante. At your service." He said pulling out a lance.
Ash growled and put in the change Pikachu card in. His friends quickly did the same.
HENSHIN
COMPLETE/EVOLVE/SIRIUS/ORION
Now in their rider forms, Aura immediately charged at Dante. Zodiac growled. "Make sure these meteors don't fall into their hands. I got to make sure Aura doesn't get killed.
The other riders nodded and went into the fray.
Ace was using his small size to strike at the legs of the more heavily armored troopers, meanwhile his sister Kusa was her flexibility to keep them off balance. They stood next to each other and scanned one of their cards.
WHIRLWIND
RAZOR LEAF
COMBO: RAZOR BLADE
The two attacks combined and swept up their opponents where they flew up and slashed through them. They landed and holstered their weapons as they ran to prevent the meteors from being stolen.
Onyx was hacking through his opponents with Mortar. Three them charged at Oynx and be blocked them holding them in place. This left them open for arrows to their neck and disintegrating them. Onyx glanced over and nodded at Orion who pulled back the bow to let another arrow fly.
Triton was parrying her opponent and then stabbing one behind her.
WATER PULSE
She fired off multiple balls of water which impacted her opponents around her. As she was preparing to swing Lugia at another trooper several around her were hit by one of Espeon chakrams. Catching the thrown one, Kyokan jumped back into a barrier set up by Sirius where she scanned another card.
PSYBEAM
She held out her hand and fired the multicolored beam which hit several of the troopers and let them vulnerable for Triton.
ICICLE SHARD
She aimed Lugia and fired multiple shards and impaling their floating opponents. Smiling behind her mask she moved onto the Team Galactic grunts.
Aura jumped back from the Dark Pulse and Zodiac charged it with a Flame Blade, Dante blocked.
"You guys are pathetic." Dante called out scanning another card.
THUNDERBOLT
He point his lance at Zodiac and fired only for Aura to take the blow.
FLARE CANNON
Zodiac fired off a blast which was deflected by the lance.
WATER PULSE
ICE BEAM
COMBO: SNOWBALL CANNON
Aura fired the ice based move only for Dante to puncture each ice ball. They then went into a brief struggle between weapons ending when Zodiac managed to get underneath the lance to allow Aura to strike at Dante getting a decent shot at his chest.
Dante grunted as he held his chest. "You are pathetic. You can barely touch me."
Zodiac shook his head. "You're running on adrenaline from the first time using this. If it wasn't for the fact we didn't know about you we would have prepared more.
Dante was about to retort when Saturn walked up to him. "Rider we need to pull out. We have failed here."
Dante growled. "I am not leaving here without something." Dante looked and saw Hanabi fighting off several troops. He grinned and scanned a card.
VINE WHIP
He pointed his hand at Hanabi and fired. Zodiac and Aura could only watch in horror as Hanabi screamed at being captured.
"If you know what's good for you don't follow us." Dante said as he backed his way to the helicopter landing behind him.
"Ash! Help me!" Hanabi cried out as she was taken aboard.
"Shut up girly!" Paul said smacking her. The helicopter took off as Aura and Zodiac ran after it. Aura was the only one that made it in time and jumped up. Dante snarled as he tried to punch Aura. Seeing the distraction Hanabi elbowed him in the head.
"You bastard." Dante yelled kicking Hanabi. The force knocked her off balance and caused her to fall out of the copter.
"ASHHHH!" Hanabi screamed as she fell out of the vehicle. Aura forgoing battling Dante when after Hanabi. He fell straight down and reached out to Hanabi. She reached out and after a couple of tense seconds they grabbed each other.
"I gotcha!" Aura said with a hundred feet to go. He turned around so his back was to the ground. "It's going to be alright Dawn." Aura said calmly. Behind her mask, Dawn started tearing up. Right before they hit the ground they were slowed by Kyokan's levitation and brought gently to the ground. Aura adjusted his grip and held Hanabi in a bridal carry. They watched their enemies get away.
"They got away damn it. And now Paul is with them." Max grumbled after powering down.
"All that matters is we are all safe and their plans are foiled." Drew said looking at Ash and Dawn.
Dawn looked at Ash and blushed at the hold but made no move to remove herself.
At the pokémon center
After the events with the meteors, everyone headed back to the center. Some room changes were in order as Drew and his girls were able to get another room. Ash was just looking at the ceiling when he heard a gentle knocking.
"Come in." Ash said. The open door revealed Dawn looking very shy.
"What's up Dawn?" Ash said sitting up.
Dawn just approached in her pink night wear. "It's hard." Ash looked perplexed. "It's hard to have to suppress feelings for someone who has a significant other or other. It's hard when you have dreams of him, when you blush at the sight of him and when you can't truly deny your feelings."
Dawn approached the bed and pushed Ash gently to the pillows. "Damn it Ash." She said gently. She took his cheeks and kissed him straight on the lips. Ash was slightly surprised but with the hints the other girls gave him and knowing his feelings for the coordinator, all he had to do was for Dawn to make her move. Her lips were soft not as soft as Anabel but it felt like kissing a cloud. When Dawn tried to pull away Ash took his hand and kept her head in place.
When Dawn felt the hand on her head, she could have swooned if her lips weren't occupied. Ash returned her feelings and that's all she wanted. They were so into the kiss they did not notice the bed shift or three warm bodies press into the kissing couple. They didn't release until Dawn felt her hair being petted. She broke free and looked over her shoulder to see May smiling at her.
"Um…uh." Dawn tried to speak but May put a finger on her lips. "We've been waiting for you, you know."
Dawn widened her eyes and looked at the other girls who were dressed for bed and had huge smiles on their faces.
"I…was scared of rejection…from all of you." Dawn said shyly as they adjusted themselves and Dawn buried her face into Ash's chest.
Misty shook her head. "Never. We were just waiting for you to accept your feelings." She said nuzzling into Ash's right shoulder. Anabel got up to kill the lights and then returned to snuggle into Ash's chest.
May's continued petting, the combined warmth of the embrace and the heartbeat lulled Dawn to sleep, though not before Ash said. "Love you Dawn. You'll never be lonely again."
Dawn fell asleep with a smile on her face content that Ash's heart was big enough for her.
After a harrowing experience and gym battles, Dawn finally admits her feelings and the coupling for Ash is complete. But there are more trials ahead. What are they? Find out next time on the Journeys of the Dreamer.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: God its 2:00 here this chapter fought me because of work. One note before the preview. I gave Chimchar to Drew because of his element of fire. This opened up Ash to get a particular pokémon.
Preview: On their way to Pastoria City they run into Hunter J who is after a Riolu to corrupt to the dark side. Will our heroes save him? Find out next time.
Next time: Aura Release
Too late for dedications. Please Review. Next update is Bleach Grand Prix. Which might be late because I am on a trip next week.
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