OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Hey Guys How's it going
Ash: Good how were the other sets?
UO: They were fine. I also am in negotiations with another fandom to do a crossover
Misty: Which one?
UO: That would be telling but I told the idea to a couple of my friends and the logistics were incredibly sound I just need to figure out the execution. Anyway is everyone else here?
Dawn: Yes.
May: Present with Ana here. (Hugging the girl)
Misty: You really like cute things.
May: Yep (Grabs Dawn who yelped and nuzzled them both)
UO: Whatever. Gabby, Tori, Max Brock you guys here
(Explosion is heard. The crew runs over to see Max hanging by wires Brock embedded in the wall, Tori with her clothes singed and Gabby ready to tear through something.)
UO: God damn it what happened?
Gabby: Something with the items you requested from one of the professors. Brock and Max fiddled with it and well. (Went over to soothe Tori)
UO: (Sigh) Every time. Anyway before we do the disclaimer I have a review response.
Wobbufet: Your ideas were really good, some of them will come in this chapter. Because of the amount of stuff I have planned this chapter and the next, some of your ideas is going to have to wait for a couple of chapters. So be patient. Also when you leave a review, be sure to sign in I like talking to people it gives me some motivation and material to use. Disclaimer please
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Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
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Underline: Dates and locations
Chapter 38: Rise of Darkrai
May 10th Team Galactic Headquarters
A blue haired man was sitting behind his desk looking at four people standing in front of him. To the far left was a petite red head with matching eyes, next to her was Saturn looking as smug as ever, on his left was a purple haired woman wearing gaudy make-up and an aloof appearance. Behind them stood Glenn who had his arms crossed.
"You three are supposed to be commanding our forces and getting enough material to create my perfect world. But you are stopped by children? Mars what do you have to say?"
Mars stood at attention. "I've done some research into these children and based on what I've seen I can understand why we keep losing, Commander Cyrus." She said as she pulled up a chart. "The group consists of two former gym leaders, a top four coordinator in both Kanto and Hoenn, who along with the youngest boy are the children of the Petalburg City gym leader. The two most worrying are the two that finished 1-2 in the Lilly of the Valley Conference and completed the Battle Frontier."
The purple-haired woman spoke next. "So they are great trainers big deal. Why is our benefactor so interested in these kids?"
Glenn chuckled. "My dear Jupiter, these kids are the reason why I came to this world. They carry something that my master wants eliminated."
Saturn spoke next. "So what are these powers they keep showing? These Rider Belts?
Glenn walked with a purpose. "They have an old power from long before this world existed. If they ever get to their full potential they would be unstoppable. But they are still young, inexperienced and there for still beatable. It is why I recruited Hunter J and that Paul fellow as my rider team."
"So how do we propose we beat them?" Saturn asked.
Glenn activated a hologram. "There is nothing at the moment the can definitively defeat them but there is a way to set up the endgame. I've detected Time and Space anomalies on the leeward side of Mt. Coronet. I have confidence that Dialga and Palkia in their eternal struggle have cracked the dimensional barrier. What I propose to do is take a team to the town there and either capture them for later or harness enough energy to move forward with Cyrus' plan."
Cyrus nodded and sent Glenn to finish up his plans. He then dismissed his subordinates and turned around. "Yes this plan will come to fruition and my world will be realized."
On the road to Celestic Town
When we last left our heroes they had just completed a week at the Pokémon Summer Academy. They had warded off an attack on the academy and Max was able to make a good friend in a young girl named Angie whom he promised to stay in touch.
Now they were in the middle of a recurring theme with their group and that was getting lost…again.
"How hard is it to ask directions?" Misty growled. Brock was looking at his map while arguing with Max and Drew. Ash was off working with Riolu while the other girls were off to the side doing katas and exercising. They were about to walk back when May's foot sank a bit. She looked down before the ground gave away causing her to scream. Tori and Gabby were able to jump to the edge of the large hole but Anabel and Dawn were taken with them.
The ground collapsing caught everyone's attention. They rushed over to where the ground collapsed.
"May? Dawn? Ana? You alright?" Ash called out.
May groaned and sat up. "Yeah we're fine." She looked around. "This place doesn't look natural."
Drew looked at the edges. "This is concrete I think we are over some sort of crypt or tomb." He said looking amazed at the architecture.
Anabel had helped Dawn up and dusted themselves off. They looked up at the hole they fell through to see their friends alright. Then something caught Dawn's eye.
"Hold on I spotted something." She said walking over to what appeared to be an altar. There appeared to be seven bracelets and seven gems each a different color.
"Whoa. Ana come help me pick these up." Dawn called out.
"Is that safe Dawn?" May asked.
"What's going on?" Drew asked.
"Dawn's about to prove what they say about the Skitty."
"No I am not. Ana back me up here." Dawn said puffing up.
"These stones…they aren't dangerous. In fact I believe they…are reacting to us." Anabel said as she walked over to the one with the metallic green gem and picked it up. "It feels like my Metagross." She said releasing the pseudo-legendary. "Metagross I found something that might be connected to you." She said holding up the metallic gem. Metagross levitated it and then attached it to the X on its front while Anabel put on the bracelet. Dawn found something similar for Latias and when May who had walked over found one with similar coloring to her Blaziken. They took the other four and then had Metagross levitated them up out of the hole.
"What are these?" Misty asked.
"Don't know but they feel like some of our pokémon. I sense something like Brock's Steelix, Misty's Gyarados and what looks like Ash's Riolu and something related to a psychic type. They are practically calling out to you," Anabel said as she levitated the bracelets and the stones to the others. Max ended up with the one that they couldn't identify but he had a strange feeling about the stone. Ash called out Riolu.
"Hey there little buddy what do you think about this?" Ash said holding up the mysterious stone.
Riolu looked at it curiously and took it into its paw. He took his little handkerchief and wrapped it up. Ash chuckled. "You think it's pretty don't you? Alright." He said while putting on the bracelet.
"Okay then. So other than finding these things have you found a way to get back to the main road?" Dawn asked.
This resulted in another argument which told Dawn they hadn't. Before it devolved into a fist fight they heard a shout.
"Hello there!" A pretty blonde woman with darker colored sections like a Buneary appeared in a hot air balloon. "Are you guys lost?"
Misty stepped up. "Yeah we were trying to get across the mountain, unfortunately we have a tendency to lose our way."
Alice smiled. "Well I give air balloon rides in the Alamos Town not far from here. It will be a little cramped but I can get everyone to town."
"We appreciate that thank you Ms.?" Brock said.
"Alice a pleasure. Chimchar fire it up." Alice said. They all crammed into the space somehow having enough space to look around. Alice and Chimchar propelled the balloon along the valley. From this perspective they got a glimpse of the gorgeous landscape. As they flew, Alice picked up a leaf from her pocket and started to whistle into it. The gentle notes made the surrounding pokémon calm and actually flew around their balloon.
"Wow. So pretty." May said with her eyes closed.
"Thank you. The song is called Oración. My grandmother taught me this song. It helps sooth many of the pokémon in the park I like to go to." Alice said as she played the whistle again as a flock of Pidgey flew near them.
As they neared landing, the balloon started shaking getting everyone to hang on for dear life. Alice managed to regain control and land safely.
"What the heck just happened?" Gabby cried out as they disembarked.
"I don't know. Must have been a sudden shift in the wind." Brock said.
"I didn't sense anything but it could be the area. Make it tricky to pick up where the wind came from."
Drew was checking his gear to make sure everything was still intact. He checked his pocket and looked at the pocket watch he carried with him. He opened it up and noticed something off.
"That's weird." Drew said. The arms of the clock were going in opposite directions.
"What's weird?" Tori asked.
He held it up to her. "My watch is acting weird. Must be some sort of magnetic field around here." He said as he pull up the dial to stop the clock. "What time is it Max?"
"Uh…about 11:30." Max said checking the pokénav.
Drew reset the clock. "Okay everything should be working now. Alice you promised us a tour."
Alice nodded and started guiding through town. At one point, they entered the square and ran into three trainers with fully evolved starters for Sinnoh. Ash, Drew and Dawn surprisingly got in on the battles. The others found trainers to battle as well and for next half hour or so they battled with some winning and some losing but overall it was a fun time.
Next Alice took to what appeared to be a cathedral.
"This is the Space-Time Towers. They are the main attraction of the town. Each day they play music via bells and pipes in the cathedral. Come on I'll show you."
Alice took them to the hot air balloon to ride after showing them the music discs. Ash and Drew decided to run up the stairs in a bid to do training and to make it a competition. By the time they got up to the top of the stairs they were completely out of breath with Drew actually wheezing due to his asthma.
"I would think after training so long this issue works itself out." Gabby said holding out his inhaler.
"I…Know…just call it…a flaw." Drew said catching his breath. When he recovered he walked over to see how the music was played. They watched as the disc was switched out and activated. A happy sounding song started playing and many people in streets started dancing.
"This is like that tower in Spain. You know the one you went to." Tori said to Drew who nodded. "Most of this is Spanish architecture from what I can see of the town. It looks great."
Alice took them to the ground and then headed towards the contest hall which got May and Dawn excited especially when they heard that was the next contest.
Afterwards, they proceeded to her garden. Many pokémon were here and when they spotted Alice they ran over to her. Seeing a good opportunity everyone released their pokémon to play with those in the park. A few minutes of resting passed before a Gallade, at least what Max said was a Gallade, jumped into the clearing. Alice though had a look of recognition and could onlys sighed. Recalling their pokémon the walked over to see an orange haired man in what appeared to be a red formal uniform that spoke of nobility. Next to him was a pink rotund pokémon that Max identified as a Lickilicky
"Ah Alice so nice to see you today." The man said.
Alice dropped her head. "Hello Alberto."
Alberto snorted. "Its Baron Alberto, especially to you plebeians."
Everyone looked at Alice. "He's Alberto, the heir to the family that oversees this town. He is a childhood friend who is insistent on marrying me. When he knows I am not interested in him." She said with a pout.
Alberto laughed and started going into a rant about his family heritage. Out of the corner of her eye May spotted something moving. She looked at Drew who motioned Max and Gabby into the woods not even paying attention to the Baron.
In the bushes, Max and Gabby spotted three troopers that looked to be after someone in the bushes who had his eyes on the group and more specifically Alice. Gabby quickly sniped two of them and then Max hurled his sai at the third one destroying it before it could give off a cry.
Just then the boy in front of him nearly got barbecued by a Hyper Beam. The distraction allowed the two to move back with the group unnoticed.
Alberto though was moving to confront the boy. "Oh Tonio, I thought it was Darkrai. That spirit has to be the cause of this." He said pointing to a pillar which appeared to warped and blackened.
Tonio shook it off and turned to Alice and in those more versed romance, mainly May and Dawn they could see the poor boy's infatuation with the girl.
"Alice take a look at this." Torino said holding up the computer. It had some colorful lines that looked like graphs that were fluctuating. "Something happened in the dimension where Dialga and Palkia are being held. It started acting up a couple of hours ago." He said as the young scientist looked at the pillar, which unfortunately broke off and hit him in the head.
Alberto not even fazed by the damage to Tonio, walked up to Alice and started to flirt with Alice who immediately shot him down to the immense relief of Tonio though it went unseen by Alice. Alberto scoffed and was about to try again when Dawn of all people forced him to walk away.
Alice sighed. "Seriously Alberto, I don't have those feelings." Dawn smiled. "I am sure you could do better than him Alice."
Alice smiled at that.
Drew turned to Tonio. "Just out of curiosity when did these fluctuations occur or start."
Tonio looked at his computer, with his Driftblim hovering nearby. "Uh we've had periodic spikes in the past but this was a large spike. It occurred about…11:30."
This sent up warning flags to heroes. They landed within fifteen minutes of that time and felt some sort of impact prior to landing.
"What do you think? Coincidence?" Ash asked.
"There is no such thing with us." Drew replied. Before he could say more the park suddenly darkened, getting many of the park pokémon to scurry away and one of the shrines cracked. Out of the shadows that appeared came what appeared to be a pokémon. It had a black body with a red collar and white hair extensions. Its eyes were a vivid blue-green and it was floating of the ground almost like a ghost.
Alberto though recognized it. "Darkrai! Today I will end you. Lickilicky use Hyper Beam.
The rotund pokémon charged up and fired the attack but Darkrai was much faster and dodged it and moved in front of the group. He fired some sort of dark beam that hit Ash, getting the others to gasp in shock and order their pokémon to attack it.
Ash's mind
Ash blinked as he felt the attack. Looking around he saw that with the exception of the coloring of the sky, he appeared to be in the real world. He and Pikachu started walking around taking in the weird coloring. Suddenly two spirits appeared and started to seemingly attack each other. Ash tried to capture it but the pokeball just phased through this spirits. Just then Darkrai appeared again and a large crater appeared underneath him. Ash grabbed hold of Pikachu as he fell through it with a yell.
Back in the waking world
Ash gasped as he woke up. The gasp caught his friend's attention and he was instantly glomped by May and Dawn. Misty and Anabel walked over more sedately and kneeled down.
"Damn it Ash you keep getting hurt like this." May said nuzzling into his chest.
"Sorry, little Skitty." He said nuzzling her.
"Welcome back to world of the living." Drew said. "Though I think sleeping might be a better alternative, look."
Ash turned his head to see multiple trainers hovering over their pokémon. Many seemed to be suffering some sort of nightmare. He then saw pink bubbles with pokémon floating in them.
"What the heck is going on?" Ash asked.
"We've theorized that these bubbles are the pokémon's dreams. They aren't hurting anyone but something is happening with the dimensional barriers around here." Anabel said.
Just then a Lickilicky wondered over. The only difference was that it had the sash Alberto was wearing.
Ash blinked. "Why is that Lickilicky wearing Baron Alberto's stuff?"
"I am Baron Alberto. Oh this is truly a sad day. I had cornered Darkrai but then he put my Lickilicky to sleep. Apparently according to your friends he had a dream of becoming me so I turned into this. Good god how can this get any worse."
At this everyone of Ash's friends facepalmed. They knew that was tempting fate. Just then the trainers they faced before came into the center and told everyone to follow them. They followed them to the edge of town where a mysterious fog had sprung up. Attempts to dispel the fog failed and then Ash tried to run through the fog only to be turned around.
"It's that despicable Darkrai. Come my citizens we must give chase to that foul demon." He said trying to rally the townsfolk.
A clapping was heard and then laughing. The heroes recognized the voice. They turned to see Glenn, several troopers and four Kaijuu. One that looked like a Roserade, one that was a humanoid Luxray, one that looked like a Kabutops, the fourth was a Victreebel and last was a Torkal.
"I must say that whatever is happening here is perfect for my plans." Glenn said laughing.
Ash growled. "What are you doing here Glenn?"
Glenn waved his arms. "Isn't it obvious? I am here to conquer, however I have a much important task. You see here in this town there exists two pokémon that will help me conquer this world. Tell me do you know of the pokémon of time and space?"
Tonio gasped. "You are speaking of Dialga and Palkia Two forces that govern time and space that are in eternal conflict. My grandfather did research onto these pokémon and warned never to get into the middle of their fight. Why do you want to awaken them?"
Glenn chuckled sinisterly. "Simple, to take their energy. By controlling time and space we can do anything, from reshaping the world to our will to erasing our enemies from existence.
The heroes gasped at that, realizing they could be killed or worse with a snap of his fingers. Just then the ground shook again and Glenn looked up. "Ah and here comes our guests of honor."
Everyone looked up to see a tear in the sky. It was silvery grey with pink outlines and what looked like a pink pearl in its shoulder blades. One of the pearls was cracked as if had been attacked. "
P-Palkia. No if its fight here the town is going to be destroyed." Tonio said scared.
Glenn laughed. "Yes now my men destroy this town."
The kaijuu and the troopers marched forward scaring the citizens. The heroes immediately pulled out their weapons and prepared to fight.
"Tonio is there any way to quell to stop these guys." Drew called out.
Tonio racked his brain. "If there is it will be in my lab with my grandfather Gody's notes. But with all of this I don't know if we can get there."
"I'll protect you, we know how to handle these guys." Ash said.
Tonio and Alice who had been listening in on this conversation look confused but thanked them for the help.
"Alright, Ash you, I and Misty are going to get Tonio to his lab. Everyone else focus on keeping the civilians safe and destroy any opposition."
"Right." Everyone else said as they got into their stances. Soon the troopers had charged in with the kaijuu directing traffic. Hack and burning their way through the pack, Ash blasted a way for them to break through. Grabbing Alice and Tonio they started running through the streets with a group of enemies right behind them. The others immediately started to protect the citizens still there.
As they travelled through the alleyway, Tonio and Alice were struggling to keep the pace the three had set for themselves. They eventually found an alley way and ducked into allowing the civilians to rest.
"Oh…man…I've never…run this fast." Tonio gasped.
Before Alice could respond, Ash and Misty put their hands on their mouths to shut them up. They watched as the group they was chasing them passed them by and the Drew jumped out and took a deep breath.
FLAMETHROWER
He breathed out scorching up their opponents. He turned to see a ladder.
"Get up the ladder!" The two couples nodded and Ash and Misty quickly grabbed their friend and jumped up manipulating some water and lightning to get up on the roof. Drew quickly followed by blasting behind him.
On the roofs, Ash and Misty were forced to carry Tonio and Alice because of the speeds they were running. Drew was right behind them making sure they weren't being followed. This proved to be a good idea as one of the Kaiju had followed him, the humanoid Luxray.
"Go! Get to the tower!" Drew called out as he pulled out his phone.
"You picked the wrong rider to mess with." He said activating his phone.
STANDBY LEO
HENSHIN
COMPLETE
Zodiac pulled out Leonid and got ready to battle.
With the battling riders
May slashed through another trooper while ducking to take out the legs of a second and leapt into the air and fired petals at the opposition. Meanwhile Dawn and Tori were using their attacks to defend the remaining civilians which finally got a safe distance away with Gabby, Max and Brock escorting them, leaving Anabel to back them up. Once clear the girls pulled out their belts and got into their stances.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE/KAMEN RIDE SIRIUS
The four riders transformed to take on the three Kaijuu.
With Ash and Misty
The group of four had finally managed to get to Tonio's lab. Barricading the door Tonio and Alice caught their breath.
"Is Drew going to be okay?" Alice asked worried for the young man.
Ash waved it off. "He'll be fine taking on that monster. Its making sure that this town doesn't fall into the void. What's this research Gody had?"
Tonio walked over to his desk. "Gody set up this technology to monitor the space-time dimension. He was a genius and I am glad he was my grandfather. But now with Palkia floating around we might need his research more than ever."
"That's if Palkia was the only threat. We forget that Darkrai is here as well. We might have to contend with him." Misty said.
"I…Don't think Darkrai is a threat." Alice said speaking up. "I remember as a young girl, I helped an injured Darkrai in the forest and didn't seem threatening."
"I agree. I remember when we were younger, I was walking down a path when I saw Alice fall off a cliff. Before I could catch her Darkrai caught her and settled her on the ground. I rushed over to see if she was okay and she woke up." He turned to Alice who looked shocked. "Sorry Alice I thought you deserved to know the truth."
Alice smiled. Their moment was disturbed when the doors banged.
"We've got company. Tonio and Alice stay behind us." Ash said pulling out his belt with Misty doing the same.
"What are you going to do with those?" Tonio asked.
"Just watch, don't worry about us." Misty said as the door blew up. Out of the rubble was came the humanoid Torkoal.
BODY SLAM
Red Tortoise leaped into take out the four people he perceived as weak. Ash and Misty just flipped their levers.
EVOLVE
And sent a shield up to bounce it back. The two riders ran into their shields to assume their rider forms.
"Let's take care of this guy and get to tower, Triton." Aura said.
"Don't worry you two me and Aura are going to get you to the tower." Triton said pulling out her trident.
The two took a stance ready to fight.
With Zodiac
Zodiac parried another blow and reared back with his fist.
REMINGTON BURST
With momentum built his elbow he launched it at Lightning Fang. But like its namesake it was fast and dodged the close range attack. Zodiac growled, he had the fire element and from what he knew of he should have the advantage. He was considering switching to another form when Lightning Fang started to struggle. Zodiac watched as Darkrai came up behind him and anchored the Kaijuu to the roof. Zodiac looked at Darkrai in the eye and nodded pulling out his phone.
STANDBY LEO: FINISHER
Powering up his sword he charged and slashed through his opponent with the ever present lion behind him. Lightning Fang died a blaze of bright fire as Zodiac turned to Darkrai.
"You are trying to protect this town aren't you?" Zodiac said.
Darkrai nodded and turned towards the towers where Dialga had shown up and were now starting to fight. He turned back to Zodiac who got the message. "My friends should be on the way to the tower, let's go help them." The two took off across the rooftops.
With the girls
Kyokan was thrown back from the Kabutops kaijuu, Sickle Lizard. Kusa who had been blocking the Roserade kaijuu Rose knight, saw Kyokan be knocked back. Launching a Razor Leaf to push her opponent back, she rushed over and scanned another card.
VINE WHIP
She fired her vines at Sickle and wrapped it up. It held for a few seconds before the vines were cut away. Kyokan, who had recovered, flung one of her chakrams in an attempt to back it off. Sickle deflected it and charged its arms up.
REAPER'S SCYTHE
It sent two large beams at both of them and connecting sending them flying. Hanabi who had been dueling Big Weed looked over to her partners bee thrown back. This distracted her enough to be hit by a big vine which knocked her back and then was pelted by a Bullet Seed.
Hanabi landed next to her friends who were recovering from the vicious attacks.
"These guys are tough. We can barely do any damage to them." Kyokan said.
"If the boys were here we could beat them. I don't know if we have enough power between us." Hanabi said worriedly.
"We can fight even without them. We are just as strong as them and even the girl is supposed to be our queen. We will protect this town." Kusa said with confidence but even her bravado was a little scared. She was tempted to pull out her final form but she didn't think about it, her first priority were the girls she loved as much as Ash.
The three kaijuu got closer and started powering up their attacks. The three girls stood up ready to defend themselves. Suddenly out of their pocket a card levitated themselves and glowed. Instantly Blaziken, Metagross and Latias appeared and forced them back with their separate attacks.
"Blaziken what are you doing?"
"Metagross come back here your going to get hurt.
"Latias return. Come on I don't want you hurt."
The three pokémon just growled and motioned towards the monsters.
"You three want to help us?" Kyokan asked.
Metagross nodded. Blaziken ignited his fists and Latias started to glow in preparation for a psychic attack.
Kusa looked at the girls. "Come on we need to help them. They fight for us, now let's fight next to them." She said holding up her sword in front of her.
"Count me in." Hanabi said crossing her sword over chest.
"Let's do this." Kyokan said levitating her chakrams.
Just as they prepared to attack, their pockets glowed. Looking down and pulling them out, they saw they were the bracelets they found in the temple.
Kyokan was the first to speak. "The bracelets are telling us to put them on."
Metagross motioned its eyes to the stone on its head. Latias and Blaziken followed suit.
Kyokan nodded. "I understand." She turned to the others. "These stones will allow us to merge with the pokémon that have the stones. They are calling it, Mega Stones."
"Merge with our pokémon?" Hanabi asked.
"Yes, our friendship and our bonds will empower us to victory."
Kusa nodded and sheathed her blade. "We have nothing left to lose. Let's do this."
(Play the Japanese Digimon Digivolution theme save the guitar riffs repeat at the appropriate points.)
"Blaziken!" Kusa called out. Blaziken crossed its arms.
"Metagross!" Kyokan called. Metagross levitated fully off the ground.
"Latias!" Hanabi shouted out. Latias started to fly around.
The girls then went started to weave their hands. Kusa threw out her hands and the brought her left hand back holding her hand out as if to launch something (Power Rangers Dino Thunder stance). Kyokan thrust out her arm and held up her right hand with her two fingers up and dropped it near her elbow (Ninja Storm). Hanabi crossed her left arm and grabbed the bracelet. (Lightspeed Rescue)They pressed the button on the bracelet. Instantly, beams of light started heading towards the pokémon. At the same time beams of light came out of the mega stone. Both groups started to glow.
"Execute. Mega…EVOLUTION!" The girls shouted as the light became blinding as the three pokémon merged with the three girls. When the lights died down the armors had significantly changed. Kusa had taken on Blazkien's coloring and head crest with black on leggings. She also had red whip like extensions off his arms and flames coming out of her ankles and wrists with her sword comfortably on her waist. Kyokan had taken on Metagross' coloring with the X across her chest. Her armor became metallic and here limbs took on the appearance of Metagross' leg and her chakrams were hovering over her arms. Hanabi had turned purple and gained Latias' head shape similar to her Eon form. On her back she had two thrusters to give her more maneuverability with her sword comfortably on her right hip.
(End the song)
These were the Mega forms of Kusa, Kyokan, and Hanabi. For Kusa she felt they were less powerful than her final form but she can now pack a wallop. For the other two this was a new step in power and they liked it.
Their opponents having seen the transformation growled and charged. The girls instantly separated and began to fight their opponents again.
Kusa face off against Sickle Lizard this time. As the monster started to slash, Kusa parried each blow. As the battle continued Kusa noticed she was getting faster as the monster's movements seemed to be slowing down. Eventually she parried on of the arms enough to stun it and then quickly scanned a card.
FIRE PUNCH
Instantly she flung her fists. They appeared in a blur to her opponent igniting on contact. After hitting it a hundred times, Sharp Sickle was reeling and covered in scorch marks. She pulled out a card that had Blaziken sending a fiery kick.
BLAZE KICK: MAXIMUM ENERGY
Her right leg glowed and burst into flames. Getting into a sprinter's stance she ran and jumped with Blaze Kick in front of her. Before Sharp Sickle could react she blew through him and landed with a crouch and the fire on her leg going out. Sickle fell back as Kusa returned to her full height.
"Show's over." She said as her opponent blew up.
Kyokan facing Rose Knight. Unlike when it was facing Kusa, Kyokan's armor had increased to take on steel-type qualities of her fused partner. However this did not damper her flexibility as ducked and weaved under the leaves and vines. Her chakrams which were floating above her responded to her will and spun around her as she danced and connected with her opponent. Each spin of her chakrams cut through the leaves and the occasional vine. As she moved her chakrams she picked out a card and scanned it.
PSYBEAM
Bringing one of her chakrams in front of her, she fired the multi colored beam and caused critical damage and send Rose Knight into the same position she just was in. She picked up another card and charged it up.
METEOR MASH MAXIMUM ENERGY
Her right glowed brightly as she charged are staggering opponent and punched a hole straight through.
"I hope you feel like losing. Because you just did." Kyokan said pulling her fist back and walking away leaving her opponent to die.
Hanabi was dodging the vines using her jets. Big Weed started launching leaves in an attempt to slice her up but she used Discharge to burn the leaves. The monster used the distraction to launch its vine again.
ICE BEAM
Only for it to be flash frozen as Hanabi scanned one of her favorite cars and froze the vine. Seeing she was already in the air she powered up another card.
DRILL PECK: MAXIMUM ENERGY
She flew down and drilled through her frozen opponent appearing on the other side.
"This is your curtain call." Hanabi said as her opponent blew up. The three girls walked over to each other.
"That was amazing we kicked their butts." Hanabi said.
"This power was incredible. Our bonds with our pokémon did this." Kyokan said.
"Wonder if everyone else can get this. This is very powerful. I like it." Kusa said.
"Girls!" They turned to see Onyx and Ace running up to them.
"Onyx, Ace what's going in?" Kusa asked.
"Dialga has broken through. He's fighting Palkia and the town is starting to disintegrate we need to go help the trainers keep the dimension from swallowing us." Onyx said.
"Come on…whoa nice outfits. What did you do?"
"We'll explain on the way come on." Hanabi said as they ran to the decreasing edge of the town.
At the tower of Time and Space
Triton, Aura had arrived at the tower where they kept the music discs to play in the tower after dispatching their opponent. Zodiac joined them shortly along with Darkrai.
"Gody might have predicted the disaster but there was no mention anything related to Oracion especially in the music discs. Alice are you sure it's here?" Tonio asked.
Alice nodded. "Yes…but where is it." She said closing her eyes in an effort to remember what she learned from her grandmother. Snapping her eyes open she held up the picture of her and her grandmother which had notes on the back. Noticing the leaf symbol she looked up and saw a disc that stood out.
"In the center ring at the top." Alice pointed out. The three riders moved the rung and pulled out the disc.
"Got it let's go." Aura said as Alice called out her Chimchar.
They started climbing the tower in the hot air balloon. As they climbed they could see the devastation the two titans had wrought. The two titans were still going at each other and Darkrai had taken up the position of escort as the climbed.
Dialga launched an attack and Darkrai moved to block. However, some got by and headed towards the balloon scaring Alice and Tonio.
STANDBY CHANGE: VIRGO
Instantly a large shield appeared and block the attack.
"Hang on." Zodiac said as the impact knocked the balloon off course. Triton lost her balance and fell out of the blimp. Aura grabbed her and tried to pull her in. With all of the chaos he looked for an alternate path. Seeing the stairs he looked at Triton.
"You trust me?" Aura asked.
Triton nodded without hesitation. Aura swung his arm and flung her away. Triton gracefully on the stairwell. Another wave off attacks made the balloon unable to fly.
Aura was forced to jump with the disc and the impact sent a shock through his system. Zodiac in the chaos lost his balance and fell onto the stairs. He watched as Tonio was ejected and had his Driftblim catch him while Alice almost crashed landed into a bridge.
"They're fine let's go." Zodiac said to the worried riders. They started to climb the long stairs running on pure adrenaline as the battle waged. Near the top the stairs started to come apart. Aura being the fastest was slightly ahead when he nearly fell through. He lost his balance and almost fell off the tower, but Triton and Zodiac caught him. Triton quickly froze a set of stairs and proceeded to the top.
Once in the room where the music discs were placed they took out the one that was playing and tried to put the disc in.
"It won't fit." Aura said.
"What do you mean it won't fit?" Zodiac said as he was watching the battle.
"This disc…its too big." Aura said.
"Just our luck, what else could go wrong?" Triton groaned.
As if fate was listening, a dark colored beam hit the floor behind them. They turned to see Kamen Rider Dusk with his lance out and some sort of machine his hands.
"I know what you are trying to do. I glanced at the research that this Gody did and I know that disk is the key to ruining my plans."
Zodiac turned back to Leo form. "Find a way to get this disk to play." He called out as he charged at Dusk.
Aura and Triton continued to search for a way to get the machine running. Meanwhile Palkia and Dialga continued to battle. The riders had done all they could to keep the dimension from collapsing.
Darkrai had woken up after protecting Alice and had tried to keep Dialga and Palkia from attacking again. All that did was cause him to disintegrate as the power between the two was too much for him to handle.
Tonio's computer was going crazy. "If those two collided one more time, we're through! Tonio yelled getting everyone to gasp.
Up in the tower, Zodiac and Dusk were in a stalemate. Dusk chuckled. "All I have to do is wait for the dimension to collapse and you riders are finished. I have all the energy I need to move forward with my plans."
"We'll see about that you bastard." Zodiac said as he pushed Dusk back and jumped over him.
DARK PULSE
Dusk pointed his lance and fired the beam. If Dusk had been paying attention Zodiac was in front of his machine. Zodiac jumped again and the beam hit the machine, destroying it.
"No, no, NO!" Dusk shouted, his plans ruined.
"If we fall here, your plans fall with it. I rather have a draw where you don't benefit." Zodiac taunted.
Dusk growled but then he heard something. The chimes of the bell tower started playing.
"NOOOOOOO!" Dusk yelled as he decided to make a hasty retreat.
Moments earlier
Triton and Aura were still looking for a way to play the disk. Triton noticed something in the middle of the turntable. Looking at the disk and then the table, she gasped. "Try the one in the middle."
Aura flipped it and smiled. He placed the disk in and it fit perfectly. They ran over to the lever and pulled it. The machine sparked but it had not power to turn the machine on.
"There's no power. We can't turn it on." Triton said.
Aura looked at the wires. "Okay, let me see if I can jump start it." Aura said as clapped his hands together. Gathering enough energy he flung his arms out. Bolts of electricity danced from his arms to the turbines. Triton could only watch as Aura used all of his power to try to kick start the machine. Just when it appeared that Aura was going to deplete his energy, they heard the gears start to move. The chimes then began to play the very soothing sounds of Oracion.
The song seemed to make everything else come to a stop. Waves of energy flowed through the town as everything began to be restored to its original states. Even Dialga and Palkia calmed down and started returning to their dimension. As the song ended Zodiac powered down and walked over to Misty and Ash who had powered down and Ash was in the red head's lap.
"Damn it Ash. You need to stop this." Misty said with no hint of hostility.
Ash smiled weakly. "If it means that I get to wake up looking at one of my jewels, then I'll keep doing that."
Misty shook her head as they saw Drew walk over.
"You guys alright?"
"Yeah just tired." Misty said.
Drew nodded and sat down. "I ain't walking down those stairs. So I hope they come get us."
This got the other two laugh as they relaxed from their adrenaline high. They were alive that was all that mattered.
Two days later
The group was heading back to the pokémon center after the contest. May had eked out a win over Dawn and earned her second ribbon towards the Grand Festival. Now as the sun they were walking with Tonio and Alice who were now walking hand in hand.
Alice had a down trodden face. "What's wrong Alice?" Tonio asked.
Alice looked at the sky. "Its just that even with the town back to the way it is, Darkrai is gone. I'm sad to think that he may be gone."
Dawn smiled. "Don't worry, he'll live on in your heart. You have some good memories right?"
Alice nodded. Misty sighed. "I guess this is a part of life. I mean it's not…like…hold on I see something."
Everyone stopped. "What's wrong Mist?"
"Its hard to tell but…there is something up on the tower against the sun." Misty said.
Gabby pulled out her binoculars and looked at the tower. She handed them to Drew to confirm it and he smiled. "It looks like you'll get to make more memories Alice."
Alice looked up and smiled. Though it was hard to pick out, standing on edge of the tower was Darkrai looking none the worse for wear.
But what did Glenn truly want with the energy from the battle. Will these new Mega Evolutions help them? Find out as the Journey continues.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: This was not my best work. I blame work related travel. Sorry guys
New forms
Mega Evolutions: All the Aura Riders will have access to Mega Evolutions. Here Kusa, Kyokan and Hanabi all got one from Blaziken, Metagross and Latias respectfully. The other four will be revealed in time. This form will be between their mid-form upgrade if they have one and their final forms. If they don't have a mid-form then this will count as the mid-form. Say thanks to the reader Wobbuffet for the idea.
Preview: As they reach Celestic Town, they have a chance encounter with the Champion of Sinnoh. What's more is that it's time for another test, this time its Anabel's turn to tackle her temple guardian. But danger abounds as Team Galactic continues its plans. What will happen in the town of legends? Find out.
Next time: Celestic Legends.
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The last thing is not going to be my normal sign off. As I wrote this chapter, a man many people idolize passed away. On February 1st, the great Monty Oum, creator of RWBY and valued member of Rooster Teeth died due to an allergic reaction to a medical procedure. He left us way too soon and all will miss him. Instead of flowers, Rooster Teeth asks that we create something awesome to make this world a more colorful place. To that end the next chapter of Bleach Grand Prix will have a fitting tribute. So as my sign off…I leave this very appropriate quote especially in this story.
"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death
-Monty Ohum
Monty wherever you are in the multiverse…know your legacy will live on in this one. Rest in Peace. (Flies off with tears falling.)