Pokémon Type: Dragon
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One-Shot 4: Sgnileef Ruoy Esrever Tonnac

A sight ahead. Sheena met with a legendary Pokémon, Giratina. It hadn't been that long since she met him while quelling the anger with two other legends, Dialga and Palkia, before the arrival of the Alpha Pokémon, Arceus. It seemed Giratina didn't mind having an encounter with Sheena. However, it noticed something approaching. "Giratina, what is it?" she asked.

("More humans,") it silently roared. ("Yet, they feel… familiar.") Sheena blinked before turning toward the direction Giratina faced. Sure enough, Ash, Brock, Dawn and their Pokémon friends came running to see the Dragon-Type and Sheena. Of course, Brock couldn't help but offer his words of sheer wishes.

"Sheena!" he bleated. "It's your future boyfriend, Brock!" Sheena gulped at Brock's plea for love.

"Wow, this is something..." she gulped. Brock arrived first and clasped his hands to her.

"Sheena, you've been hearing the Pokémon for sometime and I can bet they're telling you that a great breeder will arrive to hear your passions!" Without warning, Croagunk escaped his Pokéball and smashed Poison Jab onto Brock's waist. Paralyzed, he soon crumpled to the ground in a heap.

"Only Brock..." mulled Dawn. As Croagunk dragged his lovelorn master away to settle his advances, Ash approached Giratina who offered a joyous roar.

"How are you doing, Giratina?" he asked.

("Splendid,") the Renegade Pokémon roared. Dawn, her Piplup on her head, became curious to this meeting.

"Sheena, what are you doing with Giratina?" she wondered.

"Well, it was by accident," she confessed a little. "I stopped around here to rest and snack a little when I felt a huge surge of energy. I turned to find the lake fluctuating into a vortex. I didn't know what it was but soon, Giratina came out and emerged in Altered Forme. The nearby Pokémon fled in terror, no surprise there. That's when it took a deep breath. It led me to believe it stepped out of… wherever it came from to get some fresh air from around." Familiar with Giratina, Ash quickly assessed the nature of the visit.

"I see," he believed. "The Reverse World's polluted again?" Giratina growled slightly, Sheena understanding the answer.

"Apparently not. It just wanted to have a little time to breathe up here. Though now that you mentioned it… is this Reverse World anything like this world?"

"Not exactly," Dawn shrugged. "It's more connected than what it appears as." Sheena seemed intrigued to see Giratina's home.

"Giratina, with your consent, I would like to visit your world." Giratina heard Sheena, interested to think what she would learn from the place. It turned to the Pallet Town trainer and his Pikachu.

("She's not Zero,") Pikachu reassured. ("We'll make sure.") Brock soon recovered just as a smiling Pokémon nodded.

"Thank you, Giratina!" Turning to the lake, Giratina let out a thunderous roar which opened a vortex. It led as it converted itself to a veil of black aura. The humans and other Pokémon leaped into the vortex. Minutes later, they exited to find themselves in the Reverse World. Jumping to their feet, Ash gazed at the warped landscape that Giratina protects.

"Haven't been here in a while," he admitted. "Still pretty cool to see."

("I can't argue,") Pikachu squeaked. The group verged after everyone made sure they weren't injured.

"So this is… the Reverse World?" awed Sheena. "Spectacular!" Giratina reverted to its Original Forme and flew around the air of the bizarre land. Ash wanted to advise her of the lands' obscurities.

"Careful when walking through the Reverse World," he warned. "There are patches of areas where the gravity's reduced." Sheena acknowledged the warning before following a trail.

"I can only wonder how this world and our world are connected." Dawn reached Sheena and pointed to columns in the far distance.

"See those columns?" she spoke.

"Yeah..."

"If those are destroyed, the structures supporting will crumble in the real world." Sheena shuttered in thoughts of anything harmed.

"It's… that kind of bond, huh?" As they walked, Pikachu felt a patch of lightness.

("Low gravity!") he warned. Ash dashed ahead and leaped. He soared high and jumped off the walls to scale and finishing on the roof where Giratina saw his fun. Sheena laughed with awe to Ash's athleticism.

"Of course, he'd fool around in the low gravity areas," Dawn groaned. The lack of weight and Ash's parkour gave Sheena a chance to copy.

"Let me try," she wanted. Just like Ash, Sheena effortlessly climbed the walls. Eventually, she arrived to the roofs but stumbled on a loose tile. Ash stood by and steadied her. "Thanks… and it's a good thing you came by."

"Funny… didn't you come by just now?" he joked. Sheena responded with a slug to the arm.

"Actually, it's about Kevin." Ash knew Kevin as one who helped him with the Dragon-Type Pokémon before Arceus showed up. "You see… I caught him with another girl not too long ago. She had her arms wrapped to him and… I don't know what to say." Ash wasn't familiar with love, but he knew she wasn't happy about her turmoil.

"You and Kevin no longer friends?" Sheena gulped that she and Kevin weren't in love anymore.

"I want to say we still are… but I don't know." Using the lack of gravity to their advantage, Dawn and Brock got to the roof. They heard Sheena's difficulty.

"Really?" sounded Dawn, surprised. "I thought because you two were close, he'd be there for you, no matter what." Sheena's face told otherwise.

"That's what I wanted to believe. After seeing him with… her, I ran out. He told me he was an only child and his parents are in Johto..." Giratina came around after listening to Sheena's heartbreak.

("Everything will be okay,") it growled. Giratina's show of comfort astonished even Ash.

"Sometimes Pokémon understand feelings more than people do," Ash mentioned as he petted its tusk. "I bet they've seen a lot of people become sad for many reasons. Helps a lot when they've lived for so long." Seeing how at ease the Renegade Pokémon behaved to Ash, Sheena believed the Kanto boy had a secret to understanding Legends.

"I feel like you're more worthy of my talent than Kevin or I have combined," she praised. Ash didn't ponder her compliment as a big deal.

"I learn by experience. I can't tap into a Pokémon's heart like you." Pikachu and Giratina agreed.

"It's Ash and how he works with Pokémon," Brock added. "Everyone has their own method but if the Pokémon understands, it's more power to you."

"Yeah, no need to worry," Dawn quoted her favorite line. Standing up, Sheena now came to Giratina to touch the tusk. Some pets later, Giratina wanted to give the humans a ride. It spun around and lined itself adjacent to the rooftop.

("Hop on!") it snarled. Sheena looked to Giratina, puzzled. Pikachu and Piplup took Giratina's offer and jumped on the Renegade Pokémon's back. Pikachu waived the humans over, but only Ash boarded Giratina.

"You wanted to give us a ride, huh?" he asked. Giratina roared in agreement. Complying, Ash hopped on before others jumped on. Giratina flew off with Sheena sitting behind Ash. They sailed where Sheena and the trainers saw the overview of the Reverse World in awe.

"Hard to believe the landscape is beautiful from up here," Brock noted. "Or is it down here?" Ash and the girls giggled to Brock's indecision. Suddenly, a bubble floated toward Sheena with a moving picture. It was Kevin inside. He journeyed down a road with two blond girls. This further infuriated Sheena.

"The last person and here's the proof," she scorned before cocking her arms back. To Brock and Dawn, she looked to wanting that bubble broken.

"Sheena, don't pop that bubble!" yelled Dawn. Ignoring out of spite, she slashed the bubble in half. The breaking of the bubble caused a rupture and hit Kevin in the face, knocking him down.

"Kevin!" the girls shrieked. The blond partner of Sheena reeled, unsure what happened.

"What hit me?" he groaned. As he tried to make sense of the invisible strike, Sheena wondered about the big deal.

"Now what were you telling me not to do?" she asked.

"By popping a bubble here, you cause a ripple effect in the real world!" warned Dawn. Sheena gulped, thinking she might have killed Kevin.

"Oh no… Kevin, I'm sorry!" That's when she spotted black clouds moving.

"The poisonous clouds," Ash named off. "It's best to stay away from them."

("Don't want to go through that again,") Pikachu murmured. That's when the Reverse World had an unexpected visitor. Tearing a hole, Dialga visited Giratina's turf. Seeing the Renegade Pokémon with humans, the Temporal Pokémon flew down to intercept.

"Dialga?!" freaked Brock. Dialga roared to which Giratina shouted back. Ash decided to try and talk to Dialga.

"We came here to check on Giratina and the Reverse World!" he claimed. Dialga didn't want to believe but seeing Sheena, the guardian of time began to wonder. Clasping her hands, Sheena attempted to tap into Dialga's heart.

"We bring no ill will to this land that connects to the above world," she spoke telepathically. "Please understand!" Her telepathic voice found Dialga's head where it pondered for sometime. It finally nodded and Giratina growled up to its brethren. Dialga tapped into Sheena's head and she heard Dialga's reason.

"You think Dialga believes Sheena?" wondered Dawn. Dialga turned to the clouds nearing a street. It touched down near the street and let out a Roar, dispersing the cloud. Afterward, it gave out a warning to the trainers before returning back to the surface. Giratina moved on, eventually returning the trainers and Sheena back to Earth.

"Thanks, Giratina!" cheered Ash as they waived to the legendary. Giratina nodded before falling back to the Reverse World. The encounter gave Sheena thoughts.

"Suddenly… that place is a safe haven for me," she minded. Dawn and the boys gawked a little to the study from her. "There are people in this world who would take advantage of all the benefits, even go as far as abusing them. I felt betrayed by Kevin. If anything like that happens again… I'd want Giratina to whisk me to the Reverse World. To get me away from everything." Ash and his friends felt the pain from her backstabbing from Kevin.

"Sheena..." Dawn hushed. Sheena now turned to Ash.

"Hopefully, it's one thing I won't do." She came to Ash, clutching his hands. "Ash, I know the differences between our ages but I want to feel happy about someone who understands Pokémon like you and I do." Ash awed her wish to share a bond with him. Brock and Dawn gasped, thinking Sheena had forgone Kevin for Ash.

"No, I should be the one!" pleaded Brock. Unbeknown to him and Dawn, Brock's Croagunk emerged.

"Well, it would be an honor to further learn how to bond with my Pokémon," Ash accepted.

"As would I learn from you," Sheena applied in words before applying a kiss to Ash, surprising him. Brock and Dawn shrieked to Ash's gift but Piplup and Pikachu enjoyed the view.

("That's heartfelt!") chimed Pikachu.

("It's lovely!") Piplup chirped.

"Ash, I'm the one who should be looking for a girlfriend!" stormed Brock. "Do you know how jealous I am?!" Croagunk silenced him with a Poison Jab to the hip. The strike froze him in place.

"How could you choose her?!" screamed Dawn. "If anyone needs attention to you, it should be me!" Not satisfied, Croagunk nailed her with a Poison Jab as well. She also stood stiff from the strike.

"Now… I'm… paralyzed!"

"And I might need some attention to this shock..." Both fell as Sheena's lips separated from Ash's. They turned to see Brock and Dawn dragged away by the Poison Frog Pokémon. Nervous sighs irked from Ash and Sheena.

"We may be a pair willing to understand hearts of Pokémon," Sheena shuttered.

"But what's going on within their heads?" questioned Ash. Although young, Ash and Sheena have abilities to tap into Pokémon's hearts and unlock powers beyond belief. Even though Sheena would consider the Reverse World a place to get away, all she needs to do is look forward and forget the past. It does help to have Pallet's child as support for her.

END of DRAGON

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