Disclaimer: First off I don't own anything except the OCs mentioned. If I did own Pokémon they probably would have made something roughly close to this.
Secondly when it comes time for the tournament I am going to need OCs. I'll need physical descriptions, personality, Pokémon line up, and whatever else you feel is necessary. I probably won't put many of them so I apologize if I don't use yours.
Let's begin
Nebuchadnezzar the Master Mechanic!
We see our quartet of friends on their way to Phenac Cityand continuing on their journey to Geo City. As they were walking Ash was writing something in a notebook closer viewing shows he is writing down what appear to be battle strategies and combos.
"So by combining Dragonbreath with Flamethrower I can cause twice as much damage with both of them combined then just on their own?" Ash asked Jake.
"Yes. Also if you have a Pokémon that can use Dig and you use an attack while underground with a number of tunnels you could attack from all directions." Jake explained. Ash wrote that down.
"These combinations will definitely help during both the tournament and against any dark spirits. How do come up these strategies Jake?" Ash asked his partner curiously.
"Before I came here I was a master strategist. I had helped the Spirit World's armies and many other warriors come up with winning strategies and attacks that would benefit them in their missions. Pokémon battles are no different as I have spent years coming up with combinations and techniques that would defeat even a champion." Jake finished explaining.
"Sounds like you were a valued member in the Spirit World." Brock said. Jake nodded. "Just out of curiosity Jake, you mentioned that every human has a counterpart spirit, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, what's my counterpart spirit like?" Brock asked.
Jake looked and thought about it for a moment. He knows who Brock's counterpart is and knew that they were the same in personality. "Your counterpart is pretty much the same as you are but his occupation in the Spirit World is different than yours."
"Really what does he do?" Brock asked. But before Jake could answer he suddenly noticed that they were already at Phenac City.
"I'll tell you when we get to the Center." Jake said as they started walking towards the Center. Ash had to have most of his Pokémon healed after their training session this morning.
As they walked in they were greeted by Nurse Joy. "Hello how may I help you?" And in 5…4…3…2…and cue Brock.
Brock immediately ran up to her and held her hands in his own. "Yes you can help me by healing my beating heart!" Suddenly as per usual Croagunk came out of his Pokeball and used Poison Jab on him. "Never mind I found the right cure." He immediately fell as Croagunk dragged him away.
Ash, Pikachu, and Jake all sweat dropped from watching that. You'd think after so many rejections he'd have taken the hint. "Hey Jake is Brock's counterpart the same as him in that same manner?" Ash asked.
Jake nodded to his partner's question and said. "Yes Ash, yes he is. But we're not here to talk about the similarities between Brock and his counterpart." He finished.
Ash suddenly remembered. "Oh yeah you're right." He walked up to the counter and handed Nurse Joy the Pokémon he had been training with and Pikachu. "Nurse Joy, can you please heal up my Pokémon for me?"
"Of course!" She responded, happily. She took Ash's Pokeballs and in like five seconds she had all of them healed. "Here you are." She said as she handed Ash his Pokeballs. Ash, Pikachu, and Jake were stunned that it took only a short amount of time for her to heal his Pokémon.
"That was…quick." Ash said. Jake and Pikachu nodded. "How did you…?" He began to ask. She cut him off however.
"It's quite strange actually." She started as Brock reappeared after recovering from Croagunk's treatment. "Lately all around the city many electrical devices and machinery have been improved and are progressing a lot faster than usual."
"Who exactly has been improving these machines?" Brock asked.
"Nobody knows. Nobody has actually seen who has been repairing these machines. It's almost as if they upgrade themselves." She said.
"Somehow I doubt it's that." Jake thought. "I have a feeling I know what's happening."
Later the quartet was at the cafeteria eating, well everyone except Jake that is.
"You sure you don't want anything, Jake?" Ash asked his partner. Jake just shook his head.
"No spirits don't need to eat." Jake told him. "Anyway about all that's been happening here I know who's been doing all this."
That got the others attention. "You do?!/you do?!" They all asked him. A lot of the other people in the cafeteria looked in their direction. The quartet turned to the other people in the cafeteria.
"I'd ease down on how you guys talk to me." They looked to their spirit friend. "No one other than you three and other spirit wielders can see me." Jake reminded them.
"Right." Ash said, sheepishly, as they all sat back down. "So who has been improving all of these machines in Phenac City, partner?"
"Remember when I mentioned Brock's spiritual counterpart having a job opposite to his?" They nodded. "Well his name is Nebuchadnezzar, but everyone calls him Neb, and he is a mechanic the greatest mechanic in the Spirit World."
"Whoa." Brock was amazed by his spirit counterpart's history. "So wait how could he have ended up here?"
"My guess his Spirit Stone ended up here and he has been wandering around looking for his human counterpart." Jake looked to Brock. "Looking for you, Brock."
"So where exactly do we find this guy?" Ash asked.
"Just use the Spirit Stone." Jake said. They looked at him confused. "The Spirit Stone has the ability to track other spirits be it good or bad spirits."
Ash looked amazed. "Whoa…It can do all of that?" He wondered as he pulled out his stone. He touched the center and suddenly a circular screen almost like the one on a GPS or a compass appeared. "Whoa!"
"That's incredible!" Brock said.
"Yeah it is!" Pikachu added.
"With this new Spirit locating device we'll be able to locate Neb and any Dark Spirits in the area." Ash looked at the screen and noticed three dots on it. The one closest to them represented Jake, and the other two representing Neb and possibly a Dark Spirit.
"Looks like he is at the warehouse at the edge of the city and I don't think he's the only spirit here." Ash said. They all looked at him.
"What do you mean, Ash?" Brock questioned.
"I mean that there is a Dark Spirit not too far from him." Brock, Jake, and Pikachu went wide-eyed. "And we know that if a Dark Spirit's around it is never good."
"Right let's go!" Jake said as they left their table and towards the warehouse.
At the warehouse we see a spirit with combed down brown hair, and pale skin. He was wearing a grey and blue mechanics uniform and work boots. There were tools around his belt. The biggest shock was that his eyes were squinted just like Brock's. This had to be Neb.
"Well I've been here for almost a week now and still there is no sign of my human counterpart." Neb said. "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong city or maybe the wrong region." He suddenly felt something glowing in his pocket. He reached in and pulled out another Spirit Stone only this one was grey. He looked and noticed two spirit signals. "Looks like there are Dark Spirits heading my way, I better get ready."
The quartet had just entered at the warehouse and started searching around for Neb.
"You sure this is where he is Ash?" Jake asked, wondering if his partner's guess on the location of the spirit mechanic.
"This is the location the Spirit Stone was telling me to go." Ash replied. He looked at the stone and noticed that the second spirit signal showed that Neb was close.
"Where is that signal at exactly?" Brock asked. Jake looked up and saw something.
"I know where!" The young spirit shouted. He pointed a hand at the ceiling and launched a blue orb at it knocking whoever was up there down. The person was revealed to be Neb. Jake suddenly looked guilty. "Oops I'm sorry about that Neb I thought you were somebody else."
Neb looked towards his young friend and the two humans and Pikachu. "It's alright, Jakero. I thought that you were a dark spirit." He then noticed Brock. The two approached each other and stared.
"So you're really Nebuchadnezzar, my spirit counterpart?" The Pokémon doctor in training asked.
"Yes and you are my human counterpart?" The spirit mechanic asked back. Brock nodded.
While they were staring at each other, Ash, Pikachu, and Jake were observing them both. "Other than the clothing, and hair style they do look very similar, don't you think?" Ash asked. The other two nodded.
"It'll probably be a headache if they both go after women in the same idiotic manner." Pikachu said.
"Harsh but true." Jake finished. "But just one thing." They all turned to the spirit world strategist. "The spirit stone said that there was another spirit in the area but we didn't see anything."
"That's right! So then where is this other spirit at?" Neb questioned. Both Ash and Brock looked down at their spirit stones and noticed that the third spirit signal was getting closer to them. They all turned around and what they saw shocked them.
There was a young blue-haired man wearing a brown jacket over a grey muscle shirt, tan pants, and brown shoes. Next to him was a spirit but this one was a lot different than Zyber. For one thing this dark spirit had two heads and was half black half white.
"Equinox!" Jake shouted.
"Glad you know of me…" The first head spoke.
"Young Jakero for I am your executioner!" The second head finished.
"I am Casey Evans and I am here to battle you Ash Ketchum, and destroy your friend." Casey ended with a dark smirk.
"That's not happening!" Ash shouted. "I don't know what you want with Jake but you won't hurt him not while I'm around."
"Then let's begin." Casey said. "I choose you, Aerodactyl!" As he said that an Aerodactyl appeared.
"I will choose, Dragonair!" One of Equinox's heads shouted as the serpent like dragon Pokémon appeared.
"I choose, Rhyperior!" The second head shouted as the Drill Pokémon appeared on the field.
"Three against two how is this fair?!" Ash demanded.
"In Spirit battles anything goes." Jake said. Ash looked dumbfounded. "Anyway we have two spirits and two humans so I think we'll manage, Ash."
"Yeah I guess so." Ash looked to Brock and Neb. "Guys we could use the help you mind helping us?"
"I said I would help anyway I could and I will." Brock said as he joined Ash and Jake with Neb quickly following.
"All right let's take these creeps down." Neb said as they all prepared a Pokémon for this battle.
"Charizard, I choose you!" Ash shouted as his loyal fire type appeared and gave a mighty roar.
"Garchomp, let's battle!" Jake shouted as the Mach Pokémon appeared next to the Flame Pokémon.
"Steelix, let's go!" Brock called his loyal Iron Snake who gave a fierce roar.
"Go, Swampert!" Neb shouted as the Mud Fish Pokémon appeared alongside the others.
"I'll go first." Casey said. "Aerodactyl use Wing Attack on Charizard!" Aerodactyl charged at Charizard with its wings ready to strike Ash and the others were ready however.
"Charizard, use Dragon Rage!" Charizard launched Dragon rage directly at Aerodactyl however it may do them no good.
"Dragonair, use Ice Beam!" Dragonair appeared in front of Aerodactyl and launched the attack at the dragon rage which caused an explosion after the two attacks collided. The prehistoric Pokémon moved in and hit Charizard hard.
"Charizard you okay?" Ash asked in concern.
"No worries, boss." Charizard assured his master.
"Rhyperior use Horn Drill on Steelix!" Rhyperior moved in on Steelix but Swampert got in the way.
"Hydro Pump!" Neb shouted. Swampert launched Hydro Pump at the Drill Pokémon and almost immediately it turned to dust. Talk about one hit K.O., huh?
"I lost!" Equinox's second head shouted. "It can't be!"
"Forget you!" The first head said. "Dragonair use Twister!" He shouted as a Twister was created and launched directly both Charizard and Garchomp. Both Dragon like Pokémon were hit but it didn't do much against them as they were both still standing.
Casey and Equinox both looked shocked. "How are they still standing after that?" Casey asked. "I mean they should both at least feel a little bit of damage but…"
"Nothing happened." Equinox said.
"I trained both of them well so they have strong defenses over attacks like that." Ash explained. "Brock, Neb knock'em down!" Ash said to the new spirit team. They nodded.
"Steelix, use Dragonbreath on Aerodactyl!" Brock commanded. Steelix launched its Dragonbreath at the prehistoric Pokémon which caused it major pain.
"Swampert, use Hydro Cannon on Dragonair!" Neb commanded. Swampert launched the water equivalent to Frenzy Plant and Blast Burn which seemed to have nailed the dragon Pokémon on the tail but it didn't hit the ground like Aerodactyl but it did slow down a bit.
Ash and Jake got ready for their new combo attack. "Ready, partner?" Ash asked Jake.
"Ready." Jake said.
"Charizard use Flamethrower!"
"Garchomp use Dragonbreath!"
The two powerful Dragon like Pokémon launched their attacks. The two attacks were launched at their enemies as they created a Dragon-Fire Tornado. The two enemy Pokémon barely had time to react as they were hit with the combination attack.
When the smoke subsided the quintet noticed that Aerodactyl had fainted and the Dragonair had turned to sparkles.
Equinox was really angry. "You miserable little brats!" The first head shouted.
"We may have lost but we can still destroy you, Jakero!" The second head shouted as they charged at Jake who was ready.
"I don't think so, you two headed freak!" He shouted as he raised his hand. "By the power of the Council I banish you!" After finishing that the dark vortex opened and sucked Equinox in.
"I'm sorry master I have failed you!" The portal closed after that. Casey fainted after that.
"We won!" Ash cheered. The others cheered as well.
Later, the quintet was at the center getting Charizard and Steelix checked out. Nurse Joy handed them their Pokeballs. "There you go, boys. Both of them are 100%."
"Thanks Nurse Joy." Ash thanked her. The group then exited the center and were about to leave before they noticed someone missing.
"Where's Neb?" Brock asked. Jake turned around and saw where his friend was and sweatdropped.
"Found him." He said deadpan. They all looked and noticed the spirit mechanic swooning over Nurse Joy even though she couldn't see him and it's probably for the best she couldn't. The rest of the group sweatdropped.
"Oh brother another Brock it's everyone's nightmare." Ash said as Pikachu and Jake nodded. "Should we intervene or something?"
Jake shook his head. "No, someone will stop him." He said as he pointed and they noticed a Croagunk that most likely belonged to him and Neb got the exact same treatment Brock does when he does this. Croagunk then dragged the downed mechanic back to the group the others laughed nervously at that.
"Well should we move on to the next city gang?" Ash asked.
"Yeah let's move out!" Jake exclaimed as the others nodded and set off on their way.
Meanwhile in a place farther from the group a young man had just gone down as a dark spirit was banished. On the opposite side of the fainted young man were another young man, a spirit, and a young woman.
The young human male was well built and about a year older than Ash with spiky black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black leather jacket over a black skin tight shirt, blue jeans, and black boots.
The spirit was a well built young spirit male about the same age as him with combed down black hair and black eyes. He was wearing a silver jacket over a white t-shirt, grey pants, and silver boots.
The girl was about the same age as both of them. She had long black hair, and blue eyes. She was wearing a red tank top under a black vest, jeans, and pink shoes and socks.
The trio started to walk away from the scene. "So that's what? Like the fifth dark spirit this week?" The young man asked bored.
"Yes it is Aaron. But why do you not sound happy about this victory?" The spirit asked Aaron.
"It's just that I know I'm helping save the world and all but I thought these things would have been more of a challenge that's all Zartan." Aaron explained.
"Always the thrill seeker, huh Aaron?" The young woman giggled. Aaron smirked at her.
"Well that's one of the reasons you feel in love with me, isn't it?" He asked his girlfriend.
The girl smiled. "Maybe it is and maybe it isn't." She playfully teased.
The trio then stopped as they saw something glowing in Aaron's jacket pocket. He pulled out a silver spirit stone and noticed two spirit signals close together. "More dark spirits?" Aaron wondered.
"It could be." Zartan said. "Or it could be Jakero or Hikaru! Let's go find out!" And with that the young spirit started flying away with Aaron and the young woman trying to catch up to him.
"Zartan wait up, you jerk!" Aaron called out and then began to wonder something. "Zartan once told me that this Jakero is his best friend. So could his human counterpart possibly be Ash?" He thought as he and his girlfriend kept trying to catch up to Zartan. "Well I'll find out once we get there won't I?"
And that ends this chapter. So now Brock has a spirit partner of his own and there is another spirit wielder in town as well. Next chapter the two groups meet up and Ash and Jake are surprised to see this new spirit team. Why? Find out next time. Friends Reunite: The 12 Person Battle Royale!
Sorry this chapter took so long everyone but I've kind of been busy with school so I won't be able to update often so sorry if updates are late.
Anyway read, review, and if you have ideas send them.
Author's Note
Here's the thing because I've been more worried about school at the moment that I hit a bump and don't know how to start the chapter or how the battle will go. I know the people I will have Ash, Jake, Brock, Neb, Aaron and Zartan face but I have to ask should I have the battle be all twelve trainers battle at once or have the respected partners battle one opponent?
I will set up a poll and have you decide or you can decide in a review. Once I figure that out I will begin the next chapter.
Also don't forget when the time comes I'll need OC's for the tournament.
Thank you!
