NimblelilAbsol: YAYA! Chapter 4 is coming up! Prepare for some major Shadow Articuno mayhem!

Articuno: That doesn't make a really good rhyme—WAIT! Mayhem?! So I get to finally take out my rage on you for turning my shadow/dark!!!?

NimblelilAbsol: Uh…not me. Them. –Points to Ash, Brock, May, Max, Pikachu and Kiora.- Later though…

All of then: HEEEY!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Pokemon, it's franchise, games, toys, etc, etc. Bleeeehhh…if I would, the world would be flat.

Cipher and Team Rocket? Together?

"ANSWER US!" Brock demanded, pulling out a poke'ball that contains his Marshtomp.

"HEY! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW, YOU IDIOT!" Kiora shouted back, eyes flaring up.

"Well you should, since it's your damn POKEMON!" Everybody gasped, except Kiora and Brock, who said the word 'damn'.

"Hey…" Ash whispered to May and Max, "Did Brock just swear?"

"Yeah." Both the siblings nodded as the two teenagers glared daggers at each other and continued yelling over stupid things.

30 minutes later…

"Well…" Kiora started but was cut off by Max cutting her off and standing in between the two teenagers.

"Hey, quit it you two. We have to find a way to stop XD002." The kid finally said and sighed as the two finally stopped glaring at each other and nodded. "But first of all," Max looked towards Kiora, who looked back down at him. "How did you create Shadow Pokemon?"

"Simple. You close its heart." She simply answered then crossed her arms against her chest.

"What?! You close pokemons heart!" Ash yelled, rage filling his veins.

"Calm down Ash…" May sweat dropped, putting her hands on his shoulders, hoping to calm him down.

"Okay…anyways. I've only heard about two shadow incidents. But both of them were in Orre and caused by Cipher." Max nodded, his intelligence getting the best of him now. "Did they actually move to Kanto?"

"Well…" Again Kiora started, but was cut off. Again.

"Orre? What's that? A restaurant?" Ash asked, blinking a bit and tilting his head.

"No you idiot." Kiora growled. "It's a region that has a lot of deserts…"

"Oh." Ash simply stated and then waited what else Max had to say.

"Answer my question. Did. Cipher. Move. To. Kanto?" The boy asked, adjusting his glasses.

"Why. Do. You. Care?" She asked back, pausing like Max did before. Everybody just glared at her, and then she sweat dropped and answered. "Well, yes and no. Team Rocket sent me to capture Articuno, which I did." She looked at the black icy bird that was staring down at them fiercely. "After a video phone message from Cipher's new leader, Krete, we sent Articuno over and there she was turned shadow…or dark. Whatever make's pokemon a black color."

"It's shadow…" May and Brock said unison.

"Ah, okay. So, Krete, was it?" Max asked, and continued looking up at Kiora.

"Yes, Krete. The new leader of Cipher after Greevil kinda went…all weird and stuff."

"Hmm…so he's basically responsible for this…" All six of them (I'm including Pikachu) thought for a moment before Kiora spoke up.

"And me…"

"Hey, it's not your fault." Brock said and walked over to the blonde who was hanging her head. "You only followed orders."

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Meanwhile…just above where XD002 was perching, three Team Rocket members floated by in a Meowth balloon. "Hey, what's dat?" A Meowth said, in perfect human, looking at XD002.

"I'm not sure…" The male replied, his short blue-ish colored hair hanging there.

"But it looks RARE!" A female roared with happiness, fire filled within her eyes. Jessie, obviously.

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Kiora blushed a bit and nodded, then looked up, only to meet gaze with gaze from the black Articuno. "You…caused this, didn't you?" She reached for an ultra-ball as it enlarged in her hand.

Ash, May and Brock did too, only they had regular poke' ball's.

"GAIA!" Kiora shouted, throwing out a large blue looking dragon with huge, red wings. It roared, and glanced up at the once graceful bird. A Salamence...

"Grovyle!" Ash shouted, throwing out his poke'ball. In a flash of light game a green lizard looking pokemon. It had an almost red belly, and two leaves stuck out on it's elbows on each side of it's arms.

"Vyyyllee…" The grass type stuck his stick in his mouth.

"Combusken!" May threw out her fire starter (evolved). As the light faded, it revealed to be a decent sized red and yellow bird the stood up right on it's legs.

"COMBUS!"

"Marshtomp, here we go!" Finally, came the water Hoenn starter. Marshtomp appeared to be a mud-fish like pokemon, with orange suction cup like things on either side of it's blue head. A black looking fin stuck up from its head, as well as from the lower back of it.

"Maaarsh!" The pokemon let out rather cheerfully, oblivious to what was going to happen.

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NimblelilAbsol: Muaha, yay. I like this chapter. I can't describe pokemon good though. XD Anyways, please R & R!

Articuno: This chapter...it's so...dull...

NimblelilAbsol: Shudd-up. It explains alot on how you were turned shadow.