Gateon Port was a city with numerous intersections, leading into various parts of the city. It was busy yet maintained a peaceful, tranquil feel. After their little "laugh" last night, Ash thought it was best to get a head start the next day. He wanted to register for the Orre colosseums, but was disappointed soon afterwards to find out he'd have to travel about twenty five miles southwest. Apparently, Gary neglected to tell him registration for the colosseums were in Pyrite Town, where they'd have to talk with the owner himself. Luckily, the first colosseum was being held in the same town. In May's case, her first pokémon contest was being held in the same place where she had to register—Phenac City. So she had a lucky break as well.

But before either of them could do any of that, Gary wanted to visit a researcher who was native to the region, further angering Ash.

"C'mon, Gary. I gotta register if I want to make it in time for the colosseum."

"The tournaments don't start for another five days, Ash. You could wait five minutes for me to talk with a fellow researcher."

"Gary, we don't have time for that!" Ash cried.

Gary folded his arms. "We have plenty time. Don't tell me you are so full of yourself that you can't spare a few measly minutes of your time to even think of somebody else's wants and needs."

Ash gawked at Gary.

"Must I remind you that I am the reason that we even came to Orre. You wouldn't have even known about the tournament had I not told you."

"You've got a lot of nerve!" Ash said, getting in his face.

"Oh yeah?" Gary said, doing the same.

"All right guys that's enough," Harmony said, getting in between the two.

"She's right guys," May said joining in, "That researcher's gonna be here any minute and you don't wanna give them a bad impression."

Ash and Gary continued to stare at each other. Breaking free of Harmony's grasp, Ash started ahead of them. "I don't see what the big deal is. You researchers gathering around…talking and arguing and debating like a couple of…"

Ash didn't finish his sentence. He felt himself run straight into somebody else. He didn't fall hard but the person he hit did, and from body mass he felt of the person when they clashed, they weren't very big and was perhaps smaller than him.

Ash groaned in pain.

"Ouchies!" cried the person Ash hit.

"Oh my gosh! Ash!" May cried as she ran passed him, towards the person he hit, "Look what you did!"

"Are you okay?" She asked.

Ash opened his eyes to see his friends hovering over someone in front of him, who he presumed to be the person he bumped into just moments ago. He couldn't get a good look at the person since his friends were all over the person like a swarm of angry Beedril.

"Well, don't mind me," Ash said as he got up, dusting the dust from his pants.

"I'm sorry about that, Miss. My friend's not the best person at coordination," Gary said as he helped the person up, prompting Ash to scowl.

Now that the person was standing up, Ash was able to get a good view of the person he ran into. She was a little girl, about three feet, with crystal blue eyes and amaranth pink cheeks. She had short blue hair that framed her face and two little cute buns dun up at the top on either side of her head.

In Ash's opinion, she was kinda cute, in an adorable way. She couldn't have been more than six years old.

"Are you okay?" May asked again.

"No worries. Jovi, fine." The little girl replied.

May smiled. "That's good to know."

Jovi's smile slowly turned into a frown. "Jovi very sorry. Jovi wasn't looking where Jovi was going. Jovi very, very, sorry. It wasn't on purpose. "

Ash smiled. "It's okay. My name's Ash."

"Pika, Pikachu!"

"My name's May."

"Hi, I'm Max."

"My name's Brock."

"I'm Harmony."

"My name's Gary."

"And I'm Melanie Striker! Trainer from Pallet Town and on her way to becoming a Pokémon Master and Top Coordinator. And this is my partner, Blaze."

"Char!"

As usual, Melanie's long bold introduction caused the group to sweatdrop. Jovi, being very young, was actually impressed, though.

"Oh, guys, I left something at the Pokémon Center. I'll be right back," Brock said as he sprinted off towards the building with the big pokéball on top of it.

She little started jumping up and down joyously."My name Jovi! You wanna meet my brother?"

"You have a…" Ash began before he was cut off.

"Big brother! Jovi made some new friends! Come see!"

Immediately, a young boy with spiky red hair appeared. He wore a yellow tank top over a long sleeved black shirt and blue jogging pants. At his side, was an Umbreon.

"Jovi, what are you doing? I was on a business call." He said angrily.

"Jovi made new friends. You see!"

The young man looked up to see a group of teens a little older than he was looking at him in confusion.

"Oh no. Jovi, are you harassing these people?"

Jovi stared angrily at her older brother. "No harass! Made friends! Jovi made friends with big people!"

He sighed. "Jovi,…why don't you go by Acri and play with Emili?"

"Big brother need Jovi! Promise Mommy to take care!"

"No, I promised mom I'd take you with me. Why? I don't know. You always follow me everywhere."

Jovi crossed her arms.

"C'mon, Jovi. Go by Acri." Her brother asked again.

Jovi looked at her brother for a long while before throwing up her arms in defeat.

"Fine!"

With a huff, Jovi stomped off towards her best friend's house, leaving a trail of dust behind her as she walked. The boy shook his head at his little sister soon realizing that he wasn't alone. He turned around to see the group of confused faces he had before, more confused than ever.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that. Got a little carried away with my little sister."

"I know what you mean," May said as she shot Max a look. Ash thought of doing the same but decided against it. The mere thought of categorizing Melanie as a relative made him shudder.

"You'd recognize her easily cause she's the only six year old I know who still talks in third person," the boy said with a chuckle, causing everyone else to laugh.

"Name's Michael. I apologize if my sister gave you any trouble."

"None at all." Gary replied.

"I take it you're new to the region?"

"How'd you know?" Ash wondered.

"Well, you're the only group of people to approach me not burst out into a sudden burst of screams and demand autographs and pictures."

The group paused for a moment and each shared a glance before turning their attention back to Michael.

"Is there a reason we should want to do all those things, Michael?" May asked.

Michael laughed. "Well, you could come with me to my house where…"

"Oh my gosh!" Melanie shrieked.

"Melanie, please don't do this right now," Ash said as he put his hand to his forehead. This was really overdone.

She ignored him. "Michael, are you like one of those Orre heroes we heard about?"

Instantly, the group was in an attention status, staring at Michael with clear interest.

Michael and his Umbreon shared a glance before turning their attention back towards the visitors. With a slow nod of the head, they answered.

Michael didn't even get a chance to properly answer them when he felt a shattering sound pierce through his ears. All throughout Gateon Port, people were screaming and running in agonizing pain Melanie's screech. At the same time, fangirls were screaming and running towards Michael, asking him to do what he said they were going to do just moments ago—ask him for autographs and to take pictures.

The group was separated as swarms of teenage girls surrounded them.

"Gary? Gary?" Harmony cried out as she pushed through the crowd of crazed girls.

Spotting a spiky brown haired guy, she dashed for him and pulled him aside.

"Gary?"

"…No…but I could be for you, pretty lady," a teenage boy said slyly.

Cringing, Harmony shoved the man on the floor as she continued her search for her boyfriend.

"Harmony?…Harmony?" Gary yelled as he shoved through the crowd. So far eight girls had come on to him, none of which were Harmony. He thought he heard her cry out but he wasn't sure. He had to get to her soon. He wasn't liking being surrounded by crazed women. He could not afford to be tempted. Not anymore. Not since Harmony.

"May?…May?" Max cried as he slid though the crowd. He was getting nervous. He didn't like being separated from his sister. It was hard enough when she didn't want him to be around but this? He couldn't stand it. He was scared. Even if they were just separated by a few people. He was probably overreacting but at the moment he didn't care. He wanted May. He wanted his big sister.

"Max!…Max, where you? Can you hear me?" May shouted as she fought through the crowd of hyperactive women. She didn't like this. She didn't like this at all. Losing Max in a crowd this big was dangerous. People can be killed from things like this. Given Max's small size it wouldn't be hard for him to be trampled. May was getting more and more worried by the second. She had to find her brother before something happened. Before it was too late.

"Pikachu!" Ash screamed as he struggled through the crowd. "Pikachu!" How did Pikachu get separated from him? No. He knew. It was when Melanie opened her big mouth and let the world know a national figure was standing right next to them, prompting hundreds of teen girls to rush down to them immediately, instantly bumping into him and knocking Pikachu off of him, separating them.

Ash grunted as he felt someone lean against him. Immediately, he shoved the person off, soon falling down with them.

He heard the person moan and opened his eyes to see a pigtailed little girl rubbing her head.

"Melanie?"

Melanie opened her eyes to see Ash staring down at her. "Ash?"

"Of all the people I could've wound up with trapped in this mob it had to be you," he said as he stood up.

"What?" she said, getting to her feet as well.

"Why'd you have to go and scream to let everyone know that 'Michael, the hero' was here?"

Melanie put her hand on her hips. "Well, excuse me for reacting like a normal human being to scream at phenomenal news."

Ash rolled his eyes. "Oh God."

"Don't call on God! He didn't do nothin' to you!"

"Melanie, would you please shut up! I have to find Pikachu!" Ash said, clearly frustrated.

Melanie wrinkled her brow. "Pikachu?"

"Yes, Pikachu. Because of your loud-mouthed self we got separated. So now I have to find it."

"Well, I have to find Blaze. We got separated too."

"And whose fault is that?" He said angrily, turning around to face the little girl.

"Hey!"

"If you just waited until Michael…"

"I'm not listening to this!"

Ash threw his hands up in the air, and began his search again, only to get knocked by one of the fangirls standing behind him. Likewise, Melanie was also hit.

Ash began rubbing his sore head. "Well, congratulations Melanie. You've finally found someone who's more crazed and simple-minded than you."

"And you have yet to find someone not as dense."

He cut his eyes at her. "You know what? I'm gonna start calling you Pippi Longstocking from now on. That's your new nickname."

Melanie gasped. "You wouldn't!"

"Pippi Longstocking."

"Don't!

"Pippi Longstocking."

"Ash!"

"Pippi Longstocking."

"Stop that!"

"Pippi Longstocking!"

"Arg!"

Enraged, Melanie at lunged Ash. He dodged and grabbed her by the shoulders.

They started to tussle.

Michael didn't know what he hated most. The crazed fangirls surrounding him shoving notebooks and precious items in his hands along with a pen, the bright flashes of light that were momentarily blinding him, or the fact that all the people surrounding him had caused him to be separated from his best friend.

"Oh, Michael, please sign this!" he heard one girl cry out from behind him.

"Please take a picture with me, Michael! Please!" he heard another.

Michael could have sworn he heard the group he talked with before were crying out to one another. He shook his head and blinked as he saw another camera flash.

Taking a deep breath, he shouted.

"Umbreon! Umbreon, buddy, if you can hear me, I want you to use Psychic now!"

Michael wasn't sure if it heard him or not but he knew he'd get his answer soon. And sure enough, he did. A few moments later, he felt himself envelop in a powder blue hue of psychic energy.

He smiled. "Good job, buddy."

Pressing a butting on the mechanical device on his arm, he slowly felt himself transport to the Pokémon HQ laboratory, leaving a bunch of sad and confused fangirls behind him.

Pikachu grunted as he struggled through the crowd. Several times he tried calling to his trainer and he got no response. Finding a small opening where no one stood, he sat there exhausted.

He cried out when he felt something bump into him and he looked up to see that it was Blaze, Melanie's Charmander.

"Pika!" Blaze!

"Char?" Pikachu?

"Pi! Pi, Pika Pika, Pikachu!" I'm so glad to see you!

"Char Char, Charmander Char Char," Glad to see you too, Pikachu.

Pikachu's smile vanished once he heard the hurt in her voice.

"Pika, Pikachu?" What wrong?

"Char, Charmander," Worried about trainer. Worried about Melanie.

"Pi…Pi Pi Pikachu," Oh…I-I'm sure she's fine.

"Char Char, Charmander…Char…Chamander," I'm scared.

Pikachu frowned. He knew Blaze was still just a baby pokemon, so her fear of being separated from her human was understandable. He had been separated from Ash countless times, so he had reason to be confident.

He approached the young fire-type pokémon. It felt weird to him to be looking up at a pokémon that was taller but by far younger than he was.

"Pika Pi, Pikachu," It'll be okay

"Char Charmander, Char Char?" How you know?

"Pika. Pi Pikachu," I know. Trust me.

The movement of a pebble stone against the smooth concreted land alerted the two pokémon and caused them to look up to see if they maybe had to choose another spot to settle for the moment.

Pikachu smiled when he saw the ebony-furred moonlight pokémon from earlier appear.

"Pika Pi!" Umbreon!

A smile lit up on the dark pokemon's face as he sat down and greeted the two.

"Umbreon!" Pikachu!

"Pika! Pika Pika, Pika Pikachu," Oh Umbreon, I'm so happy to see you!"

"Umbre Umbre Umbreon," Happy to see you all in one piece.

"Pika Pikachu?" Are you okay?"

" Be. Umbre Umbre Umbreon-on Umbre. Umbre-on-on Umbre. Umbre On," Yeah. I got separated from my human, but no worries. This is a typical day in Gateon when we are attacked by female humans. I'm a native to the region so it doesn't give me much trouble.

"Pi…" Oh…

Umbreon shook his head. "Be Umbre. Umbre Umbre Umbreon," Don't worry. Only young female humans give trouble. This is just a typical day when we're spotted by, what my trainer calls…fangirls.

"Pika Pikachu," That's good to know.

Umbreon perked his ears up as he heard something west of him. Pikachu did the same.

Umbreon! Umbreon, buddy, if you can hear me, I want you to use Psychic, now!

Umbreon smiled.

"Umbreon! Umbreon! Umbre" That's my human! That's Michael!

"Pi Pikachu?" What does he want?

"Umbre Umbre, Umbreon Umbre," He wants me to use Psychic so he can teleport us home

"Charmander Char Char?" You know Psychic? Blaze asked, impressed with the fact that a dark pokémon could use a psychic type move and one as powerful as Psychic.

Pikachu wanted more answers, however.

"Pika Pika Pikachu?" What do you mean he's gonna teleport us home?

"Umbre Umbre, Umbreon Umbreon on-on Umbre. Umbreon, Umbre-on Umbre, Umbreon Be Umbreon," He wants me to envelop us in a psychic energy so he can activate a control on the mechanical device on his arm, which can calculate and add the molecules used from the psychic energy from my Psychic attack, soon multiplying so no radiation is used throughout the process, so he can he can create a transmitter large enough to fit all of us in there.

"Pi Pi Pika Pi Pika Chuuuu…" And that means…?

"Umbre-on," We're getting out of here.

"Pikachu?" All of us?

"Be-on," All of us.

"Charmander Char?" Our humans too?

"Umbre Umbreon," Humans too.

After sharing a glance, Blaze and Pikachu nodded their heads before turning back towards Umbreon.

"Pika Pika. Pi-Ka-Chu!" All right Umbreon. Let a Rip! he exclaimed as he made a victory simple with his paw. Blaze did the same.

Umbreon smiled. Closing his crimson eyes, the yellow bans on his ears and tail began to blink, slowly turning into a soft glow. Powder blue psychic energy began to envelop his body and he could feel the energy running through his veins.

Likewise, blue energy began to envelop Pikachu and Blaze. Pikachu stood in awe, while Blaze appeared petrified.

"Umbre, Umbreon, Umbre. Be Umbre Umbreon, Umbre Be," Stay calm, my human will be noticing the energy waves and will be transporting us shortly.

"Pika Pikachu," Calm down, Blaze.

"Charrrrr…" I'll try…

Umbreon felt a tugging on his body and smiled.

"Umbre Umbreon. Be Umbre Umbre, Umbreon," This is it. Mu human's transporting us. Remember to stay calm. You'll be with your trainers shortly.

Pikachu walked over to Blaze and held her claw. She held his paw firmly as she felt the tugging on her body become even stronger.

Within seconds, a brilliant light shone on the pokémon, followed by a flash. When it vanished they were gone, on their way to the famous HQ of Orre.

May fell to her knees, exhausted. The crowd was ruff and the movement was making her sweat like crazy. She felt herself becoming lightheaded from the heat.

In fact, she must have really needed to lie down, because she could have sworn the ground was a soft blue color. She raised her hand to wipe her forehead, only to notice that it too was blue. She looked to see the color stretch down her arm and onto her shoulder.

She looked down to her legs. It was there. She looked down to her stomach. It was there. She took her bandana off her head and examined it. It was there as well.

Crawling towards the edge, where she swore she saw another type of blue, May pushed through the crowd actually making it out. She looked down towards the clear tranquil water.

The blue energy was moving all around her.

May wanted to scream but was in too much shock to do it.

"May!"

Looking to her left, May saw a small little boy fighting through the crowd trying to reach her. Immediately getting to her feet, she spun around.

"Ma…"

But she didn't get to finish as she was pulled away from Gateon and towards a more peaceful location.

Max sniveled as he pushed through the crowd. He saw her! He saw his sister! She was right there! Right there by the port! He knew it was her. It had to be. Wasn't it?

Max gave one final thrust as he pushed through the crowd of crazed women, falling to his feet. He opened his eyes to see his sister staring at him one second and gone the next.

Max stared in disbelief.

Where was she? What just happened?

He could have sworn he saw her kneeling there by herself. Was he just imaging it?

Whatever it was, Max was right back where he started. Feeling at a lost, Max sat hunched over much like the way Brock did whenever he teased him about his love life, wondering where his sister was.

Feeling a sudden pulling in his stomach, Max winced. He tried dismissing it, but when it got stronger he started to question it. Looking up, Max raised an eyebrow in confusion as he looked down at his reflection in the water, which showed a large cloud of energy surrounding his form.

He blinked a couple times.

"Huh? What the…"

Max's voice trailed off as he too left to join where the others before him had gone.

Harmony was in a panic. A strange blue hue had formed around her body and she felt a strong tugging in her center. She had to find Gary before something serious happened. The crowd wasn't so hard to move through for some reason which fine by her.

She gave a sigh of relief when she saw him looking down in confusion at his arm, which was enveloped in the same blue hue as his body, which was the same color as the blue energy that surrounded Harmony.

She tried towards him but many people still blocked her way.

She called out to him. "Gary!"

Gary's head snapped up at the sound of his girlfriend's voice. He looked around, finally spotting her a small distance away. A bright flash was seen and in an instant, she was gone.

"Harmony?" Gary cried out.

Before he could act, a bright flash was seen coming from his direction as well, moments later, revealing that he too had disappeared.

Ash and Melanie continued to roll around on the ground, not even taking notice to the fact that the crowd had settled down or that a strange aura was starting to form around them. It wasn't until Melanie successfully pushed Ash off of her that they took notice of it.

"Pippi Longstocking!"

"Stop calling me that!"

"Stop calling you what, Pippi Longstocking?"

"Ash!"

"Yes, Pippi Longstocking?"

"That's not my name!"

"Pippi Longstocking!"

Melanie screamed in frustration."You know, for a sixteen year old, you're pretty damn immature."

"You know, for a ten year old, you got a pretty dirty mouth."

Melanie crossed her arms and closed her eyes. Sitting up, Ash wiped at his mouth. His eyes widened when he realized it was surrounded by blue. He looked over towards Melanie to see that her whole body was surrounded by a blue energy.

He tried to steady his voice so not to make him sound worried. "Uh, M-Melanie…"

"Oh, now my name's Melanie. What happened to Pippi Longstocking?"

"Melanie, you might wanna check this out."

"No thanks, Ash."

"Melanie, I'm serious. You need to…"

"Why do you have a change in attitude all of a sudden? Why don't you…"

"Melanie, just open your eyes!"

Melanie opened her green eyes and stared angrily towards Ash. Her angry eyes were soon replaced by fear as she saw a blue energy rise from his body.

"Ash! You're blue!"

"Yeah, and you are too," he said as he pointed back towards her.

Melanie looked down towards her body and let out a shrill scream, causing Ash to clasp his hands over his ears.

"Melanie!"

"I'm blue! Why am I blue? I can't be blue! That's not normal!"

"Melanie will you calm down!" Ash said to the little girl. He felt a strange pulling towards his stomach and put his hand to it, thinking if maybe he should have eaten before he left.

"Oh my gosh! We're gonna die!"

"Melanie!"

"Pulling sensation! Why is there a pulling sensation! There shouldn't be a pulling! Why is there a pulling! That's not normal! It's abnormal, Ash! It's abnormal!"

Ash sighed in annoyance. "Melanie, you need to calm…"

"Ash, I'm scared!" Melanie screamed as she jumped on top of her hero, causing his face to hit the pavement—hard.

"AWWW! Damn it, Melanie!"

Melanie let out a piercing scream as a bright light flashed, taking the two trainers where the eight before had gone after the unfortunate encounter.

Brock smiled as he walked out of the pokémon center.

"Alrighty guys. I'm all set to…"

His voice trailed off as he looked down at the pained expressions of what appeared to be fangirls, since they had all these cameras and signed pictures and items, or they could just be tourists who just all happened to be women.

What confused Brock was where all his friends had gone. He was only in the pokémon center for three minutes. Where could they have gone in three minutes? What happened?

A/N: Haha! That's right! It's Michael from Pokémon XD! And if you thought this was the end, guess again. A long chain of new characters will still appear, all of which you know, either from the game or from the anime. Only I know who're coming. You'll just have to wait and see who I pick. Hmm.

On another note, I chose Umbreon as Michael's partner for the mere reason that I chose Umbreon as my partner the first time I played the game (the second being Espeon because my Eevee was female) I have nine memory cards, each saved with a different file. Five of those contain different eeveelutions, the remaining four you can guess which two I doubled.

Anyway, I'll try to update soon. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! Keep on Rocking Everyone!