Disclaimer: This is an alternate fourteenth season of the Pokemon anime with some crossovers of XD Gale of Darkness game and the anime version of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon specials, all set in the, believe it or not, Sailor Moon Universe which I titled, "Sailor Moon Continuum", which is a head-canon universe of the slight-alternate story-line of the fifth season of Sailor Moon, which is explained in the first volume of "Sailor Moon Continuum" story I wrote earlier.
Author's Note: I don't own anything here.
CHAPTER 4: KIDNAPPING AND NEW JOURNEY.
After Michael agreed to test out the new Snag Machine, he put on the machine itself on his arm, as well as the head-side which fits perfectly on his head, making him a bit more like a true Pokemon trainer. Ash and his friends were admittedly impressed, despite that they, Pikachu and Piplup felt uncomfortable with the idea of snagging other people's Pokemon.
(~Snag Machine-PKM: XD Gale of Darkness~)
Michael looked at himself in the mirror and looked at the snag machine on his arm, muttering, "Whoa, this is so cool!"
(~End Snag Machine~)
"I'll say." Ash admitted, impressed. He then asked, "So, you sure this is a good idea?"
"I know it seems uncomfortable, but don't worry, we're only using this to capture the Shadow Pokemon and once we free them from their closed hearts, then we'll release them either into the wild or hand them over to other Pokemon trainers." Krane said.
Brock crossed his arms, muttering, "I still find it difficult to believe that Pokemon were being treated this way and why Cipher would do such a thing." while Michael loaded a disc into his PDA and was then handed over five Pokeballs which they learned that the Snag Machine will transform them into Snagballs.
"I still find it terrible how the Shadow Pokemon are getting hurt by Cipher." Dawn agreed.
Ash shrugged, saying, "I still find it hard to believe that there's more to darkness than I actually thought." that, and he also couldn't believe he just witnessed the future before it actually happened until now. All Ash wanted to do was become a Pokemon Master. He didn't ask to have special abilities.
"(Just hope we don't end up turning into Shadow Pokemon.)" Piplup said worriedly to Pikachu who nodded in agreement.
"(You can say that again.)" was Pikachu's reply.
Krane nodded at the young trainers, then said to Michael, "We'll start right away with the testing in the Sim Room upstairs."
"Right behind you." Michael nodded, as Krane walked out of the room.
"I'm gonna do too." Ash decided, "I wanna see what this 'Sim Room' is like."
"It's a simulation program made from computers, so it's not a real thing." Brock pointed out.
Dawn on the other hand, said, "I want to check up on Grovyle, so I'll meet up with you guys later."
Suddenly, they heard screams coming from outside-including Krane's scream! Ash and the others turned sharply to the door, Michael and Aidan exclaiming, "Professor!?" they, Ash, Brock, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup rushing outside to find the female Clerk standing there, with a horrified expression on her face. She was shaking in fear.
(~Cipher Attacks-PKM: XD Gale of Darkness~)
"Hey, what happened!?" Ash asked.
"Some men came in and took the professor!" the woman cried out.
Ash and his friends looked at each other, before they and Michael rushed out of the door and out of the lab, and to their horror, the other Pokemon Scientests were knocked out cold, and ahead of them, were three men in white armor, two normal sized and one large who was holding Krane captive, forcing him to their vehicle.
Inside the lab, Grovyle, who, along with the other healers, heard the scream, and, sensing that something was wrong, and despite he still needed to recover, Grovyle immediately jumped up and rushed out of the door before any of the humans could stop the Pokemon from getting himself hurt again.
"Let go of me!" Krane cried out, "Where do you think you're taking me!?"
One of the smaller armored men chuckled, "Heheheh, we're taking you to your new lab, professor."
"My new lab?" Krane asked, confused, before he grunted in pain, as the large guy holding him pushed him roughly forward.
"Move it!" The large guy ordered, "We don't have any time. IF you don't want to get hurt, hustle yourself into the car!"
Seeing how it was up to him and his friends to save Krane, Ash immediatley rushed forward, with the others following, and he yelled out to the kidnappers, "Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" getting the villian's attentions.
"Let Professor Krane go right now!" Michael added, as he and Ash both got into their trainer battle stances, with Pikachu ready to fight. Piplup as well, along with Dawn and Brock, just in case.
(~End Cipher Attacks~)
The first one glared at the young trainers, and said, "What's this? A bunch of punks who want to play heroes to try and stop us? I don't give mercy to anyone, not even kids!"
(~Cipher Peon Battle-PKM: XD Gale of Darkness~)
"That's what you think." Ash replied, before turning to Pikachu, saying, "You ready, Pikachu?"
"Pika!" Pikachu was indeed ready, getting into a fighting stance ready to battle.
"Let's go, Piplup!" Dawn added, and Piplup joined Pikachu's side, determined as well.
Brock pulled out a Pokeball and called out, "Crogunk, let's go!" and in a flash, Crogunk appeared, next to Pikachu and Piplup.
"Eeeve, let's go!" Michael too joined in the fight and Eevee appeared from it's Pokeball, joining the other three Pokemon.
The enemy laughed, and he threw out a Pokeball, calling out, "Teddiursa, take care of these whimps!" and out came a Teddiursa, much to Ash and his friends' confusion.
"A Teddiursa?" Ash asked, dumbfounded. "You gotta be kidding me." before he noticed something different and weird about this Teddiursa. It looked much too fierch to be a normal Pokemon, it's eyes looked like it was glowing slightly red, and...he could somehow sense a dark aura surrounding it, his own aura reacting.
"There's something funny about that Teddisura." Brock warned. "It's not normal."
"You're right, Brock." Dawn agreed, "I don't think it was supposed to look that mean."
Before Michael could say anything, his headset shouted at, "Shadow Alert! Shadow Alert!" and a small screen slid across his left eye, and through it, he could see a dark purple aura surging around Teddiursa. "Whoa! What is that!?" he exclaimed.
Krane knew, and he exclaimed, "Michael! The Aura reader is responding! It's a Shadow Pokemon!"
"What!?" Ash, Michael, Brock and Dawn all exclaimed, with Ash adding, "No way!"
"Shadow Rush!" The man commanded, and Ash and his friends almost fell to the ground in disbelief.
"Wait! What did he say?" Ash asked.
"There's no such thing as a Shadow Rush attack!" Dawn pointed out.
But apparently there is, because Teddiursa launched a powerful black and blue pulse towards the normal Pokemon who, along with their trainers, gasped, before Ash and his friends quickly told their Pokemon to dodge, which they did. Ash then commanded Pikachu to use Iron-Tail and to which Pikachu responded in using it's said attack before hitting the Teddiursa head on, before the Shadow Pokemon used another Shadow Rush and hit Pikachu in the stomach, causing it to fly before falling to the ground, much to Ash's shock.
Dawn then told Piplup to use Hydropump, Brock telling Crogunk to use Poison Sting and finally, Michael telling Eevee to use Shadow Ball attack, which all three Pokemon did so, hitting Teddiusua head on, but the Shadow Pokemon was still going, much to our heroes' shock.
"What did they do to this Teddiursa!?" Ash exclaimed, mainly disgusted on how anyone could turn this small Pokemon into a fighting machine.
"Finish them up with Shadow Rush!" The enemy trainer commanded.
Shadow Teddiursa was about to launch another powerful Shadow Rush, until...an Energy Ball attack appeared out of nowhere and blasted at the Shadow Pokemon, causing it to be flown to the ground, before it stood up. Everyone looked to see where the mysterious Energy Ball attack came from, and found...Grovyle, who stood at the stairs, before he leaped and joined Ash and the others's Pokemon in the battle.
(~End Cipher Peon battle~/~Going after Latios: PKM Heroes the movie~)
"Grovyle?" Dawn exclaimed, shocked. She could've believe that Grovyle joined in to help them, despite his injuries.
"That Energy Ball came from Grovyle?" Ash asked, stunned, "Whoa, when did Grovyle learned how to use Energy ball?"
"W-what!? Where did this Grovyle come from!?" The enemy trainer demanded.
"Michael! Use the Snag ball! Hurry!" Krane cried out.
"Uh-right!" Michael quickly worked up the Snag Machine which glowed in purple and he placed a Pokeball into his glove. "Here goes...Snag ball, go!" he threw the ball and it struck home at the Teddiursa and capturing it. Like a normal Pokeball, it rocked a few times before it stopped. The Shadow Teddiursa was snagged!
(~End Going after Latios~)
The man realised what happened and exclaimed, "What! NO! You snagged my Teddiusra!"
Ash and his friends and Grovyle were also shocked on what just happened, while Michael rushed over to the Pokeball, and, while too was shocked what just happened, held up into the air, exclaiming, "Teddiursa, you've been snagged!"
"It cannot be...!" the second smaller guy exclaimed, seeing the machine on Michael's arm. "That brat's got a Snag Machine!"
He then turned to Ash who glared back and the lacky gasped, before growling, "And he must be the legendary Ketchum's brat!" much to Ash's now confusion.
The second guy grunted, "A Snag Machine and the son of the legendary Alistair. Now that's big news. Come on, move it! I've got to get to HQ to report to the boss!"
The other men nodded, and, despite Ash and his friends and the Pokemon trying to stop them, the large guy tossed Krane into the back of the van, before getting in as well, and the Van took off in the dust before Ash and the others could catch them. It was too late. Krane was gone.
The young trainers and the Pokemon grunted in frustration.
"They're gone." Dawn sighed.
"Why would they do such a thing?" Brock asked.
"We can't just let them get away with this!" Ash growled.
Michael clutched his right fist in anger, trying to stay calm. He then said, "I'll get them next time, and we're going to save Proffessor Krane if it's the last thing I do!" with Eevee growling in agreement.
Hearing this, Ash smiled proudly and was very impressed, "That's the spirit, Michael!" pleased that he and Michael had something in common, with Pikachu nodding in agreement, "Pikachu, Pika!"
Even Grovyle was impressed by the young humans' bravery. Ash and Michael both reminded him so much of his friend a long time ago. He then felt Dawn's gentle hand on his shoulder and the gecko Pokemon looked up to the young girl who smiled.
"Grovyle, thank you for helping us." Dawn whispered. "Even though you still need recovery, you were very brave."
"Piplup, Piplup!" Piplup agreed, liking Grovyle so much already.
Grovyle smiled in return, and nodded his thanks. These young people and their Pokemon friends were very warm hearted. Again, he was relieved that Time was still running.
But still, Krane was kidnapped, and those strange armored men had Shadow Pokemon. Things were not looking good for the Orre region.
(~Missing you: KH2~)
Half an hour later, everyone gathered inside the lab, and Jovi, Michael's little sister, was crying her eyes out.
"Waaah!" Jovi cried loudly, trying to prevent her tears from falling with her hands, but was failing miserably, "They took the Professor away!"
Her older brother, Ash, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup and even Grovyle had their ears covered with their hands, and cringed on how loudly the little girl was crying.
"What is it with some girls and crying so loudly?" Ash whispered to avoid in being heard. "I wasn't this bad when I was her age." as Jovi was no more than seven years old. A year younger than May's younger brother Max. Then again, May and Misty both could cry loudly too sometimes.
"I thought Jovi got over this years ago." Michael whispered back, feeling somewhat embarrassed over his younger sister's hysterics. Okay, so Krane was kidnapped and everyone was upset, that was understandable, but Jovi was doing it a little too much.
Lily, Michael's and Jovi's mother, approached her daughter and said, "Don't cry, Jovi. I'm sure Professor Krane is alright."
"That's right, Jovi." Dawn added, before saying her little catch phrase, "No need to worry!" to which made Ash, Brock and Piplup mentally groan, and Pikachu sighed.
"At times like these is when I worry the most." Ash muttered to himself.
Aiden and the other mechs who worked on the Snag Machine were also upset of the attack. He then said, "We called the police and they should let us know if they discover anything." before muttering, "But I still can't believe this is happening. Proffessor Krane abducted by a couple of armored thugs."
"Prof. Krane predicted that someone will again try making Shadow Pokemon." Lily told him. "His prediction was on the mark."
"Then that means," Brock realised, "The Teddiursa Michael snagged isn't the only Shadow Pokemon."
"And those guys probably kidnapped the Professor to force him into helping in turning Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon." Ash added, clutching his fist in anger, "It's disgusting."
Michael nodded in agreement, looking at the Pokeball with the Teddiursa in it. "You're right, Ash. I don't know much about what happened five years ago, but it's almost as if history is repeating itself."
(~End Missing You~)
"What about the purify chamber?" Dawn asked.
(~Courage-PKM: MD EOS-Anime version~)
Aiden said, "When the Purify Chamber is completed then we'll be able to save many Shadow Pokemon at the same time, but..." he paused for a second, "Without Professor Krane, we can't do anything."
Lily was thinking for a moment, closing her eyes, before coming to a decision. "Let's complete it." she said, opening her eyes, "We'll finish the purify chamber ourselves."
Everyone looked at her, shocked, stunned, and Aiden thought Lily was going crazy. "Lily, we can't! It's hopeless." he tried to point out, "There isn't any possible way to get it done."
"You're almost done," Lily replied with a serious glare, "This is not the time to feel sorry for yourself." to which made Aiden lower his head, realising that she was right.
She then continued, "We worked as a team, we can finish it as one." as she walked around the table, "Things will get very busy around here so I'll head upstairs and check how the data processing is coming."
"Right, Doctor Lily." Aiden nodded, "I'll see if I can be any help on the Chamber itself." walking out of the door, with Lily following him.
Ash and the others stood for a moment, until he said, "I came all this way to Orre, not thinking that all the Pokemon are in danger here."
"Ash, none of us knew that this would happen." Dawn pointed out, "You can't look into the future and then somehow change it."
"She's right, Ash. No one knew about this." Brock agreed.
"Even so," Ash sighed, "I can't stand the idea of Pokemon being treated like this and turn into Shadow Pokemon." shutting his eyes tightly, before coming to a decision. "I don't care if I miss the Colosseums." he opened his eyes again which held determination, "I want to help in saving the Shadow Pokemon!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu agreed, leaping onto Ash's shoulder.
Dawn and Brock both sighed, and the former said, "There he goes again." before she added, "Well, if that's the case, then I'm in. I'll just have to wait until next year for the Pokemon Contests here in the Orre region."
"I'll help out too." Brock decided.
They didn't notice that Michael and Jovi left the room to follow their mother, and that Grovyle was thinking of the same thing the three young humans and Pikachu and Piplup were thinking. He couldn't stand the idea of Pokemon being forced into darkness that is much more severe than in the dark future that no longer exists. While he still had a lot to learn about this new world to him, Grovyle made his decision.
(~End Courage~)
"Grovyle..Grov." Grovyle spoke up at Dawn who took notice as she and her friends turned to him.
"What is it, Grovyle?" Dawn asked.
The Gecko Pokemon spoke in Pokemon language that only Pikachu and Piplup understood as they were Pokemon themselves, and they were surprised on what their new friend was saying. On the other hand, Ash, Dawn and Brock seemed to also understand after a moment, and Ash said, "I don't know about you guys, but, I think Grovyle wants to come with us."
"I think so too." Brock agreed.
Dawn was surprised and she asked to Grovyle, "You really want to come with us, Grovyle?" to which Grovyle nods a 'yes'. The thought of having a Pokemon from another world seemed different, since Grovyle wasn't born here on Earth like all other Pokemon here, and that wasn't the only problem. "That sounds great, but, I can only carry six pokemon at the time." she told him apologetically.
Grovyle sighed in slight disappointment.
"Well, you could always send one Pokemon to Prof. Oak's." Ash suggested, much to his friends's surprise. "And I can send Gible and Torterra there to keep them company and capture new Pokemon."
"Good idea, but, who am I gonna send?" Dawn asked, since she loved all of her Pokemon partners, which made Piplup nervous yet excited. He didn't want to be send away back to Pallet Town, and he whole-heartedly would like to have Cyndaquil to be sent since that fire-type Johto region Pokemon loves Dawn's attention.
Ash then suggested, "Well, you can always send Pachirisu since it likes Pallet Town a lot and likes to play with Totodile."
While being hesitated, Dawn decided, "Okay. Why not?" much to Piplup's relief and dismay, and he sighed in more disappointment. Great, he's still stuck with Cyndaquil. Grovyle noticed Piplup's expression, and turned to Pikachu who chuckled nervously.
"(Don't ask.)" Pikachu told Grovyle.
Ten minutes later...
Once Ash and Dawn teleported three of their Pokemon to Oak's lab, they and Brock told him about Grovyle and how it wants to travel with Dawn after the events in the forest. However, they didn't tell him about the attack as they were worried what his response would be if they told him they want to help in saving the Shadow Pokemon.
"My my, Dawn. You should be proud in being Grovyle new trainer." Prof. Oak phrased from the camera-phone(No idea what it's called).
"But I'm not really Grovyle's trainer, Proffessor." Dawn admitted, referring to that Grovyle had another human friend.
Ash smiled, "What do you mean, Dawn? Of course you're his new trainer."
"You don't seem very happy, Dawn." Prof. Oak stated, also noticing the young girl's worried look.
"Well, maybe it's because I feel bad since Grovyle obviously had another trainer he got separated with, and it's not because of abandonment." Dawn explained.
The older man from his lab in Pallet Town thought deeply about this, then he came up with a theory, "Perhaps it's because you're not used to in capturing other people's Pokemon without knowing who owned those Pokemon first."
But Dawn knew that for once Prof. Oak was wrong. Even he didn't know about the Pokemon World beyond Earth, or that Grovyle came from the future and his friend turned into a Pokemon, or about Temporal Tower. What Dawn wasn't happy about was because she kept on lying about Grovyle's past to protect him. It was hard lying. Instead, she shrugged with a sad smile, "Maybe you're right. Plus, I promised Grovyle I'd help in finding it's trainer."
"It'll be a hard task for you, I'm afraid." Prof. Oak cautioned.
"I don't care how long it takes." Dawn stated, "I want to help Grovyle, no matter how long it takes." with Piplup nodding in agreement.
Ash nodded in agreement, "And Pikachu and I are gonna be right there to help too."
"Me too." Brock concluded.
Seeing how serious the young trainers are, Prof. Oak sighed with a smile, "Why am I not surprised? Now remember, you all have your goals, so do your best, work hard and look out for each other and your Pokemon."
"Right! You got it, Proffessor!" Ash, Dawn and Brock said in unision.
After saying goodbye to Proffessor Oak and hang up, Ash and his friends with Grovyle made their way back to the desk to wait for Michael and Aiden. Not a moment too soon, they were already there, and Aiden greeted them, "I can already tell you all want to help out, don't you?"
"How did you know?" Ash asked.
"I can see the fire of determination in your eyes, and it's probably contagious to those around you." Aiden chuckled, making Ash confused. "Actually, you can compete your goals as well as help out. If you compete in the competitions that you all want, those thugs won't suspect anything, as they could be just as dangerous as Cipher."
Brock nodded in agreement, "Now that you mentioned it, It's probably a good idea, or we'd be in trouble."
"You're right." even Dawn agreed, "Then, I'll enter the Contests while helping Grovyle to find it's trainer and to help save the Shadow Pokemon."
"If that's the case, then I'll enter the Colosseums." Ash decided.
"Maybe I can join you in the Colosseums sometime, Ash." Michael said.
At the three companions confusions, Aiden explained, "We're sending Michael back to Gateon Port for a special part of the Purify Chamber. If it's alright with you and your friends, Ash, we'd like you to head over to Agate Village and Michael there."
"Agate Village?" Ash asked.
"Yes. There you'll meet Eagun, a retired Pokemon Master who lives in Agate Village. You'll find information from him on the legendary Relic Stone. The Relic Stone can purify Shadow Pokemon." Aiden explained, and even Michael was amazed.
"A retired Pokemon Master...Relic Stone." Ash repeated in relief.
"Pika..." Pikachu added, amazed.
Finally, Ash nodded in determination, "Okay! We'll head over to Agate Village!"
After promising to meet up in Agate Village, Michael took off on his scooter with Jovi who wanted to come along to Gateon Port, Dawn allowed Grovyle to be captured in a Pokeball, him becoming a new member of her team, and soon, she, Piplup, Ash, Pikachu and Brock said goodbye to the HQ Lab for now, and began their brand new journey unlike any other before.
Little did Ash know, however, that Agate Village holds another knowlage that will shock him more than the Relic Stone.
(~Axel and Saix-KH: 358/2 Days~)
Meanwhile, somewhere near the Realgam Tower in the desert, the red bodyguard was just leaving the enterance, when Adros approached him while walking to the opposite direction.
"Eldes. There's been reports at Mt. Battle and Agate Village." Adros told his companion in a dark tone. "The Master wishes you to investigate Mt. Battle soon."
"I trust, the Grand Master sees something valueble about Mt. Battle itself?" Eldes inquired in a smooth-ish and cool tone, before leaving without waiting for an answer.
(~End Axel and Saix~)
"Hmph." Adros said.
A/N: Sorry that it took so long. Writers block and finding myself being sucky at chapters in my stories lately. Probably gonna have to take a break for a while. I thought of of this KH music in the background(Not that it'll actually happen) for Eldes and Adros since they remind me of Axel and Saix in KH.
I even imagined Quinton Flynn being the voice of Eldes, which, again, will never happen, but it's nice to dream, right?
My Birthday's next week on Wednesday on the 2nd, since I like to reveal that detail.
In the meantime, fellow readers, please continue your amazing reviews, and I'll see you again when I get the chance.