A/N: I wrote three different endings for this chapter, but none of them worked out the way I wanted them to. So, instead of having a cliffhanger ending you just have everything else I wrote earlier. I have ideas for next chapter already, but I'm not sure how to write them yet. Normal typing is human language, italics are pokemon language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any characters from Pokemon. I don't own the "Valzoa" from Aedis Eclipse, although I have used some of his traits for my own character. I do not own the chaos emeralds from Sonic the Hedgehog or any Sonic character. However, I have altered the purpose and powers of chaos emeralds to suit my fanfiction stories. I do own Siran, Valzoa (the pikachu), Draklar, Azul, Muragal, Tyrant, Overlord, Razor, Firestorm, Renault, Megan, Drake, Metal (the 5.0 part), Devail, Ultimageus, and the chaos badge.

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Potential Enemies

Jenny's POV

Lord Draklar's generals have returned from their attack on the human towns and city. They are making their reports now.

"All of the humans from Blakedrail have been eliminated, and our Pokemon brethren have joined our forces. We have taken no casualties either. I suppose I was wrong about you Jenny, your strategy worked flawlessly for my team." Destroyer Razor gives me a small smile and I nod in return.

Overlord indicates himself and Firestorm as he reports next, "Duresal fell easily to our combined forces. The humans were dealt with easily and the Pokemon that were captured were rescued. It enraged me to know that those humans butchered the Pokemon for their body parts but I am satisfied knowing that they all burnt to a crisp."

Firestorm agrees, "Indeed. In fact, one of Team Hurricane's members helped us by incapacitating the humans so they could not fight back. I believe his name was Azul. He is by far the most interesting cubone I have ever seen."

I nod to him, "I'll be sure to let him know you approved of his actions."

Renault reports next, a bit dully. "After hearing you guys, I'm beginning to think that Tyrant and I got the easiest of the assignments. When we arrived, the people of Blemure threw a party for us. Although, major credit should go to Team Hurricane for making it so easy. The city was ours as of yesterday."

Razor does not look very happy, but it is Overlord who yells out. "We were working hard to free the Pokemon and destroy the humans, and you guys went to a party with the humans?!"

Renault shrugs his shoulders, "next time there's a party destination you can go instead. It doesn't really matter to us, right Tyrant?"

Tyrant looks up as if he's just noticed he's at a meeting. "Oh uh, yeah." The others noticed his distracted look.

Lord Draklar speaks to him kindly, "We're all old friends here Tyrant, what's on your mind today?"

Tyrant seems hesitant at first, but then he replies, "Well, you see, guys. I met someone at Blemure and I'm not sure how I should feel towards her. Already I like her, but…"

He pauses for a moment. "Whenever I'm around her I can feel myself more relaxed, more happy. I'm wondering if she could be the one for me… But you know we only met a few days ago so it's best not to rush anything!"

Draklar chuckles, "well now, it seems that Tyrant shall be the second of the five bachelors to find himself a mate! Tell me, is she more beautiful than my dragonair was?"

I would have been surprised at how off-handed Draklar chose to talk regarding his mate. That is, until I heard that she ditched him for some other Dragon-type Pokemon.

Tyrant starts to blush a little, "Well, there's not really any way to compare them, you know? Everyone has their own preference after all."

Renault seems to be pondering something. Then his face lights up, "Hey yeah, now that I think about it, does this someone happen to be that redhead that followed you into camp today? She's not that bad looking for a human."

At the table, Overlord's and Firestorm's mouths drop. Razor is reduced to stuttering and Draklar has his eyes wide open. Tyrant says nothing, but his slight blush deepens. I send an inquiry through the chaos badge and receive the information I requested.

I address Tyrant, "ah so Megan is the one you're interested in? That's fine; she's quite a competent member of our organization. Perhaps you two would work well together."

Draklar seems to snap out of his trance at my statement. "Ahem, yes. Anyways, thank you for your reports. Now is the time for us to help train our new recruits a bit so that they can be prepared for the next battles. I'll gather you all again once Jenny has received the information on the next targets."

I watch as the other Pokemon walk off rather stunned. Draklar then turns to me.

"I'd never thought I'd see the day when Tyrant actually liked a human." He smiles at me. "He's always been rather self-absorbed and not caring about others besides his friends. This could be a good thing for him, already it's changed his personality for the better."

I nod at him, "He does appear to be happier, Lord Draklar."

He shakes his head, and his smile turns amused, "Jenny, when we're alone you don't have to call me Lord you know."

I nod, "Alright then Draklar. By the way, how's young Drake doing?"I'm referring to his adopted charmander son.

Draklar's smile goes away and turns thoughtful, "He's really pushing himself, and he wants to be a part of this revolution so badly. But he's still very young."

I put my hand in his claw and squeeze reassuringly. "They all grow up someday, better that we try and help him before he tries to do it on his own." I pause and then speak again, "Azul's looking after him. It should be easy enough for him to keep Drake safe."

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Drake's POV

All right! My ember's getting stronger! Now if only I could figure out how to make a flamethrower.

"Nice ember, you're getting better Drake."I turn around and spot Azul, my new friend, approaching me.

"Heh, thanks Azul!" I spot a pokeball in his hands. "Hey, whatcha got there?"

He looks at the pokeball and answers, "I dunno, my father gave it to me and said that we should become best friends with the Pokemon inside. He said that one of his friends made it and he's testing him out."

With that he tosses the pokeball and it opens up to reveal the creature inside, before the pokeball disappears. It's slightly taller than us and very blue with red feet. If I had to guess I'd say its some sort of Steel type.

Suddenly its red eyes appear, "greetings… I am Metal Sonic 5.0… will you… be my friend?"

He seems to have trouble speaking, and his voice is gravelly. Still, he looks like a cool friend, "Sure, the more friends, the merrier!"

Azul agrees, "Sure we'll be your friends!" He pauses a moment. "So, what can you tell us about yourself? I'm Azul and I'm a ground-type with moves like Bone Club. Drake here is a fire-type and has moves like Ember."

The Pokemon answers, "I am… Metal… I am Steel-type… I know moves… Metal Claw… Agility… ExtremeSpeed… and Protect."

ExtremeSpeed? Whoa. "You must be pretty fast if you already know ExtremeSpeed!"

Metal nods, "I am… close to… evolution. A… bit more… training… and I will… become stronger. Creator… has taught me… well."

Cubone makes the suggestion, "In that case, why don't you train with us? We'll help you get stronger! Besides, I'm pretty curious to see what you evolve into."

All three of us walk to a designated training area. A smug charmeleon walks up towards us and blocks our way.

"Hey little ones, you shouldn't play here. Big, grown-up Pokemon are training hard, and I wouldn't want to get any of you hurt." I growl at him for making fun of us.

"Shut up Devail! You know that anyone who wants to be a part of the Pokemon Revolution is allowed to train here! We're going to train and become stronger!" Devail merely laughs at me.

"Pah, you weaklings will never become strong enough. I could take any one of you on and win easily!" I'm so angry that I start to stutter.

Azul pipes up, "Actually, maybe you could help us then. We think that Metal here is about ready to evolve. A good battle might be just the thing he needs."

Devail eyes up Metal and then snorts. "It looks like he's a steel type, he wouldn't last 10 seconds against me. But if you really want to be beaten up, tin can, then face me in the arena."

He starts to walk towards the arena while the rest of us follow. Metal remains silent, but Azul speaks to him again. "You should be able to evolve during this fight. We know that you can do this."

I look at Azul like he's crazy, but when Metal turns his head my way I nod my head to give him confidence. As soon as Metal enters the ring, Devail rushes at him.

"Be ready for anything tin can! Slash!"The charmeleon slashes his claws at Metal, but Metal merely side steps to the side and allows Devail to crash into the wall.

"…Agility…"Metal appears to move even faster than before. Devail meantime just got back with his encounter with the wall.

"Grr, stand still pip-squeak!" He unleashes a Smokescreen and the entire arena is obscured from view.

Metal's voice is heard from inside the smoke. "Nice try… but my… special ability is… Speed-Lock-on."

We hear an exclamation of surprise from the charmeleon and then hear his grunts of pain as he again hits the wall. The smoke clears and Devail staggers onto his feet.

"That's it! I'm through playing around! FIRE BLAST!" A humongous blast of fire hurtles towards Metal, and I fear for his life. The heat emanating from that fire is intense!

Metal calmly watches it. "…Protect…" The fire rages all over Metal, but after it ends Metal calmly steps forward.

Devail looks on in disbelief as Metal makes his final move, "…ExtremeSpeed…"Faster than I could react, Metal slams into the charmeleon and knocks him on his back. Devail tries to, but he cannot get back up.

Azul runs out to Metal, and I follow after him. "You did great Metal! I knew that you could!"Azul is beaming at Metal.

I speak up as well, "That was so totally cool! I have to admit I worried about you for a little while, but you just totally blew Devail away!"

Metal looks at our two smiling faces. Then, much to our surprise, he starts to smile, too. "Thank you for your faith in me, my friends." Before either of us could react to Metal's perfect speaking, he starts to glow the white color of evolution.

As the fade disappears, he looks taller than before. Not only that, but there are odd white markings all over his face, which also looks pointier than before. His legs and arms look more impressive than before, and it looks like he's wearing some sort of cape.

His red eyes appear and he looks at us. His stare seems cold and calculating for a few seconds, but then he smirks and the cold feeling disappears. "Well, how do I look now?"

I'm still speechless so Azul answers happily. "Looking good! Congratulations on evolving! Anything different about you now?"

Metal appears to be pondering for a minute, then he replies, "I've evolved into Neo Metal Sonic 5.0, and my type has changed into a Steel/Psychic type. I'm still figuring out how exactly to perform some of my new attacks. I believe that with some work I'll master Psychic, Magnet Rise, Flash Cannon, Zap Cannon, and Hyper Beam."

I still can't find anything to say, so again Azul speaks. "Those are a lot of powerful attacks, and to think you haven't even reached your final evolution yet! However, did you lose any of the speed you used to have before you evolved?"

Metal eyes disappear for a few seconds, then reappears. "Once I become better adjusted to this new body, I should be able to reach high speeds once more. Preferably after I learn Magnet Rise, though. Then I should be able to move without any friction with the ground."

Suddenly, the alarm bell starts to ring. "Uh oh, guys I think we'd better get over to the main gathering place. Something's happening!"

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Draklar's POV

After all this time, it took a Pokemon Revolution to get his damn attention? And he just had to bring HIM. The man flew on HIM and landed at the center of the meeting area.

"Draklar? You're the one leading this rebellion? Well, this is an unexpected surprise!" He's grinning at me like we're old friends.

"Hello Lance, are you and that Bastard here in order to stop us?" HE sneers at me. Lance looks back and tells HIM to not make a scene.

Facing me once more he says, "no my old friend, I'm not here to stop you. I'm here to help you." He walks closer towards me, "you remember my ideals don't you? A world where Pokemon can finally rule over the obnoxious humans. Or a world where humans truly live in fear of these wonderful creatures. Those were my dreams, and I tried to pass them onto you."

I stay silent a while, thinking. It's true though; he was my original inspiration for this Pokemon Revolution. It is only because of Team Hurricane that we have been so careful in our attacks… I can hear the chaos badge making some sort of noise, but I ignore it. My mind turns once more to my mate and what HE did.

As if reading my thoughts, Lance speaks again, "Listen, if you're still mad about your mate leaving you, please work it out between the two of you." He says this while pointing at HIM. "I don't really think it's my place to get involved."

Now that I think about it, he's right. I'd been blaming Lance for abandoning me, but in reality I left with my son because of the fight I had with HIM.

Lance again seems to read my thoughts. "Now hold on, we're all on the same side right now. Can you guys please hold off on the fighting until this war is over?"

I snort, but agree. Lance appears to be making a lot of sense. I think I hear some sort of warning in the background but I can't tell about what.

I look out into the gathered crowd. "Well then, how would you all feel if Lance joined our revolution?" A roaring crowd responds in a pleased manner.

This feeling of power! It has been ages since I've felt so strong! With Lance with us, there's no way we can lose!

"Draklar, come to your senses please!" I turn around and see that blue haired human staring at me with pleading eyes.

Lance shouts out, "Draklar, hurry! You must silence her before she warns the other humans of the Revolution's existence!"

Power overwhelming compels me. I shall smite that human!

I rush towards her; my Dragon Claw attack shall end her life quickly. Yet she manages to dodge away from me!

Lance shouts to me, irritated, "Just use Hyper Beam to blast her away!"

Halfway through the sentence the human girl changes direction and heads straight for me! She leaps towards me as I open my mouth to start the Hyper Beam that will obliterate her!

Her arms wrap around my neck and she… kisses me?

The power I felt earlier fades, and I look again at this human. Wait, Jenny? Oh Arceus, I almost killed her!

I hug her back to let her know that I'm back to normal. Lance speaks out, "Uh, well I suppose you could keep her around as a toy in that case. I didn't realize you were into humans."

Jenny stops kissing me and looks over my shoulder, at Lance probably, with a face full of rage. "How dare you try to take over Draklar's mind! Are your dragons nothing but pawns to further your ambitions?"

Take over my mind? Wait, that feeling of power I received, Lance used that to control me? I put Jenny down and turn around.

I snarl viciously at Lance, "So that's your real game is it? Well forget it! We don't want someone like you leading the revolution!" I turn to face my audience for support, but they stare at us as if they weren't really there.

Lance starts to laugh out loud. "Oh, my dear friend. It appears I have enthralled all of your Pokemon!" He looks at me with a bit of pity. "Well, since this wouldn't be entirely fair to you… I'll tell you what, let's have a 1-on-1 Pokemon battle. Winner gets to keep control of this Revolution and the losers have to leave. Sounds fair enough right?"

With that he walks back a bit and orders HIM to the field. "All right my faithful dragonite, Ultimageus I choose you." HE approaches and roars out his challenge to me.

Jenny pulls at my arm and whispers to me, "Draklar, you cannot defeat Ultimageus by yourself. Lance is still somehow feeding power into him. Lance is expecting you to lose."

I turn towards her and speak back, "It doesn't matter if he cheats or not, I will defeat him. Lance will not gain control of these Pokemon." I smile to her, trying to give Jenny some comfort.

She sighs, "In that case, let me help you. Lance isn't the only one who can give power to their Pokemon. Just… pretend I'm your trainer okay? I'm not going to give you orders unless you need it, but I will give you morale support. Our synchronization rating is at 50 percent; that should be enough to defeat Lance."

I turn back to face Ultimageus, Jenny says loudly, "Okay Draklar, you can do this!"

Lance appears amused, "Oh? You let a worthless human command you? My, how far have you fallen? Or does she give you power like I can? Ultimageus, use Hyper Beam!"

A bright beam of energy blasts out at me, faster than I can dodge. Jenny yells out, "I believe in you!"

Although the beam blasted me, I took less damage from that attack than I expected to. Wary about what Lance might order next, I perform the Dragon Dance. As I perform it, I notice Jenny in the background mimicking my movements.

At the completion of my dance I feel much faster and stronger than before. That had to have been the best Dragon Dance I ever did! Lance already ordered the next attack, "Ice Beam!"

A beam of cold strikes me and my body starts to go numb. Jenny says, "Everyone's counting on you!" The ice shatters and falls off of me. Heat starts to emanate from my body and I can move freely once more.

So, he wants to play the Ice game does he? I summon artic winds to freeze my foe in a Blizzard attack! Ultimageus shudders against the cold and ice.

Lance shouts, "Ignore the pain with Outrage!"

Ultimageus rushes towards me and thrashes me. It hurts, but again, not as badly as I thought it would have.

Jenny commands me this time, "Try a Thunder Wave and stop him from hurting you."

I dodge one of Ultimageus's wild slashes and shoot electricity at him. He abruptly stops moving for a few seconds.

Lance doesn't look very happy at this change of events, but he knows that he can't give out any new commands until the Outrage passes. I take this opportunity to send another Blizzard attack towards Ultimageus.

He howls in pain, and tries to stand up to face me. The ice clings to him and he's having trouble moving due to the paralysis.

Lance growls out, "Use Draco Meteor!"

I step back and brace for the attack that's sure to happen. Luckily for me, Ultimageus was confused when he used that attack. I watch in satisfaction as the comets bombard him and knock him unconscious.

Lance returns HIM back to his pokeball. "Well, that was a very interesting battle. I'll release all of your Pokemon now, and I hope that you realize that I am still on your side. I support the Pokemon Revolution whole heartedly, I'm saddened by your mistrust in me." With that he teleports away.

I stare at the empty space he vacated for a few seconds. Jenny walks up to me and says gently, "Lord Draklar, you should take some rest. That was quite a battle you just went through."

I take a look around as the Pokemon start to cheer for me. Once again, I feel powerful knowing I have the support of everyone with me, and for another reason... I turn to Jenny and pick her up. "That sounds good, I'll fly you back to the cave."

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We arrive at the cave a few minutes later. Not surprisingly its empty of anyone. This brings back memories of when I took my ex-mate to a cave…

The power I felt earlier has increased dramatically! I'm holding Jenny in my arms and realize that she is the cause of it.

No, she isn't causing it on purpose. I'm pretty sure it's instincts that are driving me crazy. My voice trembles a bit when I speak to her, "Jenny, I believe that you should go now. I just need to get some rest."

She examines me for a few seconds and then speaks back, "Unfortunately, that is not true. What you need is something… I don't believe I can give you right now." She pauses a moment. "I really do like you as a friend, maybe more than just a friend, but I think this is too soon."

Oh, bloody hell! She scanned my lust-ridden emotions right now. She knows that my instincts are telling me to take my prize. Somehow part of me equated defeating my rival as defeating a male challenger for the right to a female. I feel my sanity beginning to break. She must get out of here now before I do something I'm sure I'll regret later.

"Please, Jenny… Get out of here… I'll be fine away from everyone else… I don't want to… accidentally hurt you…"She gets out of my arms and starts to walk away. I start to growl before I can help myself. Oh Arceus, please let me hold on a little longer!

She turns around suddenly and asks, "Do you love me Draklar? Or do you think of me as just a friend?"

What is she thinking? I'm barely holding on and she asks me such a question! My growling is growing louder and I can no longer speak. I try to focus on an emotion and send it towards her. Yes, I love her! Did she think I would react this way to a mere friend?! My body considers her a potential mate for Arceus's sake!

Jenny closes her eyes and nods. Then she opens them and smiles at me, "I think I have an idea of how to solve this."

At her smile, something within me snaps. The last thing I remember is roaring triumphantly before rushing towards her.

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I come to my senses a bit later feeling rather good, and still very powerful. I slowly stretch and yawn. I have the feeling I'm forgetting about something…

Wait, Jenny! Where is she? I can't find her anywhere in here. What did I do while I was unconscious?

I hear a voice in my head, "Calm down Draklar, I'm right here inside you. I decided to try merging with you to help calm you down."

Merge? As in she's a part of me now? How is that possible?

Apparently she heard me, "It's one of the more interesting abilities of the chaos badges. During a merge two compatible beings, preferably with high synchronization ratings, join together and share their powers and abilities. They also have access to each other's 'auras', which they can use, for various effects. Don't worry, I can unmerge when I want to or if you try to force me out."

How interesting. Oh, what did you do when I wasn't conscious though?

She seems to hesitate before answering, "I had to calm down your aura. It was fluctuating so wildly that I was afraid you were going to hurt yourself. It's calm now, but its not settling. I'm afraid that if I unmerge now, your aura will act up again. However, I believe there is a way to fix that. This might hurt a bit though."

I feel a pinprick of pain, but then the power within me surges and calms down once more. Jenny reappears before me and smiles.

"It's a somewhat risky procedure, but it worked out alright. I traded a bit of my aura with yours so that I'll always have a part of you with me and you'll have a part of me. It turns out that we're compatible." She pauses for a moment. "It's odd, but when I'm near you I feel better than normal. It's a separate feeling from synchronizing, too."

I wrap my arms around and hug her. "Now you know why I always feel powerful around you." She snuggles into me and I feel calm.

Then she asks, "So… in public, do you want the others to know about our relationship? Or should we keep it professional? From an Advisor's standpoint I would recommend professional for now."

I think I stared at her for a full minute. I can't believe she switched her train of thought so abruptly. I start to chuckle, "Thank Arceus I met you. I don't know what I'd do without you, Advisor." I rub my head against hers.

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A/N: In the alternate reality, Lance took over the Pokemon Revolution, and eventually became supreme ruler of the world.

Special Ability: Speed-Lock-On. As long as the user has a higher speed rating than the opponent, the user will always have a 100 percent chance to hit. Unless the target is digging, or out of reach, or phased through a wall, etc.

Although not apparent in this chapter, Devail is indeed the charmeleon from Duresal last chapter. It took me a while to figure out a good name for him.

This is what I hate about using canon characters. I have no idea if Lance was IC or OOC. From what I've read, it kind of depends if you view him as a good guy or a bad guy. Then again, this is my dimension so he's however I want him to be!

If you were wondering about how many potential enemies there were in this chapter, I believe there was 1 obvious one, 2 not so obvious ones, and... anyways, you can guess which ones are potential enemies and I can send you a message back explaining why they are, or why not. For some of the vague ones, even I'm not sure at the moment. They could be, or maybe not depending on how the story goes.