At the Pokémon Centre not to far from the island where Alto Mare City was on, the pokémon centre they had put the staging grounds at had been discussed for a few months after a cut back around the area being classed as dangerous from cliff sides falling into the sea. Mewtwo stood on the edge of the cliff looking out to sea seeing the large tower in the distance above the island where Alto Mare is.
"Just over 7 human hours before Zarkaruio takes action why would he hold of for this long when he can easily wipe out all of us with such ease, I would be the first to denied that but when I think back to those sudden appearances to my own past life I remember the pain of him" Mewtwo said to himself unaware that Jimmy with his friend and pokémon Typhlosion was listening from behind.
Jimmy then spoke Mewtwo turning his head a little the eyes turned on him and Typhlosion "Wow so you was really genetically created but from the very Mew you was in a past life, what are the chances of that happen?" Jimmy said to him as the cloak of Mewtwo wears blow in the wind.
"Be careful what you say human, till today I believed I had no past life and just created by Giovanni as the beginning" Mewtwo spoke coldly to them
Jimmy walk up to him standing beside him and Typhlosion on the other side "So he the boss of Team Rocket?"
"Yes" Mewtwo turn back to the view ahead into the sea "But knowing him he will make sure Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy remember he helped out and I think that would be best. Team Rocket is Team Rocket we can't force changes" Mewtwo said calmly with a smile appearing on his mouth. "I wouldn't want that any other way"
Typhlosion questioned it speaking to Mewtwo about it while Jimmy wasn't sure what his buddy is speaking about to Mewtwo then Mewtwo gave his reply "I understand why your concerned but this is more then Team Rocket while we all part of Jenny or Joy will remember this in our views Team Rocket will have a good side. Think of it this way, we will know of the good side and that be rewarding enough" Mewtwo chuckled "I would find that amusing every time I would think about it just think of that" Typhlosion laughed to that and Jimmy just had to laugh thinking that.
Jimmy calmed down then look at Typhlosion "Well buddy we better get some training done before we run out of time" Typhlosion nod and they turn heading away from the cliff edge to the centre.
Mewtwo watch them go looking at the four Legendary pokémon that gathered already "A fair number has arrived already, more on the way this will be the first time a gathering such as this is done even some won't be showing up" Mewtwo said in his psychic voice seeing the common pokémon that the trainers had train to get ready for the battle yet to come then he notice something in the sky in the distance coming towards them staring right at it the skies already grey with clouds but that won't stop Zarkaruio.
Domino stood in the office of the Pokémon centre with four Team Rocket members Annie, Oakley, Cassidy and Butch in front of Giovanni who sitting behind a desk with Persian on his side. "Right you all got here without problems but that not the problem we all will be playing a part in this conflict to come from what we know the so called Great Barrier is at its weakest by midnight tonight and that when he will destroy it and use the teleport power from the tower from Domino's report on what Mewtwo told her." Giovanni said to them in a quite strong tone in his voice, as he looked from one to another hands press together on the desk.
"Boss aren't you taking a jump believing Mewtwo, it was created by Team Rocket in the first place" Cassidy said to Giovanni questioning this.
Giovanni frown at her then stand up "It too hard to not believe" Giovanni said to her "If Mewtwo right Zarkaruio will destroy that Great Barrier and then attack. But from what I heard the plans for the attack would be arriving soon with some more Legendary Pokémon. This is the largest gathering of such and we can't even capture then so take in account how I feel about this" Giovanni said to Cassidy with arms crossed.
Butch looked out of the window the jump up on one foot pulling back with arms up with a shocked face "Bo-Boss lo-look out of the window!"
Giovanni walk over to it "Better be important Buffy"
"It Butch!" Giovanni turn a dark frown on him making him go quiet "sir…" he whispered
Giovanni then look out of the window his face shaking a little "What on god name is that thing!?"
Domino and the others looked seeing it as well they saw a large craft landing with two Charizards and five more legendary pokémon. "That thing I am for sure isn't for this world the way it shaped and the style of it match nothing in any blue prints I seen" Domino said just a bit surprised as they was.
Annie and Oakley look to each other then to the boss who turn around looking at the members of Team Rocket "I think we should go out and greet this new comers" Annie smiled
Oakley smiled as well "I agree with Annie lets say hi to the ones that got all the plans in the bag or most" Oakley suggested.
"I agree but I and Domino will, you four will stay just out the door, I don't want a scene with some of these people that I get a feeling I am about to meet those kids again and knowing your past history with them all I need is burning fury between you and them" Giovanni said calmly and then he with Domino and Persian leave the office the others look at each other then nod at the same time walking out after him and Domino.
Jimmy, Vincent and Marina all ran up to it stunned and amazed with this large ship and seeing more legendary pokémon arriving. Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy can out of the centre seeing the arrivals, Mewtwo and the other legendary pokémon now gathered themselves looking at the new arrivals even Lugia knew that the legendary birds would show up. Lightning near by strike from the sky lightning up the sky with some high winds blowing, many of the gathered was stunned by the very craft then something made Jimmy jump.
"Jimmy is that human made?" Jimmy mouth was hanging pointing at Typhlosion, Vincent and Marina also gasped. Then Typhlosion look at each of them then at Jimmy "Why are you look at me like that?" Typhlosion said with a nervous voice.
Jimmy then answered it with a shaking stunned voice "You… Typhlosion… your well… SPEAKING!" Jimmy strutted then shouted out the last word making Typhlosion frown almost like he not making sense
"I always did. Wait" then Typhlosion noticed something "You can understand me?" Jimmy nod slowly a few times then Typhlosion let out a gasp. "Re-really!?"
"Yes buddy in perfect English" Jimmy said to his pokémon
"How?" Vincent cried out "It not possible!!"
"Sorry about that it would be my translator, I forgot that it was still on" they all turn to a Charizard wearing a open jacket and belt standing just in front with people and a pokémon walking down steps from the craft door. "The name is Flare and the ship is mine. I am not a Earth Pokémon but a Pokélonum Pokémon" Flare said to them to get it over with.
Typhlosion point at Flare with a shock face with his paw pointing "Pokélonum! The real thing?" Flare nod with a smile then Typhlosion fell backwards Jimmy catching him.
"Hey Typhlosion snap out of it, come on wake up" Jimmy said trying to keep support of Typhlosion. Typhlosion open it eyes then got back on it feet "Good, whatever going on here I like to know"
"I am from the planet Pokélonum and to pokémon here it a big legendary land but in fact it a world like Earth" Flare explained to Jimmy
Typhlosion was seeing stars of joy "This is a dream come true"
"Typhlosion?" Jimmy blinked Typhlosion turn to Jimmy and laughed a little. "Just a childhood dream" he said with a laugh. "Wow Typhlosion listening to you talk is cool and hearing things like this is just amazing" Jimmy said with a smile "How about a high paw" Typhlosion clapped with Jimmy's hand. Flare grinned watching them with arms crossed
Ash, Charizard and Pikachu saw Mewtwo then he came up to them both looking at each of them Ash and Charizard then said in telepathic "Why are you two in each others bodies?" Mewtwo questioned them.
Both look at each other then Mewtwo saying together "Zarkaruio"
"Thought so, only he could do such a Curse but also a condition to break it" Mewtwo said to them.
"Oh we already met it at Midnight that just went, we just choose to stay where we are for now, we can easily go back to each owns body but we got a reason for not doing it" Ash said to Mewtwo.
Mewtwo frown at them both "I think you two being head strong over this and not thought it through"
"We have!" Charizard snapped at him "When we was on the crossing we saw something, something to do with the Fire Crystal"
Mewtwo saw it when Charizard took it out of the pocket "Eon Charizard can it be but that got a curse in itself"
Ash gulped at the sound of that Pikachu then asked "What a Eon Charizard? Is it like a Charizard?"
"Well the Eon Charizard has stripes on the tail and over each eye that are a darker orange from what I remember hearing at a past life ago. But legends tell that it powers could rival that of a Ancients but there is a catch to it" Mewtwo told then looking to the cloudy sky.
"What the catch?" Ash asked
"If this is right the chosen and the friend of fire that will match the power of legendary pokémon can spark the Eon Flames within a crystal but they will have to be cursed to for fill a task and once it done during the flames of Eon change the chosen to the Eon Charizard that one will be cursed to live that form of the days of a full moon day and night" Ash looked startled hearing this so did Charizard they didn't realise there was a catch like that.
Charizard looked at his trainer in his own body how could he let Ash live the rest of his life after this battle in the days of a full moon as a Eon Charizard how could even Ash live his life like that. "Ash it too risky I can't let you live a life like that, you're my trainer and best friend I can't let that happen to you"
"I know what you mean" Ash said to Charizard "I wouldn't like to live like that for 3 days a month as a pokémon but when I think about all the other pokémon and people on Earth and the pokémon on Pokélonum I think it worth me taking on that curse and live out a live for every month as a Eon Charizard for 3 days then take the risk of everyone's lives against Zarkauio" Ash spoke to Charizard and the other two wondering then why no one else was asking.
Mewtwo then spoke "I created a Psychic dampening field that filtering out what we saying to just us four only" Mewtwo told them
"Alright as I was saying" Ash then finished what he had to say "Wouldn't you want to take that risk then let everyone else suffer because of one person? Or even us" Ash finished telling Charizard is view.
Charizard took that into thought "Well I would say I rather die at first but since I been with you from day one and learned so much about life as well as battling I remember with Articuno then that time I was asked to take that little girl when facing the Unown. I guess now I would go with what you say Ash and rather be cursed then let others suffer" Charizard said with a smile. "I guess knowing and being with a friend like you really showed the real meaning of life for me"
"I go with that as well, I would do it for everyone" Pikachu nod with agreement putting an arm out. "I say we should go for it"
Ash gave a Charizard grin putting a claw hand over Pikachu's paw "I agree you with you buddy" Ash said
Charizard put the human hand on top of the claw hand "I think it worth the risk overall" Charizard smiled "It look like we all agreed"
Mewtwo put his paw hand over Charizard human hand then they look at Mewtwo "Every life is just important and I remember those words well Ash, you helped save my life when I thought it was not worth living at one point. You help me change my views I can see that this plan will work" Mewtwo gave a smile to it. "Now I think we got a plan. But I suggest that we do this at the least expecting point for Zarkaruio letting the other plans work through then we hit hard" Mewtwo then spoke out a plan
"I like that" Ash was happy for the help from Mewtwo the other two agreeing to it as well.
Misty watched them seem to be talking but unable to hear anything and saw their hands or paws pull away then Mewtwo turn to Mew walking up to her while Ash, Charizard and Pikachu walk to cliff edge looking out to the sea that when she notice the tower in the distance. "Wow that big"
"When I saw it from all the way out here after that lucky escape from that BlackMoltres we encountered" Marina said holding onto a Misdreavus "Little Miss and I will help out in the up coming trouble, we can't sit by when you all go against that crawl pokémon. I thought Team Rocket was bad but that Zarkaruio takes the cake" Marina said standing next to Misty "I love to do entertainment battles but I will seriously help out"
"I know you will and that a cool ghost pokémon you got there" Misty said looking at the pokémon in Marina arms. "I am more of a water pokémon trainer" she'd turn to look at the tower again.
Vincent stood with his Meganium watching Misty and Marina talking Professor Oak and Tracy stood behind him "You care for her don't you?" Tracy asked Vincent quickly jump around.
"What? Erm I don't know what you mean" Vincent said shyly and quick
Meganium frown a little then she said "But you do like her Vincent you told me dozen of times before" Vincent face turn red.
Professor Oak laughed a little "Look like the translator helping pokémon to tell the truth for their trainers" Professor Oak told Vincent
"Yes I can tell" Vincent mutters then look at Meganium "How about keeping things between us from now on and not let anyone else know? Ok Meganium?"
"Yeah sure Vincent not all a problem for my favourite trainer and friend" Meganium agreed "Vincent can we go back to training I want to be tough against those black pokémon and Zarkaruio"
Vincent blinked and phase out a little then spoke shaking out the phasing "Right lets go Meganium" Vincent and Meganium go to a little area to get the training going.
Ash stood next to Charizrd with Pikachu they watching things going on then they heard two sets of foot steps they all turn to see Giovanni with Domino standing before them. "You two" Ash sneered Pikachu just as anger to see them both with sparks shooting from his red checks.
"Do you two know them?" Charizard point at Giovanni and Domino with a confused face
"Yes, in the Johto Region they try to do something to Mewtwo and the other clone pokémon" Ash said with the Charizard snout now bearing teeth.
Domino was lost at first then thought of something crazy "Wait a minute is the kid in that Charizard body and the pokémon in the kid's body? It sounds almost too funny but how is this even possible?" Domino stood there almost ready to lose her senses.
Ash looked startled at what he did realising it too late Giovanni laughing then grinned "Yes they are and I can guess Zarkaruio got something to do with it, that twisted pokémon would do this for his own amusement unless the kid is a threat to him and that why" Giovanni came out two possible reasons then spoke. "I say it the second one, you caused me problems before and you pop up wherever a legendary pokémon is"
"I guess so but why are you here?" Ash asked then Giovanni step right close to him about 2 feet away looking up at the Ash in the Charizard body with a smile.
"Oh that simple my friend, we here to help stop Zarkaruio from what we know he caused a Ancient war a long time ago and now he restarting it, starting with Earth" Giovanni answered the question the put his hand out "A Truce to this is over"
Ash look down at the hand then put the claw hand over it something burned off from Giovanni's hand, Domino shook her head "the blood in a Charizard far to hot for that to work boss, even it won't take affect with Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy till tomorrow morning it won't work now"
"What did you try to do answer me or I drop you in the sea" Ash picked him up by the jacket lifting Giovanni clear off the ground then look at Domino "Don't try it" he brow lower with a glare in the blue eyes.
Charizard smirked "Look like he found that inner Charizard that I have, but Ash take it easy don't go headstrong" Charizard warned
Ash grinned with a sparkly in one eye taking a look at Charizard "Understood Charizard. Now" Ash went back to staring at Giovanni "Care to answer or take a swimming lesson till I say when to stop?"
Giovanni laughed "your too soft to do such" Giovanni noticed he turn and head to the edge still holding Giovanni he just seeing those Charizard feet stepping on the ground coming to the edge then look up at Ash. "Ok you will. You win kid, it was a little thing the scientist gave me, it Amnesia powder that affect only that touch it from my hand but your hot claw hand palms burned it all up. Thanks to you I have none left"
"Well once I let go it make double sure" Giovanni closed his eyes but then felt his feet touching the ground then look at Ash "But I am not like that, you gave me the truth so I will leave it at that" Ash clapped his claw hands together from left to right and back. He turn and walk back to Charizard and Pikachu.
"I would of did it" Charizard said to Ash "But your not me so I understand why" Charizard stopped for a second when he touch the belt feeling the pokéballs and this time being in a human body he wonder if Ash would share the experience just this once. But wait to Giovanni and Domino had left and they had after what happened with Ash now they can't do it to anyone else part from who they did it already being Jenny and Joy. "Ash I just thought of something"
"Oh?" Ash looked over Charizard's shoulder with his Charizard neck being longer then a human one then saw the ball. "Am I guessing it something to do with that?"
Pikachu look at as well "Charizard you can't be seriously thinking about that. His own trainer and friend we can't just ask him to try being in a pokéball, I hate those things" Pikachu shook his head.
Ash thought about it then said "I always wondered what pokémon felt inside the ball" Ash said then touch a claw tip on the ball button it fires a red light engulfing in "wha" then the Charizard over Charizard's shoulder disappear in the ball.
"Throw the ball!" Pikachu said quickly Charizard did and a flash Ash was back standing there shaking his head then looked at Charizard
"Ok now that was creepy and strange, I can't really explain that feeling I had but one thing is I think I won't try that again soon" Ash muttered rubbing the back of his neck with the claw hand. "But it was conferrable though"
"For must" Pikachu sweatdropped at this comment then said his own. "Just keep those pokéballs away from me"
"Pikachu I might be in Ash's body but I am not crawl what happened with Ash was a accident" Charizard said putting it back on the belt.
Lugia and the other legendary pokémon part from Mew, Mewtwo and Lucario were gathered to talk over their phase of the plans to hold back Zarkaruio. "Is that Charizard really the chosen one within it?"
"Yes Lugia, I and Zapdos saw the mind swap take place and since they broke the curse they stayed in each others bodies for a reason we do not know" Moltres said looking over at them talking to each other now near the pokémon centre.
Lugia nod then look to the craft "What about the Charizard that fly the machine?"
Articuno answered that one with wings opened "He a Pokélonum Charizard from the skies, what he got and the way it shaped isn't of any human. I only can guess that is a guess is that pokémon of the legendary Pokélonum has became gifted or over time without humans around like here they created the form humans call technology" Articuno suggested none of them even noticing a fire pokémon was behind them.
"A guess that is right on the mark" they all turn around to see Flare standing there most was speechless how he got behind them all without even making a single sound at the same time Lucario was scanning the Black Aura which was very strong at the tower.
Suicune then dare as the question "How did you move so swiftly and so quietly without even a single one of us picking it up! With all of us here one of us should of heard you or sense you at least" Suicune said to him and Flare put up his claw hand with the inner claw finger next to the thumb up he wave it left and right with closed eyes then open his eyes stopping the movement.
"Sorry but that something I can't enclose to anyone even you guys" Flare said to them calmly lowering his arm. "I know you all really want me to tell you but I can't it a ability that I like to keep a secret"
Raikou then growled "How can we trust a common Charizard if your not going to speak how you did it"
"WHAT!?" Flare snapped at Raikou "Common!? COMMON!!! I am no Common Charizard thank you very much!" then he turn calm "Then explain if I am common if I have a BlackCharizard for a twin brother" Flare said with closed eyes then stare right at Entei's eyes.
"I believe him" Entei spoke they looked at the Volcano Pokémon "He got brown eyes for one thing and that unheard of from a Charizard to have, they have blue, green or the odd chance a yellow tan like colour not a brown like his" Entei said then finished with eyes closed. "I also sense a telepathic field maybe a bit weak but the fire pokémon telepathic field means one thing."
Lugia didn't give it a thought "Twins, in a rare formation twins could be born and those pokémon or humans sometimes share a rare telepathic field no matter how far they are apart" Lugia said calmly then they got a roar turning with humans and other pokémon they all saw the sky guardian Rayquaza flying up to them then stop with a landing blasting dust into the air. "Rayquaza this is a surprise what bring you down from the Ozone Layer?"
He turn the yellow eyes on Lugia then Rayquaza answered "To settle a battle with that Zarkaruio, he defeated my father the Ancient Titan of the Sky in the Ancient war and this time he will be defeated"
"With a group effect" the large sky high pokémon turn the eyes on the Charizard.
Rayquaza stare at him "Your Pokélonum I can tell from your eyes. Only a flame type as yourself can have eyes like that, it shows the healthiness of your world"
"Healthiness of his world?" May blinked once "What do Rayquaza mean by that?"
Max shrugged "Beats me but I guess we about to get a answer or half of one at least" Max adjusted is glasses. Team Rocket just sitting in the officer they had seeing yet another legend and with the truce no chance of a capture of this pokémon as well a lucky day but bad luck rolled in one for Team Rocket.
Flare turn his head to the tower then spoke "Pokélonum has zero salt waters like Earth does in it oceans and seas, in our world it all fresh waters"
"Yeah you told us about that" Max said remembering it "Something about the pressure of the air and the fresh water oceans causing Surge Storms to form every 200 years and the last one was 16 years ago, right Flare?"
"Yes Max your right" Flare replied then look to Rayquaza "I guess you was born there?"
"Yes at Ozone Peak. I had a sister that was far older the I was she was given the name Rayqula" Rayquaza answered not looking too impressed to rival this in a translator as well. "And I guess you're the brain behind that thing making everyone understand us" Flare gave a nod. "I guess it was time and since I get the feeling you know of the ancient war. Why don't you all fill me in" Rayquaza look at each of them seeing fear or amazement on the humans and some faces he seen before.
Charla and Liza listened with Latias with Lucario and Sir Aaron but they carried on with their own task talking quietly and now joined with them was the three young trainers that first met Zarkaruio face to face, they with their pokémon listening to the phase of the plan that was important. It seem to be the most needed to happen if things was to work to victory so they had to keep to their group and talk out the very plan that will work with what will happen with everyone else that will confront Zarkaruio for the first time for many that this is being planned out then just happening as it go.
Many just hope this would work, Misty being one of them since she been with Ash or known him, things was being planned out right left and centre and things was even kept away from her stuff that she didn't even know. Misty hoped that things will go back to normal after this is all over the amount of planning and things are going around including Team Rocket being here made the place feel like a Military Camp.
Mewtwo and Mew now behind the pokémon centre choose to talk to each other and Mewtwo knowing fully that Mew was his sister from a past life. This making him feel unconfertable but keeping the cape on as Mew float then looking at him now this made him see more past life images as a Mew.
"Mewtwo are you feeling ok?" Mew asked Mewtwo seeing the strain on his eyes
Mewtwo focus on Mew "Yes I am fine"
"Are you still that bit upset that you're a clone?" Mew asked another question
Mewtwo laughed making Mew lost "How funny would it be if the very fossil that I was created from was from a ancient past"
"That would be funny" Mew giggled then froze in a flash of lightning looking at Mewtwo staring into his eyes "What did you say?"
"I thought you would of figured it out by now." Mewtwo said with a small grin arms to the side the look in his eyes at Mew then the eyes went wide.
"Mewo?" Mew whispered "but that can't be he was killed"
"I was, but a small piece of fur must of fell in the mud without it Team Rocket wouldn't have created me and without realising it till now giving me a second chance at life and one thing Mew. All those years back I am sorry for acting like that and teleporting you away I had no right to do it" Mewtwo had tears falling and Mew touch his face with a paw rubbing the tear away.
"Mewo it is really you!" Mew cried out happily not for anyone else to hear and gave Mewtwo a hug. Mewtwo felt embarrassed but then didn't care, he felt now that he rather be embarrassed by being hug by his sister then not at all then putting his paw like hands on her back gentle and gave a hug back with a whisper. "I won't make the same mistake twice this time we live together." Mew was happy to hear that and for once she got the impossible back even at first encounters she didn't notice, her brother was back even it was Mewtwo the genetically created pokémon, inside was Mewo and that all that mattered to Mew now.
In the Tower central Chamber Zarkaruio was watching the count down on the screen with a content grin very comfortable with it. He was going to get the chance to live again and that all that mattered to him now remembering all the deaths it showed memoirs of another pokémon of blackish dragons covered in Black Aura being destroyed then the images faded.
"Soon I will have the chance to live without fear of being destroyed" Zarkaruio whispered that made Meowth wonder then lean on the bars.
Meowth look at one of his paws then said "What do you mean by chance to live?"
Zarkaruio look over at the cage where Meowth and Lurna was in. "very well I might as well let you in on it now. The reason of doing this is to live and to live without the fear of being destroyed by those Ancients"
"Fear of being destroyed? But all but you are gone aren't they?" Meowth wondered
Zakaruio stood up and turn to both of them "No they are still out there, somewhere they are and soon I am weak they will finish me off the last of my kind, they have no right to kill all of my kind" Zarkaruio closed his paw hand up with a very dark look came to his face they backing up against the cage. "I will do anything to complete my goals" His eyes glowing purple bright darkish colour then said again. "Anything"
