Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, I won't own Pokémon. But I do own this story line and everything that isn't from the series.

" " - talking; Italics – thinking; ' ' - speaking telepathically

Xxxxxx - break in day or event; Xxxxxxxxxxxx - change of days

Chase/Nogitsune – 20 yrs ; Leta – 20 yrs

?? – 18 yrs

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Chase was staring at the clock. He hadn't been sleeping well since he had acquired the Leafeon a while ago in the Eterna Forest. He turned his attention to the shadow balls that he had laid on the table. These balls were his own creation, they weren't able to be tracked like regular poke balls , or transported away after you had caught your seventh pokémon. No, he could have a team of infinite number and power. But for all the powerful pokémon that Neo Team Rocket had, he preferred to use Eevees. Why do I have this urge to find more eeveelutions? I heard rumors about a leaf Eevee, and found one. Now there's a rumor of an ice Eevee. I must find out how to get it. He laid down on the bed in the hideout that he and Mask were assigned. He was just about to fall asleep when he thought he heard a voice call out.

A whispered voice said, "You're not who you think you are."

Chase jumped out of his bed. "Who's that?" he demanded. He flipped on the light in the one roomed shack. Mask was sleeping in the far corner of the room.

"You are not who you think you are," the voice whispered came again.

Chase swore that it came from the window that had been left cracked open. He walked over to the window and opened it up. Sticking his head out, he looked around the area hoping to see a person whispering. With no luck, he pulled his head back in and pulled the window closed. But in the reflection of the window, he saw something. Instead of seeing his own reflection, he saw a face of a fox.

"WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?!" Chase yelled, pointing at the window, slowly backing away from it. This time, the voice didn't return. Instead, the reflection seemed to come out of the window. Soon, Chase was seeing a thing about his size, with the face, fur, and tail of a fox. But the thing was human shaped and had human arms and hands.

"Why," the thing replied, "I am YOU!"

Chase sat straight up in his bed. He looked around and saw that the clock said 5 o'clock in the morning. It was a dream, he thought as he got out of bed. He saw his shadow balls on the table beside the bed. Or was it?

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"Chase hurry up! Mother and Father are going to be calling any time now to assign us the assignment that Master has decided for us to do." Mask was standing beside the phone waiting for the call to come in. After trying to get Chase to come over from the far window, Mask could see that Chase was intently staring outside the window.

"I'll come when the call comes in," Chase said sternly. He continued to star at the window. I am not who I think I am? And that fox thing was me? No more soda for me before I go to sleep. Chase finally shrugged the dream off and went over to the phone. As if on cue, the phone rang. "Well, answer it Mask."

"Agent Mask and Agent Chase are here," Mask said into the phone.

"Good," Mother's voice came over the phone. "Now put it on speaker." Mask did as commanded. "I hope that you two have rested plenty, because your next mission is going to be the hardest that you two have ever faced in all of Neo Team Rocket history."

Father's voice came over the speaker. "Your mission is to collect the Three Beings. They live in each lake in the Sinnoh Region. We need you to collect all Three Beings; Uxie, Mespirit, and Azelf. Then we can continue our grand plan. Your best bet is to use the Master Shadow ball that you helped to create Chase. Any questions?"

"How long do we have?" Chase asked.

"We need those pokémon in three months, before the summer solstice. Which is the prime time to summon two more powerful pokémon," Master's voice boomed over the speaker. "Screw this up, and you'll pay dearly." The connection was terminated.

"Three Beings? Looks like we're going to make a visit to the library," Chase said, grabbing his things.

"You know we can't just walk into a library like normal," Mask tried to point out.

"If by normal you mean by in uniform, then you're right. But 'normal' means like normal people. So, we are going to the library without the uniform," Chase said, as he stuffed his uniform into his bag.

"You can only go then," Mask said.

Chase looked over a little confused. Then it hit him. "Oh yeah, the mask. Do you ever take that thing off? I bet it smells under that."

"Only to shower," Mask replied.

"Fine. I'll be back in a few hours. Be ready to leave then," Chase said, as he walked out of the safe house.

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After spending the morning in the library, and looking in some very old, ancient looking books, Chase believed that he had an understanding of the Three Beings that he was assigned to capture. Well, he didn't quite understand it, but he knew he would soon. Since he had taking any books that even mentioned the Three Beings and walked out of the library. As he exited the library, the buzzer rang. You know the ones, the ones that alert a robbery. And as the alarm went off, Chase ran off, without even looking back, smirking. They will be mine soon enough!

"Hey you come back here!" a boy's voice yelled after Chase. Chase glanced over his shoulder real quick to see something that all NTR members hated. A Pokémon Ranger. "You bring those books back you thief!"

Never, Chase thought, as he tried to duck around a corner to evade the ranger. But the ranger stayed on his trail.

"I GOT CHA!" the ranger yelled, as he jumped onto Chase's back, knocking him to the ground. Chase fell, and his bag spilled open. He watched as his NTR cloak rolled out of the bag and unfurled, revealing the green 'R'. "NO WAY! A NTR MEMBER!" the ranger yelled.

"Yeah, you got a problem with me?" Chase asked as he pushed himself back on his feet and dusted his body off. He put on his cloak and eyed the ranger.

"Actually, I've been waiting for you, rocket," the ranger said, cracking his knuckles. "And with those books that you stole, I can only figure that you're going after the Three Beings."

"My you're a smart ranger. So you're going to try to stop me then?" Chase smirked. He pulled out a shadow ball of his belt. "So, you ready for a battle?"

"The question is, rocket, are you ready for a battle?" a girl's voice said from behind Chase. The girl watched as Chase turned to see her. "Well, are you?"

"I'll be with you in a minute girl. This ranger was first," Chase said. He turned his attention to the ranger again. He raised his shadow ball to eye level. "Ready?" Chase released his Espeon. The ranger released an Ivysaur.

"Ivysaur, razor leaf!" the ranger called out.

"Flash Sunny," Chase said calmy.

A bright flash of light blinded the area as the razor sharp leaves closed in on the Espeon. By the time the light faded, Chase and the Espeon were gone. And so were the books.

"DRATS!" the ranger yelled, slamming his fist into the concrete ground. "I almost had him."

Sunny?! That Espeon's name was Sunny?! Chase had one named just that! the girl thought. She pulled the hat down over her eyes. Where'd he go? She looked up to see the ranger walking away. "Hey wait up!" she called out.

The ranger stopped and looked back. "What?" he asked calmly.

"Are you fighting NTR?" the girl asked.

"Yes and so are the rest of the rangers. We believe that they are going after the Three Beings and may also be after something far more powerful. I'm sorry, what was your name?" the ranger asked.

"The name's Masters, Leta Masters. And I too am after NTR, but for a different reason. Ten years ago the kidnapped my friend, and I vowed to find him no matter what." Leta said.

"Nice to meet you Leta. My name is Kenny. Why don't you join with us and help fight them with us?" Kenny offered.

"Do you know where NTR is going to strike next?" Leta asked, thinking about the offer.

"According to legend, the Three Beings each lived in one of the three lakes of Sinnoh. The closest lake is Verity Lake. So I believe that's where our friend will be going to first." Kenny pulled out a cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number. "Hey boss, I think NTR is heading for Verity Lake. And also, I think we have a new recruit."

"A new recruit?" the boss said over the phone. "What's the boy's name?"

"Here, introduce yourself to the boss man of the Pokémon Rangers," Kenny said, handing the phone to Leta.

"The name's Leta Masters," Leta said into the phone smiling to herself. I'm closer than ever at finding you Chase.

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Sorry for the long wait. I ran into the old brick wall again. Hehehe. But now that I have an idea of where to go, hopefully I can turn out another chapter sooner.

You read it. Now review it. Later, Chase/Nogitsune.