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 ; Kenny – 21 yrs

Mask – 18 yrs (if you haven't noticed by now...)

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Chase spent the night looking over some notes that were laid out on the table near his bed. The notes spoke of the Three Beings, along with the Two Deities, and The God. He remembered having being told after he woke up that one of the beings had already been captured by his partner. He thought back to the conversation.

"Where is my partner now?" Chase asked the man before him.

"Your partner is en route to the next being. But you need to hurry up so that we can rush you back out to where she is. Then you two, along with Brian, who was your temporary replacement, can capture the second being," the man said.

"But why must we capture them, Master?" Chase asked curiously.

"Because my son, there are evil people out there who want to capture them and use them for evil. We must catch them so that we may protect them properly. If even one of them is caught, the whole balance of things may go out of order. But we have one, so we are on the way to protecting the whole balance of things. Your helicopter should be arriving here shortly. Be ready to leave once you are notified," Master said. With a smirk, he walked out of the room and closed the door.

Chase reviewed the notes once more before putting them into a folder that was nearby. To protect them. That is why they need to be captured. He put the folder in his bag, and grabbed his belt that had a total of eight dark balls attached to it.

He took a quick mental count as he walked out the door and up the stairs. Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Lefia, and two Eevees. Forgetting about his Rocket mission for a few seconds, his mind thought about his Eevee quest. Rumor has it that there is one more eeveelution somewhere in the northern section of this region. But also there is a third being nearby that area. So when I go to find the third being, I will make a quick stop to find the remaining eeveelution!

Chase stepped out onto the roof of a tall building in the middle of a large city. He didn't recognize the city, but really didn't think about it. Onto Pastoria. Where the next Being is nearby and ours for the taking! He stepped onto the helicopter and rode it into the morning sun.

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Leta and Kenny woke up in the Pastoria Pokemon Center early in the morning. They walked out of the center and nearly collided with two young men who had spiky hair. Leta recognized them instantly as her face lit up more than it had since she thought she found Chase in the paper.

"See, I told you they'd still be here, Ashy," the one spiky haired guy said.

"That wasn't too tough to figure since the sun ain't up yet, Gary" Ash said.

"So you guys ready to go stop Neo Team Rocket?" Leta asked the two boys.

"Um, excuse me Leta. But who are these two?" Kenny asked, looking to the boys.

"Oh, I'm sorry Kenny. This is Gary Oak," Leta said as she pointed to Gary, "and this is Ash Ketchum," pointing to Ash.

"So you two are the help that Leta was telling me about just a little bit ago, huh?" Kenny asked.

"Sure are!" Ash said excited.

"Well then. Let me tell you two what we are doing exactly," Kenny said as he led the group to the lakes shore of Lake Valor.

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Mask and Brian made their way to the lake shore, but when they got there, they saw a few people hanging around the dock where the rowboats were docked. Masked cursed their luck as they had to wait for the scene to clear. As they waited, however, Mask recognized a girl that was in the group.

"Shit, she's here. And so is that Ranger," Mask cursed silently.

"Who?" Brian asked, oblivious to the people.

"You see that girl over there?" Mask asked, pointing to the girl with the cowboy hat. "That's the girl that I think caused Chase's mental break down to start. Ever since back at Lake Verity, e was acting weird. I think that she has some part to do with his life before NTR."

"Then why don't we get rid of her then?" Brian asked with a crooked smile.

"Because we don't 'get rid' of people!" Mask hissed, slamming a fist into Brian's head. "Besides…" Mask took a closer look at the group.

Brian noticed that Mask hadn't said a word for like five minutes as she stared at the group. "Uh, hello? Earth to Mask? You okay?" Brian asked Mask, waving his hand in front Mask's face.

"Who is he?" Mask whispered aloud. Brian got a quizzical look on his face and looked at the group. "His hair is absolutely wonderful!"

"Which one?" Brian asked, completely confused.

"The one with the black hair," Mask answered dreamily. Suddenly, the group got into a boat and headed for the island at the middle of the lake. Snapping out of the dreamy gaze, Mask realized what they were doing. "THEY'RE GOING TO STEAL OUR POKEMON!"

Jumping up, Brian headed for the dock to jump into a boat. "Not if we get there first!" Mask jumped in right behind Brian as he fired up the motor and left the dock in a hurry. Pulling out a pokéball, Brian released a pokemon and a Gyarados appeared. "Go stop that boat!" he yelled, pointing to the boat ahead of them. The water dragon obeyed and caused a whirlpool to stall the boat that the Ranger and others were in. As their boats passed, Brian called out, "LATER LOSERS!" before gunning the engine.

Regaining their bearings, Leta saw what happened. "WE GOTTA CATCH THEM! THAT'S NTR!"

Kenny hammered the gas making the boat lurch almost out of the water. "HOLD ON GUYS!"

Brian looked over his shoulder to see that the Ranger boat was back on track and following them. "Gyarados, stop them again!" His Gyarados turned around and stared at the Ranger boat.

With the Gyarados heading in their direction at full speed, Ash looked at Pikachu (Thought I'd forget that little guy? You must be nuts!) and nodded his head. Pikachu sent a thunderbolt in Gyarados's direction, making a solid hit with the water dragon pokemon. The Gyarados howled in pain, as it collapsed in the lake.

By this time, the NTR boat had already made it to the island, and both Mask and Brian had already jumped out and ran into the cave. Now, just to find this little being before the others get here. Chase would know where to look if he were here. Mask thought.

Brian walked along the inside of the cave at a brisk pace, quietly calling out to the Being. "Here Azelf. Where are ya hiding?"

That's no way to find a legendary Being, Mask thought in annoyance.

Meanwhile, the Ranger boat was finally getting to the island, and all four people jumped out and ran into the cave to stop NTR.

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From up in the sky, Chase watched carefully as the helicopter neared the lake. He witnessed a blast of energy being fired from one boat and hitting an object in the water. As the copter got closer, he recognized what was hit. That's Brian's Gyarados. So he was my replacement. As the copter moved into a hover, barely a foot off the island, Chase jumped out of the copter and preceded to enter the cave. I think I'm just gonna watch what happens and make my move at the right possible moment. Either way, Azelf is going with NTR!

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Mask and Brian walked through the cave trying to find the Being called Azelf. But as they got deeper and deeper into the cave, they found there was into a dead end. "Might as well go back and try to find another way," Brian said. Mask just nodded. They turned around and headed back where they came from. As they came to a bigger hall, they heard voices coming, so they hid in the shadows to avoid being detected.

"Which way is it to Azelf?" Gary asked the Ranger, Kenny. Gary, Ash, and Leta looked to Kenny.

Pulling out a book, Kenny started to read a page. "It says that we need to go down this tunnel, and then we'll find Azelf in a big room." Kenny took off down the tunnel, with the others following.

"We should follow," Mask said, quietly following the group of Rangers. Brian followed close behind Mask. They followed for what seemed like an hour. Finally, the tunnel opened up into a huge dark room.

"Ty, lighten up the room," Kenny ordered his Typhlosion. The room got bright, as the group continued their search. While still looking in his book, Kenny mumbled, "Azelf should be here."

Then from a shodow, Chase appeared, with a smirk and holding a shadow master ball up for all to see. "Indeed, he was in here. Now, he's in this little pokéball of mine. You guys took too long for me to wait any longer."

Leta stepped forward. "Is that you Chase?" she asked nervously.

Chase chuckled evilly. "So, you've figured out my name, Ranger. Yes, I am Chase of NTR. And with here Being, we are one step closer to our goal of saving these endangered creatures from the evils of the Rangers! HAHAHA!"

"We're not the evil ones! NTR is! And so are you!" Leta yelled at him, as she pulled a pokeball out.

"Don't lie to me little girl," Chase hissed at Leta, as he did the same.

"And so it begins," Gary commented, as they watched Chase and Leta release their pokemon. Chase released a Jolteon and Leta released a Riachu. Both pokémon stared at each other, unsure 

whether or not they've seen each other before. Both pokemon recovered, however, when their trainers commanded an attack.

"Sparks, use quick attack!" (Jolteon) "Riachu, use thunderbolt!" As the Riachu's bolt of electricity got close to the Jolteon, it dodged out of the way and became a blur. The next second, it slammed into the side of the Riachu. "Use crunch, Sparks!" "Thunder whip!" The Jolteon opened it's mouth as wide as it could to chomp down on the Riachu, but the Riachu whipped it's tail around, knocking a shocking blow to the Jolteon's mouth. The Jolteon was thrown back due the power of the whip, but recovered quickly.

"This is gonna take a while," Chase hissed to himself.

Meanwhile, Mask had engaged Kenny into a battle. Kenny was using his Typhlosion while Mask was using a Mightyena. But throughout the battle, Mask's concentration kept drifting to the boy with the raven black hair. NO! Must concentrate on the fight at hand!

"Ty, roll out!" "Poochy (Mightyena), iron tail!" The Typhlosion began an all out rolling attack on the Mightyena. Each time, the rolling attack missed since the Mightyena jumped out of the way at the last moment. As the Typhlosion came in for a final round, the Mightyena slammed its now iron hard tail onto the head of the Typhlosion. The sudden blow fell the rolling ball of fire at once.

"Ty, no!" Kenny begged the fire pokemon up. But to no luck, he reluctantly recalled the pokemon.

"My turn," Ash said, taking Kenny's spot.

I can't battle him, Mask thought. I was barely keeping my concentration when I was battling Kenny. How can I now?!

While Ash and Mask started their fight, Brian and Gary's fight was nearing an end. Brian's only pokemon, since his Gyarados lay out in the lake knocked out, Luxray, was pinned to the ground by an unseen force from Gary's Alakazam. Everything that the Luxray through at it, it was reflected back, tenfold. Finally, the Luxray fainted, and Brian fell to his knees in defeat. "How could this be happening?" he asked himself, as he watched Gary walk up him.

"You are under arrest for your crimes as part of NTR," Gary said, as he through handcuffs onto Brian. One down, two to go, he thought, as he watched Leta and Ash fight Chase and Mask.

Mask could see that Mightyena wasn't going to last much longer against Pikachu. We need to think of something fast. But only me and Chase can get out now. Dumb Brian has been caught.

Chase noticed that Brian was on his knees, with his pokemon fainted in front of him. Not good, Then he got an idea on how they were going to escape. "Use flash, Mask," he hissed to Mask. It took a second for Mask to realize what he meant. But once in sank in, they both called out their Umbreons, and ordered them to use Flash. The entire room filled with blinding light, as Mask and Chase ran out of the cave, closely followed by their pokemon.

As they ran, they heard Kenny call out, "You can't be the good guys! The good guys wouldn't disrupt the natural balance of the world like you are now!"

Outside the cave, Mask asked, "What about Brian?"

"He's none of our business now. Remember our training? Anyone caught is to be cut loose immediately. And he knows that," Chase said sternly. Jumping into the one boat, Chase pulled all of the wires out of the fuse box. "Hurry, we must leave quickly," he said, as he jumped into the other boat and started the engine.

Mask paused beside the boat. Why can't we be the good guys? We are only trying to protect them.

"Must I leave you too?" Chase asked, getting impatient.

Mask merely shook her head, and jumped into the boat. As they pulled away from the island, she saw them emerging from the cave. I thought we were the good guys.

"You let that boy distract you," Chase said after they had reached the docks. "You yourself could have been arrested as well. Is that what you want?"

"Well, uh…" Mask stuttered. She watched Chase get really close to her. She had no idea what he was going to do.

He put his hands on her shoulders. "Well, do you want to be arrested by that boy? Or do you want to protect these pokemon?" He paused for a moment. "Because I can leave you behind in a second if that is what you wanted."

Shock filled her eyes. Chase was the only one that was ever able to get this close to her. She thought of him kind of like a brother in the beginning, but as time went on, she started to think differently. "No. Protecting these pokemon are my job. No matter what those evil Rangers may try to make me think. We are the good guys. They are the evil ones."

"Good. Now let's move on to the next Being," Chase said, turning around and walking in the direction of Veilstone.

Still, that one boy, I think I heard his name was Ash, was cute, Mask let herself think as she followed Chase to Veilstone.

Back in the cave, Leta slammed her fist into the side of the wall. He's escaped me yet again!

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That's two Beings down, one to go!

The next few chapters are where things get interesting! So stay tuned in to see what happens!

Love you guys!