Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. But I do own this story line and everything that isn't from the series. I also don't own the character Mask, as CrystalMask does, along with the pokémon that she uses. And I don't own Kenny's friend, Shura, she belongs to the creators of Rurouni Kenshin.

" " - 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

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Adam was running at a full sprint as he ran towards Mt Coronet. He had read an email from his sister just that morning about the attack on the God pokémon Arceus. She had even included that if Arceus was captured, the world and universe would cease to exist and fall apart. He was trying to get to the battlefield before anything serious could happen. And by serious, he thought that Arceus would be captured by someone who wasn't meant to capture a God pokémon.

This isn't getting me there as quickly as I need to get there, Adam thought to himself. Pulling out a pokéball, he threw it and released his Salamence. Jumping onto the back of the large dragon type pokémon, he said, "Sal, we need to get to the top of the mountain as soon as we can!" The Salamence nodded his head and took off for the top of the mountain.

Hang on sis, I'm coming!

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At the top of the mountain, Master had already defeated Ash, Gary, Kenny, Shura, and was working to finish off both Mask and Leta. Their last pokémon could barely stand, let alone continue to fight.

Looking at her Blastiose, Mask couldn't believe that they couldn't even bring down ONE of Master's pokémon. She looked over to see that Leta was also finding it hard to believe that this fight was almost over for them. Her Dratini was panting heavily. It had proved to be quite a fighter for a Dratini, but just not strong enough to fight such strong opponents.

Master laughed at their futile attempt to stop from awakening Arceus. "You honestly believed that you could stop me? I haven't even changed out from my starting pokémon!" Master glanced up at the dimensional portal that he had Dialga and Palkia create. In the portal was where his fallen victims were being held. "And the brat with that strong Pikachu that had given my Team Rocket such a hard time was nothing. It is just as weak as the next Pikachu."

Turning his attention back to the two girls in front of him, he decided that he needed to finish this battle and move on with his plan. "Machamp! Use Cross Chop and finish them both off!" 

Master's Machamp karate chopped both pokémon, making them faint where they stood and fall to the ground.

"Now, as the losers, it is off to the next dimension for you two girls!" Master said with a devious smile. He watched as both girls' bodies floated on up to the portal that hovered over their heads.

"NOOOOO! What have you done to them?!" a male's voice cried out.

Master turned around to see a young man jump off his Salamance at the edge of the mountain top. "Ahh, another challenger comes to take my place as the ruler of the world? How cute."

"The name is Adam. And I am going to throw you from this mountain if it's the last thing I do!" Adam said.

"Do you honestly think that you can defeat me? After all, I just defeated these six kids with only one pokémon," Master said.

Adam spit on the ground. "That doesn't impress me. I could do that also," Adam smirked. Adam looked into the portal and saw Leta yelling at him. But he couldn't hear anything.

"That portal is a one-way hole. Nothing escapes. Nothing even sound," Master laughed.

"Are you going to keep laughing, or are you going to battle?" Adam said, holding up a pokéball.

Inside the portal, the six kids could see something that no one outside could. All of Master's pokémon were surrounded and protected by a black aura. That's how his pokémon never seemed to get any damage, or tire for that matter. And the black aura flowed from the portal itself. The portal that Master had opened up with the help of Dialga and Palkia led to a universe where darkness ruled. So it only seemed right that his pokémon would be more empowered by this black aura.

"Why couldn't you hear us tell you after we were sucked into this portal?" Gary asked Leta.

"Because we couldn't hear you period," Leta said. "This portal mustn't let sound out at all. Since Adam can't hear our warning about the aura that we can see now, his fate will be the same as ours."

"So that's why his pokémon never seemed to tire out or wear down," Mask thought to herself out loud. "This portal is giving power to his pokémon."

"We need to get out of this place," Leta said. "Ash, use Pikachu to…"

"It won't work," Ash said quietly. "We already tried that once we were captured in this dimension. And attacking the walls seems to just suck more energy out of the pokémon and feed it to Master's pokémon."

"Then, we're stuck, here?" Leta asked slowly, with her fear clearly in her voice.

"That is until someone can defeat that man," Gary said, with his head bowed down. "We're pretty much useless now." Gary punched at the portal. "I HAVE NEVER FELT SO USELESS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!"

Master laughed at Adam's feeble attempt at trying to defeat even ONE of his pokémon. "You'll never defeat me, kid. I'm more powerful than you could ever imagine," Master laughed menacingly.

How is it that he has already taken out most of my team, with only a flick of his pinkie?! Adam was dumbfounded. He was down to his Scizor and Salamence already, and the fight had only started a mere ten minutes ago. "DOUBLE HIT NIGHT SLASH!" Adam's Scizor was breathing hard, but wanted to desperately to defeat Master also. Launching itself, it became but a blur as it sped towards Master's Machamp and slashed at it with its claws. On the return attack, it wasn't as fast as it was, and Master's Machamp simply punched the Scizor in the face, using the pokémon's speed to make the impact.

"I believe that round is done also," Master said, as Scizor fell to the ground. Raising his hand, the Scizor was lifted and pushed into the portal. Yet another one, and I become more powerful even more so!

I can't believe this is happening, Adam thought to himself. Down to one last pokémon, Adam didn't want to lose his Salamence to this man. Nor do I want to get caught in that portal either. "What should I do?" he asked himself out loud.

"Give up," Master answered, having heard the question.

Adam stared at Master. He saw the portal behind Master. He saw his sister banging on the portal, trying to break out. Clinching his fist, he grew angrier, angrier than he had felt for a long time. In a harsh tone, Adam said, "I will never give up."

"Suit yourself," Master smirked.

"Salamence, fly up and use focus energy!" Adam called out. Salamence climbed into the sky, and hovered out of reach of the Machamp's jumping distance.

Master smiled to himself, waiting.

"Dragon breath!" Adam commanded. Salamence fired an incredible blast of breath at the Machamp. However, it seemed unfazed. "YOU DIRTY CHEAT!" Adam exclaimed, pointing his finger to Master.

"Why thank you for finally realizing it before it was too late for you," Master laughed. "Oh wait, it is too late for you!"

"You've been having you pokémon absorbing power from that portal!" Adam exclaimed.

"Yes, you are right about that. These pokémon that Chase has caught for me, has let me tap into the depths of the negative energy in the universe, for ultimate power," Master explained. "And this entire time, all of my pokémon have been empowered by this negative energy. NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME!"

"Someday, someone will defeat you," Adam said dryly.

"Never. Now, I will finish you off, and claim what is rightfully mine! Machamp, Seismic Toss!" Master commanded. Adam watched as the Machamp jumped higher than any other Machamp could, and pile drive his Salamence into the ground.

Once the dust cleared, all could see that Salamence was knocked out. Master lifted his hand, lifting the dragon into the portal. Then turning to Adam, "Now, it is your turn to join your friends." Master lifted his hand, and lifted Adam through the air closer to the portal. "And when you get in there, tell that traitor of mine that Chase is no longer alive." With that, Adam was pushed into the portal.

Mask slammed herself against the portal. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE IS NO LONGER ALIVE?!"

Leta just stared out at Master. No, longer, alive?

Looking up at the portal, Master could see the two girls. One in shock and the other madder than a Taurus. He couldn't hear them, but knew what they were thinking. "You see, my dears, I knew he was going to betray me once he started to remember his past again. And I couldn't have that. And I know how much you liked him Mask. But you," he said to the other girl, "you seem to be the reason as to why he started to have his breakdowns. So I got rid of him," Master said laughing.

"And now with nothing to stop me from finally calling the great Arceus, I will play this Azure Flute and capture the strongest pokémon of all time!" Master laughed menacingly. Master placed the flute to his lips as he started to play the song to summon the great Arceus.

When he finished playing the flute, he lowered it and stared as a doorway appeared right before him. "This must be the door that leads into the Hall of Origin, where Arceus is waiting for me." He played the flute again to open the door. As the doors swung open, a bright light appeared 

from inside the doors. From inside, a large object moved outwards. "Great Arceus, prepare to be mine!" Master exclaimed.

"Not so fast," a voice said from below Arceus.

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I'm so sorry for such the long wait. But with school starting back up again, work, and life right now, I've been a little too busy to really sit down and work on this. As you can guess, life has gotten a little bit more hectic with school being thrown back into the mix after the long summer.

I hope to have the next chapter done relatively soon. Sooner than it took me to do this chapter anyways.

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