Pikatwig: *is looking at Genesect and Kabutops. Thinks a bit.*
KKD: *walks in and sees Pika* Hmm? What's up? *sees what he's looking at* Looking at that old theory about Kabutops and Genesect?
Pikatwig: Yea. Don't they look a little alike?
KKD: You got a point. No idea what bug Genesect is supposed to be, but he doesn't have the mantis-like arms of Kabutops.
Pikatwig: No clue… regardless, I do get why Genesect met Mewtwo in the last BW movie, since they were both created by evil teams and modified to be the most powerful Pokemon ever… but I still am not a fan of the second Mewtwo. You?
KKD: Yea, first movie Mewtwo was better, really.
Pikatwig: And the person who did the voice of the Mewtwo from the Genesect movie was honestly very scared about the role, but happy about it anyway. Nothing against the person who did the voice work, but it's just annoying that it wasn't the original Mewtwo. As I mentioned in the first chapter, Mewtwo's last known location is in a New York inspired city, and the setting of the movie is New Tork City.
KKD: Really? That's just lazy writing. New Tork…
Pikatwig: Anyhow… *leans back into chair* After I got Genesect, I proceeded along the Delta Episode a little bit… just around the anime reference.
KKD: Ok...
Pikatwig: You do know about the anime reference, right?
KKD: Vaguely… not really...
Pikatwig: ...ugh. If you have the Shiny Metagross on your party at a certain point in the Delta Episode, Steven will comment about it and reference the events of the third Mega Evolution special, commenting he's seen Rayquaza once before alongside a 'trainer and their black Charizard'. ...surprised he didn't say 'black Mega Charizard', since a Shiny Charizard is a sort of black color.
KKD: Yea, that's a good point. I mean, if he saw a black Charizard, does he mean a shiny Charizard? A Shiny Mega Charizard Y? Or the normal Mega Charizard X seeing that that Charizard's shiny is a dark green?
Pikatwig: Anyhow, speaking of the Mega Evolution Specials, we will be seeing one of the characters who Alain battled with here today. Not gonna say who, though. You'll see.
KKD: Ok then…
Pikatwig: And speaking of Charizard… anybody else think that Charizard's return in the BW seasons was kinda… pointless? I mean, I assumed that Charizard would've been brought to Kalos so Ash would get a Mega Stone and Mega Evolve him. ...I mean, Ash will get the ability to Mega Evolve Pokemon next season anyway, but still…
KKD: Yea, that was kind of a waste, really.
Pikatwig: And we STILL don't know if Charizard is still with Oak or if he went back to the Charicific Valley.
KKD: Really questionable there… dang, so much potential left by the wayside… let's hope that Sun and Moon don't di-... y'know what? I'm not even-not even gonna say it to prevent a jinx.
Pikatwig: Do that. Also, speaking of Sun & Moon, I will be posting a one-shot to do with Lillie in the near future. I'm not saying anything about what it's about, but it'll be something nobody will expect. That is all I will say.
KKD: Mmk.
Pikatwig: And before you ask us anything about our opinions on the 'Lillie is an Ultra Beast' or 'Lillie is evil' theory, I don't support either… but I do think that the latter has a tiny bit of possibility. From the third 'Train On' trailer, just before Shohei activates the Rock Type Z-Move, we see a clip of Lillie saying, and this is a quote from the game, "Come on, (player name)! Let's show the world what we can really do!" and Gladion is in the background, implying the three may be working together… but we have no idea what the context of their conversation is.
KKD: I see…
Pikatwig: And, because of review clips I guess, spoilers have been floating through YouTube. I have watched nothing about spoilers, but let me tell you… skimming YouTube on your phone is a bad idea if you're trying to evade spoilers. What's odd about this? I was able to dodge spoilers for pony stuff, Sonic stuff, Kirby stuff, Zelda stuff, Sailor Moon stuff, Power Rangers stuff… and yet I can't evade spoilers for the franchise that got me here. Words fail me.
KKD: Weird.
Pikatwig: Uh-huh…
KKD: So… shall we begin?
Pikatwig: Yea.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own anything in this story except for original concepts. All properties belong to their respective owners including Nintendo, Game Freak, the Pokemon Company, etc.
Alain looked over his team in thought, pondering if he should give one of his other Pokemon a Mega Stone that Lysandre had supplied him with, but it was a bit questionable since his Charizard was so strong.
"Hmm… should I give Charizard a break or stay the course?" he muttered.
Alain's Charizard looked at him with an understanding look, but was slightly annoyed at the prospect of not being in battle.
"I understand your frustration, but I'm just thinking…" he admitted as he stared at the suitcase a bit. Ultimately, he set it down and turned to Charizard, "Let's do this thing."
"A battle of two champions should bring on amazing power," Lysandre chuckled a bit, watching the battle between Cynthia and Diantha as their Pokemon went all out. He gave a soft smile at Diantha, before he was informed about something, "So you've found the Red Gyarados. I think it's appropriate that I look into this,"
Thus, Lysandre headed off and shut off the TV. The mysterious red haired individual being blissfully unaware of who was about to enter the battlefield.
"Certainly been a while, huh Astrid?" Alain smiled.
"Indeed," she nodded, "Looks like our rematch is finally about to happen."
Both Trainers heard the rules and nodded. Alain was about to take out Charizard's Pokeball, but ultimately decided to open with something different.
"Let's go, Metang!"
"Meowstic, it's go time!"
Metang and Meowstic were both registered onto the monitor. The two Psychic-types stared each other down and waited for their trainer to announce an attack.
"Metang, use Agility!"
Thus, Metang began to fly around at super speeds, managing to evade eyesight from Meowstic.
"Meowstic, use Shadow Ball!"
Meowstic nodded her head and waited for the right moment… then managed to fire the shadowy sphere right at Metang.
"Metang, Double Team!"
Metang quickly casted up the doubles, making Meowstic look around in perplextion.
"Use Calm Mind and then Echoed Voice!"
Meowstic closed her eyes and recentered herself before firing off the sonic soundwaves around the area, using them as an echolocater to find the real Metang. She looked around for a moment before spotting the real one.
"Using soundwave based moves as an echolocater?" Serena muttered, quickly taking out a notebook and writing it down, "Hey Ash, maybe you should u-"
However, Ash was not next to her and the small group.
"He left to talk with Dane and Mai a little while ago,"
Serena realized who Lyra was referring to and quickly dashed out to locate them.
"...she is so in love with Ash," Lyra giggled.
"Indeed," Khoury nodded.
Meanwhile, in the desert city of Dahara, some agents of Cipher were walking around the city and asking about the Pokemon with golden rings that could be faintly seen in a news report.
"Have any of you seen this Pokemon?" one member inquired, showing off a picture of Hoopa.
"No," a young woman with black hair and a cyan headdress of sorts, responded. Once the Cipher Agent had walked off, she slipped away and saw Hoopa munching on some doughnuts that were ring shaped, "Maybe you shouldn't have floated in on that picture…"
"My bad," Hoopa responded as he stuffed another doughnut into his mouth. He was about to put another in, but the woman took it away from him, "Hey! Meraykan, Hoopa wants Hoopa's doughnut back!"
"You can have more later, we need to get you out of here," the woman, Meray, told him in a sort of motherly tone.
Hoopa rolled his eyes in annoyance but gave a nod as he made a ring appear and smiled at the location. After grabbing some doughnuts, Hoopa flew through the ring and vanished.
The ring soon returned to Hoopa's side as he looked around Alto Mare, smiling at the peaceful surroundings before looking to see two Pokemon flying around, though only he could see them due to them being invisible.
"Oh hey… it's those guys that Hoopa summoned to help Ashkan," he smiled as the red one noticed him and flew down, "Hiya."
The red Pokemon landed on the ground and turned into a human form, this form being that of a girl around the age of 13.
"Good to see you again, Hoopa happy."
The girl then took his bag of doughnuts and gave Hoopa a motion to follow her.
(Insert Song: Pokemon Heroes OST- Search For The Girl)
"Oh it's on," Hoopa smirked as he dashed after her.
The girl was surprisingly fast and able to evade the Mischief Pokemon with relative ease. Hoopa simply laughed as he followed her around various corners around the beautiful city. The girl crossed a bridge and hid behind a tree as a girl who looked just like her, wearing a hat, walked up and into Hoopa's line of sight.
"Hoopa found you!" the Mischief Pokemon smirked as he flew over, "Where'd you get that hat?"
The girl blinked a bit in confusion, but was quickly able to put it together as she heard somebody take off in another direction.
"Oh… Hoopa's bad," Hoopa apologized quickly as he continued to chase the Pokemon disguised as a human.
The girl with the hat couldn't help but laugh a little at this as the other invisible Pokemon floated next to her, "Looks like she's playing with the little guy. Go make sure they don't get into any trouble, k?"
The Pokemon nodded and flew off after the two as they continued their game.
Hoopa and the girl just laughed, though the girl a silent one, as they kept going, but Hoopa soon lost the girl. Luckily, the Mischief Pokemon was able to see her hair and snuck over to her through a ring.
(End Insert Song)
"Boo!" Hoopa yelled as he appeared, causing the girl to go tumbling into the water, "Were you surprised?"
The girl nodded as Hoopa helped her up.
"Why'd ya stop? You don't wanna play anymore?"
The girl then pointed to a picture that sat in a window, which was of a newspaper clipping of Ash and his friends before they left Alto Mare two years ago. The girl sighed sadly silently as she reverted into her true form of Latias.
"Oh… you miss him, don't ya?" Hoopa inquired, earning a nod, "I see… well, Hoopa knows where Ashkan is! Wanna visit Ashkan?"
Latias nodded and changed back into her human disguise.
"Ok. Sit tight…" Hoopa began as he made a ring appear, "Let's go ringing!"
The other invisible Pokemon noticed the two, but wasn't able to get to them as they jumped through the portal.
Over with Ash, he was walking alongside May and Dawn and simply catching up with them.
"You and one of your Pokemon can do that?" May gawked.
"Yea. I wish I could show you, but I don't know how it works…" Ash admitted, as he was about to send out Greninja, only to get a small zap from an annoyed Pikachu, "Hmm? What's wrong?"
Pikachu simply gave a motion over to a bush with his tail, but whoever was watching them ducked out of eyesight. Pikachu rolled his eyes and walked over to the bush, while Ash, Dawn and May all simply shrugged and continued their conversation.
"Pika…" Pikachu sighed, putting a paw up to his face at Serena's actions.
"...what?" she blinked in response to Pikachu.
Regardless, Pikachu rolled his eyes and sat up in a tree out of boredom.
"What was up with Pikachu?" Dawn couldn't help but ask.
"Dunno," Ash admitted.
Dawn simply adjusted her cap a little bit, which Ash noticed and smiled at. May smiled at Ash, too, soon seeing an air of confidence for his next battle.
"Metang, Metal Claw!" Alain yelled as the various Metang copies dashed forward to use the move.
"Fire Charge Beam at the real one!" Astrid told Meowstic.
Meowstic charged up the electric beam and fired at the real Metang, causing all of the duplicates to vanish, making her smirk happily.
"Shadow Ball!"
Meowstic flung the sphere forward at Metang, but Metang was unable to evade due to getting paralyzed by the Charge Beam.
"Now use Mean Look!"
Meowstic's ears popped up and a wave charged at Metang. Astrid then recalled Meowstic and smirked, "Now then, Pyroar, come on out!"
Her male Pyroar apperead and roared ready for battle.
"Metang, return," Alain called, but the recall beam from the Pokeball didn't work, "...stupid Mean Look…"
"Use Flamethrower!"
"Double Team!"
Metang quickly duplicated itself again, but Astrid rolled her eyes at this.
"Use Echoed Voice to find the real one!"
"Use Agility to confuse it!"
Thus, Metang began to move rapidly and blurred the echolocation enough for Pyroar to not know where to aim the Flamethrower. Eventually, Metang had to stop to catch its breath. Pyroar was able to hit it with Flamethrower and Metang took heavy damage from the attack.
"Use Metal Claw to stop the attack!"
Metang managed to raise his left arm to block the fire, but it was clearly low on health.
"Finish it off with Fire Fang!"
Pyroar leaped in and chomped onto Metang, but Metang was able to hold it off before it began to glow. Everybody gasped at this, Metang seeming to get larger, grow two extra limbs, and flung Pyroar back. Metang had evolved into Metagross!
"Amazing…" Astrid gawked, "But just because you had a Pokemon evolve, doesn't mean you'll be able to turn this around that easily!"
"Let's just see about that! Metagross use Meteor Mash!"
Metagross' forward right arm glowed with stars and it flew forward.
"Flame Charge!"
Metagross' attack managed to land first and bypassed the fire from the Flame Charge.
"Now let's finish them! Rock Slide!"
Metagross then began to toss rocks up into the air and right at Pyroar, managing to knock him out.
-Pyroar is unable to battle, the winner is Metagross!-
"Nice work, Pyroar," Astrid thanked Pyroar, "And that was a good turn around. So, that's two Pokemon on your team who can Mega Evolve, right?"
"Half of my team can Mega Evolve," Alain admitted.
"Impressive," Astrid admitted as she sent Meowstic back out, "Meowstic, use Shadow Ball!"
Alain and Metagross exchanged a nod as they waited for the right moment to strike. The dark sphere flew forward and they knew just what to do…
"There! Bounce it back with Metal Claw!"
Metagross managed to fling it back at Meowstic with enough speed and force to leave the Psychic type with no time to dodge it and take it full on, knocking her out.
-Meowstic is unable to battle, the winner is Metagross!-
Mairin, who was still with her ill partner, saw the battle and gave a wide smile at how well her friend was doing.
Over in the Johto Region, in a valley filled with only Charizards, we see Ash's Charizard simply resting at a rock. He glanced over at Liza and Charla, both of whom were watching the battle. Charizard simply rolled his eyes and went back to his nap.
Pikachu just looked at Serena staring at Ash as he spoke with Dawn and May, realizing that Serena was completely jealous.
"I'm jealous, I admit it. I really don't want to be though…" Serena told Pikachu, who placed his hand on her knee, "...I really don't want to be. I know he has old friends, but… I just keep getting jealous feelings built up…"
Pikachu simply nodded as he sat with her to keep an eye on her.
"Alright… time for my star," Astrid smiled as she took out her third Pokeball, "Absol, let's do this thing!"
Absol emerged from his Pokeball and stood tall and ready.
"Metagross, Shadow Ball!"
"No you don't! Get in close and use Water Pulse!"
Absol's body became outlined in blue energy and it unleashed a wave of energy right at Metagross. The large Steel-type was unable to tank the damage and fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes.
-Metagross is unable to battle, the winner is Absol!-
Alain sighed as he recalled Metagross and pulled out Charizard's Pokeball, "Charizard, let's do this thing!"
Charizard emerged from his Pokeball and let out a mighty roar.
Ash's Charizard turned his attention back to the monitor and saw Alain's Charizard stand ready for battle.
"That is one impressive Charizard, isn't it Charla?" Liza commented, earning a nod from Charla.
Ash's Charizard growled and spat out fire nearby.
"A Mega Evolution battle, huh?" Astrid smirked, "I'm ready for you this time,"
"Then let's see this unfold," Alain responded as both prepared their Mega Evolution items.
"Key Stone, respond to my heart!" they both yelled, activating the items and causing the Charizardite X and the Absolite to glow, "Beyond Evolution… MEGA EVOLVE!"
With that, both Pokemon were engulfed in sphere of rainbow energy and Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X and Mega Absol.
"Charizard, Flamethrower!"
"Absol, Water Pulse!"
Mega Charizard X fired off blue flames that managed to burn their way through the water of the Water Pulse and strike Absol.
"Keep using Water Pulse!"
"Thunderpunch!"
As Mega Absol increased the intensity of the Water Pulse, Mega Charizard X flew forward with his electrically charged punch… only to get partially zapped due to the water flying forward at him. The Water Pulses landed and sent Mega Charizard X tumbling back a bit.
"That's it! Now use Psycho Cut!"
Mega Absol's horn glowed and it flung a purple crescent shaped blade towards Mega Charizard X.
"Use Dragon Claw!"
Mega Charizard X's claws grew larger and it broke apart the Psycho Cut, only for another one to quickly catch him off-guard.
Professor Sycamore watched this battle with intrigue, simply pondering how it would turn out. His Garchomp watched from nearby, looking intensely at the scene and curious about the outcome.
"Use Megahorn!"
Mega Absol's horn glowed green and increased with size and he charged forward. Mega Charizard X managed to tank the hit, but was clearly getting a bit tired.
"Use Flamethrower!"
Due to how close Mega Absol had gotten, Mega Charizard X was able to hit it no problem. This seemed to make Mega Absol cringe with a burn from the close contact of the attack.
"Try and use Water Pulse to douse the burn!"
"We won't let you! Charizard, Overheat!"
Mega Charizard X's body glowed a bright blue as the fire by his mouth built up. Mega Absol unleashed the Water Pulse to douse the burn it had and then let it go forward. The Overheat charged forward and went over the Water Pulse, and both attacks made contact with the foe, causing an explosion.
The smoke soon faded and both Pokemon were panting, Mega Charizard X fell to his knees as he panted, but Mega Absol had fainted.
-Mega Absol is unable to battle, the winner is Mega Charizard X! And so the winner is Alain!-
Alain panted a little at the long battle, clearly strained by how intense it was.
"Heh… good job," Astrid smiled softly as she recalled Mega Absol.
"Who were you talking to, me or your Absol?"
Astrid giggled a bit as she walked off, leaving Alain to recall Mega Charizard X.
"Aww…" Mairin smiled softly as she heard the bit between the two trainers.
Alain, upon recalling his Pokemon and heading a bit south the of the arena, took out his tablet phone to contact Lysandre.
"Huh… voice mail? Well… uh… hey Lysandre. I'm doing a bit of training and I actually got my Metang to evolve into Metagross. Just figured I'd let you know." Alain spoke as he ended the voicemail, "Sure he's off doing something important."
Lysandre looked at an Ultra Ball that sat on the ground with a smirk and he unleashed the Pokemon in it, being a Red Gyarados…
Pikatwig: Well… that was an ending. And we're also moving the plot along a bit.
KKD: Trying to pick up slack due to the Sun and Moon games releasing soon.
Pikatwig: And before we continue, I'm gonna bring up a massive fail that occurred while we wrote this. So, the scene with Mairin just after Alain's batlle… KKD typed in '(he/she)'.
*various people simply put their face into their palms at this.*
KKD: Oh, that… *facepalm* Sorry.
Pikatwig: Seriously, how did you forget that? I'm honestly asking here.
KKD: Been a while since we started writing, ok?
Pikatwig: Fair enough. Regardless… we get to see Ash's Charizard a bit here… and if I'm honest, I was actually expecting Ash to bring in Charizard for his sixth Pokemon instead of Goodra.
KKD: For this story? We'll see how that works.
Pikatwig: ...no, for the Kalos League.
KKD: Oh.
Pikatwig: Yea… anyway, thoughts on the chapter?
KKD: Overall it was very fun and enjoyable.
Pikatwig: My favorite part is Hoopa's and Latias' chase in Alto Mare.
KKD: Yea, that was so cute, I think that's my favorite part, too.
Pikatwig: I do actually have Italian in my bloodline. ...it would be neat to see a Pokemon game take place there. ...hmm… did we ever decide what we were going to replace the Hawaiian Islands with in the remake of Periwinkle and Violet?
KKD: No, not really.
Pikatwig: I think we said the Philippines once… but maybe Italy could work?
KKD: Possibly.
Pikatwig: Now… let me ask a random question. What sort of stat boosts do Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y get?
KKD: Well from what I knew, X is more of a physical attacker while Y is the special… I could be wrong, though.
Pikatwig: Just asking. Anyway… you know how there are people who justify Greninja's defeat at Charizard's hands to make him not seem invincible? Well… it really should've gone the other way around. Alain's Charizard only ever lost ONCE!
KKD: Gotta agree with you there.
Pikatwig: Anyway… despite there being no release date confirmed, the dubbed titles for the first two Sun and Moon episodes have been revealed, "Alola to New Adventure!" and "The Guardian's Challenge!".
KKD: Obviously debuting a lot of stuff since Sun and Moon is supposedly a brand new experience for everyone.
Pikatwig: And I learned something from the demo. So, in Alola, a greeting is to move your arms in a circular motion and say 'Alola'.
KKD: Sounds like how Hawaiians greet people with "Aloha".
Pikatwig: There was one early trailer where we could hear Ash say 'Alola' to his classmates, but I honestly thought he was saying 'aloha' since… Engrish and stuff. Also, the demo has confirmed that Ash isn't ten. In order to take the Island Challenge, one must be, or older than, 11.
KKD: Hey, maybe they're finally learning! This shows Ash will have a birthday between now and Alola.
Pikatwig: Yep. Now then, one may be wondering why exactly we had Ash leave to go and speak with Dawn and May. Well… to catch up, in-universe. For us as writers… to get in some PearlShipping for me and some AdvanceShipping for KKD.
KKD: Yea, at least we did get those bits in.
Pikatwig: And we may get more moments here and there, dunno yet. Anyhow… I will announce I am working on a short one-shot with Lillie in it, but I dunno when it'll be finished.
KKD: Well, at least keep me posted on it.
Pikatwig: Yea. Alright, end off.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.