This is the sixteenth chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

The group had entered an entrance that had now led them into a small village. They decided that they should rest there, since they had a bunch of trouble that happened on that day. Luckily, there was a Pokemon Center. They went in and ordered a room for them to sleep in.

"Finally," said Dawn as went on her bed on the bottom bunk. The others went on their own beds (The order that they always sleep in), except for Brendan.

"Yo, Brendan," said Ash, "Are you coming to sleep or what?"

"Oh," said Brendan, "I just feel like I'm being watched. I've been feeling this for the past three weeks really."

"Maybe that's just in your head," said Ash, "Are maybe you're stupid."

"Watch it Ketchum," said Brendan. The three fell asleep instantly. Before Brendan went to sleep, he thought that he saw something go by outside the window.

"Must be a Pokemon," thought Brendan. He then went straight to sleep. In fact, it was a Pokemon. It was that mysterious Mightyena that had been following them for such a long time. It growled at the sight of Brendan.

The Mysterious Mightyena

It was the morning, and the group decided that they would just walk around the village and see what's up. The village didn't really have a specific name, but it was pretty much a place for trainers to rest while they were on their journeys. Brendan was really amazed at how much stuff they had, and the different kinds of Pokeballs they had also.

"This place is amazing," said an amazed Ash.

"Pika," said Pikachu, agreeing with its trainer. As they walked they saw a store full of Pokeballs. Right near the store was a man on a ladder, and a Pokeball was on display.

"Do I remember that guy?" said May. In fact, it was a guy that they met before. It was that guy that was the owner of the candy shop back in Floaroma City.

"May, I don't think it's that guy," said Ash, "If there can be a bunch of Nurse Joys everywhere, then there can be a copy of the same guy."

"It looks like he's displaying something," said Dawn, "There's a bunch of people by him." There were people crowded all around him. He took out a microphone from his pocket and was about to speak into it. The group walked through the crowd and saw that there was a master ball on display.

"Step up, step up folks," said the man, "This here is a very special Master Ball. Might as well call it a Mega Ball. It was made by Kurt, the ball maker himself. This is the only copy that he made, and I'm selling it for the highest bid, starting in about thirty minutes.

"A Mega Ball?" said May, "I've never actually heard of something called that. I feel that this is some sort of scam."

"Who cares!" said Brendan, "I want it!"

"Not until I get it first," said a man right next to Brendan. It then started an uproar of people declaring that they were going to get the ball.

"Calm down folks and be patient," said the man.

"I'm not getting into this shit," said Ash.

"Me either," said Dawn.

"You guys can go on ahead without me," said Brendan, "I'll stay here and wait until the bidding starts. Then I can rub it in your faces."

"What was that?" asked Dawn.

"Nothing," said Brendan.

"Well, we'll see you later," said May. The others then walked away so that they wouldn't get into that sort of scam.

"Is Brendan really going to go into that?" asked Ash, looking back, just in case Brendan comes running back.

"I don't know," said Dawn, "Let's just enjoy the town and hope that he doesn't waste all of our money."

"Wait," said Ash, "That basterd stole my wallet!" They continued to look around town. What they didn't notice was that Mightyena was following them. It must've not seen that Brendan had left the group to get that Mega Ball. Dawn bought May and her some ice cream because she must've made sure that Brendan didn't take her wallet. They then went into the park and sat down on a bench.

"This village is pretty relaxing," complemented Dawn.

"It sure is," agreed May. Ash and Pikachu were standing up. Ash looked to his side and saw a Mightyena standing right there in front of him.

"It's a Mightyena!" said Ash, "I'm so going to catch it right now."

"Do you even know if that thing already has a trainer?" said Dawn.

"Who cares," said Ash, "Its trainer should've paid more attention to it than wander someplace else."

"Go ahead," said Dawn annoyed. Pikachu then went down Ash's shoulder and went on the ground.

"Let's do this," said Ash, "Okay Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on that Mightyena!" Pikachu obeyed and launched a thunderbolt towards Mightyena. Mightyena dodged it and shot a shadow ball from its mouth. It hit Pikachu and Pikachu landed right near Ash.

"That Mightyena must be in a high level if it can hurt Pikachu that hard," said Ash, "It looks like we're just going to have to hit it harder then. Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!" Pikachu then stood up and ran towards Mightyena. Mightyena just stood there. Pikachu made contact with its head, but it didn't deal any damage.

"What the hell?" said a surprised Ash. The Mightyena then opened its mouth again and hit Pikachu with a shadow ball. It blasted Pikachu away, but Ash caught it. Ash then saw that Pikachu had fainted.

"Whoa," said Ash. Ash looked back at Mightyena and saw that it was staring ferociously at him.

"Okay, you win," said Ash as he took steps back, and the Mightyena took steps closer to him.

"You see what happens when you piss off a Mightyena!" yelled Dawn. The Mightyena then shot a shadow ball at the group, but they ducked.

"Let's get out of this place before that Mightyena tears us apart," said May.

"I agree," said Ash. They then started to run away, but the Mightyena started to follow them.

"I have an idea," said Ash. He then took the girls and they all went into a store. They looked outside and saw that the Mightyena looked around, and started to continue trying to find them. They gave a sigh of relief and got out of the store.

"That'll teach me to never piss off a Mightyena," said Ash, "Now let's go back to the Pokemon Center to heal up Pikachu. They then walked in the direction of the Pokemon Center.

Thirty minutes have finally passed, and the bidding started. People wrote what they were going to pay on a whiteboard. Brendan looked inside of all the wallets that he stole and saw that was enough to actually beat these others losers. He wrote down about $500 (This story uses American currency).

"$250, $250," said the man, "is there anything higher than that?" Before Brendan thought of putting his sign up, he remembered that was the amount of money that he got from his friends. Was wasting it on just a Pokeball worth it?

"Hell yeah it is!" thought Brendan. He then stood up and held his sign up.

"$500!" he yelled, "How are you going to top that bitches?" Suddenly, a man held up a $1,000 sign.

"I see a $1,000, a $1,000!" said the man. Brendan sat back down in his seat and sulked at the fact that he wasn't getting the Pokeball. He must've forgotten that he was also messing with adults too.

"Dammit," he thought.

Ash and the others got out of the Pokemon Center. Ash decided to leave all of his Pokemon there so that they could at least take a break from battling.

"Are you sure about that?" asked May, "What if that Mightyena comes back for us?"

"It was just a random Mightyena that just came into the village," said Ash, "Nothing will happen."

"Well I'm keeping my Pokemon just in case," said Dawn.

"Me also," said May. They then walked down the village path.

"I say that we go back to where Brendan is so that I can get my wallet back," said Ash, "I want something to eat. You guys didn't buy me an ice cream cone."

"That's because I didn't have enough money," said Dawn, "If you want to get your wallet back, be my guest." They then started to walk towards the auction place again. Suddenly, a Diglet appeared right next to Ash.

"Why is a Diglet doing here?" asked May.

"I hear that there's rumors that there are a bunch of Diglets living under the village," said Dawn, "Sometimes, the Diglet bring some people down there if they're just standing still in the streets."

"Is that some sort of kidnapping?" said Ash. Suddenly, the Diglet went back down its hole.

"Hey, I wasn't going to do anything to you," said Ash.

"I don't think that it left because of you Ash," said May. She then pointed in the direction of the Mightyena that was standing right in front of them.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" said Ash. The Mightyena then shot a shadow ball, but Ash dodged it. He then grabbed Dawn and May and ran away and the Mightyena followed them.

"I told you that you should've kept your Pokemon," said May, "You see what happens when you don't listen to me."

"Fine, you win," said Ash, "Why don't you two just bring out your Pokémon? I think that would help us at this time."

"Are you joking?" said Dawn, "My Pokemon isn't getting hurt by that Pokemon. Did you even see that it kicked Pikachu's ass?"

"Yeah Ash," said May, "You should really learn that caring for your Pokemon comes before battling with them."

"Yeah right," thought Ash, "You girls just don't want to battle with your Pokemon because you're just scared of losing." They continued to run, until May began to get tired.

"I—can't—run—anymore," said May in-between breathes. She then began to slow down. Ash and Dawn then turned back to her.

"This isn't the right moment to run out of breathe May," said Ash. He then ran back to May and grabbed her over his shoulder.

"It isn't my fault that I don't run a lot because there's really no point into doing it," said May. They continued to run, but then the Mightyena started to shoot shadow balls towards them, and they all tried to dodge every blow. They then began to pass by the auction that Brendan was in.

"I want my wallet back," said Ash suddenly. He then turned and ran towards the auction.

"Ash, what the fuck are you doing?" yelled Dawn. She turned and ran towards Ash. They didn't see that Mightyena was taking aim and it shot a shadow ball towards them, launching them towards the sky. Mightyena then saw where they were headed and went in that direction, forgetting that Brendan was right near it. The group was flying through the air, until Ash landed on a big, leafy bush.

"Whew," said Ash, thanking that he didn't land flat on the ground. He then saw the girls flying through the air. They both landed right on his stomach.

"Thank Arceus that Ash broke our fall," said May. They then all stood up.

"I was this close into getting my wallet back," said Ash.

"Who fucking cares about your wallet," said Dawn, "At least we got away from that Mightyena. I think that it's beginning to hunt us down. I don't even know what it wants."

"How about the next time we see it we ask," said May. Ash then stood up.

"I don't want to ask it some questions," said Ash, "I say that we get Brendan, force him to give my wallet back, get something to eat, and leave the village."

"Why do you want to include food?" asked May. Before Ash could answer back, Mightyena came up right in front of them.

"Oh my Arceus," said Ash, "What the fuck do you want?"

"I'll ask," said May. She then walked right in front of it.

"Excuse me," said May, "But—" May didn't finish because Mightyena shot a shadow ball right at her. Ash took her and they all started to run again.

"I swear, if that Mightyena keeps on pissing me off, I'm so going to have a fight with it," said Ash.

"How about you do that now so that you could be able to distract it while Dawn and I run away?" said May.

"That would be a good idea," agreed Dawn.

"Are you girls going nuts?" said Ash, "I'm not going to get killed just for you guys!"

"Well we're going to die anyway if we don't get this Mightyena off our tail soon," said Dawn.

Brendan continued to sulk as he heard much bigger bids than his. Right now, he was hearing bids that went over $2,000. He didn't even know why he was still hanging around there for.

"I might as well leave," said Brendan. As soon as he stood up, a random man went into the crowd.

"Hey guys," said the man, "Let's ditch this thing and go over to the auction that is trying to sell a talking Pichu." Everyone started to go crazy and they ditched their whiteboards and left. It was now only Brendan and the man.

"What?" said the man, "Looks like I'm just going to have to throw this thing away." He then walked down his ladder. That gave Brendan an idea. He walked over to the man.

"Hey, I didn't leave," said Brendan, "That means that I win by default." The man sighed.

"Fine," said the man, "But I'm not giving it away for free. How much did you put on your whiteboard?" Brendan thought for a second and then erased the amount on the board and wrote something else.

"$5," said Brendan with a big grin on his face.

The others were still running away from the Mightyena, who was now shooting shadow balls at them.

"I'm done with this," said May and she got out of Ash's grip and went by the Mightyena.

"Can you please tell us what you want so that we can give it to you?" said May. The Mightyena howled in May's face.

"Well," said Dawn, "What does it want?"

"It says that it wants its baby Poochyena back," said May.

"What the hell?' said Ash, "We don't have a Poochyena with us!" The Mightyena then shot a shadow ball at them and they continued to run away. They then got into an alley in-between two building and were now cornered. The Mightyena walked closer and closer to them.

"That it," said Ash, "I'm done with this shit. If you want a piece of me, then bring it on!" The Mightyena then jumped on Ash. May and Dawn held their mouths open so that the Mightyena was actually beating Ash up. After a few seconds, Ash was knocked out.

"Are you serious?" said May. The Mightyena then started to walk towards them.

"I'm also tired of this," said Dawn, "It's either we fight or we get hurt." They both held a Pokeball in each of their hands.

"Go Pachirisu/Go Torchic!" said Dawn/May and they threw out their respective Pokemon.

"Pachirisu use Spark/Torchic use Flamethrower!" Pachirisu and Torchic each used their respective moves and it hit Mightyena, but Mightyena wasn't hurt at all. It then ran towards both of the small Pokemon and hit them both with headbutts. They were smashed against the wall, but they stood right back up.

"Keep on fighting!" said Dawn, "Now Pachirisu, use Quick Attack!" Pachirisu ran towards Mightyena and hit it with Quick Attack, but it had no effect.

"Torchic, use Sky Uppercut!" ordered May. Torchic then ran up to Mightyena and used sky uppercut, but Mightyena just slammed it right back on the ground. It then gained power in its mouth and shot it towards the two Pokemon. The Pokemon were sent flying and they both landed in their trainer's hands.

"Thanks Torchic," said May as she put Torchic back in its Pokeball, "You did well."

"You too Pachirisu," said Dawn and she put Pachirisu in its Pokeball, "Now what are we going to do now?" Mightyena then started to walk towards them. The two girls held on to each other.

"Before I die Dawn, I always wanted to tell you that you've been a great friend," said May.

"You too," said Dawn. Mightyena then jumped towards them, and the girls let out a shriek.

About one minute before the girls shrieked, Brendan was walking down the path, sulking with the Mega Ball in his hand.

"I wasted five bucks for no reason," said Brendan, "This Mega Ball is just an ordinary Pokeball painted to look like a Master Ball. I don't want to ever see that dealer again." He then walked past the alleyway the girls were in and he heard their shriek. He looked inside and saw May and Dawn holding on to each other, a Mightyena jumping towards them, and an unconscious Ash on the ground.

"Hey!" he yelled. The girls looked at him and the Mightyena stopped and went back on the ground.

"Brendan!" both girls screamed and they ran towards him. They both hid right behind his back.

"Brendan, that Mightyena has been chasing us all day," said Dawn, "It's been chasing us so that it could take its baby Poochyena back. But we don't even have a Poochyena with us."

"And Ash is unconscious," added May. Brendan seemed to think as if he was remembering something as Mightyena got closer. It stared at Brendan more furiously than the others.

"A baby Poochyena?" said Brendan and the Mightyena got closer and closer. Brendan then snapped his fingers and remembered something. He then took out a Pokeball.

"Do you mean this one?" said Brendan. The girls had their mouths open again not because they were surprised, but how did Brendan even get a Poochyena in the first place.

"Where the hell did you get that?" asked Dawn.

"I got it on the day when we lost May in the forest," said Brendan, "The place where we saw a bunch of sleeping Mightyenas and Poochyenas."

"Ash and I were with you the whole time," said Dawn, "How did you catch one without us seeing it?"

"Funny story actually," said Brendan, "Well, while we were walking past them, a bunch of Sunfloras and Bellossums ambushed us and used sleeppowder on Ash and you. I noticed them and covered my nose. I battled them and I was able to scare them off. Before I could wake you guys up, a baby Poochyena came up to me. I told it to go back to its mother, but it didn't. Then more Sunfloras and Bellossums attacked us. We then went on a crazy adventure. In the end, I defeated them all. I came back to you two. The Poochyena was still following me, and I could see that it liked me. I then thought that maybe its mother ditched it, so I caught it. I woke you two up, and we immediately went into the city, so I thought that maybe you guys had amnesia or something." The girls still had their mouths open.

"Mind telling me why you didn't tell us about it?" asked May.

"Well that's easy," said Brendan, "I just forgot." Both girls then face-palmed their faces.

"Well, I think it's time to return Poochyena," said Brendan. He then released Poochyena from its Pokeball. Poochyena then went up to Brendan and started to wag its tail. Brendan then went down to it.

"Hey Poochyena," said Brendan softly, "Your mother has been very worried about you. I think that it's time to say goodbye so that you can go back to it." Poochyena then started to whine.

"It's okay," said Brendan, "My adventures are always going to be dangerous anyway, so you can go so that you can be protected more by your mother." Poochyena thought for a while, and then it gave up and walked back to Mightyena. Mightyena rubbed its cheek against the Poochyena.

"You're welcome," said Brendan. Mightyena began to think for a while. It then gave a sigh and put Poochyena back by Brendan's side.

"You're giving it back to me?" asked Brendan, and the Mightyena nodded its head. Brendan then hugged Poochyena and it licked his cheek.

"Thanks Mightyena," said Brendan, "You're awesome."

Brendan, Dawn and May watched as Mightyena walked away to go back to its pack. Brendan was able to keep Poochyena and they waved goodbye to Mightyena.

"Well that was crazy," said Dawn, "I really don't want that to ever happen to me ever again."

"Agreed," said May, "So Brendan, were you able to get that Mega Ball?"

"Yeah," said Brendan as he gave back the wallets and took out the fake Mega Ball, "It was really a Pokeball that was painted on. I wasted five bucks for nothing. I'm never going to an auction again." He then threw the Pokeball on the ground and crushed it with his foot. Dawn then looked around and noticed something.

"Where's Ash?" she asked.

"He ditched us again," said May, "Where does he even go when he's gone?"

"I don't know," said Brendan, "Let's go and look for him." They then set out to look for Ash, in which they really left in that alleyway.

Ash woke up and sat up. He looked around and saw that he was in a dark cave like place.

"Where am I?' said Ash. He then saw a Diglet pop out from the ground, and then another, and then another. He then remembered that Dawn told him about Diglets taking people who were lying on the path alone.

"Dammit!" he yelled.

(Ending song)

Next time on Pokemon Heroes: Ash and his friends are in a random city and its Christmas, and they plan to buy each other gifts, and Ash is trying real hard to not get captured under the mistletoe this year. But when May finds a poor little boy who needs to buy his mom shoes, Ash and his friends learn the true meaning Christmas. Will they be able to gain enough money to help the boy buy some Christmas shoes? Next time: Pokemon Heroes Christmas Special.

That was that chapter. Next chapter will be next week on Christmas Eve, so that's why I'm making a Christmas special. The special doesn't really fit into the storyline. But I just decided to make it. Also, I got the idea from a song I heard (You must've already knew). I also wanted to know a thing that I've been thinking about for a while. After the Pokemon anime is over, what will happen to all of the shippers of Pokemon? Will we just be like "It's over, I'm done being a shipper." Tell me in the comment section (Please be honest. Nothing that you would say would make me ditch this story) See you next week!

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