A/N: Sorry for the slight delay, everyone! I was trying to get back to a couple of P&F stories. ENJOY!
Aboard the cruise ship
In the middle of the ocean
"Excuse me, what in the world do you mean you're advising us not to attend the Ketchum Month Tournament?!" exclaimed Rosa, frowning defiantly toward the screen. "More like ordering us not to! Not in Arceus's name will I listen! I'm definitely not gonna pay my cruise fare all for nothing, anyway!"
"Yeah, we've come all this way!" Hugh protested, stepping out of the pool alongside Nate and Carrie as several other Trainers shouted in agreement. "Who are you to give us orders?! We don't even know who you are! I mean, I've never heard of a Genesect before, let alone a Genesect Army."
"I warn you, humans," Red Genesect replied, "do NOT attend. Bad tidings await for you there. Heed our warning, and you will avoid the impending calamity."
"What impending calamity?!" Nate demanded. "What makes you think all of us are not capable enough to take it on?"
"YEAH!" another Trainer added, and several others nodded and yelled in agreement.
"This is our last warning, humans. Do not let your pride and arrogance cloud your true judgments-"
"So, you are calling us arrogant, huh?" Hugh said. He immediately threw a Poké Ball into the air, unleashing Simisage, which growled menacingly at the screen. Several other Trainers also threw their Poké Balls up and unleashed their Pokémon, Rosa included. However, Nate continued to look at the screen, directly into the eyes of Red Genesect. For some reason, he had a feeling that he had encountered it before, but he didn't know where...
Red Genesect shifted slightly. "If that is what you desire, humans, then we do this the hard way..."
Just then, four streaks of purple appeared in the sky and landed aboard the ship. In their places, four additional Genesect stood, prepared for battle. However, unlike Red Genesect, their bodies were colored purple, their eyes were red, and on their backs appeared to be holding cubes, each of them colored differently. One Genesect had a red cube, another had a light-blue cube, the third had a yellow cube, and the fourth had a dark-blue cube.
The Genesect holding the light-blue cube fired a sphere of energy at several of the summoned Pokémon, hitting them and encasing them in ice.
"Simisage, use Seed Bomb, quick!" Hugh ordered.
Simisage's hands created a green, seed-shaped light, which it threw at the Genesect holding the red and yellow cubes. However, the two Genesect dodged the move, and the Genesect with the red cube fired a sphere of energy at the Thorn Monkey Pokémon.
"Simisage, dodge!"
The Thorn Monkey Pokémon managed to sidestep the attack just in time; in the spot where it previously stood on, a small but raging fire blazed.
Meanwhile, Nate had recovered from his hypnotic-like stare at Red Genesect and threw one of his Poké Balls in the air.
"Go, Pignite!" he cried. The Fire Pig Pokémon emerged from its Poké Ball, issuing a battle cry. "Help the others! Fight the Genesect! Use Flame Charge!"
Pignite began repeatedly stomping on the ground with its feet, kicking up a cloud of dust into the air. Its body then became enveloped in an orb of flames, to which the Fire Pig Pokémon jumped towards the Genesect holding the yellow cube, slamming into it and sending it colliding violently into the Genesect holding the red cube. The Genesect with the light-blue cube instantly turned its attention to Nate, staring him down with its vicious red eyes.
At the corner of Nate's eye, he spotted his mother hiding with Hugh's family and several others behind a food stand.
"Mom, go look for cover!" he shouted.
"Nate, I'm not leaving you!" Kelly cried in response.
"Just go, Mom! I'll be fine!"
A sphere of energy suddenly whizzed past Nate's head, hitting another stand and encasing it in ice.
"NATE!" screamed Kelly.
"JUST GO!"
Kelly and the others immediately dashed into the ship's food court, as Nate focused his attention on the Genesect with the light-blue cube.
"Pignite, attack that Genesect with Heat Crash!" Nate ordered. Pignite instantly jumped up into the air, its body becoming enveloped in an orb of flames; it then shot at the Genesect and crashed down on it. "YEAH! Take that, you Genesect!"
Then, the two glanced at the Genesect with the yellow and red cubes, who had recovered from Pignite's Flame Charge attack and were now focused on Cheren, Hugh, and a few other Trainers, all of whom were being overwhelmed by their opponents' attacks.
"Pignite, help out Rosa's Bisharp!" Nate cried. "Use Smog!"
Pignite opened its mouth and released a thick cloud of gray smoke that engulfed the Genesect, clouding their sights. Cheren looked at Nate, and they both nodded at each other in understanding. Cheren then looked at his Stoutland, which was growling at the Genesect.
"Stoutland, charge through the Smog and use Take Down!" Cheren ordered.
Stoutland let out a loud roar before running through the Smog, towards the Genesect. Energy surrounded its body as it pummeled into them, sending them flying into the pool. The Genesect with the dark-blue cube, which was preoccupied battling two Trainers, immediately dove into the pool after its comrades and rose back after a few seconds, holding the Genesect with the red cube, which seemed severely weakened from the barrage of attacks; the Genesect with the yellow cube swam behind. Nate prepared to have Pignite attack them when he heard Rosa scream.
"No, Bisharp! Hang in there, Bisharp!"
Nate turned around and saw her battling against the Genesect with the light-blue cube, which was overwhelming her Bisharp with its attacks.
"Pignite, use Flamethrower!" ordered Nate, pointing at the Genesect.
The Fire Pig Pokémon fired a stream of red-hot fire from its nostrils, hitting the Genesect and defeating it, allowing Rosa's Bisharp to recover from its inflicted wounds. Rosa glanced at Nate and nodded at him in thanks; he nodded back. Just then, Rosa's eyes widened in horror.
"NATE, LOOK OUT!" she screamed, pointing.
Nate turned around and let out a yell of shock. Red Genesect had appeared and was preparing to attack him.
"NITE!" A Flamethrower attack suddenly appeared, hitting Red Genesect with full, unrelenting force and sending it crashing violently to a wall. Nate looked over at his side and saw his Pignite, smoke issuing out from his nostrils. Nate sighed with relief.
"Oh man, thanks for the save, Pignite!" exclaimed Nate.
Pignite stopped issuing its attack and snorted triumphantly at its Trainer.
"You are making a grave mistake, humans..."
Red Genesect had stood up, recovering from the Flamethrower attack. It stared into Nate's eyes, its own eyes glowing menacingly.
"You do not know what misfortunes lie ahead... We are just doing you...what you call it, a favor..."
"You're doing us a favor by taking control of the ship and attacking us?" asked Nate angrily. "We humans don't call THAT doing us a favor!"
"Do not say we did not warn you, Nate..."
Nate's eyes widened in shock. "HEY! How do you know my name?..."
Red Genesect didn't respond. Its body shifted slightly in what looked like an emotionally uncomfortable movement.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME? HAVE...HAVE WE MET BEFORE?!"
Red Genesect still didn't respond, and the two stared each other down as silence reigned. Suddenly, an orb of energy formed in the front of Red Genesect's arm, which then fired a beam of multiple colors at Nate. He gasped and merely closed his eyes, unable to move. He waited for the attack to come and hit him...
Suddenly, he could feel air blowing against his face, but there was no explosion. He opened his eyes, and gasped.
He was flying, flying through the air, through banks of clouds, over a tranquil blue ocean... It was the dream he kept having...
Nate heard a distant screech. He turned his head, though with the expectation that he wouldn't see the source in time.
But he did. It was a streak of gold, which left behind a trail of sparkles and a rainbow in its wake...
Then, he looked down. He wasn't flying; instead, he was sitting on something that appeared to be red...
He heard an explosion, but didn't feel anything. He opened his eyes and saw a dark-blue force-field enveloped around him, Pignite, and to his relief, Hugh's Eelektross. The force-field then dissipated, to which by that time the cloud of smoke left by Red Genesect's attack had dissipated, revealing a hole a few feet away from Nate. The Genesect, all five of them, had gone. Cheren and Hugh approached Nate, who stared at the place Red Genesect had previously stood on.
"You okay, dude?" asked Hugh.
"Yeah, yeah..." replied Nate absentmindedly.
On a police ship
The remainder of the day was spent locating the captain, who had been found locked away in a storage room, and repairing the swimming pool deck, where the battle against the Genesect Army took place. Officer Jenny and several other officers had been called in to investigate, and as a result, the entire ship was declared an active crime scene and all of the passengers had to be taken to Alto Mare on several police-issued boats.
As his boat raced across the ocean, Nate looked out of the window and into the everlasting color of blue. However, he didn't see the blue.
He just saw red. The red eyes of the Genesect, the red frame of Red Genesect... He never felt so intrigued... How in the world did a Pokémon he had never seen before suddenly know his name, out of the blue? Well, Rosa did call out his name out loud, but the way Red Genesect said it... There was a tone of absolute familiarity laced in its tone, as if the two had met before...and yet, Nate couldn't recall such an encounter, even in the deepest realms of his memory...
"Nate?" a voice asked. "Are...Are you okay?"
"Yeah, yeah..." replied Nate absentmindedly.
Kelly stood beside Nate, a look of concern on her face. "This is the fifth time I've asked you that, and that's all you've given me as a response. Nate, what's going on?"
Nate looked at his mother. "Mom...have we ever met those Pokémon before? The Genesect Army?"
"Not in my experience. Maybe you met them on your journey, Nate."
"Really? I don't remember ever meeting them on my journey. Are you sure, Mom?"
"Yes, sweetie." Kelly's brow wrinkled in concern. "Nate, I'm worried about you... Your behavior's been alarming me..."
"Since when?"
"Since we got onto the ship. Every time I go into your bedroom to wake you up, I hear you talk in your sleep..."
Nate's attention was piqued. "What...sort of things do I talk about?"
"I couldn't understand most of it. It's usually incomprehensible mumbling, but you do keep mentioning something about flying..."
Memories of his mysterious recurring dream flooded the forefront of Nate's mind. He could still hear that strange screeching that always signified the dream's end...
"Anything...else?"
"That time you say you saw someone...or something. And now, this whole Genesect thing recognizing you... It's really scaring me, Nate-"
"I'm fine, Mom," Nate interrupted defensively. "Those Genesect critters obviously don't see me as a real threat to them, otherwise they'd be going through real lengths to get me out of the way! Look, this has been a long day, alright? I just wanna get to Alto Mare and that's that! So...So, please Mom, stop getting on my back!"
Kelly gasped in shock, stepping backward, a hand held over her mouth. Nate began to regret his response almost immediately.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mom. I'm really sorry. It's just...Like I said, it's been a really long day, and it's obviously getting to me. Can-Can you forgive me?"
Kelly sighed and hugged her son tightly. "Oh, of course I forgive you, Nate. ...I'm sorry too. I probably shouldn't have been so concerned. After all, you're a grown man now, already a brave and wonderful Pokémon Trainer! But you're still my little Pokémon Trainer, and I love you so much, do you know that?"
"MOM!" moaned Nate jokingly. The two laughed as they continued to hug each other. "Love you too, Mom."
From a slight distance, on the ship's deck, Cheren watched Nate and Kelly as they laughed happily. He, along with Hugh and his family as well as Rosa, were forced to share a ship with them as there weren't much police ships to go around for all of the passengers. But that decision pleased him. All he was concerned about right now was watching over Nate, for he knew that as long as the Genesect Army was being credible in their warnings, the novice Trainer was in grave danger.
Suddenly, his Pokétch rang, and he promptly answered it. He nodded politely as the image of Hilda appeared on the screen.
"Hello, Hilda," he greeted.
"How're things going?" Hilda asked.
"Well, we got attacked by the Genesect Army, but we managed to fight them off."
"Is he okay?"
"Just as I hoped he'd be. You gotta stop worrying about him; I've seen him in battle many times before, and he's more than qualified to handle such a situation."
Hilda sighed sadly. "I know. It's just... You know I'm concerned."
"Of course you are. But don't worry, Hilda. I'm watching over him as we speak, and besides, we're about an hour away from Alto Mare. Just stay put."
A slight smile appeared on Hilda's face. "That shouldn't be hard," she replied. "Dawn's mad about shopping; we should get her occupied in a snap." Her frown vanished just as suddenly. "Cheren, I know he's safe right now. But...but just in case-"
"I'll watch over him, I know." Cheren looked up and saw Nate and Kelly entering the deck where he was at. "Gotta go."
He immediately hung up.
Alto Mare
The Johto region
"I'll watch over him, I know." Cheren's head suddenly turned as he looked at something. "Gotta go."
Cheren's image disappeared from the screen. Hilda sighed as she switched off her Pokétch.
"Bye," she said.
Hilda then stood up and walked out of the café she was in.
Somewhere in the Johto region
"Why in Arceus's name did we retreat, boss?" asked Burn Drive Genesect as the Genesect Army landed in the middle of a forest. "I thought we were supposed to prevent the humans on that ship from reaching the Johto region?"
"I have a question of worthier quality," Chill Drive Genesect snarled. "Like...what was that human from Driftveil City doing on that ship?!"
"The human holds a name, you know," snapped Douse Drive Genesect, irritated.
"It escapes my mind, sister."
"It is Nate."
"I do not care what the human's name is, not even in the slightest!" cried Shock Drive Genesect. "He interfered with our mission, like all the others! A reason why we should continue to distrust the humans from the very start! They blindly, stupidly, arrogantly dismiss the most dire of warnings, like the dirty, foul souls they are! I say we let them toil with the consequences that will ensue from their cloud-mindedness!"
"I do not approve any of the sort, Shock Drive," Red Genesect snarled suddenly, silencing his inferiors.
"Then what exactly do you suggest we do, boss?" Burn Drive Genesect asked aggressively. "The humans will not take to us kindly again should we reappear!"
"We continue to interfere. We must. We owe it to the very human who gained our trust, the only one who has done so. Ash Ketchum."
The other Genesect bowed their heads in deep respect upon hearing the name.
"Welcome back, viewers, to yet another Johto TV update on the 10th Annual Ketchum Month Tournament! Man, do we have a story for you!
"One of the cruise ships headed for Alto Mare, the unanimous pit-stop for the Johto mainland due to extreme weather conditions, was confirmed by officials to have been briefly hijacked by a group of Pokémon hailing from the faraway Unova region, who have called themselves the 'Genesect Army'! Multiple eyewitness accounts and official reports have stated that the Genesect Army warned the passengers to head back home! The Trainers wouldn't take this kind of greeting, so they fought back and drove them off, destroying the ship's deck in the process! The passengers all completed their cruise aboard police-issued boats. Sixteen Pokémon had to receive medical attention, but all are okay.
"In other news, there have been unconfirmed sightings of a Dragon-type Pokémon at and near Mt. Silver. Descriptions of the Pokémon given by witnesses don't seem to match any of the Pokémon recorded in the Johto Pokémon Database. Mayor Zander Harrington has urged the civilians of Ketchum City to remain calm and that the reports seem false.
"On a brighter tone, we have confirmation that renowned Kanto Pokémon Professor, Gary Oak, and Cerulean City Gym Leader, Misty Waterflower, have signed up to participate in the Ketchum Month Tournament as contestants! This is the first time the two have been in the Mt. Silver area since ten years ago, after they witnessed the death of their beloved friend, and our hero, Ash Ketchum. Maybe an honest attempt at conquering their nightmares?
"That shall do for this hour's update! Continue to stay tuned on Johto TV for updates on the widely-anticipated Ketchum Tournament!"
A/N: And here's the newest chapter! It appears that Nate probably has a connection with the Genesect Army that he doesn't know about, and maybe a certain other Legendary Pokémon! And what in the world are Cheren and Hilda talking about?...
And as you can see, I made Douse Drive Genesect female. I've seen clips of the newest movie; they're in Japanese, but it seems like Douse Drive Genesect is a female. I'm not sure if the English dub will be cohesive, but I'm just gonna stick to what I've got.
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BlueLightningXD: Or maybe you're just following me around everywhere I'm going! O_O Nah, kidding, just kidding! And yes, I'm aware they are a lot of return fics. As for Misty's age, it's actually ESTIMATED. Considering the fact that she already has Pokémon by the time she meets Ash, and the fact that she's taller than him (I know it doesn't make a difference, but I like to count it in), I'm estimating her age to be around eleven.
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