A Platinum Adventure
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Kenshin: I've run out of witty things to say! Yusei, say something!
Yusei: You look like a gay pride supporter.
Kenshin: WHAT?
Yusei: I can't imagine anyone in the world who would base his or her powers off of a rainbow. At the moment it sounds kind of gay.
Kenshin: Oi! I am 100% heterosexual! You've met Ester anyway!
Yusei: So what? All sorts of celebrities live these secret lives, and they fake people into believing them by being married to women they don't like.
Kenshin: You're overreacting. I love Ester, as well as Manabu and Resha. Even if Mana is a little emo and Resha is ditzy and outgoing I still love them.
Yusei: Well in this chapter anyway, Lucas travels to the Distortion World, or the Torn World, as it will be called here. He'll meet a familiar face; battle Cyrus and then chat with Giratina. And then a little humor and fun time at the end.
Journal Entry 11: The Torn World and Lucas' Heart
"I can't believe this is happening…" Cynthia says as she lays Riley onto the ground. She could see Lucas in the grip of the ghostly shadow Pokemon, Cyrus as well. She also sees the barrier around them, and the two ancient Pokemon on the side.
"Giratina…" Lucas repeats, as he reaches down to grab his Pokedex. He aims it at the shadow, but then it releases him by tossing the boy into the wall. The sudden throw accidentally allowed him to scan both Palkia and Dialga. He slides down and crashes to the ground.
"Lucas!" Cheryl cries out, rushing over to save him. But a Shadow Ball attack from a Bronzor stops her. She looks behind her to see Mars and her Pokemon looking at her. "You!!"
"I don't know what's going on, but this is your fault! If you people hadn't come by and stopped us, none of these interferences would have happened!! I'll eliminate all of you!" She yells at her, as Bronzor prepares for another attack.
"I've had enough of you! Chansey, use Fire Blast!" Cheryl sends out Chansey, which stands before her master. The pink Pokemon opens its mouth and releases a star shaped blast of fire at the floating metal thing.
The attack connects successfully, and it crashes to the ground fainted. Mars' jaw drops in shock while Cheryl leaps up in victory. "Score one for Team Cheryl!"
"Chansey!" It shouts.
As their battle ended Cynthia managed to move past them and reach the barrier Giratina and the two humans are. Giratina disappears into the shadows it made, leaving behind a spiraling portal on solid ground. Lucas rubs his head from the pain he suffered just a few seconds ago. "Ow, what happened?"
"Lucas," Cynthia begins, but then stops when she notices the two ancient Pokemon on the side beginning to move. Both of them yell out, and then are covered in light blue/pink energy in the form of an orb. "Lucas, you have to go follow Cyrus and Giratina."
"Giratina?" Lucas asks her.
"Yes, Giratina. That shadow Pokemon. It took Cyrus into its own personal world; the Torn World." She tells him, as he rises up and dusts himself off.
"Torn World-What? I can't go after him. I have to get out of this barrier first." – Lucas
"Palkia still has the space field around you. The only way you can return to us is by going into there, before the field disappears with you in it." She says to the boy. "The area around the Spear Pillar is also unstable due to all three Pokemon appearing and Giratina's rage. You have to calm it before this world is destroyed."
Both Cheryl and Lucas look at her while shocked at this info. Lucas then grows a stern confident expression as he faces the gateway below him. Mars returns her Pokemon to its ball, and glares at Cheryl angrily. "You won't stand in my way! I will save Master Cyrus!"
"Lucas, go stop Giratina, and that Cyrus bastard from making things worse! We'll take care of everything here!" Cheryl says to him with a warm smile.
"Cheryl…" Lucas smacks both sides of his head with his hands and shakes his skull about. "Okay! I'll be back soon! There should be an exit on the other side!!"
"We'll see you soon, Lucas." – Cheryl
"And Cheryl," Lucas continues, gathering her attention. "Head back to Professor Rowan's office. I'll meet up with you back there."
"Uhn." She agrees with his advice.
Lucas leaps into the portal from where he stands, disappearing from sight. With no one else inside the barrier there was no need for it. It disappears for some reason. Cheryl grips her chest tightly, no not that way, as the familiar pain she feels about him in such dangerous situations returns.
"Cynthia, is he right?" The worried girl asks the Pokemon Champion. "Will there be a way back here in that other world?"
Cynthia looks to the ground for a few seconds, before looking up at Cheryl and saying, "Of course. Lucas can find a way back."
Cheryl breathes a sigh of relief, and turns her attention back to Mars. "Good. Now I have nothing to fear. Lucas can find a way!"
Cynthia sighs as she watches Cheryl continue her battle with the Galactic Commander. 'I had to tell her that; it's the only way she'll be able to focus on her fight. I want to believe that too, that Lucas can get back here. That entire world was created by Giratina, so only it can allow him a way back to our world if it wants to.'
"Finally done saying good bye to him!? When I'm done with you I'll go search for Master Cyrus my own way." Mars says as she sends out Golbat.
"You won't be beating anyone today. I'm going to make sure you pay for what you did to Lucas before!" Cheryl releases Noctowl after reclaiming Chansey.
"It doesn't matter what you do to me. Your anger won't give you the upper hand!" She yells at the green haired girl.
"Like hell! I could never forget that moment; when I saw the helpless look in Lucas' eyes, to see him in such pain, and to realize it was done intentionally…" Cheryl's eyes begin to releases tears, remembering the pain she felt seeing him like that. She then wipes these tears away and focuses her attention on Mars. "That's why, I shall do my best to make the person who caused this to pay! I'll only forgive you once I've trounced your ass into the ground!!"
"Let's see you try!! Golbat, use Super Sonic!" The bat Pokemon opens its mouth and releases a supersonic shockwave at the owl.
Noctowl flies high above the attack, dodging effectively. Cheryl then says to it, "Noctowl, use Confusion!"
As the two females duked it out Paul is having a bit of trouble against Jupiter, once again. He's already gone through two Pokemon, and only managed to defeat Bronzor. He is now using a weakened Rapidash against a Golbat. Paul shouts, "Flame Wheel!"
Rapidash charges at Golbat while submerged in flames. Golbat flies high in the air, dodging the attack with ease. Jupiter laughs and says, "Why don't you give up? There's no way you can defeat me; I've already asserted my dominance over you the first time, and I have to go find Master Cyrus."
"Like I said I'm not going to lose again! Your wall of ice will never stand up to an angry flame! Flamethrower!" Rapidash fires a stream of fire at Golbat, but it dodges rather easily again.
"Let me say this again; your Pokemon may be strong, but you're pathetic!! Golbat, Confuse Ray!" The attack strikes Rapidash, confusing it and keeping it off its target. With no other choice Paul retrieves his now useless Pokemon. "Aw, is the show over already?"
"Not yet, old lady! I have a few ideas that should work!!" He says with a smile. An anger mark pops up on her forehead.
"Old…lady?" – Jupiter
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Back where Lucas was he has traveled inside of the portal. On the other side is a bizarre world; and by bizarre I mean freaky weird bizarre. Darkness completely filled the area, there seems to be no bottom below, he's standing on top of a floating platform, and everything is silent.
"What a freaky world. Space isn't stable," Lucas looks down at his Poketch. The time has turned into 4 zero digits. "Time isn't moving apparently, and I can't help but shake this odd feeling that makes me want to run back to where I came from and escape."
He then moves towards the edge and looks down. "What is this, an anime convention?"
"Close but no cigar." A voice says right beside him, catching the boy off guard and making him jump. But when he did he leaps off the platform into mid air, and another one came up from under him for Lucas to land on. Like this he could see the other guy, the silver haired man from chapter 6 Yusei. "Yo!"
"NO YO!! What the hell are you doing here?" Lucas asks him in a commanding, yelling voice.
"I got stuck here some time ago…I can't even remember anymore…" He explains with a shrug.
The two trainers then hear a screaming noise, similar to Giratina's, and a large dragon-like shadow swoops past them. Lucas asks, "Was that…Giratina?"
"Giratina? Oh yeah, I've seen that thing here a couple of times. It's the only other thing in this place." Yusei says to him.
"That's right…I have to get going!" Lucas says as he takes out a Pokeball.
"If you want to reach him I can help you. It likes to go at the very bottom." Yusei says as he leaps onto the platform Lucas is on. "I know this place like the back of my hand now!"
"Thank you, Yusei." And with Yusei's guidance Lucas travels across the many platforms that make up the stable walking route of this place. But after 2 minutes they've come to a point where they are forced to stop.
"Okay…now how to continue…" Yusei ponders.
"But you said you knew this place like the back of your hand!" – Lucas
"Yeah, but space isn't stable here so it's hard to keep track! Why are you here anyway?" – Yusei
"I have to stop Giratina. If I don't then our world will go kablammo!" Lucas states, remembering what Cynthia told him seconds before he entered this place.
"Wow really? Gee, that would suck. And I've been trying to find a way out too." Yusei says, mumbling the last sentence to him.
Suddenly they hear the sound of a couple of squealing noises. Lucas looks to his left and sees three glowing lights, which come after him. The lights take form, and become Azelf, Uxie and Mesprit.
"It's you three! What are you doing here?" Lucas says, wondering why would they be here and how they get here in the first place. The trio start squealing a bit, before Lucas begins to try and deter prêt them. "So, you're here to stop Giratina too?"
The three Pokemon nod, and then Uxie and Azelf fly off down below, a path of platforms being built from below them. Mesprit takes hold of his hand, and pulls him down the road. 'This feels familiar…being pulled off against my will…'
"He's pretty popular. Might as well join him." Yusei states as he follows the kid behind.
The path takes them through many things. First a forest of disappearing-reappearing trees that confused Lucas too much. There he runs into Cyrus, who is trailing through it as well. He notices them and says, "So, it's you."
"Cyrus!" Lucas instantly becomes angered once he looks at him. Just remembering the things he would have done gets under his skin. He would need to deal with him eventually, but now he has a much more important job to do.
"Cyrus?" Yusei looks at the blue haired leader, not knowing anything that's going on.
"If you're looking for that shadow Pokemon it isn't here at the moment. It abandoned me here, and kept on descending." Cyrus confesses, punching the side of a tree out of rage. Lucas could feel the raging emotions flowing from him. "Was it merely content with stopping my plans?"
"I would be. You tried to destroy our world for some selfish desire you had!" Lucas yells at him.
"Yeah, and I would have gotten away with it, had it not been for you meddling kids and that dog-gone Pokemon!" Cyrus yells back at the boy.
"What's going on?" Yusei asks the Lake Pokemon, who then tried to explain it to him.
"Incidentally, do you know of the concept of genes?" Cyrus asks him all of a sudden.
This catches Lucas off guard. "What does that have to do with anything? Genes are considered the blueprints of life forms, contained in a DNA strand. It consists of two strands of opposing characteristics swirling together in a spiral."
"I get it; this world is connected to ours." Yusei interjects. Both Cyrus and Lucas turn to face the silver haired trainer. "Our world and this one are like the two strands of DNA; if one gets broken then the other is replaced instantly."
"I see. You both have impressed me quite a bit." Cyrus says with a chuckle.
"What do you mean? How would that fit this situation?" Lucas asks Yusei, hoping to understand everything here.
"Well when you think about it, these two worlds are opposite. Compare the fact that in here, space isn't stable, time doesn't flow, and there's only one living being here, to the concept of our world and you'll come to the same conclusion." Yusei explains, hoping our diamond protagonist gets it.
"Oh, I see! That makes perfect sense!" Lucas says while lightly tapping his right fist into his left hand.
"Yes. This world is the opposite of our world, the one I wish to change. That shadowy Pokemon must know that if one goes it affects the other and it keeps a role in balancing the two. That's why it stopped me." Cyrus says upon realization. "That Pokemon must have built this world. That's why it's trying to change our world, by disturbing it so it could reveal itself. Regardless, I shall put an end to it."
"What?" – Lucas
"With it gone neither world should be able to sustain itself. I'll be able to complete my dream world once I'm done here!" Cyrus says as he leaves the forest further down the path.
"Wait!! Don't expect me to just let you do what you want anymore!!" Lucas yells at him, running after the Galactic leader with all his strength.
"If you don't like our world that much then go away!" Yusei shouts, gaining both of their attention. "Go hide in a damn hole or something and quietly wait to die if you hate living so much!!"
"Why the hell should I have to disappear!? I only wish to rid of the world of spirit! Something vague and incomplete is useless to our evolution and our world shall become complete!! It is my justice!!!" Cyrus bellows out.
"That's no justice AT ALL!!!" Lucas lunges at Cyrus, and with all his might he rears his right fist back and shoots it forward for a punch. This time his hit connects, punching Cyrus right in the nose.
The Galactic leader crashes backwards onto the ground, bouncing onto his feet thankfully this time. Lucas and Yusei could now look at Cyrus' face, and clearly see blood dripping from his nostrils. Lucas holds his right fist up, shouting, "That was my Spirit Punch!"
"Hoo boy…this is going to be good!" Yusei says as he sits onto the roots of a tree to watch. It disappears though and he plops onto his butt. "Ita!"
"I dislike you boy…just looking at you, and seeing the love and affections you show your precious people…it reminds me of why I started this goal in the first place!!" Cyrus says as he rises up, wiping the blood off his face. "That punch was effective."
"When I'm done with you you'll never look down on a person's spirit again! Go, Blitz!!" Lucas sends out his sole electric Pokemon out. It releases a surge of electricity once it appears.
"I will never lose!! Not to that Pokemon! Not in any worthless world!!" Cyrus takes out a Pokeball, and releases Gyarados. It lands in a nearby spring with an ascending waterfall.
Lucas and Luxray chase after them to the water source. "Blitz, use Thunderbolt on the water!!"
"Earthquake!" Gyarados slams its head on the ground, releasing a shockwave, which strikes the lynx. Blitz gets knocked down before it could use its electric attack, but then quickly gets back up. "WHAT?!"
"Thunderbolt!" Blitz releases a bolt of lightning at Gyarados. The fact that it was already a water/flying type ensures quadruple damage, but with it submerged in water the attack is stronger than normal. Gyarados collapses halfway in and out the water, leaving Blitz the winner.
"Persistence won't win all your battles." Cyrus says as he reclaims his defeated Pokemon. He takes out another Pokeball. "Crobat. Finish it off with Cross Poison."
He releases his Crobat, which jets after the weakened Luxray and slams its wings into it. The attack finishes it off. Lucas calls back Blitz, cursing under his teeth.
"It doesn't matter what you use against me. My power outclasses your Pokemon no matter how many of them you send against me." Cyrus says to him.
"I choose Natsu!" Lucas sends out his strongest Pokemon. Infernape glares down the flying bat Pokemon.
"Air Slash." Crobat voraciously flaps its four wings at Infernape, slicing it up multiple times.
"Fight air with air! Vacuum Punch!" Infernape throws a quick punch at Crobat, releasing a windy shockwave, which knocks it into the air. It recovers quickly.
"A Fighting move won't work against my power. Cross Poison." Crobat flies quickly after Infernape, striking it with its wings. Natsu is knocked high up in the air.
"We'll have to finish it off with this one attack. Use Blast Burn!" Fire gathers all around Infernape, and with it directly above Crobat it releases an explosion like attack. The fire move incinerates Crobat and the area around them, as well as blowing back Lucas and Cyrus.
Infernape and Crobat are both face up on the ground, fainted. It seems the explosion hurt both of them. Lucas reclaims Natsu, having a reluctant look on his face. "Sorry Natsu. I had to do it."
"That's the second one…" Cyrus retrieves Crobat, and then tosses out another ball. This time it's the evolved form of Sneasel, Weavile.
"I'll have to use Lucas. Hopefully he'll be fine." Lucas sends out Lucario, a Pokemon that probably isn't ready yet for such a serious battle.
"Ah, a Lucario. If you have one then that must make you an Aura Guardian right?" Cyrus says to Lucas.
"Huh?" Lucas replies, not expecting to hear that word again. "Do you really think that?"
"I've studied throughout history that Aura Guardians travel along with Pokemon that can use Aura. The most notable one is Lucario. Did your blue friend give it to you?" Cyrus' answer was unlike what Lucas expected. He would never guess that the emotionless Cyrus has an interest in them. Just who is this guy really?
"Actually yes. Riley gave it to me." Lucas confesses, as Pokemon Lucas prepares itself in a stance.
"Even it is useless against me. Weavile, Fake Out!" Weavile rushes after Lucario at high speed.
"Endure!" Lucas braces itself for the attack, which would normally make it flinch if it tried anything else. With Weavile's hit Lucas prepares for a counter attack. "Now Force Palm!"
Lucario rushes in after Weavile to make a strike, but it continues to dodge and leap away. "Ice Punch!"
"Drain Punch!" Both Pokemon strike, their fists making solid hits on the other. Having used a Fighting type move Lucario's attack knocks back the ice attack. It then makes a hit on Weavile's face, knocking it to the ground. The Aura Pokemon recovers some of the hp it lost from the two initial attacks.
"How could he have gotten this strong? Ice Beam!" On Cyrus' orders the Dark/Ice type fires a beam of pure ice at Lucario.
"Let's try that attack Riley showed me; Dragon Pulse!" Lucas shouts, as Lucario holds both palms together and fires a large stream of blue energy. But instead of aiming for the Ice Beam it strikes Weavile, which wasn't part of Lucas' plan. The Dragon Pulse takes out Weavile, but it gets encased in ice. Pokemon Lucas smiles as it notices its victory, despite being frozen. Lucas shouts in shock, "Lucario! Why did he do that?"
"So you've defeated even Weavile, kid." Cyrus curses as he talks to him. Lucas reclaims Lucario and glares at the dark leader of Team Galactic. Cyrus calls back Weavile and sends out Honchkrow. "You won't defeat this one so easily."
"I'll show you! Zephyris!" Lucas sends out Staraptor, or Mukkuhawk as some Japanese fan boys might call it. "Aerial Ace!"
"Heat Wave." Honchkrow flaps its wings up and out, releasing a blazing hot wind. It burns into Staraptor, sending it spiraling to the ground from the burn.
"Heat Wave?! It can use fire attacks?!" Lucas shouts in surprise. Staraptor struggles slowly to rise back up.
"That's not all. Psychic." Honchkrow's eyes glow a light blue shade, and Staraptor is suddenly blown back by a blast of energy.
"Zephyris!" Lucas shouts out to his Pokemon.
"Is this the best you have?" Honchkrow fires a second Psychic attack, this time putting Staraptor down for the count.
"Damn. I'm at wits end here." Lucas retrieves his Pokemon, and begins to ponder over the ones he can use left. He then sends out Floatzel. "Geyser, it's up to you!"
"Ah, I remember this one. Honchkrow go put that weakling down quickly!" Honchkrow prepares for a Psychic attack.
"Don't be so naïve! Geyser, use Aqua Jet!" Floatzel propels itself towards the crow while converged in water, and makes a full-blown tackle. This cancels the Psychic. "Use it again!"
"Drill Peck!" Honchkrow flies straight for Floatzel, breaking through its water attacks and piercing its face. Floatzel rubs its head in pain, but then quickly straightens itself. Cyrus didn't expect this. "What?! But how!?"
"Staraptor's ability Intimidate can lower a Pokemon's attack power. Blitz holds this ability as well." Lucas informs Cyrus.
"Is that how it survived the Earthquake?!" – Cyrus
"Go, Geyser! Water Gun attack!" Floatzel fires a fast stream of water at Honchkrow, sending it hurtling into the air. It regains its composure though.
"I will not be defeated by the likes of you! Psychic!!" Cyrus shouts in a rather crazed voice. Honchkrow repeats a second Psychic attack, but Lucas wasn't having it.
"Aqua Jet!" Floatzel jets after Honchkrow, tackling it and stopping it from using its attack again. "Follow up with Iron Tail!"
Floatzel then swings its two tails at the crow, both of which are glowing brightly. The attack slams onto the left side of the bird's face, where the beak and the feathers connect. Honchkrow is successfully defeated with that hit. Floatzel lands on both feet and looks down at the fallen bird.
"This…cannot be!! I won't be stopped! Not to someone like you!!" Cyrus snaps, retrieving the fainted Pokemon.
"Is that all you got?" Lucas asks him with confidence.
"Huh. The little guy's improved so much." Yusei says to himself, having seen the entire battle from there on.
"This is my last Pokemon. Houndoom!" Cyrus sends out his last creature, the dog from hell Houndoom.
"A fire type eh? He won't stand a chance! Water Gun!" Floatzel fires a stream of water on Lucas' orders.
"Do you not realize who I am, boy?! Dark Pulse!!" On Cyrus' command Houndoom releases a shockwave of dark energy, which cancels out the water attack. Lucas gapes at the strength of the move.
"It failed? Then, try Aqua Jet!" Lucas says, as Geyser tries its speed attack.
Houndoom repeats a Dark Pulse, and blows away all the water. "Thunder Fang."
Houndoom rushes towards Floatzel at amazing speed, and bites down hard, releasing powerful shocks of electricity through the weasel's body. Floatzel is defeated by the attack and knocked out, leaving Houndoom to only release its fangs and stand tall as victor.
Lucas gapes at his Pokemon being defeated by an opposing type. "You got to be kidding me…oh well, return," Lucas reclaims his Pokemon.
"Is that all you got, huh?" Cyrus taunts him, finally regaining his cool composure.
"He has one last Pokeball on his belt. What could it be?" Yusei asks himself as he watches.
"You're my last hope, Gabriel!" Lucas sends out his last Pokemon, the land shark Gabite.
Cyrus lifts his left eyebrow in surprise. "Gabite? How does a kid like you have that Pokemon?"
"Gabriel, use Dragon Rage!" Gabite opens its mouth and fires a ball of dragon energy at Houndoom.
"Flamethrower." The fire attack passes through the ball, which still strikes the dog, and engulfs the dragon. Gabite easily swipes its right arm and blows the flames away. "As I figured; fire attacks won't work."
"Damn right they won't!" Lucas shouts with confidence.
"Will o Wisp." Houndoom opens its jaws and fires two ghostly fireballs at Gabite.
'Will o Wisp will leave Gabite burned and his attack and hp will decrease. If that's the case then,' "Gabriel, leap onto the…floating things!" Lucas suggests to his Pokemon.
Gabite leaps up into the air, and somehow flips upside down. It lands with both feet on the floor ceiling above it. With this leap Will o Wisp is dodged. Both parties, Cyrus and Lucas, have no idea how this is possible, but decide to go with it.
"That's messed up." Lucas says to himself.
"Houndoom, don't let it get away!! Smog!" Houndoom releases smog of poisonous gas. Lucas notices this and runs away, along with Yusei, so it wouldn't affect him. The two of them look back at where Cyrus was, still covered in the smog.
"Cyrus! What is he thinking?! He'll get caught in it too!" Lucas says now worried for his sake.
"Flamethrower." A stream of fire comes out from the smoke screen. But instead of going for Gabite it aims for Lucas. Yusei leaps after Lucas and falls off the ground they were standing on, but not before getting burned on his back.
Yusei, with Lucas in his arms, lands on the side of another platform. Yes that's right, they're on the side of it. "That punk! How dare he try to shirk out of a battle like that?"
"Yusei! Your back!" Lucas says, noticing the burn on his back.
"I'll be fine. There hasn't been a single flame that could hurt me! Now finish this guy off already!!" Yusei replies with a smirk.
"Thanks. Gabite, use Dragon Claw!" Gabite leaps down from above aiming for Houndoom. The smog had cleared enough for it to see them, revealing Cyrus wearing a gas mask.
"Dark Pulse!" Houndoom releases a shockwave of dark energy, which pushes Gabite back onto the ceiling.
"Dragon Claw!" But Lucas and Gabite aren't giving up yet. The dragon leaps once more after Houndoom, this time making a strike on its head.
"You've gone and done it now, boy! Will o Wisp!!" With Cyrus growing mad now Houndoom fires its ghostly fire at Gabite.
"Gabite, don't run away! Rush straight in and strike it down!!" Trusting Lucas' orders Gabite charges head first after Houndoom, holding its arms up to take most of the damage.
"Dark Pulse!" The hell dog releases its Dark Pulse attack, which pushes Gabite back even more.
"GO! DRAGON RUSH!!" Dragon-like energy surrounds Gabite, taking the form of a dark blue aura. It crashes headfirst into Houndoom, the hell dog yelping as it bounces on the ground. The attack successfully knocks Houndoom out for good, leaving Cyrus totally quiet.
"This…can't be…was my ambition…just a dream," Cyrus says calmly as he reclaims his fallen dog. "To be shattered by your ambition?"
"This is the power of a Pokemon's spirit, and the spirit of the human it bonds with!" Lucas says as he leaps back onto the platform Cyrus was on. "Now get out of my way! I have to stop Giratina!"
"You fool! Don't think you can capture or simply defeat that Pokemon! This world itself IS that Pokemon!!" He shouts at him in blithering anger. "To do either will destroy this world!! You know what, forget it. Instead of saving your world, you'll be destroying it for me."
"Shut up!" Lucas yells at him. "Only someone like you would think to do something like that."
"You have inherited my legacy." Cyrus says as he disappears into the forest.
"Will this world really go away?" Lucas begins to question his next plan. If he wasn't careful he could end up erasing everyone he cares about. He then shakes his head. "No! I have to fight it!"
"Is fighting Giratina really a good idea?" Yusei asks the 12 year old.
"I still and always will believe that the best way a Pokemon and its trainer can bond is through hardship and battles. If I battle with Giratina then it should understand my feelings and I can learn its own." Lucas says as he retrieves his tired Gabite. "Even if my Pokemon are too tired to battle, I'll do it myself! I'll fight Giratina alone!"
"Yeah right." – Yusei
"I'm serious!" Lucas says to him in an agitated voice.
"Alright, fine. Have fun getting killed." Yusei says to him while walking down the path Cyrus was in front of earlier.
"I'll show you!!" Lucas shouts as he dashes down the path.
After continuing down to the bottom of the antimatter world, walking along the side of walls, going down a waterfall, and leaping across stones, Yusei and Lucas finally reach what they can only believe is the bottom. Lucas notices that there lies a stationary platform up top a set of smaller ones, which are rowed together to look like stairs.
Lucas notices a dark force closing in around them. How he can tell is probably because of his mysterious power, one he doesn't know much of himself. At the top of the 'stairs' stands Giratina, or something that resembles it. Even as Lucas stands he could tell something was up about its appearance now and before.
"It looks…the way it's shaped is different than what it was when it entered our world, granted that time it was just a shadow." Lucas says as he looks at the interesting Legendary Pokemon.
"No, that's Giratina alright. That's just its Origin Form." Yusei comments. "This is what Giratina is suppose to look like, but whenever it transports into our world it takes on a different shape due to the change in gravity."
"How do you know that?" Lucas asks him, hoping to get a direct answer out of him. He would only ask him this because if that were true then he would have to have seen Giratina in both worlds.
"I met Giratina before. In fact, it's the reason I ended up here in the first place." He replies to the question.
"Giratina…" Lucas takes out his Pokedex, and scans the ghostly Pokemon. It then reads, 'Giratina, the Renegade Pokemon. A ghastly apparition of a Pokemon banished to live in a world opposite of our own because of its violent nature. Its last recorded appearance is within an ancient cemetery connected to its world. A Dragon/Ghost type, it shows some connection to two other ancient Pokemon, and is classified as the forgotten one.'
"So, where did you run into this guy?" Lucas asks Yusei after reading the Pokedex.
"It was at a spring hidden from this path. I forget where it was though." Yusei's words bring Lucas to ponder over them. He doesn't remember seeing a spring anywhere in Sinnoh.
"Giratina," Lucas whispers to himself as he climbs up the stairs. The ghost dragon looks down at him, and a ghastly wind blows down at him. Lucas gets knocked down back onto the platform he was on earlier, but quickly rises back up. "I'm not giving up. I want you to stop the destruction of my home world."
"Does he really think he can get through to that thing?!" Yusei asks himself as he watches Lucas.
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"Vespiquen, Power Gem!" Cheryl's star monster fires a gem at Purugly, knocking it back into the ground.
Purugly rises back up, but fails to stay that way and collapses back down just as quickly. Mars pales at the sight of her Pokemon failing. "Not only…have I lost to that boy, but to his groupie too?"
"There. My point should be clear with you now." Cheryl says as she reclaims her Pokemon.
"No…NO!! I won't fail Master Cyrus again!!" She screams, running straight for Cheryl in a fit of rage.
"Nani?!" The two girls engage in a battle of fists, which isn't really what it seems. Both their hands were wildly slapping, but only the other's hands. Yes. It was that kind of fight. "What kind of battle is this?"
"I won't give up!! Not 'til I find Master Cyrus!!" Mars yells at her.
"Give up, damn it!! I already beat you!!" Cheryl fights back harder.
"Just because your Pokemon are stronger doesn't mean you are!!" – Mars
"Oh yeah!?!" Cheryl stops the slap fight and thrusts forward, slamming her right arm and its elbow at Mars' chin. In the spirit of Pokemon tradition, let's say it was super effective, and it knocks out Mars finally.
"Ku…so…" This is the last word to escape her lips before she passes out.
"Yes! I won against a Team Galactic Commander!" Cheryl cheers, throwing her hands up in the air, and waving them like she just doesn't care.
"She's rather proud of herself, even though Mars was the weaker of the three." Cynthia says as she sits Riley up. As she does the blue Aura Guardian begins to wake up.
"Huh? What happened?" He asks himself while rubbing his head. He then notices the blond beauty beside him. "Cynthia?!"
"Riley, it's great to see you again, but now is probably not the time for catching up." She says to him.
Riley grabs his hat and wears it, and then checks his surroundings. "The Spear Pillar…wait, where's Lucas?"
"Lucas is…in the Torn World with Giratina and Cyrus." Cynthia says, and Riley becomes shocked when he is told this.
"What? Giratina showed up?!" Riley then rises up onto his feet, taking out a Pokeball as he does. "I wasn't expecting this to happen. If Giratina showed up then we're in danger."
"Lucia, use Aqua Jet!" Empoleon surrounds itself in water and jets towards Skuntank, making a tackling strike on it. It would seem Paul is doing okay finally against Jupiter.
"Damn it, Sludge Bomb!" Skuntank opens its mouth and fires a disgusting ooze bomb at Empoleon. It takes the hit but doesn't feel a thing.
"Too bad! Lucia's a Water/Steel type. Poison has no effect on him." Paul says to her in a confident voice. "You should have done your homework; Hydro Pump!"
Empoleon fires a powerful stream of water at Skuntank, this time knocking it down for good. Jupiter curses as she reclaims her fallen Pokemon. "I can't believe I've lost to you…it was bad enough failing against that kid, but now his loser friend…"
"Now, that takes care of her." Paul says as he reclaims Lucia. He then looks around, and joins up with Cynthia and Riley. Cheryl follows him as well, and together all four of them face one another.
"So, Lucas is in another world?" Cheryl asks the blond woman.
"Yes. Giratina took Cyrus there because it wanted to stop him from endangering its world…or maybe it wanted to save us. Who knows…" Cynthia says while rubbing her chin.
"Let's head to Rowan's place. We can wait for Lucas there." Cheryl says to the others.
"Will he really be okay?" Riley asks them.
"Don't worry, blue guy. He won't die from something like this." Paul says with confidence. Cheryl puts up a self-assuring smile, knowing Paul has a point, but inside she can't help but worry about him.
"I guess he knows what to do. Let's round up the remaining Galactic members here and-" Riley stops when he notices that Jupiter and Mars have run off. "Those two girls have escaped."
"Who cares? We've beaten them before. If they ever show up we'll trounce them again!" Paul states as he walks towards the exit. "Let's get moving!"
"Wait Paul! We can always…" But it was too late. He has gone into the mountain done the entrance. "…Fly out of here with our Pokemon. Man, he really doesn't listen."
"He'll figure it out eventually. Let's get out of here." Riley sends out Salamence. He gets on first, and then Cynthia and Cheryl.
"I think I remember where the Professor lives. Let's go, to Sandgem Town." Cynthia says to Riley as they fly off. As they do Cynthia slinks her hands up on Riley's chest and hugs him. 'I miss this feeling…being with Riley as we fly over Sinnoh. This warm feeling in my chest…'
'Is she hugging me again? I thought she got over this…' Riley muses over in his mind.
--
Back with Lucas he has fallen down once again by the forceful Ominous Wind attack by Giratina. And once more our diamond protagonist rises back up to climb again. Giratina watches the young trainer from above with major interest. Yusei watches from down at the bottom, his muscles tensing up as he forces himself to only witness his action.
"I won't give up…" Lucas says as he climbs up the staircase once more, wiping the blood off his cheek as he does.
"Stop it! You'll end up killing yourself if you keep trying!" Yusei warns him finally, having had enough of simply watching him go by.
"I have to! Cheryl and the others are counting on me!!" Lucas shouts back as he goes up once again.
"I've had enough of this!" Yusei finally decides to take action by stepping in for the younger trainer.
Giratina releases another Ominous Wind attack, which blows Yusei away. But unlike him Lucas manages to stay his ground. A light blue aura surrounds his body. The boy continues up the 'stairs', climbing up one step at a time. He finally makes it to Giratina's level after a few seconds of climbing, and looks up into its red eyes.
The ghost dragon opens its mouth, releasing the golden mask jaw around it, and screeches out throughout its world. Lucas looks at the Pokemon's face, and blinks once while looking closer at it. "Where have I seen that face before?"
Giratina releases a bright blue light from all around it, which surrounds and captures both it and the human. Yusei shields his eyes at the light, being the only one who is unable to see anything. "Lucas!"
Inside the light Lucas rubs his eyes after looking around. He sees absolutely nothing around him. "Where is everything? Where is anything?"
"Hey human." A grim voice says to him. Lucas turns around to face left, and gasps when he sees someone sitting at a table. This person has long silver hair and is wearing a black suit. He also has a golden mask, which covers his mouth and nose. The man looks at him with his red eyes. "Come over here and sit. I got tea."
"Who are you?!" Lucas asks him as he slowly approaches him.
"I'm Giratina. I guess you didn't know Legendary Pokemon can take on human forms." He says to him. He picks up a cup of tea and drinks it, the warm liquid slipping through the mouth portion of the mask. "Although normal humans can't see us like this. I guess the Aura Guardians still live on."
"O…kay. I want you to stop the destruction of our world." Lucas says to him as he sits down in a materialized chair.
"It has been halted already." Giratina says to him after finishing his cup.
"Really?" This takes him by surprise. He really didn't expect his work to be done already.
"Your world's destruction stopped when the portal closed up behind you. Of course I can always open it up again at whim." He says after placing his cup in the air. It floats upside down in front of him.
"Why? Why destroy our world? Both of them need to be around in order for us to survive!" Lucas says as he tries to reason with him.
"Not really. Even if your world were to vanish, the dimension itself would stay intact. So Dialga and Palkia could easily fix up a new planet to replace it." He replies to the human.
"But all my friends could die if you do this! Please, show some compassion!" Lucas pleads to the humanoid.
"Show some what now?" – Giratina
"You're the only one who can stop it right? Please, spare our world!" Lucas pleads once more with the Pokemon. He even gets out of the seat and bows down onto his hands and knees, with his head on the ground. Giratina looks down at him.
"Do you really care that much about them?" He asks him as he rests his chin on his hand.
"Of course I do. You'll not only be killing my loved ones, but many innocent people and Pokemon. Please, don't destroy the planet!" He says, a single tear coming out his right eye this time.
Giratina smiles deviously, although since he has a mask over it, it was hard to tell. "So, you do care about others…I guess I don't really need to keep it open."
"Really!?" Lucas shouts as he raises his head quickly.
"Of course you'll need to do me a favor later on. Be ready when I call on you for it." Giratina says, and with that a blinding light flashes before the two of them.
Before he knew it Lucas is back at the antimatter world standing in front of the ghost dragon himself. Yusei finally picks himself up in time to see the light die out. "Lucas!"
"Huh? What happened?" Lucas says as he looks around.
"Yo, Lucas! What was that light about?!" Yusei asks the boy.
"Well, Giratina has decided not to destroy our planet. We can leave now." Lucas answers him while a smile grew on his lips.
"Phew, good job Luke. Not only am I sick of this world, but all my stuff is over there." Yusei comments as he wipes sweat from his forehead. But then he asks, "How do we get out?"
"Uh…" Before Lucas could come up with an answer, as if on cue Giratina screeches once more. A portal behind it opens up, as the dragon itself flies away. Lucas blinks once before saying, "Huh. I guess we can go there."
"Well let's get going!" Yusei rushes up the rock stairs to reach the portal. Lucas goes through it before him though.
Before they knew it, both Lucas and Yusei make it back home into their world in one piece. Lucas rubs his eyes and looks at his surroundings; apparently they were both at some sort of spring, with a white fog blocking the view of the sky. "Where is this?"
"I know this place." Yusei says, looking back at where the portal was. The portal itself is gone and a pathway leading into the mountain behind them exits. "This is the place I went to, that got me in that damn world in the first place."
"So this is the place…" Lucas looks down at his Poketch, and sees that the time hasn't corrected itself. "I guess I have to go to a Pokemon Center to get the time."
"Heh. Good day kid! I'm going back home to Johto." Yusei says, walking off into the water and waddling to the other side.
"K! Be safe!" Lucas says to him. He then takes out Staraptor, and hops on it to fly off.
--
Lucas lands before the Pokemon center of Sandgem town. After he calls back Staraptor he heads into the center, healing his Pokemon first. Nurse Joy takes them away for healing, saying, "Don't you worry. We'll bring them back to full health!"
"Thank you!" Lucas replies, watching as she walks away. He then goes over to a calendar, with a picture of a half naked lady posted on it, and reads the time and day. He gasps when he realizes that 2 months have past since he's been in that world. "Ah crap. Cheryl's probably mad at me. And maybe she told mom too!"
And so Lucas sits down quietly in a seat, fixing his Poketch to read the correct time, and waits for his Pokemon to regain their strength. "I wonder how things went in my absence…it's even almost time for my birthday."
"Hey there. Your Pokemon are back in tip top shape." Nurse Joy says as she comes out with a tray holding his Pokemon. Lucas walks over to the counter and picks up his Pokemon, placing them on his belt. "We hope to see you again."
Lucas heads out the center and walks over to the Professor's office. Before stepping in, he takes a deep breath, knowing it would be hard to explain it to them. But since so much time has passed there's no guarantee they'll be in there. Still, he has to check.
Lucas reaches for the doorknob to open it. "Here I go."
"And that's why you got to tell her!" A female voice says at the door suddenly opens. It hits Lucas square in the face, and sends him crashing into the ground. "I don't want to bring anyone else to tears telling them about-"
"Ita!! What the hell was that?!" Lucas complains as he rubs his injured spot in pain. He gets over it long enough to see who hit him: Cheryl. He gasps when he sees her standing above him. "C-Cheryl…"
"L-Lucas…LUCAS!!" She cries out, finally realizing it was her boyfriend. She leaps onto him with his arms wrapping around him in a hug. "Lucas, you're back!!"
"Cheryl! Calm down!!" He says to her, hoping she would stop crying at least. His arms go around her waist to pull her closer as he comforts her.
"Lucas…I'm so (sob) glad you're (hic) back!" Cheryl cries out more. She now wipes away the tears that have built up on her face.
"Lucas…" The diamond protagonist looks up to see Dawn coming out the door. "Lucas is back!!"
"Dawn! Is the Professor, Riley and Paul inside as well?" Lucas asks her, hoping he could let all his friends know he's back.
"Well, the professor's inside, but Paul isn't. Riley went off with that Cynthia woman." Cheryl says to answer her boyfriend.
"Ah, so I got to go find him then…" Lucas says questionably.
"You can come inside and see the Professor. I bet he wants to see you." Dawn says to him.
"Ah! That's right!" Lucas moves Cheryl off of him for the moment and heads inside. Cheryl stands back up after he leaves her. "Professor Rowan!"
"Ah, Lucas!" Rowan says as he realizes his presence. "How was your trip to the Torn World?"
"I don't want to talk about it. But I did stop Cyrus from hurting Giratina and our world." Lucas says, remembering the whole point of going there.
"I see. And where is that man?" Rowan asks him.
"I guess…he could still be in the Torn World probably. He didn't go through the portal I went through." Lucas explains.
"Well while you were away the three Lake Guardians returned to their respective homes not too long ago." Rowan says as he thinks back to those three Pokemon. "Thank you for stopping them…that Team Galactic."
"It's okay. They needed to be trounced. Anyway, I probably should get back to my Pokemon journey." Lucas says, remembering his dream to become a champion and travel the world.
"Well if you want to get to your final badge then you can go to Sunyshore City. The Beacon Badge will be there waiting for you, and then the Pokemon League." Rowan says to him.
"Great. Thanks." Lucas then heads out the door, already to conquer the last gym of Sinnoh. He comes before Cheryl face to face, who smiles as he approaches her. "Cheryl, our next trip is to Sunyshore City. That's where the final gym badge is. Would you, still mind going with me?"
"Of course. I'll go anywhere with you Lucas." She replies, taking hold of his left hand with her right. Dawn watches from by her house with envy.
"Okay! But first let's head home. I'm going to take a breather there, since my birthday is tomorrow." Lucas says as they walk over to Twinleaf town.
"Okay." Cheryl says, wiping the dried up tears on her cheek away finally.
--
"Mom! We're back!" Lucas says as he and Cheryl enter the house. His mother Joanne looks up from the kitchen and smiles.
"Welcome back Lucas and Cheryl! Will you be staying for your birthday?" She asks him at the end.
"Of course! Cheryl and I are on a two day break, and then we're off for Sunyshore City." Lucas says to her after running up to give her a hug.
"That's wonderful. I know you'll do great!" She says after returning the hug. She then says, "Oh yeah! I got you an early present! It's in your room!"
"Really?!" He heads up into his room, with Cheryl following close behind. Joanne snickers as she stalks them up the stairs.
Lucas enters his room first, and for the initial twenty seconds didn't notice anything here that could be considered a gift. "I don't see anything."
"Doesn't your bed look a little different?" Cheryl asks him as she sits down on his bed.
"That's part of the gift. I threw out your old bed and replaced it with a queen size." Joanne says as she enters the room. With a wink she adds, "It's for night time when you go to sleep, and Cheryl joins you in the same bed!"
"HAH!!?!" Both of them shout at once, blushing as red as a tomato.
"You know about us sleeping together?!" Lucas asks him in an almost stuttering voice.
"Of course I do! I have to know every detail that goes on in my sweet little baby's life!" Joanne says with a smile and a wink.
'Well, at least she's okay with it…' Lucas says in his mind as if it was a big relief.
"Lucas, what are these books?" Cheryl asks him after noticing a bunch of magazines and books on his bed as well. She hands some to him to read.
"Let's see; 'Sexual Education for Dummies', 'The Encyclopedia of Sexually Transmitted Diseases', 'So You're Hormones Ruined Your Life', 'The Book of Sex Arts'?!! What the hell is this!?" He shouts at the end, his voice growing louder and louder as he read each title.
"Well you are officially becoming a teenager, so I decided to help you get a heads up on this type of stuff. I know you've thought about these certain things whenever you're around Cheryl." Joanne says, her motherly face still present on her.
"Mom, it's waaaaay too early for us to deal with this! I'm only going to be 13!" Lucas shouts while still blushing.
"Wow, I didn't even know you could go up there." Cheryl says as she reads the Book of Sex Arts.
"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!!" – Lucas
Time passed quickly after that talk, well not really. Time went by extremely slow for the lovebirds. But by the end of the day they were able to sleep together peacefully, even if they couldn't stay asleep.
Lucas was up mostly because he was thinking about what happened back at the Spear Pillar. Had Giratina not showed up Lucas would have lost Cheryl. That still picks at him and his heart. His heart might not have handled the pain.
Cheryl's reason for being up was also because of the Sky Pillar. Lucas disappeared away from her sight into a world she did not know anything about. She feared greatly that he would never come back. Even if he saved the world her heart would be shattered if he never returned.
Lucas could see the look of terror in her eyes as she looked up at him. He then realizes that she could still be upset over what happened. He then says, "Cheryl, are you okay?"
"I'll be fine. But I was afraid." She begins, hugging him tighter than ever. "You disappeared…I believed in your words, that you would return…but I was afraid…you would never come back…I…"
"Cheryl, I love you." He says to her. Cheryl stops her bawling and looks up at him. "I'm sorry for making you worry. But you must trust in what I do. I believe in you, so you should do the same for me."
"Lucas…" Tears begin to reform into her green eyes. "Lucas!"
She kisses him passionately on the lips. He does the best he can to return it back. Her whole body heats up from the feeling of his lips on hers. Oh how she missed kissing him!
Cheryl removes herself from him and looks her boyfriend in the eyes. "I missed this feeling…"
"Yeah, me too." He replies, giving her a quick peck again.
After that quick kiss Cheryl begins to think back to earlier today, when she saw those books. "Lucas, would you ever consider…doing any of those things…with me?"
"Huh? Why would you ask that now?" Lucas asks her as he blushes madly.
"Do you find me attractive, that way?" She asks him as her cheek rise in temperature.
"Cheryl, of course I find you attractive. But I just think we're still too young to do it, even if mom thinks it's okay." Lucas says to her.
"I know. I just wanted to know to be sure." She says to him. "Besides, I'm not sure if she's really okay with it. She's probably leading me into a trap."
"Trap?" – Lucas
"A mother would never want her only son to just leave her for some other woman." Cheryl says.
"Well you might have a point, but," Lucas looks at the corner of his right eye at his door, and sees his mother outside peeking at them. "There could be something wrong with mine."
Cheryl sweat drops when she realizes what he means by that. "Uh huh…Well, good night Lucas. I love you."
"Good night Cheryl." The two finally decide to go to sleep, doing much better now than before after talking to one another. Joanne walks away.
--
Cheryl walks down the stairs of Lucas' home, still dressed in her pajamas. She notices Joanne by the couch drinking some tea. Joanne looks up at the stairs and smiles at Cheryl.
"Good morning Mrs. Kongoseki." Cheryl says to her while smiling warm fully. She sits down beside her.
"I can see you enjoyed the bed. Is Lucas still asleep?" She asks her. Cheryl nods while sheepishly chuckling.
"He's still out. I guess he needs it more." Cheryl replies to her question. Joanne chuckles a bit more. Cheryl then sees the books from earlier on the counter in front of her. "Um, Mrs. Kongoseki, were you serious about wanting to teach Lucas and me sexual education?"
"Well I think it's best to get it out of the way as soon as possible before big trouble can start." Joanne says to her. She then looks to the side. "Actually, it was his father's idea. He wanted Lucas to know as much about sex as possible before he started having it. I should have listened to him."
"Huh?" At this point Cheryl has no idea what she means by the end of her sentence.
"I should have noticed the signs as well; when Lucas was younger he had allot of female friends. In fact, he only had two male friends out of the 8 he made when he was in school." Lucas' mother reveal to his girlfriend.
"Eh?! Six girls?! Then it's not just my imagination…" Cheryl says as she thinks back to all the women they've met in their travel, and even Cheryl could tell had feelings for Lucas.
Joanne laughs a bit at Cheryl's words. "Yeah, I can guess my son has become such a gentleman without even realizing it…just like his father."
'I guess it's a family trait…' – Cheryl
Back upstairs Lucas opens his eyes, first adjusting to the light of day. He notices Cheryl is gone, probably downstairs with his mother. He goes back to sleep for two more hours.
"So what are we going to do for his birthday? Who's going to be here?" Cheryl asks his mother.
"I've already called over Rowan and Paul's family. Dawn can come with her family as well." Joanne says as she runs down the list.
"I could ask Riley to come but he disappeared on me. There's still Gardenia though!" Cheryl says as she thinks of the people she knows that aren't on the list.
--
After an extra two hours of sleep Lucas walks downstairs, yawning and patting his mouth with his right hand. He comes before the kitchen and sees Cheryl and his mother conversing with one another. He comes before them and says, "Morning!"
"Happy Birthday Lucas!" Cheryl shouts out as she runs up to him and hugs him. Joanne watches as she heads to him and smiles.
"Aw, thanks. So what will we be doing today?" He asks the two women before him.
"Well it's all up to you Birthday boy!" Joanne says to him.
"Happy Birthday Lucas!" A group voice shouts from the living room. Lucas turns towards the room and sees allot of people there holding up a giant cake. Lucas could see Paul, his mom, Riley, Gardenia, the bike shop owner from Eterna, Mira and her parents, Dawn, Prof. Rowan, her family, Cynthia and her grandmother in the living room.
"Wow…everyone I met during my journey is here." Lucas says as his mouth widens happily. Lucas walks over to the cake, which has been placed on the living room table before the couch, and sits before it. Cheryl joins him on his right with his mother on the left.
"Well Lucas, make a wish. Then blow out all the candles." Joanne says to her son. She could see how happy he was being around all the people who have entered his life. 'If only Allen was here then things would be perfect.'
"My wish…" Lucas mutters to himself as he thinks of something to wish for. He then closes his eyes. 'I don't really know anything I want to wish for…'
His thoughts then travel off, passing through the chain of memories that make up his past. He stops suddenly when an image of a grand stadium, with tons of people cheering and him and Cynthia are battling their Pokemon against one another. He then breaths in and blows out, whiffing out all the flames.
"So, what did you wish for?" Cheryl asks him with her arms around his.
"I can't tell you or it will never come true." Lucas answers her.
--
Elsewhere in the Torn World, Giratina sleeps standing up. Ever since those two left things have been quiet again, except that human Cyrus is still around. He could send him away, but he hasn't come to him for that. After all there's no way he could defeat him.
But then the dragon opens its blood red eyes once it feels the presence of a powerful force, two actually. Twin portals open up beside it, one light blue and the other pink. Out from them step Dialga and Palkia.
With Palkia's presence the out of place platforms move together into a whole piece. Dialga's appearance blows away the darkness surrounding them and time slowly starts up. All three Pokemon are enveloped in bright light, pink, blue and red.
The lights die out and each Pokemon are now standing together in human form. Palkia is now wearing a pink tux with pearls in the places metal would be. He also has a red inner mouth with fangs, red eyes and a bone crown over his pink hair. Dialga's human shape has light blue hair with the same red mouth but mask like shades over his red eyes. He is wearing a blue-collar shirt with jeans, and around his neck and right wrist are each a diamond necklace and a bracelet.
Giratina is back in his human form. "What are you guys doing here? Come for a fight?"
"Eh, maybe later. We're here to ask you a favor." Palkia says to the ghost.
"The old man wants to come back again. We need you to go get the orbs." Dialga adds.
"I can't get them. I'm not allowed in that place remember?" Giratina says to remind the two dragons. Both of them slap their foreheads when they remembered. "But don't worry. I got someone to deal with it."
"Eh?!" – Palkia/Dialga
"It's not a human is it?" Palkia asks him.
"This is a special human. He'll be fine, now get the hell out! You're ruining my antimatter world!" Giratina shouts at the end. Both of them sigh and then disappear away. The ghost dragon sighs once they leave, as his world slowly goes back to the way it was. "Sheesh…this place could have been stabilized if they stayed longer."
Julia: Fortune Lady Firey's effect activates! She destroys one monster my opponent controls and deals damage equal to its attack points! Black Feather – Armored Wing is destroyed!
Hakurei: Damn it!! I've lost again!!
Yusei: You guys done yet? The chapter is over. And we have a guest.
Julia: We do? Who?
Lucas: Wow, where is this place?
Hakurei: Huh?! You can't be here! You're a story only character!!
Julia: He's the guest, stupid.
Hakurei: Don't call me stupid!
Yusei: Lucas, you've gained 7 badges, defeated Cyrus of Team Galactic and saved the world from Giratina. What will you do at the end of your journey?
Lucas: Well I guess I'll be going to another region. Then I'll retire and settle down with Cheryl.
Kenshin: I have a question for you; who's this Allen person?
Lucas: Well that's the name of my father. Since I don't have a real dad in the story, like that Ash guy, I assume the author made up one for me to separate me from that guy. What are you guys playing, Pokemon Cards?
Hakurei: Don't be ridiculous. I wouldn't be caught dead touching Pokemon cards.
Lucas: Eh?!
Julia: We all participate in the Yugioh Official Card Game, or Trading Card Game as it is in western places.
Lucas: Well what decks do you use?
Julia: Fortune Lady!
Hakurei: Black Feathers.
Yusei: Twilight.
Dante: Infernity.
Ester: Neo-Spacian!
Kenshin: Rainbow Dragon!
Yusei: Gay.
Kenshin: IT'S NOT GAY!!! Rainbow Dragon and Rainbow Neos are powerful cards!
Yusei: And I would never use them…Hey Haou, what deck do you use?
Haou: …Gladiator Beasts.
Everyone except Lucas: gasp loudly
Haou: What?