RGBY - Vol. 1 - Saffron City Summary - A Legendary Dragon is searching for something...

1.4 - Dusknoir's Darkness

Edited - 8/3/18


Yellow smiled, watching all the previously abandoned and orphaned Pokemon enjoying their livelihood at Fuji's Pokemon House. The blonde hair gal saw a pair of Nidoran cuddling together on a big bear-like plushie, a Growlithe chasing a Meowth around and across the wooden table, a Doduo that reminded of her own Dodrio long ago, the young two-headed roadrunner pleasantly drinking some water out of a small bowl.

"They all look so happy." Yellow spoke.

"Yes." Mr. Fuji smiled. "I treat them like my own children."

"Hmm?" Yellow spotted a tiny creature hiding behind a plushie resembling an yellow dragon, silently staring at her with suspicion. "Um… what's with him?"

"Cubone? That Lonely Pokemon?" Amber spotted the tiny brown Pokemon sporting a skull on it's head. "He doesn't really get along with the other Pokemon unfortunately."

"Why?"

"Team Rocket is why." Mr. Fuji remembered that day. "A group of thieves nearby were hunting Cubones because their skulls and clubs can be sold at high prices. Cubone's mother, a Marowak, protected her son at all cost. Team Rocket didn't exactly take that well and unfortunately…"

Cubone cried, standing over Marowak's lifeless arm as her bone club rolled through the wild grass.

Yellow gulped. "Oh. I see."

"Yes. I was far away and too old to do anything so by the time I came there to teach those thugs a lesson they left." Mr. Fuji sighed. "I decided to do the right thing and give Cubone's mother a proper burial at the Pokemon Tower. Now Cubone refuses to talk or socialize others. He eats when everyone else is finished, practice fighting with his bone club and constantly stares at new visitors or looking through the window there at the Pokemon Tower."

"The Pokemon Tower…" Yellow looked through the nearby window, a blank-white tower boasting a menacing and haunting presence. "For a peaceful town full of happy people and Pokemon… that Pokemon Tower kind of…"

"Out of place?" Amber said.

"This town wasn't always the peaceful place it was. I remember there was a time people were afraid, refusing to help outsiders because they thought the tower was haunted. Turns out to be Team Rocket's doing." Mr. Fuji smiled. "But then these two boys, one wearing a red cap and the other with spiky brown hair, came in and put an end to their evil practices."

"Ah!" Yellow smiled. "You mean Red and Green right!"

"Yes! That's the two! I heard from Prof. Blaine that your friends were the ones who saved Saffron City from those vile fiends!"

"Speaking of which. Not only did Prof. Oak wanted me to see how you were doing, I'm going to meet Red and Bill here. So in the mean time, I've always wanted to pay my respects to the Pokemon Tower!"

"Ah I see. If you don't mind…" Amber looked back to the Cubone. "Could you bring Cubone to the Pokemon Tower with you?"

"Sure. Why?"

"Marowak's mother is buried at the top floor." Mr. Fuji explained. "I feel Cubone wants to see her tomb again but honestly I'm also doing this so Cubone can socialize and interact with people and Pokemon more. I think you're perfect for the job since you seem to care about Pokémon so much."

Yellow smiled at the idea. "Okay! I'll do it!"

"You hear that Cubone!" Amber shouted, holding her hands together.

"Cu?" Cubone walked forward.

Yellow could clearly see he was still being vigilant of strangers, gripping onto his bone club tightly, staring at her with suspicion.

"She's friendly Cubone!" Mr. Fuji explained. "She helped heal some of the Pokemon here and she's going to take you to the Pokemon Tower!"

Yellow squatted to the ground giving a big smile. "I'm pleased to meet you!"

"Cu." Cubone looked the other way blushing as he crossed his arms.

Amber couldn't help but be amused. "I think Cubone likes you hee hee."

"You really are a tough one Cubone! Do you want a snack?" Yellow pulled out a large bluish berry from her satchel. "Here!"

Cubone stood still, eyes shut, looking the other way. Rejecting it.

"Okay. More for me." Yellow took a bite out of the berry. "Mmm! It's really good!"

Cubone's eyes opened, glancing towards her and that berry gleaming under the lamp above.

"But it's too big. Too bad no one here can help me finish this." Yellow sighed.

"Cubone!" Cubone jumped back and forth, waving his tiny arms in the air.

"You wanna help me finish the rest?" She smiled.

"Cubone!" Cubone nodded.

"Okay! Enjoy!" Yellow gave the Lonely Pokemon her Oran Berry.

Cubone took a bite out of the berry, jumping in the air, squealing in delight. "Cuuu!"

"Hehe." Yellow smiled at the Cubone.

Cubone's eyes sparkled at the trainer as another Pokemon from behind a table bearing two golden horns, watched from a distance.


Yellow and Cubone stood at the front of the Pokemon Tower's entrance, amazed of how far the building reaches to the sky. Yellow noticed another building under construction next to it, almost the same height as the Pokemon Tower.

"Hmm… A Kanto Radio Station…" Yellow read the construction sign. "Anyways. Are you ready to go Cubone!"

"Cubone!" Cubone nodded.

"Well… wait a minute." Yellow just thought of something. "Mr. Fuji said he also wanted Cubone to be more social with Pokemon, not just people. I know what to do!"

"Cubone?" Cubone watched as Yellow held six red Pokeballs in both arms.

"Come on out you guys!" Yellow smiled.

Six Pokeballs beamed opened! Cubone looked at each one. One was a giant brown furry rat bearing giant teeth. Another was an electric mouse sporting a flower on her head and a heart-shaped tail. One Pokemon that stood tall and large reminded him of Doduo from the shelter only this one had three heads. Another was a purplish butterfly fluttering the most beautiful wings Cubone has ever seen. The other two was a hulking giant "Golem" of some kind, sporting rock-armor that looked like a ball and the other was a sky-blue Pokemon sporting a spiky helix shell and several tentacles.

"Cubone?" Cubone took a closer look at the unusual helix Pokemon.

"Oma!" Omastar's slitted yellow eyes and his four-way beak opened wide, screeching at the Pokemon.

"Cubone!" Cubone shriveled in fear as he jumped backwards.

"Oma! Oma!" Omastar laughed. He turned to see his companions not laughing, only looking at him as if he was guilty. Omastar froze "Oma?!"

"You shouldn't scare him Omastar." Yellow eyed Omastar. She walked up to the Cubone as tears rose up in his angry red face. "I'm sorry Cubone. Did the big scary Omastar frightened you?"

"Cubone." Cubone nodded, pointing his bone club at the tentacled creature.

"Well he's not such a bad guy when you get to know him." Yellow smiled. "Meet the rest of my Pokemon!"

"ChuChu!" A Pikachu greeted the Cubone.

"Dodrio! Golem. Oma! Free-Free! Raticate!" They all greeted the Cubone happily, welcoming the Pokemon.

Cubone's eyes sparkled at how big and strong they all looked.

"So are we all good!" Yellow looked at the group.

They all nodded happily.

"Okay let's… hmm." Yellow paused for a second. "I forgot to check on if I had my snacks ready since Red is coming today! Also I'm going to need you guys to act as Cubone's guardians if he gets in trouble okay!"

Her Pokemon nodded and waited as Yellow turned around looking through her brightly-colored satchel.

"Chuchu!" Pikachu smiled at the Cubone.

"Cubone!" Cubone smiled back.

As Pikachu smiled, Cubone was swooped away instantly by a rather large bird, a Fearow.

"Eh?" Yellow's Pokemon froze for a second noticing Cubone was no longer there.

"CHUCHU!? DRIO!? GOLEM!? OMA!? FREEE!? CATE!?" All of Yellow's Pokemon panicked as they saw the Fearow flying off in the far distance.

"Is something wrong?" Yellow found the snacks. She heard a powerful electric attack from behind as light flashed around her. She quickly turned around. She saw each and every one of them smiling nervously as Pikachu put her paw around Cubone's shoulder. Cubone stood there acting fine and normal like nothing happened. "Huh… Well! Let's go!"

"Chu!" Pikachu nodded

"Cubone!" Cubone followed.

The rest of her Pokemon followed suit into the Pokemon Tower as a fainted Fearow laid somewhere in the bushes twitching, covered in smoke and electricity. A small little creature sporting horns noticed the spiral-eyed Fearow, curiously watching Yellow entering the tower.


"Okay onwards to the second floor!" Yellow stepped forward on the first set of stairs.

Her Pokemon eventually followed her behind almost near the top. Pikachu and Cubone were walking up the stairs together, seeing the second floor closeby.

"Cubone!" Cubone smiled.

"Chuchu!" Pikachu smiled, patting Cubone on the back.

"Cu… bone?" Cubone's balance felt off as he stood on the edge of the staircase. "Cu…"

"Chu!" Chuchu's face turned to shock. The electric mouse quickly went behind pushing Cubone back to his balance.

"Cubone!" Cubone regained his balance.

"Chu!" Chuchu wiped the sweat off her face, taking a deep breath.

"C'mon you guys." Yellow's voice echoed from the second floor.

"Chu…" Chuchu sighed with a smile.


The group walked onto the next floor as Yellow noticed a sign saying "Third Floor".

Yellow smiled back at the group. "Half-way there Cubone!"

"Cubone!" Cubone smiled for a moment, noticing a bat-like creature flying past him, a Zubat. The Cubone looked at it with curiosity "Cu?"

As the group continued walking, Pikachu noticed Cubone wasn't by her side anymore. "Chuchu?"

"Oma?" The Omastar noticed Pikachu stopping.

"Chuchu!?" Pikachu spotted Cubone hopping onto the edge of a window chasing a Zubat.

"Cu? Cubone!?" Cubone lost his balance again.

"Chu!" Chuchu jumped, quickly grabbing the falling Cubone by the brown tail from the window's edge but she too was slipping. "Chu!? Chu!?"

Pikachu's feet slipped off from the window as a blue tentacle wrapped around her.

"Oma!" Omastar grabbed Pikachu.

Omastar quickly pulled Pikachu and Cubone out of harm's way onto the safe ground of the third floor. Cubone looked fine and jolly but Pikachu and Omastar looked particularly tired from all the shock and worry.

"Hey guys? We're heading out." Yellow noticed the three.

"Cubone!" The Cubone ran happily to Yellow.

"Chu." Chuchu slumped to the floor.

"Hmm?" Yellow paused, looking at the Xatu-shaped pillars. "Come out. Now please."

"Chu? Oma?" Chuchu got up from the floor as Omastar followed.

"Golem." Golem sized up his arms, ready to battle.

"Hoop!" A tiny golden imp-like Pokemon floated away from the pillar.

"Oh. It's a Pokemon. Did it follow us?" Yellow looked at the creature.

"Hoo…" The imp-like Pokemon twiddled it's thumbs in shame.

"Cu? Cubone!" Cubone recognized the Pokemon.

"You recognize him Cubone?" Yellow noticed his reaction. "He must be from the Pokemon shelter too. Did that Pokemon follow us here?"

The imp-like Pokemon nodded smiling.

"I get it!" Yellow smiled. "You saw your friend here going off outside and you wanted to come too! Right?"

"Hoopa!" The imp-like Pokemon nodded.

"You keep saying Hoopa a lot… I guess that's what your called. Hoopa!"

"Hoopa! Hoopa!" Hoopa nodded.

"Okay! You can come with us but I'm taking you two back to the shelter." Yellow smiled.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa floated around the group happily.

"Chuchu! Dodrio! Raticate! Oma! Golem! Free!" The Pokemon greeted the new companion.


"Well… we're here Cubone." She smiled lightly at the motherless Cubone.

"Cu…" Cubone's eyes were filled with tears, standing on the seventh floor, the resting place of Marowak.

"Cheer up little guy. Were almost there."

"Hoopa!" Hoopa agreed.

The group continued walking through the fog that began appearing since the 5th floor. Something was on her mind since then. Where is everyone? Suddenly Yellow glanced at a figure hiding behind the tombstone.

"Wait." Yellow spoke. All her Pokemon stopped, wondering why. "Come out!"

"Psy…" A yellow duck slowly dawdled.

"Oh it's just a Psyduck. Are you from the daycare too little…" Yellow froze.

Psyduck's eyes melted out.

"Um… uh…" Yellow gulped.

"Hree!" A skeletal unicorn blazed with fire emerged from one tombstone.

"Griimmmm..." A Grimer melted to the ground, two floating eyeballs looking right at her from the puddle.

"Golem?!" Golem glanced his eyes in every direction, shrieking in fear.

"Oma!" Omastar looked active and ready for battle.

"Hoo... pa?" Hoopa nervously hid behind Golem.

"Chu!?" Pikachu turned around, seeing another Pikachu. "C…chu?"

"Piiiikaaaaaaa." Pikachu's skin melted off into a skeleton grinning at her.

"CHU!?" Pikachu hopped away quickly from the ghost and onto Yellow's hat, shaking in fear.

"Cubone?" Cubone spotted something from the distance. It looked like a face of some sort.

"M… maybe… maybe this is just an illusion…" Yellow thought as she slowly backed away, but she gulped, arms shaking of what she sensed. "I can sense their lingering energy… huh?"

Yellow backed forth, feeling someone's hair on her shoulder. She looked to her left noticing dead strings of blond hair slowly falling apart on her shoulder. Pikachu and Hoopa also noticed the strings of dead hair on her hat. They slowly looked up, seeing a dried-up Jynx staring at her from the ceiling , her one right eye piercing through the fallen hair, smiling.

"AHHH!" She screamed alongside Pikachu and Hoopa getting as far away from the ghost only to bump into something else.

Pikachu and Hoopa looked up, eyes widened in horror. Yellow looked up and saw the massive round ribcage in front of her.

"Snoooorlax!" The skeletal Snorlax gave a wide grin to her. The skeletal Snorlax raised his bony fist covered in deep frost.

"Wh... what is this!?" Yellow's entire body shook.

"Dodrio!" Dodrio quickly picked up Yellow and Pikachu with her beak, away from the Ice Punch!

"Okay! They're definitely real!" Yellow saw ice being formed from the dead Snorlax's impactful punch. Suddenly something just hit her brain. "Where's Hoopa!?"

"Cubone!" Cubone shouted happily.

Yellow heard the shouting, spotting the Cubone going blindly further into the dense fog. "Cubone! Dodrio! That way! C'mon guys!"

Yellow's Pokemon quickly followed, being as far away from the ghosts as possible. As Yellow went farther, she saw something. A face. No... a red glowing eye. Not a ghost Pokemon. A Ghost-type Pokemon.

"Dssk…" The Ghostly Pokemon floated above the ground bearing a face on its chest staring at her since she came through the fog, it was as if it was waiting for something.

"What is that?" Yellow pulled her Pokedex, scanning the Pokemon.

"Scanning…" The Pokedex loaded the information. "Dusknoir. Classification: The Gripper Pokemon. A Ghost-Type. The evolved form of Dusclops. It uses its antenna to capture radio waves of the spirit world commanding Dusknoir to guide them peacefully back home."

"Could Dusknoir possibly use that antenna to control these ghosts?" Yellow glanced back as the ghostly Pokemon coming to her, albeit very slowly. "But wait! Why would Dusknoir do such a harmful thing! The Pokedex said they were peaceful! Why is it waiting around. Unless…"

"You guessed right. It's waiting for orders." An ominous voice echoed from the fog.

"Come out!" Yellow ordered as her Pokemon looked angry and determined.

"Sure, sure." The voice echoed larger and larger.

Yellow took a step back as she saw a large man through the dense fog. She gulped as the large man's shape only grew larger and larger before stepping out of the fog. She gasped at the size of the giant, his entire body and face cloaked. What was even more weirder was his massive long gorilla-like arms.

"Saluuuuutations!" The cloaked giant spoke in a soft voice. "Apologies but I have a job to do. Dusknoir, destroy them please."

"Dsssk." Dusknoir warped four purplish balls, two Shadow Balls from his hand, one Shadow ball from his mouth chest and another from his single eye.

Yellow turned to her Pokemon immediately. "Dodge!"

All of Yellow's Pokemon spread out as Dusknoir launched the four Shadowballs. Butterfree flew to the left, the shadow ball went past him. Dust blew from the Xatu pillar where the shadow ball struck. Dodrio hopped over one shadow ball while Golem rolled barely away from one other. ChuChu jumped over the shadowball, running with Yellow by her side. They got closer and closer to the Dusknoir as the Gripping Pokemon awaited orders.

Yellow pointed at the Pokemon. "ChuChu! Thunderbo…"

"Xatu." Many motionless totem-like birds calmly popped in out of nowhere, surrounding the girl and her Pikachu. They had nowhere to run!

"It's double team! How are they able to move without… moving?!" Yellow saw all the Double Team Xatu's standing there motionlessly like a totem. "ChuChu! Thunderbolt!"

"ChuChu's strength is estimated to be at... level 45? You are kidding me right?" The giant looked at a watch around his hand, estimating everything about ChuChu's strength through numbers, her level, ability, strengths and limits. "Hmm? What is this?!

ChuChu Lv. 45 - Lv. 56- Lv. 59 - Lv. 63 - Lv. 74 - Lv. 88!

"The level is rising! Impossible! Could it be? A psychic?" The giant placed his fingers upon his chin, thinking and analyzing the young girl.

"Thunderbolt!" Yellow ducked to the ground.

"CHU!" ChuChu let out a massive thunderbolt striking each and every one of the Xatu double team clones, one by one they vanished into thin air!

"Xatu." Xatu calmly and motionlessly took the thunderbolt with spiral eyes, before falling down like a log being tumbled over.

"Chu!" ChuChu smiled at the victory, gripping her two paws into fists.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa hi-fived the Pikachu.

"Chu!" ChuChu hi-fived Hoopa. She then opened her eyes in confusion." Chu!?"

"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked confused at ChuChu's expression.

"Hoopa... where... where have you been..." Yellow yawned.

The Electric Mouse and the imp-like Pokemon noticed Yellow's eyes were becoming sleepy.

"Chu?!" ChuChu quickly reacted, beginning by shaking her leg to prevent her from falling asleep.

"Oh… 'Yaawwn'. I'm sorry." Yellow rubbed her eyes.

"Chu?!" ChuChu looked behind.

"Dodrio!" Dodrio jumped in, headbutting the leaping Psyduck ghost.

"Whoa." Yellow's eyes finally woke up wide opened as Dodrio kicked the Psyduck away from her.

"Golem! Oma!" Golem and Omastar tackled together against the skeletal Snorlax from coming any closer to the area.

"Ratta!" Raticate tackled the dried up Jynx from getting any closer.

"Free!" Butterfree hurried to Yellow trying to see if she was okay.

"Hmm…" The Giant watched Yellow, once she was sleepy in the middle of terror, now she was full on-alert. "It appears her psychic powers drain some of her stamina. They say psychic powers seem very similar to the abilities of that of a Pokemon. I must test a theory! To see if her level boosting powers are anything similar to that Pokemon."

"Wait a minute!" Yellow looked to her right, then to her left. "Where's Cubone!?"

She looked and looked and saw nowhere for him to be found.

"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked worried for his friend, so did Pikachu.

"Dusknoir!" The Giant ordered. "Let's really push their limits!"

Dusknoir silently nodded.

Suddenly the ghost-type Pokemon stopped commanding the ghosts roaming the floar. All the ghosts vanished into nothingness as Yellow's team looked surprised, wondering what that giant was up to this time.

"Wh.. what is he doing this time?" Yellow thought.

"Dusknoir!" Dusknoir opened his gaping mouth chest.

Yellow saw the fog slowly disappearing, a few leaves breezing past going towards Dusknoir's mouth chest. Yellow and her Pokemon suddenly felt like their feet were being pulled into the direction of the leaves. Yellow looked, seeing complete total darkness in Dusknoir's chest.

"ChuChu! Thunderbolt! Now!" Yellow ordered.

Chuchu nodded. "Pika… chu!?"

Chuchu lost her balance completely being carried away by the force of Dusknoir's black hole.

"Chu!" Chuchu rapidly waved her little paws, trying to hold onto anything nearby!

"I got you!" Yellow grabbed Chuchu's leg but Yellow started to feel her own feet losing the ground. "W…whoa!"

Yellow started getting drawn towards the force of the blackhole. She felt a tentacle wrapped tightly around her leg. She looked in front, seeing all of her Pokemon hanging together.

"Oma!" Omastar desperately grabbed Yellow by the leg while holding onto one of Dodrio's heads.

"Free! Ratta!" Butterfree and Raticate held onto another of Dodrio's heads.

"Go…lem!" Golem gripped onto Dodrio's leg with one arm and another arm pressed heavily around the Xatu pillars. Golem gritted his teeth.

"How am I going to get out of this!" Yellow saw a Xatu Pillar broken down in rubble by force easily, sucked into Dusknoir's blackhole.

"Cuuuubone!" Cubone cried as he hanged onto a tombstone.

"Hoooopa!" Hoopa hanged onto another tombstone.

"Cubone! Hoopa!" Yellow gasped. She then looked in front and saw the Xatu Pillar Golem was holding onto was cracking. She looked to Pikachu quickly. "ChuChu! Thunderbolt!"

"Chu?!" Pikachu looked afraid, Yellow holding onto her leg would mean she and her fellow teammates would get shocked as well.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa lost his grip, being drawned into the force.

Yellow shut her eyes close and shouted. "Do it!"

ChuChu nodded. "Pika…"

"Espeon! Shadowball!" A voice echoed elsewhere.

Dusknoir looked to his left and saw a purplish orb coming right at him!

"Dssk?!" Dusknoir got struck by the Shadowball.

His mouth chest closed as Yellow, Cubone and the rest of her Pokemon fell to the floor.

"Hoop!" Hoopa rolled on the floor near past ChuChu.

"Who… who did that?" Yellow thought.

She got up on her knees, seeing a hand reaching out to her bearing a familiar smile.

"Hey there Yellow." Red smiled.

"Esp." Espeon sat there calmly next to Red.

"Red..." Yellow gazed fixedly. She smiled back. "It's so good to see you and…"

"Dusknoir! Do it again!" The giant shouted.

"Dusk…" Dusknoir got up from the attack.

The Gripping Pokemon rubbed his head with those large hands of his as that shadow ball gave him a headache, showing clear signs that the Shadow Ball was powerful but it wasn't enough.

"Espeon!" Red shouted. "Use…"

"Dusk!" Dusknoir felt a shock from behind his head, falling to the ground.

Red and Yellow could clearly see a large bone club behind the fallen Dusknoir.

"Dusknoir!" The Giant looked shocked. He lifted his unusually massive right arm, holding a Pokeball in between his two fingers. "Return!"

As Dusknoir beamed backed to the giant's Pokeball, Red and Yellow saw a figure wearing a white skull, similar to Cubones but larger. Yellow's eyes widened what she saw.

"Cubone!" Cubone ran happily up to the strange figure.

"Hey wait!" Red took a step.

"Wait." Yellow raised her hand, smiling. "Look."

Cubone leaped from the ground, hugging the figure. It was Cubone's mother, Marowak.

"Maro…" Marowak tearfully hugged her son.

"So they're family…" Red smiled.

"Yeah… she came back from the grave to protect her son." Yellow smiled.

Espeon, Hoopa and all of Yellow's Pokemon smiled and watched with joyous eyes silently.

"Maybe we should leave the two alone for a while." Red said. Suddenly a thought just jumped into his head. "Hey. Where did that giant guy go!" Red looked everywhere across the fog. There were no signs of him here. The unusually large man vanished.


Yellow and Red walked out through the entrance of the Pokemon Tower. All of Yellow's Pokemon were held in their respective Pokeballs as she held Cubone and Hoopa in her arms. They could all see the sunlight shining down on the flowers outside of the tower at this time of the day. As they continued walking they could see an elderly bald man wearing a lab coat waiting for them.

"Hey you youngsters!" The old man slowly walked to them.

"Blaine!?" Yellow and Red shouted the name holding a smile on their faces.

"Hoopa? Cubone?" Hoopa and Cubone looked curiously at the old man.

"Why don't you say hello too?" Blaine turned to another figure behind them.

Red and Yellow's eyes turned and widened. They then smiled widely at Mewtwo leaning against the Pokemon Tower waiting for them.

"Mewtwo!" Red and Yellow smiled.

"Good to see you two in good health." Mewtwo smiled. "Hmm?"

Mewtwo noticed a particular Pokemon in Yellow's arm, the imp-like Pokemon.

"And who are you?" Mewtwo spoke to the creature.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa smiled.

"Hmm…" Mewtwo stared at the golden creature, particularly the claw marks deep embedded in his rings around his wrists.

"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked nervous at Mewtwo's staring.

"Nice to meet you Hoopa." Mewtwo smiled.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa smiled.

"Hoopa…" Red echoed that name. "That sounds familia… Wait a minute!" He quickly pointed a finger up-close to the golden Hoopa's face. "Your not possibly related to a certain pink Hoopa I know from Hoenn are you?"

"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked confused.

"A pink Hoopa? This one is gold, not pink Red." Yellow looked at Red.

"It's just that I've met a Pokémon that looks exactly like this one only... well he was more mischievous if I recall and he befriended Emerald. Emerald. Remember Yellow. From the Battle Frontier." Red explained.

"I know who you mean. He's the little person who loves battling."

"Hoop?" Hoopa had no clue what Red was talking about.

"However…" Red thought about it, looking at Hoopa's rings. "Hoopa had these rings that can teleport him anywhere anyplace. This Hoopa was in danger several times but he didn't use his rings to escape."

Yellow looked at the Hoopa's rings around his wrist bearing claw marks. "Maybe… he somehow can't use them?"

"Probably. Where did you find him anyway?" Red asked.

"In the Pokemon Tower. Cubone seemed to know him so I assumed he followed us from the Fuji's shelter."

"Fuji? Of all people?" Blaine gulped, glancing back to Mewtwo.

"Something wrong Blaine?" Mewtwo looked at Blaine.

"Hello there." A familiar voice came forward.

"Mr. Fuji!" Red and Yellow smiled.

"Hello old friend and who is this?" Blaine noticed a Bulbasaur, Charmander, and a Squirtle following behind a young lady next to Mr. Fuji.

"Ah!" Mr. Fuji smiled. "This is my daughter Amber."

"Hey there old timer!" Amber smiled.

"I didn't recognized you Amber! You've grown up the last time I saw you! I heard you got married to a scientist from Saffron!" Blaine smiled.

Blaine could still remember her being a little girl in her little white dress, exploring his home, the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar Island.

"Who's this Pokemon?" Amber smiled at the Mewtwo, reaching out her hand. "Please to meet you!"

"Hmm…" Mewtwo stood there silently, staring at her hand.

"I'm sorry." Blaine explained. "This is Mewtwo… he is kind of susp…"

"Oh I get it." She slowly withdraw her hand, still holding that smile. "Hmm?"

Mewtwo reached out his hand to the young woman, smiling at her. Amber reached her hand out, shaking Mewtwo's hand.

"Huh?" Mewtwo looked puzzled.

"Is something wrong Mewtwo?" Yellow asked.

"She is… bearing child…" Mewtwo thoughts echoed to Red, Yellow and Blaine.

"What!?" Red and Yellow jumped.

"Is… Is something wrong?" Amber looked startled at their strange reactions.

"Oh." Blain looked astonished. "Congratulations, on the baby!"

"Baby?" Fuji looked confused.

"Baby? H… how did you know!" Amber looked surprised.

"You have a baby!? Why didn't you tell me!" Fuji jumped.

"Ha ha ha… it was going to be a surprise." Amber scratched the back of her head. "But… how did you know that?"

"Telekinesis." Mewtwo projected his thoughts into Amber and Fuji's.

"D... did you talked?! That's amazing Mewtwo!"

"Y… yes…" Mewtwo gulped at the praise.

"Do you guys want to come over for dinner?" Amber smiled.

"Hmm…" Mewtwo eyed that smile. He couldn't help but feel something... familiar about that smile.

"Sure!" Red interrupted the thought.

"Wait! What about Bill!" Yellow asked.

"Bill? Oh. He already went ahead to get to Saffron City early. I'm guessing he wants to be extra prepared."

"Oh. I guess that makes sense for a tech guy."

"So let's eat! We got time!" Red smiled.


"I see." Blain drank his tea at the wooden table. "So you found Hoopa somewhere near the entrance of the Rock Tunnels."

The moon was bright and full. The Pokemon were all sleeping in separate rooms away from the dinner table. Blaine, Red, Yellow, Amber and even Mewtwo all sat at the table together.

"Yes." Mr. Fuji gathered the finished plates. "Say Mewtwo? How did you like the food?"

Mewtwo just sat there, looking the other way, crossing his arms.

"Hmm… it was quite delicious. I never known such flavor in berries." Mewtwo thoughts echoed to Blaine's.

"He said the food was amazing." Blaine commented.

"Mewtwo's still a bit shy I see." Fuji smiled.

"Hmm?" Mewtwo eyed him at that comment.

"It's great to hear he enjoys it." Mr. Fuji continued smiling. "Anyways. The Hoopa I found didn't have any of the teleportation powers you mentioned. I thought he was abandoned, so I let him played with the other Pokemon at the Pokemon shelter till then. He was very playful and always wanted to venture outside like he just did today but nothing of mischief like the other Hoopa you mentioned."

"That is quite odd." Blaine said.

"Well… it might have to do with the state of his rings." Fuji explained. "I found it's rings with cracks and a large scratch marked on both. It's almost as if... Hoopa was in a tough battle."

"Interesting… I hear Hoopa needs those rings to teleport." Blaine said. "It must've fought a particularly powerful type of Pokemon to damage those rings. Perhaps if it's damaged it can't teleport anymore."

"Also… why isn't it pink?" Red said. "The one I saw is pink. This one looks golden."

"I believe it is what people call a shiny variation, Pokemon found with different but extremely rare colors."

"You know…" Amber looked towards Mewtwo.

Mewtwo noticed that Amber was staring at him for a while. He wondered what was with the strange behavior, the constant smiling, the eased acceptance of an odd-looking Pokemon compared to much others.

"It's kind of strange…" Amber smiled at him. "But… this strangely feels… kind of nostalgic."

"What do you mean?" Fuji eyed her.

"I don't know how to put it…" Amber smiled. "But it feels like we've met before…"

"Yes." Mewtwo smiled at Amber, his thoughts echoed across the room.

"You can talk!" Amber smirked.

"Yes I can… and I do also feel strangely nostalgic meeting you. A sense of déjà vu. I don't normally talk to humans that I just met through telepathy but... it does feel like we have met before. You, me… those three Pokemon down there even… and even you, Mr. Fuji."

"Bulba? Char? Squirtle?" Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle looked curiously at the Mewtwo away from their food bowls.

"I wonder why's that?" Mr. Fuji simply smiled at Mewtwo. "You should all get some rest now. I have some extra guest beds for tonight."

"Strange..." Mewtwo echoed to himself.

"Hey… by the way?" Red spoke. "How does Blaine know you? I understand Oak since he knows practically everyone but Blaine is kind of a… secluded individual."

"That is an interesting question." Yellow smiled. "How did you two meet? I bet it's a great story."

"Oh well…" Mr. Fuji spoke. "Before I was running this Pokemon shelter, I was an… adventurer like you. Both me and Blaine together were explorers who were searching for a rare species of Pokemon deep in the jungles of Guyana."

"What kind of Pokemon was it?" Red smiled.

"It was…" Fuji paused for a moment, noticing Blaine looking a little nervous. "... a Pokemon that was only hinted at in pictures. We had no names and we weren't even sure if the historical pictures we had were accurate. We never really found that Pokemon in the end."

"A mystery Pokemon huh…" Red smiled. "I'd like to meet it."

"Ho ho… I'm pretty sure you already have…" Fuji smiled.

"Hmm?" Red looked at Fuji, confused.

"Um… uh…" Fuji hesitated. "Look at the time! It's getting really late! Come now. I have guest beds ready for the night."

"Oh yeah…" Red looked at the clock, it was getting late.

As Red got up from his chair, a pink cat-like Pokemon floated near the window, looking with curiosity.

"Mew." Mew flew away into the moonlight.

Mewtwo couldn't help but smile.

"Is something wrong?" Red followed up the stairs.

"No… just… a familiar presence." Mewtwo smiled.