RGBY - Vol. 2 - Mask of Ice Summary - A familiar foe is hunting them...

2.1 - Weavile's Bag of Tricks


A bottle of champagne popped open, the cork swinging upwards into the starry night sky. Saffron's street lights bloomed over the streets. From reporters attempting to interview the police on TV to your average person holding a phone, all flashing photos around the crater in front of Silph Co's Headquarter's. Red looked down from the top of Silph Co. He could see police backing the public off away from the crater and can even seen them backing the public off at the abandoned Pokeathlon Dome. The image of Palkia shattering a huge portion of the Colosseum's wall easily was still fresh in his head, fixating his gaze at the huge opening from the massive walls of the Pokeathlon Dome's. He could see construction workers filling and paving concrete into the crater while a demolition team gathered explosives to the abandoned colosseum, ready to be demolished soon. Red turned his eyes to the left. He noticed a giant video screen on one building, flashing a soda commercial. So much was going on in Saffron City.

"Lemon Pop!" The commercial spoke. "You battled for less!"

"That's not... untrue." Red thought.

Red turned his head back to the party goers on the top of the Silph Co. building seeing trainers in classy suits and ties and dresses provided by the Silph company. He could see them enjoying the food, chatting happily, taking their minds off the terrifying incident at Saffron City. Even with the white tuxedo on and the fact that these weren't rich party-goers but just trainers from across Kanto, Red felt a little out of place at this party. He could see he wasn't the only one. He noticed some trainers looking nervous or whistling in boredom leaning near the edge of the thick rails.

"Strange…" Red muttered.

"What is?" Blue walked over with Green.

Red smiled at his friends. He could see Blue wearing a long beautiful blue dress while Green looked at him holding a crystal cup in a black tuxedo bearing a green flower on his right breast.

"Look at them." Red looked at the trainers. "It's like how people were smiling after Team Rocket was gone. Like nothing happened. Palkia just happened recently… and… their just moving on with their lives."

Green looked at all the guests, happily chatting and eating, many bearing smiles. "A lot of them probably just want their minds off from what happened today."

"I guess..."

"Hey there Green!" Daisy walked in with a green dress, smiling at her young brother. "How's my baby brother doing!"

"Hi Daisy." Green waved hello. "Where's Bill?"

"Bill?" She rolled her eyes at the sound of that name, crossing her arms. "He had to leave the party early to Cerulean City. Apparently something happened at the Power Plant."

Red couldn't help but smile at the reason. "That sounds like Bill alright. Busy as always."

Green looked at his empty glass cup. He could see the remainders of brown liquid at the bottom.

"Yeah anyways. I'm gonna get another cold one. You guys want to come and get another drink?"

"Sure. I hope they have my favorite soda!" Red smiled.

"Why not?" Daisy followed Green and Red.

"No thanks." Blue sighed.

"Suit yourself." Green walked away as Daisy and Red followed.

Silver walked forward to Blue in a black tux, his red hair held back into a ponytail.

"Hey Blue. You alright?" Silver spoke.

"Sure? This party is just a bit overwhelming after everything happened." Blue smiled at her oldest friend. "Hey Silver."

"Yeah?"

"Remember when we were kids? Back when we were kidnapped by… that man." Blue laid her arms on the rails, her chin on her arms, staring endlessly into Saffron's city skyline remembering that frightening day.

The day that bird bearing the colors of the rainbow kidnapped the little brown-haired girl from her home Pallet Town, from her family. The little girl's life was in the massive talons of that bird. She screamed and cried fearing for her life from that height, seeing the sprawling tower that stood from Ecruteak City.

"The Mask of Ice. Yeah…" Silver looked up. The stars sure looked beautiful tonight. "To think Pryce killed and sacrifice so much for a single Pokémon. Sometimes I'm not actually sure if I really forgive him after help saving Johto."

"Killed?" Blue got up from the rails, looking to Silver. "Did… did he hurt someone?"

"Before you came…" Silver's eyes glanced elsewhere. He could hear the screams of a little red-headed girl echoing across his head, the thought of her being slowly frozen alive shook his brain.

Blue looked at him, Silver hesitating to speak what he saw before Blue came.

"Um… it's okay Silver." Blue said. "You don't-you don't have to talk…"

"Hey." Silver interrupted her. "Do you remember the day Pryce got weak. The day we made a run for it. How we escaped?"

"Yeah? I remember."

"I know he's a different person now but if we had gotten caught. Would he had killed me for daring to escape again? Or worst." Silver raised his voice. "He could've killed…"

Silver paused, feeling a warm embrace around his body.

"Hey, hey…" Blue smiled. "Calm down. I'm here right now. Nothing bad happened to us."

"Um… I'm sorry for even mentioning such a thought."

Blue's eyes glanced to the ground. "Pryce… has changed. Honestly it is a little hard to accept it but he's no longer the horrible man who hijacked Team Rocket years ago."

Silver fell silent, looking up to the stars again as Blue released her arms around him. Even though Silver forgave Pryce all those years ago, it was a little hard to forget what he had done. If Blue saw what he saw, heard those screams, knew about…

"Hello there you two lovebirds!" August walked forward, standing tall as usual in his usual brown coat.

"Oh uh… hi." Blue stood back, nervously smiling.

"Lovebirds?" Silver glanced elsewhere, putting his arms in his pockets.

"This is a date right?"

"What? Nah." Blue smiled. "Were just friends since childhood!"

"Since childhood eh?" August placed his hand around his chin, eyeing the two curiously…

"Hehe… it's not like that." Blue chuckled, trying to laugh it off.

"Yeah…" Silver looked into his reflection from the bottom of his cup.

"Hmm... I suppose." August stood tall. "Anyways, I must thank you for coming to this party. As you can see this party was a huge open-invite to trainers everywhere who crossed into this city. What do you think?"

"I love it." Blue said.

"It's alright." Silver muttered.

"Hmm?" August eyed Silver. "It's alright?"

"I'm not really used to parties to be honest. So my input isn't really much to hear."

"Ah. I see." August said. "Well I hope your stay here changes your mind."

The two watched the tall man walking off in a jolly mood, talking and meeting with several trainers.


A raven haired girl in her purple business suit and skirt ignored much of the pleasures of the party, preferring to sit down and read a book in one corner. She looked annoyed as a blonde girl in a skinny yellow dress looked at her, smiling.

"What?" She glared at her.

"Um… hi? Violet is it" Yellow became a little nervous.

"That's the name." She returned to her book.

"So being the CEO's secretary must be a huge job."

"Yup." She turned a page.

Yellow felt an awkward tension in the air. "Hey uh… is that makeup your wearing?"

"Nope. All natural. Makeup takes too much of my time." She sighed.

"Really? That's the same for me too! How do you… um…" Yellow dropped it.

She looked at her annoyed, taking a sip from her drink. She took a deep breath. "Look. I appreciate it you trying to start a conversation. But I'm just not interested in such conversation."

"Oh… um… okay. It's just that. My friend Red said the weirdest thing." Yellow nervously smiled. "That we look so alike and…"

She just ignored her, continuing reading that book. Yellow noticed the book had no title on it, in fact it looked like a pretty old edition.

"Uh… hey." Yellow spoke.

"What?"

"What are you reading?"

"Hmm?" Her eyes peeked above the book. "What?"

"What book are you reading? What's it about?"

"My book? Why?" She lowered the book, glaring at her.

"Um… it's nothing out of the ordinary!" Yellow looked nervous. She took a deep breath. "It's just that my uncle is a fisherman and he's busy all the time but whenever he gets back over the holidays, he buys all these books detailing nature and fantasy."

"Your uncle sounds pretty special to you." She looked at her with calm eyes. She put the book down on the table, showing no smile.

"Yeah. He's family to me. On one of my birthdays, he got me a sketchpad to draw." Yellow gave a light smile. "I used it all the time to draw Pokemon. I pretended it was my very own Pokedex. I actually still do draw in it sometimes whenever I see a Pokemon that I've never seen before."

"That sounds… kind of fun actually." She smiled.

"Soooo what are you reading?"

Violet glanced to the book on the table for a second. She then looked up to her. "Well… it's about a king."

"A king?"

"Yeah… a young king who loves Pokemon very much." She smiled.

"Really?" She smiled.

"Yeah but…" Her smile disappeared. "His brother goes mad with power and greed. For the desire of new lands, he declared war on his own brother causing him so much suffering."

"Oh…"

"He sent his own beloved Pokemon, a Floette, to a deadly war only to find it returned in a tiny box."

Yellow stood silent, her eyes expressing sorrow.

"He loved the Pokemon so much… so he built a machine to bring Floette back to life." She sighed, not smiling.

"That's good... right?" Yellow wasn't sure what to make of Violet's expression.

"Yeah but… the thing is. The young king had suffered too much from the war. He turned the machine that gave life into a weapon of destruction. His brother finally realized his own mistakes from seeing such a horrifying weapon, ending the war."

"Oh... what-what happened to Floette?" Yellow spoke.

"She left him." Violet looked at her own reflection upon the water in her cup. "She knew that many Pokemon were sacrificed and turned to stone to make that weapon. It's said the King now walks across the earth eternally, searching for Floette and begging for her forgiveness for all the horrible things he did... huh?"

Yellow's tears dripped against her face as she tried to rub them off with her hands. She cried, "That's-that is so sad!"

"Hehe." Violet couldn't help but giggle a bit at Yellow's childish behavior.

"I'm… I'm sorry for acting like that." Yellow wiped away her tears.

"No. It's fine." Violet smiled. "It's actually nice talking to you. I enjoy talking about fantasy, shining knights in armor, fire-breathing dragons."

Yellow smiled back. "Does that mean were friends right?"

"Friends?" Violet's smile disappeared, only her calm silent eyes remained. She spoke. "I don't know. Are we?"

"Sure we are!" She reached out her hand to Violet.

"You're an odd one… um…"

"Yellow. Yellow's my name." She smiled.

Violet smiled. "Hello Yellow. My name's Violet."

The two girls smiled back and forth as they shook hands. As soon as they parted their hands, Violet noticed someone smiling at the two.

"Hello girls." August smiled. "I see you made a new friend Violet."

"Hello... erm... August." Violet glanced elsewhere.

"Huh?" Yellow noticed something odd written on Violet's face.

"And who are you young lady?" August smiled at the blonde girl.

"My name is Yellow!" Yellow smiled back.

"Yellow! I remember. Why your... hmm?"

Yellow noticed August's smile disappeared, his eyes scanning her face, from her blonde hair all the way to her chin. It looked like something was on his mind. "Um... excuse me? What are you doing?"

"Huh?" August's smile reappeared. "I'm sorry. It's just that... I feel like we met before."

"Oh!" Yellow smiled. "You must mean how I look a lot like your secretary right?"

"Hmm?" August glanced at Violet. His smile grew lighter. "Yes... I do see a resemblance. You're almost like twins."

"Yeah... a resemblance." Violet smiled.

"Say. Where is Blaine by the way? I've always wanted to meet the famed professor and Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island!" August smiled eagerly.

"Oh... um... he's kind of a lone workaholic." Yellow said. "He's probably working on something as we speak."

"Ah. I see." August said. "Well I'll leave the two of you new best buddies alone right now!"

"New best buddies?" Violet had an awkward expression written on her face.

"Yes. Take care you two." August left as the two watched on.

Violet stood there sighing while Yellow let out a smile on her face.


"Attention everyone!" August raised his voice, clanging a spoon against a cup.

Red noticed August's short father, Argus, standing behind him wearing his huge glasses.

August smiled upon his audience. "Thank you everyone for showing up here tonight."

Everyone on the top floor clapped their hands with smiles, Red especially clapping loudly giving out the loudest "Whoo! Whoo!".

"But I must confess. I had an ulterior motive behind this party." August smiled.

"An ulterior motive?" Red muttered.

Others began whispering and speaking in each others ears what he meant by that.

"Yes. There is another reason why I invited so many trainers to this one area tonight." August pulled out a remote, clicking a button. "Everyone stand back from the center."

Red quickly walked away from the center as it formed a bottom door. Everyone stood on the side recognizing what was coming out of the bottom door. A battle stage made of metal!

"This was my ulterior motive. One night only to battle on the top of the Silph Co. tower! The winner of this tournament will get a special prize." August pulled out a tiny crystal from his pocket. "A Normalium Z crystal!"

The audience gasped at the sight of the Z crystal.

"As many of you know, like Mega Stones, the Z-crystals have become more and more spread out from it's home region of Alola since it's world discovery. Tonight were offering it as a prize to the top winner of this contest! August explained. "The rules are simple. It's a tag battle competition!"

"A tag battle competition?" Red grinned.

"A tag battle?" Yellow said.

"Yes! A tag battle competition!" August said. "To make things interesting however you can only use one Pokemon throughout the entire competition! So make your choice wisely!"

"I'm liking it!" Red said.

"Also there's one more particular requirement! You have to form boy-girl tag teams hehehe."

"What?" Red looked confused.

"Boy and girl teams son?" Argus looked to August from behind. "Again with your childish games?"

"Yes!" August wore a smile, chuckling at the idea. "It could be two simple friends! Brother and sister! Or maybe someone who means something very special to you hehehe."

"Is that man really the CEO of Silph Co.?" Blue rolled her eyes.

"Yeah. He kind of sounds like your immature blabbering." Green added.

"I'm sorry what?!" Blue gave a glaring look to Green.

"So!" August smiled. "The tag-teaming starts... now!"

"Okay! This will be easy!" Red cracked his knuckles. "Huh?"

Red noticed a lot of the party-goers quickly running across the floor looking for a partner, many in a hurry or desperately pleading the other to join forces. Red spotted Blue stretching her arms with a Pokeball in her hand.

"Hey Blue! Wanna team up!" Red smiled.

"Sorry Red." Blue said. "I'm teaming up with Silver!"

"Oh... um. That's fine!"

Red scanned the area, seeing Daisy carrying a Pokeball in her hand.

Red spoke. "Daisy! I didn't know you had a Pokemon! Wanna join up!"

"Hmm? I'm sorry but I've joined forces with my brother Green!" Daisy smiled.

"Oh. Um. I see." Red looked a little nervous.

He looked around and saw many teams were already formed. Almost everyone looked ready except him.

"Oh man. Where am I going to find a partner right now?" Red quickly scanned the area.

"Hey uh..." A familiar voice echoed from behind.

"Hmm?" Red turned around.

It was Yellow rubbing the back of her head nervously, with ChuChu smiling behind her dress.

"Uh... do you want to make a tag team?" Yellow said.

"Tag team?" Red looked a little surprised. "But Yellow? I thought you didn't like battling."

"I think ChuChu is going through some battle-craze phase right now." Yellow sighed. "She's been tugging at my dress non-stop, begging to be part of the competition. Using her baby doll eyes again."

"Baby doll eyes?" Red placed his hand on his chin. "Uh... Yellow. You realize that's just a trick Pikachus do to trick people right? I've fallen for that one plenty of times to Pika when ever he got hungry."

"What?" Yellow eyed ChuChu.

ChuChu nervously smiled back. "ChuChu?"

"Oh I got it!" Red smiled. "How about I choose Pika! He can fight alongside ChuChu!"

"ChuChu!" ChuChu liked the idea very much.

"I... I suppose." Yellow said. "ChuChu? You'll be alright?"

"Chu!" ChuChu nodded.

"I hope so." Yellow thought.

"Okay people!" August spoke. "Let's get this tournament started!"


A round pink Pokemon carryng an egg, Chansey, was sent flying to one end of the battle stage.

"Already!" Daisy stomped her foot to the ground, feeling bad about losing. "Reeeturn..."

"Chan...sey..." The spiral-eyed Chansey muttered.

The egg-carrying Pokemon beamed back to her Pokeball as Arcanine eyed at his ghostly opponent.

"I got this!" Green shouted. "Arcanine! Crunch that Mismagius to pieces!"

"Nine!" Arcanine dashed across the platform to the witch-like ghost.

"Mismaaaagius." Mismagius vanished with a sinister smile.

"Rooh!?" Arcanine stopped to a halt, wondering where the ghost-type went.

His eyes glanced in every direction, ready to strike.

"Mismagius." The trainer wearing a tiger-like mask bearing tusks and metal spoke. "Phantom Force."

"Miiiis!" Mismagius tackled the Arcanine... phasing through the floor below!

"ROOH!?" Arcanine welped.

The large canine was sent flying to Green's side of the stage, laying there to one side.

"What?!" Green looked surprised at the spiral-eyed Arcanine sticking his tongue out. He took out Arcanine's Pokeball. "Return!"

Daisy looked at the two trainers. "Wow! Their really strong."

Green looked where Daisy was looking, the purple-haired woman wearing a Raikou mask in a black suit and tie and the black-haired man in a large brown coat wearing a groucho mask bearing large glasses, a huge pink nose, and a thick black mustache.

"Wow. Has Green gone weaker?" One person said.

"He is second place to Red after all. There's no winner for silver medals." Another person whispered.

"Funny. He managed to step out of his grandfather's shadow only to live in Red's shadow."

"I heard this one time from another guy that he failed to protect the nearby Viridian forest from a bunch of Rocket thugs."

"I heard he actually lost to a Rocket thug in the Sevii Isles. All that experience for nothing."

"That doesn't sound right? I thought he won. Did he?"

Green could hear all of their mumbling and whispering. He glanced his left eye at them silently. They froze and quickly stopped talking at the sight of his short glare, pretending like the gossip didn't happen.

"Green." Daisy looked worried.

"It's nothing." Green held his hands deep into his pocket as he walked off the stage.

Red and Yellow watched Green taking the stairs down the floor below.

"I think something is on his mind." Yellow spoke.

"Yeah." Red spoke.


"Okay!" August looked at a board sheet in his hand. "We have four tag teams left!"

"Yes! Were almost there!" Red said.

"Thanks to you. I probably couldn't made it on my own." Yellow said.

"Don't say that!" Red smiled at her. "You are far more stronger than you think! I probably wouldn't even be standing here breathing without your help all those years ago!"

"Uh... thanks Red." Yellow held her arms behind her back, her cheeks flushed a bit.

"ChuChu!" ChuChu nodded.

"Pika!" Pika jumped in the air.

"Up next we have Blue and Silver going up against let's see..." August looked at the paper. "Bella and... Looker...ski? Lookerski? Is that how it's pronounced?"


Blue and Silver stepped on the battle stage. Blue looked eager to battle as Silver scanned his opponent, more specifically looking at Lookerski's mask.

"Why is that man wearing that dumb mask?" Silver thought to himself.

"My disguise is brilliant!" Lookerski thought to himself.

"Let's do this Silver!" Blue smiled as she held a Pokeball in hand.

"Yeah." Silver gave a light smile holding a Pokeball as well.

"Go Blasty! Go Feraligatr!" Blue and Silver threw their Pokeballs onto the field, flashed open.

"Blast!" Blastoise popped his cannons out.

"Ferali!" Feraligatr sized up his arms.

"Go Mismagius! Go Weavile" Bella and Lookerski threw their Pokeballs.

The balls flashed open, revealing the witch-like ghost from before and a clawed red-crested dark weasel sharpening it's claws against each other, eager to battle.

"Weavile!" Weavile smirked.

"Miiiiismaaagius." Mismagius smiled.

August tall outside of the boundaries as he swung a flag down. "The match begins now!"

Lookerski smiled. "Weavile. Do your thing."

"Weav!" Weavile nodded, vanished quickly.

"What's with that speed!" Blue said.

"It's fakeout!" Silver recognized the move instantly. "My Weavile can do that as well."

"Weavile!" Weavile grinned clapping his hands in Feraligatr's ears.

Feraligatr covered his ears, flinched by the shockwave!

"Blast!" Blue ordered. "Use Hydro Pump on Weavile!"

Blastoise nodded, sizing up his cannons until he noticed a purplish smiling up-close from below.

"Blast?!" Blastoise took a step back from the Mismagius.

Mismagius's eyes glowed blue, staring deep into Blastoise's eyes.

"Blast? Blaaast..." Blastoise's eyes felt sleepy, slowly blinking.

"That's hypnosis! Blastosie! Wake up!" Blue shouted.

"Blast." Blastoise withdraw his body back into his shell.

"Miiis!" Mismagius cackled like a witch at the sight of the sleeping shell before her.

Blue pointed at an incoming attack. "Silver! Look out!"

Silver saw multiple Weaviles coming right at Feraligatr as soon as he regained balance from the fake out.

Silver spoke. "I see it Blue. Feraligatr! Hydro Pump!"

"Ferali... " Feraligatr's huge jaws were shut tight, leaking water. "GATR!"

Feraligatr fired pressurized water in one long stream at the Weavile clones from left to right, each clone vanishing as the hydro pump phased through them.

"Weav!" The last Weavile from the right jumped up high with it's razor-sharped claws gleaming brightly under the moon.

Feraligatr reached out his claws to the sneaky weasel but the Weavile spiraled past the gator's claws. Feraligatr's jaws opened wide open.

"Weav!?" Weavile felt his right claw snapped tight in Feraligatr's jaws.

Feraligatr grinned as he swung the Weavile with his jaws, almost like a third arm! The blue gator slammed the weasel into the metal ground.

"Alright Silver!" Blue said.

"Blast?" Blastoise woke up, yawning as his head popped out of his shell.

"Your Blastoise looks like it got a good rest Blue." Silver said.

"Yeah!" Blue smiled as Blastoise rubbed his eyes.

Silver pointed to the Weavile. "Feraligatr! Dragon Claw!"

"Gatr!" Feraligatr's claws glowed a violet red.

Feraligatr dashed across the metal platform, slashing through the weasel's body, tearing the Weavile apart into pieces.

"Ferali?!" Feraligatr looked surprised at his own strength.

Silver's eyes widened. "Whoa Feraligatr!"

"Weav!" Weavile popped behind the torn "Weavile".

Blue recognized what was going on! "That's substitute!"

The torn "Weavile" poofed into dust.

"Weavile! Slash!" Lookerski ordered.

"Feraligatr! Jump!" Silver ordered.

Feraligatr used his strong hind legs to jump high into the air as Weavile's claws dug deep through the metal. Feraligatr's eyes widened as Weavile smiled upwards seeing a shadow ball striking Feraligatr in the gut!

"Gatr!?" Feraligatr was sent tumbling to the floor.

Mismagius smiled over Feraligatr's tired body.

"Fer..." Feraligatr slowly got up on his knees and hands.

"Blasty! Skull Bash and bite that Mismagius!" Blue ordered.

"Uh Blue!" Silver spoke.

It was too late, Blastoise landed on his fours, launching himself towards the Mismagius, jaws open. Mismagius smiled as Blastoise phased through her, striking the Feraligatr instead as he finally just got back on his two feet.

"Oh... right." Blue felt a little embarrassed. "It can Phantom Force it's way out of a situation."

"It's alright. Mistakes happen." Silver watched Feraligatr annoyingly pushing Blastoise's shell off of him.

"Your ready to finish this Lookerski." Bella said.

"Yes I am." Lookerski spoke.

"Mismagius! Weavile!" They both said. "Shadowball!"

The two Pokemon jumped high in the sky, launching shadow ball at the two tumbled opponents. Blastoise and Feraligatr looked up, seeing a flash of dark energy spiraling right at them.

"Blast! Ferali!" Blastoise and Feraligatr felt the blows by Shadow Ball, engulfed in smoke.

"Well... there's goes the crystal." Blue sighed, seeing the Blastoise and Feraligatr fall from the smoke with spiraled eyes.

"That's alright. Despite some mistakes, it was fun being your partner." Silver said.

"Was? Why Silver. You make it sound like this was something new." Blue grinned.

"Maybe it's been a while I suppose." Silver raised his Pokeball. "Return."


Green found himself leaving the men's bathroom and into the white hallways of Silph Co. leading to the Top Floor. As he continued walking, he stopped glancing at a wall. He couldn't help but notice a man covering himself in a white sheet for some reason.

"What are you doing?" Green asked.

"Huh!?" The man dropped the sheet, revealing himself the man wearing the groucho mask, Lookerski! "You saw through my disguise!?"

"Uh... disguise?" Green didn't know what to make of it.

"You have excellent observational skill. She told me you were quite the strong trainer from the Battle Frontier." Lookerski spoke.

"Battle Frontier?" Green eyed the stranger with suspicion. "What are you talking about?"

"It may not look like it but I'm wearing a disguise and I can't take it off as I fear I'm being tracked. My real identity is Looker of the International Police." Looker spoke.

"That... wait?" Green thought about what he just said. "That's a disguise also? I thought that was just a party mask!"

Looker continued, his hands deep into his coat pockets. "I was told to contact you and your friends on the events that transpired here."

"You mean Palkia?"

"Yes. The same one. I won't lie. Bad things are happening and it looks like things could get uglier."

"What do you mean?"

"Beware of Hoopa. That thing is more trouble than it appears."

"I already know." Green said. "Red mentioned how Hoopa is a mischievous little Pokemon with those rings."

"I see." Looker placed his fingers upon his chin. "Then what do you know of it's Unbound form?"

"Unbound form?" Green's tone showed a lack of knowledge on the topic.

"You don't know? Well I can't stay here any longer. The tournament is part of the disguise. I'll keep in contact with you and your friends Red, Blue and Yellow. I don't mind you telling them about me either. But don't tell anyone else. Your lives depend on it."

"Hey wait." Green spoke as looker stopped, slowly turning his head around.

"Yes?" Looker spoke.

"Do you know who are we fighting against? Is it Team Rocket?"

"Team Rocket?" Looker paused, looking clueless on the subject. "I'm sorry... but that's the first time I ever heard of them on this case. I don't know who the enemy is."

Green watched Looker walked up the stairs wearing that groucho mask. "Even the International Police doesn't know who's responsible for all this." Green thought.


Green watched Red and Yellow from the crowd, the two standing on the edge of the battle stage. He could see Lookerski and Bella standing on the other side. It just occurred to him, a question he forgot to ask. "What are they even doing here at Silph Co?"

"Okay! Let's do this!" Red smiled.

"Um... yeah." Yellow took a deep breath.

"Come on Yellow! ChuChu would want you to cheer her on!"

Yellow smiled at Red's words "Yeah. Your right!"

"Let's do this Pika!" Red said.

"I believe in you ChuChu!" Yellow said.

"Pika! Chu!" Pika and ChuChu looked pumped and ready!

On the other corner, the two trainers looked at their opponents. Bella noticed the blond girl looked quite nervous at this battle, the black-haired boy having more confidence in his abilities and her.

"Let's get this over with." Bella smiled.

"Sure thing boss." Looker said.

"Weav." Weavile sharpened his claws against each other.

"Miiis..." Mismagius grinned.

August stood outside of the boundaries. He waved the flag down. "The match begins now!"

"Weavile! Fake-out!" Looker ordered.

"Weav!" Weavile vanished as a blur heading towards Pika!

"Pika! Careful!" Red shouted.

"Pika!?" Pika noticed Weavile close, too close... and going right past him!

He was going after ChuChu!

"ChuChu!" Yellow shouted.

"Chu!?" ChuChu looked surprised seeing Weavile popping in front of her.

Weavile clapped a soundwave into ChuChu's ears, the electric mouse flinched!

"Shadowball!" Bella ordered.

"Miiiis!" Mismagius launched a Shadow Ball towards the flinched ChuChu!

"Pika! Jump in and protect her!" Red smiled.

"Pika!" Pika nodded with a determined look, running as fast as he can.

"Seriously kid?" Bella said. "That's just dumb."

Pika jumped in with all his might, taking the shadow ball! Smoke engulfed the Pikachu to the surprise of ChuChu! ChuChu saw Pika sent flying, opening his eyes seeing a smiling Weavile jump over him!

Pika smiled back, sticking his tongue out.

"Weav?" Weavile looked puzzled by the expression.

Suddenly the "Pikachu" poofed into nothing. It was substitute!

"Weav!?" Weavile looked astonished!

"Pika!" Pikachu muttered from behind, leaping from the smoke!

"Alright Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Red ordered.

"Pika... CHUUUU!" Pika, electrified and charged, launched the thunderbolt, striking Weavile from behind.

"Weav!" Weavile felt a thunderous electric force coursing through his entire body, landing on his knees before he backed off. Weavile seemed find until his body sparked electricity! "Weav!?"

"Paralysis!" Looker spoke. "This does not fare well for Weavile."

"Pika!" Pika tapped ChuChu on the shoulder with a grin.

"Chu!" ChuChu grinned back.

Mismagius smiled at the two Pikachu's silently.

"Let's strike that Mismagius together while that Weavile is down!" Red said.

"Mhmm." Yellow nodded.

"Pika! ChuChu! Agility!" The two trainers shouted.

"Pika! Chu!" Pika and ChuChu ran amazingly fast to the Mismagius.

Mismagius only smiled as Pika leaped forward for the attack. The Pikachu phased through Mismagius's body but he didn't seem surprised, only smiling.

"Miis?" Mismagius glanced back at that smile. Suddenly Mismagius felt a metallic tail striking her in the head.

"Chu!" ChuChu slammed her glowing metal tail into Mismagius's head.

The witch-like ghost was sent flying down to the metal platform. Mismagius opened her eyes seeing Pikachu below her, smiling again.

"Pika!" Pika jumped, slamming his tail into Mismagius's body before she could hit the ground.

Red and Yellow saw the Mismagius sent flying to where Weavile stood, gritting his teeth in discomfort as electricity sparked from his body.

"Okay!" Red smiled.

"Yeah!" Yellow smiled.

"Double Volt Tackle!" They shouted.

Pika and ChuChu dashed across the metal battle stage at lightning speed, their electric cheeks sparking blue voltage. "Pika! Chu! Pika! Chu! PIKA! CHU!"

The Pikachu's tackled the Mismagius and Weavile down on the ground, sending them flying near Looker's and Bella's feet!

"Alright!" Red smiled. "Sure used their expectations against them."

He could see the two Pokemon unconscious, their eyes spiraling from the battle.

"That... was a little fun for the first time. I'll admit." Yellow smiled.

"First time?" Red looked a little surprised. "I wonder why's that?"

Blue smiled from behind, giving a sinister look to Yellow. "Yeah... I wonder why?"

"Eep!" Yellow looked startled by Blue's presence.

"I'm just messing around."

Red looked to Blue. "Messing around with what?"

"Oh Red... you'll understand someday."

August came walking in towards the two smiling, clapping his hand. "Congratulations on your victory you two!"

"Pika! Chu!" Pika and ChuChu ran up to the two happily.

"As I said before. The Top Winners will get the Normalium Z crystal." August held the white crystal in the palm of his hands. "However. Were only able to get one Z crystal, so you have to decide somehow."

As Red and Yellow gazed at the crystal, the two Pikachu's quickly noticed the beverage table. They quickly ran off as their trainers weren't looking.

"Yellow! You take it!" Red said.

"Me? But your the battler Red. Not me." Yellow said.

"Yeah but your the one who likes finishing battles. Not starting them. I'd think this would be a real huge boost to your team. Plus I can see your Raticate loving it."

"Um. Thank you Red." Yellow grabbed the crystal.

She looked through the clear reflection of the diamond-shape crystal, she could see the moon phasing through it's beauty.

"Well. That's decided." August smiled. "I was honestly hoping you two duke it out in a battle as part of the tournament but this is fine too."

"How immature..." Argus sighed from behind.

Green paid less attention to Red and Yellow's victory and more closer to Looker and the woman next to him. He saw the two leaving to the stairs quietly. He wondered what they were up to. Should he get involved or just leave them alone for now?

Green thought, "They don't know who the villains are either but what do they know about Hoopa? How is Hoopa so dangerous? Although it might explain Palkia's attacks. Also does Blaine know this? What are the Interpol doing at Silph Co. also? Surely they wouldn't just disguise themselves as competitors to meet us. Is there any other information the Interpol is possibly withholding?... wait a minute? Wait a minute!"

"Hey!" Green shouted to Red, Green and Blue, noticing something missing from the beverage table. "Who took the last Lemon Pop soda!"

"Pika. Chu?" Pika and ChuChu took a quick sip through a straw, drinking the soda from the last Lemon Pop can as they quickly hid it behind them, whistling and looking elsewhere.