Chapter 46
In Kanto, Mark, Luke, and East are there, they head to Rota first as Ash and Alice have already solved the puzzle before getting back to Sevestar after the coronation day, so all they need is to take the gem from the pedestal.
"Still, breaking open the barrier with bare hands isn't that easy." East says, "Especially since Ash and Alice are in weak states."
Mark says, "Now we have our Fighting Gem, the next target is the Rock Gem.
They break open a cave in the Grandpa Canyon with Diancie's help. When they enter the cave, they are surprised to see in front of them an Omastar just passing by. Luke asks, "An Omastar? What is going on here?"
"If my assumptions are correct," Diancie says, "We are going to the Grandpa Canyon, a place where extinct Pokemon living in there."
"Then maybe it will be better if we ask them for help." Mark says as they follow the path, then they see the light, and then appear in front of them is a mining puzzle guarded by an Aerodactyl. Surrounded by the Pokemon are all the Ancient Pokemon, some of them aren't even Rock Type, to begin with. There are Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops, Aerdactyl, Lileep, Cradily, Anorith, Armaldo, Cranidos, Rampardos, Shieldon, Bastiodon, Titouga, Carracosta, Archen, Archeops, Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, Aurorus, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish.
"This is a great discovery..." East says in awe. "Look at how many fossils are there."
"Yeah...amazing view." Mark says, and then the Fossil Pokemon notice them and then they screech at the three people along with the Diancie, preparing to attack.
"Please hear us out." Mark speaks in a Prehistoric language, causing them to get surprised, as they don't think anyone in this current world still knows their language. "We don't mean any harm. We have some mission to do here."
Then the Aerodactyl says, "How are you able to speak our language? Who are you guys?"
Mark says, "We're aura guardians, we are here to retrieve the Rock Gem so we can save our loved ones."
"Then prove to us by solving this puzzle." Aerodactyl says as they notice the puzzle. Luke says, "This is actually my specialty, I've played this game a lot of times. So the Rock Gem is hiding inside this mining rock, right?"
Then Luke starts to carefully break the rock, he doesn't want to make it collapse so that they can't get it. Before getting the last try, Luke eventually finds the Rock Gem and takes it.
Tyrantrum says, "You've solved the puzzle, that means you're the chosen Ones. You can keep the Rock Gem for what you want."
"Thank you." Mark says, but just before they can take the gems, they hear a voice.
"Seems like I don't need to waste my efforts." Mark notices a vampire approaching for the gem, and he quickly jumps up and uses Spirit Shackle on it, forcing the demon to dodge.
"What was that? A Vampire?" East asks.
"You must be one of the Demons that try to take the gems." Mark says.
"Ah, Delia's son." The vampire says, "The name is Suzuki, one of the 8 members of the demons."
"But how do you know our mother?" Mark asks.
"She has great powers, that's why I've been possessing that businessman so I can take her powers for my ambitions." Suzuki laughs.
"I see...demons have the power to possess people. If what he said is true...he must've possessed Giovanni..." Luke says.
Then Mark and Suzuki are engaging in a battle, Suzuki is skilled with air battles, causing Mark's attacks to miss a lot. "This is not going to do well..." Mark mutters.
The Tyrantrum says, "Use the gem to your advantage, if you want to win the demons, this is your only chance."
Mark realizes what Slowking means and he quickly uses the Rock Gem, and to their surprise, the gem glows and Mark gasps to see his mother standing in front of him.
"Mom?" Mark asks, but Delia doesn't seem to be talking, but rather using her skills to attack the demon.
"What's going on?" East asks, "Why is Mark's mother here?"
"The Rock Gem is known for the Gem of Revival, it can revive the souls who are killed even a lot of centuries ago." Luke says.
"You dare send your mother to fight against me..." Suzuki groans, and Mark says, "What about this gem?"
He reaches the Fighting Gem, and he can that his power is boosting, he goes for the Aura Sphere, and it deals more damage to the demon than before.
"The Fighting gem is also known for boosting, it can give us an energy boost of Aura..." Mark says, and then he takes out the Fire Cannon and calls for the Sunny Day. Harsh sunlight shines inside the cave, and Suzuki, being a vampire, is screaming in pain after the sunlight hits his skin. Delia uses the chance to stab her knife into the demon, causing it to scream in pain before exploding into ashes.
"I guess that's it for the demon." Luke says.
"Thanks, Mom. You helped me a lot." Mark says, but they widen their eyes in horror as Delia stabs herself again and disappears. Luke says, "I guess you're mother refused to be truly revived..."
"Yeah." Mark says with a sad tone. "Being an assassin really pains her a lot."
After that's done, they bid the prehistoric Pokemon farewell before heading back to Sevestar, hoping they can still hurry.
In the Unova Region, Eve, Max, and Insey are together as they get to Pinwheel Forest. Max says, "This forest is really big...where is the Gem?"
"We have to find the biggest tree in the forest." Insey replies. "And I have to guess that it is this one."
They look at the tree and Eve asks, "This tree looks big, how are we going to climb it?"
"Simple. We're doing this the old fashion way." Insey says as she climbs the tree, with Max and Eve following in tow. Once they reach the tree top, they find the gem.
"So this is the Bug Gem...that is interesting." When Insey touches the stone, she sees a memory of Ash, Iris, Cilan, and the Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh having a campout on top of the tree.
"Still, I can't believe that Iris and Cilan would become traitors. Only because they don't want to be a laughing stock because my brother keeps losing."
"At least we got the evidence, once this is over, we're going to use that to our advantage." Eve says.
"Um...guys? Why do you act so normally? Where did that projection come from anyway?" Max asks.
"Simple, the Bug Gem is known for the Gem of Memory. This gem is capable of wiping out the memory or showing the memory of what it has been." Insey says.
"That sounds powerful." Eve says.
Then after a few days, they arrive at Nature Preserve and go into the woods, they finally find a hidden grove and a pedestal in the middle. "This must be where the Grass Gem is, according to the documents that I read in the past, there was a Shiny Haxorus living here and acting as the guardian."
"How did you know about it?" Max asks, and Insey says, "The ones who tried to raise me are hunters, and they will try any means to get the rarest Pokemon in the whole world. And they might have poached the Pokemon, which is why it is empty now."
"I see. But how are we going to get the Grass Gem?" Eve asks as they look around the place.
"I think it might have to do with the blooming." Insey says, "Shaymin, we will need your help. Please use Grassy Terrain on the whole field."
Shaymin nods as she starts to fly around, and then several flowers are about to bloom. Once the blooming flowers reach an amount, the pedestal starts to crack open, and then a Grass Gem floats into the air and Max is the one that grabs it.
But after a while, the flowers start to wither and the trees are now becoming brown. Insey frowns a little and says, "I guess the Grass Gem has the power to make the place bloom with greenery, which is why it is called the Gem of Beauty. But when we take the gem away, the flowers withered, the trees are brown...and it is a good thing that there is no Pokemon here..."
"You're correct, now hand over the gem right now." The three of them notice a half-human half-Ariados crawling at them, he manages to shoot spider webs at Max and Eve, but Insey manages to dodge the attack.
"The demon..." Insey says, "So half human half Ariados...yuck."
"Thanks to that Ash Ketchum, I, the great Gez, won't be out of that religious man's body." Gez says. "He and his scientist fail to take control of the Unova Legendary Pokemon, however, I will not fail to take the gem!"
"As if I can let you take the gem." Insey says as they are going into the fight.
Then Insey and Gez are now using their powers to fight, however, Insey gains the upper hand by using a lot of Fire and Poison attacks, causing Gez to be in pain. "How..." Gez gasps in horror.
"I was raised with the poachers, and they are similar to assassins in some way." Insey says in a cold tone as she uses her knife to stab Gez's body, causing him to scream in pain before a giant piranha plant raises from the ground and swallows the demon whole before disappearing.
"Where did that piranha plant come from?" Eve asks.
"Who knows? But that Demon is dead. Now we just need to quickly go back and give the gems to Brother and Alice." Insey says as they leave.
In the Paldea Region, Gladion, Tox, and Bryce are inside Area Zero. Gladion says, "So this is where the Flying Gem is located..."
Tox says, "According to Calyrex, the Flying Gem is hiding at the Zero Lab. We will need to navigate our way through."
Then they all rush to the Zero Lab, also dodging the attacks from the Paradox Pokemon, they manage to get inside as they see the giant Time Machine.
"Is that a Time Machine?" Bryce asks.
"Yeah, but it is unusable because Ash stopped it along with Nemona, Arven, and the others." Gladion says. "And the Flying Gem should be here."
Bryce tries to break open the machine, and they find the Flying Gem inside, but just as they touch the gem, it starts to rain inside. "Did any one of you have an umbrella?" Tox asks.
"I have." Bryce sighs as he takes it and they quickly leave the area, it is also a good thing that the rain is not following them, or else it is going to be crazy."
"So one gem down, where is the other gem?" Gladion asks.
"It's in Levincia City, it's where the Electric Type Gym is located." Tox says.
"So how are we going to get out of this Area Zero?" Bryce asks.
"There has to be a research station nearby, we can use the teleportation pads." Tox says as they all rush to the abandoned Research Lab No. 4. Since it was abandoned, they are relieved that the teleportation pads are still working as they get out to the gate.
Here is a new chapter, and we're going to get into the gem searching, I decided to split the other half of the Paldea Gems in the next chapter because why not? I hope you like this chapter.
