RDF1: (Sigh)

Dx: Don't tell me. Again?

RDF1: Worse: barely 140 people have seen the second chapter. That's how much people don't like this fic.

Dx: I better leave before I say something I wouldn't normally say.

RedDragonForce 1 just looks at him.

RDF1: When has that ever stopped you before?

Dx: Well…

DragonX leaves.

Whatever.

Since you guys don't care much for this fic, I'm gonna update it anyways.

Disclaimer: If I'd own Pokemon, or at least Mystery Dungeon, then you guys would know it. But since I don't…

(Chapter Begin)

(Recap)

Garchomp used Dragonbreath to stun Empoleon to the ground and following up with Dragon Claw on Wartortle, who tried another Ice Punch. After using Dragon Pulse to keep Blaze busy, he launched himself towards Empoleon with Giga Impact, intent on ending the Human-turned-Pokemon-from-the-Future's life.

(Recap End)

Empoleon closed his eyes, waiting for the blow to land, only to hear a familiar voice in return.

"Energy Ball!" shouted a shadowed figure from the forest, sending a ball of grass energy at Garchomp, and knocking him off course.

Garchomp landed, only to be sent back into the air from underground. The Pokemon who attacked Garchomp was revealed to be Grovyle, who was fresh and battle ready. He turned to Empoleon.

"Looks like things have changed a lot since I last saw you, Piplup, or should I say 'Empoleon' now?" asked Grovyle with a smirk on his face.

He pulled out a Cheri Berry and an Oran Berry and gave it to Empoleon, who ate both of them, before feeling refreshed. Blaze went to help Wartortle up and they both watched, as the two Adventurers from the future got ready to battle Garchomp.

After the smoke died down, Infernape could see that both Magmorter and Meganium were both unconscious. Infernape went to check on Meganium; only for Magmorter to wake up and slowly raise his arm and let loose a Flamethrower, knocking out Infernape. He ate an Oran Berry he had stashed away that recovered his energy. He continued his mission and forcibly retrieved the Flame Plate from Azelf and used an Escape Orb to leave the Dungeon.

(AN1)

Infernape got up a few seconds later, and upon seeing Meganium not moving, retrieved a Reviver Seed from the Treasure Bag and gave to Meganium, fixing her up good as new.

"I take it we lost, then?" asked Meganium, only for Infernape to nod in return.

"Let's get out of here," said Infernape, pulling out an Escape Orb and Teleporting them back.

Overgrow the Sceptile looked over towards where Charizard attacked Electivire with fury and seeing Charizard looking okay he begun to smile, before Charizard fell over, knocked out of the fight. Electivire appeared behind Overgrow, causing shock to appear on the Grass Pokemon's face.

"But how?" asked Overgrow as he jumped back from Electivire.

"I just used Thunderbolt on myself to speed myself up and move out of the way, then I retaliated with a Thunder Punch, taking out Charizard," explained Electivire before he moved too fast for even Overgrow's reflexes and used Iron Tail to knock Overgrow back into the wall. He then turned to Mesprit, who had no choice but to hand over the Zap Plate to him. He then used an Escape Orb to teleport out.

Overgrow got up slowly and moved to Charizard, taking out a Reviver Seed from the Treasure bag and giving it to him, healing his wounds instantly. They both apologized to Mesprit before returning to Treasure Town via Escape Orb.

Torrent the Swampert didn't wait for the smoke to clear before his charged in, a Hammer Arm at the ready. He cleared through the smoke, only to find Rhyperior missing. He turned around to see Rhyperior blur into view in front of him, having used Rock Polish to increase his speed drastically to avoid Torrent's hit, and struck him at point blank with Rock Wrecker. Torrent unleashed an Aqua Jet at point blank, meeting the Rock Wrecker head on. He crashed through the attack and slammed into Rhyperior for a Critical Hit. He reached into his bag and took out an Oran Berry. Feeling refreshed, he let loose a Hydro Cannon, forcing Rhyperior off the cliff. He then turned to Uxie, tired, but victorious, and retrieved the Stone Tablet. He used an Escape Orb to return to Treasure Town.

(AN2)

Grovyle and Empoleon looked at each other for a second, before nodding and starting off their attack. Empoleon used Water Pulse to catch Garchomp off guard while Grovyle used Dig again. Garchomp used Dragon Claw on Empoleon, only to meet with a Steel Wing in defense. Grovyle jumped out of the ground behind Garchomp and loosed an Energy Ball, following with a Leaf Blade behind it. Garchomp, noticing the attack, sent a Dragon Pulse at the Energy Ball, and used the smoke from the collision to jump out of the way, leaving Grovyle to crash into Empoleon. However, to Garchomp's surprise, Empoleon used Drill Peck to swing his other arm around, grabbing Grovyle's free arm and gave him a speed boost towards Garchomp, before following with an Aqua Jet behind Grovyle, both arms glowing with Steel Wing.

Garchomp used the moment before Grovyle's attack hit to use Dragon Dance and Outrage to block the attacks, and then followed up with Nasty Plot.

"You won't be prepared for what I have now," said Garchomp, before focusing his power, "DRACO METEOR!

Garchomp sent an energy sphere into the sky before it broke off into dozens of energy spheres, and falling back down into the clearing.

"That's it!" said Blaze, jumping up, "TWISTER! FLAME WHEEL!"

(AN3)

The Fire Tornado blocked the attack, but gave Garchomp enough time to grab the Draco Plate and leave via Dig.

After Blaze landed, Grovyle turned to his old partner and they both let out a short laugh.

"I can't believe we still got it," said Grovyle.

"I know, right," said Empoleon, before remembering who he was talking to, "Say, how did you get back here? I thought you couldn't return again after going back with Dusknoir. What happened?"

(Flashback)

Well, after Dusknoir and I got back to the future, we had to make our way to find Celebi to see if she made it out. (By the way, Dusknoir and I at this time made a pact not to battle each other.) We made our way to Dusk Forest, only to find that she had left, to get away from Primal Dialga. After a long journey, we eventually found her, having been cornered by Primal Dialga. We managed to rescue her and forced Primal Dialga to flee for a short while. He challenged us to stop him atop of Ice Mountain where we all fought our hardest. In the end, all of us lost consciousness when we thought history was changed forever, but we woke up to our world being restored to the way it was. Primal Dialga returned to normal and he explained to us that a higher power was at work. A few weeks later, Dialga called me up to his tower and told me the power that saved our world was being awoken in your world. Since I was the only one who went to your world to save it, he asked me to return back here to help this world out once more.

(Flashback End)

"And that's how we survived," finished up Grovyle.

The group of four had returned to treasure town at this point and everyone was in the Guild letting Grovyle explain how he managed to return to this world.

"Well," said Empoleon, "It's good to know everyone's alright. More than that it's surprising I'm now taller than you."

This sent a chuckle through Grovyle.

"Well, considering you were taller than me when we were in the future looking for the locations of the Time Gears, things are back to normal for me, so to speak."

"In any case," said Blaze, "Now we need to see Garchomp's next move. Empoleon, if you will?"

Torrent held out the Stone Tablet and Empoleon placed his hand/fin on it; he concentrated on the Tablet, hoping to find something to trigger the Dimensional Scream. Moments passed with nothing, before he thought of the higher power Grovyle said Dialga of the Future mentioned, then a bright light filled his vision.

(Vision)

A Pokemon, covered with shadow looked over the four Pokemon that knelt before him.

"So you have awakened me," he said, his voice filled with authority and power, "But I know of the evil within your heart. I shall not tolerate pure evil in my presence! If purely good souls do not appear before me and defeat me in battle within 24 hours, I shall destroy all but those who I have deemed worthy before to survive and remake this world, and Evil will be left with nothing!"

"But," said Garchomp, "We revived you! You owe us!"

"I do not owe anything to anyone who is evil," declared the figure of authority, "Now! BEGONE!"

The figured summoned energy to the crown of his head and launched his attack. The four Pokemon didn't move any further. The Pokemon gave a somber look out to the sky before disappearing.

(Vision End)

(AN4)

(Vision 2)

"So, even you do not have the power to defeat me," said the Pokemon from before.

"We won't let you harm this world, even if you are good inside," said one of the Pokemon, a small Tortoise with ears and tail looking as if they belonged to clouds (AN5), "We love this world, as humans and as Pokemon…"

"You will have to end our existence to stop us," added the other, a Penguin looking Pokemon, "We will fight to the end to protect this world."

"Very well then," said the Pokemon with authority, "If the ancient scriptures are true then you shall still win even when I hold nothing back."

The Pokemon focused power into the crown of his head again and let loose his attack, blinding everything.

(Vision 2 End)

"Well?" asked Infernape.

"Apparently Dialga and Palkia aren't the only beings whose powers control Time and Space," said Empoleon, "There's another who's even more powerful than them. He will challenge the very best this world has to offer to stop him from wiping out the existence of every thing and every one he hasn't already deemed worthy in his eyes. Our final hours are upon us."

"Good," said Blaze, from his position on the wall, "Then you know what is at stake. The world is counting on you: Team Go-Getters and Team Pokepals."

'But more importantly,' continued Blaze in thought, 'it will be up to two of you to finish this where I cannot.'

"Alright everyone," said Meganium, "I think it'll be best to get some sleep while we each take turns guarding the Tablet."

"That won't be necessary," said Overgrow, "Blaze, Torrent, and I are used to going days without sleep. We'll keep the Tablet safe, you guys rest."

Everyone said their goodnights and headed to their sleeping quarters, Team Go-Getters getting Team Pokepals' old room, though there wasn't too much room for all three of them since Charmeleon evolved.

That night, Empoleon couldn't sleep and went out onto the top of Sharpedo Bluff to watch the night sky, thinking about what he had seen.

"Can't sleep?" asked a voice from behind him.

Empoleon turned around to see Wartortle looking at him, with mixed emotions in his eyes.

"Just counting the stars," said Empoleon, as to give an excuse to why he was up.

"Don't think anyone can count that high," replied Wartortle, moving next to Empoleon.

"What are you doing up? Not enough room in the Guild?"

"You could say that," said Wartortle, scratching the back of his head, thinking about Charizard's new size.

They stood in silence for a few minutes.

"Do you remember anything about your life as a human?" asked Empoleon.

"Not much," said Wartortle, "Just that I was a Pokemon Trainer who cared for others enough to give up my humanity to save them. What about you?"

"I get flashes sometimes," replied Empoleon, "About Grovyle and me finding the locations of the Time Gears in the future before coming the to past to return them to Temporal Tower. I don't remember why, but for some reason I was on this island of Pokemon as the only Human who had been able to, or allowed to, live here. I think it has something to do with my Dimensional Scream Ability."

"It sure has come in handy, I'll bet," said Wartortle, "What made you stay here and not return to the future with Grovyle and all your other friends?"

"Probably the same reason you stay with Team Go-Getters: You didn't want to leave the best friends you ever made, even if they're not your first friends. It's not easy saying goodbye to those you care about, but sometimes it has to be done."

"That all depends on the type of sacrifice your willing to make," said a familiar voice.

Both of them turned around to see where the voice was coming from, only to see no one around.

"Down here," said Blaze, standing on the side of the Sharpedo faced cliff, "And I know you're wondering why I can stand sideways. It takes a lot of practice, even with the right feet, or should I say claws."

Blaze moved from his feet to his hands and spring-boarded up to the top. He turned to them with a serious expression.

"I too came from the human world," said Blaze, "However, I was raised by a Trainer. When we learned about these islands, I was sent to investigate. Here I met Torrent and Overgrow and formed an Exploration Team. After I got a handle on what went on here, I returned to my Trainer, only to find that my Teammates followed me. Since then my team and I acted as the go-to and Liaison team between the Islands and the other Regions where the Humans lived. When I had learned that Garchomp was after the Element Plates that were scattered over the world, I worked with my Trainer to become stronger to combat this threat. That's when I learned about you two, and what you had done to save this world. I knew then that if I were to fail, you two would have to succeed in my place."

"Did you ever find what my Human name was, or where I lived?" asked Wartortle.

"No," said Blaze, "My trainer and I tracked down any missing kids in all regions, but never managed to narrow it down enough to be definitive."

"Oh," sighed Wartortle.

"Anyways," said Blaze, "We'll need to return to Unown Cave. That's where the portal is."

"Don't you mean Aegis Cave?" asked Empoleon, considering he had been there before.

"No," said Blaze, "Aegis Cave houses the Regi family. The Unown Cave lies within a dimensional pocket called Destiny Tower."

"No way!" said Empoleon, "I've been there once; it's like the hardest dungeon ever. The 99 floors are bad enough, but you can't go in there with anyone else and the item restrictions are the ultimate test for any Pokemon."

"I know," said Blaze, "Even I have tried and failed to reach the top. However, the Dimensional Pocket lies outside the tower, and many teams are able to enter at a time. There, we must reach the gateway between our dimension and Arceus's dimension and stop Garchomp from completing the portal."

"So, all we gotta do is prevent Garchomp from completing the portal, right?" asked Wartortle, "That should be too hard, right?"

"Garchomp and the others are incredibly high leveled, so we have to be careful. Even my team has had its fair share of trouble with them," finished Blaze, "So get some rest; you'll need it."

With that, Blaze headed off back through Treasure town, leaving the Human-Turned Pokemon alone.

"So, what did you see in the tablet?" asked Wartortle.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," replied Empoleon, "Let's get on to bed. Blaze's right; we need to be at our best."

So, they headed down into Infernape's old house, one he lived in before joining the Guild with Empoleon. They noticed Grovyle and Infernape already asleep, so they set up two beds and went to sleep, wondering what the morning held.

Meanwhile, Torrent and Overgrow were keeping guard over the Stone Tablet, glad that they had at least succeeded in getting one tablet back. Hopefully, Garchomp and the others wouldn't be foolish enough to attack the guild to get it back. Blaze took over after midnight, so they could get some sleep. Even they needed to rest for the battle(s) ahead.

(Chapter End)

RDF1: Sweetness! I didn't think I would finish this chapter.

Dx: Could it be that you received your 300th review just yesterday?

RDF1: Yes, yes it would.

Congratulations! The award for 300th review goes to: Firovyle, for THIS story. Thank you and hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Dx: Now that you've finished this, post it up already!

RDF1: Not just yet. I still have one more thing to do.

Author Notes:

AN1+2: I'm having this as the same. Leaving the dungeon, defeat or victory is by Escape Orb for this particular fic. Sounds better in any case, though I do understand the concept of the badges and all.

AN3: Just like Blaze for my other Pokemon Fic, this one can perform Dragon attacks, when Blaziken normally wouldn't be able to.

AN4: Some foreshadowing for the next and last chapter. Also, if you know Arceus's attacks like any fan that looks up attack lists do, then you know what this attack is.

Well, that should do it. So, until next time…

Later,

RDF1