Chapter 30 Towards the Mission
PD3MU1: Christopher's House, Bayview, California January 28, 2014 9:10 am
The trainers are now wearing clothes suitable for the world they are in. In May's case, she is no longer wearing her bandana but since it's still the end of winter in this world, she is wearing a blue blouse underneath her sky blue-colored jacket with blue linings on its sides and white jogging pants with navy-blue seams. Drew, on the other hand, wears a dark green jacket but underneath that is a white T-shirt. He is also wearing a pair of brown pants. Paul, on the other hand, chose to wear a brown jacket and underneath it was a green shirt. He also wore black pants. Barry, on the other hand, wears a black jacket with a yellow shirt underneath. He is also wearing grayish-brown jeans. Max, on the other hand, is having problems choosing. It is because most of the clothes he has seen are just way too big.
"Here…" Christopher gave him a grey shirt, white jacket, and red jogging pants. "… I brought this earlier just for you."
"Is this even fitting for me?" Max asks.
"Of course…" Christopher smiled.
On the other hand…
The Bakugan Interspace is a facility designed to hold at least most of the official brawler battles around the world. On the mainframe of the system, Marucho, now older in two years from last time, is now busy tinkering with a way to make the facility operational together with another guy named Ken Krawler. Meanwhile, Shun is present there, overseeing the work in progress. All goes well until…
"This is unusual…" Marucho said. "We didn't set-up a code labeled S.O.S. right?"
"S.O.S?" Ken immediately reacted. They transmitted the code to be printed and a letter was printed. Ken read it first and suddenly gave it to Marucho.
"Remember that I only helped you because of our world being invaded?" Ken remarked (NOTE: This happened in between the 2nd and 3rd season of the anime and the 3rd season still did not start).
"Is it related?" Shun asks.
"The positions listed here are does not exist in our world. What world would use the words Kanto, Alliance of the Eastern Islands, and Viridian City? They never even exists!"
"Let me see…" Shun reads the letter and exclaims "Marucho, call the Battle Brawlers, Runo and Alice and charter a plane. We are now going to Bayview…"
"But what about the Phantom…"
"This is way important business Marucho… remember our trip two years ago?"
"Sorry Ken but we could input that later…" At that moment, the two went outside. Ken then went somewhere out, thinking that he can't do anything but wait and see what in the world is happening...
Now wearing their new clothes, the five trainers took a look at the clock. It seems to be that they are fitting their clothes for so long that it was already 4:00 pm
"It's getting late now…" Christopher said "You have to go to the café found across the street…"
"Would you join us?" May asks the middle-aged man.
"I'm afraid not…" he looks toward a nearby window and said "… the Brawlers will not allow me in… I've met them and I tried…"
"But you can't just…"
"Barry, it's no use…" Paul said "Let him take some rest… he may have been stressed since earlier morning…" At that moment, the five of them left.
"Now, why didn't you join?" Christopher's Tuskor suddenly asks.
"Remember the last time I tried to share a message to them? I was rejected then…"
"Well, perhaps your right then…" the bakugan replied "…after all, who would believe you anyway?"
"The only hope I have to fulfill my duty is the letter I sent to Mrs. Gehabich today…"
The five trainers walked down the street and it seems to be very effective. Their new clothes made them almost like those living in the world that they are in. In fact, they are walking nearly unnoticed, but that does not mean that Paul is spared from the chasing keen-eyed fangirls. So far, only ten managed to discover him, but not one of them dared to come and do several fangirling stuff.
"What's wrong with the people here?" May asks.
"Well, Christopher told us to head to a café down the street…" Max said, bringing out a map of Bayview which Japan downloaded on his Pokenav.
"But there are lots of cafés in here, which of them would be the correct one?" Barry commented. At that time, they heard two girls talking so loud that the trainers got their attention.
"Have you heard of the rumor about someone name Paul came to life?" a random girl said, passing by them.
"Well, I do like Dan, the #1 Brawler, more than some fictional hottie…." Another one commented.
"I'll take this from here…" May said. She came near them and talked a bit. After that, she returned with a smiling face.
"Let me guess…" Paul said "… they recognized you…"
"No, but they said that the café is just down the lane!" May replied. At that moment, Max gulped.
"Did you say down the lane?"
"Yep!" His sister replied. "But why do you think that something's wrong?"
"Yeah Max…" Barry said "…unless you did something neither one of us knew…"
"Well, it's a long story…" Max said "Let's just head to the café…"
"Gee…" a teenager boy wearing goggles and a unique, stylish red jacket said while holding a glass. "It's been two years since we visited the other world Draco…"
"I know that Dan…" a golf-ball size dragon that seemed to be based on a ball replied. At that moment, an orange hair girl with blue eyes, wearing a small silver jacket and wears a rouge jumpsuit, entered the café together with another boy with pale green-blue hair, wearing a purple long sleeved shirt with black and grey trimmings and gray pants
"Why would Shun call us here?" the green-haired guy said.
"This has to be something serious…" the other girl suddenly replied said.
"Why are you guys here anyway?" a blue-haired girl in an apron said. She happens to be Runo Misaki.
"You're still working here?" the mysterious guy said.
"Just helping out a bi…"
"Is everyone in here?" At that moment, Shun enters the café. Almost everyone whom Shun is expecting is present, from his comrades two years ago and the newest members are present, except…
"Where's Baron?" Shun asks.
"He can't come due to some issues I can't explain…" Dan replied.
"We have to meet about something very important…" Shun said "…and take note that this is about a much bigger invasion…"
"Now, what kind of invasion is this?" Dan asks them.
"But Alice and Julie are not yet here!" Marucho pointed out.
"Then we'll wait…" Shun replied.
"Let me close the shop for a while…" Runo went to the sign in front of the cafe and flipped it over.
"We're here!" May shouted. They finally found a café and it has the sign implying that it is close.
"So, how are able to go inside if it's close?" Paul questioned them.
"Of course, get inside with style!" Barry suggested…
"What do you mean by that…" Max replied.
Heroic Epicness of America!
HEY YEH! MY VERY OWN SECTION! Well, I listed down several ways to enter a door… WITH STYLE!
1. The usual banging-the-door-like-your-stopping-a-marriage-style
Barry opens the door using that style and said "HELLO EVERYONE! I say that your world will be invaded!"
"Not a good idea…" Max said.
2. The usual panic-like-you-have-made-something-wrong-style
Barry opens the door and yelled "ANYONE HELP!"
"Could you think of something better?" Drew commented.
3. The classical old-school-but-epically-classic-cowboy-entering-a-bar-style
"Not a good idea… this is a café, not a Unovan cowboy bar…" May said.
4. The Prussian-epic-entrance-mode style
"KESESESESESE….." Barry acted out.
"This gets a little bit annoying…" Paul replied.
5. The great heroic-style-like-you're the hero style
"How did you learn so many of them?" May suddenly asks Barry.
"Well…"
"Sticking with America seems to have made your brain loose…" Paul interjected.
6. The military-exploding-door-like-your-finding-a-fugitive style
"Could we just do it the formal, 'uncool' way…" Max said.
"But I haven't discussed yet the other styles!" Barry said.
"Any better ideas?" Max proclaimed to his group.
"If it's close, it's close…." Drew commented. Just then, they saw two women talking and they are about to enter the cafe. One of them, an orange-haired girl spotted them and yelled "HI! What are you doing here?"
"Alice, we don't even know who those people are!" the other girl replied
"Isn't she the Russian girl Russia is proud?" May said.
"Who cares, she might help!" At that moment, Barry ran towards her and talked about something. He then yelled "GUYS! She would guide us inside!"
"Great…" Paul said "When will he behave well?"
"What's the point of pointing that out…" May said. Barry went towards them and…
"Wait isn't that…"
"Julie, I think this is the reason why Shun called us…" Alice replied. "The shop's not closed. Well, if the shop is closed in a time like this, you could call us!"
"But Alice!" the other girl suddenly replied. Barry then waved towards his friends and shouted "GUYS, COST IS CLEAR!"
"Now, how long did we stay in the other world anyway?" Paul immediately said after noticing something is weird with Barry. However, he, together with May, Drew, and Max had no choice but to join Barry and the orange-haired Russian. As they entered, they noticed that she murmured about something they can't comprehend.
Dan and the others saw the new, mysterious guests that are being led by their one of their friends.
"Um, Alice, remember the house rules?" Runo asks the two.
"Well, I have a friend who said that he is sending a group of people to us…" Alice replied.
"If it's from McMinn, then let them leave…" Shun said in a sarcastic way. "This is way more important than his out-of-this-world philosophies…"
"Well then, what if I tell you that we came from another world?" Paul suddenly replied.
"Then prove it…" Shun said. Without Pokémon by their side, the trainers have no way to say that they are from the other world, except…
"Here…" Max said while bringing his Pokedex out. Paul, Barry, Drew and May also brought theirs out alongside their trainer cards, ribbons, and badges.
"WOW! So you're those classical Pokémon fans right?" Julie suddenly reacted reacted.
"Hey, haven't we visited a world like that two years ago?" Dan said. "Where we even helped Ash and the others out right?"
"You visited a world like that?" the two mysterious brawlers reacted.
"However, why don't they seem to age?" Runo said. At that moment, Shun begins to be skeptical and looked at the letter he was holding. He looked back at them and said "Something's wrong in here…"
"What is it Shun?" Dan asks.
"They should age a bit…" Shun said. "How old are you exactly?"
"I'm 10 years old…" Max said.
"That is exactly the clue that I need…" Shun said. "Remember that in the world of Pokémon, a trainer begins in the age of ten, right?"
At that moment, the new guy said. "Wait, could anyone just clear things up?"
"Ace, it's a long story, but for now…" Shun pointed his finger out towards the trainers and yelled "THEY'RE IMPOSTORS!"
"WHAT, NO WAY!"all the trainers reacted.
"If you say so, where is your proof?" Paul yelled.
"This letter explains all…" Shun reads the letter out loud "To the Brawlers from the other world, please be warned that there are 5 spies posing as the very trainers whom you helped two years ago. Whenever they appear, report them immediately to your government… we don't have the right technology to even teleport our Pokémon to your world except the ability to transfer messages across the dimension… signed by Giovanni, Viridian City Gym Leader, Communications Director of the Kanto Region Intelligence Commission of the Alliance of Eastern Islands, approved by the Prime Minister of the Islands…"
Flashback: PD1MU1 January 28, 2012 5:00 am
Shinnoh gave some kind of letter to Giovanni for a top-secret mission.
"Since we figured out how to send interdimensional messages to the other world, I want you to fax this using this technology. It might take some time, but please write that someone named Aslan is sending five trainers to their world and they must report to them whatever they will say…"
"Wait, Giovanni's the head of that position?" Barry noted.
"It changes every month remember?" Paul commented.
"But how could you prove it anyway?" Drew continued.
"Max is not yet a trainer in the last time he appeared on screen…" Shun said "… and when we visited the other world, he already has been a trainer. Assuming that he is already a trainer that year or early when we met them… it is not possible he has to be ten years old now!"
"A court battle scene?" the other group in Shun's group said. Shun then added "… he should be at least 12 or so. In fact, her sister should also be at the age of 15 or so… because she is older than Max in three years!"
"OBJECTION!" Paul countered. "You forgot to assume that time may flow differently in each dimension…"
"Well, let me read to you the date of the letter…" Shun said. "…it is sent last January 28 in the year 2014…"
"But that's not even the date in our world the last time we left…" May reasoned out.
"Someone else must have manipulated the data sent here…" Paul said.
"So, do you have any evidence to counter that claim?" Shun insisted. Max, May, and Barry was about to bring out their trainer cards again as the proof of their evidence when…
"You can't present those cards here…" Shun said "… there is a personal note here saying that you happened to duplicate the trainer cards of those trainers. Since we have not seen an original one, we have to presume that all trainer cards in this world are fake…"
"Great…" Drew commented. The only hope they have are the ribbons and badges they have. However…
"We can't even use that…" Paul said. "They have not even seen the original one."
"How about me…" Alice said "…I could testify for them."
"Alice, you could prove their innocence?" Marucho suddenly asks. It is because it is the least expected thing to happen.
"I will…" Alice said. At that moment, Max tried to appeal a reconsideration and yelled "What if I told you that we are sent here by the Lion named Aslan?"
"Aslan?" Dan remarked.
"Nice try…" Shun said "…but it won't work for me…"
"What do you mean?" Dan said "There is no way they could learn about that lion!"
"Simple…" Shun said "…I need some evidence and proof that you are sent here."
"Do we still need proof for that?" May answered back.
"Yes."
"Why does Shun sounded like a villain this time?" Julie remarked.
"It's for your own good…" he replied "… this letter even said that they have stolen the memories of those trainers using a special technology…"
"But how could we do that?" Barry shouted.
"Just stop it Barry…" Paul said. He came forward and said "Perhaps even if we tried to reason out you won't believe right?"
"Yes." Shun said "It's just for the safety of the brawlers and this world."
"Good. Everyone, we have to leave this place. We promise that by tomorrow, we are more ready to explain things to you…" After that, Paul leads the group and left the scene.