Author's Note: I think I can speak for both Joltie and myself that we're both very happy by how much response we got on the first chapter. Just to clear things up about this collab, Joltie does not own the idea for this story. I've told them about the next crossover idea I'd had and they volunteer if they wanted to help me out with it, and that's it. Just a friend helping another friend. I also should probably mention we're taking turns on the chapters, I got the evens and Joltie's got the odds, okay? Also, I'm updating this story on Saturday because School is coming up and I still need to work on my chapters, so I apologize for the sudden long wait without a reason.
Okay! Now that's all done, time for the Shoutouts!
SHOUTOUTS-
Steel Heart Alchemist: Wow... You, honestly, reacted better than what me and Joltie thought you would. Yeah, Joltie's a really good actor, huh? Both me and Joltie are very happy that you're enjoying this so far and be prepare for what we have in store! Thanks, about the robot, imagine all the references we have plan! :) Really? That's the name? Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Guest: Yep, get in line for the roller coaster again! Yeah, it is similar to those Malamar episodes now that I think about it. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
KHLegacy: Yep! You can thank Joltie for that!
Joshua Ketchum: As I said above, you can thank Joltie for getting thinks kicking! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Blaze: Yeah, these stories are slowly getting popular. And I just can't resist writing the XY Gang with Shaggy and Scooby together. Also, I still can't believe no one has even thought of writing the Pokémon Anime with Scooby-Doo.
Lightwing: Don't worry, I did! I hope you like the second chapter!
Darkwing: Well, the idea was mine, Joltie is just helping me with it. Don't worry, you'll see my writing again in this chapter!
Hex: Actually, this story was my idea and Joltie is helping me by writing their side of chapters. We're both taking turns on this and now the chapter below is mine. I hope this clears things up.
Mr. R: That's correct!
Satoshi-Greninja: Sadly, it's the same in the original series. I'm sorry there's not going to be a Ash-Greninja in this story.
Omarnosian10: I'm sure Joltie's happy when reading this comment! The only comment I can make about that is that we forgot about that guy from the original series, and I have no idea why. That guy is big nightmare fuel. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2
Flights from the regions to the continents were supposed to be peaceful for Taku Ketchum. As the only person who's allowed to visit both societies without any trouble, he can get the chance to see the beauty in both words. Where he stares at Wingulls and Pelippers fly by from the window before they gradually disappear and in their places are the normal seagulls that are flying with a blank stare. Even if the people in the continents can't see the beauty in all of the creatures that exist in both worlds, he can and he's forever grateful for that.
If only he could enjoy the view right now if it weren't for a certain mother busy howling in his ear during their talk on the phone.
"So, who exactly are these people you said that you're about to bring over the border?" Came the skeptical question of Delia Ketchum from the phone, not that Taku can blame her. Ever since he picked up Ash and his friends from Stan's Deadpan Camp (He still wonders why would Stan name his camp that), Taku has noticed that his nephew looked like he hasn't gotten any type of sleep for weeks, not to mention he's always staring ahead with a blank look on his face. His friends didn't give him the full detail on what happened, only that he got kidnapped because of Stan's recklessness and he hasn't been the same ever since.
"Now, Delia, you remember all the times Ash told you about Mystery Incorporated?" Taku said in hopes it could keep the protective mother from exploding. She didn't exactly reacted well when she caught sight of her son's mental state after coming home. "I'm just going to be bringing them over as a surprise for Ash and his friends. They haven't stopped talking about them ever since they came back since camp and-"
"The camp that you sent them too and my poor son came back looking like a zombie!" Taku had to pull the phone away from his ear by a few inches when Delia's loud shrill voice nearly cause his eardrums to explode. "I swear, Taku Dane Ketchum, if my son comes back home looking worse than he already is, I'm going to-!" Cringing, Taku looks outside the window to see that the plane has already landed.
"Oh, look at that, Delia! I'm already on the ground so I can't talk to right now, but I will later! Goodbye!" He said quickly before he presses the off button to stop Delia from making full sense of his jumble up words.
He sighs in relief while putting his phone away. Sometimes he's glad that his brother was the one who got married instead him, because he's not sure how he can handle that everyday.
Taku exits the tunnel to be meet with an empty airport gate that leads from the continents to the regions. Ever since the banning of the normal flight visits between the continents to the regions, no one has been allowed to even go near the gates. Because of this, the entire area look completely like a ghost town. All the seats are covered in cobwebs and the some of the windows were broken, causing a few pigeons to fly in and out from their nests inside the gates.
He could almost feel himself shudder. Exactly how long are the governments are going to be at each other's throats?
Taku walks down the poorly lit hall, wondering how those teenagers are doing when getting pass border control. It probably was pretty horrible for them, being force to throw away the things they cared about just to be able to get this far in the airport. He can already imagine Shaggy and Scooby crying over the fact that they had to throw away their food just to get here.
"LIKE, HEY MR. KETCHUM!"
"IT'S US! RAGGY AND ROOBY-ROO! WE'RE RALKING AT ROU THROUGH THE GLASS!"
"LIKE, YEAH! THIS IS, LIKE, THE SOUNDS OF OUR VOICE YELLING AT YOU RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT!"
Turning the corner, Taku could feel his eyes widening once he sees the bizarre sight right in front of him. Standing inside the booth that's the final obstacle to the gates are Shaggy and Scooby, who both are pounding on the glass since they could barely contain their excitement. The rest of Mystery Inc. are there always, although they appear less happy than their two friends, especially Daphne since she's busy trying to pat down stray spots from her hair. Fred and Velma, meanwhile, were busy staring at this strange who is also in the booth with them. He appeared to be extremely paranoid since he's trembling like crazy with his hair and clothes are messy and all over the place.
Smiling to himself once he sees the two teenagers that had made great friends with his nephew, Taku nods to the two emotionless security guards that are both guarding the door of the booth. "You can let them through." Shooting each other skeptical looks, one of the guards unlocks and opens the door. The first people to come out of the booth are Shaggy and Scooby, both looking even more excited than before. Then the rest of Mystery Inc. followed, all looking very nervous as the man who was in there with them begins to follow them out. But before he could even step a foot outside, the two security guards stop him and begin to push him back into the booth.
"Nein, ich muss sehen-!" The man started to say in a foreign language before one of the security guards slam the door on him, cutting him off from saying his sentence.
"Boy, was he creepy..." Fred shuddered, although Shaggy and Scooby paid him no mind as they were busy staring at Taku.
"Like, did you hear-?" Shaggy begins to ask a question before he was cut off.
"Yes, I did." Taku answered before addressing the whole group. "It's wonderful to see you all again! I'm sure Ash and his friends will be very surprise that I manage to get all of you to come over to the regions for a visit."
"Hey, we're happy to come, Mr. Ketchum." Fred says with a wave of his hand. "Besides, this get a chance to see what kinds of Pokémon are living in the regions."
"I bet my professor will find it very interesting that I'd manage to get a few notes on Pokémon behavior." Velma said with a adjustment on her glasses.
Only Daphne didn't seem to be in a cheerful mood since she's so busy trying to keep her hair in place. "This trip better be worth it," She grumbles, pulling down the last stray. "I don't know how much more my hair can take in these conditions. I can't even doing anything about since all of those rude border control guards made me throw all of my haircare products out into the garbage!" The two security guards that are present both look away from the fuming red-hair.
"Don't worry, Daph," Shaggy says with a wave of his hands. "Where we're going, you won't have to worry about anything ever again because we'll be so busy having the best time of our-" He and Scooby were about to march towards the plane when they were stopped by one of the security guards.
"Now, hold it!" He says, blocking the two cowards' path. "If you're gonna go to the regions with that dog, then I'm afraid you, your friends, and your dog are going to need vaccine shots just so no Pokémon gets infected by you."
"Needles?!" Daphne cried out in shock, first no hair products and now this?
"But went through all the other stuff and passed!" Velma protested, finding the whole thing unfair.
The other security guard shrug. "Hey, sorry. But rules are rules."
Seeing the downcast look on his friends' faces, Shaggy tries to remain positive as they are all being lead to a room where they're about to get their shots. "Like, let's not focus on the horrible pains that are about to befall on our arms. Instead, let's look at the facts that we're about to be reunited with the kids and have a awesome time! Besides, like, how bad could it be?"
Unfortunately, Shaggy's positive attitude jinxed them and the whole thing became worse than "Bad." As it turns out, they weren't getting just one shot on their arms. They were actually getting thousands of needles being shot everywhere on their bodies. And by everywhere, I mean everywhere. This, of course, traumatized the teenagers and dog more than they already have been before. Poor Scooby even had to wear one those traditional dog cones since he put up a struggle just to avoid getting a shot in that area. "I'll never lick that area again..." He mumbled in his post-traumatized state.
Finally after what seemed like hours of endless awkwardness on the plane, they have finally landed in Lumiose City where there appears to be festival going on. As it turns out, there was actually a celebration called the Grand Arts Festival were the citizens get a chance to celebrate the fine work of the Creative Arts. They had many activities for people to do to try and practice the Creative Arts. After hearing Ash and his friends were going to that celebration, Taku thought it would be good for Ash's mental health that he seems some familiar faces and thought it would be fun if he kept it a surprise.
However, his "surprises" aren't appearing to be doing well as they exit the gates and are now walking out of the airport into the streets of Lumiose City. A few people who were walking by often take a quick weirded-out glance at the teenagers when seeing the Great Dane and their horrified looks with their hair and clothes disheveled. Taku gave the passers a quick awkward smile before they move away.
"Again, I am really sorry you all have to go through that." Taku apologized once again for the nearly hundredth time. "I had no idea they were going to that since Ash never told me about that happening when he came back home-"
"L-Like, n-not a problem, K-Ketchum dude..." Shaggy cuts him off, although he and everyone else are still pretty shaken up from their experience. "J-Just as long we see our little buddies again, w-we'll be fine." He gulps. "Like, there was so many needles... I'll never look a turkey baster the same ever again!"
Before anyone could say anything else, Scooby's nose suddenly begins to twitch uncontrollably as a familiar smell begins to fill his nostrils. This quickly snaps him out of his traumatized state as he yells with a "Ro roy!" of excitement before braking off into a run down the street that leads to the Lumiose Tower, while also nearly knocking over a few people and Pokémon that got in his path.
"What's the matter with him?" Taku asked, completely startled by Scooby's sudden behavior.
"Like, I may have an idea..." Shaggy says while coming out of his traumatized state along with the others. Soon he broke into a run after his dog shouting, "Like, Scoob! We promised we hug-attack the kids together, man!" Bewildered, they all follow after them, wondering what's gotten into Scooby.
Meanwhile, at the outskirts of Lumiose Tower are Ash Ketchum, his faithful partner, Pikachu, and his best friends, Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont are seated on a bench that shows a great view of Lumiose Tower. They had received a call from Ash's mother that his uncle, Taku Ketchum, is going to be spending with Ash since they didn't get a chance due to complications (ghoul-related ones) and were told to wait for him at the Lumiose Tower. Now, they've been waiting for the millionaire for nearly an hour and they're completely bored out of their minds.
Finally getting tired of kicking her feet in the air, Bonnie lets out an exhausted before she leans her back against the stone bench with her pigtails covering her face. "We've been waiting for like an hour, when is Ash's uncle going to get here?" Dedenne pops out of her pouch to share its exhausted mood.
"Now, Bonnie, I'm sure Mr. Ketchum has his reasons for being so late." Clemont calmly reminds her before noticing his sister often blowing on a piece of her pigtail every time it got on her face. "Also, don't you think it's time for you to get a haircut? Your hair is getting a little too long-"
"No way, big brother!" Bonnie shouts her disagreement as she suddenly sits back up with a pout on her face. "I've spent months trying to get it this long and I won't let my hard work go to waste!"
As the two siblings continue their small debate, Serena took this as a chance to look at her crush. Once she did, her face instantly turns into a frown after seeing him eating his tenth garlic in a row with Pikachu staring at him with a worried expression.
Ever since that incident with the Specter at Stan's Deadpan Camp, Ash hasn't been the same since. He always got nightmares of him actually killing his friends and the Specter winning, Serena couldn't imagine how many times she, Bonnie, and Clemont had been woken up every time Ash screamed during his nightmares. Whenever they try to get him to talk about it, he would just burst into tears and keep muttering "I'm sorry" over and over again. It told the children that day that talking about will only make Ash's mental state even worse. It didn't help that Clemont accidently mentioned that garlic can prevent sleep for a while.
Because of that, Ash began to eat garlics nonstop to prevent nightmares from plaguing his mind again. However, his lack of sleep only seem to make his physical body look just as worse as his mental health. Now he has these horrible dark circles underneath his eyes, making him look like an undead person with his hair being messier than before, even when the Specter possessed him his hair wasn't as messy as this.
"Uh, Ash?" Serena eventually speaks up after Ash had finished his tenth garlic and is about to begin another one. "Don't you think you should slow down? I know you don't like sleeping nowadays, but I'm really starting to think that you probably start getting some back." However, her words only seem to makes things worse as Ash lets out a small shudder before he begins to consume his eleventh garlic.
Turning to the siblings for some help, Serena sees them bring their hands up and ran them back and forth across their necks, signaling for her to stop on the path she's already on. Already just mention the word "sleep" seems to make things worse. Suddenly an idea springs into her mind, which causes her to smile once she knows this can help him since it has nothing to do with the incident from a few months back. "You know, Ash, I heard that music usually helps people calm down whenever they feel stressed out."
Her plan seem to have work because Ash has now cease his devouring on the garlic and is now looking at her with curious eyes. "Really?"
Serena could find herself mentally sighing in relief once Ash became responsive again. "Yeah!" She says cheerfully. "You'd be surprise that music is one of the therapy's top method to use on a patient. Give it a try, it just might work!"
Ash seem to be talking what she said in consideration, which is a good sign. Suddenly he begins to hum a peaceful melody. Soon his faces breaks into a big smile that she hasn't seen in quite a while. "Hey, you're right! It does work!" Ash then begins to hum again, finally appearing to be at peace with himself for once.
This makes his friends do a big sigh of relief. Finally they've found something that can help Ash without keeping him from sleeping.
However, sounds of yelping and crashing from behind immediately caught their attention. Before they could react, they heard a shout of "RUG-ATTACK" before something large suddenly crashes right into them from behind. This sends them flying from their seats on the benches with them shouting a series of "HEY!" before they land on the ground with the large thing on their backs, pinning them there.
"Alright, what's the big idea-?!" Ash finds himself cut off when a familiar slobbery tongue runs across his face before it begins to do the same with his friends. "Okay, I don't know if it's just the garlic finally coming from my stomach to my head, or is really Scooby that's on top of us right now?"
Bonnie shudders as the tongue finally stops licking her and is now licking her shuddering brother. "I'll only believe that if Shaggy comes..." She mumbled with a grossed expression.
Not long after she said that, they can faintly hear the shout of, "Like, HUG-ATTACK!" from behind them before they suddenly gasp out when more weight suddenly lands on them from their backs. Now they no longer had any doubt once they heard the familiar laughs of the two cowards they all love so much.
"Shaggy! Scooby!" The kids shout as the manage to sit up once the duo had let them and they all found themselves in a big group hug. Meanwhile, Taku and the rest of Mystery Inc. had finally caught up with Shaggy and Scooby and are now smiling at the scene before them. No wonder Scooby was so excited, he knew exactly where to go to surprise the kids.
Seeing his Uncle out of the corner, Ash quickly acknowledges him. "Uncle Taku!" Hearing their friend shout draws the Kalos citizens' attentions as they look over to see the smiling face of the millionaire.
"Mr. Ketchum! You brought them all here?" Serena asked after she and everyone else finally let go of each other, but they still remain on the ground where Bonnie and Ash were busy petting Scooby on the head, while being mindful of his cone.
"Well, Ash's mother and I thought it would be surprise for all of you if brought Shaggy and Scooby along. After all, you all get along so great with one another during your last encounters.
"He's right, you kids get along with Shag and Scoob like peas in a-" Freddie stops himself short once he sees Ash's current physical condition. "Holy smokes, what happened to you?! You look like you haven't got a-!" Once again Freddie was stopped when he notices the gestures the other kids and Pokémon were giving him. The children are waving their hands back and forth across their necks as Pikachu and Dedenne are trying to imitate what he believes to be a ghostly figure. "Uh, I mean... You look, great?"
Ash could almost feel himself sighing, he knew what Freddie was about to say. Although he's grateful for his friends for stopping the blonde from finishing that sentence, he still feels ashamed of himself for not trying to handle this any better.
"Okay, like, getting out of that awkwardness..." Shaggy said slowly as he begins to stand up. "Like, your Uncle thought it would be a good idea for me and Scoob to the spend the entire day with you and your friends, Ash. And lucky for all of you, me and Scooby have a whole day of fun plan out for you! So, like, whadda ya say? Ready for some fun?"
The children shot each other looks before smiling, it has been a while since they've seen Shaggy and Scooby and they didn't exactly part on good terms with Mystery Inc. since Ash was beginning to have trouble sleeping. "Sure! It has been a while!" Ash answered for all of them.
"Wahoo-!" Shaggy and Scooby both did a loud cheer.
"Just a quick question." Clemont suddenly speaks up, halting the cowards from their excitement.
"Why is Scooby wearing a cone on his head?" Bonnie asked, lightly flickering the white cone.
"And why do all of you look like you've got stung by a Beedrill thousand of times?" Serena said, pointing to all the needle marks on the visible skin of the teenagers.
This makes them giggle nervously, how exactly are they going to tell them without scarring them for life? "Uh, let's just say the security at the airport were really strict there." Daphne decided to put it like that.
However, the kids didn't seem to be taking that for an answer as they raise their eyebrows. Now feeling more awkward than ever, Shaggy says, "Uh, I think Scooby should be the one to tell you, on a more PG rated level." However, said-dog appeared to have return to his post-traumatized state and is now shaking uncontrollable with wide eyes full of fear.
"Uh, Scooby?" Bonnie asked once she and her friends sees the dog's state.
"T-They gave us shots everywhere..." The Great Dane mumbles in terrified tone, his mind having no plans on keeping this information PG rated. He suddenly grabs Bonnie and Ash by the collars since they were closes to him and begins to shake them as stares at them with his wide eyes. "EVERYWHERE KIDS!" Scooby stops shaking before saying "Everywhere..." ominously.
The kids all stare at him with wide eyes while Pikachu's eye is twitching and Dedenne quickly hid in Bonnie's pouch. "There goes the rest of my innocence..." Bonnie mumbled with a small sigh.
"Uh, ignore that." Shaggy said quickly as he helps the children up. "Like, I promise kids! There's going to be no traumatizing for all of you! Just a regular day full of fun, and eating! Like, onwards!" With that, Shaggy grabs the children by the arms and begins to lead them towards the center of Lumiose City, with Scooby following behind once he got over his traumatized state. Forgetting about what happened moments ago, the children can find themselves laughing as the two cowards lead them towards the festival.
Taku could feel a smile forming on his face. "I'm glad you all decided to visit," He tells the remaining members of Mystery Inc. "It's been a while since I've seen Ash smile like that. Maybe Shaggy and Scooby can give Ash the help that he needs."
"Trust us, Mr. Ketchum, the time we see your nephew again, he's probably going to get more scarred than he already is." Velma said with a deadpan expression. Exactly how can Shaggy and Scooby make things worse?
