"We're here!" Ichigo called out as he and the others stand at the top of a cliff with an entire city for them to see.

Our heroes have finally arrived in Tachikaze City so that Ichigo can win his seventh badge.

"This is it. Absol, we're going to win our seventh badge here." Ichigo said as he was really excited.

"Absol!" Absol seemed thrilled about that himself.

"Didn't Renji tell us the Tachikaze Gym specializes with flying-types?" Chad asked.

"He sure did. So we better be prepared for some high flying action." Rukia said. Not wanting to wait around anymore, Ichigo and the others headed straight for the gym and it looked like a temple.

"This is it. My seventh badge is right here." Ichigo said as he was about to enter, but they all heard someone screaming inside.

Pokémon!
It's a battle, win or lose
It's the friends you make, it's the road you choose
You've got the right stuff
So make your mind up
Find the courage inside of you
If you're strong you'll survive
And you'll keep your dream alive
Let the battle begin
Pokémon!
Be the best you can be
And find your destiny
It's the master plan
The power's in your hand
Pokémon!

(Ichigo's voice) The Cursed Gym

All of them wondered who screamed in there and why. They saw a guy with black spikey hair, a claw mark over his face, a bandage over the side of his face, and the number 69 on his face. He also wore a fishnet top with a grey sweatshirt jacket and jeans. He came out screaming and ran right into Ichigo and knocked the both of them down.

"Are you okay?" Orihime said.

"What are you running from?" Rukia asked.

"In there." The guy said as he pointed inside the gym. "There was some something after me." All of them took a look, but none of them saw anything.

"There's nothing there." Ichigo said.

"There was." The man said and he looked a little terrified. All of them decided to head somewhere for the man to relax. All of them had a seat outside a restaurant and helped themselves to some drinks

"Could you tell us your name?" Orihime asked.

"It's Shuhei."

"Shuhei." Rukia acknowledge. "So could you please tell us what was going on in the gym?"

"It all started a few days ago." Shuhei said. "I was placed in charge of looking after the gym. I know I might sound crazy for saying this, but I think the gym is now haunted."

"Haunted?" All of them questioned.

"That's right." Shuhei said. "It all started this one night. I was going to close up for the night, but that was when the first strange event started. There was this glowing shadow and no one was connected to it. It just kept moving from one place to another. When I brought others back to investigate, no one found a thing and I just thought I was seeing things. The next day, it happened again and I saw these multiple figures moving around. I tried using my pokemon to battle back, but nothing worked. That's what brought us today. Just before I ran into you guys, this floating blue flame chasing me around."

"All of that does sound creepy." Orihime said.

"Come on. Someone is just trying to pull your legs. This is someone's idea of a practical joke." Ichigo said.

"I'm actually agreeing with Ichigo." Rukia said. "There must be some logical explanation for all this strange stuff happening."

"I thought so too, but I can't find anything. I checked security cameras and anything out of the ordinary, but nothing." Shuhei said.

"Sounds like we have an actual mystery." Orihime said as she seemed excited.

"We be more than glad to help you solve this." Rukia said and Chad was in full agreement.

"Hopefully after we solve this, I can get to having my gym battle." Ichigo said.

"Seriously? You're still thinking about your battle. We have a real problem." Rukia said.

"I'm just saying I want to solve this so it can start ASAP." Ichigo said.

"Oh! You came for a gym battle. Kensei isn't here at the moment anyway." Shuhei said.

"Kensei?" Ichigo questioned.

"Kensei's the gym leader, but he's away at the moment." Shuhei said. "He also happens to be my mentor in helping me become a better trainer. So until he does come back, there won't be any battling."

"We see. At least this means Ichigo will stay focus on the real problem." Rukia said.

"Hey!" Ichigo complained.

…

The Gym

All of them waited until night to go back to the gym. What better time to deal with something like a ghost. All of them kept their eyes open through the gym and there didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.

"I don't see anything." Ichigo said. "Are you sure this place is really haunted?"

"There's been a bunch of weird stuff going on around here." Shuhei said.

"Just keep your eyes open for anything." Rukia said. "I'm sure there's an explanation for what's been going on here."

"Maybe it's too light in here." Orihime said.

"Excuse me?" Chad questioned.

"We're talking about a ghost." Orihime said. "So maybe we should shut out the lights so the shy little creature will come out and reveal itself to us. At least before it tries to drag us into a spiritual world to never be seen again."

"What an imagination." Chad said as he couldn't believe she would come up with something like that.

"We're not shutting the lights off." Rukia said. Just as she said that, the lights did went off.

"Orihime, Rukia just said no." Ichigo said.

"I didn't do anything." Orihime said. All of them kept their eyes opened for anything since it was harder to see and Orihime didn't turn the lights off. Orihime was actually getting nervous as she looked around and thought she saw something move. "AWWW!" Orihime freaked out and jumped right in Ichigo's arms.

"What's wrong?" Rukia asked.

"I saw something." Orihime said.

"Are you going to get down?" Ichigo asked. Orihime realized what position she was in and got down with her face red.

"Relax, Orihime. There isn't anything to be scared of." Rukia said, but that was because, unlike the others, they didn't see what was behind her. "What? Is there something behind me? Don't try to scare me."

"We're not. There really is something behind you." Ichigo said. Rukia looked behind her and saw a shadow moving around the wall.

"It's that moving shadow again." Shuhei said.

"Wait. Take a closer look near the floor." Ichigo said. All of them looked and saw the shadow was connected to a small figure, but they couldn't see what it was.

"What is that thing?" Chad said.

"One way to find out. Absol, try and aim for that figure with Razor Wind." Ichigo said.

"Absol!" Absol build power and released the attack. It looked like it hit the mysterious figure, but it looked like it had no effect at all.

"Nothing?" Ichigo questioned.

"How could Razor Wind not have any affect?" Orihime said as she was starting to get scared. It got even freakier as they saw a pair of two lights come from its center and the shadow stretched out. It got under Absol and rose out of the ground with it striking Absol.

"How did it do that?" Chad said.

"There's something really strange about that thing. I tried everything I could to fight back, but nothing I used worked." Shuhei said. Then, the mysterious figure created blue flames around itself.

"Are those ghostly auras?" Orihime said.

"Not a problem. Dewgong, come out and use Brine." Rukia said.

"Dewgong!" Dewgong came out and shot the water attack. It aimed for the blue flames and extinguished them.

"Okay, Rukia. Where's your logical explanation?" Orihime asked as she was getting scared.

"We just need to learn more about what that thing is." Rukia said. The mysterious figure came at them fast and soon more of them began to come out and had all of them surrounded.

"More of these things?" Chad said.

"Where did they even come from?" Ichigo said as they were all starting to get a little worried about what was going to happen next.

"Mimikyu, that's enough." All of them turned to the entrance and saw a guy with silver hair and wore a purple A-shirt with green pants and combat boots.

"Kensei!" Shuhei said.

"Kensei? That's him?" Ichigo said.

"You big idiot. I asked you to look after my gym and you can't handle a simple Mimikyu?" Kensei said with great disapproval.

"Mimikyu?" Shuhei said as all of them were curious as to what he was talking about.

"I'll just have to show you. Skarmory, take action!" Kensei said as he called on his pokemon.

"Skar!"

"Skarmory use Drill Peck." Kensei said. Skarmory spun around with its beak glowing and slashed through all copies, but there was only one solid one and it was knocked down. Kensei was able to reach for the light switch and turned the lights back on to show the mysterious figure was just a little Mimikyu.

"Kyukyu."

"It really is just a Mimikyu." Rukia said. "Now it's all starting to make sense. The moving shadow was an attack like Shadow Sneak and the ghostly aura must have been Will-O-Wisp."

"Those duplicates we saw must have been a move like Double Team." Ichigo said.

"It must also be why some attacks didn't work." Rukia said. "Mimikyu is a ghost-type and a fairy-type. Mimikyu also has the ability known as disguise which allows them to avoid taking damage once every battle."

"I get it now." Shuhei said. "That still doesn't explain why it's here in the first place."

"I think it was just looking for a little fun." Kensei said. "Okay. You had your fun, Mimikyu, but now it's time to head home." Kensei was able to guide Mimikyu out and Mimikyu left after it was done having its fun.

"Glad that's done and over with." Shuhei said.

"Don't tell me you actually thought it was a ghost and got scared." Kensei said, but Shuhei got nervous and didn't know what to say. "You're pathetic."

"It might not have been a ghost, but I'm glad it is over with so I can get to my gym battle." Ichigo said.

"I see. So you've come to challenge my gym?" Kensei said.

"Yeah. My name is Ichigo and I've come to challenge your gym."

"Very well. I accept your challenge." Kensei said.

Though not have been a ghost haunting the gym, our heroes have solved the mystery of the haunted gym. So after a goodnight sleep, Ichigo will be ready to face his next opponent and hopefully earn his seventh badge.

To Be Continued…..