(A/N: I've had some people mention that the Mewtwo from Genesect and the Legend Awakens is different from the one in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Returns. According to them, in the Japanese dub, in the Genesect movie, Mewtwo mentions that he/she is different from the one Ash met before. As I did not watch the Japanese dub, nor can I seem to find it anywhere, I can't back that up and can only take their word for it. If they are different, I personally find that to be stupid and pointless. First, why make a second Mewtwo when the original one could just as easily have been used? Second, HOW can a second Mewtwo be made? The DNA the scientists obtained from a Mew was genetically altered and had modifications made to it in order for it to turn out the way it did. You're saying the exact same modifications were made in the exact same way to achieve the exact same results? That's not just ridiculous, it's utter crap, and bad writing. It also takes away one of the Mewtwo's major character qualities with him being a unique one of a kind Pokémon. I viewed the flashbacks that Mewtwo had in the Genesect movie as either being time he spent with Team Rocket while they were testing his powers, or an altered version of his escape from the scientists from the first movie, which is rather common in flashbacks. The only reason can see to make another Mewtwo, and a female one at that, would be to expand the Mewtwo race. Anyway, in saying that, as far as I'm concerned, and for the sake of this story, there is only one Mewtwo, and it is the same one that has appeared in all the movies.

So, moving on, I know this story is meant to be a light-hearted romantic-comedy, but it felt like it was missing something. I needed a villain. And not someone like Jackson at the beginning or Rayquaza two chapters ago that only served as obstacles, but a real villain. So this is what I got so far. Let me know what you think.)

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Chapter 7: The Dark Psychic

He was getting a pretty high reading. Actually, he'd never had a reading this high before. The levels of psychic energy were so great that it couldn't be anything but a Legendary Pokémon. Only he had never got a ready as high as this.

Smirking, the man adjusted his glasses. These were no ordinary glasses though. They were mechanical with a golden exterior and purple lenses, hiding his real eyes. And those eyes were staring at the location pinpointing where this powerful source of psychic power was originating from.

"These babies never fail me," he said with a grin, marveling at his invention.

The antenna poking up from between the two lenses picked up the psychic signature, the lenses themselves showing him the readings and where it was located. And never had one been so high. It was off the charts! And soon, he would claim it as his prize. And yes, it would be his prize. He wasn't foolish enough to simply hand over the ultimate Psychic Pokémon to those idiot scientists.

Reaching down to his belt, he stroked the PokéBalls attached to it. "Soon you will join me here, Mewtwo."

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"Hey, Mewtwo, are you a virgin?"

Mewtwo was so shocked by the question that he nearly fell out of the sky. "Excuse me?"

Mew cocked her head to the side. "Well, you keep refusing me, so I was just wondering if that was why."

Never before had Mewtwo's face ever felt so hot. "W-Whether I am or not is not a contributing factor to my decision. I decided that I would never reproduce, and that is why I have refused you."

Mew floated over to him, cozying up against his side. "It's ok. It'll be my first time too."

He pulled away from her. "I told you that that is not the reason why."

She gave him a curious look. "Then… do you swing that way?"

"Are you listening to me? I said that I simply do not wish to breed! How many times must I say it?"

"Um, at least once more?"

He sighed irritably. Ever since their encounter with the Genesect, she had doubled her efforts to get him to mate with her. Perhaps he should just lie and say that he really did swing that way; maybe that will finally get her to leave him alone.

'Probably not.'

She hovered over him, gently tugging on his ear. "So when will you be ready?"

He smacked her hand away. "Never. And if you don't stop pestering me-"

"What?" she asked, batting her eyes at him. "You'll punish me? Have I been a naughty girl?"

He blinked, his shock evident. Did she really just…?

Mew frowned at the look on his face. "Did I do it wrong? I read this human's mind who liked this kind of thing. Are you not into that?"

"No, I am not!" Mewtwo snapped in outrage. "And why are you copying humans anyway?" His eyes suddenly widened and he whirled around. "Speak of Giratina."

Mew cocked her head to the side. "What's wrong?"

He scowled at her. "Do you not sense it? There's a human nearby."

Mew's eyes lit up. "Really? Let me see."

She took off before Mewtwo could stop her. "Come back, you idiot! They'll try to Capture you!"

Mew just giggled. She knew better than to just show herself. Using Transform, she became a Sigilyph. She flew through the forest, eventually coming across the human in question.

The man with the strange glasses turned to her as she flew out of the trees, scowling slightly when he saw her. "A Sigilyph? Already have one." He tapped his glasses.

"Lyph?" said Mew in a perfect imitation of the Pokémon she was imitating.

With a frown, the man tapped his glasses again. "That's strange. Even a Silgilyph at the highest level shouldn't have a psychic reading this great. Could it be…?"

He started walking towards Mew when a Shadow Ball flew in his path. He turned to the source and his eyes widened in surprise. Mewtwo stood a short distance away, glaring at him.

"Stay away from that M… er, Sigilyph," he demanded.

But the man had already forgotten the disguised Mew, his attention entirely on Mewtwo. "It's you. You're really real."

The fact that this man knew his name surprised him. "How do you know me?"

The man grinned, and not in a friendly manner. "I've ben searching for you for months, my friend. Allow me to introduce myself. The name is Craig Blackwood, and I'm a Pokémon Hunter."

Mewtwo's eyes narrowed. "A Pokémon Hunter. Then that means…"

Craig grinned. "That's right, my friend, I was hired by the scientists that created you."

Mewtwo's fingers clenched. "I should have known. How did you find me?"

Grinning, Craig adjusted his glasses. "It's all thanks to these babies. They're a handy pair of glasses I invented called the Psychic Specs. They read the levels of psychic energy in an area. All I had to do was travel to different regions and follow any big readings I get."

Mewtwo made a mental note to destroy those things once he dealt with this human. "I am not going back. And I would advice you to give up this foolish mission. Whatever reward my creators promised you for my return is not worth it."

Craig smirked. "You're right. No reward is worth giving you up."

"What?"

He chuckled. "It seems you don't know who I am. You see, before I was a Pokémon Hunter, I was a Gym Leader. Unfortunately, I had my leadership revoked by the Pokémon League because they apparently thought I was too brutal to those that challenged me. I didn't just defeat my opponents, I crushed them."

Mewtwo glared at him. "That is not the point of Pokémon battle. It is meant to be a test of one's abilities, not a method to harm."

"There's nothing wrong with crushing the competition to show your superiority. If someone is going to challenge me, then they better be prepared for a beating. I show my opponents just how far out of their league they are. If they can't stand up to me, then I will… punish them. I'll break their spirits so they know who their betters are."

"You're despicable."

Craig laughed. "The Pokémon League thought so too, hence the reason why I am no longer a Gym Leader, and why I've become a Pokémon Hunter." His grin widened. "I must admit, even though it was a blow to my pride, without my Gym Leader duties, I've been able to get around and increase my collection."

Mewtwo scowled. "Your collection?"

"Why yes. You see, I collect Psychic and Dark type Pokémon. It's what my Gym specialized in. As such, I've become known as the Dark-Psychic Trainer. And now I'm here to collect you. You, Mewtwo, as not only the most powerful Psychic Pokémon, but also the most powerful Pokémon of all, will be the crown jewel in my collection. I won't be handing you over to your creators, I'll be keeping you for myself."

Mewtwo had heard enough. "You will never Capture me, human. As you said, I am the most powerful Pokémon. You and whatever Pokémon you use will be no match for me."

Reaching down to his belt, the Dark-Psychic Trainer detached a PokéBall. "We'll see about that. You may be strong, but strength is second next to strategy. Now, show me what you're capable of. Go, Hypno!"

The PokéBall burst open to unleash the evolved form of Drowzee. Mewtwo glanced at Mew, who was still pretending to be a Sigilyph. She was currently sitting in a tree, watching with interest. Well, as long as she stayed out of the way, he wouldn't need to worry about her.

"Hypno, use Hypnosis!" Craig commanded.

'How cliché,' Mewtwo thought as Hypno began swinging its pendulum on a string, sending out sleep waves. Mewtwo supposed it made sense since it was Hypno's specialty, but he simply teleported out of the way of the waves, reappearing above Hypno's head.

With a wave of his hand, he sent Hypno flying into a tree. It recovered quickly though and fired a Psybeam per its trainer's orders. Mewtwo created a Shadow Ball and threw it at the attack, the black ball pushing back Hypno's beam until it made contact with the hypnosis Pokémon.

But Hypno did a flip in the air, landing on its feet, and used Confusion, sending out a wave of disorienting psychic energy. Mewtwo held up his hand and sent the attack back, blasting Hypno off its feet, causing it to faint.

"Well done, Mewtwo," Craig complimented with a sneer as he returned Hypno to its PokéBall. "I was debating on whether I should bring my Hypno or my Golduck, but hoped my Hypno's superior Hypnosis would enable me to put you to sleep. Guess that plan failed."

Mewtwo turned to him. "It does not matter who you use against me. I will defeat them all."

Craig's grin widened. "Don't put too much faith in your psychic power, my friend. Everything has a weakness. Go, Umbreon!"

The Dark type evolution of Eevee appeared. Mewtwo's eyes narrowed at it. "You seek to use a Dark type Pokémon against me because my psychic attacks will not work on it. Very wise of you. But while psychic attacks are my specialty, I have a variety of other attacks as well. Your Umbreon doesn't stand a chance."

But Craig just kept grinning. "We'll see. Umbreon, use your three attack combo we practiced."

"Umbre!"

Using Quick Attack, the dark Pokémon sped towards Mewtwo, vanishing from his sights here and there as it put on bursts of speed. He expected it to attack him, but instead he was surprised as it suddenly used Sand Attack, and a cloud of sand flowed over him. He could still see Umbreon coming for him though, and was about to strike when it suddenly disappeared.

A painful blow hit Mewtwo. He didn't see the attack, but he knew what it was, and why it hurt so much. Umbreon had used Feint Attack, which was a Dark move, the weakness to his Psychic type. And before he could react, he was struck again.

'So that's the three attack combo. Use speed attacks to get in close, impair my vision with a sand cloud, then used Feint Attack to vanish from sight completely and attack.'

But the real ingenuity was that even though Feint Attack rendered the user invisible for a few seconds, the sand cloud kept Umbreon hidden long enough to use the attack again before he could locate it, allowing it to disappear once again, and its Dark type prevented him from sensing it at all.

"Still confident?" Craig asked as Umbreon landed another blow again. Rather than trying to find his opponent, he waved his hand, causing the sand cloud to disperse. But just as he set his sights on it, Umbreon used Confuse Ray. Mewtwo's thoughts suddenly became disorientated as Umbreon attacked again, this time using Dark Pulse, yet another Dark attack.

Mewtwo slammed into a tree, his mind in disarray as he struggled to his feet, trying to get his bearings. He had to admit that he was impressed, but it would take a lot more than this to defeat him.

"Umbreon, use Take Down!" Craig ordered.

"Breee!" Umbreon cried, charging at Mewtwo.

The genetic Pokémon's eyes narrowed. Still not thinking clearly, he created his impenetrable psychic barrier around him, but it had no effect on the Dark type Umbreon, who went straight through it, slamming into his gut. Of course, psychic powers didn't work on Dark types. This Confuse Ray was really messing with his head.

He retaliated with Power-Up Punch, his fist slamming into Umbreon again and again. He attempted to follow up with Charge Beam when a wave of disorientation hit him again, and the attack literally blew up in his face. On the plus side, Umbreon got caught up in the blast too, and the explosion seemed to return him to his senses.

Umbreon hopped to its feet and used Flash, unleashing a blinding light. Mewtwo shut his eyes and quickly teleported into the air as he waited for his vision to return to normal, while on the ground, Umbreon used Swift, sending up a shower of stars at him.

Not being a Dark attack, Mewtwo sensed it coming. Squinting, he held out his hand and sent it back at Umbreon. The moonlight Pokémon cried out as the stars rained down on it. Mewtwo blinked several times, his vision getting less blurry, and spotted a nearby tree. Using his psychic power, he mentally ripped it out of the ground and slammed it into his opponent. Even if Umbreon was immune to his psychic power, it could still be affected by the things he used his power on.

"Umbreon, return," Craig ordered, recalling his Pokémon. "So, even a Dark type is useless against you. Excellent, I'll definitely be keeping you as my trump card on my main team."

"That will not happen," Mewtwo assured him. "Even if you attacked with an army of the strongest of Dark types, they would be no match for my power."

If he thought this would intimidate the Dark-Psychic Trainer, he was wrong. Craig simply laughed. "Yes, I believe that, my friend. I can tell you haven't gotten serious yet. But lets not forget what I said about strategy. For now though, lets see how you fare against the strongest non-Legendary Psychic Pokémon. Go, Alakazam!"

There was a flash of light as the spoon wielding Pokémon was released. "Alakazam," it said, mentally bending its spoon to intimidate its opponent.

Mewtwo was not impressed. He had faced an Alakazam before back when he still worked for Giovanni, and he had defeated it in a single attack. And he was much stronger now than he was back then.

"Alakazam, use Telekinesis!" Craig ordered.

"Kazam," the psi Pokémon replied, its eyes beginning to glow.

A blue outline of psychic energy surrounded Mewtwo, holding him in place and lifting him off the ground. His own eyes started glowing as he used Telekinesis on himself, easily overpowering Alakazam's attack.

"Useless," he said, and sped towards Alakazam, using Zen Headbutt. Alakazam went flying backwards, slamming into a tree. Mewtwo then turned his Telekinisis on the psi Pokémon, lifting it into the air and rendering it immobile. Like Mewtwo, Alakazam tried using Telekinisis on itself to counter Mewtwo's power, but was unable to move in the slightest.

"Is this enough of a test?" Mewtwo mocked the Dark-Psychic Trainer.

Craig grinned. "I knew you would be stronger, so let me offer my Pokémon some help. Go, Gengar! Go, Houndoom!"

Two more flashes of light, two more Dark type Pokémon emerged from their PokéBalls.

"Houndoom, use Shadow Ball, Gengar, use Night Shade!"

Houndoom fired a black energy ball from its mouth as Gengar unleashed a beam of purple energy. Mewtwo was impressed. If he attempted to reverse or block Gengar's attack, he still would be struck by Houndoom's Shadow Ball since his psychic power would have no effect on the Dark attack. Using this combination method, it would allow Craig's Pokémon to use even non-Dark attacks against him. His only option left was to teleport out of the way, and Alakazam dropped to the ground, free of Mewtwo's control.

"And now for my secret weapon," Craig declared. "When I said I only Catch Psychic and Dark Pokémon, I forgot to mention that I have one exception. And here it is. Go, Ditto!"

Unleashing his last Pokémon, the pink shapeless blob appeared. Using the only move available to it, it transformed, into Mewtwo. But like with many Ditto, the transformation was slightly off, and the Mewtwo it transformed into ended up having a slightly pink hue in addition to keeping its Ditto face.

The real Mewtwo's eyes narrowed. "You think this will give you victory? Your Ditto may be able to imitate me and my abilities, but it cannot duplicate my level of power. My strength still far exceeds its own."

Craig snickered. "You've got me there, but I still have an ace up my sleeve, literally. Behold."

He pulled back his left sleeve, revealing a black metal bracelet on his wrist. This bracelet had three rainbow marbles embedded in it.

Mewtwo's eyes widened. "Are those…?"

"That's right, my friend. Did you not notice my Pokémon's fancy accessories?"

Mewtwo had definitely noticed the large belt on Gengar, but had overlooked the smaller one on Alakazam and the collar on Houndoom. The latter two had similar glowing stones, and as Gengar turned its belt forward, it revealed it had one as well.

"It's time," said Craig. "Activate Mega Evolution!"

The Mega Stones on his bracelet and the larger ones worn by the Pokémon began glowing. There was a flash of light as Alakazam, Gengar, and Houndoom Mega Evolved and now stood in their much more powerful Mega forms. Forms strong enough to rival some of the weaker Legendary Pokémon.

"Now then," said Craig, "lets really get this battle underway."

(A/N: This could prove to be problematic. Not only is Mewtwo facing 4 powerful Pokémon, but two are immune to his psychic power, three of them have Mega Evolved, and one is imitating him. Even though Mewtwo is stronger, Craig has proven to be an excellent strategist. And strategy does indeed trump raw power. But you know he's not going down without a fight. Stay tuned to see how the battle will turn out. By the way, who got my Giratina joke? The same way Arceus is more or less the Pokémon god, Giratina is basically the Pokémon devil, or so they say. Hence Mewtwo "Speak of Giratina" remark. He was basically saying, "Speak of the devil".)