This is the one hundred forty-ninth chapter in Pokemon Heroes. I've finished the five chapters now and three have been posted so far, so only two more to go. Remember that one will be posted every two days. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

Flashback

"I should be back within an hour," Brendan said as he opened the door that led out of their room. "Don't cause trouble while I'm done."

"I'll watch over Ash," said Dawn.

"Why am I singled out?"

After looking back one more time, Brendan stepped out of the room and into the hallway. He made his way down the stairs, and then he casually placed both hands in his pocket. He pulled out a small packet and looked through the pages until he found a zoomed-in picture of Academia City. Due to the complexity of the city, the many different streets and locations on the map confused Brendan's brain.

"What the hell is this?" he thought. He walked into the crowd of people on the sidewalks. He kept his eyes focused on the map while trying his best to dodge the people.

His eyes finally found the police station and where he was, and then he nodded.

"Alright, then I'll be back by an hour," he thought once again.

He still kept his eyes on the map, but on the corner of his eye, he saw someone walk in the opposite direction.

That person was wearing a trench coat that covered the body. A large hat sat on the head. Sunglasses rested on the eyes.

Brendan's eye could see the white, spiky hair released onto the shoulders.

But what caught his attention the most was the smile on that person's face. It was the smile that scarred him for so long.

He stopped and turned back, and the person he saw was gone. He stood still until he felt a man bump into him and call him "a fucking brat".

He shook his head to get the image out, and then he made a smile.

"I've got to get my backpack first."

Undying Happiness

"Thanks, and don't worry. I'll be watching over Ash."

Brendan walked out of the police station. He placed his backpack on his back and sighed.

"I should pick up supplies before heading back."

He walked on his path back to the Pokemon Center. He then felt the presence of stern eyes on his back. He turned around quickly and saw no one suspicious.

Something was weird, and everything felt strange. The atmosphere was quiet. The people that walked back and forth around him were loud, but their voices felt blocked out. He couldn't hear anything,

"Hey there, pretty boy."

"You did not just call me pretty," said Brendan, and he turned forward and saw no one suspicious once again.

"It would be good to give some advice to a youngster like you. There are a lot of people in this world who'd do horrible things to people, and no one knows when they might strike. So remember this: always watch your back!"

Brendan looked above and saw someone coming down at him as is they just jumped off a building. He turned his eyes emerald green and then jumped, kicking that person on the gut. Brendan heard a grunt come from the person's mouth. He also heard the people around him scream and take out their phones to watch this all go down.

"You idiot!" Brendan yelled. "There's people here!"

Then he swung his other foot on the person's side, sending the body through a display window. Brendan landed on the ground and turned to the people.

"Get the hell out of here!" he yelled. He then turned back and saw the person sit up and scratch the back of the head. The hat had fallen off. Brendan saw this person shake the white, spiky hair around. Then, this person stood.

"You fucker."

This person stretched her neck around.

"I saw this guy before," thought Brendan.

This person turned to him, and Brendan held his fists up.

"You don't just kick people in the sky, bastard!"

"And you don't jump off a damn roof and try body slamming somebody, retard!"

"I have my reasons!"

"Shut up! What do you want from me?!"

A hand went to the sunglasses on their face, and when it was removed, Brendan saw that the eyes were yellow. A smirk then formed. This smirk shook Brendan.

"I came here to kill you."

"Lee?!" Brendan thought, but then he saw that the chest was bigger, this person was taller, and after removing the trench coat, Brendan saw that gray jumpsuit that covered that hourglass body. This was a woman.

"This isn't Lee," thought Brendan, and his mind calmed down a bit. He looked around at the people watching, and then he proceeded to grind his teeth.

"I've got to get the hell out of here!" he thought, and then he turned and broke through the crowd of people and started running.

"What the hell?!" he heard her yell. "Get your ass back here, you pussy!"

He used Mightyena's speed to run fast, and he used Marshstomp's stickiness and Pelipper soaring to jump over people and avoid the police. He also saw the police cars racing toward the place he was before.

"I have no idea who the hell this bitch is, but I don't appreciate getting told I was gonna get killed!" he yelled while running. He had to find a quiet and peaceful place to take care of her. On the map he saw, he noticed that the other side of the city was much more desolate than the main part of the city.

He jumped on a building wall and used Marshstomp's slickness and Mightyena's speed to dash away. He felt eyes and phones focus on him. He might become internet famous now.

"I'll just lead her there," he thought. "That'll keep-"

"Hey, kid! When someone is talking to you, you never run from them without warning! That's just plain rude!"

Brendan looked to his side, and he saw the same woman running along the wall as well.

His eyes widened, but then a fist connected with his face and launched him to the ground. He hit it hard, but he jumped out of the way before that woman's foot crashed down on his head.

"How the hell-"

"Don't interrupt me!" she said, and then she launched forward and crashed her fist on Brendan's face. He felt his body spin. He stopped and stood still. He wiped the blood from his face and glared at her. He then saw this woman throw multiple fists at him, but he used Mightyena's speed to block the attacks. He then used his iron hard fist and punched her.

"Chill the fuck out!"

He then threw a kick at her, then kicked her on her side, and then took her arm and crashed her on the ground. He then turned and started running again.

The people that were crowding the streets were getting less and less, and the police sirens in the distance were getting farther. Even when he told the others to not get into much trouble, he was getting into plenty already.

"Get back here, you damn bastard!"

"Who is this woman anyway?" Brendan thought.

It was true that she looked almost identical to Lee, but Brendan's mind was calm at the moment, so he tried not to put much thought in it. He didn't want to make assumptions. He just tried to believe that. He didn't want to think of Lee anymore.

"I said wait!"

She was now above him. She kicked, but Brendan blocked it with his own arm. He tossed another iron hard fist at her, but she took his face within her hand, and then spun around and tossed him. He was sent flying with a throw that wasn't even that powerful. His feet touched the ground, and he kept going back until he finally came to a stop. This woman was already next to him, and she was slamming her foot on his back to let him get crushed into the ground. He yelled in pain as she continuously rose her foot and sent it back down.

"Aw...is little boy getting hurt? This is just too fun, you know? You seemed tougher in my mind, though."

"I don't even know who the hell you are!" yelled Brendan. He took the foot the woman was crashing down on him and then knocked her down. He got up, and then he started running again.

Eventually, he finally got to the quiet part of the city. It did have much people walking around, but it was enough for them not to get hurt.

Brendan stopped and turned back to fight his enemy. He didn't see her. As he thought about it, he hadn't heard from her ever since he knocked her down.

He stood there in the middle of the street patiently. Nothing happened. He began to think he lost her. But as he thought that, he saw her walking casually and slowly down the street. When she saw him, she smirked.

"Wow, I can't believe I actually found you," she said. "Sorry, I kind of followed a kid by accident with dyed white hair. I attacked him, and I don't know if he died or not, but I really thought I lost you."

Brendan glared at her. She had brought innocent people into this fight.

"That's it."

He dashed at her with Mightyena's speed. He threw a punch, but she simply moved back and kicked him with a strangely powerful kick that sent him upward toward a building. He was able to set himself on the wall with Marshstomp's power. He saw her stretching, and then she broke into a run, placing her foot on the building and running upward toward him.

"What the hell?!"

"Didn't expect that, didn't ya!"

She went to him and punched him hard enough for him to break through the building's window. He landed on the ground. He looked toward the broken window, but then he heard a loud shriek. He turned and saw an old woman at a dinner table.

"Shit!" he thought, but then the woman who was attacking broke down the whole wall surrounding the window. She landed on the ground, and without even a warning, she took the table at the place with ease and swung it at Brendan. Brendan ducked, and using Shiftry's strength, he took the old woman and ran out into the hallway of the apartment.

"Get over here!"

He ran and turned. He opened a random door that wasn't locked and shoved the old woman in there. It seemed to be filled with supplies.

"Just stay here for ten minutes, and then get back to your room. Sorry!"

He shut the door, and then he ran for the stairs. He got to the top and opened the door to the roof.

"Now I need to-"

"Did you run this much while fighting him?"

Brendan turned back and saw the woman walking toward him, and she looked annoyed.

"You're getting really boring really fast," she said, and she gave him that smirk again.

Brendan rushed at her to punch her. She ran to him as well. Brendan cocked his fist back to punch her.

He pushed it forward, but the woman had already jumped over him. She landed, and then took the back of his shirt and tossed him over the roof. He was now in midair, not falling to the ground just yet.

Above him appeared the woman who had a scary resemblance to Lee.

She smirked yet again, and this made Brendan shiver once again.

"W-Who the hell are you?" he asked.

"Someone you don't have to know at all."

She then grabbed him, spun around inhumanly in the air, and tossed him at a building.

He broke through the wall, but right after he made his back iron hard first. But it didn't take away all of the pain..

Brendan moved his legs frantically while touching his back, feeling the sensation of the intense pain that coursed throughout his entire body. The room he was thrown toward had collapsed and metals and debris were everywhere. Dust covered his clothes.

He slowly sat up while the pain soothed down, and then he looked around. His emerald green eyes were fiercely looking for his opponent. He forced himself to stand. He felt like falling, but if he did, that would mean certain death.

"Who the hell is she?" he thought.

"My, my, what a persistent boy."

End of Flashback

Brendan started moving in his sleep. Dawn looked at him with worry. She made an ice wagon, and placed him on it. She had already bandaged him up. She was already at the Pokemon Center, and she was nearing their room. She took out the key and opened the door.

The first thing that caught her attention was May tied up by a desk.

"Hey, Dawn."

"Why are you-"

May motioned her foot to point at Ash, who was under the blankets. He pulled his head out and looked at Dawn. Dawn blinked a few times and closed her eyes.

"I'll be fair to you today," she said. "Go ahead. I'll give you five minutes before I kick your ass."

"What the hell?! But she attacked me!"

"I did not!"

"Uh-huh," said Dawn. "I change my mind. I don't want to hear it."

She then walked in. As she did, May noticed the ice wagon, and as it got in, she noticed Brendan on it.

"What happened?! Did you hurt him?"

"No, not this time," said Dawn as she closed and locked the door.

"Is he alright?" asked Ash, and Pikachu popped out from within the blanket to look as well. "What happened to him?"

Dawn didn't say anything, but May could see her fist clench.

"I-I'll tell you, but first help me bring him to bed," said Dawn.

After a couple of minutes, Dawn told them everything. She told them about what happened, who Chun-Li was, what she wanted, and her message to them.

Listening to all this, she could see Ash's expression getting grim.

When she was finished, she saw down next to Brendan, who was still unconscious under the blankets.

"I don't know what to do," said Dawn. "Look at him. He shouldn't be fighting anyone for some time. I never expected...Lee's sister to come here. I just don't know."

May looked at Ash. Ash was quiet. Everything was quiet, but then they heard Brendan stirring. They looked at him as he slowly sat up from the bed and placed his hand on his bed. He rubbed it for a while, and then turned to May.

"Why is May tied up?" he asked. "Ow, ow, ow. Oh man, my arm hurts."

He turned to them and saw their looks.

"What?" he asked.

"So that bitch is gonna be coming here?" asked Ash. "Really?"

Brendan stared at him, and then smiled.

"I guess so," said Brendan. "She fucked me up, dammit. She's better than her brother. I've got to admit that."

"Aren't you scared?" asked Dawn.

Brendan seemed to be thinking.

"Nope," he said. "Why should I? Lee got what he deserved. If she thinks I did something wrong, then let her believe that. I won't change my view of it."

"But you can't fight anymore," said Dawn. "You're too injured."

"Dawn's right," said Ash. "You need more time to heal up rather than fight her again. I'll take your place and-"

"No!" Brendan said sternly. "This is my fight. I want to erase those memories. I have completely forgotten about Lee, but that woman brought the memories back. I have to erase all of it. I have to beat her. You guys are safe. She's only after me as long as you guys don't get in the way. I'll take care of myself. I promise."

"But..." said Dawn, but Ash stopped her.

"Are you sure?"

Brendan nodded.

Ash stared at him, and then sighed.

"Fine, but don't get yourself killed."

"I won't," said Brendan. "I have no grudge with her, so all I'll do is knock her out and hand her over to the authorities."

"I don't think the cops would be able to keep her," said May. "How about we hand her over to the League of Knights?"

"Yeah, that would be better," said Brendan.

Dawn lowered her head.

Brendan placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled.

"I'll be fine," said Brendan. "You guys have to keep a safe distance though. She could attack at any time tomorrow, so be careful, alright? I'll go out and look for her so she won't attack here. I'll swear I'll come back. I haven't lied to you yet, right?"

Dawn looked at him, and slowly nodded.

But she still had doubts.

"Can you untie me now?" asked May.

It was nearly midnight. The kids in the room were all sleeping, except for that certain bluenette.

She was sitting on the top bunk with her arms around her legs. She just couldn't fall asleep, especially after knowing what was coming.

She looked below and saw Brendan sleeping while sprawled out on his bed. Ash was sleeping normally as well, and May slept soundly with a blanket over her, still strapped to that desk.

How could everyone sleep normally?

She held her knees again.

"Brendan..."

Those days. It was those days when he was always wearing a frown. It was those days when he tried pushing them away to protect them. When Ash left, he himself had to fight alone. He always got hurt, he cried, and he was confused.

But after all of it, when Brendan learned to use his power and he beat Lee, he smiled. He smiled a smile that she hadn't seen in so long. It was that smile and the words he said that day that made her heart fly.

"With this new power I have thanks to my dad, I can help in protecting all of you. Ash won't be the only one playing hero from now on. No one will hurt you anymore, Dawn, I promise."

Those words he said to her by the lake made her the happiest girl in the world. Now that he had power to protect them, he wouldn't allow any sadness.

But now she had power.

She had power to fight as well, and just like Brendan, she wanted to protect them as well.

She was going to destroy anything that made them sad, and she was going to help them smile.

She just wanted them to be happy. She wanted them all be happy forever, but now that just felt so far fetched with the trouble they have everyday.

There was no easy way to happiness, and there never will.

But she could try.

She looked down at Brendan again and then looked at her hand, which then curled up into a fist.

She had made a decision.

May heard a click. One eye opened up and she looked around.

"Was that just the door?"

She looked around, and then looked at Dawn's bed. The blankets were all scrambled about, and from her angle, May couldn't really see if anyone was there or not.

She grunted as she tried to lift herself up, but the desk was too heavy. She sighed and then reached into her pocket and pulled out a plastic knife. She tried cutting at the rope.

"Pika."

May looked over to Pikachu, who seemed to have woken up as well.

"Hey Pikachu, help me out here."

Pikachu nodded and went for May. After chewing for a bit, the rope broke off. She petted him on the head, and then went for Ash's bed.

"Well I'm sleeping," said May, and then Pikachu sweat-dropped.

But then it sniffed the air and looked at Dawn's bed. It jumped up there.

"Pikapi!"

Pikachu motioned for May to come. She stood and looked at the bed.

No one was there.

"Did she go to the bathroom?"

Chun Li looked out the cracked window. Right now, it was 12:30 AM. Nothing was going on at the streets. She was just looking toward the sky. She checked her watch.

"I'm already bored here," she said. "I should just go early."

Then she heard footsteps.

She turned her head halfway to look back, and from the open doorway, she saw that girl walking in.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"You already don't remember me?"

"I don't have to."

Then she felt the room getting colder.

"How did you find me?" Chun-Li asked.

"I knew you were in an abandoned building. It's cold out now, so these buildings should be cold. I knew from your heat."

"You can sense heat?"

"No. I feel the cold. I can feel something out of place that's not cold. But I can't search for specific heat signatures. Lucky I found you. I've already found two gangs. I just froze them up. You made the job easier, because I just searched for buildings that surrounded the building that you last fought Brendan. Thank Arceus that you decided to hide out at the building across the street."

They stared at each other.

"So..." said Chun-Li. "Why are you here?"

That girl placed her fist on her palm, and then created an ice sword.

Chun-Li turned to her.

"You've got a death wish or something?" she asked.

"No..."

Dawn held up the sword and glared at the smiling woman in front of her.

"In order to protect his smile, I'll fight you."

Chun-Li smirked.

"I guess I'm going ahead of schedule then."

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: Even though she is not experienced, Dawn has made a decision to fight against the woman that's opening up Brendan's past yet again. She will not stop, and she will not face fear, for she will fight with everything she's got. Will Dawn manage, or will she fall? Next Time: Dawn vs Chun-Li.

That was that chapter. Dawn will be getting her second fight, and her first solo fight against a foe. The arc will come to a close next chapter, which will be out in two days. Thank you all for being patient for a new chapter, and I promise that I won't be giving late updates like this for a long time. See you next chapter!

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