This is the one hundred fifty-first chapter in Pokemon Heroes. This chapter was not late because I didn't finish it. It was late because I wanted a bigger space of views between the last chapter and this one. Enjoy!

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

(Opening song)

"You freaking idiot."

Gary placed his fingers on his temples. He rubbed them while Sephiroth continued giving him a smug look from the screen on the video phone.

"At least you get a break," said Sephiroth. "I've been sending you on missions as soon as you get here. Just sit around until I make another one."

"How long does it take to make another?"

"Um...within twelve hours."

"Great," said Gary, and he rolled his eyes while looking away.

"Just go explore the city while I get busy," said Sephiroth. "Don't get into a lot of trouble. I hear there is tight security over there. Still though, thanks for taking care of that woman for me. That makes things a lot more easier."

"Why'd I have to beat her in the first place?" asked Gary. "Why not just kill her?"

"Because she's none of my business," said Sephiroth. "I didn't expect you to completely break her. I just wanted you to break what she had. If she was able to use that needle, then having a whole clan trying to take over a region will be a big problem for me. It was best to just destroy the damn thing, right?"

"Whatever," said Gary.

"I'll contact you later when I'm done."

Gary simply nodded and placed the phone down. He moved his hands to his pocket and started walking away. He was in the Pokemon Center of Academia City. He sighed and started walking to take a rest in his room for awhile.

Then the corner of his eye could see the raven-haired child walk toward the exit, leaving the Pokemon Center with a certain Princess in tow.

Gary stopped while staring at the exit.

Then, he turned toward the exit.

Long Gone

Brendan had his back to the wall with his arms crossed. He stared at his girlfriend, Dawn, lying on the hospital bed with needles on her body, a heart rate machine, and an IV needle pumping liquid into her body. A breathing mask was on her face, and she was breathing normally.

He stared nervously. Watching her like this made him both sad and angry.

He heard footsteps coming from the hallway toward his room, and then he heard May's voice.

The door slowly opened, and he saw May's head pop in to check inside.

"Hello."

"Hey," said Brendan, and she opened the door completely to let Ash and her inside.

"We're back from picking up our stuff at the Pokemon Center," said May as Ash proceeded to place their bags on the floor.

May went over to Dawn and looked at her face.

"She'll be fine," said May. "We just have to wait."

"I'm lucky you were able to convince them into not calling her mom about this incident," said Brendan. "She would have already murdered me while I'm standing here. It's a scary thought."

He then looked at Ash and noticed the boy giving an annoyed vibe.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Brendan.

May then pulled out a clipboard from her bag and looked through the papers on it.

"Brendan, I've found out more information about that lady."

Brendan got off the wall at the mention of Chun-Li. He stared at May. May finally found the page she was looking for and turned to Brendan.

"I've ordered The League of Knights to go on a manhunt looking for this woman," said May. "They've closed off the town, making people unable to leave and enter the city, and within an hour of the investigation, she was found."

"Where is she now?" asked Brendan.

"She's been taken into custody, but not in good condition."

"Excuse me?"

"She was found with a severely broken nose, cracked rib cage, and a broken hand on a building's fire escape staircase," said May. "The area by her had destroyed ground. The buildings surrounding the area had broken windows. They were business buildings, and that time at night didn't have people in them, so no one got hurt. She's barely alive, too. It's a miracle."

Brendan just stared at her awestruck.

"Wh-What the hell happened there?" asked Brendan.

"Well, one person inside one of those buildings tidying the place up said he heard a boy and a woman yelling at each other outside. Before he checked, the windows were destroyed and he heard a lot of destruction until it all stopped. When he got out from his hiding place, he saw it was over. It must've been a fight."

"Who would have fought her?" asked Brendan.

"I don't know, and I'm pissed that it wasn't me that beat her ass to the ground!" yelled Ash. "Someone just had to waltz in and steal my prey, dammit!"

"She wasn't your prey to begin with," said May. She looked at Brendan and saw the boy with his back against the wall again with his arms crossed. He looked sad.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know," said Brendan. "I don't know if I should be feeling mad or happy. It just feel really strange. I also didn't expect for her to get beaten brutally like that. I was planning on just handing her over to the police."

"Then I'll kick the ass of the person who kicked hers!" yelled Ash. "That's just not fair!"

"Shut it, Ash," said Brendan. He then looked back at Dawn, and then a small smile started to form on his mouth.

"At least she'll be safe now," thought Brendan.

"Maybe I'll get into the prison she's going to be sent to and kick her ass over there!" yelled Ash.

"Ash, I think it's safe for us to go take a walk together," said May.

"I don't need a walk. I'm not a dog!"

"You're acting like one. Pikachu, you stay here with Brendan."

"Pikachu!"

May took Ash's hand and turned back to Brendan.

"We'll be back," said May. "Watch over her."

"I will," said Brendan.

Pikachu got on the desk beside Dawn's head and Ash and May walked out. When the door was closed, Dawn moved her body to her side. When Brendan looked back at her and saw her in a different position, and hearing her breath lightly, he smiled.

Gary was on the streets of Academia City. It was now the time when people were all over the streets. He looked around as he walked, keeping a close eye at the people who walked by him. He kept walking, trying to keep himself unsuspicious as he could.

And it was all because of seeing that boy walk by before.

"Where are you?"

He stopped and looked around again. People bumped into him and said things to him, but because he was more focused on trying to find someone, those people were lucky to be alive.

Then he heard their voices, and he turned to see Ash and May walk down the sidewalk on the other side of the street.

This time it was clear enough, and he could see that it was actually them. He saw Ash looking at the sky agitated, and he saw May speaking with him normally as if she didn't even take notice of his attitude.

Gary watched them go. A young man then hit his shoulder and then turned to the boy, saying things, but Gary ignored him.

This time, he was seeing them without being ordered to see them. Sephiroth had no way of communicating with him, so he couldn't be told to back out anymore.

Right now, he was able to do whatever he wanted.

And he knew what he wanted.

The young man behind him placed a hand on the boy's shoulder threateningly. Gary turned to him and glared.

"And when I see the color blue, I think of the sky and you," said May. "What do you think when you see red."

"I see a sea of blood and Russia," said Ash. "And also an apple."

"What about me?"

"What about you?"

May pouted and placed her hands on her sides.

Ash turned to May.

"Can we go back now? I'm fine."

"You sure you're alright?" asked May. "I don't want to return over there and have you getting into a fight with Brendan or a nurse."

"That was only one time," the boy muttered. "Fine, I won't get into fights. I'll just take Pikachu and sleep."

"Alright," said May. "I'll-"

Ash sensed something, and then he rammed his foot on the ground, causing a shockwave that stopped the people around him in their tracks. He then took May's shoulders and moved her out of the way quickly and jumped away as a certain brunette crashed into the ground with his lightning covered fist, causing cracks and a shockwave that pushed the people around them to the ground and the cracks that formed to lift the ground on the road nearby and cause cars to come to a sudden stop, causing some accidents as well.

When May opened her eyes, she saw the destruction around them, and also noticed Ash holding her in his arms while standing on top of a streetlight. She looked down at the destruction and then glared at Ash.

"Ash!"

"Why do you always-"

He stopped when he saw who was in the middle of the destruction caused. People took out their phones and focused them on the boy that was standing while electricity crackled around him.

"Gary!" yelled Ash.

He quickly took May to sit at the side of a building.

"Stay here," he said. "I'm gonna kick that guy's ass right now!"

Ash jumped over the crowd of people and went for the boy that stood in the middle of them.

"Hey dumbass!" Ash yelled. "Try-"

Gary sent a bolt of electricity right at Ash's stomach, launching the boy toward the side of a building. Ash crashed into it and held his aching back, but he didn't have time to be thinking. He jumped off the side of the building before another bolt of electricity struck him. He got down to the ground and saw Gary connect himself to the side of the building he was just on. Ash materialized his Aura Blade, and Gary took out his sword that was covered in lightning and jumped off the building. Ash didn't move, and Gary crashed down on him, creating a crater that formed on the ground.

Ash lifted his leg and kicked Gary away. Gary skidded on the ground and then used his electricity to hold onto a car that was speeding by. He swung his arm and the car came soaring toward Ash.

"Fight fairly, you-"

He then saw something through the windshield of the spinning car.

It was a man, screaming his lungs out.

"What?"

Rather than dodge or destroy the car, Ash stood where he was and held his arms out. The car crashed into him and he moved back while trying to hold onto its heavy weight. He broke through streetlights and empty cars until he finally came to a stop on the middle of the road.

"That's a relief."

He placed the car down while groaning and looked inside. The man was pale and his mouth was still open.

Then Ash heard a truck's horn. He looked behind him and saw a truck coming at him while it tried to come to a stop.

The car was behind him, and the truck was coming in fast.

He sighed and quickly kicked the car to the side, making it skid enough to get away from being destroyed. He quickly jumped and landed on the front of the trunk near the windshield of the truck, and he used that to propel himself into the air, dodging the truck successfully, but the truck kept going and it crashed into other things as well.

Ash landed and saw the wreckage. The man within the truck got out safely.

"This city is too crowded," thought Ash.

Then he heard electricity and looked into the sky to find Gary coming down at him.

"Wait, Gary!"

Gary got in front of him and swung his sword toward Ash's chest. Ash moved back quickly and continued moving back as Gary continued to swing his sword at him.

"Gary, listen to me! There are people here! Let's fight somewhere without this much people!"

Gary then covered his fist in fierce lightning and slammed it against Ash's chest. This attack launched Ash past cars, flipping them over. He landed on the ground hard while holding onto his stomach. He glared at Gary, who was walking toward the boy while releasing electricity that held cars up and they were positioned so they could all be thrown at Ash simultaneously.

Ash stood and then launched an Aura Breath at Gary. The boy placed five cars in front of him, and the attack struck the cars and exploded. Ash coughed a few times and forced himself to get up while rubbing his stomach. He used his Aura Blade for support, and he looked toward the wreckage.

"That was on you, idiot," said Ash. "That was on you!"

The ground started breaking up, and electricity headed for him.

Ash quickly jumped into the air to the side of a building by holding onto a pole that extended out from it. He used it to launch himself toward a window ledge, and used multiple window ledges to head for the top of the building.

He landed on the roof and continued to cough.

"That bastard is crazy. This should be the perfect place to knock some sense into him, as long as-"

He looked behind and saw Gary slowly rise to the top of the building. Ash watched him and noticed he had collected much more cars and used some to lift himself up toward the roof by using electricity.

"You piece of shit," said Ash. He covered his fist in aura and held his Aura Blade in a position to fight. Gary landed on the roof and then tossed the cars at Ash. Ash swiftly cut them apart as they came at him. He slammed his Aura covered fist at the cars as well. He was fast, but Gary was getting faster as he threw the cars.

Ash could only hope that people weren't inside.

He was getting tired.

Finally, the cars ran out.

Ash breathed heavily and looked at Gary, just staring at him.

They just stared at each other, and then suddenly, Gary came at him at lightning speed and kneed the boy on his face. He then crashed his fist on the side Ash's face. He then cupped his hands over his head and then rammed Ash's head into the floor.

Gary then stood over Ash, who seemed defeated and exhausted.

Gary glared at him, and then took his shirt and dragged him toward the edge of the building. He took the boy by the neck and held him off the edge.

Ash forced one eye to open and he looked at Gary.

"Is this...really him?"

Ash opened his mouth to say something, but his words wouldn't reach Gary, for the boy had already dropped Ash.

The boy landed on a car hard, destroying it underneath him, and leaving him motionless on top as the alarm started blaring.

Gary stared at him, and then he looked out, and he already saw his next target.

May was in the air as her Beautifly held her up.

She looked horrified at him.

"Why?" he could hear her mumble.

He sent a bolt of electricity at her. She screamed and Beautifly quickly ducked before they both got struck. May flew toward the ground toward Ash. She looked up and saw Gary coming down from the building. He was shooting bolts of electricity at her. Beautifly was trying its best just to dodge them.

"Stop it!" yelled May, but Gary was still persistent. He made himself then get connected to the side of the building and launched a thunderbolt toward May's ankle. It struck, and May yelled out, and her squirming caused Beautifly to lose its balance, and then it crashed into the ground with May.

She lay on the ground motionless, and then she lifted her head to look around. Beautifly was near her.

"Are you alright?"

She reached out for it, but the pain in her ankle forced her to stop. She look down at it and then groaned.

She tried getting up, but she froze when she heard the hard landing of someone in front of her.

She looked up at Gary, who was glaring down at her.

She nervously smiled, but it was replaced with fear as she quickly moved her head down before a blade sliced through her neck. She quickly crawled away toward the side of a building and stared at Gary as he walked toward her.

"St-Stop! This isn't funny anymore!"

Gary rose his sword. May covered her face and lowered her head while shutting her eyes tight.

"Ash!"

Ash's vision was coming back. He could faintly head the car's alarm blare into his ear. He barely heard the police sirens that were coming toward them. He also didn't feel the pain and the blood that was coming from his injured body after crashing into the windshield. He slowly looked around, and then his vision caught Gary almost cutting May's neck off, and then her fearfully moving away from him. He saw her against the building, and her eyes were shut while Gary's sword was in the air.

Everything was so slow.

"What is he doing?"

Gary swung the sword down, but then he saw an Energy Ball coming at him by Beautifly. He deflected the attack and sent it toward a cleaning robot. It exploded, and flames rose from the wreckage.

Ash stared at him.

The flames behind him, the way he held his weapon, and the stern look on his face.

Ash's eyes widened.

From the image he saw, another image replaced his vision of another boy with flames, a weapon, and a stern look.

The boy he was forced to kill.

He saw Dark Signer Drew.

"Not again."

His fists clenched and his teeth tightened.

"NOT AGAIN!"

Aura exploded around him. He jumped off the car, despite the injuries on him, and he charged at Gary with aura covering his entire body.

Gary quickly turned and saw Ash coming at him with his fist up.

He was too close, and Gary quickly held up his arms as Ash's punch collided with him.

A large, destructive explosion erupted.

From the smoke, Gary jumped up on a streetlight.

He felt dizzy, and blood came down from his mouth.

The smoke dispersed, and Ash looked up at Gary with blue eyes, and May was below him.

The two boys stared at each other.

"Who?"

Gary rose an eyebrow.

"Who the hell did it?! Tell me! Was it the freaking Dark Signers?! They turned you into this!"

Gary was confused at Ash's yelling, but he didn't care. He stood and rose his blade to fight once again. Ash's fists fiercely got covered in aura.

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

Gary's eyes widened as he heard the voice in his head.

"Who gave you orders to fight the boy?"

"Sephiroth?" thought Gary. "But how? In my head?"

"I have my ways, boy," said Sephiroth angrily. "Fighting in such a crowded city is dangerous for you! You could get arrested! You could ruin my plans! This is no time to be fighting that boy!"

"I got bored," answered Gary.

"I don't give a flying fuck! You return now!"

"How?"

"Rendezvous at the east side of the city near the building with the large bulletin board of a club. I will be coming to the city and have you return."

Gary looked down at Ash, who kept his eyes on him.

"I'm busy," thought Gary.

"I mean now, Gary."

Sephiroth's voice sent a chill down Gary's spine. The boy held his blade tightly, and then he sighed.

"Fine."

Gary placed his sword on his back and turned around.

Ash noticed he was going to leave.

"Stay here and answer me!"

Gary turned his head a little bit toward Ash.

"Next time, I will be sure to end it," he said.

Gary launched a thunderbolt at a young boy who was in the crowd of people watching them.

Ash quickly used an Aura Breath to disperse the attack before it hit the kid. When he looked back at the streetlight, he saw nothing.

Ash's breathing eased up, and his eye color slowly returned to normal.

Police sirens got closer now, and people were being pushed out of the way so policemen could crowd around Ash and May.

They both ignored them, though.

May slowly stood thanks to the support of Beautifly and looked at Ash, who had his head lowered.

"You understand now?" she asked.

Ash looked toward her slowly.

"Yeah...I always had."

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: Everything makes sense to Ash now. The memories of killing Drew haunts his mind, and in order for it to not happen again, Ash will have to get the answers from The Dark Signers, and with the drama going down within The Dark Signers involving Larxene, Ash may get answers sooner. How will Ash take in Gary's change of attitude, and what is Larxene up to this time? Next Time: Betrayal.

That was that chapter. The huge turning point in this season had just happened. Ash now realizes that Gary is not the same person he was before. The thing he did not want to happen again was the thought of killing someone he was close to just because of the Dark Signers. Next chapter will be coming out by this week, and that will be the last chapter until we get back into the normal schedule. See you next chapter!

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