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joycewu333, thanks for the compliment! You'll see why Blissey's moves are planned out the way they are soon...

Haha, I do have to agree with you blue kitten! The whole Ditto transforming thing seems really creepy! But keep in mind, Crystal just caught the Ditto for Sky to use, so she wouldn't have had it when her master threw her out of the plane. Read on for what happened! Thanks so much for the story recommendations, they were all really good!

Thanks to everyone for reading this! Sorry, it's a bit late, but this chapter was really long, and I didn't feel that splitting it up would be a good choice. Anyway, enjoy!

I inched my way forward a little, watching him. His Bibarel sat by his side, waiting for his command.

"I have no doubt you came looking for answers," he said, setting down a pen. "But bringing the Pokedex holders here was a little - shall we say - extreme?"

"Isn't throwing someone out of a plane extreme?" I asked.

"Yes, yes, about that," he said, waving off my question. "Your loyalties were questionable. No one else really saw it, but I did. Every "Master" you said was filled with contempt, but veiled by subservience. It was an incredible feat to accomplish; only you could have pulled it off. But why did you do it?"

"The Dexholders aren't what you're saying they are," I said, trying to stall and keep him talking. "And I've been trained to think that such lying is hiding something. Why are you trying to defeat them?"

"As I told you countless times before, Team Shield exists only to help the average person under the tyranny of strong trainers like the Pokedex holders. Perhaps you should research more."

"They aren't terrorizing anyone! And I've done my research. I've read every news bulletin, I've monitored their activities, I've even read your propaganda! I want to know why everything matches and yours doesn't."

"You've allowed bias to enter your mind."

"The only bias I had was towards you when I first started my research. All the evidence except yours pointed towards the Dexholders as nice, considerate people who happened to be strong. Why are you so set against them?"

"You want to know why I pushed you out of the plane?" he asked quietly.

I hated that he switched topics whenever it was convenient for him. But his eyes were angry and dangerous, and I really wanted to know, so I swallowed my pride and said, "Yes."

"Send out your Pokemon."

I did, and he did too. I had only seen three of his Pokemon, so I gazed at the others for a moment, trying to develop strategies. Then his started walking so one of his Pokemon was opposite to one of mine. I looked down the line: Ninetales and Abomasnow, Gardevoir and Toxicroak, Misdreavus and Blissey, Lapras and Sudowoodo, Breloom and Bibarel, and Altaria and Volcarona. Suddenly, I realized. I had type advantages to every single one of his Pokemon. That day I had used my skills to get the Pokemon I wanted was the day I had become my master's Anti, not Blue's.

"You see? At first, I didn't worry about it because you were so devoted to our cause. But then your views changed, and I had to regard you as a threat, like any Pokedex holder. You left me with no choice. I had to get rid of you."

"And throwing me out of a plane was the great solution?"

He ignored me. "So this time, I'll give you the benefit of being a Team Shield member, since I did not have the foresight to discharge you. The next time you challenge me, I will not give you any such chances. How does a double battle sound? You will pick your Pokemon, but the pairs we have here will continue throughout the battle. There will be no switching."

I gritted my teeth. "Sounds fair."

"Very well, pick your starting Pokemon."

I looked back at the line. "Ninetales and Lapras," I said finally.

"An excellent choice. In that case, I will use Sudowoodo and Abomasnow," he said, returning his other Pokemon. I did the same.

"Let the battle… Begin!" he said, and immediately, Ninetales let out a powerful Flamethrower and Lapras unleashed a massive Hydro Pump. Both Sudowoodo and Abomasnow staggered backwards, visibly hurt, but not fainted. "Blizzard, then Slam," my master ordered.

"Lapras, confuse both of them! Ninetales, Flamethrower again!"

"Ice Punch the Lapras," my master said calmly. "Rock Slide."

Lapras was frozen in place, then rocks rained down on both of my Pokemon. Thankfully, Ninetales had already attacked before he was hit badly.

"Ninetales, Fire Blast on Lapras! Lapras confuse them!"

"Slam and Rock Slide."

Lapras was freed from the ice, but the Rock Slide knocked him out. "Ninetales, Solarbeam!" I yelled, since Sudowoodo's rock type moves would damage him more than Abomasnow's ice and grass moves.

The Sudowoodo was barely standing, but Ninetales was in the same shape after a combined Slam attack from both opponents. I didn't have enough time for a Solarbeam, so I was going to do as much damage as I possibly could before Ninetales fainted. "Ninetales, darling, Flamethrower."

"Ice Punch and Double-Edge," my master said, which fainted Ninetales. He recalled his Pokemon and turned back to me. "Your next choice?"

I didn't want to use Gardevoir, because I wanted to keep the connection with Blue going as long as I could. But I didn't have much choice, since I would send Blissey out to battle last, and Gardevoir paired with Blissey hadn't worked out well in training. So I let Breloom and Gardevoir out of their Pokeballs.

"Interesting choice," he commented, sending out Bibarel and Toxicroak.

Again, my Pokemon started the battle immediately, with Breloom using Sky Uppercut and Gardevoir using Psychic. And again, the opponents were visibly damaged.

"Hyper Fang the Gardevoir and Sludge Bomb the Breloom."

"Gardevoir, Double Team! Breloom, dodge, then use Sky Uppercut!"

Dozens of Gardevoirs surrounded the battlefield, mine lost among the illusions. Breloom managed to dodge the brunt of the attack, and landed a good enough hit on my master's Bibarel.

"Surf away all the Gardevoirs and Sludge Bomb the Breloom."

Gardevoir, Psychic! Breloom, Drain Punch!"

It took all of my training not to jump when I heard Blue's voice say, "Yellow won."

The Bibarel was almost fainted, but it had managed to dissolve the other Gardevoirs and hit mine. Toxicroak had also realized where to aim: at his partner, which had given him a critical hit on Breloom. I recalled Breloom, who was no longer moving, into his Pokeball and gave Gardevoir a good look. "You can do this, sweetie," I whispered. "Psychic, then Double Team and Magical Leaf."

She moved and battled as she never had before, but in the end, a Sucker Punch from Toxicroak and a Hyper Fang from the feebly moving Bibarel knocked her to the ground. She didn't move, just as I had told her to.

"Ruby won," Blue told me. "Who knew Prissy Boy was such a good battler?"

I put Gardevoir back in her Pokeball, hoping my master didn't notice that she wasn't fainted.

"Your last Pokemon," he said, clearly growing tired of the battle already, as he sent out Misdreavus and Volcarona.

I let out Blissey and Altaria. "Come on, sweethearts, you can do it!"

Immediately, both opponents were poisoned and Altaria ate the small Oran Berry she had gotten by using Pluck on Volcarona.

I heard Blue chuckle. "Gold and Crystal finished at the same time, can you believe it? Both won, too!"

I nodded to Blissey. "You know what to do. Altaria, Fly!"

Altaria shot into the air and smashed into Volcarona. Then, she landed, flew, and smashed again. Blissey shot off Hyper Voices at Volcarona, and sent Heal Pulses to Altaria when she needed it, or used Soft-Boiled whenever she got hit badly. They made a good team.

"Take out that Blissey first," my master growled. "Confuse Ray and Heat Wave."

A confused Blissey ran in circles, sending out random moves as quickly as possible. She accidently poisoned Altaria instead of healing her, and my beautiful flying Pokemon collapsed. I returned her before any Pokemon could do any more damage to her. When Blissey finally recovered, she immediately went back to her first routine, but battling two Pokemon at once was not easy. A final Psybeam from the Misdreavus knocked her to the floor.

I looked at her in a split second and she gave me a barely perceptible nod before closing her eyes, not moving.

"Emerald won," Blue said.

"You never answered me before," I yelled, stalling with everything I had. "Why are you against the Pokedex holders?"

"I thought you had enough common sense to know," he snarled, "but apparently I have to explain it to you. The Pokedex holders are evil! They destroy everything in their path. They use their strength to dominate the average trainer. They must be stopped!"

"No, they don't!" I said, thinking of the kindness they had shown me in the last few days. "They're genuinely nice people. The destruction they leave behind is usually a result of their battles with the forces of evil, to save the world! Altogether, they've done much more good than harm!"

"AARGH!" he yelled, and I jumped to avoid a Flame Wheel from his Volcarona. I landed painfully and I heard something crack. I refused to let him know this, and I pushed myself back up to my feet, keeping as much weight off my right side as possible.

"Green won," Blue said, then babbled something to Green that I didn't hear.

My master didn't seem to notice me. He paced around his desk, fingers spinning the ring on his hand. Curious, I looked into his eyes as I had never inspected his eyes before. I watched every flicker, every feeling, every thought pass through them. I saw past the brown of his irises and looked straight into his soul. And when he finally made complete eye contact with me, I knew exactly what he was feeling: grief.

"This isn't about saving the people, is it?" I asked softly. "This is a revenge mission."

He turned away again, facing the wall.

"Who was it?" I pressed.

He didn't speak, and I had just opened my mouth to ask again when he said, "Isobel, my wife."

He spun around and started pacing again. "She was the most amazing woman I have ever met." Suddenly words started pouring out of his mouth like they never had before. "We were from Kanto, but she was from Viridian City and I was from Lavender Town. We met one day, when we both went to challenge the Saffron City Gym. We were teenagers then, and we talked for a while before she had to leave. I gave her a mail carrier Pokemon - we didn't have any fancy Pokegears then - and we were pen pals for a few years until I decided I was going to take her on a date. We'd usually meet somewhere around Vermilion City, but when I finally proposed to her, she insisted on living in Pewter City. She had a job offer from the Pewter City Museum and she wanted to take it. So we lived there happily, until Red came. You remember his history of course. He entered Pewter City with Giovanni, and fought the Magmars who set the Pewter Museum on fire." He collapsed onto his chair behind the desk and kept talking. "Isobel was in there that night. She was supposed to work a late shift and make sure everything was closed up. But the fire started, and she was trapped under a falling exhibit. She never made it out." He covered his face in his hands, but his voice was still surprisingly steady. "I didn't know then what had caused the fire, I only mourned her. But the Pokedex holders became famous and their stories were published, and I finally realized that Red was responsible for her death."

"Wouldn't it be Giovanni's fault for sending the Magmars?"

He waved his hand dismissively. "Giovanni for sending the Magmars, Red for not putting out the fire. But Giovanni had been defeated twice by then, so I didn't worry much about him. I began to look at the other Pokedex holders and saw what hideous backgrounds they were from. Green was arrogant, Blue and Silver were thieves, Gold was disrespectful, Ruby cared only about the appearances of Pokemon, Sapphire was barbaric, and Emerald used Pokemon as tools."

"What about Yellow, the child of the Viridian Forest? Or Crystal, the girl who worked for the orphanage and only took the Pokedex to raise funds for it? And all of them have changed for the better with their travels. that was just how they started."

He ignored me again. "So I set out on a mission to rid the world of such evil forces. I gathered the best scientists to make clones. I gave you the best teachers so you would at least be the Pokedex holders' equals in each of their respective fields. I gave you ideals so you would never leave buildings on fire. And now, the Pokedex holders WILL be defeated!"

"Aww, Sapphire lost. But she did a good job battling," Blue said.

He opened his mouth again to say more, but I did something I'd never done before: I cut him off.

"But master, you've forgotten one thing."

Shocked, he didn't say anything, just opened and closed his mouth.

"I'm not on your side."

My Pokemon stirred in their Pokeballs, and all of them burst out, completely healthy again. Blissey rose from her spot on the floor, fully recovered and ready to fight.

"Let's continue the battle, shall we?"

Without waiting for him to respond, I shouted, "Go!"

"Red won, finally!" Blue said, exasperated, but proud. "Oh, and Silver won too!"

I had a brave face on, but my ankle was hurting badly. I wasn't sure how much longer I would last on the adrenaline coursing through my body. A stray Psybeam managed to hit me on my left side, and I collapsed. Blue, how much longer? I thought.

"Not much, I'm sending them up," she said in my ear.

Tell them I'm wounded and they need to get here now.

"Okay," she said, and I heard her muffled voice talking to them. "How bad is it?" she asked when she was done.

Pretty bad, I can't stand, I told her. But my Pokemon will hold him off as long as possible.

"They're on their way, and they're hurrying,"she reassured me. "They should be there any minute now."

My master stood at the other end of the room, gloating. He thought he had won everything. But he also had trained me well, and like Blue, I was a better strategist than battler.

I lay on my back, watching the battle. I trusted my Pokemon to battle well, but my master's Pokemon were strong and organized. He yelled out commands, too angry to simply speak them. Blissey had taken over my spot for me, since her battle position was mainly healing anyway. I tried to distract myself from the intensifying pain by watching her frantically yell out commands in a language my Pokemon understood. Occasionally, she'd fire off a Heal Pulse to one of my other Pokemon, then immediately start screaming again. Her face was turning more red than pink.

This is why I taught her Hyper Voice.

I remembered the day the Anti-Silver and I had practiced this technique. He was frustrated because none of his Pokemon could stay back and give orders like Blissey could. He was so jealous at the time. If he'd only known where my choice of Pokemon would take me…

I looked away from the battle and up at the ceiling. The Anti-Silver was my best friend, the one who understood me like none of the other Antis did. Of course, I still didn't tell him that the Pokedex holders were good, but there were moments when I thought that he knew it too. I'd look into his brown eyes and see my own thoughts reflected back at me. I smiled weakly, picturing his face: a mischievous smile, laughing eyes, black hair sticking out of his grey and red hat. Then I realized that I wasn't imagining his face, he was there above me. His smile was a worried one, his eyes weren't laughing, but his hair was poking out from his hat like usual. He tried to ask me a question, but I couldn't hear well anymore and I couldn't move my mouth to answer it anyway. I looked over at the battle and saw the other Antis had jumped in front of me, battling my master all together. Somehow, I managed to return my own Pokemon safely. Realizing that I couldn't walk, he picked me up and started running out the door. The movement jolted me, infinitely increasing the stabbing pain in my side and ankle. I let out a barely audible cry and fainted.

I opened my eyes in a bright, white room. I smiled as I recognized my friends, Antis on my left, Dexholders on my right. I noticed the too-clean smell, the bare walls, and the white sheets on the bed.

"Well, this feels oddly familiar," I said to Ruby and Sapphire. I got a few chuckles and smiles, which was pretty good, considering that I was in a hospital.

"How is everyone doing?" I asked. "No one got hurt too badly?"

"No," Blue told me. "Just you."

"Well, and Master Ciril," the Anti-Yellow said, glancing shyly at the Pokedex holders.

"He had a severe heart attack. If he lives, he goes to jail. If he dies, he dies." the Anti-Sapphire said, shrugging.

No one seemed particularly saddened by this information, so I took that as a good step forward.

The doctor entered. "Oh, good! You're awake!" He proceeded to ask me a few questions, and took my pulse before telling me that I had a broken ankle and a bruised side. I'd be able to leave in a few days, but for now, I was supposed to rest, and maybe one of my friends could take me around in a wheelchair outside.

"And my Pokemon?" I asked, holding my breath.

"Your Blissey did an incredible job of taking care of your other Pokemon. They're fine."

I let out a sigh of relief and sand back into the hospital bed. The doctor left, and after some awkward talking between the Dexholders and the Antis, Blue suggested taking a walk out in the sunshine.

"It's a beautiful day," she said, pulling back the curtain, but I detected a glint in her eye.

We found a wheelchair, and the Anti-Silver pushed me on a garden walk with everyone else. Ruby was continually stopping and muttering "beautiful!" to himself, and Sapphire was continually rolling her eyes.

Blue dashed forward, leading us to a battlefield. "Sky, I challenge you to a battle!"

"What?" several people asked. I raised an eyebrow.

"C'mon," she said, grinning at me. "All the other Dexholders got to battle their Anti, can't I see how I'd do against you?"

Protests came from the mouths of Dexholders and Antis alike, saying I had just woken up, I wasn't fully healed yet.

I asked, "Where are my Pokemon?"

Dumbfounded, they looked at each other before the Anti-Yellow pulled Pokeballs from her purse. "They're here, but you really shouldn't battle, you're not well yet!"

"I'm not the one battling," I reminded her, reaching for the small, red and white balls. "How are they?"

Six Pokeballs exploded and my team stood before me, happy and healthy. "You did wonderful, sweethearts! How are you feeling?"

They smiled and Gardevoir began wheeling me forward to the trainer box of the battlefield. "You sure?" I asked, but they nodded emphatically.

"Okay, Blue," I said, turning to her. "I accept your challenge. What will the rules be?"

"Well, all of the battles between the Dexholders and Antis were single battles and no switching."

"Okay, sounds fine." I recalled my Pokemon. "Pick your Pokemon."

"Go, Nido!"

"Gardevoir!"

Nido was immediately hit with a Psychic attack, just like I had trained my Pokemon to do.

"Hey!" Blue yelled. "Nido, Double Kick!"

"Double Team and Psychic!" I called out to Gardevoir.

Images of Gardevoir appeared all over the battlefield, but Nido was well trained and kept going for one of them. As illusion and illusion fell before her powerful Double Kick, she was hit in the back by the real Gardevoir using Psychic. She tried to turn around and attack Gardevoir, but Gardevoir intensified her attack, quickly knocking it out.

"Granbull," she yelled, smiling happily.

"Breloom," I said, just as loudly.

Granbull was hit by a Sky Uppercut as soon as Breloom's feet touched the ground.

"Hey! I thought we said no switching!" Blue called, teasing me.

"I'm not going to pull Gardevoir back out, so that's okay, right?" I asked. "Besides, you switched too!"

She laughed. "Granbull, Bite!"

"Drain Punch!"

Breloom took the hit, but by doing so, he got a clear shot at one of Granbull's weak spots, resulting in a critical hit. Two super effective moves was enough to faint it.

"Blasty!"

Breloom immediately used Seed Bomb, followed by Giga Drain.

Blasty roared and shot water out of his cannons, which Breloom quickly dodged. "Seed Bomb again!"

"Blasty, run in close and get him!"

"Giga Drain!"

Blasty, who was barely dodging the Seed Bombs, was now too close to do anything about the Giga Drain coming his way. "Almost!" I shouted as Blasty struggled up from the ground. "Seed Bomb again!"

The last hit fainted Blue's Blastoise, and she sent out Jiggly. This time, she was prepared, and as soon as Jiggly got out, she dodged to the left so Breloom's Sky Uppercut would miss.

"Again," I yelled happily.

The Dexholders and Antis had a fun time watching a very frustrated Breloom try to hit the puffy, floating, pink marshmallow that was Blue's Jiggly. Blue and I could barely keep ourselves from laughing too hard.

Finally, I called out, "Seed Bomb!"

Breloom fired several bombs into the air, managing to hit Jiggly out of the sky with multiple attempts. Once down, he hit her with Sky Uppercut, quickly ending the battle that had taken so long to begin.

It occurred to me that Blue wasn't really trying, but she was having fun, so I humored her for the rest of the battle. She sent out Cleffy and then her Ditto, both quickly and easily defeated by Breloom.

She laughed happily, running over to me and hugging me after she returned her Ditto.

I hugged her back, but muttered, "Ouch, Blue."

"Oh, sorry!" she said, immediately pulling back. "I forgot you were injured for a second!"

Turning to everyone else, she said, "We should do all of this again sometime! Run a tournament for Dexholders and Antis and we can hang out and see what's been happening with each other!"

Her face was so ecstatic that we all agreed we'd come back.

"You're planning it, okay Blue?" I told her gently.

"Of course! It'll be great!"

The tension remaining between the Antis and Dexholders seemed to have evaporated during the battle, and everyone was talking happily, exchanging battle techniques and things like that. I smiled at Blue. She simply winked at me.

Then, Sapphire announced, "Prissy Boy an' Emerald an' I are all goin' to leave tomorrow. We gotta get back ta Hoenn, so we're goin' ta leave early."

"Yeah," Crystal said. "I'd better go too. I'm sure that the Professor's going to need my help after I randomly disappeared."

"What about you, Sky?" Yellow asked me sweetly.

I looked at the Antis, my life-long friends. They watched me expectantly. I sighed and turned back to Yellow. "Well, we'll wait until I get out of the hospital. Then, we'll travel around in our plane, it wasn't too damaged by the battle, right?" The Anti-Emerald told me it was fine, ready to fly whenever.

"We'll lie low for a while, wait for this to blow over. We'll get into a normal life slowly; it'll take a while. But if you ever want us, you'll know how to contact me," I said, addressing Blue.

She smiled and nodded.

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