Trophy Recovery III

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters. I only own Sun-Wong, Isaak, Himeno, Roger, Aqua, Mcenche, Pepper, Li, Abbigale, Queen Neptune, Prince Pluto, Emperor Apollo, Queen Hinata, Queen Zoe, Prince Henry, Queen Crystal, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and the little bat Hoshi-Tsuki but not who he is. Zelina and Sao belong to Zelina56. I also own Nina, Serenade, Fuyumi, Ian, Wright, the arch-angels and the Angel Assembly.

Summary: Gary desperately searches for the Ash trophy. After finding the Ash trophy, he must first tame a Pokemon that the Smashers defeated Subspace Emissary but when he finally sees the Ash trophy will that be it?

Me: Need motivation...plot bunnies are so powerful...DAMN! Come on people! I need the motivation badly! Enjoy the chapter...this is the last part of the trophy recovery arc.

Chapter 34: Trophy Recovery III

He remembered exactly what happened when he was in Sinnoh. Hunter J captured the Lake Trio and they were going to be used by Cyrus and Team Galactic in order to summon the guardians of time and space. Unknown to many of the Galactic members, Cyrus was actually planning to rid the world of emotions. Ash's group didn't want that to happen. Gary teamed up with Ash, Dawn and Brock in order to stop Team Galactic. Gary was confident that Saturn wouldn't be a challenge to him. After all, he managed to be Ash's equal on almost every level and was still slightly better even if Ash beat him during the Johto League.

His arrogance led to his Pokémon being horribly beaten as a result. How could one Toxicroak eliminate his entire team without breaking a sweat? Gary told himself that Saturn just got lucky, but as Saturn walked away to deal with Ash and the group, he told them these words that shattered not only his ego but the confidence he had left.

"I can see that becoming a researcher has derailed your ability to understand the solution. It's sad that you trade brains for brawn when all that does is weaken your understanding of Pokémon. You should do us all a favor and stay in that laboratory and rot away trying to learn everything about Pokémon. Oh wait, when Cyrus is done, you won't even have to worry about that. You can just sit there and think of your defeat by Team Galactic's hands, son of Professor Oak."

Gary could only take those words to heart as he fell to his knees defeated. He didn't think he would lose to Saturn. After all Saturn was the villain. He remembered when he lost to Giovanni because he got overconfident and had to face Mewtwo. At the time, he didn't know it was Mewtwo until he researched the clone. He thought he was done with losing to people that didn't deserve to win. Not only did he lose, his Pokémon were seriously hurt and he was forced to watch Ash, Dawn and Brock take on Team Galactic on their own. They almost died as far as he was concerned but the Lake Trio somehow managed to help them out despite being captured. It was all a blur to Gary but regardless, Cyrus got away and fled to the Distortion World never to be seen again while the other members of Team Galactic were arrested. Looker's (the guy assigned to take down Team Galactic) job was done. Sinnoh was at peace again but his ego and confidence were gone. He really did take Saturn's words to heart and ended up sheltering himself at the research lab after that. It worried Ash but he kept continuing on with his journey.

That led to the Sinnoh League. Ash kicked everyone's ass including Paul who deserved a beatdown from his boyfriend. Paul didn't apologize to Ash, so Gary had to travel all the way from Kanto just to physically kick his ass, so Paul would apologize. Paul wasn't pleased but unlike Ash who he only gained a little bit of respect for, he thought Gary was the better of the two so he was forced to apologize. Infernape did not forgive Paul though but that was all they were going to get out of the prick.

Then came that match concerning Tobias and his legendary team. Gary was appalled at how this guy had a team full of legendaries. It was one thing to have Darkrai. Gary didn't know much about that Pokémon except that it appeared in dreams. Latios however was a Pokémon that shouldn't be in the hands of a trainer. Why didn't anyone say anything about using legendary Pokémon? It was a good thing that Ash brought in his power houses to take them down. As far as Gary was concerned, Tobias was a cheating bastard that wouldn't explain how he got his Pokemon. Some say it's best not to ask but capturing a legendary was dangerous. If the three legendary birds could affect the climate, and the Lake Trio caused the lakes to dry up when they were removed from their habitat, what would having a team of legendaries do.

Now Tobias was actually a nice guy that congratulated Ash for defeating him and winning the Sinnoh League. As a reward, he allowed Ash to borrow the legendary Pokémon. This simply meant that he let Ash use them for Smash Brothers tournament as items. Tobias seemed to know Master Hand but because he was so mysterious, no one would say anything.

Gary confronted him after the league match...and his confidence was shot down again. He was bombarded with questions asking why was he so insistent on having legendary Pokémon set free. He wasn't a trainer anymore so he wouldn't understand them at all. A legendary Pokémon can choose their master like any other Pokémon. They were no different in the end. You just slap legendary in front of Pokémon and that's what they are. His Darkrai was his partner in crime so he wasn't going to give it away or release it just because researchers think it's bad for the world.

"Besides, legendary Pokémon can live for a long time." Tobias commented. "The trainer will grow old and release them knowing they can't be confined forever. This isn't permanent, but as long as Darkrai is with me, I will not let him go."

And that was all to it. No one questioned why Tobias had six legendaries and the tournament went on with Ash winning. Gary should have been happy. Instead, he felt empty and more insecure than he did before. He felt weak because he lost to Saturn who lectured him that he could no longer understand Pokémon now that he was a researcher. Tobias told him that the legendary Pokémon had hearts and needed to be given a chance too. More importantly, he felt inferior to Ash who has achieved his dream of winning an actual league. There was still more for him though. While he took his break at Smash Brothers Mansion, his grandfather would go look for another region Ash could conquer.

Gary knew he would always be in Ash's shadow starting from here...he wasn't going to tell that to his boyfriend though. Maybe that's why when he told Ash to go die, there was some truth spoken in those spiteful words. Those words came from his insecurities and how he would continue on with his life. He wasn't a trainer anymore and wouldn't understand them anymore...maybe...just maybe...he and Ash...were too different?

Arcanine came to a halt, which started his trainer. The Kanto Researcher didn't command his Pokémon to stop running. Something must have came up.

The brunette looked behind him and frowned. Shadow did the work of distracting the demons and the undead but some came after him. It was good that Arcanine was a fire Pokémon because the Pokémon's fiery breathe sent them straight to hell. The zombies picked up on the fact that if they got any closer to the researcher that they would be set ablaze as well so they no longer followed him. Chances are that they chased after poor Lucas. Gary could only pray that that wasn't the case.

"Arcanine, do you sense a trophy nearby?" Gary questioned.

Arcanine picked up a scent. At first, Gary thought that it would be Ash's trophy, but he couldn't get his hopes up.

The trophy that Arcanine picked up turned out to be the Little Mac assist trophy. The Pokémon Researcher closed his eyes and allowed the power that Yuna lent him flow into the trophy. In a matter of seconds, Little Mac was back and he didn't look happy.

"Master Hand wants the assist trophies back at the mansion," Gary said.

He was unheard of though because Little Mac clenched his fist in anger and punched the air.

"Are you listening?" Gary questioned annoyed that he was ignored.

"Damn angel!" he cursed, "Where did he take my Lyndis?"

"Huh?"

"Lyn! The beautiful female swordsmen. The only women worth looking at in the assist trophy region of the mansion!"

Gary had no idea what he was talking about. He knew who Lyn was from Shadow but...he had no idea that she had fans among the assist trophies.

"You should ask Shadow," Gary said simply.

"I think I will!" Little Mac declared as he rushed back to the mansion. He looked ready to kill someone though. That someone was probably the Ultimate Lifeform. Shadow was obviously stronger than him though, so he shouldn't worry about it. Then again, Little Mac is one of the best boxers out there and he shouldn't be underestimated just because he's human.

Arcanine let out a low howl. Gary realized that they had to continue looking for Smash and assist trophies.

As he continued toward the peninsula where Pit flew off to, he found the Donkey Kong. Yoshi, and R.O.B. trophies. He told them all to head back to the mansion. The dinosaur and the robot were obedient but DK was still enraged with Pit's actions and wanted to take his anger out on something. R.O.B. taser the ape and dragged him back to the mansion.

He then found the Isaac and Saki trophy together. He considered it lucky and revived them both. When they were revived though, it seemed like Gary was invisible to him.

"Saki, are you okay?" Isaac questioned in a worried tone.

"I'm fine, you?"

"Nothing broken..." Isaac smiled, "I'm just glad that you weren't a victim..."

"What are you guys talking about?" Gary asked finally being noticed by the two.

"Blue, you were the one who saved us?" Saki asked quite surprised.

"Yes, what do you mean victim?"

Saki avoided eye contact with the Pokémon Researcher as Isaac glanced at the dead earth.

"Pit went on a rampage..." Isaac began, "And he murdered many of our comrades when they were in trophy form for a painless death. It was terrible..."

"Your comrades?"

"And not just them. I think-"

Saki prevented the blonde from continuing by covering his mouth. The words came out in muffles.

"What happened?"

"N-Nothing. We'll be heading back to the mansion," Saki answered quickly, "Please be careful."

Before he knew it, the two assist trophies walked away. Gary caught the dirty blonde scolding the younger teen and the blonde continued to apologize. The brunette had a bad feeling about this but all he could do was continue looking for Smash trophies.

Zombies were slowly emerging from the ground as they got closer to the peninsula. Gary noted that the closer he got, the bigger the black hole in the sky became.

He picked up the Snake trophy along the way and freed him.

"Please go back to the mansion. Master Hand is waiting for everyone there," Gary told him.

"Is Link there?" he questioned. While he sounded harsh, his tone had a hint of worry.

Gary shook his head, " I don't know. Maybe Shadow and Lucas found him...but if I find him, I'll make sure he gets back."

"Good. He's been through enough shit as it is," Snake murmured as he walked back to the mansion. Gary prayed that the mercenary would be okay but since Snake came from a rather violent world, he would highly likely survive.

I hope I can find Ash soon...

At the end of the rode, Windie came to a stop. A lighthouse was in front of them and there was a Link statue in front of it. Zombies were guarding the trophy like it was their lifeline.

"Arcanine, use flamethrower!" Gary ordered.

Arcanine roared as it shot a blast of fire from its mouth. The zombies were caught ablaze and turned into ashes. The trophy was unharmed.

Gary took the risk of jumping off his Pokémon. He grabbed the Link trophy and brought him back to life.

"Master Hand wants everyone back at the mansion," Gary stated.

Link glanced around at the unfamiliar surroundings.

"Is Snake there?"

"He should be," Gary said, "Is there something going on between you two for Snake to ask that too?"

"He asked...about me?"

"Yes. Is there something going on between you two?" Gary questioned again. It wasn't the right time to ask but he wanted to get his mind off of Ash.

Link's face lit up a bright pink. The answer was obvious.

"N-No. He just h-helped me get over my breakup with Zelda..."

"I see."

Link's face turned hot pink as he tried his best to glare at the Kanto Researcher, "H-Hey! I don't have to talk about my life!"

"You don't..."

Arcanine let out a low growl. Confused, the brunette turned around, "Arcanine, what's wrong?"

Arcanine replied with a deeper growl. Worried Gary urged Link to get going. It was too late for him to go though as something emerged from the sea. It was a Pokémon with a long green body. It looked like a sea serpent.

"It's a wild Rayquaza!" Gary announced.

"We knew that..." Link mumbled.

"Hey! Us trainers have a habit of stating that it's a wild Pokémon!"

Rayquaza looked irritated. It glared at the humans that disturbed him. It then shot a hyper beam attack at the light house sending it to pieces. Link rolled out of the way to avoid the falling pieces as Arcanine took Gary and threw its trainer on its back and ran out of the way.

"Why is Rayquaza attacking us?" Gary asked.

"That thing did this in Subspace as well!" Link mentioned.

"It did?...Then that means..."

Rayquaza fired another hyper beam that was aimed at them. Again, Link and Arcanine dodged the attack. If they continued fighting, the chances of the peninsula being destroyed was high.

"Rayquaza stop it! We don't want to fight!" Gary tried to reason.

The Pokémon didn't want to listen though. Windie growled and without its trainer's orders, used flamethrower on it. It wasn't very effective against a dragon Pokémon. Rayquaza countered using dragon breathe. The attack resulted in a huge explosion.

"Link, this is a Pokémon battle, so you have to leave now!" Gary told him.

"No, I'll fight with you," Link insisted.

"W-What?"

Link took out his Master Sword, "I'll fight with you."

"You can't! You can't harm a Pokémon with your weapons! It's cruel!"

Link was stunned. In order to defeat Rayquaza in Subspace Emissary, they had to forget about the Pokémon battle rule and fight with weapons or bare fists. Sure Ash and Lucario didn't like it one bit but breaking that rule was one step closer to defeating Tabuu.

Rayquaza didn't care who fought it. All it cared about was getting revenge on those that ruined his sleep in the ocean. It allowed the Smashers to escape twice because it wasn't evil, but to interrupt him a third time was too much.

Gary took out a Pokéball and threw it. Out came Umbreon.

"Umbreon, please assist Arcanine," Shigeru ordered.

Umbreon nodded its head.

"Blue, are you sure you don't need my help?"

"I'm positive. Snake would kill me if something happened to you."

Link felt his cheeks become hot again, "He said that?"

"No. His eyes did though."

"...Me gusta..."

Rayquaza fired another hyper beam at them resulting in Link and the Pokémon dodging again.

"I'll leave but you better not die."

"I'm not killing the Pokémon like you guys tried to do."

"But if you don't-"

"Regardless of the situation, you never kill a Pokémon especially a legendary. Who knows what will happen if someone gets their hands on one..." Gary frowned thinking about how that trainer Tobias had multiple legendary Pokémon on hand. That wasn't right at all...

Link groaned as he went somewhere to hide which was out of Rayquaza's attack range. The Hero of Time knew that a trainer would always make a Pokémon faint and not even think of killing a Pokémon unless it was an evil organization that used Pokémon for their evil bidding like Team Rocket.

Gary took another Pokéball and threw it. Out came Blastoise.

"Blastoise, use your ice beam attack," Gary ordered. He looked down at Arcanine, "Arcanine, use extreme speed but try not to land us in the water. Umbreon, use hidden power when you see an opening."

The Pokémon either howled in agreement or nodded their head. Blastoise got out his two big guns that were in the back of his shell and fired a blast of ice. Rayquaza dodged with ease and proceeded to use a fly attack. Arcanine jumped high into the air and tackled Rayquaza to the ground. The legendary Pokémon roared as it knocked the fire Pokémon away with a whip of its tail. That left it wide open for a Hidden Power attack from Umbreon. The dark Pokémon's rings on its body began to glow. Small balls of white surrounded it and they were quickly flicked at the legendary Pokémon causing critical damaging.

"Please Rayquaza, calm down. I don't want to hurt you!" Gary pleaded.

The legendary Pokémon in a phase of unstoppable rage. It let out a series of hyper beam attacks that Gary's Pokémon were able to dodge.

"Arcanine, use fire blast!" Gary commanded.

Arcanine howled and unleashed a powerful fire attack from its mouth. Rayquaza countered with another hyper beam. The legendary Pokémon was surely getting tired now.

"Rayquaza, please stop!" Gary begged.

The Pokémon refused to acknowledge the Kanto Researcher's pleading and charged at Umbreon at top speed catching the Pokémon off guard. The Pokémon was sent flying.

"Umbreon!" Gary cried.

Fortunately, before the Pokémon landed in the ocean, Link appeared and fired his hook shot at the Pokémon bringing the Pokémon toward him.

"Link..."

"End it now before the Pokémon completely loses it." Link told him in a firm yet soft tone.

Gary frowned. He glanced at Rayquaza and it was indeed tired. His Pokémon were worn out as well. He didn't want to hurt the legendary Pokémon that controlled the sky anymore and there was only one thing that he could do to stop it.

"I'm going to have to capture you..." Gary mumbled as he took out a green ball, "Arcanine, get close to Rayquaza for me please."

Arcanine howled as it tackled the legendary Pokémon one last time to get in close. Rayquaza attempted to finish the fire Pokémon off but Gary wouldn't let him.

"Friend ball go!"

Gary threw the Pokéball at Rayquaza. The legendary Pokémon wasn't suspecting to be captured The ball hit Rayquaza head on and it went inside the Pokéball. The ball dropped to the ground and started to shake violently as Rayquaza tried to resist capture. The probability of the ball failing was very high but Gary had no other ball that would really work against this Pokémon. If it broke out, he would have to knock it out or Link might come in and kill it. The Pokémon Researcher wouldn't allow that to happen.

It was silent as the ball continue to shake. Two minutes past and finally the shaking came to a stop. The red dot that was in the middle of the Pokéball became white again.

Link sighed with relief as he collapsed to the ground. Hyper Beam is a move that was hard for him to dodge. He was tempted to attack the Pokémon whenever it tried to hit him.

Arcanine landed gracefully on land as Gary picked up the Pokéball. He had caught a legendary Pokemon. The thought alone pissed him off because he recalled what Tobias told him during the Sinnoh League.

"This is probably the only Rayquaza in the world..." Gary murmured, "And it's in my possession..."

Link saw the sorrowful look on the Pokémon Researcher and was confused, "Why are you so glum? You should be happy to capture a legendary Pokémon."

"That's why I'm upset! The only Rayquaza in the world in my hands! Once you're caught with a Friend Ball, you are bonded to that trainer."

"You knew that when you threw the ball though."

"..."

"Hey! What's that over there?"

Gary looked to where the Hero of Time was pointing to. He saw something shiny at the very end of the peninsula. His heart raced when he thought that it might be Ash's trophy.

"Ash..."

Gary jumped off of Arcanine and rushed over to the trophy. His heart thumped thinking that he would be reunited with his lover again.

That dream faded though when he saw the trophy. His eyes widened in horror. Unlike the other trophies that he uncovered, Ash's trophy was cut in half.

"A...Ash...?"

Link rushed to Gary's side. When he saw the trophy, he looked away quickly.

"I'm sorry Blue...Red's gone..."

"No...that can't be..."

"Pit went on a rampage and Red was his first victim before he killed half of the assist trophies."

"No."

"We should honor him by taking him back to the mansion..."

"NO!"

Link jumped back, "Blue?"

Gary grabbed the two parts of the trophy and hugged them close, "Ash you son of a bitch...you went and got yourself killed...I told you never to come back...did you take those words seriously?"

Umbreon went up to Gary and nudged his knee. Gary wouldn't budge though.

"I should have went with you. If I went with you, then maybe I could have prevented this...but...what am I going to tell everyone at home now?"

Link wanted to comfort the researcher but he was in no position to. The only one who could possibly comfort him were Pit and Sonic but Pit did this to him and Sonic was probably at the mansion.

Tears started to fall.

"I'm sorry Ash! If I was just a little bit stronger then I would have been able to protect you! But you're gone now! Why does this always have to happen to us? We finally understand each other yet..."

Gary's Pokémon went over to their trainer and tried to comfort him but they couldn't. The Pokémon Researcher was definitely broken. He wouldn't be whole without the other.

"Someone please give Ash another chance!"

Link couldn't stand the sight anymore. He had to turn away. He might have cried but he wouldn't. Not yet.

Arcanine let out a low howl. A howl that usually wolves would usually do when a member of their pack died. Blastoise looked at the ground and let out a low cry. Umbreon continued to nudge its trainer's leg but was ignored.

"Ash..."

Miracles usually don't happen on the battlefield. In fact, only those blessed by the Gods would miracles happen. Gary may not have been blessed by the Gods, but someone in Heaven heard him.

The tears flooding from the Pokémon Researcher's eyes touched the Ash trophy. The trophy suddenly began to glow a bright gold. Link and the Pokémon gasped as the light became too bright. Gary opened his eyes and realized something was happening. He wouldn't turn away to what was happening to the trophy unlike Link and his Pokémon.

The light caused the trophy to be whole again. Since Gary was pouring his heart and Yuna's power into the trophy, it did the unimaginable and turned the Pokémon Trainer back into his original form.

"What...just happened?..." Ash questioned.

There was a long awkward pause. Link could feel his tears coming down now but that only because Ash asked a stupid question when he came back to them.

"ASH!"

Before he could register what happened, Ash found himself pinned down to the ground with his boyfriend on top of him squeezing him to death.

"G-Gary?"

"Ash you idiot! I thought I lost you!"

"What are you talking about? It would take more than me being cut in half to-"

"You scum! You bastard! You..."

Ash couldn't help but let a small smile escape his lips. It was too cute to see Gary cry for him like this. The other time he cried this hard was when they were kids. He really got him worried. The Pokémon Trainer returned the embrace.

"I'm sorry...for making you worry..."

"Don't leave me again Ash Ketchum! I wouldn't be able to live without you..."

"...I won't leave you again. I promise."

Link smirked as he wiped the tears that forming beneath his eyelids away, "I"m glad you two are together again, but can we go back to the mansion now? I think Master Hand is waiting for us."

The two trainers looked at Link and then back at each other and smiled sweetly. From now on, they would fight together. They weren't complete without each other.

Abbigale glanced at her Goddess and frowned. She was always frowning but this frown was even wider. Palutena was dumb enough to help someone out in the human world when she should be focusing on protecting Angel Land.

"My Goddess, I know you love humans, but attempting to help them out now will do you no good," the old hag scolded.

The Goddess of Light could only smile faintly. Helping that one person made her weaker than ever. The loss of light in Angel Land as well as the war that was going on weakened the Goddess. If she were to engage with their leader now, she would surely lose. Losing the war was almost certain though. She was losing her most faithful servants one by one. She wished she didn't have to send her children into battle...

"Abbigale, someone is coming!" Winter warned.

Abbigale stood in front of her Goddess when a dark figure made his entrance. Palutena could only frown.

"Long time no see Palutena."

"Tsusuki...I should have known it was you..."

Tsusuki could only laugh, "You think that the royal bodyguards could stop me?"

Palutena said nothing. Winter stood in front of her Goddess. She was ready to defend her with her life. Abbigale was too.

"I see I can't get to you without killing these two."

"I would like to prevent bloodshed..." Palutena said in a soothing tone.

"You still say that when we are in a war? No wonder Medusa won that war against you."

"..."

"You will not lay a hair on Palutena!" Abbigale announced as she got out a blue sword that looked like a light saber. Tsusuki cracked up.

"I'm sorry but you won't be facing me old hag."

"What? Too afraid to fight me youngster?"

"No...but he will be your opponent."

Tsusuki revealed the opponent. Winter's eyes widened in horror. Palutena and Abbigale saw this coming but Palutena couldn't help but have her heart sink.

"I hope Captain Pit won't be too hard for you to fight," Tsusuki said with a laugh.

Aqua slowly came to in her room. She thought everything was okay until she realized that her legs were chained to the bed. She panicked slightly as she glanced around. She didn't see anyone that would take advantage of her.

"You're finally awake Aqua..."

Aqua recognized the voice instantly, "Lived?"

The black angel made his appearance, "Yeah, it's me."

There were so many things she wanted to say to the dark angel but the chains prevented her from even going up to him and glomping him, which is something she wouldn't do unless it was someone she was close to.

"Before you say something touching, I have you know that I'm here to kill you all," Lived said in a dark tone.

Aqua was puzzled, "why? what did we do?"

Li realized that all the royal bodyguards were confused on why he was working with the antagonist here.

"...You wouldn't understand...but you and Pepper are the only bodyguards left to take care of."

"w-wait are you saying..."

"Isaak, Roger, Sun-Wong, Himeno and Mcenche fell to me in that order."

Aqua felt anger emerge from the depths of her heart. This angel she cared for when he was younger was turning on them and for what?

"Are you doing this to make fun of us?" Aqua questioned. The hint of anger was in her tone of voice surprising Li.

"Nope. You all abandoned me so I want you all to know what its like to be alone."

"You were never alone you dumbass!"

"They all said that..."

"Because its damn true!" Aqua cursed. This caught Li off guard. Why are the royal bodyguards getting out of character lately?

"No its-"

"Have you even checked your damn room? We really cared for you. We grieved when we thought we lost you! It took us years to try to get over the loss but we could never forget you because Captain Pit and Isaak were too damn persistent in getting you back. Heck, they went on a mission and barely came out alive when they thought there was a way to bring you back! Isaak was never the same when the plan didn't work! He even stopped flirting with the common angels because he thought of you!"

"He stopped his crazy antics...because of me...?" Li asked in disbelief.

"Yes he did. It wasn't like him to lose that side of him. As his soulmate, I could tell he was broken inside. That's why this year, he wanted to celebrate your birthday so he might be able to move on...but he can't move on without you..."

"Aqua..."

"Lived, he needs you...we all need you...no matter what you say, we have faith in you..."

Aqua's speech was shocking. Li was at a lost of words. Could he have been wrong this whole time?

"Aqua I..."

Do it.

Eh?

Turn her into a feather or you might be covered in her blood.

Tsusuki...I...

DO IT!

Li frowned. He didn't know what to do anymore. Tsusuki was his only guide. If he disobeyed him now, would he be all alone again?

"I'm sorry Aqua..." Li whispered as he got the dark beam ready.

"Lived...I..."

Li wouldn't let her finished. He fired the dark beam at her. Aqua thought that her words got to him but maybe it didn't.

Pepper...you are the only one left. Please go find help...

The blue angel was engulfed in a ray of darkness. The darkness disappeared and there was a blue feather encased into a capsule. Li seized the capsule and left the room. He had to see what was in his room again...

Aqua Mizumi, you surprised me with that speech. I thought you were suppose to be quiet and not speak your mind...but maybe that stereotype thinking is making me think that I took the wrong path from the beginning...

Pepper froze. She felt her heart drift into nothingness. She felt this pain before. She actually felt it a lot and that was when she was alone in her room playing her games and no one came by her room to visit her. That was more of isolation than anything but true desolation came to her at that very moment.

"Squawk?"

Chobi could feel that his owner was sad. He didn't know what made her sad but it was enough to make the chocobo to feel uneasy.

"Pepper, is something wrong?"

Pepper turned to Ian. He seemed really worried about her despite the argument they just had. She couldn't help but smile faintly. She had to be strong for her friends especially Ian.

"Yes...I'm fine...I just need to get back to the battle..."

"You shouldn't," he said, "If you do, I feel that you will not come back. Your father and your stepmother will be sad."

"But my older sister is in the battle too! I can't leave her!"

"Pepper, stop being a brat and think!" Nina shouted.

Pepper froze at Nina's Russian accent. She may have been a sick girl, but she was one you didn't want to mess with especially since she was Russian. However, that didn't stop her being paranoid about the situation in Angel Land. The fire angel turned to Nina and shook her head, "I have to do this...if I don't...I feel like..."

"At least go get help," Nina growled as she folded her arms.

"Help from who?"

"I think there are some in the world of Smash Brothers that aren't petrified. There is also Tellius to consider. Tellius has many brave warriors and maybe their assistance could save us all."

Pepper put this to mind as she nodded her head. Her friends Ian and Wright appeared behind the librarian angel.

"Please be careful," Wright warned.

"Don't die on us," Ian added, "If you did then I would have one less person to join the Link/Pit club."

"Ike/Pit is better..." Pepper murmured as she got on her Chocobo, "I will now depart on a journey. Wish me luck and make sure Zelina is still in here when I come back."

Nina nodded her heads. Chobi rushed out of the underground hideout before Pepper could say anything else.

May Lady Palutena be with you. Nina prayed.

In an unknown place, a man with a long mustache finished his crystal ball reading. He stood up from his chair and walked toward the window. He looked at the sky.

"It is time for us to go..." The old man said.

"Yes, it is time..." Said another voice which was apparently female.

Me: TBC with 7207 words.

Yohko: The war is coming to an end.

Me: The part where the angels fight is but the second part of the war is when Nintendo/SEGA/Konami characters fight for what is right. Notes!

1. If you played Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal (HeartGold and SoulSilver), you would know that the Friend Ball originated from this classic game. The Friend Ball is like the Luraxy Ball in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald in which Pokémon caught by this ball are more friendly and more calm. This ball has the lowest rate of working due to friendship having no affect on legendary Pokémon. Friend Balls are made by Kurt and they are made from green acorns. Other balls include the Fast Ball (white), Lure Ball (blue), Level Ball (red), Heavy Ball (black), Love Ball (pink) and Moon Ball (yellow).

I will now rant.

Yohko: Oh boy. If you don't want to hear Momo rant, stop and review now, otherwise continue.

So I got 7 new games for birthday and Christmas. They are...

1. Metroid Prime 1 and 2 (they came together)

2. Sonic Unleashed

3. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

4. Mario Super Sluggers

5. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (for the Gamecube)

6. Wario World: Shake It

7. Mario and Sonic at the Olympics

Okay. I tried playing Metroid but I keep dyeing before making it to the save point so I'll wait until I see my friend Chris and ask him to help me through that game.

Sonic Unleashed is EPIC! Sonic goes SO FAST in the game. He moves pretty slow in the Werehog form though. I dislike how there are more night stages than day stages because it takes away the whole point of day time stages. But I rate the game high because the stages are just BEAUTIFUL in the day and night. It's impossible to get a rank S for night time though. I like got all the rings and I ended up beating the time recommended but I still get rank A. Its disappointing that Knuckles and Shadow isn't in the game but it doesn't matter because they will make their appearance in Sonic and the Black Knight. This game is worth while because the minute you turn the game on is the minute where you feel like you must save the world from Dr. Eggman. I hate Chip's English voice actor and while you can put the game in Japanese, the subtitles will also be Japanese and you have no idea what they are talking about. Those bastards...

Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World is also EPIC! The minute you turn on the game, you are addicted to it. At first I didn't like either Emil or Marta because of how they treated Lloyd and Colette like the bad guys. Hell, I was pissed when Emil said crap about Zelos (which what he said hints a Lloyd/Zelos relationship.) All the characters are well developed. I wish you could control the regular cast outside of battle and I wish you could level them up instead of them staying at a certain level of the game with LV 50 being the final level they can stay at. This is the one game where you can choose who Lloyd ended up with in the last game and depending on who you choose, Lloyd states that he's going out with that person (if it's a girl) but you can tell that he's going out with Zelos (if you choose him) as well because he says "He never shuts up" and "He such a doofus" but then you see him blushing and smiling when he says that. And then when you go to Flanoir (where this guy FALCON PUNCHES Lloyd in the face. It was so classic! LOL) the character you choose will cheer Lloyd up. If it's a girl, they complain about how lonely they were. Genis complains that he was lonely too while Regal understands why Lloyd wouldn't say anything to them. As for Zelos, he just humors Lloyd and says that "Girls dig guys with an emotional scar." When he said that, I laughed so hard because the first person that came into mind was SASUKE from Naruto and then Cloud from Final Fantasy 7. Lloyd jokes about his sense of charm which Zelos is shocked. This hints that Lloyd was traveling with Zelos because of he has a somewhat perverted personality. At the end of the conversation, Lloyd says that Zelos would never abandon him and he trust him and Zelos gets all nervous around him and it was so sweet.

Also, there is a lot of Richter/Emil scenes. Makes me wonder if Richter really wants to kill Marta so he could end up with Emil.

Emil and his other personality Ratatosk is so cool. I prefer Ratatosk over Emil though because he's more misunderstood and he has this personality that makes me just love him more.

Mario Super Sluggers is fun but when I play, I can't play for another three days because it hurts that much. I can't decide my main character yet though.

Twilight Princess is amazing but I'm still suck and that's because I'm not use to action exploration games.

Wario World Shake it is cool too. I like the money when it comes out.

I won't play the Mario and Sonic game though because they took away Sonic and Shadow's trademark speed. Well that's it. Ja ne!

So does anyone notice that there was a major change in this chapter? Yes, the beginning. I added why Gary has become so insecure and not the Gary Mother Fucking Oak we all know him as. Basically, losing to Saturn in the anime is bullshit but that's another thing the Sinnoh arc messed up. Gary is cool when he's nice but he seems to have gotten weaker with battling as a result. Losing in an important battle that determines the fate of the world will shake you a lot.

Then the next thing I notice is Paul didn't apologize to Ash, so I had Gary beat the shit out of him because we all know Gary is the number 1 rival. I mean, Trip is my favorite rival but in terms of battling, he won't be able to match up to either Gary or Paul because he just started and they've been training for at least four years since each region is one year. Ash's Infernape would never forgive Paul even if he forgave him, but Paul isn't going to get anything else.

Finally, dealing with Tobias. I hate him because he just comes out of nowhere and just owns Ash so Ash can't win the Sinnoh League. Ash was the best in the league so they gave Tobias all legendaries. I have an idea for a sequel, so I foreshadow something at the very end. Also, since Gary has Rayquaza, I'm going to force him to use it to understand what Tobias was trying to tell him because while I hate the idea of catching legendary Pokémon in the anime, the game implies that legendary Pokémon choose the trainer they want to serve.

To sum it up, losing to Saturn, Tobias calling Gary out on his hypocrisy and close minded assumption about legendaries and Ash winning the Sinnoh League has pampered with Gary's character development and makes him fragile while Ash continues to get better.

Rotation battle anyone? Another hilarious in hindsight with how Gary wouldn't be able to swap what Pokémon attacked until the next generation.

When Aqua is mad, the whole speaking in lower case no longer applies to her. She will speak her mind and that means she's shouting. When she shouts, she speaks normally surprising everyone around her.