Team Rocket moved to the forest near Anistar City and they planned to stay there for the night. Aichi didn't want to reveal any of his powers in front of Giovanni so he kept quiet and laid there in the cage.

"Are you positive, this one is the one you've been talking about?" Giovanni asked.

"Yes, boss. We overheard him talking about his experiences and how everyone in this world doesn't remember him and his powers." Meowth answered.

"He seems to be trying to keep quiet." James said as Aichi seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Hey! Wake up!" Jessie shouted. Aichi calmly woke up and realized he was still in the cage.

"Oh, it's just you guys." Aichi said, he sat up with difficulty and leaned on the side of the cage with his left hand holding his right arm.

"You have a sprained arm?" James asked.

"Well, if my right arm wasn't sprained. I could've escaped this cage by now." Aichi answered. "If you bring me my bag. In the front pocket there are bandages, I can treat myself."

"We don't need to treat you, you're just a twirp." Meowth replied. Giovanni seemed to have noticed that he was in pain and decided to treat him.

"Go ahead treat him, but he must leave all his Pokemon with you and James you treat his arm." Giovanni ordered. "Do you agree?"

"I'm not giving anyone my Pokemon, but I'll promise not to use any of them." Aichi said, he looked at Giovanni eye to eye and Aichi looked serious. "I don't lie when my Pokemon are on the line." Giovanni signalled that it would be okay to not take away his Pokemon.

"Bring him to headquarters tomorrow and we will check in out there." Giovanni ordered.

"Yes, sir." Team Rocket said together as the screen turned off. James got to work, he entered the cage and started moving his arm. Aichi looked away pretending to be unfazed. Meowth and Jessie decided to go to sleep.

"Your team seems to be oblivious of what they are trying to get." Aichi commented. "When you get the Pokemon or the thing you need you don't follow through with your escape. Instead you go for more and more and end up failing."

"Jessie and Meowth are like my family, I like being with them and when they want to leave the team I feel pain in my chest." James replied. Aichi looked up in the sky.

"So even villains care about people other than themselves and their mission." Aichi thought outloud. James finished with his arm and opened to cage door and got out, on his way out his stomach gurgled. He turned around and Aichi was looking at him surprised.

"Are you hungry?" Aichi asked. "I'm a little hungry myself. Since you got a raise last time you took me in shouldn't you have enough money to buy food?" James didn't respond, but Aichi could read his mind.

"There are some berries in my bag, but be careful the one you decide to eat. I will only help you that far." Aichi said. James was about to open the back pocket, but Aichi warned him of something first. "Oh and you better be sneaky because there is a Pokemon in there that is asleep and if you get caught by it, you will be in trouble." James was frightened.

He slowly opened the pocket and Mew was sleeping there. He snuck his hand through and pulled out the first berry he got his hands on. He pulled it out and closed the bag again. Aichi looked at the berry and giggled, it was a Chesto Berry. James took a bite and he screamed waking everyone up.

"James! You're eating food without us!" Jessie shouted. That woke up Mew and she got out of Aichi's bag and saw Aichi in a cage.

"Hey, Mew. Please get me out of here, no hard feelings right?" Aichi asked. Mew sighed and teleported to Aichi with his bag and teleported them out of the cage and outside. She went back into the bag to sleep, Aichi took out 3 berries. All of them were Salac Berries and he ran off saying, "Enjoy. Thanks for helping me with my injury."

The three were too fixated on the berries to chase him. "It is probably a trap." Meowth said.

James picked it up and took a bite, it was really sweet. His eyes looked like it was shimmering. Meowth and Jessie also took a bite and the same thing happened.

"Maybe all the twirps aren't all bad." Meowth said as tears ran down his face. They snapped out of it after they finished the berry.

"Hey, if we get him. We can make him tell all of his secrets to training strong Pokemon and everything we can ever know about Pokemon and food." Jessie pointed out.

"Yea!" They said together.

Aichi saw Charizard flying in the starry sky and he smiled. He had a flashlight in his bag and he shone it as Charizard was flying past.

"Hey! Charizard!" Aichi shouted while waving the flashlight. Charizard flew down and jumped on Aichi and they laughed, Talonflame saw them and flew a circle on their spot. Soon Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie were there and saw Aichi laughing with Charizard.

"Charizard, you aren't a little Charmander anymore. You are just a little bit heavier now." Aichi said while laughing. Nuzleaf was there and admired Aichi and Charizard's relationship. Aichi noticed Nuzleaf and walked over to him crouching down. "So what is your choice Nuzleaf? You can leave or you can stay on my team and start listening to me." Nuzleaf seemed to have finally understood how Aichi was feeling.

"Nuzleaf~" He jumped on Aichi crying.

Aichi smiled, "That's good to hear, now you are just like how you were when you were a Seedot. Are you up for another battle with Olympia?" He asked. Nuzleaf nodded.

"Now that Nuzleaf is listening to Aichi, they can fight at full strength." Clemont said.

"And with Aichi's good commands, they can't lose." Ash added. They started walking towards the Pokemon Center.

"Oh yea. Aichi, where were you this entire time? You dropped Glaceon's Pokeball and it made us all worried." Serena asked while handing him back his Pokeball.

"Oh, I wanted time to think, so I went inside the peaceful forest to get some fresh air. I was watching the starry sky." Aichi answered.

"We were really worried you know. You know. You should've told us something." Ash said.

"Yea, sorry about that." Aichi apologized. They arrived at the Pokemon Center and Professor Sycamore was there, he looked like he was going to leave.

"Oh, Ash! Serena! Clemont! Bonnie! Aichi! I was just about to leave." Professor Sycamore said. "And I was wondering, Aichi. Did you come from Kalos?"

Aichi thought. "You can say that… I guess." He answered.

"I don't think I've ever seen you before." Professor Sycamore said.

"I was given a Charmander, I didn't exactly go by your laboratory. I guess, I did visit once to get a Pokedex. But you weren't there." Aichi lied.

"You have 6 Pokemon, so your newly caught Pokemon should be coming to me." Professor Sycamore informed.

"Is that how it works? I guess that does make a lot of sense, but I'm not sure if my Pokemon will actually go to you." Aichi replied.

"Next time you catch a Pokemon call me and I will tell you if I received it." Professor Sycamore said while waving good bye.

"Okay thank you." Aichi thanked.

"Bye!" They said together. They went in their room to sleep.

~At Night~

"Aichi? Testing one. Two. Three. Are you there." It sounded like Ren. Aichi woke up since he had to reply.

"Ren! Time is probably different from in this world, it can be 10 days there and one day here." Chris told Ren.

"Hey guys, is there something wrong over there?" Aichi asked. They sounded relieved to hear his voice, all the Psyqualia users seemed to be there.

"How have you been Aichi? Can you get me some souvenirs?" Ren asked. Aichi was smiling awkwardly.

"Ren, is that really all you care about?" Kai asked.

"Well, souvenirs are really good. I can see what they do over in that world. Aw! I wanted to go too, it is so boring here." Ren said with a childish voice.

"That world doesn't have Vanguard. Do you want that?" Kai asked annoyed.

"Aichi! Kai is being scary again...!" Ren whined.

"Ren..."

"Sendou, I can still feel your wind here. But it is blowing more on Cray." Leon said.

"Which is why we decided to contact you. Did something happen?" Chris asked.

"I finished my ascension to the throne and now I have a blue and rainbow aura, if that counts as something." Aichi answered.

"No! We were talking about souvenirs! Keep on topic guys." Ren said frustrated.

"You 'keep on topic', Ren." Chris replied.

"If I try to bring something back it will probably disappear before I get back and reappear if I decide to go back to this world. Does that answer your question, Ren?" Aichi asked kindly.

"Sad, but yes." Ren answered.

"So you are officially the King of Cray now…" Kai said.

"I don't feel any different, so I'm fine." Aichi assured. "Did anything out of the ordinary happen over there? Or are you asking how am I doing?"

"Nothing has happened yet. I don't sense Void's wind here anymore, seems Void is somewhere on Cray now." Leon answered.

"Didn't Aichi throw Void into a cellar on Cray and leave him there or something?" Ren asked.

"I think I did, I tried to make him one of Cray's allies, but he refused and insisted on me locking him up." Aichi replied. "I'll go visit him once I get back. For you that might be a week or so because 1 day back there is a long time here."

"Hey, Aichi. What time is it over there?" Ren asked. Aichi looked around the room and his bag was on the other side of the room.

"Give me a second. I'll check." Aichi replied while getting off his bed, he walked over to his bag and took out his mapping device. He turned it on and it was bright, he turned around to make sure Ash didn't wake up. "Right now it is 2:00 a.m. I was just sleeping, when you contacted me."

"You should sleep if you're tired." Kai said.

"No, I'm fine. I'm not really tired, is there anything else you wanted to talk to me about?" Aichi asked.

"Oh, I want to come to the other world Aichi!" Ren whined.

"I agree with Ren, we want to assist you with your mission, Sendou." Leon agreed with Ren.

"I feel the same way. I'm pretty sure Kai feels the same too." Chris agreed.

"I'm sorry guys, but you guys can't come. I don't want you guys to be involved, I'm not even sure who are the real villains here." Aichi answered. He sat back down on his bed.

"Then we can help!" Ren cheered.

"Sorry, Ren. But no." Aichi replied.

"But…" Ren said.

"If he doesn't want us to help, then let it be. Aichi is pretty stubborn if he wants to. If he goes on his own again for a world saving situation, then we should help out. Since he has friends in the other world, then we shouldn't invade." Kai replied.

"Thanks Kai, I guess I should get some rest before tomorrow. Something important is tomorrow." Aichi said.

"Oh what's important?" Ren asked.

"We shouldn't keep him up, he needs his sleep." Leon said.

"Okay, fine… Good night, Aichi." Ren said sadly. All the voices were gone and Aichi knew he wouldn't be able to sleep for the rest of the night. He decided to go outside for some fresh air, he quietly walked out the room and went outside. He wanted to see the sea and the Pokemon Center wasn't that far from the railings splitting the town from the sea. Aichi leaned forward of the railing and looked at the sea with the night sky's reflection on it.

Mew followed Aichi and it sat on Aichi's shoulder. "Did I wake you up Mew? Or are you awake because you slept to much today." He asked.

Mew was about to push him off the railing and into the sea, but Aichi said something before sit did. "You don't see a lot of fresh seas like these in my world. I would've loved to be originally born in this world, but I also don't regret living in my world. Both sides seem to have really nice people and both helped me out a lot of times. Once I'm done helping this world, I will return and leave everyone here. After that, I will probably never return to this world and I think it's for the best."

"Mew~" Mew seemed to have disagreed with Aichi.

"Do you think I'm wrong? I never belonged here, I brought my foreign powers to this world and I came back for my own selfish reason. I wanted to be of use to Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie, I'm even starting to feel like I'm a burden to them. I honestly don't know why I'm still here, they are strong enough to handle the upcoming threat." Aichi replied.

He heard some footsteps and spotted some mysterious people searching for something in the town, the streets were abandoned because it was really late at night. He quietly followed them and eavesdropped on their conversation while hiding in an alleyway.

"We need to find Zygarde Core, it should be somewhere in or near Anistar City." It sounded like a female voice and she was getting closer to where Aichi was hiding.

"Zygarde Core? Who's that Pokemon? They are getting closer, but they will spot me here." Aichi thought. He reached for a Pokeball, but he remembered that his arm was harmed. He saw the girl and they were going to check the alleyway he was in next.

"Hey, it's a kid! He must've been eavesdropping on us!" She said.

"Mew, get us out of here." Aichi ordered in a rush, Mew used Teleport, but Quick Attack from a Weavile pushed Aichi away from Mew and Mew teleported away without Aichi. Two grunts held onto Aichi's arms so he couldn't move them and reach out for his Pokeballs, he also couldn't run.

"You should've minded your own business, kid. Haven't you parents taught you that?" The girl asked.

"Of course, but I get curious when I see suspicious people searching towns, like any other person would." Aichi replied. He struggled with the grunts holding him, but his arm started to hurt.

"Trying to be act smart, huh?! Big mistake!" The girl shouted as Weavile was waiting for orders to attack. The grunt on his right pulled up his sleeve and saw bandages.

"Wait, he is injured." The grunt informed.

"We can't let you go now. You heard about Zygarde Core, I'm sure that Mew will come back to save you, so we will bring you two in together." The girl said. She made a hand signal and the grunt on his right covered his mouth with one hand, Aichi shook his head. He closed his eyes and used Psyqualia.

"Mew! Wherever you are don't come back!" Aichi comminuted to only Mew.

"Bring him to the truck, first. We will follow once we searched the whole city." The girl said. The two grunts pushed Aichi, but he was standing his ground. He shook the hand off.

"Charizard, help!" Aichi shouted as his aura flared. Charizard heard him and came out of his Pokeball, he knocked out the grunts holding him.

"This isn't an ordinary kid. Retreat!" The girl ordered. They ran away before Aichi could stop her.

"Thank you, Charizard. I'm glad you heard my call." Aichi thanked relieved. "But what is a Zygarde Core and why were they looking for it?" He returned Charizard and called Mew back as he headed back to the Pokemon Center.

Aichi quietly opened the door and Ash didn't wake up yet. Aichi checked the time and it was 3:30 a.m, he finally felt like sleeping and slept just before 4:00 a.m.

~The Next Day~

Aichi woke up and Serena, Clemont and Bonnie opened the door to wake them up. He waved at them, he released Nuzleaf and Charizard out of their Pokeballs to have a talk about strategies.

"You guys wake up Ash, I'm going to talk to Nuzleaf and Charizard about strategies. You can come too, Mew." Aichi said. They walked out, leaving Ash to them. Aichi walked outside to the battlefield and they sat on the floor.

"Okay, you two. Are you up to being a tag team again? I think you two are a great combination. Charizard will deal with things air level and Nuzleaf will cover everything ground level. Plus, the Razor Leaf and Flamethrower combination. The Razor Leaf can fuel the Flamethrower to make it stronger, causing more damage. There is also another way to use that combination, the Razor Leaf can cut the opponent first then the Flamethrower comes in. So is it fine to work together for this one?" Aichi explained. "This Pokemon Combination reminds me of Blaster Blade and Dragonic Overlord, for some reason."

"Charizard~"

"Nuzleaf~" They agreed to be tag partners again.

"Nuzleaf, you do promise to listen to me right?" Aichi asked. Nuzleaf nodded and Aichi smiled and petted him. "Good, let's earn this gym badge!"

The group got together and went to the gym for a rematch, Aichi won this time and got his Psychic Badge and now he had all 8 of his badges. He held his badge case and looked at all of the badges he has won, after leaving the gym with everyone.

"Ash, now what do I do with these? I got all of them." Aichi asked.

"You can enter the Kalos League now, you can register at the Pokemon Center, so you don't have to register last minute." Ash answered.

"I can register at any Pokemon Center? Isn't there a town I need to go to to register?" Aichi asked.

"You can register in any Pokemon Center." Clemont confirmed.

Aichi looked at his badges again and a thought came up in his head, "What if I leave before the Kalos League starts? I told Kai and the others, I'll be back when everything is done here."

"I think I'll register when Ash does, I probably might leave before the Kalos League starts. I promised my friends back in the other world, I'll come back once I'm done helping your world." Aichi said.

"I guess there is no point registering if you are going to leave before the League." Clemont agreed.

"Aichi, can't you stay until the Kalos League ends? You have a really good chance of winning the whole League. Plus, there will be a lot of good strong trainers there." Serena asked.

"But I promised my friends that I'll go back." Aichi replied. "I have a feeling that this will take longer to solve the problem in this world than the Kalos League."

"Can't you ask your friends to stay a little longer? They sound nice so I don't think they will be mad at you." Bonnie suggested.

"I guess it might be okay, but I'm starting third year of high school in about a month and a half in my world and I wanted to hang out with them before I leave." Aichi said. "One day there is a month or two here, so it might be fine."

"Go ahead and try asking them." Ash encouraged.

"Okay, I might not be concentrated in what's happening around me while I'm contacting them." Aichi warned. He focused and activated his Psyqualia concentrating on contacting Leon, Ren, Kai and Chris. "Hello? Are all of you there?"

"Aichi! Kai and I just started our cardfight! Are you done with your work in the other world? Are you coming back already? We should celebrate!" Ren cheered.

"Actually, I think I will stay here until I finished a tournament here and also finished my mission." Aichi said.

"Aichi is having fun without us!" Ren shouted.

"Ren… Concentrate on the card fight. Aichi just come back safely, you don't need to worry about what time you come back.." Kai replied.

"Sendou, you should enjoy being there too." Leon agreed.

"I agree with Leon and Kai." Chris said.

"I'll tell the others they you will come back later than expected. Just get back to work in that world and come back when you want." Kai reassured.

"Kai weren't you in Europe with Gaillard?" Aichi asked.

"Kai came back for a short visit. Now, shhh. We are in a card fight, you are going to tell me everything you did over there when you come back, promise?" Ren asked.

"Yea, I promise. Thank you guys." Aichi replied and deactivated his Psyqualia. He smiled at Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. "I guess I'm going to be staying here until everything is done here."

"Yay!" Bonnie cheered as they arrived to the Pokemon Center. They went to the front desk where Nurse Joy was.

"Hello, Nurse Joy. Can you register my friend for the Kalos League?" Clemont asked. Aichi handed his badge case to Nurse Joy and she scanned all of the badges.

"Please lend me your Pokedex to register you in." Nurse Joy asked. Aichi handed her his Pokedex and his information showed up on the front screen. "Thank you for registering, show your ID to the Kanto League helpers in the front desk and that is where you will register your 6 Pokemon. It is still early for a person to have collected all their badges, so please wait for the location and time of the Kanto League."

"Okay, thank you Nurse Joy." Aichi thanked while taking all of his stuff back and left the Pokemon Center. "I think we can start going to the next city since it is still pretty early in the morning."

The journey continues.

~A Few Weeks Later~

Ash, Aichi, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie were walking in the forest and decided to take a break before they continue to Snowbelle City. Bonnie played with Mew, Pikachu and Dedenne, they were running around and playing around chasing each other.

"Bonnie, don't get too carried away." Clemont said. Aichi noticed something moving behind him where Bonnie's bag was.

"We should get going and get a little closer before it gets dark." Aichi suggested.

"Okay." Bonnie replied as she picked up her bag, she noticed her bag was heavier. Clemont looked at her worried. "My bag is heavier than before." She looked inside her bag and found a green Pokemon. It was a weird sound, but it seem frightened.

"So cute!" Bonnie shouted. The Pokemon melted down and tried to escape, but Bonnie caught it, but it fell. "I'll name you Squishy!"

Aichi walked towards Bonnie and kneeled down to Bonnie's height to look at the Pokemon. "I've never seen this Pokemon before. Ash, Serena, you have the newest version of the Pokedex, right?" He asked. They opened their Pokedex and 'NO DATA' came up.

"No data?" Ash and Serena asked together.

"We discovered a new Pokemon species." Clemont said. Aichi stood up.

"Seems to be so…" Aichi agreed, while thinking. "Could it be? The thing they were talking about last night. Zygarde?" He shook the thought away. "Probably not."

They heard a lot of footsteps coming towards them, they looked at the direction it was coming from. A horde of Dodrio were running towards them and a Grovyle followed, they all got out of the way just in time.

"Dodrio and a Grovyle?!" Ash shouted. A boy walked towards them, he was looking for something. "Sawyer!"

"Hey, Ash." Sawyer greeted. Bonnie looked around.

"What's wrong Bonnie?" Clemont asked.

"Squishy is gone!" Bonnie pointed out. Ash looked around too.

"Aichi's gone too!" Ash added.

~A Minute Early~

After the Dodrio passed, Aichi saw Squishy leaving and he followed. Squishy ran into the forest and he quickly followed it. He followed Squishy to the end of the forest and to a Rocky Mountain, after seeing it, he ran out of the last bush and called it.

"Squishy!" Aichi called. "Where are you going?" Squishy kept running as Aichi kept following.

"Squishy…" Aichi stepped in front of it and talked with a quieter tone. "Squishy, are you related to a Pokemon named Zygarde?" It ignored him and kept on moving.

After a while, the mysterious people showed up and surrounded Aichi and Squishy, they all had first evolution Pokemon. "Who are you people?" Aichi asked. A girl probably the leader of the group, she had a Drapion with her.

"Z, you're such a bad child, running away like that." The girl said. Aichi looked at her and then to Squishy.

"Z?" Aichi asked. Mew found her way to Aichi and landed on his shoulder. "Whoever you are you aren't getting away with, Squishy."

The girl laughed, "Squishy? We are going to take him right now. Drapion, Pin Missile." Drapion shot a Pin Missile and Aichi jumped and dodged it carrying Z.

"You aren't going to get it." Aichi repeated. He pulled out a Pokeball and released the Pokemon inside. Inside was Charizard and the Mega Stone was attached to Charizard, Aichi put on his Key Stone Bracelet and Mega Evolved Charizard. "Charizard, let's protect Squishy." He held Z tightly and dodged the upcoming attacks from the grunts behind him.

"Mega Evolution? I didn't expect a kid like you to be able to Mega Evolve." She said. "Drapion, Toxic." Drapion released Toxic and it was about to hit Charizard.

"Charizard!" Aichi shouted as he stepped in between the toxic and Charizard and it hit him in the back instead. Charizard was occupied with the grunts behind him. Aichi looked closely at the uniform and recognized it. "Team Flare!"

Aichi was poisoned, but he stayed standing and continued to dodge attacks with much difficulty. "You know about Team Flare… I will bring you in too." Ash and the others arrived and saw Aichi and Squishy, Aichi noticed them.

"Bonnie, catch!" Aichi shouted as he threw Z to her, she caught it and held it tightly. Aichi dropped to the floor, after. "Charizard, use Dragon Claw on Drapion." He released another Pokemon and it was Manectric. "Manectric, help Charizard and fight the grunts…" He seemed to be weaker.

"Aichi!" Serena, Clemont, Bonnie and Ash called.

"Pikachu, help Charizard and Manectric. Use Thunderbolt on the Drapion." Ash ordered. Team Flare's Pokemon were defeated, Ash and Clemont helped Aichi up and put him on Charizard's back and they ran. Aichi seemed to be in pain and his eyes lost some light.

Everyone stopped inside the forest and checked on Aichi. He couldn't stand up and he occasionally winced.

"How can we help him?" Serena asked. Clemont got an idea.

"A Pecha Berry, Aichi you still have some berries right?" Clemont asked. Aichi weakly nodded, Clemont looked inside his bag and took it out. He grinded it up and made medicine.

"My brother, knows a lot about medicine." Bonnie reassured. Clemont finished and walked over to Aichi, who was lying down with a wet cloth on his head and he was breathing hard.

"Aichi, eat this." Clemont said. Aichi moved his arm and took the bowl and fed himself, he felt relieved and he wasn't in pain anymore.

"Thank you." Aichi thanked, Charizard and Manectric were sitting next to him worried. "I'll be fine, as long as you two are fine." He sat up and leaned on a tree, he focused and he activated his Rainbow aura, which gave him some strength.

"Ash, who is this? A new travelling companion?" Sawyer asked.

"Yea, we met him a while ago and he is travelling with us." Ash answered. Aichi opened his eyes and deactivated his Rainbow aura and stood up.

"Come one, let's create some more distance from those people and us, in case they try to pursuit as." Aichi suggested. They nodded and walked back to the grass field they were at before.

"Hello, my name is Aichi. Nice to meet you." Aichi greeted with a smile.

"Hi, my name is Sawyer." Sawyer greeted back. "Ash I got 4 more badges than the last time we met up."

"Nice, I have 7 badges at the moment, I'm going to get my last badge at Snowbelle City." Ash replied. "Aichi is actually collecting badges too. He got his eighth badge a few weeks ago from the Anistar City Gym Leader."

"I didn't think that anyone got all their badges yet." Sawyer said surprised. The sun started to go down.

"We should start setting up camp, before night falls." Clemont suggested. They agreed and starting setting up camp, was helping Sawyer set up his tent, while the rest were cooking food.

"Shouldn't you get some rest? You were hit by poison." Sawyer asked.

Aichi shook his head. "I'm fine, Clemont's medicine is really effective." he replied.

Sawyer and Aichi finished up setting up camp and joined the group. "Aichi, Sawyer. We were about to introduce Squishy to everyone." Ash said. Everyone released their Pokemon and introduced everyone to Squishy. They started eating the food that Clemont, Ash, Serena and Bonnie cooked.

"Sawyer, which gym leader are you going to challenge next?" Ash asked.

"I'm going to challenge the Anistar City Gym Leader. I was actually going to Anistar City when I bumped into you." Sawyer answered. Aichi took out his map and scrolled around the map searching for Snowbelle City on the hologram.

"Where is Snowbelle City?" Aichi asked, looking around the whole map. Sawyer helped Aichi and he found Snowbelle City, Aichi checked the route and it was really far away. "I thought Snowbelle City was closer than that. It didn't take me that long to get there, then again I was flying on Charizard's back."

"Watch out, Sawyer. The Anistar City Gym Leader, Olympia is strong." Ash warned. They continued talking while eating. Aichi got up with a bowl of Pokemon food in his hand and walked towards Z, who was behind a rock.

"Squishy, you didn't eat anything yet. Shouldn't you eat some food?" Aichi asked, he placed the bowl beside it. Z looked at him and pushed the bowl away. "You don't eat food?" Z seemed to have nodded and Aichi smiled and sat beside him. After Sawyer finished eating he drew Z in his notebook, he was going to research about Z.

~Team Flare~

The 2 Team Flare girls that Aichi met were talking to a man, who was in a lab and they were communicating from a small portable device.

"Celosia, you failed to capture Zygarde's Core? Mable, you failed to capture, Zygarde." The man said, he sounded shocked.

"A blue haired kid interfered while I was about to capture Zygarde's Core, he had a Mega Charizard X with him. I heard his friend call him Aichi and he seems to know about Team Flare. He is a really powerful trainer, but his weakness is that he is self-sacrificing." Celosia explained.

"That sounds like the kid I ran into when I was searching for Zygarde's Core in Anistar City. He had a Charizard and didn't have to use his hand to release the Pokemon out of it's Pokeball." Marble added.

"We're sorry, Xerosic, we will search for for the Zygardes again." They said together.

"You are off the mission. Bryony and Aliana to search for the Zygardes, Bryony took Celosia's mission and Aliana is taking Marble's mission. You 2 return to headquarters." Xerosic informed. Marble and Celosia heard laughing in the background.

"We should've been given the mission in the first place." Bryony bragged.

"Yea, we won't fail like you two." Aliana agreed.

"I won't be stopped by a kid, no matter how much power he has I will crush him" Bryony said. A third screen showed up and it said voice only.

"Lysandre, why have you contacted us?" Xerosic asked.

"I want an update on how the mission is going." Lysandre answered.

"Both of them failed in their mission, so I'm sending Bryony and Celosia on the mission instead." Xerosic replied.

"I apologize, sir. I was careless, I didn't expect anyone to get in my way, especially not a kid and his Mega Charizard X." Celosia apologized.

"If you meet that boy again in your mission, capture him and bring him here, if you can." Lysandre ordered "Celosia, go with Bryony and help her with her mission, since you are still at the location."

"Yes, sir." Celosia replied as the screen closed.

"I don't need your help Celosia, I can handle that kid and Zygarde's Cor alone." Bryony bragged.

"Trust me with that kid, you will need my help. He also has some friends with him and they will interfere too." Celosia warned.

"That will make it easier, since he self-sacrifices himself for his friends. I just need to put them in danger and he will willingly come with me to Lysandre." Bryony smirked. "You can come, but you will only need to sit on the sidelines and watch me capture both of them."

~With Sawyer and Ash's Group~

Everyone was sitting on the grass, while discussing about their next gym challenges.

"The Snowbelle Gym Leader is strong, I need some more training before challenging him again. He won the battle so easily." Sawyer explained.

Aichi thought. "He gave me some trouble, but I had Charizard and Gardevoir, so I just barely won the battle. When I challenged him, it was a long battle." He remembered.

"He gave Aichi trouble? He must be really strong." Serena agreed.

"I need some more training before challenging him then. Aichi, Clemont, want to battle me to train?" Ash asked.

Clemont and Aichi looked at each other. "Now?" They said together. Ash nodded.

"Ash, the moon is coming up and it is so dark." Bonnie pointed out.

"Plus, we aren't safe from Team Flare yet. If we battle now, they will hear us and come to us to capture Squishy." Aichi added.

"All of you should go to the Terminus Cave, it is on the way to Snowbelle City." Sawyer suggested, Aichi took out his map and Serena took out her guidebook. "I heard there was a mysterious Pokemon living in the cave."

Serena found the Cave in her guide book and pointed it to Sawyer. "Is it this?" She asked. Sawyer nodded and Aichi handed his holographic map to him to locate it.

"Right here." Sawyer said pointing at a cave marking on the map.

"Let's head there tomorrow morning." Clemont suggested. "Let's sleep before tomorrow." Everyone agreed and slept. Aichi slept outside laying on the floor looking at the stars and listening for any footsteps that might be coming their way.

Later in the night, everyone was asleep. Z placed cells around the area earlier before and watched for anyone and was looking through them to see if anyone was coming. Aichi's eyes were closed, but he had his rainbow aura on and that enhanced his sense of hearing and he heard footsteps from far away.

Aichi's eyes shot opened and looked towards the direction of the footsteps deactivating his rainbow aura. "They must be coming to get Squishy again. I need to go stop them, but I don't want to wake up the others." He thought. Aichi walked towards the direction of the footsteps and released Charizard from his Pokeball. He left his bag and Mew where the camp was.

"Charizard, let's Mega Evolve. There are enemies here somewhere." Aichi whispered. Charizard nodded and Charizard Mega Evolved. They walked past several of Squishy's cells, but Squishy ignored him, since he was an ally. Further way from Squishy's furthest cell Bryony was waiting for him there, when Bryony heard footsteps she turned to the direction Aichi and Charizard were hiding behind a bush.

"Check that direction, I heard some footsteps coming from there." Bryony said pointing at Aichi's direction.

The grunts checked inside the bush and Aichi was there with Glaceon, but Charizard was gone, "Glaceon, Ice Beam now!" He ordered. Glaceon froze the grunts that were after them and Aichi started to run out of the bush to freeze the rest of the group of Team Flare.

Bryony smiled as Glaceon was about to fire an Ice Beam at her, some grunts came from behind and pinned down Aichi and Glaceon to the ground. The grunt pinning Aichi down covered Aichi's mouth with one hand, Aichi had Glaceon's Pokeball in his hand and he returned her, so she won't be in pain from the grunts. After the grunt knocked the Pokeball out of his hand.

"Mable told me about how you can indirectly release Pokemon out of their Pokeballs, so I'm just taking necessary precautions by making someone cover your mouth." Bryony explained. Aichi struggled to break free from the grunt holding him down.

"I don't believe Celosia wasn't able to get Zygarde's Core from you, you are such a weak kid. With you out of the way, you camp is open and free we are free to take Z." Bryony said with a laugh.

"So she was expecting that I would come here to get me away from the camp. But two can play that game." Aichi thought as he bit the grunt's hand, which made him release his hand from his mouth. "True, I am weak alone, but my Pokemon have my back."

Charizard swooped in from behind and used Dragon Claw on them.

~Flashback begins~

"Charizard, you go from behind. I am almost positive that there are more grunts here, I heard more footsteps before than the amount of people here. So you go from behind and attack, Glaceon and I will be bait, but when their guard is down swoop in and attack them. Got it?" Aichi whispered to Charizard, before the grunts got there.

~Flashback ends~

"You predicted that there will be more grunts here. But I'm taking you with me, no matter what to Lysandre." Bryony applauded. A Fake Out hit and Shadow Claw hit Charizard from behind and Aichi turned to see a Liepard and Bisharp behind him. They continued to attack Charizard and he looked like he was in great pain.

"Charizard!" Aichi called. He gritted his teeth and ran towards Charizard, but an arm gripped his wrist pulling him back. He turned around and it was Bryony, Aichi wanted to reach for another Pokemon, but he didn't want anyone else to be harmed.

He looked back at Charizard and Aichi could've commanded a move, but since the 2 attacks hit, he seemed to weak to fight back even with Mega Evolution. He was hit by simultaneous attacks, Charizard's Mega Evolution was deactivated. Aichi took Charizard's Pokeball and returned him to his Pokeball before he fainted. Aichi tried to pull his arm away from Bryony's grip, but it was inevitable.

"You're coming back with me." Bryony said, while pushing him to some grunts and Liepard and Bisharp was on the offensive facing Aichi and was ready to attack the second he manages to escape. Bryony turned on a communicator and Xerosic, Lysandre and Celosia faces were displayed in a hologram.

"Mission complete here. I got the kid. Celosia, don't mess up in your mission." Bryony informed. Celosia gritted her teeth as she left the call. Bryony started walking as the grunts and Aichi followed, they were pushing him from behind while holding his arms behind his back. A grunt attached an earpiece on Aichi's ear, so he can hear the conversation.

"You did well, Bryony. Make sure he doesn't escape when you retrieve Zygarde's Core." Lysandre said. Soon they arrived at a rocky cliff near a river, Aichi was sat in a corner with handcuffs on his wrists behind his back and rope tying his legs together, Liepard and Bisharp making sure he doesn't get away.

"What do you want from me?" Aichi asked. He already met Lysandre, but he doesn't remember and he never met any other Team Flare member.

"Aichi… Sendou…" Lysandre said slowly, Aichi's face looked shocked.

"How… Do you know my name?" Aichi asked.

"You expected me to forget you too? I was associated with the Void, I couldn't forget that." Lysandre replied. "To answer your question before, I need you to be locked up because in the near future you will interfere with my plan of making the world a peaceful place."

"Do you think what you're doing is peaceful? You have a messed up image of what peace is." Aichi replied. He thought and noticed something. "Don't tell me… You are influenced by the Void, even though he is locked and sealed away forever. You shouldn't have asked Void for power anyways!"

"Don't speak to, Lysandre in that tone!" Bryony shouted.

"It's not that I'm influenced by the Void, but you are in disrupting my plans. Although you might still be of use to me, if you swear allegiance to me." Lysandre said.

"No way that's happening." Aichi replied, he struggled against the handcuffs and rope, that was when he saw Squishy on a rock. It looked unconscious and grunts surrounded it with their Pokemon, ready to capture it.

"Squishy! Wake up!" Aichi shouted before the grunts got to it. He used Psyqualia with his words and Squishy woke up.

"We won't let you get away again, Zygarde's Core. We still need to conduct some more experiments on you." Bryony said. Bisharp and Liepard turned around and attacked Squishy, the rest of the grunts Pokemon did the same.

With Liepard and Bisharp distracted, Aichi called to his Pokemon. "Gardevoir! Manectric! Help Squishy!" Aichi shouted as Manectric and Gardevoir came out of their Pokeballs. Gardevoir went ahead and Manectric broke Aichi's restraints.

"Defeat that kid's Pokemon and knock him out." Bryony ordered, Celosia came from behind and Aichi turned to her.

"I have no choice." Aichi mumbled as he threw the Gardevoirite to Gardevoir and Manectite to Manectric. He used his Rainbow aura and both of them Mega Evolved. "Gardevoir, take care them over there and Manectric and I will take care of things here."

Gardevoir was fighting off the enemy Pokemon as Squishy was focusing on gathering all its cells. When it gathered all of them it transformed into the 10% Forme and used Land's Wrath, which scared all the Team Flare grunts and alerted Ash and the others of their location. When Ash and the others got to Squishy's and Aichi's location, Aichi was falling from exhaustion and Squishy also fainted from exhaustion.

"Squishy!" Bonnie called as she ran to Squishy, its cells were scattered and it seemed to have changed back to normal. The rest checked on Aichi, who seemed to have been breathing hard. Gardevoir and Manectric returned to their Pokeballs and in Aichi's hand was the 2 Mega Stones.

"I… Used too much energy." Aichi said slowly, he fell on his side so the ear with the earpiece was hidden. After that, the earpiece seemed to have disappeared.