The two Mega Charizard X were fired up to battle each other at full power. They awaited their orders.
"Charizard, Dragon Claw." Alain ordered.
"Up in the air and soar the skies!" Aichi answered. Alain's Charizard chased after Aichi's. "Do it Charizard!"
Charizard flew to the side allowing Alain's Charizard to fly past him and Dragon Pulse hit Alain's Charizard. Alain's Charizard didn't seem to be affected, both the Charizards were fighting in the skies without orders. They were acting upon their trainer's feelings.
"You haven't learned anything after all. Lysandre is not to be trusted, he's using you." Aichi said with a angry tone.
"This again, I told you that you're wrong. Lysandre gave me this power, so that I can protect people." Alain responded.
"Protecting what? What exactly are you protecting with this power you've obtained?" Aichi asked, his aura flared as his anger increased. "I'm using my own strength to protect those who are dear to me. No one needs someone else to give me power, that isn't real strength you have with you. Because true strength comes from within yourself! Did you know that Lysandre would go so far as to take Mew hostage to make me accept his deal?"
"Deal?" Alain thought.
"That is why I can't afford to lose this battle. I need to protect the ones I love!" Aichi answered. Both Charizards were down on the ground.
"Flamethrower!"
Both Charizards shot a Flamethrower at each other, it was equal strength.
"Alright, Charizard. Fire Blast! I won't lose, not to you!" Alain ordered, his aura also flared. The small device that was attached to Aichi's pants lit up and began to drain Aichi's strength. "What is this feeling…?" Aichi asked. He fell to his knees feeling exhausted.
"What is happening to Aichi?" Bonnie asked.
"Wait that is." Alain said. He turned to the spectator room Lysandre was in. Charizard used Fire Blast and Aichi's Charizard was sent flying to Aichi's direction. Together they hit the stadium border wall and Aichi seemed to have fallen unconscious.
"Aichi!" Everyone of Aichi's friends cried.
"Did Alain do that on purpose?"
"What a low thing to do."
Alain looked at Aichi surprised. He didn't know what to do. "I didn't mean to do that…" Alain said.
"The winner is Alain. He crushed Aichi and his Charizard." The announcer declared. A medical team came into the stadium to take Aichi to an infirmary.
"Come on, let's go see him." Serena said. Everyone went to see Aichi.
"The second semifinal match up with begin in one hour. We'll update you on Aichi's condition when we get more information." The announcer said.
Alain left the stadium and to the infirmary to see Aichi too.
In the infirmary, some doctors bandaged Aichi's wounds and continued to check his condition. Aichi wasn't in a peaceful sleep, he was distressed while he was unconscious.
"Mew…!" Aichi thought, tears fell from his eyes. "I swore to save you! But I couldn't!"
Ash and the others saw Aichi through the window and only entered when they were allowed to. The doctors walked out and Lysandre was there.
"Lysandre, how is Aichi?" Bonnie asked worried.
"He'll be just fine. I made preparations for him to receive medical attention in Lysandre Labs." Lysandre said.
"That is really nice of you." Serena responded.
"I am only helping a talented and caring trainer in need of help, it is nothing to be praised for." Lysandre answered. Xerosic in different clothing walked into the infirmary with a team of Team Flare members that also weren't in Team Flare clothing.
"Get the patient of the stretcher carefully and we must hurry to Lysandre Labs." Xerosic ordered. He quietly and inexplicably took off the small device on Aichi's sleeve. Then put a breathing mask on Aichi. But what no one but Xerosic and Lysandre knew was that Aichi would be breathing in sleeping powder to keep him asleep.
"Lysandre, sir. We'll be leaving now." Xerosic informed. That told Lysandre that everything was ready.
Alain made it to the infirmary as Xerosic left with Aichi and the other Team Flare members. "Lysandre." Alain called.
"Oh, Alain. Congratulations on winning your match." Serena, Clemont, Bonnie and Ash congratulated.
"It was a difficult match, I would've lost if Aichi had all six of his Pokemon." Alain responded.
"It was weird that Aichi suddenly felt weak, maybe he didn't get enough sleep after all." Clemont thought.
"I wanted to ask Lysandre some things, would you mind?" Alain asked.
"No, not at all. Make sure you come and watch my battle Alain, alright?" Ash answered.
"Sure, you got it." Alain responded. The group left Lysandre and Alain to talk. "Lysandre, what happened with Aichi?"
"I'm not sure myself. I think his exhaustion overwhelmed him, I heard he didn't get a lot of sleep." Lysandre answered.
"Is that really all? I feel like it was more than that." Alain responded with doubt.
"You don't have to worry, just keep collecting Mega Evolution energy, you are almost there." Lysandre answered.
"Okay." Alain answered as Lysandre left. He stood there think about what Aichi said about Lysandre, wondering if he was really telling the truth.
Meanwhile, Lysandre went to the truck that Aichi was put in. "Lysandre, you've arrived. We were just about to leave to Lysandre Labs before anyone can notice what we're actually after." Xerosic informed.
"I will stay here to watch the remainder of the semifinals and after I will make sure Alain is fighting for me. When I return, I expect that you will have everything ready." Lysandre said.
"Yes, Lysandre." Xerosic answered.
"Great, now. Get going." Lysandre responded. The door to the truck closed and Aichi was transported to Lysandre Labs.
In the truck, Xerosic wired up Aichi's head to do his analysis. He knew that Aichi will remain asleep as long as he's breathing in the sleeping powder. "Amazing! These brainwaves. Let's see what will happen is I mess around with them." Xerosic used his finger and pressed a button.
Aichi reacted with his aura appearing. His brainwaves spiked for a small moment, but other than that, everything was in order. "Such power coming out of changing your brainwaves, you must have some great fears. I can manipulate this power to control Z2. I will have to test this out when we arrive at the lab." Xerosic said.
Meanwhile, Aichi was having a nightmare. He was surrounded by darkness. "Huh? Where am I?" Aichi asked himself. He looked around and Naoki and and Shingo appeared from the fog, walking towards him.
"Hey, Naoki. Shingo. Why are you here?" Aichi asked as they got closer. Naoki got closer to Aichi, so close that Aichi knew that something was wrong. "What's wrong, Naoki?" Aichi asked.
Naoki quickly threw Aichi onto the ground. Aichi groan and tried to get up and run, but Shingo took hold of his right ankle and pulled him back. Aichi's heart was beating really hard, his breathing became unstable.
"Aichi Sendou…" It was Void's voice. His aura appeared around him.
"Void! What did you do? You are suppose to be sealed away." Aichi said. Naoki pushed him over and he bumped into someone, Aichi looked up to see Kai.
"Kai… Thank goodness you're here. What…-" Aichi's voice faded away after looking at Kai's face. He was smiling evilly and chuckling. "Kai?"
Kai pushed Aichi back to Naoki who held him. Kai was holding a card, and Aichi recognize it immediately. "Kai! What are you going to do to Blaster Blade?! He was a special gift that you gave to me remember?" Aichi asked.
"Sure, Aichi. Tell yourself that it was a special gift." Kai answered. He ripped Blaster Blade's card.
"No! Kai!" Aichi cried, tears ran down his face. He tried to run to him and show him his fury, but Naoki was holding him. The pieces of the card manifested in Blaster Blade. "Blaster Blade, you're sa-"
He turned to see his reversed self beside Blaster Blade. He was holding a lock in his hand. "This was when…" Aichi remembered.
"Yes, it is that time. Reversing your favourite card." His old self said with a laugh. He held the lock to Blaster Blade and Blaster Blade transformed into Blaster Joker. The floor below Aichi disappeared and he fell down into a pit, everyone watched him in happiness before walking away.
"Guys! Wait! Don't leave!" Aichi cried. But shadows appeared around him, hands were appearing from underneath him.
"What's this?!" Aichi exclaimed as shadows of Misaki, Miwa, Kamui and all his other friends appeared trying to pull him down into the pit of darkness. "Guys! No! Stop! Please!" He tried to get out of their hold, but he couldn't.
He woke up on a hospital bed, the breathing mask was taken off. Aichi was still pretty drowsy from the sleep powder, but he was more or less awake from his nightmare. "That nightmare…"
He moved his wrists to find that he couldn't, he noticed that he couldn't because of some straps that were attached to the bed's mattress. It was the same for his ankles. It wasn't like his body was in moving condition anyways.
He felt the wires that were attached onto his head. Lysandre walked up to Aichi. "Lysandre!" Aichi exclaimed as Lysandre walked closer.
"That isn't such a polite greeting, Aichi Sendou." Lysandre answered. Xerosic pressed a button that automatically adjusted the bed so that Aichi was up to a sitting position.
"If a human didn't need food or liquids to survive, I would have just kept you asleep with the sleeping powder. So that you can live in your nightmares." Xerosic said. Lysandre extended the bed's table as Bryony walked into the room with a tray of food.
"I don't want to eat, of course not something from you." Aichi said.
"Oh, so few choices you get." Bryony answered. She placed the food on the table and held the spoon for Aichi. Aichi watched with an angry face, he looked like a child being fed by his mother.
"Open your mouth, little boy." Bryony joked. Aichi refused to, he tried to struggle with the restraints, but winced after doing so.
"I would not push your body's capabilities. The impact after hitting the wall and being squished by your Charizard was hard enough to break your bones. You should consider yourself lucky that none of your bones were broken." Bryony explained.
"Wait, I suddenly felt like something was stealing my strength, that must've been you." Aichi accused.
"Yes, actually. You and your friend, Ash. I believe you've been chosen to live in the new world I'm striving for, a world without conflict, where only the chosen live and the unnecessary disappears." Lysandre explained.
"You're going to destroy the world then!" Aichi responded. While he had his mouth opened Bryony pushed a spoon if food inside his mouth.
"Sorry, but I'm in the mood to wait for you to decide to eat." Bryony apologized in the most insincere tone she can muster. Aichi almost choked on the food, but he was able to chewed and swallowed.
"To achieve a peaceful new world, we must destroy the old world and the new world will be guided by those chosen few." Lysandre responded. "That form that Ash was able to create with his Greninja, I want to control that power. Just as I want to control that power of yours."
"We are a step closer, Lysandre. Manipulating his brain waves, increasing his brain frequencies high up to Beta waves causes him to release his power, now all that is left is to control that power as he's unconscious." Xerosic explained.
Aichi was eating his food, so that he can respond to Lysandre without Bryony jamming the spoon in his mouth. Bryony slowly poured the water into Aichi's mouth, but he still choked on it.
"You'll never be able to control Ash. His spirit is in par, no even stronger than mine." Aichi informed. "His feelings towards all people and Pokemon, those feelings will never be defeated by the likes of you."
"The preparations that I've made, all the research I've done, all this work I've done leading up to this moment won't be for nothing. Tomorrow is the day of truth." Lysandre responded.
"Tomorrow is the finals." Aichi remembered.
"Yes, tomorrow Alain will finally collect enough Mega Evolution energy after his battle with Ash." Lysandre said.
"So Ash made it to the finals, but in these circumstances…" Aichi thought. He began feeling a little drowsy.
"Seems it has been about time the sleeping medicine took effect, have a good sleep, boy." Bryony said.
Aichi's eyes felt heavy and closed as his body dropped numb on the bed.
"Continue the experiments, we'll begin taking control of the Prism Tower tomorrow." Lysandre said.
Xerosic smiled. "Yes, Lysandre." He turned behind him and looked at the 50% forme of Z2, it was trapped inside a capsule trying to get out. Xerosic once again began playing with Aichi's brain waves. "I will make this perfect."
Meanwhile, Squishy was being affected by Aichi's powerful aura being made to control it. "Squishy, what's wrong? Are you feeling sick?" Bonnie asked in concern. Squishy dropped in her hand, showing that there was something wrong. They were in their rooms already, it was pretty late at night.
"Clemont, there is something wrong with Squishy." Bonnie informed worried.
"I wonder what happened. Squishy was just fine a little while ago." Serena responded.
"This is familiar, but is strange somehow. It must be 'his' aura, but what happened to it?" Squishy thought.
"Squishy… You'll be okay." Bonnie assured while hugging it.
"Maybe all Squishy needs is a good night's rest." Serena suggested.
"Squishy, let's go to sleep." Bonnie said. She took Squishy to her bed and hugged Squishy to sleep.
Azelf was out looking for Aichi to see how he was doing. It looked around for Mew and Aichi inside Lysandre Labs. Azelf was the only one that knew what was going on and who their enemy really was.
"They must be here somewhere." Azelf thought. It continued to look around cautiously and then, it felt it. An aura that can only be Aichi's. "Over here!"
Azelf wandered towards the location of the aura and saw Aichi inside a Mega Evolution energy powered capsule asleep with the breathing mask attached onto his face. Azelf was relieved that Aichi was well and healing quickly, but Azelf knew that it had to get Aichi out of there.
"Aichi! I'll get you out of there!" Azelf declared. It looked around and saw that no one was in the room at the moment, it saw Z2 and soon saw Mew to the side also asleep from sleeping powder. Azelf first helped Mew out of its predicament by pressing a button. Azelf waited impatiently for it to wake up.
"Mew! Wake up, Mew! We don't have time to waste." Azelf said.
The door opened. "One, two, three legendary Pokemon in my hands." Xerosic said. Azelf looked in fear and was just about to run, but Aichi was the reason it came to Lysandre Labs.
Azelf was getting ready to use Extrasensory, but then Bryony came from behind and held Azelf in front of Aichi before it released its attack. "Azelf~!"
"You aren't going to leave your friend here or attack him, are you?" Bryony said. Azelf struggled against Bryony while Xerosic placed Mew back in its capsule.
Xerosic pulled up his tablet and increased the brain wave frequency of Aichi. Aichi reacted with his aura flaring. Azelf heard Aichi's inner voice carrying in the aura, Azelf heard the cries of Aichi, it lowered after a while.
"Azelf…. Go in that capsule over there and stay there…" Aichi ordered. Azelf heard him and felt like Aichi was slowly starting to take control of himself. Aichi's amplified powers also began influencing Azelf to listen and follow the order that was given to it. Bryony let go of Azelf as it flew into the capsule. "That's right. Just a little closer."
Azelf flew into the capsule and fell asleep abruptly after the sleeping powder was released inside. Xerosic used his tablet to lower Aichi's brain waves back down to Delta wave level.
"I don't have an explanation of the science for his powers, it is strange that he has so much influence over Pokemon without taking control of them." Xerosic said.
"I don't understand why you don't just make him use his powers continuously. That would mean that everything will be in order at all times." Bryony said.
"If I do that, he wouldn't have enough rest. If brainwaves are constantly at a high frequency like-" Xerosic began explained.
"Spare me the explanation." Bryony responded.
"Basically, he will be completely mentally exhausted and when the time came to use him to execute the mission. I cannot be certain if his brain would be able to handle such exhaustion." Xerosic abbreviated.
"Oh, worried about our little tool, Xerosic?" Bryony responded.
"All tools need care from their users to sustain them. I'm not doing this because I am worried for him in particular. I am doing this so we can sustain his power as long as humanly possible." Xerosic corrected.
"If you say so. Lysandre is just asking you to use his power to assist with the control of both Zygardes. As long as you do your job, it doesn't matter what you feel for him." Alaina said, she was standing at the entrance door.
"Alaina, how pleasant of you to stop by." Bryony said with sarcasm.
"Thanks, I just wanted to know if you actually have that boy tied down and working for us. Seems so." Alaina responded as she walked in and circled around Aichi's unconscious body.
"Don't tell me you've fallen for him." Mable said as she also walked in.
"Of course not, that would mean that I would betray Lysandre. I would never do that." Alaina denied.
"Right... So how is it going, Xerosic?" Mable asked.
"It's better than I can ever imagine. All his power, it's so great!" Xerosic answered.
"I see that you've grown an addiction to his power." Celosia commented as she also joined the group. Aichi's hand twitched, he was trying to wake up. Xerosic hurried and looked at the brainwave monitor, it was in the theta wave stage moving into the frequency of Alpha.
"How is this possible?" Xerosic asked. A rainbow aura surrounded Aichi, he slowly opened his eyes. His aura wasn't enough to give him the strength to break the barrier that confined him.
Aichi turned his head slowly until gravity dropped his head to the side. He saw Azelf, Mew and Z2. "Mew, Azelf… Squishy…" Aichi muttered.
"I never expected him to be able to wake up from the sleeping powder." Xerosic commented. Aichi wasn't able to hear him, it seemed that the barrier was sound proof.
"It seems he is too weak to escape, so I think he isn't strong enough to do anything right now." Celosia pointed out.
"He should be fast asleep again soon." Xerosic informed as he watched Aichi's brain waves drop back down to delta level. And sure enough, Aichi's eyes closed and his aura disappeared leaving him fast asleep once again.
~The Next Day~
While the finals were going on, Xerosic, Celosia, Alaina, Mable and Bryony were infiltrating the Prism Tower. In the truck, Z2 in normal form, Azelf and Mew were in Mega Evolution energy capsules being transported inside the building. They were preparing the machine that merges Aichi's energy and the Mega Evolution energy to concentrate on controlling Z2.
"With this beam, it will control Z2 fully. The Mega Evolution energy alone wasn't enough to control it. But with this… It will 100% work." Xerosic said. He turned to the side of the machine where Aichi was attached to with the sleeping powder still taking effect. The brain monitoring device still attached to his head.
"Now, it is just time to wait for Lysandre's signal. We'll get to our positions, just do your job." Celosia said. The four left with some grunts to their stations. Xerosic smiled and used his tablet to begin slowly increasing Aichi's brain waves.
~After The Finals~
It was the award ceremony, Alain won by a small margin. Professor Sycamore and Diantha was there to hand out the awards.
Xerosic and Lysandre began taking their steps to control Z2. "The boy is prepped." Xerosic informed.
"Begin." Lysandre ordered.
The beam was shot and Z2 tried resisting the control device. The beam of energy was red with blue circulating it.
"This is why humans are so evil! Humans are all foolish, every human must disappear!" Z2 thought angrily. Z2 began turning red and soon became fully controlled. Z2 broke the wall and stood at the top of the tower watching as black vines with red veins on it began sprouting.
Z2 growled and the vines formed a thorn throne for Aichi and vines wrapped his ankles and wrists onto the throne. The wires attached to Aichi were released also the breathing mask that contained the sleeping powder. Aichi's pendant slipped off his neck, which weakened his already weakened form, his appearance returned and he remained asleep.
Azelf and Mew's capsules were also broken and they were confined in a vine cage at Aichi's sides.
Z2 was in rage.
At the Kalos League, everyone was in panic. They were evacuating everyone. Squishy jumped outside from the exit to see what was going on. Ash and Alain met up with Serena, Clemont and Bonnie.
"Ash! Squishy disappeared!" Bonnie cried.
"What is happening?" Serena asked.
"These vines are created by Zygarde. This is definitely the work of Zygarde." Alain said.
"Zygarde?" Clemont said.
Squishy was running trying to find and speak to Z2. "Respond! Respond!" Squishy called. It absorbed all of its cells in the area and transformed into 10% Forme and ran to Prism Tower.
Bonnie sensed Squishy. She knew where it was going to go. "Squishy, Squishy is heading over to Prism Tower." Bonnie informed.
"Really? Are you sure?" Clemont asked.
"I'm sure of it!" Bonnie answered before ran off to Prism Tower.
"Bonnie! Wait!" Clemont called.
"You guys go on ahead. We'll meet up later." Ash said.
"How about you?" Serena asked.
Ash turned to Alain. "I'll go with Alain to find Marron." He answered.
"But!" Serena responded.
"We'll meet up as soon as we find her." Ash said.
"Wait, Ash!" Clemont said. He tossed a communication device at Ash. "Use this so that we can communicate with each other." He was also holding a similar device, but different colour.
"Thanks, Clemont." Ash thanked.
"Be careful." Serena reminded.
"I will!" Ash answered before they ran off.
Everyone that participated in the Kalos League were cutting down as many of the vines they could so that others can evacuate safely.
Professor Sycamore was evacuating people. He went to Aichi's room to see if he needed help getting out but found that he wasn't there. He was in a slight panic, then he remembered something Olympia said. "Green fire. A flickering green flame. I saw it engulf Kalos and threaten to consume all people and Pokemon in that swirling fire."
"Olympia foresaw that this was going to happen!" Professor Sycamore exclaimed.
"You will all play a substantial role in the chaos turmoil."
"But where exactly are Ash and the others now?" Professor Sycamore asked himself.
"It is Team Flare, they are trying to control Zygarde. And… Alain is helping them. His name is Lysandre, the evil in my world must still be influencing him." Professor Sycamore remembered Aichi mentioning.
"Was I too late to get Aichi and keep him from falling into Lysandre's hands?" Professor Sycamore asked himself.
Meanwhile, Ash and Alain were confronted by Mable.
"You! You're the girl that was after Squishy!" Ash exclaimed as he saw Mable. Alain looked with fear.
"Oh, so you remember me? But some is different, now I'm after you!" Mable said.
"After me?" Ash asked.
"Don't you dare betray Ash!" Alain remembered Aichi shouting at him.
"Oh, Alain. Lysandre is requesting your presence." Mable informed.
"Alain, what are they talking about?" Ash asked. "Come on, let's go." He pulled
Alain tried to ignore Ash and looked away and pull his arm away from Ash forcefully. "Alain?" Ash said.
"Drapion, Confuse Ray." Mable ordered. Drapion used Confuse Ray on Ash and Pikachu before they can react. "Ah!" Ash cried before falling on the ground unconscious. Pikachu tried to fight it, but soon fell by Ash's side.
"How? Such a small Pokemon cares so much for his trainer." Mable commented. "Let's go, Alain. We now have both the trainers Lysandre was interested in, that means our mission is complete."
Alain seemed to be fighting with himself. Team Flare grunts locked the metal spheres around Ash's hands and feet lifting Ash's unconscious body from the ground and up in the air. Alain walked with them to the aircraft.
Soon Alain made it to where Lysandre was. "Alain, you've arrived." Lysandre said.
Alain saw Z2 standing at the side at the edge of the building. "Lysandre, what's the meaning of this?" Alain asked.
Lysandre turned to face him. "Alain, you've arrived. This is the start of a perfect world where only the chosen lives. The world right now is full of imperfection, the greed of everyone living here is greater that the giving isn't enough to support the entire world. Alain I've found a way to return the world back to perfection." Lysandre said magnetically.
Xerosic noticed Aichi's pendent on the ground and figured, he might be able to use it to power his machine. Even he felt the energy emanating from the pendant, he began to do some tinkering to the machine.
Aichi's hand twitched as he sat there still unconscious in his seat.
"I feel Zygarde's rage. It is almost too much." Aichi thought. "I have to find the power to stop it, but I need more strength to do so. Why does it feel like I got weaker…? Could it be my pendant dropped?"
"Lysandre, you said you needed strength to protect the world, is this what you mean by that?" Alain asked.
"You speak of the power to protect, tell me Alain. What do you want to protect? A world that is worse than today's?" Lysandre asked. A notification appeared to the side of Lysandre.
"All preparations are now complete."
"Excellent." Lysandre answered as Ash and all of his Pokemon appeared on a platform from the ground. Aichi was just above them in a different platform. Alain was silenced in guilt.
Ash and his Pokemon soon woke up. They struggled. "Pikachu! Greninja! What is happening?!" He exclaimed. He looked up and saw Aichi.
"Aichi! Wake up!" Ash called. Aichi's hand twitched and he lifted his head slightly with his eyes half opened. He saw Ash below him before he closed his eyes again and once again slumped over.
"Alain… He's really done it now…" Aichi muttered before he was unconscious again. The top thorn of the vines began biting into his skin after his weak body attempted to struggle.
"Hello, Ash." Lysandre greeted.
"Lysandre! Alain! What's going on?! Let us go!" Ash responded in panic.
"Forgive me for your rough treatment, but I can't release you." Lysandre said.
Ash looked over and saw Zygarde. "Zygarde! Alain, what's going on?!" Ash asked.
Alain looked away.
"You see Ash, you may be one of the chosen ones." Lysandre continued. He looked up at Aichi's unconscious form. "Your treatment hasn't been as terrible as your friend over there."
"What did you do to Aichi? Wait… There is no way Aichi could've been fooled by you! He is able to see through anyone." Ash said.
"How about I expose the secrets he's been keeping from you and your group. You see, Ash. Aichi is amazing at concealing details from his peers. You are correct when you say he was able to see through me. He also knew about Alain and his predicament. But he refused to tell you any of it." Lysandre explained.
"But why?" Ash asked.
"Ash, he didn't want this to come between our friendship." Alain said, that was the first thing he said in a while.
Ash turned to Aichi feeling sorry. "You considered my feelings even knowing what would happen to you." He said to Aichi. That was when they say a lot of green lights gathering to one place.
"That's Squishy! What?! Squishy is Zygarde?!" Ash exclaimed.
"Zygarde is the Pokemon that watches over the world and destroys the people who dares disrupt its order. You are watching the rage of Zygarde and Team Flare. Soon the other Zygarde will understand and accept our way of thinking and it will turn red." Lysandre explained witnessing as Z2 and Squishy were about to go into battle.
"No! Squishy will never think like that!" Ash exclaimed.
"With the one hope of relieving Zygarde's rage out of the way. There is nothing to stop the inevitable. He was the one and only person who was keeping the balance stable, there is nothing you or anyone can do to stop this now." Lysandre said.
"There's still hope for his world… Please just listen to me…" Aichi muttered. He weakly opened his eyes which has the flare of Psyqualia inside.
"Zygarde! Please listen to what Squishy is telling you!" Bonnie pleaded from below. Clemont and Serena were in battle with the Team Flare members. They soon split up to find and get Chesbee outside of Lysandre Labs.
The vines tighten on Aichi. "Silence!" Zygarde shouted.
"Alain, it is all thanks to you. All that Mega Evolution energy you've collected has proved to be quite useful at destroying this imperfect world. Although, the trigger was manipulating Aichi's power into tempering Z2's rage towards humans, the energy you've collected also was proven useful in controlling Zygarde to do as we please with it." Lysandre explained.
"All I've been fighting for… Was for this?!" Alain shouted. He began punching the ground in frustration.
"Alain…" Ash said.
"It is quite ironic. Aichi was the trigger, although he didn't originally come from this world. The last number of the equation came to us just like destiny." Lysandre added. "And Ash, that bond phenomenon. You were able to create a new evolution similar to Mega Evolution without a Key Stone. I want that power to be mine." He sent two small devices towards Ash. They shot red beams with blue swirls at Greninja and Ash.
"Ahhh!" Ash cried. Aichi felt his power inside that beam.
"No!" Ash shouted. This beam didn't have Aichi's influence, but the power inside the pendent helped increase the power in the beam.
"This beam was able to control Zygarde and now Ash, I will control your Bond phenomenon." Lysandre declared.
"Ash… I have to stop this..." Aichi muttered. Then he thought of an idea. "That's it...!" Aichi said. He focused on the part of the beam that was his power. The beam split off into two, the blue energy with red a small red beam merged inside went to Aichi.
Aichi also began to look in pain. He was feeling like he was going to be controlled. "So this is how it felt… Zygarde! I'm sorry for the pain you endured, please. Find it inside your heart to forgive the humans." Aichi pleaded. But his voice didn't reach Zygarde.
"How magnificent, I'm sure that weak beam can't subdue Aichi to our side. But this should still be enough for Ash to cross sides. From this point on, Ash, Greninja. You will answer to me." Lysandre declared, Ash and Greninja were slowly being subdue.
"Lysandre! Stop this!" Ash demanded.
"Pikachu~!"
"Ash! Fight it!" Aichi shouted.
Ash snapped out of it. "There is no way you'll be able to control us!" He shouted.
"You still don't understand, Ash. Once the current world is gone. You will be the chosen to guide the new world to a bright future." Lysandre said.
"We aren't ever going to become any of that. We aren't ever going to change!" Ash responded. "Alain! I don't know what happened to you, but whatever you might've done in the past doesn't matter. Because I believe in the Alain I know."
Aichi then felt something. "My Vanguard."
"Blaster Blade, Cray's power is being misused right now. I want you to do a favour for me." Aichi responded.
"What is it?" Blaster Blade asked.
"Listen to me closely…" Aichi said.
"I really really care about this world. I care about the all the people and Pokemon who live in this world, and you won't destroy it!" Ash shouted. That was when the pendant that was attached onto the machine shot out of it and a bright light engulfed Ash.
"What's this?!" Lysandre exclaimed. A stream of blue fames were transferred from Aichi to Ash. The light disappeared and revealed Greninja evolved and Ash in a new form.
"Ash!" Alain shouted. Ash had blue highlights in his hair and wore a long light blue jacket with a grey shirt underneath. He wore white gloves, black pants and white boots.
It was like time stopped for Ash and Greninja, he looked at his hands that was now gloved. "What happened?" Ash asked, Psyqualia glew in his eyes. A knight appeared in front of him. Blaster Blade was his spirit. "Who are you?"
"My name is Blaster Blade. My Vanguard has requested that you have the power of Cray assist you on your quest." Blaster Blade answered.
"Aichi? He gave me his powers?" Ash asked. He looked at Aichi's pendant which was now around his neck.
"Ash, we must save Zygarde and this world!" Greninja said.
"I can hear what you're saying, Greninja!" Ash said happily. "So this is what Aichi hears and feels." Ash looked and saw everyone's aura. Aichi's aura was bright blue, Alain was darker blue and Lysandre's was orange with darkness around it.
"I was able to transfer all of his power to you successfully. You must succeed, this is the most my Vanguard could assist you in his condition." Blaster Blade reminded.
"Do you know what happened to him, Blaster Blade?" Ash asked.
"They used sleeping powder to keep him asleep as they toyed with his brainwaves to trigger his powers, that drained most of his energy and now he is immobilized. Since he transferred the last of his power to you, he will be unable to help you in your fight." Blaster Blade explained.
"I definitely won't lose now! Everyone is counting on me and Aichi sacrificed everything for me to do this." Ash said.
"Let's do this, Ash!" Greninja agreed.
"You must be aware that your body hasn't adapted to using all this power. Please only use it if necessary." Blaster Blade warned.
"Right, thank you." Ash responded. Time returned back to normal.
"Lysandre! Battle me!" Ash demanded. His body suddenly felt numb, and fell over as he floated down.
"Ash! Are you okay?" Alain called as he caught Ash before he fell on the floor. Sparks appeared around Ash and his transformation was reversed before it returned.
"Aichi Sendou might have gifted you his power, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to wield it. But I sense that that resilience wasn't just from that power you've obtained, I'm sure your magnificent bond was a variable in overpowering the Mega Evolution energy." Lysandre commented.
Aichi's power was beginning to stabilize. "Because of you, my head's clear." Alain said.
"That's awesome, Alain!" Ash responded happily as he got up.
"Let's stop this together!" Alain declared.
"Now you're talking!" Ash cheered.
Alain reached for his Pokeball. "Charizard, let's go!" Alain called as he released Charizard from his Pokeball. "Use Dragon Claw to free Pikachu and the rest!"
Charizard used Dragon Claw and broke the metal spheres keeping all of Ash's Pokemon in the air. Alain looked up and saw Aichi. "I owe him a lot and I need to repay him a lot too." Alain thought. He nodded to himself and turned back to Lysandre.
"Alright! Let's do this!" Ash and Alain said together.
Lysandre smiled and chuckled. "Do you honestly believe you can defeat me?" He asked.
"We must! We are going to show you that protecting someone takes real strength by beating you!' Alain answered.
"Oh, is that right?" Lysandre responded.
"Yes! Aichi was trying to protect everyone he held dear with all of the strength he had!" Alain answered.
"And look what that has led him to!" Lysandre said.
"You're wrong! Aichi took everyone's feelings under consideration. He looked forward with his head held up high no matter what the stacks were. He looked forward without fear in his heart. You're the one that has taken the wrong path this entire time! You were feeding me lies and I…" Alain explained, he turned to Aichi. "Aichi, I'm really sorry. I should've listened to you from the start. I'll make it up to you, just watch me! I will defeat Lysandre with Ash!"
"Alain… Right then, let's do this!" Ash said.
Lysandre frowned. "You've disappointed me, Alain. None of you will be needed in the new world I'm creating."
"Needed or not needed? Who are you to decided?!" Ash answered.
"Then I've got no choice." Lysandre responded as he placed a device on his head around his ears. Two different devices flew to Lysandre and attached itself onto him. They flew him up to Aichi and Alain's floor of the Prism Tower. "You will be stopped. And I'll do it myself."
Meanwhile, Xerosic was ready to fire a Mega Evolution energy beam to the trapped Squishy below. "Z2 has handled creating Z1's rage. Now all that is needed is to use the Mega Evolution energy." Xerosic said. He shot the beam at Squishy and Bonnie was there to see it. But vines were soon being created around her.
Meyer saved her just in time. "No! Squishy! What's happening to my Squishy?!" Bonnie cried.
"Lysandre, the other Zygarde is under our control!" Xerosic informed Lysandre.
"It can't be!" Ash responded.
"My new world will be created much faster now." Lysandre grinned.
"How can you say that peace has anything to do with this?" Ash asked.
"What would you know about peace?" Lysandre responded. "You have no idea what is the ugly parts of the world. There was once a time when I reached out to help people, people that were suffering and they rejoiced. But that didn't last long, soon they began to take my help for granted and demanded it like they had some kind of right. Their demands became louder and louder and my help actually created their arrogance."
"It is only a matter of time until their world is destroyed, such people do not deserve to live in this world. I will destroy this world filled with arrogance and transform it into a peaceful one. But that world, has no place for any of you!" Lysandre continued. He released his Pokemon Gyarados and Pyroar.
The battle begun, Lysandre used Mega Evolution on Gyarados and Alain Mega Evolved Charizard. Because of Aichi's powers, Ash's battling was better than before, but Lysandre was still a formidable opponent.
Later in the fight, Malva arrived at Prism tower, she deflected a Hyper Beam moving towards Ash and Alain's Pokemon. She was standing at the platform level Aichi was on.
"Oh, what a surprise Malva. Have you decided to deceive me as well?" Lysandre asked.
"It's obvious. I have decided to put my complete trust in these kids." Malva answered. Her Houndoom burned away all of the vines restraining Aichi and the vines caging Mew and Azelf. She lifted him off the throne and placed him on the ground. She pulled out the vine's tail that stayed inside Aichi, after being pulled out blood seeped out of the wound.
"Malva, what's the meaning of this?" Lysandre asked again.
"You've lost your path, Lysandre. You've got it completely wrong. To achieve the dream you were looking for, you don't need to destroy the world." Malva answered she jumped down from the platform. She left Aichi at the top, it was a safe distance from the battle.
"I wonder if Ash was able to use Cray's power…" Aichi thought. He was slowly regaining his consciousness, but he was too weakened from before. "I didn't have any other choice but to give the power to Ash… If I didn't, Lysandre would still be taking advantage of the power."
He remembered his conversation with Blaster Blade before the transfer.
"Blaster Blade, I need you to transfer my powers to Ash. You must!" Aichi ordered Blaster Blade.
"I can't do that, my Vanguard." Blaster Blade answered.
"Blaster Blade, there is no time to negotiate this out. Please, just do it." Aichi pleaded.
"My Vanguard, if you follow through with this, it will be really painful to return your powers back to your body. Also, the human's body you are planning to transfer your power to may not be able to comprehend the extreme power entering his body." Blaster Blade explained. He tried to make Aichi stop this plan by saying Ash would be endangered from his actions.
"Ash can do it. I believe in him." Aichi answered confidently. "He is this world's last hope."
"Are you completely confident?" Blaster Blade asked.
Aichi nodded. "Yes, I am." He confirmed.
"This will exhaust your currently weakened body. You probably would not be able to move or regain consciousness for a while." Blaster Blade warned.
"I'm ready." Aichi informed. Flames began to exit his body, he cried in pain as his Psyqualia left him.
"Aichi!"
"Aichi!" Aichi heard voices calling his name.
Ash and Alain managed to defeat Lysandre's Gyarados. They hurried to Aichi's side. "Ash, can't you do something with Aichi's power?" Alain asked.
"I'll try something." Ash said.
"You mustn't your body can just barely carry the power as it is." Blaster Blade warned.
Ash was still not use to Blaster Blade's voice inside his head. "Ash, I can't hear him. But follow his guidance. He knows the best for you." Aichi muttered in pain while slightly shaking his head. He slowly opened his eyes and pushed Ash's hands back to him weakly.
"Aichi, can you sit up?" Ash asked. Aichi tried his best to sit up, but his body was too limp.
"I'm afraid not, but I'm fine." Aichi responded. Alain and Ash helped him sit up.
He turned to Alain who looked away. "Listen Aichi, I'm sorry for not listening to you." Alain apologized.
"It's fine. You found your way to the right side in the end, that's all that matters." Aichi answered, he smiled weakly. "Ash, I've bestowed a great burden onto you. But please, end this in my place."
"You can count on me, Aichi. But what am I supposed to do?" Ash asked.
"You need to calm down Zygarde. If you can't then it will be the end of the world as we know it." Aichi answered. "You can use Psyqualia to communicate with Zygarde, but it might take away a lot of your energy."
"What will happen to you?" Alain asked.
"I just need to sit tight as Ash saves the world. I would love to help, but it would be useless to return my powers to me when I'm in this state." Aichi answered. "Ash, I hope you understand why I gave you my powers, also I'm really sorry I can't be of more help."
"Don't even mention it. You did everything you could to help." Ash answered.
"Right, then I'll leave it to the both of you." Aichi responded with a smile. He looked at Alain. "Don't let me down okay?"
"Let's do this." Ash said.
"Right." Alain agreed.
Aichi looked at Mew and Azelf who were still unconscious beside him. Aichi put his weakened hand onto Mew, slowly petting it. "You are back with us, Mew. Safe and sound." Aichi looked really happy.
"I'll stay here for now. When I have more strength I'll join you." Aichi informed.
"Right, let's go Alain." Ash said. They hurried down to the machine Xerosic was using. Aichi turned to his side and saw all 6 of his Pokeballs on the ground, he tried reaching for them but he couldn't get enough distance. That was when Mew and Azelf began to wake up.
"Azelf…~" Azelf said as it regained consciousness.
"Azelf, Mew. You're awake." Aichi said in relief. They both tried to fly, but it seemed that their energy was drained too. "Don't push yourselves too much, you two. I can barely move myself." They crawled over to Aichi and snuggled with him.
"I can't hear your inner voices anymore, but I think I know how you feel. We'll just rest here for now, until we find the strength to move." Aichi said before falling asleep. Azelf and Mew worked together to drag all of Aichi's Pokeballs using Psychic and placing them on Aichi's lap. They also fell asleep, each laying their heads on Aichi's laps.
Meanwhile down below, Ash and Alain found Clemont who was kneeling beside a broken Clembot. Ash was shocked, "Clemont… What happened?" He asked sadly.
"Clembot did it all." Clemont answered.
Ash walked over to Clemont slowly and passively. "Can Clembot be fixed?" Ash asked.
"I'll try my best, I haven't been of any use so far." Clemont responded feeling frustrated.
The communicator that Clemont gave Ash began to ring. Ash answered it. "Hello."
"Ash! A gigantic rock from Lysandre Labs absorbed Chesbee." Serena explained.
"What absorbed Chesbee?!" Alain exclaimed.
"The giant rock is on the move somewhere! I don't know where, but you better get here fast, we'll send you coordinates and bring Blaziken Mask and Aichi, I think we'll need his abilities. We're going to keep tracking its movements and give you as much information as we can." Professor Sycamore explained.
"Professor, Aichi is in a terrible condition. I'll do whatever I can to help though." Ash answered. "I don't have time to explain everything, but I possess Aichi's powers right now."
"Okay, we'll leave everything to you then." Professor Sycamore replied.
"Ash! Please be careful!" Serena cried.
"We will. Clemont?" Aichi said.
"I'll help!" Clemont responded getting up. They all ran towards the coordinates that were given.
"Look at this devastation! The humans did this! That's why they're so evil!" A voice Ash heard in his head. He flinched which caught Alain's attention.
"Ash, what's wrong?" Alain asked.
"I think I'm hearing Zygarde in my head." Ash answered.
"I believe in humans."
"How can you say such a thing?"
"Because these humans haven't given up yet!"
"Being on this journey with this girl and her friends allowed me to witness many things; they help each other, they work hard and they share their happiness together. They trust each other, they move forward together and they never give up! That's how the humans I travelled with are."
Ash got into the helicopter and as they flew up, they caught sight of Aichi on the top of Prism Tower. He was asleep and had a smile on his face. "I believe in all of you. I just know you all can do it." Aichi's voice said in Ash's mind.
Ash focused his Psyqualia. "That's right, Zygarde. All of my friends sacrificed everything to save this world. It was because of everyone's contribution that we were able to stop the world's end for the time being." Ash communicated to Z2. They flew over Blaziken Mask, the two Zygardes and Bonnie who were waking at them.
"Listen everyone, I'm going to tell you everything I know about the giant rock. When we scanned it, we discovered that it was a giant mass of energy. A giant mass of energy that resembles Zygarde's. In addition, we picked up just these vital signs from within its core and we found and retrieved Chesbee's records from inside the database. We found out there was an accident and because of the accident it caused Chesbee to absorb some of Zygarde's energy. We think the giant rock absorbed Chesbee in order to obtain that energy." Steven explained thoroughly.
"Now the giant rock is in search of its next energy source." Professor Sycamore said. There was a map marking where the rock was heading to. "It's Anistar City!"
"Anistar City?!" Ash exclaimed
"It's headed towards the Sundial. The Sunsail is a giant crystal said to have come from space. We know that the energy it contains is the same as the energy produced when Pokemon experiences Mega Evolution." Professor Sycamore explained.
"Let's say that the rock is drawn towards that energy, but why that though?" Blaziken Mask asked.
"I know why. If the giant rock makes contact with the Sundial and merge, it will…" Professor Sycamore said. A simulation showed the Earth being destroyed.
"Then that means!" Serena exclaimed.
"Yes, it would be the end of the world." Professor Sycamore confirmed.
Alain hit the wall of the aircraft. "Lysandre said 'recreating the world!' This is the complete opposite!" He said.
"I won't let that happen. Not after everyone sacrificed so much to get here! Professor, we have to rescue Chesbee and stop the rock right now!" Ash said. "We can and we will!"
"Okay, we're with you!" Serena agreed.
"Marron, I promise… I'm going to save Chesbee!" Alain declared.
"Thanks." Marron thanked with tears in her eyes.
They were soon going to reach the coordinate point that Professor Sycamore and Steven were. "Ash, you look like Aichi." Bonnie pointed out.
"I sense that human's energy inside you. The human that has helped me." Z2 said.
"Aichi gave all of his powers to me and I'm going to use them to stop this." Ash declared. His rainbow aura appeared as they began to see the giant rock.
"The rock stopped its movements!" Professor Sycamore informed. The rock turned to the direction Ash's group was while holding Garchomp, Frixion and Metagross using its vines. It began to go backwards.
"It's going back! Towards all of you!" Steven exclaimed.
"That means, it's after Ash!" Clemont said.
"Charizard, burn the vines that are holding the other Pokemon." Alain ordered. Charizard nodded and left to do as ordered.
"What are we doing to do?" Bonnie asked.
"We must get Chesbee out of there. That is the key to stopping the giant rock!" Steven informed. Another Mega Charizard X appeared flying towards them.
"Charizard~!"
"You're Aichi's Charizard! Is he feeling better?" Ash said.
Charizard nodded and gave the thumbs up. "Great, so I'll get on your back and try to get to Chesbee. Professor Sycamore can you find the location of Chesbee?" Ash asked.
"Chesbee is right inside the core, in the center of the rock." Sycamore responded.
"Got it." Ash answered while getting on Charizard's back. Greninja flew by Ash's side. "Greninja, did you find the spot Chesbee is?" Ash asked.
Greninja focused then nodded. "Alright! Water Shuriken!" Ash ordered. The Shuriken landed at a spot. "Attack there!" Ash ordered everyone. Everyone sent out commands to that stop, but it barely fazed it.
A vine attacked Ash and Aichi's Charizard. Charizard used Flamethrower to burn the vine, but another followed up and wrapped around Charizard. Another vine went for Ash, who fell off Charizard's back.
"Ash!" Everyone shouted. Ash braced himself, but a barrier around him stopped the vine from making contact with him.
"Moonblast!" An attack came from a distance and hit the giant rock at the Water Shuriken marking. The bright light that came from it cause the rock to release everyone in the vines. They retreated for the moment.
"That moment, the giant stone wasn't after the Sundial." Diantha said.
"It was after Ash. With his and Aichi's powers merged, the stone wanted it to be its energy source." Professor Sycamore said.
"That means, right now Ash has more energy than the Sundial. We can't let Ash be absorbed." Diantha said.
Z2 jumped off of Bonnie's arms and onto the ground. Jumping to Ash. "Aichi… Is that the name of the boy that tried to save me?" Z2 asked. Squishy also joined Z2.
"Yes, that is. Right now, he is resting on the top of Prism Tower. He entrusted all of his strength to me." Ash answered.
"You've grown attached to a human. Just as I did to Bonnie." Squishy commented. Z2 blushed. "That is why we must work together to save this world." Z2 knew what had to be done and nodded.
"We must free Chesbee quickly." Alain said. Azelf and Mew teleported to the location of Charizard.
"Mew~!" Mew cried.
"Aichi disappeared?!" Ash exclaimed.
"There is no time to worry about him right now! We must stop this rock from getting any strong energy sources. To do that, we must free Chesbee." Viola said.
"Let's go!" They said together.
"Ash, you better be careful." Alain said.
"I will." Ash answered.
"Why can't Ash stay here where it's safe?" Serena asked.
"He has the power to wake Chesbee up." Sycamore answered. Serena still looked nervous for Ash.
"Don't worry about me, okay?" Ash said.
"You better come back here safely!" Serena shouted, she was in the brink of tears.
"I promise that I'll be back." Ash promised.
Everyone helped Alain and Ash reach the core of the rock inside, they saw Chesbee. "Charizard, Flamethrower!" It was to no avail, crystals emerged to block the attack. Crystal pillars were also after Ash, but he was being protected by Aichi's Charizard, Mew, Azelf and Greninja.
"Chesbee! Wake up!" Ash called. Alain tried to run forward, but more crystals stopped him.
"We have to combine attacks." Ash said. They attacked together. Azelf and Mew continued protecting Ash together and it didn't do much.
"No way!" Alain exclaimed in frustration.
Chesbee's spikes were twitching. "Or maybe he can help us." Ash's Psyqualia activated and Blaster Blade emerged.
"Can you help us free that Pokemon over there?" Ash asked.
Blaster Blade nodded and charged in as their Pokemon attacked once more. Chesbee fell to the ground after being released from the rock. Blaster Blade caught it as the rock began to collapse.
"Let's get out of here!" Alain shouted. They all ran outside of the core and joined with everyone else. Blaster Blade stood in front of Marron with Chesbee in hand.
"Thank you." Marron thanked with a shaky voice. She took Chesbee.
"I have not been defeated!" Someone shouted. They turned to see Lysandre with Aichi in his arms still asleep.
"Aichi!" Ash shouted.
"My Vanguard!" Blaster Blade readied his sword ready to attack at any moment.
"Are you going to sit by and allow him to disappear?" Lysandre asked. He lifted Aichi up and revealed that his right hand was beginning to disappear.
"Disappear?!" Everyone exclaimed.
The rock began to move again. Aichi glew with his aura strong. "This will be a temporary source until it reaches the Sundial. My plans won't be stopped so easily. Without energy he will disappear from this world, but that isn't a problem. He is no longer necessary in the new world."
"His powers must return to his body. I can't allow him to disappear." Blaster Blade said.
"But that is what he wants you to do!" Professor Sycamore responded.
The two Zygardes nodded at each other. "We'll stop this right now." Squishy said.
"Mew, Azelf. Please ensure that boy's safety." Z2 pleaded. Mew and Azelf nodded.
They merged together to form Zygarde 100% Forme. They attacked the rock and and Lysandre was destroyed along with the rock. Mew and Azelf protected Aichi by using Protect. Later the two Zygardes split and began to disappear.
"It's you. Thank you." Squishy thanked after seeing Chesbee.
"Please tell that boy for me, I am grateful for all he's done for me." Z2 requested.
"We will do that." Alain replied.
Bonnie stepped forward. "Squishy!" She called with tears.
"Bonnie, the adventure I had with you was one that I will remember forever. I learned so much from you and your friends. Thank you for everything, but it is time to say farewell." Squishy said, the vines began to disappear around the city.
And the world was saved…
The End?
I thought of something different for the ending of this story. Aichi isn't the one that saves the world specifically. I left the glory to Ash. This was a super long chapter, I hope you enjoyed the story! This has been a great journey, but all good things must come to an end...