Advanced Wishes: Black or White

by Advance4ever

Ash and May arrive in Unova, so they can compete in the Unova League and Grand Festival. What the couple doesn't know is, they are going to face struggles that will put their love to the test, will it live or vanish? New friends and enemies will be made, but it is all part of the test that will teach Ash and May why having each other is important. Sequel to One Love, One Heart.

20. Let the Games Begin Pt 1

Chapter 20: Aggressive Expansion Pt. 1

As Ash, May, Iris, Cilan, Hilda, Hilbert, Looker, Professor Juniper, and Burgh ran, May spoke, "Something terrible must be going on," the brunette stated as she ran with the others to where Burgh believed the explosion came from.

Ash nodded his head and looked at the people running away, screaming, with a concerned look, "Whatever it is, we have to find out." The auburn-eyed teen ran beside his beloved and Pikachu on his shoulder, the trio gazed at people screaming as if they were under attack by a giant monster and aliens, they returned their attention towards running with the rest of the gang.

"What could be causing all these people to freak out so much, nothing seems too odd about the city," Iris said, trying to understand the reason for the mass hysteria.

"Like Ash said, we have no choice, but to find out," Cilan told the purple-haired teen.

"Hilbert, I'm kind of frightened, what could be going on," Hilda gave Hilbert a scared look as she ran.

Hilbert smiled at her caringly and spoke, "Don't worry Hilda, everything will be alright."

"Just a bit more to go and we should be there," Bianca told the other teens, since she knew more than them.

"Thanks for letting us know Bianca," Ash grinned at the lab assistant, who nodded and smiled.

"B seems to know more than we do, should we ask what's up." Hilbert questioned Hilda.

Hilda shook her head sideways, "No, we'll be there soon enough I guess and find out for ourselves.

As they all ran through the city, they reached a crossroad with lots of billboards and giant TV screens, which showed commercials about TV shows and sales going on in stores around Castelia City, but the group came to a quick halt when Looker stopped and gasped. "Stop," the police officer extended his arm out to stop the gang for a second, he hid behind a building leading to the center of the crossroad and told the others to hide behind the corner of the building as well. People rushed passed their hiding spot, yelling, sweating, and panting.

"You can take a look, but be as quiet as possible," Burgh muttered to them and they all nodded.

When Ash and the others looked at the center from the corner of the building, they saw people trying turn away from Team Plasma, Team Neo Plasma, and Team Rocket, but some would get caught and be forced to drop on the cement, it was like a riot, people tried to fight back, but the grunts and their Pokémon beat them to the grunts without mercy. Past the crowds of criminals and citizens fighting, they saw large red stairs with people on their knees and hands behind their back, behind them stood Team Neo Plasma Grunts with their Pokémon, the Pokémon threatened to attack any of the hostages who dared to take action. They inspected the rest of the crossroad and saw many more hostages on their knees, on the cement floor; some hostages had Team Plasma Grunts, Team Rocket Grunts, or Team Neo Plasma Grunts behind them as well. The entire crossroad was filled with hostages and criminals, there were at least a hundred people being held captive by the villainous Rockets and Plasmas.

Among the group were a number of Team Neo Plasma, Team Rocket, and Team Plasma members and they stood beside familiar people. Ash and May's eyes widened when they saw N in front of a unit of Team Plasma members, it looked like he was confronting Ghetsis by the position he stood in front of the Neo Plasma Sage, Ash and the others easily remembered Ghetsis as the man in the black robe they met in Striaton City. Next to Ghetsis was Zinzolin from Nacrene City, and a blond-haired man with a lab coat, he seemed to be holding a device in his left hand and tapped several buttons from time to time. Next to Ghetsis, Zinzolin, and the other man, stood a brown-haired man with a button-up coat, his hair was neatly combed and he had a diabolical grin as he stood in front of Team Rocket operatives, among them were Jessie, James, Meowth, and Pierce.

"It's like a bad guy reunion, but who are some of them?" Iris mentioned and asked, knowing all of them, including N spelled trouble.

Looker glared from the corner of the wall at the villains and spoke, "I'm sure you've already met Ghetsis, Zinzolin, and N, according to reports from the police. The other two men standing there are Colress and Giovanni, Colress is the leader of Team Neo Plasma and Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket."

While everyone became stunned by what Looker told them, Ash was the only one who tried to remember who Giovanni was, recognizing him from somewhere, I know him, but where? His eyes displayed further shock when he saw Trip among the hostages.

Pikachu quickly noticed from Ash's shoulder and whispered, "Pikachu…"

"Yeah I see him too pal," Ash nodded to the mouse.

He gazed at May and then whispered, "May, look, it's Trip."

"Trip?" May raised an eyebrow, and took a look, much to her surprise; Trip was there, glaring at the grunt that held him captive.

Iris, Cilan, Professor Juniper, Bianca, Hilbert, and Hilda spotted Trip as well. "They have Trip hostage," Hilbert grinded his teeth in frustration.

"Wonder if his arrogance let him get into trouble again," Hilda frowned as she looked at the boy in the orange hoodie.

"I wouldn't be surprised," Bianca stated, sighing in the process.

"You three know Trip?" Iris whispered, knowing now wasn't the time, but asked anyway.

"Of course Iris, we grew up with Trip; he's a childhood friend of Bianca, Hilbert, Cheren, and mine. He was always the cocky one and we tend to make fun of him because of that," Hilda explained to Iris and the others as to how the three of them knew Trip.

"Makes sense since you all must have grown up in the same town," Cilan stated his conclusion.

Ash grinded his teeth and ran out of the corner of the building with Pikachu, yelling, "I have to help him!"

"Ash, wait!" May called out, but the boy continued.

"That dumb kid is going-," Iris tried to say something, but got interrupted by Professor Juniper.

"To get himself killed," the green-eyed woman stated and ran after him with the others. May ran the fastest, desperate to reach her lover.

"Let's go," Burgh instructed and they followed.

As pushed through the grunts and citizens wrestling, he yelled, "Trip!" while he ran toward the center of the crossroad.

The group of criminal organizations heard the boy and shifted to his direction. The grunts stopped attacking the people, turning their attention to Ash and Pikachu. N turned around when Ghetsis stopped looking at him and his eyes widened when he saw the raven-haired teen, "Ash…" the leader of Team Plasma mumbled.

Ghetsis, Colress, Giovanni, Pierce, Zinzolin, and their underlings began chuckling when they saw the auburn-eyed teen. Trip glared at Ash when he saw him and spoke, "You fool, why did you come, get out!"

"You don't tell me what to do, I'm here to help," Ash frowned at his rival and then glared at the people in charge.

"Pikachu pi!" Pikachu yelled at Trip for not caring about them coming to help.

"Ash, don't ever run off like that!" May shook his shoulders in anger when she caught up to him, making the boy uncomfortable and gave her an apologetic look as she shook him.

Looker and the others also caught up and glared at the villainous groups when they reached Ash and May. Ghetsis chuckled at the sight of the heroes and began to speak; he stood in front of the Neo Plasma and Rocket organizations, "Look my fellow comrades, our friends have finally come here to die."

May, Ash, Hilda, Hilbert, Iris, Cilan, and Bianca ignored the man as they looked over to Trip. "Trip, how did you end up getting caught?" Hilbert asked his old friend.

Trip sighed and gave Hilbert a stern look, "I was just here minding my own business until a blast shot out of the sky, all of a sudden these crooks revealed themselves, turns out they were camouflaging by wearing trench coats and fedora hats, they quickly started attacking and taking people hostage, some managed to escape, not all as you can see." Trip turned to the hundreds of hostages surrounding the crossroad like an army does during an invasion.

The teens turned back to the chuckling bosses, the only one who seemed stressed out among them was N, who grinded his teeth at the sight of Ghetsis's evil grin. "We're so sorry for disrupting the peace, but desperate times, call for desperate measures," Colress spoke, smirking at the heroes.

"After all, how else can the job get done if we don't have hostages," Giovanni crossed his arms as he began to speak.

"If you really wanted to be put out of the job and be placed in the joint, then you should have just asked," Looker glared at the villains and reached for a Pokeball.

"You're all wanted across Unova, but today, we'll make sure you never see the light of day," Burgh threatened angrily, hurt by the sight of people being mistreated, seeing bruises and cuts on some of the hostages.

"You have no right to be taking these people hostage," Professor Juniper spoke sternly and frowned at the criminals.

"Who do you think you are?" Bianca also gave them a dirty look and prepared to reach for a Pokeball.

"We're going to teach you a thing or two about what happens when you mess with us," Hilbert clenched his fist as he spoke.

"And you're going to regret everything you've done here," Hilda frowned intensely.

"That's right!" Iris shouted at them with anger.

"Justice will be served," Cilan pointed his finger at them.

"You guys have caused enough trouble already," May crossed her arms, speaking with a serious tone.

"This ends now," Ash made a fist and Pikachu emitted sparks from its cheeks.

Ghetsis gave them a devilish stare and turned to N, "You care to take the honors, boy?"

N turned to Ash and the others and gave them a weak smile, "I'm sorry to say this, but please don't intervene, this is a battle between Team Plasma and Team Neo Plasma."

"N, stop acting like you believe you can handle this on your own, you are not as bad as them," Ash frowned at N, taking note of the fact that N found himself in a dire situation.

"We may have only met once, but we know you're not as cold-hearted as the others," May added to what Ash said, the two surprising everyone regarding their opinions of N.

N gave them a baffled look and turned to Ghetsis and the others who were not impressed. N gave them an apologetic grin and spoke, "Sorry, but stay out of it," the leader said and Team Plasma Grunts protected the youthful leader.

Ash frowned and prepared to disobey, but Giovanni spoke, "Foolish child, you interrupt the battle and we make sure the citizens of Castelia City are left crippled."

"No…." May grinded her teeth in frustration when she heard Giovanni, the others also mimicked her actions and they glared at the Rocket leader.

"Just relax and watch the battle," Zinzolin chuckled after he spoke.

The heroes found no choice, but to do so and turned to N and Ghetsis. N was using a Pokémon shaped like a double cone ice cream, with icicles hanging from its sides; Ghetsis was using a large toad-like Pokémon, with a blue coloring.

"They're using a Vanilluxe and Seismitoad to battle," Cilan pointed out, seeing two fully evolved, powerful Pokémon preparing to confront each other.

"How did this happen though?" Iris wondered.

"King N is confronting Team Neo Plasma and Team Rocket and attempting to stop their evil plans, this is a battle between ideas, Giovanni is right by saying none of you should interfere," Rood, a sage of Team Plasma informed them as he came out of the crowd of hostages.

"Where are the blasted cops," Looker grinded his teeth.

"You didn't think we thought about that before attacking Castelia City, right now our allies must have the police on their knees," Pierce came out of the crowd of Team Rocket operatives.

They all grinded their teeth as Pierce smirked at them pleased the feeling of hopelessness he was giving off. "You have no chance of winning, fools, like N you just made a pathetic mistake, Team Plasma made the error of coming to Castelia City and interfere with our plan, now, even with hostages, in reality, Team Rocket and Team Neo Plasma have Team Plasma by the neck," Zinzolin approached them and stood next to Pierce. From a distance Colress, smirked and chuckled at the gang, interested by the expressions on their faces.

Ash and the others became forced to watch the confrontation between the villainous organizations, refusing to hear more blabbering from the high-ranking operatives of the criminal organizations.

"N, you are a child who understands little to nothing, you have made a grave mistake by coming here, Seismitoad, use Sludge Wave," Ghetsis held onto his cane while making the command.

"I'm here to stop you and make sure Team Plasma's goal is reached, once you're out of the way, the world of Pokémon will finally experience true harmony, Vanilluxe, use Frost Breath to stop Sludge Wave!" N extended his arm forward.

With its blue powdered breath, Vanilluxe froze the dark purple sludge launched its way, the icy sludge then dropped to the ground and cracked. Ghetsis chuckled and spoke, "Seismitoad, use Earthquake."

Seismitoad jumped on the ground and made it shake viciously, almost making Ash, May, and their friends lose balance. May could hear people sounding frightened as the ground shook violently. A few feet away from her, May saw a mother and daughter being held hostage, the brunette could hear the daughter weep and tell her mother, "Mommy, I'm scared."

May's heart almost shattered when she heard the fear in the little girl's tone as she squeezed her Cubchoo doll. The mother would try to smile and say, "It's going to be ok sweetie, just stay put." Then the mother got jabbed in the gut by Gurdurr, owned by a Team Rocket grunt.

The brunette, felt anger building up in her when the girl cried as he mom endured the pain inflicted on her, but she knew she might be risking their lives even more by trying to save them. Meanwhile, Ash glared at Ghetsis and N as they continued their violent battle. The rest of the group watched in horror as more people got beaten and captured by grunts, especially by Rocket and Neo Plasma grunts.

"Seismitoad, use Bubblebeam," Ghetsis smirked at N.

"Freeze with Frost Breath," N frowned at Ghetsis.

Vanilluxe easily froze Seismitoad's bubbles, but Ghetsis remained calm. "Smash through the ice balls and deliver the killing blow with Drain Punch," Ghetsis slammed his cane against the cement.

N gasped as Seismitoad charged at full speed, its fist glowing and punching through ice balls. The giant toad sent Vanilluxe flying against the hard floor while draining energy in the process. "Vanilluxe, use Flash Cannon on Seismitoad, quick!" N instructed with an anxious tone.

A large glowing ball of energy got shot out by Vanilluxe, but Ghetsis remained cool, "Seismitoad, counter with Sludge Wave." Seismitoad released a thicker and larger wave of sludge at Flash Cannon, but the surprising part was that it trapped Flash Cannon inside the sludge and continued charging at Vanilluxe.

When the wave of sludge hit Vanilluxe, an explosion occurred in front of the Ice-type and sent it flying back. It groaned as it struggled to get up while Seismitoad smirked and the crowds of Neo Plasma and Rocket grunts cheered while Plasma members groaned.

N glared at Ghetsis and spoke, "So is this what it has come to father, you've joined an organization of petty crooks and now do their bidding, you've abandoned your son just to reach your ambition, your evil ambition. What do you hope to gain from it all?"

Professor Juniper, Bianca, Trip, Hilbert, Hilda, Iris, Cilan, Pikachu, Ash, and May's eyes widened when they heard N call Ghetsis his father. "He's his…dad?" Ash raised an eyebrow, confused by the interaction.

"But how?" May was also in a state of shock.

Ghetsis turned to the gang and spoke, "That's right, N and I are father and son, that's why we worked together during the original formation of Team Plasma, but our thoughts differed and my child has chosen to become dependent," Ghetsis smirked and turned his gaze from the gang back to N.

"Pokémon are meant to be exploited, their talents have been given to us so that human civilization may progress, and they are the basis of everything in human history, from revolutions, depressions, civil wars, to world wars. Our goal is exploit Pokémon in order to prevent such human conflicts and still advance in every field known to mankind," Colress stepped up and explained his goal.

"Human civilization is crumbling; because of the partnership and blind optimism today's world has demonstrated. Pokémon are becoming as reckless as humanity, like Team Neo Plasma, Team Rocket intends to unite all people within our world and denounce the evils of truth and love, we've weakened as a planet and therefore, there is no one to save us, except through exploitation and drastic action," Giovanni placed his arms behind his back as he explained even further.

"So in the end, we may create a true harmony, one where everything is balanced, Pokémon serve humans, and humans use the services of the Pokémon in order to advance. All the while, organizations like Team Rocket and Neo Plasma keep things under check, so history does not repeat itself, but we cannot achieve it if fools keep intervening, people who prevent us from attaining the power necessary to produce the world we envision," Ghetsis looked at Ash and his friends, then at N in his last phrase.

Looker grinded his teeth and spoke, "Enough of this nonsense, the world is humble in its current state, none of the things you speak of have occurred in the last five decades."

Burgh stood next to Looker and spoke, "If you continue down this path though, there will certainly be a repeat in history, you'd be starting something you should have ended."

"Yet, organizations like Team Magma, Team Aqua, and Team Galatic spring up every day, trying to reach foolish ambitions, all the while, trying to destroy humanity, primitive actions indeed, creating worlds without emotion, increasing land mass or expanding the sea," Ghetsis chuckled as he mocked other criminal organizations.

Ash clenched his fist and began to speak, "That doesn't make you any better than them. You think by abusing innocent people and taking over an entire city, you're doing the right thing? You're wrong, Ghetsis, I don't know a lot about history, but I know that if you want to do something right, this is not how you do it, you don't go around hurting people and Pokémon, you befriend them and show care for them, that's what life is all about, showing care and love for each other, not aiming for world domination."

"That's right and we plan on stopping you here if we have to. No one gives you the right to hurt others, no matter who they are, if you want to fight for what is right and help the world, start by giving up your evil plans and do what everyone else does, show love and care. I've traveled long enough to know how much people suffer, how many people cry and die, and I blame it on people like you, greedy and ambitious, who if he doesn't get what he wants, has to use violence to obtain it, that's not the way this world works," May added on to what Ash said, the couple giving a powerful lecture to their enemies.

"Ash, May," N gave them a confused look, not sure how to explain what he was feeling after hearing them. Even their friends were amazed by the wisdom the pair had demonstrated while standing up to Ghetsis and their allies.

Unfortunately, they only received hysterical laughing from the two criminal organizations, infuriating Ash, May, and the others even more. N only gave Ghetsis a look of disgust as he smirked at Ash and May. "Ash and May, the couple who has participated in the largest tournaments around the world, foiled criminal organizations all over, has come here to Unova to do just that. Honestly, we were expecting you to come here, to this very spot, and all I want to say is, we will not stop until we have what we need, we'll crush anyone who stands in the way, whether it's a group of friends, pair of lovers, or my son," the green-haired man made his point clear.

"Then you're giving us no choice, but to stop you," Ash spoke in a tone rarely heard, a deep and serious one. The raven-haired teen reached for a Pokéball while Pikachu jumped to the floor. May, Hilda, Hilbert, Iris, Cilan, Burgh, Bianca and Looker all prepared to fight the criminals as well.

"Team Neo Plasma, Team Rocket, and Team Plasma, you are arrested for your crimes by the orders of the International Police Force," Looker took out a handcuff to show that he was serious.

"Your crimes in Unova and the world stop here," Burgh prepared to give Looker back up.

Looker pulled his arm back and prepared to throw his Pokéball until Colress sent out a Pokémon with swift movements. "Beeheeyem, use Psychic to take that Pokéball out of his hands," Colress pointed at Looker and the strange-looking Psychic-type quickly snatched the ball with its psychic powers, throwing it a few feet away from Looker, making the police officer glare at Colress, who gave him a diabolical grin.

When Burgh prepared to attack, a small dart shot at his hand and left a small slash cross his hand, making the gym leader drop his Pokéball, "Darn, where did that come from," Burgh endured the pain and looked at his red hand.

"That looks bad," Hilbert's eyes widened and grinded his teeth.

"Where did it come from?!," Bianca screamed with fear.

Hilda turned from them to the direction of the dart. Ash, May, Iris, Cilan, Professor Juniper, and Trip, who was still being held captive, followed the direction as well; they looked up at a tall building and spotted 13 figures in black coats, their faces exposed to everyone. "You got to be kidding me," May frowned, knowing things just got worse.

"Who are they?" Hilda raised an eyebrow. Soon Hilbert, Looker, and Bianca also spotted the group, their eyes widening as well.

"They're called the Majestic 12, a criminal organization composed of really powerful trainers, we don't know much, but we've run into them enough times to know they're bad news," Ash informed Hilda as to who they were.

The citizens and criminals looked up and also saw the group in black, they all wondered who they were, were they friend or foe? Ghetsis looked up with Giovanni, Colress, Pierce, and Zinzolin, the group grinned cunningly at them and then back at the teens. N became confused by their arrival, but by the look on his father's face, he could tell that they were not on their side.

"I didn't expect the show to begin so soon, luckily we arrived just in time, the police proved to be a bigger thorn than we thought," Omega grinned evilly, focusing his gaze on Ash and May in particular. The other members also gave cunning smirks at the people below.

"You'd think they would just kneel at our presence, but we had to blow up some stuff, hack other stuff, and beat a few cops up, but the job is done," Archer got next to Omega, a sadistic grin across his face.

"Now we'll finish the business here," Genesis, the man who wore the red helmet said.

"It's those guys from Luxuria Town," Trip muttered, the only who get a sentence out of his mouth.

Omega dropped from the building and the others and landed in front of N, getting in position next to Ghetsis. When they dropped on the floor, they formed cracks on the cement, startling everyone, around them. They got up from their kneeling stances and smirked slyly. "How did they drop from so high and land so perfectly on the ground without getting hurt?" Bianca had a frightened look across her face.

"So the rumors are true, you do exist, and you're more superhuman than I thought," Looker began to speak.

Omega raised his silver eyebrow and then gave Looker a pleased look with his yellow eyes. "Impressive, not many have prior knowledge of us before actually having an encounter, but that's what I'd expect from an IPO, you exceed your reputation International Police Officer Looker."

Looker gave them a stern stare and Omega shifted his stare from Looker to Ash and May. He took note of Hilda, Hilbert, Iris, Cilan, and Bianca as well, "I see you've made a wide array of friends," Omega gave them a smirk.

"Did you happen to introduce us to them already?" Zero came out of the crowd and asked and then chuckled.

"We've run into you with most of your friends, except for the blond and brunette girls," Annie crossed her arms, smirking at them.

"Then let's make ourselves known to them once and for all," Phantom suggested, smiling sinisterly.

"I agree," Omega grinned slyly and began to levitate, startling the people around them even more. N and Team Plasma moved away from them and revealed the Majestic 12 to the hostages around them.

Omega looked at all the innocent people as he hovered above his underlings and spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you are already familiar with Team Plasma, Team Neo Plasma, and Team Rocket, but I don't believe you've heard about the Majestic 12. I'm Omega and the leader of the Majestic 12; we are a cult of powerful trainers who reside in the shadows, hidden from the public eye until now. Today Castelia City and Unova will know who we are, we're here to take over and liberate you from the plagues of society, anyone who stands in the way, will die." The silver-haired man motioned his arms around like if he were preaching and spoke with a very deep voice; the people around him could hear him and only showed more fear with every word he spoke.

N grinded his teeth and frowned at Ghetsis, "Father, who have you allied yourself with?" the green-haired teen questioned.

"Ambition can give you powerful friends N, even Aura users such as Omega," Ghetsis stated.

N displayed signs of shock and looked at the members of the Majestic 12. "The Majestic 12…they're Aura wielders?"

Omega dropped down to floor and looked at Colress and Giovanni, "Order your operatives to free the people. Let them spread the word of who is here."

"And what if they fight back?" Giovanni asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We kill them all," Omega stated, making his followers, except a few, grin cunningly. Omega then looked at Looker and the rest of the gang, "I'll be with you in a second, but if you try to escape or even approach those people, we will not hesitate to attack."

Omega's words made everyone's spines shiver and the bosses of the villainous teams accepted.

"Stand down," Giovanni and Colress spoke through their Xtransceivers and told their members to stop threatening the hostages.

Omega turned from the two leaders to the people, "You're a free to go."

With that one phrase, the people began to yell and run as quick as possible, not looking back at their kidnappers, threatening to leave the region or call the police. Ash and the others watched the people run and felt sorry for them.

When Trip was freed, he immediately got up and took his position next to Hilda. "Trip, aren't you going to try to escape?" the brunette asked him.

"No, I have a bone to pick with these guys," Trip frowned and joined the rest of the heroes.

Ash turned back to Omega and glared, "So you plan to let these people spread the fear?"

Omega smirked and nodded, "That's right, but there is one more thing needed to be done, Genesis, target the little girl with the Cubchoo doll and her mother as they run for their lives," his eyes focused on the pair May had been staring at earlier.

Genesis formed an Aura Sphere on the palm of his hand and prepared to release it, alerting Ash, May, N, and everyone else. "No!" the gang yelled together as Genesis released the attack while the villains watched with amusement.

The mother and daughter saw the impending attack and the mother wrapped herself around the daughter, knowing she could not escape, but just in the nick of time Ash intervened, "Pikachu, stop that with Electro Ball!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu unleashed Electro Ball as quickly as possible and stopped the attack just in time. An explosion was produced a few feet from the mother and daughter, but the pair took advantage of the time Ash had bought and escaped.

"Not bad," Charon stated with amusement and cackled.

"You guys have a funny sense of humor by hurting people," Ash glared sternly.

"What do you guys want, to see people cry, so they can get hurt, do you want to see people die?!" May yelled at all of them for their cruelty towards the people.

"They want the world and everyone's lives in the process of obtaining it," a voice called out, alarming everyone yet again.

They all looked around to see where it came from, but Omega chuckled and pointed behind Ash and May. Everyone turned around and on top of a building they saw four figures with black coats as well, 3 of them had their faces revealed while one hid their face under a black hood.

"That voice, isn't it-," Ash was about to say the name until May interrupted.

"Roxas!" May screamed at the figure that hid under the black hood.

It's about time, Looker crossed his arms and smiled when he saw the group of 4. Omega and his comrades were the only ones unfazed by the arrival, but Team Neo Plasma and Team Rocket showed signs of concern. N and Team Plasma remained confused, not knowing who he was. On the other side though, Iris, Cilan, Ash, May, Hilbert, Hilda, Pikachu and Bianca raised their eyebrows when they saw the people standing next to Roxas. They were all teenagers, but there was something familiar about them, there were two boys and a girl. The girl was a brunette with blue eyes, her hair formed two honey buns, one on each side of her head, from there, two ponytails flowed down from each honey bun and her hair covered a bit of her forehead as well. Like Roxas and Omega, she wore the regular black coat get up, except for black heels instead of black boots. The gang realized something odd about her though, for some reason she bore a resemblance to Hilda.

The boy standing next to her also bore some resemblance to one of their friends, who had something similar to Hilbert. His hair was brown and shaggy, but still pretty long since it reached almost his neck. His eyes were brown and he even had some resemblance to the girl standing next to him.

The third and final boy was different from the other two; he had dark blue hair and brown eyes. His hair wasn't shaggy, but it was sharp and went in an upward direction. He had no resemblance to the other two teens or to anyone from the gang, but there was still something familiar about him as well. The stern gaze on his face was a large hint for Ash.

May, Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Pikachu smiled at Roxas, who still hid his face, wondering what he looked like since he still hadn't revealed himself, but just then the silent guardian pulled his hood down. Making of all their eyes widen, especially Ash and May's. He had raven black hair and sapphire eyes; he looked only slightly older than Ash and May, around Cilan's age. The stern gaze he had on also bore a large likeness to Ash's. Iris took a close look at the teenager and then at Ash and May, she gasped when she saw the resemblance and raised an eyebrow, why do those three look so similar? Iris wondered, but shook off the idea, knowing now wasn't the time.

Pikachu, N, Professor Juniper, Hilda, Hilbert, Trip, and Bianca became surprised by what they saw as well, wondering why this newcomer bore such a heavy resemblance to the girl from Hoenn and the boy from Kanto.

"Ash…" May spoke to the raven-haired teen, still just as shocked as everyone else.

"Yeah?" Ash asked.

"Roxas looks like you…" May stated, still staring at Roxas.

"And you too," Ash acknowledged what she said.

"More you than me," May answered him.

The couple remained silent as Roxas dropped to the ground like Omega and the three other teenagers followed close behind him. I wonda who else iz comin ta show up fur da party, Bigfoot? I'm gettin a little nwervus wit all dis random people, Meowth thought to himself as he hid among the group of Team Rocket operatives with Jessie and James.

Roxas walked through the group of heroes with a serious look in his eyes. "Roxas," May barely managed to say his name as he walked past them.

"It's really you," Ash stated, he was just as surprised as May, still trying to get a grip of the situation. Pikachu also mimicked Ash, the mouse gazed at Roxas as he passed by and tried to get a grip of the situation as well.

The raven-haired boy with sapphire eyes gave Ash and May a small smile as he walked by them, then just took a glimpse of the other faces he saw. Roxas continued to walk and ignored the others. The three teenagers behind him also ignored them, including Ash and May, however, when the two brunette teens in black coats looked at Hilbert and Hilda, they flashed quick smiles.

"Looker, do you know who these kids are?" Professor Juniper whispered to the police officer.

"Not very much, but I know that they will get things under control," Looker grinned confidently and pressed a red button on his Xtransceiver. Backup should be here in a second; this is the opportunity I was waiting for, Looker thought in his mind.

Roxas and his followers stood in front of the teens and Team Plasma. They gave the villains a stern frown. "Well, if it isn't the obnoxious freedom fighters," Brodie chuckled as he looked at Roxas and the other 3.

Omega raised his arms and smirked, "Good tidings friends and foes, today we gather here to witness a momentous day, the beginning of invasion of Unova," the leader put his arms down and glared at Roxas.

"You guys talk big for people who had their last two major operations ruined by a single person," the teen with blue hair next to Roxas spoke and crossed his arms.

"That changes today, from here, Team Neo Plasma will take over Unova with its new allies," Ghetsis hit the floor with his cane.

"And not a single child will intervene with our plans," Giovanni made a fist and spoke with an intimidating voice.

"I don't know who you are, or what your intentions are, but they're right, they have more power than you can imagine," N got next to Roxas and spoke to him.

Roxas looked at N and replied, "Believe me; I know more than you can understand right now. Just let us handle this."

"Explain to us Roxas, how you were able to arrive just before we initiated our attack, you and your friends arrived at such precise timing, but not only here, what about the incident at the Nacrene Museum, the assault on Juniper's Lab, and the battle in Pallet Town? What's your secret?" Omega grinned deviously as his underlings laughed.

The brown-haired girl standing next to the blue-haired teen grinded her teeth and spoke, "Omega, you and your friends should leave Castelia now before things get serious."

"We're not going to allow you to wreck anymore havoc here," the brown-haired boy got next to the girl who resembled him and made a fist.

"We won't hesitate to blow you into oblivion," the blue-haired teen gave a deadly stare.

"Auro, Nate, Rosa, you three take after your parents as well, it's a shame your talents have to go down with Roxas and those other KIA operatives," Genesis got beside Omega and taunted the other three teens, revealing their names to the gang in the process.

May raised an eyebrow, "So those guys' names are Auro, Nate, and Rosa. I wonder who Auro is and who Nate is." The brunette murmured to herself.

"Hey Hilbert, one of those two guys shares your middle name," Hilda pointed out to him.

Hilbert smiled, "That's because Nate is a pretty cool name."

"Hey you guys don't forget, that we're here to help too. Roxas, you and your friends seem like good people, we want to help you," Ash appeared out of nowhere and got between N and Roxas. He then looked up at the slightly taller male, who raised his eyebrow at Ash.

Roxas gave him a crooked smile and turned back to Omega. "Omega, enough chit chat, hand over the Sword of Victory."

"Is that what you want?" N raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Roxas.

"Yes, I came here to you retrieve it, you were probably going to put it into use as well if they hadn't reached it first, weren't you, N?" Roxas gazed at the male who was his height.

N frowned and spoke, "Yes, but not for evil practices like my father and his partners."

"I have no intention to use it, I'm merely here to get it back and return it to its rightful place," Roxas told the green-haired leader of Team Plasma.

Those words rang through N's head and surprised the leader, Roxas's attitude was similar to someone else he had just recently met, N turned his eyes to Ash and looked at him momentarily and then at Roxas.

"If this is the Sword of Victory you speak of, then I'm afraid we cannot do that," Ghetsis revealed the sword, which he had been hiding in his coat. Its blade was red and the handle was yellow. There were three gems on the blade, a red one, a blue one, and green one. There were also purple swirls carved onto the ends of the handle of the sword.

"With this sword, we will be able to obtain Victini and achieve victory in our quest for power," Giovanni chuckled ambitiously.

Giovanni's Team Rocket operatives were fascinated by their boss's words and dreamed of ruling over the planet with the sword in their hands. Colress then stepped up and confronted Roxas, "If you and N hadn't arrived and just let us take our boat to Liberty Island, we would have already had Unova on its knees."

"What's Victini?" Ash mumbled as he looked at the sword Ghetsis was holding.

"And what does that sword have to do with anything?" May had a baffled expression on her face as she stood a few feet behind Ash.

Hilbert, Hilda, Trip, Iris, Cilan, Bianca, and Trip were also confused by what had just been revealed to them.

"Victini is the Legendary Victory Pokémon that resides in Liberty Island, which is just 5 miles south from Castelia City. It is said Victini can guarantee you victory in anything you've ever wanted, whether if it's becoming a winner of a Pokémon competition or seeking to take over the world. As for the sword, I never thought it existed, but it is said that it was crafted by a swordsmith who lived in the Kingdom of the Vale and had a strong connection with Victini. Victini's power was transferred into the sword and legend says, if you place the sword on a stone made by Victini in the lighthouse on Liberty Island, it will appear before you and serve you," Professor Juniper explained the story of Victini and the Sword of Victory.

"That means, if we let them leave with the sword, they'll capture Victini!" Iris exclaimed, shouting the conclusion.

"No way, that's not going to happen. None of us will let you!" Ash took few steps past Roxas and glared at Omega, Colress, Ghetsis, and Giovanni.

Omega looked down at the child and chuckled, "You know, your father gave me that same look the day I met him."

Ash was taken back by the comment, as everyone else, including Roxas raised an eyebrow. "My father, how did you know my father?" The raven-haired teen froze and began to picture the face of his father instead of Omega's and wondered what the leader of the Majestic 12 meant.

Roxas grinded his teeth and reached for a Pokéball, "Lucario, come out!" Lucario appeared in front Roxas in a flash; the jackal-like Pokémon was in a fighting stance and frowned at Omega.

"Hand over the sword right now!" Roxas yelled. The young man was clearly becoming aggravated.

The sword belongs to no one, Lucario spoke to them telepathically, surprising some, while others were not amused, including Ghetsis and Giovanni.

Auro, Nate, and Rosa also reached for their Pokéballs. Team Plasma, Team Rocket, and Team Neo Plasma Grunts also reached their Pokéballs and prepared to battle. Trip, Bianca, Iris, Cilan, Hilda, Hilbert, Burgh, and Looker also followed their motions and prepared to battle too.

"I'm afraid, you're going to have to try and take it from us," Omega gave Roxas a blank look and said one final thing while snapping his fingers, "Let the games begin." All of a sudden, a powerful screech from the sky was heard and the shadow of a flying creature could be seen among the clouds. Everyone looked up and saw the shadow release a meteor-size Shadow Ball at the tallest building in town, which was still under construction.

The impact caused a powerful explosion and fire could be seen emerging from the blast. People all over the city began to scream in fire as the building began to collapse from the powerful attack and firefighters quickly and ambulances quickly began to mobilize.

Ash and his friends all watched in fear as the damaged tower emitted pitch black smoke into the sky. N and Team Plasma were also horrified by the destruction they were witnessing in front of them.

"What madness is this?" N clenched his fists.

"Those people," Ash clenched his fist enough to hurt himself.

"This isn't right," May grabbed one of Ash's hands and squeezed it with fear as she placed her hand over her heart.

Even the followers of the villainous leaders became frightened by what they saw, with exclusion of Pierce, and the followers of Omega. "Jess, has the boss lost his mind by getting himself tied with such insane people?" James mumbled to her.

"I don't know James," Jessie didn't look at him as she watched with sadness as the tower began to show further signs of collapsing.

"Who aw 'we' gettin ouwaselves tied up wit?" Meowth murmured to himself as he referred "we" to him, Jessie, and James.

"Damn it!" Roxas grinded his teeth and his eyes widened with horror, it's happening…He threw a Master Ball violently into the air, alerting everyone as to what he was going to do and a large, intimidating, and powerful creature revealed itself to all of them.

It was a sauropod-like Pokémon. It had various light blue stripes with a fin-like structure on its back and a crest on its head, resembling a dinosaur. It also had two horns on top of its head, two fang-like horns around its mouth, and three spines on the back of its neck, long claws, and a short tail. It was mainly dark blue with some gray metallic portions, including its chest plate, which had a diamond in the center. It roared angrily and shot out a blue energy ball at the sky from its jaw.

"It's Dialga!" Ash and the entire gang screamed simultaneously.

"Incredible!" N was left awestruck.

Ghetsis, Giovanni, Colress, and their followers were also left in shock while the Majestic 12 remained calm. When Dialga finally settled and glared at the Majestic 12, Omega spoke, "I was wondering when you would call out your ultimate weapon."

Roxas and Lucario jumped onto the back of the dragon. "You've left me with no choice," Roxas frowned at Omega and spoke again, "Auro, Nate, Rosa, begin our backup initiative, Operation Time Saver, I'm going to stop that tower from falling on thousands of people, commence now!"

"Right!" the trio nodded.

Without even saying anything to Ash or May, Roxas flew off with Lucario on Dialga and charged for the tower. "Well you heard Roxas, let's get started," Auro, the blue-haired teen said and they summoned their Pokémon.

"Arcanine, let's battle!" Nate called out his Pokémon and threw his black coat away, revealing a ninja-like suit.

"Feraligatr, help us retrieve the Sword of Victory!" Rosa summoned her Water-type Pokémon and she also took off her coat, revealing a ninja-like suit.

"Electivire, standby for battle," Auro released his partner calmly and did the same as Nate and Rosa when he took off his black coat, revealing a ninja-like suit as well.

The three fully-evolved, powerful Pokémon emitted energy and frowned at their opponents. They were just as determined to get the mission done as them.

"Those Pokémon may look powerful, but they need our help too!" Ash reached for a Pokéball, but Looker grabbed his hand and nodded sideways, confusing the auburn-eyed teen.

"Not yet," Looker smiled and Ash returned the gesture.

"Time to split up," Ghetsis commanded and slammed his cane against the cement.

"Indeed," Giovanni nodded.

"Let's begin," Colress chuckled.

Omega closed his eyes and took a black gas enveloped him, he lifted up into the air and dashed among the buildings, the action resembled a ghostly form of Aqua Jet.

"He escaped!" Cilan gasped when he saw what Omega did.

"How did he do that?!" Trip yelled with astonishment.

"Archer, Kodai, Brodie, take care of Auro, Nate, and Rosa," Genesis instructed.

"With pleasure," Archer smirked at the three teens with Kodai and Brodie.

"You're in for a world of pain," Kodai grinned slyly at Nate, Rosa, and Auro.

"Let's take this somewhere else," Nate spoke and he, Rosa, and Auro became enveloped by blue energy along with their Pokémon and shot into the sky like Aqua Jet. Kodai, Brodie, and Archer followed closely behind as they shot off in the same way as Omega.

Genesis and the remaining members also took a ghostly form and jetted off their separate ways. "We can't let the Majestic 12 get away!" Hilda yelled.

"We'll worry about them later," Burgh told the brunette.

"Let's focus on Ghetsis, he's the one with the sword," Professor Juniper frowned.

"Jessie, James, Meowth, Pierce, to the JE Building now," Giovanni ordered and they nodded as a car pulled up in front of the Team Rocket leader, which had driven at an incredible speed into the square.

"Colress, Zinzolin, to the sewers," Ghetsis instructed and they nodded. The trio of Team Neo Plasma quickly jumped into an open manhole to escape the heroes.

"You punks are outnumbered, time to finish the job," a Team Neo Plasma Grunt prepared to battle, but Burgh quickly took action by summoning one of his own Pokémon.

"Leavanny, tie that crook with String Shot," the gym leader commanded and his most powerful Pokémon did just that, preventing the grunt from attacking.

Nonetheless, more began to attack and summon their Pokémon. "How are we going to stop all of them, there must be at least a hundred here," Hilbert grinded his teeth in frustration.

"Team Plasma, stop Team Neo Plasma and Team Rocket!" N commanded and his underlings quickly took charge. They summoned their Pokémon and began attacking each other. N's actions surprised the teens and the trio of adults.

N smiled at them and spoke, "My group won't hold them off for long, you better escape."

Team Plasma was clearly outnumbered, but they were holding their own against their rivals. Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball, Slash after Slash, and Hyper Beam after Hyper Beam, Liepard, Stoutland, Throh, Sawk, Sandile, Cofagrigus, and other Pokémon fought brutally against each other.

However, suddenly, about a dozen police cars and six armored trucks arrived with international police badges on the shoulder pad of their uniforms. The uniforms they wore were similar to a SWAT member, except they were silver.

"Perfect, right on time," Looker turned to his operatives.

"Looker, the city is under attack. We spotted a boy and a Dialga trying to settle the destruction taking place by the Liberty Tower a few blocks from here," the operative stated.

"Colonel, the situation is worse than I expected. Where are the rest of your numbers?" Looker questioned the man.

"They're evacuating the city right now sir, I brought reinforcements to take care of the Plasma and Rocket Grunts here," the operative spoke.

"Excellent, then you and your men arrest all the grunts you can," Looker commanded and the Sergeant nodded. He quickly ordered his men to take down the criminals and they got involved in the battle between the villainous teams, they also used more hound-like Pokémon like Houndoom, Stoutland, and Growlithe.

May grabbed Ash's arm and spoke, "Ash, I'm scared of what's going to happen now."

Ash was also very frightened, what he was seeing wasn't a battle, it was actual fighting. The trainers weren't attacking their Pokémon, they were attacking the other trainer, but the trainer's Pokémon would protect its master from the attack with a counter, it was like a survival battle.

The auburn-eyed teen placed his hand on May's shoulder and spoke, "Don't worry May, and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."

"Iris, Cilan, Trip, I need you to help the police here. Defeat as many grunts as you can until there are none left!" Looker ordered the three teens.

Iris, Cilan, and Trip nodded sternly, the three were eager to give the criminals a taste of their own medicine after what they did to the hostages. Iris used Axew, Cilan used Pansage, and Trip used Servine.

"Hilbert, Hilda, you go after Ghetsis, Colress, and Zinzolin," Looker informed them.

"Yes sir!" the two nodded and ran off to the manhole, but before they jumped in N called out to them.

"Wait, I'm going with you, there's a score I need to settle with my father," N told with a serious tone and jumped into the manhole. Hilda and Hilbert weren't sure what to expect, but they follow close behind.

"Ash, May, Pikachu, you three will go after Giovanni, he must already be at the JE Building," Looker told them.

"Right!" Ash and May nodded with stern gazes.

Professor Juniper then approached Ash and handed him a Pokéball, "Ash, I brought Tranquil with me in case you needed her, would you like to give me one of your other Pokémon in exchange for it?"

Ash shook his head, "Sure, I haven't used Tranquil in sometime." He then took out a Pokéball and handed it her while Juniper gave him Tranquil, "That's Swadloon, please take care of it professor." Professor Juniper smiled and nodded.

"Pika!" Pikachu told Ash.

"Pikachu is right, we should get going," May told Ash and they agreed. The trio then dashed off to the JE Building.

"Bianca, you will help Burgh, Professor Juniper, and I evacuate the city, free any other hostages and defeat any remaining grunts lurking in the city," Looker stated.

"Yes, Looker!" Bianca responded with a stern voice, understanding the crisis of the situation.

---

Minutes later...

And with that, the entire gang dispersed around the entire city with a different objective and with a target to find. After defeating several grunts, Iris, Cilan, and Trip pitted themselves against a Neo Plasma Grunt, Rocket Grunt, and Plasma Grunt. "I assume after we beat these three, they will no longer need us, the number of grunts is depleting swiftly," Trip analyzed the situation.

"It'd be best if we go look for Looker after this then," Cilan stated and Trip nodded in agreement.

"He might want us to do something else," Iris pointed out and the boys agreed.

The Rocket Grunt who stood beside the Plasma and Neo Plasma Grunt, chuckled, "If you want to get this over with, you're going to have to defeat me."

"That also includes me, you can battle me, but you won't win," the Neo Plasma Grunt spoke arrogantly about himself.

"After you're finished with, I shall take your Pokémon and give them to Lord N, so ready you're not here I come!" the Plasma Grunt yelled and the three criminals released their Pokémon.

The Rocket Grunt had a Golbat, the Neo Plasma Grunt was using an Amoonguss, and the Plasma Grunt used a Watchog. The 3 Pokémon glared fiercely at Iris, Cilan, and Trip. Iris looked at Axew, who jumped out of her hair for another battle, "Ready Axew?"

"Ax axew," Axew made a fist and grinned confidently.

"Let's get started," Trip declared as he summoned Servine and Cilan brought out Pansage.

"Amoonguss, use Clear Smog on Servine!" the Neo Plasma Grunt commanded and his Pokémon unleashed a clear gas at Trip's Pokémon.

"Servine, dodge and then use Cut on Golbat!" Trip extended his right arm forward. Servine easily dodged Clear Smog and jumped into the air to slice Golbat.

"Golbat, counter Cut with Steel Wing!" the Rocket Grunt instructed with a husky voice.

"Axew, get in there and stop Golbat from countering with Scratch!" Iris made a fist.

"Watchog, use Hyper Fang to stop Axew!" the Plasma Grunt commanded.

"And Pansage, intervene and use Bite to stop Watchog!" Cilan instructed.

Pansage managed to stop Watchog by biting it and then sent the Lookout Pokémon flying against the ground by flinging it with its jaws. Axew then successfully stopped Golbat and Scratch and Cut dealt double damage to the bat-like Pokémon, but then the Neo Plasma Grunt made a command.

"Amoonguss, use Clear Smog on Axew's trainer!" the Neo Plasma Grunt exclaimed, surprising Trip, Iris, and Cilan. It was the first time any of them had actually been targeted and they believed the only reason the grunts attacked the police was to escape, but this grunt proved to be merciless.

Amoonguss released the attack, but Cilan quickly acted, "Pansage, get between Iris and the attack!"

Iris raised her eyebrows when she heard Cilan and the next thing she saw was Pansage getting blasted into the dirt by the attack. The monkey was hit head on and the Poison-type attack knocked it out.

"Cilan…" Iris spoke as she looked at him.

"You can thank me later, right now we have a city to save, Dwebble, go!" Cilan stated and summoned his next Pokémon after returning Pansage.

Trip grinded his teeth and spoke, "That's the last time we ever give you a chance to target us, now things are serious. Servine, use Cut on Amoonguss!"

"Counter with Faint Attack," the Neo Plasma Grunt ignored Trip and countered. Amoonguss disappeared from Servine's sight for a moment, but then reappeared, but before it could strike Axew came from nowhere and scratched the Poison-type.

"Dwebble, finish Amoonguss with X-Scissor," Cilan extended his left arm forward.

"Golbat, stop Dwebble with Wing Attack," the Rocket Grunt intervened.

"Servine, get between Dwebble and Golbat and counter Wing Attack with Cut!" Trip made a fist.

Servine successfully stopped Golbat and sent the Flying-type back thanks to its superior power. Dwebble also overpowered Amoonguss and sent it flying against a building with its X-shaped energy attack. Amoonguss cracked the glass of the building and was left knocked out.

The Neo Plasma Grunt groaned, but before he could retaliate an IPO knocked him down, realizing he had been defeated. "Officer, get ready to arrest these 2 because they're almost done as well, Axew, use Scratch on Watchog!" Iris mentioned and pointed at Watchog when she made her command.

"Servine, use Tackle on Golbat!" Trip ordered and Servine charged at Golbat with quick speed.

"Golbat, use Swift!" the Rocket Grunt commanded, but Servine easily dodged and sent Golbat crashing against the ground, knocking it out.

Meanwhile, Axew also charged at Watchog and the Dragon-type cried fiercely as it ran, "Ax axew ax axew axew!"

Unfortunately, the Plasma Grunt prepared to counter with a much stronger attack, "Watchog, stop Axew with Slam!"

"Dwebble, get in there and stop Watchog with another X-Scissor!" Cilan instructed. Dwebble unleashed the attack as Watchog prepared to slam Axew, but X-Scissor sent it flying back and before it could get up, Axew slashed it down into the dirt, defeating the Normal-type.

IPOs quickly arrested Iris and Cilan's opponents as Iris and Cilan smiled at each other for their teamwork, while Trip thanked Servine for its performance. They returned their Pokémon and Cilan spoke, "Let's return to Looker, IPOs are beginning to leave with all the grunts, the others might be done with whatever Looker tasked them with."

"Right," Trip and Iris shook their heads.

---

"It wasn't very smart of you children to come here, if you failed once in the past, what makes you think you can succeed here?" Archer questioned as he, his comrades, and their opponents stood on the rooftop of a tall building.

Auro frowned and responded, "We can change things here, it's not too late, and you haven't even won yet."

"That may be true, but who says we won't?" Brodie chuckled and smirked.

"After we eradicate you pesky idealists, we'll exterminate the opposition," Kodai had his arms behind his back and laughed at the teens.

"You guys are really starting to bug me," Nate grinded his teeth and made a fist.

Rosa crossed her arms and frowned, "Let's settle this here and now."

"Gladly," Archer gave her a sly grin. He reached for a Pokéball and called out, "Time to battle, Rampardos!"

"Mismagius, come out!" Kodai summoned his Pokémon.

"Ditto, playtime!" Brodie released his signature Pokémon.

Archer's fearsome Pokémon stomped on the roof when it appeared and Mismagius gave off a scary vibe in the environment while Ditto smiled sneakily.

The teens looked at their Pokémon, who nodded to show that they were ready to battle. "Alright Arcanine, use ExtremeSpeed on Rampardos!" Nate instructed.

Arcanine dashed at Rampardos with incredible speed, but before the canine could land its hit, Kodai intervened, "Mismagius, protect Rampardos from ExtremeSpeed." Mismagius appeared in front Arcanine and stopped the canine before it could attack with Protect.

Arcanine flipped back and growled. Auro frowned and made his command, "Electivire, use Thunderbolt on Ditto!"

"Electivire!" the Pokémon cried out and unleashed the Thunderbolt, but Brodie remained cool.

Ditto then suddenly transformed into Electivire and absorbed the Thunderbolt. Auro grinded his teeth when he saw Ditto transform while Brodie's eyes widened in delight, "Thank you Auro, now watch this trick. Ditto, use ThunderPunch on Feraligatr!"

"Feraligatr, dodge ThunderPunch!" Rosa commanded, but Ditto was too quick and made Feraligatr cry out in pain on contact.

Brodie motioned his index finger left to right and spoke, "Silly girl, you can't outmaneuver an Electivire when it is hit by an Electric-type attack, its ability, Motor Drive is activated and it becomes much faster."

"Very good Brodie, now it's my turn, Rampardos, use AncientPower on Arcanine," Archer crossed his arms as Rampardos unleashed a silver energy ball and launched it at Arcanine.

"Arcanine, dodge with ExtremeSpeed and then surround those 3 Pokémon with Flame Twister," Nate commanded.

"Nate, do you really want to use that move so early?" Rosa asked him.

"Sis, the situation is as dire as ever, I have no choice," Nate told her and she nodded.

"Let them have it Nate," Auro smiled confidently as Arcanine easily dodged Ancient Power and moved at such incredible speeds while using Flamethrower that it created a twister that enveloped the Majestic 12's Pokémon.

Kodai raised an eyebrow as the twister of fire thickened and their Pokémon were lost from view, "What is this combination supposed to do?"

"Does it really matter, this is child's play," Brodie laughed.

"Do your magic, Kodai," Archer ordered.

Kodai nodded and grinned deviously. Nate glared at the smiling Kodai and spoke, "Arcanine, sense Mismagius and use Odor Sleuth."

"Mismagius, prepare to use Protect when that attack closes in," Kodai instructed.

"Shouldn't we help him out Auro?" Rosa turned to the blue-haired teen.

"In a second, Nate is about to show how powerful and skillful he really is," Auro crossed his arms in amusement as their Pokémon watched.

Arcanine continued to run in circles and then unleashed a white sphere of energy into the twister of fire. The Legendary Pokémon then spotted Mismagius's silhouette in the fire and the canine realized the twister would close in on the Pokémon soon. Arcanine then leaped into the fire as the twister began to close itself.

"Now!" Kodai instructed, however, much to his surprise, Mismagius shot out of the fire like a rag and a large explosion of fire took place in front of them.

Archer, Brodie, and Kodai's eyes widened with shock when they saw the fiery explosion, which could be seen from the street. When it finally faded, Arcanine revealed itself with some embers on its fur, but the canine was still in one piece. Rampardos and Ditto were panting and were scorched as they got up.

"Impossible, how did you?" Archer was in disbelief.

"It's a tactic I was taught by my father and his friend, now…" Nate grinned confidently and talked in a very cocky tone.

"The real battle begins," Auro finished Nate's phrase and the Majestic 12 members became alert.

"Feraligatr, use Hydro Pump on Rampardos!" Rosa commanded with force.

"Ditto, transform into Electivire and protect Rampardos," Brodie retaliated with frustration.

"Electivire, intervene," Auro instructed.

"Mismagius, get up and use Shadow Ball on Electivire!" Kodai exclaimed to its Ghost-type Pokémon, who was still recovering.

Feraligatr unleashed Hydro Pump at Rampardos, who was still in pain and couldn't react, but Ditto transformed into Electivire and used Thunder to counter, however, Electivire absorbed the Thunder and became much faster. Archer groaned and spoke, "Rampardos, counter Hydro Pump with Zen Headbutt!"

Rampardos charged as its head glowed blue and it entered a standstill with Hydro Pump, the formerly extinct Pokémon was not willing to give up to Feraligatr so easily. Meanwhile, Auro made his demand, "Electivire, use Thunderbolt on Mismagius while it's recovering!"

"Shadow Ball fast," Kodai grinded his teeth and demanded again since Mismagius had still not fully recovered to attack yet and unfortunately, Thunderbolt shot out much faster than Mismagius could charge up a Shadow Ball.

The Ghost-type crashed against the ground once again and struggled to get up. Feraligatr also overpowered Rampardos and sent the dinosaur flying back as well. The Majestic 12's Pokémon were greatly weakened, but they weren't done with yet.

"How's this happening, we haven't even left much of a hit on them," Archer crossed his arms in frustration.

"I wonder what training they receive," Brodie raised an eyebrow, not believing how easily they were getting pummeled.

"They inherited the talents of their parents and mentors, it's no surprise in the end that they are almost as skilled as Roxas," Kodai sighed and then frowned as their Pokémon recovered while Auro, Rosa, and Nate grinned arrogantly at them.

"They're getting killed out there, if it was me, they would've already been finished." Silver watched the battle between the Majestic 12 and the teens from afar, on another rooftop.

Hunter J approached him as they stood on the roof with the rest of the organization, "Nonsense Silver, after Omega, Genesis, Zero, and I, those 3 are a major powerhouse to the organization, but the power Roxas's friends are showing is frighteningly phenomenal, they're almost as powerful as he is."

"Why do I always get stuck with the boring jobs? Last time I battled Ash and left him in the dust," Silver sighed and looked at his Pokéball.

Hunter J raised an eyebrow and spoke, "That doesn't count, it's not like if Ash were much of a challenge anyway, well right now, and the description of how strong he will be even scares me if we don't kill him before that day comes. Besides, Omega ordered us not to interfere if we don't have a role in the plan, you'll have your turn, lighten up kid."

She then walked away while Silver sighed and spoke with an obnoxious tone to her, "I'm not exactly a kid. I'm 18, have it memorized?" The red-haired member knew she didn't listen to him and he just returned to watching the battle.

Hunter J then approached Vicious and Annie, she took a look at the disaster taking place a distance away from here, but still clearly visible. She could see his Dialga trying to stop the destruction taking place in the area as the tower slowly collapsed, futile attempts, the woman thought. She then turned to the pair she was near and spoke, "Annie, Vicious, Roxas seems occupied with the Liberty Tower, why don't you go help him?" the woman joked and chuckled.

"Why didn't you say so," Annie smiled with delight.

"May be then I can help him get into a hospital later," Vicious laughed and took in pleasure in the thought of harming Roxas.

"Why don't I join ya," Phantom walked over to them.

J turned to the middle-aged man and spoke, "No Phantom, remember the task Omega assigned you with. We are going to need you very soon."

Phantom frowned and then nodded, "That's right, this will be thrilling," the man laughed and looked over past the harbor of Castelia City.

"Hey Cloud aren't you bored of just staring at the smoky sky and listening to the sounds of millions peeing themselves?" Silver sat down next to Cloud.

"The battles are pretty entertaining," Cloud looked over to the battle between his comrades and the enemy,

Silver rolled his eyes and spoke sarcastically, "Right."

"If we do succeed our mission of taking over the world and getting rid of our enemies, what will we do then Silver?" Cloud asked his older comrade.

"Cloud, I don't even know what I'm going to have for dinner later, I don't really know," Silver joked with the younger member.

Cloud chuckled and smiled, "Then what's on your mind lately?"

"Lately, I've just been thinking how I'd like to have a good battle with a good opponent. I expected Ash to put up in a better fight when I challenged him in Luxuria Town, but I'd also like to really battle his girlfriend, Roxas, Nate, Rosa, or Auro, they seem to be the only people whose skills call my attention. Hey, you battled Ash and May right, what was that like, was it as dull as my battle with him?" Silver began a conversation regarding battles with the strongest trainers he knew of and asked Cloud about his battle with the couple.

"You wouldn't have been disappointed if it were you who had battled them. They really were something else, at first I didn't think much of them, but when I made the situation critical, they pulled it together and showed a large amount of skill, I still get chills when I think of the combinations they did. They even managed to take down Latias," Cloud recalled the battle in his mind, he pictured May and Ash calling out attacks and combinations while he admired their sheer skill and power.

"Man, I wish I could have been there, I could have double battled with you. Why didn't you tell me about it that day anyway?" Silver sounded disappointed and inquired Cloud once again.

"I guess, I just really wanted to see how I would I fair against them on my own. The organization talks about them like if they were a nuclear threat," Cloud teased and laughed.

"Hey, I never imagined you to make a joke, but yeah, that's true," Silver laughed.

"Thanks to that day though, I understand why the Majestic 12, Ghetsis, and Giovanni are afraid of them, because they friends all over helping them out on whatever they come across. Some of those friends are even out battling with them, but I guess what really makes them so special is, they have hearts," Cloud stood up and thought about the couple and a third figure, the blond-haired teen smiled while Silver looked at him with a confused look.

---

"Thank you for accompanying me," N ran with Hilda and Hilbert through the sewers.

"Well we know you're wanted everywhere, but the situation is favoring someone much worse right now," Hilbert stated as he ran.

"And you don't seem all that bad of a guy, N," Hilda smiled at him as they ran, making Hilbert slightly jealous while N just grinned and kept running.

"Fair enough," N chuckled as they ran. The leader of Team Plasma then thought about how Ash and May also probably had the same opinion, he wondered where the couple was right now and worried for their safety, after the whole exchange of words at the square, N began to wonder if there was more to his father's operation then just taking over Unova and he believed Ash and May played a critical role in it.

N then suddenly stopped in front of a wall and looked at it, "This is it, my father and Colress must be inside here."

"But it's just a wall, N," Hilda pointed out.

"Is it like a secret entrance or something?" Hilbert questioned the older boy.

N nodded and tapped it three times, then all of a sudden; it began to slide open, revealing a room filled with computers and machinery. "This Team Neo Plasma's secret base in Castelia City, this is how they planned out today's attack."

"Wow," Hilbert and Hilda said at the same time as they looked around.

"Very good N, you're not as naïve or stupid as your father gives you credit for," Colress emerged from a dark corner of the room.

"If you could see the greatness Team Neo Plasma is doing by joining us," Zinzolin emerged from the other dark corner of the room.

"Colress, Zinzolin, don't you see that you are just puppets for a much more selfish achievement?" N frowned at them.

"Nonsense, domination is merely in the nature of every human, except, only a few have the capability of accomplishing it," Colress chuckled.

Zinzolin then tapped a button on the wall and a door revealed itself in front of N, "Your father is in the next room waiting for you, why don't you go and try to dominate his mind with your beliefs, we'll take care of your friends."

N grinded his teeth and looked back at Hilda and Hilbert. "Don't worry about us N, you need to go stop your father," Hilda assured the older male to go.

"Yeah, we can take care of these fools," Hilbert reached for a Pokéball and grinned arrogantly.

N smiled at them and spoke softly, "Thank you." The leader of Team Plasma then walked toward the mechanical door, which slid open and allowed N to pass to the next room.

"Now, time to see where this goes," Colress smirked and reached for a Pokéball, with Zinzolin following his lead.

"Go Beheeyem," Colress summoned his Pokémon.

"Go Cryogonal," Zinzolin threw his Pokéball.

The Ice-type and Psychic-type appeared in front of the two friends, but they didn't seem to be frightened at all. "Servine, let's battle!" Hilda threw her Pokéball like a baseball.

"Fraxure, time to battle!" Hilbert threw his Pokéball like a baseball as well.

"I've been waiting for a good battle, let's start now, Beheeyem, use Psybeam on Servine!" Colress commanded.

"Cryogonal, use Aurora Beam on Fraxure!" Zinzolin instructed.

Both Pokémon released multi-colored beams at their opponents, but Hilda and Hilbert knew just how to counter. "Fraxure, use Focus Blast to counter Aurora Beam!" Hilbert extended his arm to the left.

"Servine, use Swords Dance to then enhance Leaf Blade and counter Psybeam!" Hilda commanded.

Fraxure made a fist and then launched a large, blue sphere of energy at Aurora Beam and since it was a Fighting-type move, it obliterated the ice and hit Cryogonal head on and sent the Ice-type back against the metal wall.

Servine then enhanced the power of her Leaf Blade with Swords Dance and redirected the Psybeam back at Beheeyem, who shook off the attack. Colress smirked and clapped for Hilbert and Hilda, "Impressive indeed, I hope you're this strong when you have children, maybe you can teach them a thing or two."

"Children?!" Hilda and Hilbert yelled, their faces turning red from embarrassment.

Colress chuckled and made his command, "Beheeyem, use Calm Mind and then let them have it with a Psychic attack!"

"Crygonoal, use Acid Armor and then use Ice Beam on Fraxure!" Zinzolin yelled.

"They're boosting up their attack and defense, no problem, Zinzolin, why don't I help you, Fraxure, use Taunt!" Hilbert commanded with confidence.

"I can increase attack power too, Servine use Swords Dance and then use Slam!" Hilda ordered.

Fraxure taunted Cryogonal and the Ice-type became infuriated, causing it use Acid Armor repeatedly in order to counter Fraxure's Taunt. Cryogonal liquefied a bit, but Hilbert took quick action, "Fraxure, let's end this with Draco Meteor."

"What, no!" Zinzolin realized the crisis of his situation and Crygonoal refused to obey his commands.

Fraxure shot up a large ball of energy that then burst into more; several blasted away computers and machines, while others hit Cryogonal repeatedly until the Ice-type dropped to the floor unconscious.

"Unbelievable," Zinzolin's eyes were wide as he returned Cryogonal.

Colress sighed at Zinzolin and the looked at Beheeyem, when Servine threatened to slam the Psychic-type it quickly reacted and sent Servine flying back against a metal wall. "Servine!" Hilda yelled as Servine cried in pain, but was still able to battle.

Hilbert turned his attention to Beheeyem and made a command, "Fraxure, use Shadow Claw!"

Colress raised an eyebrow and spoke, "Beheeyem, use Reflect."

When Fraxure roared and charged at Beheeyem with its glowing, black claw, Beheeyem set up a barrier in front of Fraxure and stopped the attack. "Now, use Psybeam," Colress instructed and after the barrier and Shadow Claw canceled out, the Psychic-type blasted Fraxure against a wall, making it cry in pain. The Dragon-type panted while it was on one knee and Colress prepared to finish it off until Hilda made a command.

"Servine, stop Beheeyem with Flash!" Hilda ordered and the Grass-type emitted a powerful light that left Beheeyem blind.

She turned to Hilbert who smiled as a thank you and she nodded happily. She then frowned at the blinded Beheeyem and made her final command, "Finish this with Leaf Blade!"

"Seeerviiiine!" Servine cried out and slammed its glowing green tail on Beheeyem, sending the Psychic-type flying against the metallic floor, knocking it out.

Hilda smiled with satisfaction and high-fived Hilbert for their victory, "We did it!" they yelled simultaneously.

"Incredible, marvelous, spectacular, but…this isn't over. You may pass to the other room and see how Lord N falls into the hands of his father," Colress laughed as Hilbert and Hilda frowned.

"C'mon!" Hilda told Hilbert and they ran to the next room with their Pokémon. Colress smiled cunningly as Hilda and Hilbert left while Zinzolin chuckled.

In the next room, the pair found N and Ghetsis battling. N was using an Archeops and Ghetsis used an Eelektross. "N!" Hilbert called him.

N turned to Hilbert for a second and flashed a quick grin, but was too focused on the battle to talk. "Archeops, use Dragon Claw!" N commanded.

"Do the same Eelektross," Ghetsis chuckled.

Both Pokémon made their claws glow and unleashed the Dragon-type attack, but it ended in a tie and both flew back. "Father, it's over, you've lost," N smiled confidently.

"Not yet my son," Ghetsis grinned cunningly, "Eelektross, use Discharge!"

"Eeeeeeeeeeee!" the Electric-type Pokémon cried out and released large amounts of electricity.

"Archeops, shield yourself with Rock Slide," N countered and as the electricity directed towards Archeops. The Flying-type unleashed a shower of rocks from above to cover it, failing Ghetsis's attack.

Ghetsis merely gave a smug smile, impressed by the counter. "Now let's use DragonBreath!" N extended his arm forward and Archeops released a stream of green energy.

"Counter with Flash Cannon," Ghetsis hit his cane against the metallic floor of the empty room. Flash Cannon easily countered DragonBreath and caused an explosion between the two Pokémon.

"Bind!" Ghetsis yelled and Eelektross jetted out of the smoke and wrapped itself around Archeops like a snake.

"Whoa, that's fast!" Hilda was amazed by how quick Eelektross assaulted Archeops.

"Now, use Thunderbolt," Ghetsis grinned and Eelektross shocked Archeops with full power, making the bird cry in pain.

Hilbert and Hilda watched in horror as both Archeops and N fell to Ghetsis's mercy.

N glared at Ghetsis in angry and spoke, "No, I won't lose to you, Archeops, use Hyper Beam."

With the last of its energy, as Eelektross shocked it, Archeops opened its mouth and shot a Hyper Beam in Eelektross's face, sending causing an explosion and sending the Electric-type crashing against the metal wall and leaving a dent.

When the smoke cleared, Eelektross had been knocked out, but much to everyone's surprise, Archeops was still up, injured and panting, but up. N gasped when he saw Archeops and mumbled, "Even after all that damage, it's still up."

"That's a really strong Archeops," Hilbert commented.

"I'll say," Hilda nodded and smiled, glad with the results.

Ghetsis began to clap quietly and spoke, "Well done N, you beat me for the first time out of sheer fortune, but I'm a man of my word."

"Hand over the sword, if I won you would give it, that was the deal," N frowned at the green-haired second in command of Team Neo Plasma.

"Of course, it's this one I believe," Ghetsis took out the sword from his coat and showed it to N.

N walked over to Ghetsis so he would receive it. Hilbert and Hilda were surprised Ghetsis was actually handing the sword over, knowing how much Ghetsis wanted it in order to achieve his goal.

Before N could take it though, Ghetsis slammed the blade of the sword against the metal floor and it shattered into millions of pieces, alarming everyone in the room. "He broke the sword!" Hilda yelled in shock.

"Why did he do that?!" Hilbert was also astonished.

N gasped and his eyes widened, "The sword…its blade never breaks, no one can break it, it's impossible, you-"

"I never had the sword," Ghetsis chuckled and grinned evilly as N analyzed the broken sword and wondered where the real one was.

---

Meanwhile, Ash, May, and Pikachu were just about arriving to the JE Building. Pikachu remained on Ash's shoulder as they arrived at the entrance of the enormous building. "This is probably one of the longest runs I've had, the JE Building was nowhere near the square," May stated as she ran next to her boyfriend.

"I'm going to talk to Looker about giving us a closer target next time, but we're here now, so that's good," Ash smiled the brunette as he ran.

May nodded and grinned at him, when she looked straight at the entrance of the tall structure, she saw two large fountains and the statue of a man holding a globe, but what shocked her was the man standing on top of the globe.

"Ash, look," May frowned and pointed at the figure.

Ash turned to the direction May was pointing at and glared, "It's Pierce."

When they reached the high-ranking operative they stopped running and confronted the man. Pierce chuckled and jumped down the globe and landed a few feet in front of Ash and May, "Nice of you to come, I'm glad we have this chance to settle the score," Pierce said with a menacing voice.

"You lost last time, what makes you think you'll again?" May frowned at the green-eyed criminal.

"You simply got lucky, if it weren't for that pesky Krokorok, I would've annihilated you, but now it's just you two, and I will get my revenge," Pierce reached for two Pokéballs as he spoke.

"If it's a battle you want, then that's what you'll get, but you won't win," Ash made a fist as he spoke.

"Your end is nigh, time for combat, Galvantula, Golett!" Pierce called out his two Pokémon.

Ash reached for a Pokéball and called out, "Tranquil, you're up!"

"Purrloin, take the stage," May flung her Pokéball.

The two Pokémon appeared in front of Ash and May and glared at their opponent, sensing that Pierce was one of the bad guys. "Interesting selection, but let's see if it'll do you any good. Galvantula, use Signal Beam on Purrloin and Golett, use Telekinesis on Tranquil!" Piece remarked.

"Tranquil, get in there and counter Signal Beam with Air Cutter!" Ash commanded.

Tranquil cooed angrily and began to use the attack, but suddenly, Golett used Telekinesis and trapped the bird in its psychic powers. Pierce chuckled and spoke, "Got you right where I want you."

Ash gave May a disappointed look, but the brunette winked at him and made her command, "Purrloin, use Assist!"

Pierce crossed his arms and smirked, "How is a random move going to save you, May?"

All of a sudden, Purrloin shot out a stream of fire from her paw and it clashed with Signal Beam. "Like that," May pointed at Pierce and grinned confidently.

"Impossible," Pierce gasped and the attack easily overpowered Signal Beam and charged at Galvantula, sending the Bug-type flying against the statue of the man holding the globe.

Ash made a fist and praised May and Purrloin, "Blaziken's Flamethrower sure packed a punch!"

Pierce grinded his teeth and made a command, "Golett, forget Tranquil, go after Purrloin and use Earthquake!" Golett quickly turned its focus to Purrloin, freeing Tranquil in the process. The Ghost-type Pokémon then stomped on the ground and made it shake, but Ash took action just in time.

"Tranquil, fly over to Purrloin at full speed and get her on your back to avoid Earthquake!" the auburn-eyed teen instructed.

"Purrloin, jump on Tranquil at the precise time!" the brunette demanded.

Tranquil nodded and jetted to Purrloin just in time before the shake's vibration reached the cat. "Purrloin!" the cat cried out as it jumped onto Tranquil and found herself in the air, safe from Earthquake.

"Now Tranquil, get as close to Golett as fast possible, using Quick Attack!" Ash extended his arm forward.

"And once Tranquil gets you close Purrloin, deliver a Night Slash!" May extended her arm forward as well.

Pierce's eyes widened, "Galvantula, use Electroweb, and Golett, defend yourself with Defense Curl!"

Galvantula got up and released the electric web, but unfortunately for Pierce, Tranquil was much faster than the launch and dodged Electroweb. What made it even worse for the Team Rocket member was Golett was unable to use Defense Curl in time because Tranquil closed in on it just in time.

Purrloin delivered a powerful slash at Golett, which caused the Ghost-type to crash against the dirt while Purrloin and Tranquil flew off.

Ash, May, and Pikachu cheered and high-fived each other for their success while Pierce twitched in frustration, those fools are making a mockery out of me, Golett's attacks are useless in this situation, both Purrloin and Tranquil are in the air and Tranquil is too fast for Galvantula's attacks, if only I could get Galvantula up there, but how, Pierce thought and then looked at Golett and then at its hands. That's it! Perfect, the man smirked and looked at the teens.

Ash and May stopped cheering and looked at Pierce. "Ready to give up Pierce, unlike last time, we're battling at our best and you didn't catch us by surprise," May placed her hands on her hips and taunted him.

"You on the other hand are really slacking, I thought you stronger than this, you didn't even lay a hit on us yet," Ash crossed his arms and smiled arrogantly.

Pierce smirked and spoke, "Let's see if the world's strongest couple can save themselves from this then, Golett, launch Galvantula at Tranquil and Purrloin with Telekinesis and Galvantula, let out a powerful Thunderbolt when you're in the air so they can't dodge and envelope yourself with Thunderbolt to shock them when you hit!"

"What?!" Ash and May screamed simultaneously.

Golett used all of its power to fling Galvantula into the air. The electric spider then cried out and released a massive Thunderbolt and the Electric-type became enveloped in it, resembling an electric missile. At that moment, Purrloin jumped off Tranquil's back as the bird got shocked and dropped to the floor. The cat Pokémon then began to change, it was covered in blue energy and the energy dispersed in all directions, as the glowing Purrloin charged at Galvantula, it began to show signs of noticeable change and became much bigger.

"What, no!" Pierce cried out.

"Purrloin is evolving!" May cheered with joy.

"Perfect timing!" Ash fist pumped happily.

When the evolution stopped, a large purple cat revealed itself and before Galvantula could close in on it, the Dark-type released a spiraling stream of black energy that countered Galvantula and blasted it into the ground. When Galvantula crashed into the ground, a loud crash was heard and among the dust, an electric spider with swirl eyes appeared on a small crater.

Pierce gasped in horror as the cat dropped to the ground, beside Tranquil, who got up and was shocked by the outcome. The evolved Pokémon was slender and primarily purple, with yellow rosettes speckled on its fur. Its underside was yellow and so were the tips of its legs, its face was yellow and purple, with the purple fur shaped like a mask for the feline.

"What Pokémon is that?" Ash questioned.

"Let's see what the Pokédex says," May took out her Pokédex and listened to what it had to say.

"Liepard, the Cruel Pokémon and the evolved form of Purrloin, well-known for its beauty, Liepard uses the element of surprise when battling opponents, attacking before they can react," the automated voice of the machine stated.

"Liepard…" May admired the newly evolved Pokémon.

"Cool May, looks like it even learned Dark Pulse when it evolved. Now we're going to win for sure," Ash cheered and made a fist.

May nodded and grinned confidently, "Right, let's end this, Liepard, use Dark Pulse on Golett!"

"Tranquil, use Air Cutter on Golett too!" Ash ordered.

Liepard purred and coolly released the new move while Tranquil flapped its wings and unleashed the Flying-type move. Pierce frowned and made his command, "Golett, defend yourself with Defense Curl!"

"Golett!" the Ghost-type said and curled itself up. When the attacks hit Golett, multiple explosions occurred as dust rose into the air. Liepard and Tranquil kept attacking until they were certain Golett was out. When the dust, cleared, Golett lay on the floor unconscious.

Pierce's eyes widened and he dropped to the floor, returning Golett and Galvantula, "Unbelievable, I lost again…"

Ash and May smiled at their Pokémon for their work and returned them. They thanked their evolved Pokémon and May showed incredible content for Liepard as she put her away. "Let's go Ash; Giovanni must be waiting at the top of the JE Building if my hunch is correct."

"We'll check it out when we get inside," Ash told the brunette as they ran past Pierce, having no word to say to him. The couple rushed in with Pikachu and left the lone operative on the floor, whose pride was left broken.

---

"Lucario, we have to use our aura to analyze this whole sector, we cannot risk any life. Do you sense the aura of any humans or Pokémon nearby?" Roxas spoke with a stressed voice as he and Lucario rode on Dialga.

Dialga had been using Roar of Time to keep the building at bay and stop it from crushing millions below. Lucario and Roxas closed their eyes and traveled mentally throughout the area. Dozens of buildings were wrecked, cars were left on the middle of the street, items lay on the floor, but no people or Pokémon were sensed below.

There are no signs of life down there, Lucario stated.

Let's check inside the building quick, Dialga can't hold onto the building for much longer, we have to destroy it, Roxas answered Lucario through his mind.

The pair of aura users traveled inside the building and saw hundreds of dead construction workers along with some Pokémon, areas were left completely destroyed on the upper part of the tower. The lower levels were cleared and there was no sign of people or Pokémon.

Numerous dead, but no life inside either, Lucario said telepathically.

They're gone, we cannot do anything now, if there is no life nearby, then we aren't risking anyone's life by blasting this thing into oblivion, Roxas grinded his teeth regarding the fact that people had died inside, but there was no way of rescuing their bodies.

Then finish it…Lucario replied.

Roxas opened his eyes and looked at the crumbling building. He let out a deep breath and spoke, "Dialga, obliterate the tower." Dialga roared furiously and increased the power of Roar of Time. The stream of blue energy thickened and eradicated the building on contact. The sounds of the explosion were incredibly loud and the blast itself could be seen from miles away.

Millions from the outskirts watched as their beloved tower was blast into oblivion, the smoke and fire could be dispersing until it faded. The sounds of the blast pierced their ears, they became horrified to see the symbol of Castelia City fall right in front their eyes.

Dialga, Lucario, and Roxas watched as the smoke cleared and all that was left was the ruined lower part of the tower, while the upper part that dominated the sky was gone. If I had let that building fall, thousands of homes would have been crushed, peoples' lives would have been put at risk just to put out the fire and many more would have died if the fire and smoke spread like that.

You did what you had to do, it was an act of terror not even you could have predicted, you didn't know what was lurking those clouds, Lucario assured Roxas that his act was not in vain and then looked above.

Roxas sighed and mumbled, "Right." "The mission is not over yet, the Majestic 12 is still here and I'm sure the Sword of Victory is still here as well, we have to go find it," Roxas spoke verbally.

Lucario nodded, but suddenly, a voice called them out, "Roxas, we didn't expect you to do that, but now it's time to blast you away."

The pair turned around with Dialga and saw the Iron Masked Marauder and Annie standing on a rooftop. "I was beginning to believe you were just going to let the tower fall, guess not," Annie laughed.

Roxas frowned and jumped on the rooftop with Lucario and confronted the pair. He calmly returned Dialga and then glared at the two, "You're responsible for the deaths seen today and for the destruction caused, you can say it was Team Rocket or the Team Plasmas, but it was your plan this whole time."

"Don't start lecturing us again about how immoral we are, we're just here to kill you," Annie smirked at him.

"We'll probably take Genesis and Zero's positions if we eradicate you now," Vicious chuckled.

Roxas reached for two Pokéballs and threw them like ninja stars, "Keep thinking that." All of a sudden, a Kingdra and Shiny Metagross appeared.

"We don't think, we know," Vicious smirked and threw his Pokéball.

"Go, Espeon!" Annie called out her Pokémon.

Next to her Psychic-type appeared a Beartic. The two Pokémon snarled at Metagross and Kingdra when they saw them. Kingdra and Metagross remained cool and just gave blank stares. Roxas closed his eyes and began to make his commands, "Metagross, Agility and Meteor Mash, Kingdra, SmokeScreen and then Twister."

"Who's he targeting?" Vicious raised an eyebrow, but then saw Metagross lifting its legs, and then hovering over to Beartic. Metagross rushed over to Beartic with phenomenal speed, "Wow, it's fast, but Beartic, stop Meteor Mash by grabbing Metagross right before it hits," Vicious countered.

Kingdra, shot heavy amounts of smoke at Espeon, but Annie acted quickly, "Espeon, disperse the smoke with Psychic!" Espeon's eyes began to glow and so did the smoke, the Psychic-type then instantly spread the smoke to get a view of Kingdra, but instead Twister shot out of nowhere and captured Espeon, making the Psychic-type squeal in fear.

Beartic reached its arms out for Metagross as it growled, "Beartic!"

However, while still keeping his eyes closed, Roxas made his command, "180 degree spin."

"Huh?" Vicious gave Roxas a baffled look and suddenly, before Metagross hit Beartic, it spun behind the bear. The movement was so quick, not even Beartic saw Metagross make the quick motion.

The Pseudo Pokémon then yelled, "Metaaaaagross!" and delivered a powerful punch with one its legs; the punch was shaped like a meteor. It then made Beartic fly against the floor of the rooftop and it cried in pain.

"How did Kingdra release a Twister so fast, it only took a sec to disperse all that smoke," Annie stated with confusion as she saw Espeon being spun inside the Twister.

"You should try to be faster next time, Kingdra, use Ice Beam on Twister and then deliver the final blow with Dragon Pulse," Roxas said coolly. Annie watched in horror as Kingdra released the Ice-type attack, which froze the Twister and Espeon. Before she could even make a command for Espeon to break free, Kingdra released the green energy ball at the ice twister and the blast caused an explosion that made all of the ice fall to the ground, along with an unconscious Espeon.

Annie's eyes widened with fear as she saw Espeon knocked out on the floor. Vicious, was also in a critical situation, Beartic was still struggling to get up from Meteor Mash and Roxas prepared for his next move. "How on earth are your maneuvers so fast, Beartic is the strongest Beartic out there, there's no way he should've been sent flying like that," Vicious grinded his teeth in frustration.

"Get some more practice, you're as pathetic as your partner," Roxas stated. "Metagross, finish with Hammer Arm before Beartic can get up," the raven-haired teen ordered.

"Stop Metagross with Ice Beam!" Vicious commanded. Beartic was still on its knees and Metagross hovered quickly over to the bear in a matter of milliseconds.

Beartic turned to Metagross and used Ice Beam, but it was too late, Metagross's glowing leg punched right through the ice and slammed Beartic against the concrete, leaving a mark of Beartic's head on the floor. The arctic bear was left unconscious after the hit.

Annie and Vicious returned their Pokémon as they gazed at Roxas with horror. Annie was breathing heavily because of the fear and spoke, "Who are you?"

Vicious's eyes also displayed signs of fear and the man inquired, "What are you?"

Roxas returned his Pokémon, who hadn't even broken a sweat and the sapphire-eyed teen opened his eyes and gave them a cold look with Lucario. "I'm the avenger and knight from the darkness, I bring justice into an unjust world, I'm the son Earth's greatest heroes, I'm Roxas and I'm going to bring into the light."

With those words, Roxas began to glow blue and he charged up an Aura Sphere with both his palms, "It's time for you to get a taste of your own medicine," the black-haired teen glared at them as he charged up the aura.

Vicious and Annie were paralyzed by fear and just watched the boy charge up the attack. Roxas then shot out the aura at them, but all of a sudden a black sphere clashed with the energy ball and caused an explosion between the Majestic 12 members and the teen.

"Huh?" Roxas raised an eyebrow and when the light from explosion faded, Vicious and Annie were gone.

He was here, it seems, Lucario informed Roxas.

I know I sensed him the moment the attack was shot out, he must have sensed the lives of his lackeys coming to an end, Roxas responded and looked through the corner of his eye to the direction from which the blast came from.

---

"Ash, how many more…flights of stairs…do we have to run?" May panted as she ran.

"We're almost there May, just a bit more," Ash encouraged the girl to continue.

May sighed and answered, "How I wish the elevator was working."

"Me too," Ash replied.

"Pikaaaaa," Pikachu panted as well since the mouse was forced to run up the stairs as well, he hadn't run up so much since the first time he encountered Mewtwo years ago.

May then began to talk again, "Ash, how did things get so bad? How did an entire city become forced to evacuate and a tower go into blaze with criminals running rampant?"

Ash sighed and responded, "I don't know May, I never thought of this every happening to be honest. I never expected things to get so disastrous, all those people who must be suffering right now…these guys, Team Neo Plasma, Team Plasma, and the Majestic 12, they're a whole new extreme level of danger. Lately, even Team Rocket has become more aggressive and violent."

"Well despite how evil they are, we'll be able to stop them, right?" May gave Ash a sheepish smile.

"Of course, May, we'll do it together," Ash gave her a warm smile as they continued running.

"And what about Roxas?" May asked the raven-haired teen.

"What about Roxas, May?" Ash became confused by her question.

"After seeing his face and seeing what he can do today, I'm beginning to think there is more to him than we thought and did you see the people he was with?" the brunette pointed out today's earlier events.

"Yeah, those guys sure had something fishy about them. That brown-haired girl and boy looked a lot like Hilda and Hilbert, the other guy also reminded me of someone else, but I can't really put my finger on it," Ash recalled the faces of the 3 teens Roxas was with.

"More importantly though, Roxas looked like you. It's not even funny how much he resembled you, except he was more serious," May said.

Ash pictured Roxas in his mind and did see why May would think that, from the hair to the facial expression Roxas had on, it was the same expression Ash had whenever he was stuck in a critical situation. "He does look a lot like me, but he doesn't have my eyes, May, his eyes actually look more like yours."

May pictured Roxas in her mind as well and saw why Ash thought that, his eyes were almost identical to hers, the color and everything. "Do you think we have some sort of connection to him Ash, I mean he's not alone shown up a lot lately when we've gotten into trouble, but he even bears a resemblance to both of us?"

"Pikachu pi pika," Pikachu got involved in the conversation.

"Pikachu's right May, Roxas is just a guy going out there being a hero and besides, there will always be one person out there who looks a lot like you. No one ever said we were physically unique right? I've met other people in the past that had some resemblance to me," Ash explained what he believed regarding Roxas.

May gave him a half-smile and responded, "Yeah I guess you're right." I still feel like there's more to it though, it can't be coincidence he looks like us and it can't be coincidence that he shows up almost every time we're in trouble and when the Majestic 12 is up to no good, even Omega pointed it out.

May then recalled what Omega said earlier today to Roxas when he arrived.

"Explain to us Roxas, how you were able to arrive just before we initiated our attack, you and your friends arrived at such precise timing, but not only here, what about the incident at the Nacrene Museum, the assault on Juniper's Lab, and the battle in Pallet Town? What's your secret?"

He never really did answer and when Omega brought it up, his friends got protective about it. There must be something between all those guys that we can't know about and it doesn't sound very good, May thought in her mind.

She then changed her thoughts to something more important, "Ash, don't you wish you could help the others right now? They must be in more danger than we think."

"I wouldn't worry about them too much, Iris, Cilan, Hilbert, Hilda, Bianca, Trip, and the others are all experienced enough to take care of themselves and once we're done here, we'll got meet up with them as soon as possible, I promise," Ash told the brunette.

"Yeah, you're right, I guess it's just the moment that has me scared," May smiled, feeling more comfortable after what Ash just said.

I just wish I could believe myself, Ash thought in his mind and had a sad look on. There's so much on my mind right now, why did Omega mention my father? Did he know him? I nearly fainted when I saw that tower begin to collapse until Roxas went off on a Dialga! How many people have already died because of the attack on Castelia City or how many have at least gotten injured? Ash spoke to himself and became horrified by the thought of millions suffering out there.

"Ashy, whatever happens, we'll stay together right?" May grabbed Ash's hand and stopped him from running for a moment, causing Pikachu to stop as well.

Ash smiled at her and spoke, "May, I promise on my life that I'll never let anyone hurt you or Pikachu. I won't let anyone even lay a finger on you and I'll protect you no matter what. You guys are the reason for my happiness and I won't let some crooks take you away from me."

May's sapphire eyes became tender and pulled him by the collar and kissed him, she ran her fingers through his hair while Ash placed his hands on her waist. Ash pressed her tight against his body and kissed passionately in the traditional way, just lip to lip. The sounds of their kissing almost made Pikachu vomit, but the mouse could understand why they were sharing such a sweet moment, after all, great danger was lurking ahead.

They separated for a second and Ash whispered, "Never ever," then he quickly pressed up against his body and placed his arms around her back and just held her there was they kissed. May could feel everything inside her begging her to give him everything she had to offer as a female, but now wasn't the time or place; she quickly separated from him so they wouldn't get caught up in the moment and gross Pikachu out even further.

Ash just smiled at her and she grinned at him sheepishly, "Let's get going, only a few more flights," the brunette said and Ash silently nodded.

The trio quickly mobilized again and finally made it to the top floor and just like May said, there he was, and Giovanni looked over Castelia City through a glass panoramic view. The view wasn't as beautiful as they would've imagined. Multiple buildings were emitting smoke, Liberty Tower was no longer where it used to be and the teens only thought that it must've finally collapsed. Helicopters could be seen flying over the city aimlessly, probably trying to evacuate any remaining citizens.

Unfortunately, before the couple and Pikachu could to Giovanni, an all far too familiar trio blocked their way. "Hold it twerps; if you think you're getting to the boss, you're wrong!" Jessie stopped the teens in their tracks."

"Yeah, you'll have to beat us first if you want to get across this room and reach the boss!" James declared, causing an echo in the rather large room.

"I hate ta extend tis chapter any longer, but yeah, you'll half ta get through us fwirst!" Meowth pointed at them menacingly.

"If you want to have it that way," Ash frowned at them, accepting their challenge.

"Then fine, we'll battle you!" May yelled at them.

"Pikachu, go get them buddy," Ash told his pal.

"Pikaaaa!" Pikachu got onto the battlefield and prepared himself.

"Blaziken, let's end this quick, I'm tired of fighting bad guys all day!" May released her strongest Pokémon.

"Guys, I don't tink we'll win, but let's give it a shot anyway!" Meowth stated with confidence.

"Right!" Jessie and James shouted.

"Go Woobat!" Jessie called out her Pokémon.

"Yamask, let's go!" James summoned his Pokémon.

"Woobat, use Gust on Blaziken!" Jessie commanded.

"Yamask, Shadow Ball on Pikachu!" James ordered.

"Pikachu, use Counter Shield to block both attacks!" Ash demanded.

"Blaziken, use Fire Spin to take out both Pokémon while Pikachu is using Counter Shield!" May instructed.

And with that, Pikachu got in front of Blaziken and easily canceled out Team Rocket's attacks, while in the process, paralyzing Woobat and Yamask.

"Yaaaamask!" Yamask cried in pain because of the electricity and so did Woobat.

Blaziken quickly used Fire Spin and took advantage of their paralyzed states and shot them into the ground with scorching flames. James and Jessie yelled at their Pokémon to get up and continue, but Ash and May were not showing mercy today.

"Pikachu, Electro Ball to finish this quick!" Ash punched the air with fury.

"Blaziken, combine Fire Spin with Electro Ball to deliver the finishing blow!" May commanded with adrenaline.

"Pikaaaaachuuuu!" Pikachu launched the powerful electric ball at Team Rocket.

"Blaziken!" Blaziken cried and shot out Fire Spin. The fiery spiral enveloped Electro Ball and increased the attack power tremendously.

"Uh oh," Team Rocket said simultaneously and when the combination attack hit, an explosion took place, creating some smoke.

When the smoke cleared, Yamask and Woobat were out for the count while Jessie, James, and Meowth got covered in smoke because of the combination.

Meowth coughed and sighed, "Remember to make myself electric and fire-proof in my next surgery."

"Will do," Jessie and James coughed and answered at the same time.

Ash and May ignored them and ran over with their Pokémon to Giovanni, who had been silent and just watched the view this whole time, as if he hadn't acknowledged their presence. "Giovanni, you're coming with us," Ash told the leader of Team Rocket.

"You're crimes stop here," May added to what Ash said.

Giovanni chuckled and turned around to look at the couple. He gave them a sinister grin and focused his gaze on Ash, "Boy, you've foiled so many of plans it's not even funny. You ruined my plan regarding Mewtwo and you've wrecked Team Rocket's various agendas in the Kanto and Johto regions, there's no way I'm going to let you ruin this one."

When Ash heard Giovanni's words, his memory regarding the Team Rocket leader returned and recalled the incident with Mewtwo in Johto. "That's it; you were the one who wanted to capture Mewtwo back in Johto!" Ash grinded his teeth when he made the revelation.

"That's right boy, and you're going to pay along with your little girlfriend and Pikachu. However, revenge is not in my hands," Giovanni stated.

"Huh?" Ash and May said simultaneously.

Then suddenly, three dark portals appeared and out of them came out Zero, Genesis, and Omega himself. The 3 members of the Majestic 12 stood in front of Ash and May with intimidating postures and Ash, May, Pikachu, Blaziken, and the Team Rocket trio weren't sure what to expect.

Omega then spoke clearly, "Genesis, Zero, protect Giovanni, I'll handle Ash and May." The leader of the Majestic 12's cold and deep voice made the teens and Team Rocket's spines shiver as Omega reached for two Pokéballs and prepared to battle.

Wow, LONGEST CHAPTER EVER and that was only part one. I honestly didn't intend it to be this long, really! Whatever though, congrats to anyone who made it through. I hope you enjoyed it, there was a lot of stuff going on in this chapter and I bet there's a ton of grammatical errors for typing through this thing insanely fast, but also I just wanted to say that this chapter focused more on all of the characters and their involvements, however, the next one will focus more on Ash and May, I promise. I hope you enjoyed the battles, the scenes, and everything else that took place, I tried to make the chapter concentrate as much as possible on Ash and May, especially at the end so I hope that came out well. I also wanted to apologize for leaving you guys for a month on a cliffhanger, I just got so caught up with other stuff I couldn't find the time to update, but now I'm free and ready to update and I'll try not to take as long as before. Thank you to everyone who had the patience to wait for me to update this chapter and for being able to read it, once again I hope you enjoyed it. There are many questions to be answered now with this chapter revealing so much, how does Omega know Ash's father? Which means yes, Ash's father will appear in the story, if he hasn't already. You guys voted and 92% voted yes for Ash's dad to appear so stay tuned for his appearance and also, who exactly is Roxas, Nate, Rosa, and Auro. I really want to hear your thoughts and opinions guys so please REVIEW PM ETC. REMEMBER REVIEWS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED LOL, NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP IN JUST A FEW DAYS SO STICK AROUND TILL NEXT TIME! By the way sorry for leaving you at another cliffhanger!