Well guys, here's part 2 of the three part movie. I'm glad you guys reviewed the last chapter and I humbly ask that you continue to review. Only one more chapter before we're done with Giratina! Keep me going guys!
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Chapter 30
Normal POV
"A Giratina? In the Reverse World? Man, I wish I could've seen that." Brock said. "Speak for yourself! I'm perfectly happy here in the nice and safe real world." Misty said.
"I'm with Misty on this one. If you had gone, you would've seen how dangerous it was." Dawn said. "Thanks to me we're all safe and sound. Aren't you grateful I'm around?" Shaymin said.
"What? You're the one who got us into this mess in the first place! And you didn't do a thing! If Charizard hadn't held Giratina off, you'd be digested by now!" Ash pointed an accusing finger at Shaymin.
"Ash, calm down." Misty said soothingly. "I'm sorry Misty, but I've had it up to here with this Shaymin! I think it's time for Shaymin to step up to the plate!" Ash yelled.
"I think it's time for you to get me to the Flower Garden!" Shaymin exclaimed. "Instead of yapping about the Flower Garden, tell me where it is so we can just drop you off already!" Ash growled.
Shaymin hopped onto Ash's head and started pointing his head in directions again. "It's over there, no wait it's over there!"
Ash practically ripped Shaymin off of his head and growled. "You know what I think? I think you know where it is and you're doing this to me on purpose!" Ash growled. "How long did it take for you to figure that out?" Shaymin asked.
Dawn suddenly grabbed Shaymin from Ash before he squeezed the life out of the grass-type. "I need a vacation from this vacation." Ash mumbled. Misty patted the seat next to her, offering Ash a chance to cool off and enjoy some time with her.
Ash flashed a quick smile, but before he could sit down, what seemed like hundreds of Magnemite and Magneton suddenly surrounded them. "Oh man, NOW what's going on?" Ash asked nervously.
Just then, a tall man with snow-white hair that covered his right eye hovered above them on a strange hovercraft. The man wore what looked like a Giratina outfit, and his sidekick was the leader of the Magnemite and Magneton group: A Magnezone.
"I'll just take that Shaymin off your hands." the man said coolly. "Man, Shaymin sure is popular around here." Misty said. "He must wanna eat me too!" Shaymin squealed.
"Uh, I don't think that's what he wants." Brock said with a sweat-drop. "Ok, who are you? And how do you know our Shaymin?" Dawn shouted. "I sure don't know him!" Shaymin exclaimed.
"Well he's not a trainer." Brock said. "Maybe he's a Bounty Hunter? We ran into Hunter J yesterday." Misty suggested. "But what would a Bounty Hunter want with Shaymin?" Dawn asked.
"I assure you, my profession is not of such self-centered origin. Magnezone, 'Mirror Shot', now!" the man ordered.
Magnezone moved in to fire and charged the attack. "Pikachu, 'Thunderbolt'!" Ash countered. Pikachu fired to counter the steel-type move. The resulting explosion from the attacks colliding scattered most of the Magnemite and Magneton.
"Don't let them escape!" the man yelled. The remaining Magnemite and Magneton surrounded them once again, leaving no room to move. "Now, capture Shaymin!"
Before they could carry out his order, the Magnemite and Magneton were blasted by a 'Flamethrower' and a 'Thunderbolt' out of nowhere.
"It's Brad and D. Shad!" Misty exclaimed. "Come on! Let's blow this place!" Brad yelled from the window of the passenger seat of D. Shad's truck. Ash and Co. leaped off the nearby bench and into the back of D. Shad's pick-up, where Luxray and Torkoal had fired off their attacks.
As soon as the last of the teens had jumped into the back, D. Shad gunned the engine and sped off. "After them! They mustn't escape!" the strange man yelled. The Magnezone led its devolved forms through the streets of Sonzonia City, chasing after the group and their getaway vehicle.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ash asked. "You really thought I wanted to go back home already? Please." Brad joked. "We saw it all using the security cameras around the city! Now you mind telling us what the heck's going on here?" D. Shad asked.
"Maybe now's not a good time?" Brock said in panic. The Magnemite and Magneton were firing at them still, and D. Shad was weaving in and out to avoid the attacks.
"That's it, I've had it. Brad, where are we?" D. Shad asked. "We're almost at the train station." Brad replied.
"Perfect. Quick! Look in the glove compartment and grab my gauntlet!" D. Shad exclaimed suddenly. Brad opened the glove compartment and saw what he was talking about: A black glove with sockets in the knuckles.
"Lock and load Brad! Use these!" With his free hand, D. Shad handed Brad a handful of smoke pellets. Brad loaded them into the gauntlet sockets and stuck his hand inside of the glove. "Now what?" Brad asked.
"Use your mind!" D. Shad yelled. "Geez D, I know what you want me to do but how does it work?" Brad replied just as loudly. "No! I mean literally use your mind! It responds to thought! Just imagine yourself firing!" D. Shad yelled.
Brad stuck his head and left hand out the window and yelled. "Get down!"
The group responded by ducking as low as they could get. Brad fired the smoke pellets and they exploded right in front of the pursuing Magne-army.
As the smoke spread out, the Magnemite and Magneton floated around in a haze until the smoke cleared. By that time, D. Shad had lost them.
D. Shad parked the truck and rushed everyone out of it. "Hey, where'd you get this puppy? It's got some serious 'oomph' in it." Brad said.
"Never mind Brad, just let me have it!" D. Shad exclaimed. "It can't be that easy, those Magnemite and Magneton were really bent on catching us." Brock said.
"We're not done yet! We're taking the train!" D. Shad exclaimed. "But how do we get on without tickets?" Misty asked. "You leave that to me." D. Shad replied.
After returning their Pokémon, the group ran to the conductor of the train, who naturally stopped them. "Tickets please?" he said. "This is an emergency! We must get on this train!" D. Shad exclaimed. "And who are you that makes this situation any different from any other 'emergency'?" the conductor asked.
"Simple. I'm Darkness Shadow." D. Shad replied. The conductor dropped the pen and paper he was holding and gasped. "The Guardian of Sonzonia City! Y-Y-You can use my train anytime you like!" the conductor said excitedly.
D. Shad nodded and hopped onto the train, and then the rest of the group followed him on. The conductor was just getting over being star-struck, when the Magnemite and Magneton suddenly appeared again.
"Nyehh! He wasn't kidding!" Luckily everyone had already boarded, so the conductor quickly closed the doors and sent the train on its way.
After a few minutes, one of the train stewards walked up to D. Shad with a huge grin on her face. "Is there anything I can do to make your ride more comfortable Mr. Shadow? she squeaked. "Uh, yeah. Go and do your job so I can handle mine." D. Shad replied.
"Whatever you say!" the steward nodded like a bobble-head doll and squealed to her fellow steward who was waiting for her return.
"Boy, you sure are famous around here." Ash said. "I did say my friends got to call me D. Shad. Everyone knows me as Darkness Shadow. But being a 'celebrity' has its disadvantages…she was one of them." D. Shad replied.
"At any rate, we lost those Magnemite and Magneton at the train station." Misty said. "Good. Now you can finally tell us what's happening here." Brad said. Before Ash could get the chance to explain however…
"I'm hungry." Shaymin tugged on Ash's ear as if it was edible, and then released it when Shaymin found that it wasn't so. "Stop it!" Ash barked.
Misty sighed and took Shaymin off of Ash's shoulder and into Dawn's arms, where Shaymin enjoyed being the most anyway. "(Giggle) You ok Ash?" Misty asked. "No, I'm not." Ash replied.
"I loved whatever I had this morning." Shaymin said. "You mean my dessert pancakes? We're out of those." Brock said. "It's ok, I still have some poffins." Dawn said.
Dawn handed the grass-type one of her signature poffins, and it munched it down hungrily. "Dawn, you're wonderful! Way nicer than Ash." Shaymin said, giving Ash an annoyed expression.
"Oh yeah?" Ash growled. Ash got up in Shaymin's face and grimaced, but Shaymin had a simple way to get him to back off: Burp.
Shaymin belched a puff of black smoke in Ash's face, and that backed him up FAST. "Why you little…" Ash raised his fist at the grass-type who squealed in fear. "I'm scared!"
Dawn became a human shield for Shaymin and blocked it from Ash's rage. "Now you just stop that." she said. "You saw that burp!" Ash said.
"Shaymin didn't mean to, right?" Dawn asked. "Certainly not." Shaymin replied with a grin. "Told you Ash. So, let's go then." Dawn said. "Chop chop." Shaymin added.
Dawn walked past the group and took a seat next to a man and his wife, with Shaymin happily tucked in her arms.
"Don't let it get to you Ash, not every Pokémon in the world is going to consider you their friend." Misty said. "Gee Mist, thanks. That makes me feel tons better." Ash groaned. Misty planted a kiss on Ash's cheek and then went to join Dawn and Shaymin.
"You know D. Shad, I'm glad we made it onto this train and everything, but where are we going?" Brock asked. "That's a good question. Guess we'll just have to wait and see." D. Shad replied with a smirk.
"Now if you would be so kind as to explain the situation?" Brad asked. And so Ash explained the story of his experience in the Reverse World, and the story Newton told him and Dawn about Dialga and Palkia.
"…Whoa." was all Brad could say. As for D. Shad, his eyebrows furrowed and his mind raced. "I get the feeling that you'll need all the help you can get from this point on, so you can count on us to stick with you guys until the end." D. Shad finally said.
Ash and Brock nodded and went to join their friends and sit down. When they got there however, they saw the young man explaining the story of how he got to see the Shaymin Flower Bearing when he was younger.
There was an older, overweight woman sitting on the other side of the train with a Smeargle, saying how lucky he was to get to see the bearing. And that luck also explained how he managed to get such a beautiful wife.
The married couple both blushed a soft pink at that comment. Despite all that, it was obvious that Shaymin was the center of attention, and was loving every bit of it. There were three children there with a Teddiursa, and the youngest girl was squealing with delight. "It's so cute!"
The next oldest one was a boy, and he decided to tease his younger sister. "It's gonna bite!" he said menacingly. The little girl fell for it hook, line, and sinker, and his behind her Teddiursa in fear.
The oldest one was a boy as well; a responsible one as he told the child there was nothing to be afraid of. Shaymin supported the comfort. "I don't bite."
"May I hold it?" the married woman asked. "Of course!" Dawn handed Shaymin over to the young woman who gave it a soft squeeze in her arms. "There there." she said softly. Shaymin relaxed in the embrace and snuggled into her soft, right hand. The flowers on Shaymin's back bloomed once more, showing its happiness.
The entire crowd awed at the sight, Dawn most of all of course. Her light-blue eyes were actually sparkling with awe.
"Shaymin sure likes you." Misty said. "Yes, I suppose so." the woman giggled. Poor Brock was fighting every instinct in his body to make a move on the woman; her intense beauty was torturing him. The fact that she was married tortured him more.
"I know that look in your eye Brock; do you need me to take you away?" Misty asked with one eyebrow raised. "Yes please." Brock strained. Misty sighed, got up from her seat, and dragged Brock away by the ear, with 'ow' ringing through the corridor every so often.
"What happened to your friend?" the woman asked. "Let's just say Brock suffers from over-exposure to Cupid's arrows." Brad joked. After locking Brock in the bathroom of the train, Misty returned and retook her seat.
"He'll be fine now." Misty said with a smile. Ash and the others sweat-dropped. "You know, those flowers your husband is holding looks a lot like Shaymin does right now." Misty said.
"You're right, they're like twins!" the woman exclaimed. "What kind of flowers are those?" Dawn asked. Gracidea Flowers, Dawn." the older woman replied.
"I suppose there's a story behind them?" Dawn asked. "Yeah, there is. But I'm not the story-telling type." D. Shad said, glancing over to Brad. "Don't look at me; I dunno what you guys are talking about." Brad said nervously.
"Then I'll explain it." the older woman said, "Around these parts, if you really wanna show someone your gratitude you send them a bouquet of Gracidea Flowers since they look like Shaymin the Gratitude Pokémon."
"It's wonderful that I'm getting to hold the real thing." the married woman said happily. "You're grateful, right?" Shaymin asked. The woman giggled at that. "Yeah." she said.
Ash could be seen rolling his eyes. He had quite honestly had enough of that over-bloated ego of Shaymin's. "You better be careful with that one, it could blow up at any moment!" Ash exclaimed. The group gasped, but Shaymin would have the last word.
"I don't do that to nice people." Shaymin said with a smile. "And I guess I'm not nice then." Ash grunted. "Now you're catching on." Shaymin replied. Ash growled and sat himself down in an empty booth, trying to maintain whatever self-control he had left.
"For the sake of changing the subject, Leyla and all her friends are heading back to their hometown." Dawn said. "It's my great-grandmother's 100th birthday. She took such good care of me when I was a little girl so I thought I would send her a bouquet of Gracidea Flowers to show my gratitude." Leyla explained.
The curious Shaymin sniffed the flowers in front of it, and then it suddenly started to glow brightly. All of a sudden, Shaymin changed shape and floated right out of Leyla's arms. Shaymin landed on next to Ash on the seat he was sitting on. When the glow finally dissipated, Shaymin glared at Ash with a smirk.
Shaymin hopped off of Ash's head, making him even angrier. And then started flying around the train, laughing and enjoying its newly found power. "It's flying…" Ash said, apparently forgetting he was angry.
"What just happened here? The tribble just turned into a reindeer." Brad said. "You see, Shaymin turn into Sky Form when they come in contact with Gracidea Flowers." Leyla's husband explained.
"Is that part of the Flower Bearing?" Dawn asked. "Right. The Shaymin gather in the Gracidea Garden where they change into Sky Form and fly off." Leyla's husband explained.
"Do you know where the Gracidea Garden is?" Brock asked. "We're looking for it!" Ash added. "Excuse me, coming through, follow me everyone!" the older woman said.
The group did just that and followed the woman through the train cars. She eventually found a map of the area. "Ok, check out this map. Here's where we are right now, if you transfer to a boat at the next station, the Gracidea Garden will be around here. You picked a good time because the flowers are ready to bloom!" the older woman explained.
"No wonder Shaymin was in a hurry." Misty said. "Exactly! I have to get there right away, my friends are all there! If I don't make it before the flowers bloom, I'll be left behind!" Shaymin exclaimed.
"But what about Giratina? According to Ash and Dawn, it was pretty ticked off at you." D. Shad said. "Giratina was a problem, but I'm fine now! I can fly there anytime I want!" Shaymin replied.
"I wanna see the Flower Bearing too!" Dawn exclaimed. "Yeah me too! I can't wait to see it!" Ash added. "That makes three of us." Misty added.
"Lemme tell ya, it's something to see." Shaymin said proudly. "Well duh, it's not something to taste." Brad joked. "Funny man. Laugh this off!" Shaymin flew over to Brad and belched in his face, making yet another smoke cloud.
"And here I thought the smoke was gone already." Brad coughed. "Never underestimate a Shaymin!" Shaymin replied.
All of a sudden, the hairs on D. Shad's neck started to tingle. "Guys, I smell trouble." D. Shad growled. "I SEE trouble! Look out the window!" Misty cried.
Outside the window, the Magnezone had tracked them down and brought its army with it. "I should've known they wouldn't give up." D. Shad growled.
The electric/steel-types broke through the windows of the train and slowly moved in on the group. "What do they want?" Leyla asked fearfully. "They're all trying to capture Shaymin!" Dawn replied.
"There's no way you're ever gonna get me!" Shaymin exclaimed. Shaymin flew circles around the Magnemite and Magneton, disorienting and confusing them. Shaymin then landed and fired a powerful 'Energy Ball', knocking one of the Magneton out the broken window.
"Told ya!" Shaymin exclaimed cockily. "Brad, get Leyla and her husband to safety, we'll handle these jokers!" D. Shad roared. Brad nodded and escorted the married couple to the next car.
"Alright Lucario, let's get the fun started!" D. Shad sent out his fighting/steel-type to battle against the Magnemite and Magneton.
"Pikachu, use 'Iron Tail'!" Ash ordered. Pikachu hopped along the seats of the train and swung its tail into one of the Magneton; the Magneton got knocked out the window and ran into another Magneton, KO'ing both of them.
"Wow, well done." Shaymin said sincerely. "Pikachu." (Thanks.) Pikachu replied. The congratulations would be short-lived however; there was still a lot of work to do.
"Misty calls Politoed!" Misty's frog-Pokémon emerged and awaited orders. "Use 'Water Gun'!" Politoed fired and sent a lot of Magnemite and Magneton to the floor, sopping wet. "Now Lucario, use 'Rock Climb'!" D. Shad ordered.
Lucario moved in for the kill. It knocked out all the Magnemite and Magneton that Politoed had knocked to the floor by sending them out the window with their friends.
"Now Piplup, use 'Bubblebeam'!" Per Dawn's instruction, Piplup fired and knocked yet another pile of electric/steel-types to the floor, only to have Lucario use 'Rock Climb' and clean up their mess.
The battle continued with Pikachu using 'Volt Tackle' to knock a few more out the window. Piplup used 'Whirlpool' and sent a bunch more out. Lucario's 'Force Palm' literally punched them out. Politoed's 'Double Slap' hit them back and forth in all directions. And Shaymin's 'Energy Ball' was practically detonating them all.
Eventually, only one lone Magneton was left unharmed, and Pikachu finished it off with a furious 'Thunderbolt'.
"Ha! That'll teach them to mess with us!" Misty cheered. High-fives were being sent all around, until the powerful Magnezone decided to take matters into its own hands. Magnezone crashed through the last window that had been left unbroken and tried to enter it.
But its large size was making it difficult for it to get through. It roared pure rage in its garbled language, determined to get the job done and capture Shaymin.
"Pikachu, 'Thunderbolt', let's go!"
"Politoed, use 'Water Gun'!"
"Piplup, 'Bubblebeam', now!"
The three attacks were fired at the electric/steel-type, but it held its ground and growled furiously.
"That's it! Lucario, finish the job with 'Aura Sphere'!"
Lucario hopped onto the seat and charged a large sphere of aura energy, and with the help of Shaymin's 'Energy Ball', they managed to knock Magnezone out the window and sent it crashing into the tunnel the train was about to enter.
"Every last one of them!" Shaymin cheered. "Have you changed a little, or is it just me?" Brock asked. "It's 'thank Shaymin time'." Shaymin said cockily. "It's just you Brock." Ash said with a sweat-drop.
"Now all you have to do is get on the ship at the next station and you'll be on your way." the older woman said. "Wait a sec! How are we gonna get on without tickets?" Misty asked.
"Oh ye of little faith. Leave that to me." D. Shad said with a smirk. The train finally pulled into the next station, and the group got off the train. Needless to say that the teens were a little more wary than Brad and D. Shad, they were half expecting Magnezone to show up again.
Luckily, the air was clear of electric/steel-types, which meant they could finally relax. Of course Shaymin didn't exactly want to relax anymore. With its newfound power and energy, Shaymin couldn't sit still for more than two seconds. Dawn was perfectly fine with it, but Ash and Misty were getting a little irritated by the constant flying around. "Shaymin's making my head spin." Misty whispered to Ash. "Yeah, no kidding." Ash whispered back.
After the older woman pointed out which ship they needed to get on, D. Shad did his thing. The group walked up to the Captain of the ship, who was busy marking off his passengers. "Excuse me; we need to get on this ship." D. Shad said.
Without looking up, the Captain answered, "Nothin' doin' pally. Nobody gets on this here ship unless you're on this here list, and I don't care who you are."
"Really? I figured you'd enjoy having Darkness Shadow on your boat." D. Shad said with a smirk. The Captain looked up from his paper, and just like the Conductor of the train, he dropped his pen and paper and stammered, "D-Darkness Shadow! You wanna get on my boat?"
"Yeah, me and my friends here, but since we're not on the list, I guess we'll just have to leave." D. Shad shrugged. "W-W-Wait a minute, wait a minute!" the Captain quickly picked up his pen and paper and flipped through the pages of passengers.
As discreetly as a man in plain sight could, the Captain grabbed his pen and scribbled something onto the last page of paper. "See? You ARE on this here list!" the Captain exclaimed.
The paper said "Darkness and friends" in messy print, but it would definitely do the trick. "Well guys, we're on the list, let's get moving!" D. Shad said.
The group walked up the ramp to the ship and leaned onto the metal bars that bordered it. After a while, the Captain finally cast off, and the ship began its journey. From shore, Leyla, her husband, and all their friends shouted out "goodbyes" and good lucks", and the group sent them right back at them with interest.
It took a while before the port couldn't be seen anymore, but once that did happen, it looked like they had entered a snowy paradise. "Brock, isn't this part of the sea?" Dawn asked.
"D. Shad would probably be able to explain it better since we're still in his territory, but according to this pamphlet I picked up, a glacier wore away the mountain here and created this valley a long time ago." Brock replied.
"A glacier? You mean like the ice age and stuff?" Misty asked. Brock turned the page and found an artist's conception of what the glacier would look like if it was still there. "Like this. Ice has been covering and wearing away at this mountain for tens of thousands of years!" Brock explained.
"Whoa! Makes me cold just thinking about it!" Dawn wrapped herself in her arms, trying to think warm thoughts to counter the cold ones.
"And there's also a glacier located deep in the flower garden we're heading to now." Brock explained. "Just goes to show you the awesome power of water." Misty said. "Uh Mist, ice did this, remember?" Ash asked.
"What do you think ice is Ash?" Misty asked. "It's frozen water, but it's not really WATER in a sense, it's ice." Ash said.
"Ice is frozen water, that makes it water." Misty said.
"Ice is frozen water, but it's not called water once it's frozen." Ash countered.
"But if you were to thaw it out, it would be water!" Misty shouted.
"And if it stayed frozen, it'd still be ice, not water!" Ash countered just as loudly.
"Water!"
"Ice!"
"WATER!"
"ICE!"
At that moment, Brad came up from behind the quarreling couple and put helmets on their heads. "What are these for?" Ash asked. "Well, if you two are gonna butt heads with each other, I figured the least I could do was to tell you to PUT A HELMET ON!" Brad yelled.
"Very funny." Ash and Misty mumbled. The couple took the helmets off and tossed them back at the comedian. "So you won't be needing these I assume?" Brad asked. "We're fine Brad, really." Misty said.
Brad nodded and walked away. Now Ash and Misty had some awkward apologizing to do. "We did it again, didn't we?" Misty said timidly. "Yeah…guess we did." Ash replied just as shyly.
"Sorry about all that Ash." Misty said. "Yeah, me too Mist." Ash replied. The two embraced each other while Dawn and Brock tried to keep their lunch down watching it. Shaymin however, had other plans.
Laughing, Shaymin flew around them in circles, dizzying them and confusing them. Then it swooped right down the middle, forcing the two to separate prematurely. "Hey! Mind your own business!" Misty shouted.
"I am minding my own business; I need you guys to stay focused if I'm going to get to the Flower Garden." Shaymin replied. It was Misty's turn to growl now. She had to summon every bit of self-control she had in order to keep from murdering Shaymin. The whole time she had kept her cool because Shaymin was messing with just Ash, but Shaymin interrupted THEIR moment, that was not acceptable.
"Uh, hey Misty! Check out all the water-Pokémon out there!" Dawn exclaimed, changing the subject. The enraged water-trainer turned her attention to the large group of Spheal, Sealeo, and Walrein that were relaxing on an iceberg, and her attitude quickly mellowed.
All sorts of ocean-dwelling Pokémon could be seen from the sparkling water. Finneon and Lumineon shined through the oceanic-water, and the Spheal were doing somersaults with joy.
Shaymin couldn't resist. With its new sky form, Shaymin blasted skywards. Even passing a few clouds didn't stop it, Shaymin climbed still higher.
Eventually Shaymin swooped down at amazing speed and cheered with joy. It was having the time of its life in sky form, and it didn't want it to end.
However, Piplup didn't appreciate being left out of the fun, so it jumped off of the railing and flapped its wings frantically. Unfortunately, Piplup was one of the flightless types of birds, so it plopped into the water with a small splash.
"Aah! Piplup!" Dawn cried. "Chill out, Piplup's fine, it's in its element in the water." Misty said. All the group had to do was wait until Piplup shot out of the water like a geyser and dove back into the water with a graceful swan dive.
"See? What'd I tell you?" Misty said, now completely happy. As Shaymin and Piplup played together near the water's surface, Ash called out Staravia.
"Pikachu, you wanna fly with them?" Ash asked. "Hey! You think Staravia can handle Azurill too? It needs some time out of its Pokéball." Misty said.
"Star, Staravia!" (Hop on!)
"I'll take that as a yes." Ash said. Misty called out Azurill, gave it a quick nuzzle, and then the two Pokémon hopped onto the back of the bird and flew off. "Now be careful!" Misty exclaimed.
Staravia took off with Pikachu and Azurill riding on its back. Meeting up with Shaymin in the sky, Staravia and Shaymin soared through the air together, enjoying the feeling of flight and the wind in their faces.
They swooped back down to the water's surface, where Piplup tried its hand at flying again. It hopped out of the water and flapped its wings desperately. It held out a little longer this time, but Piplup eventually gave up due to fatigue and fell back to the water with an awkward splash.
The group was having a ball watching their Pokémon enjoy themselves. But their attention was quickly averted when the ship came next to a waterfall. The light from the sun shined on the mist of the flowing waterfall, creating a gorgeous rainbow.
Misty leaned her head onto Ash's shoulder as she gazed at the natural beauty of the waterfall. "(Sigh) It's beautiful." she said softly. Ash wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him, he also was staring at beauty, but it wasn't the waterfall he was looking at, it was her.
Misty glanced up at Ash and saw him looking at her, but Ash didn't look away when he saw her turn. Their eyes were locked together and nothing was going to separate them. Their faces inched closer…closer…closer, and their lips were just about to lock into a blissful kiss, when Shaymin ruined it once again.
Shaymin flew out from behind the waterfall and splashed the couple with freezing cold water. Staravia did the same, although not with the same intentions.
"Oh no, you're coming with me!" Shaymin grabbed onto Ash's ear and tried to lift him up into the air, the feeling of his ear almost getting ripped right off his head was too much for Ash to simply endure, so he shouted a loud "OUCH!"
"Pity, much too heavy." Shaymin said. "No kidding!" Ash growled. "But I bet Misty weighs less!" Shaymin grabbed onto Misty's hair and tried to lift her up. Shaymin was right that Misty weighed less, but it didn't actually lift her up that high.
Nevertheless, having her kiss ruined and then her hair getting pulled on was the last straw for Misty. "That's it! Brad, give the helmet to Shaymin! It's gonna need it in a minute!" Misty yanked out her mallet and took a swing at the grass/flying-type, but Shaymin merely flew out of range and blew a raspberry at the enraged water-trainer.
"That was lousy, now I'm freezing." Misty shivered. "Hey Brad, can you get us some towels?" Dawn asked. "Yeah sure, I'll be right back." Brad went down into the interior of the ship to complete his appointed assignment.
"If I wasn't freezing my butt off…I swear Shaymin would be very scared right now." Misty said, still shivering from the freezing water. Ash apparently didn't pick up on her hint, so she made it obvious.
She placed herself under his arm and snuggled into his shoulder, trying to find any warmth she could. Now understanding, Ash held her tighter and tried to conserve warmth for the both of them. By now, Brad had come back with the towels.
"Here, but make sure you put them where they belong when you're done." Brad said, tossing them the towels. They caught the towels with their free hands, and wrapped them around their bodies to form one big, absorbent blanket.
"Boy, Shaymin sure is having fun; it kinda makes you wish you could join them." Dawn said. "Yeah, it kinda does." Misty said with a small smile.
"Just think of how much fun it'll have flying off with all its friends." Brock said. "Yeah…I guess we won't have much more time together." Ash said sullenly.
Despite the amount of torture Shaymin had been putting him and Misty through; the truth was that Ash enjoyed having Shaymin around. Even if its absence would save him from physical pain. But the atmosphere had gotten sad, so Ash tried to lighten it with a joke.
"You know, it's kind of a relief." he said. Dawn didn't think that joke was funny. "Excuse me Misty, I need to borrow this." Dawn grabbed Misty's mallet out of nowhere and slammed Ash in the head with it.
Ash leaped out of his and Misty's makeshift blanket and shouted in pain. "Ow! Ow! OW!"
The rest of the day went without event. As the sun began to set, the group fed their Pokémon a snack and began getting them ready to relax for bed in a few hours. However, a lot could happen before the sun went down.
"What's that?" Brock asked. The group of teens looked towards the water and saw a strange whirlpool swirling in the water. "Uh oh…Brad! D. Shad! Get up here!" Dawn screamed.
Brad and D. Shad charged from the interior of the ship to see what was wrong. Once they got to the railing they knew exactly what was wrong. "What's that thing?" D. Shad asked.
"That's the same thing we got sucked into before!" Ash exclaimed. "Aah! Let's get out of here!" Dawn cried. "Forget it! I'm not going anywhere!" Shaymin declared.
Shaymin would prove to be wrong, as the portal created a wormhole that sucked the group right off the ship and into the Reverse World.
Pikachu and Azurill were still riding Staravia, waiting for their turn for a snack, when they saw their masters getting sucked in. "Pika pika!" (Step on it!)
Staravia fearlessly dove into the wormhole, chasing after its falling friends.
They landed on their backs and slid down a sleek incline. Ash managed to stop himself before he fell down into the nothingness, but now he had to stop everyone else. He grabbed Dawn by the waist and shoulder and stopped her momentum, and then he grabbed onto Brock's hands and dug in his feet to stop Brock from running right off the edge.
Brad and D. Shad managed to hold each other back, and that left Misty. Misty was sliding down the cliff just like Dawn was. But in order to keep from getting knocked over, Brock had to jump out of the way, which forced Ash to time his rescue wrong.
Misty slid off the edge and started to fall, but was quickly grabbed by a gloved hand. Ash pulled her back up onto solid ground, and she fell to her knees in pure shock. Ash knelt down next to her and consoled her.
Misty was gasping and breathing in a panic, so Ash held her close and tried to calm her down. "I-I was a-almost…I mean I was gonna…how'd you pull me back up?" Misty stammered.
"I'd like to say that it was all me, but gravity is weird here. You probably don't weigh more than five pounds in this place." Ash said.
"Thanks for saving me anyway." Misty whispered, still shaking from the ordeal. Ash held her tighter and nuzzled his face into her hair.
"So this is the Reverse World eh?" D. Shad asked. "Yep, welcome. Or for me and Dawn, it's welcome back." Ash said.
No sooner had he said that, that Giratina made an appearance and flew right past them. "Aah! What is that thing?" Misty screamed fearfully.
"It's Giratina." Ash said. "It's huge!" Brock exclaimed nervously. All of a sudden, an 'Energy Ball' was blasted at Giratina, enraging it.
"Giratina, I'm challenging you!" Shaymin exclaimed. "You go Shaymin!" Ash yelled. Shaymin fired again, only this time Giratina vanished and avoided the attack completely.
It then reappeared and sent Shaymin tumbling through the air. "That's what I was afraid of!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Alright, here we go again! Charizard, I choose you!" Charizard roared upon release and immediately took off to do battle with Giratina once more.
"Let's take him down! Luxray, let's get the fun started!" Luxray emerged as well, and awaited orders.
"Staravia, come down and drop off Azurill, and then get up there with Pikachu!" Ash yelled.
"Forget it! Azurill can do it!" Misty exclaimed.
"In that case, Pikachu, use 'Thunderbolt'!"
"Azurill, use 'Water Gun'!"
"Luxray, use 'Discharge'!"
While Luxray acted as the ground assault, Charizard flew around Giratina firing 'Flamethrowers' and 'Dragon Breaths' at it.
Staravia used its aerial abilities to give Pikachu and Azurill prime spots to fire at. Pikachu launched the 'Thunderbolt' which made a direct hit, and Azurill did likewise with 'Water Gun' with the same result. But it seemed that Pikachu and Azurill were doing nothing against the gigantic Giratina.
Luxray continued to fire, but just like the others, it seemed to be doing nothing. "Time for some mega-help. Misty calls Gyarados!"
Now Gyarados joined the battle and awaited orders as well. "Misty, Gyarados is a flying-type; tell it to get up there!" Ash yelled.
"Ash, you know Gyarados can't fly!" Misty exclaimed. "Gravity's loopy here! Trust me on this!" Ash yelled. Misty wasn't sure, but she sucked in her fear and ordered Gyarados to get in the air with them.
Rather confused itself, Gyarados followed orders and jumped off the cliff. Much to everyone's – including Ash's – surprise, Gyarados floated in the air and roared in triumph.
"Awesome! Now get up there and use 'Hydro Pump'!" With its temporary ability to fly, Gyarados joined Charizard and the others in battling against Giratina.
"That Giratina's got the toughest defense I've ever seen to withstand all that." Brad said. Suddenly, Charizard got slammed into a wall by one of Giratina's blue fireballs, and it crumpled in pain.
"Charizard!" Ash cried. Charizard suddenly began glowing in an angry red aura, and it furiously spewed flames from its mouth. "Is that 'Blaze'?" Dawn asked nervously. "It is. But don't worry, Charizard can control it." Brock said.
Charizard charged forward towards Giratina, got up into its face, and spewed a wave of fire into its face. "That's not 'Flamethrower', what is that?" Ash asked. "That's 'Heat Wave'!" Brock exclaimed.
"Wow, Charizard's still learning new moves after all this time." Misty said. "Awesome Charizard! Keep it up!" Ash yelled.
Charizard roared and fired another 'Heat Wave' at Giratina. Giratina actually seemed to be getting worn down thanks to Charizard's 'Blaze' paired with the new move and the other attacks from everyone else.
Shaymin had been firing 'Energy Balls' with all its might while Pikachu, Azurill, and Gyarados flew around firing their most powerful attacks at it.
"It's working!" Ash cheered. But the celebration was premature. When the Reverse World grew totally dark, Shaymin suddenly lost its power and fell down. Staravia saw that and swooped underneath Shaymin and made the catch.
The now terrified Shaymin leaped off of Staravia's back and landed on Ash's face, knocking the trainer over. "I guess I didn't want to be eaten!" Shaymin squeaked. Dawn picked up the frightened grass-type and cuddled it in her arms to calm it.
Ash was helped up by Misty, and then he asked, "But what happened to all your strength?"
"I'm not so good at night." Shaymin replied. "It could be that Shaymin can only take on Sky Form during the daytime." Brock said. "That explains it. The sun was setting when we got sucked in here, it must be nighttime already." Misty added.
"Guys, we've got trouble!" D. Shad yelled. The group looked into the sky and saw that Charizard and Gyarados were having trouble holding Giratina back. "But what happened? We were doing so well!" Dawn cried.
"Well I'm no tactics expert, but I'd say that when Shaymin powered down, the shock of what happened caused Charizard and Gyarados to lose focus. Add to that the fact that Shaymin was doing a lot of damage itself." Brad explained.
"Then we better get out of here!" Misty cried. The group took running with their Pokémon still firing attacks as they ran.
For some reason, Shaymin hopped out of Dawn's arms and onto Ash's head. "Why can't you run any faster?" Shaymin exclaimed. "Why are you always on ME when we're running?" Ash asked.
"So we can be eaten together, that's why." Shaymin replied. "Very funny!" Ash yelled angrily.
Charizard and Gyarados were giving a valiant effort at slowing Giratina down, but they were having serious trouble stopping the Pokémon that was more than five times their size.
Giratina had had enough by now. It charged right past Charizard and Gyarados and made a beeline for Shaymin. Ash turned around and saw Giratina gaining on them. "Quick Pikachu, use 'Thunderbolt'!" Ash yelled.
Still riding Staravia, Pikachu fired a furious 'Thunderbolt' towards the ground, in hopes of diverting it away. Giratina moved up to avoid the shock, and then stared down Luxray and Pikachu – who had just landed on the ground after its attack.
Giratina fired another blue fireball that Luxray and Pikachu just barely dodged, and the humans did likewise as it blew by them at an uncomfortably close angle.
That almost made us charcoal!" Misty screamed. Charizard and Gyarados fired once more, but Giratina just disappeared again, and knocked the two giants to the ground on its return.
"Oh man, there goes our best bet at stopping Giratina." Brock moaned. Charizard and Gyarados lied on the ground with sweat dripping off their every body part. Charizard's wings were bent, scratched up, and even singed from Giratina's retaliations.
Gyarados was also scratched and bruised in every sense of the word, as it panted with exhaustion and pain.
"Charizard…"
"Gyarados…"
Miraculously, Charizard managed to push itself back onto its feet, but it quickly fell onto one knee in pain and exhaustion. Gyarados was powerful, but not as strong as Charizard in terms of endurance and experience.
Charizard had been on many similar adventures with Ash, and so it knew how vital it was that he stay on his feet. As for Gyarados, this was only his second real adventure with the group. The only other time was during the battle with the Mirage Pokémon, so Gyarados wasn't conditioned to battle under such circumstances.
Misty returned Gyarados to its Pokéball and stared at it sadly. "I'm so proud of you Gyarados." She placed the Pokéball back into her pocket and sighed sadly. Ash placed his hand on her shoulder and gave her a look of sympathy.
But she didn't have any extra time to be sad, as Giratina fired at them once more. "Give us a break already!" Misty fumed. All of a sudden, a voice had called out to them. "Hello!"
The group looked up and saw a man standing upside-down, or so it seemed. "Ash, Dawn, up here!" he yelled.
"It's Newton!" Dawn exclaimed. "Guys, let's go!" Ash called for his Pokémon to follow, and they complied. Although if gravity hadn't been as weak as it was, the exhausted Charizard wouldn't have been able to lift itself off the ground.
"Charizard, let me put you in your Pokéball." Ash said. Charizard shook its head and gave a thumbs-up to its master. Ash smiled and nodded at the dragon.
Ash and Dawn, who were already accustomed to the strange reality of the Reverse World, easily adjusted to suddenly becoming upside-down as they ran. Misty, Brock, Brad, and D. Shad however were confused beyond belief.
"What the heck is happening?" Misty exclaimed. "Don't worry Mist, just keep moving!" Ash exclaimed. "How come I'm upside-down and my blood isn't rushing to my brain?" Brad asked.
"That's because the Reverse World works differently than the real world, although I must say that this usually isn't a place people come back to." Newton said.
"Believe me, we didn't plan on coming." Misty said. "Follow me!" Newton exclaimed.
The group followed the scientist into a cave, still upside-down. Charizard may have preferred to stay out, but Staravia had no issue going back into its Pokéball for a break. "Staravia, return!" When Staravia vanished, Azurill plopped into Misty's arms, where it comfortably rested after its battle.
"You all are quite a handful, aren't you?" Newton said. "Excuse me, but who are you exactly?" D. Shad asked. "Newton Graceland. And may I ask who you are?" Newton asked.
"My name's Misty."
"I'm Brock."
"Brad's the name."
"And I'm D. Shad, aka Darkness Shadow."
"I've never heard of you, but it's a pleasure to meet you all." Newton said. "Skip the introductions; you're taking me to the Flower Garden, right?" Shaymin asked.
"Giratina's out there! You can't just waltz out of here." Newton said, suddenly beginning to flip right side-up as he walked.
"You'll all abandon me, I know it!" Shaymin cried despairingly. "Don't be ridiculous! We'd never do that!" Misty exclaimed. "You mean it?" Shaymin asked. "Of course, we're your friends." Misty replied.
"Come on Shaymin, what happened to all that confidence you had back in Sky Form?" Ash asked. "I left it back in the sky." Shaymin replied.
"Well don't worry Shaymin; we've got your back." Ash said. "Gee…thanks." Shaymin said softly. "You heard that Ash? Shaymin said thanks." Misty whispered.
"At least we're getting somewhere." Ash replied. After a while, the group stopped at what Newton called his current shelter, and the most unlikely trio to run into appeared bearing gifts for him.
"Welcome master sir! We brought you some things!"
"Team Rocket?" Misty asked.
"Oh for – what are you losers doing here? Come for a rematch with Luxray?" D. Shad asked. "Maybe I should give you some helmets before we beat you." Brad added.
"Isn't it obvious we've become his star pupils?" Jessie asked. "His top trio of Reverse World workers!" James added. "Actually…we just go and get him junk." Meowth admitted.
"Hold it Newton! These guys…" Ash was cut-off. "Are actually quite helpful to be honest." Newton chuckled. "Heh, a maid and a butler. Perfect jobs for boneheads like you." D. Shad snickered.
Team Rocket growled and almost retaliated, but Shaymin's selfish attitude had kicked in again. "I don't care what they do, I'm hungry!"
Shaymin hopped off of Ash's head and waddled over to Meowth. "Gimme food."
"Gimme a break greenback! I ain't got any grub!" Meowth growled. Shaymin belched smoke in Meowth's face and repeated itself. "Give me food!"
A reply wouldn't get the chance to be answered, as two Magnemite appeared and abducted Shaymin. "Shaymin!" the group charged after the two Magnemite to try and rescue Shaymin.
When they ran out of the cave, they found the same man that had tried to capture Shaymin beforehand, hovering over them. "Who's that creep?" Brad asked. "He's the guy you rescued us from before!" Dawn exclaimed.
"So you're the one behind all this huh?" D. Shad growled. "Indeed I am, and the Shaymin's mine." the man replied.
"Oh yeah? Well you probably didn't count on running into Darkness Shadow!" D. Shad reached for Staraptor's Pokéball. But a whole mob of Magnemite came and held them captive in their magnetic fields. The Pokémon were next. Pikachu, Piplup, and Charizard were also held captive by the man's Pokémon.
The group struggled to break free, but the Magnemite's magnetic field was too powerful for even the strongest human among them, D. Shad.
"It's no use, we can't move!" Dawn cried. "You just wait until I get out of here whoever you are, and I'll make you pay for this!" D. Shad roared.
"No, I don't think you will." the man said. "I can't believe you Zero!" Newton suddenly yelled. "Wait a sec, you know this creep?" Misty asked. "Zero used to be my assistant." Newton replied.
"If it isn't the good doctor Newton Graceland…long time no see…you haven't changed a bit." Zero said coolly.
"Save it! Why did you come here?" Newton roared. "You know why…to make this wonderful world all mine." Zero replied.
"You're still on that?" Newton growled. "You have no claim to this world." Zero replied. "I never said I did!" Newton yelled. Unnoticed by the group, another poison cloud had formed to their left.
"Perhaps, but you're trying to keep this beautiful place all to yourself!" Zero exclaimed. "Look, the Reverse World is vital in that it sustains the real world!" Newton yelled.
"Hmmph, I've already figured that out." Zero said with an evil grin. "And so you're willing to destroy it anyway? What are you anyway?" D. Shad roared suddenly.
All of a sudden, Charizard gave one final surge of power and broke free of the Magnemite's field. "Go Charizard!" Ash yelled. Charizard charged for Zero with a mighty roar, but Zero remained stone-faced.
"Magnezone, use 'Thunder'." he said calmly. Magnezone launched a mighty electric-attack just as Charizard fired a 'Heat Wave'.
The two attacks collided and scattered a bunch of the Magnemite, and even frightened the Magnemite holding the group captive.
D. Shad managed to break free with a surge of strength, but everyone else was still trapped by the Magnemite's field.
This time, D. Shad reached for Garchomp's Pokéball, and released his dragon-type who gave a mighty battle-cry.
"Let's go!" D. Shad boarded Gachomp's back and also charged for Zero. "Use 'Thunderbolt'." Zero said calmly.
All of the Magnemite and Magneton huddled together with Magnezone, and launched an earth-shattering blast of electricity that spanned the entire area.
Charizard, Garchomp, and even D. Shad were blasted by the ultra-powerful attack, and fell back to the ground with a loud crash.
The three valiant heroes lied on the ground, unmoving and unconscious. "D? Come on D, get up!" Brad exclaimed nervously.
D. Shad was completely unresponsive. His unconscious form was barely breathing, and that was the exact condition Charizard and Garchomp were in.
"Guys?" Ash groaned fearfully. The group mentally begged for any sort of response from the three forms on the ground, but it didn't look like any sort of answer would come.
Without a word, Zero hovered over to the poison cloud, and the noise from his hovercraft earned the attention of the furious prisoners. "You see. This place is beautiful…but people destroy it! Defile and pollute it! People like your heroic friend there." Zero said.
"Wrong! Don't you realize that's this world's job?" Newton roared. Zero motioned for his Magnemite, and the Pokémon created a vortex that blew the poisonous cloud towards the group. "Ah yes, I forgot to mention…I've finished your invention for you." Zero said.
"Oh no!" Newton exclaimed. The cloud suddenly enveloped them. "Don't breathe in!" Newton roared. "But what about D?" Brad coughed.
D. Shad and Garchomp were in trouble, but nothing could be done for them. However, Ash could help his dragon. Ash struggled to reach for his Pokéballs, and found Charizard's. He grabbed it and pointed the beam at Charizard, and watched as the dragon disappeared into it.
"Worthy effort my young friend, but I'm afraid it will do no good." Zero said. The two Magnemite that held Shaymin captive placed it inside the cloud, right in front of Dawn.
"Oh no, Dawn!" Shaymin began absorbing the toxic cloud in an effort to save its friends, not knowing what a big mistake it was making. "Shaymin." Ash whispered.
"Ah, there we go." Zero said. Newton growled at Zero, but whatever anger that would be shown from him wouldn't change the situation any.
Giratina had heard Shaymin, and was attracted to it like a bug-zapper. "What a pity Giratina…because of Dialga you lost your ability to go to the real world…but I'll help you." Zero cackled.
Shaymin continued to absorb the cloud; the pink flowers on its head had turned black from the amount of toxicity absorbed. "Of course! It's 'Seed Flare'!" Newton exclaimed.
"That means Shaymin just turned into a living time bomb!" Brad exclaimed. "Come on D. Shad, get up!" Ash roared. Their only means of escape was still unconscious on the ground, with no way to wake him.
"If I could only move my hands, I'd let Azurill drop and use 'Water Gun' on D. Shad!" Misty exclaimed. All of a sudden, a flash of white light was seen and Psyduck emerged soon after. "It's Psyduck!" Ash exclaimed.
"Psyduck, quick! Use 'Water Gun' on D. Shad!" Misty exclaimed. Psyduck tilted its head and looked at Misty with confusion. "Arrgh, Psyduck! We don't have time for this!"
Indeed they didn't. Shaymin was growing more and more scared as Giratina closed the distance between itself Shaymin. "Giratina's here!" it squeaked.
"Psyduck! You've gotta use 'Water Gun'!" Misty cried. This time Psyduck complied and used 'Water Gun'…on her.
"Great…now squirt him!" Misty screamed. Psyduck seemingly figured it out this time, and fired a 'Water Gun' at D. Shad's face.
D. Shad's eyes snapped open and he slowly got back to his feet. "Way to go Psyduck!" Misty cheered. "Ugh, it feels like I inhaled an entire box of cigarettes." D. Shad coughed.
"That's the toxic cloud! You're lucky to be alive! And your Pokémon might be poisoned after all that!" Newton exclaimed. "Oh man, Garchomp!" D. Shad returned the still unconscious Garchomp to its Pokéball for a nice rest. "It must've been a huge blast to make a ground-type crumple like that.
"Never mind D! Look up there!" Brad yelled. D. Shad turned around and saw Zero and his Magnemite staring at Shaymin excitedly. "Now, open a hole using 'Seed Flare'…help Giratina…allow it to leave, now!" Zero exclaimed.
"A hole?" Ash asked. "He means a portal!" Newton exclaimed. "He's gonna let that monster run free in the real world?" Misty cried.
The group turned their attention to the enraged Giratina, who was busy knocking out all of the Magnemite that had invaded its territory.
"It's getting rid of the Magnemite!" Brock exclaimed. Despite Giratina's true intentions, Shaymin was still terrified. "It's going to eat me!"
The flowers on Shaymin's head began to glow, and it seemed that waking D. Shad would be pointless now, as it was too late for the guardian to do anything. "Shaymin doesn't understand." Dawn said.
"Shaymin, don't do it!" Ash yelled. The entire group began roaring protests, but it was too late. "Yes! Here we go!" Zero exclaimed.
Shaymin unleashed an enormous blast of energy that sent the entire group flying backwards as the Magnemite were blown off of them. After ramming into the wall, the force of the blast pushed them against it. Luckily for the dopey Psyduck, he ran right into Misty who grabbed it and held it tightly.
D. Shad attempted to fight against the force, and slowly pushed forward against it. "Give it up D! There's nothing you can do now!" Brad yelled.
"Oh yeah? Watch this!" D. Shad pulled out his gauntlet and placed it onto his hand, then attached some sort of small black box to its mechanism.
"What's he doing?" Misty asked. D. Shad locked and loaded and aimed right at Zero. Without removing sight from his target, he called upon Staraptor who cried out upon release. He hopped onto its back and took off. "Here I come you creep!"
D. Shad aimed for his target, but unfortunately he didn't get the chance to fire. The portal opened and sucked him back into the real world, along with some Magnemite and Magneton, and of course Ash and Co.
They crashed into a meadow where a few of the very confused Magnemite and Magneton floated freely. D. Shad slammed his fist into the ground in rage. "Shoot! I was so close."
Brock got up next. "Guys look, it's a glacier!" he said. Brock didn't get much attention though, as Dawn had quickly gotten on her feet to look for Shaymin. "Shaymin, where are you?"
After returning Psyduck to its ball, Misty kneeled down next to the growling D. Shad and gave him a sympathetic look. "He hurt Garchomp…he knocked me out…and I couldn't stop him." D. Shad mumbled.
"To be fair, you were going against an entire army." Misty said. "Still…justifying my efforts won't help Garchomp's poisoning." D. Shad growled.
"I can help with that. Just call out Garchomp." Misty said. Garchomp hesitated, but eventually grabbed for Garchomp's Pokéball and released the moaning and groaning dragon/ground-type.
"Azurill, go use 'Refresh' on Garchomp." Misty's baby-Pokémon nodded and placed its tail on Garchomp's feverish head. It then glowed in a white aura, and began healing and strengthening the heroic Pokémon.
"He'll be fine now." Misty said. "Thanks Misty." D. Shad said gratefully. Misty nodded and went to go help Ash and Dawn find Shaymin.
Brad kneeled down next to his friend and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey D, you can't win them all. But you sure gave it your all." Brad patted his friend's shoulder and walked away, leaving D. Shad to think.
"Shaymin!" Dawn had found the tired grass-type, and picked it up and cuddled it in her arms. "Shaymin, are you alright?"
"It was about to eat me!" Shaymin squealed. By now the others had surrounded Dawn and Shaymin. All except for D. Shad who was carefully watching the open portal.
"You're wrong! Giratina wasn't trying to eat you." Newton said. Right after he said that, a roar was heard from the portal, and the mighty Giratina emerged from the portal and landed on the ground with a loud boom. Something was different about it however.
"Giratina only wanted to get you to use 'Seed Flare' so it could come forth into this world." Newton explained. "It was also trying to get rid of all the Magnemite." Dawn added.
"Is it just me, or does it look different now?" Brad asked. "It probably has to do with the gravity change." Newton figured. "Don't look now guys, but our friend is back." D. Shad growled.
The group's attention turned to Zero and his Magnezone, who managed to escape the Reverse World before the portal closed. "What's he doing back here? I thought he got what he wanted." Misty hissed.
"Being in the Reverse World isn't what he wants." Newton said. The group suddenly heard a loud rumbling, and a red beam fired from the canyon and hit Giratina, startling the group.
"What's that?" Dawn asked nervously. The group turned around again, and saw an enormous airship that dwarfed Hunter J's by a significant margin.
"Oh no…" Newton mumbled. As the red beam held Giratina firmly in place, a large machine opened up using the same components as the laser that was holding Giratina.
It grabbed onto Giratina and held it suspended in mid-air, and the weakened Giratina was helpless to resist against its effects. Zero hopped off of the hovercraft and hopped onto the machine's standing platform, and watched as his magnificent machine fulfilled its purpose.
"Giratina…I've been waiting such a long time now for you to come here." Zero said. The machine carried Zero and Giratina further into the canyon, where it firmly held Giratina inside the beams. "What's that delusional dimwit up to?" Brad asked.
When a red laser trapezoid enveloped around Giratina, the beast roared in pain. The large airship rose higher into the sky, just as the sun began to rise above the canyon's walls. "Doc, that guy said it was your invention back in the Reverse World, is that true?" Brad asked.
"It's true…I designed that machine…I built it so I'd be able to absorb all of Giratina's abilities." Newton said. "But why would you do that?" Ash asked.
"So I could enter and exit the Reverse World at will…at that point…I realized then that Giratina would be sacrificed. Zero tried to convince me to continue with our research, but I wouldn't sacrifice Giratina for the sake of science. I deleted all my blueprints…but obviously…Zero never forgot them…and if that thing was built to my specifications…Giratina will soon be…no more." Newton said.
"He's a murderer! I've gotta stop him before it's too late!" D. Shad growled. At that moment, Garchomp stood up and escaped Azurill's healing process, and offered D. Shad its service.
D. Shad nodded and hopped onto Garchomp's back, locked and loaded his gauntlet, and took off before the group could stop him. "D…don't get yourself killed man." Brad said sullenly.
D. Shad disappeared from sight, and the group merely stood there in awe. "He's a hero if I ever saw one." Brock said. "You don't think he's…" Misty stopped herself…she didn't want to imagine what might happen to the city guardian.
At that moment, Newton ran across the small river with his Shieldon to where Zero had left his hovercraft.
"Where are you going?" Ash asked. "Everything that's happened here is my fault. "I have to make sure Giratina's safe!" Newton exclaimed.
"I'm coming too!" Ash exclaimed.
"So am I!" Misty exclaimed.
"Me too!" Dawn exclaimed.
"I'm sorry. But there isn't room for all of you." Newton said. All of a sudden, a familiar shape emerged from Ash's Pokéball belt. The bruised and battered, but never defeated Charizard, gave his master a salute, offering its services in the battle against Zero.
"Charizard, are you sure?" Ash asked. Charizard nodded and opened its wings for takeoff. "Charizard, you're a trooper!" Misty cheered.
Ash and Misty hopped onto the dragon's back and readied for takeoff. The team was about to takeoff, when they suddenly saw an increasingly bright light coming from the patch of flowers. "Finally! We made it to the Gracidea Flower Garden!" Brock exclaimed.
Now that the sun was back up, Shaymin's Sky Form was reawakened, and so was its strength and confidence. "I'm going on ahead!" Shaymin exclaimed.
"Alright, let's go!" Newton roared. The hovercraft took off with Newton and Dawn, while Charizard took off with Ash and Misty.
"Hey…! I'm starting to sense a pattern." Brock moaned as he had been left behind once more, but he wasn't alone. "You get left behind often?" Brad asked. "Pretty much." Brock sighed.
Brad looked around randomly, and spotted a Pokéball lying in the grass. He tossed it and D. Shad's Staraptor emerged from it with a shrill cry. "Well I'll be darned…Brock, let's move!" Brad yelled.
Upon seeing Staraptor, Brock hopped on with Brad and took off as well. "Alright D, you left me Staraptor so we could help you, and we'll do just that. Here we come!"
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A/N: Well guys, what'd you think? D. Shad's turning out to be quite the hero ain't he? I hope you guys approve of this chapter and I hope you enjoyed reading it. You'll notice I had Charizard learn something new, and Gyarados can fly in the Reverse World! Neat, huh? Well guys, please review!