Episode 292: Destiny Deoxys Part 2

A little while later, Sora, Kairi, Brendan, May, Max, Lisia, the DigiDestined, Pikachu, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Mime Jr, and Munchlax have arrived to a bullet train to reach LaRousse City for the Battle Tower.

"This is really exciting. It'll be the first time I'll be seeing LaRousse City with my own eyes," Brendan said.

"Same here. I just hope nothing ruins it for us," JP said.

"Really, JP? You had to say that?" May asked.

"I'm just saying what I'm thinking. I mean, I would rather have an evil Digimon rampage the city than having to deal with a Heartless attack like with what happened in Rustboro City," JP said.

"If not by Heartless, or maybe Nobodies or Unversed," Tommy said.

"Guys, don't jinx it. It'll be nice if we could have experience with nothing happening to us," Sora said.

"Pikachu," Pikachu said.

"Pikachu," Xipak said.

The bullet train continues to head for LaRousee City, waiting to see it.

Meanwhile, Tory is walking around in a greenhouse, looking around. Tory wore a turquoise shirt with white cotton balls hanging by a string, and white pants. He wore light blue shoes with white tongues and dark blue heels. Over to the lab, Tory's father and his staff were doing some research on the green crystal ever since witnessing Deoxys for the first time. In doing so, He barely had any time for Tory, but it didn't bother him so much.

"We're ready whenever you are, Professor Lund," one of the scientists said.

"Good. Fire the laser!" Professor Lund ordered. The researchers fired four lasers at the crystal. Professor Lund checks on the status of the crystal. "Yuko, raise our trajectory by point 5."

"Right," Yuko said, increasing the trajectory right until it reached the right frequency.

"That's the right frequency. Finally. In sync," Professor Lund said.

"But that means..." Yuko paused.

"Yes. The crystal should regenerate when we keep the laser on target," Professor Lund said. The crystal begins to glow brightly. "We will succeed. We have to." Yuko nodded in agreement. The crystal has glowed even brighter and brighter as the laser kept on firing until the lasers has ceased. The crystal ceases to glow when the alarm started to go off. "We've overloaded the regulator. Yuko went over to the regulator to check it out.

"It was just one component that malfunctoined. A simple replacement," Yuko said.

"Good. We'll try again after it's fixed," Professor Lund said.

"Yes, sir," Yuko said.

Over to Tory, he sees a green sparkle hovering next to a small pond. He ran right over to the sparkle.

"Guess what? I'm going to tell you all about this book I'm reading! It's so good!" Tory said.

Back to the lab, the researchers were taking their leave.

"Once those parts are replaced, we're almost home," one of the researchers said.

"Yeah, we're so close," another researcher said.

Yuko stopped and saw the crystal glowing brightly. She knew the four years she, Professor Lund, and the rest of the staff were researching on the crystal that it wasn't an ordinary crystal.

"I was right. I did see it glow," Yuko said to herself.

Meanwhile, over to the North Pole, something began to break through underneath the ice. It turns out to be Deoxys when it emerged from out of the water. Deoxys has slowly been regenerating itself after its battle against Rayquaza. The alien-like Pokemon shot up a violet aurora straight up in the night sky.

Back with the group, the bullet train makes its way towards LaRousse City after thirty minutes. A small flock of Wingull flew by. Down below, three Pelipper swam by as a colony Seel and Dewgong resting on some rocks. Unknown to anyone, Zell is making his way in LaRousse City, still pursuing Sora, and obsessed with getting rid of him.

"Look at that! LaRousse City!" Takuya said.

"Its Battle Tower is somewhere in that city," Max said.

"Yeah, and I'm going to enter it," Brendan said.

"And we'll be rooting for you," May said.

"Of course she'll say that," Max whispered to himself in a light chuckle.

"What was that, little brother?" May asked in a calm tone. Max flinched when he knew by the tone of her voice that she heard him.

"Nothing," Max said, getting nervous.

Meanwhile, over to the local park, a man and his Poochyena were out on a jog, so the man scanned his empty bottle and the trash can't lid opened. The man placed the empty bottle inside and took off. A Plusle and a Minun jumped on the bench next to the trash can. Plusle accidentally pushes Minun off, so Minun is scanned and the garbage can opened and closes when Minun gets to the top. Minun smiled, getting an idea.

"Hey, Plusle, do what I did, and it'll open up!" - Minun subtitle.

"Okay!" - Plusle subtitle.

Plusle jumped to get itself scanned, so Minun jumped to go even higher. Plusle and Minun repeated the process, unaware of a wild Munchlax watching them. This Munchlax is blue and has yellowish cream colored spots. The Cheering Pokémon kept playing with the trash can until it fell over, knocking the plastic bottle from earlier. Plusle and Minun laughed before they took off. The blue Munchlax stood before the trash can and pushed it back up, making the top close.. The Munchlax started to walk off, only to notice the empty bottle. Not wanting to leave it and risk littering, the blue Munchlax kicked the bottle like a soccer ball. The garbage can picked up on it, so the lid opened up, so the bottle bounced off, and it closes.

Seeing that it didn't go so well, the blue Munchlax turned around and started to walk off, only to hang its head in defeat.

Over to the train station, Sora, Kairi, Brendan, May, Max, Lisia, the DigiDestined, Pikachu, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Mime Jr, and Munchlax have arrived to LaRousse City's station. They looked around in awe, coming down by escalator. They're greeted by a cube robot.

"Welcome! You are now in LaRousse City Welcome again!" The robot said.

"Well, isn't that something," Sora said.

"Such a cute robot," Lisia said.

"Sure is," Kairi agreed.

"Smile!" The robot said. The robot started to take their snapshots, but May has a nervous face when she's the first to be snapped. Then it moved on in the order of Max, Sora, Kairi, Takuya, Koji, Koichi, Zoe, Tommy, JP, Lisia, and Brendan. "Your visitor data has been confirmed. Citizenship and point of origin have also been recorded" The robot took out what looks like ID cards. "These will serve as your passports."

"Passports?" Tommy asked. The robot hands them the ID cards, one-by-one.

"While in LaRousse City, keep them with you at all times. The passports can be used for shopping and other needs," the robot said, taking off.

After the greeting they got, May was pouting when she looked at the face she made.

"Don't think I'll be sending this one home," May said.

"So which way do we go for the Battle Tower?" Brendan asked.

"Maybe we could ask someone and maybe he or she can point us in the right direction," Tommy suggested.

"That'll be easier said than done, Tommy," Zoe said. Brendan walked on ahead and he screamed as he felt his feet move and him with them. They looked at him when they saw he was on a moving sidewalk. The moving sidewalks are red and green and have arrows, indicating which way they were going. Brendan ran to beat it, but he tripped.

"Hey, Brendan, quit messing around!" May scolded.

"A moving sidewalk," Max said.

"That's pretty cool," Sora said.

Brendan tried to fight against the sidewalk, only to earn some laughter from four individuals on the moving sidewalk.

One is a teenage boy wearing a blue uniform and has brown hair.

Two are identical twins. They have brown hair in different hairstyles and wore identical clothing but in pink and orange. They both shoes in the same color.

One is a chubby boy with a handband a brown shirt and dark yellow pants and orange and browns shoes.

"Dude, you're swimming up stream!" The chubby boy said.

"There is an easier way," the first boy said.

"If you have any ideas, I am open for some suggestions!" Brendan exclaimed as he ran and tripped. The twins just laughed at him again.

"Nice fall," the chubby boy said.

"Nice fall!" The twins repeated as the first boy took out a Pokéball and tossed it. It opened to let out a Blaziken.

"Help him out, Blaziken," the first boy said. Blaziken complied with its Trainer and grabbed Brendan and hopped him back to the group of four.

"Thanks a lot," Brendan said.

"There's no need to thank me. I just couldn't continue watching you look like a fool," the first boy said.

"Say that again! I dare ya!" Brendan barked when he fell over on the pavement. "Whoa!" They noticed the rest of the group.

"Hey, I take it that you're new here in town?" The chubby boy asked.

"If you're heading for the Battle Tower, then you should try going this way," the first boy said, stepping on the moving sidewalk.

"Be careful," the twin in pink said.

"Don't fall," the twin in orange added.

The group stepped on the moving sidewalk since they're heading for the Battle Tower anyway.

"We probably got off on the wrong foot. My name's Brendan, and I came from Littleroot Town," Brendan said.

"I'm Rafe, and these are my little sisters, Audrey and Kathryn," Rafe introduced.

"Nice to meet you. I would like to have a battle against you," Brendan said.

"Watch out. My brother Rafe is really strong," Kathryn said.

"Blaziken, too," Audrey said, making Blaziken blush.

"Yeah, I'd love to have a battle against you, Brendan. Let's get together at the Battle Tower, okay?"

Coming up on the opposite moving sidewalk is a teenage girl with purple and purple eyes. She wore a pair of glasses and wore a pink shirt, showing her navel and wore a pare of gray pants with an orange belt and wore white and lavender shoes.

"So we're finally going to finish this today, right, Rafe?" The girl asked.

"I take it that you know her," Sora pointed.

"Yeah, spikey. Her name's Rebecca. She's a really good Trainer. Her ace Pokémon is her Metagross, and she likes to use her laptop for strategy," the chubby said.

"Huh. She looks like someone who could get along with Izzy, don't you think?" Sora asked.

"Sure does," Takuya agreed.

"Anyway, my name's Sid, and my partner is Blastoise," Sid introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you, Sid. My name's Sora, and this Pikachu here is my partner, and this other Pikachu is Xipak," Sora introduced.

"Pika," Pikachu said.

"Pikachu," Xipak said.

"My name's Kairi, and the Eevee with the pink bow is Angel, and the Eevee with the blue ribbon is Celeste," Kairi said.

"Eevee," Angel said.

"Eevee, vee," Celeste said.

"My name's Lisia," Lisia introduced.

"I'm Takuya Kanbara."

"Tommy Himi."

"I'm JP Shibayama."

"My name's Zoe Orimoto."

"I'm Koji Minamoto."

"I'm Koichi Kimura."

"My name's May, and this is my little brother, Max," May introduced. Sid took a glance at May and smiled.

"Say, you're kinda cute," Sid said, making May nervous.

"Kinda?" May asked.

"Wow, and it's Kairi that most boys go for," Zoe said in her thoughts.

"Look! The Battle Tower!" Audrey said.

"Whoa, it's even bigger than the Battle Tower I've already been to," Sora said with awe.

"Pi," Pikachu and Xipak said in unison.

Everyone have entered inside and they saw all sorts of people and Pokémon inside there.

"Sora and I will meet up with you as soon as you're registered," Brendan said.

"Okay. We'll head for the stands," Max said.

"Just do your best, Sora," Kairi said.

"We will," Sora said. He turned to his partner. "Come on, partner."

"Pikachu," Pikachu said.

With that said, Sora, Brendan, and Pikachu started to make their way to find the registration desk. They step on another escalator and go up.

"So which way to go?" Sora asked.

"Honestly, I have no idea," Brendan said, chuckling nervously.

"Well, it was worth a shot," Sora said. They got off the escalator and noticed the library next to them. "Hey, there's a library here."

Inside, Tory is seen putting a book back on the shelf, and Sora and Brendan spotted him.

"Hey, let's ask him," Brendan suggested.

"Good idea," Sora said. Sora, Brendan, and Pikachu started to approach Tory. "Excuse us!" Tory turned around to see them.

"Pika!" Pikachu said. Tory screamed when he saw Pikachu and ran off. This leaves Sora, Brendan, and Pikachu puzzled.

"Okay," Sora just said, tilting his head.

"Hey, wait up! What are you running away for?" Brendan called out, going after him.

"Brendan, wait for us!" Sora called out.

"Pika!" Pikachu said.

Tory ran into an elevator with the two boys and Mouse Pokémon getting inside the elevator.

"Okay, I'm not sure what happened back there, but we're new in town, and we're on our way to a battle, so we were hoping maybe you would point us in the right direction," Sora said.

"Pika," Pikachu said. Tory backed up to the wall of the elevator. Once it opened, Tory ran out and Brendan ran after him.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Brendan called out.

"Okay, this is getting weird," Sora said as he and Pikachu went after them, but an usher is standing outside the elevator.

"Are you ready for your battle? Right this way, gentlemen," the usher said, taking Brendan and Tory in.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Sora called out.

"Sorry, but these are the last spots, so better luck next time," the usher said.

"But you don't understand," Tory said.

"We didn't even register," Brendan said.

"Oh, don't worry about that. It'll do all that automatically," the usher said. He gently pushes them inside. The conveyor belt under them start moving. "Good luck, you two."

Brendan and Tory are both scanned by the computers, registering the both of them.

"Two passports confirmed. Two youth level participants entered successfully," the computer stated.

"Wow, that was easy," Brendan said.

Back to Sora and Pikachu, Rebecca came out of the elevator and the shutters closed, stopping her.

"Entry for the participants for the first round is closed. Please try again next time," the computer said.

"What?" Rebecca asked.

"I tried to get in, but the guy said that they're full up," Sora said.

"Is that why you're out here instead of in there?" Rebecca asked.

"Yeah, because my friend and another kid got here before I did," Sora said.

Over to Brendan and Tory, they step off of the conveyor and on the Pokéball mark on the floor below them.

"Now introducing our first entry," the computer said. The floor is revealed to be a platform when it goes straight up.

"Here goes," Brendan said. Tory said nothing as the platform takes them all the way to the top.

"Our first battle will be an official Battle Tower tag team event! Remember to cheer for your favorite!" The referee announced.

"Hey, a tag team! Too bad Sora's missing out," Brendan said.

"In the blue corner, we have Brendan Birch from Littleroot Town, and his partner, Tory Lund, a local Trainer!" The referee announced.

"Hey, Tory, good luck out there," Brendan said.

Up to the stands, Audrey and Kathryn are sitting with the rest of the group since Rafe and Sid took off.

"I wonder how Brendan got entered so quickly," May said.

"And where's Sora? He was right with him," Kairi said.

Sora, Rebecca, and Pikachu come sit down in the stands.

"To answer the first question, he cut in front of me," Rebecca said.

"And to answer the second one, Brendan and that other kid acted faster than I did," Sora said.

"Pikachu," Pikachu said.

"Sorry that you didn't get to battle, Sora," Takuya said.

"Don't worry about it. We might as well support those two," Sora said.

Meanwhile, Yuko sees Tory on TV, completely surprised.

"Professor Lund, take a look," Yuko said. Professor Lund turned around and sees his son on the monitor screens.

"Tory in a Pokémon battle?" Professor Lund asked.

Back to the Battle Tower, Rafe and Sid come up on the other side of the battlefield.

"And over to the red corner, we got two Trainers from South City, Rafe and Sid!" The referee announced.

"Hey, Brendan, you sure didn't waste any time," Rafe said.

"If you think I would pass up the chance to beat you, then you must be dreaming," Brendan said.

"Hey! May! Make sure you watch! I'm dedicating this battle to you!" Sid called out. May blushes as the twins laughed.

"The basic rule in all tag team battles is teamwork! Each Trainer will be using a single Pokémon and works with his teammate! Now, Trainers, bring out your Pokémon!" The referee announced.

"Alright! Here goes!" Rafe and Sid called out. They took out their Pokéballs and threw them. Their Pokéballs opened and let out a Blaziken and a Blastoise. Brendan took out a Pokéball and threw it.

"Okay, Grovyle! Go!" Brendan called out. His Pokéball opened and Grovyle emerged from inside, ready to battle. He turned to Tory. "Which Pokémon are you going to use?"

"No, Brendan, I don't have any Pokémon!" Tory said.

"You serious?" Brendan asked, raising a brow.

"There seems to be a problem. There seems to be a problem. There appears to be one Pokémon on the blue corner," the referee announced.

"You see, I was trying to tell you. I'm not a Trainer I can't battle," Tory said.

"This is a problem. But I know how to solve it. I'll lend you one of my Pokémon," Brendan said, taking out a Pokéball. "Here." Tory hesitated for a moment, but he took the Pokéball from him.

"Will the blue corner forfeit?" The announcer asked.

"Just do your best," Brendan said.

"Well, if I have to!" Tory said, throwing the Pokéball, letting out a Torkoal.

"Well, it looks like we have our Pokémon! Ready for a battle, cause here we go!" The referee announced.

"Let's do it! Blaziken! Use Blaze Kick, now!" Rafe ordered. Blaziken came at Grovyle with its legs emitting fire.

"Dodge it, Grovyle!" Brendan called out. Grovyle jumped to dodge Blaziken's Blaze Kick.

"Go, Blastoise! Hydro Pump!" Sid ordered. Blastoise aims one of its cannons at Grovyle and fired water, hitting him.

"It's a dazzling combination from the red corner!" The referee announced.

"Use Bubble!" Sid ordered. Blastoise fired bubbles from its mouth, hitting Torkoal on the mark, dealing some heavy damage.

"Torkoal! Tory, you gotta tell Torkoal to do something!" Brendan said.

"But I don't know what to tell it!" Tory exclaimed.

"Blastoise! Rapid Spin!" Sid ordered. Blastoise withdrew in its shell and spins around and heads for Torkoal, hitting the Coal Pokémon. Tory looked right at Blastoise as the image of Sealeo and Walrein stampeding right over him flashed in his eyes. He was paralyzed with fear.

"Grovyle! Use Bullet Seed!" Brendan ordered. Grovyle came to Torkoal's aid and fired Bullet Seed, hitting Blastoise. "Use Leaf Blade!" Grovyle rushes at Blastoise and lands a hit with Leaf Blade.

"Blaziken! Use Flamethrower!" Rafe ordered. Blaziken fired Flamethrower right at Grovyle, but dodged again.

"Blastoise! Use Skull Bash!" Sid ordered. Blastoise lowered its head and launched right at Grovyle, landing a hit. Grovyle bumped into Torkoal and then the tortoise-like Pokémon lands right on Grovyle, laying on the back of its shell.

"It looks like the blue corner can't seem to get it together as a team!" The referee announced.

"Man, Brendan's partner isn't doing all that well at all. I don't see how they could win," Max said.

"I know, what's going on with him?" Sora asked as May's inner frustration was building up.

"Come on! Do something!" May shouted.

Tory slowly backed away, so Brendan had to take charge.

"Don't worry, Tory. I'll handle things from here. Torkoal! Use Flamethrower!" Brendan ordered. Torkoal fired a Flamethrower, but Grovyle was hit on the arm.

"Hey, watch the friendly fire!" - Grovyle subtitle.

"Ooh! Grovyle has taken the hit from Torkoal's Flamethrower instead of the opponents.

"How embarrassing," Rafe said.

"So, Rafe, ready to wrap this up?" Sid asked. Rafe nodded.

"Let's go! Blaziken! Overheat!" Rafe ordered. Blaziken fired a stream of flames right at Grovyle and Torkoal, landing a hit on the both of them. They end up being knocked out.

"Grovyle! Torkoal!" Brendan exclaimed.

"And that's it! Grovyle and Torkoal are both unable to battle! Rafe and Sid are the winners! Congratulations!" The referee announced as Brendan, Tory, and the two Pokémon left the battlefield as the crowd roared while Rafe and Sid waved to them.

Brendan and Tory stepped out of the elevator, so Professor Lund and Yuko arrived and ran up to him.

"Tory!" Professor Lund called out. Brendan and Tory turned to see them.

"Dad!" Tory said.

"We just watched your Pokémon battle! I'm incredibly proud!" Professor Lund said.

"Don't be. It was all an accident. It wasn't even supposed to happen," Tory said. Sora, Kairi, May, Max, Lisia, the DigiDestined, Pikachu, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Mime Jr, and Munchlax arrived when Tory just ran off.

"What was that all about?" JP asked.

"I don't know. When we tried talking to him, he freaked out, like he saw a Heartless," Sora said.

A little later, Yuko sat with the group to discuss what the matter was with Tory.

"I personally apologize for the mix-up with your battle earlier. The truth is Tory is completely is afraid of Pokémon," Yuko said.

"Afraid of Pokémon?" Brendan asked.

"How did that happen?" Takuya asked.

"Well, about four years ago, he had a very traumatic experience, and has been terrified of them. Sadly, he's still never gotten over those fears," Yuko said.

Sora felt pretty bad for him. Sora wasn't sure what exactly happened, but he knew he was right when Tory was scared of Pikachu. He remembered seeing the Heartless for the first time and how scared he was when he saw them.

Meanwhile, Tory is walking by himself over a bridge and he sits down on one of its structures. Plusle ran up and touched him. Tory screamed when it did.

"Get away from me! Shoo! Shoo!" Tory said. Plusle ran up to Minun who is stuck in an opened garbage can. Minun struggled to get loose. Tory just couldn't just leave Minun.

Back to the group, Brendan sighed to himself.

"If I knew that was the case, I shouldn't have pushed him," Brendan said.

"Hey, don't blame yourself, Brendan. None of us knew until Yuko brought it up," Sora said.

"But underneath it all, he really loves them. All he really needs is a chance to get to know them, that's all," Yuko said.

"I'm sure that's all it'll take," May said.

"A lifetime of being afraid of Pokémon isn't a life to live. We just gotta help him out. You agree with me, don't you, Sora?" Brendan asked.

"Yeah, I do. We just have to find him and help him get over his fear and show him that there's nothing to be afraid of. Ash, Ethan, Kris, Leaf, Lyra, Riku, Naminé, Yugi, Tai, Takato, and the others would agree," Sora said.

"Yeah!" Everyone agreed. Yuko just smiled.

"Thank you. You're all so very kind," Yuko said.

Back to Tory, he grabs a huge stick and he uses it to pry the garbage can opened to get Minun out.

Setting out to look for him, Sora, Kairi, Brendan, Pikachu, and Angel saw what Tory was doing.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Sora asked.

"I do," Brendan said.

"Me too. Let's have a closer look," Kairi said.

"Chu," Pikachu said.

"Vee," Angel said.

Tory managed to get Minun out of the garbage can.

"Are you okay?" - Plusle subtitle.

"Yeah, I thought I was going to be stuck in there forever." - Minun subtitle. They tipped each other by the tails, giving off a small spark. Tory smiled briefly before Minun jumped up to thank him, but he flinched and he backed up before Minun could jump into his arms.

"Later!" Tory said, running off. Sora, Kairi, Brendan, Pikachu, and Angel went after him.

"Was it something I said?" - Minun subtitle.

"I dunno, but let's go!" - Plusle subtitle.

Plusle and Minun took off to play someplace else. The blue Munchlax spotted the garbage can and gets it back up again. The blue Munchlax picked up an empty plastic bottle and walked off. Once it was just a few feet away from the garbage can, the blue Munchlax gave the bottle a kick. Detecting the bottle, it opens up and the bottle gets inside. The blue Munchlax turned around and proceeded to walk off and stopped and smiled.

Back to Tory, he uses his passport to scan the greenhouse and enter inside it.

"Hey, come on out!" Tory called out. "Where are you? I wanna tell you something important!" Just then, a green sparkle appeared and heads right for Tory, making him laugh. It goes around and takes on a couple of shapes. "You'll never guess what I just did. I helped out a Pokémon, because it had its head caught inside a garbage can, so I helped it get it out. Isn't that cool?" The sparkle responded in a positive way.

Up in the sky, further away from LaRousse City, Deoxys flew across the sky, following the meteorite's trail. It flies right to LaRousse City and looks over the entire city. It shot up an aurora borealis straight up in the sky.

May, Max, Lisia, the DigiDestined, Xipak, Celeste, Mime Jr, and Munchlax stopped and looked up to the sky.

"Are you seeing this?" Koji asked.

"That's a strange light, isn't it?" Zoe asked.

"Yeah. I never seen anything like it," Koji said.

"Me neither," Koichi said.

"But it is beautiful," May said.

Meanwhile, Rafe, Sid, the twins, and Rebecca were seeing it, too.

Back to Tory, he is talking to the sparkle.

"I was even in a Pokémon battle, too. Of course, I wasn't very good, and that kind of stunk," Tory said.

"So, who's your friend?" Sora asked. Tory turned around and he saw the Keyblade wielding Pokémon Trainers. They saw the sparkle and sensed it as well. The sparkle vanished.

Over to Deoxys, the aurora ceases. Everyone who saw it were dumbstruck by how it disappeared like it appeared.

"It's gone," Max said.

"Where'd it go?" JP asked.

Back to the greenhouse, Tory was surprised that they saw it.

"So what was that?" Brendan asked.

"None of your business," Tory said.

"Come on, you can trust us," Brendan said.

"Leave me alone, okay? And forget what you saw," Tory said, running off.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Sora called out.

They kept on following Tory as he kept on walking.

"Why do you keep following me?" Tory asked.

"We just want to be your friend," Kairi said.

"Well, no one asked you, so go away!" Troy said. As he walked, he accidentally startled a flock of Wingull, alarming Tory. He fell on his rump, making Sora, Kairi, Brendan, Pikachu, and Angel run up to him.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked.

"You're not hurt, are you?" Kairi asked.

"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked.

"Eevee?" Angel asked.

Tory screamed, pushing Sora and Kairi down. He got up and he saw the couple on the ground. This infuriates Brendan.

"What the hell is the matter with you?! They were only trying to help you and you just pushed them down on the ground!" Brendan angrily exclaimed.

"Brendan, stop it!" May called out, running up to him. "Don't start something!" The rest of the group went up to them. They saw what happened.

"Give him a break, Brendan. It was an accident," Sora said. Brendan calmed down a little.

"Sorry," Brendan apologized.

"Look, Tory, we got off on the wrong foot. We should just introduce ourselves. My name's Sora, and this is Pikachu, and the other Pikachu is Xipak," Sora said.

"Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.

"Pikachu, Pika," Xipak said.

"I'm Kairi, and this is Angel, and this is Celeste," Kairi introduced.

"Eevee, vee," Angel said.

"Eevee," Celeste said.

"My name's Brendan," Brendan said.

"My name's May, and this is my little brother, Max," May said.

"Hi, Tory," Max greeted.

"I'm Takuya Kanbara."

"I'm Koji Minamoto."

"My name is Koichi Kimura."

"I'm JP Shibayama."

"My name's Zoe Orimoto."

"I'm Tommy Himi."

"And my name's Lisia."

"Hi," Tory greeted. "And sorry about pushing you."

"Don't worry about. Just like Sora said, it was accident," Kairi said.

"Besides, you don't get to have friends by holding a grudge over something silly as that," Lisia said. Tory just smiled.

"So how about we treat you for some lunch?" Kairi offered. The group made it to the park to partake in some fondue. "There's plenty to go around, so dig in."

"I get the first taste," Sora said, dipping a piece of bread in it. He blew on it and placed it in his mouth. "Wow, that's hot!" He felt how warm it was. The rest of the group started to have some.

"You should try some, Tory. It's really good," Takuya said. Tory takes a piece of bread and tastes it.

"You're right!" Tory said, liking how it tastes.

Just then, some Pokémon living in the park started to come. The Pokémon were two Zigzagoon, two, Shroomish, and a Seedot.

"Look at those Pokémon," Max said.

"They must have smelled Kairi's fondue," Tommy said.

"Well, they're welcome to join us, because I have plenty of Pokémon food to go around," Kairi said, holding a couple of bowls. "Here you go. Eat as much as you want." She placed the Pokémon food down and the Pokémon didn't waste any time eating the food offered to them.

They group stood up and watched the Pokémon enjoy the food. Brendan escorted Tory to the Pokémon eating the food.

"Tory, don't you think they're the cutest?" May asked.

"Yeah," Tory said, not sure.

"I can bet they'd let you pet them," JP said.

"JP's right. There's nothing to worry about," Sora said.

"Pika," Pikachu said, holding out his paw. Tory was hesitant to pet Pikachu, so he froze up and started to run off. He stopped and looked at the group.

"Thanks, guys, and I'm sorry," Tory said, walking off.

"So much for that," Koji said.

"Hey, we shouldn't give up so easily. We'll get through to him sooner later, right?" Takuya asked.

"Yeah. I mean, no city was built in a day," Sora said. Max turned to see the blue Munchlax, helping itself to their fondue.

"Aah! Look!" Max exclaimed. They turned to see the blue Munchlax eating their lunch.

"A Munchlax!" Brendan said.

"Yeah, but this one's a different color," May said.

"It's a Shiny Munchlax," Lisia said.

"And it's eating our lunch!" Zoe said.

The Shiny Munchlax jumped in the sky and came on down, making a loud stomp upon landing. The Shiny Munchlax took its leave of the group. Just then, Plusle and Minun came along.

"Look at that. A Plusle and a Minun," Tommy said.

"Aren't they cute?" Zoe cooed.

"If you're hungry, then you should eat up," Kairi kindly offered.

"Eevee, vee," Angel said.

"Vee, vee," Celeste said.

Plusle and Minun didn't waste any time eating the Pokémon food offered to them.

As the sun was beginning to set, Deoxys flew over the city, standing over a murder of Murkrow led by a Honchkrow. Deoxys uses a blast of psychic energy on the ground, making the Honchkrow and the Murkrow flock fly away. Deoxys looked around for the metoerite, making the escalators operate even faster and the fountain erupt like a volcano. Deoxys flew away, continuing its search. It shot up another aurora over the sky.

The group have arrived to the Pokémon Center, meeting up with the twins and Rebecca who is on her laptop.

"It's that light again," Max said.

"So pretty," Kairi said with awe. Sid ran into the balcony to join the group.

"But that's impossible!" Rebecca said.

"What is?" Audrey asked.

"It's called an aurora, but it can only be seen in the North and South Poles," Rebecca said. "Strange."

"I guess that makes us lucky that we get to see it here, right?" May asked, making Lisia and Zoe nod. Sid then comes right next to her.

"The same kind of luck that brought the two of us together, babe," Sid flirted.

"Not sure what kind of luck that was," May deadpanned.

"Sora, I am feeling something unusual about that aurora up there," Kairi said.

"So am I. Not sure if Organization XIII's behind it or not. At this point, Xemnas could just try anything to distract us," Sora said.

"I'm going have to go with not. At least, I hope not," Kairi said.

Just then, Rafe approached Brendan with a smirk on his face.

"Well, look who's still in town," Rafe said.

"Why do you care?" Brendan asked.

"Well, after that devastating defeat in front of thousands of people, I would have thought you'd be a little embarrassed to show your face," Rafe said.

"How about a rematch tomorrow at the Battle Tower! I'll take you on one-on-one!" Brendan said.

"No problem. I'll beat you anytime and anywhere," Rafe said. Brendan growled, wanting to shut him up so bad.

"You can hold your face until you're blue in the face!" Brendan said. He sees Tory standing at the doorway of the balcony, holding a basket. Rafe stopped when he saw him.

"Hey, I know you," Rafe said, recognizing him.

"Tory, hey," Brendan said.

The rest of the group turned to see him.

"Hey, you guys. Yuko and I made these for you," Tory said, opening the basket to reveal Pokémon-shaped cookies.

"Cool, Pokémon cookies!" Max said.

"Yum," Kathryn said.

"Cute," Audrey said.

A little while later, Sora and Kairi were the first to let out their Pokémon. Swellow, Grovyle, Combusken, Marshtomp, Latios, Shelgon, Metang, Vibrava, Lairon, Lombre, Plusle, Minun, Roselia, Altaria, Delcatty, Mawile, Spinda, Castform, Milotic, and the Kirlia emerged from inside as Brendan has let out his Grovyle, Mudkip, Charmander, Torkoal, Kadabra, and Graveler as May has let out her Combusken, Beautifly, Swablu, Skitty, Bulbasaur, and Munchlax. Lisia has let Ali out as Takuya has let out Aguni, Camerupt, and Magmar. Koji has let out his Manectric and Koichi has let out his Gengar. Zoe has let out her Clefable and Togetic. Tommy has let out his Piloswine, and JP has let out his Pinsir. Rafe has let out his Blaziken as Sid has let out his Blastoise. Audrey has let out a Masquerain and Audrey has let out a Surskit.

As the Pokémon all started to play together, Tory was amazed by how many Pokémon there were. Blaziken took the twins and went down the slide much to the delight of the twins. Surskit slides in behind the Blaze Pokémon and the twins laughed. Sora and Kairi joined in on the fun as Sora pushes his girlfriend on the swing as Takuya rode on his Camerupt's back. He holds out his hand to Zoe. She blushes but accepts his gesture and climbed up.

Rebecca was going over the aurora in the night sky, trying to figure it out.

Brendan and Tory started to play jump rope with Pikachu, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Aguni, Charmander, and Skitty jumping.

The Shiny Munchlax was about to help itself to the sandwiches that Kairi had made, but Gengar appeared in a ghostly manner, so the Shiny Munchlax just chuckled nervously, forgetting the idea about taking the sandwiches. The aurora then vanishes.

"It's gone," Rebecca said.

Over to Deoxys, it came to the colony of Seel and Dewgong and uses a psychic blast to get the Sea Lion Pokémon out of the way. Deoxys scanned for any signs of the meteorite. Sensing Deoxys, Rayquaza flew to find Deoxys.

A little later, Sora, Kairi, Tory, Pikachu, and Angel sat alone to talk.

"You know, I never done that before," Tory said.

"What?" Sora asked.

"Playing together with a bunch of friends," Tory said.

"Yeah?" Sora asked.

"I guess it was because I was always afraid of Pokémon, so I'm afraid of getting close to Pokémon Trainers. I guess I missed out on a lot," Tory said.

"That means you're always alone," Kairi said. Pikachu and Angel approached Tory.

"Pika, Pikachu," Pikachu said.

"Eevee, Eevee, vee, Eevee," Angel said.

"But that's in the past," Sora said.

"Pika!" Pikachu said. Tory looked at Pikachu and Angel. He makes an attempt to pet Pikachu only for a wild Corphish to come between them, making Tory scream and run off. Sora caught up with Tory.

"Take it easy, Tory. You don't need to rush things," Sora said.

"He's right. No one wins the race with just one step," Kairi said. The Corphish heads for the ocean and jumped in the water.

"Thanks a lot, Corphish," Sora deadpanned.

On the next morning, Tory decided to take his new friends to meet the sparsaid. He leads them to the grounds of his father's laboratory.

"Come on, guys. There's someone I want you to meet," Tory said.

"Where are we going?" Audrey asked.

"Wherever it is, I hope there's a kitchen, I'm starvin'," Sid said.

Just then they entered the premises, a security robot arrived on front of them.

"Your passport please," the robot said. Tory presented his passport and the robot scanned it. It verified Tory's identity. "Verified!" The robot took its leave.

"My dad's lab is right over there, so that's why there's so many security robots all over," Tory said.

"At least they won't have to pay the robots," JP said.

The group arrived to the greenhouse and right next to the pond.

"Come on out! I want you to meet my new friends!" Tory called out. Just then, the green sparkle appeared and floats before him.

"This is your friend?" Takuya asked.

"Yeah," Tory answered.

"But what is it?" Sid asked.

"It's gorgeous," May said.

"And weird," Max said.

"It's always here for me whenever I call for it," Tory said.

"Dazzling," Lisia said.

"Yesterday, I played with these guys and their Pokémon, too," Tory said. The sparkle has taken on different shapes, captivating them.

"Wow, Tory, that is so cool," Audrey said.

"And it even understands what I say," Tory said. Rebecca uses her laptop to analyze the sparkle.

"Is it a Pokémon?" May asked.

"Not one I've ever seen," Max said.

"This is just fascinating," Rebecca said.

"What do you say, I introduce my Pokémon to it?" Rafe suggested, taking out his Blaziken's Pokéball and threw it. Blaziken emerged from inside.

"Yeah, mine, too!" Sid said.

"Us too!" The twins said.

They took out their Pokéballs and threw them. Blastoise, Surskit, and Masquerain came right out. Rebecca has taken out her Pokéball.

"Here's mine," Rebecca said, throwing it and out her Metagross.

"A Metagross!" Max said. The sparkle floats over to the Pokémon and all around the ground.

"Gotcha!" Sid said, trying to catch it. "I don't gotcha."

Everyone laughed hardily. Over to Deoxys, it senses something in the air currents. Deoxys flew off to find it. Meanwhile Rayquaza, coming towards LaRousse City, intending to finish off Deoxys. When it has gotten near LaRousse City, it was detected by the city's defense systems.

Over to the command center, alarms start going off.

"Unidentified object approaching the building!" One of the personnel members reported.

"Can you have it analyzed please?" Officer Jenny requested. The personnel member managed to lock-on the moving target and identified it as Rayquaza.

"It appears to be Rayquaza," the personnel member confirmed.

"Rayquaza? Contact Professor Lund, right now," Officer Jenny said.

"Yes, ma'am," another personnel member said.

Over to another room, Yuko has entered and ran up to Professor Lund.

"Professor, how could a Rayquaza be coming here?" Yuko asked.

"I don't know, but for it to leave the ozone layer again, there must be a powerful reason," Professor Lund said. A familiar red blur has gone by, catching Professor Lund's eye. Yuko saw it, too and she reminds it and she saw it was Deoxys. She paused it.

"Did you see that? I'll magnify it," Yuko said. She zooms in on Deoxys, confirming what it was. "That's what I thought!"

"It's Deoxys!" Professor Lund confirmed.

Deoxys flew around, scanning for any signs of the meteorite, causing the technical sidewalks to go haywire, alarming the patrons.

"Systems malfunction! Losing regulatory control!" The computerized voice said. The moving sidewalk has stopped. Professor Lund has made contact with Officer Jenny.

"Rayquaza must have come here after sensing that Deoxys was here as well. If those two battle it out here in our city, the result could be catastrophic! Evacuate LaRousse City immediately!" Professor Lund said.

"Right away, sir," Officer Jenny said, pushing a couple of buttons. "Iniating emergency evacuation!" Outside, the cube robots build up together to build up a megaphone. "Fellow citizens! We are facing an emergency situation! Please evacuate immediately!" The citizens didn't know what was going on, but they complied with the policewoman by boarding the train. Some have gotten out bt boat. Deoxys continues to search for the meteorite, affecting the streetlights.

Over to the greenhouse, everyone hears sirens going off.

"What's going on?" Tommy asked.

"I don't know, but I don't like how that sounds," Sora said. Sora thought it could be Heartless, Nobodies, or Unversed attacking the city, but he had to wait and see what it is.

Over to Professor Lund, Yuko, and the staff members, they pick up on Tory's passport.

"Tory's out in the garden," Yuko said.

"I should go get him. The rest of you evacuate immediately," Professor Lund said.

"Right," the chief of staff said.

Back to the greenhouse, Tory tried to use his passport to open the door, but the system wasn't responding.

"It's not working," Sora said.

"But this never happens," Tory said.

"Maybe the system's shutting down," Rafe said.

"And we're trapped inside," Brendan said.

Over to Professor Lund, he sees the sidewalk not moving.

"They've stopped," Professor Lund said. He stepped on it and he began to move. He was taken with the rest of the crowd, so he tried to get to his son, getting through the crowd. The robots then forms into a bridge and starts moving.

"Hey, watch it!"

"Excuse you!"

"Wrong way, pal!"

Professor Lund tried to get through, but fell into the sea. Officer Jenny's boat comes sailing by and Officer Jenny is holding a life preserver.

"Professor Lund!" Officer Jenny said, throwing it. He grabs it, allowing the policewoman to pull her to safety.

Over to Zell, he continues to search for Sora when Deoxys hovers above him. He sees the DNA Pokémon with his own eyes.

"What in the world is that?" Zell said. Deoxys extends its tentacles and started to multiply. The Deoxys clones are all purple and blue. The clones lacks the eyes and the crystal in their chests. The copies flew and started to grab the people trying to leave the city. "Let me go!"

Officer Jenny and Professor Lund witnesses it from the boat.

"Those things are carrying people away," Officer Jenny said.

"Deoxys, why are you doing this to us?" Professor Lund asked. Hearing the roar of Rayquaza, Officer Jenny and Professor und looked up and saw Rayquaza fly. Deoxys sees Rayquaza and shifts into its Defense Form and creates a forcefield.. Rayquaza fires a Hyper Beam. The beam of energy bounces off. Rayquaza tries to get through it, but it couldn't. The boat tried to get through, but the force field prevents it from getting through. "The force field!" Just then, every bit of technology ceases to function. The robots fell into the sea.

"Losing power. All systems will shut down," the compuerized voice said, shutting down.

Deoxys has reverted back to its real form as Rayquaza attempts to get through again. The clones flew around, searching for any obstacles and removing them.

Back to the greenhouse, Sid and Blastoise struggled to get the sliding glass doors opened, so Deoxys arrived to the greenhouse. Rebecca turned and saw it with her own eyes. Sid and Blastoise managed to get it opened.

"You got it!" The twins happily exclaimed.

"Let's get out of here!" JP said.

"Yeah!" Tommy agreed. He, May, Max, JP, Sid, and Blastoise stepped out.

"You guys, hold on! Look!" Rebecca said. Tory gasped when he saw it again after four years. Deoxys then started to multiply again.

"What is that?" Sora asked.

"Is that a Pokémon?" Kairi asked.

"Not any I have ever seen," Brendan said.

"It's Deoxys," Tory said.

"Deoxys?" Sora asked.

"You know its name?" Rafe asked.

Deoxys started to multiply once again.

"It's multiplying!" Rebecca said.

"Guys, stop!" Tory called out.

They did stop as the clones attempts to grab May, but Sid got in the way.

"May, Look out!" Sid said, saving her. "What do you want? Blastoise! Use Hydro Pump!" Blastoise fired a Hydro Pump, hitting the clone trying to grab her, destroying it. But three clones came and grabbed side while two grabbed Blastoise. "Hey, let me go!" He screamed as he and his partner were being carried away.

"Sid, no!" May exclaimed.

"May, get in here!" Koji shouted. May ran in as the clones attempts to get in.

"Blaziken! Use Flamethrower!" Rafe ordered. Blaziken fired a Flamethrower at one clone, taking it out.

"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered.

"Angel! Use Swift!" Kairi ordered.

Pikachu and Angel fired Thunderbolt and Swift at the clones, destroying them, but more kept coming.

"Tory, do you know another way out of here?" Rebecca asked.

"There's an underground exit," Tory said.

"Can you show us?" Rebecca asked.

"Yes, follow me," Tory said.

"Everyone, let's go!" Rebecca said. Most of the group went with Tory to the underground exit as Sora, Kairi, Rafe, and their partners holds off the clones.

"You know we won't hold them back forever," Kairi said.

"You're right. But we'll hold them off long enough for everyone to get away," Sora said.

Yuko watches from another building.

"What do they want?" Yuko asked.

Tory has led his friends to the underground exit, so he inputs the code. His father had taught him the codes in case of an emergency. Brendan was standing as a lookout for the others.

"It's opened!" Tory said.

"Hurry!" Rebecca said.

"Brendan, it's opened!" May said.

"Right! Sora, Kairi, Rafe! Come on!" Brendan called out. Pikachu and Angel got on Sora and Kairi's shoulders as Blaziken carried Rafe. Sora, Kairi, and Blaziken jumped off the ledge and started to run towards Brendan. "This way! Hurry up!" The clones pursues them as they head for the door. One of the clones grabbed Kairi around her waist.

"Sora, help!" Kairi exclaimed.

"Let go of her!" Sora demanded. Angel fired Swift at the clone, destroying it. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Kairi assured.

"Sora, Kairi, save the romance for later!" Brendan called out.

"This is the way to get out!" Max said.

Not needing to be told twice, Sora, Kairi, Rafe, and the Pokémon heads for the door with their friends. Rebecca opens the back door and looked around.

"I wonder where we are now," Max said.

"It seems to be safe," Rebecca said. Yuko ran up to the group, relieved that they're okay, especially Tory.

"Thank goodness! You've made it!" Yuko said.

"Yuko!" Tory exclaimed.

Meanwhile, the local Pokémon all ran as the clones started to grab them as well, but Plusle and Minun managed to get underneath a wooden floor with the Shiny Munchlax under it as well.

"What are you doing down here?" - Minun subtitle.

"Hiding, same as you." - Shiny Munchlax subtitle.

They looked outside and the clones flew by. Fearing that they'll be found, Plusle and Minun go in the nearby pipe, so the Shiny Munchlax followed them inside.

Things have taken quite an unexpected turn. They managed to escape from the Deoxys clones, but where will Sora and his friends be hiding and how long will they be safe? And what is the connection between Deoxys and the meteorite? Find out when we continue on as our story continues.