Episode 392: Different Strokes for Different Blokes
We open up to Roxas's favorite spt in the Kanto region where he and Axel are eating sea salt ice cream.
"Hey, Axel. You haven't forgotten?" Roxas asked.
"Hm? What?" Axel asked.
"You made us a promise," Roxas said.
"I did?" Axel asked.
"That you'd always be there...to bring us back," Roxas said.
"Yeah..." Axel said. Roxas turns to him and points to his head.
"Got it memorized?" Roxas asked. Roxas soon disappears as Axel laughs.
"Best friends forever," Axel said.
Inside the computer lab in Ansem's study, Lea awakes and groaned as he opened his eyes.
"Where..." Lea paused. He turns over and starts to stand up. "What happened to me? Roxas?" Lea stands and turns, seeing his reflection. "That's me." He looks toward the floor, where Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo are laying on the floor. "Dilan, Aeleus, Even, Ienzo..." Aeleus manages to get to his knees as Ienzo begins to stir as well. Lea turns back to his reflection in the glass window and moves closer, touching his face. He noticed the marks for the upside down tears were no longer on his face. "We're people again. But only the ones who joined the Organization here." Aeleus gets to his feet, slightly disoriented. "I guess Xehanort doesn't count, but where are Braig and...Isa?"
Meanwhile, Rei had just arrived to the Sinnoh region and started to make her way to Jubilife City. Seeing Sora and the others wasn't the only thing that was on her mind.
"If Xehanort has been recompleted like Teol said, then I have a bad feeling something will happen. But the good news is, he's too weak to make a comeback, but the bad news is, we have no idea where he's hiding right now. Upside to it is, they all think Xehanort is dead when his Heartless and Nobody bit the dust, and there's the downside. I better not think about what will happen and can happen and focus on what's in front of me for right now," Rei said.
Meanwhile, it has been a whole day since Sora has added Turtwig to his ever-growing team. Lucas has come across a female Aipom up in the tree.
"Better have a look at this," Lucas said, taking out his Rotom Phone for some information.
Aipom, the Long Tail Pokémon
Type: Normal
Aipom lives atop of trees. It uses its tail to pick some fruit and it also wraps its tail around tree branches just so they would not fall off when sleeping.
"Well, Aipom isn't the only Pokémon that's a master of tree-climbing," Lucas said, taking out a Pokéball and threw it. "Chimchar! Go!" His Pokéball opened and Chimchar emerged from inside, ready to battle. Aipom started to come at Chimchar with a Scratch. "Chimchar, you use Scratch, too!" Chimchar scratched the Long Tail Pokémon. "Use Power-Up Punch!" Chimchar lands a Power-Up Punch, hitting Aipom. "Use Ember!" Chimchar fired Ember, hitting Aipom. Seeing Aipom is weakened enough, he took out a Pokéball and threw it. Aipom flowed inside it and the Pokéball wobbles around and around. Stars swirls around the Pokéball to confirm the catch. "And I got myself an Aipom." He then rejoined the group who were getting ready for some lunch. "Hey, you guys."
"It's about time you showed up. We were about to get enough seats for everyone," Dawn said.
"Where did you sneak off to, Lucas?" Brendan asked.
"Oh, just this," Lucas said, letting out his latest catch.
"Wow, an Aipom," Brendan said.
"Well, the other Pokémon are already out, so Aipom might as well get to know the rest of the gang," Kairi said.
"Go ahead, Aipom. It's time for you to mingle," Lucas said. With that said, Aipom went to the other Pokémon and got to know them. Aipom apotted an orange and climbed up to grab it.
"Hey, how about you hand me one of those oranges?" - Dawn's Piplup subtitle.
"No way. I found it, so I'm eating it. Finder's eaters." - Aipom subtitle. She does an eyelid taunt before she jumped on the branch. But she conked herself with another tree branch above her. She dropped the orange, so Piplup swallowed the orange whole. This made Aipom angry. "Hey, I had that orange first! It was mine!" - Aipom subtitle.
"It was your fault that you dropped it after you teased me over it!" - Dawn's Piplup subtitle.
Hearing the commotion, Sora's Turtwig attempted to intervene.
"Calm down, you two! It was only an orange! Nothing for you two to get upset over!" - Sora's Turtwig subtitle.
"Stay out of this!" - Dawn's Piplup and Aipom subtitle. They smacked Sora's Turtwig right into a tree. Aipom fired Swift right as Dawn's Piplup fired Bubble Beam. The collision of two attacks resulted in an explosion, grabbing everyone's attention. Aipom and Dawn's Piplup were then fighting each other.
"Hey, knock it off, the both of you!" Sora said.
"Stop your fighting right now!" Dawn added. Sora's Turtwig jumped in the fray to earn a punch from Aipom's tail and a Peck from Dawn's Piplup. Having enough, Turtwig unleashed Razor Leaf, hitting the both of them. "You can't treat my Piplup that way!"
"Cool your jets, Dawn. My Turtwig was only breaking those two up. Thanks for doing that," Sora said. His Turtwig jumped up to give Sora another love bite when Sora held out the stick and Turtwig bit into it instead of his head. "Good thing Clara let me take this with me."
"Yeah, but that stick will eventually break. You know that, don't you?" Wes pointed out.
"I just grab another thick stick," Sora said.
"I would have called you pathetic even if you didn't have it with you," a familar voice said. They turned to see him.
"Paul?" Chase asked.
"Pika?" Volt asked.
"Wasn't expect to see you again so soon," Ash said.
"You just have a habit of showing from out of the blue, don't you?" Michael asked.
"I was just out here doing some training to get ready for my Gym battle at the Oreburgh City Gym," Paul said.
"Small world, because we're also heading there," Roxas said.
"Am I seeing things, or is that Turtwig one of your new Pokémon?" Paul asked.
"Your eyes are working just fine. Turtwig is my latest catch. And he's a strong one. He even took on a Dusclops," Sora said.
"Doesn't look like much to me," Paul scoffed.
"You would he surprised," Sora said.
"I doubt it," Paul said.
"Hey, don't forget you lost to him in your first battle. So, how about you try your luck with me?" Lucas asked.
"And you would be?" Paul asked.
"The name's Lucas. And if Sora beat you, then I know I can run circles around you, too," Lucas said.
"Is that so? Well, why don't you put your money where your mouth is," Paul said.
"I'll be more than glad to," Lucas said.
A few minutes later, most of the Pokémon were called back except for Piplup, Aipom, and the two Turtwig. Paul is taking out a Pokéball and he threw it.
"Chimchar! Stand by for battle!" Paul His Pokéball opened and Chimchar emerged from inside.
"Chimchar!" Chimchar said. Lucas took a look at his Aipom.
"Okay, Aipom! Let's go!" Lucas said. Aipom came in to battle against Aipom. "Okay, Aipom! Use Swift!" Aipom swings her tail and sends out Swift, landing a hit on Chimchar.
"Why didn't Chimchar just dodge Swift?" Dawn asked.
"Swift can't be dodged," Wes said.
"Use Focus Punch!" Lucas ordered. Aipom clutched the hand on her tail and begins to build up focus.
"Use Ember!" Paul ordered. Chimchar fired fireballs at Aipom, landing a hit. Aipom loses her focus.
"Isn't Aipom going to land a Focus Punch?" Dawn asked.
"Focus Punch works when the user isn't hit by any attacks," Lyra said.
"Marill," Marill said.
"Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered. Chimchar forms into a wheel of fire and rolls right at Aipom when a laser is fired, catching everyone by surprise.
"Not now," Brendan said.
Just then, Watchers are hovering above them.
"Heartless," Xion said.
"Not them again," Dawn groaned.
"Better take care of them," Sora said, summoning his Kingdom Key.
"Chimchar! Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered. Chimchar curls up and plowed into one of the Watchers. But more kept coming and they fired at the group, so Sora uses his Keyblade to deflect the laser fire.
"Get back, the both of you!" Sora said. Pikachu fired Thunderbolt, hitting one.
"Back off!" Paul shouted as the Watchers fired a full-powered laser at them, so the ground beneath them breaks. Paul and Chimchar land on the branches growing at the cliff side while Sora dismissed his Kingdom Key and catches his Pikachu and Turtwig as he is running downward. Lucas, his Turtwig, and Aipom were plummeting to the water below. Sora ran down the wall and jumped off. Sora then jumped and caught Lucas and his two Pokémon and jumped off the cliff side.
Once the last of the Watchers were destroyed, the rest of the group looked down to them.
"Lucas!" Dawn called out.
"Sora!" Kairi and Roxas called out.
"Are you okay down there?" Rui asked.
"We're fine! The Heartless still up there?" Sora asked as he called back.
"No, we took care of them!" Michael said.
"We'll come down and get you!" May said.
"No! You'll have to meet up at the far side of the forest!" Sora said.
"Alright! We'll meet you there! Just be on your guard!" Wes called out.
"You do the same! If any Heartless crosses your path, take them out!" Sora said.
"Gotcha!" The rest of the group said. Paul calls back Chimchar and goes on ahead.
"Where is he going?" Lucas asked.
"Through the forest, like we should be. Come on," Sora said.
They went the same way Paul was going. Lucas called back his Aipom as he walked.
"Why are you following me?" Paul asked.
"For your info, we're just getting out of here and keeping our eyes opened for those Heartless in case they come and attack again," Sora said.
"You can do whatever you want. But keep your eyes opened for Stantler since this is Bewildered Forest after all," Paul said.
"Stantler? Oh, great. Well, good thing I came prepared," Sora said, putting on a blindfold, remembering his blindness lesson from Rei.
"What are you doing?" Paul asked.
"Why are you wearing a blindfold?" Lucas asked.
"Well, Stantler has the ability to make illusions, so I figured I wouldn't be seeing things if I can't see anything," Sora said.
"That sounds stupid. How are you going to see where you're going?" Paul asked.
"There's more than one way to see, Paul. I can listen for the Stantler's movements, and their antlers gives off a scent that is pleasing scent for the nostrils, which is part of Stantler's tricks," Sora said.
"Turtwig," Sora's Turtwig said.
"Turtwig," Lucas's Turtwig said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Whatever. I'm gone," Paul said, taking off.
Outside the Bewildered Forest, the rest of the group were about to enter it when Dawn stopped.
"Wait," Dawn said. Everyone does stop.
"What do you mean stop?" Roxas asked.
"We're about to enter the Bewildered Forest," Dawn said.
"Bewildered Forest?" May asked.
"Something we should know about, Dawn?" Kairi asked.
"Granted that there are some wild Stantler in the forest," Dawn said.
"Stantler means illusions, doesn't it?" Lyra asked.
"Yeah, they do," Ethan said.
"Well, it's a good thing we're ready for such an event. Master Rei taught us what to do in case we ended up being blinded, so this gives us an excuse to test it out," Rui said.
"Rui's right. Everyone, take out your blindfolds," Kairi said. Everyone took out a blindfold and they put them over their eyes. "You too, Dawn." Kairi hands one to Dawn.
"Why me, too?" Dawn asked.
"Well, we can't hallucinate when we can't see, can we?" Kairi asked.
"But how are we gonna be able to see anything?" Dawn asked.
"There are other ways of seeing besides the eyes, Dawn. We can hear the Stantler coming, and we can smell the scent their antlers give off," Brendan said.
"Just do what we do, Dane, and you'll be fine," Lyra said.
"It's Dawn, not Dane," Dawn said.
"Okay, everyone. Let's go," Kairi said.
With that said, Kairi, Roxas, Xion, Ash, Leaf, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Brendan, May, Chase, Elaine, Dawn, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Marill, Volt, Maple, and Piplup went on in, blindfolded.
Back in Bewildered Forest, Sora, Lucas, Pikachu, and the two Turtwig move on, blindfolded. Lucas has his hand on Sora's shoulder just so he would know where he is.
"Okay, guys, keep your ears opened, because we'll never know when a Stantler might show up," Sora said. Rustling is heard. And he smelled the scent, knowing what it is. "And right on cue." A Stantler shows up.
"Sora, what's up?" Lucas asked.
"A Stantler has just showed up. Keep your blindfold on, no matter what," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
Stantelr tried to trick Sora and Lucas, but thanks to their blindfolds, they're safe from the hallucinations.
"Okay, keep moving," Sora said. Sora, Lucas, Pikachu, and the Turtwig kept on moving. Then, more Stantler showed up, trying to trick them, but their illusions does nothing to them. Then they began to snort in anger.
"I don't think I like the sound of that," Lucas said.
"I think they're getting peeved at us because they know their trick isn't working," Sora said. The Stantler then cuts their path. "And I have a feeling they're not going to let us go." Paul showed up, holding a Pokéball and threw it.
"Chimchar! Ember!" Paul called out. Chimchar emerged from inside and scared the Big Horn Pokémon with Ember. Hearing the sound, and noticing the smell no longer lingering, Sora took off his blindfold. He saw one of the Stantler confronting Paul and Chimchar. Lucas took off his blindfold and he took out his Rotom Phone to scan it.
Stantler, the Big Horn Pokémon
Type: Normal
The antlers of Stantler gives off a pleasing aroma which triggers the powers of illusions. Stantler uses these illusions as a defense from attackers.
"Yeah, I think I got that," Lucas said.
"Chimchar! Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered. Chimchar plowed right into Stantler, engulfing the deer-like Pokémon in flames. "Alright, let's check you out." Paul took out a Pokéball and threw it. Stantler flowed right inside it. Stantelr flowed inside the Pokéball. Stars swirls around the catch. Paul picked up the Pokéball and scanned it. "Please. This Stantler only knows a single Tackle. What a waste of time. Get out!" Stantelr is released and took off.
"I thought that Stantler wanted to be friends," Lucas said.
"Friends are just a waste of time," Paul said, taking off. Sora really didn't like his attitude, holding back his urge to give him a deserved kick.
Meanwhile, Kairi, Roxas, Xion, Ash, Leaf, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Brendan, May, Chase, Elaine, Dawn, Wes, Rui, Michael, Angel, Xipak, Celeste, Marill, Volt, Maple, and Piplup continued while blindfolded.
"Well, the smell is in the air," Roxas said.
"Yes, I can hear their hooves on the ground," Wes said.
"It looks like that training is paying off," Kairi said.
"I didn't think it would be fun to go in blinded," Dawn said.
"Piplup," Piplup said.
"We had some practice with it until we eventually got better," Xion said.
"I think the smell is fading, so we should be out of the Stantler's territory by now," Kairi said. Everyone took off their blindfolds.
Up ahead, Sora, Lucas, Pikachu, and the Turtwig moving on when they hear a buzzing sound.
"You hear that?" Lucas asked.
"That kind of buzzing can only be-" Sora was cut off when a swarm of Beedrill came out.
"Beedrill!" Lucas exclaimed.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu fired Thunderbolt, shocking some of the Beedrill, leaving the rest of them angered. "Run for it!" Not needing to be told twice, Sora, Lucas, Pikachu, and the Turtwig ran as the Beedrill gave chase.
"Why not use your Keyblade against them, Sora?" Lucas asked.
"That'll be overkill! Besides, Keyblades are only for Heartless, Nobodies, and Unversed!" Sora said.
The rest of the group saw Sora and Lucas running.
"Sora!" Kairi said.
They thought they were being chased by Heartless until they saw the Beedrill behind them.
"BEEDRILL!" Kairi, Roxas, Xion, Ash, Leaf, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Brendan, May, Chase, Elaine, Dawn, Wes, Rui, and Michael exclaimed.
They all ran from the swarm of Poison Bee Pokémon. Lucas ran right into an Ursaring. Seeing the bear-like Pokémon, the Beedrill stopped in their tracks and retreats.
"An Ursaring," Ethan said. Dawn took out her Rotom Phone and scanned it.
Ursaring, the Hibernator Pokémon
The evolved form of Teddiursa
Type: Normal
Ursaring is an excellent tree climber, so it snaps trees with its front legs to eat the fallen fruit.
Ursaring then gave out a loud roar. Sora's Turtwig jumped up and gave Ursaring a bite.
"Turtwig, get off!" Sora said.
"That is only making him angry!" Kairi said. Ursaring threw Turtwig off, glaring at the group.
"Ursaring looks mad," Lucas said.
"And what gave you that idea?" Chase asked.
"Pika," Volt said. Sora's Turtwig tackled Ursaring on the mark. Ursaring slammed his paws on the ground, making Turtwig dodge.
"Okay, Pikachu! Iron Tail! Turtwig! Razor Leaf!" Sora ordered. Pikachu smacked Ursaring with Iron Tail as Turtwig fired Razor Leaf at Ursaring. Angered, Ursaring fired Hyper Beam right into the air. "Run!" They all started to run as fast as their feet can carry them as Ursaring chases after them. They soon see the clearing. Paul and Chimchar are in their path.
"Out of the way!" Paul called out.
"Scatter!" Sora called out. And everyone does so.
"Chimchar! Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered. Chimchar rolled right into Ursaring, engulfing the Hibernator Pokémon in intesne flames. Paul took out a Pokéball and threw it. Ursaring flowed right inside. The Pokéball wobbles around for a few seconds before stars swirls around the Pokéball to confirm the catch.
"He caught Ursaring," Dawn said.
"Yeah, but for how long?" Sora asked.
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.
"What he mean by that is when a Pokémon isn't strong enough, he just lets them go," Lucas said as Paul uses his Rotom Phone to scan the Pokéball. He saw how strong Ursaring is.
"This one's not bad, so I'll keep it," Paul said, calling back Chimchar. He looked over at Sora. "Look, Sora, wasn't it? Why don't we have a rematch?"
"Why now all of a sudden?" Sora asked.
"You said that Turtwig is strong, so I wanna see for myself," Paul said.
"Fine with me," Sora said.
"Looks like Sora will whoop him again," Brendan said.
"That I would like to see," May said.
Both Sora and Paul got into position for their rematch.
"Go forth, Turtwig!" Sora told his Turtwig.
"Turtwig," Sora's Turtwig said.
"Watch and learn, Turtwig," Lucas told his own Turtwig.
"Turtwig," Lucas' Turtwig nodded.
"Thinking back, that last battle left a bad taste in my mouth. So, it's time for revenge! Chimchar! Stand by for battle!" Paul said before throwing a Pokéball.
"Chimchar!" Chimchar yelled when he was released.
"Use Ember!" Paul ordered and Chimchar released fireballs.
"Dodge it!" Sora instructed and Turtwig dodged the super effective attack. "Now use Bite!" Turtwig dashed to bite the Chimp Pokémon.
"Dodge it and use Scratch!" Paul ordered and Chimchar dodged the bite before delivering a scratch to Turtwig's face.
"Retaliate by using Razor Leaf!" Sora ordered and Turtwig fired razor-shaped leaves hitting Chimchar, not effective but critical.
"Use Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered and Chimchar curled himself into a fireball before dashing towards Turtwig.
"Use Earth Power!" Sora said.
"Earth Power!" Paul said in disbelief as Sora's Turtwig slammed his front paws producing cracks in the ground until unleashing a magma geyser which hit Chimchar and canceling his move as the fire chimp fell on his back.
"Get up!" Paul yelled. Chimchar got back up on his feet slowly. "Flame Wheel!" Chimchar rolls into a fireball again and heads right towards Turtwig.
"Dodge it and use Razor Leaf!" Sora instructed and Turtwig dodged successfully the Flame Wheel attack before hitting Chimchar with Razor Leaf.
"Why doesn't Chimchar just dodge after receiving the Earth Power move?" Roxas asked.
"I don't know. What is Paul trying to prove?" Kairi asked.
"Only how ruthless he is. More so than Silver," Ethan said.
"He's right. Paul doesn't even care about his own Pokémon," Leaf added, narrowing her eyes.
"That's just cruel," Elaine said.
"Eevee," Maple said in agreement with her Trainer.
Now back in the battle.
"How do you like that?" Sora asked Paul.
"You better must surrender, there's no way you can win this battle!" Paul told him.
"Just by only focusing on power?!" Sora asked.
"This is how it must be, power is the only key to win and I'll show you!" Paul said before ordering his Pokémon. "Use Dig!" Then Chimchar dug into the ground.
"Hear Chimchar clearly!" Sora told him.
"Use Scratch!" Paul ordered and Chimchar came from behind.
"Grab him with Bite!" Sora said and Turtwig landed a bit on Chimchar's hand before he could land his Scratch move.
"What!?" Paul said with frustration.
"Now toss him!" Sora instructed and Turtwig tossed Chimchar against the log of a tree. "Attack with Razor Leaf!" And Turtwig used Razor Leaf which hit Chimchar who didn't dodge the attack.
"Use Dig again!" Paul said and Chimchar dug through the ground. "Use Ember!" Chimchar came out below Turtwig who didn't have time to dodge and then was hit by Ember.
"Turtwig! Use Synthesis!" Sora said and Turtwig summoned a sunlight which healed the Tiny Leaf Pokémon.
"It won't save you! Chimchar! Flame Wheel!" Paul ordered and Chimchar used Flame Wheel.
"Use Earth Power!" Sora said and Turtwig used Earth Power which caused super effective damage to Chimchar which move was canceled after the hit and has more scrapes in his body than Sora's Turtwig.
"Earth Power again?!" Paul said, frustrated.
"Use Bite and toss him upwards!" Sora ordered and Turtwig bit Chimchar before tossing him up. "Now use Razor Leaf!" Turtwig fired Razor Leaf which critically hits Chimchar and knocked him out. "Way to go, Turtwig!"
"Sora won the battle again!" Dawn said with amazement.
"Piplup," Piplup replied.
"His technique skills were amazing!" Lucas said.
"Twig!" Lucas' Turtwig said in agreement and also inspired by Sora's Turtwig.
However, Paul was angered because his plan of revenge was foiled and now his Chimchar lost against a Turtwig that he considered "weak", Paul just stood there and called his Chimchar back before holding out the Pokéball and released Chimchar just like that.
"You are out of here," Paul said.
"Chimchar, Chim," Chimchar pleaded to give him another chance.
"So, you're just releasing Chimchar? Just like that?" May asked.
"What good is it? Chimchar was nothing but a waste of time anyway," Paul coldly said, walking away. Chimchar was saddened by how Paul was just leaving him just like that. Sora felt sorry for the fire monkey Pokémon and he sighed.
"Hey, Chimchar," Sora said. Chimchar looked right at Sora who was holding out his hand. "How about you hang with me from now on?" Paul stopped and looked at Sora. The rest of the group were hardly surprised by Sora's sudden offer. "You're even stronger than Paul says you are. And I can help you grow stronger."
"You're kidding, right? You're taking Chimchar under your wing? Chimchar is nothing but a pathetic Pokémon, and it takes someone just as pathetic to feel pity for it," Paul said.
"That's a terrible thing to say," Kris said.
"Yeah, who asked you, butthead?" Chase asked. Paul growled.
"So, how about it, Chimchar?" Sora asked, taking out a Pokéball. Chimchar looked right at Sora and nodded. Sora tossed the Pokéball upwards and Chimchar jumped up. Chimchar pressed the button and flowed inside. The Pokéball wobbles around and around. Stars swirls around the Pokéball to confirm the catch. Sora caught the Pokéball in his hand. "Welcome to the team, Chimchar." Paul just scoffed and walked away.
Back in Ansem's study, Lea is walking in, massaging his neck.
"Where are they? I've turned this castle upside down," Lea said. He looks up to see Ienzo and Aeleus searching about the room. "Hey. Are the other two still out cold?"
"Dilan and Even are conscious again, but still unstable. They're resting inside," Aeleus said.
"Gotcha. Well, I guess I'll give the castle grounds a sweep," Lea said.
"Don't. If they were back, we would have found them by now," Aeleus said.
Lea scratches his head.
"So do ya think they were blasted off to some other world, or what?" Lea asked.
"I highly doubt it. When someone who's lost their heart is recompleted, they should return to the place where it happened. And if that world is unavailable for whatever reason, a refuge is made for them in the realm between… a world called 'Traverse Town.' They would be sent there. Or perhaps–" Ienzo was cut off by Lea.
"No, look, okay…the fact is…we're here. We've been recompleted, right? So they should be here too…plain and simple," Lea said.
"I agree, it is strange," Ienzo said. Lea sighed.
"What a drag. Could they not have been recompleted at all?" Lea asked.
"Well you see–" Ienzo was cut off by Lea.
"Ah! Forget it," Lea said. He walks to a portion of the wall where a painting was once hung. "You know what? I'm going back out there."
"Huh? Where are you going?" Ienzo asked. Aeleus stands.
"To the world of Pokémon, that's where," Lea said.
"You have no means of leaving this world, Lea, like when you were Axel," Aeleus said.
"Yeah, I do. It's not much, but I'm gonna have to make it count," Lea said.
"Are you talking about the dark corridors? How would you still have such a thing? Neither one of us has that now that we're human again, and neither should you," Ienzo said.
"And even if you do have it, you would risk losing your heart to the darkness a second time. Chances are, your heart will be lost forever," Aeleus said.
"Like Luxord once said to me: Some things are worth the gamble," Lea said. He sighed to himself. "Roxas, Xion, I'm coming back. Just you wait."
Now, Lea, formerly known as Axel has awakened, he will do what he can to return to Roxas and Xion, but how will this reunion go? And will Paul be able to learn to work with his Pokémon? Find out as we go on.