Mixturing Moves

by Sonic Ramon

Within the world of Solark, a world without humans, lies Iris the Dragonite. Who vows revenge on a Legendary that took the life of someone close to her. She'll travel across the world of Solark, with companions by her side and encounter objects of mystique, Marvel Mischief, to further her goal. While focused on vengeance, another evil lurks. Will her desire for revenge last long?

30. MM The Story So Far

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July 10th, 2015 – February 21st, 2019

5 years since this oldfic started and ended. And here it is now, 5 years later (technically 6. This will be make sense soon) being revived from the grave. I'm not too fond of the way I've written this fic, and the summarization for Mixturing Moves The Story So Far recap was pretty hell due to the nonsensical nature of the fanfic in question (along with personal things going on in my life, most being bad). So you might be wondering: Why bring it back? Why not remake it from the ground up to be a better fanfic?

Three words: For the bit.
I think this year (or the last. Can't remember), I remember talking with others in a PMD Discord server about how funny and absolutely based it'll be for me to bring this fic back out of the blue JUST to give it an ending. Like not changing anything about the older chapters (even making them be optional to read for the sake of this summarization): Continuing exactly where the fanfic left off, lol. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to commit to that funny bit idea. So here we are witnessing the fanfic resurrection of the century or something. Plus the ideas I've cooked with this fic is insane, and I haven't even plotted the later chapters yet (although, past me has already plotted its second major story arc, so I thank past me for saving me the work on that end).

I think it'll be interesting to have my older followers of this fic see how much my writing has improved from when I've first started the fic till the next 28+ chapters onward. As for Mixturing Moves itself, I have a few things to point out:
No, I will no longer try to introduce every single Pokémon. That sounds like impossible hell, even by my insane standards (we're at 1025 of them total, folks! And there's bound to be more as long as the Pokémon series lives, lmao). Secondly, I will not turn this fanfic into a series like I was originally going to. This will be a one book fic series. How long it'll last, I'm unsure. But I will plot out those chapters to the point where I feel this is where it'll properly end. And thirdly: Yes, expect a lot of drama from the Iris' crew. I feel like with my newfound writing skills, their dramas are going to get so much worse going forward, LOL. So buckle up since we're in it for the long haul.

A quick thing to note about this summarization is that much like with my Magic & Transvolution's summarization, there's some unnecessary beefiness on the older chapters, with like Chapter 9 onward (I think?) are being properly summarized. In general, I wish I've done a better job with the summaries and if you want to skim through details you found unnecessary to read in Chapter 0-8, you can. I'll reveal the release date of this fanfic's new chapter by the end of this summarization.

With that said, here's Mixturing Moves The Story So Far!

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Chapter 0: Prologue.

The setting began at a lone village within the Crater Grassland during the afternoon, focusing on a house pertaining a Dragonite named Drath and his Dratini daughter, Iris. A Garchomp named Maza entered the house, her and Drath greeting each other before Drath told her about making it to his father to daughter storytelling on time. Iris greeted the Garchomp as well, Maza becoming ecstatic at Iris speaking for the first time. She wondered if that means Iris will grow into a Dragonair soon, to which Drath said no due to her still having a long way to go. Iris pouted in response, stating Drath told her she would've evolved within a couple of days.

After Drath teased her via pretending to have her nose, he asked Maza why she's here: The Garchomp wanted to check up on him due to caring about him. She then became curious about what kind of story he's telling to Iris, leading him to explain uncomfortably that it's the story he and Maza knows about: The Marvel Mischief Story. The Garchomp twiddled with her claws, wondering if it's a good idea to tell Iris about that story. Drath concluded it to be the case due to believing that she should know about the objects and "him". Maza obliged on listening to the story again, sitting on a nearby chair. Drath then prepped himself before speaking in a serious manner, something Iris hadn't seen from her father before. The story talked about mystical objects known as Marvel Mischief that allows any Pokémon possessing them to combine two moves into one, such as Aqua Jet Volt Switch = Aqua Switch (Or any other name of one's choice). That move is called a Mixturing Move.

Iris interrupted the Dragonite's story to ask what are Marvel Mischiefs, leading Drath to reveal one around his wrist that looks like a wristband. Iris wondered if all Marvel Mischiefs looked like that and Drath answered no, leading the Dratini wanting one. Drath told her he has one, digging inside of his dresser to take out a crystal necklace. Upon putting it around her neck, the Dratini hopped on his lap in enthusiasm while the Garchomp looked at Drath with confusion. Drath looked back and chuckled, stating she was eager to see her Marvel Mischief.

Drath told Iris to settle down since he worked his tail off getting them. Iris asked why before Drath explained that the objects are very rare to find nowadays, proceeding more into the Marvel Mischief Story. He mentioned that the objects were used 400 years ago for fun along with being helpful tools, leading to dreams becoming a reality. Before continuing the story, he eyed Maza shakily, nodding. Maza nodded back similarly as this confused Iris. Drath stated that there was one Pokémon named Yuki the Aegislash that was hellbent on endangering the Pokémon world, rebuilding it with his own hands due to believing the Marvel Mischiefs will be the source of achieving that goal. Him and his army of Ghost types became a threat to the Sacred Village, a place Iris wasn't familiar with.

After explaining that the Marvel Mischiefs were made by the village chiefs, Drath progressed the story: Stating Yuki used to live in that village due to it being his home, telling the villagers about his plan for recreating the world and overall saying it's a gateway to a new era. The Pokémon weren't a fan of that idea and shunned him for it, leading the Aegislash to become furious and raided the village with his followers just to steal the Marvel Mischiefs. Drath then said the Legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh, appeared at the village: Noticing Yuki's rampage on it. The villagers pleaded the Legendary to stop Yuki, to which he did. Ho-Oh tried to reason with the Pokémon but failed due to Yuki's stubbornness, leading to the Aegislash's death. After disintegrating him, the Legendary Pokémon flapped his wings to make Yuki's ashes become one with air. Iris whimpered, frightened by the story told thus far.

Drath sighed and said that it scared him too for the first time, continuing reading. The villagers thanked Ho-Oh for his support before the legendary flew back to his home, the army of Ghost types scurry away after their leader died. Once back at his home, the Sacred Tower, Ho-Oh became ill. He originally ignored it until the illness became worse: Making him cough and spit out blood constantly. He knew he had to get rid of the sickness, so he went to an unknown cave only Legendaries knew about. Iris was even more frightened by this point, especially when Drath bluntly told her that it'll get worse. Proceeding the story, Ho-Oh called out Mewtwo's name, to which the other Legendary showed up, being that of one made from Mew's DNA. Mewtwo asked him why he needed him, and Ho-Oh explained his illness. Mewtwo believed it has something to do with Ho-Oh's Marvel Mischief, and after explaining how to get rid of it, Ho-Oh suddenly attacked him. Mewtwo tried calming him down, but the bird blasted him away with flames before leaving. This made Mewtwo go to the Sacred Village, separate the Marvel Mischiefs, and not answer any questions to the villagers on why he's doing this before leaving. To Mewtwo: He wanted to make sure the Ho-Oh incident doesn't happen again, destroying any more Marvel Mischiefs along the way while also searching for Ho-Oh himself since then.

Drath concluded the story there, with Iris wanting to know how all of that happened exactly. Drath basically repeated what he told from the story in small bits, but also doesn't think the Marvel Mischiefs was the source of Ho-Oh's sudden attack since he would've done the same thing by now. Gazing out of the window, Drath mentioned that there's theories on Ho-Oh either wanting to hunt all of the Marvel Mischiefs or destroy anyone who has a Marvel Mischief, having it be the reason why he's protecting his kingdom while looking at a barrier forming around the village. Iris and Maza became worried of him.

Soon a scream was heard outside, leading Maza to question that. Drath noticed the barrier being gone afterwards, the Dratini hopping off from him immediately. He wondered why this happened, leading the three to head outside. The Dragonite then noticed the amount of Dragon types running away in fear, questioning the situation further. The three then saw a Druddigon named Lawrence heading their way, being glad to finally found Drath. The Dragonite asked what's going on before Lawrence explained that a red winged bird is rampaging the village, sending worries throughout the Dragonite. Maza then told him to look out as a fireball aimed at the four, leading them to dodge and get blown away. Once they recovered, Drath saw what was ahead and became terrified, saying "I-It can't be".

Maza initially wondered what he meant by this before seeing the view itself, terrified at what she's witnessing: The four saw Ho-Oh, the Legendary Pokémon from the Marvel Mischief Story. He dropped the barrier device Drath installed some time ago, the Dragonite wondering how he found it as Ho-Oh taunted him for not hiding it better. Drath then ordered Maza to take Iris somewhere safe as he and Lawrence handled Ho-Oh. Maza refused at first before Drath clarified his safety concerns for his daughter. Maza hesitantly told Iris they got to leave, Iris displaying her worries for Drath. Maza told her that Drath got an important business to address, feeling it's best if both of them don't get in the way.

Ho-Oh tried to make a deal with Drath on obtaining all of the Marvel Mischiefs from the village in exchange for no one getting hurt, but Drath refused. Ho-Oh then tried to attack him, setting every houses he passed on fire. Drath told Maza to run, to which she did. Iris looked back at the fight: Seeing Drath and Lawrence bracing themselves.

Chapter 1: A Day to be Vengeful.

The setting was dark at first before a voice said:

"That day...I drowned in sadness…"

The setting then returned to Iris seeing Drath and Lawrence duke it out with Ho-Oh, the two dragons being blown back from Ho-Oh's Flame Charge after colliding their Thunder Punch and Dragon Claw against it retrospectively. After she was far from them, she and Maza ended up by a Reshiram statue at a nearby hill alongside some Dragonites, the Garchomp doing her best to calm the Dratini. Maza heard a voice calling her, turning towards an Altaria named Astona. Maza became relieved at her presence as the Altaria asked why there's a ruthless Pokémon rampaging the village. Maza explained it's Ho-Oh from the Marvel Mischief Story, terrifying Astona while she teared up. Maza requested Astona to protect Iris for her. Astona asked why before Maza explained she has to help her king fight Ho-Oh, stating it's what senators like her do: Protecting the Crater Grassland, a symbol of Dragon types worshiping Reshiram through peace, kindness, and honesty.

Maza wasted zero time jumping off the hill and gliding towards the village, leading Astona asking Iris to hop on her back. Iris obliged as she became worried for her father, Astona doing her best to console her. Meanwhile, Drath and Lawrence witnessed another Flame Charge ushering their way. As they embraced the attack, Maza leaped in front of Ho-Oh and clashed her Dragon Claw with the Flame Charge, pushing the two back. Drath became furious at her sight, wanting her to stay behind protecting Iris. Maza said she had Astona do it, and the two got in a mini-argument over Maza disobeying Drath's order, with Maza insisting that senators are supposed to be protectors. Lawrence told the two to look out, pointing at Ho-Oh's Thunderbolt aiming at Drath.

Maza got in front of the Dragonite and took the hit. Drath became concerned by this as Ho-Oh laughed, thinking he'd hurt the Garchomp before Maza revealed that she felt nothing thanks to her Ground typing. Ho-Oh was perplexed by her immunity as Drath admitted to needing her help after all. She then fought Ho-Oh further: Her Dragon Rush colliding with his Protect. After Maza got smacked and crashed into some houses, Ho-Oh winced instantly from her Rough Skin ability, becoming angry. He unleashed his Sacred Fire towards her, to which Maza countered with Dragon Claw. Once it got flung over the houses, Maza was then pinned down by Ho-Oh's foot. She struggled in his grasp, with Drath trying to stop the Legendary before being smacked away by him, crashing into some houses. That was when Lawrence's fury took over and he used Outrage on the phoenix, making him squawk in pain.

Maza told Lawrence not to use that move due to its risk factors plus his anger. Once Lawrence finished attacking, he dropped to the ground and became dizzy. Ho-Oh took this chance to smack him away, causing him to roll around the ground. He then threw Maza towards him at the same time, colliding the two. Drath snarled at the Legendary while getting up, struggling to move forward due to his injuries. Ho-Oh boasted about none of this happening if everyone handed their Marvel Mischiefs over. Iris and Astona were concerned about the three's struggle against the phoenix, Astona hoping they don't give up.

Ho-Oh once more offered the choice to the Dragonite on handing over the Marvel Mischiefs: Drath still refused. His fist was surrounded in flames and electricity as Ho-Oh's body did the same thing, everyone gazing at the two with anticipation. The two charged and collided their Mixturing Moves against each other: Drath's Fire Thunder Punch vs Ho-Oh's Flare Wild Charge. Smoke formed initially from the collision, causing curiosity to spawn within the Dragonites before eventually revealing that Drath won after slamming Ho-Oh to the ground. He got up and told everyone he's down, leading everyone to cheer with excitement, Iris and Astona included.

Astona thought that things will be fine as Iris hopped off from her, slithering towards her father. Maza soon noticed Ho-Oh getting up quickly, warning Drath before it was too late: Ho-Oh stabbed Drath with a sharp pole, blood splashing onto Iris' face to stop her in her tracks. Drath was coughing up blood before Ho-Oh swung him towards his own home, leading Iris to follow after him in distress. Astona tried stopping her, but Ho-Oh got in front of her, grinning down at her and the dragons—asking if any of them want to join their fate.

Lawrence cried out the king's name as Iris got close to Drath, fearing for his life. Drath went on about how he didn't expect his death to arrive this soon, with seeing a broken portrait of two Dragonites and their child. He said he was sorry to Solelle for not being able to find her as he promised, taking his attention back to Iris and told her that he wished to live longer to see her grow. He wanted the Dratini to be in his place at protecting the Crater Grassland before eventually telling her that he loved her, passing away afterwards. Iris cried along with everyone else in the village.

Lawrence told Ho-Oh he'll pay, to which Ho-Oh responded with laughter. Maza mourned for Drath's death as Ho-Oh mentioned that he can finally kill everyone off along with taking their Marvel Mischiefs, or having them become his slaves. Lawrence picked up the pole earlier and furiously charged after the phoenix, but Ho-Oh smacked him away with little issue. Maza went by the Druddigon's side as Ho-Oh stated that those two will be the first to die. The phoenix was then frozen in place by telekinesis energy, struggling to free himself. Maza wondered about this until the source revealed itself: Mewtwo, who's floating above the village. Everyone was mesmerized by his appearance as Mewtwo apologized about the destruction Ho-Oh caused.

Mewtwo appreciated the praises given to him before he stated he need to take care of business with Ho-Oh. One of the Dragonites asked if he's going to harm them, and he said no. He then got near Iris after seeing her being next to her father. Maza was going to intervene until Lawrence basically told her it's fine. The feline apologized to Iris about not being here fast enough to save her father, the Dratini still staring down at the Dragonite's corpse. He then gave Iris a planned revenge route on Ho-Oh: Having him be held hostage at Unbound Tower, a tower that was once called Sacred Tower. He also stated that he'll give her clues along the way to see if she's worthy for revenge as well as teaching Ho-Oh a lesson. Iris just slightly looked at him before the Legendary walked out of the burning house, the Dragon type returning back to viewing her father's corpse.

Ho-Oh and Maza asked Mewtwo what he told Iris, and he replied with a simple "Nothing": Teleporting him and Ho-Oh away afterwards. Maza wanted to question the Legendary further about his reasoning behind the Marvel Mischief being the source of Ho-Oh's illness, but couldn't now. Astona then became sad over the loss of her king, leading to her and the rest of the dragons tearing up, fearing what'll happen to their kingdom now. Maza apologized to Iris for not protecting her father effectively enough, noticing the Dratini was still gazing down at the corpse with empty fury. She asked her if she's okay before the scene faded into darkness.

Iris' voice within the said darkness said the following before Chapter 1 ended:

"My name is Iris. I'm the Dratini that stared down at the mortal remains of her father. After that tragic event, things in the kingdom of Crater Grassland has changed...All the Dragon types in the Crater Village had to repair the damages caused around the area, Maza and Lawrence had to go on extra guarding duties along with recruiting some new guards, and Astona became the new head ruler of the Crater Grassland. I'm told everything is alright. That everything is going to be fine...But I know that it isn't...Things were never fine now that my father is gone...After I evolved into a Dragonair, Astona wanted to make me take her place as head ruler...but I decided not to. Sure, it shocked everyone but I have my reason: Revenge on Ho-Oh. Some days later, I decided to leave the Crater Grassland. Maza asked me why and I told her what Mewtwo told me. I told her not to tell anyone else why I'm leaving and she agreed. She then said...'sorry'. Which made me wonder: Why do everyone keep saying sorry when it's clearly Ho-Oh's fault for killing my father? Why did any of this has to happen in the first place? Well, it doesn't matter now...Ho-Oh is going to pay for his action…"

Chapter 2: Pirate Raid.

After years passed, the setting focus on a ship sailing across the Pirate Sea, containing two Pokémon on the outside (Lucas the Furret and Ashen the Linoone), and two Pokémon on the inside (Iris the Dragonite and Anna the Ninetales). Ashen was controlling the ship while Lucas was looking through the binoculars, trying to see if they're near their location: Noctis Village. Meanwhile inside the ship, Anna felt bad for Iris after the backstory she told her. Iris said not to feel sorry since it wasn't her fault that her father died, going into a mini-rant about it. This made Anna wondered why she journeyed with her.

From there, the conversation shifted over to Marvel Mischiefs and Mixturing Moves: Iris pointing out Anna's earrings being a Marvel Mischief along with explaining about those objects letting anyone think of two Pokémon moves into one Mixturing Move. Soon a loud 'THUD' was heard, alerting Iris and Anna to go outside. Everyone spotted another ship containing four Scraftys, with the leader being Detonix. She mentioned about having business with Iris, which involved any loots her crew had. Iris stated they got none, which made Detonix wanting to trash the place. After a bit of bickering, Detonix's Scraftys leapt onto the Dragonite's ship and fought with the crew.

The fight persisted, with some banters here and there, including Detonix's crew failing to pick up on Detonix's sarcasm towards not caring about them. The three Scraftys thought about tackling the loot themselves and tried defeating Iris' crew after Lucas was knocked out. That was when Detonix joined the ship, utilizing her Intimidate ability to bring hesitation towards the crew—it worked for a bit. Once Detonix knocked Ashen out, she faced Iris and Anna. She almost beaten the two until Iris pushed her Ice Punch away and she got the burn status from Anna's Flamethrower.

Iris was ready to use her Mixturing Move, Fire Ice Punch, on the leader Scrafty until she stopped, feeling that Detonix had already lost. Detonix wished that she was born with the Shed Skin ability like her crew due to her burn status, leading Iris to head into her room and hand Detonix the Rawst Berry. Detonix asked why she did this while healing herself with the berry, Iris explaining she wasn't heartless enough to leave her opponent injured unless they tried to keep fighting her. Soon Ashen, Lucas, and Detonix's crew woke up from their unconscious state—Lucas being the only one goofy about it while Detonix's crew were still mad at their leader.

From there, Detonix and her crew left Iris' crew alone scotch free. Anna told Iris that what she did wasn't like her usual vengeful self. Iris took offense of this and remained quiet, to which Anna tried to clarify she didn't mean it that way before Iris told her to be quiet. The crew eventually saw Noctis Village ahead, anticipating the landing. The chapter ended with Anna believing that Iris wanted more than just revenge, feeling as though it's not something she's proud of.

Chapter 3: Trouble in the Noctis Village Part 1.

Over at the Noctis Village, three Pokémon were its focus: A Lucario named Carrie, a Riolu named Mark, and a Zorua named Natalie. Mark and Natalie got done playing tag with each other, creating a small friendly banter from one another as Carrie joined in. The Lucario then wanted to grab some berries at the Berry Shop due to loving berries, but Natalie suggested that they journey into Noctis Forest instead. Carrie refused due to the dangers in that forest along with wild Pokémon there not liking villagers. The two got into a bit of an argument until Natalie finally went with Carrie's request.

Once Mark and Carrie went to the shop, Natalie ran away abruptly due to wanting to explore the forest anyways. Carrie threw a tantrum over this before realizing she caused a scene, apologizing to the crowd afterwards. The Lucario then started doubting herself being a responsible adult due to how she acted and Natalie running off that easily. Mark reminded her that Natalie was always the stubborn type since she first adopted her on top of telling her to not give up, which cheered the Lucario up. After some enlightening sibling chat, the two journeyed into the Noctis Forest to go find Natalie.

Natalie was deep into the forest, being mesmerized by the dark and dim nature of it. Soon, she heard a conversation nearby from six Malamars, one of them being the leader named Alro. As she hid in the bushes, she listened to Alro explaining his plans on reviving his master via finding two body parts according to someone named Misstrike from the Corrupted Realm. He wanted to continue his master's goal at recreating the Pokémon world, Solark. This made Natalie uncomfortable as she tried to escape, but stepped on a twig—alerting the Malamars.

Once her cover was blown by a single Psycho Cut, she tried to form a lie about looking for something, only for that to fail and then immediately pleaded for her life. The Malamars refused to let her live due to her not being one of them, causing them to chase after the Zorua via Alro flinging occasional Rock Slides. Meanwhile, Carrie and Mark searched further into the forest, trying to find any signs of their Zorua friend. After some talks about Mark being scared of this dark forest, they heard Natalie screaming for help, Carrie being the first to immediately rush after the voice. Eventually, she caught up to Natalie and hugged her, Natalie apologizing for going against the Lucario's request and believing her about the forest being dangerous due to the Malamars' plans.

Before Carrie could question this further, Mark warned her about an incoming boulder and she sliced it with Bone Rush. Alro and his goons soon appeared to her, the Lucario asking who they are. Alro explained it's not her business, but she retorted with them introducing their names to her along with refusing to let them lay a hand on Natalie. After a brief discussion, a fight commenced between her and the Malamars, eventually ending with her protecting Mark and Natalie at the end. Or at least, she thought until Alro used Psychic on her and put her in a restraint against the tree.

Mark tried to stop Alro with Force Palm, but got knocked out from his single Psycho Cut. Carrie told Natalie to run away, to which Natalie tried to before one of the Malamar henchmen stopped her with Superpower, weakening the Zorua. Alro believed the group should torture the three before ending their lives, leading Natalie to plead for help as one of the Malamars grabbed some tight vines to tie the three with. Somewhere within the forest was a Heracross named Jimmy, who was busy drinking some sap from a tree. He eventually heard Natalie's cry for help, leading him to boast heroically about his rescuing days and journeying off towards her location.

Meanwhile Iris, Anna, Lucas, and Ashen reached the Noctis Village's seaport: Walking onboard as Iris thought about finding someone named Ego.

Chapter 4: Trouble in the Noctis Village Part 2.

Mark, Natalie, and Carrie were tied up against a tree, Alro and his fellow Malamars preparing for their torture. After some talks, the torture began: Starting with Alro stabbing Mark's leg, Natalie's ears, and then Carrie's shoulder after some disturbing mentions of wanting the world red along with being generally a creep. The captives' screams alerted Jimmy from afar, the Heracross doing his best to catch up to their location. Focusing back onto the Noctis Village, Iris rented a home for her and her crew to live in, experiencing some minor talks about her height making the salesmon Farfetch'd reminding him of another Pokémon trying to eat him due to predator instinct shenanigans. He also mentioned that the village tend to have unpleasant moments from time to time like the Pokémon living in the forest not liking villagers—sometimes they'll even be raided by them.

The crew then entered their new home, admiring its interior. After some talks about it and other extras, Iris said she'll go find Ego, to which Anna joined her. As they left the house, they heard screams coming from the forest, Ashen and Lucas following the duo outdoors as the whole village became curious about the scream. This was when the mayor of the village introduced himself to the crew: Wyvern the Empoleon. Some talks were made about the village going through all sorts of havoc, with Wyvern elaborating about it due to the fact that the village has a governmental relationship, leading Iris to feel bad about the violence it received. There was also some unknown figure watching the crew from a hidden corner before eventually leaving later on in the chapter.

Back to Mark, Natalie, and Carrie: The trio were about to be killed until Jimmy saved them in time. Alro told him not to interfere, but Jimmy refused: Resulting to them fighting each other. After Jimmy knocked Alro and his Malamars out, he freed Carrie and the kids, the three feeling relieved. Carrie reassured Mark that he'll be fine since the Riolu was scared out of his mind, thinking he'll die. After some calming talks, Jimmy introduced himself to the three along with the three thanking him for saving them. That was when Alro and co. got up from their knocked out state: Jimmy and Carrie immediately throwing themselves into a battle with them. Mark hoped Carrie doesn't die, with Natalie blaming herself for putting the three in this situation—always getting them into trouble.

Back at the village, some talks were made due to the loud noise from the forest, with Iris having to save the village from several thrown trees twice. Wyvern then asked his villagers if anyone wanted to journey into the forest to investigate, and Iris and Anna obliged. Lucas tried to join, but Iris and Anna both said that they're good to explore as duos there, leaving him to stay at the village with Ashen. As the two ventured into the forest, they encountered some wild Houndooms thinking they'll cause trouble. After some commotion, Iris lifted Anna up and flew over the group. Anna felt embarrassed from being carried since it's awkward, leading Iris to teasingly remind her of her Vulpix self being carried the same way. Anna clarified she was an adult during the time before evolving into a Ninetales.

Returning to Carrie and co., her and Jimmy managed to defeat Alro and his minions. Things were starting to shape up until Carrie was stabbed by Alro via the stick he used earlier to torture the three, having her fall to the ground afterwards. Jimmy tried to defeat him using his Mixturing Move, but was swiftly beaten by his Psychic. Alro attempted to attack Mark until Natalie got in front of him, trying to protect the Riolu before she got hurt by Alro. The Malamar then choked Natalie, Mark panicking over how fast things went down. He soon found a bow and grabbed it, being confused by it forming an arrow out of the blue. Nonetheless, he fired it at Alro, saving Natalie from her near death experience. Alro soon found an ornate shield before he and his minions disappeared into dark mist.

Mark crawled to Carrie and hoped that she stays alive. After some dreary talks, Carrie passed away from her injuries, leading Mark and Natalie to tear up at their guardian being dead. Iris and Anna made it to the location, stating that they're here to investigate the noise and was unsettled by what they've witnessed. After some dreary talks between everyone, Mark swore he'll get revenge on Alro for killing his sister, which reminded Iris of how she vowed to kill Ho-Oh for murdering her father.

An unknown blob creature with a red dot on its belly was resting on a tree branch, feeling bad for Mark and Natalie.

Chapter 5: Noctis Village is Under Attack! Iris Vs the Grant Crusaders!

Jimmy dug through the ground at the Noctis Forest, having a burial spot for Carrie to be in. Mark wanted to spend some more time with her, but Anna tried to pull him away. Iris stepped in to stop her, wanting Mark to spend a bit more time with his deceased sister. After Anna thought about her past involving her crying out for her parents as a Vulpix, she hesitantly let him spend a bit more time with the Lucario and apologized. Mark cried about failing to protect his sister before Natalie stepped in to say it was her fault that she's dead, stating she always kept being the cause of problems like this. After some more sulking, with Iris vowing to help Mark get his revenge, they buried the corpse and walked away.

As they traversed back towards the Noctis Village, Jimmy went on a minor rant about Alro's message of there being no justice in the world before Iris told Mark to handle his Weapon Mischief properly upon spotting his brown bow, confusing the Riolu. The group was met with the territorial Houndooms once again, the Dark type dogs trying to intimidate them. Iris basically went off on them about their distaste towards outsiders being so strong that they're ignoring the three injured Pokémon with her. After the tangent that made the Houndooms feel guilty, the gang continued forward. They made it to the village, Wyvern and the villagers feeling relieved. The Empoleon soon noticed the injuries on Mark, Natalie, and Jimmy: Demanding his Emboar guards to take them to the Medic House, to which they did.

The setting shifted to the house where four Clefables aided the three on the table. One of them told Iris that they'll take a while to recover, to which she accepted. After Lucas' dramatic distress about the three injured Pokémon, Iris heard a familiar voice outside of the house that wanted to see her. She flew over the Emboar guards protecting the exit and encountered a Slowking named Ego, Ashen and Lucas joining with her. The four chat with each other about their time spent together in the past: Ego knowing Ashen and Lucas since Miracle Town, along with being Iris' caretaker since the Crater Grassland. Anna also introduced herself to him before Ego asked the group what happened to the injured Pokémon. Iris explained about Alro and his Malamars harming the trio along with killing Mark's sister, the Slowking feeling pity for the Riolu afterwards. Eventually the topic moved onto Ego asking why Iris wanted to see him and she told him he knows why—the Slowking wanted her to follow him in a serious manner. Anna wanted to know what the conversation is about before Iris told her it's about her, demanding her not to get involved. The Ninetales let her leave in an annoyed manner as Iris and Ego head towards the Slowking's house.

Inside, the two met an Arbok named Carly—she almost attacked Iris until her and Ego had to remind the Arbok of Iris being the Dragonair she met at Miracle Town: Ego especially being wary due to telling Carly to 'not harm the entire world because of one person you forgot'. After that terrifying experience, Iris and Ego head into the Slowking's bedroom before the two talked: Iris wanting to know about Maple Town's location, Ego telling her it's east of the Pirate Sea along with describing its description, etc. The Slowking asked why she wanted to go there and she said it's the final place she has to go, stating Mewtwo hinted her at Ego knowing about it. Ego tried to persuade her that revenge won't make things better before the Dragonite shut that notation down, still determined about it. After some silence, the duo heard a scream coming from outside and saw a Pokémon running away from something. Naturally, the two head out along with Anna, Lucas, and Ashen coming from the medic house: All wondering what's going on.

Wyvern and his four guards joined the group as the ten saw seven Pokémon terrorizing the village, those seven being the following: Tybalt the Nidoking, Blake the Weavile, Minx the Conkeldurr, Mr. Buff the Poliwrath, Crisis the Cradily, Octo the Octillery, and Pus the Octillery. They noticed the group and taunted them, Tybalt especially upon spotting Iris. This was when Tybalt introduced his group as the Grant Crusaders, Iris' rival pirates. After some minor conversation, Iris asked Tybalt why his group is causing a mess, and Tybalt simply stated out of boredom along with seeing if the village has any loot. Eventually Iris, Anna, Ashen, and Lucas started fighting the Grant Crusaders, the Emboars joining along with them. The fight lasted for some time: Some Flamethrowers here, some Waterfalls there. At one point, Ashen asked if Anna was okay after being hit by Mr. Buff's Waterfall attack, his hand on her paw. She said yes before blushing, pulling her paw away quickly. The fight soon ended with Iris using her Mixturing Move on Tybalt's Mixturing Move, causing a heavy collision. The two grunted from it, Tybalt thinking about retreating afterwards, to which the Grant Crusaders did. The Emboar guards tried to stop them out of the Empoleon's command but failed.

After the group checked up on each other to see if they're okay, a Clefable came by to notify the others on heading inside the medic house, saying Natalie had healed herself this entire time. This shocked the group, making them wanting to find out more. The setting transitioned over to Alro and his Malamars traveling through the dark wasteland that is the Corruption Realm: Reaching a floating figure while a Mismagius named Misstrike healed the Malamars wounds. Alro apologized to the figure for being defeated by Mark, to which the figure warned about not failing again along with obtaining the shield Alro grabbed from Chapter 4. The entity then asked Alro to obtain three Marvel Mischiefs along with a Weapon Mischief for his next mission. Alro questioned about the latter before the entity explained that it'll give him another chance to kill Mark. The chapter then ended with the entity telling Alro he'll be teaming up with a Malamar named Clemence and her special sets of team, intriguing the squid.

Chapter 6: The History of Weapon Mischief.

The chapter started off with Magcargo and Simisear guards being in front of a decaying tower, protecting it. Inside of the tower lied Mewtwo and Ho-Oh: The latter being held hostage in a forcefield while his silver necklace hung on a wall next to the meditating Mewtwo. Ho-Oh kept taunting and arguing with Mewtwo, insisting that he'll get out eventually. Mewtwo doubted this as the phoenix tried to attack the shield, but couldn't break it. He then asked the feline what he told the Dratini, and Mewtwo bluntly stated to get revenge on him for killing her father, shocking the phoenix. It had been 20 years since Mewtwo told her that as Ho-Oh asked how would the Dragonite know where to go, to which Mewtwo answered he's guiding her through Telepathy. He also mentioned that despite being told the wrong information, she'll be on her way here eventually. Ho-Oh boasted about her not being able to defeat him before the setting concluded with Mewtwo noticing darkness in Ho-Oh's eyes, concerns sparking in his mind.

Transitioning to Noctis Village, everyone was inside of the medic house eyeing the fully awake Natalie. A Clefable asked how she's feeling, and she told them that she's feeling fine, shocking the group. They questioned how she healed herself, and she said she doesn't know. Another Clefable told the third Clefable named Daniel to check the DNA scanner. Upon checking, the Zorua's cells went haywire before going back to normal, terrifying the fairy due to how abnormal it was. As Wyvern calmed Daniel down, Natalie started healing Mark and Jimmy, the group being mesmerized by the healing process. Ashen asked if that was Heal Pulse she used and Iris stated that she don't recall Zoruas learning Heal Pulse nor looking red during so. After some conversation about Natalie's healing capabilities along with her not knowing how she could do it, Mark and Jimmy woke up from her healing and talked for a bit. Iris' stomach then growled, signifying her hunger. She asked if Jimmy, Mark, and Natalie wanted to come over to her place and the three said yes. Before the group left the medic house, Natalie briefly saw an image of a serpentine entity in her mind, terrifying her. Anna asked if something was wrong and Natalie said she just felt a bit cold, nothing too big of an issue.

Anna soon saw Iris chatting with Ego by his home, the Dragonite telling her that she planned to invite Ego and Carly over to dinner. This was also the same time Anna found out Iris could cook along with knowing about Carly. The setting shifted to Iris' home where everyone is at the diner table socializing with one another—Iris being in the kitchen cooking some Fryin' Ready Berries. The topics were mainly minor: Ego telling his wacky daring moves at the Crater Grassland, Lucas attempting to flirt with Carly, Anna finding out about Carly's unnervingly odd behavior, Iris explaining her preferred berries to cook (Oran), and many more. The dinner scene concluded with Jimmy mentioning him failing to save Mark's sister, leading the Riolu to lost his appetite and left the room. Natalie followed suit as everyone else continued on with the dinner.

The setting shifted over to nighttime where everyone is asleep in their bedroom, Iris being in the living room instead. Anna and Jimmy talked about Ego and Carly, with Anna being unsettled by Carly's odd behavior. After a few more conservations and other minor scenes—including Anna's will to tease Lucas about Carly wanting to eat him—the two went to sleep. Once midnight hit, Mark woke up due to being unable to sleep, finding Natalie cute when she's asleep before walking out of the bedroom. He soon saw Iris and woke her up, the Dragonite wondering what he want. Mark asked her about Weapon Mischiefs, and Iris went on an explanation about them: Stating they're objects acting as weapons as opposed to Marvel Mischiefs, which are accessories. She mentioned that unlike Marvel, Weapon has a Weapon Move that is super effective against any Pokémon, stating they're dangerous because of this fact. A few more information about the Mischiefs was given: How a Pokémon could tell they're one via seeing them glow, how a Pokémon underwent a Move phase via using a Mixturing Move or a Weapon Move, the backstory on the rarity of Marvel Mischiefs and how Weapon Mischiefs were pretty common in comparison, and much more. The conversation concluded with Iris' guardian, Maza, believing that it's possible for a Pokémon to have two different types of Mischiefs but with a huge effect to them all. From there, Mark went back to his bedroom to go to sleep.

After two days had passed, Iris' crew prepared themselves to leave, saying their goodbyes to Wyvern and co. Before their departure, Mark and Natalie asked if they could come along. Iris said they got Jimmy to take care of them before Jimmy immediately said he has nowhere to live, ultimately leading Iris to have the three onboard after asking her crewmates about the decision. After some minor talks, Wyvern whispered to Iris about her and her crew being pirates, stating the Dragonite statue gave it away. Iris was annoyed by this before the Empoleon told her he won't report them to the O.P. (Official Protection) government due to her saving the three injured Pokémon along with the village from the Grant Crusaders—believing it's fair to return the favor. After she thanked Wyvern, she flew on the ship and whispered to Lucas on getting rid of the statue. The Furret went against the idea before Iris insisted he do that since he failed to place it anywhere but the front. He ultimately obliged, being told to wait until they sail away to remove it as the group gave their farewells to Wyvern.

Ego and Carly watched the crew leave, both being happy to have dinner with Iris and her pals, especially Carly since she grew fond towards Lucas: Hence the occasional hisses. After some talks including Ego being surprised by a predator like Carly gaining interest in a prey like Lucas, Ego saw something green jumped onto Iris' ship, thinking that was strange. The two then head inside of his home to play checkers but with elemental moves.

The setting shifted over to the Corruption Realm: Where Alro had gotten to meet Clemence and her special team. The team consisted of the following: Reckless the Ursaring, Corruption/Lance the Magmortar, Sebastian the Serperior, Dead Snow/Diana the Glaceon, and Nexus the Toxicroak. They each talked about their reasoning on joining the Supernova Gale, the group Alro's a part of: Reckless for loving violence, Corruption for loving to set things on fire, Sebastian for not having anywhere to go after burning his home village called Solar Village, Dead Snow for feeling betrayed by her brother killing her sister and holding grudges due to that fact, and Nexus for his lover being taken away by a group that killed her. Some discussions were made along the way, with Alro explaining he joined due to loving to torment others, to which Reckless related to. Clemence bluntly stated that she joined the group because of Misstrike telling her the payment is great, wondering where the Mismagius even got the cash from.

The group wondered where they could find three Marvel Mischiefs along with the Weapon Mischief Mark has, and Misstrike stated she could detect specific ones, telling them that they're located on a ship. This knowledge perplexed Dead Snow before the Gales concluded that they should wait until the ship landed at the next location.

The chapter ended with the scene turning dark, an unknown spooky voice saying the following:

"Natalie, my child. You will come home to me soon…"

Chapter 7: Meeting Cerise.

A Shinx named Claire resided somewhere called the Grace Forest, sulking over her defeat from an angel that separated her from her "mistress". She also had a Pokémon Egg with her, whom she thought about taking with her in case she wanted to eat it later on. She soon sensed her "mistress" presence nearby and hurried along a path towards a village. The setting shifted over to Iris' ship sailing across the Pirate Sea where Mark and Jimmy were helping Lucas remove the Dragonite statue while Ashen controlled the steering wheel, Anna and Iris being inside of the ship's room along with Natalie.

The trio talked about Ego's wacky hijinxs and how he blurted out Maza's crush towards Lawrence one time, finding it all amusing. After some minor chitchats, Iris asked Natalie if she still don't know how she healed herself, Mark, and Jimmy, and she said yes. Natalie then asked about Mark carrying a bow in Chapter 4, leading Iris to explain what Weapon Mischief are to her. Meanwhile outside, Lucas and the other two got done removing the statue, Lucas bawling over that fact. He swore to get Iris back for this as Ashen calmed the Furret down. Soon he thanked Jimmy and Mark for helping him remove the statue since they would've been reported by townsfolk for their pirate status, shocking both Mark and Jimmy about that revelation. Jimmy became worried due to pirates being seen as enemies to the O.P. government, him and Mark not wanting to take part in being a pirate but was told they had no choice since they got nowhere else to go.

Afterwards the four carried on with their business until Lucas spotted something moving at the top of the ship, grabbing its attention before the thing landed onto his face. Ashen went to go help him along with Jimmy and Mark, grabbing the attention of Iris and the others. They saw Jimmy holding a green blob in his hand, the creature squirming in place as Lucas whined thinking he was drowning to death earlier. The group wondered what that individual is, Iris being the first to ask about its identity. The blob didn't know anything about himself, including his own name. Anna then suggested to give him one, to which he obliged. After some names here and there, with Lucas' joking "Green Blob of Doom" name, Iris came up with a name that the blob liked: Cerise.

After being put down by Cerise's request, Iris received a telepathic call from Ego: The two talking about the green blob briefly before Ego told her that Maple Town was actually in the east of Aurora Ocean, not Pirate Sea, which is far from it. After the brief annoyance, Iris hung up the call before she explained to the group what the call was about. Iris then asked Cerise why he boarded her ship—Cerise wanting to follow Mark and Natalie, feeling bad for them after Carrie's death. After a brief moment of sadness and quietness, Anna asked where they're heading and Iris guessed to a nearby town or village. Natalie asked about why the group are pirates before Anna explained that to her, some minor conversation was happening until the group saw some land nearby. Cerise was as curious about the group's status as Natalie was, Iris explaining bits of it to him.

Over at the Corruption Realm, Misstrike gasped before telling the Supernova Gales that the Marvel Mischiefs were heading to Verdant Village, leading the group to prep themselves. Clemence flirted with Alro a bit before going to grab the rest of the Malamar soldiers, Sebastian slithering off to rest beside Dead Snow and Nexus. He asked Nexus who was the name of his true love, and the Toxicroak answered an Infernape named Eliza: Elaborating about the two used to have a wonderful time together until a group of Pokémon killed her right in front of him. Those Pokémon consisted of a Blastoise, Golem, Kingdra, and two Metagrosses, according to him. Sebastian and Dead pity the Toxicroak, telling him he's not alone on suffering from Solark's cruelness. The Glaceon elaborated on this further with her family being unwell: Having a mother who almost killed her, a father that kept baiting her with suicidal thoughts, and witnessing her sister Charlotte the Espeon being killed by her brother Seth the Flareon, the latter whom she murdered on the spot and ended up joining the Supernova Gale when Misstrike met her. Sebastian elaborated on his background about the mistreatment and wrong accusations he gotten from the Solar Village, leading him to burning the village down in fury. He did felt sorrow when he mentioned about a friend of his, Helena the Feebas, noticing what he did and that broke her heart as a result: He had always admire her for enduring the bullying and never let it get to her.

The conversation concluded with Dead telling Sebastian and Nexus that their past loved ones were no longer with them, believing the three is all they have. After noticing the rest of the Supernova Gales were ready to go, Misstrike surrounded the group in dark mist before they all disappeared.

Chapter 8: No Peace in Verdant Village! Iris Vs the Supernova Gale!

Iris and her crew arrived at Verdant Village, meeting the mayor named Ducktian/Mavel the Delibird who's all about peace in the most strict way possible. They then rented themselves a house at the village upon Iris signing the peace treaty from Ducktian. Some conversation was made between the group: Anna's teasing towards Lucas, Iris and Jimmy arm wrestling with each other, etc. Cerise hoped to find out more about himself, eventually seeing another version of himself but flat, which freaked him out.

Another setting was formed where the Supernova Gale arrived at the Grace Forest via dark mist—heading into Verdant Village. Claire followed them in secret as the group terrorized the village. This alerted Iris' crew, all heading out to see the Supernova Gale. After some confrontational talks, the two groups fought each other: Iris' crew struggling to defeat them along the way. Soon Claire joined in to save Natalie from being harmed further by Nexus, defeating him with her Spark. Claire called her mistress, confusing Natalie as the Zorua didn't remember a thing about the Shinx. Some further conflicts commenced before the Supernova Gale were defeated by Iris' crew thanks to Claire's aid, retreating away via Misstrike's dark mist. After some talks about what happened, Claire introduced herself to the crew before Ducktian panicked about the village's destructive state, demanding Iris' crew to clean it up.

The chapter ended at the Corruption Realm: Where the shield-wielding mysterious figure became furious at Misstrike and her squad for failing their task. He then provided the group another mission: Head for the Acropolis Base so that they could acquire his sword. The figure asked for the following individuals to go: Misstrike, Alro, Clemence, Dead Snow, and the newcomer Tron the Raichu, the latter showing up at the end eager for a fight.

Chapter 9: The Midnight Killer Part 1.

Lucas and Ashen tried fixing the broken statue before failing, Ducktian being sadden by this. The setting shifted to midnight where a Watchog was admiring the moon by his lonesome. He heard a voice calling for him on granting him eternal happiness, leading him into an open field nearby the village before he was stabbed. The next day arrived to have a woman's voice screaming in distress, Iris' crew immediately going outside to investigate the scream before witnessing a Watchog's corpse nailing to a random house. The rest of the chapter played out in a murder mystery manner: Investigators such as Han the detective Beedrill arrived to look over the crime scene, Natalie hearing the vagueness of this strange Mienshao woman complaining about people not appreciating the death of someone upon them being killed, and many more.

The killings persisted as Natalie and Claire witnessed the death of a Raticate in the middle of the night while following him: Almost being killed by the culprit themselves. Cut to the next night after many scenes where the duo attempt to go after the culprit before facing them: Ultimately ending up being defeated by them. Natalie saw their face and knew they were the Mienshao she talked with the previous two days, but turned out it was the Mienshao's brother, who the sister revealed herself to be conspiring with on the killings too.

Chapter 10: The Midnight Killer Part 2.

The Mienshao siblings introduced themselves to be Fumeiyo and Hana: The two sharing a goal on killing others so that they could set them free from Solark's corrupted ways. Natalie disagreed with the notation, leading to some arguments—along with Natalie learning about Mythical Power, hidden powers that a Pokémon can be born with rarely—before the Zorua resorted to calling for help. People in the village heard her plead, Iris and her crew included. Han and his cops went to investigate the call alongside Iris' crew, the latter making it there last after Han's cops were pretty much slaughtered by Fumeiyo's katana.

Intense battles happened between the two Mienshaos and Iris' crew, Cerise using one of the flat blobs to watch it all unfold after hearing the strange word "Zare". The crew were gradually losing, even resulting to Jimmy's pincer being chopped off along with Anna being stabbed in the belly by Fumeiyo—everyone thought for a moment that she was dead. After Ashen's arms were stabbed, Anna stood up and used her Mixturing Move, Fire Dark Pulse, along with her Mythical Power to eradicate the evil Mienshaos' existence. After some heart-to-heart moments, the crew ended up relaxing at the village after receiving praises of resolving the Midnight Killer incident. The next day arrived where the crew were about to leave. Before that happened, Ducktian handed a Caller over to Iris as a gift for saving his village. From there, the crew set off, with Iris beginning to feel sentimental towards her friendship with Anna: Questioning her thirst for vengeance.

Chapter 11: Infiltrating the Acropolis Base.

Located at the Snowy Mountain lied the Acropolis Base, guarded by a ton of Weaviles and Heatmors wielding Weapon Mischiefs. Deep within the base were two Bisharps: Nick and Jefferson. The two were guarding a bizarre sword, Jefferson explaining that the sword can cause someone to go berserk and that's why they're guarding it. Spawning by the bushes were Misstrike, Alro, Clemence, Dead Snow, and Tron: All plotting to infiltrate the base. It ultimately resulted to Dead and Tron tackling the bottom portion while Misstrike and the two Malamars tackle the top. The group rolled with it: Barging through the base like no tomorrow.

After fighting and killing off some guards, the five reached the bottom of the base: Facing off against Nick and Jefferson. Nick was quickly killed off by Clemence's Superpower before Jefferson received the slow death treatment from the rest, Misstrike's pure black eyes being the last thing he sees. Once the Gales retrieved the sword, a Sceptile, a Grovyle named Ebony, and a Milotic arrived at the scene. They tried to stop the Gales, but the group disappeared before they could get their hands on them. As more guards arrived, the Sceptile mentioned that his team, the Savior Units, will have to report to the government about the unfortunate sword situation.

The chapter concluded with Misstrike chatting about her master's return at the Corruption Realm: Handing the sword over to him. After some transformation, the shadowy figure revealed himself to be Yuki the Aegislash, his goal being set on finding the four Mischiefs Iris' crew have.

Chapter 12: An Unexpected Battle at Sea! The Grant Crusaders Strike Again!

Iris' ship continued to sail across the Pirate Sea as Cerise succumbed to thoughts over who in the world he is. Some minor banters and chitchats were made between the crew along the way, all having a decent time with one another. Even some explanation on what Marvel Mischief and Mythical Power were given to Claire before Anna almost went on a depressed meltdown over how corrupt she was, Iris having to stop her from thinking such. Later on at midnight, Natalie had a brief nightmare about being in this unsettling dark world: Where the same serpentine shadowy entity from Chapter 5 stared down at her, telling her she'll regain her memories eventually. Once she woke up from the dream, she head outside to notice Cerise sitting out there.

The two had a heart-to-heart moment: About how they're both amnesiacs and couldn't remember much about their past, with Natalie being the only one capable of at least knowing her name. After the discussion, the two went inside of the ship's room to go to sleep. The next day arrived and the ship was attacked by another one, revealing itself to be the Grant Crusaders'. The rival pirate landed on Iris' ship, some conversation being exchanged between the two groups before a fight broke out. The fight was generally even: Anna managing a Flamethrower on Minx here, Crisis multitasking between firing Sludge Bombs and hitting Mark with his tentacles there—even some unfriendly disputes between Crisis and Mr. Buff happened along the way, the two fighting each other afterwards (they didn't vibe with one another).

As the fight continued, Tybalt felt raindrops onto his body, realizing that it's about to rain: He didn't like the rain. This led him and his crew to retreat, the rain quickly becoming worse. Iris told the crew not to panic until Ashen pointed out at a huge wave aiming their way: Prompting everyone to, in fact, panic. Ashen tried steering the ship away from the wave, but it was too late as the large wave engulfed the ship, ending off the chapter.

Chapter 13: Welcome to the Lost Cloyster Kingdom.

The start of Mixturing Moves' first major story arc: Cloyster Kingdom Arc.

The crew woke up to an unknown land, noticing their ship being destroyed as well. Some talks were made, including the mention of Lucas having a Mythical Power called Magic Eye along with the Furret tossing Iris' Caller into the ocean as a part of his revenge: Iris and Anna didn't like that. After they'd beaten the Furret up, Natalie pointed out a town over yonder, the group heading towards it. Upon reaching the town, they'd notice the crippling and poor state it was in, feeling uneasy about it. Iris asked an elderly Cloyster where they're at, and the Cloyster answered that they're in Cloy Town. Soon a scream was heard and everyone went to its location, revealing to be the elder's Cloyster daughter, Norah, and his Shellder granddaughter, Azure: They were both being harmed by some Cloyster guards.

The elder became worried for her as Iris' crew wasted no time stopping the guards, one of them being named Exo. However, Iris boasted about her doing all of the work halfway into the fight, leading to arguments between her and her crew. Soon another set of guards arrived at the scene, the leader with the large barb spike named Sheer was with them—Exo being ecstatic to see him. The crew tried to fight the guards once more, but Sheer kept stopping them via his Mythical Power: Preventing their moves from ever coming out. The crew were taken away as a result, including Norah, Azure, and the elderly Cloyster. Cerise was hiding in the trash can nearby while this happens, seeing Exo taking the Pokémon Egg that was with the crew. The blob was worried about how fast things are escalating, following the group in secret afterwards.

Chapter 14: Introduction to Unfairness.

The guards traversed through another town called Ster Town, Sheer meeting up with Mat the Cloyster: Telling him that he's arresting Iris' crew, Norah, Azure, and Norah's father, Brook—the latter three Mat knew, being worrying about them. After some talks, Sheer and his guards brought the group over to the castle. Inside lied a Shiny Cloyster named Cocoon, the king of the Cloyster Kingdom. He asked Sheer why he brought the group over to him, and Exo explained that Azure was stealing a NeverMeltIce from the store, with Norah telling the king it was because of the price being absurdly high. After some dispute, Cocoon told Sheer and the guards to take the group to their dungeon, to which they did.

Once thrown into the dungeon, Iris gotten into some arguments with her crew before learning about the history of the Cloyster Kingdom from Norah's family: How the king fell into depression because of his close friend Senator Brisk being killed, the unnecessary decisions like increasing the price in Cloy Town by a lot compared to Ster Town, etc. A Lucario named Trent was also there, being arrested for being a different specie than the Shellder line.

Eventually the group ended up back at the center area of the castle: Cocoon deciding to enslave the group as punishment, everyone becoming bewildered by the decision over a NeverMeltIce. Norah wanted him to reconsider, but he refused. The guards forced the prisoners out of the castle while Norah's family remained behind, being tasked to do castle cleaning instead.

Chapter 15: Enslavement.

Reaching around the left pathway of the castle, the crew saw a bunch of Cloysters roaming around: Being forced to do scavenger hunting for the rest of their life, as Sheer put it. There were some bit of chatting along the way, including Sheer recounting the times his grandfather had him find Marvel Mischiefs only to burn them when he was a kid, leading the group to become shocked and furious. Soon the guards gotten them to do the hunt, Sheer even using his Mythical Power to ensure they couldn't escape. Before Trent joined them, Sheer whispered something to him—Iris becoming curious about that.

Inside of the castle, Mat managed to have a conversation with Norah and Brook at the dining area once the second guard left: The three talking about Mat wishing he could've done something to help them along with the three sharing some comforting moments with each other, Mat and Norah developing a thing for each other. Norah then requested Mat to save Iris' crew since she felt bad for them. He refused at first but eventually, he went along with it. The scene concluded when Exo barged into the room hearing a bunch of chitchatting, and Mat had to pretend he was aggressively ordering Norah's family to keep cleaning. This was also when the second guard returned after Exo left.

Returning back to the outdoor, the crew managed to find a spot where they could pretend to dig for items while simultaneously relaxing there. They talked about the circumstances they're in, with Jimmy being the most enraged due to disliking the helplessness others are in. Extra topics were formed too such as Natalie and Claire receiving a proper explanation from Anna's Mythical Power, Corrupted Reign: Allowing her to survive certain plows and powering up her moves. This also happened at the same time as Iris learning about Trent: How he got separated from his girlfriend, Saya the Lucario, during a natural disaster—hoping to reunite with her someday.

Soon the group heard a Cloyster prisoner going up to one of the guards pleading for a longer break before he got whipped by the guard. This made the Heracross lose it as he immediately beat up the guard. Once more guards arrived to stop Jimmy, Sheer appeared at the scene wondering what happened. After the assaulted guard explained the situation to him, he ordered them to take Jimmy and the Cloyster prisoner to a special dungeon, stating that dungeon will be used for the two's execution tomorrow. The group saw Jimmy and the harassed prisoner left against their will, Mark and Natalie being the ones most stressed out due to the Heracross saving their lives in Chapter 4—tearing up as a result. Cerise saw the whole thing, being determined to go rescue Jimmy and the Cloyster from the execution—following the guards.

Chapter 16: SAVE JIMMY!

After some short scene of Iris watching some civilian Cloysters enter the dining room, the scene focused on somewhere else in the castle: Another prison where Jimmy and the Cloyster, Zeke, were kept captive. Some talks between the two were made, with Zeke explaining that he got arrested for not wanting his Weapon Mischief shop in Ster Town shutdown because of the king wanting to get rid of it: It wasn't selling as high as the other shops. Soon, Jimmy heard a voice above the cell he's in, spotting Cerise behind the prison cell window. Cerise told him that he'll get the two out of here, the three wondering how before Cerise suddenly thought of a plan. However, the blob said he'll tell them once he rescued the Pokémon Egg, leaving afterwards.

Cutting towards the dining room, some minor conversations between the Cloysters were formed: Talking about the greatness of tonight's feast with the king. Soon Mat talked with Cocoon about wanting to free Norah's family and Iris' crew as prisoners, to which Cocoon ultimately shuts down the idea. This was when Sheer came by to tell him about Jimmy and Zeke's execution tomorrow, the Shiny Cloyster obliging with the request. Soon the group heard a noise from the kitchen, heading inside to see the Cloyster chefs chasing after Cerise wielding the Pokémon Egg. Eventually the green blob escaped through a window, Exo complaining about how that egg would've made dinner even better due to the great chefs they have.

Another short scene was formed with Jimmy and Zeke: Where Cerise came back with the egg and gotten Jimmy to catch it, the Heracross hiding it underneath the hays. The entity was then telling them the escape plan before the scene transitioned over to Iris' crew, going over the melancholic and frustrated state the group were in: All wishing to save their friend from execution. Iris then learned more about Mythical Powers upon being curious about Sheer: Brook going over the category those powers were in according to a book he read. The categories being: Attack (Harming others), Defense (Defending oneself and others), and Diverse (A mix of both Attack and Defense). After some speculations about Sheer's Mythical Power, what his weakness is, and just the general distrust in that Cloyster, the group went to sleep without a choice.

The next day arrived where Jimmy and Zeke were taken towards the outside at the same time as Iris and the others. Mark and Natalie attempted to reach the Heracross, but were caught by the guards in time. The scene transitioned to Jimmy and Zeke being held down at Ster Town's center by the guards, an executioner Cloyster wielding an axe readying to kill them as Exo went on a speech about this being their 30th execution and such, perplexing Jimmy. As soon as the executioner was about to kill them, Cerise jumped in front of him in time and glowed brightly, freeing Jimmy and Zeke from their restrains. Grabbing them, he dashed off into the Zero Forest, bypassing Iris' crew and the others along the way. The guards took chase after the three as the gang became worried for Jimmy. Anna also wondered where Cerise went, realizing he wasn't with the group the whole time.

The scene transitioned to Cerise, Jimmy, and Zeke hiding within the forest, the two thanking Cerise for saving them before noticing the blob was no longer a blob: Instead, he took on an appearance of a canine with a green 'leash'. After being mesmerized by his new appearance, Zeke asked how they'll save Cerise's friends and the chapter ended with Cerise about to explain his rescue plan.

Chapter 17: Suspicion Within the Kingdom.

The chapter started off with the guards continuously searching for Jimmy and Zeke while Cocoon sulk inside of his room, wishing to see his friend Brisk again—thinking about how he was killed even. Soon Sheer arrived at his room to talk with him, telling him about the two prisoners escaping their execution. Soon the Shiny Cloyster asked Sheer if he's doing a decent job as a king, and Sheer answered yes: Telling him not to let others affect the way he runs the kingdom. Transitioning over to the not-so-deep part of the Zero Forest, the crew were in utter dismay over Cerise not being with them, with Claire suggesting that he ditched them—Natalie feeling down about it. Lucas believed that the green glowing thing was Cerise, Anna thinking he's telling a lie. The two made a silly bet over it where Lucas had to keep his mouth shut for three days if she wins while Anna has to be nice to him for six days if he wins. Eventually, Trent managed to find himself a Mega Stone and was given a full day break from Sheer. Iris questioned Sheer about this since she was told they only get a one second break upon finding any rare items, and Sheer said "unless it's a Mega Stone" at the last minute, angering the Dragonite.

Ashen felt like Sheer is plotting something with Trent, leading Natalie forming an idea with the group. Once she whispered the idea to them, the chapter transitioned into another scene where Exo roamed around the hallway in the castle: Reaching Sheer's room to give him the yellow badge from the king. After knocking on it a few times, he entered inside, being entranced by the Cloyster's room. After going on a minor tangent about everything wrong happening to him, the Cloyster noticed a piece of paper on the dresser: Seeing it be a checklist. The list consisted of the following: "Assassination of Senator Brisk Manipulate the king into thinking he's making the right decisions Kill King Cocoon, take all of his Pokedollars, and leave the kingdom in ruin". This mortified Exo, making him want to notify the king about this before being knocked out by Sheer via a chair. Once Sheer found a rope to tie him up, he threw the Cloyster into his closet—locking it. He then took the badge, slapped it onto himself, and left the room.

Nighttime was here, and at the crew's dungeon, Natalie whined about wanting to use the restroom. One of the guards begrudgingly obliged, guiding her towards the restroom in the castle. Once there, Natalie knocked the guard out with her Night Daze. She then used her Illusion ability to transform into the Cloyster, taking on the disguise. She set off finding Sheer, looking around the castle a bit before finding him floating up the stairs (sidenote: this happened after he and Mat got into some conversation about why Sheer deserved the king's respect badge and Mat didn't due to him always joking around). She followed Sheer into his bedroom, losing her disguise to better be hidden. The Cloyster checked the Mega Stone off his checklist, talking about it being a part of a deal he had with someone along with believing he's ready to enact his plan on killing off Cocoon soon. Shocked by this reveal, Natalie rushed off before being stopped by Sheer's Ice Shard almost hitting her. The two got in a fight, with Natalie losing along the way. Natalie told Sheer she knows the weakness to his Mythical Power, Force Shatter: His horn. He knocked the Zorua out in rage, tying her up before tossing her into the closet along with Exo. He realized he forgot to cover Exo's mouth as the Cloyster screamed for help, Sheer immediately closing the closet. Mat stopped by Sheer's room wondering about this before Sheer said he loved to scream in joy about a fresh new day in the kingdom.

Mat found that decision questionable before leaving, concluding the scene. A new day arrived: The scene focusing on Cerise, Jimmy, and Zeke—readying themselves to go rescue Iris and her friends.

Chapter 18: The Truth and the Escape Part 1.

The Dragonite woke up to the sounds of Claire's distress, the Shinx panicking over Natalie being in trouble—feeling her presence being negative. A decent set of Cloyster guards were inside of the group's cells, trying to guide them out. Claire attempted to escape instantly, leading one of the guards stopping her. Claire attacked him before the guard attacked her back with his spear, asking the others to put hinder her first, to which they did. The group stared on in horror, Iris eagerly wishing to get out of this kingdom. Outside of the castle, Cerise and his two allies rushed through the Zero Forest, making it to its open field and attacked any incoming guards ahead. Zeke and Jimmy even managed to save a prisoner at one point, too! During their dash towards the castle, Jimmy pointed out that Cerise was using Pokémon moves like Dragon Pulse and Extreme Speed, leading the canine to realize that he wasn't able to do that before in Chapter 12 while in his blob appearance. Once the trio made it to the gateway into the castle, they barged through.

Within the castle, Mat, Sheer, and Cocoon were talking about the Cloyster Kingdom and how Mat felt it needed so much improvement, with the latter two ultimately disagreeing with him. The three noticed some figures on the way to the castle before an explosion went off at the bottom floor, a voice telling them about intruders entering. Cocoon ordered Sheer and Mat to go find Exo as he went to investigate the noise, the duo obliging—Sheer being nervous about Mat potentially finding out about Exo. The chapter transitioned to a short scene where Jimmy declared the fact that he'll save Iris and friends, Cerise being the one leading him and Zeke towards the prison cell the group were in. And speaking of the dungeon itself, the Cloysters got done beating up Claire: The Shinx was looking like a bleeding mess. Mark was terrified by what happened to Claire as the guards were refusing to let the group leave until no further conflict was made. This led to Claire barely standing up and using her Discharge attack on three Cloyster guards: Melting them like ice cream. After witnessing the initial horror from Claire's move, this gave the group a chance to free themselves, knocking out the rest of the guards along the way.

Iris hesitated about apologizing to her crewmates due to not wanting to be seen as weak before Brook motivated her to do so, believing that'll make her look strong. So she tried apologizing before Jimmy entered the dungeon along with Zeke and Cerise, some minor conversations was made along the way: Zeke scared of Claire's eerie appearance, the canine revealing himself to be Cerise therefore Anna lost the bet with Lucas, etc. The gang then escaped afterwards. Cutting back to Sheer and Mat, the two searched for Exo the best way they could before Mat questioned Sheer's odd behavior upon seeing him go in the direction he just searched Exo from. After some talks, Mat heard an explosion coming from Sheer's room, ultimately leading him to check it out after Sheer failed to convince him it was something minor. He saw Exo and Natalie tied up at a broken closet, Exo thanking her for using Shadow Ball before crying to Mat about Sheer being a bad guy. Sheer then pushed Mat into his bedroom and closed the door, using sofas to block the entry. The Cloyster then left via the stairs.

Meanwhile at the hallway somewhere, the group make a mad-dash towards the center, defeating any nearby guards along the way. Jimmy wasn't present with the group due to him going off somewhere else to find the Pokémon Egg. As they reached the center, the gang saw Cocoon and a bunch of guards, being surrounded. Some talks were exchanged between Norah pleading for the king to once again see the error of his ways and fix the kingdom, and the king refusing. Sheer eventually joined the king: Everyone readying themselves for the upcoming battle afterwards.

Chapter 19: The Truth and the Escape Part 2.

Basically a fight broke out: Iris' crew struggling here and there due to Sheer using his Force Shatter. Sheer used that as an opportunity to tell the group they have a choice: Surrender or die, to which Norah believed they'll kill them either way. As for what's going on with Jimmy, he's currently somewhere else in the castle where he hid the egg at. Some guards stopped by trying to attack him until he defeated them. Before he left, he noticed that the egg disappeared and then reappeared at random, being perplexed by it. Over at Sheer's room, Mat got done freeing Exo and Natalie, the trio discussing Sheer's betrayal towards the king. After some conversation about their disdain towards Sheer, they obtained evidences to him being a betrayer: The Mega Stone and the checklist—right after Natalie destroyed his dresser out of spite, of course. They left his room after Natalie Shadow Balled the blocked entrance.

Returning back to the center, the group were struggling to defend themselves due to Sheer's Force Shatter. Norah attempted to attack Sheer out of blind rage before being stabbed by his large barb, getting thrown to the side afterwards. Brook and Azure were mortified, the latter hoping her mother doesn't die. Iris got a brief flashback of her father's death before becoming furious, calling Sheer and Cocoon monsters for what they did out of getting the group to surrender. This led Cocoon to doubt what he's doing initially until Sheer convinced him into thinking the group were trying to play tricks on him, leading Cocoon to ask his guards to surrender them. The crew talked about how they could defend themselves when Sheer kept deactivating their attacks until they thought of having one of them distract Sheer. The group executed the plan: Having it almost working until Sheer noticed Claire's Discharge in time and smacked her away from him, knocking her out. The crew were on the verge of defeat yet again before Natalie, Exo, and Mat finally arrived to spill the beans to Cocoon about Sheer being a traitor, showing him evidences. Once Cocoon questioned Sheer about this, the Cloyster yelled at Trent to grab the Mega Stone. The Lucario immediately did followed by harming Natalie and pinning Cocoon down.

Sheer explained his reasoning: How he grew up with a harsh lesson about the only way to obtain happiness in a cruel world was to be cruel himself, and tried to kill Cocoon in the past to regain his own happiness (since his grandfather passed away) before killing his friend Brisk instead. That was when he became a new personal senator for Cocoon afterwards. This was also the part where Trent talked about his role in Sheer's plan: Stating he lied about his story on getting lost via a hurricane and was mainly lost wandering around the Zero Forest before being captured by the Cloyster guards. He mentioned about pleading to Sheer on helping him escape in exchanged for guiding the Cloyster to the Land of Wishes so that Sheer could become a god to achieve his full happiness. After some disagreements and conversations about this, Trent mega evolved and broke Cocoon's shell: He and Sheer fighting the group afterwards. Iris' crew were struggling against Trent due to his immense power, his ability Adaptability, and his usage of Work Up before and after the betrayal happened. Zeke panicked, wondering what the group could do about that powerhouse Lucario.

That was when Cerise thought of using a Ground type move similar to Earthquake. Jimmy finally arrived at the center before Cerise told everyone to take cover, using his ultimate Ground type move. The move caused the castle to collapse via the green lights, everyone taking shelter in response. The civilians at Ster Town noticed the chaos, watching the castle crumple. Even folks in Cloy Town were curious about the situation too, concluding the chapter there.

Chapter 20: The Truth and the Escape Part 3.

The end of Mixturing Moves' first major story arc: Cloyster Kingdom Arc.

After everyone recovered from the collapsed castle, Mat checked up on the dying Norah before the group took their attention towards Trent and Sheer: The duo still up and ready to battle. Some conflicting conversations were made between them along with Iris' crew deciding on who should stay behind to protect Norah's family while they handle the two bad guys. Natalie stated she'll heal Claire before healing Norah, unsure how long it'll take her as Jimmy said he left the egg in the care for Anna. Ultimately, Exo was left protecting Norah's family and Cocoon with Zeke while Mat joined Iris, Jimmy, Mark, Cerise, Ashen, and Lucas to face off Trent and Sheer. After some further talks, with Trent confirming that he used Work Up the entire time while the crew were chatting and planning, the intense fight commenced.

Both sides were at even playing field in terms of not struggling much as Ster Town watched on in concerns. After some talks about Zeke's ability Shell Armor (Trent being hurt by it when he tried to attack him and Norah's family) along with Sheer revealing the name of his Mythical Power, Trent managed to hurt Natalie before harming Mark. Claire then attacked Trent, leading him to be threatened by her thanks to her Intimidate ability (and overall unsettling vibes). The fight continued, including Natalie yelling out Sheer Mythical Power's weakness being the horn before passing out, leading the Cloyster to go berserk. He used his Weapon Move, Stab Platinum, before Mat used his own: Downpour of a Thousand Spears. Somewhere along the fight, Iris saw Jimmy still using his Mixturing Move despite lacking his pincer, being amazed by that. Suddenly, Mark managed to steal Sheer's Mythical Power and used it for his own as he countered Trent and Sheer, stopping the two from using their Pokémon moves. At that point, Mark used his Weapon Move, Triad Splinter, along with Iris using his Mixturing Move and Mat using his Weapon Move on the duo: Concluding the fight there.

Once being asked about Mark's Mythical Power by the crew, an eerie voice his head told him to name it Shadow Corruption, to which he did. After a bit of conversation about Shadow Corruption, Sheer and Trent revealed themselves to still be standing, Sheer valuing to achieve his happiness. And then a group of five Pokémon arrived at the scene: The Sceptile, Grovyle, and Milotic from Chapter 11 followed by a Blaziken and a Dusknoir. They were Mystery, Ebony, Helena, Leon, and Gonel of the Savior Unit, going over what they're about followed by stating that they're after Trent the Lucario for committing cannibalism, an illegal act deemed by the O.P. government. After some talks, a Salamence named Skyrider appeared to rescue Trent: Sheer trying to join him before Trent told him he can't due to Skyrider and someone named Lumani concerns about the Cloyster affecting their plans. Sheer was then captured by the Savior Unit, Exo explaining the crimes that Cloyster committed.

Soon the group's attention was focused on Norah, who was close to death. Natalie tried saving her before Claire told her that it was too late, seeing the Zorua was unable to heal her. Norah the Cloyster soon died, leading to a melancholic moment across everyone that witnessed her death. The Pokémon Egg hatched before the death, revealing a Mudkip: He cried on the spot from things going on around him. Once that scene was done with, Cocoon offered to turn himself in along with having Mat be the new ruler of the Cloyster Kingdom, seeing as how the Shiny Cloyster saw himself as a failure the whole time. This was when Iris finally managed to apologize to the crew after all the talks, eventually leading the crew to leave the kingdom with the Savior Unit.

The chapter then transitioned over to the Corruption Realm: Where the Supernova Gale were watching everything that happened in the kingdom via Misstrike's projector. Yuki became intrigued by Sheer's Mythical Power along with Mark's, wanting to capture them both as a part of his goal to recreate Solark. Alro wanted to oppose this due to hating Mark, but Yuki basically told him to deal with it—Alro hesitantly obliged. The chapter ended with Sebastian recognizing Helena, Nexus asking him if something's wrong before Sebastian told him it's nothing to worry about.

Chapter 21: The Zero Cave Ambush! Disaster Among the Crew!

Iris' crew and the Savior Unit traversed across the Zero Forest, going deep into it while socializing with one another, including the mention of what to do with the Mudkip before Anna offered to raise him. The group encountered Zero Cave and entered inside, being mesmerized by the crystals and overall beautiful scenery of it. After some talks about the cave, Leon and Helena pointed out there being two pathways in the cave instead of the usual one, perplexing the Savior Units. Everyone went on the left path after some discussions about the scenario, continuing onward. And then they were all surrounded by the Supernova Gale upon the evil group appearing before them via dark mists: Yuki, Alro, Clemence, Sebastian, Reckless, Dead Snow, Nexus, Misstrike, Corruption, and Tron were all standing in front of the group, staring with ill-intentions.

Some discussions were made between the group, going over how Iris' crew knew about them along with Yuki introducing himself as the leader, Iris finding his name sounding familiar. Yuki stated he wanted the Weapon Mischief, three Marvel Mischiefs from Iris' crew, and Mark himself. Iris and her crew were against his request, resulting to an all out fight between them and the Supernova Gale. Some close calls were made here and there, Cerise doing his best to protect the baby Mudkip and the defenseless Cocoon. Some story moments happened during all of this, too: Yuki feeling like he recognized Iris while Helena was being spiteful towards Sebastian for what he did at the Solar Village. Eventually the battle ended with the Supernova Gale managing to grab Sheer and almost got Iris crew's Mischiefs along with Mark until Cerise retrieved those four things. After the evil group disappeared, Iris' crew and the Savior Unit made sure that everyone was okay before moving forward, forming talks about the situation that happened to them.

The setting then shifted to the Corruption Realm where Yuki got mad over his mission almost being a success before Cerise ruined it. He then turned his attention towards Sheer: Forming a conversation with the Cloyster that ultimately equated to him being forced to join the Supernova Gale, Misstrike utilizing her mysterious powers that ensured she knew about his every movement in case he tried to escape. This knowledge concerned Nexus, Sebastian, and Dead Snow: The three wondering how screwed they are over the thought of remaining in the Supernova Gale forever.

Chapter 22: Seaport Bay! Home of the Ships!

The two group finally left the Zero Cave: Eyeing at the little town ahead called the Seaport Bay. After some chats, they heard someone calling out for them, turning out to be a Sneasel named Fiona hanging with Brad the Breloom. They introduced themselves as another member of the Savior Unit, some talks were made about the financial side of things from the O.P. government and Fiona's parents relationship with them. After further talks about the government and the harsh training sections to even work there, Mystery asked Brad to call the government's leaders on sending over soldiers due to arresting: Cocoon.

After Brad obliged to the request, some other minor topics were formed: Fiona's boastfulness of remaining unevolved while Ebony was annoyed by it all. And then soon everyone heard an announcer nearby, spotting a Clawitzer named Draven and his little cousin Udep the Clauncher advertising new ships they're giving away tomorrow, which caught Iris' interest. They also mentioned about having a Caller shop, too. After some talks along with Gonel managing to give the crew's bag back, everyone went into their temporary homes (which Iris' rented one for her crew). Cerise stared off at a statue far into a forest nearby, finding it familiar for some reason.

Chapter 23: An Unexpected Group Terrorize the Seaport Bay!

The chapter started off with it being dark out at the Seaport Bay: Draven and Udep having a conversation about the future of ships at their home due to Caller's existence, the Clawitzer believing they ultimately won't be the replacement for ships at the end of the day. From there, the scene shifted over to Iris and her crew's home: A discussion was made between Cerise and Natalie once more while the two stare out of a window, both curious about a variety of things such as Natalie's healing powers and Cerise's transformation powers. After their discussion, the two went to sleep.

Cut to the next day and the crew heard some loud chopper noises, all heading outside except for Cerise, who watched from the inside. They noticed a helicopter being readied to take off while the Savior Units stood beside it, the group forming some conversation with Iris' crew before saying their farewells. Anna felt pity for Cocoon despite the damaged he and Sheer caused at the Cloyster Kingdom, a bit of talks were made between the crew about it. Eventually the Seaport Bay was raided by land pirates known as the Ravage Shiftleafs: Comprising of a ton of Nuzleafs and Shiftrys with one Shiftry leader named Captain Duke. Duke was a common issue Draven had to deal with because the Clawitzer refused to lend any ships to pirates, Iris feeling glad about her crew staying low profile about themselves.

Anna then got boastful over the fact that Duke and his crew thought they could terrorize the place while a Fire type like her is around, prompting the two to battle each other.

Chapter 24: Anna Vs Captain Duke Part 1.

The start of the chapter began at the Unbound Tower: Where Mewtwo thought about his decision to keep lying about Ho-Oh being sick just to enact Iris' revenge, further thinking about the said decision once Harrison the Simisear felt frustrated about his Legendary ruler continuing to be ill—let alone having a few days left until his birthday arrived. The setting then switched over to Iris' crew: Where Anna and Duke gotten themselves into a fight. The Ninetales once thought she had the upper hand because of Duke's Sunny Day until the Shiftry revealed his Chlorophyll ability, giving the vulpine some trouble. Her crewmates rooted her on despite the struggle she's facing, doing whatever she could to defeat Duke.

Somewhere along the line, the Shiftry thought he defeated her until Anna rose up shrouding herself in corrupted aura: Surprising Draven at the continual existence of Mythical Powers. Duke then prepared himself for what Anna considered to be the real fight.

Chapter 25: Anna Vs Duke Part 2.

The fight persisted: Things shaping themselves up to be in Anna's favor once again as Duke was being hit by her moves here and there. Despite this, it didn't stop Duke from fighting Anna back, resorting to using super effective moves along with utilizing his ability again. Anna ended up being overconfident during the fight, boasting about the Ravage Shiftleafs' "jealousy" over her strong attacks when the crew weren't jealous in the slightest—even Iris was pointing out her ego behavior. Soon the battle came to an end when Anna used her Mixturing Move against Duke's Mixturing Move: Water Hyper Beam.

Despite the odds in her favor, Anna ended up losing to the captain. Duke mentioned about being protective of his crew, telling Anna that she was trying too hard at proving her point—silencing the Ninetales. He and his crew left the bay, Anna sitting in place staring at the forest—contemplating about her actions.

Chapter 26: Cocoon the Shiny Cloyster.

The setting took place in a flying helicopter where the Savior Units and Cocoon resided. A bunch of talks were made about what the group planned to do when reaching the O.P. House: Brad wanting to pick his sister up from school, Fiona continuing to pester Ebony over the topic of evolution, etc. Eventually the group arrived at the O.P. House, entering. All kinds of Pokémon worked there, including a Purrloin named Molly—who Fiona was very fond of due to being another unevolved Pokémon much like her. After some minor talks along with Mystery reporting about Cocoon, Molly told him to take him to the Recovery Center due to the broken shell state he's in.

Brad and Helena left the place, the latter telling a Garchomp receptionist to notify the government about his departure from any incoming missions today while Mystery took Cocoon to the Recovery Center. Once the Sceptile found a room for Cocoon along with forming some conversation with Ebony about him feeling pity for the Shiny Cloyster, he and Ebony left. The room was silent for a moment until Cocoon was talked to by a Ledian named Cinella: The two going over the harsh things they've done and why they deserved the punishments—Cinella wishing she didn't try to start a war with the carnivorous Pokémon in another continent. After four days had passed, Cocoon's shell was all patched up before Mystery arrived at his room: Telling him it was time for his court case. Cinella simply said her goodbyes knowing she may not see the light of day ever again.

Chapter 27: Anna's Conflict.

The chapter started off with Draven and Udep announcing the new ship they'd prepared after four days, showing it off to the public only to disappoint Iris and her crew over how small it is. The Dragonite asked how long will it take them to make a large ship for ten travelers and Draven said five days or so, frustrating her. After some talks about Iris' frustration, Anna stated she'll head back to the house in a melancholic manner—saying she's feeling sleepy.

The next scene arrived to show off the crew eating dinner that Iris cooked at nighttime, forming discussions here and there. At some point, Lucas was about to blurt out why the crew were traveling until Iris cut him off, stating they were traveling to somewhere in the Aurora Ocean: Not wanting her new crewmates to know about her real intentions. After Claire's suspicion on Iris lying, the topic shifted over to the crew trying to think of a name for the Mudkip baby: Ultimately resorting to Nomar being his name after a few suggestions. And then later on, Ashen noticed the dreary look on Anna's face: Asking her if she was okay before she snapped and told him she's fine. She apologized before hearing Lucas mocking her for being so confident during the fight with Captain Duke in Chapter 24-25 and was now feeling sad—Anna failing to see why he found that funny. Soon Anna left the house after Lucas kept bullying her with her overconfidence, leading Iris to get angry at him. The two got into a heated argument with one another over who causes the most drama: Mark, Natalie, and Claire immediately thought about taking Nomar away from the discourse due to him about to cry.

The chapter shifted over to the Nocturne Forest: Anna running deep within it before mellowing in her depression, going on about how she believed she couldn't protect others nor herself due to how useless she was. The chapter ended with Cerise watching her depression via one of the flat blobs, being at Iris' home: He felt sorry for the Ninetales.

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Mixturing Moves Chapter 28 will be released on January 1st, 2025. I look forward to the future of this fanfic. Oh and if you're a fan of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Look forward to a special surprise on that day, too!