pokemon Fighting Dreamers

Meanwhile in Virbank City.

"So the brilliant scientist we're looking for is in a karaoke bar?" Domino asked after Millis teleported them both to the spot that Charon had indicated them, Domino was wearing an outfit that mimicked a Unovan Ace Trainer to blend in, while Millis had her usual clothes.

"My father told me to never judge a man by where he drinks, only by how he holds it." Millis answered as they both entered, the whole place seemed rather chill for a bar, with everyone simply drinking and enjoying the music in the background.

"Cause I'm bad and you love it! So don't act like you're above it!" A man wearing a gray lab trench coat sung in the stage of the bar.

"That's must be the song that Charon mentioned." Millis said, Domino then tossed a small rock at the man and he stopped singing, noticing the two, he then got out of the stage and silently walked outside the bar, with Domino and Millis following him.

"You came by faster than I expected." He said once the three were outside.

"So you were just going to keep singing that song until we arrived?"

"Well, it is my second favorite song after all." He answered. "The first one goes like: The humans are dead-"

"So, CLRS-1?" Domino interrupted.

"Just Colress will do." He said. "I'm the ex-second-in-command of Team Plasma."

"And what does Giovanni wants with you?" Domino asked.

"Well, it's pretty simple actually, if it is okay with you, I have prepared a little presentation to illustrate my point." Colress said as he opened up a laptop and played a music video of him.

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Each and every second of your life

Millions of waves cross your mind, but you can't see them

That's why I only trust my computers

They are gonna solve it in each and every way

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Just look around and you'll understand

The world is high-tech to very end

The universe has to be synchronized

Or else everything will-

Wacka Wacka! Boom Boom!

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When you feel like everything is out of control

Just log in with your computer

And the solution will load

it's su-pe-ri-or!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Logic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Sonic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Morphing!

The real reality!

(It's out of control!)

(I-I-It's out of control!)

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(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Logic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Sonic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Morphing!

Just accept it!

We're all connected!

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(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Logic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Sonic!

(Techno! Techno! Techno!)

Techno-Morphing!

The real reality!

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GAME OVER

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Director: Colress.

Singer: Colress.

Mixer: Colress.

Camera: Colress.

Audio: Colress.

Producer: Colress.

Special thanks to: Colress.

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For Colress.

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"Well, do you understand now?" Colress asked.

"...What the heck was that?!" Domino asked.

"Well, I admit it sounded better in my head, but was it seriously that bad?" Colress asked.

"You want some honest criticism?" Millis asked.

"Why, of course."

"That was fucking stupid!" Millis said.

"...That's not honest criticism." Colress answered.

"And what's the deal with all these songs now?!" Domino complained.

"Oh well, is Virbank, everybody here sings, it was the best way to blend in while I stayed here." Colress answered and then nervously looking around. "W-Why is everybody looking at me like I've lost it?!" Colress shouted.

"Nobody is looking at you." Millis said.

"Maybe if I keep singing I can make 'em stop it!" Colress continued. "Shoop-doo-wop, shoop-doo-wop. Can someone shut this music off?

"Just stop singing!" Millis shouted.

"I'm choosing not!" Colress answered, but Domino suddenly slapped him. "Ehem, thank you, I needed that, living in this place, between Pokestar and Roxie's band, makes you think that the whole world is a stage."

"Can we just get to the point of this whole thing already?!" Domino asked.

"Sure, sure, all that Giovanni wanted from me was this." Colress showed the girls five Cherish Balls. "It was literal hell to capture these five, but here they are, my proudest work, Project G."

"English please." Millis said.

"Inside these Cherish Balls are the five Genesect." Colress explained. "We, Team Plasma, modified and enhanced them from fossils, but they managed to escape our laboratories and somehow ended up residing in the Absentia Natural Park, but I managed to get some people to capture them again, most of them didn't make it back, but it was a risk I was willing to take."

"So Giovanni knows they're really powerful and wants to use them." Domino said.

"Oh, it's a bit more than that." Colress said. "Inside of each of these Genesect is a sphere labelled as "core", it is what powers them and it has pretty much limitless nuclear energy, Giovanni told me that he wants to use the five Genesect as some kind of battery for the machine he's preparing."

"Do you know what that machine is supposed to be or do?" Domino asked.

"Not yet, but I'll find out when I'm there."

"Here they are." Meloetta said watching the scene from a roof being accompanied by the Unovan Mewtwo. "I told you he was the one who captured them."

"Then why are we standing here?" Mewtwo said charging a Psystrike and aiming at the trio of villains.

"Wait!" Meloetta pushed Mewtwo's arm and caused her to miss her mark and the Psystrike ended up landing on a nearby roof and causing an explosion.

"What was that?!" Domino shouted.

"Hmmp, I think I know it." Colress smirked.

"Don't really want to stay and find out though." Millis said preparing her watch. "La vie sure le voie rapide!" She shouted before teleporting herself away along Colress and Domino.

"No!" Meloetta exclaimed.

"Argh! You made me miss!" Mewtwo complained.

"You were going to kill them!" Meloetta said.

"That's not true I was going to... put them to sleep." Mewtwo coughed. "But now they escaped with the Genesect and you heard them, they want to use them as some kind of batteries for whatever they're planning."

"I know, we have to stop them somehow, they work for Giovanni of Team Rocket so they must have gone to Kanto, can you contact the other Mewtwo and ask him for help?"

"Don't really get along with the guy." Mewtwo said. "Any other ideas?"

"Maybe we could-"

"I can't believe we're gonna meet Ash Ketchum in person!" Someone shouted from afar.

"Hmm, did you hear that?" Mewtwo asked.

"Yes! Ash could be the perfect person to help us!" Meloetta smiled. "If he's here then we have to tell him. Let's see what this is all about."

Meanwhile on the other side of Virbank.

"I'm Rosa Whitley!"

"Name's Hilda Whitley!"

"We're sisters!"

"Half-sisters actually."

"I'm from Aspertia!

"Nuvema here."

"I'm an aspiring actress and coordinator!"

"I'm a trainer on her way to become champion."

"I love donuts!"

"Baseball is kinda my thing."

"This is my best friend, Serperior!"

"Here's my first partner, Emboar. Yup, he's shiny, no pokehex, he's authentic."

"Uh... nice to meet you two, I'm Victor Sodo Tsurutate."

"I'm Marnie Sthayer, pleasure is mine as well."

"So, these are the two guys and gals I was talking you about." Roxie said to both duos. "Rosa and Hilda will be coming with us to the concert in Alola."

"I'm so excited to meet Ash!" Rosa shouted. "I bet he's even more handsome in person."

"I can't wait to challenge him to a battle!" Hilda shouted out loud. "I'M FIRED UP!"

"EMBOAR!" Her ace shouted alongside her.

"You're always so savage, think about the important things! Sabrina mentioned that she'd bring him to act in a movie in Pokestar, maybe I'll get to co-star with him!" Rosa started to drool as she got lost in her fantasies. "J-Just imagine, there are some many outfits I'd like to put him on, and what if we get into a kiss scene?! If that happened, I'd throw away my lips, because nothing else in the world will be worth kissing anymore."

"If you do that you wouldn't be able of kissing him again." Hilda said.

"Good point! I'll take that back!" Rosa smiled.

"And I thought Gloria was crazy." Victor whispered to Marnie.

"Don't be so mean." Marnie answered.

"Well, let's rest everyone, we'll take a ship to Alola tomorrow with my Dad." Roxie said.

"So Ash isn't here." Meloetta said. "Alola Region, can you teleport us there?"

"My teleportation only lets me go to places where I have already been and I've never heard of that region before." Mewtwo answered.

"Then I guess I'll have to follow them." Meloetta said.

"You mean like taking a human form and acting as a friend to go along with them?"

"Uh, no, I mean, I've been practicing that with Latias, but I can't get it to work." Meloetta answered. "I'll simply turn invisible and follow them in silence, I've done that before."

"You don't look like the silent type."

"Just leave it all to meeeeeee!" She sang.

"...It was a pleasure to meet you." Mewtwo sighed.

Back in the Distortion World.

"The semi-finals begin now!" Marshadow said. "It's Bea vs Phoebe U'hane!"

"It's good be face to face with you again, Phoebe." Bea said.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Phoebe answered. "So you were Ash's first girlfriend, I kinda expected you two get together, but that was before Acerola told me that she liked him as well... are you both seriously happy?"

"Yes, Phoebe, we are, didn't Acerola herself told you?"

"Maybe she did so, but... I can't help but think that she's gotten blinded by her love." Phoebe sighed to then walk to her side of the battlefield as Bea did the same alongside her Gallade.

"Come on by, Sableye!" Phoebe called the Ghost/dark who came out with a laugh, wearing a necklace with a Sablenite. "Here goes! Let's dance through the danger!" Phoebe pressed the Key Stone in her ankle bracelet again and Sableye Mega-evolved, now shielding himself behind a giant ruby.

"We've got one of those as well." Bea said putting on Korrina's gloves "But it's our first try so we won't do it unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Oh, believe me, it'll be absolutely necessary." Phoebe said.

"You really handed over your glove to her?" Flannery asked.

"Well, she asked kindly." Korrina answered. "And she's Ash's first girlfriend so I suppose we should do what she says if we want to join."

"Begin!"

"Power Gem!" Sableye laughed and put himself behind his gem as this fired off a giant red beam of energy.

"Shadow Sneak!" Gallade quickly turned into his shadow form and dropped himself in the floor to avoid the attack. "Now Night Slash!" Gallade stood up again and ran towards Sableye with both of his hands turned into long blades doing a cross slash that was blocked by Sableye's ruby, but still had enough force to push him back. "Try to hit him from behind!" Gallade jumped above the jewel and landed behind Sableye, who didn't have time to around around and was slashed away along his gem.

"Fine then. Suspicious Minds!" Phoebe shouted and Sableye laughed out loud summoning four purple humanoid ghost that rose from the ground. "We got all of the Ohana!" Sableye pointed at Gallade and the ghosts screeched to then fly towards Gallade as their hands turned into claws and they slashed him with them.

"Night Slash!" Bea ordered and Gallade used his blades to cut through the ghosts.

"Foul Play!" While Gallade was still distracted by the ghosts, Sableye jumped forward while being surrounded in darkness and tackled Gallade, the attack knocked back the Sinnoh Pokemon, but he later stood up again being surrounded by an orange aura.

"Right! Gallade's Abilty is Justified!" Flannery said.

"That's not exactly a good thing though." Ash said. "Foul Play uses the target's Attack instead of the user's so if Gallade's Attack raises up then Foul Play will do more damage."

"You heard your boyfriend!" Phoebe smiled. "Foul Play!" Sableye repeated the move and this time it caused far more damage on Gallade, activating his Justified ability again. "One more time!"

"Block him with Night Slash!" Gallede tried to counter, but the Foul Play broke through his blade and knocked him back again, this time returning Gallade to his usual form and leaving him almost unable to get up.

"Bea! When Gallade Mega evolves his Ability changes to Inner Focus!" Korrina exclaimed. "It's now or never!"

"Very well then." Bea tossed the Galladite at his Pokemon, but Phoebe's Sableye suddenly jumped in between them and grabbed the stone himself.

"Hey! That's ours!" Bea complained while Sableye laughed. "Dazzling Gleam!" Gallade shot the pink beam from his chest horn and created an explosion that knocked Sableye down and caused him to drop the Galladite, Gallade then went to take the stone and prepared a Night Slash to strike Sableye.

"Power Gem!" Phoebe ordered and Sableye simply looked at Gallade with a grin and shrugged shoulders, Gallade then noticed Sableye's gemstone was now behind him charging energy and the attack was fired from it before he could react, sending him to the floor yet again as Sableye hid behind the gestome again and Gallade laid down unable to move. "Suspicious Minds!" Sableye summoned four move ghosts that flew towards Gallade.

"Bea, he's still holding the Mega Stone! You have to do it!" Korrina told her.

"Here goes nothing!" Bea pressed the Key Stone and Gallade's Mega Stone activated as well, the bright light that came from them was enough to blind the ghosts and made them stop their attack as Gallade stood up again.

"Darkness is falling…" Gallade sung softly. "And I hear the calling… the shadows are coming... to life… but I won't rekindle… the embers that dwindle… as I sing my undead lullaby." Gallade reached his Mega-evolved form and he instantly used Shadow Sneak, with his body being fully covered in shadows and his cape turning into a scarf, leaving only two red bright eyes to be seen in the silhouette.

"Well, that reminds me of someone." Giratina said looking at Marshadow.

"Hmm..." Mr. Marsh simply looked at the fight with attention while, Gallade looked back at Bea and nodded before getting into fighting position again.

"It worked..." Bea trailed off with a smile.

"Suspicious Minds!" Sableye summoned four more ghosts with joined the previous four and they all targeted Gallade.

"Shadow Sneak!" Gallade extended his arms and swung them around as whips cutting through the ghosts and then running to Sableye, who still shielded himself with his gem as Gallade slashed away at it, eventually sending the gem flying away with an upper slash and leaving Sableye unprotected.

"Foul Play!" Sableye tackled down Gallade, with plenty of force due to the attack boost from earlier still being present, the attack was enough to force Gallade out of his shadow form again, but he still stood up, now taking a detailed look of his new Mega-evolved form.

"Dazzling Gleam!" Gallade shot a massive pink beam from his chest and once again he send Sableye flying back. "Stone Edge!" Gallade stomped the ground and several rocks emerged from it, he then spun around cutting though them and send the rocks flying as sharpnel.

"Suspicious Minds!" Sableye summoned four ghosts and these protected him, taking the impact of the sharpnel instead, two of the ghosts dispersed due to the damage, and Sableye then jumped forward with another Foul Play being followed by the remaining two ghosts.

"Night Slash!" Gallade changed to his shadow form again with two dark blades in hand and an explosion occured once the attacks met, the dust finally settled, all the ghosts that were summoned disappeared and both Sableye and Gallade had lost their Mega Evolution, Sableye grinned and Gallade smiled back before the two Pokemon fell unconscious at the same time.

"And it's a tie!" Froslass said.

"No! T-That can't be!" Phoebe shouted, Bea then returned Gallade with a proud smile and walked over to Korrina.

"Thanks a lot." Bea said handing over the glove. "I really couldn't have made it without this."

"No problem, I gotta say that was really amazing for your first try." Korrina answered.

"How impressive, this is the first time we ever get a tie." Marshadow said. "What should we do, Lord Giratina?"

"Well, just to get over with this, we'll eliminate them both." Giratina answered. "That means that whoever wins between Agatha and Ash will be the winner of the tournament."

"Be as it may." Agatha said.

"Another reason to fight you with all I got." Ash replied. "Though I would have still liked to fight Bea or Phoebe if I had won."

"So, what were you going to wish for, Phoebe?" Acerola asked her.

"...I was going to wish that you were Ash's only girlfriend." She answered.

"Phoebe-"

"Listen, I know you say you're happy, I'm trying to respect that." Phoebe answered. "But the more girls he adds, the more I feel he's been unfair with you and I got the feeling that you're really gonna regret all of this sooner than later."

"...I'll be happy to show you wrong." Acerola smiled, Phoebe simply sighed and looked away.

"Very well, not that they're both eliminated Agatha Zutto vs Ash ketchum will count as the final, let's get into it." Marshadow said.

"We're having a real battle this time, Drakloak!" Ash said as the shiny dragon emerged from his shadow.

"Well then, this is a rematch that was quite overdue." Agatha answered. "Go, Gengar!" She smacked her staff and the ball on top of it opened, a shadow then came out of the Poke Ball and slithered to the floor, expanding and revealing itself as a Gengar that stuck out his tongue.

"You know? I saw your battle against Allister the other day." Agatha said. "Unlike his Gengar, mine doesn't have Mega Evolution, nor Gigantamax, I prefer the classic style, but of course there's a twist here and there."

"Well, your Gengar was pretty strong back then, I bet you've only improved since then." Ash answered.

"Let's see if I can say the same about you." Agatha smiled.

"Begin!"

"Sludge Bomb!" Agatha gave the first order and her Gengar fired off a huge glob of purple poison towards Drakloak.

"Steel Wing!" Drakloak's head was covered in silver and he flew right through the blob to then slash Gengar with his head, however, after the attack was over, Drakloak was hit by a streak of poison.

"Not a good start, huh?" Agatha asked. "Ice Punch!" Gengar flew to Drakloak with both fists covered in ice to then land a double jab that send Drakloak directly to the floor.

"Hydro Pump!" Drakloak floated up again and shoot a stream of water.

"Thunderbolt!" Gengar laughed and released the electric blast, stopping the water and using it as a conductor to reach Drakloak, who was hurt by the poison again after the thunder hit him.

"Dragon Rush!" Drakloak rushed towards Gengar and his body was surrounded in blue aura, he then slammed himself into Gengar and crashed him onto the floor, but Gengar pushed the Dragon away with another Ice Punch afterwards.

"Shadow Ball!" Both of them shouted and the Pokemon attacked at the same time, but Gengar's Shadow Ball was bigger and absorbed Drakloak's, only for it to be avoided by the dragon.

"Steel Wing!" Drakloak went on to slash Gengar with his head again, landing several cuts that damaged him.

"Ice Punch!" Gengar prepared the hit and landed it right on Drakloak's neck, sending him away again.

"Shadow Drop!" Agatha smacked her staff in the floor again, Gengar then dropped himself in the floor and expanded himself around the battlefield, taking a deep breath to swallow Drakloak like a vacuum while the Dragon tried to fly away with difficulty.

"Well, this is new." Ash said.

"Didn't expect this, did you?" Agatha said. "Heh, of course not, I've lived your lifetime many times over, it'd be laughable of you to try and comprehend how I think. So, what are you doing about it?"

"Hmmp, probably something stupid." Ash smiled. "Drakloak! Take a dive!"

"What?!" Agatha shouted and Drakloak stopped resisting, being swallowed into the giant Gengar's mouth, Gengar then closed his mouth and returned to his normal size, but Drakloak was nowhere to be seen. Gengar suddenly seemed to receive a hit and fell to the ground, only for him to be repeatedly smacked back and forth as he held his stomach.

"I'm confused." Miette said.

"Ash's Drakloak can fit into any shadow he wants to and 'swim' inside them." Bea said. "He's gotten inside of Gengar and now is damaging him from there."

"Then spit him!" Agatha shouted and Gengar opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to try and take Drakloak out without success.

"Drakloak! if you hear me, use Hydro Pump!" After Ash said this, Gengar started to expand like a balloon and suddenly exploded in a burst of water that revealed a newly evolved shiny Dragapult.

"You evolved!" Ash cheered on while Gengar reformed himself while spitting water and trying to clean his tongue.

"Well, that's the third weirdest evolution I've ever seen in my lifetime." Agatha said. "Ice Punch!"

"Steel Wing!" Dragapult spun as a drill while he broke the ice and drilled through Gengar sending him to the floor. "Now Hydro Pump!"

"Thunderbolt!"

Dragapult fired off the move from his mouth, this time it was far more powerful, but it still wasn't enough to overcome the Thunderbolt, which kept going through the water, but was avoided by Dragapult, who used his newfound speed to dive down with a Dragon Rush and impact against Gengar before he even had time to react,.

"Shadow Ball!"

"Shadow Ball too!" Dragapult prepared the attack and from the spot where the Dreepys would be four Shadow Balls came out instead, with the first one clashing against Gengar's Shadow Ball while the other three hit Gengar directly.

"Sludge Bomb!" Gengar made his move, but Dragapult dove down again with a Steel Wing and then cut through Gengar, leaving him knocked out and ending the tournament.

"Gengar is defeated! The victory is for Ash and Dragapult!"

"Great job!" Ash congratulated him again as Dragapult jumped into his shadow to take a nap.

"Not bad at all." Agatha said while returning her Gengar. "I see you're not the same Ash from before, but you still got lots of things to learn, and I hope you don't put your guard down just because you defeated me and you're a champion now."

"Of course not; and thanks for the rematch, Miss Agatha." He said.

"Yeah, yeah, now as for that wish I wanted... eh, nothing important, when I won last time that was more than enough."

"And what was that wish?" Ash asked.

"I think I'll take that secret to my grave... heh, assuming I get there someday."

"...Oh, boy." Ash said to himself after understanding. "So... what do we do now?" He asked at Marshadow.

"As the winner, you have to come with me." Marshadow said as a zipper portal opened behind him. "The crystal that will grant the wish is waiting for you there, you ready?"

"Well, I am, but... I'd like to give the wish to Bea." He said.

"What? But you won." Bea said.

"You also fought like hell over there." Ash answered. "You and Gallade were amazing, go ahead and take that wish, consider it some kind of, eh, anniversary gift."

"Oh? So you're trying to thank me for that." Bea grinned and Ash simply blushed.

"You just had to bring that up." Ash laughed.

"Fine, fine, I'll accept it." Bea said. "But tell me, Ash, what were you going to wish for?"

"Well... I really just wanted to be with all of you without anybody judging us, you know?" Ash replied. "I wanted some kind of happy ending, but this thing of the wishes can go really wrong, I don't know what kind of secondary effect that could have, I mean, if I wish for that, would it evoke a mind control or brainwashing effect in order to prevent conflict? I don't want things to go that way, for our relationship to get accepted that's something we all will need to contribute, it might be not the easy way, but is the one we should take, so just go on and wish for whatever you want."

"Alright then, I'll be back in a moment." Bea followed Marshadow and they both entered the portal.

"Ash..." Serena put a hand over his shoulder. "Believe me, I've missed this crazy adventures, but I feel like we need to talk, in private."

Meanwhile with Bea.

"...Can you call out your Gallade?" Marshadow asked after they were both transported to a beach.

"Uh, sure." Bea did as told and released Gallade, giving him a Full Restore since he was still tired from the battles.

"Gallade, you always asked me about the place where I came from." Marshadow said. "Well, this is the place. Welcome to Tenku'ji Island, or well, what's left of it." Marshadow walked out of the beach and Bea and Gallade followed him as they entered the ruins of an old village.

"What happened here?" Bea asked.

"This used to be home of the Nekki tribe, I was one of them, I was once a human."

"And how did you turn into Marshadow?"

"... We were in a war, against our neighbors the Vecto tribe, the situation was really bad for us, they double us in number, even our children were force to participate, it was late night, we just a had a big battle that morning and many of our men were resting because of their injuries, I was the one guarding the north beach, just me, if I saw something, all I had to do was ring a bell I had with me and eveyrone would be alerted... and I saw something, but... the Vecto attacked me from behind, they somehow sneaked in, I laid there in the floor, I had the bell in my hand, I couldn't have ringed it, I could have simply screamed, my people would have heard, but the Vecto surrounded me, spears, daggers, swords, I couldn't move a muscle, I was terrified... one of them asked me to give him the bell and I handed it over, the rest of them simply tied me down and left me in the beach while the rest of their tribe arrived in their boat in silence, then they all got inside the village and... fire, screams, that's all I remember, the sunrise came and they all started to leave, one of them raised his sword against me, but he simply cut the ropes... they spared me."

"We couldn't have made it without you, child."

"...What was I supposed to do? I was scared, I was all alone... I was just a kid..." While Marshadow continued his story, the trio made it to a cliff, where a small purple crystal was shining brightly as the sun set. "I walked through the ruins of the city, hoping to find someone, anything, but all I could find was death, no one survived, they left only me to tell the story." Marshadow then took the crystal in his hand and looked down at the cliff. "I jumped out of this cliff that same mornig, I thought that it would end my suffering... but that only made it permanent... while I was falling the spirits of the people of this island rose from the waters, they rushed upon me, tearing my flesh, draining my soul, turning me into... a shadow... and now, for eternity, I'm doomed to wander the world, to never find peace… so far from life, yet cannot die... I won the first Ghost Type Stongest Battle, but then I learned about the rules, I couldn't kill myself, neither revive me to be a human again or even revive my tribe, I'm stuck like this until the end of time." Marshadow sighed and handed over the crystal to Bea, while both her and Gallade seemed like they were about to cry.

"I'm... really sorry." Bea said as Gallade took a bow.

"It was centuries ago, there's no use." Marshadow said and Bea tok the crystal. "Meeting people like you and teaching Pokemon like Gallade is my only relief at this point... congratulations, Saito."

"You knew?"

"Of course I knew." He nodded to then looked at Gallade. "And I got to say you were amazing, you've learned a lot... I'm really proud."

"Thank you... Mr. Marsh." Gallade smiled.

Back in the distortion world.

"So, you like me." Ash said.

"Yeah. I had a big crush on you." Serena answered, the two of them had walked a bit apart from the rest of the crowd while they waited for Bea to return.

"Wow... I had no idea." Ash replied.

"Really? I thought I was being so obvious!" Serena laughed. "Ash, everyone knew! You just heard Shauna and Korrina! They held back their feelings for you because they noticed mine!"

"Absolutely clueless. Sorry."

"Fine, heh, that's part of all the things that I liked about you either way." Serena smiled. "I really tried my best during our travel in Kalos."

"Well, I think... that it was right after you left that I started, you know, seeing you different."

"You mean?"

"That if we had continued traveling together, maybe... maybe I would have tried something." He admitted leaving Serena perplexed.

"Well, that's unfortunate timing." Serena said. "And I do feel a little guilty about how I made Korrina and Shauna feel."

"So... are we talking about that kiss?" Ash asked.

"You want me to be honest?" Serena laughed again. "I was actually aiming for your lips, but I guess I cowered last second and I went for a cheek kiss instead."

"I see..." Ash laughed as well. "Since we're at that... there's something I must confess to you too."

"What is it?" Serena asked. Ash then got closer to her and whispered something to her ear, causing her to blush to her limit.

"YOU SAW ME WHILE I WAS CHANGING IN THE TENT?!" Serena shouted and everyone looking at them.

"Y-Yeah, sorry." Ash said embarrassed.

"I didn't know you were such a pervert." Serena said looking away with a pout.

"Hey! You were the one who changed inside the same tent I was sick in!" Ash answered.

"I-I needed a place to put on your clothes... Guess I can't fight that logic." Serena admitted looking at him again. "H-How much did you see?"

"Not much honestly." Ash replied. "It was only a one-second glance and since I was sick the memory is pretty blurry."

"I'm happy to hear that at least." Serena sighed relieved. "So, eight girlfriends?"

"That's right, and I love them all very much." Ash said with a small proud grin.

"Hmm... so you want me to join?" Serena asked.

"I... I'd like you to, yes." Ash nodded while be blushed.

"That sincerity of yours... I'm giving this a thought, that's all I'll tell you." Serena smiled. "But there's another thing I'd like to ask, since pretty much everyone else got a turn already... can we have that first kiss?"

"Y-You want it now?" Ash asked. "In the middle of this place?"

"I'm not going to lie, I'd prefer a restaurant or a festival over a shadow void, but this is quite the scenery." Serena said with a short laugh. "So, are you in?"

"If that's what you want... of course I am." He nodded.

"Alright, just give me a second." Serena pulled out a handkerchief out of her skirt pocket and brushed it over Ash's lips. "Sorry, but that mouth has been in some places and I'm not a fan of indirect kisses."

"Guess I didn't think much about that." Ash laughed and Serena then took a hold of his cheeks, slowly bringing their faces closer to then meet with a lip kiss, it lasted five seconds and then they separated, but Serena didn't let go off Ash's cheeks. "So, how was it?" He asked.

"...I love you." She whispered with a smile and Ash could only blush and smile in response.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Miette smiled next to them.

"Ah! Y-You were watching the whole thing?!" Serena asked.

"Maybe." Miette smiled and a portal then appeared in front them, with Bea, Marshadow and Gallade coming out of it and the rest of the crowd formed around them.

"All ok, Bea?" Ash asked.

"Here's the thing." She said showing the crystal.

"Well, what are you going to wish for?" Marshadow asked.

"...I'd like to give this wish to someone else." Bea said.

"You all really think this is a pass-it-on?" Giratina asked slightly annoyed. "Fine, if not Ash, nor you, then who is worthy to receive such power?"

Bea simply smiled and handed over the crystal to Emmet. "Here."

"...Are you sure?" Emmet asked.

"Of course I am." Bea said. "I know perfectly what is like to lose a loved one, please use it."

"Very well..." Emmet took a deep breath as he raised the crystal in his hand. "Bring my brother Ingo here." The crystal illuminated with purple light for a moment, but it quickly died down and nothing happened.

"What... why didn't it work?" Emmet asked looking around.

"Once a wish is granted the crystal disappears, so it didn't do anything, it seems like your wish is beyond the capabilities of the crystal." Marshadow said. "You must be breaking one of the rules."

"The rules were no killing, no reviving and no messing with time or space." Elesa said. "That could mean that Ingo is-"

"HE'S NOT DEAD!" Emmet shouted. "I told you, I didn't see him in the mist, he must be somewhere out there. Don't tell you gave up already!"

"O-Of course I didn't!" Elesa replied. "But then what happened?" She asked Marshadow.

"I'm afraid we can't tell for sure which rule was being broken." Marshadow said.

"...Thank you for trying, Bea." Emmet handed back the crystal to her and walked away to then sit on the floor, while Elesa went to comfort him.

"I... I think I just made everything worse." Bea said.

"But you heart was in the right place." Ash replied and then looked at Gladion. "Hey-"

"No thanks." Gladion said. "After seeing that and thinking it through, I don't want a shortcut, I'll find my father on my own way."

"Guess I'll save this for later then." Bea said looking at the crystal. "It could help us in an emergency."

"Thank again, Mr. Marsh." Gallade said to him.

"I told you there's nothing to thank." He said. "I think I'll stay in this place for a while though, Giratina needs company, maybe you can come back one day and... I could get a taste of your power."

"I'll be looking forward to it." Gallade nodded.

"The tournament has ended." Giratina said as a giant portal formed itself. "Thank you all for participating, now get out of here."

"This portal will take you to the exact place you were brought from." Froslass said. "It was a pleasure to meet you all."

"Hey... I'm sure things will be different next time we meet." Korrina said to Ash. "And I'll have your Key Stone ready too!"

"To hell with the formalities!" Flannery gave Ash a quick lip kiss. "You and I will come clear later." She told him and then dragged Korrina and Tina inside the portal.

"I-It was a pleasure to meet you!" Tina exclaimed before disappearing.

"Well, this was quite the experience. Wish I could have done more." Miette said giving Ash a cheek kiss.

"Thank you." Serena simply winked at him before going in alongside Miette.

"... Acerola deserves something better than you." Phoebe told him before crossing the portal.

"She'll get used to it, don't worry." Acerola said before walking behind Phoebe.

"With all that happened, I couldn't get your answer, huh?" Cynthia asked.

"Cynthia, of course I'd love to-"

"Nobody cares!" Sina suddenly pushed Cynthia inside the portal. "So, what about me, mister?"

"Bea, would you mind?" He asked and Bea kicked Sina inside the portal, with her Froslass following her, Emmet and Elesa were the next to walk to it.

"Right, this is gonna take us back to different places." Elesa said. "I'll get Bianca and we'll meet with you in a moment, okay?"

"..." Emmet simply nodded and silently walked inside the portal along Elesa.

"Sha-sha, this was fun." Agatha said walking to the portal. "I'll see you all in the next tournament, or maybe not."

"This whole thing was pointless." Gladion sighed as he walking in, leaving only Ash and Bea in the Distortion World.

"Well, it comes down to us." Ash said.

"Doesn't it always?" Bea asked holding his hand, the two smiled together and crossed the portal at the same time.

Meanwhile in Shalour.

The zipper portal opened in the exact same spot and Korrina, Flannery, Tina, Miette and Serena were all shot from it inside the Ice Cream Shop where Malva was still working in and Drasna was waiting for them, while having a talk with Diantha.

"What did I tell you?" Drasna smiled at Malva.

"As always, you're right." Malva sighed.

"Moms! You're not gonna believe what just happened!" Tina exclaimed.

"Y-You called me Mom?" Malva stuttered.

"Korrina! Flannery! Tina! Glad you're all safe and well!" Drasna hugged the three of them. "Oh, and I see you brought your friends too." She said as Miette and Serena stood up.

"Oh, hi there, Serena!" Diantha greeted her.

"Good day to you... well, this was quite the experience." Serena sighed. "Korrina, I'm really sorry about the way I made you feel, but that doesn't give you the right to lie to me or Ash."

"Y-Yeah, I... I'm really sorry." Korrina stuttered, Serena simply looked away and walked out of the shop being followed by Miette.

"I really screwed up." Korrina said.

"Easy there, you were just following your heart." Flannery replied.

"Well, nevermind that, pack your things, everyone!" Drasna exclaimed.

"Uh, what for?" Tina asked.

"Drasna and I were selected for an important event." Diantha answered. "She was waiting for you three to return so you could all come with us."

"It'll be some sorta family vacation." Drasna said.

"Uh, thanks for inviting me then." Korrina said. "Where's the event going to be?"

"It's something regarding the new champion of Alola." Diantha answered.

Meanwhile with Miette and Serena.

"So, how are you feeling?" Miette asked.

"Oh, I'm just great!" Serena smiled. "This day has been beautiful, first I discover that two of my best friends have been lying to me for years, then I get dragged to hell and then the man of my dreams basically told me that the only way I can become his girlfriend is if I share him with like 20 other girls! Everything is so cool!"

"... That was sarcasm?" Miette asked.

"OF COURSE IT WAS!" Serena shouted.

"Hey, at least you got the lip kiss."

"Yes, I did." Serena sighed. "I really liked it, but I'm not sure about this whole thing, Ash must really love all those girls, but I... I dunno, I think I'd like to have a way to have him focus on me, kinda prioritize me, after all, I'm the one who knows him the best compared to all of them."

"Yeah, but that was also Dawn's and May's logic and you heard what happened with them."

"And the last thing I want is to break away from Ash like they did." Serena answered. "Guess there's no use in trying to hoard him, but I still need to give this a thought."

"Yeah... I should do that as well." Miette said.

"Sure, I seriously thought you had given up on Ash." Serena replied. "And what the heck was that orgy question?"

"I just wanted to grab information, after all, if we're going to share him we'll have to get into that kind of things eventually." She answered blushing while looking at Serena from head to toe. "I wonder how you taste like."

"M-M-MIETTE!"

Caitlin's Alolan villa.

The portal transported Phoebe, Cynthia and Acerola back to the living room, where Caitlin and Shauntal were sleeping together in a sofa.

"There you are, welcome back." Caitlin said with a yawn.

"W-Wait, what was Ash going to say?!" Cynthia shouted.

"Sorry, but I didn't hear either." Acerola said.

"He said he'd love to do something..." Cynthia trailed off while she blushed. "Acerola! You have to take me to his mansion! I need that answer!"

"Sure, I'll take you there!" Acerola smiled to then look at Phoebe, who seemed like she was trying to avoid her. "hey-"

"Just go." Phoebe interrupted still without looking at her. "I see now you're too lost to understand, I'm done trying to convince you... but you better don't come back crying after all that fails."

"...It doesn't have to be like this, Phoebe." Acerola told her and both Cynthia and her left the house.

"Well, how did everything play out?" Shauntal asked.

"Worse than I could have imagined." Phoebe answered.

Back with Ash.

After crossing the portal, Ash, Bea, Gladion and Elesa were all transported back to Bea's room in the mansion, where Bianca was waiting for them.

"Oh my gosh, you're all safe!" Bianca said running to the group. "Miss Elesa, are you okay? Do you need anything? A bit of tea?"

"I'm just fine, Bianca, but we need to go with Emmet." She answered.

"Oh, that's great! I had already packed our things, let's get going!" Bianca replied while leaving the room and then Elesa took Ash's hand.

"Hey, I really meant what I said yesterday, but there are other things that need my attention right now." She said.

"Of course, I understand." Ash answered and Elesa gave him another cheek kiss, and just after that, Bianca reentered the room with all their luggage.

"It was great to see you again too, Bianca." Ash said.

"Yeah, sure, by the way, your girlfriends are down in the living room talking with the blondie." Bianca answered.

"Blondie?" Bea asked.

"Don't tell me you mean..." Ash looked at Gladion and he simply shrugged shoulders.

"Not my problem!" Bianca shouted. "Claim all the girls you want, but you better don't make me a target!" She shouted again to then take Elesa by her wirst and drag her out of the mansion. Gladion, Ash and Bea then went down to the living room and found Lillie with Pikachu in her arms, talking with Nessa, Peonia, Skyla, Gloria, Selene, and of course, Mallow and Lana.

"Lillie!" Ash exclaimed once he saw her.

"A-Ash!" Lillie left Pikachu with the rest of the girls and then ran to Ash taking him into a hug.

"Hey, I'm here too." Gladion said.

"Maybe, but I saw you last week." She said. "Ash, it's been months, how are you?"

"I'm so happy to see you!" Ash answered hugging her tighter. "I see you already met everyone."

"O-Of course, I've been getting along with your other friends quite well." Lillie smiled.

"Friends, huh?" Ash looked the girlfriends and they all pointed at Mallow and Lana.

"Hey, where's Mom?" Gladion asked.

"She left to Aether Paradise to get details about the invasion." Lillie answered. "Meanwhile I decided to wait here, Mallow and Lana mentioned something about a portal and I got a little worried, but I knew you guys could handle it... A-Ash, do you have a minute?"

"Of course I do, Lillie." Ash answered, she then hugged him again and ran to Mallow and Lana, taking them both by their wrists and then dragging them back to Ash, so the three girls would be in front of him. "This is something that I... that the three of us have been waiting to tell you... and now that you're here, we can finally open up! The three of us and you! I know what we're going to say will sound crazy, but please, hear us out."

"Well, Lillie, I think I already know what you are going to tell me." Ash sighed.

"W-What do you mean?" Lillie stuttered. Mallow and Lana then looked at each other and nodded to then stand by Ash's side, with now the three of them being in front of Lillie. "Guys... what's going on?"

"Lillie..." Mallow did her best to look directly at her. "I-I don't even know where to start, but-

"We haven't been completely honest." Lana said.

"H-How so?" Lillie asked.

"You were going to tell me that Lana, Mallow and you agreed to share me, right?" Ash asked. "Thing is that Mallow and Lana are already my girlfriends."

"B-But..." Lillie simply stared at them in silence for what felt like an eternity. "W-W-When? Why... H-How?"

"For the two of us, it all happened during the invasion, but every girl in this mansion is also Ash's girlfriend, bar Selene." Lana explained.

"I'm really starting to feel like the black sheep here." Selene stared at them.

"Y-You said- You said we were in this together!" Lillie suddenly shouted. "Not only you left me out, b-but you're also sharing him with all of them?!"

"We didn't want to left you out!" Lana exclaimed.

"O-Of course! Why else would all this girls be here?!" Lillie shouted looking at the rest. "And you all acted like nothing happened! How could I be so stupid?!"

"Lillie, it's not their fault, we asked them to play along." Lana said.

"W-We just wanted to wait for you to return so we could tell you all face to face." Mallow said.

"How could you replace me with all of them?!" Lillie exclaimed looking at Ash, Mallow and Lana again.

"Lillie! They would never do that!" Selene spoke up. "Just ask any of the girls here, they've been waiting for you."

"That's true! Ash has told us a lot about you." Skyla said.

"Ash, Mallow and Lana just talk non-stop about how much they wanted you to join our family." Nessa added.

"You're really important to him, to all of them." Peonia said. "They'd hate to leave you out."

"And we're all okay with you joining!" Gloria answered. "You've only been here for an hour, but you've seen how we all got all along."

"J-Join this? B-B-But-"

"Lillie, please let them explain." Bea said.

"NO!" Lillie shouted again. "All I want to hear now is the sound of silence!"

"Hello darkness, my old friend..."

"GLADION!"

"Sorry, sorry, I couldn't help myself." Gladion answered. "And you're sounding exactly like mom when she gets angry."

"SHUT UP!" Lillie shouted.

"Lillie, calm down!" Mallow tried to get close to her, but Lillie suddenly pushed her back.

"Get away from me!" Lillie continued. "I trusted you! We were supposed to do this TOGETHER! The THREE of us would be Ash's girlfriends and that was it! How could you do this?! HOW COULD YOU LIE TO ME?!" Lillie then started to cry and pant, she looked directly at Ash, Mallow and Lana and then to the rest of the girls, only to run away and get out of the house afterwards.

"Lillie!" Ash tried to run after her, but Gladion stopped him.

"Is this what you wanted?" Gladion asked. "Are you consoled now?"

"Gladion, you have to let me go with her! I can't let her go like that!"

"We had a deal, Ash." Gladion insisted. "One shot, one strike, she rejected the idea, I won't let you push her into this, none of you have the right."

"...You know I'm going to go with after anyway, right?" Ash asked.

"That's what I'm fearing." Gladion sighed. "But please, you saw how agitated she was, at least give her a moment to calm down, an hour or so, I'll take her home, fine? You can go later, but don't bring this whole crowd."

"Fine, it'll be just Mallow, Lana and me." Ash replied.

"Guess that'll do." Gladion walked away and left the mansion to go with Lillie.

"L-Lillie, she... she has never talked to us like that." Mallow stuttered as she started to cry as well and Lana hugged her. "I-I've never seen her like that, s-she looked so angry, so... so disappointed."

"Ash, what do we do now?" Lana asked. "What if she really doesn't want to join? She... S-She could end up never talking to us again."

"Easy there, we just need to try again, explain everything slowly and calmly, with just the four of us." Ash said as he hugged them both. "We're not leaving Lillie behind."

Foot of Mt. Coronet.

"Thanks, Chloe." Dawn whispered after following the coordinates that her friend had sent her back when they started the plan, now her team was roughly a mile away of the base, hiding behind some rocks as a Blizzard raged on, the four girls were wearing black snow jackets, black jeans and boots, just like Angie explained earlier that day.

"There's twelve guards in the entrance alone." Ursula said with a pair of binoculars. "I can barely imagine how many of them must be inside."

"That's why we'll force them out." Dawn said. "You got everything ready for the opening, Regina?"

"Of course." Regina answered to then release an Abomasnow, while preparing both a Dynamax Band and a Key Stone in her hairband.

"Right, the communicators are working." Dawn said handing over the snow masks with colored glasses to the group. "Remember to not call each other by our names, we'll use the colors of our masks as identification, my name is Blue, Angie is Green, Ursula is red and Regina is White."

"Hey, can you call me Snow instead?" Regina asked. "I've always liked that as a superhero name."

"Uh, yes, I guess we can do that." Dawn answered. "Be sure to hide your hair as well."

"Very well, I'll start with my part. You better get ready." Regina said to then run away being followed by her Pokemon.

"Fine, so we wait until Regina does her thing and then we'll start with the plan." Ursula said.

"That's the idea at least." Dawn said. "Hey, Angie, you haven't said anything since we arrived, you okay?"

"Yeah, sorry, I'm just internalizing a lot of panic and fear right now." Angie said looking at the horizon to then take a deep breath. "But now I'm done that and I'm back." She sighed and the group then saw a bright white light from a cliff.

"Here it goes." Ursula said.

"Very well, everyone, masquerize." Dawn said and they all put on their snow masks.

"We got their attention." Regina said with her mask on as well, with the now Mega-Abomasnow by her side, seeing how the guards were looking up at them after that shine. "Let's show them what's best served cold." She activated her Dynamax Band and Abomasnow jumped out of the cliff, increasing in size while falling and landing in front of base, the fully Dynamaxed Mega-Abomasnow then let out a fearsome roar while causing a light quake due to the fall.

"Ruuun! It's The Ice Man From Outer Space!" One of the guards in the entrance shouted.

"It could look like The Ice Man From Outer Space, but since the movie never released and the suit wasn't designed we can't be sure!" Another guard answered.

"Still we should run like it is The Ice Man From Outer Space!"

"Though we aren't sure."

"Good night, gentlemen." Regina said to then jump on top of Abomasnow's head. "I'm here to raid your base, sorry to come unannounced, hope it's no bother."

"Damn, she got style." Ursula admitted. "We should get moving."

"Everything's gonna be alright, we're gonna be alright." Angie repeated in an effort to calm herself down.

"Let's do this, team!" Dawn shouted.

.

"So this is how this begins." Danika said watching the scene from the security room inside the base alongside Quillon, Goh, Lyla, Shunya and Horace.

"Looks like she didn't come alone." Quillon said.

"That Abomasnow looks oddly familiar." Lyla added.

"I already informed Looker, he says he's on his way back along his friend." Goh said looking at his Rotom Phone.

"Tell him not to worry, we can handle this." Danika said.

"Well, until he comes back you're the leader here." Shunya said to Danika. "What should we do?"

"You sure you want to take orders from me?" Danika asked.

"Just call it, Danika." Horace gave a salute.

"Hmm... Alright, listen up then!" Danika shouted. "Until we understand what's their plan, our priority is containment. Akari and Johanna aren't our only prisoners, there's far more dangerous people here and we have to make sure none of them escape. Shunya, I want you in the power room, they could be trying to leave us without electricity, make sure that doesn't happen."

"Got that."

"Horace, you're staying here in the security room, eyes on everything and keep us informed."

"Sure thing."

"Quillon, your Urshifu is the best fighter we have right now, I want you to go to the front lines and at least slow down that Abomasnow, take it down if you have the opportunity."

"Roger."

"Goh, cover the hallways of the building, you got many Pokemon, scatter them around and try to cover as much ground as you can."

"I'm on it."

"Lyla, you're coming with me, we'll stay in the cell room sections as a last line of defense in case the rest fails."

"You can count on me."

"Stopping the wickedness!" Quillon shouted.

"Facing mystery!" Goh said.

"Protecting the life!" Horace said.

"Investigating with techology!" Shunya said.

"And going after the answers!" Lyla said.

"We are the Chasers!" They all shouted while Danika simply stared at them.

"Wait, we got a roll call now?!" She shouted.

"Yeah, you lost the reunion because you were busy chasing after your dream boy." Lyla said and they all laughed while Danika blushed embarrassed, but they all stopped once the whole building shaked after receiving an attack from Abomasnow.

"There's no time to lose, I'm trusting you all." Danika said and the group put their hands in the center. "Let's do this, Chasers!"