pokemon Fighting Dreamers

"I closed all the time portals that I used to fight you... but I'm afraid I'm not sure if I created more of them outside of here."

"You're saying there could be a bunch of people and Pokemon from another time wandering in the present?"

"Excuse my- It seems like I'm lost, there was this weird blue light, your house was the first thing I saw so I came here...uh...what area of Hisui is this?"

"Hisui? ...What's your name?"

"A...Akari... My name is Akari."

"According to this, Hisui was the name of the Sinnoh region when it was first discovered and settled, Akari was the first woman of our family to live in Sinnoh, she arrived here around 500 years ago."

"...Look Akari, you'll stay with us until we can find a way to return you to your time, fine?"

"Well, I shouldn't tell you, but... There was a little time problem here in Sinnoh recently."

"T-Time problem?"

"Don't worry, it wasn't anything serious...But have you seen something weird around here?"

"What exactly do you mean with weird?"

"I mean, anything that could look out of place... or out of time, I guess."

"...No, n-not at all."

.

"She was definitely lying... But we'll see later about what."

"Chrono Morpher online... Time anomaly detected nearby... Category 1... calculating location: Twinleaf, Sinnoh."

"As I suspected. At least it just category 1, but even that could be dangerous... what are you hiding, Dawn?"

"Well, listen to this, the anomaly is a female teen named Shō Akari, she's Dawn's ancestor, she somehow ended exactly in Dawn's house and is currently living there. Akari's structure is weird in the regard of time, there's something odd about her, but I haven't been able of pointing out exactly what it is, she's some kind of living paradox, what I'm trying to get at is that a simple portal won't suffice, that's why I'm asking you to contain her, at least until Celebi and I can form a proper portal, Akari has already learned too much about the future, all that knowledge could affect the past negatively."

"Oh, you again Danika? Nice to see you. Sorry, but you just missed Dawn, she left to Alola a few minutes ago."

"Unfortunately Miss Johanna, I'm not here for Dawn."

"You're not? Well, sorry to tell you this, but I'm the only one in the house."

"You don't need to play your daughter's game anymore. I'm here for Akari, I request that you leave her in my custody."

"Here's your warning, Shō Akari! By the authority of project Arceus, the international police and Dialga himself, I'm stopping you by force!"

"Well, here's YOUR warning! By the power of the Shō family, we...uh..."

"We're about to test your luck!"

"Yeah, that sounds cool!"

"What was...What did you do to that guy?!"

"I-I don't know! I simply touched him!"

"He took your place in the past..."

"I warned you, Johanna, you resisted, not to mention you already know too much about all this...I'm taking you under arrest. Akari and you are coming with me."

"M-My Zorua! She jumped under the bed before it all happened and she stayed there when I escaped!"

"Ursula, why are you calling me?"

"I was wondering if you know where Johanna is.I came yesterday, but the house was empty and now I returned yet again today and there's still no one here."

"Wait, no one?"

"Indeed, not even her Glameow, she's isn't answering her phone either."

"Ursula, please stay in Twinleaf, there's a spare key under a rock next to the mailbox, go inside the house and inform me later if you see anything weird."

"We found this curious white Zorua in the outskirts of the town."

"A white Zorua?!"

"Yes, it was wandering all alone and it seemed really scared. Regina kept it and they're both at her house now."

"This can't be happening. Chloe, please listen to me carefully, you have to go back to Sinnoh right now and take that Zorua with you."

"But why?"

"It belongs to someone really important and I think something happened to that person and to my Mom."

"Fine, I'll tell Regina, we'll be going to Twinleaf."

"Thanks a lot. I'm also on my way there, I'll give you all the details when we meet."

"I was also going to explain my situation to Ash, in hope that he could help us."

"And where is he? Why didn't you bring him with you?"

"Ash and I had... a big discussion back in Alola, I couldn't even tell him the problem with Akari... Nevermind that, I think I know what happened with Mom and Akari. Danika must be behind it."

"Danika... What happened to my family?"

"...They're fine, if that's what you're asking. They're locked here, I'm sorry things had to escalate to this, but Akari is dangerous, the time anomaly she represents accidentally sent a trainer named Lucas to the past."

"I'm going there and I'm going to rescue my family!"

"Dawn, I'm obliged to give you a warning, if you dare try to come here and take them out, then my partners and I are going to respond with force."

"Then I'll have to answer harder."

"Listen, Chloe, we'll be cutting all communications with you for safety...I really hope all this turns out fine, we'll call you if we succeed, but if you don't know anything about us in a week... that would mean that we failed, so you'll have to call Ash and tell him about all of this, okay?"

"Now I'm really scared."

"I know, but... please, if all this fails Ash could be our only hope. Can I count on you with that?"

"Of course..."

"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.

"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."

"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!"

...

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...

Interpol Headquarters, foot of Mt. Coronet.

"Let's do this!" Regina shouted and her Dynamaxed Mega-Abomasnow roared, summoning a blizzard that raged on and blew away many of the guards and Pokemon that were in the entrance trying to stop them. 'Great, just keep doing that.' She whispered to the Pokemon. 'We need to distract them as much as we can, so let's not waste any actual Max Moves."

"Stand up, people!" Quillon shouted at the men and Pokemon that were recovering from the attack. "We have to defend our base!"

"If you're so motivated why don't you help?!" One of the agents shouted.

"That's what I came to do... Beast on!" Quillon shouted summoning a red Urshifu spirit from his totem. "Min-Ho! Wicked Blow!" He ordered and the Spirit jumped aiming at the Abomasnow with a powered punch.

"Not happening." Regina answered and her Abomasnow simply smacked away the spirit which fell roughly into the floor after being hit.

"They're able to touch you..." Quillon trailed off. "It seems like in that state you're vulnerable to Dynamax energy."

"Consider this a warning!" Regina shouted and her Abomasnow raised his arms to then bring them down with force causing an Earthquake and sending a set of shockwaves that knocked down plenty of the agents' Pokemon, even forcing Quillon's Urshifu to return to its totem.

"I'm gonna need reinforcements!" Quillon said in his communicator. "At least until I find a way to slow down this thing...Beast on!" He shouted summoning the Urshifu again as it jumped aiming at Abomasnow once more, but the scene repeated and Urshifu was tossed back once again.

"I'll send some more agents, please be careful." Horace answered in the security room while paying attention to the cameras. "Though this is obviously a distraction, there must be more of them."

Meanwhile in the back of the building.

"Just like we practiced, everyone." Dawn told them as they approached a wall, she then released her Mamoswine as Ursula released her Garchomp and Angie her Luxray.

"Giga Impact!" The three girls shouted at the same time and their Pokemon rammed the wall together, destroying it and creating a big opening, but also activating an alarm.

"Bingo." Horace said. "They broke in by the south wing, everyone."

"I'm on it." Goh said accompained by his Darmanitan, Pinsir, Scizor, Greedent, Farfecth'd and Raticate.

"Well, everyone knows what to do." Dawn looked at the other two girls and they nodded, Ursula then released her Plusle and Minun; and both Pokemon then jumped to Angie's shoulders.

"Listen up, if something happens to them, I swear I'll kill you, Ang-"

"Hey, Hey! I'm Green!" Angie interrupted and signaled her Luxray to cut down a nearby camera with an Iron tail. "Don't forget it, Red."

"Yeah, sure." Ursula rolled her eyes under the mask.

"Well, Blue tells you two to be careful." Dawn said and they went their separate ways, with Dawn staying with Ursula as Angie went on her own, quickly ending in the power room of the building.

"Well, this is gonna be easy." Angie smiled.

"You can say that again." Shunya said appearing behind some generators alongside a Manectric. "My name is Shunya Sterling and I'm-"

"Let me find the guy who asked." Angie interrupted and her Luxray jumped with a Wild Charge towards him, Shunya's Manectric answered with the same move, but Luxray was stronger enough to push him back.

"Overheat!" Shunya shouted and his Manectric expelled out a blast of fire which Luxray avoided jumping.

"Use Crunch!" Luxray jumped towards Manetric biting him down the floor by his neck as well as restraining him with his paws.

"Heh, use Charge!" Shunya smiled as the eyes of his Manetric illuminated and he started to drain electricity from Angie's Luxray. "Now Thunder Wave!" Manetric howled as it charged energy and then released a huge blast of blue electricity, Luxray tried to avoid it, but after being drained of his energy he didn't have enough strength and ended up being hit by the attack and fainting.

"Luxray!" Angie ran to aid her Pokemon.

"We won!" Shunya laughed. "To think Danika really thought you'd be a problem."

"Well, you should have listened to her." Angie asked returning her Luxray.

"What are you-" Shunya asked to then hear a sudden small explosion, he then looked back and saw Ursula's Plusle and Minun on top of the generators while charging electricity.

"Seems like you didn't notice when they sneaked in." Angie giggled.

"Plus!"

"Min!"

The two rodents touched their paws and let out a combined Thundebolt that made the generators explode, causing all the lights in the building to go off, while Angie and the duo used the smoke to sneak away.

Meanwhile in the cell sections.

"Guess Shunya lost." Lyla said as their light went off in their area as well.

"Shunya, are you okay?" Danika asked in her communicator.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." He answered coughing. "I'm sorry, they got through me."

"Glad you're not dead, but do you think you can fix the electricity?" Lyla asked.

"That's not going to happen soon, sorry." Shunya asnwered.

"Go and get some medical assistance if you need it." Danika replied. "Well, this has been quite a bad start."

"Looks like Dawn is giving you quite some trouble." Johanna said from the cell she was sharing with Akari.

"You're not going to stop Dawn!" Akari said. "You don't know about all the amazing stories she has told me, the things she has done, you're no match for her."

"Trust me, we've handled worse than her." Lyla replied.

"Horace, are the cameras still on?" Danika asked in the communicator.

"For the moment, luckily they have a separate power source, but those people are taking out the cameras they encounter anyway, they're already halfway to your location, currently in hall 6 and moving fast."

"All of the other agents are outside helping Quillon with the Abomasnow." Danika said.

"At this rate they'll be here in a few minutes." Lyla said. "Goh, where the hell are you?!"

"Right in front of them." He answered after encountering Dawn and Ursula. "Dawn, I know it's you! Stop this right now!"

"I'm really sorry about this, Goh." Dawn replied.

"Well, I'm not." Ursula added releasing her Vaporeon, Flareon and Jigglypuff. "Misty Rainbow!" Vaporeon and Flareon used Water Pledge and Fire Pledge at the same time surrounding Goh's Pokemon with pillars of fire and water, the attacks merged together into a single pillar of steam that summoned a small rainbow and while that happened, Ursula's Jigglypuff rolled until she was in the middle of Goh's Pokemon to then stuck out her tongue and use Misty Explosion to knock out all of Goh's Pokemon, as well as sending Goh himself flying away and knocking him out too.

"I'm sorry again!" Dawn said as they countinued making their way towards the cells.

"I'm not!" Ursula insited.

"Woah, what happened here?" Angie asked after catching up to the other two. "Is that guy dead?" She asked giving Goh a small kick.

"Ouch." Goh said.

"Uh, no, he's fine, let's keep going." Angie shrugged shoulders.

"They took down Goh! I'm going to help him!" Horace exclaimed.

"You too are such good friends." Lyla scoffed to then lookat Danika. "So we're on our now?"

"Not entirely." Danika answered. "...But I think we've taken enough risks, Lyla, tell Professor Amaranth to start with Plan B, okay? Protocol 6."

"I'm on it." Lyla nodded.

"What is protocol 6?" Akari asked.

"That means transfer." Emma answered, still inside the other cell.

"Correct, but it's nothing that you have to worry about." Danika answered. "Quillon, how are you doing?"

Meanwhile outside the base.

"I got this!" He shouted while his Urshifu spirit was once again knocked back by the giant Abomasnow. "I don't got this... I need another approach, I need... Lurantis! Throh! Heatmor!" He exclaimed releasing them. "Heatmor, Fire Blast to its feet!" Quillon ordered and Heatmor set in fire the ground beneath Abomasnow causing him to walk back a few steps.

"What are they planning now?" Regina wondered still on top of Abomasnow's head, the Lurantis suddenly flew upwards them with an Aerical Ace and landed in front of Regina.

"Mirche!" She exclaimed calling out her Glaceon. "Use Ice-" Regina was about to order, but a red mat suddenly appeared beneath her, Throh suddenly came from it with a puff of smoke and grabbed Regina to then toss her out of Abomasnow's head. "M-Mirche!" Regina shouted again and her Glaceon quickly used Ice Beam to form a slide and let her land safely in the snow. Mirche then pushed away Lurantis and Throh with a Blizzard making them both fall back with Quillon, she then ran down Abomasnow's back and went with Regina to see if she was injured.

"I'm okay, thanks for the quick reaction." Regina told her. "Wait, where's... My Dynamax Band!" She shouted noticing Quillon's Throh had it in is hand.

"I'm afraid it isn't yours anymore." Quillon's Throh ripped apart the band revealing the Wishing Star in its interior to then give the stone to his trainer.

"Max Hailstorm!" Regina ordered and his Abomasnow took a deep breath to prepare the attack.

"Huff... I hope this works." Quillon smacked the stone onto his Urshifu totem, the Wishing Star broke into pieces and the totem illuminated with red light, this light was then absorbed by the Urshifu Spirit, causing it to increase in size and change his form, becoming bigger than the Mega-Abomasnow, who then released a giant blizzard form his mouth, but the Urshifu crossed his arms to withstand the move.

"Pure strength, Pure fierceness..." Urshifu talked with an echoed voice. "Leaving the world behind, a peerless being. The very embodiment of rage! The divine emissary that banishes evil spirits with its fury! I'm Min-Ho! The Single-Strike Urshifu!"

"Well, that's new... Which one of us is smaller now. huh?" Quillon asked as the Urshifu spirit roared.

"Max Overgrowth!" Abomasnow summoned a hurricane of leaves and sent them towards the Urshifu.

"G-Max One Blow!" Urshifu shouted, breaking through the leaves and he charged a powered fist.

"M-Max Guard!" Regina stuttered and her Abomasnow shielded himself again, but Urshifu broke thorugh the shield as if it was made of glass and landed a massive hit onto Abomasnow's face, forcing him out of his Dynamax while he still remained mega-evolved.

"Max Flare!" Quillon ordered and the giant Urshifu roared again, expelling a massive fire from his mouth that defeated Abomasnow and returned him to his normal state, the sun then started to turn brighter, melting down much of the snow in the area of the mountain. Quillon's Throh then once again appeared with a mat and a puff of smoke behind Regina, this time wrapping his arms around her to stop her movements and before the Glaceon go jump in and help her, Lurantis knocked out the eeveelution with a Solar Blade.

"Looks like it's over." Quillon smiled, the Gigantamax Urshifu then fell kneeling and panting to then return to his spirit form and get inside his totem again. "Hmm..."

"Let go off me! You discount Muppet!" Regina shouted trying to free herself from Throh's grasp, while Quillon approached her to then take off her snow mask and reveal her face.

"Regina?" He asked.

"You... You know me?" Regina asked.

Back in the cell section.

"Hey, Lyla, you might want to come out here." Quillon told her in their communicators.

"Don't tell me you need my help." Lyla said.

"No, it's not that, your, huh, your sister Regina is one of the suspects." Quillon said. "She was the one riding the Abomasnow, I defeated them."

"Boy... this is so great!" Lyla exclaimed.

"It is?" Danika asked.

"Of course! Just imagine how hard Mom is gonna ground her!" Lyla smiled, until the main door of the section was brought down by Dawn's Mamoswine and Ursula's Garchomp.

"Danika!" Dawn shouted on top of her Pokemon.

"My, to think you'd en up becoming such a nuisance." Danika replied.

"Plusle! Minun! Thunderbolt on the cells!" Ursula ordered and both Pokemon jumped to combine their attacks, the electricity fried the nearby systems and opened all of the cells in the area, but these only opened to reveal that no one was inside any of them.

"What?" Angie asked.

"But the blueprints showed us that this was the place where they were being held." Ursula said.

"Where are they?!" Dawn shouted.

"I don't know." Danika winked. "They were here a few seconds ago."

"Mamoswine, Ice Fang!" Dawn ordered and her Pokemon's fangs glowed light blue and grew in size as he charged at Danika and Lyla.

"Liquidation!" Danika released her Azumarill who tackled Abomasnow surrounded in water with enough energy to push him down.

"Garchomp, use-"

"No! She's mine!" Dawn shouted.

"My, this really turned personal to you, didn't it?" Danika asked. "I'm just doing my job, girl, speaking of that, I really should've arrested you back in Alola, but I didn't want to make another scene in front of Ash. With what May and you did was more than enough."

"You know nothing about Ash and me!" Dawn shouted.

"But I do." Another voice called behind them and Mamoswine and Garchomp were suddenly taken out by a Metagross and an Alakazam.

"What the-" Dawn, Ursula and Angie tried to release more of their Pokemon, but an Espeon teleported next to the girls and rose them up with her psychic power, stopping them from moving entirely.

"Save yourself the trouble, I brought the big guns." Looker said walking into the scene alongside a purple-haired agent.

"Dawn Shogo, Ursula Urara, Angie Mihino." She said as she stood in front of them. "My name is Anabel Lila, please refrain form any sudden moves, it is pointless, and painful to resist." Anabel then moved her hand and used her powers to remove the ice maks of the three girls to reveal their faces.

"All ok here?" Quillon asked walking into the scene alongside Goh, Shunya, Horace and a handcuffed Regina.

"Mom's gonna get you so grounded!" Lyla laughed out loud.

"So this is the work you were so proud about." Regina said looking up at her team. "Well... Zorua, do it now!" Regina shouted and the Hisuian Pokemon jumped out of her backpack to then charge energy and release a black cold blizzard that damaged all of Anabel's Pokemon, causing Espeon to drop the group to the floor again.

"Round two, baby!" Angie said.

"We have to take d-" Dawn was about to give an order, but Emma suddenly teleported in front of her.

"Hey... Akari told me about you." Emma said to Dawn placing a hand over her shoulder. "I'm really sorry." Emma put her other hand on Dawn's other shoulder and suddenly electrocuted her, making Dawn scream in pain and then drop into the floor uncouncious.

"Dawn!" The group shouted, but this time Anabel was the one to stop them all with her psychic powers.

"That's enough, all of you." Anabel said. "We'd be better off if you join your firend for now." The Frontier Brain snapped her fingers causing Ursula, Angie, Regina and Zorua to fall asleep and then moving them to the floor next to Dawn.

"Ok! Where have all these super-powered people been all this time?!" Lyla shouted. "Like, why didn't they show up sooner?!"

"Great work, Emma!" Looker cheered on her while he checked Dawn. "I mean, I think you overdid yourself a bit, but she's fine... though we told you to not get out of the room where we left you with Johanna and Akari."

"Yeah... I just felt like you guys needed help." Emma said. "Don't worry, those two are still locked."

"Well, thank you, the energy will be restored in a moment, then we'll take you back to your usual power-control room." Looker said.

"...Why are you calling it 'room' all of a suddden?" Emma asked.

"Well, that's what it is." Looker said.

"No, Looker, it's not! It's a prison! This whole place is a prison!" Emma shouted.

"You know why I keep you here. Team Flare-"

"I don't care what Team Flare does anymore." Emma interrupted him. "Everytime you said I'd be safe with you, I believed you, but look at this! Four random girls almost took down this whole building! What will you people do if some Team-Flare-Level threat comes by?"

"We just-"

"I'm sick of this." Emma interrupted him again. "I'm sick of everything, I'm sick of myself... thanks for everything, Keiji." She stared at Looker before disappearing in a flash of light. "But I'll have to do this myself."

"Emma!" Looker shouted trying to get her before she left without success.

A few moments later in the basement.

"...Well, that could have been worse." Emma said to herself.

"Emma! What happened?" Akari asked from a prison cell alongside Johanna, while Emma looked at them form outside the cell.

"I'm... really sorry, I tried to help, but they had already captured Dawn and her friends." Emma said.

"A-Are they injured?!" Johanna shouted.

"They're fine..." Emma sighed, she then walked to a nearby metal box and forced it open with an explosive fire attack to reveal a black spandex suit and a helmet. "Akari... I need to leave..."

"E-Emma, you have to free us! We have to go and help Dawn!" Akari shouted.

"There's nothing you can do for them now." Emma said as she put on her suit. "Akari, trust me, you and your family are not making it out of this one, it'll be the best for you to avoid any fights and simply wait until you return home... what I did was for your own safety."

"What do you mean?" Akari asked.

"Where are you even going?" Johanna asked. "Weren't you supposed to be in containment?"

"Not anymore..." Emma said before putting on the helmet. "As to where... let's just say I'll visit some 'friends'." Emma looked at Akari again and then sighed as she teleported herself away.

"And now Dawn has been caught too..." Akari knelt down in the floor. "All of this because of me."

"Darling, none of this is your fault." Johanna said. "We... there's still gotta be something that we can do."

"But what? If Dawn failed then... then who's supposed to help us?" Akari asked.

"...I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but... I think I know who to call." Johanna sighed.

Meanwhile in Alola.

"Ash, I'm suddenly not so sure about this." Mallow said. Both Lana and her were holding hands with Ash and they were all standing outside the Aether mansion. It had been roughly an hour since the revelation to Lillie happened and they had been waiting for 10 minutes in front of the mansion thinking about what they should say to their friend.

"I told you, it's going to be okay." Lana answered. "We're just gonna talk with Lillie and we'll try to convince her."

"I really don't want to push her, but we can't leave things like this." Ash said. "She looked so excited when she was about to confess; and then when we revealed her truth, she looked... so disappointed."

"Kinda like me when you first told me, right?" Mallow asked. "Lillie must be suffering a lot, but I'm not sure if we should-"

"You should get in already." Lusamine said walking into the scene alongside Wicke. "Gladion told me what happened so I came from Aether Paradise to see Lillie, but... since you got here first just go in."

"I'm sorry about how we made Lillie feel." Lana said.

"W-We really didn't mean to, we just wante-"

"Please stop apologizing." Lusamine said. "I'm not the person you should be telling those things, am I?"

"Miss Lusamine, Gladion told me that-"

"Ash, is not the place nor the moment." She interrupted him. "Please just go in and talk with her."

"...Shall we go?" Ash looked at his two girlfriends, they both silently nodded and entered the mansion, while Lusamine and Wicke stayed behind and looked at them.

"What... did Gladion tell him exactly?" Wicke asked.

"That's a story for another day." Lusamine sighed. A few moments later inside the mansion, the trio found Gladion and Hobbes sitting together in the living room.

"She's in her room." Gladion said without looking at them.

"You know? Afer hearing everything that happened, if I was a normal butler, I'd kindly ask you to leave." Hobbes said. "But these people see me as part of this family and I do feel like I am, so... please, Miss Lillie needs you. She locked herself in her room, but I can give you one of the spare keys if you want."

"No, thanks, Hobbes." Ash said.

"Yeah, if someone is going to let us inside that must be Lillie." Mallow added and the three of them went upstairs, ending in front of Lillie's room, with Ash knocking on the door without hesitation.

"Go away, Ash." Lillie told him from inside. "I know it's you."

"We're here too, Lillie." Mallow said.

"Please let us in, we need to talk." Lana added. "It's really not what you think."

"What I think is that Ash made a harem, you two joined and nobody told me about it at all!"

"...Well, I guess that's more or less right." Lana accepted.

"But that's just a part of all the things that happened." Mallow said.

"Lillie, please, just think about what you're doing right now." Ash said. "What are you planning? Hiding from us for the rest of your life? I know I have no right to say I understand what you're feeling, but I know this is not what you want and it definitely isn't what we want either, it'll be just the four of us, Lillie, exactly what you wanted... at least let us explain."

The room stood silent for a moment until the door was finally opened by Lillie, who was still cleaning her tears, while Magearna and an Alolan Ninetales stood next to her. "...Alright, I'm listening." Lillie replied with a sigh.

"You... you didn't tell me that Snowy evolved." Ash said looking at the fox.

"It was meant to be a surprise." Lillie answered. "Just like, you know..." Lillie walked inside the room again, being followed by Mallow, Lana and Ash, who closed the door again once all of them were in.

"No, I don't want to hide form you." Lillie told them. "I just... I need some time to think, okay?"

"And, well, are you sure we can talk now?" Ash asked.

"I know, I know, you don't want to push me, but I guess we can at least talk for the time being." Lillie looked at the ceiling for a moment to then glare at him again. "Ash... how could lie to me like that?"

"Lillie, please, it was our fault." Mallow said.

"We were the ones who insisted with this." Lana added. "We just wanted it to be face to face when we told you."

"Well, we are face to face now." Lillie replied. "Tell me the whole story, I can take it."

"Well to being, since I started my travel in Galar, I've been through more crazy tings than usual, that includes girls, lots of girls." Ash started to explain. "The girl that arrived alongside Gladion and me, she's Bea, she has been my traveling companion in Galar and she eventually became my first girlfriend, shortly aftewards we were joined by Nessa, then Peonia and lastly Gloria before I received the call of Burnet having having a baby and came over here with them all."

"Hmm, so you two didn't know about it at the start, right?" Lillie asked.

"Nope, we didn't." Lana replied.

"That's what we're getting at." Mallow continued. "So, when Ash arrived to Alola he already had 4 girlfriends. He confessed everything to us while we were in the hospital with Burnet and I... I took it really bad at first, all I could do was run away without actually letting them explain anything. J-Just like you did some moments ago."

"Then I followed her to try and convice her to give it a thought." Lana said. "But it took more time than I expected."

"I wanted to talk with Mallow too, but I felt like it would have been the best to leave it to Lana." Ash said. "Meanwhile, I got an invitation from Acerola for a ballroom dance in a castle and after a few things she became my 5th girlfriend too."

"So Acerola too?" lillie asked. "But she wasn't in the mansion."

"Well, her friend Phoebe took her away some days ago." Mallow replied. "Something about those portals we mentioned to you."

"We all ended in the Distortion World, in fact." Ash added. "But I think that's something to explain later."

"Continuing with our story, I kept going after Mallow and we both ended up in Oranguru's place." Lana said. "That's when the invasion begins. Ash goes and save us, we have a talk and well... he does his explanations, we do ours and we become his 6th and 7th girlfriends."

"Then we get a situation with my friends May and dawn and... to cut it short, Skyla had a battle with me to 'prove' that she 'worthy' of joining; and even though she lost I still accepted her and she became my 8th girl."

"And even with all that, you're willing to have me as well?" Lillie asked.

"Of course I am, Lillie." Ash softly took both of her hands. "I know 9 can be a quite big number, but you met the other girls and-"

"Ash, the problem is not the rest of the girls, okay?" Lillie interrupted him. "They're all lovely, if you chose to be with them all... I can only imagine, they were confessing to you left and right, you must have quite some moments with each one of them and you didn't want to break their hearts, they must be really important to you and if you're insiting with having me as well then that means I'm just as equally important."

"Smart as always, aren't you?" Ash asked causing her to blush a little.

"That... all that makes so happy, Ash." Lillie continued. "I was willing to share you with Mallow and Lana beause of how much I love you, because of how much they love you and because of how much I cared about them, I knew I could trust them and if you three are trusting the rest of the girls that means I can too, and I'd love to join, but... but that doesn't change the fact that you three lied to me, that really hurt, I would expect a lie from Gladion, even if it was a white one, but from you?"

"Lillie, I swear that's not ever happening again." Ash said. "Believe me, I know perfectly how much a lie can hurt someone, even if it is with good intentions, but... you know this is a sensible topic, I don't think it would have been fair to tell through a phone call."

"I would've accepted it." Lillie said. "As long as you two were there with me, as long as the whole thing was honest, I would've accepted it."

"...We were so stupid." Mallow said. "Of course you would accept it, it's you, it's our Lillie, of course you'd understand."

"But it's not like we can change the things we did, we can only promise you that things will be different." Lana said.

"That makes me glad, but seriously, if you had just told me from the beginning that would have saved us the discussion." Lillie said. "But I'm sorry as well, I didn't let you explain, I knew you guys must have had your reasons, maybe I overreacted a little before."

"A little? You were, like, a total drama queen back there." Lana commented and the four of them shared a small laugh.

"Ah, group laugh." Mallow smiled. "A sure sign that the worst is behind us and the problems are just about over."

"Go on, Ash, say the thing." Lana said.

"Lillie, I can't promise you that this will be a perfect relation, but I'll do my best." Ash said taking her hands again. "Just like you three were planning to do, albeit with a little more effort, but you just said that you'd still love to join despite everything, so... Lillie Aether, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

"Well..." Lillie looked at Mallow and lana who were both vigorously nodding, she then looked at Magearna and Snowy, both of them smiling at the scene, Lillie finally looked directly at Ash and smiled. "Yes, Ash ketchum, I'll be your 9th girlfriend."

"Alright!" Mallow and Lana shouted while they hugged each other, leaving Ash to hug Lillie, who simply continued to look into his eyes until she moved herself to reach his face and kiss him right on the lips, separating shortly afterwards, while everyone looked surprised at her.

"What? W-Why are you looking at me like that? H-he's my boyfriend now, I have the right to kiss him, don't I?" She asked to then recieve another lip kiss from Ash.

"Of course you have it." Ash smiled lifting her chin. "But that means I have the right as well."

"I could get used to this." A madly blushing Lillie smiled as well.

"I guess we didn't expect you to take the lead like that." Mallow laughed.

"Whatever happened to that shy Lillie that we used to know?" Lana asked.

"Heh, you can thank Ash for that." Lillie smiled at him to then part from Ash and share a hug both with Mallow and Lana. "Though I imagine you two already had plenty of kisses with him."

"Y-Yeah, sorry about that too." Mallow apologized.

"How about a four-way kiss to apologize?" Lana suggested.

"I think I'll pass." Lillie answered separating from the two. "But there's one thing you can guys can do to make it up to me."

"Sure thing, Lillie, just ask anything and you'll have it." Ash answered and Lillie hugged him again.

"Well, you still haven't done it with Mallow and Lana, right?" Lillie asked him.

"Uh, no, although I'm not a virgin anymore, you can ask Bea about that." Ash answered.

"That's fine, but..." Lillie giggled before getting closer to his ear. "You'll have to take my virginity before Mallow's and Lana's." She whispered to him, but it was clear enough for the mentioned girls to hear.

"L-Lillie!" The three of them shouted blushing.

"What? Anybody got a problem with that?" Lilllie asked with an innocent smile.

"N-N-Nope, not at all." Mallow stuttered.

"You just keep doing you." Lana said.

"I'll be sure to remember that." Ash added to then recieve a deeper kiss from Lillie, being followed by a group hug from Mallow and Lana who took a chance to kiss their boyfriend as well.

"Finally, the four of us together as a family." Mallow said.

"Speaking fo that... we heard you guys had no luck looking for Mohn." Lana said.

"Unfortunately." Lillie sighed. "Everytime that it seemed like the clues were finally leading to somewhere, there was nothing to be found and Magearna's tracker just changed direction... it seems like it was a lost cause from the beginning."

"...You know what, Lillie? I think I know someone who can help us with that." Ash said.

Azoth Kingdom, Kalos.

"Garde." A shiny Gardevoir handed over a ringing Rotom Phone to her blonde trainer, who answered despite not knowing the number.

"Yes, the princess of Azoth is at the phone." She started talking without looking with the screen, as she was checking some papers instead. "Please be quick, I have better things to do... W-What?! Ash! Is that you? Oh my, please excuse the rude words, I didn't know it was you, it's been such a long time, wait, how did you even get my private number? ...Raleigh posted it online? Of course he did... you need my help? Well, I'm kinda busy, you know? They'll soon crown me as queen, but I guess I can make an exception in consideration of how you helped me before, tell me, what do you need? ...what?! Another Magearna?!" She shouted. " Are you completely sure? That's a really big deal... And why didn't you tell me about this earlier?! ...Fine, fine, you have my forgiveness... a tracker, huh? ...I see... Say no more, Ash. I'm on my way."

"Thank you, uh, your highness."

"Oh, no, you didn't." She giggled. "Please, Ash, we save my whole kingdom together, I think we're beyond you calling me highness."

"Well, then... thanks a lot, Kimia."

"Now that's better." Kimia answered before cutting the call. "But we're in the middle of a festival, how do I leave without gathering attention? ...I got it! Gardevoir! we're gonna need some donuts!"

Back in Alola.

"So, a princess?" Lillie asked.

"Yup, she's the descendant of the person who created a Magearna back in Kalos." Ash explained. "I'm not sure if that person also made your Magearna, but if he did, then maybe Kimia could help us find Mohn."

"I hope that's true." Lillie said.

"Hey, we don't lose anything trying." Mallow said.

"Let's just return to Ash's mansion for now." Lana suggested. "The other girls will be happy to know you're in."

"Sure, let's get going." Lillie nodded and then prepared a backpack with the help of Magearna, Snowy, Mallow and Lana, the group then left the room and walked downstairs to find Wicke, Hobbes, Lusamine and Gladion, with all of them noticing that Lillie was the one holding hands with Ash this time.

"Looks like everything played out fine." Wicke said.

"I don't know why I was even worried." Gladion sighed.

"My sincere congratulations, Miss." Hobbes said.

"T-Thanks, everyone." Lillie stuttered. "I, uh, I'll be staying with Ash for the moment... c-can I do that, mother?"

"You're more than old enough to take those decisions... You know I just wish te best for you." Lusamine smiled and Lillie went to hug her, the mother then looked at Mallow, Lana and Ash, smiling at them as well and walking to the champion to plant a quick kiss in his forehead, leaving everyone in the place shocked.

"Just a little good luck kiss." Lusamine winked at Ash. "Make her happy, okay?"

"...Okay." Ash nodded with a slight blush.

'My own mother.' Gladion thought.

'His girlfriend's mother.' Mallow thought.

'A MILF!' Lana thought licking her lips.

'Chaos.' Hobbes thought.

'Oyakodon.' Wicke thought.

"We should be leaving!" Lillie shouted pushing away her boyfriend and fellow girlfriends.

A few minutes later.

"And we're ba-"

"ASH KETCHUM!" Cynthia shouted grabbing him by the collar of his clothes the moment he stepped into the house. "Where the hell have you been?! I've been waiting for you for two hours! And none of your girlfriends wanted to tell me where you were because they didn't want me to interrupt whatever you were doing!"

"Hi, Ash! I'm back home!" Acerola smiled behind Cynthia. "Look at me, bringing you a new girlfriend, don't I deserve a reward?"

"Uh, well, we went to look for Lillie here, you see." Ash answered to Cynthia. "It was something rather personal so Mallow, Lana and I needed to be alone with her and now she's my newest girlfriend."

"Hello there, Miss Cynthia." Lillie greeted her.

"Hi, Lillie." Cynthia said. "How is your mother?"

"Oh, she's great, we, uh, we were with her a few moments ago, I'm sure she'd love to have a talk with you." Lillie answered. "So, you, are after Ash as well?"

"I am, I mean, are you fine with sharing him with me too?" Cynthia asked.

"Sharing him with my mother's friend sounds better than sharing him with my mother herself." Lillie said.

"Wait, what?" Cynthia asked.

"N-Nothing! Nothing!" Lillie shouted.

"Lillie!" The rest of the girlfriends ran to the front door to greet her.

"Are you okay?" Bea asked.

"We're really sorry about everything!" Nessa exclaimed.

"We didn't want to lie to you, but we thought it was for the best." Peonia said.

"Please, please, everyone calm down." Lillie told them. "I understand, you didn't mean to hurt me... and you'd be happy to know that I'll be joining you all."

"Yash! Welcome to the family!" Skyla exclaimed hugging the new girl. "I'm relatively new too, so we'll have to take care of each other."

"Like I told you, we're all fine with you joining." Gloria said. "Glad Ash and you could come to terms."

"I know you'll fit like a ring in this team, Lillie." Selene said.

"It's a bit funny that you say that, considering you're not an official member yet." Lillie said.

"W-Well, you know, I'm considering my options and-" Selene tried to explain herself, but stopped once Ash held one of her hands.

"Selene, you've been living here for some days already, have you made up your mind?" Ash asked.

"Look, Ash, is not that I don't want to, but as fine as I get along with everyone here, I still feel like the whole situation is a bit awkward."

"It doesn't have to be." Lillie said. "You'll just be sharing the man you love and loves you with other friends who love him and he loves as well, simple as that."

"I know, but-"

"Just keep this in mind, Selene." Skyla said. "Ash already started with the action, if you continue living here it'll end with you eventually."

"W-W-What?!" Selene shouted blushing.

"I'd be lying if I said that's not a possibility." Ash whispered to Selene before giving her a quick lip kiss.

"Please, Selene, you have to join!" Lillie insisted.

"I'm still here!" Cynthia shouted. "Listen, I'm happy that you all reconciled, but I also need to talk with Ash, you... I asked you if you wanted me to be your girlfriend too back in the Distortion World and you didn't get to answer, can you do it now?"

"Miss Cynth-"

"Just call me Cynthia!" She exclaimed. "Don't make feel older than I already am!"

"Hey, just accept her, if she joins I won't be the oldest anymore." Nessa said.

"Mi- Uh, Cynthia, listen, you seem a bit agitated and-"

"Because I'm done hiding my feelings!" Cynthia shouted. "I don't care if you're ten years younger than me, I want this, I want to be yours and I want you to be mine; and I want us to make true that fantasy I always have where you tie me with my own hair to the bed and use me all day!"

"Wow, that's intense." Skyla said, before the group heard the front door of the mansion being knocked.

"Uh..."

"Don't. You. Dare. Go. And. Open. That. Door." Cynthia said as they kept knocking.

"I-It could be something important." Ash answered.

"I am something important!" Cynthia shouted.

"I'll go open then." Selene said while going to the door. "Hello and welcome to the Ketchum Ma-"

"ASH!"

"Uh- Flannery! Korrina!" Ash exclaimed while the two girls ran to him and hugged him together while kissing his cheeks.

"ARE YOU KIDDING?!" Cynthia shouted.

"Heh, I know how you feel." Bea smiled.

"W-What are you two even doing here?" Ash asked. "And, we were all in the Distortion World barely hours ago, how did you get here so fast?"

"With the power of money!" Flannery exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, we didn't exactly come alone, you might want to check out yourself." Korrina added. Flannery and her then guided him outside the mansion, where a group of people was waiting for him.

"Hey, there, Ash!" Kukui greeted him. "We have a... little situation..." He said scratching the back of his head, while Ash looked in surprise at the people accompanying him. Lorelei, Karen, Juan, Bertha, Marshall, Drasna, Clair, Iris, Lance, Diantha and Mr. Goodshow."

"And here is the main man." Mr. Goodshow said. "It been a while, Ash."

"What the- Mr. Goodshow, everyone, what are you all doing here?" Ash asked.

"Don't tell me you didn't expect to see me again?" Karen asked wih a short laugh. "Who was the lucky one, huh? My bet is on the gray-haired one." She said pointing at Bea.

"What is she talking about?" Bea asked.

"Uh, nothing." Ash stuttered.

"Well, Ash, you remember what I told you about the Alola League being a "more or less", right?" Kukui asked. "Well, guess what! Mr. Goodshow agreed to make it fully official and name you an official champion too!"

"But that wouldn't come without one little test first." Mr. Goodshow said. "I don't want to downplay the people of this region, but all the trainers you fought in the league were a mid at best. So, to officially name you Champion, I've come up with an interesting challenge, you must do two things, first, defeat an Elite Four member of each region you have previously traveled in, which is why I brought them here."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ash. My name's Drasna. I've heard lots of things about you from Flannery and Korrina."

"So she's the aunt you mentioned." Ash said to Flannery. "The one who married Malva."

"Yup, Tina and her also came by, but they decided to stop by the hotel instead." Flannery said.

"Well, I'm Marshall and I'll be representing Unova for you." He said. "Although I was the only one available since the other three are in vacation, I've also heard about you, from my master, Alder."

"I'm also here, Agatha told me you gave her a good beating." Bertha said. "I'll be glad to have a rematch with you, child."

"You see, I became Elite Four just recently." Juan said. "But I must admit I'm really excited by this opportunity."

"Don't you forget about me, you still owe me a favor, but you better don't hold back because of that." Karen said.

"Not in a thousand years." Ash smiled. "Then I guess you'll be representing Kanto, Lori."

"Lori?" The rest of the Elite Four and Champions asked while Lorelei blushed embarassed.

"I told you to not call me like that in public!" Lorelei shouted.

"Right, sorry." Ash answered.

"Oh, my, he even has a pet name for you." Karen teased her. "How adorable."

"It's not a pet name!" Lorelei shouted again while her glasses almost fell. "It's just a silly nickname that my family uses!"

"And does he knows that?" Drasna asked.

"I was just happening to visit Misty while he was also visiting her and I recieved a call from my mom and she called me that!" Lorelei expalined while still blushing. "That's it!"

"Still, you told him to not call you like that in public, not to stop it completely." Karen continued. "So that means it's okay if he calls you Lori in private?"

"I-I'm really sorry if it bothered you, Lori." Ash shouted.

"LORELEI!" She shouted again.

"S-Sorry again." Ash stuttered.

"Hmmp! Just do whatever you want!" Lorelei shouted crossing her arms.

"You leave my friend alone!" Clair shouted standing next to Lorelei. "As if it wasn't enough that Lance forced me to come here!"

"I just thought it'd be great for you to come and see this kind of event." Lance said. "Besides, I told you you could ranked up to Elite Four soon."

"But I'm not one! If I'm not even going to battle what's the point?!" Clair shouted.

"Well, I thought you'd be happy to see Ash too." Lance replied.

"I'm not going to date him!" Clair shouted crossing her arms.

"I... didn't say you should." Lance scratched his chin with a smile. "Kinda curious that you thought so."

"Hmp!" Clair simply looked away.

"I also didn't want to come here." Iris added next to the two crossing her as arms well. "I didn't need to see that kid again, I've been better off since we separated. He was only holding me back!"

"Argh, Agatha should have come in my place!" Lorelei said.

"I can't believe I was dragged into this!" Clair added.

"My first week and this has to happen!" Iris said.

"It's not like I've really missed you or anything!" The three shouted at Ash.

"AAAAAH! Too much tsundereness!" Juan shouted covering his eyes. "I can't! I need to see sincere love! Somebody bring me a soap opera!"

"Put yourself together, man!" Bertha told him.

"Coming to think about it, why are you here, Iris?" Ash asked. "Lance also invited you?"

"That's part of the second thing I want you to do." Mr Goodshow said. "Ash, if you manage to defeat these 6 Elite Four members then you'll have to battle one of these champions, who I'll be choosing randomly, just to make it a little more difficult to you to prepare a strategy, oh, and since Cynthia is here she can also participate, we'll be drawing straws to choose which one of them gets to fight you, it'll be fun."

"So that means-"

"That I'm the new Unova Champion." Iris interrupted. "So show some respect."

"Well, I'm champion too." Ash answered.

"The whole point of all of us being here is that you're not an official champion!" Iris shouted.

"Well, Iris, to be fair, my Master Alder retired from his title and it was handed over to you by agreement between the League members." Marshall said. "You didn't exactly 'win' the title fair and square."

"Not helping!" Iris shouted. "Whatever, Ash, you better pray that I'm not the one selected to fight you!"

"Or else what?" Ash booped her nose.

"I'm gonna-"

"Easy there, you two." Diantha interrupted them. "I thought you two were close friends, why are you hostile?"

"Heh, if anything, the fact that they act like that is the proof that they're as close as they can be." Lance said.

"Well, Ash, I already gave you all the explanations needed, the battles will start tomorrow in the Regional Stadium. Get yourself ready." Mr. Goodshow said. "Cynthia, we'll need you to come with us."

"Is it totally necessary?" Cynthia asked.

"Yes, it is." Diantha said holding her friend's wrist. "I've been having to bear with this people for hours, so you'll have to do it too."

"A-Ash, we'll continue this later, okay?" Cynthia said as Diantha dragged her away.

"Allright, everyone, follow me, I'll take you to the hotel where you will be staying." Kukui said as the Champions and Elite Fours (ft. Clair) followed him.

"You two aren't coming?" Drasna asked.

"We'll be staying here with Ash." Flannery said.

"Someone's gotta help him train." Korrina added.

"If that's what you prefer." Drasna smiled. "Have fun, everyone!"

"Let's get started!" Flannery shouted looking at the harem. "Which one of you ladies knows how to fight?"

"My Key Stone for you is almost ready by the way." Korrina said. "Just give a few hours and I'll get it done."

"Thanks a lot, you two." Ash answered. "...Oh, wait, I need to something first, before I forget."

Back in the Interpol Headquarters.

"Still nothing of Emma?"

"I'm sorry, Looker, she's nowhere to be seen." Quillon answered.

"I don't sense her anywhere near either." Anabel replied.

"This is all my fault." Looker added with a sigh.

"Listen, she's gotta be somewhere, we just need-" Danika was interrupted by her ringing Rotom Phone and she made a small smile once she noticed who was calling her.

"Hello there, Wild Kratt."

"Ash, not you too." Danika held her head.

"Heh, sorry." Ash smiled. "How you doing, huh?"

"I'm a little busy honestly." Danika answered. "Do you need something?"

"Not quite, but I got something that you might need." Ash replied showing the Urshifu Totem.

"M-My totem!" Danika exclaimed. "What? How did you even get it back?"

"I ran into Domino and she handed it over, she said she didn't have any use for it." Ash explained.

"She gave it to you willingly?" Danika asked.

"Yeah, I'm quite surprised too." Ash said. "But don't worry about that, I can't leave Alola for now, so just tell me to where I should send it to you."

"...You know what? I'll get back to Alola to go for it." Danika replied. "In fact, there are a few things that I could tell you in person."

"Fine then, I'll be waiting for you." Ash answered and Danika cut the call.

"Would you look at that." Danika said looking at Dawn, who had woke up again, albeit the rest of her team was still sleeping and they were all handcuffed in the floor and gagged with clothes, Dawn tried to free herself once she recognized Ash's voice in Danika's phone, but she was unable to do so. "Sorry about the rough restriction, but you'll have to stay that way until we fix the cells." Danika walked to Dawn and took the cloth out of her mouth.

"When Ash finds out about all this he's going to kick your ass!" Dawn shouted waking up the other three girls.

"Are you sure about that?" Danika asked. "I mean, sure, you're his friend, but you were the one who broke into a goverment base to try and free people who were rightfully arrested, my job was stopping you and I did so, you're the only one in the wrong here. I'll simply have to explain Ash that you're a criminal."

"Speaking of that, we should start with the interrogations." Quillon said removing the gags from the other girls. "How did you even find our base?"

"Hey, that's right, who gave you the location of this place?" Shunya asked.

"It's a giant black building in the middle of a white snow mountain, it doesn't go exactly unnoticed." Ursula replied.

"Wait... Koharu told you, didn't she?" Goh asked.

"Koharu?" Angie asked. "Oh, you're talking about Chloe. Er, I-I-I mean, I don't know who that Chloe is."

"Hold on, your name is Ursula, right?" Lyla pointed at the coordinator. "So you're the one that Chloe mentioned to Mom."

"Chloe definitely knew about this." Horace replied.

"You leave Chloe alone! She doesn't know anything!" Dawn shouted.

"...Shunya, Lyla. I want you to go to and interrogate Chloe. Bring her here if necessary." Danika told them with a sigh. "I knew she was acting suspicious last time I called her."

"Leave it to us." Shunya replied.

"Sure, might as well stop by home and tell Mom about what happened here." Lyla laughed as she pointed at Regina. "You're soooooo dead, little sis."

"I'm going too." Goh said.

"Hey, you know you don't have to." Horace said.

"If Chloe told them about all this is because I told her first while we were dating." Goh said. "This is my responsibility."

"Fine, you three can go." Looker said. "Professor Amaranth also told me that the rest of the prisoners have been transferred to our other facility safely."

"That's great, but until we can find a concrete solution, Akari and Johanna will have to stay here." Danika said.

"Did... did we just lose, Dawn?" Angie asked.

"But it can't just end like this, can it?" Regina asked.

"I hate to admit it, but I trust Dawn will came up with a plan B." Ursula said. "Right, Dawn?"

"Akari... Mom... I'm so sorry." Dawn whispered.

Back in the basement.

"Uh, Miss Johanna, about that help you mentioned..." Akari looked at the woman who had taken one of her earrings in her hand and was deeply staring at it.

"I know, I know... Please, just..." Johanna sighed again and pressed what seemed to be a small button on the earring, this started to pulse with green light for around 30 seconds until it finally illuminated brighter, the light then died down and the earring began to show the hologram of a young woman with long green hair tied in a zigzagging ponytail, her eyes were brown and she was wearing a simple white shirt and a grey skirt.

"...So you kept it, huh?" The woman talked to Johanna with a cold stare.

"You also did if you recieved the call." Johanna answered quite aggresively as well.

"Only because Infernape insisted." She answered to then look at Akari, her cold eyes brigthening for a brief moment. "...Dawn?"

"Uh, n-no, my name is Akari." She answered.

"A twin sister? And I'm supposed to be the secret?" She asked.

"Listen, Mitsumi, There are bigger things happening here than me and you." Johanna said.

"What do you want?" Mitsumi asked.

"We've gotten into some trouble and-"

"And you're calling now just because of that?" Mitsumi interrupted. "Because you want my help?"

"Have you become too arrogant to help me?" Johanna asked. "After all I did for you?"

"Wait, what?" Akari said.

"The daugther you're looking for… she's from an old life. She's long gone." Mitsumi answered. "I'm not her anymore."

"Wait, What?!" Akari shouted.

"All I see is the same scared little girl that killed my husband!" Johanna said.

"WHAAAAAT?!" Akari kept shouting.

"It was an accident and you know it!" Mitsumi shouted. "I had no idea they would go after me! A-And he got caught in the crossfire!"

"You were an accident!" Johanna shouted. "Be glad that Dawn was way too young to remember anything!"

"Uh, okay, t-t-this is getting a bit too personal and intense for my taste." Akari shivered.

"You want my help, MOM?!" Mitsuki shouted again. "Here's my help! I'll give you an offer, the same one you gave me all those years ago, do you remember?"

"M-Mom, I'm sorry, I... I didn't want-"

"Leave."

"...What?"

"Leave. Now. Never come back. Ever!"

"So how about you leave now?" Mitsumi asked.

"An offer?! That's what you called that?! I could have just handed you over to the police!" Johanna kept shouting. "I showed you mercy!"

"And I won't show it to you." Mitsumi answered. "...I don't know why I even answered."

"I don't know why I even called." Johanna replied.

"WE NEED YOUR HELP!" Akari shouted. "You have to help us! You have to help Dawn!"

"...Dawn is in danger?" Mitsumi asked.

"I... I don't know what happened between you two, but if Johanna called you, even as a last measure, it's because we really need you!" Akari exclaimed. "My name is Shō Akari, I'm Dawn and Johanna's ancestor, I was sent here from the past and ended up in their house, but then the police found me, Johanna tried to defend me, but we were both captured, it even seems like I sent someone called Lucas to the past where I came from, Dawn came to try and free us, but she has been defeated and captured too."

"Heh." Mitsumi made a small smile. "How did my life get to the point where that is not a strange story to me?"

"Will you help us?" Akari asked.

"Where exactly are you being held now?" Mitsumi asked.

"From what I've seen in some windows it looks like a mountain." Akari answered.

"Well, the Interpol has a base in the foot of Mt. Coronet, that must be it." Mitsumi said.

"Please, Mitsumi." Johanna said under her breath. "I know you're not doing it for me, so do it for Dawn. I know you still care about her."

"...Nobody messes with my sister." Mitsumi whispered before cutting the call.

"...Thank you, Akari." Johanna said. "I definitely wouldn't have conviced her myself."

"Miss Johanna-"

"Sure, sure, I know what you're gonna say." Johanna interrupted her to then sigh. "Sit down, Akari, I'm going to tell you a story, a story that I haven't even told Dawn."