So! Hi. I've decided I talk too much so AN after this chapter will only be on the bottom unless its super important. Like a new story I put out to get my mind of of the blocks I'm getting for this story.

Its a Star Wars TOR/Mass Effect story and I like writing it a lot! Check it out if you're curious.

As to DoF here? This chapter will have a lot of different perspectives. I tried very, very hard to get the Lance vs Ella fight in this chapter but I ended up writing far more than I expected before that. So sadly that'll be next chapter. On the other hand, it'll give me more time to focus on the battle. Which is always stupendously intimidating. Anyway! Story!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of pokémon, just the ocs!

Slate

Near Pewter City

Brock was scared shitless. Admittedly, the ten year old didn't really know what that meant, just that he'd overhead some older kids saying that when talking about being in trouble with their mother. The situation he's in certainly seems like its appropriate to think this way. Pewter City is surrounded by rocky mountains and lots of various caves in addition to the famous Mt. Moon. Ever since he'd received his starter Onix, all Brock had wanted to do is teach him how to control stone in ways that his father Flint could. His father's Rhyperior could do amazing things with stone edge.

So, taking his backpack, hiking clothes and his lone partner, Brock set off for a cave outside of the city that he previously wasn't allowed to play in without supervision. Partially because it led to a series of tunnels that he could get lost in. He thought surely that now with his massive, if still young, starter that nothing there could threaten him. After all, both his father and mother had taken him there at times before to teach him of their family's signature type. Even if Lola wasn't a rock trainer she agreed that a Slate must know everything about rock pokémon.

What could go wrong?

Evidently a lot. There wasn't much in the cave and its tunnels that could truly harm him. Geodude, zubat, the very occasional onix and maybe a random other type of pokémon. However, this day, for whatever reason, all of them are going nuts. Brock had seen pokémon battles all his life from his father's Gym Battles but those always ended before anything approaching death occurred. Today? Today the young trainer sees geodude crushing zubat into pulps only to immediately turn and start killing each other. Limbs are ripped off. Skulls are caved in. Nearby rattatta swarm the rock pokémon to chip away frantically. Its a frenzy and his starter is desperately trying to protect his new friend.

Even as Brock attempts to flee upwards towards where he goes he can't help but notice that even Onix is starting to become more and more brutal in his defense. Brock is a very level headed kid and usually can be counted on to make informed, careful decisions but the cries of dying pokémon around him, tearing each other apart push past all of his calm and panic is all that remains as he and Onix tear towards the exit. Unfortunately, the feral, rabid pokémon band together to take out the biggest threat, scrambling towards Brock as if his fear is the sweetest smell to them. Only his starter stands in the way and while great in strength, Onix can't take much more.

Brock knows he's going to die. He should have turned back when he found the first torn apart geodude. And the graveller after that. He definitely should not have continued on to peek at what the massive amounts of screeches and cries of battle meant. If he had just ran back and alerted some rangers he wouldn't be about to die. Strangely, almost back to his usual even temper, he returns his starter hoping that at least he'll survive in his pokéball.

Idly he realizes how torn up his clothing is from bumps and scrapes he doesn't remember getting in his flight. Flashing his miner's helmet's light saves him from a golbat that crashes into the wall next to him, barely missing Brock's throat. The sound it makes, pure fury and hunger, spur him on even if he knows it won't matter. Something has to give.

He wonders when he started screaming for help? The light ahead is too far. The cave widens into a cavern which is a bit worse for him. The mass of pokémon following him were a bit constrained in the tunnel but now they have space to spread out and he can hear the sound of boulders falling which he knows is the gravellers starting rollout. Whimpering a bit, all that he has in his lungs as a sound to make, he gets ready to throw Onix's ball as hard as he can but it pops open and his starter forces his way free to stand in front of the horde.

"No! Save yourself! Onix!" Tears are already pricking his eyes as he turns his head, trying to return his rock snake but can't as Onix is already half covered in zubat. Every attempt misses. Bellowing in fury and desperate determination, his starter starts to try and bring down the cavern to save his trainer.

Brock isn't going to die, but his best friend will. That's worse, his heart tells him. Sobbing, he pushes his head down, unable to watch his starter's death and trying to reach the light. Words he'll never forget save his world.

"Dragonair, get them off that Onix. Mai, protect the kid." The voice is that of an angel. Calm, offering salvation and a brighter future than there was a second before. Brock just stares as he's pulled into furry arms that feel like steel. Idly, he sees they are steel. A lucario. His eyes snap to his starter, still groaning in pain and he can't see the movement of what happens. Only the results.

A snap of force occurs and suddenly his starter is free of foes. He can't help but wince at the damage to his rock snake. Slashes score deep in his rocky body and his horn is snapped. Blood, which is insanely hard to draw from an onix, flows from countless wounds but he's alive. And above him, shooting out ice beams and water pulses is the largest dragonair he's ever heard of. Cracks of sound echo about the cavern as aqua tails take out foes in one hit. Brock's eyes can't help but watch the insurmountable horde be taken apart in what seems like moments.

"Hey. Don't worry now. Return your onix though. No need to have him suffer. Mai here can use heal pulse but she's not the best so lets get him to a Pokémon Center alright?" The girl he sees is older than him by some years. Maybe sixteen or so. Long blue hair frames a gorgeous face and despite the situation Brock can't help but blush hard at the kind smile she gives him. She seems to wear a uniform he vaguely recognizes. Onix is returned as her dragonair continues to stand alone against everything that comes.

"Clairy Berry. The source of the mass of emotions is gone. Whatever caused the frenzy fled the moment we got into the cave. Sorry. I'm not as good as tracking as Edgar."

"Its fine Mai. At least you're not...Odd. Like him. So glad you didn't inherit your father's crazy. We'll figure out why we keep finding these...Incidents. Probably time to call in some help though." Brock isn't sure what the blue-haired girl and her lucario are talking about but he isn't really focusing. The mob is dying down and a giant pile of knocked out pokémon are a testimony to dragonair's skill. After a few more minutes the terror and run catch up to him and he can't help but collapse, or would if his savior's lucario didn't keep him up.

"Do not worry child. Its okay. You're safe. My name is Mai and this is my trainer Clair. She's a Silver Guardian Ranger."

Brock knew her words were true. He was safe. Even a region away the Silver Guardians had made a name for themselves for going out of there way to help those in need. It was like a fairy tale and all children thrived on such stories. Brock was no exception but he always knew that he would lead the Pewter Gym next.

Now? Now he wanted to become stronger. Become a Guardian.

…..Plus, Clair was very, very pretty. Brock wasn't sure why this was important. But it was.

Guardian

Dragon Holy Land

So Ororo meeting the rest of the family was about as I expected. Odd. Fantastic. Terrifically weird. It had to wait a day though. Both Ororo and Zaela needed some healing and I decided to heal them both in Scarlet City before heading out for the week of training I've set aside for my last team member.

The Joy at the Center recognized me and I got a thank you from her about what the Order did a few years past to help drive off some tentacruel swarms nearby. Even when I told her that I wasn't here personally for it she just smiled and thanked me anyway. I may have slightly blushed. Just a bit. I don't get out much save for missions so I have a bit of an issue dealing with honest gratefulness. Whatever. I got back at her when she asked about my pokémon.

"So how can I help you First Guardian? Healing I assume." Yep! Let's carefully watch your face. Idly I let Query out, who takes up a lot of space but this center doesn't have a lot of people in it right now. Its not time yet for the Whirl Cup. "Does this have to do with the reports of a giant battle in the Colosseum I heard about?"

Beaming at her, my grin is wide and my eye sparkles as she's momentarily distracted by the shiny metagross that the few trainers in here start to recognize. Query is pretty famous for his battle in the Conference even now. I brought him out to perfectly capture Joy's face though. Yessss. He'll be able to set up an image of it later.

"That's part of it. My garchomp won a battle against a tough pokémon. Luckily though, we caught her. She's in this second ball. I doubt you can fit either of them safely in the building but feel free to see what I caught!" Now, slow wink and wait for it.

This Joy just looks at me, wondering why I'm acting strange and hums a low tune as she takes my two premier balls. The humming stops and I sigh in a bit of pleasure at the expression she gets. How her jaw drops and how her chansey pokes her multiple times to get her to put the premier balls into the healing machine.

Such satisfaction.

"I..I see. Well. Uhm. It'll be...Just a bit First Guardian. My. Ah…."

"That'll be fine! Don't tell anyone though. You'll see Ororo on the news fairly soon I expect so feel free to then okay? Query and I will just go get a bite to eat. Kay bye!" The snickers are carefully held in until I'm out of earshot then Query joins me in my amusement. His mental laughter is a pleasant metallic hum of sorts.

Some time later has Angel teleporting us to the Dragon Holy Land. True, we'd just been in Blackthorn but I'm being a bit of a coward. I don't want to train near Rina just yet so no Foundry right now. Hey. I can admit I'm being a coward here at least. That's what you're here for journal-kun.

Anyway, its still dark so I kept most of my team in their balls save for Zaela who I knew would appreciate being here. It speaks to dragons. Plus, the dragonite guardian here would enjoy sparring with her during our training. He's a big softy compared to most of the elders within the Den that's for sure.

The night was worth all of it. Its been so long since the team and I have gotten to go out for any amount of time. No meetings or issues to worry about. No new Guardians to train or test. Is this a vacation? Weird. But! You want to know what happened with the team didn't you journal-kun?

The morning was pretty boring. Aurora and I cooked something simple. Waffles. Which took a while and required Mars' tail to help to make giant ones for him, Zaela and Aurora herself. Query never really eats a huge amount so the rest of my team had relatively small meals. Buuuuut, we put a giant waffle aside for the new family member.

Ororo popped out with a low croon and a curious gaze. She'd seen all of my team at the fight sure but only in passing. As for my team? Well.

"You're so pretty! So pretty! Wow! Hi! I'm Sunny! We're family now! Oh! Are you my sister? Or aunt? Neat cousin? I don't know what to do! Mom! She's so pretty!" Sunny, with no care for Ororo's legendary presence (seriously, she has a presence that is palpable), runs up with her ribbons running over Ororo's wing, showing her how utterly happy she is at a new friend.

"I am pretty yes! Thank you very much. You can keep me and everything because your garchomp friend defeated me! My name is Ororo."

"Sunny dear, let her eat with us first and we'll introduce ourselves over food. Ororo. I'm Aurora and this is a waffle. Its a human food I expect you'll adore. Do forgive some of our members for already starting to eat."

"Tch. Whatever Aurora. I had to fight her yesterday. I'm hungry. And a dragon." Zaela logic. Hah.

"Food first. Talk later. I am Joker. But waffles." My zoroark is currently in his usual form for once but the way he's looking at Ororo leads me to believe he's planning to copy her form real quick. Part of it might be the unblinking eyes even as his paws carefully place waffles into his mouth. Unblinking. Not creepy at all.

"Yep! Joker's right new lady! I'm Wattson. Tru here is my wifey. We've got three wonderful children as well. I'll show you pictures as soon as we're done digging in. So, what's your thing by the way?" Uh oh. I don't like the aura coming off of Wattson right now. Seriously. It feels like a head ache. How is he provoking that in my senses?

"My...thing? I'm afraid I don't rightly know what you speak of. By all means ela-oh my these are delicious. Thank you for making these! Goodness. And you say this is a human creation?! Trainer! You must show me more of these wonderous things immediately! Perhaps this thing called fashion? I overheard some female humans talking quite a lot about it when a massive ship crossed my seas."

Wattson's voice is downright gleeful. "So that's her thing! Wise but inexperienced with life around her! Likely not the main character but a huge fan favorite. She'll do well with Sunny. The innocent but determined girl who colors the world in wonder for the rest of us. I must tell Anime about this when-Ow!" Thank you Tru. I'm so sorry for what you feel right now.

"Lady Ororo. Please forgive my mate. Do not listen to him until you've gotten to know him a bit better. I would be happy to show you around the Foundry when we are done here. This is the Dragon Holy Land and it will serve as our training ground for the next week."

"Yeah. I'd rather you get used to my family first Ororo. Then we'll make a grand entrance. Heh. It miiiiight also be a bit of a prank. Have you heard much of the Order?" That's right. This is for naming me First Guardian you assholes. Am I using the grand entrance of my newly caught legendary to fuck with my fellow Guardians for a entirely petty reason? Of course. Its like you don't know me journal-kun.

"My Heart-Voice created them to help the world. I assume you know some of it due to how you knew of her and Zaela's challenge against you years past." Leave it to Query to live up to his name. So curious. Tru is radiating disapproval of the way we're all talking to Ororo. Probably her years of training coming forward to demand respect for a Legendary. I can see why. There is such an air about Ororo. Unfortunately for my lucario she's going to be very disillusioned from how long Ororo kept me up last night asking all sorts of odd questions.

"Just a bit really. Suicune told me quite a lot over the years and I asked any passing psychics for news when I could. Aurora! I must have you teach me how to make these. Mm!" Mars takes this moment to introduce himself in a way that immediately endears him to our newest family member.

"Here. I made these devices, usually called clawboards, for pokémon. Manipulate the keys and the porygon-2 watching over this feed will get you any and all information you desire. I am Mars. Ella hatched me. Welcome. If you need anything I can help you acclimate." My shiny charizard has changed immensely I the past few years. He's still awkward at times but he's grown to enjoy teaching any who wish to glimpse a bit of his genius. While Joker and Query are still best friends, Mars and my metagross probably work the best together out of any of my mons.

Our newest family team member is immediately fascinated by the gift and ignores pretty much everything for the rest of breakfast in search of a reason humans build houses instead of using a convenient cave or something similar. The rest of our week is filled with adapting her moves to our fighting styles and a lot of sparring. Most of it is boring repetition but there are a few amazing standouts.

The most annoying to deal with were by far Ororo being paired with either Tass or Bri. Its one of the few times I've honestly seen Mars upset.

"This is...So annoying! Spite! Pressure! No ancient power! Bah! Speed reduction, constant barriers and light screens interrupting me from trying to burn the ghost! Then suddenly Ororo is in my shadow with a switch! Ready to pour an ocean of water on me! I gave her an amazing gift and this is what I get? I'll be back in a few hours. Ugh."

I totally didn't laugh my butt off immediately journal-kun. Nope. I waited until he had left my eyesight. Poor black dragon son. I'm fairly certain he'll have counters withing counters eventually but to be honest I think its good for him to be humbled a bit. He should take it as a compliment that they go after him in spars first.

As for Bri and Ororo?

"My your scales are indeed living up to your name. Its awful difficult to care for my feathers at times. Oh. Is it my turn to safeguard?"

"Why thank you. Its so hard to have someone properly appreciate my beauty. Zaela cares not a whit for true care of form. And no I'll get this one. My aqua ring is quite full, thank you for the rain. If you wouldn't mind a whirlwind towards Query there? He's almost crying I think from his last attempt being ignored. Mercy is after all something we noble selves should have."

"My. I'm not sure if I should feel quite that...superior. But I suppose it is rather funny how long they've been going on about this. Do you think I should switch to Roost? Make it a bit more fair? Oop. Moment. They got through the second barrier wall. Ahem. Your attention attackers?"

Wattson, Tru, Sunny and a just returning Query look up.

"Surf."

"Myself as well. Surf."

Wattson, Tru, Sunny and an indeed crying Query are blasting off again!

"Its a pity you had to use mud sport. Wattson looked grumpy. I know I've only known him a few days but it just seemed...Unnatural."

"Hmph. The ruffian is just mad that I interrupted his boasting with hypnosis at the start. Now, I'm almost done with full coilling. Your mind calm completely?"

"Oh. Yes. I also stole a bit of speed from poor Wattson and defense from Query."

"Good! Let's put them out of their misery. Ella must give me another rub down with how dirty I've become. And perhaps some treats. We've worked quite hard after all."

"...I'm not sure that's how I'd describe letting your family punch themselves into exhaustion."

Query's crying kind of sounds like a one of those old modems with the dial-up sound note.

There wasn't much else of note that happened before I got to face the fact that in the next few days I'll get to deal with Rina and the Indigo League officials.

I'm far more afraid of what Rina will be saying. The last night in the Holy Land had me next to Ororo, talking about the Guardians and just getting to know each other. She'd spent most of her free time on Mars' ingenious tablet or with the rest of my pokémon. Our interactions were more about her training which is very basic fundamentals. Tactics. Combining things in interesting ways and how she could use the high mobility of many of my family to get herself in the right place at the right time.

Also, three psychics pulling their energies together is intensely scary in application. Query now can be much more direct in team fighting with how strong Ororo's defenses are. All of our other defensive battlers aren't nearly as versatile as her nor can they so easily shape the battlefield. Aurora is quite close but she can't traverse easily and she requires a lot more setup.

With Sunny and Angel Ororo has found the heart of our family. Watching them learn how to play tag was beyond adorable and I didn't squee inwardly so loud that Tru started laughing madly. Nope. Not at all.

Tru and Wattson got her to see all the various pictures of their children and surprised me on what they were working on. When we got back to the Foundry they'd be setting up a school for younger pokémon to help teach them about human behavior. Which sounds like a huge oversight on my part for not thinking of that myself.

Brightscales and my Lugia (so weird to say) became ladies drinking tea minus the tea. Its an interesting friendship based on the majesty they both feel they have. Of course Bri's is much, much more prideful but Ororo is a legendary. It may seem rather skin deep as a connection but Bri has an interesting outlook on her responsibilities. This is the milotic who single handed...taildedly?..whatever. She took on all of our gyarados and more or less rules them. Since she's done that? None have gone on a rampage. All view the hightly difficult and disciplined skill of flying as a right of passage to become a partner with a Guardian. Because Bri felt it was her duty to increase the standards of our Order.

So yeah, Ororo can get behind that sense of leadership.

Mars and her have the slowest growing relationship but that's been true with him in every new person he's met. That said, they can be found sunning themselves reading next to each other quite a lot before sleeping each night.

Query and Zaela actually have more or less the same reaction towards Ororo. Deep respect and a desire to help them all become more bad ass. Query's personal interests are intensely private to himself. Even now I have to specifically ask to see his art and Fantasy's campaign has never been spoiled. Zaela's hobbies involve massive destruction and I know she's salivating at sucking Ororo into the next Monster Mash.

But what they both share? The drive to become stronger no matter the effort. And since Zaela defeated her, Ororo has had the same zeal. It was a wake up call that threaded into her emotions throughout the first week anytime we showed her what she could have improved upon. Legendary she might be, but Ororo is deeply humble about becoming a better guardian.

Joker pretty much acted like a butler for the week. I think Aurora is training him to help at her ice cream shop. My zoroark would bring anything Ororo needed, show her how to eat all the new foods that she was exposed to and with as few words as possible explained anything she didn't understand.

Aurora oddly had the least amount of contact with her. I detected a bit of awe from her and I wonder if she was intimidated on how far we've come. I have to remember that she's very new to this world compared to the far past. That said, she was herself whenever I noticed the two kind pokémon conversing. They're very similar in personality so I wasn't worried about them getting along.

Tass though. Shockingly, Ororo and he got along the best. It might have to do on how old they both are but there is something about their calm acceptance and the way they'd speak a bit away from camp at night that suggest they were having a deep discussion on what that meant. To outlive everyone you know. Tass is still the most removed from my family even after all these years but Ororo's presence seems to have mellowed him a bit more. My ghost is still a spiteful thing in his usual ways but the barbs have decreased in this week.

The conversation of the last night is what secures Ororo's place in our family. Everyone has a role. Mothering Aurora. Moral beacon Tru. Sunny, the bright spot in our day. Angel the heart. Query the judge. Joker our protector. Brightscales our pride. Mars, inspiration and our most dedicated planner. Wattson, both our humor and simple decency in one. Tasslehoff, both a lesson in consequences and a hope in one. Zaela, King.

Ororo is our wisdom. And again I'm humbled by how blessed Ella Mita is. It was the night before we left, as I said.

Gazing at the stars is something I don't take for granted in this world. There is so much less artificial light that every evening is clearer than any I can remember from my increasingly fading memories of my first life. Lost in trying to distract myself from the soon to be stressful couple of days coming I manage to not hear nor sense Ororo gently landing next to me. Which actually says a lot of how far she's come in just a week. To land so silently. Air control is her greatest ability and we're gonna abuse the shit out of it against enemies.

But that's not what I thought of at the time. Or even till much later.

"My trainer." Her soft voice coming out of nowhere has me jumping but luckily no one saw but her and she's gracious enough not to laugh at me, at least outwardly. I can feel her chuckle in her heart. That's fine though. "This week has shown me so much. Given me so much. No one treats me differently here. There is respect, certainly, but no awe. I'm me and they accept it. I'm humbly grateful for letting me join your family...but I have some things I must ask and speak of."

My good eye moves up to her as she walks over to curl up in her wings so her head is right next to me. Ororo, as most legendaries do, has great control over her aura even if she doesn't use aura moves as Tru or I would. I can't really get a read on what she's feeling save for a bit of concern, probably for me.

"Go on." I'm quite curious. "Nothing wrong I hope?"

"Only that I can't help but notice that you help everyone but yourself. That you go out of your way to reassure everyone here but don't look within or without to deal with whatever is distressing you." Okay. Whoa. Not just my team has trained over the years. When I was affected so dramatically by Proton in my one and only league challenge I set out to make certain that the emotions of others in extremes wouldn't alter mine again. As an offshoot? I learned to hide my own behind lesser emotions. Say I was stressed? I could think of something happy and push that as my outward aura. Or promote steady confidence to wash over others if we were about to go on a mission. How did she see past that? Tru can't even detect my innermost emotions unless they are truly dire, like with Dad.

"I don't….How...did you see that?" I might have panicked a little. Perhaps my mental shields aren't up to par either? She must have seen something on my face because one massive wing moves over me to cocoon me against her head. The low croon of the song of the Guardian washes over me and I can't help but lay my cheek against her neck.

"I've been alone for countless seasons dear trainer. Its not hard for me to see someone deep in themselves. It is a lonely job being a Guardian. Any type. Especially one who stands at the top. Your way of distancing yourself is my way as well. To smile and give hope to others so that I can feel lighter inside. Less alone for but a moment." Ororo's eye focuses on mine, her voice crooning still the beautiful notes that restore one's spirit. "So trust me when I say that it doesn't need to be that way. Slowly I found out how to accept it. Part of it was the promise of you. That someday I would have others to know me. But you have that already? So why not lift a bit of your burden Ella?"

Yeah. I still know nothing still. So confident I was in hiding things. "Its silly right? I've built a lot on the promise of stability from Ella Mita, First Guardian. I know I'm not completely well. That I don't let others share all of this stress. I guess...I just like the idea of who I present than what's buried inside. The fear and worry I let drown me. Plus...I hate being a whiny bitch about it. Because I'm very, very lucky."

Ororo just lets her song fill me up, refreshing my soul or so it feels like. "Dearest, you need not worry. You'll continue to make mistakes. So stop fearing them. Fear instead what you could lose. Understanding of self. Now. You know the issue and that I know. I will help and let you speak of it all you like. Instead of adding to your worries, which make your nose scrunch in a particularly unattractive way by the way, let us instead simply enjoy becoming closer. I already adore you my trainer."

Sniffling a bit, I just snuggle in closer to her, letting myself bask in her unleashed aura. Full of simple, steady goodness.

"...I don't actually know if you're attractive normally. You're literally the third human I've met. So. Are you ugly? I'm curious if people like your color hair. Its not a lovely silver obviously but.."

It was a fantastic night journal-kun.

Back at the Foundry

She said she wanted to try it. But slowly.

The end.

Okay, I guess you want details journal-kun. I have to hurry though. We're teleporting to the Indigo Plateau in just a bit. Well. Close. Gotta make an entrance.

Flying into the Foundry on Ororo's back was deeply satisfying. I didn't have a huge amount of time to do anything but deal with paperwork and Rina. So the desire to prank people as best I could took me hard.

The first person to reach me was Aurelia and it was fantastic.

"Ella! Did...you just ride in on a -"

"Nope! Joker was trying out a new form. Cool right?"

"Oh..Hah! Of course it wouldn't be...Ella...You have that look in your eyes! Hey!"

"Gotta go!"

A few moments later it was even better.

"Mita! Hnn. I heard a rumor you just flew in on a lugia. You've delighted in trying to give me a heart attack for years so…?"

"Nope! Don't worry Professor Redwood. It wasn't my zoroark trying out a new from at all. It was actually Lugia. Don't worry, I only brainwashed her a little."

"Oh that's good. I don't want to deal with anymore of your shi- WAIT! Come back here MITA!"

A few levels further down I stopped to laugh harder and looked to the nearest Prime console. There are many around the Foundry so people can ask him questions. Whether by typing or verbally.

"Prime? Would you mind making up a few things to tell people if they ask if I rode in on a lugia? Maybe along the lines that it wasn't me but actually Bruno in a wig or something? Or that it was an abino charizard?"

"Yes! Absolutely! Do you know how long I've researched pranking?! Query said it was one of your purest joys! On it First Guardian!" The screeching metallic laughter that follows has me a bit worried but I ignore it, tapping a message to Rina that I was back and to meet me in my quarters in fifteen or so minutes.

The Order knows I like to prank. Everyone does really. Sampson complained about it enough that it got around.

Imagining of all the delightful misinformation I've set about keeps my mind off of the possibility I've made things awkward with one of my closest friends for...ever. Sorta. Somewhat. Everyone in my apartment are hidden away in their rooms though I can tell Tru is metaphorically listening at the door with her aura sense. Which is fine actually. I'm going to cry in her fur no matter what answer Rina gives, good or bad. Stupid stress.

As usual Rina just pops in but she's joined by her houndoom. Which I immediately know means she's just as nervous as myself even without looking at her emotions. Its so odd that her most cuddly partner is one she was terrified of as a child. That shaped so much of her trauma. Houndoom immediately moves to slobber all over my face which has me snickering despite the coming conversation. Rina's voice is rather put out when she finally speaks, not bothering to save me from her partner.

"I finally manage to master miracle eye to bring him along out of his ball and distract myself from what must be said so of course you ignore me instantly for cuddles." I just give her a grin, sputtering a bit from hell hound licks.

"But he's just so cute, yes he is. Aren't you buddy?"

"Yes! I am! Love me!"

Laughing, I translate for Rina and she just sighs. The moment lasts longer than I deserve and she returns him a bit after, the mood immediately shifting to awkward. Cause its us. Huzzah.

"Soooo..."

"Uh huh."

"I guess we should…?"

"Absolutely,"

"You wanna go first?"

"No."

"But you have to. I confessed. You respond. Its how this goes."

"Yes, but I've never done this before."

"And I have?"

"You went out with-"

"No! I've never done this with you. That's the difference Rina."

We pause there, finally stopping to really feel something. Her body language relaxes a bit. Like a cat slowly thinking a person might be truly friendly my dear Rina sets herself right next to me.

Her voice is low and utterly nervous. "The week did absolutely nothing. I thought and thought and felt and it didn't go anywhere. I needed you here to really decide."

The way she's acting is killing me. These days she's always touchy-feely. Constantly hugging me or snuggling in. Bright and open. She's going to say no. Even more, she's blocking me from sensing her.

So I don't say anything. Just listen.

"You know how much you mean to me. How much I know you saved me. And its so gratifying how close we are." I still quite a bit as her delicate hand moves up to pull my hair out of its bun, spilling the deceptively long hair down my back. Her smooth palm slips over my cheek and pulls me in to rest her forehead against my own. "I don't desire people as others do. No one understands me. How can that lead to mutual respect and more? But you do. You know me more than I do myself."

Suddenly bold, she pulls my trembling hand around her waist, then the other before she tilts her head downwards, her eyes searching my single one.

"I love you Ella. Desperately. You're my world and I know that worries you. Its not romantic, I don't know what that is yet, but its committed. I believe in you. Not the Guardians. I'm here for you. Not the world. I will never be simple nor normal but...Ella Mita. Neither are you. I don't know what I'm doing but I do know that I want it to be with you. Just...Slowly. Because I doubt we'll have anything like anybody else's relationship." Rina is breathtakingly gorgeous and it shows in her eyes right now more than anything else. On her lips. On the blush across her cheeks. I feel like I'm barely breathing and that I don't need to.

"So I'll be yours. I've always been yours. Just not as anything more than a friend. So...patience save for this." My eye widens as she climbs onto my lap, pressing her form to mine and letting her walls fall. Love and reverence flow over my senses with intensity that would probably worry a normal person. But she's right. We're so far different than anyone we know.

Her lips are exactly as I expected. So very soft. Perfect. The kiss fits so well with her when she's decided something. Firm, passionate and without a single hint of fear. I rise to it, clutching her to me as all I can think about is how badly I've wanted something for myself. Rose never made me feel like this. Like another half. Later I'd make sure to ground myself. To know that its just the start and that we'd need to explore it slowly but in the moment I couldn't think of or feel anything but Rina.

I'm not sure how long we were there, wrapped in each other's arms and letting ourselves go in ways we couldn't with anyone else but each other. It felt like forever and even now I can taste her lips on mine. I've got it bad. Eventually though we had to split, desires pushing us hard to go further and both of us knowing we were far from ready. But we didn't part far.

Her hair felt perfect running through my fingers as I watched her snuggle a bit into my neck.

"Wow."

"Yes."

Shifting a bit more so she could lay more firmly on top of me Rina peers up with the one eye she can see me with.

"I'm going to sleep. Every night of you away had me tossing and turning, imagining I couldn't be what you wanted." The smile on her face says that those doubts are gone and she giggles in pure joy. Its a sound that I know only perhaps myself and her parents are allowed to hear. Fuck paperwork. I'll happily let her stay in my arms for as long as she wants. We've napped together before as friends but this...intimacy, is the perfect balm to my emotions.

"I'll be here when you wake up. Rest girlfriend."

"...not the best line you've got there."

"Yeah I'm sorry. I mean. You are though right? Uhm. Hun?"

"...No. I mean yes. Just no to 'hun'. I am your girlfriend now but how are you so bad at nicknames for this? You did well with your pokémon."

"Uh. I'll think about it while you're sleeping?"

Giggling again, she just nods and bites one of my fingers gently as it continues to stroke her long, lovely hair. Humming random notes Rina passes out pretty quickly and...sappy as I am now apparently, the next few hours of watching her sleep are the happiest and most peaceful ones I've had in ages. Slowly? She wants me to go slowly and pulls this shit?

I'm fucked.

Next Day

Needless to say I didn't get much done. Not that I care. There were a few things past that we discussed. We wouldn't hide our relationship but we wouldn't throw it in anyone's face either. I still had to talk to Rose about it. We knew we weren't going to be together a while ago but still...Don't want her to hear about it from anyone else.

Rina, showing she's already a fantastic girlfriend, helped me do a bit of my work. We touched a lot. Nothing past what would be appropriate in front of others but it was still thrilling. How did I live without snuggles before? Well. Rina snuggles. Sunny snuggles are pretty fantastic actually.

Anyway, it was sweet how she fell into it easy. Most of my family were very happy about it. Still not Query but he's always polite. Someday I hope he explains why he doesn't approve of Rina. She seems to know or have a good idea why as well but refuses to tell me. Saying that Query is the one who deserves to explain.

I don't let it bother me. Especially when its just a few hours from one of the most important moments in the Order's history. Expansion into another Region. Assuming I don't fuck it up.

Luckily I've got my girlfriend coming with me now. Oh she was already going as the Guardian of Arts but I can't help but feel her aura firmly supporting me now.

Yeah. We're going to succeed.

Blue

Indigo Plateau

If someone had told Blue Oak that the most troublesome person for his job as adviser to President Goodshow would be a sixteen year old girl? Not to his leadership of ACE. No. They all seem to love her Order. He'd have called them crazy at such insane predictions. Add on that they started the trouble at age eleven and that his own wife would happily follow said person into chaos? Well he'd have laughed at the person until tears soaked his shirt. He doesn't even want to think of his daughter. Grateful as he is for Mita's zoroark and to how Daisy has grown so self-sufficient he can't help but turn his thoughts a bit towards suspicion.

Which is why he's now standing here outside the League Headquarters in Indigo with a surprisingly large pit of dread in his belly. The Silver Guardians have done a lot of good. Its hard to argue that and utterly impossible to keep it from being know by everyone. The rise of Querynet and the sheer number of true instances of aide the Guardians have accomplished in these past five years makes bringing any sort of true political pressure on them. That the League has still not found their main base is another huge lack of control Johto doesn't have upon the private organization.

Oh, and the current Champion is the First Guardian's cousin. Handsome, powerful and a Master of Dragons, Lance is incredibly popular. The Champion travels across both regions constantly, seeking out issues that others would ignore, bringing discipline to all that are under his purview. Since Lance has taken over there has been a dramatic increase in Gym revisions, less criminal activity and a significant lowering in wild pokémon attacks.

But more so in Johto than in Kanto. Because of the Guardians. Johto is a more traditional region where Lance has quite a lot more power. He strong armed approval for his cousin's Order to take up semi-official duties within Johto cities and towns. Which frankly, the people loved him for it. Heroic Guardians brought to your cities by Lance Blackthorn, Dragon Master! Their popularity skyrocketed almost overnight.

He can't help but look to his right at the Champion, dressed in his usual attire and that fucking cape. Sighing lightly, he turns to his left and wonders what his boss is thinking. President Goodshow has a great poker face and despite the gravity of the upcoming talks the President is in very casual clothes. Silent behind him is Koga, representing the gym leaders. As usual he's entirely stoic and looks for all the world that he was carved from a stone where he stands. The last of their party is the leader of the Jenny clan in Kanto. Older than the usual Jenny you would find within a town or city, the severe look on her face makes him think she's not going to be a fan of what the Order wishes to say.

Its not even as if Blue disagrees or that he thinks there is anything sinister about the Order. They have lucario and gardevoir as common partners. The Lucario Kingdom recognizes their authority over all of their subjects. Its just seems too good to be true. Thus these discussions in the more regulated Kanto Region. Thus him waiting with the President, pondering the last argument he had with Leaf. Fighting and making up is often how they deal with issues but he was feeling rather suffocated by all things 'Mita'. Even his father heavily supports the Guardians.

Perhaps he's just letting things get to him. The only thing that he absolutely knows that he's concerned about is that most Johto Rocket Bases were totaled in methodical fashion and with very little regard for enemy lives. Blue learned long ago that the pokémon is not cute and cuddly as it is advertised. Death comes easily in a lot of situations and he remembers vividly Red's haunted looks about some of what he saw taking on the last incarnation of Team Rocket. Its just...concerning that a private Order is able to do what the League has not been able to and seemingly much easier. Most trainers are authorized to kill if its in defense but the Order seeks out Rockets and does not show mercy.

Sadly, he's pretty certain the public would be quite approving of no mercy against the terrorist group that has so deeply rooted itself in Kanto.

"Master. I...They are coming. Such power. I..I've never felt such presence. No danger. Just...Is." The normally monotone mental voice of his alakazam has Blue on edge even more. What now? What more will this gir-no...Woman show them?

Stepping out of the shade of the large building that houses most of the Kanto's government, Blue scans the skies and doesn't have to wait long. The first to appear is Mita's massive King garchomp. Its gotten even bigger and more impressive since the last time he saw it. The speed it approaches at is staggering and it looks as if it will smash into the building if not for the way it banks carefully with surprising grace. On is...her back is an old grizzled lucario who obviously is from the Kingdom from the special sash..he wears.

Second to appear is a massive gyarados flying through the air with ease. From a good distance away he recognizes Bruno. Its hard not to given how famous he is. He's defeated Elite Four members in random battles in dangerous training grounds even before he joined the Order.

Third, flying without the aid of a pokémon (which he certainly doesn't gape at) is someone that Blue only has a bit of information about. Sabrina of the Saffron Natsume's was an early psychic prodigy and then vanished for the most part as soon as she was defeated by Ella Mita during a League Conference in Johto. She's been sighted sparingly during heavy Guardian operations, usually directing psychic pokémon in relief efforts but she obviously is quite important to the Order if she's coming to the meeting.

"So that's the power? She must be particularly strong if she can fly like that just with her abilities." Though he knows his pokémon can hear his thoughts Blue generally prefers speaking aloud.

"Forgive me Master, but strong as she is, you should look upwards."

Squinting a bit Blue's eyes immediately pop open in shock. The Champion has a different response to the Lugia slowly descending from the sky.

"'I'll fight you when I get my last family member' she says. 'It'll be worth the wait' she says. Damnit." Some time later Blue will think about those words but he's simply awed by the Guardian of the Sea's presence. He's come in contact with a few legendary pokémon before but none with the utter pressure that this Lugia has. Ella Mita (he assumes as the figure is wearing a dragon-like helm) calmly slips from her mount's back, easily handling what should be a jarring fall with a visible pulse of aura.

What she's wearing is telling. Some sort of scale-like armor with a similar Blackthorn cape of obvious heavy weave or mesh. Gleaming metal shoulder guards, gauntlets gleam with some material he can't readily identify and he's gone a hunting often with his steelix for mega stones. A small rod of the same material is attached to her practical looking belt with an odd buckle that looks more like a small LED screen. At the chest is a projected symbol, the twelve sided star of the Silver Guardians. Before he can think to speak his boss snorts.

"Always have to make an entrance, don't you First Guardian?" There is grudging respect in the President's voice but he doesn't sound as annoyed as Blue expects. Lawmaster Jenny though is quite a bit more hostile.

"First Guardian? She's just a child who has too much power. Or luck. Or-"

"I was unaware that humans had such poor manners. I am Ororo. Guardian of the Whirl Islands and this is my trainer, quite happily so, the indeed First Guardian Ella Mita. With her is the Guardian of Deeds, Bruno." The gentle but deep tones of the legendary's mental voice pauses as she looks at the massive man. Who of course is only wearing simple white pants and a long belt. Does he never wear shoes?

"Forgive me. Bruno with no last name. Continuing, there is the Guardian of Guardians Auron." She again pauses as the battered, older lucario gives a short bow. "And lastly the Guardian of Arts, Sabrina Natsume"

The monotone voice that comes next sends chills down Blue's neck. It matches the cold beauty of the young woman. She looks about Ella's age and is frankly beyond lovely in the way a sculpture is. Imitating life but ethereal in its stillness. He's quite used the tone as she speaks as well.. Any psychic pokémon capable of speech has that twinge of power behind it. Save the lugia. She sounds quite personable.

"Hello. It is good to meet you all." Yeah, Blue doesn't think so. He's not sure if she even has emotions. Alakazam subtly floats closer to his side, obviously a quite uneasy about how strong the woman is if he is ignoring the psychic legendary to concentrate on Natsume. He wishes he'd have brought his starter with him. Not for a fight but Blastoise always is so utterly unruffled by everything. He could uses some of that stability.

"If you would oblige, I would greatly appreciate knowing who you all might be. My dearest trainer only just caught me a week ago and we've spent most of that time training. I was unable to study important figures in this new world I'm joining." Blue has to hand it to Mita. Its a hell of a power move. One of the most known benevolent legendaries so obviously in her corner after merely a week. Its extraordinarily hard for a psychic to lie mentally and what's more, even if they are closely allied, the grizzled lucario would call out a deception.

In other circumstances, seeing President Goodshow look somewhat abashed and embarrassed would be quite amusing but all Blue Oak can think of is that they know nothing about the Guardians.

"Right. Of course. I am President Goodshow of the International Pokémon League...Forgive me Ororo was it? Do you need an explanation of what that means?" Okay, good. His boss is switching into diplomacy, treating the legendary as she should be. A power that trumps nations.

"That is quite kind of you. Do not worry, my Ella is telling me what it means through our link. Of course I would not be so crass as to try and pull such things from all of yourselves." The certainty that she could is there. Absolutely.

"Right...Ahem. Well, this is Champion Lance Wataru of both Johto and Kanto. Heir to the Blackthorn Clan." Lance merely grumbles, his face moving briefly to bow respectfully to Ororo but then immediately return to glaring at his cousin. Zero chance he knew about how this would start. Lance didn't get where he is by being manipulative. No, he pulled himself to the pinnacle with pure power. He doesn't need anything else.

"Behind me is Koga of the Fuchia gym and Poison Master. He's representing his fellows." Naturally the man simply nods, barely. " The woman to my side is Lawmaster Rebecca Jenny. She leads the clan that controls most of our police forces within Kanto."

As expected, she just scowls at the First Guardian once more but wisely she does give a respectful bow to the legendary.

"Finally, Blue Oak, Former Champion of Kanto and leader of ACE within the region." At that Blue turns on the charm that his family is known for when they are doing what the believe in.

"Hello again Ella. Its been some time. And it is very, very good to meet you Ororo. I'm certain you'll get there in time but I know my father would love to meet you at his lab." None of his shock shows anymore and it does get Mita to finally move, reaching up to tap a button on the side of her neck. With a snap and hiss the dragon jaws that make up her helm retract and slide away, spilling her honey colored hair over her shoulders and exposing the one-eyed young woman. The intense single purple eye snaps to him and fades into warmth.

"It has, hasn't it Mr. Oak? Sampson sends his regards and I think you'll be happy to know that Daisy should be coming home for a visit in a couple days." Right. Bitch. Reminding him how close she is to his daughter. No...Not bitch. He can't let his worry about how quickly the Guardians gained power override what is plainly in front of him. Legendary support. Emotion pokémon clearly trusting the Order.

"That's good to hear. Thank you. I'll try and get Leaf to come home for it as well." The slight sigh that comes from that brings his humor right back up. At the best of times Leaf will run over anyone's life with her overwhelming personality and zest for life.

"I am quite glad to meet you as well Mister Oak. If it isn't too much trouble I would like to participate in these discussions. I know that means we'll likely have to talk here but I'm sure our Guardian of Arts could help make things more comfortable?" As if this weren't of course planned, Ororo makes it almost a challenge to the psychic woman. "If, of course, you don't mind President?"

Its clear his boss doesn't want to agree but the game plan was not to be combative. Or so he thinks. The Lawmaster is obviously hostile and he can't help but wonder if Goodshow brought her along to see what would happen. The surprise lugia probably took the bite out of that plan most likely though.

"Of course. Even if these talks are not exactly the most pleasant there is no reason we can't be civil." That's the truth as well. Whatever his concerns, Blue knows how much the President loves this world. He'll bend quite a bit to keep it safe...Just, are the Guardians worthy of what they will ask?

Without moving her gaze from where she's having a stare down with the Lawmaster, Sabrina raises a delicate looking hand and snaps her fingers. The pulse of energy is so great that even he feels it. Glancing quickly to his sides the others did too. Comfortable chairs pop up around a huge circular wooden table decorated with carvings of the pokémon that are most commonly found following Guardians. Finger food of different varieties show up in front of each person's labeled seat. It takes Blue a moment to realize that the food is based on where the person presumably was raised. Its would be quite hospitable but its just underlining that the Order are not just a simple organization.

Rather than let his unease show he takes his seat and nibbles on the pastries he vaguely recognizes from a restaurant that his father often goes for snacks he probably shouldn't have. Despite herself, the Lawmaster is sorely tempted by the fruit that is placed in front of her.

Ella calmly sits in her chair after lifting her gauntlet and returning her charizard and garchomp with beams flowing from her fingers which just adds to the list of new techniques and technology they obviously have access to. She then enjoys watching her fellow Guardians relax into their own seats. Save Sabrina who crosses her legs and floats mid-air, carefully nibbling on a peach she pulls to herself. Bruno doesn't bother eating, just turning his slow gaze along the League side of the table, pausing to give Lance a particularly slow nod of respect. Auron finally speaks up, the aura laden voice sounding like a man even older than the President.

"I know we are coming down hard with what we are capable of. Let us stop playing games." His eyes actually turn to Mita who huffs and nods, obviously a bit annoyed. Pleased, he continues. "I am the former ambassador to Sinnoh from the Lucario Kingdom." He pauses as everyone upon Blue's side of the table digest that. "Please forgive the theatrics but the first year of our work it was remarkably common to have people underestimate our capabilities. They've only since grown as well."

"Oh? And is that a threat? Not so subtle, showing how far back you've dug up my own personal like of these berries. Hmm? How long did it take you-" She's interrupted by Sabrina's soft, even voice.

"Excuse me Lawmaster, but it was not spycraft or anything so involved. I simply looked ahead a few minutes to see what you would all prefer if I asked." The complete confidence in Natsume's voice that much more intimidating. He can't help but speak up.

"Isn't that a bit...mundane for such an ability? Even if we're to ignore just how terrifying such a power is." The Lawmaster makes a noise of agreement, likely a bit off balance at another casual drop of information. Five years of barely anything of their true potential and suddenly the Guardians are forthcoming about their highest officers' incredible strength.

Sabrina's voice is very matter-of-fact. It would be bored but that would be an actual emotion to show and its clear the psychic keeps those close to the chest, if she has them at all. "It was very easy. As if I were simply breathing. Why wouldn't I cultivate a gift and use it to help the Order?"

Koga grunts and his cool, serene tone echoes out, "Interesting how free you all are with information now. It has been a considerable struggle learning anything about the Guardians past what actions, which admittedly have been quite popular with the average person in Johto, you've accomplished. It is safe to say that your goal is not that of say, a terrorist Team but clarity would be quite welcome."

The unsaid words that it is almost a demand silence the group for a bit until Rebecca lets out a calmer, if still biting question.

"Who are you to say you get to judge Kanto?"

Lance's voice is biting. "The President and myself. I know you think that they're going to override the spirit of the law within the region, possibly even replace your clan. Its not true, despite what you think. In Johto the Order has gone out of their way to involve local law enforcement. You know this. So say what you are really concerned about Lawmaster Jenny."

Now giving the Champion a look no one would enjoy seeing from an Officer, she simply closes her mouth and looks back across to stare at the First Guardian.

Surprisingly, Bruno is next to add to the discussion. "I'm a simple man. Or was. Many of you know of me from my wanderings. It was the word of a lucario that had me join the Order. Respect and trust. Its so often neglected in the world. It is why I've done my best to not be a part of anything that stands for something. The more people involved in an ideal, the more likely for it to be an excuse. To corrupt what it should have stood for. Assuming it was a good idea in the first place. The Lawmaster fears we are zealots with too much power."

Blue just stares. There is a reason that Bruno is known far and wide as a deeply wise person.

"We do have much power. Accept it. But judge how we've used it. Fears of the future pull away from the clarity you speak of Koga. Caution is never unwarranted but it should not be your primary focus. I believe in the Guardians. That is all I have come to say."

And like the man he is known to be he releases his gyarados, ignoring how Auron sighs, Mita facepalms and Sabrina simply gives him a small wave, seemingly amused. The first bit of emotion Blue's noticed.

Koga shifts a bit, seemingly thoughtful as everyone considers the Fighting Master's words as he hops onto his pokémon and heads towards Mt. Silver. Likely for the training he's also famous for.

Mita speaks up then, driving another bit of shock into the group. Auron puts his paw over his snout with another deep sigh, so perhaps the Order isn't planning everything in the way they're going about this meeting.

"How about some clarity then? I can feel negative emotions from sapient creatures within a five mile radius if I so desire. Ri-Sabrina here can calculate at the speed of a metang. She should know, she raised a beldum to a metagross. As did I. I made drastic mistakes when I first met you President Goodshow. I hid and plotted because I thought you would underestimate me or worse, say no to what I wanted to do." Closing her eye, the girl changes in subtle ways that add up to a dramatic transformation. The calm, powerful First Guardian in battle-ready armor and the trainer of three of the strongest pokémon he's seen since meeting Lance or even his old friend Red all those years ago becomes softer. More open.

In a pleading sort of voice, she stares directly towards the President. Emotions flood out of her, exposing them to all listening. The pulse of regret is first and then the naked desire to help all that need it. A deep sense of service along with firm determination. Nothing overrides Blue's emotions but its a heady experience. Almost intimate.

"Since I was young I've driven myself to bring back Aura Guardians. To bridge the gap between pokémon and humans greater than it already is. To defend in a way that sadly, is lacking. Teams have come about with frightening regularity within the last century. Before, Aura Guardians were a huge deterrent to such acts. Because aura cannot be blocked. Its life." Pausing, her single eye flickers a bit, sad for some reason and it shows in the way she continues to let them all feel her heart. "I've made a mistake President Goodshow. I ruined your first impression of me. But far more important is I ruined your image of the Silver Guardians."

Still locked in place by the heavy regret that dominates the First Guardian's emotions, none of them interrupt her.

"It is a hard truth what I ask for. The authority that would be given to an Aura Guardian in the past. The ability to judge and sentence without oversight. I could argue that as an Aura Guardian its my right." Her hand moves up, the infamous glow of her hand that she's used many times to prove what she's capable of. "These aren't those days though. Today Team Rocket has incredible resources, are unfortunately competent for the most part and have zero restrictions on reaching their goals. We all know this. Because of that, I ask for even more. The ability to go where I want with strike teams built to eliminate threats. As I have led in Johto to a Rocket-free region. That is what I wish."

Blue can't help but look at his boss, noting that Lance doesn't seem surprised by the request, nor Koga but the Lawmaster is choking a bit on the words. Honestly, they all knew this but hearing it come from Ella Mita herself and so pleadingly was unexpected.

President Goodshow looks quite thoughtful more than taken aback. The next words give Rebecca more to choke on and she almost immediately tries to interrupt, quieting at Goodshow's hand raising for her to stop.

"And what do we get in return? You are asking much. To give you something that not even Lance can do. Even I cannot simply go up and order someone killed. I trust you believe you are doing what's right….I even think you probably are but again you are correct. Your first decision as a leader of your Order was poor. Give me something else."

The First Guardian simply nods, looking to the still floating Sabrina. An obviously next-age tech datapad teleports in front of the President. Everyone is quiet as he scans it with increasing shock.

"Is this all true?"

"Yes. Verified three times over. We're not a military organization primarily. We're just very good at it."

Goodshow numbly hands him the datapad. Blue stares at his boss for a few more minutes and starts reading.

The first list alone has him almost spitting out a curse.

The list states which businesses the Order owns. Querynet. New medical technologies that are driving potions and the like down in prices at rates that let any trainer easily purchase the best for their teams. New sensors that detect pokémon for airplanes at a huge distance (one of the largest causes of death by pokémon are aerial crashes). On and on, investments that Blue quickly realizes makes the people and pokémon across the table insanely more influential than he expected.

"We're working to better the world Mister President. Let us. Secrecy in some things must remain within the Order. Some of our command staff cannot be known for some time due to their value. Until Team Rocket is dealt with I can't give you my full trust but I will give you the same vow I give to all that I seek to protect."

Standing, First Guardian Ella Mita moves around the table, her lugia humming softly a song that seems to pull every bit of hope Blue's ever had into his heart to this single moment. Once she reaches his boss, she kneels before him as he shifts his chair to face her. Lowering her gaze to her feet, her tone shifts back to the formal, confident tone she greeted them with.

"Upon my life, I swear to live up to the ideals of Aura. That all life is precious but cannot be defended without sacrifice. I take on any burden necessary. I harm only if no other choice. And I vow that any and all under my command follow these same ideals or face the same consequences as any other who break faith with common decency and respect. Do you accept my vow President Goodshow? Will you let me help you and Kanto purge Team Rocket once and for all? But more importantly, will you work with me to make the world a better place?

Once her last, reverent words end the single purple eye of the First Guardian raises to regard the man she should have trusted five years ago. Blue can tell how hard his boss is thinking right now. One of the most powerful people on the planet is before him as if he were deciding the rest of her life. Why did he suspect her so? She makes mistakes. Just as everyone does. She probably does have too much power but he can't deny how many things behind her speak of the right intentions.

He's going to have to apologize to his wife and daughter far more than he would like. Blue isn't quite a full believer but glancing at the lugia, still uplifting them, even the Lawmaster with a song of unearthly beauty, to the proud lucario gazing at Mita with obvious approval of her actions, he can't help but think he's been a fool. That the history of corruption, crime and disaster that he's dealt with in ACE for years blinded him to dreaming of a better future. Finding the soft smile of pride on Natsume's face as she gazes at the still kneeling Ella pulls another sigh from him. There will be a lot of crow to be had.

Goodshow's voice snaps him back to the drama of the moment. His boss' tone is thick with emotion. Perhaps the old man is thinking much the same as Blue is. Why can't they simply get along and do what is needed and right?

"First Guardian Mita. The Silver Guardians are welcome in Kanto. Thank you for your service."

Ella Mita rises. Her Guardians do as well. She bows deeply in thanks and they follow.

"Thank you for your trust. I shall hold it sacred. We've much to plan."

"That we do."

Guardian

Back at the Foundry

The following days were tedious but needed journal-kun. After the rolling the dice vow I made succeeded, aided by Ororo immensely, things became much easier. Ways to interface with local law enforcement was rigidly fought for by the Lawmaster but were more or less the same unofficial rules we have in Johto.

Arranging for help installing the technology that I had put as incentives within the data I shared doubled as ways for us to plan out Chapterhouses. I even caved and let the President come to the Foundry or rather would later. We're a bit to busy now to schedule any time off. Or at least, I would be if it weren't for the promise I have to honor.

After the three days of debating and planning were done Lance finally pulled me aside for what I know he's been after since he saw me fly in on Ororo.

My hero's grumpy face is hilarious by the way.

"So. Cousin. Did you have to start things that way?" Mmm. Yesss. Glare at me cousin. It feeds my soul!

"I don't know what you mean Lanceypants. Do tell me." My eye must have twinkled far too happily cause his face soured even more. Also, when did he get so tall?

"A bit of warning of the legendary over there would have been appreciated." I ignore his poopy face and glance to where Ororo is happily asking the President questions that seem to amuse the old man quite a bit from how his emotions spike.

"Naw. Less fun that way. And it sent a good opening message. Don't worry hero. I'm going to give you our much needed battle. One week from now. In Pallet. I've got business I've put off too long there." My palm, luckily not wearing my gauntlets anymore, goes up to slap over his mouth before he can protest. "There is a legendary dragon at the Oak Ranch. I put her there. If you wait a week her brother will show up too."

"...I equally love and hate you Ella. Fine. But I want a six on six." I might have bit my lip there. I don't honestly know if I can defeat Lance. Those first seven years were harsh training. Only a few of my family have kept it up. Lance, I know, has not stopped. Every day for him is about pushing further. I'm absolutely certain if it were a team battle I'd crush him. I'm not sure anything can stop my family if they fight together. But single matches? Well. Maybe a loss will be good for some of my family. Though. Mars, Zaela and Query are probably fine. Ororo too probably. Okay. Less worried.

"You got it. Though, want me to use Ororo? She lost to Zaela one on one but I had to mega-evolve her. Plus, frankly, I'm not satisfied with her training yet." Lance's brows raise for a moment as he considers, then shakes his head.

"Then as punishment for taking years to offer this fight I'll fight her sometime in the future. Deal little cousin?" He's calling me little as in my size. Not the age. The ass. Still, I shake his hand then immediately jab my elbow into his gut for the teasing.

"Sounds great hero! Okay gonna go gather everyone. I think that if I stay any longer the Lawmaster's head will pop with how much blood has been going to it." So maybe I should be careful with how I tag people. Bit wheezy there aren't you Lance?

A few formal goodbyes later and a quick trip on Angel Teleportation Travels gives me a snuggling girlfriend in my apartment and a long, long night of rest. The relief is almost visible or so Rina teased me with.

The next day had me catching up on paperwork and some other meetings with the command staff. Koga arrived late with word as to how the President was taking things without us being there. I had a bit of guilt that I'd taken Koga's loyalty from Kanto but I did warn Goodshow that some things had to stay hidden. Koga will be away from the Foundry for a while. We don't know where Team Rocket's spies in the government could be besides Giovanni so our Guardian of Knowledge was going to keep a close eye on things as we begin our push.

The next day had myself heading out to another major goal of my new life. Probably the most important after finding my family.

Time to meet Ash Ketchum, the Chosen One.

...and seriously try and get him to be smarter. Holy shit.

Ash

Oak Ranch

Its been a good year. Ash can't believe how much fun he's had. All because he made three new friends after that jerk Gary decided they weren't best buds anymore. Sure, they always got into trouble more together than not but it was together. Gary and Ash. Joined at the hip.

But something changed. Gary became...Meaner and didn't enjoy their adventures anymore. Instead he's studying more and talking about his last name all the time. Like a jerk. He's a jerk.

Thinks were entirely blah for a good while until just before the Pokémon Summer Camp Ash had been looking forwards to for ages. His mother would often send him to the Professor's lab when she had to work or on the weekends which suited Ash just fine. Ever since he could remember he loved pokémon of all shapes and sizes. Ugly, terrifying, cute or strange, it didn't matter. And it seemed like they liked him too!

It was one day a few months after Gary started being a butt head that everything changed. For a while Ash had felt like he was being followed as he explored the parts of the Ranch that he was allowed. Sure, he would often wander off and get into trouble but it always worked out. And at all times he felt like someone was watching over him. Protecting him.

Eventually he had enough of the curiosity and hid himself as best he could and waited, making sure he was in an out of the way area so none of the pesky adults could interfere in his adventure!

The patience was well reward, even if he hand to bite his own shirt to keep from making groaning noises at the minutes he had to stay still. Two pretty pokémon he'd never seen before walked carefully after the path he took, obviously chattering to each other, even if only one of them spoke. Pink and cream fur with waving ribbons, he just knew if they let him pet them that the pokémon would be softer than a skitty.

Springing from his hiding places he thrust his finger out and in his most excited voice he declared…

"Hey! Are you the ones following me? Cause...Uhm. Hi! I'm Ash!" So he didn't think of what to say. It was fine! Both of the pokémon jumped a bit but the one who actually seemed to talk recovered quick and started giggling or so he thinks. All he hear is 'sylvsylveonsylv' but the tone of it was happy he was sure!

Approaching him, the talkative one waved her ribbon like feelers up and he didn't hesitate to take them in his hands. Nor did he give pause when the pokémon started to pull him around in a happy dance. Laughter came to him easily and he just had to find out from the Professor later what type of pokémon this was. Maybe it belonged to a trainer because it was obviously used to human contact.

What happened next shocked him quite hard.

"She is. Her name is Sunshine but everyone calls her Sunny. Uhm. I'm Lati." The voice was very shy. He knew that cause some of the girls at school get that way. Blinking hard, he looks at the silent one and lets go of a ribbon to muffled protest to point.

"Did you just talk to me?! That's amazing! I'm Ash! Oh..I said that already. What are you two?" He's interrupted by what seems like a mini-lecture of 'sylvsylveonsylv' over and over from the one he's still somewhat dancing with.

"Huh?"

"Uhm. Sylveon is the species name. A fairy pokémon. And she is complaining that you don't understand her. That...you feel like her Mom. So obviously you shoul-really Sunny? Oh! Well. She says you should be able to understand her and its really rude of you not to if you have aura like her Mom."

Lati sounds like Gary used to when he was translating Ash-speak as he called it. Scratching the back of his head, Ash blinks, confused.

"What's Aura?"

More Sunny talk, this time in a tone as if giving an evil school lecture had him looking at Lati for more translation.

"She says' Aura is a fluffy feeling of emotions mostly. That her Mom uses it to connect her heart to a pokémon so she can talk to them. Then she talked a bunch about how she couldn't remember what her Mom's title was besides 'Mom' then when she jumped up and down said her Mom is Ella Mita, Aura Guardian."

Ash's jaw dropped. Aura Guardians were all around the pokémon channel on TV since he could remember! And Ella Mita was their leader! Wait!

"Are….are you saying I could learn to talk to pokémon?! Wait! How are you talking to me? Do you have aura?!" Now he was jumping up and down with Sunny in excitement.

Lati seemed to shrink a bit at that and shake her head. "Uhm. No. I'm psychic like an alakazam or hypno. I'm talking directly into your mind."

Pausing in his jumping, Ash's hand came up to his chin in deep thought. There was something fishy here. Psychic. Sylveon. Lati. Sunny. Fairy. Psychic. Aura.

"Wait! You said she was fairy! And you're psychic! So which is the real one?"

Lati again seemed to draw back and he winced a bit. "I'm sorry. I got excited. You don't have to tell me. We can just be friends! Its nice enough that I get to talk to someone." Ash' idly digs his shoe into the dirt, trying not to sound too lonely. Stupid jerk Gary.

"No...Its okay. I'm...something else. I can look like whatever I want. And Sunny says you probably have aura. That she's been around it all her life. So uh. I could ask Tru, one of Sunny's teammates, for a few pointers. You could also ask Professor Oak's lucario for help too."

Ash grinned at that, quite happy at the idea. "Galahad is great! I always feel like he stares at me a lot though. Oh! He can use aura right? Cause he talks to me? Or wait...Psychic? No...You said to ask him about aura. Got it."

"Sunny says she likes how you speak everything you are thinking. Its very truthful. And then said that was a pun...I don't understand that one there. Uhm...And...I'd love to be your friend. Sunny says she would too."

Ash couldn't believe it. His heart soared and the rest of the day was talking with who would become his two best friends in the world until the Summer Camp. Then he'd have three. Sunny wouldn't always be there as she was a trainer's pokémon which he understood. There were a few growlithe he liked to play with that got rotated out a lot to one of Professor Oak's research assistants.

The months flew by and while he couldn't see Sunny all the time he spent pretty much every hour he could exploring the Ranch with Lati coming along. Galahad didn't seem at all surprised at Ash's request to learn aura speaking and it was possibly the first thing in the world Ash was completely focused on without complaint.

Mastering the ability was hard and he had to change his way of thinking. To be patient and let things flow through him. Learn meditation. It was the hardest thing he's ever had to do but it was worth it. So worth it. He finished just in time for the Summer Camp and Sunny had made sure she timed it so she could sneak in to help him with the wild pokémon they would be asked to look after. Pretty much everything in the Ranch gave her a wide berth. When he asked why she just muttered something about demonstrating her 'Super-Mega Star Moon Power Sunny Shocker' which sounded awesome. Sadly when he asked if she could show him she got all pouty and said she was politely asked by Professor Oak's charizard not to scare everyone again.

It just made him want to see it all the more but he'd never push her on it. Even if he didn't think she'd abandon him like Gary he was scared of saying the wrong thing.

The day of the Camp had him alone on the first task, Lati having gone to get Sunny. Naturally, he more or less ignored the adults about leaving the area and quickly ran after a poliwag about the only thing he remembered from what he was supposed to look for. Plus he hadn't gotten to talk to many water pokémon yet. Maybe they could tell him where to fish!

Ash wasn't at all worried about Lati or Sunny not finding him. Lati assured him that she could find him anywhere in Pallet Town. Whistling a tune Ash couldn't have been happier, at least until he hear crying. A girl! Recently Ash has been very much considering wanting to be an Aura Guardian and a Pokémon Master. Sunny said her Mom wasn't just an Aura Guardian so he was pretty sure he could do it. And Guardians helped people!

Racing along he found the girl. Vaguely he recognized her from the group at the start of camp. She was pretty, wearing a dress and a wide sunhat. Long blonde hair and bright eyes. Recently Galahad had started teaching him something called Aura Sight and Ash's normally red eyes flashed a bit with blue, gasping as he saw she was hurt. Running forward he skidded to a stop, realizing she's probably super scared.

"Sorry! Sorry! I'm Ash! I didn't mean to make you cry harder!" Watching her curl in on herself had him kicking himself mentally and he unconsciously eased a bit of his emotion out, carefully pulling a scarf from his pocket.

"Here. This will help! Sorry again. Really sorry. What's your name?" The girl seemed to relax from the moment he started speaking again and whimpered a bit as he came closer but pushed her leg out.

"S-Serena. H...hi." Almost hiding behind her hair, Ash managed to keep his cool, trying to act how Galahad does. So soothing and calm. Luckily, or not so luckily, Ash got a lot of scrapes and bruises so he did a pretty good job dealing with her wound he thinks.

"My friend Galahad said this would help! Watch!" Concentrating hard, he drops into the meditation he struggled so hard to achieve. Galahad said Ash was still quite a long way from doing anything big with this skill but at the very least it takes away some pain. He hears the girl gasp as his palm warms and he places it very gently on her knee. Feeling the aura flow through him always made him smile and the girl seemed to brighten at the one he gives now. He doesn't notice he could feel that with his eyes closed though.

"...It feels better! How did you do that?" The wonder in her voice matches her face as he opens his eyes and takes a bit of a deep breath. Whew! That takes a lot out of him.

"Aura! I've got a lot of it. Well. That's what my friend says. Here. Lets get you back to the Camp." Turning around, he offers his back. Before he started working with Galahad he wouldn't have been able to carry her, he thinks. Maybe!

Hesitantly and gingerly Serena gets up, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Gurk! J-just a little further down. Throat!" The eep that follows is pretty cute.

"S-sorry! Uhm. That better?" Nodding is a bad idea he thinks.

"Yep! Come on. We're not too far."

The walk back is rather fun for Ash. If there is one thing both Sunny and Galahad both taught him is that you feel great helping others. Sunny would often break up fights in their trips or cheer people up with her...Well. Sunnyness. Galahad on the other part would tell of talking to people. That when you understood someone you could emp...enth...feel what they feel! Doing that with Serena was easier than even talking to Gary. The jerk.

"So your mom rides rhyhorn?"

"Yes. I think she wants me to but I don't know...I'm not very brave like that. Plus the clothes are itchy."

"I get that but rhyhorn! You're mom's awesome! But she's not you. You do what you want. Only you can know what your dream is. Can't give up till its over! "

Serena's voice quieted then and she gripped him a bit tighter. It reminded him of his mom's hugs.

"What...do you want to do Ash? What do you dream about?"

"Hmm. Well I had one dream where I ate a house made out of bread. Oh! You mean like how I said. Right! Up until a little while ago I wanted to be a Pokémon Master. But now I want to be that and an Aura Guardian."

The confused noise in her next question was very cute too. She was like a different type of Sunny!

"Huh? What's an Aura Guardian?" It was really, really hard not to drop her.

"You've never heard of an Aura Guardian?! What do they teach in Kalos?" The rest of the trip was telling her all the stories he's heard of Aaron and more recently the Silver Guardians of Johto. It had the added plus of keeping Serena's mind off here knee. Ash could take away the pain for a while but not that long.

Once they reached the camp there was much panic and Ash got really annoyed at the adults scaring Serena with their worry. Luckily Sunny showed up with Lati right next to her.

"Sunny! Come heal her!" The two sylveon running up to Ash paused all the commotion though Ash noticed that the Professor was just grinning. Huh.

"Oh no! What happened? Wait a sec. Sunny Heal Pulse But is actually a Wish!" The flow of energy that ran over Serena's leg wouldn't normally have affected a human too much but Sunny proudly said that she trained with a ghost to get better at it. Which confused Ash a lot but he got distracted by Lati asking him about pies and how they tasted before he could ask more.

Serena was a bit unsure of the sylveon, even if it was one of her favorite pokémon. She didn't know they were in Kanto. Then the wish washed over her and everything felt fine. Better than fine! Ash let her down slowly and she hugged him hard, shaking just a bit.

"Thank you. C-can we be friends?" She made sure to whisper it, cause having all the adults staring at what happened was a little scary.

The look on Ash's face was confusion and the young girl was very worried she said something wrong.

"We aren't already? Every friend I've made talks to me about everything. That's what we did!" The tone in his voice mad her rapidly nod her head.

"Yes! Friends." In that moment, none of them cared about the fact that everyone was still trying to figure out what happened. All they knew is that they'd created something special.

The rest of the Camp was the happiest Ash has ever been. Introducing Serena to Sunny and Lati was easy as could be. After Serena got over the shock of Ash being able to talk to them it was fun to see her be even more surprised when Lati started talking to her.

The quartet explored much further than the adults liked every day but the Professor explained them something about 'Elite, if not Champion level pokémon' which he didn't quite get. Sunny was more an awesome pokémon and Lati was the kindest and most understanding pokémon.

Serena fit in well, slowly coming out of her shell and being more bold. They caught up the the poliwag and played in the water with its family. Wild rattatta, normally pests, would come to play tag with Ash. Serena was a bit too unsure to participate but she started yelling encouragement to everyone, even giving nicknames to the small rodents.

Slowly a bond that would last past anything they could have imagined formed. Sunny saved them, even if they didn't know it. In two ways. One, a passing fearow saw the two young humans as possible prey and didn't even get halfway into his dive before the strongest reflect shield he's ever seen appeared right in front of his beak followed immediately by a pin point moonblast that sent him crashing into a tree hundreds of yards away. When Ash asked what that could be Sunny just said it was a 'Gary' which was her new word for 'jerk' from hanging out with Ash so often.

The second way Sunny saved them was the last day of the Camp. Both children were utterly distraught and couldn't help but cry a bit at Serena returning home. Ash didn't think Kalos was anywhere he could get to easily so for him he pretty much thought he'd never see her again. Serena felt more or less the same but there was some hard determination in her to get her mother to let her travel with Ash when she was the proper age to go on her journey. Something she didn't think she was brave enough to ask for before she met Ash.

Eventually Sunny got fed up with the weeping and Ash would never forget what happened.

"Argh! What's wrong? You're both so sulky! Like you got your ice cream rights taken away! That was a bad week." Lati, as always, was pretty quiet, just sitting down and observing while secretly keeping her tears from showing too. Serena had grown heavily on her and she'd miss the kind girl quite a lot.

"C-c-cause Serena has to go home. Way, way far away."

"Y-yeah. I c-can't stay. But I want to!"

Dual 'waaaahhhs' had Sunny putting her ribbons over her ears. She sorta understood what they meant. But she always gets to see her long distance friends whenever she wants. Then again she has never seen a human get sucked into a pokéball. Oh. That was sad.

"Oh...I...That...That's awful! Waaaahhh. I don't want you to go either!"

The next half an hour or so was one instance of a person's sadness infecting another repeatedly until Sunny couldn't handle it anymore.

"Le-let's go ask my Mom. She fixes everything! C'mon Ash. Tell Serena th-that- my mom is the best. And so is yours! She makes great cookies. I'm not...b-bragging! Sunny is a good girl!"

The sobbing mess of children and pokémon that entered Professor Oak's lab was deeply alarming to the man. Sunny refused to let any of his assistants stop them as she really only enjoyed his company of all the humans there besides Ash and Serena of course.

"Oh my word. What is wrong?" The fatherly instincts in him never really faded and already he's getting ready to call for medical help or the parents of the kids until Lati spoke, as Ash was hiccuping too hard to speak properly.

"Sorry Professor...We...We don't want Serena to leave so Sunny thought Ella could help somehow." The mental sniffles of the latias had Professor Oak smiling a bit sadly. So nothing of a true emergency but still serious. His own thoughts go to setting them up with something long-range communication wise or even possibly setting up a teleport system but that might be a bit much. Regardless, Sunny needed to see her mom.

As the phone started ringing, Samuel went to get them all some water or since Ella could deal with them, something sweet.

Ash couldn't imagine what they'd do. A bunch of the same plan came into his head about maybe hiding in a cave for a while until they let Serena stay. It was interrupted by a voice he's gotten familiar with. Since he's know Sunny she would often have him bring up old news footage of her Mom.

"Oh Sunshine. What's the matter?" The girl on the screen is….Scary. Sort of. The eyepatch is a bit intimidating but it helped that it was a bright silver color. Long hair similar in color to Serena's is pulled up in a somewhat serious bun but it was her good eye that relaxed Ash just a bit. It was filled with worry for Sunny.

"M-m-mom! Serena has to leave and we can't ever see here again!" The sylveon gets her emotions under control just enough to state it then returns to wiping her tears away with her ribbons. Her mom looks away a bit for a sec and sighs, putting her hand on her chin then stands.

"Its a good thing Prime translated that. Forgot aura doesn't work so far away. I'll be there in just a minute sweetheart. We'll get this figured out."

As promised, a minute after the call ended there is a brief flash and Sunny's mom is there with a pretty gardevoir who looks very distressed by their crying and flashes out almost immediately. A while later she'd return with the most delicious ice cream Ash had ever tasted.

If he weren't so sad Ash would be freaking out a bit about meeting an actual Aura Guardian. Instead he just gives her the most brutal of attacks. The puppy-dog eyes. Serena, Lati and Sunny, sensing the possibility of changing all of fate do the same thing. Ash wonders why Sunny's Mom clutches her heart so dramatically.

"Fine..Fine. Just...Give me a moment to think." Ash can't help but hug the older girl as she seeks to fix their problem. Serena follows and Professor Oak comes back to a rather put out looking First Guardian covered in kids. Latias, despite being pretty old physically is most definitely still a child.

"Hey Professor. So. I was wondering if you could do me a favor. The Regional Professor in Kalos is...Sycamore right? Do you think you could transfer Angel there when...Serena was it?" Both Ash and the girl in question nod fiercely. "When she gets home so she can go visit and get the image in her head. If she's mega-evolved Angel should be able to teleport nearly anywhere on the planet."

All four heads snap upwards at the words and Ella is forced to endure resumed hugging and more tears this time of joy. The Professor simply grins and takes a picture before nodding.

"Of course. Are you certain she will have the time to take them back and forth?"

"Yeah. Things have finally started to get a bit easier. Not at all simpler. Or less busy. But not quite as frantic. Besides. I'm sure Galahad has told you of Ash's potential."

Serena and Ash exchange a glance, not sure what she means.

"I'm not going to have you...take him. The boy is like another grandchild to me. If when he's of age and can decide of his own volition that's another thing." Ash had never heard the Professor talk in that tone since he and Gary tried to sail into the bay and crashed.

"He's very, very strong Samuel. The things he could do."

"And later that'-Children. There is some hot cocoa in the other room that I've made for you. Guardian Mita is going to set up something with your parents about visiting when she has the time to take you all. So do cheer up. But we have things to discuss." It was still that tone! Ash had to try to learn more. Something told him that this was very, very important. Without even thinking about it his hand takes Serena's in support.

"But Professor, wha-"

"Ash. You've always done as I've said when I was serious. Out. Now. I promise your issue is solved."

Though she doesn't look happy with the Professor, Sunny's Mom gives him a reassuring smile. Both Lati and Sunny lead the children out but Ash hears two more things by pushing on his little bit of aura control.

"I forbid it Ella. The boy deserves a childhood without such extremes."

There is a long pause but the world practically screams for Ash to keep on listening.

"Alright. I didn't want to do this. So. Sammy. Did Celebi talk to you about the Chosen One when you went forward?"

The silence after was deafening and Ash could hear no more as Sunny led them out.

Who is Celebi?

Yay cliffhangers! This was a lot of fun to write. Sorry we couldn't get to Lance's rematch but now we have a very awkward conversation to look forward to as well! I don't think I write children all that well so sorry if they come off a bit smarter or too sappy or w/e.

And Brock! Heh. A little bit of foreshadowing. Crazy out of control mons and all that. Plus the start of his girl crazy nature.

I guess Ella got herself a girlfriend too. Weird huh?

I don't know when the next chapter will be out. Probably going to write a few chapters for my SWTOR/Mass Effect fic then back to this and so on because exploring that world took the clutter out of this one for me. No battles this chapter but a lot of growth I think.

Its been so long since I've responded to reviews I'm not sure where I left off. If I didn't I'm sorry. Feel free to PM me if I didn't.

The start of the next chapter will have a lot of Oaks as well. We'll meet Jerk, I mean Gary of course and Blue will have a few apologies to give. Plus Leaf. Who will cause chaos. Mmm. Delicious.

I'm also heavily considering writing a few chapters entirely from one of team's perspective. I think its been far too long since Query has gotten some screen time. Joker too actually. Hrm.

Enough rambling! This'll be the second to last chapter I put down all the pokémon moves and such on. After that I'll likely put it on my utterly blank profile. Thank you all for your support and sorry it took so long to get this out.

Onto the team!

Zaela the King Garchomp (Female)

Abilities: Sand Veil, Rough Skin (Hidden)

Nature: Adamant

Moves: Tackle, Sand Attack, Dragon Breath, Sand Tomb, Earth Power, Iron Head, Scary Face, Swagger, Sandstorm, Sunny Day, Flamethrower, Double Team, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Rain Dance, Mud-Slap, Dual Chop, Slash, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Dragon Rush, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Crunch, Fire Blast, Aerial Ace, Hyper Beam, Brutal Swing, Poison Jab, Iron Tail, Hone Claws, Aqua Tail, Whirlpool, Fury Cutter, Hidden Power(Ice), Flare Blitz, Incinerate, Toxic, Dragon Pulse, Headbutt, Bulldoze, Endure, Dig, Twister, Swift, Laser Focus, Swords Dance, Outrage, Body Slam, Metal Claw, Surf, Ancient Power, Protect

Combination Moves: Furnace (Sand Tomb, Earth Power, Sandstorm and Flamethrower. Basically burn them in a pit)

Pain Whirl (Sandstorm, Stealth Rock and Rock Slide with a helping of Mud-Slap. Confuse them in a tornado made of giant pain rocks)

Grinder- Earthquake and Earth Power to simultaneously disrupt movement and provide a sharp incline to speed up Dragon Rush and manually activate Stealth Rocks. Rock Slide to subtly hammer Stealth Rocks towards vital points. Very tiring.

Dragon Blitz- (See Mars)

Ella's starter and quite the stubborn pain in the butt. Self proclaimed sister of Ella.

2- Query the Shiny Metagross (Identifies Male)

Ability: Clear Body

Nature: Quirky

Moves: Iron Head, Iron Defense, Take Down, Zen Headbutt, Psychic, Confusion, Metal Claw, Bullet Punch, Psych Up, Gravity, Ally Switch, Miracle Eye , Scary Face, Brick Break, Meteor Mash, Agility, Magnet Rise, Return, Reflect, Double Team, Light Screen, Rock Smash, Hammer Arm. Pursuit, Hammer Arm, Toxic, Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, Focus Blast, Flash, Laser Focus, Telekinesis, Grass Knot, Giga Impact, Earthquake, Thunderpunch, Rock Tomb, Ice Punch, Signal Beam, Stealth Rock, Dynamic Punch, Body Slam, Rollout, Strength, Endure, Block, Rest, Aerial Ace, Rock Polish, Protect, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm

Combination Moves: Psi-Fist - A method of psychic manipulation of an opponents gravity and self to make critical hits happen. A variety of punches/strikes with heavy but small piercing-like psychic stabs to balance points. Grass Knot and Flash-distracted Laser Focus attacks added.

Psi-Fist Step Two- Constant mind/emotion reading to adapt to attack patterns and psychological weaknesses. Low level confusion waves to occlude and disrupt senses and to influence terror or caution depending on level of threat as well as psychological profile. Can currently use two dedicated brains for state two. Three deemed too detrimental to combat ability.

Psi-Fist Step Three- Every attack causes psychic waves within a victim's body. Focused mind reading directs the waves to short out essential organs and the nervous system. Not for sparring. Almost always fatal.

Meteor- Magnet Rise, Gravity and Psychic to aid in a mid-air constant rollout to build up maximum damage. Target is then aimed with an aerial ace at speeds matching or exceeding most electric types. Once target is hit detonated earthquake to follow and appropriate physical attack added. Ice punch. Zen Headbutt. Etc. Iron Defense and constant reflects for help against recoil.

3- Truthseeker(Tru) the Lucario (Female)

Abilities: Inner Focus, Justified (Hidden)

Nature: Serious

Moves: Foresight, Quick Attack, Endure, Counter, Detect, Cross Chop, Bite, Mind Reader, High Jump Kick, Agility, Vacuum Wave, Crunch, Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Copycat, Rock Smash, Force Palm, Aura Sphere, Heal Pulse, Protect, Power-Up Punch, Me First, Calm Mind, Extremespeed, Toxic, Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Thunderpunch, Close Combat, Bone Rush

Combination Moves: Heal Sphere- Aura Sphere made with heal pulse energy. Very aura intensive but serves as a long range critical heal.

EMT- Bullet Punch, Extremespeed orMe First(Depends on move) to target who is attacking ally. Counter if needed while second hand is using Heal Pulse. High Jump Kick away if Quick Attack is not fast enough. Looking into Substitute, Extremespeed and Quick Guard for increased effectiveness.

Reader: Calm Mind, Mind Reader, Detect to stay in someone's guard. Protect to be used later when unable to dodge.

Regen: Developed by Joy's lucario. Bounces small Heal Pulses onto a Protect screen to cause small amounts of healing over time. Somewhat draining even when perfected. Calm Mind increases efficiency.

4- Sunshine(Sunny) the Sylveon (Female)

Abilities: Cute Charm, Pixilate (Hidden)

Nature: Quirky

Moves: Fake Tears, Tickle, Wish, Yawn, Stored Power, Charm, Tackle, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes, Fairy Wind, Disarming Voice, Quick Attack, Swift, Moonblast, Refresh, Draining Kiss, Light Screen, Misty Terrain, Skill Swap, Reflect, Safeguard, Round, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Dig, Snore, Hyper Voice, Hyper Beam, Double Team, Psyshock, Work Up, Synchronoise, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Calm Mind, Baton Pass, Celebrate, Flash, Trump Card

Special Moves: Talk no jutsu. Seriously. Okay not seriously. Just couldn't resist the joke.

5- Mars the Shiny Charizard (Male)

Ability: Blaze

Nature: Lonely

Moves: Ancient Power, Flare Blitz, Scratch, Ember, Dragon Dance, Air Cutter, Crunch, Bite, Beat Up, Dragon Rush, Dragon Pulse, Slash, Fire Fang, Dragon Rage, Flame Burst, Flamethrower, Metal Claw, Smokescreen, Wing Attack, Fire Blast, Thunderpunch, Hyper Beam, Toxic, Focus Blast, Dragon Tail, Dragon Breath, Shadow Claw. Will o' Wisp, Ominous Wind, Fire Spin, Dig, Earthquake, Sunny Day. Draco Meteor (Currently only in Mega)

Combination Moves(Self Taught): Dragon Blitz-High speed directed attack. A fully boosted by Dragon Dance Flare Blitz combined with a Dragon Rush that can be changed mid attack by using an enforced claw with Slash and Metal Claw to dig into nearby surfaces to a new direction. Wing Attack and Air Cutter to achieve similar effects in air. Steel Wing desired. Double Team to be added for confusion once completely mastered. Possible Beat Up Clones when team exceeds six members.

Smoke Boost- Dragon Dance while setting up favorable terrain with Ancient Power and hoping for more buffs while covered in a Smokescreen. Double Team and Beat Up to be added later.

Firewall- Flame Bursts tossed up high and fed with a directional Air Cutter. Flamethrower added immediately after Flame Burst. Able to use without Blaze but cannot sustain it while moving without ability activation. Ancient Power to be added in slowly. Rock Slide an alternative if learnt.

6- Aurora the Aurorus(Female)

Abilities: Refrigerate, Snow Warning (Hidden)

Nature: Modest

Moves: Powder Snow, Thunder Wave, Haze, Barrier, Mirror Coat, Sandstorm, Hail, Magnet Rise, Discharge, Rock Throw, Mist, Icy Wind, Ice Beam, Round, Ancient Power, Aurora Beam, Avalanche, Thunderbolt, Hyper Beam, Safeguard, Freeze Dry, Light Screen. Encore, Nature Power, Blizzard, Rain dance, Thunder, Aurora Veil, Earthquake, Psychic, Charge Beam, Psych Up, Frost Breath, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, Iron Defense, Stealth Rock, Flash

Combination Moves: Storm Defense: Ability activation, Sandstorm and Barrier. Omni-Directional Discharge if any non-ground types enter the field. Hail and Aurora Veil amp it up with Rain Dance causing massive amounts of electric bursts.

Odin's Eye: A method of tagging a target with a magnetic, low powered rock throw to place a marker. Leads to an incredibly high accuracy attack through Storm Defense by seeking out the signature with her fins.

7- Wattson(Thunderbug) the Electivire (Male)

Ability: Motor Drive, Vital Spirit (Hidden)

Nature: Jolly

Moves: Thunder Shock, Cross Chop, Thunderbolt, Ice Punch, Fire Punch, Focus Punch, Low Kick, Rolling Kick, Meditate, Dynamic Punch, Light Screen, Barrier, Thunderpunch, Discharge, Thunder, Shock Wave, Focus Blast, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Dig, Earthquake, Electric Terrain, Round, Electro Ball, Swift, Taunt, Rain Dance, Protect, Double Team, Rock Tomb, Psychic, Charge Beam, Swagger, Rock Slide, Bulldoze, Thunder, Signal Beam, Helping Hand, Power-Up Punch, Flamethrower, Mud-slap, Magnet Rize

Combo Moves: The Punch-A fully motor drive/meditate buffed thunder punch combined with focus punch and electric terrain caused by launching someone with an earthquake. Ice or Fire Punch substituted for vulnerabilities.

The DANCE- Rain dance, swagger, meditate and magnet rise all at once to impress and infuriate at once! Flash to be used later when learned. Possibly signal beam as well.

Prismatic Spray- A bunch of moves at once. Very draining. Psychic, signal beam, thunderbolt, flamethrower and focus blast at once. Very flashy, doesn't hit overly hard yet. Just super disruptive.

Rasengan- Sigh. Double team to add rotation. No. Its just for fucking flair. And apparently able to low power helping hand. Its literally just an electro ball with a blue color that the idiot shoves into someone bodily. Instead of actually throwing it. Working on combining it with focus blast and psychic to make a shuriken. Yeah.

8- Joker the Zoroark(Male)

Ability: Illusion

Nature: Serious (as fuck)

Moves: Fake Tears, Fury Swipes, Night Slash, Night Daze, Detect, U-Turn, Imprison, Pursuit, Hone Claws, Flamethrower, Scary Face, Feint Attack, Taunt, Foul Play, Torment, Double Team, Embargo, Punishment, Dark Pulse, Copycat, Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball, Bounce, Grass Knot, Psych Up, Shadow Claw, Snarl, Dig, Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Toxic

9- Angel the Gardevoir (Female)

Ability: Trace, Synchronize, Telepathy (Hidden)

Nature: Modest

Moves: Teleport, Ally Switch, Trick Room, Dazzling Gleam, Healing Wish, Wish, Heal Pulse, Misty Terrain, Psychic, Confusion, Moonblast, Icy Wind, Mimic, Calm Mind, Captivate, Stored Power, Nightmare, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Future Sight, Heal Bell, Echoed Voice, Hyper Voice, Hyper Beam, Shadow Sneak, Disable, Confuse Ray, Encore, Imprison, Skill Swap, Destiny Bond, Light Screen, Reflect, Protect, Round

10- Tasslehoff the Mismagius (Male)

Ability: Levitate

Nature: Modest

Moves: Spite, Confuse Rate, Scary Face, Mean Look. Toxic, Will o' Wisp, Hex, Sucker Punch, Psybeam, Zap Cannon, Payback, Perish Song, Grudge, Pain Split, Power Gem, Astonish, Phantom Force, Mystical Fire, Magical Leaf, Lucky Chant, Torment, Thief, Trick Room, Dark Pulse, Curse, Torment, Memento, Dream Eater, Endure, Flash, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Rain Dance, Echoed Voice, Energy Ball, Thunder Wave, Shadow Ball, Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Sneak, Me First, Wonder Room, Magic Coat, Icy Wind, Foul Play, Shock Wave, Hyper Voice, Ally Switch

11- Brightscales (Bri) the shiny Milotic (Female)

Ability: Marvel Scale, Competitive, Cute Charm

Nature:Bold

Moves:Splash, Tackle, Flail, Mud Sport, Hypnosis, Confuse Ray, Mirror Coat, Tickle, Haze, Mist, Dragon Pulse, Dragonbreath, Captivate, Brine, Water Pulse, Aqua Ring, Recover, Disarming Voice, Refresh, Attract, Safeguard, Coil, Rain Dance, Surf, Scald, Ice Beam, Endure, Aqua Tail, Dragon Tail, Wrap, Round

12- Ororo the Lugia (Female)

Ability: Pressure, Multiscale

Nature: Calm

Moves: Weather Ball, Aeroblast, Rain Dance, Giga Drain. Psychic, Extrasensory, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Surf, Hydro Pump, Water Pulse, Earthquake, Thunder Wave, Sky Attack, Hyper Voice, Calm Mind, Shadow Ball, Skill Swap, Telekinesis, Whirlwind, Gust, Dragon Rush, Hurricane, Swift, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Blizzard, Punishment, Ancient Power, Recover, Roost, Safeguard, Future Sight, Psyshock, Hail, Sunny Day, Light Screen, Reflect, Protect, Return, Double Team, Sandstorm, Aerial Ace, Steel Wing, Iron Head, Echoed Voice, Sky Drop, Fly, Charge Beam, Psych Up, Waterfall, Dive, Earth Power, Signal Beam, Zen Headbutt, Dragon Breath, Tailwind, Laser Focus, Defog, Whirlpool, Air Cutter, Ominous Wind, Twister, Swift, Detect, Brine, Endure