Disclaimer: Pokemon is not mine neither do the original characters which are owned by the Pokemon Company and Satoshi Tajiri

As Ash walked back to the camp, he saw Red sitting by the fire. 'From the looks of it, he's most probably waiting for me.'

"Red-nii..." When Red heard his voice, he flinched and stood as he looked to Ash's direction. As he saw him, he raced to his side and hugged him.

Ash clumsily handed the egg to Riolu as Red went closer. "Geez, making me worried like that... Do you know how worried I was when I woke up and saw your sleeping bag empty?" He let go of Ash as he checked him for any injuries. "My protective tendencies aside, this is a different world as much as it resembles your own and also, we're on a different region."

"As I thought..." mumbled Ash to himself, his hair covering his eyes. He looked up to Red, his bangs still in place. "Sorry... Red-nii, I can't promise I won't do it next time but I'll try as minimal as possible."

Red took a glance to Riolu beside Ash, returning his gaze back to Ash, he let out a sigh. "Well, these kinds of things happening will not decrease anytime soon either. At least, this time around, you got Riolu by your side now." He then hefts Ash to his arms, taking him to his sleeping bag which was beside his own, with Riolu lagging behind him.

He let him down carefully, as not to wake Dia. "Then, g'night, we got another trip tomorrow, so better get rest now while you can."

Morning

A few more hours before morning came; Blue woke up first followed by Ash. Blue had Ash accompany him to his morning stroll, thinking to have the both of them talk.

An hour later, Gold and Red woke up, the both of them quickly deduced that Blue had Ash with him in his morning stroll, 'cause Riolu was still sound asleep beside Explotaro and Aero and Blue's pokémon team were missing from the group. The both of them later agreed to prepare their breakfast, which ended up disastrous.

Red sweat dropped at the scene of a grumpy Gold holding a burnt pan. "Gold... What are you doing? How did you ended up burning a simple omelette?"

Gold let out a sigh before tossing off the pan. "I've got no idea either... Makes me wonder how I survived just by eating berries back then..."

The both of them didn't realize that Dia was up already, and started cooking. They just noticed him later after they smelled the dishes that were made by Dia.

"Huh? Dia?" Red looked beside him to see Dia prepping the rest of the ingredients that were out.

Gold salivated by the smell and was ready to dig in, when Dia had stopped him by the ladle he was holding. "Nuh-uh, we have to wait for Blue-san and Ash before we eat, and besides, I'm still not finished."

With Blue and Ash

On their stroll, Blue was taking lead, while Ash was behind him, looking around the area they passed by. As they were walking, Blue can't help but notice the different radiance in Ash's eyes when he asked him for a walk, and now, his giddiness from just a simple stroll.

He sweat dropped when Ash ran off in front of him when a Hoothoot came down from a tree and tried to pet it, only for it to call for its comrades, resulting in Ash being flocked by the Hoothoots and Noctowls alike. Seeing as Ash was unable to get out, Blue had Scizor out to help Ash.

Blue nonchalantly walked to Ash before crouching to his level. "Are you ok?"

Ash nod to him before standing up and analyzing Blue's Scizor. "What is your Scizor's move set?"

"Slash, Metal Claw, False Swipe and, Steel Wing, why?"

"Hmm... you must be a formidable trainer. Your Scizor and the other pokémons you showed me before all seemed far more than capable."

"Well, yeah, I mean, I am the Viridian Gym Leader and a former Kanto league champion competitor along with your brother. I'll be damned if I were just some trainer." They then resumed their walk along with their chat.

"Hmm... Then, can you tell me more about your pokémons on hand?" Ash surprised Blue with his sudden change of attitude and enthusiasm which had him see Ash in a new light.

"Well... As you saw before, I have my Charizard, Golduck, Scizor, Machamp, Rhyperior and, Porygon2. I had them when I was still a wondering trainer, challenging gyms and alike. With Charizard as my starter Pokémon, though, my very first pokémon was Scyther who then evolved to Scizor now, and all of them are more powerful than your average trained and wild pokémons alike."

"That's all you can say? Is there anything else?" Urge Ash.

Blue smiled a bit before ruffling Ash's hair, much to Ash's dismay. "Yeah, that's all, can't have you spoiled too much about the gym's capabilities, not that it would make any difference. Anyway, enough for this topic..."

"Hmm...We're going to Olivine City, right?"

"Yeah, and from there, we're taking flight up to the whirl islands. Though, before we do take off, we're getting sidetrack for a while to contact Prof. Rowan in Sinnoh about Dia."

"Oh, Dia was missing for quite some time now, wasn't he? Then, what does Whirl Islands look like? Was it really like what it was said in the books, the whole archipelago surrounded by whirlpools?"

"I'm not that sure, but from what Gold told us... seems to be that way." Blue abruptly stopped from his tracks, looking back to Ash. "You do act like a child, at last!"

Ash blinked to him. "Well, I'm one curious kid, so if I'm curious about something... I just can't help myself."

"Well, you should do that more often. When we I first saw you, you were pretty much alike to myself when I was younger, way before I even met Red and the others, a serious, rational type, though that doesn't change until now, maybe a bit, but not much."

Blue saw a small clearing and ushered Ash to it, taking a sit on the grass, offering Ash a seat beside him. "Ash, do you have a dream?"

Ash snapped side his head to his abrupt question. "That came out of nowhere..."

"I'm feeling talkative today, that's all, anyway, do you have a dream? You may have heard all about Red and about your friend, Gary, and their plans for the future, their dreams... What about you?"

Ash looked up the sky, contemplating on his answer. "I... I don't know... I have thought of my dream being a pokémon master but... there's also my curiosity of this world... this pokémon world, yours and mine... I wanted to see all sorts of ruins related to how this world came to, the origin of the pokémons alike. But I'm worried that I may not live up to it... so... I thought, 'Maybe I should just give my best when I'm old enough to get my first Pokémon, maybe, by then, I can have my decision.'"

The both of them took off back to the camp once they've rested enough. Though...Blue seemed to have taken a like to Ash's company, especially in about academic topics and about books...

Camp...

When they arrived at the camp, Red and the others were already setting the table, Red helping Dia to arrange the dishes at the table while Gold was bringing out the food for their pokémons. Blue and Ash looked to each other before they both shrugged and helped the trio out.

The breakfast was uneventful except for occasional chat made by Dia, Gold and, Red while Blue and Ash were silently eating their food. The former of the two occasionally dropped hints of irritation due to the noise made by Gold's eating habits.

"Red-nii, how long till we get to Olivine City?" asked Ash after he cleaned up his plate.

"Hmm... I guess once we got out of the forest, that's it..."

Gold overheard the two as he passed them to clean up the other materials. "Maybe for another half day worth of walk till we get there, but... since we will be taking flight now, in about three hours later."

Once everything was cleared out, everyone had their pokémons back to their pokéballs except for Togetaro, Charizard and, Aero. Gold with Togetaro, Blue had Dia with him on Charizard and of course, Ash with Red on Aero.

True to his words, as Gold said earlier, after three hours of travelling in air, they got out of the forest and immediately arrived at Olivine City. Dia took course to the Pokémon Center, while Red and the others waited for him outside the light house, for them to take flight after Dia got his stuffs and pokémons back.

While waiting for Dia, Ash remembered of what Dialga told him last night. He looked over to Red who was conversing with Blue and Gold about the trip, as he was about to call out for him, he remembered the suspicious, doubtful look they gave him back in the incident with Ho-oh. 'Maybe I should take action later this day, after we got Lugia's heir... I should've not let Mewtwo leave... I don't have any idea how to get to Ilex forest tonight and get back by morning..."

A familiar voice sounded into his consciousness during his musings. "I could try to ask for some help within the group's pokémons if you want..."

"No, I'll find a way; let me think about it till we finish our objective in Whirl Islands. Ho-oh's heir should hatch after we get the two of them together."

"Well... whatever you say so, I'll just support you for now."

After their mental discussion, Red called out to him. "Hey Ash! We're about to get going now, what are you waiting for?"

Ash saw Dia, now equipped with his bag and on his belt, the remaining missing pokémons from his team. He shrugged to himself before running to Red. "Nothing, just feeling the wind..."

Just as they were going airborne, in the middle of the ocean, Gold's pokégear rang. "Huh?" Taking his pokégear out, he checked his caller. "Silver? Wonder why... Hello?"

"Gold? Where are you now? I heard from Prof. Oak that you came back early."

"Yeah, something came up, I'm on my way to Whirl Islands, why?"

"Whirl Islands? Nice timing... how long till you land there?"

Gold looked to Blue, who was taking flight in front of him beside Red. "In about an hour..."

"Right now, the hunts are getting from bad to worse, most of the grunts from Team Galactic and Team Plasma are on their way to Whirl Islands, most probably in search for Lugia. But Lugia disappeared and never had been seen again when they; Lugia and Ho-oh, were released back to the wild."

Gold smirked to himself after Silver finished, he looked to Ash momentarily before directing his attention back in front. "I assure you, I just saw Ho-oh yesterday, and things were about to get hectic than before, not that it wasn't before. Anyway, I'm with Red-senpai, Blue-san and Diamond right now, so don't worry much, I'm sure we can handle it."

"If you say so, anyway, I'm hanging up, I'm also on my way there. See you."

"Yeah..." said Gold before he closed his pokégear.

"What did he say?" asked Blue.

Gold let out a sigh, shrugging to him. "Seems like Team Galactic and Team Plasma's on the move and, they were also on their way to Whirl Islands."

An exasperated sigh came out of Red as he hugged out the air out of Ash, who was now struggling out. "What is this? A game of chase?"

"Well... What can we say? Their objective and ours clashes, at least now, we have a chance after a year of chasing around with them."

The rest of the flight were uneventful and were just silent. An hour later, most of them can hear the change in water currents.

Dia looked past Blue, noticing the sudden change in the air, and water currents. "Oh, Red-san, I can see some of the whirl pools now."

Ash was more than just giddy when Dia called out, looking in front, he saw the numerous whirl pools surrounding the small archipelago. "Red-nii, can we get any higher? I want to see the whole archipelago..."

Hearing his request, he silently went with it. When Aero went up, Gold and Dia were at lost to why they did that, while Blue smirked to himself as his gaze land on Ash who has a small smile gracing his lips.

"What a great view..." Ash looked down, mesmerized by the scenic view of the archipelago, however, in the opposite direction of their entrance, he saw several ships with the brand of 'Galactic' and 'Plasma'. Pointing to its direction, "Red-nii, we better get going to that cave... our pursuers are almost here."

Looking at the general direction to where Ash was pointing to. "We better get going now..."

Going down to Gold and the others' level of flight, he called to them. "Seems like our pursuers are here. Gold, which is the island that Lugia's hiding to?"

"Lugia should be at the main island, there's a cave there, it is said that Lugia could be found at the deepest part of the cave. Its home was connected to the ocean through a waterfall."

Dia was skeptical when he heard about the waterfall, then he remembered all of the weird places he ended up to back when he was in a journey with Platina. 'We have our own shares of weirdness anyway...' "Do you know the way to it?"

Gold's smile was the answer they all need, his way-too-bright smile. While the others sweatdropped, Blue was fighting the urge to punch Gold out of the daylight. "You don't know, do you?"

"Ahahaha... Silver was the one who had gone here back then, I was not able to follow him there..."

Just as he said that, they were about to land on the main island when a red streak descended from the sky as they went down. "That's why you're incompetent, Gold."

"Silver?" says Gold, who just went off of Togetaro.

"That was fast of you; I actually thought we would be expecting you later in time." Says Blue accompanied by Dia, who descended after Gold.

"Well, I had my Honchkrow fly here in full speed." His Honchkrow then landed on his shoulder, to which he petted it, before getting it back to its poke ball. When Silver looked around, he noticed Diamond and Ash, who was beside Red. "Huh? Diamond? How did you get here? I thought you were missing... and who's the kid?"

Gold scratches the back of his head, he looked at Silver blandly. "I told you earlier that Dia was with us when you contacted me earlier though, I didn't tell you about Ash."

Silver and Ash stared at each other, before Silver turned back to Gold. "It's okay, you don't have to explain it to me. I've got the general idea to who's the kid is... Anyway, let's get going, we got to arrive inside the waterfalls before those guys do."

The others looked to each other before shrugging, and followed Silver on their way inside. Though, before Ash followed them, he had Riolu out by his side. "You may have thought that we're here because we heard about the arrival of the grunts before you but... that's not the main reason we came here..."

"What do you mean, Blue-san?"

Red tilted his head in thought. "Well... when we heard that those guys were on their way here from you earlier, it became one of our objectives but, our initial reason for coming here is for Lugia."

"For Lugia? How can you be so sure about it?"

For the first time on their walk inside the cave did Ash spoke to them. "Ho-oh's heir was already born, so it's not that weird for its other half to be born at the same time."

"Hmm... so that egg on your bag is?"

"Mmhm, as what you thought it was. I found it when I first saw Dia in Ecruteak City."

Silver looked back to Dia. "You were found in Ecruteak city?"

"Ahahaha...By some kind of weird events? Yeah..."

As they went deeper to the cave, Ash felt the thick tension in air. When they took the last path down to the waterfalls, according to Silver, the moment Ash stepped his foot on the ground, the chill went up to his spine. 'What is this? The tension... no, it's not just any tension, it was bloodlust!' When Riolu noticed Ash froze up from his spot, he immediately went into a defensive state, and alert to anything.

On the other hand, Red and the others didn't feel anything and just continued on. When Ash finally took notice of his surroundings again, he ran passed Silver, who was taking lead to guide them and with Riolu tagging just behind him.

"Ah, wait!" But to no avail, Ash just ran faster and deeper into the cave.

Not knowing what to do, Red ran after him, to which the others followed suit soon enough. "What happened to that kid?"

With Ash

"Ash, what happened?"

"Even I don't know! I just felt the tension got thicker and, when we got deeper and closer to the waterfalls, just then I realized that it wasn't just any tension, it was bloodlust!"

Riolu took a sniff in air, and then his eyes dilated in shock. "Ash! I smell blood!"

Ash didn't heard and just ran ahead, what he saw when he took the final turn to enter the sanctuary, what he saw was anything but than what he saw inside. There, on the ground before the waterfalls downstairs (1), was Lugia, soaked in its own blood.

Ash froze up on his spot, his blood chilled at the scene which resulted with him failing to notice an incoming attack behind him.

"Ash!" Riolu tackled Ash to the ground, just in the nick of time to avoid the strike incoming from a man holding an odachi which was also soaked in blood.

Just as Ash recovered from the sudden push, the man cackled as he held his sword. "What the... just a kid? Not even worth my time! But, since you're here... what do you say? Can you die here for me?" The man lunged at Ash in full force to which Riolu and Ash dodged it easily.

Just as he was dodging the attack, he took notice of another pokémon in the vicinity, holding a silver egg. He quickly gave orders to Riolu to go after the pokémon. "Riolu, go after that pokémon, don't let it escape, especially with that egg!"

As Riolu engaged the said pokémon, Ash also took opportunity to attack the man holding the odachi. When another swing came fast towards him, he tossed aside his bag and took out his hidden knives. He threw some of the knives at the man but, the man just blocked it out by his swing. Ash was barely holding the knives against the blade of the sword, before jumping out of the way.

At the same time, Riolu cornered the pokémon and was able to almost get the egg, only for it to go flying towards the waterfalls. The man didn't took notice of it, however, Ash did.

He tossed aside his fight against the man to go after the egg, just in time for Red and the others to come at the scene at the same level of ground as Lugia's body. The man was to go after Ash, if not for the others' sudden entrance.

When Red saw Ash falling from the waterfalls, he called out his name, at the same time, Riolu watched in horror as his friend plunged down the water. "ASH!"

As Ash was plunging down the water surface, quicker than he anticipated, he braced himself for the impact, just as he did so, he heard Red's call to him which broke his concentration and took the force of impact without any preparedness.

Underwater, Ash's body, paralyzed from the pain and wasn't able to move right away. When he was able to, he was already halfway through the deep lake; he saw the egg to fall deeper and tried to go after it, only for him to lose his breath further. Just as he was about to lose consciousness, he felt a warm feeling through him.

On the surface, Red was about to jump into water if not for Blue and Gold holding him. "Why are you stopping me? Can't you see he just fell there?!"

"Just a minute! Calm yourself!"

"I am CALM!" Exclaimed Red to Dia. Just then, Ash's bag shone in gold color, at the same time the lake shone in silver.

From Ash's bag, an egg floated atop the water surface. The moment it cracked, the light intensified, taking it out of sight. Once the light had subsided, there, flying on the water surface, was Ho-oh.

"Ho...-oh?" trailed off Silver as he watch Ho-oh.

In all of a sudden, a silver streak shot off the lake, the water veiling its form dissipates, revealing Lugia. Lugia and Ho-oh let out their aura to cover their bodies, the both of them circling each other, forming a yin-yang diagram made of silver and gold before landing side by side on the ground.

Not knowing what to do, Red and the others went into defensive all the while Riolu ran passed them to Lugia's side. Riolu repeatedly jump to reach up to Lugia's back, to no avail as he can't reach it at all.

Red, who was the most on the edge, were really questioning his actions as he was expecting him to be the same as him. He looked up to Lugia's back, only to see a familiar blue cloth. His eyes widen and quickly ran to Riolu's side.

Lugia, for the most part, as if sensing their problem, he leaned down, enough for Riolu to jump to his back, getting his luggage off his back. Riolu had his balance off, resulting for him to plummet to the ground, if not for Red catching them both.

"Are you ok Riolu?" Red had him down, keeping the other in his arms. "Geez, what kind of trouble did you get into again, Ash?"

"Just a bunch of weird troubles..." Muttered Ash as he opened his eyes.

"Ash?!" To his haste, Red dropped Ash to the ground.

"ouch..." Ash rubbed his head to ease the pain a bit, when he heard a whimper.

The group saw the newborn Lugia whimpering to its deceased parent. "Luu..." Ho-oh on the other hand looked around the place, as if looking for something.

To his discomfort at the scene in front of him, Dia rubbed his left arm. "Ho-oh's... most probably looking for his parent... as for Lugia..."

Silver on the other hand, kept a calm face on the outside, however, his inner thoughts and turmoil were different. Red, Blue and, Gold all seemed unfazed for the most part, still, it has its own impressions on them, one way or another. Ash looked at the two newborn legendary pokémons, pity mostly evident in his eyes. 'It's the same...'

Ash stood from where he was, and slowly made his way towards Lugia and Ho-oh. He reached out for them, and he did so successfully. "The two of you were just born... but you already had the burden of this world on your shoulders... more so than the other legendaries..."

Lugia and Ho-oh, straightened themselves and urged closer to Ash, despite the tearstained faces. "How about you guys come with us? If you guys were to be captured by those guys... there will be no future left for this world... so, will you come to our side?"

Sensing his honest, sincere request, the both of them folded their wings, before taking a short bow. Within Ash's mind, he faintly heard their voices. 'As you wish...'

Ash gritted his teeth in annoyance, "I'm saying this now, I don't need any followers, I don't want to be some kind of parent... What I want with you guys... is to be my friend."

Lugia and Ho-oh looked to each other, before smiling faintly and... *Puff!* Smoke could be seen all around them, revealing a chibi Lugia and Ho-oh, the both of them tackled Ash to the ground.

All the while Lugia and Ho-oh cried their all on him, Ash looked up to Red and the others. "It might do good to bury Lugia here, it might cause an uproar if news about it comes out."

Blue and Silver nodded to him. "We'll do the job here, you, Red, Gold and, Dia should get out now. Those guys should be inside the cave and on their way here, however the culprit for this event... might be a different, separate organization than those we know of."

Red nod to him. "I got it. You better take care."

Gold took a glance to Silver, before his grin plastered on his face. "You take care now, I don't want to have Crystal on my back if you didn't come back."

Silver approached Ash with two ultraballs in his hands. "I think you know what I'm pertaining to as I'm handing these two balls to you, right?" he then received a nod. "Those two seemed to be quite attached to you, so I think it's a good idea to have you, yourself catch them."

Ash took the two pokéballs into his, and extended his arms enough for the two of it to touch the head of the chibi pokémons. The two pokéballs had its moment before ringing its familiar *ding. "That's it... but, we have to release them back to the wild after this..."

Silver nods to him, before a small smile adorned his lips. "I trust you as much as Blue-san and Red-san do, to protect them. I want to go with you but, I'm more suited to be left here than Gold or any of them. I'll see you again..." With that, Ash took the two pokéballs to his jacket before taking off.

Silver then approached Red and Silver. "Red-san, I think it would be much better to use dive here as you might encounter some of those grunts if you took our path earlier."

"I got it, thanks." Red then had Gyara out and, Gold with Polibo. Red had both Dia and Ash with him on Gyara and with Gold, alone on Polibo.

Before they go, Gold had his grin plastered as he look to Silver. "I already said it before but, take care!" and both pokémons jumped into the waters.

Silver took out his pokéball and looked to Blue, Blue nods to him as they took out their respective pokémons. "Rhyperior/Ursaring!" (2)

"Rhyperior, use Dig!"

"Ursaring, push Lugia into that hole!"

Once Lugia was pushed down to the hole, Blue had the both of their pokémons to bury him. "That should do it." Said Silver after he stacked stones on the top of the grave.

A few minutes later, they could hear footsteps incoming. Silver looked to Blue who had Charizard out, and both Rhyperior and Usaring back to their pokéballs. Blue hopped on Charizard's back, before taking flight at the ceiling.

The moment all of the grunts came into the sanctuary Charizard took a nosedive with fire circling around him. As they were nearing the entrance of the sanctuary, Blue had Charizzard turn around, his attack pointing at the ceiling. "Charizard, use flamethrower!"

The fire bounced off the ceiling, giving light within it, later on, a net came falling down on the grunt. "Where did this came from?!"

Silver then took his entrance through his Honchkrow flying down. "Scums like you don't have any idea of the suffering you cause to people and pokémons alike."

"And people who live in the other side don't have the right to criticize us, when you yourself have no difference from us!" An attack to Silver and Honchkrow came out of nowhere, they were able to dodge it on time, if not, they might end up in a similar state to the boulder that was hit by the attack.

Honchkrow made its way to the exit, following Charizard, at the same time, the same pokémon that had attacked Silver had followed them. Silver gritted his teeth in annoyance to their pursuer. "Grr... persistent bastard..."

The pokémon had attacked them once more when they were nearing the exit of the cave. A shadow ball went cut through the air and almost hit Silver if not for the sudden manuever made by Honchkrow, Blue's Charizard followed suit to the exit.

However, once they got out, what they were not expecting was the sheer number of grunts surrounding them; whether it was Team Plasma or Team Galactic.

"Blue-san... this is..."

"Yeah... seems like your info were wrong this time Silver but, I have no reason to fall here. They only got numbers, we've got our own league."

Just as they were about to get their teams out, a certain Dewott intercepted an attack incoming to them from the cave. "Are you guys ok?"

Spoke up a certain trainer, the two of them looked to the back to see ''Lack-two' in his swimsuit...

"Why are you in your swimsuit?"

Despite their current dilemma, Lack-two's goofy smile was still plastered on his face. "Err... I almost fell to the waters on the way here?"

Silver nor Blue wasn't able to get whether he was pretending or just being plain idiotic, they don't know. "What are you doing here?"

"Well... a certain kitty told me that there were sudden movements in Team Plasma and Team Galactic here, being the gentleman I am, I just can't leave alone the said kitty, so I came!"

"Don't kid around, that came from your informant. Being the prodigy of the International Police and all of that must've been hard... you suddenly got orders out of nowhere from your superiors."

"That's harsh, Silver-san... but, I also agree with you, having my mission suddenly change really is an inconvenient... along with those lines, as much as I want to handle the arrest of them all, I can't, so..." With a flick of his finger the sound of helicopters were heard.

Blue and Silver looked up, to see six helicopters and agents midair on parachute to land surrounding the marine vessels and opposing agents. "Never cease to amaze me every time I see it." Silver then looked back to 'Lack-two. "So, you really are an International Police Agent huh?"

'Lack wryly smiled to him, a sweatdropped behind his head as he answered him. "That's the second time around, Silver-san..."

Blue's Charizard let out a growl as he set his eyes on the waters. "Well... jokes aside, we can't just let this pass to the Inter. Police, you know?" Just as he finished, a Crawdaunt, two Weaviles, and a Nidoqueen appeared from the waters, launching their attacks.

Charizard, flawlessly dodged the attacks as he protect Blue on his back, Ursaring launched his attack back as he counter each coming in their direction, Dewott moved the same timing as his trainer from dodging, magnificently countering them back as he did so.

"Well of course, Blue-san, I pretty much had the general idea you would say that... which is also one of the reasons why I HAD to come to this mission..." Said 'Lack-two, as he brought out another pokéball, he threw it in air, letting out its contained pokémon, Lucario. (3) "I had the feeling that some of the pokédex holders will sure to be here and be stubborn. Not that I'm any different~" Finished 'Lack-two in a sing-song voice.

As the trio went on guard, another three set of people jumped down from the sky aside from the agents of Inter. Police, obvious from their clothing of choice.

They then heard voices, bickering to each other... more likely, at each other's throat... rather... literally.

"Yare, yare... That's why I told that boss of ours to come here sooner, now look what happened! Lugia got away~!"

"Not that we can do anything about it... Most of us agreed to it anyway."

"Keyword: 'Most of us', I never agreed to such things made by yours truly!"

The third brought out a pair of short knife on each hand, pointing it closely to their throats... at least, close enough to draw blood which resulted to... more bickering.

"Oi! Where do you think you're pointing those things to?!"

"Shut-up, you guys are annoying."

"What did you say?!"

The others sweat dropped at the scene before them, unsure whether to take it seriously or not. The other agents, took it to liberty to catch the grunts surrounding the pokédex holder trio, disregarding the bickering teens.

"Oi, 'Lack-two, are those also your subordinates?" asked Silver as he looked in front of him blandly before noticing the sudden change in attitude of 'Lack-two.

"I never saw those three before, nor do they seem familiar... but..."

As 'Lack-two trailed off, a similar thought were voiced out through their minds as they watch the other trio bicker along with their knives. 'What are we suppose to do here?'

Author's Notes:

Ahahaha... that's all for now, thank you for reading, I hope that you guys enjoyed it!

(1) It was the same area in the Soul Silver game in the waterfalls where you can find Lugia, it was the first entrance before you can ACTUALLY reach the waterfalls (the same floor as the one along with the kimono girls). You can see the waterfalls from up there.

(2) For those who've read Pokémon Adventures SoulSilver, HeartGold chapter, you can see that Silver had Blue trade his Rhydon to Silver to have it evolve, however, when Blue found out that Silver's Ursaring was with his father, he had left it with him. Now, here at the story, I had it traded back, assuming that Ursaring was given back to Silver at the last chapter of SS and HG chapter of the manga.

(3) Those who had read the Black and White 2 chapters... yes, I know, the English scanlations were still not completed, we still do not know the rest of 'Lack-two's pokémon team so... I his team thought out by fandoms or mostly of what suited him most, I guess.