And it comes down to this. After the epilogue, there'll be a special sneak peek into one of the upcoming chapter of a story I'm working on. What will it be? You'll have to wait and find out!

In the meantime, let's wrap up "Volcanion & The Mechanical Marvel"!

VOLCANION & THE MECHANICAL MARVEL

After everything that had conspired between the Azoth Kingdom and Nebel Plateau, the large group left the latter place, saying goodbye to the natives, Volcanion, and Magearna. They returned to the city for a few days where they were treated to a gracious stay in the royals' home, with Bonnie even trying to get Clemont hooked up with Kimia's advisor. In the meantime, Alva and his subordinates were taken into custody, and their ally Pokémon were now under the protection of the kingdom.

However, Gingka had made a request that they be transferred to the Sycamore Pokémon Lab, saying that they would be more than happy to remain there for the time being. All of them gladly accepted the offer, but Pinsir vowed to stay with Erza, much to her delight as she had a new partner. With their time spent well, the group finally left the city, saying their goodbyes before heading back off onto their journey to Lumiose City: the site of the Kalos League. On their trek though, Ash noticed a distinct expression in his crush's eyes, seeing that they were somewhat despondent. It vaguely reminded him of that eerie nightmare he once had, but he quickly disregarded it when he saw her smile.

Several things happened upon their arrival at their destination. After almost being disqualified for being late to his first battle, the raven haired teen went ahead and defeated those that stood in his way throughout the competition, whether it be Applejack, Astrid, Sawyer, or even his final opponent, Alain. He ended up winning the entire tournament, resulting in a celebration that everyone thought would last for days to come. But the jubilance was short lived when disaster struck. Team Flare had made its move and was using their controlled Zygarde to envelop the entire city in vines in order to bring the world to a 'rebirth' of sorts. Needing to find out more, the group headed out to Lysandre Labs to learn what had caused all this, only to find that the scarf wearing teen was on the side of the enemy, as he tried to stop them from going any further.

The beyblader managed to battle him to a draw, but it was all for naught when they could not discover nearly enough information about what was happening in the city. Back there, the Pokémon trainer ran into the subordinate, demanding answers until he learned that he was looking for his friend, Mairin. They set out to locate her together, only for the Omni Force member to end up captured by Team Flare, unbeknownst to anyone. When the rest of the group arrived at Prism Tower and learned of the evil intentions of their enemies, they vowed to put a stop to them along with Squishy, who they discovered was the Order Pokémon this whole time.

The take-over wizard and Fluttershy went up to the top of the tower to meet up with their raven haired comrades, as the older of the two changed for the better and decided to help him rather than follow his boss' ambitions. In the meantime, Serena, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset Shimmer went along with Sycamore and the young girl to locate the latter's Chespin at the site on the outskirts of the city. Clemont stayed behind with Pinkie Pie and Clembot to fight off the admins in order to access the gym, while the former's sister ran off after the dueling pair of Zygarde, with Blaziken Mask, Gingka, and Erza staying close to her.

Battle after battle ensued, as various things fell into place. The leader of the villainous organization found himself defeated at the hands of the Bond Phenomenon of the animal whisperer and her Infernape, with the former activating her drive mode for the first time upon seeing her crush in tears over her being in pain. However, Lysandre ended up falling off of the tower before anyone could attempt to save him, appearing as if he was lost for good.

Both Zygarde went back into their core states thanks in part to the Lumiose girl's song to the one she had taken care of, while the other was rescued as the scientist destroyed the control device, which in turn meant the sacrifice of his robotic creation. Meanwhile at the labs on the outskirts, the performer and the rest of their group, along with Team Rocket, fought against numerous amounts of goons in order to retrieve Mairin's partner. They did so successfully with the help of Steven Stone and his alternate colored Mega Metagross, but only for a short while.

As they went on to recover data surrounding the mysterious megalith that was being held in the building, it suddenly absorbed the Spiny Nut Pokémon and began to grow, becoming shaped like the legendary Dragon/Ground type, but made entirely of stone and crystal. It was heading for the Anistar City sundial, which if absorbed would lead to the destruction of the entire world. Everyone gathered together, including the Kalos gym leaders and champion to fend off the malicious foe that was the last one that needed to be defeated. They were successful in getting Chespie out of its body, but they appeared to be at a loss when faced with Lysandre revealing that he was alive, controlling the beast with his machines. The two cores on the ground finally agreed to put a stop to it, taking on their perfect form together and defeating the gigantic adversary, also catching the Team Flare leader within the last blast apparently. With the day saved, Squishy and its friend had to depart to the dismay of Bonnie, but she gladly understood as she gave off a tearful goodbye.

Days passed since the incident, and Lumiose City was steadily being mended from the crisis, as the protector of Kalos had made all of the vines disappear. Everyone was recovering well, with Alain making his amends by turning his Mega Ring and Charizardite X into the custody of the police, while members of the Omni Force stayed to repair the city. Some were unsure of what to do next, while Ash was prepared to return home to the Kanto region and relax, knowing that even as he had won the league, his Champion's League challenge would have to be postponed due to the repairs being made to the city. Mirajane was smiling at his enthusiasm to start again from zero and grow stronger, but her expression was becoming all the more concerned as she knew that there was something that she needed to tell him eventually.

As the group was returning from a visit to the wetlands, where the raven haired teen was planning to part ways with his Goodra, only to discover that he could stay with him as the area was well protected, chaos ensued. The same vines that attacked the city were reappearing, followed by Xerosic of Team Flare showing up. After the group apprehended him, they then discovered both of the Zygarde cores, as they revealed that residual vines were popping up around the area, trying to get rid of them. The red one of the two was saddened to tell its former caretaker that it would likely not see her for quite some time, but she was okay with it, glad to know that it had an important job to take care of.

"H-Hmm…" she sniffed, wiping her eyes with her right arm after they had departed.

"Guess that's that…" Gingka realized as he blinked for a moment, "Hard to believe everything fell into place like this," he added, glancing down at the ground.

"Yeah," Erza agreed, not noticing the despondent look in the eyes of her white haired friend, "but it's good to know that Zygarde and Squishy are taking care of cleaning things up," she mentioned, making the rest of the group smile.

"Well, we should get going!" Ash chimed in, adjusting the straps of his backpack, "Wouldn't wanna miss dinner now, would we?" he questioned sarcastically, about to head off, walking past his crush.

"Actually…" she started to say, catching his attention along with those of the others, "we should get going, too…" she admitted, much to his confusion as he blinked and turned to face her.

"Mira?" he uttered, wondering what she meant.

"We have to head back home at some point, right?" she inquired rhetorically, making him lightly gasp in realization.

"Oh, yeah," he answered, letting off a little grin.

"That's too bad…" Clemont admitted as both his sister and the performer beside him let off saddened frowns, "We'd be making a great meal to send all of you off," he told them happily.

"That'd be very nice," the requip user admitted as she trotted over to her maiden friend, "but we do need to head back and get to work again," she stated, placing her right hand onto her shoulder while nodding.

"All right," the beyblader chimed in, pulling out his MPG from the pocket of his pants, "I'll just take you two back from where I picked Erza up," he said, activating the device as its holographic screen appeared over it. As he scrolled through its index, the raven haired teen looked over at the take-over wizard worriedly. Seeing that despondent expression that reminded him of what happened in his dream, making him all the more wary as he closed his hand into a fist, letting it tremble.

"Hey, Mira?" he uttered, causing her and the others to perk up, glancing over at him, "Something happened with the guild… am I right?" he guessed, much to her surprise as her eyes widened, while the scarlet haired woman glanced off to the side ashamedly, catching the attention of the one beside her.

"Ash… you always are the perceptive type…" the Satan Soul user noted before turning away in a saddened manner, making him bite his bottom lip nervously.

"What's wrong?" Gingka asked, arching an eyebrow, "Did you guys not get the guild repaired yet?" he inquired out of concern.

"Maybe you're having financial trouble?" Clemont implied with a blink of his eyes.

"Pika pi…" Pikachu squeaked worriedly.

"No, it's nothing like that," the requip mage responded to them, folding her arms over her chest, "The guild itself is… well…" she tried to say, glancing over at the white haired woman.

"Fairy Tail… was disbanded…" she blurted out with quivering lips, causing everyone else aside from the S-class wizard beside her to gasp in shock. Her beloved was especially stunned as his eyes trembled.

"Wh-What?!" Serena stuttered out of disbelief.

"What do you mean… disbanded?" Bonnie asked with a worried look on her face.

"Dennay…?" Dedenne squeaked out of confusion, somewhat overwhelmed by the news.

"Why did you guys break up?" the beyblader asked while closing his hands into fists.

"It wasn't our decision…" Erza responded, making him perk up, "Makarov was the one who made the choice for us to go on our own paths," she explained, evidently sorrowful about what conspired.

"No way…" the Omni Force member with her uttered, "And neither of you did anything to stop it?!" he questioned angrily.

"We didn't have a choice in the matter!" the scarlet haired woman argued back, "And even if we had… Master was adamant…" she told him, glancing at the ground, "It's not we were all there to stand up for ourselves at the time…" she mentioned as he gnashed his teeth together.

"That's-!" Before he could even say another word for his remark, they both heard the sound of sniffling right beside them, emanating from the lips of Mirajane as tears were dropping out of her eyes.

"I-I'm sorry…" she apologized with a stutter, "I'm so sorry…!" she repeated in a breaking voice. Ash was completely in shock upon seeing her in such a state, more so than the rest of his friends and teammates.

"Pika pi…" Pikachu chimed in, jumping down from his trainer's shoulder to approach the take-over wizard, only to stop himself as he felt she needed space.

"Mirajane…" Serena uttered, tearing up herself at the sight of her crying.

"We should go…" Erza blurted out, followed by a nod from the beyblader beside her. He pressed an icon on the holographic screen of his device, suddenly making a green portal appear right beside them, swirling slowly.

"I'm so sorry, Ash…" the Satan Soul user apologized once more to the Pokémon trainer, "The guild means so much to you…" she continued to say as his eyes were trembling, "so I kept myself from telling you the truth…" she confessed, evidently ashamed as she turned away, "G-Goodbye…" she managed to stammer before walking towards the portal, as the requip mage and Gingka had already walked in. The raven haired teen was still in astonishment, but composed himself for a moment, raising his right hand into the air.

"Mira!" he cried out, catching her attention as she turned and widened her eyes slightly to see him sticking up his index finger while curving his thumb to the side, "It'll be fine," he reassured to her with a forced grin, "You don't need to cry anymore," he added, much to her surprise before she smiled as well, departing the universe through the rift, which disappeared moments later. Once she left, the expression of the Pokémon trainer shifted into a frown as his lips quivered.

"Ash… are you gonna be okay?" Clemont asked worriedly, seeing him shaking.

"I-I don't know…" he stuttered out with a sniffle, "I just… can't believe it…" he managed to say as a few tears dropped out of his shut eyes.

"Pika…" his partner squeaked as he too was stunned that the guild they had fought for and became a part of had disbanded.

EPILOGUE

"Ergh…" the Omni Force member grunted as he slowly opened his eyes, lying down upon the plush surface of a bed. It had been about a month since his journey in Kalos had come to an end, but he could still the bittersweet feeling of what conspired before he even left. He sat up, glancing over to his left and gasping lightly to see his crush sleeping beside him. It took a few moments for him understand what was going on as a red blush spread across his cheeks. He had come over from his universe to hers in an effort to try and speak with her about what had happened, but there had been nothing but awkward silence between the two since they met up. Her brother and sister were also there, working at a tavern as there were no jobs for any of them to take with the guild gone. The aspiring Pokémon master noticed that his trademark hat was missing from his head, lying on the dresser beside the divan, along with the fact that his jacket was partially unzipped open.

'We must've fallen asleep during overtime…' he inwardly realized, looking over at the white haired beauty as he remembered that they had worked late into the night, while her siblings were out gathering groceries and such. He also recalled something else that conspired just yesterday, clenching the sheets tightly in his hands.

FLASHBACK

"She never told you?!" a shocked Lisanna inquired after cleaning a glass at the counter.

"Not until the very last minute…" Ash replied, glancing away ashamedly, "I don't think she even wanted to tell me what happened…" he added as the brim of his cap covered his eyes.

"Well knowing you," Elfman began, chiming into the conversation, "it'd be hard to just tell you that the guild's gone," he stated, folding his arms over his chest.

"Elf, you're not helping!" his younger sibling shouted, causing him to grimace in realization as he saw the look on the raven haired teen's face become more depressed, "Ash… we're all upset about what happened…" she pointed out to him in a concerned tone, "I think it was really hard on everyone to see Master just let the guild go like that after everything…" she explained, making him bite his bottom lip in frustration as he shook.

"I've barely been able to get over it," the Beast Soul user mentioned as his hands closed into fists, "If I hadn't destroyed the guild back then, maybe…" he tried to say, but couldn't as he turned away in frustration, remembering how he was manipulated into the acts that conspired during their battle against Tartaros.

"Huh…" his sister sighed deeply, "Both of you need to forget about the past and look to the future by getting stronger," she advised seriously to both of them, placing her own extremities at her hips, "Ash, you should try talking to Mira about all this," she told the Pokémon trainer, "I think you're the one that needs to," she added, making him perk up.

"Pika pi…" Pikachu squeaked worriedly, seeing him glance off to the side as he was in deep thought over what he should do. A determined expression came across his face soon afterwards, as he was prepared to do what was right.

END FLASHBACK

'That's right,' he inwardly stated, looking back over at the sleeping form of the take-over wizard, 'Even if everything she said hurt, that doesn't mean I can't get over it and tell her that I'll be okay,' he told himself in a reassuring manner, managing to grin as he brushed a few strands of her hair aside to see her face, noticing that her bangs were down rather than pinned up. Her eyes suddenly started to open however, causing him to grimace in fright as he remembered that he was in the same bed with her.

"Ash…?" she uttered upon seeing him there, sitting herself up, "What's… going on?" she asked, rubbing her tired eyes with her fingers.

"Uh… I think we worked ourselves to sleep last night…" he replied nervously as a drop of sweat rolled down from the side of his head, "Elfman and Lisanna must've put us in here to rest up," he mentioned, glancing around for a moment.

"Guess so…" his crush agreed in a quiet tone, surprising him a little as he looked back to see the despondent expression in her eyes.

"Mira… we need to talk about what happened," he suddenly said, making her perk up out of shock, "I don't want you to keep thinking that you hurt me by telling the truth…" he explained, clutching the bedsheets tightly, "Hearing you say what happened didn't make it easy…" he confessed as he glanced off to the side, "but I can't just make it seem like your fault," he declared, looking over at her again, "A lot of things happened…" he noted, stopping himself from speaking to get a response from her.

"Ash…" she started to say, "I didn't want to tell you because I knew it would throw you off your game during the Kalos League and such," she told him as he listened on worriedly, "And I knew that the guild meant so much to you," she added, trembling a little, "It hurt to think about how you would feel, so-!" Her sentence was stopped at the moment the Pokémon trainer put his hand onto hers.

"Then let's get the guild back together!" he shouted in declaration, much to her surprise as her mouth gaped open slightly, "Everyone's still around, right?" he inquired, "So why don't we just round them all up and build our home again?" he suggested, placing his right fist against his the mark on his jacket. The Satan Soul user was stunned by his words, tearing up before suddenly embracing him in a warm hug.

"Oh Ash… thank you…" she said in gratitude, keeping him close as a light smile draped her lips, "Even when it seems like everything's lost, you always find a way to make us have some hope…" she noted before pulling herself away, wiping the tears out of her eyes, "That's why I love you so much…" she added in confession, making him instantly turn red in embarrassment. She had told him her feelings so many times before, but not once did he ever reciprocate them because he was somewhat afraid. This was the first time he felt like this however, and he wanted to make his own emotions clear.

"I-I…" he began to stutter, causing the girl beside him to perk up, "I… love you too, Mirajane," he finally said. She was admittedly shocked by his words, not expecting to hear them for quite some time. She knew of his true feelings, but did not think he would ever muster up the courage to say them. Without any second thought, she reached her right hand over and cupped his left cheek, leaning her head in. He blushed upon realizing that she was about to kiss him, remembering how she had done so after he had won the Kalos League and during that Christmas Eve not too long ago. He was evidently nervous as he had never done it back, but willed himself to close his eyes and arch forward, touching his lips against hers. The sweet feeling of the kiss felt so enticing as he deepened it with her, feeling as if it could last forever. However, neither of them noticed the door to the room swing open.

"Good morning~!" Lisanna sang with an apron over her form as she was wearing a blue sweater and green shorts underneath it, while her brother was right behind her with Pikachu on his shoulder, "You two finally ready for-?" She stopped her sentence, widening her eyes upon seeing the pair in bed locking lips, much to her surprise. "HUUUHHHH?!" she exclaimed, making them immediately cease their kiss as they gasped and blushed to see the others standing there.

"I-I-It's not what it looks like!" Ash stammered, pleadingly waving his arms around as his face became a bright crimson. However, his words were met with the giggles of the Animal Soul user, much to his confusion as he blinked.

"I knew you'd be able to turn Mira right around," she began, "but I never thought you'd go ahead and make her your girlfriend…" she admitted, causing him to have his mouth gape open out of shock.

"Sh-She's not my girlfriend!" he stuttered in claim, sweating madly and nervously at the thought.

"Don't be modest, Ash," the pigtailed girl advised as her sister was letting off a small smile, "We all know that Mira loves you just as much as you love her," she explained, "Isn't that right, Elf?" she guessed to her male sibling, who was still astonished by the sight of seeing someone lock lips with the barmaid.

"Y-Yeah…" he stammered in agreement, while the Electric type jumped off of his shoulder, crawling onto the divan and up to his master's shoulder.

"Pika pi!" he squeaked, nuzzling his cheek against his in an affectionate manner. He just gave off a sheepish smile while hearing everyone else laugh, glad to know that he had helped the person he truly loved and cared for.

X

"Hah… hah…" a fatigued Lysandre breathed as he stood shirtless in front of a mirror, having his hands clench the sink before him. Bandages were draped all over his torso and back as red stains were vividly apparent on them. He was recalling the traumatic instance where he had almost been incinerated by the protector of Kalos, only to be saved by mere inches at the hands of an ally. He grimaced upon feeling the sting of his wounds, which continued to persist as he clenched his teeth together.

"That's going to leave quite the scar…" a voice pointed out, causing him to perk up and turn to see a familiar figure standing behind him. He was a man who had a black helmet with a purple visor upon his head, making his face visible through it as it appeared repulsive, being long and thin with a wide mouth, greyish skin, a flattened nose, dark lines underneath his eyes, and thin black lips. He wore silver gauntlets, boots, and shoulder pads on his black jacket. With that, he was sporting a black bodysuit, which had some purple lines and a silver collar that covered his entire neck.

"Eon…" the orange haired man uttered, slowly turning to face him, "Why… did you rescue me then?" he asked, managing to stand up fully with a grunt, "I failed to recreate my ideal world…" he recalled, clenching his fists angrily, "and now there's no chance I can do it again…" he mentioned before slamming his extremity against the sink, causing it to shatter into pieces.

"You know what they say," the time walker began, catching his attention, "what doesn't kill you… makes you stronger," he stated as he walked up to him, "I saved your life because you didn't hesitate to try and take your own," he told him with narrowed eyes, "That ambition to put an end to all things is exactly what I desire," he explained, reaching into his coat to grab something, "Now…" he continued, pulling out an MPG that glowed an ominous red as he handed it to him, "will you join me to fulfill our mission and our desires?" he asked him. The former leader of Team Flare was admittedly surprised, but didn't hesitate to take the device into his hand.

"I will," he answered, pressing his right thumb against the center of the machine.

END

Uh oh. Lysandre's still alive and kicking apparently, and Eon is working with him. What's to come from that team-up?

In the meantime, Ash and Mirajane are finally canonical! At least in this fanfic line. I would like to see someone try something centered around Ash and Mira for another fic. In fact, why don't you guys come up with something? Whether it be a drabble of sorts or a full-on story, I'd be really glad to see something of worth.

And now, it's time to reveal the sneak peek for one of my future writings! What will it be? Let's find out!

SNEAK PEEK

"Hey Gingka," Ben chimed in, catching the attention of the beyblader as he glanced over at him, "so what's this whole thing I've been hearing about you getting into a threesome?" he questioned with a devious smirk, causing his eyes to immediately bulge open out of shock before his face turned a scarlet red.

"Wait, what?" Rex uttered in surprise, turning with both Ash and Naruto upon hearing the last word of the question.

"H-H-How did you know… about that?!" the shaggy haired man asked, stuttering all the while in embarrassment.

"Cana," the Biomnitrix bearer answered simply, folding his arms over his chest as he saw him hunch over in defeat, "Gotta say, I never thought you'd be the guy to do that kinda stuff," he admitted.

"They were both drunk…" he mentioned out of exasperation, trembling in place.

"Wait, so Gingka had a threesome?" the jinchuriki inquired, tilting his head to the side, "With who?" he questioned with an arched eyebrow.

"Skyla and Erza," the Omni Force replied, trotting over to the others, "And the best part is Jellal doesn't know…" he mentioned as they all gasped in shock.

"Well, that's nothing compared to how Ash decided to get Mirajane pregnant only a few days after they got married!" the beyblader shouted, pointing at the Pokémon trainer, who blushed instantaneously.

"I-It was our honeymoon!" he stuttered in claim, "And what about Ben?" he questioned, causing everyone to glance over at their group leader, "I heard that Rainbow pushed him around into doing that kind of stuff…" he muttered, making him grimace in realization.

"Whoa, seriously?" the evo questioned with a blink of his eyes.

"That was a long time ago!" the bearded man yelled as his face reddened, "And you knocked up Kuvira before you even decided to marry her!" he pointed out accusingly, causing him to gasp.

"W-Well, Naruto… uh…" he tried to say, but couldn't as he looked to see the smirk on the shinobi's face, "I… don't have any dirt on you…" he confessed, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Ha!" the ninja laughed, "It's nice that we're getting to talk like this after so long," he noted, glancing over at his house, "especially since all of us are about to be parents one way or another," he added, making his comrades all blush out of embarrassment.

"Too bad we had to get kicked out of Hinata's baby shower…" the raven haired man said as he looked back at the home they were in the backyard of.

"Ash… it's a baby shower," his best friend grumbled in response, placing his hand against his face out of exasperation, much to his confusion as he tilted his head to the side.

"Pika pi, pika," Pikachu squeaked to the others from afar with a sigh, as they had listened into the conversation.

"Sep…" Sceptile scoffed, folding his arms over his chest before glancing away.

"Grooo?" Steelix uttered in confusion, blinking rapidly. Scizor said nothing as he continued to punch the air around him, practicing fluently. From afar, Greninja was leaning against a tree, eyeing his master as he started up another conversation with the men.

"So the Kanto League, huh?" Ben inquired while arching an eyebrow, "And you don't have to go through the whole gym badge collecting and tournament again?" he questioned, somewhat perplexed.

"Actually, they're letting me challenge the Champion's League because my chance was lost after what happened with Team Flare back then," he explained as a response, "Plus, they've got a new rule saying that a challenger has to face the Champion's League of his or her home region," he mentioned to them, causing them to all perk up in interest.

"So you're one step closer to your dream…" Gingka noted, placing his right hand onto his pal's shoulder, "You've got plenty of people to thank for that," he pointed out as he smiled back at him.

"Yeah," he agreed, "You guys, my other friends, my Pokémon…" he listed off in remembrance while glancing up at the sky, "Everyone's been a big part of making us stronger," he stated, getting nods in response from the rest of the group. Listening in from one of the larger tree branches was Gallade, who looked at his hands in frustration, clenching his teeth together tightly. Despite his efforts in his Mega Evolved form, he had only managed to battle Medicham to a draw in his first battle since returning to his trainer. The sheer shame of failing to win haunted him, as he thought it meant that he wasn't strong enough. However, upon hearing the words Ash was saying about being a strong enough trainer to challenge champions, he glanced over at his Pokémon in particular. Pikachu didn't seem like a worthy opponent in his eyes, so he put his focus onto Greninja, who was still lying against the tree nonchalantly.

"Gal…" the Psychic/Fighting type growled, believing that he was acting arrogant with his laid back behavior. He jumped down from the tree, landing in front of him and catching his attention.

"Ja?" he croaked in confusion, batting open his right eye to see the Blade Pokémon there.

"Ga gallay!" he demanded in an angered tone, causing the other creatures to perk up as they heard his shouts.

"Gre nin?" the Water/Dark type asked, folding his arms over his chest after standing up from his seat.

"Gal gal lay gallay!" the one in front of him yelled in response, evidently frustrated as rage was building in his eyes.

"Neen ja…" the Ninja Pokémon advised, stepping out to place a hand onto his shoulder. However, he quickly backed off, making his right arm glow a bright green and sharpen before he swung it out to strike his target, sending him crashing into the wooden fence.

"What was that?!" the raven haired man asked upon hearing the sound of splintering wood. The rest of his comrades turned to see the dust billowing from the point of the impact, as it dissipated to reveal Greninja lying there in a heap, groaning out of agony before glaring out at Gallade.

"Ja…" he growled underneath his scarf-like tongue.

"Gal lay…" the Psychic/Fighting type challenged, making a gesture for him to attack, while everyone else looked on in shock.

END SNEAK PEEK

Whoa! Why is Gallade attacking Greninja?! What are the first five members of the Omni Force doing gathered at Naruto's home?! So many questions, and so many answers to come!

Catch you guys later!

Thanks for the save, Greninja… but… your hand…

Mirajane Strauss

To Greninja after retrieving Chespie from the megalith Zygarde