Hey guys! Long time no see! I severely apologize for my lack of updating. My constant writer's block and having to work all the time does that to people...but I thought more about the storyline, and have some more ideas, so I hope to update more often!

Oh and feel free to look back at previous chapters to remember anything. I know I would have to. Also, in case you forgot who was what pokemon, here is a list of the character, and what pokemon they are. I'll will post this each chapter if I remember, just in case you forget:

Yugi-Umbreon

Joey-Growlithe

Tea-Kirlia

Tristan-Mankey

Kaiba-Dragonair

Chapter 20

The moon's rays shone brilliantly over the forest's horizon. But as the night wears on, the sun's vibrant glow outshines the moon's and makes way for a new morning.

That happened a lot quicker than Yugi and Kaiba thought it was going to. By the time the sun rose, they were still training with each other. They got so engrossed in their training, that not Yami, Ash, or anybody else could tell them to stop. But when the sun started to rise, Yami figured that he would try again.

"Alright you two. It's morning. You have been training all night!" He walked between them after they finished using their moves on each other. Everyone had to admit that they both were getting better and mastering the moves well. But after a while, even Joey, Tristan and Tea got bored and fell asleep as the training continued. Now they were awake and ready to move on. "It's time to rest now."

"Rest? I don't have time for that!" Kaiba panted. He attempted to get by Yami but he stepped in his way.

"Look Kaiba," Yami said. He looked at Yugi too, who still looked eager to complete his training with Kaiba. Yami didn't blame him though. He looked like he was getting stronger. "Rest is a part of training too you know. Training constantly is not good for you."

"You know, he has a point," Ash said as he walked up next to Yami with Pikachu on his shoulder. "Plus, I'm sure you're all as hungry as I am. We should get food!"

"Heeey," Joey said as he, Tristan and Tea came running up as well. "I'm good with that!"

It was then that Yugi got out of his fighting stance and looked at Kaiba. "I think they're right Kaiba. Stopping for a little while is okay…"

Kaiba almost sagged in defeat. "Ugh, fine."

Tea looked over to Ash, Misty and Brock. "How do we get to the next town anyway?"

"Oh, it's actually really close!" Brock said, pulling out his map and looking at it. "We just keep walking down that path in the woods and it will lead us straight there!"

"Yes! Food, here we come!" Tristan raised a balled fist in the air.

It took them fifteen minutes to reach the next town. When the arrived at it, a giant sign greeted them at the entrance.

"'Saffron City,'" Misty said reading the sign. "Wow, this place has a lot of buildings!"

It was true. Unlike Celadon City, which had a few houses with some trees, Saffron City was wall to wall buildings. It looked like someone tried to stuff 4 cities into one small space. Nonetheless, it was a nice change from the camping they did in the past couple of nights. Saffron City also had more people than Celadon. Kids constantly rode by on bicycles, people were out walking with their Pokemon, and there was a constant buzz in all the houses and tall buildings. One building in the center was larger than the rest of them, marking the center of the city.

It gave the illusion of a large city, but it was actually quite small compared to others.

"Wow, there are so many places to eat here!" Ash exclaimed with Pikachu agreeing with him with a quick, "Pika Pikachu!"

"Well there's a lot of good places," Brock said looking at the map. "Which place do you think-hey!"

Brock cut himself off as Ash began running off to the closest restaurant to them.

"Ash, we don't even know if that one's cheap or not!"

But they didn't get a reply as Ash was already checking out a menu that was left outside. Yami chuckled as Joey and Tristan were right behind him.

"Well some things never change," he said to Yugi, Tea and Kaiba.

They went inside, and ordered their food. Yami, Ash, Misty and Brock sat at a table, while Pikachu, Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristan and Kaiba sat off in a different area set aside for pokemon. By the time the food came out however, Yugi and Kaiba were fast asleep.

"I guess they trained a little too hard," Téa sighed.

"Yeah but it's good to train too," Joey said after he swallowed his food. He then looked at Tristan. "Hey, you wanna train once we're done?"

"Oh yeah! I've been meaning to have an excuse to punch you for a looong time!" Tristan said a little too loudly, causing some customers to look up, wondering who was talking too loud.

"Tristan, be quiet!" Téa whispered in Tristan's ear. He quickly looked over to where all the customers sat, and some were looking in their direction. Yami was looking nervous at his table. "Make pokemon noises, remember?"

"Oh, I know," Joey sat down, and lowered his ears to make him look like a sad puppy. "Arf?"

The people where were looking resumed eating their food. Tristan sighed.

"Phew, that was close."

"Let's go outside and train Tristan," Joey whispered. Tristan nodded and they both quickly exited the restaurant. Yami, Ash, Misty and Brock looked at Téa in confusion, as she was the only one awake and present. Téa didn't want to yell across the room, so she thought that she should try some telepathy, being a psychic pokemon.

"They went outside to train." she thought. Surprisingly, by the looks on Yami's, Ash's, Misty's and Brock's faces, they all heard it. Yami gave her a thumbs up and they went back to eating.

"That's awesome!" Ash said after swallowing his food. "I should get a psychic pokemon so we could use telepathy!"

"Yeah, it would come in handy in battles," Brock said.

Their conversation was cut short however, when a large earth-shaking boom rattled the restaurant. Everyone stopped what they were doing and fearfully looked around, wondering what was going on. Even Yugi and Kaiba were awakened from their nap.

"What was that?" Kaiba growled. He attempted to go back asleep, but it happened again, this time, it was louder.

Everyone in the restaurant got frightened, and immediately ran out of the front door. Amongst the chaos of everyone trying to escape, Joey and Tristan ran in, towards Yami and Tea, Yugi and Kaiba who joined the group.

"Tristan, Joey!" Yami said running up to them. "Did you destroy something in your training or-"

"No, not that," Tristan said as he and Joey scraped to a halt in front of them. "It's more of Bakura's goons!"

"They're destroying stuff!" Joey said panting. Another bang, and the entire place shook again. "Come on!"

Tristan and Joey led them all outside to a horrific scene.

People and pokemon crowded the streets, running away from all different types of attacks. A group of people wearing all black were controlling pokemon that were doing damage to the city. Electricity from an Ampharos was being smashed into a building and caused some windows to shatter. Fire from a Houndoom was being blasted at the streets, causing everyone to run away in panic. A Poliwrath was throwing cars and bikes into each other. One of the cars looked like it had exploded already due to the Houndoom's fire attacks. All was complete chaos, and yet there were still a couple of trainers with their pokemon, trying to stop the group of mysterious black figures from hurting anyone. A girl with her Lickitung was trying to hold off the Ampharos with it's tongue, and a little boy with his Pidgey was bravely throwing little pebbles at the Houndoom, trying to distract it. They weren't doing so well.

"Oh, no, we have to help them!" Ash exclaimed. Pikachu had already jumped off of his shoulder and was ready to fight.

But before any of them could move, one of the men dressed in black came out from the building next to where they were at, and stood in front of them. He, like the rest of his comrades, was wearing black, and a hood covered his face.

"I have a message for you from Bakura," he pointed at Yami, who looked on in shock. "He says, 'Meet me at Pokemon Tower in twenty four hours, or a lot of people are going to get hurt. Including some people you might know.'"

If looks could kill, everyone glaring at him would do it. Especially Kaiba's.

"He has Mokuba, doesn't he?" Kaiba growled. The man just shrugged.

"How should I know? I'm just telling you-wah!"

The man was cut short as Kaiba rushed towards him and, using the horn on his head (as all Dragonair's have), knocked him down. The man moved no more.

"If he does anything to my little brother…"

"Kaiba, stop!" Yami said rushing over to him. Yugi, Téa, Joey and Tristan followed. "We're not going to let anything happen to Mokuba or anyone else, okay? We're going to this Tower, and stopping Bakura once and for all."

"But what about all of these people?" Yugi asked, looking around. Most of the people have gotten away from the chaos, but a few more trainers are now standing with the girl with the Lickitung and the boy with the Pidgey. They were determined to get rid of the intruders.

"Leave that to us," Ash said. Everyone looked at him. "You guys need to get to that tower soon, right? Then leave these idiots to us. We can take them!"

Yami hesitated. "Are you sure?"

"I'm with Ash on this one." Brock said. Misty nodded. "You guys do what you need to do. Do anything you can to get back home and save everyone. Don't worry about these small fry."

Yami looked at Yugi, then at Joey, Téa and Tristan. They were giving him the, "Do what you think is right, either way, we're with you one hundred percent" looks. He sighed.

"Alright. Which way is it?"

"Head down that Route right there, and it will lead you straight to Lavender Town. The Tower he mentioned is right inside it." Misty said, pointing to the Route in the distance. It was barely visible through the buildings, and the shards of glass that was flying everywhere due to the Poliwrath's attacks.

"Alright," Yami looked towards his friends. "Are you all ready for this?"

They all nodded.

As they began running off towards the Route, the saw glimpses of Pikachu using it's powerful Thunderbolt attack. Then they heard Misty yell behind them, "Good luck!"

Okay! That's that chapter! I hope with the City being partially destroyed didn't disturb anyone. I know this is a K+ fic, and I'm trying real hard to make sure nothing is a T. I still want a little action though. If you want me to tone it up or down, just let me know. I could turn this fic into a T rating if I wanted to, but then I was afraid I would loose some readers...so I'm trying to keep it K+. If anyone has any thoughts about it, let me know!

And thank you to all of you people who still try to get me to update, even now! You all are amazing! Thank you!

Until next time!

Yugisrose