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Pokemon Legends: Kanto Saga

Chapter Fifty Eight

A Wish

After dealing with the army of enslaved pokemon outside and only barely enduring, Ashley, May, and Melany entered the first floor of the tower. The first floor was the same as it was when Melany and May had visited it previously on their journey through Hoenn. It served as both a reception desk and a pokecenter, providing the usual PC and pokemon restoration services. The first thing the girls did upon entering was to try them out.

Ashley tried entering a few commands on the PC and a progress bar popped up on the screen, filling over and over to show its attempts to connect to her account. Eventually an error message displayed. "No good. The PC here is running, but I can't connect to anything." She said to May and Melany, then shut it down.

"Looks like the pokemon restoration machine isn't working either." May said, repeatedly pushing the green button to turn it on but without any effect. Checking the device out, she could see it was plugged in but still wasn't turning on. "Looks like whoever we're up against made sure we couldn't heal or switch our injured pokemon after that battle."

"Whoever we're up against obviously isn't an idiot. He made sure we wouldn't get any breaks even if we beat that army." Melany walked past the reception desk, where an elevator waited. Normally, the elevator would take trainers up to challenge the tower. Melany tried pushing a few buttons on a panel next to it, but the elevator didn't budge. "Elevator's out too. Looks like we're taking the stairs."

"That should be expected at this point." Ashley muttered bitterly. She walked over to where Melany was in front of the elevator and was followed close behind by May. "Well, let's get going then. There's nothing here that's going to help us." Melany and May nodded in agreement and the girls started on their way up the flight of stairs next to the elevator. They would take the stairs all the way to the top, where they expected their opponent to be waiting for them.

"I didn't come here to join you, I came here to stop you." Red said flatly.

Rina sighed. "That's a relief...I don't know what I'd have done if Red was on his side!"

Red's father, however, seemed less than pleased. "Red, my son, you've seen humanity's crimes for yourself, you claim to love pokemon, why would you side with them now?"

"Because your methods are too extreme!" Red shot back. "There are bad people in this world who hurt and abuse pokemon, there's no denying that, but there's good people too! People like Rina and her friends!" Red held his arm back, gesturing toward Rina.

"They didn't come here to try to stop you from removing humans from the world, they didn't even know anything about that! They came here because of your methods, because you were harming and enslaving pokemon! They're doing their best not for themselves or even humanity, they're doing their best to help the pokemon you've harmed!"

"I did nothing of the sort." Red's father replied, folding his hands behind his back. "I merely hired on a few underlings and gave them the means to do so. What they did, the crimes they committed, were of their own violation."

"Wait a minute...what's this guy saying?" Rina wondered. "All this time we thought we were after a power hungry madman, but instead he's someone who wants to remove humans because of the harm people inflicted on them?" Rina narrowed her eyes. "Red's right! Even for the sake of pokemon, that's too extreme!"

"I don't believe that." Red said to him. "Even if that is the case, you gave them the slave collars. Devices made solely to enslave pokemon and force them to obey orders against their will. One way or another, you can't deny your role in their suffering."

"Perhaps that is true, but it won't make any difference." His father replied with a shrug. "I acknowledge that I've wronged pokemon as well, and I don't intend to exclude myself when I wish for humans to be erased from existance. The end result, a world only for pokemon, justifies any means I must use to achieve it."

"So the end justifies the means? That's pretty twisted." Rina said to him.

"-I don't care what you say, I won't let you remove Rina or her friends from this world!-" Pippi yelled with sparks shooting out of her cheeks.

"-I will protect Red with my life if it comes to it.-" Red's Charizard growled, glaring at the man. "-Whether humans stay or go is not your decision to make!-"

"Hmph. So your pokemon are siding with you as well." Red's father shrugged and unclasped his hands. "You don't have very long to try to stop me as it is, the crystal is only moments away from releasing the wish granting pokemon Jirachi. At which point, I will place a slave collar around it to prevent it from denying me. Human life on this planet ends today."

"Just try to stop us!" Red yelled, then pointed at Jolteon. "Charizard, attack with Flamethrower!" Charizard opened its mouth and breathed out a stream of flames down at Jolteon, but the faster electric pokemon dodged in a flash of movement with Quick Attack.

"Jolteon, fire back with Thunderbolt." Red's father commanded. His Jolteon then responded to Red's attack, firing a bolt of electricity at Red's Charizard. Charizard growled in pain and fell to its knees, nearly collapsing but putting its hands down to catch itself.

Rina stared with her mouth open in shock at the damage Jolteon inflicted on Charizard. "His pokemon can do that much damage to Red's?!" Rina thought. "Red's pokemon are really tough though!" As Rina thought this, she noticed Red reaching into his left pocket and discretely pulling out a small white orb. "Huh? What's that?" She wondered.

Pippi noticed the strange object as well. "That...ball, I can feel something from it for some reason!"

"Sorry to do this, Charizard, but if I time it right..." Red thought before calling out his next attack. "Charizard, this time we'll get it for sure! Flamethrower!" Charizard stood up and let out a roar. Its body glowed briefly and the fire on its tail grew larger before it attacked. Charizard opened its mouth and released a large stream of flames at Jolteon, this time managing to land a glancing blow before Jolteon shot out of the way with a Quick Attack. Jolteon growled, looking like it was in a fair bit of pain when it stopped to the side of Charizard, but was still standing.

"I am afraid that was a foolish move on your part, Red." Red's father said flatly. "Jolteon, finish this." Sparks ran along Jolteon's backside to the front of its body, then fired out in a bolt of electricity at Charizard. Charizard growled in pain as the electricity flowed through it and then collapsed into a heap on the ground. Holding Charizard's pokeball in his right hand, he recalled his pokemon. Still holding the white orb in his left hand, he dropped it to the floor behind him.

"And with that, it seems you have wasted what remaining time you had." His father then said, turning to the crystal. "Jolteon, keep an eye on him. The Pikachu shouldn't cause you any trouble." Jolteon nodded and focused intently on Red, watching his movements. Red's father approached the stool the glowing crystal was sitting on and took a slave collar in his hand. The crystal was slowly floating into the air.

"Now, humanity's final dark chapter on this planet is written." Red's father held the collar ready as the crystal began to change shape in the air. It took the form of a white pokemon, only a foot in height. A pair of yellow wing-like appendages hanging down from its back, and the top of its head looking like a yellow hat with three points, the glowing pokemon resembled a star.

While the crystal was transforming, Red hit the ball he dropped with the back of his foot, sending it rolling toward Pippi. She stopped the pall with her paw and looked at it for a moment before picking it up and turning to Rina. "-Rina! I think I can beat them with this!-"

"What?" Rina blinked. "What is that?"

Before the star-shaped pokemon could even open its eyes, a collar was placed around its neck to ensure its loyalty. It suddenly stopped glowing and fell back onto the stool, standing with a blank look in its eyes.

Rina realized they didn't have much time left and nodded to Pippi. "Ok Pippi, go for it!" Pippi nodded and turned toward Jolteon, who wasn't taking much interest in what Pippi and Rina were doing. Pippi held the ball against her body and winced in pain as it was absorbed into her, sending white sparks along her body. Her usually red cheeks suddenly turned white once the ball was absorbed and Pippi could feel her power growing.

"Pippi! Attack with Surf!" Rina called out. Pippi nodded and raised her hands into the air, calling up a wall of water and rising up on it. The ice remaining on the battlefield shrivelled up as the water in it was used to form the attack. Pippi then rode the wave toward Jolteon, catching it off guard and jumping off the wave as it came crashing down on top of it. Jolteon cried out in surprise but was quickly silenced as the water surrounded it, knocking it out.

"What!?" Red's father cried out, turning around quickly when he heard the sound of water. Seeing Pippi standing before him, he immediately noticed her white cheeks. "Is that...a Light Ball?" The man clenched his fists. "When did she get that?!" The distraction was all Rina and Red needed to continue with their plan.

"Ok, Pippi, you know what to do now! Volt Tackle!" Pippi grinned and nodded enthusiastically. Electricity poured out of the white sacs on her cheeks, billowing around her as she charged toward Jirachi. Red's father moved out of the way, realizing he was directly in the line of fire, leaving Jirachi to take a direct hit from Pippi's Volt Tackle. The attack managed a direct hit on the collar around Jirachi's neck, smashing it into pieces as both pokemon were knocked to the floor. The impact knocked Pippi out, but Jirachi was able to sit up while in a daze and look around.

"That hurt..." The pokemon muttered, speaking as though it were human. Spotting Pippi and blinked in disbelief, remembering that it had been the one to attack it and break the collar. She didn't look that strong to Jirachi, but there was no denying that her Volt Tackle had taken quite a toll on it.

"I won't let this stop me..." The cloaked man muttered as he slowly stood up. He moved toward Jirachi, towering over it. Jirachi looked up at him and felt afraid, seeing the dark look in the man's eyes. "Listen up you, I have a wish to make..."

"Espeon, I choose you!" Red called out, releasing Espeon from its pokeball. "Espeon, grab Jirachi with Psychic and pull it away!" Espeon's eyes flashed and a blue aura surrounded Jirachi. Before Red's father could make his wish, Jirachi was pulled away from him by Espeon's Psychic attack. Jirachi floated through the air, too surprised to fight back, and was sent flying toward Rina when Espeon suddenly released it. Rina threw out her arms and caught it, but was knocked over herself.

"Hold up! Just what the heck's going on here?!" Jirachi cried out, waving his arms frantically while he sat on Rina's stomach. Rina sat up, rubbing the back of her head.

"Sorry, but we had to stop him from making his wish..." Rina said apologetically, then took out her pokeball and recalled Pippi. Jirachi watched curiously as Rina recalled her.

"So my power was going to be used by a bad person again..." Jirachi said sadly, looking at the cloaked figure who had tried to make a wish. Though his plans had been foiled, he didn't look too concerned. Jirachi could tell by the look he had on his face before that he was not a good man.

"What do you mean by that?" Rina asked Jirachi.

"Its my curse..." Jirachi replied, its shoulders drooping. "For 1000 years at a time, I'm sealed away. I'm released for only 7 days after that and have to grant any wish asked of me. Humans always have nothing but selfish demands for me..."

"Then grant my wish and they will be removed from the world." Red's father said, having overheard Jirachi. "If there are no humans left, then there will be no one to make such selfish requests!"

"Even if I did that, I'd still be sealed away after seven days." Jirachi shrugged. "Do whatever you want, it makes no difference to me." It then raised its right hand and flicked at one of the ribbons hanging from its head. "But you'll have to write it on one of my ribbons for me to grant it."

"It really makes little difference to me whether or not I make that wish now. I have contingency plans in place to ensure my plan succeeds today." The man smirked. "I am prepared to use my trump card and rewrite history so my wish will be granted."

"Rewrite history? Did he manage to enslave a pokemon that can travel through time?" Rina wondered. Thinking back, she remembered hearing about such a pokemon from Suicune. "That's right! Suicune said it used a pokemon that travelled through time to go back and get a wish granted from Jirachi! This guy must have enslaved that pokemon too somehow!"

"Jirachi, when this is over I promise I'll find some way to end this cycle for you." Rina said to Jirachi. The pokemon looked up at her in surprise. "But first I need you to grant a wish for me!"

"Ok." Jirachi nodded. "Just write it on one of my ribbons."

"Err...well..." Rina blushed and rubbed the back of her head. "I don't actually have anything to write with, come to think of it..."

"Oh..." Jirachi sighed.

"We almost had him there too..." Red thought, shaking his head.

"You won't be making any wishes today." Red's father reached into his cloak and pulled out a pokeball, then released his Sceptile. Sceptile growled and brandished its Leaf Blades. "Leaf Blade!" Sceptile shot toward Red's Espeon and brought one blade toward it from the right, throwing it aside with a strong Leaf Blade attack. With Espeon out of the way, Sceptile continued toward Red.

"RED! NO!" Rina cried out.

A door near Rina suddenly opened and a creature shot through in a blur of movement. As the Sceptile moved in and brought its blade toward Red, aiming to stab him straight through the heart, the creature smashed into the Sceptile and pushed it back. A second Sceptile had appeared, ramming the first with Quick Attack while simultaneously stabbing it in the chest with Leaf Blade. The dark green Sceptile was knocked back but was practically unharmed, shaking off the attack easily.

Rina blinked in disbelief. "A...another Sceptile?"

Shortly after the second Sceptile appeared, another creature shot through the door. Moving in with a Quick Attack, a Blaziken stopped just in front of the dark green Sceptile and delivered a flaming uppercut to the pokemon's jaw. The pokemon flipped through the air and landed hard on its back, this time taking a hard blow but still got right back up again.

"A Blaziken too? Then that means..." Rina looked over toward the door just as May, Melany, and Ashley entered the room one by one. "Ashley! You guys made it!"

"Rina!" Ashley quickly ran to Rina's side and kneeled down next to her. "Are you ok? You're not hurt anywhere are you?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Rina replied, smiling.

Ashley breathed a sigh of relief. "Well that's good...by the way..." Ashley looked over at Jirachi, still sitting on Rina's stomach. "Who's this little guy?"

"And who's that guy there?" Melany and May asked, with Melany pointing at Red and May pointing at Red's father.

"You'd figure they'd have at least heard of me." Red thought to himself, looking back at the new arrivals. "At least we have reinforcements now." He looked back at his father. "Even with only four pokemon left, this guy is tough enough to still be trouble. Damn it! If only I was stronger than this!"

"I've already figured out who that guy is." Ashley muttered, looking across the room at Red's father and pointing at him. "You're Drake! Red's father!"

"The other guy is Red." Rina then said to May and Melany. "Don't worry, he's on our side. And this pokemon is Jirachi, the wish granting pokemon."

"Friends of your's? Are they trying to stop this Drake guy too?" Jirachi asked Rina. Rina nodded.

"It can talk?" May pondered.

"I guess that's necessary for a wish-granting pokemon." Melany said to her.

"Hmph. I expected to have long since wiped out humanity by now." Drake said to the group. "But don't think you've stopped me yet. I still have my contingency plans, and I do not intend on allowing any of you to leave this tower alive. Sceptile!"

Drake's Sceptile charged past Blaziken and Melany's Sceptile, moving before they could react to attack the trainers themselves. It was suddenly frozen in place before it could even reach Red, though, as a blue glow surrounded its body.

"Looks like you forgot about my Espeon!" Red said with a smug grin.

Red's Espeon stood off to the side, where the Sceptile had knocked it earlier, focusing on it with its psychic powers. With Sceptile frozen in place, Blaziken turned and fired a stream of flames at it from his beak. Sceptile was completely engulfed in flames, but still conscious when Blaziken finished. Melany's Sceptile then moved in for another attack, spinning around to smack the other Sceptile with its tail. Espeon then finished the attack by slamming Drake's Sceptile into the floor, finally knocking it out. Drake finally recalled it, but already had another pokemon ready to go.

"Weezing, Explosion." Drake calmly ordered his pokemon while releasing the poison balloon pokemon. As soon as she saw Drake releasing another pokemon, Ashley took a pokeball in her hand and released Snorlax, ready to attack in place of the rest of their pokemon currently on the field. When Weezing started to glow, preparing for an Explosion, Ashley quickly ordered an attack.

"Snorlax! Hyper Beam!" Snorlax opened its mouth and fired, releasing a powerful energy beam at Weezing. The beam pushed the pokemon back toward the far end of the room where it finally exploded, obliterating the rear wall. Its unconscious form fell to the jagged edge of the floor after, which was now open to the rain coming in from outside. Drake narrowed his eyes and took out another pokeball, recalling his Weezing.

"If only I had something to write with I could stop his plans for good..." Rina said quietly to herself. Shortly after, a black pen was held out in front of her.

"I always carry a pen and notepad on me." Melany said to her, smiling. "I don't know what you have planned but good luck."

"Great! Thanks, Melany!" Rina quickly took the pen from her, then took one of Jirachi's ribbons in her hand. "So whatever wish I write her, you'll grant, right? You won't try anything like taking it too literally will you?"

"Your wish would be granted as I understand it, I can't do anything like take it too literally or interpret it in a way that's not as intended if I know what was intended." Jirachi said to her.

"Ok, here goes then!" All eyes were on Rina as she started to write down her wish on Jirachi's ribbon. "If I wish for this...then all our problems should be solved!" Rina finished writing the wish and then the ribbon she wrote it on burned up.

"Ok! Your wish has been granted!" Jirachi said to her.

"Huh?" Ashley looked around the room. "But nothing happened!"

"That's because there's no enslaved pokemon here." Rina said, smiling. "My wish was for all enslaved pokemon to be freed and returned to their rightful place or trainer!"

"We already beat all the enslaved pokemon, what difference does that make now?" Melany asked her.

"Apparently quite a bit...look!" May said and pointed at Drake. For the first time, Drake's usual calm composure had been shattered.

"You...you fool! Do you have any idea what you just did!?" Drake growled, clenching his fists.

"Yep! I just destroyed your contingency plan!" Rina replied, grinning widely. "You had an enslaved pokemon able to travel through time to change the past if things didn't go your way, but because you rely on enslaving pokemon so much its been freed and returned to wherever it was you found it now!"

"D-damn it! I had everything planned so perfectly!" Drake glared icily at Rina. "That girl...she's somehow become the wrench in my plans! Because of her, Red turned against me! Because of her, I couldn't make my wish! And even though Galactica is still free to get Celebi back, she'll have to enslave new pokemon before she can even do that! There's no telling how long that could take! I was poised to alter history if my plans somehow failed and yet she even foiled that! How? Why has this happened?!"

"You were a fool to think something like this would work out." Red said to Drake. "Even if humans are sometimes cruel to pokemon, we both belong together in this world. And no matter what kind of power you have managed to gain, fate will always conspire against you if you try to remove either. Pokemon and humans exist for each other, to work alongside each other as partners and companions. Someone like you has no right to destroy that bond, no matter the reasoning."

"Don't you dare try to act high and mighty!" Drake shot back, reaching into his cloak, he realized he only had two pokeballs left. "Damn! There's too many of them to take on with just Milotic and Blissey, I'll have to use them as a distraction instead!" Drake took out the pokeballs and released his two remaining pokemon, Milotic and Blissey. "Even if I am to fail here, none of you are leaving alive!"

"No matter how strong you are, you can't win with just those two!" Red took several pokeballs from his belt while his Espeon moved in front of him to protect him from any attacks. "Pikachu! Venusaur! Go!" Red called out, releasing his Pikachu and Venusaur from their pokeballs. His immediate goal was to defeat Drake's Milotic, which he assumed to be the most dangerous of the two.

"-Even without the light ball, I'm still strong enough to handle this!-" Red's Pikachu said, charging electricity in her cheeks.

"We'll help too! Sceptile, attack the Milotic with Leaf Blade!"

"Blaziken, attack Blissey with Double Kick!"

"Snorlax, attack Blissey with Body Slam!"

"Should I attack too?" Jirachi asked Rina. Rina shook her head.

"No, I think they can handle these two on their own..."

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Milotic! Venusaur, use Razor Leaf! Espeon, attack Blissey with Psychic!"

The group's pokemon unleashed their attacks on Milotic and Blissey. A barrage of sharp leaves struck both of them, followed by Sceptile striking Milotic with his Leaf Blade and a bolt of electricity fired from Pikachu striking it. Milotic was knocked out, and Blissey soon followed. Espeon's Psychic attack crushed Blissey while Blaziken kicked it twice and Snorlax jumped up and landed on top of it, causing the floor to crack from its weight. When Snorlax rolled off her, Blissey was knocked out as well.

While his pokemon were under attack, Drake managed to slip away and grab a remote from one of the workbenches along the wall. He then turned and quickly recalled Blissey and Milotic. "As I said...none of you are leaving here alive!" Drake said to them, then pushed a single button on the remote. The tower shuddered and an explosion could be heard below them.

"What was that?!" Rina cried out. Suddenly, everyone could feel the tower starting to lean. "ACK! The tower's collapsing!"

"What?! Are you insane?!" Red yelled at Drake. "You'll die too!" Drake grinned, but said nothing.

"I don't think we have any pokemon left that can get us out of this one!" Ashley cried out. Meanwhile, everyone else started recalling their's.

"Even if we don't make it out of this, our pokemon might be able to survive somehow!" May said as she recalled Blaziken. The rest of their pokemon were recalled as well, leaving only Jirachi out of a pokeball. The tower continued to slowly tilt, a loud creaking and cracking could be heard in the distance. It was as if the top half of the tower was breaking away from the lower half.

"If only I could help them somehow! But I can't do anything unless they wished for it, and they wouldn't be able to write it in time!" Jirachi thought. Jirachi held on to Rina tightly. "I wish there was some way they could be saved!"

The back part of the wall, near Rina, was suddenly torn away and a blue glow surrounded the girls and Red. While the top of the tower continued to fall away, they all found themselves floating in the air. They could now see the damage to the tower, which looked as if a giant creature took a bite out of it. The top half, where they had been, fell onto the lower half and finally snapped the remaining piece holding it in place and then tipped over and fell straight down to the ground where it smashed into pieces.

"I believe this makes us even now." A voice echoed through the group's head. They looked around and spotted Mewtwo floating nearby.

"That...that pokemon saved them..." Jirachi thought, smiling in relief.

"Wha! I never would have expected that pokemon to save us!" Rina cried out in disbelief.

"I could drop you if you'd like." Mewtwo said to her. Rina quickly shook her head.

"What is that pokemon?" May wondered aloud.

"Either way, looks like we've managed to survive again..." Melany said to her. "Fate really does seem to have our backs, huh?"

"...Guess we got lucky then." Red thought, looking down at the remains of the tower below. "Dad...no...Drake. He lost it back there. But it looks like we won't have to deal with him anymore..."

Mewtwo slowly floated down to the ground next to the tower, bringing the girls and Red down with it and setting them down on the ground. Once it was finished, Mewtwo turned and was about to fly off.

"Mewtwo! Wait!" Ashley called out to it. Mewtwo stopped and looked back at her. "Mewtwo...you don't like humans, right? You want to find some place where you don't have to deal with them?"

"...What do you know?" Mewtwo replied.

"Well it just so happens we might know an island where not only won't there be any humans, they won't be able to get there at all!" Ashley said, then turned to Melany. "Right, Mel?"

"Wh-what?" Melany blinked. "You're not talking about that sanctuary idea I mentioned are you?"

"Ah! That's right!" Rina said, grinning widely. "If Jirachi's power really can do anything, then we could use a wish to make that barrier!"

"A barrier?" Mewtwo turned to face them. "Well, if this barrier can really keep humans out, then I suppose it'd be better than that cave I was in before." Mewtwo thought, then narrowed its eyes. "I don't want to owe these humans anything, but I'll hear them out."

"A barrier to keep out humans?" Jirachi let go of Rina and floated a few feet away. "I've never done anything like that before but I don't see why it wouldn't work. But what about the island? Don't you need to wish for that too?"

"We can build the island ourselves." May said, holding up a pokeball. "I have Kyogre, Ashley has Groudon, and Melany has Rayquaza. We can use Kyogre and Groudon to build the island and Rayquaza will keep them both in line."

"I can call in a few favors and get our island set up to work as a pokemon storage location specifically for us, too." Ashley added. "I'm acquainted with Bill back in Kanto, and his friend Celio."

"I've been saving up my allowance just for this actually, if its going to work out afterall then I can pay for any building materials or supplies we'll need." Melany said thoughtfully. "Within reason of course."

"Wish I had that kind of an allowance..." May and Ashley thought.

"That doesn't sound human free at all." Mewtwo thought. "Then again, these ones seem different than the other humans I had encountered..."

"Alright. I'll go along with this. But I expect to be left alone." Mewtwo said telepathically.

"Right." Ashley replied, nodding.

"Ah! I can hardly believe this! We're really going to make a safe haven for legendary pokemon!" Rina said, jumping up excitedly. "This is amazing!"

"I wonder if this is what fate had in store for the three of you all this time." Aisha said to Ashley.

"Well, it sounds like you four are all set then." Red said to them. "I'll be heading off..." Red turned and started to walk away.

"Red! Wait!" Rina called out after him. "Where are you going?"

"I'm not happy that I wasn't able to handle guys like him and Duke on my own." Red replied without looking back. "So...I'm going to train until I can."

"Red..." Rina watched sadly as he left, until Ashley put an arm around her.

"Don't worry about him, he has a lot on his mind right now." Ashley said to her. "Afterall...he came here just to fight his father, after he had been gone for so long. That's probably weighing heavily on him..."

"Yeah, I guess you're right..." Rina replied.

"Hey! You guys better get started on that island!" Jirachi said, waving its arms frantically. "I only have seven days before I'm sealed away again!"

"Well, there's no reason we can't get started right away." Melany said. "First we'll heal our pokemon, then Rayquaza can go with Ashley and May to oversee Groudon and Kyogre raising the island. It shouldn't take us more than a day or two to get the island together, and it'll be ready for the barrier then. After that, we'll have more to do of course, but Jirachi's part can be done anyway."

"Right! Then we can see about getting Jirachi freed from that curse!" Rina replied, nodding enthusiastically.

The girls then set out from the tower, taking one last look at the rubble that almost became their grave. Mewtwo accompanied them, but stayed out of sight. They headed straight for Mauville, the nearest city to them, to make their preparations.

One day later, in the ocean far north of Mossdeep in Hoenn...

Through Groudon's efforts, the island had been raised out of the ocean. It was completely barren, for the lack of vegetation, but had an inland lake and rivers flowing out to the ocean that gave the island the shape of a pokeball. It rose up high in the middle and sloped down toward the ocean at the edges, giving it the appearance of a large mountain from sea level. The island itself was a kilometer and a half in radius, with a sloped shelf continuing into the sea for another half a kilometer to provide a beach front. On the island, the four girls and the pokemon they needed to make the final arrangements had assembled.

"Ok, we have a special storage PC and transfer machine here, courtesy of Bill. He's already made the changes to our accounts." Ashley said, looking at the large computer in front of her. It had a pad for transferring pokemon in pokeballs, which was also designed to retrieve them automatically if a person had more than six with them.

"And we have food supplies, and building supplies to create a headquarters for us to stay in and to store the supplies in." Melany added, gesturing to two large shipping containers resting nearby. "With our pokemon helping, it'll only take a few more days to get this island complete and the building construction. We have seeds, and have trees and such to plant though they're not here yet."

"Right, but we can send Ho-Oh and Lugia to retrieve those later." May said. "Rayquaza could do it, but we need that one here to keep Groudon and Kyogre from affecting the weather. Or attacking each other for that matter." Groudon and Kyogre, who were standing nearby, cast a glare at each other but said nothing. They were being forced to co-exist by having Rayquaza constantly watching them.

"So all that's left is the wishes!" Rina said, then turned to Jirachi. "Melany will have to make her wish first so the barrier can be made, and then I have a wish to make to finish things."

"Ok." Jirachi nodded, then floated over to Melany. "Just make sure you word it right if this is going to be complicated."

"It shouldn't be too complicated." Melany replied, taking a pen in hand. She then took one of Jirachi's ribbons in her other hand and wrote out her wish. "Ok, done!" She announced, letting go of the ribbon. "The barrier created should cause anyone without a legendary pokemon with them to pass through the barrier and come out on the other side of the island, as if the island wasn't even there."

The remaining side ribbon hanging from Jirachi's head burned up and the air all around the island could be seen to shimmer. The barrier itself was invisible, to keep people from knowing it was there. May and Ashley would be testing it later by having one girl leave the island without a legendary pokemon and one girl with. If the girl without a legendary pokemon was moved to the opposite side of the island, they would know it worked.

"Ok! My turn now!" Rina took the pen from Melany and took Jirachi's ribbon in her hand. "Ready, Jirachi? This last wish...I'll be wishing for you to lose your wish-granting powers, is that ok?"

"If it means no one will abuse my power anymore and I won't have to go back to sleep, then yes." Jirachi replied with a nod. Rina then set to work, writing out her wish on the final ribbon. Her wish for Jirachi to no longer be sealed away for a millenia or be forced to grant wishes. The final ribbon burned away, granting Rina's wish. Though Jirachi didn't seem any different, Jirachi itself could feel a great weight lifted from it.

"Thank you...Rina. I think it worked." Jirachi said, smiling widely.

"GREAT!" Rina cheered. "Now you'll get to stay here on the island with us!" She and Jirachi then hugged each other tightly.

"Ok, now that that's all taken care of, we need to make this island habitable." Ashley said, smiling widely. "Then we can invite Mewtwo and Latios here, since they're the only legendary pokemon that haven't actually been caught by anyone."

"Actually, Lugia is free now too." May corrected her. "It asked me to release it, but it'll still stay here."

"I can hardly believe this is all working out..." Melany thought, smiling to herself. "Somehow...the four of us are actually making an island, a safe haven for legendary pokemon, a reality. We couldn't do this without their help, without the power of the legendary pokemon themselves. It must have been our destiny all along to bring them together like this."

"By the way..." May said, snapping Melany out of her thoughts. "I heard on the news that, while they were searching the ruins of the Trainer Hill, no deaths were reported."

"Ack! That's not good!" Melany said.

"Eh? What's wrong with that?" Rina asked.

"There should have been one..."

Author's Notes: Note for future protagonists, there's two things you should never do when you've defeated a bad guy. First, never say "there's no way he could have survived that!" and, second, never leave the body unchecked. If you don't find one, look for it. Especially if you said he could never survive. If you don't do both of these, it could come back to haunt you when you least expect it.

But don't worry, there's no way Drake could have survived that! Even if they never found the body!

Anywho, that's it! Another saga over, and Sanctuary Island, which will be central to any future sagas I do for obvious reasons, has been created. Hope you enjoyed reading it, my next project will actually be the Pokemon Legends: Sidestories series to cover the three year (in the story) gap between the Kanto and Sinnoh saga I have planned.

And a quick note here, you might recall that May still has a masterball and so does Rina. Originally, they were both going to be used in the final battle but because of the way it turned out compared to my original plan there was no need. The situations that would have required them never occurred.

I know I said I'd have the first sidestory ready this week, but I got a bit tied up and wasn't able to finish it. However, it IS almost finished, and I think you'll find the first one interesting! I should have it up tomorrow, as if it were a late finish, but all sidestories after that will be up on Sunday as usual unless I'm unable to finish on time. Considering the two chapters combined (this one and the sidestory) will likely total 30+ pages, more than I've ever done for one week, that's probably not too bad.

Anyway, thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it, and look forward to the sidestories and future sagas!