//------------------------------// // Swimming gracefully in the grand blue, Water // Story: My Little Pokémon // by Amarvax //------------------------------// The 18 Realms. Water Realm. Currently, many Pokemon summoned by Gardevoir were loose within the 18 Realms. Speaking of Gardevoir, her target was Ash and his Aura, desiring it for the chance to break free from this realm. Many were made aware of Gardevoir and the Giga Lucario, but not everyone. Over at the Water Realm, Sweetie Belle, Aria Blaze, Sonata Dusk, BonBon and a few Canterlot residents such as Fleur-de-lis were present. And their location was one they had never been before but were familiar with. Samiya. The Sea Temple. The same location that the Dazzlings' mother currently lives in within reality. Except it was completely empty. Similar to how it was before Ash saved it years ago. They were within the Sea Temple, exploring it to see what they could find. they already felt lost. "Did you hear that?" Aria said, hearing the distant roar of the Giga Lucario. "Nope." Sonata shook her head. "Say, how long are we gonna be here for?" "She's right. I'm already getting hungry." Sweetie Belle's stomach growled, craving some food. There wasn't even any seafood for her to try here at all. Everyone else felt lost within the temple. Its gargantuan size didn't help at all. And finally, showing up to this realm after being summoned and ordered by Gardevoir were the opposing Pokemon, here to test them. Fittingly, they were Water-Types that could only learn Aura Sphere. Wartortle, Blastoise, Clauncher and Clawitzer specifically. Upon arriving, the horde of Water-Type Pokemon had scattered. Since they were summoned within the temple, it didn't take long for the group to bump into one of them. Aria and Sonata had come across a Wartortle. "Hm? Oh, a Wartortle." Aria said, standing before the Wartortle. "Cute." Sonata gushed at it but she and her big sister were unaware of what was coming their way. The same went for everypony else. Fleur De Lis had stopped in front of a line of Clauncher that were staring her down. She pouted while also shifting her eyes left and right before facing them. "Can I help you all?" She asked. "Clau!" Just then, they all aimed their massive claws over at the tall unicorn, making her eyes widen. They took aim, preparing to fire at her. And to add to that, up above the higher parts of the temple, a Clawitzer was locking onto Fleur, ready to snipe her from afar. Another one of Canterlot's residents, Minuette stood before two Blastoise, having a visible expression of shock and slight fear in her eyes. The Blastoise were the opposite, staring her down with purposeful grimace that could only be rivalled by a scowl. "Uh...H-Hope we're not trespassing or anything?" Minuette said as the Blastoise both aimed their cannons at her. She promptly stayed quiet afterwards. Everyone else were promptly stopped by the Water-Types that all took aim at them from different directions accordingly. They could mostly only stay quiet and not make too many sudden movements. But they also didn't want to be harmed. The Wartortle that Aria and Sonata came across put its hands together, forming an Aura Sphere. Coming out of the shadows were a few more Wartortle, also holding together some Aura Spheres. "Hey! What's going on here?!" Sonata uttered before soon noticing how more Water-Types were present, all taking aim at the ponies. "We're in their firing range. If they're itching for a battle, then they're going to get one," Aria said as she was the only one unbothered. She promptly held out her Poke Ball, rolling it on the floor. Coming out of it was Brionne. "Brionne!" "Brionne! Use Hyper Voice!" "Briiiooonnneee!" Promptly throwing the opposing Wartortle off their focus with Aura Sphere, Brionne lets loose a horribly echoing shout that engulfed each of them. The Wartortle then grimaced at this sound, covering their ears and wincing. Hyper Voice also formed a soundwave, hitting each of the Wartortle as they were blown back by this soundwave while also being subjected to the noise that Brionne had formed. "Oh please!" Fleur then started shouting, putting her hoof over her head while closing her eyes. She gave the expression of being in distress. But it looked like she wasn't doing it seriously. "Somepony save me~!" The Clauncher had all taken fire on Fleur De Lis, shooting out spurts of water. But all of that was for nothing as Fleur just casually put up a magic shield, putting on a cocky smile. She then stuck her tongue out at the Clauncher as it was all an act. Fleur giggled before also using her magic to send out a Luxury Ball. And emerging out of the Luxury Ball was a Pokemon fit for her beauty. Milotic. "Milotic!" "Milotic, get rid of them with Avalanche, please," Fleur commanded, also showing no signs of fear. And why would she be afraid when she has a Pokemon by her side to protect her. "Milo...Tic!" Miloticl et out a melodic cry before summoning some up above. The Clauncher each looked up to see a massive ice avalanche that came crashing down. They screeched before making a run for it. Or rather a hop. The same went for Clawitzer who was the closest to being hit by it due to its current height. The avalanche of ice had also frozen pars of the temple with its absolute chill. The Clauncher couldn't escape the incoming avalanche as Fleur-de-lis watched with an apathetic face. She then walked away with her Milotic as the avalanche kept going. Due to the noise of the Avalanche and Brionne's Hyper Voice, the noises echoed throughout the temple, alerting the Blastoise and other Pokemon. That gave everypony else the chance to leave while they were distracted. Sweetie Belle had run past a Blastoise that was near her while Minuette just used teleportation magic to flash away. Minuette had a sigh of relief, only for it to be interrupted once she saw that another Blastoise was right next to her. She teleported to the worst possible location. The shadow of Blastoise cast over the little unicorn with a scowl. "On the bright side, it's just one." Minuette shrugged before using her magic to throw a Poke Ball at Blastoise face. "Think fast!" "Blast!" Blastoise flinched for a bit as the Poke Ball had sent out Minuette's partner Pokemon. A Simipour. "Simipour!" "Simipour, use Iron Tail on Blastoise, now!" "Simi!" Making a playful whistle first, Simipour lit up its tail with hard iron, doing a stylish leap with a small twirl in the air. Simipour certainly enjoyed being flash at all times. And it had the strength to do it as well, slapping Blastoise in the face, knocking it sideways. "B-Blastoise!" Blastoise uttered before narrowing its eyes at Simipour. Right after the face smack, Blastoise had grabbed the Geyser Pokemon's tail before it could move away. "Blast!" "Si?" Simipour gasped as Blastoise spun it around in the air like a lasso. "S-Simipour!" "Oh! You drop him right now!" Minuette exclaimed before using her magic to interject. And she used it cleverly. She had made a magical wisp that went right near Blastoise nose, using it to tickle the Shellfish Pokemon. A simple yet effective strategy. "B-Blast...Blastoise!" Blastoise froze as one of its eyes twitched. It then started laughing as Minuette did not stop at its nose. She started tickling the entirety of Blastoise, making the laughs increase even more. Simipour had been freed with Blastoise's weakened grip. "Now, Water Pledge!" "Pour!"Simipour slid on the marble floor before placing both his hands onto it. He summoned three tall pillars of water that erupted below in unison. Blastoise had been struck consecutively with those three pillars. But that wouldn't be enough to take a Pokemon like Blastoise out, much to Minuette's chagrin. But the other Blastoise were problems for everyone else. Especially the Clawitzer that were all standing afar to hit from a far distance. Sweetie Belle was being chased down by some Blastoise that had their arms out, ready to snatch her up. Sweetie Belle wanted none of that, so, while running, she used her magic to send out her Pokemon. While it would be fitting to send out her Piplup, she believed the better option would be her Plusle and Minun. "Plusle! Minun! Help!" "Plusle!" "Minun!" "Discharge!" Under Sweetie Belle's command, the duo of Electric-Types put their hands together, generating unified electricity. Once the Blastoise approached, reaching a closer distance, Plusle and Minun unleashed a maximum of 100,000 volts. Originally 50,000 but added up when they combined. The flare of electricity struck the Blastoise, pouring that mighty amount of volts into their bodies. The room was lit up with a golden glow from all of them. Super-effective and super helpful in slowing the Blastoise down. "Nice!" Sweetie Belle complimented her partners before deciding to attack one more time. "Okay! One more time! This time with-" But that was quickly interrupted when a blast of scalding hot water almost struck her. Sweetie yelped, hopping into the air like a cat as the move that had been used was Scald. Courtesy of Clawitzer from afar. "Min? Minun!" Minun noticed Clawitzer, quickly sending a burst of electricity its way. The Water-Type had been sniped from afar, feeling those volts pour into it as it fell off the platform it was on. Eventually, everyone else reunited, getting closer to each other. There were more Pokemon than they were expecting as they soon appeared around every direction. North, south, east and west. But they weren't by any means cornered or put under pressure. Each of them well-experienced Pokemon Trainers. They had the Pokemon School, Canterlot Tournament and Canterlot Tag Battle to thank for that. "Still no exit. But these Pokemon must've come from somewhere, right? I didn't see them pop out of the sea." said Sonata as she had her Vaporeon beside her. "Wherever it is, we'll find it," Aria replied. "I don't think I can stay another second in this place." "Oh, but why not?" Fleur asked. "Isn't it absolutely gorgeous to look at?" "I mean...yeah." Aria shrugged. "It looks good and I can see why my mom chose to live here. But if we don't get out of here and back to reality, we might never see our mom again. And it feels like it's already been hours roaming this place." "I don't know. Feels like we've been in here for only 15 minutes or less." MInuette commented. "I know right." And Sonata agreed with her fellow heavy-talker. "Weird. Oooh, maybe it's a mind-exclusive thing!" They were all having a conversation while there were opposing Pokemon here after them. However, the opposing Pokemon simply looked at each other, unsure if they should attack right now. The girls were all too focused on their conversation to pay actual attention. "I might miss my contests at this rate!" Sweetie Belle and her Pokemon gasped, thinking of that horrifying reality. "That can't happen!" "About that. Have you thought about adding sticks to your ball capsules?" Fleur asked Sweetie Belle. "They can make your Pokemon gain special effects when they emerge." "Oh, those? I only have one and that's my sister's Cutie Mark. See, I use the Rarity Ball, TM. But I don't have anything else." "You can always use mine, Sweetie Belle." BonBon leaned in to join the chat. "I'll give you the electric one for your Plusle and Minun. How does that sound?" "Works for me!" Sweetie Belle agreed to it, raising her hoof. But just as they were having a casual conversation, ignoring the opposing Pokemon, the Giga Lucario watched them. It had enough of the chit-chat as it descended to make sure everypony else would see them. It was too high up previously to be seen and it didn't help that the Sea Temple was bigger than it. The roar of the Giga Lucario shook the temple, breaking up the conversation. "OMG! What is THAT?!" Sonata was the first to notice the Giga Lucario hovering above them. This time, the upper part of its body could be seen instead of just its head. Its massive paws had also emerged, gripping onto the top parts of the temple and crushing them. Sweetie Belle, Plusle and Minun shuddered at this size of this Aura Giant. Fleur-de-lis stayed close to them along with her Milotic. Even the Pokemon that were working alongside Giga Lucario couldn't help but stare and slowly back away once this titan showed up. Giga Lucario snarled. Its anger was only building up from this point as it had failed to live up to Gardevoir's expectations. Its main goal was to keep them all at bay after all. And while it has managed to achieve that to some extent, a Lucario had escaped from this realm, greatly disappointing Gardevoir which then led to Giga Lucario's disappointment with that as well. But it could be considered a disappointing failure more than anything. Either way, the Giga Lucario didn't want to fail for Gardevoir anymore. The titanic being of Aura decided to get into the action once more. "The size of that Lucario..." Minuette gawked with an open jaw. "What is up with it?" "It's disgustingly big!" BonBon exclaimed as rubble fell from above after Lucario's mild destruction. But despite it being mild it felt ginormous. Everything that the Giga Lucario did was gigantic. Once it descended enough, the Giga Lucario opened its mouth, preparing for an Aura Beam. It started as a sphere, building up energy as the ponies didn't need to think twice before knowing what this meant. No one had a move to protect against what was coming. No Protect or Detect. But there was the option of simply getting out of the way. With little buildup, the Giga Lucario had unleashed the malevolent Aura Beam from its mouth, shattering the glass around the temple just from the release as everypony scattered. The beam struck the ground, causing a gale of Aura to combust. However, this became a case of friendly fire immediately. It was also the opposing Pokemon that were threatened by this. The Blastoise had used their massive shells to shield themselves while also grabbing the Clauncher and Clawitzer for safety, acting as their shields. Once the explosion intensified, the Blastoise were sent flying, holding their fellow Water-Types. Everypony else felt the shockwave, almost falling over. But their Pokemon helped keep them up. The explosion ended as there was a massive crater left behind. Anyone that would've been hit by that attack would've been blown to kingdom come potentially. They all stared at the crater and the massive blue smoke that rose from it. That could've been them. "Oh..." BonBon fainted from the sheer sight of it, overwhelmed by this. "Can we skip that one...?" Sonata asked, not wanting to face the giant Lucario wand its devastating mouth beam that could make a house-sized crater. "I don't think we can," Aria growled. "There's no other way out of this place. The exit's gone." "So what do we do then?" A petrified Sweetie Belle asked. She then noticed how the Blastoise were all hurt after protecting their allies. They laid on the floor with their shells even taking some damage. "Hey..." "Everypony stand back. We can make this quick." Fleur suddenly stepped forward with Milotic slithering ahead. She was the least fearless out of everypony here. "Much like you, I'm not planning on having a prolonged battle. Ending this as soon as we can is now." "How? Look at that thing!" Minuette boomed at Fleur, aiming her hoof at the Giga Lucario. "To take down a titan, you must need a force of equal intensity. Luckily, I have just that." To flex on everyone else, Fleur used her magic to pull something out of her mane. A Z Ring. She had a Z Ring casually with her as it placed on her hoof, fitting perfectly. Afterwards, there was a second object in her mane. The Waterium Z. One of the many Z Crystals of Alola. "A Z Crystal!" They exclaimed. "I decided to take a trip to Alola myself for a nice hot relaxation. And during my downtime, I managed to earn this beauty. Dazzling and powerful. This should be enough for this Lucario, don't you think?" Fleur commented. "Yeah well, you'd better do it fast! Cause it's gonna fire again!" Sonata and Minuette both said as Lucario was already preparing a second Aura Beam from its mouth. Everypony yelped as they started moving again. The Blastoise, once more, shielded the other Pokemon from the approaching destruction that was bound to happen. Fleur hopped onto the back of her Milotic as the Tender Pokemon swiftly swam away, right on time as Lucario's Aura Beam was unleashed once more. Another crater combined with another gale explosion emerged, this time, destroying some of the stairs and even cleaning the temple into sliced up parts. This beam could do more than just blow up. "That thing of yours better be strong enough!" Aria exclaimed. "For something this large it can do something! But to guarantee an absolute defeat, I need one of you to use Rain Dance! Please tell me one of you has a Pokemon that can do so!" "Oh!" BonBon's eyes opened as she was no longer unconscious. "My Azumarill does!" "Then hurry! My Milotic's Z-Move coupled with Rain Dance is sure to do a lot. Can the rest of you buy some time for until then?" "We'll do just that. If it gets us out of this hot water." Sonata then snorted after making that pun. "Get it?" "Yeah, we get it." Aria nodded as she couldn't help also laugh a tad bit at that joke. Everypony went to buy some small time for Fleur and BonBon. BonBon took out her Poke Ball, throwing it to release her Azumarill. The goal was to keep Giga Lucario distracted so that Milotic's Z-Move can land without fail. And with the power of the rain, this attack will deal even greater damage than it already does. "Plusle! Minun! Discharge!" "Brionne, use Moonblast!" "Vaporeon, Aurora Beam!" "Brionne!" Brionne and her allies started things off with the power of the moon, two combined volts of discharging electricity and a rainbow-coloured beam. This did this from behind, hitting the back of Giga Lucario's head. The Giga Lucario felt those four attacks connect as its attention was drawn to the four Pokemon and their three trainers. The distraction had been set off. The Giga Lucario then approached them, not using a beam this time. It was going to get up close and personal as its mouth was open. "Azumarill, Rain Dance!" "Azu! Marill! Azu! Azumarill!" Azumarill began dancing, manipulating the weather by doing so. Even if this was a mindscape, the laws of Pokemon moves and mostly Infinity Energy still existed. Aura was to thank for that, even though they were all being attacked by a being made out of Aura. "Thank you, Sweetie Drops." Fleur thanked the earth pony before placing the Z Crystal within the Z-Ring. The time for a Z-Move was now. And upon placing it inside, the ring started glowing as Fleur got into a bipedal stance to pull off the pose. "Milo...!" MIlotic was pumping herself up for this. Fleur started making the pose of water flowing gracefully along the sea with a vibrant and graceful splash that was smoother than anything. "Witness this." She said as a golden aura erupted behind her. "You won't see Z-Move pulled off as wonderful as this one! Are you ready, Milotic?!" "Lotic!" Milotic bellowed as the energy from the crystal had entered her. She was surrounded by Z-Power as the Z symbol appeared in front of her. And with this exposure of power, the Giga Lucario had suddenly stopped moving. This feeling. This brand new energy made the Giga Lucario's actions come to a screeching halt as it was just about to bite into the others. This was because it felt something familiar yet new. Aura. The Aura from the Z-Crystal and incoming Z-Move. The Electric Realm. Meanwhile, at the Electric Realm, this was felt too. Mainly from Gardevoir. She had arrived at the Electric Realm to find Ash mainly. The location of this realm was one big lightning bolt that was safe to walk on and had such a stellar size that a city could be built here. Other lightning bolts acted as either mountains or hills as there were constant thunderstorms. It was hard to tell who's mind was responsible for this. Ash, Twilight, Celestia or Luna. Ash, Cynthia, Goh and Chloe were present here as Gardevoir was lurking, waiting to catch Ash off guard instead of just approaching him. But as she was waiting for that opportunity, that's when she felt it. The Aura of the Z Move. "What was that?!" She gasped, feeling this enigmatic disturbance. It was so great that it forcefully interrupted with the Aura that she had gathered. "This type of Aura has never existed in the 18 Realms before...What was that?" Indeed. This was all new to her. The Shiny Gardevoir had never felt the power of Alola before. "Pi? Pikachu!" Pikachu sensed Gardevoir once her focus was thrown off by the mere exertion of Fleur-de-lis' activation of the Z-Crystal. "You're saying she's here?!" Ash translated as they were already made aware of the Shiny Gardevoir behind all of this. The useful Xtransceiver was to thank for this message being passed down. At least to those who owned Xtransceivers. "Pikachu!" Pikachu pointed past some of the thunderbolts, spotting the Embrace Pokemon in the distance. The lights of the lightning bolts made it hard to see but her silhouette and figure were noticeable. "Huh?!" Gardevoir saw that her cover was blown. So much for being stealthy. And this was all interrupted by disruption from a completely different realm. Fittingly, it came from the realm that was weak to Electric. "Oh! That's her!" Goh cried out as Cynthia and Chloe ended up noticing her as well. "Curses..." Gardevoir clenched her hands, growling at her exposure and how it came to be via outside interference that she could only assume had something to do with Giga Lucario. "What is Lucario doing..." The Water Realm. Speaking of which, the Giga Lucario turned around to see Fleur-de-lis and Milotic utilizing the Z-Move. It had to look after feeling the unknown and fearsome Aura. "It sees us!" BonBon gasped as their plan might be kaput at this rate. Giga Lucario could evade it. "With that target that big, it should be impossible for us to miss but..." Fleur uttered, feeling a bit nervous that this might not be pulled off as well. "We'll take that risk either way. "Milo!" "Milotic! HYDRO VORTEX!" "Milo...LOTIC!" Milotic had then controlled the water from the Sea Temple itself, causing it to fly in her direction. It all gathered up to form a gigantic body of water that Milotic started swimming in, becoming covered in a light blue torrent of water in the process. The Tender Pokemon then swam in a circle, creating a vortex of water that grew large enough to encompass a chunk of the temple. The vortex raced towards the Giga Lucario, who was still stunned by this overflow of Aura. It had never felt anything like it before. The Power of Alola stunned it, making this incoming Z-Move a free hit. The vortex pulled in the Giga Lucario, completely engulfing it with its astronomical size. The vicious vortex pummeled the Giga Lucario, swivelling it within its aquamarine fury. The Giga Lucario was thrown off guard for once. The vortex eventually had an outburst, making the Giga Lucario feel all of it. From its head, body, and arms. This was the most damage it has taken. Even when going up against the opposing Fighting-Types in the Fighting Realm. Droplets of water fell from above, adding to Azuramill's Rain Dance. And the result was stunning. The Giga Lucario started falling. The rest of its body was starting to show itself. Its lower body, tail and everything else had been revealed. No longer was it just a floating head made out of Ethereal Aura. However, that Hydro Vortex was so powerful that Lucario did not recover instantly. Instead, it had dropped into the massive sea that was below the Sea Temple. That attack knocked the wind out of it. It caused a gigantic splash that was nearly on par with a tsunami. Everyone backed away from the massive tidal wave as the last thing sticking out was Lucario's massive paw. It was most definitely sinking with how it currently was. However, its allies, who it almost hit with those previous Aura Beams, rushed over to Lucario. Altogether, they had grabbed its paw, attempting to keep Lucario up instead of letting it sink. Due to the temporary defeat of the Giga Lucario, a door had appeared nearby. Once more, they seem to appear when something successful is performed. Mainly in the defeat of the opposing force. "That did the trick," said Aria, facing the nearby door. "If that's all it took to get somewhere, I would've battled one of you and won." "Pssh.I don't know about that..." Minuette doubted as they all started making their way towards the door. But, Sweetie Belle couldn't help but look at the Pokemon and how they were trying to help Lucario up. She chose not to go through the door just yet. "Hey, wait!" She stopped them all. "Should we help them?" "...Huh?!" Aria and the others each said with visible confusion gracing their faces and tones. "That Lucario's gonna drown, see?" Sweetie Belle pointed out. "We can't let that happen to it!" "Uh...kid..." Aria cleared her throat, walking over to Sweetie Belle. "That Lucario almost obliterated us into millions of horse pieces with that mouth blast thing. Pretty sure it's the last thing we want to help." "Plus, they can get it out. I mean, they've got Blastoise, right?" Minuette nudged her head in the direction of the Pokemon. But even with Blastoise, it wasn't enough as they started slipping. "Oh." "I know but...We can't just let it drown, can we? Not with how hard they're trying." Sweetie Belle then pulled puppy-dog eyes on Aria, making her grimace and pul back. "Please? Let's just try and get it out before it gets worse." "I actually agree with her," Fleur commented. "Even though Milotic and I gracefully defeated it, allowing it to just drown doesn't seem right." "Same here." BonBon and Minuette both raised their hooves. Aria turned around to see that Sonata and a few others did the same. Even the Pokemon were in agreement. Aria then looked at Brionne who also wanted to help Lucario up. "Ugh..." Aria was clearly overruled with more willing to help. And deep down, Aria had that helpful nature in her too. "Fine. We'll help it." They all agreed to help. The Blastoise, Clawitzer, Wartortle and Clauncher could not hold on for long. Even the strong grip of Clawitzer wasn't enough. And that's where the help came in. It started with Fleur and Minuette both using their magic to hold the Pokemon at the back, pulling them via telekinesis. It then followed up with Sweetie Belle and her Pokemon grabbing Lucario's massive paw. Joining them were Aria, Brionne, Sonata and Vaporeon. Soon they all chimed in, using their combined strength to help pull Lucario up. The Blastoise, Wartortle, Clauncher and Clawitzer were confused by this at first, but if it meant helping Lucario, then they just went it regardless. "Not strong enough...!" Sweetie Belle growled as they were making little progress. She then used her magic to take out the rest of her Poke Balls, sending out more of her Pokemon. Meowstic, Teddiursa and Piplup had emerged to give out some extra muscle. Sonata did the same, sending out her Lopunny while Aria unleashed her Ledian and Croagunk. They all added their strength to the mix, grabbing the others or Lucario's paw. "Meow!" Meowstic used her potent Psychic abilities to try and pull everyone back. She certainly had the strongest pull here. And with this addition of help, they started succeeding. The Giga Lucario was being pulled out of the water its ears and nose poking out. But it put a huge strain on their bodies due to how heavy this titanic Aura Pokemon was. The Giga Lucario had its eyes partially opening as it had witnessed the union of enemies coming together just to save it from drowning. With a final spurt of their strength and the immense Psychic power of Meowstic, they managed to save Lucario from drowning, pulling it out. Everyone fell on their back aside from Meowstic as they didn't take into account how Lucario could crash on them. "Oh, wait-wait-wait-wait-wait!" Sonata and the others screeched as Lucario was falling in their direction with its massive body. Luckily, Meowstic pulled them all out of the way as the Aura Pokemon crashed onto the marble floor. "Whew..." "Almost ended up worse than that Lucario..." Aria breathed in and out. "But at least we got it out." "Blastoise." After the save, Blastoise and the other Pokemon went up to Aria's group. But they didn't approach in their usual aggressive and fast manner. Instead, they approached casually. They stopped in front of the group before bowing their heads, showing signs of gratitude. They were grateful that they helped save Lucario. Even after their previous battle, they came together to save someone from their doom. "You're welcome!" Sonata giggled. "Mhm. I couldn't let it drown. None of us could." said Sweetie Belle. "You're all not so bad, are you? Then again, it was still scary that you attacked us." "Blast." Blastoise nodded as just like Kommo- and the other Pokemon that were defeated in the Normal Realm, their bodies were fading away with Aura particles. It was time for them to return to reality. "What the?! What's going on?!" Sweetie Belle gasped. "What's happening to you all?!" "It looks like they're fading away," Fleur observed, going over to touch one of the Clauncher, only for her hoof to phase through. "They're leaving." "IS that...a bad thing?" The little unicorn asked. Fleur could only shrug, unaware of their actual fate. But the Pokemon left, having smiles on their faces. It showed that they were happy. And that was enough. Afterwards, they had all faded away, leaving only the Giga Lucario behind. The Giga Lucario looked at those that had saved it, not making any movements. It just stared at them with an unchanging expression while also witnessing the other Pokemon fade away. "Let's go now," Aria said. "I'm sure that Lucario can handle itself." Aria and everyone chose to leave the area now. Lucario could definitely handle itself alone. Even when winded. After that, they left the realm, with Lucario being alone. But with that alone time, Lucario took some time to reflect. It closed its eyes, aggravated on how it had failed. But it was also somewhat pleased. It thought back to this moment and what had happened at the Normal Realm. The satisfying battle that Kommo-o received and the rescue of its own life from drowning. The Giga Lucario knew one thing though. Gardevoir was not going to be happy. Electric Realm. Speaking of which, Gardevoir finally came face-to-face with Ash's group, hovering there as there was no point in hiding anymore. She was made aware of in most of the realms. Especially this one. "I heard everything from Twilight and the others," Ash spoke. "You're after my AUra, aren't you?" "Yes. Yes, I am. But I'm mostly after it to break free of this realm. Your friends have already agreed to help out of here, thankfully. But they seem to deny me taking your Aura for myself." "It only makes sense." Cynthia commented. "You're some sort of Aura Vampire. We were told that you absorb it all for a prolonged lifespan. Essentially reaching for the goal of immortality." "That's right. So they did tell you everything. My goal is immortality in this never-ending universe. And with all the Aura I've absorbed, none can come close to the ridiculous amount of Aura that I sense in you, Ash Ketchum. I need it. I can get out of here and continue my venture in reality. You wouldn't let me perish here, would you?" "It sounds like she just wants to leave when you think about it..." Chloe uttered, looking at the other side of things. Ash also thought about Gardevoir's comment and how it did have two sides. Much like Celestia, Twilight, Luna, Pinkie Pie and Starlight, he didn't want Gardevoir to be trapped in here forever without any chance of seeing reality again. Not at all. But he wasn't for having his Aura taken away. Especially with what happened to those who had their Aura stolen too. "Sorry. But I can't do that." Ash made up his mind instantly. "I wanna see you out of here but I can't give up my Aura. Not until I've stopped Delayed Aura Ataxia. Something that you, made, right?" "Stop it? You can't stop my creation." Gardevoir chuckled. "With the power of Ataxia, I can summon Pokemon that I've stolen Auras from in the past with ease, control the 18 Types casually and even manipulate other forces that you may or may not be aware of. As if you could stop it. You may have the same Aura Pattern as Sir Aaron, but you're certainly not as skilled as he was. I missed out on my chance to steal his Aura since I was sent here too soon. But with you here, that can change. And I also sense some from you. Cynthia." "Hmph." Cynthia scoffed as she indeed did have Aura. Having a Lucario meant that her Aura was exceptionally high and prominent. "Asking is out of the question." Gardevoir then hovered off the ground a bit, clenching her hands as 18 colours surrounded her body. The colours of the 18 Types. She could most definitely manifest them despite being so limited in what she could utilize due to being a Gardevoir. "I'll take it by force!" As the journey continues. Chapter 649 End.