"TITAN BLADE" shouted Isaac. A massive surge of energy in the shape of a massive sword shot from the sky ad impacted on the back of the fusion dragon. Saturos and Menardi’s merged form. The dragon let out a horrifying scream and split back into two people again.

"It…can’t…be" Gasped Saturos. Then the two of them toppled into the lighthouse.

"It’s finally over" Said Garet leaning on his sword. It had been a long tiring battle but everyone pulled through somehow.

"So you defeated them," said Felix. "I have no chance against you then". Felix turned to leave along with Sheba but then the lighthouse began to shake right down to its foundations.

"What’s happening?" shouted Mia.

"The lighthouse is crumbling," said Ivan bracing himself against a nearby stone block. The shaking grew worse and the lighthouse split into four pieces.

"AHHHHHHHHHH" shouted Sheba tripping of the edge.

"SHEBA NO" shouted Felix diving off after her.

Over on another section Isaac and his friends struggled back to their feet. "Something is coming from the bottom," said Mia pointing down the lighthouse. A huge ball of light hovered up to rest between the four pieces of the lighthouse. "Well this is going to complicate matters. How will we get down". As if in response to her question the lighthouse magically repaired itself.

"That’s how" Said Isaac "we had best be going if we are to find Jenna.

"Not sot fast" said a Smoking black Saturos climbing out of the hole.

"Dammit can’t you stay down?!" said Garet.

"Don’t let you eyes deceive you. I will soon be dead. I just thought I would leave you a nice parting gift". With that Saturos put all his remaining strenth and even most of what was left of his life force into a blast he sent hurtling toward Mt. Aleph. The blast dug into the still active crater causing an eruption ten times more severe then the first. Then, defeated, Saturos slipped back into the pit.

"NO WHAT THE HELL HAS HE DONE?" shouted Isaac. "HOW CAN HIS AIM BE THAT GOOD?".

"I don’t know but that’s the least of our worries right now" said Ivan pushing everyone to the ground as the far reaching spray of Phynergy stone dust and several of the stones themselves flew overhead and impacted with the ball of light. A small distortion appeared in the surface of the ball of elemental energy. It grew into a swirling vortex that began to suck in everything not tied down including several more Psynergy stones and the four companions.

"What’s happening to all of our armor and equipment" Shouted Mia. The energy of the vortex was dissolving everything but their regular clothing under their equipment and their weaponry. Then everything went black.

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Ash waved from the podium at center field in the Johto league stadium. He had made it to the top eight in the rankings so he was one of this years champions.

"Go Ash" shouted Brock and Misty from the stands.

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"Wow I finished in the top eight in the johto league. I will be the best," said Ash walking down the road and staring at the trophy in his hands.

"Don’t let it go to you’re Ash or it will hurt more when you hit that tree branch" said Bock.

"What tree…" SMACK THUD "Branch".

"That tree branch dummy," said Misty sighing and shaking her head.

Just then "Prepare for trouble"

"Make it…"

"Oh shut up" snapped Ash.

"Hey you can at least let us finish our motto twerp" huffed Jesse turning her nose up.

"Why? I’ll just say ‘team rocket’ misty will say ‘what are you three doing here’ you say ‘to capture pikachu’ and ill say ‘you’re not getting pikachu. Then you’ll grab him with a contraption and I’ll free him somehow. So lets just skip straight to the end shall we? PIKACHU, THUNDERBOLT".

"PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUU" the attack punctured the balloon and sent team rocket for a loop.

"LOOKS LIKE WERE BLASTING OFF WITHOUT EVEN SAYING THE MOTTOOOOOOOOOOOO".

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Later Ash and company where eating lunch in a clearing when the sky began to cloud over directly above them and nowhere else. "That’s odd. Those clouds are way to concentrated and where did they come from?" said a puzzled Brock. The clouds began to swirl faster and faster until they began glowing and took on the look of a swirling vortex. Gems began to shoot out of the clouds in all directions but about half of them along with a cloud of what appeared to be diamond dust cascaded down from the sky. Ash Misty and Brock had no time to run because the gems caught them squarely on their heads. Before loosing consciousness Ash shielded Pikachu from the crystalline maelstrom.

Then noticed by no one four figures drifted down to settle next to Ash and the gang on shimmering patterns of light. They where all unconscious as well.