Pokemon

~Mystic Trainers~

[Part 11]

By: Kat Lee

Disclaimers: Er… Don't own anything…*grumbles*

((Yay! They got powers now!

Ash: Fire; Misty: Water; Gary: Shadow; Richie: Thunder

Melody: Ice; Tracey: Wind; Brock: Rock; Casey: Poison

Duplica: Grass

This doesn't really have to do on what type of Pokemon they have the power of. Yes they can use the Pokemon powers, but it doesn't matter what type of Pokemon they should all have.))

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Recap: Prof. Oak has told the teens what powers they posse and learnt a few Pokemon languages. Now they continue on with their training. Very soon, the world will be covered in darkness. Will they have enough time to spare before the destruction of the world?

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Weeks have past and the destined Mystic Trainers have gotten better on controlling their newly found powers. Though they can't control the power that can control them when a burst of emotion reacts to it. They learned a few more Pokemon languages, and only Gary and Melody seems to have a kicker on knowing on what Psyduck says. Once he almost spilled one of Misty's secrets on blabbing too much to Melody and Gary. As a result, Psyduck got punished by Misty's treats to staple his beak shut.

Richie admitted to himself that he no longer has this crush on Misty, but to someone else. Ash still acts stupid around Misty and thinks his giving a bad impression towards her. He can't help but act all dopey when she's around him. Yet, he still denies he likes her, or even more. Gary is still an egotistical and suave guy. He is getting along with Melody pretty well, though he knows that he likes Misty and Melody is in love with Tracey. Gary does a few tricks in his sleeve to catch the water flower's attention. Misty doesn't care anymore if he keeps on bugging her. Maybe he just wants to be friends with her, him and Melody. Tracey and Melody are closer now and they have been caught at times holding each other's while walking through the halls. Brock constantly chases after Nurse Joy, everyday. Casey and Duplica are the best of friends and they spent time trying to train their Pokemon to be better fighters, so with Richie, Ash and Gary. The others are more laid back and happy with the training they get everyday with Misty, sometimes the Prof. and Mewtwo.

The prisoners of the castle were made to be helpers around the place. They never heard a word from the Team Rocket HQ. They forgot their mission and no longer cared if they were part of Team Rocket. Jessie would help Nurse Joy with any injuries. James and Meowth work at the kitchen and cleaning the equipment that the Mystic Trainers use for their training. They are now in good turns with the teenagers in the castle. They let the Pallet incident pass, but yet the ex-Team Rocket members felt bad.

In the World, Team Rocket has isolated them selves from the world for weeks now. There was no sign of them raiding cities, and they all left their posts of the conquered cities. The people still feel a bit cautious. They didn't know what is Team Rocket up to, but they all came out of their hiding places. Soon they slowly returned back to their normal lives, but with fear of Team Rocket returning. What were they up to? No one knows. And there was no word on how Viridian city is doing. All communications to the city were unable to be reached. There were not even any activities happening in there. They force fields around the city are still up, but no guard on duty to watch if anyone would try to come in of escape.

The Mystic Trainers would sometimes go out on missions to check out the recovering cities. There was no sign of Team Rocket anywhere, and Mewtwo is getting suspicious. When they went back to the underground Academy in Viridian, it was found and destroyed. They couldn't get to the higher grounds of Viridian, so they knew something was up.

The guys all plopped down on the couches and chairs with in the entertainment room. The place was big, but not really as big as the field rooms. But it had it's own theater through one door. A big screen TV was in the room, with many systems. There was Playstation 1 & 2, X-Box, Game cube and Nintendo 64. There was also a surround system with a CD and tape-playing Stereo. A DVD system and VCR were also there. A big library of many DVDs, Tapes, and CDs were placed in a wall of selves. There were two newly designed computers with Internet access. There was also a bar and a karaoke thing on the little stage. An arcade was at the other side of the room, through the open door with many of the new games now. There were so many things in the room, and they favor this room than any of the others. It was stylish and decorated to their taste. Brock went to tend the bar in the room. Tracey sat on one of the stools. Ash fell to the floor flat on his back. Gary sat on a cozy couch and rested his legs on a coffee table. Richie restlessly sat on a beanbag chair.

"What a day!" sighed out Ash.

Tracey nodded as he took a sip of a drink Brock mixed up. "We haven't worked that hard ever since."

Gary rolled his eyes. "It's all the same. You guys must be getting a bit rusty."

"No we're not." Ash growled. He was too tired to even get up from the floor.

Richie was fast asleep softly snoring. Brock looked over the bar and saw the sleeping young boy. "Well, Richie must be worn out."

"Well, duh. Misty was pushing him too much." Gary said.

Ash rolled his eyes. "You act as if this was all easy."

"Never said I did, now did I?" Gary narrowed his eyes at Ash.

"Hey no fighting! Come we had enough training our physical attacks." Brock now stood between the two boys.

They growled for a bit and looked away. Tracey and Brock sighed at the two. Brock now sat on the couch with Gary and turned on the TV. He was flipping channels when a news flash caught his eyes.

<Lady: There is still no news on weather Team Rocket is still on their rampage to control our world. The remaining Civilians of some destroyed cities have reported that mysterious or better yet suspicious looking characters have been roaming the places. They don't know weather they were Team Rocket members. They held no sign of even being part of them. If you do see them, police of the Pokemon Official Security Department wants to question them regarding their status. In farther news, drastic changes have been happening to the world global warming. A few cities of the orange Islands have been flooded, while many other natural disasters are happening. >

A few footages of things that were happening now have showed in the screen. There was a hurricane happening in one city, while twister and tornadoes would go through cities that never gets this kind of disasters. And earthquake was happening somewhere in the ocean floors, causing tsunamis to the beached Cities.

"This is terrible. Do you think Team Rocket has something to do with this?" Questioned Ash.

Gary grunted and rolled his eyes. "Dufus, do you really think Team Rocket is causing this? These are natural disasters that no one can control or create." He hissed.

Tracey stood up and was about to walk out the door. "Hey where are you going?" asked Brock, making him stop.

"To Master Mewtwo." Tracey said with a determined look.

The boys nodded and left the room. While walking through the halls, ash felt like there was something missing. "Hey are we forgetting anyone?" He asked they elder boys.

They all looked around and shook their heads. "Not that I know of." Answered Gary and they walked on. Needless to say, they have forgotten someone. Richie was still asleep on his little chair, unknown to what is happening.

They are scared. There is nothing they can do. They feel helpless.

Misty looked lost at the screen, standing by her master's side. "Can't we go and help them now?" It was like her words were soft and fully of sorrow.

No not yet. They don't even know how to merge yet. Or let alone now how to…

The girl snorted at what he was about to say. "Fly?"

Mewtwo placed a hand on her head. You know that they are guardians of the Legendaries. They need to fight side by side, through thick and thin. But they are not ready for a big responsibility. Back then, on what I heard, they would all run of fly side by side. They would look after one another, like they were one. And they did become one with their partner legendary. They merged with them, and become somewhat out of this world. They were the True Mystic Trainers. They had extreme powers and fought what almost destroyed this world. It was too strong for them to destroy, so they sealed it.

"With the Crystal Tear." Misty whispered.

Mewtwo looked down at the girl. His expression softened. This time he spoke instead of telepathically. "You're afraid. I've never seen that in you for such a long time."

Misty's eyes hardened at what he said. She sighed out in defeat. It was true, she was afraid but of what? "You're afraid of dying. I always thought that Misty was not afraid of anything anymore. But you still held that fear. Somehow you think that, with that Crystal with in you, you would have to sacrifice your self to destroy the true darkness."

Misty looked down and closed her eyes. "You like him don't you, and yet you don't know how to tell him. This is a new feeling you have never felt before. You feel love towards a certain boy. You love him." Mewtwo sounded like a father talking to his daughter with a caring yet soft tone. Mewtwo chuckled. "I promise I won't tell."

The girl looked up at Mewtwo, and at a rare moment, she smiled at him. "You know there are others who are trying to reach you. They want to become your friend. You're also afraid that if you let them in, they wouldn't like the real you. And that… they will leave you?"

She sadly nodded. "Misty… They won't. Trust me. Just take your time to openly show your feelings. You don't know it, but they are slowly getting through. They are changing you to be like a normal… teenager." He paused for a while. "I'm sorry that your adoptive parents were abusive. When I took you in, I should have tried to heal you. Make you go back to a normal person, but I was so caught up in this prophecy,"

Misty gentle rubbed his arm. "It's ok. It was for the best. Thank you Master. You were like a real adoptive father I could have. You took care of me and let me live her. It was good enough for me."

"Prof. the news." Was the first thing that Tracey said when he entered, followed by the other three boys.

"Yes, I know."

Brock steeped in front with Tracey. "Could we see Mater Mewtwo?"

"I'm sorry but he is kind of…" His voice trailed off when Misty came out of the Master's room. Misty looked at the boys oddly as to question why are they here. "If you want, you can go in there, is it's important." Said Misty.

The boys walked past her and entered the room. Gary came back and grabbed her wrist. "You're coming with us." The boy dragged her in the room. His touch made her feel weird. It was a good thing that it was dark in the room, or else they would see her a bit blushing a faint pink. They notice these little things with Misty and take it as a shook or surprise. They would weirdly be so happy to see her even crack a grin.

"Um… Master Mewtwo, but can you tell us what is making those disasters?" questioned Tracey.

They were behind the giant master chair, facing the back of it. Tracey and Brock in front of Gary, ash and Misty. Gary forgot he was holding Misty's wrist, and it made her feel funny. Ash looked to his side and saw Gary holding Misty's wrist. Inside Ash was fuming in anger. 'Er… Why is he holding her hand!? Ah! Why do I care? … Is this… jealousy? Argh! No it isn't! Damnit Ash, Misty will never like you… or is it love? Grr… No I don't like her! She doesn't like me! She likes…' Ash shivered at the name, 'Gary…'

Misty was staring at him the whole time he was in thought. Ahs looked up and quickly looked away hiding his red face. "It could be Team Rocket, but we are not sure." Mewtwo answered.

"How can they do this? I mean… these are all natural disasters." Gary asked.

"Magic." Misty answered. They all looked at her. "Some one with strong powers can control these."

Tracey went wide-eyed. "We're toast if someone that strong can create those."

Misty glared at what he said. "Don't say that. You guys are the Legendary Mystic Trainers. The world is depending on you to save it."

"Misty…" Mewtwo hissed. "The more they are more worried and hesitant when you put more weight on their shoulders."

Misty bowed her head and silently said sorry. Mewtwo stood up from his chair and turned around to face the young trainers. "We can no longer wait. Make everyone head to the training rooms. It's time to learn something new."

Meowth swept the floor of the kitchen. He heard the giggles and muffled sounds that the girls were making. "This is really great James! You and Brock should have some kind of competition!" giggled Casey.

Duplica stuffed her face with more food. They were really hungry after the days training. "Thanks, glad you like! Its some family recipe I know how to batch up."

Meowth put away the broom and sat on one of the chairs with the girls. "You know he has a rich family blood line."

"How come you cook then? Wouldn't servants do that for you?" questioned Casey. She was a bit confused.

James smiled and sat down. "I got bored, so I wanted to help around. Didn't want to just lay around."

Melody laughed to herself. Than Tracey came in the room, that brightened Melody even more. "Hi Tracey!" She waved.

Tracey smiled back and waved. "Hey girls. We are needed in the training fields."

"But we just ate!" whined Duplica.

"But it's important. Mewtwo is going to teach us something new, that Misty doesn't know." Said Tracey. He saw a cream puff and was about to pop it in his mouth.

Melody took it out of his grasp and ate it. "Well in that case. Let's go." Tracey was a bit sad, and Melody dragged him off with the other girls close behind. James shook his head with a small smile on his face. The two finished the rest of the food and cleaned up at bit.

They all were in their training outfits and stood there in a straight line, with their buddy Pokemon beside them. Ash got his Pikachu and also Richie. Gary was with his Eevee, and Tracey stood beside his Merill. Brock had his Vulpix and Casey and her Chikorita. Duplica is always with her ditto, and Melody with her Squirtle. Misty stood beside Mewtwo with her Psyduck at the other side.

"What you are going to learn is to… merge with your Pokemon." Mewtwo explained.

"Sir?" asked Casey.

Mewtwo looked at each of them. "Misty knows of the idea, but haven't learned how to yet. When you merge, you become one with the Pokemon. They change into a different form. But once you get out, they will return to their original form. Sometimes when a Pokemon is already in their higher evolved form, they wouldn't change but get stronger. Merging with the Pokemon makes them stronger and has the abilities to let lose the powers you know how to unleash. Let's say that, since you Ash have a Pikachu, and you merge, Pikachu doesn't only have thunder power, but also you're fire attacks. But Pikachu wouldn't be Pikachu when you two merge. He'd be a Raichu."

Richie tilted his head a bit. "I think I get it."

Mewtwo looked at them. "Alright, let's try this. I'm not sure, but I think I know how it goes. You trainers have to concentrate on helping your Pokemon. You have to trust them, and they have to trust you back. You two have to understand each other, and feel what the other is feeling. And when you feel that bond tugging within you. You have to let it out and somehow you would enter your Pokemon."

Misty frowned a bit and looked down at Psyduck. <You trust me don't you? > He asked. Misty nodded. She bent down and looked into his eyes. "Psyduck… You were always there for me…" She whispered.

*Flashback*

Little Misty was walking through the rain. She was about the age of 3 and pretty smart for her age. Little Psyduck followed closely behind. <Sigh. I wonder where are we going? > Psyduck asked himself.

His silent partner spoke. "I don't know and I don't care…Hopefully away from here." The girl spoke.

Psyduck looked surprised. <You…you can understand me? > He asked.

Misty looked down at him in a semi-questioned look. "Yeah… am I not supposed to?"

<Not many humans understand Pokemon, let alone all humans. That's what I heard from my…family. > Psyduck quietly said family.

The little girl wiped a lock of wet hair from her face. She looked down at the Pokemon. "Oh…" She was a bit empty inside. Pain was throbbing all around her. She ran away from her foster family. They were abusing her and hurt her for no reason. She would cry her self to sleep, but when her father saw the remaining tears, he would hurt her really bad. Her foster mother would ignore her, wouldn't help her from her husband's hits. She wouldn't even do anything a mother should do. Little Misty still has a fresh wound on her side, and it was hurting. She cringed at the pain and fell to her side.

<Ah! What's wrong!? >Psyduck went to her side and gently touched her. Misty cried out in pain. <What happened? > The little Pokemon lifted her shirt a bit and saw a bad mark on her side. 'I don't know what to do? I'm only five years old!' Psyduck thought.

Misty started to cry and she didn't like the pain. Then after a few minutes she stopped and let the rain wash away her tears. "I can't cry anymore…" she whispered.

<Huh? > Psyduck got worried. <What do you mean you can't cry anymore? You're a kid! > Psyduck panicked.

Misty closed her eyes and took in the pain. "Maybe you should leave me…" she whispered.

<What!? But I thought you wanted to stay with me? I can't leave you! > Psyduck was starting to collect some tears in his eyes.

The little girl soon fainted. Psyduck didn't know what to do. He was small. Then he thought of getting her out of the rain, and will tend to her wound. Time past and Misty soon opened her eyes. She saw Psyduck looking happily but worried at her. <How you feeling? > He asked.

Misty smiled at him. "I'm fine. How…how did we get here?" She sat up and looked around. They were in some kind of underground old ruins.

<I got us here. > Psyduck said proudly. <I think we are somewhere near Cerulean City. >

The girl froze at the name of the city. "Still?" she whispered.

<What's wrong? > He asked.

"I... I want to get out of Cerulean." She said.

Psyduck smiled at her and slightly tilted his head. <Then I'll get you out of here. We're friends right? >

'Friends…My 'father' said friends only cause more pain…' Misty looked at the Pokemon and smiled again but for a short time only. The last smile she gave him. "Yes."

Psyduck nodded and smiled happily. <I've never had a friend before. But it's good enough for me that you are. And I promise to stay by your side forever! >

Misty's expression softened. She wanted to cry…but she couldn't. "Me too." She promised. She hugged the Pokemon and stayed like that for a while. Psyduck hugged her back.

Misty has never felt loved before. Psyduck was the only one who cared, and she forgot that feeling they had for each other. They were more than just Master and Pokemon. They were like a family. The older brother was looking after his little sister. Misty blinked and looked at the teary eyed Psyduck. He also saw what she saw. Misty bowed her head and touched foreheads with each other. "I'm sorry I forgot that promise. I'm sorry I forgot we were best friends. I left those feelings after Master Mewtwo took us in. Now in this point of time, I can feel those feelings coming back to me. But still I can't cry. I don't know why, but I can't. You've accepted that I changed more, and let me be. But you wanted ME back. I'm sorry." She said telepathically.

Psyduck hugged her and she hugged him back. Soon they started to glow. A flash of light came about and Misty and Psyduck were no more. There standing was a Golduck.

The group looked down at it in awe. "What happened?" asked Ash.

Mewtwo marveled at the sight. "They merged."

Misty opened her eyes to find her self somewhere else. A picture was in front of her and there were her friends. They were all looking down at her. /What happened? / Misty asked.

\We merged! \ Psyduck said excitedly. \This is so cool! We are one! You trust me Misty, and I can feel… your heart…\

There was a beating sound, two of them. They were beating as one in a same rhythm. 'Our hearts…'

Gary looked down at Eevee. He bent down and closed his eyes. <Even through that ego of yours, you are a caring and kind guy. You just want to hide it with that mask. > Gary opened his eyes and looked down at him. He smiled. <I would never want to change you Gary, but I like who you really are! You're my friend and I just wanted you to be happy. If that ego mask is what you want, then I'm not stopping you. Gary… I trust you. Not as a Pokemon partner, but as a friend. >

Gary picked up his Pokemon. He held him tightly. "I'm doing this for you, not for myself." They glowed and became a new Pokemon.

Ash looked down at the dark Pokemon in astonishment. "No way! He merged before me!"

Mewtwo looked down at the Pokemon. "Umbreon… the Dark evolved form of an Eevee."

Gary opened his eyes. He groggily looked around, /Eevee? Where am I? /

\We did it! \ His voice echoed through the darkness. Gary looked through the window of images and saw the others. He looked to the side and saw the Golduck, grinning. Gary smiled widely. /This is…great…/

Ash bent down with Pikachu by his side. He looked around the Pokemon. "This is so unfair! Gary did it." He growled. Umbreon smirked widely. "And, what wrong with that?" The Pokemon spoke.

Ash jumped up from his spot and was a bit shocked. "You can speak clear English!?"

"Yes he can, cause the human and Pokemon merged."

Soon Duplica and Casey were changed. Duplica and her Ditto was still a Ditto, but the color changed. It wasn't a cute pink squishy thing, but a bit bigger and aqua squishy thing. Casey and her Chikorita became a Meganium.

Casey smiled widely. /Wow! I've never felt like this before! /

\Because we are one, Casey! \ Chikorita chirped.

/Ditto! We did it! We merged, isn't this fun? / Duplica giggled.

\Yeah! \ Her ditto replied.

Ash became even more shocked. 'No way!' he yelled in his mind.

Melody and Tracey bent down to their little Pokemon and soon started to glow. They merged with their pokemon. Tracey and Merill is an Azumerill, while Melody is a Blastoise.

/Whoo-hoo! This is so cool! I feel stronger! / Melody roared.

\Me too! \ Giggled Squirtle.

\This is so fun, huh Tracey? \ Merill asked in joy.

/I feel smaller than the others. / Tracey sighed out.

Merill rolled his eyes \Welcome to my world then. \

Brock changed into a Ninetales and loved it!

/We are going to knock those ladies when they see us! Oh Nurse Joy! /

Vulpix sighed. \Uh-huh. Sure. \

The only ones left were Richie and Ash. Richie bent down and patted Sparky. <What's wrong? > He asked.

"I guess… I'm afraid of doing it." Whispered Richie as he continued to rubbed his pokemon.

<Why? Don't you trust me? >

Richie picked his up and hugged him. "No! I do trust you. I'm afraid of hurting my friend!"

<Don't be. We'll be together and us two are an unbeatable team! > Sparky pumped up with a few flying sparks.

Richie looked down at him and smiled. He hugged him again and they started to glow. A Raichu appeared and was checking his self out.

\Look Richie! Nothing wrong happened! \ Said Sparky.

Richie nodded and saw the other pokemon. /You're right. All is left is… Ash. /

Ash couldn't do. It's not that he didn't trust Pikachu. It was because… He didn't know what would happen to him. He was afraid of being a pokemon. But he always dreamt of being like a pokemon. <Hey. Don't be afraid. I'm with ya remember? > Pikachu patted his leg.

Ash bent down then looked at the others. He smiled and nodded. "I remember. Cause we are the best of friends!" Soon they glowed and became a Raichu but with red cheeks.

Ash opened his eyes and looked around. /Am I Pokemon? / He questioned.

\Yup! We merged! Isn't this great? \

Ash looked around happily. /Yeah! It is! /

The Pokemon all looked at one each other. Mewtwo looked at each one of them. "So tell me, do you feel a bit stronger now that you're merged as one?"

They all nodded. Ash-Raichu tilted his head a bit. "So this means that we can merge with any pokemon? " he asked.

"Yes." Mewtwo nodded. "With this power, you need to merge with the Legendaries in order to destroy the darkness."

They all gasped. "Legendaries. So they are really out there? " Asked Gary-Umbreon

Mewtwo nodded. "Yes, and can sense the time is getting near. Tomorrow I want you to all wake up early. You've got some more training to do. You've just begun your Mystic powers." They looked at each other with the same thought, 'begun?' Looks like that their training will get a bit harder than before.

To Be Continued…

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((I thought I wouldn't get this out yet. But I've finished this in just one day. It's kinda short no? I just didn't want to leave you with the other chapter since school starts TOMORROW for me! Well, when they merged with the pokemon, think of it like Digimon when they Bio-merged. I tried my best to explain more of Misty's past, and a bit of emotions are showing from her. Mewtwo knows whom Misty loves. Have any clue? Not telling! Probably in the next two chapters I'll reveal it. ^^ I didn't want Jessie, James and Meowth to be the bad guys in the story, so I made them become friends with each other. They aren't really bad ya know. Hopefully the nxt would be better and a bit longer. Til next time! I hope to get more reviews. ^-^ Thanks you guys who reviewed!))