#Kun Plays Pokemon Red

You are a trainer named Crimson. C, for short. You're either completely insane, or a Wish Maker being controlled by dozens of viewers like you! Whatever the answer, you had humble beginnings in your room...unaware they would lead up to your state as the most wanted kid in Kanto.

The world of Kanto is stuck in a Time Vortex of some sort, perhaps caused by your being or something else entirely, which is cause for all of the insanity. Your ultimate goal involves beating the Elite Four, though you are also on the hunt for the Seven Needles, which is in itself a race against the clock against your rival Deborah...you've also been beating as many of Wily's Robot Masters as you can, though whether there's a purpose behind it or if it's for aport is yet to be seen. The pokemon currently with you include a Greninja with a hidden past as a Mewtwo, a Torterra with the tendency to explode, the murderous/rebellious/apathetic Bec Noir from Homestuck, a Pachirisu that practices Bushido, a small Eevee with the potential to evolve into something much greater, and the Youkai Rumia, always shrouded in a cloud of darkness not even she can see through.

Joining you in your quest is a verifiable army of characters amassed to your cause; Ex-Rocket Grunt Carl, International Police Officer Looker, Puzzle-solver extroardinaire Layton, Riley, the Crystal Gems, Princess Luna, Klonoa, Doctor Heinz Doofenschmirtz, Dipper and Mabel Pines, Paper Bowser, several Pokemon OCs and many, many, many more. They all joined for many different reasons, and many of them stayed for...even harder to rationalize reasons.

Your most popular mon is Buttertwo, a white Greninja constantly claiming to be a real Mewtwo and asking people if they want to go skateboards. Turns out, he actually was a Mewtwo, owned by a notable Kalosian Wish Maker named Clauren, who came to Kanto with Emma, following Looker, and mysteriously disappeared. Buttertwo was experimented on, being fused with Clauren's Greninja Caprese and a Skateboarding Cow. Due to shenanigans, he himself is a pokemon trainer, his only current pokemon of note being a Zapdos named Battery Jesus.

Together, you face a plethora of obstacles in your path: the nitty-gritty Team Rocket, a gang of thugs that only have the ideology of stealing pokemon, led by the fearsome Giovanni; the Domeocracy, an occult of villains and supervillains tied with strings by the elusive and cunning Bill, the PokeManiac. With the help of his closest subordinate, Bill Cipher, he aims to have those following his orders wreak havok in the world. With this havok and mass confusion, he aims to fuse any and all significant world leaders with Pokemon, thereby they are his for the catching, leaving the world to rot in chaps and anarchy...and finally, unknown obstacles that vary in threat levels from Galactic to Multiversal threats, with no affiliation to the Domecrats: Amber Alerts.

Aiding somewhat in your quest are what have only been noted as the Helixites. Their purpose: unknown. Why they were formed: unknown. Who formed them? Unknown. All that is known is that Joshua, a guardian on your journey, is amongst their numbers. They want you to stop Bill. And they've been watching you every step of the way.

Yes, every step of your journey. From humble beginnings of slapping bakemeat on Celestia posters with Bill on their backsides, and accidentally opening up passages in Cinnabar. Picking your starter pokemon, Mine Turtle the Grotle and Abby the (now boxed) Charmander, and fighting your rival adeborah for the first time. Catching a shiny Pidgey, having a weird prophetic dream in Viridian forest, fighting the Plot Summary and saving Brock Obama, and claiming the Boulder badge from his twin brother, Brock. Heading to Mt. Moon with BEN rigorously following you, defeating the wicked-but-now-reformed Hoopa Marcus, finding out about Bill's hideous plots and freeing Misty's soul from the apathetic Yuyuko. Freeing Lapis from Malachite beneath the waves of (Vermillion) Beach City as some of your party discovers the reasonings for Scarlet Devil Mansion being in this world and fights with you to defeat a maniacal Dimentio wearing Majora's Mask. Head off on the S.S. Anne to other worlds like Night Vale, whilst some of your party explores the underbelly of Kanto and fight Octavia and others underground. Climbing to the top of Lavender Town and fighting the the dreaded being known only as Immorphinity...fighting Team Rocket and the PokeGermans off in Rocket HQ in Celadon and ascending the Tree of Life...infiltrating the Silph. Co. building during Rocket's takeover, as some of your team headed off to fight Ultimecia in her castle, trying to prevent her from compressing time under the manipulations of Anankos...

As you headed into Saffron and to the taken over Silph Co. building, you get greeted by Guntz, who says he was hired by Giovanni to keep you in his sights. He warns you not to leave his sight or bad things might happen, but you do so anyway to his annoyance. He tries tracking you down, but eventually meets up with an odd kid named Frisk, who apparently got there from 'taking a shortcut', as best as they can surmize. The reasons are beyond even them...they would both end up bumping into another version of a character Frisk had met before, Toriel, as well as the Knight of Time, Dave Strider, who seems to be yet another of the Helixites...or at the very least acquainted with Joshua.

You continued to ascend the Silph. Co building and reached the top, battling through boredom, Needleman, and Deborah, you face the Silph Co President, Tom Nook, who made a deal with Bill Cooher to gain a large monetary amount...in exchange for his unyielding unloyalty. Due to a flamethrower you used, the building caught on fire, and after battling through Tom Nook's goons, he explained to you his situation. Debating on what to do, you catch him in a Bakemeat ball, to the frustration of Asphoxia in the CYOA...who reveals themselves to be possessed by Bill Cipher! Fiercely, you Hamon Punch Bill out of Asphoxia's body, at which point he states that due to a previous deal you made with him, you owe him your body! When he tries to take your body, though, he is blocked by your loyal Buttertwo the Mewtwo! Although, his form is only temporary, but it's enough to teleport you and your allies (including the for-now unconscious Asphoxia) out of the building before the top of it completely explodes...

And thusly, you stand in the Saffron City Gym, ready to take on your next Gym battle. After this, you plan to head to Fuschia City and no doubt have a little talk with Redd White of Blue Corp. Perhaps he knows of Bill's possible whereabouts...

Other notable stuff: everything that happens will come back to bite you. But don't worry: even our dedicated readers don't get half of the in-jokes. So just sit back and suggest whatever random stuff comes to mind. You'll be pleasantly surprised how resourceful a kid can be with infinite Volcano Bakemeat and the whims of your actions at hand.

Guntz' ears perk up as he hears the child's bemoanment. It's clear what they want: they aren't afraid. He knows, because...he's seen that look before. Almost like a reflection of his own self. Every single part of him was telling him that this kid wouldn't last a minute. Every part of him except for...his heart. And his heart was telling him he was needed on the next floor.

He couldn't be held back any longer. He had to escort C in the building, and he let him out of his sight for just a few minutes...and the building is already set ablaze. He made the mistake of underestimating one mysterious child today. And now he has to correct that mistake: the only way his honor can be restored now is if he follows through with Giovanni's second set of orders:

If C attempts escape from his view...his mission turns from escort to assassination.


"...Follow me or don't, kid. I have something hat needs to be done, and it's way-past due. I'd prefer if you stay safe...but at this point I'm not gonna stop you.




Now, Mr....whoever you are. Whenever you're ready-


DAVE: okay
DAVE: i think we have a small misunderstanding here
DAVE: like, we're misunderstanding eachother so much it's almost on sitcomical levels
DAVE: i'm not here to help kick butts
DAVE: not currently, anyways
DAVE: i'm here to save your butts
DAVE: to make sure you don't get your butts kicked so hard they self-combust
DAVE: to put it as clearly as i can
DAVE: if you stay on this or the above floor for much longer, i can't gurantee your survival
DAVE: your butts will be kicked, and your buckets along with them
DAVE: hell, i probably wouldn't even be here right now if that weird little green onion fairy hadn't told me so
DAVE: said the kid's butt is especially important
DAVE: say what you want, but his butt and my butt and your butt and her butt have butt-based rear destinies to uphold
DAVE: so come with me if you want to live or w/e


"...I'm good, thanks.




DAVE: sorry, but no-can do.
DAVE: as a knight of time, i have to follow certain expectations
DAVE: you wouldn't believe how safe i have to play it with time powers
DAVE: like, one single mis-step and suddenly the Universe flies off the handle as if the two have an opposite attraction
DAVE: so yeah


"..."




DAVE: you know
DAVE: kid
DAVE: you've got a lot of spunk
DAVE: you could go places someday


DAVE: but not upstairs
DAVE: and I'll tell you why
DAVE: the battle up there already has a decided victor
DAVE: and they're on our side
DAVE: my 'allies' have already warped them to safety
DAVE: so everyone is safe
DAVE: for the most part
DAVE: something about Giovanni is preventing him from-

Guntz' ear flicked, like he knew the indication. That Giovanni might possibly be burning alive up there. Of course, the indication that C was no longer there lingered in his mind. He needed to act fast, and NOW. He quickly dashed up the stairs...odly enough, Dave making no effort to stop him. He simply...shrugged.


DAVE: man
DAVE: onion dude was on point
DAVE: he said pretty much that was going to happen to a T
DAVE: so long as I stalled for time
DAVE: he also said the furry guy was going to be okay
DAVE: but you wouldn't if you stayed here
DAVE: so
DAVE: strap in kid
DAVE: were going for a ride

And upon saying as much, Dave attempted to grab the kid. 'Attempt' being the key word hear. His success would be mildly variable at best.

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When we left off with our hero, he was stuck like a rock in a hard place: the possessed Asphoxia under the control of Bill, and a very malicious Sho Minamimoto hyped up on the energies of an unkown being, began charging super-powerful attacks towards our rather scatterbrained hero. As they both do so, you pick your nose in boredom. You feel like these fights scenes have gone on for...long enough. You drop the Bakemeat Flamethrower to the ground and begin taking deep breaths. Like smooth butter through a hot knife, you roll out of the way of both Sho's and Billphoxia's attacks, the room filling up with bright lights, adding to the heat of the fire.

The dust settles as you remain standing, on top of the somehow still-intact desk of Tom Nook. Still taking deep breaths, you gather a bright energy in your fist and leap forward at Billphoxia, still sitting upon Sho's head. Your fist connects with Billphoxia, sending light, cackling energy through them and Sho. The attack sends Sho reeling back, but leaves Billphoxia seemingly intact. However...they immediately faint on the spot, as Bill is ejected from their body at high speeds! The room goes into monochrome, the angry Dorito glaring down at our bored protagonist.



UN...UNBELIEVABLE! USING HAMON ENERGY LIKE THAT WITH NO POINT OF REFERENCE! NORMALLY I'D BE EVEN MORE I PRESSED THAN I WAS BEFORE, BUT I HAD A LIMITED WARRANTY ON THAT BODY! "ONE POSSESSION PER CUSTOMER".


BUT THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE! I HAVE ON RECORD A MENTALLY-SIGNED CONTRACT FROM YOU...NEAR-INFINITE RICHES IN EXCHANGE FOR THE BIGGEST I.O.U. ONE CAN EVER GIVE: THEIR BODY! AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU OR YOUR PATHETIC COMPANIONS CAN DO-


"That's where you're wrong."

Quickly putting the pieces together, Bill charges towards C before the Mewtwo could pull anything off...and fiercely bounces off of the boy's head, being flung off before fixating his position floating above the two.

NO....NOOOOOO! WHAT DID YOU DO?


"...I figured it out. Why Joshua chose to awaken my true form. He knew C's form was in jeopardy, and if someone like you were in control...and he knew if anyone could prevent the likes of you crawling in, it'd be someone with powers like mine. Ergo...psychic barrier before C enters the room. Taking care of your little friend was...just a nice bonus."

Bill, furious, looked over to Sho to see what the Mewtwo meant, and saw the man, keeling over...a skateboard beaming with energy, penetrating his chest.


"My calculations...It wasn't supposed to...end like this..."

He falls to the floor, completely and utterly defeated. He evaporates, leaving no trace behind of his existence...except for one single, glowing skateboard.


"...He 'Had to go skateboards'. Simple as that. Without your companion, and no means to enter C's body...nothing but death awaits you here. So, what shall you do?"

Bill stares at C, and the Mewtwo, balling his fists that have erupted into fire...before he simply chuckles.



YOU KNOW, BUTTERTWO, I SEEM TO HAVE UNDERESTIMATED YOU. YOU HAVE A REAL KNACK FOR SWOOPING IN AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME. IT'S NO WONDER YOU GOT AWAY FROM GYAGLTHORP, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR PREVIOUS STATE! AND C...WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?



BUT MARK MY WORDS, NOTHING BUT CHAOS AND ANARCHY LIES IN YOUR WAKE. IF NOT BY ME, IT WILL BE BY YOUR OWN HANDS THAT WILL BRING THE WORLD INTO RUIN. IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF YOU DIDN'T WANT THE WORLD'S CRAZIEST FINALE PARTY TO GO WITH IT! BILL CIPHER, OUT! PEACE!

And with that, Cipher warps out of the burning room, leaving just our brave heroes standing around in the wake. Mewtwo, thinking quickly, wraps all of C's allies up in a psychic force field and warps them out...leaving just one person left.


"Well, wasn't that the rousing battle! Just watching that gave me chills down my spine!"

Saying as much, Giovanni breaks open the somehow-still-intact office desk, and reaches in, pulling out a particular ball with a purple, bumpy hemisphere...


"But now, it's time for me to take..."


"...What I truly came here for..."

And so, the entire top portion of the Silph Co. Building bursts again into flames, taking with it the entire top floors of the office complex. No sign of Giovanni ever being there remains...

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The heroes fighting Ultimecia (Dark Pit, a fusion of a Renamon with a powerful Celebi AI, Papyrus, Undyne, two OCs named Notshalite and Cloaky, another OC named Cliff, Layton, Lucas, Manfred, Adeline, Kaden and Keaton) meet with a far graver threat: battle-weary and exhausted, they have been fighting Ultimecia for quite a while now. And, due to every other attack she's done, all of them are at low health...and the few that aren't are dead. Well, fainted. We're not so gritty to have death so soon in our story. They face off against Ultimecia's Great Attractor, an attack wherein four celestial bodies are to be crushed against all nearby. Due to a smooth move by Cloacky, though, nearly everyone in the area is under the affect of a Trick Room attack. This, thankfully, includes a very irate Bec Noir, whom seemingly sided with Ultimecia and is now drawing their sword very, very....very slowly.

Let's see how this pans out.



Cloacky, being the fastest in this warped dimension, is capable of throwing off yet another Black Hole Bomb, Notshalite firing off his own Lunar Beam. This seems enough to destroy Ultimecia, as she bursts into several very loud, very brutal explosions. A blinding flash of light occurs, spreading throughout the vastness of the dimension like a wave, then like snow. of course, her Great Attractor is cancelled completely. Nothing is left...


"...Is it...finally over?"


"She's not dead...look!"

Indeed, as Layton points out, the area begins to grow completely dark. Light begins to surge upwards from where Ultimecia once was, like comets trying to escape from the grasp of a planet's gravitational hold. The lights turn to something of vibrant colors, not unlike that of seeing a butterfly's wing, but tenfold.


A figure begins to emerge. Twisted, gnarled. Her entire lower half spreading below, as if being the space within space...

Ah, what magnificent power...

I can feel all of time and space slipping through my fingers...

Ultimecia is dead. Her power was great, but she was but a pawn to soak up the fabric of time and space for me.

And now, I take her place...my rightful place, in a position she was unworthy of...

I am the Forgotten Dragon...
The Betrayed King...
The Entombed God...



I am Anankos...

Time shall compress...

...All existence denied.



Hypnos stared down the one now named Anankos fiercely. They still slow from the Trick Room usage, but they were almost lost in their own thoughts...



And thus, Hypnos was once again wrapped within a blinding flash of life. Strings of code seemed to be ejected from his person, before wrapping around him ten-fold. It bound tighter and tighter, his form continuing to change...

With Somnus broken down into base numbers and stats, the benefit he grants Taire multiplies with the space he can occupy within his own code! No longer a simple fusion, their code compresses permanently and constantly! This grants Taomon the last bit of energy he needs to cross that last threshold!



The newly-digivolved Sakuyamon looks over himself, enamored with his inwards strength...


"I can feel...the very essence of Somnus in my being. Whatever means I...we used to Digivolve, it left us in such a powerful state. Much stronger than when I was a Sakuyamon here just earlier. I feel...like I can see everything. Anankos! I refuse to let you hurt anyone else here, or in any other time period! I-

*slice*




"...!"


"..."


About damn time. You don't know why that took so blasted long, perhaps the warping of space made solely to inconvenience you. He looked pretty tough, so one strike might not be enough...but at least you actually got to hit something this time. Damn dodgers, always dodging.

Anyways, yes...where were we? Ah, right. It's like you've been telling yourself for a while now...


You're not really one to be ordered around. Especially by royalty.

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Like a flash of light, C and the rest of his gang are warped just outside of the Silph. Co building, back in Saffron. The group looks around, as C seems to be holding the fainted Asphoxia.


"Good. It seems that ordeal is over. Though we're out of the literal burning building and back into the metaphorical frying pan...or...whatever. Bill is still out there, and while he can't get to you right now, C, he will find a way. And there's still...the otehr Bill. The one responsible for this whole mess. The one responsible for..."

Mewtwo tensed his fists for but a moment, looking down. He looked back up towards C, staring into his eyes. He seemed...pained.

"You do remember who I am...don't you? You know it's me...Buttertwo. I can see it in those eyes. But you must be so curious, how I'm like this now...how I'm a 'real Mewtwo.' Well, I'll tell you."


"Truth be told, I was always a 'real Mewtwo'. I lived in a secret, secluded village of Pokemon in the far-off Kalos region. I just wanted peace, to be left alone after escaping my 'creator'...which is something I'd rather not share. It brings up painful memories."

"I resided on my lonesome, inside of a nearby cave. None of the pokemon there bothered me, and I didn't bother them. It was a simple existence, one that would be shaken from its foundation. Once I met him. Or, rather, once he met me..."


"Clauren."

"This human...he was smart. Or at least, was trying to act smart. He sent out Dark Type after Dark Type against me, thinking he was prepared to dea
significant damage to me. He was wrong. His first choice...well, would you even call it a pokemon?"


"So, this is the 'Ultimate Lifeform'...or so they say. To be the Ultimate, you'd need to be the combination of every living creature on this planet, and all of their good traits. Something that would make them obsolete in your presence...and of course be the pinnacle of beauty, not unlike the greatest of sculptures carved out during the times of Greece. Something I will become, once I have the Red Stone of Aja in my possession."


"...I was cloned from the ancestor of all Pokemon. I believe that more than suffices."


"Still, you're best removed from the picture. I do not need competitors to the title of immortal god..."

"We battled for some time. Turned out, that 'Kars' fellow was all talk. Some of Clauren's other pokemon were more talk than others."


"If I'm gonna beat you, Mewtwo, I'll need to use every trick in the book, every technique taught to me by my master..."


"Take this! Bubble Cutter!"


"While a worthier opponent, he was next to fall. The challengers kept coming..."


"The Rath is impressed you defeated the loud Piller Man and the Rowdy Rippler. But now it's the Rath's turn to step into the ring and wreak havok on your home turf! You'd best have brough burn heal, cause you're about to be brought down into the fiery depths of-"


"H-hey! The Rath was not done speaking down to you-"

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"Why, if it isn't yet another 'high-and-mighty' pokemon here to look down on little old me! And not just that, but all the rest of your species, too!"


"Baka, baka, BAKA! You high-and-mighty stuck-up types are all the same!"


"Well, guess what? I'm strong, too, okay? My kinship with my trainer has given me all the strength I need to deal with stuck-ups like you, in the name of the little guys like me!"


"Now, just give me a moment to Digi-volve, and-"

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"Miiiiiieeeeeeeeeennnnnnnn..."


"Shaaaaaaaaoooooooooooo..."

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"At last, it had come to Shaun's last Pokemon. And, I'll be honest, the battle was the most intense I had ever fought in. Mainly because it was the only one I ever fought in. I had underestimated...maybe one or two of my opponents, and it left me in a less-than ideal state. But even with my expectations low, I was not...no, I could never be prepared for what that boy sent out next."


"Hi, I are real man, you wanna go skateboards?"


"...Really. A cow."


"No, I are man! Real man!...you wanna go skateboards?"


"This...this is ridiculous. I refuse to fight this...joke of a trainer any longer. I-"

"And then, it hit me. As in, a physical object. A Pokeball, of strange design. I, the great Mewtwo, had been caught. Soon after that pivotal moment, I was sent to Clauren's PC and eventually withdrawn. In exchange for the Mienshao. A shame...I liked the guy. More than most of the others. I would grow to be tolerant of the others, and have a small kinship with the Greninja."

"Now, Clauren. He was an...interesting kid. He traveled around with what could virtually be considered an army. He could have been mistaken for the great Napoleon at a simple glance. His allies were a quirky bunch, but he was the quirkiest of them all. He would constantly walk into walls. Say absurd things that sounded like weird references, or just jibberish. Sometimes, he'd even defy laws of physics...I had my suspicions Uncle Grandpa or the like was the cause at first, but the dude had left the group and the kid was still doing things like walking on air without breaking a sweat. I was...fascinated. Like I felt I had much to learn of the world around me, a need to understand this boy. And oddly enough, I felt like he was...important. Someone I had to protect."

"In Anistar, we learned the truth. Sitting in front of the monument in the city was someone you and I both met recently- Joshua."


"He seemed to understand Clauren's destiny, and was aware he had done some marvelous things in his journey. Things beyond explanation, besides the occasional mention of 'others beyond'. Joshua explained that Clauren was what 'they' called a Wish Maker. A being capable of channeling the desires of beings beyond the stars, something he simply referred to as 'voices'. They deemed it, Clauren would do it. And Clauren...was not a special case. I was not around for most of it, but for much of Clauren's journey, many people had tried to get a hold of him, or use his powers for some machinations. But he had persevered, and became the Champion of Kalos."


"Of course, some in our group had very mixed reactions to this speech. Some said they wanted to know more..."


"Some were...less concerned than others."


"Some began making unreasonable demands, to either the sky or Clauren himself." (I'd hate to admit it, but all of them were fulfilled.)


"Some chuckled, knowingly."


"And some...schemed."

"Whatever the result, Joshua passed on this message: not to interfere in the affairs of the other Wish Makers. But he looked at me, as if into my very soul. He had to have known the part I would eventually play..."

"Sycamore came by soon after, as the evening sun set. He talked of a different matter: the source of the monument as being made form the same material as Key Stones, and how it could be used to find hidden Mega Stones. Nothing that was of interest to me. Although, Clauren did find the Red Stone of Aja in this matter. That was...'fun'."

"We found ourselves back in Lumiose after some time, which is when we bumped into Looker-"


"Hold on! I knew your story had to sound familiar, but...I couldn't be sure until now."


"Ah, Looker. I've been aware you've been traveling with C, but...I never got the chance to tell you. Because of my prior mental state. You're as much aware as I what happened after you left."


"...there were so many bizarre readings. Temporal anomalies all around Kanto, before the region simply...vanished off the face of the Earth. I had no idea Emma and Clauren would follow..."


"But they did. They followed you here. And now, they're stuck, just like we are. I can see it in your eyes. You've been looking for them. Thank you...but I already know where they are. Or at least, where Clauren is."


"Y...you do? Where?"


"...It was Bill, the Pokemaniac. When we and a few of our companions followed you here, we must have been caught up in something fierce...we arrived in Cinnibar, and were immediately betrayed by one of our own. I remember little else. Just murmurings between others..."

"I must say, that man shows some real promise. Knocking that kid out like it was nothing, and netting me this sweet prize. Still, it's a shame he seems so shady...but, I can't pick and choose my allies. Not yet."

* Er, pardon. Sir. Mister. Bill, Sir. Are you, uhm, sure about this? F-Fusion like this is, how do I put it...totally, absolutely unstable?

"I'm perfectly aware of the risks. I am a collector by nature, so don't you think I'd have a back-up on hand before I tamper with such a rare Pokemon? And it's not like this is a job you alone can do. I could just as easily do it myself. Would you like that? Having me invalidate your purpose?"

* I-I-I'm not useless. I can have a...purpose here. But this...this is cruelty...

"This isn't cruelty. It's ascension. It's descension. It's an evolutionary path, a union that I have a say in. Think about it. If you could fuse with me, you know you wouldn't regret it."

* Th-this is different! This isn't by choice! I...I...

"You can't back out. I own you, and you know it. Just as you know I'm the only one that would ever accept you doing this line of work."

* ...I'll be in my chambers. I can't watch this.


"...That's when I became Buttertwo. I think their end goal was to fuse me with my...closest ally, Caprese. But...that cow must have ended up in the mix, too. Perhaps Bill couldn't reverse it, and pawned me off to fund his awful campaign. Hence how I ended up with Glass Joe, a piece of scum that no longer recognized me for who I was...or maybe I was ditched, and Glass Joe recovered me out of pity. I don't know, and frankly I couldn't care enough about him to ask. I'm also not sure if Caprese or that cow are still inside me, their forms lost forever...or if I simply 'borrowed' their DNA, and thus their mental states. It's not something I want to think about."

"If Caprese is inside me, I'll tear him out. If Caprese is still prisoned with Clauren, I'll tear them out. And I want to do it with you, C. I've grown...very fond of you. We'll save everyone Bill has wrapped around his little finger...accomplices and allies alike."


"So, Cinnibar...that's where you say Clauren was knocked out. It's worth a look, but there would be lots of reports of shady activity coming from that area, like there were with the G-Men in Beach City."


"As much as it pains me to say it, we may have to rely on Blue Corp. again for information. It's very likely that, whatever Bill's holding on that person I heard, they have there too, and any other possible blackmail-based leads. And, well...price is no issue with C."


"If what I've heard reported is true, then they indeed were sent to here through whatever time anomaly occurred. Specifically, in Fuschia City. It's on the way, so it can't hurt to drop in."

Much exposition. So backstory. Anyways, as pleased as punch as you are to learn Buttertwo is now a more fleshed-out character than anyone else built from the ground-up in this story you make your way to the Saffron Gym. So, you know, people can suggest stuff again. And because it's the last place here you haven't hit up yet. You consider whether you should check up on Agents 1 and 2, now that the prime threat just exploded in a burning fire...or if you, too, are a Wish Maker...but you have no time to ponder such questions, as you're now in the Gym!

"Yo, champ in the making!" The Gym Guy greets you with his usual enthusiasm. "I was wondering when you'd make your way here! It's felt like months since you're last Gym Battle! Anyways, you should know that Sabrina specializes in Psychic-Type pokemon! Fighting Pokemon like the ones those guys at the Fighting Dojo next door use would be totally blown away, but if you have a Dark-type on hand...this fight'll be a cinch! But you'll have to get through all her warp traps first!

So, trainer...what shall your next move be?

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As you are one step further into your journey, and many steps away from the Silph Co. building that's in...a completely different state of crisis than before, you are not one to notice another having escaped. One that got away from a fiery fate...


"...In the chaos of battle, I emerge the only one truly victorious. The best action truly was not to play. But I now must get stronger, to match Crimson's strength..."


"And I think I know the answer..."

He looked his eyes southward, beyond the land where Beach City lay. He would need to travel southward...south to the island of his last biggest mistake, a void soon to be filled ten-fold....

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Meanwhile, deep within the realms of the Meikai, an orange dorito angrily stomps about. Nothing seemed to go right on that rotten sphere: They had their orders to evaluate the Planet, to assess "its" growth. But then those 'Crystal Gems' came, and interfered. Left with no choice, she was forced to fuse with their informant, but were then dragged under the sea. Bout the only thing that rotten planet produced was that abolute rando that freed her from her prison...and prisoner. And then she met back up with Peridot; said she had orders straight from Yellow Diamond herself to infiltrate the 'Domeocracy's ranks!

And then, she met up with that kid again...or, perhaps, members of his and Rose's remaining army. She fused with Peridot in an act of desperation...but it wasn't enough. They were both sent off that interdimensional ship sailing the Meikai, and they've been stuck there since. Peridot went insane: she ran off on her own whim, and hasn't been seen since...perhaps to be fused with a plant-reptile creature of some kind, and exposed to the world's most convoluted Persona-related court ruling. Honestly, it's of no immediate concern.


"What a mess...I'm stuck in this pathetic void, Peridot's run off to who-knows where, and I have no means to contact Yellow Diamond...it's all Rose's fault!"


"And yet, I feel so compelled...I had no idea being Zircon would feel so great! There really is more to fusion than being just a cheap trick. I need to experience that power again...I need to be stronger to beat Rose-"

"Stronger, you say? I think I can help with that."


"...Who said that?"

Unbeknownst to Jasper, her luck would change immediatelyAs she was met with another individual that had ended up trapped here under his own means...


"It was me! Dio Brando! And if you're seeking strength, I can help you...if you're willing to follow under me."


"...Why should I accept help from you? You're just a human!"


"I was human, once. Long ago. But I left my humanity, to become something much greater! Much stronger! Now, to me, humans are nothing but mere livestock..."


"I can tell just from looking at you that you're so much more than what you appear to be, too. No, you are not human, either...perhaps not even of the Earth. If I had to take a guess, you seem like the type who listens better to actions than words. Perhaps a demonstration is in order..."


"...Well. If you can put up a good fight..."