I warn you that the Japanese names for the human characters of "Pokémon" will be used so that it can fit better. Do not worry though; I will have the English names translated at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own "Pokémon" or "Naruto".

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In a dark, underground laboratory, scientists were working on.

"Are the preparations complete?" asked a tall man who was wearing black/dark purple outfit and had red eyes and white, serpentine-like hair.

"Almost, Jakira-sama. We just need a way to gauge the doors of the hearts so we know how much Shadow Energy we put in. Otherwise, we could kill the test subjects," explained the head scientist. He wore a long white coat with blue stripes on it. He also wore sharp looking sunglasses and had a long ponytail that was on the front of his head.

The tall man, Jakira, looked at the scientist with a raised eyebrow, asking a silent question.

"You see, Jakira-sama, unlike with Pokémon, creating Shadow Humans is much more complicated. Too little Shadow Energy and the human can easily disperse it. Too much Shadow Energy and it could destroy the heart and kill the human."

Jakira closed his eyes and thought of how to get around this obstacle. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes and turned to the white coat.

"Borg, pack everything up. We are heading out," said Jakira as he made his way for the exit.

"Where will be heading?" asked Borg as he instructed the lower scientists.

Jakira had an evil grin on his face.

"To get the tool we need."

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Near Tojo Falls, a young lavender-haired fifteen-year-old girl was sitting near the lake. She was looking up at the sky and thinking of a certain raven-haired, future Pokémon Master. Sitting next to her was a violet feline-like Pokémon that had a red gem on her forehead and a forked tail.

'Lila-chan, what are you thinking about?' asked the feline with a knowing smirk, shocking the girl out of her thoughts.

"I wasn't thinking of anything, Espeon!" Lila said quickly.

'Then why did you have that dreamy smile on your face that you usually get when you're thinking about you know who?' grinned Espeon. She knew she caught Lila when her face turned completely red.

"Why must you tease me about that?" sulked Lila.

'Aw, don't be like that, Lila-chan! I think it's cute that you have a crush on someone! Though I question why its someone who is completely dense.'

"He isn't dense!" exclaimed the maiden. Espeon just gave Lila a deadpan look to which Lila just hung her head.

Before she could respond, the referee of the Battle Tower interrupted.

"Lila-misu, there is a challenger here for the Ability Symbol."

"Alright then. Come on Espeon," sighed Lila as she stood up.

She and Espeon made their way inside the tower and went to the battlefield where her opponent was waiting.

"The following will be a three-on-three battle between the Frontier Brain of the Battle Tower, Tengan Lila and her opponent…"

"Please, call me Borg."

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Down the road, two figures were walking from the Kanto region to the Johto region. One of the figures was a young raven-haired man of fifteen wearing a cap on his head. He also had a yellow mouse-like Pokémon sitting on his shoulder. The other figure was a tall man of twenty. He had spiky brown hair, dark tan skin, and squinty eyes.

"So Sato, you think you're ready for the Johto Battle Frontier?" asked the tall man.

"You bet, Takeshi! Not only am I ready, but I'm going to win!" declared Sato.

"Pika!"

"See, Pikachu thinks so, too," grinned Sato.

Takeshi couldn't help but chuckle at his friend's enthusiasm. They then kept walking the path in silence, until Sato broke it with a question.

"Hey Takeshi, would it be alright to pick up a new traveling companion?"

"That depends. Who were you thinking about asking?" questioned Takeshi.

"Well, since we're near Tojo Falls, I thought I could ask Lila to come with us," grinned Sato.

Takeshi raised an eyebrow wondering why Sato wanted Lila to come with them through Johto. He didn't have any problem with Lila joining them, but he was surprised that Sato would suggest Lila of all people. Sato saw his look of confusion and elaborated on his reasons.

"I figured that since she's a Frontier Brain herself, she would know stuff about the ones in Johto. Plus, I haven't seen her in a while and thought it'd be fun to have her travel with us."

Takeshi thought there was more to it. Before he could question further, they heard a huge explosion.

"What was that?" asked Sato.

"It sounded like an explosion and it sounded like it came from the Battle Tower," said Takeshi.

"Battle Tower? Lila!" gasped Sato as he ran as fast as he could, with Pikachu holding on and Takeshi not far behind.

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Panting, Lila ran as fast as she could, carrying Espeon along the way. Things were not looking up. The challenger, Borg, took her by surprise and even with her telepathic link with her Pokémon, couldn't get the upper hand.

Borg had said that he wouldn't have to use combo attacks like Rain Dance/Thunder and Toxic/Protect. His Rhyperior was able to demolish her Alakazam with a powerful Rock Wrecker. His next Pokémon, Gyarados, defeated her Metagross with the Rain Dance/Thunder combo and an Earthquake. Lastly, Espeon had gone up against his Crobat, which he said was his first Pokémon. Even though she had the type advantage, Espeon couldn't beat Crobat. The Poison-type had speed and was able to avoid the attacks easily.

It also didn't help that people wearing weird looking outfits raided the tower. Lila had demanded to know what was going on, but grew scared when she saw the most sadistic looking grin on Borg's face. The man had said that they were there to take and use her in their plans. Crobat then struck Espeon with a Cross Poison, sending the Sun Pokémon to skid across the field towards Lila. Seeing that her friend had been poisoned, Lila scooped Espeon up and ran.

"Why? Why do they need me and what for?" muttered Lila as she ran outside.

'I don't know, Lila-chan, but watch your back. They are probably willing to do anything to get to you.' said Espeon.

"So this is where you ran off to."

Startled, Lila turned around to see Jakira standing a few feet behind her. She returned Espeon to her Poké Ball to keep her safe.

"Was it wise to return your Pokémon? Now you have no way to defend yourself," stated Jakira.

"Sh-She was poisoned. I was n-not going t-to force her t-to fight," said Lila with fear in her voice. "Who are y-you?"

"I am Jakira. I am the new leader of Cipher."

"Cipher?"

"Ah, that's right. No one outside of Orre knows of us. You will know more soon enough, once we get you back to our headquarters." said Jakira.

"What do you want me for?" demanded Lila.

Jakira just smirked as he released his own Pokémon. One was a tall, slim, chicken-looking Pokémon with a red body and the other was black and yellow in color and had thick arms, a face on his stomach, a large red eye, and a yellow antenna on the top of its head.

"Blaze!"

"Noir!"

"If you must know, Cipher at one point was able to create something known as Shadow Pokémon. Shadow Pokémon are Pokémon who's hearts have been closed of to emotion." explained Jakira, smirking as he saw the look of horror on Lila's face. "What we plan to do now, is to create something more. We plan on creating Shadow Humans."

"Sh-Shadow Humans?" stuttered Lila, not liking the thought of such a thing.

"That is correct. Unlike with Pokémon though, a human's heart seems to be stronger. Too little Shadow Energy and the human can disperse it, while too much Shadow Energy can kill a human. This is where you come in. I've heard of your abilities and you WILL gauge how much energy is used in the sealing process."

At this point, Lila was shaking with fear. She couldn't imagine such a thing happening to either Pokémon or humans and she wasn't going to be apart of it.

Jakira could see the fear in her eyes, but he also could see the defiance as well. That he would not stand for.

"If you will not come willingly, then we will take you by force!" declared Jakira. Blaziken and Dusknoir closed in on Lila, ready to grab her when…

"Chuuuuuuuuuu!"

…They were struck with a high voltage Thunderbolt. Lila saw the Pikachu that used the attack and then she saw whom the Pikachu belonged to.

"Sato-kun!"

"I don't know who you are, but if you lay one hand on Lila…" growled Sato as Lila ran to stand behind him.

"You won't do anything, boy. Borg! Get over here now!"

Hearing Jakira's command, Borg and his Crobat came out of the tower followed by some of the grunts. Sato had sent out Buizel to help Pikachu battle against Blaziken and Dusknoir, while Takeshi, who arrived seconds later, had sent out Sudowoodo to battle against Crobat.

Sudowoodo was holding his own against Crobat thanks to his resistance to both Poison and Flying-type attacks. Add Sudowoodo's high attack strength and Crobat would be down soon. Meanwhile, Pikachu and Buizel were having a harder time with Jakira's Pokémon. Luckily they had speed on their side.

"Dusknoir, use Future Sight," ordered Jakira.

The Gripper Pokémon's eye glowed with a blue light as the battle continued. After a while Buizel's Water Pulse had weakened Blaziken considerably, while Crobat and Sudowoodo had knocked each other out.

"Damn it! Crobat, return!" raged Borg.

"Sudowoodo, return. You did great," said Takeshi.

"Pikachu! Use Thunder!" called Sato.

"Pikachuuuuuuuuuuu!"

As Pikachu let the attack loose, Dusknoir's Future Sight appeared at the same time and collided with the Electric-type attack. The explosion that occurred created a large dome of light that engulfed everyone there.

"W-What's going on?" yelled Sato as he held onto Lila.

Once the light faded away, no one was left. They had just disappeared.

CHAPTER END

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I've had this idea for a while now ever since I seen the similarities between Abilityshipping and NaruHina. I won't explain the comparisons here since they can be found on my profile should anyone want to see.

Trivia:

*In "Pokémon Colosseum", Borg had a Rhydon and Jakira had a Dusclops, which have evolved since then.

*Jakira is considered Leo's (Wes) equal do to the types they train. Ghost-type Dusknoir is strong against Psychic-type Espeon, who is strong against Fighting-type Blaziken, who in turn is strong against Dark-type Umbreon and the cycle goes back to Dusknoir.

*All three times you fight Borg in "Pokémon Colosseum" he has Golbat/Crobat

Quiz:

What are the only two Pokémon in this chapter that can only be obtained in "Platinum" after you acquire the National Pokédex?

Translations:

Sato – Ash

Takeshi – Brock

Lila – Anabel

Jakira – Nascour

Borg – Ein