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Ver 1.0

Title: The Lost Pokemon Episodes.
By: Hakuzo Nightfox

Episode 11: Psycho Visions

Narrator: The group wakes up as the sun rises over the mountains. A thin layer of frost covers the ground and the temperature is eerily arctic feeling. A shadow slowly rises out of the ground, and looms over the group.<<<

Combuskin was the first one to notice a shadow sliding up out of the ground. He unleashes a rapid Ember attack at the Shadow. The attack passes through causing no harm, the shadow starts take shape.

Hakuzo's Pokedex sounds out suddenly. “GENGAR, GHOST POKEMON. IT MOVES THROUGH SHADOWS TO SNEAK UP ON UNEXPECTING HUMANS” The shadow forms into a more human like shape taking on normal looking arms and legs, and a large mouth forms as well.

The Gengar unleashes multiple Shadow Balls at Combuskin, Hakuzo and Andrew. Combuskin deflects away every Shadow Ball, with his Double Kick. Hakuzo takes the time to summon Pidgeotto to the battle while protecting Miles.

The Fox Pokemon starts coughing and is warm to the touch. “Miles isn't doing well... we have to get to Lavender town quickly.....Pidgeotto Gust the Gengar!” Hakuzo gives his command, Pidgeotto flaps his wings hard and Sends out a strong air attack, Gengar reflects it away with a Barrier.

Combuskin throws Ember at the Gengar but was countered with a Light Screen. Andrew holds a shocked look on his face as he remarks, “Light Screen and Barrier? No type of attack will scratch him now...”

A small rumbling is heard behind Gengar, as what appears to be a small boulder is rolling down the hill. The boulder proceeds to impact into Gengar surprising it. The Gengar sinks backs into the shadows and flees away. The boulder continues to roll and it slams into Hakuzo knocking him flat on his butt. Hakuzo is slightly dazed and is left holding not one but two Pokemon in the wake of the dust.

“What...... just happened?” Hakuzo asks dazedly, he also takes notice of the other Pokemon he is holding. A Sandshrew looks back up at Hakuzo. It squeals out in pain suddenly from an injury it received. “It seems that this Sandshrew got injured while rolling down the hill..... We gotta get him to Lavender Town also....”

The two recalls back their own Pokemon and Hakuzo is left carrying two Pokemon. The two trainers slowly finish climbing over the mountain pass and emerge in Lavender Town. The town is barely the size of a village and contains no Pokécenter.

“This isn’t any good… both of these Pokémon need medical attention.” Hakuzo states looking around trying to figure out how to help these two Pokémon. It is too far of a walk back to Saffron city.

The two trainers ask around Lavender town to see if anyone could help them. They where taken to the home of a person called Mister Pokémon. “Greetings young trainers, what brings you to my humble home?” The elderly man asks the two.

“My Vulpix seems to be ill and this Sandshrew got hurt while rolling down the mountain.” Hakuzo explains showing the Pokémon he was carrying in his arms to Mister Pokémon.

Mister Pokémon looks carefully at the two Pokémon. He then takes a Potion from his shelf and sprays it onto Sandshrew's wounds and they start to slowly heal. Mister Pokémon wraps the wounds with some gauss bandages and gently sets him down.

“The Sandshrew will be fine, but your Vulpix..... He has been struck with Psychic Venom. The only way that it can be removed is by another stronger Psychic Pokémon. The only one that can do it is the ageless Alakazam that lives on the top of the tower in this town. Be warned the path to the top of the tower is filled with spirits of Pokémon buried inside the tower.” Mr. Pokemon continues to explain that the spirits will attack Pokémon trainers to protect their resting places.

“That sounds like a dangerous place.” Hakuzo remarks unsure if it is wise to go there.

“You will be fine as long as I’m with you.” Mister Pokémon replies with a smile.

The three set out to the lavender tower. Sandshrew is left behind to sleep in the safety of Mister Pokémon’s home.

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Bayne, Skid and Raid are sitting in a back corner of the Lavender Tower. The three of them sneak inside and decided to make this place their base of operations. “Now listen up you two. No one will come looking for us here. This is the perfect place to hide in for a while. At least until the Cerulean City police stop looking for us…”

Skid looks around, “…But…. Isn’t this place supposed to be haunted?...” He continues to look around like a scared rabbit the whole time the three are talking.

“That’s just a tale to keep kids like us out of here, so this is the perfect place to lie low.” Bayne replies with a sly grin as he leans against a wall.

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Deep below Lavender Tower a drilling machine powers down as it nears a catacomb system under the structure. Three people step out of the machine wearing Black uniforms with a red letter R stitched to the front of it.

“The boss says there is a rare treasure buried under this tower. Anyone that has it will gain the power to control Pokémon.” Mole sighs out as he switches on the light on his hard-hat.

Rax blinks a couple of times and looks around. “So… uh, how do we find it?”

“Simple, with your eyes. Now don’t get lost, our insurance costs are high enough already.” Mole continues down the corridor of the catacombs, large stalactites and stalagmites looking like sharp teeth in the dim light.

Ana huddles close to the other two. She is feeling very agitated, unlike Mole which loves small spaces. Every so often she makes almost inaudible sounds. Her agitation continues to grow as they progress, so much to a point where her legs start to shake.

The cavern opens up into a much lager cavern. Once the three emerged into the space, Ana started to calm down slightly. After a few hours of exploring the three come up to another cavern path that is blocked off by bricks. Writing of an unknown language fills the walls.

A few minutes later, the three set up explosives to get past this obstacle. A wire is led back into the bigger cavern attacked to a detonation device. The three huddle back deeper inside the cave, a safe distance from the blast radius.

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Mister Pokémon led Hakuzo and Andrew up the steps leading into the tower. The building was made out of dull carved stone. “The stone here were from the Rock Tunnel north of town, carried by Golems and Onyxes.”

“wow, that must have took a long time.” Hakuzo states while carrying Miles. The poor Pokémon is running a fever and hot to the touch. The three enter through the heavy wooden door, and were greeted by the sight of Bayne and his flunkies.

“What.... Why is Hakuzo here!?!” Bayne shrieks out backing against the wall.

“You?... Can I never go anywhere without out you causing trouble” Hakuzo replies back with an annoyed sigh. A rumbling shakes the tower and the ground cracks open. Smoke fills the air and all turns black.

Once the smoke clears the surroundings look like a cave instead the inside of the tower. The gaping hole above filters out most of the smoke and soon the group from above come face to face with the three that set the explosives. Mister Pokémon luckily did not fall in. “I’m going to get help…” Mister Pokémon rushes off to find aid.

A sinister laughing fills the air. It emanates from the doorway, only a deep darkness greets all the on looking eyes. Within moments the darkness seems to pulse and spreads out from the opening. The laughing grows louder as all the darkness seems to fly off in every direction.

“What's going on here...?” Mole stammers as the darkness continues to fly out. A Shockwave of psionic energy hits the door way and a barrier covers the door. Standing in the wake is an Alakazam, Grey with age and seething with psionic power.

“Those who defiled this place shall suffer.” Alakazam points his hand at Mole, Ana and Rax. “You three released an ancient evil that will now try to consume this village.”

“At least it wasn't me that did it this time.” Bayne snickers to his flunkies.

Mole, Ana and Rex start running off, fearing for their live. “Hey, get back here you crooks!” Andrew yells after them.

“Leave them be, They are unimportant.” Alakazam turns to Hakuzo and Miles. “This young Pokémon has been struck with a Psychic poison.” Alakazam holds his hand over Miles and the fox Pokémon lifts into the air. A purple mist starts to seep out of Miles and collects into a ball above it. It slowly shrinks and then explodes in a shower of sparks.

Miles slowly opens his eyes. He slightly whimpers as he is set gently back on the ground by Alakazam. Hakuzo rushes forward and picks up the fox Pokémon. “Are you ok Miles?” The Pokémon just weakly nods.

“Now that is out of the way. You have other business as well.” the Alakazam states as he looks at the two trainers. “You want to defeat the person that did this harm to this Vulpix. I can train your Pokémon with a single new move each, but I have a small task for you two to complete.”

Hakuzo and Andrew talk it over for a moment and agree to the Alakazam's request. “Yes, we accept your challenge.” Hakuzo says with a confident note in his voice.

“Very well. You two must enter into this place of darkness I sealed off, and take only one of your Pokémon companions with you. If your bond is strong, you will make it through unscathed. If that bond is weak, you and your Pokémon will be lost in the labyrinth of darkness forever.” Alakazam explains their task, and tells them they are to reach the center of the labyrinth. There they will find an orb of energy and all they will have to do is simply touch it to complete the task.

Andrew and Hakuzo sigh nervously as they look onto the doorway leading to untold darkness. Hakuzo chooses Miles and Andrew chooses his Combuskin to take inside. Alakazam releases the seal and both trainers enter through the doorway, their Pokémon companions following close behind.

Once inside the small group walks down an ever expansive corridor that has been cut into the surface of the rock. An unnatural light fills the hallway but no viable source can be found. Both trainers emerge into a natural cavern.

Another door blocks the way, made of heavy looking steel and odd symbols are etched into the door. As Hakuzo and Andrew approach the door, it opens revealing darkness unlike any seen before. An unnerving silence is all that greets the trainers as the stare at their fate.

Miles and Combuskin use their fire attacks to light the way for the trainers to see. The radius of light is barely enough to see the floor. The trainers walk slowly to avoid stepping on their Pokémon.

“We have to figure out something. The Pokémon can’t light the way forever.” Hakuzo says wondering what exactly they can do improve this situation. The darkness is so thick the walls of the cave can’t be seen even as narrow as they are.

After what seems like hours of this slow pace, the two trainers come to an odd section of the cavern. A boarded up wall blocks any further passage. Upon the wall is a dark glyph that seems to draw in any source of light and transforms it into pure darkness.

“What kind of joke is this?” Andrew asks looking at the glyph. The mark seems to glow faintly despite it making everything around it almost impossible to see.

Hakuzo gives the wall a light kick. “The wall sounds like it’s made out of wood. Maybe we can burn our way though it?” Hakuzo ask while pondering how to proceed.

The trainers tell their Pokémon to attack the door with their fire attacks. The attacks strike the door but the Glyph absorbs the attacks making them seeming to disappear into the darkness its self.

Andrew looks closely at the Glyph. “What ever this symbol is… it seems to draw in any kind of light … Maybe it has the properties of Dark type Pokémon?” Andrew commands Combuskin to use Double Kick on the wall. Cracks form in the glyph, causing the area to lighten up ever so slightly. After a barrage of kicks, the glyph shatters completely and the area dimly illuminates in an eerie glow. One final kick brings down the door that barred the way deeper into unknown darkness.

Everyone slowly emerges into a larger chamber, the moment they did results in the immediate feeling of being watched. Shadows seem to move on their own, and even make noises.

“We are so not alone here…” Hakuzo says as Miles huddles closer. The shadows slowly move loser to the group again filling the area with darkness.

Combuskin takes up a defensive stance. “These things must be like the Gengar that attacked us this morning!” Andrew recaps while forming a plan.

A shadow approaches close to Hakuzo and Miles spits fire at it. The fireball strikes the ground but misses the target slightly. Regardless, the shadow recoils from the fire and retreats into the shadows.

“AHA! These guys don’t like light! Combuskin clear us a path!” The enthusiastic trainer commands his partner to use fire attacks to lead them to safety. The shadows keeping their distance from the fire as the group progresses through the cavern. They reach another door with an indentation on it. Two symbols already were in the door with the third one missing. An inscription was on the door. The three birds of Legend, The Frozen planes, The Frenzied Fire and The Joyful Voltage.

Hakuzo holds his pokédex up to one of the emblem on the door. “Zapdos, The Legendary bird of the storms. No Further Information” Hakuzo then holds up the pokédex to the next emblem. “Articuno, Legendary bird of Blizzards. No Further information.”

“So… that would mean that Moltres is the missing emblem…. “Hakuzo ponders while putting up his pokédex, wondering where the Emblem could be. Hakuzo looks around and wonders if one of these shadows has it.

Miles and Combuskin send fire attacks at the shadows but ever attack keeps missing. The shadows dodge every attack with ease. “We need a new strategy!” Andrew calls out to his pokémon and Combuskin regroups with his trainer.

Miles tries to chase after the shadows and they easily keep out of reach. Miles pounces at a shadow that moved too close but only ends up skidding across the ground. “Calm down Miles, you are only wasting energy.” Hakuzo shakes his head at this fox pokémon acting more like a Meowth.

While everyone was distracted the shadows were slowly combining together and converging into one giant shape. The remaining shadows quickly ran away and joined with the mass of darkness that formed. A Shape of a large oozing pokémon forms into the shape of a Muk. The darkness now appeared to have a solid form when they merged into this creature.

The Muk uses Shadow Sneak, and tendrils of darkness shoot out and strike both Miles and Combuskin. The surprise attack knocks Combuskin off balance and causes Miles to recoil slightly. Both trainers command their pokémon to attack the Muk using their Fire attacks. Combuskin is the first to recover from the attack and unleashes an Ember attack at the Muk only doing minimal damage. Miles stands up and slightly shakes his head; He then unleashes a stream of fire, using Flamethrower at Muk, scoring a critical hit.

The Muk growls and a darkness forms around what appears to be a molten fist, it then nails Miles with a Shadow Punch causing the Fox pokémon to cry out in pain. Miles staggers from the attack, almost falling to the ground in pain. Combuskin hears Miles cries of pain and growls. He starts unleashing Ember attacks on his own without the prompting of Andrew.

Several strikes hit Muk in rapid succession. At this point the Muk now focuses his attacks on Combuskin, by creating a ball of Shadow and launching it at the chicken like pokémon. The ball impacts but doesn’t seem to phase Combuskin at all. Miles recovers enough and unleashes another stream of fire at the Muk scoring a decent hit.

Muk Licks Combuskin attempting to paralyze him, but it failed to paralyze. Miles and Combuskin both unleash an attack on the Muk at the same time causing it to stagger back again. It uses more shadow tendrils to use another Shadow Sneak attack on the two, the attack makes Miles stagger and his hits the ground. The attack didn’t do much damage to Combuskin and he springs up preparing for his next attack.

Miles staggers back into a standing position and unleashes another stream of fire at the Muk, Combuskin uses Ember on Miles powering up his Flamethrower even more. The attack being strong enough to knock out the Muk. Soon the Shadows dissolve leaving the last emblem resting on the ground.

Andrew walks over and picks up the emblem, “Looks like this is it… Moltres, and funny that we used fire attacks to take down that Muk.” Andrew places the emblem into the slot on the door. It slides open and the room is suddenly flooded with light.

Hakuzo and Andrew are nearly blinded by the sudden light. Miles slowly walks back over to Hakuzo, severely weakened from the battle. Hakuzo gently scoops up the pokémon and cradles him in his arms.

Combuskin silently follows behind Andrew, through the open door. Everyone enters into a circular room that houses an orb of energy that flows and swooshes around like water. Once the trainers and pokémon emerge into the room, the door disappears.

“This has got to be it. There’s no way out of here.” Andrew says while he looks around the room. The circular room’s walls are smooth and seamless; the ceiling was a dome shape.

Hakuzo and Andrew place their hands on the orb. A few minutes later the world around them warps and all the colors drain away. Once everything stops spinning, the two trainers and their pokémon stand in the cavern again.

“You two have passed my test. I will now pass on my knowledge to your pokémon.” The Alakazam studies Combuskin. “For you, The Fire that Always Fights On, I will teach you Shadow Claw.” An energy forms on Alakazam’s hands. The energy then expands out and forms claws. With a quick swipe of his hand the Alakazam rends a gash in the cave wall.

After a few tries Combuskin learns how to attack with Shadow Claw. Alakazam nods and turns his attention to Miles. Before Alakazam could say anything, Bayne and his two flunkies arrive back into the tunnel.

“Hey, weren’t we here before?” Skid asks as they return into the same chamber with Hakuzo and the rest.

“Ah, perfect!” Alakazam states as he catches sight of Bayne.

“Ack! Um… Bye!” Bayne turns around and starts to run, but his feet are no longer touching the ground. “What the…” Bayne, Raid, and Skid start floating towards the Alakazam. Bayne flails around and struggles to break out of the psychic power that is carrying him through the air but it did not do any good.

Alakazam chuckles, “Now that we have a couple of volunteers -“

“Hey now! We didn’t volunteer for nuthin’!” Bayne shouts out struggling even hard now.

“Sleep!” Alakazam wave his hand and Bayne’s group falls asleep. “Now then, Rare Fox of the Forest, I will teach you the lost art of eating dreams. This special attack has a high chance of waking up the target at such a beginning stage of learning. This will aid you on your quest to defeat that troublesome Abra. Once one of our young are awaken from their slumber, they loose all concentration and thus loosing their ability to use their psychic powers, efficiently.”

The Alakazam walks over to Miles and lightly places the palm of his hand on the forehead of the young fox pokémon. The Alakazam telekinetically speaks to Miles, instructing the fox pokémon with what to do. Alakazam nods and Bayne’s Charmander is released from his Pokéball, sound asleep.

Miles starts practicing what he is taught while Alakazam suddenly sends a telepathic message to Hakuzo. “Your fox friend told me a lot about the adventures you two had. He told me about Thranos, that… Creature, is the one responsible for corrupting the pokémon you fought in the chamber, now there is three very powerful pokémon that have been released into the wild. You must hunt them down and defeat them in battle to purify their souls. They will not be easy battles, train hard you human. You are indeed worth of the praises of this young fox.” Alakazam nods then appears to focus his attention on Andrew.

Miles finishes his training now seeming more refreshed than before. Once Alakazam is pleased with the training he teleports Bayne and his flunkies above ground.

“One thing I forgot to mention, Dream Eater can also be used to gain information from a sleeping opponent.” Alakazam nods again and teleports the trainers and their pokémon outside of the damaged tower.

Mister Pokémon arrives just in time to see Hakuzo and Andrew appear suddenly. In tow was Officer Jenny from Saffron City, including a full squad of officers. Mister Pokémon thankfully explained most of what happened to the police. Hakuzo and Andrew explaines what happened in-between and then officers started to quarantine off the area so repairs can be made.

After the Officers found that Hakuzo and Andrew had no fault in what happened, including finding the abandoned drilling rig, both trainers were allowed to return back to their business. The Alakazam was no where to be found and the place in the cavern that housed the spirits of the corrupted pokémon was no where to be found after a complete investigation of the caves.

Mister Pokémon takes Hakuzo and Andrew back to his home so they can check on how the Sandshrew is holding up. The pokémon was still asleep by the time the got inside. When the trainers entered into the home, the pokémon wakes up and looks up to Hakuzo. It slowly gets up and trots over to Hakuzo, it then nuzzles him.

“Looks like you already made a new friend Hakuzo. She looks like she wants to follow you on your adventures.” Mister Pokémon tells Hakuzo as he looks over the Sandshrew. He nods once he knows that the pokémon is alright.

“She?” Hakuzo asks, as he lightly pats the rough skinned pokémon.

“Yup, when you’ve been around pokémon as much as I have you learn how to tell the difference between genders just based on how they look. Female Sandshrew have more rounded edges and their tails are shorter, with a blunt edge.” Mister Pokémon explains about the anatomy of the pokémon without going into any embarrassing details.

Hakuzo takes one of his spare Pokéballs and places it on the ground in front of the Sandshrew. She taps her nose on the Pokéball and it opens up drawing her inside. The ball closes and does not even shake at all.

Hakuzo picks up the Pokéball and attaches it to his belt. After a moment of rest the trainers thank Mister Pokémon and leave in search of a meal. After a quick meal at a local restaurant the trainers leave town. With full stomachs, the trainers head back to Saffron City to take on Sabrina with their newly acquired techniques. The sun was starting to set as Hakuzo and Andrew make it into town.

“We should go and try taking on Sabrina again. That way we can continue on to the next city tomorrow.” Andrew Suggests as they head towards the Gym. Hakuzo silently nods, wondering if this time they can beat Sabrina. He clears out those thoughts as the near the Gym. Both trainers enter into the Gym with a new found Confidence.

“You two again? Didn’t you learn the first time that you can’t win?” Sabrina taunts the trainers with a high pitched laugh.

“Heh, things will be different this time!” Hakuzo exclaims in response to the taunts.

“What’s this? The mice think they can beat me now? Fine, both of you take on Abra at the same time. Once again only one pokémon each.” Sabrina releases Abra onto the field. The pokémon is asleep just like last time.

Hakuzo sends out Miles and the fox pokémon emits a low growl at his opponent. Combuskin is also released onto the battlefield, looking prepared to fight.

“Miles, Dream Eater now!” Hakuzo smugly commands. Miles eyes start to glow and his fur bristles a bit. Abra suddenly wakes up as if it was experiencing a nightmare, though the attack did minimal damage.

“H-How can this be? How did that fox learn an attack that’s been long forgotten by all except the psychically strong?” Sabrina asks in an exasperated manner.

Hakuzo calmly replies, “An ancient pokémon told us the secret.”

Sabrina is visibly getting annoyed, as Andrew calls out his attack. Combuskin gathers up a reddish energy in his fist, and opens it up. Claws start forming out of the energy, but no where near as long as Alakazam’s. Combuskin rushes at the Abra full boar and impales the Psychic pokémon with a Super Effective strike. Abra has such a weak physical defense, so the pokémon instantly faints.

“NOOO!” Sabrina yells out and all the torches in the room fizzle out. The room suddenly starts to lighten up as the raw power from Sabrina flairs out in her rage. The adolescent cries out in a tantrum over the loss and launches a visible wave of psychic energy at Hakuzo and Andrew.

Hakuzo and Andrew close their eyes waiting for the psychic attack to hit them but it never happened. They slowly open their eyes to see the same Alakazam from the cavern standing in front of them. The Alakazam had teleported here and put up a Light Screen in time to stop the attack from getting through.

“Foolish child, you misuse your gift.” The Alakazam states sternly to Sabrina. “You were born with an extraordinary gift to help others not use and abuse them for your own enjoyment.” Sabrina is too lost in her tantrum to listen to anything that’ being said to her. She continues to launch attack after attack at the Alakazam but all fail to penetrate the Light Screen.

Soon Sabrina passes out from pure exhaustion from using up so much of her power in such a short time. She slumps to the ground, snoring loudly being soundly asleep. After a moment Mister X. teleports into the Gym as well.

“Do not worry about my daughter. She will be fine.” Mister X says as he hands Hakuzo and Andrew a Marsh badge. “Here is your badge for defeating the Saffron City Gym Leader. I’m sorry that Sabrina has been so difficult to deal with. I just hope in time that she will learn her lesson…” The Alakazam turns to Hakuzo and Andrew, then he nods. He suddenly teleports away and the torches in the Gym flair back to life. As Hakuzo and Andrew turn around to leave as Mister X calls out to them. “Wait, before you go, I want to know my real name. It’s Charles Newport. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you my name sooner.”

Both the trainers just nod and silently leave the Gym. They head to the Pokécenter to rest for the night. Nurse joys checks over all the pokémon and cheerily tells the trainers that all of them are in fine shape. “Even the Sandshrew you have didn’t get hurt too badly, its tough skin protected it while it rolled down the hill. Mister Pokémon did a great job helping the pokémon.”

Hakuzo and Andrew thank Nurse Joy, then they find a quiet spot to settle in for the night. Hakuzo and Andrew start discussing which of the Gyms they should take on next. Celadon and Vermilion city are equal distances from Saffron City.

Before the two trainers could decide where to go next, Nurse Joy calls out to them. “Hakuzo NightFox, you have a phone call.” Hakuzo wonders who would know that he was at this Pokécenter of all places. He gets up and answers the phone. Professor Oak greets Hakuzo in an excited manner.

“Hello Hakuzo. One of my… Associates told me you obtained your third badge. As promised I’ll give you a Fire Stone. Stay right there.” Hakuzo takes on a confused look at what Professor Oak said. There’s no way Oak could send a Fire Stone here when he is still in Pallet Town. Suddenly once again Alakazam appears holding a Fire Stone.

“Wait… so… that means you know this Alakazam Professor Oak?” Hakuzo asks.

“Yup… I kind of had planned all along for you to meet that Alakazam. He is and old friend of mine.” Oak explains as the Alakazam hands Hakuzo the fire stone. Oak then explains to Hakuzo how the Fire Stone works to make Miles evolve. Hakuzo nods and looks over the deep red stone. The stone has a tribal looking fire etched into it. Hakuzo nods and sighs. He looks over Miles and notices that the Fox pokémon is nervous with anticipation.

“Well here goes nothing.” Hakuzo states and he holds the stone close to Miles.

Narrator: What will happen now? Will Miles Evolve into the Fabled Nine-Tales or will all their hard work be for naught? Tune in next Episode to find out what happens.<<<