McBusted's Pokémon Adventures Part 4: Voices that brings light to the Shadows

Here is part four of my fan fiction for two of my favourite boy bands McFly and Busted in their super group McBusted where they continued their tour in the world of Pokemon in the Orre region from Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD during the gen 3 days. During their arrival in the Orre region, the McBusted boys got themselves involved in an incident involving Shadow Pokemon. They learned a song that is said to the key to purifying Shadow Pokemon. Enjoy and stay tuned for more.  

 

 McFly and Busted: Voices that brings light to the Shadows 

 Chapter 1: Arrival of the shadows

 Two best-loved boy bands McFly and Busted formed together as McBusted made their arrival in the arid and mysterious Orre region as part of their Pokémon tour. The landscape was rather unique to the boys of McFly and Busted as it’s not every day that they get to do a tour in a desert wasteland dotted with the occasional oasis.

 “Phew, it’s so hot” said Danny sweating. “And so are you” said Dougie teasing him which made Danny blush. “Tell me, was it this hot when you guys took a trip to Australia for your Radioactive album?” asked James. “I say it was more humid though we gotta keep out cool regardless” replied Tom.

 Nevertheless, they played a few shows in Orre including Phanec City and Pyrite Town. The McBusted boys got close to their fans while on the B-Stage that was on the middle of their arena and the OMFG stage where they have the chance of hi-fiving their fans.  Danny was sweaty so at the end of the show he got out his towel and wiped his armpit, chest and genital area and tossed it to the lucky crowd cheering for them.

 During their break, they looked around at Agate Village which is one of the cooler places in Orre with it being a forest village. Along the way, they found a shrine at the Relic Forest in the northern part of Agate Village known as the Relic Stone. “Now that is an interesting-looking shrine” said Charlie. There was a notice next to the Relic Stone that showed lyrics of a song that is said to summon the mythical Pokémon Celebi who has the power to travel through time and to open the hearts of Pokémon whose hearts have been closed off. “I say it’ll be a good idea for us to learn the song” said Matt with interest. “Yeah, I would like to see one” said Harry and the McBusted boys took note of the song.

 Suddenly, they heard a scream behind them. “What was that?” cried Danny. “We better check it out” said Tom and they rushed in the direction of the noise. They have found four young trainers with two of them a boy and a girl named Merrick and Marni with not only their Pokémon Pikachu and Eevee were knocked out but they where attacked by their opponents’ Makuhita and Teddiursa Pokémon who are owned by two boys named Groth and Toby who looked horrified with their Pokémon were acting hostile for some reason. “Please stop!” cried Groth but their Pokémon wouldn’t listen and were about to attack their own trainers but Danny and Matt rushed in and grabbed them out of the way in time although they were nearly attacked in the process.

 “Are you both alright?” asked Matt. “Thanks Sirs but our Pokémon wouldn’t listen to us” said Toby. “They brutally defeated our Pokémon before they could stand a chance” explained Merrick who was shaken with the whole event. “They tried to attack us! We don’t know why!” cried Marni who was frightened by that experience. “Don’t worry, we’ll help out” said James reassuring them.

 The two shiny Ralts that belonged to McFly and Busted have noticed a shadowy aura on Makuhita and Teddiursa that is only visible to them. They used their telepathic powers to share what they can see with the McBusted boys. “What is that?!” said Harry. “It looks like a dark glowing aura” suggested Tom. “You think that’s making them crazy?” asked Charlie. Makuhita and Teddiursa were about to attack Merrick and Marni but the two Ralts bravely defended them by firing their Disarming Voice which stunned them. “Alright! Way a go you both!” cheered Dougie. The Ralts then subdue them by firing their Psybeam at them.

 An old man made his appearance, approaching the group. “My apologies for intruding but I am Eagun. We have been receiving reports of Pokémon attacking people lately. It pains me to hear as people and Pokémon coexisting is how it always should be. I’m sorry for you kids to be among the victims involved” said Eagun sorrowfully. “Excuse me but do you have any idea what’s causing those two Pokémon to act crazy?” asked Tom. “Those two Ralts of ours have seen some kind of shadow aura that came from them yet only they can see it” added Matt.

 “I don’t know but it sounds like their hearts have been closed off by that shadow aura. It’s amazing that your Ralts are able to see it which is truly special of them aside from their shiny appearance” said Eagun. “Yeah, we owe it to them a lot” said Dougie smiling. “It’s all thanks to them” said Charlie. Their Ralts were happy to hear such praise. “That reminded me, I saw you all at the Relic Shrine taking an interest in the song known as The Forest Guardian that is said to summon Celebi who has the power to open the hearts of Pokémon. Would you guys mind playing that song?” asked Eagun. “Why certainly” said Danny who was eager to try it. “A good opportunity to show you all our performance” said James.

 The McBusted boys played The Forest Guardian with smooth vocals while playing their instruments softly matching the gentle breeze of the forest leaves which made everyone feel relaxed. After they finished playing the song, Celebi appeared, much to their amazement as it used its powers to purify Makuhita and Teddiursa.

 “Wow! Did you see that?!” said Harry with excitement. “Our singing has summoned that Celebi!” cheered Dougie. “Wonderful! The legends must be true! That song must be the key to summon Celebi for those Pokémon to be purified and you all have the vocals and talent for that song! You all could be the ones to rescue those Pokémon from that shadow aura!” said Eagun. “We’ll be happy to use our singing to save them all! We can’t let anyone control those Pokémon, just like what happened in Johto” said Danny. “Looks like we’ll be saving the day with our singing again” said James.

 “We’re sorry for our Pokémon to cause all the trouble” said Toby. “That’s alright, I know it wasn’t both of your fault” said Marni. “I know we’ll have a fairer battle next time” said Merrick. “Do you both know how these Pokémon of yours became berserk?” asked Charlie. “We don’t know but they were given to us by a strange man with afro hair. We thought we’d try them out” replied Groth. The McBusted boys take a note to keep an eye out for a man with afro hair.

 Chapter 2: Dance in the Shadows

 Eagun told the McBusted boys that there was a report of aggressive Pokémon spotted at Citadark Isle including a huge one that was causing massive storms to appear which made it dangerous to travel to Orre so they made their way to Citadark Isle to investigate. “It’s a good thing we have arrived before it happened” said Tom. “Yeah but we may won’t be able to leave Orre” said Dougie half-jokingly, half worryingly.

 The mayor of Pyrite Town Duking has accompanied them so that he can arrest those who are responsible for the incident. “Is it just me or a lot of people in Orre have been working out a lot?” said James. “There’s a whole lot of scary thugs that’s for sure” said Dougie. “Now now, I may not look it but I only wish to maintain the peace throughout Orre.  And you said you are McBusted? My daughter is a fan of you all who has seen your shows the other day” said Duking. “Well, it’s nice to meet you” said Danny who was flattered, shaking hands with him. “Thought there’s going to be an arm wrestling match!” joked Matt.

 As soon as they arrive, they find the man with afro hair at the entrance who immediately greets them by showing off his groovy dance moves as if he’s in a disco. His Pokémon Luidcolos were dancing with him. “Well hello, I am Miror B! Are you here to see my special show?” said the man.  “This doesn’t look like an ideal place for a dance show” said James dryly. “Mush and I can do a better dance than that! Just like with me on Strictly Comes Dancing” said Harry cockily. “Why how dare you Peasant! You’re the boy band from those shows aren’t you? I saw you all! There’s no way I dance to those cheesy pop music of yours!” said Miror B mockingly. “Who are you calling us cheesy?!” argued Matt.

 “Now hold on! You’re the one who’s been giving out those Pokémon that attack other people aren’t you?” asked Charlie. Miror B was surprised to hear this but he continued to toy with them. “What do you mean? I’m just here to dance with my Pokémon all day long, matching their moves to the beat in the heart of battle” said Miror B as he danced some more but the McBusted boys weren’t buying it. “You can’t fool us! We've seen Pokémon attacking others with our own eyes and this isn’t right!” said Danny.

 Miror B stopped playing dumb and said “Fine, if you Peasants really want to know; we Cipher have been creating Shadow Pokémon!” “Shadow Pokémon? Just what do you intend to do with them?!” cried Harry. Miror B explained that Cipher aims to create powerful Pokémon for them to gain power all over the world by turning them into soulless fighting machines at the expense of their emotions. He was the one who had been giving out Shadow Pokémon to people to spread Shadow Pokémon throughout the region as much as possible.

 “With our Shadow Pokémon, we shall make the world fall with our groove!” boasted Miror B. “Not if we stop you from controlling those Pokémon against their will!” declared Tom. “Yeah, people and Pokémon are meant to live in harmony! We’ll show you that we are strong with our Pokémon’s hearts open to us!” said Danny as they were ready to fight. “We cannot allow you people to get away with Shadow Pokémon!” said Duking sternly. “Very well then, let’s start the music!” said Miror B as six brightly coloured Cipher peons who call themselves the Hexagon Brothers have gathered around to assist Miror B for their battle.

 The McBusted boys send out the Pokémon that they have captured throughout the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn regions up against seven Pokémon sent out by MirorB and the Hexagon Brothers Resix, Blusix, Browsix, Yellosix, Pursix and Greexi which the Ralts have detected shadow aura on them, indicating that they are Shadow Pokémon.

 Danny was up against Greesix’s Shadow Exeggutor. He sends out his Machamp but he realised that his Machamp has a type disadvantage against Exeggutor. “Ha! Your Machamp can’t switch out now!” taunted Greesix as his Shadow Exeggutor used Shadow Hold which prevented his Machamp from switching out. “Well we’ll just have to use our might to beat you!” said Danny who flexed his muscles just like his Machamp. “You have some guts!” said Greesix who ordered Shadow Exeggutor to use Shadow Storm. Quickly, Danny told his Machamp to block the move with its Stone Edge. Shadow Exeggutor then rammed into Machamp using Shadow End which hurts Machamp. “Don’t give up, I know you can do it! Strike back with Knock Off!” said Danny. Machamp heard his wishes and hits back using Knock Off which was super effective on Shadow Exeggutor (especially since Shadow Exeggutor has dealt recoil damage using Shadow End). He then told Machamp to finish it using Dynamic Punch with its No Guard ability helped it to land its attack correctly, subduing Shadow Exeggutor, much to Greesix’s disbelief. “Alright! We are the champ!” cheered Danny as he mirrored Machamp’s poses in celebration.  “The resemblance is uncanny” said Dougie witnessing this.

 Tom battles Yellosix’s Shadow Manectric using his Starmie. Like with Danny’s Machamp, his Starmie has a type disadvantage but this did not deter him and kept his cool. “Manetric, darken the skies using Shadow Sky!” said Yellowsix and his Shadow Manectric summoned shadowy showers that hurts Starmie.  Shadow Manectric then fired its Shadow Wave at it. “Starmie, heal the damage with Recover!” said Tom and his Starmie regenerated itself to recover itself. “Now become the star and fire your Hydro Pump!” said Tom and Starmie scored a direct hit on the Shadow Manectric. Yellowsix commanded Shadow Manectric to fire its Shadow Rave but Tom told Starmie to counter it with Psyshock which also hurts Shadow Manectric, knocking it out. “Just like my Star Girl” said Tom in triumphantly. “Your dream has come true” commented James.

 James chooses Hitmontop to battle Purpsix who uses Shadow Gengar. This puts James in a tough spot since Fighting-type moves have no effect on Ghost types and his Shadow Gengar used Shadow Hold to prevent Hitmontop from switching out. “I got you now!” taunted Purpsix as his Shadow Gengar fired his Shadow Rave at Hitmontop. But James comes with up creative ideas to work around it as he commanded his Hitmontop to take out the attacks by using Close Combat, battering the incoming shadow attacks with its feet. Just as Shadow Gengar was about to attack using Shadow Storm, James told his Hitmontop to use Sucker Punch which strikes first. “But how?!” exclaimed Purpsix. “It doesn’t hurt to have your Pokémon to know super effective moves!” said James who then told Hitmontop to finish it off using Triple Axel.

 “Type matchups mean nothing to me with my Shadow Pokémon!” claimed Resix who uses Shadow Magcargo up against Dougie’s Gyarados, firing its Shadow Wave towards its direction to prevent Gyarados from charging in using Waterfall. “Oh yeah? I'll have to fight smarter than!” said Dougie who commanded Gyarados to use Dragon Dance and boosted its Attack and Speed. That helped his Gyarados to become faster and stronger, using Bounce to successfully dodge Shadow Magcargo's Shadow Rave by jumping into the air and landing down at it. The impact has stunned Shadow Magacargo whcih made it open to Gyarados' Waterfall. “Yep, I did a better job raising it than that Magikarp Salesmen” said Dougie.

 “Alright! Keep it up!” cheered Matt as his Hitmonchan defended itself from Brownsix’s Shadow Claydol firing its Shadow Wave at it, using consecutive Mach Punches. “You think you’re so smart?” said Brownsix as his Shadow Claydol used its Shadow Mist which made Matt’s Hitmonchan exposed to attacks. “Alright, now use Shadow Panic!” said Brownsix and Shadow Claydol landed the move on Matt’s Hitmonchan, causing it to become confused. “Ha! I got you now!” taunted Brownsix as Shadow Claydol charged towards Hitmonchan using Shadow Rush. “Hitmonchan! You can do this!” called Matt. It was able to hear Matt’s voice, snapping it out of its confusion and hit Claydol with its Ice Punch, dealing twice as damage with its ability Iron Fist.

 “We have an advantage over you so the battle will be ours!” boasted Harry as he used his Tropius against Blusix’s Shadow Quagsire who avoided its moves by flying up in the air and dealing a couple of damage using Hurricane. “Oh yeah? You have no idea what my Shadow Pokémon is capable off!” said Blusix who commanded his Shadow Quagsire to use Shadow Mist which made Harry’s Tropius more exposed to its incoming attack Shadow Half which caused both Pokémon to get hurt with their HP cut in half. “Ha! Now who’s laughing?!” said Blusix as Harry’s Tropius was weakened. However, Harry noticed that Blusix’s Shadow Quagsire was unable to move so he took advantage of it and told Tropius to fire its Energy Ball at it which took it down with it being a super effective hit. “See? What did I tell you?” said Harry.

 Charlie’s Hitmonlee fought against Miror B’s Shadow Mr Mime...who mostly commanded Mr Mime’s mime abilities rather than fighting seriously even as a Shadow Pokémon as shown when he told Shadow Mr Mime to create an invisible wall to block Charlie’s Hitmonlee’s attacks with an invisible wall. “It seems that your Pokémon doesn’t have the groove to land a hit!” laughed Miror B. “Oh yeah? We’ll have to smash that wall!” said Charlie as his Hitmonlee kicked the invisible wall to shatter it using Mega Kick. “Watch out! Here comes the hammer!” said Miror B as his Shadow Mr Mime whacked Charlie’s Hitmonlee with an invisible hammer. Miror B laughed and said “It seems that you can’t handle our performance!” “Then I’ll have to give you a better show!” said Charlie who commanded his Hitmonlee to whack the invisible hammer using Blaze Kick. “How dare you! Here’s your punishment!” said Miror B as his Shadow Mr Mime tied up Charlie’s Hitmonlee with an invisible rope. “Only I can be the star of the show!” gloated Miror B as his Shadow Mr Mime was pulling the invisible rope. Charlie figured that the rope hadn’t tied up Hitmonlee’s legs so as soon as it got closer to Shadow Mr Mime, he said to his Hitmonlee “Now Hitmonlee, unleash your Mega Kick!” and his Hitmonlee kicked right through Shadow Mr Mime which caused it to drop the invisible rope and knocking it out. “Boy, was that a battle or a pantomime show?” muttered Charlie.

 With the Shadow Pokémon weakened, this was the McBusted boy’s chance to purify them with their Forest Guardian song to summon Celebi. “Aright! Now to purify them with our song!” said Danny. “Not so fast! Purifying them is a no-no!” cried Miror B as the Shadow Pokémon got back up and fired their attacks towards the McBusted boys. “Woah men! Those Shadow Pokémon are savage!” yelled Dougie as they tripped over, narrowly avoiding the attacks.

 “We won’t let anyone stop our Shadow Pokémon that easily!” said Miror B and the Shadow Pokémon were about to charge towards the McBusted boys but their Ralts protected them by firing their Disarming Voice at them. The serenading voices have stopped the Shadow Pokémon’s tracks. Even Miror B’s Luidcolos couldn’t help but dance to them. “Ooo what is this groove?” said Miror B. “Good job there Ralts!” praised Harry. “Ok, let’s do our thing!” said Matt and they played the Guardian Forest song which summoned Celebi to purify the Shadow Pokémon while Duking and the police force retrained the Hexagon Brothers so that they wouldn’t interfere with their singing.

 “Oh no, no, no! My tempo is off! This won’t do at all!” cried Miror B. “Give it up! This party of yours is over!” said Tom. “Oh yeah? Well I guess I’ll let you all Peasants deal with our strongest Shadow Pokémon right in the Dome but I doubt that you all can handle its rhythm!” said Miror B. “If we can handle yours, then we can handle anything” said Charlie bravely. “Please be careful here. Orre’s fate is in your hands” said Duking with concern. The McBusted boys nodded at him and they moved on ahead.

 Chapter 3: Opening the heart

 They reached Citadark Isle’s Dome and found Shadow Lugia who was staring at them with its eyes glowing with a malevolent light that made them feel uneasy with overwhelming presense. They couldn’t believe that its once-majestic wings were now dark and shadowy.

 “It sure has turned to the dark side” said James wearily. “Come on everyone, we got to purify Lugia’s heart with our voices!” said Tom with determination. Everyone agreed and they were ready to battle it.

 Shadow Lugia roared and charged towards them. “Machamp! Grab hold of its wings!” called Danny. Machamp grabbed Shadow Lugia’s wings with its powerful arms. It then fired its Stone Edge at Shadow Lugia but it unleashed its Shadow Blast at Machamp to free itself. It then fired its Shadow Storm towards Danny’s Machamp. “Quick! Use Thunderbolt to defend Machamp!” called Tom. “You too Hitmontop with your Triple Axel!” called James. Both Pokémon defended Danny’s Machamp with their moves (Danny showed  showed them his apperication with his smile that swoons them) but they were overwhelmed in by the shadow attacks in the process. Machamp grabbed hold of Starmie and Hitmontop with its arms before they fell to the ground.Tom and James were greateful to help Danny. 

 Shadow Lugia then charged in using Shadow End. “Quick Hitmonlee, stop it with your Hi Jump Kick!” called Charlie. “And you Gyarados with your Waterfall!” called Dougie. Both of their Pokémon collided with Shadow Lugia. The impact caused massive damage to them. Matt tried to use this chance for his Hitmonchan to sucker punch Shadow Lugia with its Thunder Punch, only for it to spot Hitmonchan and fire its Shadow Storm. Harry told Tropius to help Hitmonchan out by firing its Hurricane at the Shadow Storm but it wasn’t strong enough to intercept the shadow move, causing both Pokémon to get hit.

 The McBusted boys weren’t backing down just yet. The Busted boys commanded Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan and Hitmontop to distract Shadow Lugia with their martial-based moves for the McFly boy’s Pokémon to attack it together including Machamp and Gyarados attacking at close range with Dynamic Punch and Power Whip, Starmie and Tropius attacking from the distance with their Ice Beam and Solar Beam. A glint in their eyes where showing as both bands work together. Although it was a good teamwork effort, Shadow Lugia was still strong who fired its Shadow Blast at them, weakening their Pokémon.

 “Hitmonchan! Are you ok?!” cried Matt. “You can’t give up!” said Harry. Their Ralts wanted to help even though they were not strong enough to take down a shadow legendary Pokémon alone. They foreseen an attack and fired their Disarming Voice at Shadow Lugia firing its Shadow Storm which was fired towards the McBusted Boy’s other Pokémon while they were down. While it didn’t hit Shadow Lugia too much, it did help to hold off the attack for a few seconds until they were knocked down by the blast. “No! Ralts!” cried Tom as he and Charlie rushed over to them. “I know you want to help but don’t hurt yourself” said Charlie.

 Their Ralts were still determined to help which triggered their evolution. They have now evolved into Kirila. “Wow! You both evolved!” cheered Danny. “That’s amazing of you both!” said James. While they still weren’t strong enough against Shadow Lugia, their Psybeam was a bit stronger to intercept Shadow Lugia’s Shadow Storm for a bit until their moves were overpowered. The two Kirila leapt with grace to dodge the shadow move just in time. Just as Shadow Lugia fired its Shadow Blast, two wormholes appeared which fired bolts of psychic energy that hit Shadow Blast. That was their Future Sight attack. “Wow! I didn’t see that coming!” said Dougie with astonishment as the McBusted boys used this opportunity for their Pokémon to combine all of their moves to attack Shadow Lugia.

 With Shadow Lugia becoming exhausted, this was their chance to play The Forest Guardian song. “Now for our song!” called James. “Hang in there Lugia, we’ll be the beacon of hope for your darkness” said Danny as they sang the song to summon Celebi to purify Lugia. As Lugia become free from the darkness that has consumed it, its appearance has reverted to its shining silvery colouration and the storms it has created have disappeared, allowing the sun to shine upon Orre once more. Lugia let out a soft cry as its way of saying thanks and spreading its wings towards the sky.

 “We did it. We actually did it” said Matt with his voice filled with awe. “We have our Kirlias to thank” said Harry. Their Kirlias were happy to help out by evolving.

 Chapter 4 – Into the light

 With every Shadow Pokémon purified, Miror B and the other members of Cipher have been arrested. The people of Orre have thanked the McBusted boys for having Orre and their Pokémon, especially Lugia with its heart opened once again. “We’re happy to help out though you should be thanking Celebi who has the power to purify Pokémon” said Tom.

 They played their final concert in Orre at Realgam Tower, sharing the Forest Guardian song for the people to remember. They also played a new song having to become inspired by this adventure ‘Light in the Shadows’ which is an inspiring song that emphasises the power of music and bond can overcome even the darkest of times which was like a beacon of hope.

 Afterwards, James said “Sounds like we’ll be having a lot more adventures throughout our Pokémon  Tours” though he is nevertheless excited. “Yeah, it feels so good to help out people and Pokémon” said Danny. “I’m all for it too. Gotta save them all” said Dougie.  They were then with their Kirlias. “It’s great that you both evolved. It’s one step closer to becoming Gardevoir” said Matt with excitement. “Yeah and we still have the Dawn Stone ready for Gallade” said Tom holding it. “But you don’t have to use it until you’re ready” said Harry patiently. “Yeah, there’s no rush into evolving so quickly but we are still grateful for your help” said Charlie. Their Kirlias smiled at them.

 And they departed from Orre with more adventures awaiting them and more hearts to resonate with their music.

- Mega McBustedeon