Pokemon ReBURST RP

The Pokemon ReBURST Role Play was the third role play to be put on PokePlayers and is based off of the manga by the same name. It is the only role play on the forum to have an ending as well as a sequel role play. The Role Play was opened on September 22, 2012 and ended on January 20, 2014.

Plot:
The plot of ReBURST was originally about an academy of Burst Warriors, people who can fuse with Pokemon via a stone known as a Burst Heart. Eventually, though, the story shifted to the character of Takumi Chikao Genji and his life story. The story has been categorized into three arcs below as well as summarized for convenience. Due to the nature of role play, some parts of the story have been explained in order for the reader to have a better understanding. To see the whole, unedited version of the Role Play, it can be found on the forum.

'''NOTE: This section of the page contains massive spoilers for the plot of ReBURST. If you wish to read the story for yourself, it is suggested that you skip this part of the page.'''

SHOW ME THE STORY

Act One, Part One
The story begins with Kiryu Camilla, a teenage Burst Warrior, meeting up with a fellow student by the name of Takumi Chikao Genji, who had just defeated a teen by the name of Ben in a Burst battle (a form of battling where the trainer and Pokemon fuse and fight together). After Takumi insults Kiryu in passing, Kiryu attacks Takumi in her Liepard Burst. The two engage in a full battle, with Takumi using his Roserade, Summer. Takumi swiftly defeats Kiryu and injures her, earning the attention of another Burst Warrior named Suki Himamori. The three eventually part ways.

After Suki defeats a Leafeon Burst Warrior, the next day arrives and the three protagonists go to the Burst Academy, a school for young Burst Warriors. Suki is introduced to the class as a new student and the class heads off for the gym to practice Burst battling. Suki and Takumi are chosen to battle each other as Kiryu sits with her best friend, a girl named Ivy.

The battle begins, with Suki using her Ninetales, Kitsune and Takumi using his Froslass, Winter. Suki begins by trying to avoid and seduce Takumi, but neither tactic works. Takumi quickly wins the battle despite a type disadvantage, though he compliments Suki on her strength. After Ivy defeats Ben, the class ends.

On the way back to class, Takumi spots an injured Cinccino in the hallway and catches it, naming him Cotton. In the classroom, all of the male students fawn over Suki before she goes to Takumi, who stayed away from the group. Takumi explains to her that his strength comes from his father, who helped Takumi train non-stop until he died.

After school, Kiryu comes across an abandoned Burst Heart that contains a Meinshao. She pockets it and meets up with Suki. The two engage in a Burst Battle, Kiryu's Meinshao versus Suki's Lucario named Aura, while Takumi and another Burst Warrior, Afsi Dalton, watch. The battle ends when Suki falls into the lake and proclaims Kiryu the victor. Takumi rushes home with a fever while Afsi goes back to her travels. Suki leaves for home, only to find a telepathic Glaceon that wishes to join her team. Suki agrees and names her Snow.

Later that day, Takumi leaves his dorm with Ragune, his Gallade and first Pokemon. He finds a gang of Burst Warriors to fight and manages to defeat them all despite being wounded in the battle. Kiryu takes a wounded Takumi to her house where her siblings, Chao and Lin tend to him. Takumi defeats the gang members once again while Suki knocks out a Jolteon, earning respect from Takumi.

Takumi returns to his dorm to find out, much to his dismay, that his childhood friend Clover "Clove" Fields has come to visit. Clove joyfully reunites with his old friend while Afsi completes an application for the Academy. Afsi finds her dormitory while Clove flirts with Suki before getting beaten in a battle by Takumi.

The following day, the cast reports at the Academy where Afsi and Clove, who accompanied Takumi to school, introduce themselves. In the Gymnasium, the teacher announces that there will be a double Burst Battle. Afsi and Clove are allowed to pick a partner, and the two choose Suki and Takumi respectively. The battle begins with Afsi and Suki's Escavalier and Glaceon Bursts versus Clove and Takumi's Banette and Cinccino Bursts.

The battle begins one-sided as Suki and Afsi's tactics prove ineffectual to Takumi and Clove, with the latter still having time to flirt with Suki. Afsi suddenly uses Giga Impact on Takumi, but Clove blocks the way, taking the hit but knocking Afsi out with Destiny Bond. Suki retaliates by damaging Takumi's scarf. Enraged, Takumi hits Suki with an Iron Tail, severely injuring her. He then decides to take her to a person called "The Old Man."

Takumi teleports to the Old Man's tent and gives Suki to him. The Old Man is actually a young man named Avery who lives with a group of prostitutes. While Takumi stays in the tent, Snow the Glaceon is met by several other Eeveelution relatives, all of them wanting to fight her. The fight is broken up by Takumi and Kiryu before Avery tells the group that Suki is going to be okay. Kiryu takes Suki to her house while Clove and Takumi visit Takumi's mother.

Takumi's mother fixes her son's torn scarf while Kiryu and Snow have a conversation. Takumi visits Suki and states that she won't be able to battle for up to three days. Going back to his dorm, Takumi finds Clove and Avery sitting in his room. Avery states that he can help Suki recover faster, and the two go back to Kiryu's house. Avery goes in the room, revealing his Celebi Burst Heart. He heals Suki by opening a portal in time and transferring the energy of a healthy Suki in the past to the injured one.

On the way back to his dorm, Takumi runs into a girl named Lockhart, who claims to have a warehouse full of powerful Burst Warriors. Takumi easily defeats a Flareon Burst named Destino. Suki, meanwhile, goes out by a lake, only to be blasted by a Thunderbolt. She is rescued by Kiryu. Back at Kiryu's house, Suki says that her attacker was one of Snow's siblings.

Takumi decides to go for a walk in the middle of the night and ponders the thought of Kiryu and Suki being his friends before he is attacked by an unknown force that steals Ragune. Kiryu and Suki come to his aid and Suki finds Ragune. After making sure his attackers are gone, Takumi goes back to his dorm while Suki and Kiryu go to Suki's house. Afsi, meanwhile, is greeted by her master, Knatario. The two discuss the double battle at the school before everyone goes to sleep.

Act One, Part Two
A few weeks later, (the official role play states it is the next day, but for story purposes it can be assumed that more time has passed) the group goes back to the academy where an obstacle course has been set up. In the woods, however, a girl known as Mitsumi is on the run from police. In a monologue, she states that she found out how to make Burst Hearts, making her a criminal. She quickly bursts with Nightshade, her Weavile, and escapes her pursuers.

Takumi, investigating the battle, finds a wounded Mitsumi and takes her to Avery. Mitsumi bursts with her Mienshao but is hypnotized by Takumi in his Gallade Burst. While asleep, Mitsumi dreams of her sister Alana who had apparently died in a battle. In the gymnasium, Kiryu and Ivy get into an argument with Ben.

Takumi enters the tent and finds Mitsumi's wallet. He quickly realizes that Mitsumi's father killed his own father and attempts to attack her but is stopped by Avery. Mitsumi hears this in her trance and disagrees, as her father disowned her. Avery finishes and tells Takumi that the girl must stay in Takumi's dorm for a few days, much to Takumi and Mitsumi's dismay. Mitsumi has a flashback of Keldeo saving her from a Jellicent, and Mitsumi returning the favor years later.

The two go to Takumi's dorm and argue about the arrangement before Mitsumi smashes her Burst Hearts in an attempt to escape. Takumi is unfazed and talks to Kiryu via texting about going out with Suki. Suki is chased by Snow's Flareon and Leafeon relatives and asks for Takumi's help. Takumi leaves an uncooperative Mitsumi alone in the dorm. Mitsumi plays the Relic Song on her flute while Suki and Takumi take care of the Eeveelutions. Afsi is shown staying at home with her master.

Takumi leaves for home as Suki talks with an old friend named Lucy. Takumi comes home to find Mitsumi playing the flute and crying. She has a flashback of when she almost killed another Burst Warrior and Takumi takes her to a cafe to console her.

At the cafe, Takumi tries to talk to Mitsumi about her problems but is interrupted by at jealous Suki. Takumi tries to talk to her but ends up getting into an argument over the double Burst Battle. It ends with Takumi storming off and leaving a distressed Suki and annoyed Mitsumi alone. Kiryu tries to talk to Takumi, but is brushed off. Suki considers leaving the Academy while Mitsumi runs off into the forest, where she fights two unknown Burst Warriors.

Takumi continues walking alone until he is met by a teen and a Beheeyem. The unknown boy asks Takumi to join a certain organization, but he refuses. The Beheeyem then knocks out Takumi with its psychic powers. Takumi wakes up and goes to his dorm, where Mitsumi is once again staying, tending to some wounds. Takumi demands her to get out, much to Mitsumi's confusion, as Takumi claims not to know her. Mitsumi leaves the room, only for Clove to come in. Takumi slams the door in Clove's face, not seeming to remember his childhood friend at all. Clove rushes off in his Aerodactyl burst and finds Suki, telling her that Takumi doesn't remember either of them.

Clove, Suki and Kiryu meet at the lake outside of town and discuss what happened. Meanwhile, Mitsumi meets an unknown man in the woods and is ordered to kill Edward, her stepfather. Mitsumi goes to her stepfather's house and kills him, but not before he gives her his Salamence Burst Heart. Mitsumi then breaks her flute, releasing Meloetta from inside.

Clove, Kiryu and Suki are about to go back to Takumi's before they are stopped by Takumi himself in a Giratina Burst. Takumi begins attacking the group. Kiryu and Clove attempt to stop him, but Takumi quickly beats both of them back, mortally injuring Kiryu in the process. Suki, in an attempt to escape, dives into the lake, forcing Takumi to rescue her despite not knowing why. Takumi leaves the group alone and Suki goes back to her house. Clove and Kiryu teleport back to Kiryu's home. Lin and Chao attempt to heal their younger sister.

Takumi goes back to his dorm, only to find Wayne, the boy with the Beheeyem, there. Wayne congratulates Takumi and asks for Giratina's Burst Heart, but Takumi refuses. Later, Takumi receives a letter from "The Boss's" Skarmory. Meanwhile, Afsi finds her mentor looking at abnormal data about Dialga, Palkia and Giratina.

Later that night, Takumi wakes up and goes for a walk alone. He briefly Bursts with Giratina but cannot revert back to his human form. Suki finds a distraught Takumi and attempts to get him to remember her with little success.

At Kiryu's house, Lin explains to Clove that Kiryu needs blood to survive, but neither she nor her brother has a compatible blood type. Clove realizes that Takumi has the same blood type as Kiryu, so he and Lin go off to find him.

Takumi and Suki are suddenly attacked by a group of Burst Warriors led by Wayne. Takumi begins to fight with Wayne, gaining the upper hand after learning that his memories were erased by Wayne himself. The two fall into a portal to the Distortion World. Suki quickly flees from the scene while Afsi sets off to find the source of the abnormal data after being given a Burst Heart by her mentor. Mitsumi, who had fallen into a lake, is pulled out by a group of Burst Warriors, the leader saying that their boss wants to see her.

In the Distortion World, Wayne reveals that he also has a Legendary Pokemon and Bursts with Palkia. In the real world, Lin, Clove and Afsi meet up and discuss what happened, before a voice from Afsi's new Burst Heart tells her to release him. The conversation is interrupted as Clove finds Suki being strangled by a Skarmory Burst, which he makes quick work of. In the Distortion World, Takumi and Wayne continue fighting, though their power is evenly matched.

Mitsumi defeats the gang of Burst Warriors but is wounded in the fight. She quickly teleports to Avery for help. Meanwhile Afsi opens her mentor's Burst Heart and releases Dialga. She quickly Bursts with the Legendary Pokemon and goes to the Distortion World to join the fight.

Clove, Lin and Suki figure out that Takumi is in the Distortion World and try to find a way to reach the dimension themselves. Suki is quickly able to locate a Shaymin nearby (the reasoning as to why a Shaymin would be in the area is unknown), Bursts with it and opens a portal to the Distortion World. Meanwhile, Meloetta finds Mitsumi again and Bursts with her before entering the Distortion World.

Clove, Lin (in a Chandelure Burst) and Suki enter the Distortion World and join the fight. Suki tries to reason with Takumi, who becomes distracted. Takumi finallly manages to defeat Wayne, who leaves Palkia in the Burst Heart. Giratina apologizes to Shaymin for his actions but is stopped by Wayne, now in his Beheeyem Burst. Wayne attempts to wipe Takumi's memory once again, but is stopped by Afsi, still fused with Dialga. Afsi demands that Wayne say who he's working for and to give Takumi's memories back.

Wayne tell the group that he worked with his brother to find someone that could Burst with Giratina and that Takumi was the only one who could do it without dying in the process. Wayne then hits Takumi with psychic energy and everyone, thinking that Wayne is attacking Takumi, fire their attacks at him. After recovering from the attacks, Wayne states that he was, in fact, giving Takumi back his memories. However, when Wayne was hit by everyone's attack he had lost the connection with Takumi, meaning that some of his memories did not return.

Lin remembers Kiryu's condition and leaves the Distortion World and is soon followed by the rest of the group. She, followed by Suki, rushes home to check on her sister's condition. Mitsumi realizes that she can't get out of her Meloetta Burst and attempts to make a new identity for herself.

Lin returns home to find Chao in Kiryu's bedroom. Lin rushes to Kiryu in the bed and realizes that she's dead. Suki enters the house and is told by Lin that Kiryu was killed by Takumi.

As her siblings mourn, Kiryu seems to wake up. Confused, she tries to figure out what happened before seeing her own body on her bed and realizes that she is now a ghost. Her Burst Hearts shatter and she absorbs the energy they created, allowing her to speak telepathically with her Pokemon. Her Mienshao guesses that Kiryu is still on Earth because she has something left to do, and Kiryu leaves the house to find Suki. Suki tells Kiryu that she's leaving the region but Kiryu convinces her to help her find Takumi, who she wants revenge on.

A short ways away from Kiryu's house, Mitsumi debates whether to inject herself with Ditto genes in order to change her appearance. She decides to inject herself with the genes, causing her to drastically change her appearance as well as free Meloetta from burst form.

In town, Mitsumi runs into a former partner named Tula. The group she works with, which was the same one that tried to kill Mitsumi, deals with assassinations. Tula recognizes Mitsumi despite her new appearance and the two agree to go assassinate someone for old times sake.

Clove comes out of the Distortion World and goes to find Takumi to do the blood transplant while Takumi sits by the lake. He releases Palkia and Giratina from their Burst Hearts and the latter briefly converses with a guilty Takumi, who blames himself for the incident. Giratina tells Takumi to have faith that his friends will forgive him. Takumi tells Giratina that the memory he lost was something about Suki, and Giratina leaves for the Distortion World.

Clove finds Takumi by the lake and the two head off to Kiryu's house for the blood transplant. Clove briefly teases Takumi about choosing a girlfriend before Suki arrives, telling the two that Kiryu is dead. Takumi and Suki are forced to hug by Clove as Suki explains that she's leaving the region. Kiryu finds Takumi and the two discuss a way to bring Kiryu back to life.

Mitsumi and Tula discuss leaving the region and Mitsumi recalls a near-fatal encounter that leaves her with three months to live. The two agree to go to another region and fly off in their bursts.

Kiryu suggests stealing a body to revive her in but Takumi refuses, stating that the only body he'll accept is Kiryu's. The group, barring Suki, who went off to the docks, goes to Kiryu's house to retrieve her body. Meanwhile Suki is recruited by Lockhart to assassinate someone named Wayne (it is unknown if this is the same Wayne in the Distortion World).

Afsi comes out of the Distortion World and releases Dialga, who commends her for controlling herself and tells he that they will meet again. It is confirmed in the sequel that Afsi left the region immediately after this event.

Kiryu talks to a surprised Lin about her death and convinces Lin to give Takumi the dead body. Takumi, Clove and Kiryu go to Avery's tent where he takes the body in and prepares to revive it. Kiryu spots Ben sneaking through some bushes and gets Takumi to quickly incapacitate him. Suki is distracted by Avery's tent and Lockhart leaves her behind, never to be seen again. Suki finds Kiryu and Ben, who calls a gang of Burst Warriors to try and take out Suki. Kiryu manages to block their attacks and chase off Ben before Avery finishes his work.

Instead of waking up in her body, however, Kiryu is taken to another dimension and confronted by Arceus, who tells her that by being resurrected, she is defying the gods. As her punishment, Arceus would put her in a new body and erase everyone's memories of Kiryu. After hearing Kiryu plea for mercy, Arceus allows Takumi, Suki and Clove to remember her before sending her off.

Kiryu wakes up in the Old Man's tent and is kindly asked to leave by a confused Avery. Kiryu meets Suki outside but tells her to refer to her now as Kirsten Ryuji, an American exchange student. Kiryu, who will now be referred to by her new name, goes to a dorm room in the school presumably set up by Arceus. Kirsten soon finds out that she can instantly Burst with all of her old Pokemon and decides to begin life anew.

Act Two, Part One
Two months have passed since Mitsumi departed the region as she trains with her student, a teenager named Ayame. Mitsumi teaches Ayame how to burst and has a quick battle against her and her Blaziken. Mitsumi easily wins the battle and continues training before suddenly falling down. Confused, Tula, Ayame and a boy named Terrin rush to her aid, only to find that Mitsumi Bursting with Meloetta shortened her life span considerably and that she is on the verge of death. Mitsumi thanks the three for all that they've done, gives her Burst Hearts to Ayame and dies.

A few days later on an island near the region, Ayame briefly sees a vision of Mitsumi before riding Tempest, Mitsumi's Salamence, to the mainland.

She meets Tula in a cafe but the two are suddenly visited by the ghost of Mitsumi. Mitsumi gives them vials of anti-venom which Tula takes to Terrin. Mitsumi orders Ayame to find a new person to train under as well as to punch Takumi if she sees him. Mitsume disappears, leaving a frustrated Ayame with a strange key.

As Ayame attempts to find out what the key is for, Mitsumi visits Takumi's empty dorm and recalls her time spent there. She then goes to a computer lab with Terrin and registers Ayame for the Academy. Tula informs Ayame that she is now a student and Ayame reluctantly goes to her new dorm. Mitsumi then calls Ayame to skip classes and train with her.

During training Ayame manages to just defeat Mitsumi and her new Jellicent. Ayame goes off to train individually while Mitsumi asks a Musharna and Drowzee for help. The two psychic types show Mitsumi her dreams, revealing that she got her Lilligant Burst from a girl named Copper.

Before she can continue her investigation, however, Mitsumi must go and help deliver a battered Ayame to a doctor named Pike. Tula, Terrin and Mitsumi watch as Pike works to heal Ayame before the training begins again. Ayame asks Mitsumi why she didn't go to Avery for help after she died, and Mitsumi tells her that she has nothing else to live for.

A day or so later Ayame goes out of her dorm to find two teens conversing. One introduces herself as Reika Natsumi Vanguarde while the other, shy girl, introduces herself as Kirsten Ryuji, a transfer student from America. The three talk for a bit before agreeing to go see a movie.

In town, Clove harasses Takumi about a love triangle with Suki and Kiryu before Takumi beats his friend with an Aqua Tail attack and goes back to his dorm. Upon entering, Takumi sees that his dorm was ransacked and seeks out Ben in a blind rage. He finds Ben's gang and uses Cotton's Hyper Voice to attack the group. Kirsten, Reika and Ayame go out to find a source of the noise.

They come to Takumi's floor to find him easily defeating the gang members and tossing them out of a nearby window. Kirsten tries to talk to Takumi but he takes no extra notice in her and walks away. The three girls go to the local cinema to watch a movie.

Suki, who hasn't moved out of the region, trains with her Pokemon by the lake while Takumi battles Burst Warriors on the streets. The two eventually find each other in the woods when Takumi accidentally hits Suki with a Psycho Cut from Ragune. Takumi leaves Suki with her friend Lucy. Ragune and Lucy tease Takumi and Suki respectively about hooking up before they go off to train once more.

Ayame watches this unfolds and is disgusted when Reika and her friend Kaito begin flirting as well, stating that Mitsumi and Terrin were never that way. Suki gets into a Burst Battle with a Machamp while Takumi watches before going to the lake to fish.

Ayame, tired of waiting to see the movie, decides to get into a Burst battle herself. She gets into a battle with a small gang and quickly defeats one of the grunts. Kirsten watches from the sidelines in her Liepard Burst.

Ayame's battle is suddenly interrupted by a man's calls for help. Ayame and Kirsten investigate to find that a local jeweler was robbed. Ayame, in her Blaziken burst, begins chasing the incredibly fast thief. After finally catching up to the thief he immediately opens a Pokeball and has his Crobat attack her. The thief tries to escape once again before being blocked by Nightshade, Mitsumi's former Weavile, and Kirsten, who caught up to the two.

Kirsten recognizes the Pokeball and calls him out as a Pokemon Trainer. The thief responds by Bursting with Vee, his Gardevoir and attacking with Thunder Wave before attempting to escape. Kirsten and Ayame are able to continue pursuit but the thief responds by using Double Team. Ayame spots the real thief and attempts to chase him on Tempest, only for him to teleport onto the dragon type. Ayame tries to Leech Seed him in her Lilligant Burst but the thief suddenly summons all of his Double Team clones to land on Tempest's back, causing her to crash to the ground. Meanwhile the real thief teleports across the city.

Kirsten uses her Espeon to pursue the thief across the city while Ayame calls Tula. The thief attempts to escape by using Confuse Ray on Kirsten, but is briefly impaired by Espeon's Synchronize ability. Kirsten teleports back to Ayame who informs her that Tula will resume the chase. Tula attempts to sneak up on the thief but is spotted by Kami, his Alakazam. Tula attempts to have her Wobbuffet use his Shadow Tag ability but it is blocked by the Thief's Crobat, giving him the chance to escape.

Tula's Crobat begins battling the Thief's, but the battle is interrupted by the thief pulling out a stick of dynamite and throwing it at Tula's team. After a brief round of Dynamite Tennis the stick explodes and begins catching the forest on fire. As Tula sends out her Delcatty to put it out, the thief escapes. Ayame sees the flare and rushes to the scene, where Tula informs her that she was able to use a series of poisonous powders on the thief before the explosion.

The thief teleports to his hideout, a cave surrounded by ice before passing out from the poison. Ayame and Tula figure out which way he went and take chase. They find themselves on a tundra and are soon impeded by a blizzard (the storm, not the move). The two briefly struggle before Ayame has Lillil, her Lilligant, use Sunny Day. They make their way to a large, icy tower. The door to the tower opens and a few baby Pokemon come out. The Pokemon explain to Tula's Froslass that the tower is a home to Ice and Water type Pokemon as well as the thief. Tula, Ayame and Froslass enter the building.

Back in town Kirsten watches Takumi fish by the lake while Suki is defeated by the Machamp Burst Warrior. Takumi wakes up from a nap to find that his Pokemon had caught a Wailord. Takumi releases it back into the lake while Kirsten congratulates him before going off to find Reika. Suki goes to the lake to sing, where Takumi compliments her voice and offers to take her to dinner.

Tula and Ayame find a sanctuary for Ice and Water type Pokemon on the first floor and begin ascending a staircase to the top. They then endure a twenty-story climb up the staircase that led to a statue-lined hallway. The two try to continue upwards but are blocked by a Glaceon and two Weavile. They try to tell the group to go back but are brushed off. The three Ice types attack the group and begin a battle.

The Ice types are soon overwhelmed by the sheer number of Pokemon and are eventually defeated. Tula and Ayame continue up the steps to the top of the tower. At the top, the thief's Crobat, named Crow, stands alone and immediately attacks the two. Tula's Crobat and Ayame's Espeon engage in battle. Despite the disadvantage, Crow holds his own against the two Pokemon until a Blizzard hits the tower, causing Tula's Crobat to get blown away. Crow manages to withstand the Espeon's attacks and knock her out but is soon bombarded by Nightshade and Tula's Froslass. The Crobat then flees the tower.

Ayame and Tula's victory is short-lived as they realize that the thief, who's name is revealed to be Fang, is nowhere near the tower and instead in a mountainside base. Furious, the two attempt to go home but are stopped by a Regice, the guardian of the tower. The two quickly teleport back to Ayame's dorm. In Fang's hideout his Gardevoir, Vee, administers antidotes to the poison powder Fang was hit with.

The next day Fang plans his next bout of thievery. His next heist requires full evacuation of the city in order for him to dig for buried treasure. Vee gives Fang more smoke bombs and dynamite as well as a cloak and mask. With that, he and his Alakazam set out.

Tula and Ayame nurse wounds from a training session while Mitsumi chastises them for their stupidity. Meanwhile Fang begins planting rumors of a bombing in the city as well as disrupted spirits. Soon, half the town is talking about an alleged bombing. Tula and Ayame hear of the rumor but are too late as Fang dons his cloak and mask, lets off a smoke bomb and begins threatening the citizens. Soon, the entire town is in a state of panic and evacuation.

Tula and Ayame, unconvinced of the bombing, fly through the air with Tempest in an attempt to find the culprit. After most of the city had either left or passed out from the smoke Fang and Kami begin searching the city for the treasure via a map. Ayame and Tula pick up Kirsten on the Salamence and try to spot Fang, who found the site of the treasure.

Fang begins using explosives to clear the dirt away until he's a few feet above the treasure. He calls out his Snorlax, Pudge, to begin digging for the treasure. Mitsumi finds Fang and talks to the thief about the treasure before a Spiritomb ghost begins annoying her. Mitsumi catches the Spiritomb but her conversation with Fang is interrupted by Takumi and the girls. Takumi tries to subdue the Snorlax with Ragune but is stopped by Kami's Psychic attack.

Mitsumi, in her new Spiritomb Burst, attempts to attack Kami but is quickly blocked by the Alakazam. Mitsumi switches attention to Pudge the Snorlax, who had found the treasure. She attempts to use Psychic to hold him down but Pudge easily escapes. Meanwhile Tula's Crobat tries to grab the treasure but is stopped by Crow. The two begin battle while Kami throws Takumi away and attacks Mitsumi, who is trying to hypnotize Pudge. Fang commands Pudge to throw him with Strength, which he does. Kami then teleports away with Pudge while Crow flies away, flipping off Tula's Crobat in the process. Fang makes his getaway unscathed.

Mitsumi's body is suddenly taken over by someone named Lila, who talks with Tula about killing their boss. Tula goes off to find Fang while Ayame and Kirsten go back to their dorms. Tula attempts to fly to Fang's hideout only to be stopped by the Regice Guardian. Tula becomes frozen and is taken to Pike by Mitsumi before everyone goes to sleep for the night.

The next day, Suki, Kirsten and Ayame go to the Academy while Fang plans his next heist. After everyone arrives at the school Takumi comes in late and appears to be drunk. He quietly explains to Clove that Avery is the cause of his condition.

Meanwhile Fang robs a jewelery store and is soon on the run from the police. He loses the cops by sneaking into the Academy but is soon caught by a teacher. Fang tricks the teacher by saying that he's a transfer student by the name of William Von Butch. He is taken to the same classroom that Ayame and Kiryu are in and is quickly recognized. The kids then go to the gymnasium.

"William" is chosen by the teacher to be the first student to battle and he chooses Suki as his opponent. Fang bursts with Boomer, his Marowak, and Suki, who was alerted to Fang's theivery, chooses Snow, her Glaceon. Fang feigns not knowing how to battle while Suki tells him that she knows his true colors. She then attempts to grab the stolen diamonds by stealing Fang's bag in the gym and leaving through the window. It is in vain, however, as Fang moved the stolen diamonds to the locker he was assigned as William Von Butch.

Fang escapes the school through the bathroom while Suki goes to swim in the lake. She is suddenly attacked by a Samurott Burst. Ayame, who is alerted by her Espeon, Psyche, rushes off to defend Suki from the Samurott Burst, who turns out to be the brother of Destino, the Flareon Burst who worked with Lockhart. Fang decides to tease Ayame once again and joins in the battle, working with the Samurott Burst. Destino himself joins the fray and the brothers attack Suki while Fang takes on Ayame.

Suki Bursts with a Zoroark and attempts to flee the battle by using Attract on Fang, but the thief calls out his Electrike to use Thunderbolt on her. Since she was covered in water, the Thunderbolt has an even greater affect on Suki, who collapses. Ayame and Fang continue their battle before realizing Suki's condition. Their battle abruptly halts as Fang desperately tries to help Suki by taking her to the hospital. It's too late however, as Suki dies.

Ayame wakes up in Pike's medical room, where Tula informs her that the girl she was trying to save died from Fang's attacks. Ayame, angered by the news, vows to kill Fang herself. Meanwhile the thief teleports back to his hideout and laments at what he did. Suki's Pokemon are released from their Burst Hearts by her friend Lucy and mourn the loss of their trainer.

Act Two, Part Two
A couple weeks later, Suki wakes up in spirit form and talks to Mitsumi about what happened to her. Ayame trains on her island so she can take on Fang. Tula tells her that she has survivors guilt and takes her back to the school.

Kirsten plays the piano in her room and wonders if her former self, Kiryu, is still alive in her. Suki retrieves her Pokemon and wanders around the school grounds while Fang watches traffic on the streets. He notices a speeding car going by and has Kami, his Alakazam, stop it. A missile inexplicably comes out of the car, which Kami redirects back at the vehicle. The car explodes and Fang leaves, giving no explanation of the incident. Ayame has a brief conversation with Meloetta.

Takumi briefly talks to Giratina before going back to his dorm while Suki sends Snow to go find him. Fang goes to an uninhabited house and blows it up, attracting the attention of Kirsten. Snow informs Takumi that Suki had died and the Burst Warrior goes into a panic. Kirsten talks to Fang for a bit before letting the thief go. Kirsten teleports back to her dorm and ponders why she let a criminal escape.

Takumi finds Suki's ghost and talks to her about how she died. Takumi attempts go to and find her killer, but to no avail.

Kirsten hangs up some new clothes before an alarm goes off. She and Ayame meet up outside of the dorm to see a large explosion rock the area. The girl's dorm catches on fire and several Burst Warriors spring into action. Several Psychic Bursts attempt to hold the flames back while Water Bursts try and put out the fire. Ayame joins Kirsten in containing the fire.

A news van suddenly pulls up to the dorm and begins filming the fire, refusing to help despite the fact that a Seismitoad is running the camera. Fang watches the footage on his TV and decides to help as penance for killing Suki. All of his Pokemon begin to help douse the fire but to no avail. Kirsten changes tactics and begins depriving the fire of oxygen. Her idea works and the fire is finally put out. The three take a brief rest before Ayame remembers her vow to kill Fang. Ayame attacks Fang but is quickly repelled by Pudge. Fang talks to Kirsten once again and compliments her on her quick thinking.

A boy named Kazuya Riyuto wanders the streets before meeting a group of stoners. They tempt the boy with a Burst Heart but refuse to give it to him.

After an unspecified amount of time, Takumi gives up on his search for Suki's killer and goes to the lake, where Suki's ghost waits. The two try to engage in conversation but Takumi breaks down, blaming himself for Suki's death. Takumi goes to a woman named Morgan and asks for his memories of Suki to be erased.

During this, Kirsten begins to have headaches and begins wondering if her former identity, Kiryu, is still inside her. She begins to go mad and decides to get revenge on Takumi for killing her. She stops by the lake and insults Suki for being useless before the ghost seems to move onto the next world.

Takumi defeats a group of Burst Warriors, revealing that he decided not to get his memories erased. Meanwhile a girl named Kira Kuroneko announces to the city that a storm is coming by using her Absol Burst.

Kirsten confronts Takumi in the cafe and informs him that Suki had passed away. Takumi leaves the cafe when Kiryu cannot find the guts to kill him. She decides to go to Clove for help. Meanwhile Ayame, Fang and Kira (mostly Fang) cause havoc in the city, with Ayame seeming to have forgotten her vow to kill Fang. Ayame and Kira meet up and agree to be sparing partners.

Kirsten finds Clove in the bookstore and asks him to kill her so that she doesn't kill Takumi herself. Clove tries to talk her out of it but eventually agrees to do it (while still keeping a lighthearted tone about the whole thing). He asks her to go to the fountain first and she accepts.

Kira begins having headaches and goes to see a doctor before Suki comes out of her body and goes to Avery for help. She asks him to revive her but Avery states that he must have her original body to do it. Suki goes to search for her old body. Mitsumi finds her and informs her that Pike is preserving her body, so the two go and get it back. Suki brings the body to Avery and is brought back to life.

Meanwhile Tula successfully fends off a group of gangsters near a Teddiursa statue. Fang, who is searching for the same statue, meets Tula for the first time. Fang ends up destroying the statue and grabbing a key that was inside while Tula flies off on her Crobat.

At the fountain, Clove talks to Kiryu and begins to play a guitar. Takumi joins him and the two do a duet in the plaza. Fang, Suki and a small crowd watch the two perform. Afterwards, Kirsten challenges Takumi to a final battle before Clove kills her, but is interrupted by Suki. Clove is elated at Suki's revival but Takumi seems to brush off the matter. Offended, Suki runs away from the plaza while Clove tells off Takumi for hurting her feelings.

Takumi and Suki yell at each other while Clove and Kirsten attempt to have the two make up. Frustrated, Kirsten goes to the Academy's gym while Suki runs off to a cave, followed by Takumi.

A sudden earthquake rocks the town, causing the Academy, which was built on a steep hill, to begin to collapse. Kirsten attempts to hold the Academy in place with her Espeon's psychic powers but quickly tires. Takumi is informed by Ragune that Suki is in trouble and makes it to the cave she's hiding in. They escape the cave and Takumi apologizes for yelling earlier.

On top of the school Fang wonders how Suki could be alive before he falls through the ceiling due to the earthquake. Takumi, Ayame, Clove and Fang rush to help Kirsten hold the school together while Suki attempts to evacuate the city. Kirsten, Takumi, Ayame and Fang discuss what to due via telepathy. After a very long brainstorming session the four decide to teleport the school so that it won't crash into the village. Everyone combines their psychic power and successfully teleport the school to the south.

Takumi and Clove immediately leave the area and meet up with Suki. Clove surprises Takumi and causes him to fall into Suki. Suki's Pokemon extend the awkward moment by lying on top of Takumi. After managing to get off the ground Takumi and Suki agree to go to Suki's house to get something to eat while Fang watches from a tree, relieved that Suki is still alive.

Act Three, Part One
Presumably a month or so later, Fang sleeps in a tree but is woken up by Kirsten. She thanks Fang for helping to save the Academy and the two discuss their plans for the future. Fang, finished with looting the area, plans to move onto another town. Kirsten tells Fang that the village is evacuating in order to make repairs from the previous earthquake before the two watch the sunset together.

Takumi and Suki eat dinner at Suki's house before Takumi is suddenly overcome with a headache, causing him to pass out. Suki takes him to her couch before going to clean up the kitchen. After Ragune agrees to watch Takumi, Suki and her Lucario go outside to train.

Kirsten admits to Fang that staying in the village is making her depressed and advises Fang to make Dawn City his next target for stealing. Clove flies in with his Aerodactyl Burst and asks where Takumi has gone. Kirsten points him in the right direction before resuming her conversation with Fang.

Suki trains with Aura before getting punched in the gut by the Lucaro's newly-learned Thunder Punch. Takumi wakes up and tells Ragune to go find Suki. The Gallade finds her and takes the paralyzed girl back into the house. An unknown person watches. Kirsten and Fang teleport to Dawn City.

Ragune and Takumi assess Suki's condition while a man by the name of Katsutoshi arrives at Suki's house. Katsutoshi tells Takumi that he had been watching the Burst Warrior for some time and wished to congratulate him. Katustoshi examines Ragune and convinces Takumi that he should leave the area. Suki overhears the conversation and is heartbroken that Takumi is leaving the town. They embrace and go their separate ways, Suki deciding to go back to her old village. Fang and Kirsten meet at Dawn City and decide to work together.

In the forest, Takumi's Pokemon berate their trainer for leaving Suki. After a moment of indecision, Takumi resolves to finally admit his love to Suki and heads back to her house. When he arrives, he realizes that Suki is leaving and chases her to the boat. Suki boards the boat but Takumi and Clove fly onto the ship as it leaves. Takumi confesses that he likes Suki while Clove mentions that the three of them were childhood friends in the past. Suki bursts with her Ninetales, jumps into the water and starts drowning.

Takumi saves Suki and they begin swimming to shore, only to be picked up by a Dragonite with a crown on its head. The Dragonite takes the two back to the mainland while Katsutoshi watches. At first Suki is unresponsive from the cold water but Takumi successfully wakes her up, much to his relief.

Ayame wakes up to find Mitsumi and Tula talking about moving to Dawn City. The three girls teleport there.

Back at the docks, Clove joins the group and further explains that the Dragonite was Suki's father's, and that he, Suki and Takumi were all friends as children until Takumi's dad died, causing Takumi to become cold and distant. Suki later moved away, causing Takumi to forget about her. The Dragonite gives Suki his Burst Heart as well as a Tentacruel's Burst Heart. Suki then decides to stay in town.

In Dawn City, Kirsten and Fang realize that they're being watched. Tula spots the duo and recognizes them, but decides not to pick a fight. Fang, on the other hand, begins throwing shurikens at the woman to get her attention. Tula yells at a fleeing Fang but ultimately ignores him.

(Presumably) the next day, in Dawn City, Fang is going through his backpack when he's bitten by a Croconaw. He sends out his Electrike, who is at first beaten up by the Croconaw. Fang's Sparks then evolves into Manectric, learns Flamethrower and defeats the Croconaw, which Fang catches and names Jaws. Kirsten meets up with Fang and discusses who was watching them earlier while Ayame is quickly defeated by Mitsumi.

Fang and Kirsten then decide to pickpocket the people of Dawn City. Kirsten uses her Espeon Burst to create a magic show while Fang begins pick-pocketing the crowd via his Gardevoir's Psychic. Tula, who was watching the show, alerts the crowd to Fang, angering the thief. Fang teleports away and decides to settle the score with Tula, once and for all.

Tula and Fang begin throwing knives and shurikens at each other before Fang throws a bomb at his opponent. Tula gets caught by the explosion, which covers her in a sticky substance. Tula then lowers the temperature of the entire city with her Froslass. The substance begins freezing and Tula breaks free, only for Fang to hit her with Attract. Tula, wearing a Destiny Knot, infatuates Fang as well. Fang attempts to interrogate Tula but ends up falling on top of her instead. After more embarrassing dialogue between the two, Tula completely escapes from the sticky substance and Fang gives chase.

Up on a rooftop, a boy by the name of Alan watches the battle, planning to attack them himself. After giving himself away he is spotted by Kirsten. Fang finally catches up to Tula and knocks her out. Alan goes up to Fang and tries to pick a fight but is dispatched by Fang. Mitsumi finds the knocked-out Tula and convinces Fang to let her go. Mitsumi takes Tula away. Tula's ultimate fate is unknown.

Kirsten and Fang begin threatening Alan, who runs away in a panic. Fang and Kirsten take the thousands of dollars they stole and stay at a hotel for the night. Alan looks at his Fraxure Burst Heart and vows that no one will know where he found his Pokemon.

Some time later, most likely a few days, Takumi, Clove and Katsutoshi are leaving Suki's house when they are stopped by three Burst Warriors. They claim to have worked for Wayne in the past as well as with Takumi himself. They then burst into a Butterfree, Dusknoir and Spiritomb and lead Takumi into Dawn City.

In Dawn City, Kirsten and Fang spot Takumi and the three Burst Warriors,who are revealed to be named Jay, Riley and Brittany. The three threaten to kill Suki unless Takumi rejoins their organization, which he refuses. Kirsten and Fang start to battle the three Burst Warriors while Katsutoshi drives through the city on his motorcycle, looking for the group.

The battle quickly turns against the three Burst Warriors as Kirsten, Fang, Sparks, Alan, Mitsumi and Katsutoshi's Cacturne all enter the scene and begin fighting them. Alan hits Brittany with Outrage but falls into a confused frenzy, having to be restrained by Mitsumi. The three Warriors knock out Takumi and flee the area, but are chased by Fang and Kirsten. The three Burst Warriors are beat up further by Fang and Kirsten, who are finally able to get back Takumi. Takumi wakes up and finishes off the three with Winter's Blizzard.

Takumi thanks Kirsten for her help in a nearby forest and briefly talks to her before noticing Alan, who was knocked out by the Blizzard attack. Alan wakes up and tries to run away but is restrained by Ragune. Takumi learns that Alan had found Draco, his Fraxure, in a ditch and doesn't have any experience battling. A boy named Phoenix Radke finds the group in the woods. At first, Takumi lets Alan go, but the boy tries to set the forest on fire with Incinerate. Takumi puts out the fire and challenges him to a battle. Alan attempts to use Outrage but Takumi easily dodges the attack and forcefully knocks out Alan.

Katsutoshi starts to leave Dawn City when he is confronted by Mitsumi, who asks about the battle that had taken place. Katsutoshi explains what happens, but also seems to know about Mitsumi's past connections with Takumi. Mitsumi thanks Takumi and releases her Spiritomb.

Takumi holds Alan's Burst Heart out of his reach and refuses to give it back to him, but Phoenix chastises Takumi and takes the Burst Heart himself. Phoenix teleports away with Alan, and Alan introduces himself and explains that his Fraxure has an ability called "Rivalry's Wrath," which causes him to lose control of his emotions. Mitsumi's spirit takes one last look at Takumi before disappearing, perhaps moving onto the next life.

Suki and Clove argue about Suki's feelings for Takumi while the man himself returns to town and spots Katsutoshi attempting to sell fake, plastic Burst Hearts. Takumi tells Katsutoshi to stop swindling the crowd, and the man sarcastically apologizes.

Phoenix and Alan decide to have a battle. Alan begins losing the battle until his Rivalry's Wrath activates, causing him to fight more viciously. The battle is interrupted by Clove, who is searching for Takumi. Meanwhile Takumi eats strawberry shortcake by a fountain when Kitsune finds him and tells him that Suki decided to ditch Clove.

Clove, Alan and Phoenix decide to travel together, and Alan explains that Rivalry's Wrath gives him a extra power but causes him to go into a frenzy of attacks. Clove tells Alan and Phoenix that Takumi's father used to use a Salamence and leads them to Takumi, who he tackles into a fountain. Suki joins the group while Alan attempts to run away, but is blocked by Clove. After coaxing by both Clove and Phoenix, Alan finally decides not to run away and attack everyone. Takumi then goes to his dorm and goes to sleep, while the rest of the group camps outdoors. Katsutoshi and an unknown figure watch the group with resentment, saying that they will enact their plan tonight.

Later in the night, a Hypno comes into Takumi's room and hypnotizes him. Ragune senses the psychic type and tries to wake up Takumi, but is stopped by Katsutoshi and his Gliscor. Katsutoshi explains to Ragune that he had been watching Takumi for months in order to find a way to steal Ragune. Ragune vows to kill Katsutoshi one day, but fears that Takumi won't be able to handle the loss of losing him.

While Alan and Phoenix punch boulders while Clove wakes up and spontaneously decides to check up on Takumi. Clove finds Katsutoshi in the room, flips the Hypno from earlier over his shoulder, and the two humans start to battle. Katsutoshi sends out a Cacturne, but his Pokemon are quickly cut down by Clove. Alan and Phoenix join the fray, but Katsutoshi has his Cacturne use Sandstorm and runs away.

Fang watches as Clove pursues Katsutoshi with his Aerodactyl and destroys the thief's motorcycle, but Katsutoshi escapes by having his Duskull use Trick Room. Clove cries and apologizes to Takumi, while Katsutoshi and Gliscor fly away by the light of the moon.

Clove wakes up Takumi and tells him what happened, and Takumi takes out his father's four Burst hearts. He releases his father's Gardevoir and considers using a Burst named "Suicide" before Bursting with his Father's Salamence, named Grim. Takumi then sets out to get back Ragune. The chase is on.

Act Three, Part Two
An unspecified amount of time later, Katsutoshi remains on the run from Takumi, and Hypno tells him that there is a village nearby where he can steal a vehicle. Fangwatches nearby and decides to steal the Burst Heart from the amateur before teleporting near him. Katsutoshi attempts to stop him but is beaten by Kami and Fang. Crow steals a Burst Heart from Katsutoshi and he and Fang run away, but Katsutoshi does not pursue, having tricked the thief by using one of his plastic Burst Hearts as a decoy. Fang realizes his mistake and returns to Katsutoshi, challenging him to a fight,

Just as the fight is about to start, Takumi, Clove, Kirsten and Alan track down Katsutoshi and interrupt the confrontation. Katsutoshi begs for mercy but claims that he was forced to steal Ragune and that he had given it to unknown operatives. Unbenounced to the rest of the group, Katsutoshi had given Ragune's Burst Heart to his Duskull before Takumi reached him. Takumi tasks Katsutoshi with finding the organization and help him get Ragune back. Kirsten decides to help Katsutoshi find an operative to lead them to the organization, which is implied to be the same group of people from earlier in the story. Fang sends Sparks the Manectric to follow Katsutoshi.

Presumably the next day, Alan is walking through a marketplace and meets up with Katsutoshi, asking where Takumi is. Alan threatens to kill Katsutoshi but lets him go. Kirsten meets up with Katsutoshi to help him and Alan meets up with Takumi, who is watching Katsutoshi's progress. Takumi decides to help Alan train and meets up with Clove and Phoenix for a training session. Somewhere else, Suki is knocked out by an unknown person.

During the match, Alan's Rivalry's Wrath power activates but he is still easily defeated by Takumi. Takumi forces Alan to keep fighting to get stronger, but he is eventually knocked unconscious. Meanwhile a man approaches Katsutoshi and asks him about Burst Hearts, but Katsutoshi seems to ignore him completely.

Takumi tries to take Alan to the hospital, but Alan attacks him with a Shadow move and tells him that "Hell's Gate has opened." Takumi, Clove and Phoenix defeat Alan once again and Takumi confiscates his Burst Heart, telling Alan that he should get it purified.

Takumi takes the battered Alan to Avery, but Alan still struggles to run away, speaking of a "darkness" inside him. Avery begins exorcising the darkness out of Alan with his Celebi Burst while Takumi holds him down. Avery seems to succeed, but Takumi's hands are burned by the shadows that possess Alan and he is knocked out. Alan is able to wake Takumi up with his second Burst, a Chikorita, and Takumi praises Alan for a job well-done. Takumi gives Alan back his Fraxure Burst Heart, but runs away from the group.

Suki's Pokemon run up to the group and Kitsune tells Clove that Suki has been kidnapped. Alan tells Avery that the shadows that hurt Takumi can still kill him, and the group goes after Takumi.

The group meets up with Takumi and tries to heal Takumi's hands (the source of the shadows) but Takumi begins attacking the group with Grim, the shadows seeming to cause him to go mad. Takumi quickly defeats Alan, Clove and Phoenix but then reveals that he was showing Alan an example of how dangerous the shadows were and that he was in control of his actions the whole time. Alan angrily storms off.

Kitsune, who has a timer on his collar that is counting down, tries to get Fang to help Suki before going back to Takumi. Takumi realizes that Suki is in trouble, Kitsune leads Takumi to the hideout of Suki's kidnappers. Fang overhears them and decides to help save Suki as further repentence for killing her. Phoenix, Clove and Alan leave the Old Man for the last time and follow the rest of the group. Kiryu uses her psychic powers to locate the base and she and Katsutoshi set out for it.

At some point during the previous events, Katsutoshi's Duskull is attacked by the same organization that kidnapped Suki and has Ragune's Burst Heart stolen by them.

Some time later the entire group (Takumi, Clove, Alan, Phoenix, Fang, Kitsune, Kirsten and Katsutoshi) meets up at the base of Suki's kidnappers, a large building. Kirsten uses her Espeon's psychic powers to look into the building and sees that they have Ragune's Burst Heart captive, and Katsutoshi accidentally says that he was hiding Ragune's Burst Heart and that it must've been stolen. Takumi literally throws Katsutoshi through the doors and the rest follow them into the lair to rescue Ragune and Suki.

Inside the lobby of the building are Okami's Snow and Aura, which quickly beat up Alan before joining the group. Takumi is suddenly set upon by a group of Ice Burst Warriors, led by a Magnezone Burst, and is frozen in a block of ice.

Phoenix attacks the Burst Warriors with his Swampert Burst, but the Magnezone Burst uses a gun to fire a Ring Target on the Swampert, then fires a Zap Cannon at Phoenix, knocking him out in one hit. The Magnezone Burst continues to knock out all of Alan's and Phoenix's Pokemon while Katsutoshi's Gliscor thaws out Takumi with Fire Fang. Once freed, Takumi Bursts with his father's most powerful Burst, Suicide. The Magnezone Burst incapacitates Kirsten but Takumi quickly knocks out all of the Magenzone's lackeys.

What follows is an extremely long fight scene between the Magenzone Burst and Takumi. The Magezone Burst, who's name is revealed to be Damien, reveals that he used to know Takumi, but the Burst Warrior had left Damien to die at some point. Takumi stays in Suicide's Burst for too long and has his heart locked by it.

At one point Suki appears, but is mind-controlled by the organization. The Magnezone Burst reveals that he's wearing a device known as the Grudge Amplification Device (G.A.D), which gives the wearer more power the angrier they are. Clove immobilizes Suki and Bursts with King, his Luxray, and joins the fight. Kirsten and Suki are both taken out of the fight, and Clove is forced to rescue Kirsten, Alan and Phoenix. Finally, Takumi collapses on the ground, defeated by Damien.

Fang, who had snuck into the building through a window, goes down to the basement of the lab and finds a storeroom full of Burst Hearts, Ragune's included. Katsutoshi had also left during the previous fight and makes his way down to the basement.

Damien sends a suppression team to paralyze and incapacitate Takumi, but Suicide Un-Bursts from his master and attacks the group. Damien sends a report to the Boss (the presumed brother of Wayne). Suicide attempts to kill part of the suppression team while Clove, Kirsten, Phoenix and Alan heal themselves. Katsutoshi goes through the building, following Fang's trail until he reaches the storeroom.

Alan manages to get back into the building and take Suicide's Burst Heart. Inside the building, Damien fires an "ultimate attack" at Suicide while Suki sits on the brink of death. The ultimate attack is stopped by The Boss, who tells Damien that he must bring Takumi to him alive. Damien goes berserk and tells the Blaziken that he will fight him one-on-one. Suicide responds by picking up Takumi and running away.

Meanwhile, Katsutoshi meets up with Fang and pursues him for Ragune's Burst Heart, but the thief teleports away to the first floor to find an unconscious Suki. Fang rescues her and her Pokemon before making his escape, with Katsutoshi in pursuit. Fang attempts to teleport away, but Katsutoshi intercepts him and teleports away with him.

Damien bursts out of the building and takes out Clove, telling him that he hates Takumi for leaving him for dead in the past. Takumi, now conscious, tries to tell Damien that he never meant to leave him for dead, but Damien refuses to listen. In Dawn City, Katsutoshi convinces Fang to team up with him.

Damien and Takumi's conversation is interrupted by The Boss, who has his Mismagius torture Takumi into submission. The Boss tells Damien that he must capture Takumi in a half an hour or be punished before leaving on his Braviary. Damien attempts to capture Takumi but is constantly hindered by The Boss's Mismagius. Damien finally captures Takumi and takes him to The Boss.

Kirsten and Clove try to recover while Suicide goes back into his Burst Heart. The two hug their sorrows away before falling asleep.

Presumably the next day, Damien takes Takumi to The Boss's office. The Boss betrays Damien, telling him that the G.A.D will eventually malfunction and torture Damien, but Damien is able to control his anger and turn off the device. The Boss begins torturing Damien but is informed that Ragune was stolen. The Boss takes his anger out on Damien, but is faced with a mutiny when Damien attacks him.

Clove wakes up and leaves Kirsten to sleep before leaving to find Takumi. Kirsten's Espeon and Clove's Banette have a conversation in the meantime.

Clove infiltrates the base once again and finds Takumi fighting off Grunts in a Togekiss Burst. The Boss tries to trap Damien in a Dream World, but Damien breaks free and flies through the complex. As Damien tries to leave, he contemplates what Takumi said and becomes conflicted. Clove and Takumi, both of whom are trying to escape from the building, find Damien in the hallway. Damien tells the two that he should kill them, but that he will instead help them escape and join their group. Takumi's stoic personality breaks as he reconciles with Damien. The three decide to get their Burst Hearts back from The Boss. Alan gets beaten up by Clove's Banette.

Takumi, Clove and Damien make it to the Boss's Chamber once again, and Takumi says that he was glad to have met both of them. They open the door to the room, only for Takumi to attempt to kill Clove with a dagger. Damien tries to subdue him but realizes that the Takumi he was talking to was a fake. Damien defeats the fake Takumi, revealing it to be a Ditto. The Boss shows his face again, and sends the real Takumi, apparently mind-controlled, to attack Clove and Damien.

During the fight Takumi seems to weaken as Damien and Clove continue their attacks. Damien and Clove begin winning the fight, but realize that whenever they hurt the boss, they hurt Takumi instead (it is never specifically explained why, but it can be assumed that the boss had used the move Destiny Bond). The boss then teleports away, leaving Takumi out of his control.

Takumi wakes up and recognizes Clove. Kirsten, Alan, Phoenix and Clove's Banette join the group, and Damien beats up Alan again. Clove explains the situation to the newcomers and everyone finally makes amends. Then Takumi jumps out of a window, hits multiple branches on the way down, breaks his knee on a rock upon impact and limps away. Alan finds Suki's dead body outside.

Takumi runs away from a Pikachu Burst Warrior named Ellyn and then talks to a disembodied voice before getting knocked out by a Tangrowth Burst. Clove, Kirsten, Alan, Damien and Phoenix all go to chase after Takumi. The man himself wakes up in a storage area, where a girl asks him to revoke his Burst. Takumi claims that he can't revoke his Burst, and that he is not a Burst Warrior. He is the next generation.

=== Epilogue === It is about several months since Takumi disappeared, and Clove, Kirsten, Damien, Alan, Phoenix and Ellyn continue to search for them. All of them, especially Damien, are in bad spirits. A girl named Juliet and her Swanna Burst briefly follow the group out of curiosity.

The traveling band comes across a burnt-down town. The townspeople act afraid of the Burst Warriors, but an old man tells the group that they had captured a Blaziken Burst Warrior, who had, in turn, burnt down the village. In an unknown location, Takumi tortures a Ferrothorn Burst Warrior while two other Burst Warriors joyfully watch.

Fang and Katsutoshi attempt to sell Burst Hearts door-to-door when they are confronted by an Espeon Burst who demands for Ragune back. The Espeon tells them that she is part of the "new generation" and the two thieves are ambushed by a Gallade Burst.

Clove's group continues to attempt to find Takumi when they are told by a Sceptile Burst Warrior to forget about Takumi before attacking them. The group counter-attacks the Sceptile Burst but are stopped by an Empoleon Burst Warrior. She repeats that Takumi is gone before she and the Sceptile Burst leave. Meanwhile, a Charizard Burst Warrior finds Suki's body and takes it from Kitsune. As Fang and Katsutoshi fight off their assailants, the Espeon Burst, named Elaine, explains that she is part of an organization that wishes to kill all people who can't Burst with Pokemon, and implies that she's linked to Takumi. Meanwhile, a Bisharp Burst visit's Avery's tent and tells the healer that Takumi wishes to see him.

Clove's group continues to look for Takumi, but Damien, fed up with Juliet following them, brutally injures her with one Thunderbolt. Phoenix heals Juliet but leaves her behind.

Meanwhile Katsutoshi is teleported to an unknown location and meets Takumi face-to-face. Takumi gives Katsutoshi ten times the amount of money he was going to sell Ragune for in exchange for the Pokemon itself, and Katsutoshi accepts, giving Ragune back to Takumi. Katsutoshi returns to Fang and gives him half of the money, offering a permanent partnership. Fang accepts.

Clove, Damien, Kirsten and Phoenix attempt to thaw out a frozen Alan when Takumi, still in his Blaziken Burst, greets them and invites them to his funeral. Takumi explains that he had a bargain with The Boss and that he must fulfill his part. Clove, Kirsten, Phoenix and Damien follow him. A Luxio Burst named Lionel talks to Takumi about how anyone who doesn't permanently Burst with Pokemon should die,and Clove insults and berates his best friend, who apologizes.

Takumi takes the four to a congregation of all of the previously-mentioned Burst Warriors and begins ascending a stone staircase with Avery, up to a stone table where Suki's body lies.

Alan wakes up in the forest where Juliet is wandering. Juliet thaws out Alan's Fraxure Burst Heart, and the boy bursts with it and begins relentlessly attacking Juliet. His Rivalry's Wrath does not activate, but he uses Outrage and murders Juliet. Alan is horrified at what he'd done, and Juliet's sister, Crystal, comes upon the scene and mourns the loss of her sister. A grief-stricken Alan wanders away from the scene, and Crystal vows her revenge.

At the altar, Takumi reveals that he is going to sacrifice himself to revive Suki. Clove and Lionel attempt to stop the ceremony, but Avery completes it, killing Takumi and reviving Suki. Lionel, in his rage, evolves into a Luxray and tries to kill Suki, but Clove attempts to stop him. Damien and Phoenix both start attacking the other Burst Warriors but are quickly overwhelmed by Takumi's cronies. Fang reappears and gives Suki back her Burst Hearts.

The fighting continues, but is interrupted by a sudden Earthquake. Palkia appears and sucks all of Takumi's cronies into a portal to another dimension. Palkia assures Clove that Takumi is not dead and that Clove can revive him.

Somewhere far away, a boy named Takuro is saved from bullies by his Pokemon. The boy and his Pokemon go out on the streets, declaring that they will find Clove.

General

 * In the story several Espeon know Teleport, a move they cannot legitimately learn in the games.
 * Several times throughout the story does someone dodge an Aura Sphere attack.

Act One

 * During the double Burst Battle, Clove takes a Giga Impact and is knocked out despite the fact that he was in a Banette Burst.
 * Afsi's mentor states that the Burst Heart he is giving her (which is later shown to contain Dialga) hasn't been used in a long time. If there was an abnormality in Afsi's mentor's data due to Giratina and Palkia being in Burst Hearts, then the abnormality should've been there ever since Dialga was caught in the mentor's Burst Heart.

This plot hole is brought to light in the RP when Afsi asks Dialga how her mentor caught him, who tells her to ask him herself, which she never does.
 * Suki states that she cannot get out of her Shaymin Burst after leaving the Distortion World. Shaymin is never mentioned again in the RP which implies that Suki never got out of her Shaymin Burst until her death in Act 2 where Shaymin presumably died as well.
 * When giving reasons as to why she's leaving, Suki states that no one in town likes her. This is untrue as it has been shown multiple times that the entire male class is enamored with Suki. It is possible that Suki was exaggerating to make a point.
 * Kiryu tells Takumi that her brother and sister burned her body, but they later go in the house to find her body on Lin's operating table. Since she was a ghost at that time the only way she could've known this is by watching it herself. This error most likely had to do with a miscommunication in the role play.
 * Lockhart tells Suki that she doesn't know who they're supposed to kill but later states that his name is Wayne.

Act Two

 * Though Mitsumi dies two months after Kiryu's resurrection, the actual post detailing it was made much earlier than Kiryu's.
 * Fang teleports onto a moving Pokemon at one point, but the laws of Star Trek state that you can't teleport onto a moving object.
 * In the same scene talked about above, Fang apparently uses his Double Team clones to put too much weight on Tempest, causing her to crash to the ground. However, Double Team clones are supposed to be created by the user moving very fast, causing an illusion. Therefore they have no weight.
 * To cure his confusion, Fang uses Heal Pulse on himself. However, it is impossible to perform Heal Pulse on yourself.
 * In class, Kirsten introduces herself as a new student. However, two months have passed since her resurrection. This is most likely due to a misconception in the role play.

Act Three

 * When Clove recalls that when he, Suki and Takumi were kids, he says that he had Scyther since he was a boy. This is untrue, as Clove tells Takumi that he had recently acquired his Scizor in Act One.
 * Several characters evade Damien's Magnet Bomb attacks.
 * Kirsten is supposed to be able to Burst without Burst Hearts, but she is seen using Burst Hearts several times during Act Three.
 * During the second fight with The Boss, Clove uses the move Thunderpunch as a Luxray, a move that it cannot legally learn.

Epilogue

 * The climax of Takumi sacrificing himself to revive Suki makes no sense, as Avery was able to revive Suki without sacrificing anyone in the past.