Ash's Second Wish Rescue/Merlock, Vanitas, Negaduck, and their Goons Exposed as Villains

*(Later, back at the palace balcony, Ash's group, Pikachu, Sombra, Aku-Aku, Crunch, and Coco took Serena's group, Jiji, and Lillipup back home. And after Serena's group, Jiji, and Lillipup disembarked from Coco's Gummi Ship back onto the balcony, Ash and Serena's groups looked at each other happily in a loving way)*

Serena's group: Good night, our handsome princes.

Ash's group: Sleep well, our princesses.

*(They leaned forward to kiss. Then Aku-Aku, Sombra, and Crunch gently respectively pushed Ash, Matt, and Tombo up, causing Ash and Serena, Matt and Sora, and Tombo and Kiki to kiss immediately. But despite that, they enjoyed it happily. Serena's group pulled away and then, with Jiji and Lillipup, walked back to their room, where Tawna, Biyomon, Pura, Polar, Baby T, and even Drake's group, including Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby waiting for them there. As Ash's group watched, Serena's group gave Ash's group a happy look before going in)*

Ash's group: YES!!

*(Then with that, Coco flew herself, Ash's group, Pikachu, Sombra, Aku-Aku, and Crunch into their guest quarter where Ash's gang, Crash, and Gene, still in his real boy attire, awaited. And just beneath their balcony, Patamon awaited them eagerly as Ash's group, Pikachu, Sombra, Aku-Aku, Coco, and Crunch disembarked from Coco's Gummi Ship as soon as Coco parked it at the quarter's balcony)*

Reginald: How did it go, guys?

Crash and Gene: Did you win them over?

Ash's group: Great, and yes.

*(In Serena's group's room, Serena's group is now in their pajamas and getting ready for bed as they chatted with Biyomon, Jiji, Tawna, and Drake's group with Pura, Polar, Baby T, and Lillipup watched and listened happily)*

Biyomon: We can tell you had a fun time with them.

Serena's group: We did.

Jiji: They had a great time, myself included.

Kiki: How was your date with Crash, Tawna?

Tawna: It was wonderful. He knew how to make people laugh with his witty side.

Serena: (To Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby) And how was your night out with Gene?

Scrooge: It was wonderful.

Huey: We had a blast.

Dewey: We had dinner.

Louie: Taught Gene about the Junior Woodchuck's Camping Guide and how to respect and follow it.

Webby: And we had ice cream for dessert.

*(In Ash's group's quarter as Ash's group is already changed into royal pajamas, with Ash wearing a blue long-sleeved silk pajama jacket with pockets and clear blue plastic buttons, blue silk long pajama pants, a stylish blue bathrobe, and blue sleep slippers, Matt wearing a green long-sleeved silk nightshirt, green silk long pajama pants, and green sleep slippers, and Tombo wearing a red and white striped long-sleeved silk pajama jacket with pockets and clear white plastic buttons, red and white striped silk long pajama pants, a stylish white bathrobe, and red sleep slippers....)*

Crash: And Tawna told me she liked me.

Gene: And shabooey, both the ham dinner and the ice cream here in Agrabah were extremely delicious!

Ash: That's great.

Matt: And P.S.; The princesses found us out.

Pikachu: (Nods) Pika.

Crash: Ah, you spilled the beans about your identities, eh?

Ash: (Shrugs) Well, not completely.

Gene: What do you mean “Not completely?”

*(In Serena's group's room....)*

Biyomon: They said they pretended to be commoners?

Tawna: Like we did before?

Serena's group and Jiji: Yep!

Serena: To escape the pressures of palace life.

*(In Ash's group's quarter....)*

Crash and Gene: And they believed you?

*(In Serena's group's room....)*

Drake's group: And you believed them?

*(In Ash's group's quarter....)*

Ash's group: They did.

*(In Serena's group's room....)*

Serena's group: Of course.

*(In Ash's group's quarter....)*

Aku-Aku: The rest of us were there when Ash's group told them.

Coco: And it's true.

Ash: Yep.

Gene: Yes, all understandable.

Sombra: But one day, you got to tell....

Ash's group: We know.

*(They get ready for bed)*

Matt: After we get married, that is.

Gabumon: Are you sure?

Patamon: You might want to sleep on it.

Ash's group: Yep.

Tombo: We're sure.

*(Then with that, they went to bed. In Serena's group's room, Drake's group left to resume their posts while Serena's group, Tawna, Biyomon, Lillipup, Jiji, Pura, Polar, and Baby T went to bed as well)*

Drake's group: Good night.

Tawna, Biyomon, Jiji, and Serena's group: Good night.

*(And they, too, went to bed. Outside Ash's group's quarter from a tree, Team Rocket smirked evilly and got excited while Fidget is calmly surprised as Dijon met up with them)*

Meowth: (Whispering) Ooh, Ash's gonna get the death wish of his life tomorrow....

*(He snickered evilly a bit)*

Fidget: (Whispering) What kind of death wish?

Jessie: (Whispering) Oh, something Merlock's group will think of.

*(Then with that, they left to report to Merlock's group. The next morning, everyone is up and wearing their daytime clothes again. In an empty hallway, Ash, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and the Fearsome Four are walking, chatting away)*

Elmo: Man, that food was delish!

Bud: I'll say.

Ash: And Grace, Toshiko, and Tawna sure knew how to cook.

Matt: Along with Volteer and Haruhiko even.

Kaya: Even the bacon were crisped to perfection.

Pikachu: (Smiling in agreement) Cha!

*(They chuckled a bit while Eevee happily chirps a bit until they spot Jessie and James standing there in their way. Confused with the others, Ash asked away)*

Ash: May I help you?

Jessie: Before we answer, can your sister and friends leave us alone?

James: Please?

*(Despite being suspicious, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and the Fearsome Four gave in with Ash)*

Ash: (To Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and Fearsome Four) You heard them, Kasey, guys.

Kaya, Jack, and Bud: Okay, Robbie.

Elmo: If you're having a chat....

Reginald: Have a good one.

*(Then with that, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and the Fearsome Four walked away. But unknown to Ash, Jessie, and James as soon as they're gone, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and the Fearsome Four then hid themselves and listened in as Ash asked again)*

Ash: Okay, we're alone. What is it?

James: Myotismon's group wishes to talk with you.

Jessie: Somewhere private.

Ash: (Unsure) Okay.... But what's...?

Jessie: Oh, you'll see.

James: Come on.

*(Then just when Ash reacted, Jessie and James grabbed him, knocked him out by whacking his head with a frying pan, and quickly ran off with him in tow. Seeing this with Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, Jack, Reginald, and Bud while hidden in concern, Elmo panicked)*

Elmo: (Panicking) We gotta get help! Oh, my!

Jack: Megsy, calm down!

Kaya: We are gonna get help!

Reginald: Come on!

Pikachu: (Nods in determination) Pika!

*(They ran to the direction of Ash's group's quarter. At the oceanside's cliffside nearby Agrabah later, Ash, no longer unconscious, but now his hands are tied tightly behind his back, his arms tied down tightly on his torso, and his ankles shackled to an iron ball, is being confronted by Merlock's group and their henchmen)*

Ash: I-I think there's been some sort of confusion. I am Prince Robbie Ababwa!

Merlock's group: (Smirking evilly) Really?

Vanitas: Considering that you're actually Ash Ketchum, the street rat. And your "Brothers" are actually your gang of friends, also street rats, right? Matt Ishida and Tombo.

*(Ash reacted calmly in surprise)*

Shere Khan: We know that look.

Vanitas: We knew it.

Negaduck: From the moment Fidget and Team Rocket here....

*(He gestures to Fidget and Team Rocket standing nearby)*

Negaduck: Spied of you.

Shere Khan: So, it's obvious that you deceived us all, especially your fake name almost representing the term "Rob" from your original street rat appearance.

*(Ash got confused)*

Ash: About your guys who spied on us, isn't that stalking us, or being those two inappropriate P words?

Fidget: (To the villains) That's exactly what I asked yesterday, when you....

*(Vanitas bonks Fidget on his head)*

Fidget: Ow!

Vanitas: Not really.

*(Then they turned to Ash as Shere Khan, while Fidget recovered, lifted Ash up by the ball's chain with his strength, ready to drop him into the ocean)*

Negaduck: And we know, for a fact, that you have the lamp.

Vanitas: Something I failed to get from you the last time we met.

*(Ash did a double take and realized)*

Ash: Wait! That hunchbacked crippled boy was...?

Vanitas: Me. In disguise.

*(He reveals his Keyblade, and then aims it bladepoint at Ash's face, making Ash nervous)*

Vanitas: Now confess!

Merlock: Did you make three wishes with the lamp already?

Negaduck: And where is it?

*(In Ash's group's quarter, Ash's gang, Coco, Crunch, and Aku-Aku were hanging around with Aku-Aku meditating and both Crunch and Bud punching a punching bag and Patamon is finishing his breakfast below when suddenly, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, the Fearsome Four, and even Drake's group, with Drake and Fenton dressed as Darkwing and Gizmoduck again, bursted in, slamming the doors open, panting in concern)*

Group: What?

Aku-Aku: What happened?

Patamon: Where's Ash?

*(Kaya, Pikachu, and Eevee then grabbed Ash's turban containing the lamp)*

Kaya: We got an emergency!

Pikachu: (In desperation) Pika pika!

Darkwing: Come on!

Fearsome Four and Darkwing's group except Darkwing: Ash's in danger!

Sora's gang, Coco, Crunch, and Aku-Aku: (Shocked) WHAT?!

*(Back at the cliffside, Ash lied)*

Ash: Well.... Yes, my first wish is to make me and my friends princes, then my second wish made Serena's group fall in love with us, and the final wish was an eternal marriage with them after we get married.

*(Merlock's group and their henchmen scoffed with glares)*

Negaduck: (Bitterly) Wish waster!

Dijon: (Sneeringly) Talk about needy!

Shere Khan: Now, one more question.

Merlock's group: Where is the lamp?

*(Wanting to protect Crash, Sombra, and Gene, Ash immediately lied again)*

Ash: I threw the lamp far away into the ocean this morning before breakfast! Crash, Sombra, and Gene asked me to do it.

*(A short pause as Merlock's group glared darkly, then Merlock's group gave in with smug evil smirks)*

Merlock's group: Very well.

Vanitas: If that's the case....

Negaduck: Maybe you can....

*(James then gagged Ash)*

Merlock's group: JOIN IT!!

*(Then Negaduck threw Ash and the ball and chain he's shackled to towards the ocean. Then Merlock's group laughed evilly a bit and then returned to the palace with their henchmen. Once all clear, Ash's gang, Aku-Aku, Coco, Crunch, and Darkwing's group arrived in Coco's Gummi Ship quickly, with Patamon arriving from below on the cliffside wall road, and saw, to their shock, Ash dropping into the ocean like a rock. Once underwater, Ash struggled to free himself, but the ropes tying his hands, arms, and torso were too tight and the shackles on his ankles were locked tight even. Back at the cliffside, Coco accidentally crashed her Gummi Ship quickly onto the ground, accidentally damaging it. Once they quickly disembarked and ran up to the edge of the cliffside, Elmo and Launchpad panicked)*

Launchpad: What do we do now?!

Elmo: He's gonna drown!

*(Darkwing and Jack savagely grabbed Launchpad and Elmo by their shirt collars respectively)*

Darkwing: Get a grip, LP!

Jack: Calm down, Sparky!

*(They slapped them across their faces repeatedly, calming them and then Darkwing shook Launchpad to calm him even more while Jack released a calmed Elmo)*

Darkwing: (To Launchpad) You don't want to ruin your reputation as a palace guard, do you?! *(To us)* Or mine as a palace guard?

Elmo: Thanks, Jack. And for once, thanks for calling me "Sparky."

Jack: Thanks.

Tombo: Anyway, we need one of us to go down there and save him with Crash, Sombra, and Gene's help!

*(Then realizing Neptunia and Bud can do it, since she is a fish creature and his mutant form is Liquidator, they looked at her and Bud)*

Bud and Neptunia: Us?

*(They nod)*

Ash's gang, Aku-Aku, Coco, Crunch, and Darkwing's group: (Nods) Yes!

Launchpad: With your fish gills and Bud's alter ego, Liquidator, you can breath underwater easily.

Kaya: That's right!

Reginald: And you have five airmasks!

*(Realizing they're right, Neptunia nods. Then Bud realized)*

Bud: Wait! I'm not Liquida...!

(Morgana clears her throat, making him realize)

Bud: Oh, yes, that's right. You're a magic witch.

Morgana: That's right.

*(Then she magically turns Bud back into Liquidator)*

Neptunia: (Pulling her five airmasks out) Okay, Licky and I need five volunteers quickly!

*(After pondering a bit with the others, Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, and Eevee volunteered)*

Kaya: Matt, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, and I'll go with.

Matt and Gabumon: That's right.

Pikachu: (Nods) Pika.

Coco: In the meantime, I'll fix my Gummi Ship up.

*(Back underwater, the ball on the chain landed on the ocean floor, anchoring Ash there. After struggling some more, Ash then stopped and looked up upon hearing another group of splashes. It's Matt, Gabumon, Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, Liquidator, and Neptunia, and they're diving down to him, carrying Ash's turban with the lamp inside and Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, and Eevee wearing the airmasks)*

Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, and Neptunia: Ash!

Pikachu: (In determination) Pika!

*(Eevee chirps in determination. Once next to Ash, Matt removed Ash's gag, ungagging him and then Neptunia, with Kaya, Gabumon, and Liquidator's help, proceeded to untie his hands, arms, and torso with her trident's blades and Gabumon's claws. Once untied, Ash, with Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, Liquidator, and Neptunia's help, tried to break the shackles on Ash's ankles, especially with Neptunia's trident's magic and blades and Gabumon's claws)*

Neptunia: Come on, come on...!

Gabumon: Why won't they break?!

*(They give up)*

Neptunia: These shackles won't break by my trident alone!

Gabumon: Not even my claws!

*(Then Liquidator noticed the lamp and realizing, turned to the others)*

Liquidator: Are you desperate to free Ash? Worried that he'll drown if we don't save him quickly? Then turn to our genie friends!

Kaya, Gabumon, and Neptunia: (Scoldingly while Ash flatly glared in annoyance) Liquidator!

Matt: This is no time for make-believe advertisements!

Liquidator: Uh, guys...?

*(Then seeing the lamp upon Liquidator pointing it out, Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, Neptunia, and Ash looked at each other and nods in realization)*

Kaya: Why didn't we think of that?

Matt, Gabumon, Neptunia and Pikachu: (Nods) Yeah. (Pika.) Thanks, Licky.

*(Then, with Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, Pikachu, Eevee, and Neptunia's help pulling the chain and ball, Ash quickly swam towards the lamp. But once close to the lamp, Ash released the ball and chain, then he, Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, Pikachu, Eevee, and Neptunia swam over to the lamp, and Ash grabbed it. Then just when he was about to rub it, Ash slowly suddenly lost consciousness due to the lack of air in the ocean water. Concerned, Matt, Kaya, Liquidator, and Neptunia grabbed Ash while Pikachu, Gabumon, and Eevee caught the lamp)*

Kaya: Ash, stay with us!

Matt, Liquidator, and Neptunia: Don't drown!

Pikachu: (In concern) Pikachu!

*(Then Neptunia realized something)*

Neptunia: Drat! I forgot a spare airmask!

Matt, Gabumon, and Kaya: (In exasperation) Now you tell us!

Liquidator: (In exasperation) That's just great!

Pikachu: (In exasperation while Eevee groaned a bit in annoyance) Pika....

*(Then Pikachu, Liquidator, Gabumon, and Eevee grabbed the unconscious Ash's hand and rubbed it on the lamp quickly. Then on cue, Crash, Sombra, and Gene, in his genie attire, emerged, apparently about to take a bath)*

Crash: Aw, just when any of us try get into the bath, someone rubs the lamp.

*(Crash squeaks his duck)*

Gene: But why's the area all blue and watery?

*(Then he, Sombra, and Gene looked around)*

Sombra: Hello?

Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, and Neptunia: Over here!

Pikachu: (Calling out with Eevee calling through her chirp) Pikachu!

*(Crash, Sombra, and Gene looked down and gasped upon seeing Ash unconscious and Matt, Kaya, Liquidator, and Neptunia holding onto him and Pikachu, Gabumon, and Eevee holding onto the lamp)*

Crash: (Confused at first) Ash, guys? *(Slowly realizing with Sombra and Gene upon noticing Liquidator and then the ocean floor surrounding)* Why the heck is Bud in his Liquidator...?

Gene: Shabooey, we're in the ocean!

Sombra: Why are we in the ocean?

Matt: We'll explain later!

Neptunia: Right now, save Ash!

Kaya, Gabumon, and Liquidator: And hurry!

Pikachu: (Agreeing in concern) Pika!

Crash: But we can't save him unless he makes a wish to be saved!

Kaya and Gabumon: (Flatly) Really?

Neptunia: (Angrily) But how can he if he can't breath underwater?!

Matt: And none of us can't make that wish because we're not any of your masters!

Liquidator: Now help Ash out!

Pikachu: (Angrily) Pikachu!

*(Even Eevee angrily chirps in agreement. A short pause, then....)*

Sombra: Point taken, but...!

Gabumon: Guys, please!

*(Eevee chirps in desperation)*

Neptunia: This is a matter OF LIFE AND DEATH!!

Matt and Kaya: JUST DO IT!!

Liquidator: (Losing his temper and polite persona) COME ON!! SAVE ASH RIGHT NOW, OR HE *WILL* DROWN!!

*(On "DROWN!!", Matt, Kaya, Liquidator, and Neptunia roughly shoves Ash's unconscious body in front of Crash, Sombra, and Gene. Seeing Ash's unconscious body in their arms, Crash, Sombra, and Gene realized Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, Pikachu, Eevee, and Neptunia are right. After all, Ash's group and their friends are also their friends, and decided to make matters into their magic hands to save the day)*

Gene: Alright!

Sombra: We're gonna break the wish-granting rules for you guys!

Liquidator: (Exasperated and angrily) THANK YOU!!

*(Then Crash quickly magically conjured a contract and used the unconscious Ash's hands to write it, and it said "Crash, Sombra, and Gene, I wish for you to save my life!" Matt, Kaya, Liquidator, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, and Neptunia got concerned)*

Matt and Gabumon: Hurry, hurry!

Pikachu: (In concern) Pikachu!

Liquidator and Neptunia: COME ON!!

Kaya: HURRY!!

Crash: (Finishing writing with Ash's hands) I'm hurrying!

Gene: Stop you and Liquidator's shouting, women!

*(Then as soon as Crash finished, he, Sombra, and Gene turned into a combined submarine and Crash makes alarm noises)*

Crash: Up scope!

*(Crash then speaks like a German fighter and, after he, Sombra, and Gene blasted the shackles off Ash's ankles, grabs Ash, Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, and Neptunia, with Pikachu, Gabumon, and Eevee still holding the lamp still in Ash’s turban. The ten popped out of the ocean water fast and landed on the cliff where the others awaited in concern, with Coco having finished repairing her Gummi Ship, and Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Pikachu, and Eevee removed their airmasks)*

Matt, Tombo, Ash's gang, Aku-Aku, Coco, Crunch, and Darkwing's group: Ash!

*(Gene then backed them up, dressed as a police officer)*

Gene: (Imitating a police officer) Back up, back up!

*(Then Crash transformed into a doctor and began performing CPR on Ash quickly as the others watched in concern)*

Kaya, TK, and Patamon: Please don't die....

Pikachu: (In concern) Pikapi....

*(After some more CPR performance, Ash coughs up some big globs of seawater and after coughing a bit, woke up slowly, panting as Crash and Gene returned to normal)*

Ash: (Panting) Guys...?

*(The group got relieved and hugged Ash)*

Kaya: Thank Allah you're alright!

Launchpad: Kaya, Pikachu, Eevee, and the Fearsome Four here got me and DW's group to help first, and then we got the others to help you!

Darkwing: Ask Kaya. She, Eevee, Gabumon, Matt, and Pikachu volunteered to go down with Neptunia and Liquidator and save you.

Matt, Kaya, Liquidator, Gabumon, and Neptunia: (Flattered) Well....

Pikachu: (Flattered) Pika....

*(Even Eevee gave a bit of flattered chirps. They looked at Crash, Sombra, and Gene with grateful looks)*

Neptunia: Crash, Sombra, and Gene did most of the saving besides me, Kaya, Liquidator, Matt, Gabumon, Eevee, and Pikachu.

Matt, Kaya, Gabumon, Liquidator, and Pikachu: (Nods in agreement with a soft smile of gratitude) Yeah. (Pika.)

Ash: Crash, guys? Uh, well....

*(Ash didn't know what to say so he and the group hugged the three genies instead)*

Ash: Thanks for saving me.

Matt, Tombo, Ash's gang, Aku-Aku, Crunch, Coco, Darkwing's group, Crash, Sombra, and Gene: Don't mention it.

*(Even Eevee happily chirps a bit)*

Sombra: Crash, Gene, and I are beginning to get fond of you guys.

Gene: Not that we wanna pick out Ash's curtains, that is.

*(They chuckled a bit, and after the hug ended, Liquidator then turned to Crash, Sombra, and Gene)*

Liquidator: And sorry if me, Kaya, Matt, and Neptunia were screaming at you back underwater.

Matt, Kaya, and Neptunia: (Nods in agreement) Yeah.

Kaya: It's just that....

Sombra: (Gives an "Apology accepted" nod with Crash and Gene) It's alright.

Gene: What matters is that Ash is alright.

Crash: Yep.

*(Crash then asked away, immediately remembering what Gene just said)*

Crash: (Realizing) Oh, and speaking of Ash, what happened that lead to this?

*(Back at the palace, Serena's group, unaware of what happened to Ash, is brushing their own hair, humming the song they and Ash's group sang last night. Then Grace, Haruhiko, Tawna, Lillipup, Biyomon, Jiji, Pura, Polar, and Baby T came in happily, with Grace and Haruhiko having been told the good news involving Serena's group's suitor business with Ash's group)*

Grace: (Happily) Really?!

Haruhiko: (Happily) Serena, Sora, and Kiki have chosen...?

Tawna, Biyomon, and Jiji: They did.

*(Even Pura, Polar, Baby T, and Lillipup made their happy animal noises in agreement. Then Serena's group, upon hearing them, went up to them happily)*

Serena's group: And we can't wait to tell Father and Aunt Toshiko (Mother and Uncle Volteer) that!

Grace: (Happily) That's great!

Haruhiko: (Getting disappointed) Oh, but first, we need to consult Merlock's group to tell them first.

Grace: That's their rules, unfortunately.

*(In disbelief, Serena's group frowned in disappointment)*

Kiki: Is it because they want us to be seen and not heard?

Jiji: (Scoffs) That's what they say all the time.

Haruhiko: Indeed.

*(Then determination kicking in, Serena's group spoke up their decision)*

Serena: Well, it's about time we stop doing that.

Sora: We deserve to be seen *and* heard.

Grace and Haruhiko: Really?

Serena's group: Yes.

Tawna: They even told us how they felt about that.

Biyomon: And we sympathize them.

Grace: You did?

Haruhiko: What do you say to them?

Jiji: (To Serena's group with a nod) Tell them.

*(Serena's group then sang their hearts out to explain)*

Serena: **Here comes a wave meant to wash us away**

**A tide that is taking us under**

Sora: **Broken again**

**Left with nothing to say**

**Our voices drowned out in the thunder**

Kiki: **But we can’t cry**

**And we can’t start to crumble**

**Whenever they try**

**To shut us or cut us down**

Serena's group: **We can’t stay silent**

**Though they wanna keep us quiet**

**And we tremble when they try it**

**All we know is we won’t go speechless**

*(The song over, Grace and Haruhiko, won over by the song, calmly gave in with a soft smile)*

Grace and Haruhiko: I see....

*(Then Grace and Haruhiko changed their decision)*

Grace: Then, if that's the case....

Haruhiko: We'll go tell Volteer and Toshiko without Merlock's group's consent.

*(Then they heard Ash speak up)*

Ash: That I agree on.

*(They turned and saw Ash's group and gang, with Liquidator changed back into Bud, Aku-Aku, Coco, Crunch, Crash, Sombra, Gene, and Darkwing's group standing there, with Ash, Matt, Kaya, Bud, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, Neptunia, Crash, Sombra, and Gene, wearing his real boy attire again, still wet from the ocean)*

Serena's group and Tawna: Guys!

*(They ran up to each other and Ash and Serena's groups hugged along with Crash and Tawna hugging each other. Then Serena, Sora, and Tawna felt Ash, Matt, and Crash's wet bodies and clothes and got confused)*

Serena: Why are you both wet?

Sora: And is that seawater we smelled?

Tawna: You were in the ocean?

Ash, Matt, and Crash: Yeah.

Kaya, Bud, Gabumon, Neptunia, Sombra, and Gene: It's seawater.

Pikachu: (Nods) Pika.

*(Even Eevee chirps in agreement. Grace and Haruhiko then turned to Darkwing's group)*

Grace and Haruhiko: What happened?

Darkwing: (Glaring at a nearby door) Merlock's group happened.

Launchpad: (Glaring in agreement) Clear as crystal.

Darkwing's group except Darkwing and Launchpad: (Glaring in agreement) Yeah.

*(Later, Serena and Darkwing's groups, with Neptunia dried again, Grace, Haruhiko, Tawna, Biyomon, Jiji, Lillipup, Pura, Polar, and Baby T stood there, alone for some reason. Then Volteer and Toshiko came in, appearing to be in a trance, although the group didn't know the two are in a trance)*

Volteer and Toshiko: (In a trance) Girls?

Serena's group: Father, Aunt Toshiko, (Mother, Uncle Volteer,) we need to tell you something urgent!

Grace: Something terrible...!

Toshiko: (In a trance) Understood.

Volteer: But first, we got big news; We have chosen your husbands for you, Serena's group.

Royal residents: (Surprised) What?

Volteer: (In a trance) You, Serena, along with Sora and Kiki, will wed Merlock, Vanitas, and Negaduck.

*(Just then the door opens. Serena's group got shocked as they saw Merlock's group and their henchmen come in. Even Darkwing's group glared in anger while Grace, Haruhiko, Tawna, Biyomon, Jiji, Lillipup, Pura, Polar, and Baby T got shocked with Serena's group)*

Merlock: We see you're speechless.

Negaduck: That's a fine quality in a wife.

Serena's group: (Angrily, to Merlock's group) We will never marry you! *(To Volteer and Toshiko in concern)* Father, Aunt Toshiko, (Mother, Uncle Volteer,) we chose to marry Robbie, Mitch, and Taylor!

Haruhiko: That's right!

Grace: Why would you...?!

Vanitas: Sorry to burst your bubbles, but Robbie is gone.

Shere Khan: He and his brothers planned on invading the whole time, pretending to be in love with you.

*(Glaring at the villains, Serena and Darkwing's groups, Grace, Haruhiko, Tawna, Biyomon, Jiji, Lillipup, Pura, Polar, and Baby T then turned to the curtained corner)*

Haruhiko: If that's true....

Biyomon: And if that's the case....

*(Then Ash's group and gang, Aku-Aku, Coco, Crunch, Crash, Sombra, Gene, and even Don Karnage and his crew emerged from the curtains, glaring angrily, with Ash, Matt, Kaya, Bud, Gabumon, Pikachu, Eevee, Crash, Sombra, and Gene also dried off, and Merlock's group and their henchmen got shocked to see Ash here, still alive)*

Grace and Haruhiko: Why are they still here?

Serena: Along with our guards?

Sora and Kiki: And we can tell your shocked reactions.

*(Then Fidget and Meowth almost spoke)*

Fidget and Meowth: How the heck did...?

*(Jessie and James elbowed Meowth and Fidget respectively and then Fidget, realizing with Meowth, instead screeched and Meowth instead meowed)*

Matt: Why don't you tell Volteer and Toshiko the truth?

Ash: You tried to drown me!

Crash: And we managed to save him!

Palace residents: It's true!

Don Karnage: In fact, you, Merlock's group, should know better than to try and get rid of the princy prince!

Dumptruck: That's what called "Murder."

Mad Dog: That's right.

*(Even Gibber gives a stern nod in agreement with a grunt. Snapping out of their shocked reactions, Merlock's group and their henchmen went calm)*

Merlock's group: Impossible.

*(Merlock goes up to Volteer and Toshiko and activated his hypnosis gem)*

Merlock: They are obviously lying to us, and manipulating everyone.

Palace residents: (Aghast) "Manipulating us?!"

Volteer and Toshiko: (Repeating in a trance) Obviously lying, manipulating everyone.

*(Ash's group, Pikachu, and even Grace, Haruhiko, and Darkwing finally noticed the hypnosis gem and realized what's going on. The others didn't as Serena's group looked at Volteer and Toshiko in shock and concern)*

Serena: Father, Aunt Toshiko, what's wrong with you?

Sora and Kiki: Why are you...?!

Ash's group: (Snatching the hypnosis gem with Pikachu) We know what's wrong with them!

Grace, Haruhiko, and Darkwing: (Helping snatch the hypnosis gem) So do we, girls!

Pikachu: (In determination and anger) Pika!

*(Then Ash's group, Grace, Haruhiko, and Darkwing threw the hypnosis gem to the ground, shattering it, and then Pikachu electrocuted the remains, disintegrating some of the pieces)*

Pikachu: (While electrocuting some of the pieces) Chu!

*(After that's done, Volteer and Toshiko blinked their eyes in surprise, freed from the control, much to the villains' calm shock)*

Volteer and Toshiko: What?

Toshiko: Where are we?

Volteer: What's going on?

*(Ash's group, Pikachu, Grace, Haruhiko, and Darkwing picked up the remaining smashed hypnosis gem and showed the pieces to Volteer and Toshiko)*

Grace: Volteer, Toshiko, Merlock's group was controlling you both with this gem!

Volteer and Toshiko: (Shocked) What?!

Ash: And apparently, they've been plotting to take your thrones!

Darkwing: Considering that must be why they tried to kill Robbie earlier!

*(Volteer and Toshiko, now realizing after looking at Merlock's group and their henchmen, got angry along with Grace and Haruhiko)*

Volteer: (To Myotismon's group angrily) Merlock's group, you traitors, we trusted you!

Toshiko: (Agreeing in anger) Yet you lied to all of us!

*(Everyone advanced towards Merlock's group and their henchmen, who backed away nervously)*

Vanitas: (Nervously) Now, you're majesties, let us explain.

Volteer's group: Silence!

Volteer: Don Karnage, DW's group, take them away!

Grace: Lock them up!

Don Karnage: Will do on the lockup, you're majesties!

Darkwing's group: Gladly!

*(Seeing no reason to pretend any longer, Fidget and Meowth spoke)*

Meowth: (Sarcastically) Well, that's it, we're dead.

Fidget: We can forget trying to take the throne now. In fact, we can pick out our graves while we're at it.

*(After hearing them say that, Merlock's group and Shere Khan got calmly angry)*

Negaduck: We ain't giving up!

Jessie: Time to show 'em who's boss!

*(Then the henchmen proceeded to fight Ash and Darkwing's groups, Ash's gang, Don Karnage, and their crew, but luckily, Ash and Darkwing's groups, Ash's gang, Don Karnage, and his crew outsmarted them with Gosalyn whacking Fidget squarely into a nearby column with a frying pan, stunning him. Even Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby spilled the three formers' marbles onto the floor underneath Team Rocket, sending them slipping onto the stunned Fidget. Then Meowth, upon recovering, attempted to use his Fury Swipes towards Pikachu, but Pikachu kept dodging them)*

Meowth: Hold still, you yellow-bellied pest!

*(Pikachu then began taunting Meowth)*

Pikachu: (Tauntingly) Pika pika pika, pikachu!

Meowth: (Angrily) Hey, leave my mother out of this!

*(Then just when Meowth made a next Fury Swipe at him, Pikachu outmaneuvered it and then shocked Meowth down into Fidget, Jessie, and James, stunning them)*

Pikachu: (While shocking Meowth and then Fidget, Jessie, and James) Chu!

Ash: (After Pikachu's Electric Shock attack is done) Good boy!

Pikachu: (Nods in happy satisfaction to Ash) Pika!

*(Dijon attempted to tackle Launchpad and Stegmutt, but they dodged and then, after Dijon got up in recovery, Launchpad managed to easily pull his pants down, revealing Dijon's white boxers with red polka dots, much to his embarrassment)*

Dijon: No fair!

*(Then Launchpad and Stegmutt punched Dijon down onto the stunned Fidget and Team Rocket. Then Dijon recovered and just when he attacked Elmo and Jack with his amateurish karate moves, the two latters outwitted Dijon's karate moves by Elmo lassoing him with Jack's jumprope up to their faces, tying Dijon's arms down to his torso tightly)*

Jack: (Snickers a bit, whispering) Playtime's over!

Elmo: (Whispering) Right in the kisser!

*(Elmo and Jack then socked Dijon in his nose, sending him spinning around like a top, untying him from Jack's jumprope lasso in the process, and knocking Dijon into the stunned Team Rocket and Fidget. With Fidget and Team Rocket recovering in defeat by the good guys, with Dijon pulling his pants back up and securing them, Merlock's group and their henchmen feel that they've lost. But then Merlock's group sees the lamp in Ash's turban. Realizing Ash still has the lamp, Merlock's group almost went at him when Don Karnage's crew grabbed them)*

Volteer and Haruhiko: Take them away to the dungeon!

Grace and Toshiko: We'll figure out their punishment later!

Merlock's group: (To Ash's group angrily) This isn't over yet, boys!

*(Then Negaduck threw a smoke pellet, covering himself and the villains. When the smoke cleared, the villains have disappeared already)*

Grace and Toshiko: Find them!

Volteer and Haruhiko: Search everywhere!

Don Karnage and crew: Yes, you're majesties!

*(Then Don Karnage and their crew ran out to look for the villains. Ash's group goes up to Serena's group and they held each other)*

Ash's group: Are you alright?

Serena's group: (Smiling) We are now.

*(The palace residents then gave impressed smiles at Ash's gang, Crash, Sombra, Gene, and Darkwing's group)*

Biyomon: I gotta say, the way you fought those guys was really cool!

Jiji: And Bolt shocking Meowth like that, that was a nice touch in a smart way!

Serena: (Smiling at Elmo and Jack) Not as cool as Elmo and Jack lassoing and then punching Dijon!

Elmo: (Flattered, blushing a bit while rubbing the back of his head) Aw, shucks....

Jack: (Flattered, blushing a bit while rubbing the back of his head) Thanks....

*(Ash and Serena's groups then leaned forward to kiss again, but Volteer and Toshiko got concerned)*

Volteer: Yet we couldn't believe it.

Toshiko: Merlock's group, our most trusted vizier and his assistants, trying to take our throne all this time along with their henchmen.

Volteer: Just horrible. How could we...?

Grace: But there's good news.

Haruhiko: Look.

*(Volteer and Toshiko stopped and saw, upon hearing Grace and Haruhiko, Ash and Serena's groups and even Crash and Tawna together. They see the looks the couples gave each other and gasped)*

Toshiko: Could this be true?

Volteer: Our daughters/nieces have finally chosen their own suitors?

Grace: Yep.

Haruhiko: Even Tawna found love in Crash.

Grace: And the best part, Scrooge, his nephews, and Webby have considered adopting Gene into their family because he's an orphan.

Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, and Gene: (Nods) (Aye,) Yep, that's right.

*(The palace residents nodded, making Volteer and Toshiko happy)*

Volteer: (Laughing a bit) Yes, praise Allah!

Toshiko: (Happily) And just before their birthdays tomorrow!

Volteer: (Happily) You three brilliant boys, I should kiss you! *(Realizes sheepishly)* No, wait, we'd let your new fiancés do that.

Haruhiko: (Agreeing in calm happiness) Besides, that could've been awkward the other way around.

Toshiko: Indeed!

Grace: Anyway you three couples, as well as Crash and Tawna, will be married at once.

Toshiko: You will be happy and prosperous!

Volteer: And then Robbie, you and your brothers will be the new sultans!

Ash's group: (Surprised) Sultans?

Volteer's group: Of course!

Grace: Three fine upstanding youths like yourselves....

Toshiko: Three people of your unimpeachable moral character is exactly what this kingdom needs!

Volteer and Haruhiko: That's right!

*(Everyone cheered a bit while congratulating Ash and Serena's groups, but didn't notice Ash's group looking concerned as they looked down at Serena's group holding them happily. In their secret chambers, the villains have arrived, escaping the guards)*

Fidget: We gotta get out of here!

Meowth: Pack everything light!

Dijon: Take whatever we need!

*(Then Fidget, Meowth, and Dijon began packing like mad as Merlock's group smirked evilly, much to Jessie, James, and Shere Khan's calm confused notice)*

Dijon: Bring the guns, the weapons, the torture devices...!

Meowth: (Holding a picture of the villains) And what about this picture? Do I have that funny weird-looking face?

*(Jessie, James, and Shere Khan then gestured to Meowth, Fidget, and Dijon and the non-serious henchmen surprised to see what the serious henchmen are pointing at; Myotismon's group, laughing madly)*

Meowth: Great.

Dijon: They lost it.

Fidget: Gone around the bend.

*(Dijon, Fidget, and Meowth go up to Merlock, Vanitas, and Negaduck respectively and knocked on each of their respective heads as Merlock's group calmed their crazy laughter down)*

Dijon: Oh, Merlock, guys?

Fidget: Why are you laughing crazily?

Meowth: We lost, just get a grip!

*(Merlock, Vanitas, and Negaduck angrily grabbed Dijon, Fidget, and Meowth by their necks tightly respectively)*

Dijon, Fidget, and Meowth: (Choking) Good grip.

*(Then Merlock's group released Dijon, Fidget, and Meowth savagely as they explained)*

Vanitas: Don't you realize?

Negaduck: Ash's group had the lamp the whole time!

*(The henchmen realized)*

Shere Khan: So, basically, Ash lied about its current location earlier.

James: (Figuring it out) Just to protect those three genies the boy described by their names.

Jessie: (In anger) Threw it in the ocean, our feet!

Meowth: Those miserable...!

Merlock: And you, Fidget, and Meowth, are going to get it for us, Dijon!

Fidget, Meowth, and Dijon: (Shocked) Us?!

Meowth: (Objectively) Whoa, whoa, hold it! With all due respect, guys, they know we're at large by now and so do those boys. *(Bitterly)* Especially that stupid electric rat pretending to be their royal pet!

Dijon: Unless you have any other ideas to get the lamp, then kiss your chance to get the throne goodbye.

Fidget: So, let's just run away from Agrabah forever!

*(The serious villains think it over, and then smirked evilly in realization)*

Shere Khan: Not necessarily....

Vanitas: Indeed....

Negaduck: (Gestures to Meowth) Don't forget that the hairball cougher here has his way of disguises to help get what we want....

Meowth: (Confused at first) Disguises...?

*(Then realizing, Dijon and Meowth smirked evilly in agreement, much to Fidget's confusion)*

Meowth: (Realizing) Oh, riiiiight....

Dijon: (Realizing) We get it....

*(Fidget realized as well)*

Fidget: Does that mean...?

Merlock's group and Shere Khan: (Nods) Yes.

*(Getting it, Fidget shrugs and gives in with a nod)*

***Coming up: Ash's group, mostly Ash, out of fear of losing Serena's group, ends up having Ash reneging his promise to free Crash, Sombra, and Gene. And after a brief argument, Ash soon decides to do the right thing, and that is telling the truth, leading to a reconciliation. Unfortunately, after Fidget, Meowth, and Dijon steal the lamp secretly and Matt and Tombo succeeding in telling Sora and Kiki the truth about themselves, Merlock's group and their henchmen takes over, with Merlock as Crash, Sombra, and Gene's new master.***