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'''''Brave New World''''' is the current{{when}} epic written by fanfiction author, [[Ri2]], and the sequel to ''[[Latias' Journey]]''. In this world, many, many years have passed since the events in ''Latias' Journey'', sending our main protagonists, Ash and Pikachu into the familiar world of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]''.

Like Ri2's other fanfiction, this one has its healthy share of comedy, romance, action, [[Complete Monster|psychopaths]], and [[Nightmare Fuel|stuff that WILL''will'' keep you up at night]].

** {{spoiler|She shaped Lily while she was in the egg to look and have the same powers as Fantina, her hated rival.}}

** {{spoiler|If you can get past the fact that Ford is a sinister creature who has taken fighters and been draining their powers over the course of years}}, he's really quite nice and charming.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Aeon of Team Quantum. The rest of his team are already here, but he pushes the trope far when he puts {{spoiler|Team Ebony}} through a downright horrid [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]. It grants them time-based powers and fearlessness at the cost of traumatizing them. Even his teammates were disgusted.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Leo once he works off some basement fat -- evenfat—even before then, he managed to beat the crap out of Ash via [[Confusion Fu]].

* [[Badass Preacher]]: Father Yamiri, who between the friendly-but-wise demeanor, explosive ofuda, and hugeass mace, seems to be a fusion of a Western [[Good Shepherd]], a Shinto shrine priest, and a [[Dungeons and& Dragons|D&D]] battle cleric.

* [[Corrupt Church]]: Judgement, the Nihilator [[Expy|expies]] that Team Getem is dealing with. However, [[Eviler Than Thou]] kicks in and Richie admits that Judgement is a club for [[Knight Templar|Knight Templars]]s [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|who ultimately think]] [[Utopia Justifies the Means|they're helping the world]], while the Nihilators are [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]]s. It is later revealed they are led by the reincarnated members of [[Pokémon Black and White|Team Plasma]]. {{spoiler|Within the organization, the Light of Justice, who was N in his human life, believes in the goals purely, while the seven Sages undoubtedly have more less-than-holy goals.}}

* [[Doorstopper]]: This fanfic is so far at 59 chapters and '''1,965,453''' words. For comparison, ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and Thethe Order of Thethe Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', the thickest book in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series, was only about 255,000 words.

** <ref> is a transplanted human soul in an animal's body, adopted by members of another species (one of which he knows is supposed to ''actually'' be his mom), has three adopted children before admitting he even has a thing for the girl said children consider their mother, {{spoiler|and regained the memories of watching all his friends systematically killed and his own [[Unstoppable Rage]] that wiped out a couple of innocent deities during a previous apocalypse.}}</ref>

** <ref> is a swordsmon who basically knows full well that his job description inevitably ends in "killed in action", has a stick longer than his sword jammed up his ass when it comes to the samurai code, is probably the only [[Only Sane Man|remotely normal one present]] in a team full of -- let's be honest here -- ''wackos'', and is being gleefully [[Shipper on Deck|shipped]] by one of his teammates with a deadly assassin.</ref>

** <ref> is an overweight, underage nerd with delusions of grandeur and a desire to attain immortality. He sees the world as an extension of video games (and is often ''right'' to everyone else's horror), exhibits masochistic tendencies, and has a thing for a dead girl.</ref>

** <ref> has [[No Social Skills]] -- little grasp of civilized social conduct, and has little patience for what she does know. She sees no problem with eating the team's kills, or racking up a slightly higher body count than strictly necessary.</ref>

** <ref> is an infant whose mother was killed right in front of him and his egg dropped from an airborne rocket onto a Steel-type's head. His traumas have rendered him halfway into a perpetual Shadow state, and he screams loudly if anyone other than Ash approaches his bubble of personal space. It's hinted on more than one occasion that he actively ''hates everything'' with the exception of Ash. He got better thankfully.....And then discovered that his father betrayed Pokemon Square and his mother is now a Shadow Pokemon. He didn't take it that badly though.</ref>

** <ref> Lily... [[Freudian Excuse]] doesn't even begin to describe her childhood; joining a cadre that faces unspeakable horrors on a nigh-daily basis is a step up for her. She's slowly learning social protocol since joining the team, but her most persistent teachers in this are Leo and her imaginary (?) friend B.</ref>

** <ref> [[Badass Grandpa|Briney]]'s wife was murdered by thugs, and he has since [[Eye Scream|torn out one of his eyes]] and replaced it with hers to aid his long-running [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. He is deeply paranoid enough to psychically intrude on the thoughts of everyone around him on a regular basis -- and one must realize that he hangs out in [[Wretched Hive|Treasure Town]], so he's probably not getting anything G-rated there.</ref>

** <ref> Dawn had her vocal cords torn out at birth, was raised to be an assassin, betrayed by her best friend, had her entire clan and family slaughtered by said betrayer, had half her skin burned off and was left to die by said betrayer, has done a few... favors to unsavory characters while tracking him down, and was put through weeks of indescribable torture which ended with a mathematical equation that crushed her will to live and turned her Shadow. She is now in unending servitude to Pikachu; as with Lily, this is a ''considerable'' step up from her life thus far.</ref>

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Pikachu]]: Where all other Pokemon have regular names, Pikachu is actually ''named'' "Pikachu" (family tradition -- hetradition—he has to earn his own name).

** Ritchie shows up, and just like the anime he's a shameless carbon copy of Ash. And like everything else, this is [[Rule of Funny|taken to its logical conclusion]] by having Ritchie's ''[[Similar Squad|entire team]]'' [[Expy|Expys]]s of Ash's, and they're on a parallel quest to save the world from another crazy apocalyptic cult. Ash and Tiny are not amused.

** Given their species and that of their father, either May or MaxMax—possibly -- possibly both -- wereboth—were adopted. Neither have any problems with this.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Mercifully, the subject is changed before we get any details of Molly/Fat Pete -- aPete—a Chatot and a ''human skeleton''.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: {{spoiler|Lily and Dawn}}'s lives take a significant step up when they join the party, getting out of their respective [[Trauma Conga Line|Trauma Conga Lines]]s and all. Both are [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|very grateful]] for the change.

* [[The Mole]]: A heroic version, {{spoiler|May took a considerable [[Took a Level Inin Badass|level in badass]] since the first book and infiltrated Ford's tournament operation to save her father.}}

{{quote|'''Chobin''': [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene|Big Lipped Feraligatr Moment! Big Lipped Feraligatr Moment!]]}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Lilly's birth mother is one of the [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]s mentioned above. The womon she looks up, and who loves her as a daughter, is Fatiana.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: In contrast to the first book, Ash and Misty are not a couple early on -- oron—or at least they vocally claim not to be, in spite of three Pokemon who consider them in quite specific terms to be their parents.

** [[Olympus Mons|Darkrai]] is apparently shipping all of the above too. {{spoiler|He gives Dawn a healing spell for her voice that will only kick in when she's happy enough to evolve, confirms for Leo that his [[Intimate Healing|idea]] to sever Lily's slavery to Giratina can work, and is very glad to assure Ash that Misty is alive.}} So basically despite the whole nightmares and terror thing, he's kind of a [[WAFF|WAFFy]]y guy at heart.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Any recurring member of the cast has basically dual-classed permanently to [[Badass]].

** Paradox and Chrono give one to Aeon when he puts Team Ebony through an utterly ''horrible'' [[Training Fromfrom Hell]].

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Pro Tip: Don't fail Oblivion's Shadow. He won't KILL you if you still have use, but he will make you wish for death.

** Weirdly, inverted for the most part -- thepart—the Nihilators being an apocalypse cult and all, Oblivion's Shadow ''does'' kill you if you ''succeed.''

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