Overcoming The Clashing Tides is a Pokémon Anime/Special crossover fanfiction by DemigodWitch96
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The story begins with Ariana, one of Team Rocket's admins proposing an alliance with all of the crime syndicates except Team Plasma. They all accept and Ariana quickly orders the kidnapping of six children of the Dex Holders. Too bad they never saw a group of interfering kids rescuing them coming...
Examples
- Alternate Timeline: Apparently, the Dex Holders' kids and the anime gang's kids were never meant to meet. Originally, the Dex Holders and the anime gang were from different dimensions. But after Cyrus messed with Palkia and Dialga, trying to create his own world, it forced the two dimensions to collide. However, Arceus managed to fix it, but there is now a dimension where the Dex Holders and the anime gang exist side by side.
- Death by Childbirth: Ruby's birth mother died in childbirth.
- Heroic Lineage: Ashley and Maria. Ashley is an Aura Guardian in training. Maria can use water as a weapon.
- In the Blood: Almost of all the characters has the same personality as one of their parents.
- Moment Killer:
- Ashley killed a fluffy moment between Drake and Maria.
- Jasper pulled this with Pyrite and Lena.
- Oh, My Gods!: Oh my [insert random legendary pokemon]
- Older Than They Look: Citrine. She got it from Yellow but it's not as severe. She's sixteen, but can pass as a thirteen-year-old.
- Psychic Powers: Citrine and Jet. Citrine can heal and talk to Pokemon and Jet can only talk...
- Puberty Superpower: Ashley and Maria both got a special ability for their sixteenth birthday.
- Running Gag: The author seems to be hinting at one in the second arc. Whenever any of the main character mentions a slang word from their time, it earns them odd looks.
- Say My Name: Ashley seems to enjoy doing this.
- "ALEX!"
- "JAY!" Cue head bash from baseball bat and Jay yelling in pain.
- Secret Legacy: The Ketchum twins had no idea that they were descendants of Sir Aaron.
- Or that Ashley could use Aura .
- Or that Maria could bend water.
- Also, most of the future gang had no idea they were the kids of the Dex Holders.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: *coughs* Almost every couple in the story.
- Jay and Ashley have admitted they do have feelings for each other but whenever an outsider points this out... Cue, death glares and denials.
- It doesn't happen often with Bronze and Lizzie, but it's there.
- Shout-Out: Many
- Bronze: He has blue hair, his name is BRONZE, and he's the genius of the group. He just screams Ravenclaw
- Avatar: The Last Airbender.Shiro: I've been waiting for this.Amethyst: I'll ''execute'' you.
- Someone to Remember Him By: Sir Aaron, yes that Sir Aaron, got the younger sister of Queen Rin pregnant, and that baby grew up to marry into the Ketchum family, making Maria and Ashley descendants of the Rota royals and Sir Aaron.
- Stalker with a Crush: Remember Conway from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl? He returns and reveals that he is Rory's adoptive father. And he still has an, ah, interest in Dawn.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Many of the characters resemble one of their parents.
- Superpowerful Genetics: Ashley and Maria. Ashley inherited Aura from Ash and Maria inherited water manipulation from Misty.
- Suggestive Collision: Cobalt and Alex in the second chapter. He fell on her, and well, accidentally groped her. In Cobalt's defense, it was an accident. Alex didn't even care about his apology. She just punched him.Cobalt: *stammers an apology*Alex: *punches him*Cobalt: What was that for?!Alex: For being a pervert.
- Supreme Chef: Ashley grew up learning how to cook from her grandmother, Delia. In the prologue, Mercury is mentioned to have inherited Dia's skills in the kitchen.
- Time Travel: The main characters are now stuck in the past... When their parents just got together. Awkward... And some of the parents aren't even together... Now they're in the distant future. Oh yeah, and the new government is anti-Pokemon.
- The Unreveal: Not a lot of people were shocked that Auburn and Jade were the kids of Red & Yellow and Green & Blue respectively. Averted when Opal reveals that there were more missing kids.
- Uptight Loves Wild: Gender Flipped. Alex Shinji: smart, strategical, and super serious. Cobalt Oak: easy going, enjoys teasing Alex, and is basically a male version of Blue. You do the math.
- You Need to Get Laid: Bronze gets this sometimes.Kyle: Wow. You really need a girlfriend.Bronze: I DO NOT!Kyle: Yes, you do. You're waaaay too uptight.Bronze: *eye twitches*
- Opal said this to him, but Bronze assumed something else...
