Ash's Story (Part 4: Kanto and Unova)

Chapter 23

As our battle continues, I notice that Looker and Cedric Juniper have come with the hot air balloon as they try to assist Hilbert, Hilbert is also trying to communicate with Zekrom, wanting to know why he chooses him.

When they send out Croagunk and Emboar, I don't like any interference as Reshiram uses Blue Flare to send them back. Hilbert says, "Thanks for your efforts, but those kind of attacks won't be effective here."

Then Zekrom suddenly goes for a Bolt Strike on Reshiram, and then I can see the mood change from Hilbert. "Let's go! Let's get serious! Zekrom!"

"You... did you..." I gasp. "Did he hear Zekrom's voice? I see... so you have finally earned the right to be Zekrom's hero of 'Ideals'."

I have Reshiram use Fusion Flare, and it seems that Zekrom can't take another hit. But much to my dismay, Reshiram also can't take another hit as well. Both of them are in the Overdrive state, and then we decide to strike Fusion Bolt and Fusion Flare at the same time.

In the end, Reshiram falls to the ground after the attack. I say, "Reshiram! Hang in there!"

During the battle, I can see that the Seven Sages are struggling against the trainers, and in the end, they manage to free the Gym Leaders as well.

I grit my teeth, but Reshiram responds to me and starts flying back up, that's when the Elite Four manage to come through and Hilbert accidentally falls onto their Golurk. At the same time, I'm pretty sure that Hilda has met Anthea and Concordia.

"You finally woke up. Hilda." Concordia says. "I'm Concordia."

"And I'm Anthea. This is N's room." Anthea says.

Hilda is surprised to find herself in my room, and Anthea says, "Do not worry, we mean you no harm."

"I was the one who teleported you here." Concordia says as she shows Gigi the Tepig to her. "Just after he defeated Alder, he released all of the Pokemon who had followed him until now. However, only this little Tepig returns to the castle and stays in this room."

"You said that this is N's room, right? Who are you?" Hilda asks.

"We are companions who have taken care of him. He was brought up with Pokemon... Pokemon that were betrayed, mistreated, and hurt by said people."

"He never took a step outside this room until he was crowned. Ever since he was a child, he possessed a special ability that allowed him to hear the voices of Pokemon."

"But he upset people with behavior that suggested he could talk to Pokemon. He was called a freak and was kept isolated from others. The one who took custody of him was... Ghetsis. He took N as his own son."

That was a made-up story, but why not? Since we are all made up as well, might as well make it believable. "Day after day, year after year, Ghetsis deliberately brought only abused Pokemon to N, obliging him to listen to their voices."

"When he released all his Pokemon, he told Tepig:"

Following the path of battling or the path of acting is something you have to decide for yourself. For that, all of you, if you find a human you want to stay with, it's okay. That's what I said to them.

"Did N really say that?" Hilda asks.

"Ghetsis' teachings nurtred N's strong district against humans, so N made 'Pokemon Liberation' his own personal duty. Before his coronation, his beliefs never wavered. After he was crowned the newly king, N went out to the world in order to seek the 'Truth' That's when N met the 'Ideals'"

"An unsolved formula, no, in fact, the formula was easy to solve. But the solution was something he did not desire nor wanted to admit. A formula he was unwilling to solve."