Legendary Trainer: Johto

Chapter 12: A Lesson Learned and A Purpose Refined

Claire started to call using her Pokégear and heard my gauntlet begin to ring. I cancelled the call as I stood up. "What's going on here?" Claire asked even more confused than before. I started walking to the Pokémon Center while signaling everyone to follow. We all got into our room and Claire began to grow impatient. "Leaf, you just had to say something, didn't you?" I asked, still annoyed. "I held in far more that I could have said to her, but it isn't very polite. Plus, she's ungrateful, egotistical, and 'holier than thou.' I got sick and tired of it!" Leaf said defensively annoyed. "I can hear you!" Claire said sitting across the room. "Now, will someone explain all of this?" "Claire, when I told you to meet with us, I thought you'd show them the same respect you showed me at the Lake of Rage. I guess I was wrong. I think Lance & I need to have a discussion about how you treat trainers outside of your gym." I said as I stood up and walked towards her as my armor proceeded to grow along my body. "I am the force of nature that protects Pokémon from those who would mistreat them for their own selfish ambitions. I am the Legendary Trainer!" I said in a commanding tone using my voice modulator. Hau even fell backwards a little bit from how blown away he was. Claire started to bow in an attempt to ask for forgiveness. "I am so sorry! Is there any way you can forgive me?" I deactivated the armor so Claire could see my face as I talked with her. "Claire, look at me. I will forgive you and make no mention of this to Lance as long as you do two things." Claire looked up and had a look as if saying "I will do anything." "First, give your deepest apology to each of my friends for the way you treated them tonight. Second, show everyone you meet the same amount of respect as you showed me the first time we met. You are a Gym Leader! You need to be an example of how trainers should act toward Pokémon and people alike." I started lecturing to her.

One of Claire's Dragonairs came out and signaled me to follow her. As I followed, she didn't say a word. We arrived at a nest in the woods. She looked at me as if she was ashamed. "That's your egg, isn't it?" I asked. "Claire said that she doesn't want another Dragon because it takes too much time to tame. Please, take my egg and care for it." She asked in a slightly high-pitched voice. "I will. But, I need you to keep Claire accountable to what I told her. Do you think you can do that?" I asked as she started to form tears. "I will!" After we got back, Claire left and we started planning our next move. "We should head to Ecruteak City for the next gym and start working towards finishing this region so we can get to Alola." Leaf asserted. "We will definitely head to Ecruteak, but I don't want to take on the gym as soon as we get there." I said. "Then what are we going to do?" Hau asked confused. I looked at Ellie. "There are some old friends we should check in on." Ellie's face got really giddy as her personality got really bright. "Entei, Raikou and Suicune?!" Ellie asked in a very excited state. "And Ho-oh. I want to check in on all of them when we're there." Leaf didn't seem too pleased with this, but was alright with it. She couldn't necessarily argue without hurting Ellie's feelings, especially since Ellie was pretty much bouncing off the walls at this point from how excited she was. We all went to sleep; well, all except for Ellie because of how excited she was. When we got up and got to Ecruteak, we were attacked by the moon shaped shadow from before. Hau started yelling, "Lunala, why are you attacking us?" "You know what that thing is?" Leaf asked. "Lunala is one of the legendary Pokémon of Alola. Believed to hold the power of the moon." Hau explained. "Lunala is attacking me! For whatever reason, it doesn't like the Legendary Trainer." I said.

I activated my armor and flew up in the new Ho-oh formation to try to get on top of Lunala. I managed to get on its neck. Because of this, it started to fly in a way that would knock me off. A symbol finally registered within my mind for Lunala. I drew the symbol on Lunala's forehead and it settled down and landed. Lunala still acted cold towards me. "Lunala, why are you treating me like I did something to you?" I asked as I finally got my bearings from how dizzy I got with the wreck less flying Lunala did. "Because, the Legendary Trainer betrayed me so many years ago by banishing me to the Ultra Space!" Lunala's voice was screechy and feminine. "I'm not that Legendary Trainer. I'm still trying to figure out my past and how I will move forward. I promise to make things better between myself and all of the legendary Pokémon!" I swore. Lunala seemed pleased by this, but flew off without a word. "Lunala felt betrayed?" Leaf asked. "Hau, what is the Ultra Space?" I asked. "It's a place where creatures known as Ultra Beasts originated. The Ultra Beasts are what Tapu Koko's warning was about. Some think that Solgaleo and Lunala came from the Ultra Space." Hau explained. "That's why. The first LT from Alola must have thought Lunala was an Ultra Beast when it first appeared." Leaf said as if piecing it all together. "That might explain why I couldn't get a symbol for Lunala for so long."

We headed to Ecruteak andEllie seemed as if she couldn't wait for a second. "William?" A familiar voicecalled out. The voice was mature, but not much older than I am. I turn towardsthe Pokémon Center. "Bill! What are you doing here?" I asked. "Visiting familyhere in the region. How is the Signdex coming?" Everyone was shocked that Billknew about it. "Guys, Bill was the one who made the Signdex and is the primaryresearcher on my powers." I explained. "Help!" A scream came from the KimonoHouse. We all ran to the house and found a Rocket Grunt. I ran up and gotbetween him and the Kimono Girl. "Stop this attack. Proton and everyone else havebeen defeated and taken into custody. Team Rocket is disbanded permanently." Isaid. "You will have to stop me." He said as he threw out his Pokéball. Ariescame out looking more determined than with Archer. "This was the grunt?" I asked.Aries looked back in confirmation. We took down the grunt with ease and he ranaway. "You are still such a great trainer." Bill said. "Thank you so very muchfor protecting me." The Kimono Girl said humbly. As we left, we started to makeour way to Burned Tower as Bill joined us. Once we headed inside, Bill spottedan old friend.