Chapter 9 ? Drayden's Challenge
Hero and Cheren entered Drayden's house.
?Sit down.? said the old man. They sat down at armchairs and Drayden sat at one in front of them. ?So why did you come here??
?We were told you study the Legend involving the dragons and the hero, so? Well, you know N challenged me to wake the White Dragon,? said Hero. ?I am with the White Rock, but I still don't know how to wake it? Could you possibly know it??
Drayden looked at him in silence for a moment, studying him with his forehead creased.
?I know.? he said simply.
?Do you know how to wake the dragon?? Hero asked.
?I do.?
?So will you tell me??
?No.?
Hero was surprised.
?What? Why don't you want to tell me?? he asked.
?Well, I will,? said Drayden. ?But only if you win a battle against Unova's League Champion.?
?But we don't have time for this!? Hero said, getting angry. ?N will wait only until noon! Then Team Plasma will begin to take away Pok?mon from people!?
?I believe you are a good person, but I don't trust you have ability to win a battle of this dimensions. The only people who know how to wake Reshiram up are me and my aids, and none of us will tell you unless you win the League. You can't win if you go to the battle before this, anyway.?
?So this is your final word.?
?Yes.?
?Then I'll have to get my eighth badge. Who is this City's Gym Leader??
?You are looking at him.?
?Is it you? Okay. Can we please fight here? I don't have much time until noon.?
?The battle can begin now.?
?Alrgiht!?
Hero and Drayden stood up. They went to the middle of the house, that was empty.
?Go, Pizza!?
?Go, Fraxure!?
Both Pok?mon were sent into battle.
?Echoed Voice!? ordered Hero.
?Dodge!? said Drayden.
Pizza sent sound waves, but Fraxure jumped and avoided them.
?Dragon Dance!? said Drayden.
?Use Echoed Voice again!? said Hero.
Haxorus began to dance. Pizza's attack hit him, but didn't make much damage.
?Hero! Be careful! This dance make Fraxure stronger!? Cheren said.
?I got it! Keep using your voice, Pizza!? said Hero.
Pizza obeyed.
?Now use Dragon Tail!? said Drayden.
Fraxure rushed toward Pizza and slammed him with his tail. Pizza fell with his back on the floor. But now his voice echoed on the walls reverberate back and hit Fraxure from three different directions. Fraxure was knocked out.
?Come back! Go, Druddigon!? said Drayden. ?Night Slash!?
?Drain Punch!? said Hero.
Druddigon ran toward Pizza, that had already gotten up, but Pizza stopped him with a punch on his chest. Druddigon energy's was drained by Pizza's fist. Now Pizza recovered his health.
?Revenge!? said Drayden.
Druddigon held Pizza's arm and punched his chin with his other hand. Pizza walked back ,dazed.
?Night Slash!? said Drayden.
?Pizza, come back!? said Hero, as he called him back to his Pok?Ball. ?Go, Jelly Roll!?
Druddigon hit Jelly Roll with his Night Slash. Her spikes seemed to have hurt him, though.
?Iron Head!? said Hero.
?Let him attack you and use Revenge!? said Drayden.
Jellly Roll attacked Druddigon with a Headbutt, then Druddigon punched her. Jelly Roll fainted.
?Come back! Go, Truffle!?
Hero sent his Lampent to the battle.
?Hex!? he said.
Truffle attacked and Druddigon was knocked out.
?Come back! Now I have only one Pok?mon left! Go, Haxorus!? said Drayden.
Haxorus was sent into the battle.
?Dragon Dance!? said Drayden.
?Hex!? said Hero.
Truffle attacked, and Haxorus began to dance. Truffle's attack didn't do much damage. Haxorus slammed her with his tail, making her faint.
?Come back! Go, Pizza!?
Now Hero had to win, or he would lose the battle.
?Drain Punch!?
Haxorus tried to slam Pizza, but he dodged and then punched him on the chest. He sucked Haxorus power, healing his damages.
?Now use Echoed Voice with all your strenght!? Hero said.
Pizza began to send his sound waves everywhere. Following Drayden's instruction, Haxorus began to do the Dragon Dance again. His deffense was reaised, but it couldn't make him resist the multiple sound waves reverberating toward him. He fell defeated.
?Come back!? said Drayden. He called Haxorus back to his Pok?Ball.
?YEAH!? Hero cheered, running toward Pizza to hug him.
?You did it! You are able to challenge the Elite Four!? said Cheren.
Drayden approched Hero and handed the Legend Badge to him.
?You proved your worth. But you still have a long way to walk.? said Drayden.
?Thank you!? said Hero, accepting the Badge. ?I gotta go now!?
?Wait, one more thing.? said Drayden. ?I saw you have a Lampent. Pick this.?
He handed a purple stone to Hero.
?This is a Dusk Stone. Give it to your Lampent to hold and something cool will happen.?
Hero picked it and put it into his pocket quickly.
?Thank you!? he said.
He rushed out of Drayden's house, with Pizza and Cheren following him.
Out on the street full of futuristic buildings, Cheren asked:
?What will you do now??
?I'm gonna take my Pok?mon to the Pok?Center, then I'm gonna go to Victory Road.? Hero answered.
?Cool. Well, good luck, Hero. I? I'm going back to Nuvema. I think I can't help you anymore, so I'm gonna deal with my stuff...?
?Cheren, thanks for everything. I wish you good luck with your father.?
?Thank you. This is a so long, then.?
?So long.?
Cheren turned around and ran to the south.
?Better run too.? Hero said to himself.
After stopping at the Pok?Center and healing his Pok?mon, Hero ran to the north from Opelucid, where the Pok?mon League was. It was seven A.M. N would wait for him at the Entralink at noon. He had five hours to defeat the Elite Four and go there.
But before, he should pass through another challenge.
?So this is Victory Road!? he said.
Chapter 10 ? Unova's League
In front of Hero there was Victory road, a very tall mountain. Before it, there was a big portal. Hero pushed the portal with his hands and it opened easily. He entered in an empty space. At the other side there was another portal. This time there was a guardian at the side of the portal.
?Halt! You must have Trio Badge to pass here!? said the guardian.
?It's here!? said Hero, after picking the badge.
?Insert it in the door.? the guardian instructed.
Hero did so, and the door opened. Behind it there was a garden with a bridge over a stream and fire torches.
?Water, grass and fire. Just like Cress, Cilan and Chili's teams types.? Hero commented to himself.
He crossed the bridge and stopped in front of the next door. A guardian beside it said:
?Halt! You need to have Basic Badge to pass through here!?
?Hmm, I got it. This will repeat until I show I have collected all badges.? said Hero.
He inserted the badge Lenora gave him and the door opened. He repeated the same process until passing through eight different doors, the last one opened by Opelucid's Gym Badge.
Then Victory road lied upon him.
?There's something heavy in my pocket!? He commented to himself. He put his hand in his pocket and picked a stone. At first he did not recall where he had found it, but then he remembered: Drayden gave it to him.
?He said to me to give it to Truffle. What's supposed to happen??
He called Truffle out of the Pok?Ball and gave the stone to her. When she held it, it began to shine, and Truffle did so. Truffle grew bigger, then the shine faded away. Truffle had evolved to Chandelure.
?Wow! You evolved!? Hero exclaimed. He held Truffle, but then he felt weak. ?Wow? this is cool but? why am I feeling tired??
?Let out of it!? said someone suddenly.
It was an old man running from the mountain. Hero did so and he immediately felt better.
?Why did this happen?? Hero asked.
?Chandelure's suck people's and other Pok?mon's life energy. They use it to keep their flame alive.? said the old man.
?Oh? I didn't know it. Thank you. Wait. Does this mean Truffle is sucking me and my Pok?mon's life energy??
?Yeah...?
?Ouch! You cursed chandelier!? Hero said to Truffle.
Truffle lowered herself and closed her eyes, seeming sorry.
?Sorry. I mean? you can't stop it, right? It's not your fault.? said Hero. Truffle became full of energy again.
?Thank you for your advice. I'll try not to stay too near to her from now on.?
?No problem. You are leading to Pok?mon League, right? Good luck.?
They said goodbye and followed their way.
Climbing the mountain wasn't easy. There were many trainers there who wanted to fight and a lot of wild, strong Pok?mon attacking. But Hero ultimately managed to get on the top of the mountain. Then a classical building lied ahead as the entrance to a castle. It was a space without walls with Greek columns sustaining the roof. In the middle there was a statue of a hooded man and there were four stairs surrounding it and leaving to the castle.
Beside it there was a supporting building, where Hero entered and found a Pok?mon Center. He healed his Pok?mon and went to the main place. In the base of the statue there were some words:
"Four great warriors?form this Pok?mon League.
To the southwest is?one who?does not fear the?Ghost?type.
To the southeast is?one who?channels the power of the?Fighting?type.
To the northwest is?one who?has mastered the?Dark?type.
To the northeast is?one who?knows the mind of the?Psychic?type.
If you can defeat these warriors with your courage and wisdom, you shall be led to the summit, where the strongest?Champion?awaits."
?So each stari leads to a different member of Elite Four? Alright. Let's begin our test, guys!?
his Pok?mon cheered in the Pok?Balls.
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?Whil-o-whisp!? said Hero.
Truffle sent a gohst flame that burned Co***rigus. Then she used Hex, that caused a greater damage because of the burn.
?Come back!? said the Ghost-type Elite Four, Shauntal. ?Go, Golurk!?
Golurk was sent to the battle.
?Use Eartquake!? said Shauntal.
Golurk made Truffle faint. Hero switched her for Pizza.
?Water Pump!? said Hero.
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?Hex!? said Hero.
Truffle made Reuniclus faint. Elite Four Caitlin switched to Musharna.
?Shadow Ball!? she said.
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Pizza used Drain Punch on Liepard. Liepard used Fake Out, and Piza flinched. Liepard used Aerial Ace. Pizza was panting, almost defeated.
?Use Drain Punch!? said Hero.
Pizza punched Liepard and sucked her energy. She fainted, and Pizza regained health.
?I recognize my loss.? said Elite Four Grimsley. ?After all, a loss is just a loss. And you shine with the bright of a winner. Go face your next foe.?
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Pizza's voice echoed on the walls and rebound back toward Conkeldurr.
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Hero stayed in the front of the hooded man's statue. Then the floor began to descend. It descended a well. Then is stopped and stairs went up in front ot Hero. He climbed them and at the end, he saw Alder and N.
Chapter 11 ? The Final Battle
?Hero! It's good to see you!? said N. ?I just defeated Alder and became Unova's most powerful trainer. I must take control of everything. But? I'm still need to battle you.
Suddenly a giant wall raised from the ground around Unova's League. A bridge was thrown from it and fell just where Hero, Alder and N were.
?This is Team Plasma's castle, that we built around the League? Well, it doesn't matter. I'll wait you there for our battle.?
N crossed the bridge and went to Team Plasma's castle.
?I'm sorry, Hero. I couldn't win him. All my hopes are upon you now.!' said Alder.
?Don't worry. I'm sure I can win this battle!?
Then Hero ran after N. He passed by many Team Plasma grunts, that treated him with indifference, in the sumptuous castle. Then he arrived at the top of the castle, where N waited for him. Zekrom was behind the boy. Hero climbed the stairs toward them.
?Pick the White Stone. If you are a Hero, it might respond to you.? said N.
Hero did so and the stone shined. A giant white dragon appeared before him.
?So Reshiram was waken?? said N. ?Is it possible? Are there two Heros? Well, we might fight to decide whose plans will build the next years for Unova! Go, Zekrom!?
?Reshiram?? said Hero. ?Will you answer my command??
Reshiram growled.
?Yeah, Reshiram!?
Then the battle began. It was tough, because both dragons were very strong. Zekrom's lightnings hit Reshiram, and Reshiram's flames hit Zekrom. They began to destroy the castle.
When the battle seemed balanced, Zekrom sent a lightning. Reshiram used Fusion Flare, taking advantage of the lightning to generate flames that damaged Zekrom harshly and made it fell defeated.
?So? I was wrong.? said N. ?Now I know, Hero, you were right. I grew up surrounded by Pok?mon who suffered from humans. Because of this I decided to free Pok?mon from humans. But then I met you and talked to your Pok?mon, and they said they were happy with you. I didn't understand why. Now I see it clearly. I just knew a part of the truth. People and Pok?mon together can support each other and be happy. I won't try to separate Pok?mon them anymore. I'll seek inspiration from you and live my life with my Pok?mon. Now I'll travel and protect Pok?mon from bad people? But from bad people only. This is a farewell to you, or so long. Anyway I want to say thank you.?
?What a useless boy!? said a voice from behind of Hero. He turned around and saw Ghetsis. ?I can't believe you lost! But it doesn't matter! My plan on taking control of the world is still working! All I have to do is wipe out this brat.?
?Take control of the world? And all that talk about freeing Pok?mon because they are suffering?.?? Hero asked.
?Nothing but bull****!? said Ghetsis. ?Lies I told to take control of all the Pok?mon and tlet people deffenseless!?
Six elder man with funny clothes appeared around them.
?Team Plasma's Seven Sages will teach you a lesson, brat!?
?Let's see who's gonna teach who a lesson!? said a voice like Whoopi Goldberg's.
Hero turned around and, Lenora was there.
?You need a fashion's lesson!? said another woman's voice. It was Elesa, also invading the castle.
?Where are this rats coming from?? Ghetsis asked.
?We rats are gonna show ye who's on charge!? said Clay, entering the room.
Every other Gym Leader entered from the several doors in the place.
?We're gonna take care of the seven sages, Hero!? said Burgh. ?Ghetsis is yours!?
?Alright!? said Hero.
He approached Ghetsis.
?So, are you gonna fight Reshiram??
?I am a better fighter than you!? he answered. ?I don't have nothing to fear!?
N stayed by Hero's side.
?I have to fight against you, daddy.? he said. ?Sorry.?
?You useless freak! Don't get on my way!? Ghetsis answered.
?I'll do it. Because I can't let you realize your dystopia.? said N.
?Prepare to be smashed then! Go, Co***rigus! Go, Bouffalant!? said Ghetsis.
His Pok?mon were sent out.
?Go, Reshiram!? said Hero.
?Go, Zekrom!? said N.
The two dragons stepped toward Co***rigus and Bouffalant.
?Dragon Claw!? said N.
?Fusion Flare!? said Hero.
Zekrom attacked Co***rigus with its claw, sending it away, fainted. Reshiram knocked Bouffalant out with a burst of flames.
?Do you think this will scare me?? said Ghetsis. ?Com back! Go, Seismitoad and Bisharp!?
?Zen headbutt!? said N.
Zekrom attacked Seismitoad, who resisted and used Earthquake. Fissures opened in the ground, but Zekrom wasn't hurt, because he took flight.
?Fusion Flare!? said Hero.
Reshiram,'s flames knocked Bisharp out.
?I still have steam!? said Ghetsis.
?What did he mean with it?? Hero asked N.
?I don't know. I guess it means he still can keep hard.? said N.
Ghetsis sent an Eelektross, while Zekrom defeated Seismitoad. Eelektross was surprisingly making damage on Reshiram.
?Reshiram, retreat.? said Hero.
?What are you doing?? asked N.
?Following my instinct.? Hero answered. ?Go, Pizza!?
Ghetsis began to laugh.
?Hahaha! Are you switching a legendary Pok?mon for your common Seismitoad? I'll crush it! Eelektross, use Wild Charge!?
Eelctross surrounded itself in electricity and tackled Pizza. Pizza simply held it, unaffected by the electricity.
?What?? Ghestis asked.
?Muddy Water!? said Hero.
Pizza threw Eelektross away with a jet of muddy water. Eelektross felt defeated.
?No! This isn't possible! But I haven't lost yet!? said Ghetsis. ?Go, Hydreigon!?
Ghetsis sent his dreadful hydra into battle.
?N, distract him!? Hero said.
?Distract?? N asked, surprised.
?Do what I'm saying.? Hero said, seriously.
?Alright. Zekrom, fly over it and use fusion bolt!?
Zekrom hovered above Hydreigon and release bolts toward it.
?Pizza, just teach this creepy man a lesson!? said Hero.
?Pizza ran toward Hydreigon and used Drain Punch in its chest. Hydreigon was thrown toward Ghetsis, who ran away avoid being smashed by the dragon. Pizza ran toward it again and performed another Punch, while Zekrom used Fusion Bolt again. Hydreigon finally fainted.
?No! This can't be true! I can't lose!? said Ghetsis.
The Seven Sages were also defeated by the Gym Leaders, that were now approaching them.
?Admit it, Ghetsis: Team Plasma was defeated.? said Drayden.
N turned to face Hero.
?Well, Hero, this is a good bye.? he said, extending his hand. Hero held it, but N didn't shook. Then N released his hand. Zekrom was right by his side. He mounted on the dragon.
?Good luck!? said N, looking at Hero, then he looked ahead, and Zekrom took flight, leaving the castle.
?Good luck.? Hero said, looking at the sky.