(A/N: I am rewriting/reconstructing this story since I wrote it a year ago and my writing has improved since then. I've been taking people's advice and I am getting much much better at it, especially with the Pokémon battles. Also I renamed it to Pokémon Iris: Redemption. I hope you guys enjoy and I'm always open to advice and feedback. Really helps a whole lot :)

As matches and matches passed, not one person could beat her. not counting Nate Black or Rosa White of course, the trainers from Aspertia Town, who beat Ghetsis together and stopped Team Plasma from succeeding in their evil plans. Other than both of them, no one could beat her. She's had hundreds of battles. Say out of 100 battles and Nate and Rosa being two of them, she won 98 out of 100. 98 freakin' percent. That's crazy incredible. Being the strongest trainer in the Unova region, she was growing quite bored and wanted some real competition. Not to be cocky or anything but she got tired of the same things and wanted to switch it up. So at one point when she had no challengers scheduled, she decided to leave her room and go on a walk.

She went deep into Chargestone Cave. Way deep. A hidden cavern where you could find one of the most strongest Pokémon in Unova. A legendary dragon that nobody could defeat. One of the very few legendary dragons that nobody could defeat. Iris begged to differ and took on that challenge. The Pokémon she decided to take on was Zekrom, a Dragon/Electric type Legendary Pokemon. 1/3 of Tao Trio, alongside Reshiram and Kyurem.

Iris' specialty was Dragon types. Growing up in Opelucid City under the wing of Drayden in their village, she was taught everything she knew. Two years ago she was a gym leader. She had been one of the toughest and youngest gym leaders, besides Blue Oak of the Viridian Gym in the Kanto Region. When she felt that she was ready, she took on Drayden, and after surpassing him she took on the Pokémon League. Lastly she took on Alder, the past champion of Unova. It was a close battle, both trainers having to be on their last Pokémon, but she ended up taking that win.

Although Alder was not required to step down, but he felt that he was getting older and it was time for retirement, so after their battle, he asked Iris to take his place. She didn't know what to do or say so she graciously accepted his offer and here she is today as the Unova Champion.

Anyways, as she approached Zekrom, she thought about how would make a great addition to her team, and it did. Iris took on Zekrom with her trusty Haxorus and wound up capturing it in a Luxury Ball, to raise the friendship of course. She thought Zekrom would not like her at first but she proved herself wrong. It was happy to battle alongside her. It trusted that she was an excellent trainer and she would not take it for granted. Word spread quickly spread across the region that the champion of Unova caught a legendary Pokémon and that her challenges would be impossible now. She grew so close to Zekrom as they battled alongside each other, battle after battle after battle. They were unbeatable.

This mysterious new challenger said otherwise. Iris was taking a rest after so many victorious battles and was awakened by continuous BOOM! and CRACK! sounds across her room. She sat up in her bed, alarmed, wondering what was happening. Her eyes examined the entire room, from the battlefield, to where her bed was, to the front door all over. Everything was frozen solid. It was like a nightmare. The first thing Iris thought about doing was jumping up and racing out of there with her Pokémon. They hated the cold and struggled in it's conditions.

"Oh no. What's going on?"Iris thought, worriedly, "This isn't good at all. I have to get us out of here."

As Iris grabbed her Pokébelt with her Pokémon, she attempted to sprint for the door, but something stopped her dead in her tracks. It was a tall figure with evil eyes, giving her a bloody dagger stare. Although he had one eye and the other was covered by some device, it still sent chills down her spine just to look at him. He had lime greenish, crazy, spiky hair, and a purplish blue and gold tunic made him look like some sort of royalty. He had a cane with him as well, which can often be infered to help him walk. Iris recognized him. She had been there when her old friend Hilda, the trainer who disbanded Team Plasma the first time, two years ago, faced him. He looked different. Maybe older? Or was it that she was actually seeing him close up for the first time in two years?

"What do you think you're doing?!" Iris screeched, her voice echoing throughout the now frozen room.

"My name is Ghetsis. I'm sure you remember me. I'm friendly." You could hear the smirk in his voice as he put the emphasis on the word friendly. He was up to no good and Iris had to watch out.

The head of Team Plasma. Not this again. He was back at it and it was pretty scary that he was purely confident this time. He acted as if nothing could go wrong.

"What are you doing here?" She spat, coldly.

"I've come for Zekrom, my dear." Ghetsis chuckled, evilly, "Just a fan, if you know what I mean."

"Zekrom is my Pokémon. What are you saying? You're going to take him?"

"You're a very smart girl." He snorted, "but are you going to be stupid enough to fight me on this battleground? It's nothing but pure ice. Your dragons are no match for me here."

"I will fight under no circumstances! This ice isn't going to stop me from beating you!" Iris pulled out a pokéball from her belt and threw it in the air. Out popped her Haxorus, nicknamed "Drago." Her best friend. Her ace Pokémon. She's had it since she was a little girl at the Opelucid Academy she attended. Started out as an Axew but grew up to be a healthy level 72, jolly natured Haxorus. She had done some super training back in the Johto Region, in Blackthorn City inside the Dragon's Den with her boyfriend Lance, the champion of Johto, and best friend Clair, the gym leader of Blackthorn. They taught her Pokémon a special move called Draco Meteor. The secret weapon. Haxorus' signature move to be exact.

"You're making the biggest mistake of your life my dear." He warned, "Give up now."

"I'll never surrender to the likes of you!" She snapped, angrily.

"Then prepare to die." Ghetsis reached at his belt and threw a pokeball. Out popped his favorite Pokémon, Cofagrigus. A Ghost type Pokémon.

The battle started with Iris and Haxorus taking the first move. Although Cofagrigus was Hasty natured and was naturally supposed to outspeed Haxorus, Haxorus had naturally higher speed. It was fast alright, but she was faster. Even on ice, it was faster.

"Haxorus, use Draco Meteor!" Iris commanded.

Haxorus let out a loud growl and pointed it's head upward. A blinding red light began to form around it's tusks and when grew big enough, it shot towards the ceiling in a straight line and split into several different blasts and they landed all around Ghetsis and Cofagrigus' side of the battle field. They took the shot head on instead of dodging it for some reason. The meteors hitting the floor caused smoke to form and flow with the oxygen in the air. You couldn't see Ghetsis but you could hear him coughing and...laughing?

That made Iris mad. "What's funny?" She asked, loud enough for him to hear because he couldn't see her and vice versa.

"You and Haxorus always using that same move. So boring. Tell me, has she finally learned not to swallow her Dragon Pulse?" Ghetsis laughed, maniacally.

"What was that?!" Iris says, growing infuriated with his mockery of her, "I'll show you a Dragon Pulse! Haxorus, let's go!"

Haxorus didn't know where to aim so it used it's instincts. It opened it's mouth wide and a dark purplish/whitish beam erupted from it. ZZZZZZZT!It was moving incredibly fast at an unbelieveable amount of speed. It was too powerful to try and dodge. Whatever it hit was destined to go down. It went through the smoke clouds, making a hole for Iris to see and it hit it's target right on key. Cofagrigus was sent flying backward into the now frozen wall and hit the floor underneath it. It was unable to battle.

Fainted. Down one, five more to go.

"You're good, but are you good enough?" Ghetsis stated as he called back his Cofagrigus.

He then reaached for his belt the same time Iris did.

"Just shut up and call your next one, Mister." Iris rolled her eyes. She had no time for this. She needed to get out of here.

Iris switched out Haxorus and put in her Hasty natured, level 75 Dragonite, nicknamed "Serpent." Another fast one. She was all for speed, especially with this specific dragon type. She raised it from a Dratini. The same Extremespeed Dratini Lance had given her for her birthday. Another cherished partner of hers.

"Birthday present from your little boyfriend I see?" He observed the large orange dragon in front of him. It roared at him, creating a great wind to almost knock him off his feet. He held onto the cane for support so that he didn't fall.

"H-How'd you know that?" Iris asked, shocked by his statement.

Nobody knew that but her, Clair, Drayden and Lance.

"I know all about you Iris." Ghetsis stepped closer to her but Dragonite used itself as a shield and growled at him. "I suggest you step down now."

"N-Never!" Her answer was hesitant, but you could hear the instant fear inside her voice. She was creeped out by what he had just said to her.

"Are you freezing? Or do I scare you?" Ghetsis came closer to her once again and Dragonite stood its ground, swiping at the man. It almost came into contact with him. It was just protecting Iris.

Iris had a frightened look in her eyes but she tried to keep a brave face on to shield the fear. She didn't want him to see her scared because then he would strike a nerve.

"Throw your next pokeball!" She says, impatiently.

Ghetsis did so. He threw his next pokeball. Hydriegon. Another fast dragon, but Iris' dragon was faster once again and much higher leveled. Reasons why she had 1 hit KOs.

"Dragonite use Ice Beam!" Iris shouted.

"Now isn't that hypocritical?" Ghetsis laughed at her, "but I thought you hated ice, Iris. Ice Beam? Heh. Anything to win, right?"

"Shut up!" She screamed at him.

He was getting underneath her skin. Just what he wanted to do.

BLLLLLLLZZZZZTTT! went Dragonite's Ice Beam as it shoots directly at the opposing Hydriegon. It didn't stop shooting until it was frozen solid. That's how angry Dragonite was. Hydriegon could no longer float due to being frozen, so it dropped out of midair. CRASH! It hits the floor and the ice barrier breaks to become a bunch of broken ice shards. The poor dragon lay there, soon fainting. Iris actually ended up feeling for the Hydriegon. Ghetsis didn't even care and it was his own Pokémon.

"Excellent job, my dear Iris." He applauded her, that same smirk on his face.

"I don't have all day. Hurry up or get out." Iris says in a demanding tone.

"So impatient. Can't wait to witness your own defeat, can you?"

Her eyes grew wide in shock as those words left his lips. What could he possibly mean by that if Iris was winning this battle easily?

Iris said nothing and sent out her Druddigon. This Pokémon had a story behind it just like all the rest of her team did. It roared towards the ceiling and was ready to erupt a flamethrower from its lips.

"Nothing to say?" Ghetsis smirked, and then sent out his Drapion, "Guess you finally shut that smart mouth of yours up?"

Iris glared at him and opened her mouth to speak but it had run dry. He had struck a nerve easily.

"We'll take the first move, little girl." He knew how she hated being called that. He read her body language. She was annoyed with it. "Drapion use Giga impact!"

Iris' face dropped once he had said that. Her mouth hung open as she watched the blinding white light build up on Drapion's claws. When ready, the opposing Pokémon took a shot at Iris' Druddigon. The only thing that was seen was a big white flash. Ghetsis squinted his eyes, covering them both with an arm. The wind picked up around him and the smoke was starting to clear again. Ghetsis looked across the battlefield at Iris and Druddigon to see that Druddigon had used it's rough skin to brace itself from the blast. Both arms were shielding it and it was panting hard. It took a nice chunk out of its health but it was nowhere near fainting.

In fact, it was just getting started.

"What?! But how?!" Ghetsis asks, taken aback by how the blast had not taken the Pokémon out.

Rough Skin and high special defense.

"That's it, Druddigon! Now use Earthquake!" Iris commanded.

Druddigon slammed its fists into the ground and began creating cracks into the ground underneath the ice. It was so bad that the ice was breaking. It wasn't hurting iself though. Its rough skin protected it. The ground was breaking and craters were forming around Drapion. Before Ghetsis knew it, the Pokémon fell down a hole underneath it that was caused by the Earthquake.

It let out painful screeches and it made Iris feel bad about it. Once it stopped, she attempted to go check on it but Ghetsis stopped her.

"You have such a big heart worrying about your opponents all the time. Be careful with that. It's going to cost you." He still had that same smirk as he called back his fainted and injured Pokémon.

"What?" She was so confused.

"I'm actually growing quite impatient now. You're not even much of a challenge. Type advantages and disadvantages, yada yada yada. Boring." Ghetsis fake yawned.

"Hey, you came and challenged me." Iris rolled her eyes.

"Yeah but it's no fun when you don't use that precious legendary." He shrugged, "Oh well. Guess I gotta use mine."

"His?" Iris thought, "He has a legendary Pokémon?"

"You have a legendary Pokémon?" Iris asks aloud this time. She then burst into endless laughter, as if she were the one mocking him now, "Yeah right! Get real!"

"That's where you're wrong, little Iris." Ghetsis stood there, arms folded, "I have a legendary Pokémon that will crush you."

"Wait, huh?" Iris' eyes grew wide at that.

He was serious?

"Yes indeed. Would you like to see it?"

"If it'll get you out of here, fine. I'll see it."

"Big mistake." Ghetsis reached for his belt and threw up a Master Ball into the air.

Out popped a large Pokémon, about Zekrom's size. White, gray and bluish color. It was a third of the Tao Trio. The ice type. Kyurem. Iris examined it, her eyes growing with fear. There was no time to show fear but she couldn't help it. She didn't know what she'd gotten herself into. Why had she laughed in a serious manner? Why oh why? Clearly this man meant business.

"Scared now?" Ghetsis laughed, maniacally.

"Terrified." Iris gulped and thought to herself.

Iris backed up and Kyurem stepped forward as if it were forcing her back. She was at her bed and began reaching under it. Her hand slid across a box and she unlocked it. It opened easily and she grabbed the Luxury Ball and threw it up in the air. Out popped her level 74 naughty natured Zekrom, nicknamed "Sparky."

"It's an even match." A confident look spreads across her face.

"That's what I was hoping you'd do!" Ghetsis laughed even harder now.

He pulled out two items, which obviously went with each other as if they were a pair of drumsticks. The DNA splicers was that they were called. He turned them on and pointed one in Kyurem's direction and the other in Zekrom's. Iris gasped in horror. She ran over to him to try and stop him. She knew what he was doing. She tackled him to the floor and the items went flying.

Not again. Watching this happen the first time was painful. She remembers Nate and Rosa working together to save it and free it. He was trying to force a fusion on it and Kyurem. This wasn't good at all. A blinding light flew inside Iris' room and around Zekrom and Kyurem. Zekrom was roaring and kicking away, trying to get free, meanwhile Kyurem was sitting still, as if it knew Zekrom was too weak to writher away from the fusion.

"SPARKY! TRY TO GET FREE!" Iris cried out.

"Foolish child!" Ghetsis smirked in her face, "Can't you see what is happening?! There's no way to get free!"

"Sparky come on!" Iris' voice cracked at that.

"Groooohhhhhhh!" The black dragon roared in pain. The splicers were hurting it and it broke Iris' heart to ear and see it. It was no use now.

WHISSSSSHHHHHHHH! BZZZZZZZZZZ! The sounds of the fusion was just unbearably loud and disheartening. Iris felt like crying as she couldn't do anything but watch. Then Ghetsis laughing and smiling in her face wasn't helping either.

She watched the blinding light take in her Zekrom as it tried to fight it. It almost got out at one point but was taken back in. Out came a new creature. A creature never before seen. It was a cross between Zekrom and Kyurem. The two Pokémon had been fused together. This was Black Kyurem.

"What did you do to my Pokémon?!" Iris shoved him.

Ghetsis grabbed her by the throat and began to choke her. He brought her face to face with him. She felt his hot breath on her lips and she tried to get away from his grip. His frown turned into a devilish grin and she was desperately hitting at his hand to try and release herself from his deadly grip. It was no use. He was a grown man and she was a teenage girl at 16.

"Hit me again little Iris and I will snap your neck like a toothpick." He caressed her cheek, softly.

Iris turned her head away and he dropped her onto the cold floor. She coughed, gasping for air. He gave her a kick to the ribs, making it harder for her to breathe. She squeaked out in pain, holding her ribcage. She still couldn't breathe correctly. The wind had been knocked out of her.

"I wonder what Lancey would think of you now?" Ghetsis mocked, "A failure. A disappointment. You lost your legendary Pokémon to me. What a sad story. The whole region depends on you. Now you're helpless."

Iris looked down at the icy ground beneath her. She let a tear slide down her cheek and just shook her head, not wanting to believe anything she just let happen.

"I-I don't need a legendary Pokémon to prove my worth." Iris whispered, reaching for her belt, "My Pokémon are more than rarities to me. They're my friends."

"Tools my dear. Tools." He corrected her.

"I'll show you how much of "tools" they are!" She finally was able to stand up to her feet so she threw up a poke ball and out came Haxorus again.

"Boring. You never learn, do you Iris?"

Iris ignored him and commanded Haxorus to use Draco Meteor. She knew it wouldn't outspeed Black Kyurem but she had to try. Nothing she had was going to beat it in speed. Actually a Pokémon battle period. Ghetsis had the upperhand on this one. Its special attack/defense, speed, attack/defense, accuracy, all of it was doubled. One hit from that Pokémon and it was over.

"Ice always beats Dragon." Ghetsis grinned, evilly, "Kyurem! Show this incompetent child what you're made of! Glaciate!"

The Draco Meteor came down first, taking only a little damage away from Black Kyurem, which was a complete shock to them both. Somehow Haxorus outsped Black Kyurem, by the grace of Arceus himself. It came down like raging blasts all around Black Kyurem and it hit it. It didn't miss.

BANG! BAM! BOOM!

Smoke formed for the umpteenth time, surrounding it and Iris couldn't see where the Pokémon was. That's when it surpised her and came out of nowhere, swinging at the smoke to make a hole for it to see. Iris gasped loudly and watched as it's yellow eyes lit up and small ice shards began forming around it. It sent them flying towards Iris and Haxorus and they couldn't dodge it. It had been coming their way crazy fast.

Kyurem's Glaciate attack hit Haxorus head on and the ice shards that did not hit it, hit Iris, slicing her sides and her arms as she braced herself. She cried out in excruciating pain and fell to her knees the same time Haxorus hit the icy floor beneath them. It stung so badly. She was afraid to see if she was bleeding or not. But for a moment she didn't care about her well being and noticed her fallen partner right next to her.

"Drago. Oh no." Iris placed a hand over hers, "I'm going to get us out of here, okay?"

Haxorus had fainted...for the first time in ages.

"And just how are you going to do that, Iris? All you have is dragon types. They're WEAK against my Kyurem. Surrender yourself, child." Ghetsis mocked her once more.

"I'll never surrender!" Iris shouted, reaching for her belt. She threw out the next poke ball. Dragonite came out once again and was ready to avenge it's trainer.

"Glaciate!"

"Serpent, use extremespeed and dodge it!"

"You can't escape Black Kyurem! It's no use!" He cackled.

"We made the impossible, possible." She mumbled under her breath.

Dragonite used its ExtremeSpeed attack and drifted out of the way of Kyurem's deadly attack. In the process, it had gotten a few hits off of the ice dragon, but it wasn't any use. Dragonite was trying so hard to hurt Kyurem but the Pokémon snuck in an attack with an ice beam and knocked it back towards Iris.

"Serpent!" Iris cried.

It collapsed go the ground just like Haxorus, both unconscious and unable to battle.

Iris didn't even care that she was breaking rules by using more than one Pokémon in a one-on-one match. She sent her Druddigon, Salamence, and Hydriegon out to fight at once. Maybe if they all attacked together it would work, right? She needed to defeat this thing. She needed to protect herself. Now it was a life or death situation.

"All of you, band together and use Dragon Pulse!" Iris commanded.

"Pathetic." Ghetsis spat and then slammed the bottom of his cane against the icy floor beneath him, "Glaciate, Kyurem! Destroy them all!" He shouted.

The black and blue monster roared and its yellow eyes lit up. Iris watched as the same process that took out Haxorus began. She knew it was over but she had to try, right?

"Now!" Iris closed her eyes and her last three Pokémon all opened their mouths to conjure up one powerful Dragon Pulse to at least try and stop it.

A big explosion could be heard from miles away. Iris had her eyes closed, too afraid to open them. She didn't want to look at her Pokémon. Were they still standing? Did they faint? She didn't know what happened and quite frankly she did not want to. All she heard was THUD! THUD! THUD! and she knew it was the end. But Ghetsis made her. He grabs her chin, jerking it upward. He forced her to look him in the eyes.

"Look around, Iris." He had that same smirk on his lips that made her skin crawl.

Iris turns her head all around to see, Druddigon, Salamence, and Hydriegon all unconscious on her side of the battlefield. She had no more usable Pokémon. She then looks down in shame. She feels like a failure.

She lost the battle.

"I'm so sorry." Iris apologizes to her Pokémon, forcing back sobs.

All of them took a beating and were seriously injured. They needed medical attention from a Pokémon Center straightaway.

"Know why you lost?." He snorts, "You were too headstrong and confident. You mocked the fact that I was going to destroy you. This friendship and rainbows thing you've got going on with your Pokémon won't work on a legendary beast like this. You should've surrendered yourself to me. You've let your Pokémon down, your village, the whole region of Unova. What were they thinking to put a 16 year old in charge of us all? You failed Iris."

"I go down, I fought fairly. Can't say the same for you. You cheat your way to a win." You could hear the defeat in her voice.

Ghetsis had not liked what she said so he slammed his fist into her stomach making her bend over on her knees to gasp for air. She crawled about, trying to find some air to breathe after getting the wind knocked out of her once again. He kicks her this time and Iris lets out a pained cry. It causes her to collapse on the floor, wriggling about. He then uses the heavier side of his staff to whack her in the back of the head with it.

Iris' vision became blurred as that last hit came in. She couldn't even crawl away now. She could barely move. She looked at Ghetsis with glassy eyes and before she knew it she passed out right next to her Haxorus.

He leans downward and soon takes a knee to where he's at her height. He strokes the side of her face gently and says, "Lance should be ashamed to date a weakling. Sad because you're such a beautiful little black girl." He brushed her hair out of her face and planted a kiss on her temple, "Is that how he kisses you? On the temple? Or the forehead?" He smiled but then observed her small body.

She had a gorgeous skin color and an incredible figure. She was short but had really nice curves. Ghetsis thought she looked stunning.

"I'm a gentleman so I won't hurt you." He whispered in her ear, "I'd love to stay and chat with you but I must leave you here. Goodbye, my sweet Iris." Ghetsis disappeared and left her laying there on the frozen floor for death.

Somebody had to find her. Fast.