Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajir, Nintendo, ect ect. Not me.


He was the first one.

From the top of mount Silver, it hit him like a wall of bricks.

And slowly, he'd smiled.

"About time."

It took him longer than expected to come down -after all this time, he'd forgotten the way out- but eventually, he managed to reach his hometown during the night.

He snicked inside his former house, quietly, and went directly in the bedroom to see them.

They were twins, asleep, healthy. The first one looked like his doppelganger. The second one, the girl, looked a bit calmer.

They'd make awesome trainers, he'd bet.

"Fire and Leaf, uh." He whispered, kissing their foreheads.

"Looks like you'll have your adventure at last, Blue."

When he walked away, it was with a smile on his usually inexpressive face, a smile that didn't fade even when his heart stopped along his internal battery.

Ten years was a long run for a video game, after all.