"Well that's that," Looker said as the last sage was led away by the police. He turned to Touko. "Oh I have some news that you might be interested in."

Touko leaned in an inch, she was anxious for any information.

"Someone I know has spotted a person who resembles N in another region. He was seen with a Dragon type Pokemon. Now that we have the sages in for questioning, I am going to go overseas to pursue him."

Touko`s stomach twisted when she heard him mention N. Ever since her last battle with him and his abrupt disappearance, she had been thinking about him constantly. When Looker had approached her a few days after that fateful last battle and asked her to help him with the task of finding 6 of the 7 escaped sages, she accepted, not just for justice, but because she wished to know more answers about Team Plasma, especially regarding their mysterious leader N. It was strange, though he had been her rival and even her enemy to some extent, she had grown somewhat fond of him. She never found herself able to feel any anger or resentment towards him, instead she felt some pity for him and sadness for the life that was taken from him by Ghetsis, who had deceived his own child. But despite all this, Touko also felt an incredible admiration towards N. N wasn't a bad guy. He was filled with much love, Touko could tell from passionately he fought for those he loved. But his love was directed only at Pokemon, Ghetsis has starved his heart of human love, crippling the boy socially. N grew up with Pokemon and saw them as friends but because of Ghetsis`s manipulation, N was exposed only to Pokemon that had been treated cruelly by man, leaving him with a bitter taste of his own kind. Secluded and deprived of human love, N was a broken person. Yet he pursued what he believed to be right with only the well-being of his Pokemon friends in mind, never was his goal, his dream, ever selfish. Unfortunately, before Touko could learn more about him, he vanished. She could hardly blame him. His entire world had crumbled before his very eyes, his life was revealed to be noting but a manipulated lie. It made her heart bleed. Part of Touko longed to give him friendship, but she knew he was severely damaged, and friendship with another human would be difficult, if not impossible for him now. Still, she wished she could've tried. Touko, from deep within her heart, wanted to find the odd boy who intrigued her so.

So for several months she searched throughout Unova for the sages. None of the them could provide any adequate information on N`s whereabouts though, however, some mentioned him to her, each time bringing a twang to Touko`s stomach. If they didn't mention him, their presence was enough to remind her and to feed her determination. But now…he was in another region entirely. Finding him seemed hopeless.

"Oh," She said. Looker smiled, apparently pleased with the downhearted statement.

"Thank you so much for your help. Thanks to you we are another step closer to finding both N and Ghetsis!" He patted her soldier and then quickly departed towards the other officers and leapt into his car. Touko sighed as he left. "Well what do I do now?" She thought bitterly. There was nothing more for her here in Unova, she had seen and done just about everything. She would have liked to go with Looker across seas to find N, but he was in such a rush that he was gone before she could even think of how to ask him. She thought to search for N on her own, but she didn't know what region he was spotted in, and even if she did, her Reshiram wouldn't know how to get there, they had never been outside of Unova. Right now she figured it was probably best just to head home, she was tired and needed a rest. She pulled out a poke ball from her bag and pressed the middle button, expanding it. A glowing light issued from it, illuminating a large mass in front of her. Suddenly a large white Dragon pokemon stood in place of it, a concerned look appeared in its eyes when it saw Touko`s downcast expression.

"Don't worry Resh, I'm fine."

Her Reshiram reminded her of N too, she clutched her stomach as it twisted. Resh nuzzled her with it's nose, hoping to cheer her up. Though Touko had had Resh for only a short while, the two had grown very attached to one another.

"I'm Fine," Touko said again.

Resh wasn't fooled. It narrowed its eyes and growled softly.

"Really Resh!" She giggled half-heartedly and scratched its head, "Come on, lets go home for a little while. I think we all need a rest."

Resh pressed its face against her and purred, then it backed up and bowed its head for Touko. Touko climbed up on its back and situated herself so she wouldn't fall off. When she was ready to fly, she scratched behind its ear.

"Lets fly Resh!"

Resh roared and bits of its fur glowed red as flames, it extended its wings and lifted into the air with a mighty thrust.

Bianca sat outside, her musharna drifted lazily behind her as she groomed her Tepig. The Tepig`s eyes were closed and it was smiling in relaxed delight. Touko and her Reshiram landed nearby them, causing the ground to tremble knocking both Bianca and the Tepig to the ground. The musharna hovered down to Bianca.

"Mush?"

Bianca sat up, frazzled, but overall happy.

"Touko!" She squealed and jumped up to greet her friend. Her Tepig grumbled a bit, then followed after her when he realized that Musharna and Bianca had already left. Bianca bounded up to Touko and leapt off the ground to hug her, Touko stumbled back but then returned the hug. These kinds of greetings were to be expected from Bianca.

"Touko you're back! Did you find them? Did you? Did you? Did you?"

Touko smiled weakly, "Yeah, and only a few put up a fight."

Bianca noticed Touko`s gloom and backed up, a worried look flashed across her face.

"Touko…are you okay?"

"Hmm?"

"You seem down. You're usually much more optimistic."

Touko`s eyes widened for a split second, she hadn't realized that her feelings were showing plainly through her face and voice.

"Oh I'm fine, I'm just tired, very tired."

It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the truth either. Bianca's eyes narrowed skeptically.

"Are you suuuuuuure?"

"Mhmm," Touko smiled, "I've been all over Unova searching for those sages, I'm worn out."

Bianca gave a bubbly grin, glad to hear that her friend wasn't in emotional turmoil.

"Well then you should rest inside silly! I bet you're mom misses you too!"

Bianca shoved Touko towards her house. Touko didn't fight her, it never made any difference.

The door to Touko`s house flung open as Bianca pulled her inside. Touko`s mom was sitting at the table and jumped up in shock at the intrusion. When she saw who the intruders were though, she settled back into her seat and laughed at herself.

"Mama Touko!" Bianca sang as she twirled around the house, "Little Touko is back!"

"I see that," Touko`s mother replied, still laughing, "Give me a minute to recuperate myself. You two gave me quite a scare there."

"Come on Mom, you're not fifty," grinned Touko. Her mom smiled warmly at the joke and stood up, holding her arms out.

"Welcome back Touko."

Touko rushed over and gave her mother a hug. She truly did miss her. Her mom kissed her forehead like she did when Touko was but a toddler, then she put her hand on her daughter's shoulder and looked at her grown up girl.

"Look at you, out fighting bad guys and saving the world! Your father would be so proud."

Touko`s father had died of a severe illness when Touko was 7. Touko`s mother was tearing up with the thought of her husband interlaced with the pride she felt for her daughter. She cleared her throat and tried to change the subject.

"Now, I know you are tired but I think that both Bianca and I want to hear about your latest adventures."

Touko blushed, overwhelmed with the combined energy of her mother and Bianca in one room at one time. But their positive attitudes were helping to raise hers after the earlier disappointment.

"Okay, well what do you want to hear abo-"

"Did you see Cheren any?" Bianca blurted out. Her hand flew to her mouth and a wave of embarrassment washed over her face, "Oh, sorry."

"No its fine," Touko reassured her friend. She knew how much Bianca cared for their friend Cheren.

"I saw him twice only. Once on Route 5, near Nimbasa city, then again on Victory Road where we battled."

"You two battled?" her mother shook her head, "That seems to be all you kids ever want to do anymore."

Bianca turned back to Touko, "Well come on, who won?"

"Uh…" Touko began nervously, trying not to sound arrogant, "I did. But Cheren has gotten stronger by a ton. He was tough to beat."

"What happened after that?"

"Well, he told me to tell you 'Hi' of course," Bianca's face lighted up when she heard this. Touko continued, "He also mentioned that he was offered a job in law enforcement. He wants to try to be an investigative police officer or something. He said he would be leaving for training in a week or two afterwards. Otherwise I haven't heard from him since."

Her mother nodded, "When that boy gets into something he dedicates all his attention to it."

"Oh I wonder if he's lonely," Bianca sighed, "I've been so scared to call him because I don't want to disturb any of his training."

"You should call him," Touko said, "I think he would like it."

"Yes," Touko`s mom agreed, "Everyone, even a diligent worker like Cheren, needs a break at times and to know that his friends are thinking of him."

"You're right! I will have to call him soon. But ohh…I'm going to have to find something to talk about, nothing exciting has happened with me lately," Bianca's cheeks were a bright red.

"You'll find something, I'm sure," Touko`s mom said to her, then turned back to her daughter, "What happened to Looker after you found the last sage?"

Suddenly the gloomy feelings came over her again. She sighed.

"He left to go find N in another region…And said thank you."

Her mother unknowingly continued to hammer the disappointment back into her.

"So Touko, are you glad its all finally over? You wont ever have to worry about Team Plasma again."

Touko`s stomach wrenched, she stammered trying to find a good cover up answer.

"Uh…well, um, I guess…"

"You guess?"

They both gave her a funny look, Touko panicked.

"Well, there is…I think, maybe, it just seemed…it just seemed that maybe it was all over too fast I- I think."

They continued to stare, as if wanting more explanation.

"I mean, I'm not really used to having nothing to do. I just feel like I'm still in the dark after all this. And just when I started getting some answers, It was all over. And now I will probably never get to know, I doubt I'll ever even see him again," Touko gasped as the last sentence fell out of her mouth. She stared back in horror at her mother and her best friend. She hadn't meant for everything to just tumble out like it had, it just did, and she had no control over it.

"I'm sorry, I should be relieved, I know. I guess I had just gotten used to always having something to do."

"Its all right," her mother said, "I'm glad you let it out."

Bianca's eyes widened, "Oh so that's why you seemed so down!"

"I felt that something might be wrong when I hugged you," added Touko`s mom, "Maternal instincts I guess."

"Well I'll get over it. I can always train. And then maybe I can challenge the Elite Four again, I don't know…"

"Touko," her mother stopped her, "I know you. Since you were born you couldn't sit still in one place. Your spirit was made for adventure. I was foolish and thought that after these recent events you would have finally have had your fill of adventure and would want to settle down. Now I see that I was wrong. I should have known better. Touko, you wont be happy staying here in Unova."

"Yeah I remember that time you got Cheren and I to follow you into the tall grass when we were 10. Ahahaha, we had a Lillipup chase us all the way home!"

"You see Touko," said her mother, "Its in your heart."

"Well it doesn't matter anyways," Touko groaned, "Do you know how hard it is to get a ticket to another region?"

The three sat in silence for a bit. Outside you could hear Reshiram and Bianca's pokemon playing. Bianca coughed to break the awkward silence. Suddenly, Touko`s mom slammed her hands down on the table. Bianca and Touko jumped in their skins at the outburst.

"Wait right here sweetie, I just remembered something!"

She got up and ran into the kitchen. Bianca and Touko stared at one another and then turned back to the kitchen. Touko`s mother came back out holding a small piece of paper.

"When Looker came to talk to me about having you help him, he gave me his number in case you found any additional information. I had completely forgotten it until just now. Perhaps, if he hasn't departed yet he will let you go with him."

"Oh Mom!" Touko cried and flung her arms around her, "Thank you, thank you so much! I promise to write everyday and to visit whenever I can, and I will always-"

Her mom laughed, "If you keep talking he will have already left. Nothing is definite yet, so be careful not to get your hopes up too soon."

Touko nodded and pulled out her Xtransceiver. She punched in the numbers off the paper quickly, scared to be too slow now. She watched the screen anxiously as Bianca and her mother came behind her to watch over her shoulders. One ring. 2 rings. 3 rings. 4 rings. 5 rings. Touko`s hands started to shake, she felt like she was trying to catch a rare pokemon with her last ultra ball.

"Hello?" a sudden voice came from the Xtransceiver. Looker appeared on the screen. It looked like he was in a Pokecenter or something.

"Looker?" Touko asked, "Its me, Touko."

"Ah Touko," Looker beamed, "Did you happen to stumble upon any information on Ghetsis by chance?"

"Um…no," replied Touko, "But I was hoping to ask you something."

"Shoot."

"Will you need any help searching for N overseas? If so I'd be more than willing to help."

"Really? You haven't had enough adventure yet? Well I guess all those things I heard about you were no joke, you're the real deal kid. Luckily I don't depart until tomorrow, and the captain is a good friend of mine, I bet he'd let me carry on an extra."

Touko glowed with joy, "Oh no fooling? Thank you Looker!"

"Eh not so fast," Looker said. Touko`s joy faded, she couldn't fathom what could be wrong.

"This is a big trip," continued Looker, "I don't know how long we will be there and its very different from Unova. You could be gone from home for a whole year, maybe less, or maybe more. Do you understand?"

"Yes I understand," Touko said politely yet firmly, "But sir, I've never wanted anything more in my life."

"I thought you'd say that," he smiled, "But I must know one more thing…"

"Yes sir?"

"Is your mother okay with this?"

"She sure is!" Touko`s mother cried and made her way into the camera. "As much as I hate to admit it, my girl is all grown up. She's ready to make her own choices," She looked at Touko who was now on the brink of tears, "And I'm ready to support them."

"Excellent!" Looker clapped his hands together, "Well Touko, all I can say now is to meet me in Castelia City tomorrow around 10 AM. At 10:30 we sail for Olivine City in Johto!"

"I'll be there sir, don't you worry!" Touko assured him happily. He gave her a thumbs up and the call ended. Touko turned back to her mom and Bianca, bursting with excitement.

"Oh my gosh I cant believe I'm going to Johto!"

The three girls then began to scream and hug in joy.

- - chp 2

A tall man stood beneath a large dragon skeleton, the skull suspended by wires to the ceiling. The man was very clean-cut in appearance, he wore a smooth black suit and had illustrious short cut black hair that was slicked back nicely. He looked to be in his early 30s and was a handsome man for his age. His perfection was only thrown off by a black eye patch that covered his left eye while his other eye was a pale blue. He looked up at the exhibit holding his chin in ponder.

Lenora, the owner of this museum and the Gym Leader of this town was watching him curiously. Something about him reminded her of someone, but she just couldn't put her mind to who. She walked down to the main floor of the museum.

"Hello Sir, I'm Lenora, the owner of this museum. I take it you are a fan of Dragon Pokemon, yes?"

He turned, a little surprised at her sudden appearance. He smiled warmly, "Nice to meet you. But I am actually a fan of any prehistoric pokemon in general. This one is particularly nice however."

"Don't think me rude sir, but have you visited my museum before? You seem very familiar. Perhaps we have battled before?"

"Oh no, no, no," he chuckled, "I am not a trainer. And I am new to this area. I come from Kanto, I'm a professor of Paleontology you see. My name is Doctor Nahath."

"Oh," Lenora said, "Well sorry for the mistake Doctor Nahath. I must say though, it is nice to see someone who's as interested in the ancients as myself."

"They are fascinating."

"Yes, well, if you have any questions feel free to ask me or my husband, he's the man up there," she pointed towards the opening of the Gym entrance. She then began to leave but turned to look at the strange man again. He still felt familiar.

"Doctor Nahath?"

"Yes madam?"

"I am sorry to pry into your life, but how did you hurt your eye?"

His cold blue eye narrowed and he flashed a plastic smile at her, "I had a mishap with a spearow back at home," he explained without missing a beat, "Don't feel bad, a lot of people ask about it."

"Ah," she replied. She still had the nagging feeling that she knew him, but she decided to shake it off. It probably wasn't important anyways. "Have a good day sir."

"You too."

He stared at the dragon skeleton a little longer, then left for outside. She, like all the others, was perfectly ignorant. And he was pleased. The day was nice and calm, he strolled away from the town and went westwards towards the gardens of the area. Anyone seeing him would see nothing more than a gentleman out to enjoy a daily stroll through the gardens.

He came upon a hedge at the far end of the gardens. He looked around, and then disappeared behind it. There was an enclosed trail that, if ducking, he could follow it with ease. Eventually it cleared our into a hidden opening. He stood in the middle of the area in silence.

Finally he said, "Its clear."

Suddenly 3 men appeared out of nowhere surrounding him. Doctor Nahath didn't flinch.

"You didn't leave me waiting long," he said simply.

"Of course," the middle one bowed, "We live to serve you Ghetsis."

"Be wary when you call me that," the 'doctor' warned, "The people outside of here know me as Doctor Nahath. I have dyed and cut my hair, changed my garb, and even covered my red eye to be sure no one recognizes me. Everyone, besides you three, have proven ignorant of my true identity so far. And it must stay that way until my goal has been achieved."

"Yes sir," they all said simultaneously.

"So any news?"

"Yes, she has left for Johto in search of Lord N. Should we stop her?"

"No," Ghetsis said, "Everything is coming together well. You boys told her that you were instructed not to look for me right?"

"Of course, just like you asked."

"Good. And we should be able to track her much easily from those orbs I told you to give her."

"But we don't understand, what is it that you are planning to use her for?"

Ghetsis smiled darkly, "That girl you see, is special. Like Lord N, she is a Hero of Unova. To change Unova it seems we need two Heroes to awaken the last legend of Unova. Kyurem, the Ice dragon! She will find Lord N, if anyone can influence him, she can. He finds her intriguing. Together we will have them awaken Kyurem for me to capture. Then Plasma can return."

"And Lord N?"

"We will have our king back."

The Triad bowed, pleased by this news. Ghetsis however, still had no intentions on giving off boy power, his power. "Lord" N was nothing more than a figure head, an icon that followers would look up to and love, and whose fragile mind would be easy for him to manipulate. But Ghetsis still had doubt, he didn't know how exactly his plan would play out or when it would be completed. But he was a patient man. Ghetsis stood up taller and the Shadow Triad tilted their eyes up at him from their bowed heads.

"Gentlemen, the disbanding of Team Plasma did not mark the end, but rather the beginning of the new world. Keep track of the girl, always know where she is at, but do not interfere unless I instruct you to do so. Report back to me daily by Xtransceiver," Ghetsis waved his hand at them as a sign of dismissal. The Triad vanished almost instantly and Ghetsis straightened out his collar.

"It has begun."

Author`s Notes: I know what you are probably all thinking, "Wheres N? Where`s the Ferris wheel shipping you promised?" Its coming don't you worry. N will appear in the next submission. As for the Ferris wheel shipping, it cant just happen in a day ahaha. The fun part about these stories is that it has to grow, but don't worry, it will be coming and I hope I give it justice! But also keep in mind that I have to keep a story going so not every word of this will be shippy (though a lot of it will XD)

In my version, the visor Ghetsis used to wear covered his blue eye. He has one red eye and one blue eye. Creepy eh? Its not canon, but I`m going to have to have some literary freedom here. I still will keep as true as I am able to though.

Now what I really wanted to give were the warnings. I played Pokemon Black, not white, and this is based on that storyline so Touko has Reshiram and N has Zekrom. I know some people are sensitive about it but if it is too bothersome you can reverse it in your head. I like it either way personally though.

On that note, Touya does not exist in this world. Do not expect him to appear. They do not exist at the same time in the game, thus do not exist at the same time in this story.

Another thing, um, the rating is for later. This story gets progressively…morbid. Not sexually morbid, gosh no. I`ve been reading a lot of Dean Koontz lately so, yeah ahaha. Anyways the morbid side story that will overall tie into the main story should not begin until the 3rd submission. Just thought I should warn yall. I hope you like the character though, he`s gonna be a gem!

Anyways, yeah, N is coming soon! (hes so much fun to write for!)