Prologue:

Three Months Ago

"Yay! You did it Wes! You've taken down Cipher!" cried Rui. Wes just nodded and began walking quickly away just as the police force arrived to arrest the two Cipher conspirators. "Hey! Wait up! Where're you going?"

Wes paused for a second before turning around to answer. "I'm not good in crowds. I'd rather not get swarmed by the reporters." Wes pointed out the mob of TV crews trying to break through the police barrier to get to Wes, the Orre region's hero as of five minutes ago. What he didn't tell her, is that he does not trust crowds, for it blocks, or overrides, his ability to read ki.

Wes is smart and his instincts are keen and have been the reason for his survival. Wes found the secret elevator that was the quick escape meant for "worst-case scenarios" in the case that Cipher was defeated and the conspirators needed to get far away quickly. "Come on. They won't be held back too much longer." Rui nodded and followed quickly into the elevator. The mob broke through just as it began to move toward the bottom, the main level of the Realgam Tower.

At the bottom, they ran to Wes' bike and rode it out as quickly as possible to the one place they wouldn't get swarmed by crowds: Agate Village. It was a long ride there, so they didn't arrive until well into the night. Most of the residents were deep asleep in their homes, so they walked quietly through town to the Pokemon Center. From there, they walked down the hill into the cave into a clearing that held the Relic Stone. The place they had visited many times over to Purify all the Shadow Pokemon they had Snagged.

"Why are we here, Wes?" asked Rui.

"To release the legendaries."

"But, why?"

"Because they have their own lives and duties in the world."

"I understand. Plusle and I are gonna go see grandpa and grandma. Come over when you're done, OK?"

"Fine," Wes agreed. Rui walked away with the Plusle that Duking had given to them. Wes turned back to the Relic Stone and released the three legendary dogs and Ho-oh. "You are free. Go back home and live your life where you are supposed to. I'm sorry for holding you back for so long."

"But Wes!" complained Suicune.

"We wish to remain with you. You are our life now," argued Entei.

"I agree. We could not bear to live without you!" Begged Raikou.

"You have your duties, do you not? I can not hold you back from them," replied Wes.

"It is true, we have our duties, however, we feel that one of those duties is to remain with you, master," said Ho-oh. The other three legendaries nodded in agreement and seemed to be trying to think of excuses of why they should stay with him. "You do like having us around, don't you?"

"Yes, of course. How could I not? However, I can not allow my wants to interfere with the needs of others. We mustn't be selfish. We have to do what we are meant to do. We all have our duties and responsibilities in life. They come first."

"Then, let me propose this. How about we, for now, go back and take care of our duties, and when we are no longer needed for the time being, we will find you and we will stay with you…" proposed Raikou. "And when we are needed again, we can go back and quickly take care of that problem, OK?"

"Yes! Yes! That'll work. Let's do that!" cried Suicune. "Not even you can deny that being a good idea!"

"Come on Wes! At least let us do that," begged Entei. "Please?"

Wes thought for a moment. "Are you sure this is OK?"

"Yes!" they all yelled together.

"And anyways…" began Raikou.

"What if you were in danger? What if they came back?" asked Entei.

"Yeah! You would need us," said Suicune.

"I have my other Pokemon to help with that."
"Wes, not even they could last forever. Especially against 'them'," Raikou said.

"Its true," agreed Umbreon.

"Not all of us are immortal, nor invincible," continued Espeon.

"… Fine. But make sure you have nothing else left." Even though he did not show it, Wes was actually really happy that he had such good friends.

"You have a kind and caring heart, Wes," Suicune told him. "It is very strong, unlike most of those other cruel and heartless humans out there. Like the ones after you."

"Thank you, Suicune," Wes thanked.

"It's the truth! You also seem to try to hide it…" Suicune trailed off. "And that's only one of the many reasons why we like you so much!"

"OK. Now get on, you guys. I'm looking forward to you coming back." The three legendaries nodded their good-byes and pounced off to complete their duties, leaving Wes wondering if what he had allowed was right.

"Don't worry," comforted Espeon.

"You chose correctly," Umbreon said. "They wanted this as well."

Wes nodded. "Okay. Come on, let's go meet up with Rui. She's probably worried by now." Wes began walking to Eagun's, his two oldest friends pouncing behind him, glad that he had such great friends who just wanted to help him. Thank you. But I fear that the danger has only just begun. Many will want revenge and some have noticed my abilities and skills. They will want to use me for their own purposes and goals. It is only a matter of time before they come for me. I must use caution. I should go into hiding after this. At least for a little while. Hopefully things will cool down… But he was very wrong. People did notice and want to make use of him and others want revenge, but things wouldn't cool down. Not for a long time, and he knew it. All too well, and so he went into hiding, mainly at The Under and Pyrite, but stayed in other regions for short periods of time.