Author's Note: Alright, here's the next chapter. I tried not to rush things too much but I don't know if I succeeded. Oh well, I tried my best.

My internet went down during the weekend and only now it came back. It's still Sunday where I live, so I suppose I can say I kept my promise.

Now about reviews... I don't like referencing people directly but seeing that as for now only one person is reading this stuff...

Dear Guest, I'm really thankful about these thoughtful reviews you're leaving behind. But the Chapter 1 review helped me realize something important. Now, if I understood correctly, you said that you read the part where Kyurem's curiosity got the best of him in his young days as a time when he was whole. Now, that happened after Kyurem's became his frozen self, as Kyurem's first memories as he is now don't include his days as a whole being, which is another reason why he wants to be complete again. Now, maybe I read your review wrong and you actually got that, but I'll have to wait until your next review to decide if I have to return to last chapter and edit it to make it clearer or if I just misunderstood your review.

EDIT: fixed some mistakes.

Kyurem couldn't feel his body, nor see anything. Is as if he were in a void, an empty, dark void where only his mind existed. He tried to recollect his memories.

A boy. A human trainer with a Emboar. It was the last thing he saw before he was consumed by a white light. Before ending up here. He tried to remember how much time had passed. 20, 30 minutes maybe? He didn't know. But the silence, the calm of this dark void only helped him remember his time in the chasm.

And with that he remembered the feelings, he emotions he felt before embarking on this journey. Anger. Despair. Loneliness. They came back like a water current, depositing themselves into his mind, to their common dwelling grounds.

Soon the warm he had felt at the sight of love, of compassion between a human and a Pokémon were nothing but a memory again. Now the only thing that seemed important of that memory was the fact that the one that received love and care wasn't him.

Just like it always had been.

Anger and hate soon were lively as ever in Kyurem. The need to continue on his quest, of becoming whole again was the only thing he could think about now, and that need only became bigger when he realized he couldn't, for he was trapped here, in this void.

Such great was the wrath of the ice dragon that had he been set free that very moment, the whole region would have surely entered a lethal winter. But the only place that became colder was Kyurem's own mind.

And so, no being able to do anything else, he wondered. Wondered how he could escape this void, this prison, and, most importantly, wondering who could be behind this.

Time passed normally in the void, but to Kyurem each second felt like an eternity. A very silent and lonely eternity.

Colress smiled at the sight of his Master Ball. Who could have thought that such magnificent machinations, capable of capturing even the most omnipotent of beasts, had been created by humans. But he didn't have time to marvel at the idea. He had tests to do. With that in mind he put away his Master Ball in his coat.

Colress merrily walked through the frigate towards the laboratories, where science prevailed. The labs' doors opened as he stepped in front of them, and closed as soon as he was inside the room. In the labs, Colress felt comforted by the familiar beeping of computers, and he walked without a single worry towards the test chambers.

Soon he reached a particularly large one. The chamber was a box with pale white walls on the inside, and one of the walls had most of it opened and replaced with a glass. Said glass let people from outside see the inside of the test chamber, and vice versa. The glass opened by rising up into the ceiling and Colress grabbed his Master Ball and introduced his arm inside the room. The ball opened and a bright light emitted from it. Once the light disconnected from the ball Colress pulled his arm back and the glass closed.

But the light soon disappeared, and in its place now was a icy dragon, locked inside the chamber.

Kyurem blinked rapidly as his eyes adjusted to the room's lighting. He looked around the room, only seeing white walls. The room was big enough to contain two of him, he noticed. While inspecting the walls he turned around, and discovered the glass and what was at the other side.

Team Plasma's scientists.

Instantly memories of his time under those humans' control came back to him, of the time locked in a test tube with his energy being absorbed, of the time when he was studied and unable to do anything about it.

Without thinking the dragon started an Outrage, and found himself ramming into the glass, trying to break it, trying to kill the humans. But break it did not, and this only made Kyurem angrier. He started ramming the chamber's walls and ceiling, stomping heavily on the ground during the whole ordeal. But at the end he didn't manage anything but a strong headache. Confused, Kyurem stumbled against the glass, letting himself fall and rest.

Colress spectated the whole event, and once it finished the scientist laughed heartily. With gestures he commanded his fellow Plasma members to pass to him a microphone. Once he had the decide, which would let him talk into the test chamber's speaker, in hand he said "Don't bother trying, Kyurem! The walls you see here are made from the toughest iron, and the glass that permits us to watch you struggle would make even the sturdiest diamond jealous!"

But the voice only helped Kyurem get to his feet and start another Outrage. Colress rolled his eyes at the dragon stubbornness and waited for the attack to finish. Sure enough Kyurem was resting on the floor in a matter of seconds, trying to snap out of his confusion.

Now exhausted, Kyurem started to think. But the emotions he felt now were not only anger and fury, he mostly felt despair. He couldn't grasp the fact that he had been captured again in such a short amount of time. He didn't want to return to captivity under these men, return to being a simple power source. Even if this team had managed to reunite him with another half of his, he didn't want to be forced to do it. He wanted to become whole himself, become one and be free to show it. Instead of starting another Outrage, Kyurem simply sat there, defeated.

Rotom, who was playing around the laboratory, noticed the scientists reunited in front of one of the test chambers and decided to investigate. Curious, he rushed pass the men and looked into the room.

He saw a dragon that didn't look like it had the will to live.

Rotom wasn't one to worry much about other people's feelings, but even then the sheer look of defeat in Kyurem's eyes moved him. Worried, he turned to Colress with questioning eyes.

Noticing the confused glare, Colress turned to his Pokémon and asked "What seems to be the problem, Rotom?"

The ghost turned his head to the chamber and then back to his owner. Colress, supposing he received the right message, looked through the glass and inspected the room. "Yes, it's a rather sturdy room. Marvelous, isn't it?"

Rotom rolled his eyes and descended a bit, putting himself level to level with Kyurem's head, which was resting on the glass. The dragon slowly turned to look at the Pokémon, and soon both of them were sharing eye contact.

Rotom playfully tilted his head to the right and smiled, but Kyurem didn't follow. Instead the dragon turned his head away from the glass and closed his eyes.

Having seen the interaction between the two Pokémon, Colress came to a conclusion. He grabbed his microphone again and said. "Now there Kyurem, don't look so sad! You're going to be part of a great experiment!"

The dragon gave a guttural growl but didn't tried to attack.

"But don't worry, this isn't going to be an experiment like last time, oh no."

At this sound of this Kyurem raised his head slightly in curiosity. What were this men up to now?

"For you see Kyurem, my purpose is not to abuse your power, but to bring out your max potential!"

Now he was interested.

Inspired by his own words, Colress raised his hands in the air. "My sole purpose is to bring out the power in every Pokémon, make them exceed their own limits! Which is why I've brought you here today!"

Kyurem turned his head towards the scientist, letting him know he had his attention.

"And only recently have I learned the way to achieve this. With love and respect!" Colress rested his hands on the glass and stared into the test chamber with eager eyes. "Now's the part when you come in. After what we did with you last time, anybody could tell you loathe us."

Kyurem simply glared at the man with cold, distant eyes. In case he didn't get the message he gave a deep growl to express the fact that he, in fact, hated them.

Colress chuckled lightly and continued his rant. "Well, now that is about to change. For the sake of scientific research, I, Colress, will show you love!" He finally said before giving a step back and regaining his composure.

At first Kyurem couldn't say, or even think, anything. Dumbfounded, he tried to piece together whatever just happened. Team Plasma, the ones who had captured him in the past, who had abused him and controlled him, now wanted to show him love? Nonsense. This had to be a trap. A trick to use him again.

But seeing as he was already in their power, what other options did he have?

Maybe this was real. Maybe the scientist, Colress as he called himself, really wanted to bring out his power. But why? What would the man gain with this? And he wanted to do it by 'showing him love'? Clearly the man was insane.

But then again, it if was true, Kyurem could use this to his advantage. Surely during his time being... 'Shown love' he would find a way to escape? No, no, the man was certainly insane, but he seemed to be dedicated to his work, and wouldn't take risks in letting him get away.

And, in the rare case that this man was right, that he could really make him more powerful than now, bring out all his power, then nothing would stand in his way ever again. No mortal human kid would defeat him if he managed to become one with another dragon once again. He would have power greater than ever before, and surely a mere man of science wouldn't be able to contain such power, power enough to let him ditch the human scientist and return to his quest. His quest of becoming whole again.

So Kyurem decided to simply play along with it. It sounded better than being trapped in a test tube, after all.

"Just think about what we could achieve!" Continued Colress, but in a way that seemed he was talking to himself. "We'll be able to determine the exact amount of power in each stage of affection! Ranging from deep hatred to pure love, we'll have perfect digits! And with a power already so massive as yours, telling the difference will be much easier!" He was pacing around the room now, clearly excited about the new possibilities, the new ways he could expand his research.

Kyurem got to his feet and gave a light roar. He didn't want to waste more time, but seeing he didn't have much of a choice, wasting time now would be trying not to join the scientist's cause.

Noting the dragon's eagerness, Colress grinned excitedly and clasped his hands. "We should get started at once! We should-" But before he could finish he gave a lengthy yawn, instinctively opening his mouth wide and covering it with his hand. He continued once he finished the yawn. "...we should commence the tests right away!"

But before he could try anything he was stopped by one of the Plasma scientists, who had grabbed his shoulder. "Sir, maybe you should take a rest. It's six in the morning and you haven't slept at all." The man said worriedly.

But Colress just waved him away. "Nonsense! We shouldn't let something like sleep get in the way of-" Again, he was stopped by another sudden yawn.

The scientist rolled his eyes as he grabbed Colress' shoulders and guided him out of the laboratory. Colress didn't protest and went along with it, accepting the fact that maybe he had to sleep. Just a bit, though.

The scientists followed suit and dispersed, some returning to their computers to continue working and others heading to the sleeping quarters after realizing that they hadn't slept either.

Rotom, who was still leaning on the glass, looked at the dragon one last time and again tilted his head playfully. But this time Kyurem tilted his head too, mostly out of curiosity. At this, Rotom giggled and bolted away from the chamber.

Soon Kyurem was alone in his room. The dragon sat down and rested on the floor, deciding that taking a nap wouldn't hurt much. He tried to sooth himself to sleep, but his mind kept returning to the 'tests' the man had in mind.

He couldn't stop wondering what would happen now, how long these so called experiments would last. Or if they would work at all. Or how are they in the first place.

But then he thought about something he didn't thought before. That for the first time, someone, even if it was for bizarre reasons, even if it was for pure convenience, wanted to show him love.

And it was with that thought that Kyurem finally fell asleep.

Meanwhile, at Unova northest point, at battle was being held. A Pokémon battle. Not any Pokémon battle though, it was a battle for the title of champion.

Reuniclus rushed through the room at threatening speed, swiftly evading Archeops' attacks. Moving incredibly slow after the effects of Reuniclus' Trick Room, which showed itself by pink walls surrounding the battlefield, the bird Pokémon struggled to land an attack on the psychic-type.

Reuniclus moved out of the way of a Rock Slide, smiling widely. The Multiplying Pokémon grinned as he prepared a Psyshock, creating small purple particles from thin air which struck the rock-typed Pokémon.

The Archeops gave cried in pain at the attack, after which he fainted and fell on the battlefield's floor. The Champion Iris grunted with crossed arms, and pulled a Poké Ball out of her dress. She sighed as his Archeops entered its ball, but soon she sported a brave face. "Maybe you're winning, but now I'll hone my mind and become one with Pokémon!" She grinned as she grabbed a Poké Ball and threw it in the air. "Go! Haxorus!"

The dragon gave a colossal roar as he appeared in the battlefield, with a Focus Sash wrapped around his neck. At the other side of the field Nate examined his opponent. But he didn't return Reuniclus to his ball, and instead told it "Toxic."

The Pokémon nodded and concentrated its mind on its enemy. With it a purple ring appeared under both Pokémon, after which the dragon became badly poisoned. However, instead of attacking Haxorus was consumed by thundering smoke as he pulled off a Dragon Dance.

Seeing this Nate said "Psyshock". Hearing this Reuniclus attacked the dragon again, but it just shrugged off the psychic-type attack. Iris smiled at seeing her dragon's strength and said "Haxorus! Use X-Scissor!" At this Haxorus moved slowly towards the opposing Pokémon. But suddenly, as he prepared his attack, the pink colored walls that surrounded the battlefield visibly shattered as Reuniclus' Trick Room expired.

Unable to move fast enough to evade the attack, Reuniclus cried as it was hit by Haxorus' X-Scissor. After this Reuniclus gave one last squeak before fainting on the ground. Nate frowned as his Pokémon fell and returned it to his Poké Ball.

At the other side of the battlefield Iris' Haxorus roared proudly. Behind it, the current champion giggled in delight. "Well done Haxorus! Now come take this!" Iris held up a Full Restore and the dragon returned to its trainer at seeing this. The Axe Jaw Pokémon merrily drank the potion as Iris patted its head affectionately, after which it came back to full health, the poison effect also gone. "Good job, now go out there and win this fight!"

The dragon nodded before turning back to the opponent, and seeing that Nate was pulling out a different Poké Ball.

The black and yellow ball was thrown in the air and and from it a bright light emerged. Soon a Cobalion was standing at Nate's side of the battlefield, and it gave a light roar upon sighting the enemy.

Iris grinned at the sight and shouted "Haxorus, use Earthquake!".

The dragon did as commanded and stomped heavily on the ground, shaking the earth around the battlefield. At this Cobalion braced itself, but inevitably fell to the ground as it shook under him.

In seconds the earthquake stopped, and the injured legend slowly got to his feet. Nate didn't react to the whole event, and once Cobalion was stable again he said "Metal Burst."

With this the legend gave a cry as his metal body was consumed by light. The shining blinded the enemy Haxorus, which wasn't able to see the incoming attack. Cobalion, his body seemingly made of pure light, launched itself at the dragon at its maximum speed and struck it with great force. With this the damage Haxorus gave Cobalion in his earthquake was returned at him, but even stronger than before.

Haxorus fell back but didn't faint, holding on to its Focus Sash. It struggled to stand up again, and Iris frowned preoccupied at the sight. As Haxorus glared at Cobalion, Nate said "Sacred Sword".

Cobalion grinned and ran towards Haxorus, his horn shining. Seeing this Iris shouted in panic "Earthquake! Use earthquake!".

Haxorus obeyed and once again hit the ground. Cobalion ran through the shaking floor, and jumped in the air aiming for the dragon. It flew over the battlefield and fell on Haxorus, striking it with a Sacred Sword.

The dragon roared in pain and fell down defeated. The legend landed next to the fallen dragon, but, having been hurt by the earthquake, it trembled before falling to the ground and fainting along Haxorus.

Iris only stared at her Pokémon in hopes it would get back to his feet. But such thing didn't happen, and she sighted as she returned Haxorus to his Poké Ball. "Phew... I gave everything I had, but still.. I just couldn't win..."

Nate returned his Pokémon to its ball, having won the battle since he still had Pokémon available. He put away his ball in his bag and walked towards Iris worriedly.

The dragon tamer glared disappointed at the ground, bended down with her hands on her knees. "Aghhhh... I did my best, but we lost..." Once Nate got near her she turned towards him and said "I'm upset I couldn't win! But you know what?" After saying this she stood straight and smiled. "More than that, I'm happy! I mean, come on. By having a serious battle, you and your Pokémon, and me and my Pokémon, we all got to know one another better than before!" She tilted her head curiously. "Don't you think so?"

Nate stared at her, considering the thought. Then he smiled and nodded at her remark.

At this Iris closed her maroon eyes and smiled widely. "Yep, we sure did!" She opened her eyes again and turned around towards her throne. "OK, let's go!"

And while mechanical sounds emerged from the Champion's pantheon, a young trainer riding an Unfezant landed in front of the league entrance.

After a while the scientist stopped pushing Colress, and instead walked alongside him in the way towards the sleeping quarters. After all, he had to make sure Colress didn't try to return to the laboratories, for even in the verge of exhaustion he seemed more than eager to continue his works of science.

"Something interesting I've noticed is that the longevity resulting of using the method of showing love and respect can vary, but more often than not it leans to longer periods of time, as it depends on numerous psychological factors." Commented Colress to his fellow scientist.

The scientist, whose name was Dudley, simply nodded in response. Colress tried to continue his list of facts, but again a yawn stepped in before his words could get out. At this, Dudley said "As much as I agree that nothing is more important than scientific research, refusing to sleep can only cripple it in the long run."

Colress considered the advice before giving a slight nod. "I agree with you to a degree, for even though sleep can be strictly necessary, reduced hours of it can be recovered in the aftermath." After saying this Colress' eyes lighted with emotion. "But this is the research I've expended more time upon, and finally completing it would be accomplishing my most important goal yet!" He turned to the Plasma member walking alongside him.

Dudley glared at Colress before turning to the path before them. "I know very well the need of finishing a research, for there has been one that I've never been able to complete, and I think you know it very well."

Colress kept staring at his fellow scientist before turning away. "Ah yes, I'm more than aware of the Genesect project! Which is why I made you one of the most high ranked scientists in the association, after me of course."

The two scientists finally reached Colress' bedroom, and Dudley stopped next to the door. "Which is something I'll always be grateful for, but the point now is that if I've managed to live through many years with a incomplete research, you can wait one night with yours."

Colress shifted his hand inside his lab coat before pulling out a card. He slid it in a device next to the door, after which it swiftly opened. He put away the card inside the coat before turning one last time to Dudley. "No worries, I'll manage! As fortunate as it has been to be able to hold a conversation with a fellow scientist, now I must go." It was the last thing he said before entering his room thought the door, which promptly closed after that.

Dudley was left standing in the hallway and, having accomplished his self-imposed mission of escorting their leader to his room, walked back towards the frigate's laboratories.

Kyurem looked at his surroundings, and everything he could see was a wasteland.

Ice. Everything was covered in ice and snow so deep it was miles over the actual ground. It was hailing too, small snowflakes falling down to the ground. The only living forms around were the ones that were adapted to the cold, and even then there weren't many left.

Kyurem could only stare at the frozen winteland in despair. What happened? Where did all this ice and snow and cold come from?

He didn't even know where he was. There where no such thing as buildings or forest in sight, presumably buried under the snow. Was this place even be Unova? Or was he teleported to the middle of the South Pole?

He walked around the frozen plains in search for someone, for anyone that could be alive in such an environment. But all that could be seen were Beartic and Cryogonal, no sight of non ice-type Pokémon or even a human.

Eventually he gave up looking and simply stood in place, thinking. Such a state of sheer cold could only be managed by something of incredible power. Could it be... That it was his fault?

"Yes."

Kyurem jumped in surprise at the sudden voice, which echoed through the frozen land. He looked around for the source, but just then a blizzard had started. Lost in the storm, all Kyurem could see was a silhouette behind the wind.

"You caused this, Kyurem. You froze the entire region."

Even with the raging blizzard Kyurem could heard the voice perfectly. It wasn't hard telling that it was coming from the silhouette, either. It was a feminine, serene voice. He didn't remember hearing it before, and yet it seemed so familiar...

The ice dragon turned to the figure with questioning eyes. Even if he hadn't tried something like this before, Kyurem knew he wasn't capable of such a thing. As powerful as he was, he couldn't freeze all of Unova on his own.

"Of course you couldn't."

Again Kyurem jumped, surprised the figure could tell was he was thinking. The silhouette moved closed towards him, and Kyurem began to be able to figure out its features. It was tall, with two long wings...

"Only with access to a great power you could have managed this. But this time you were able to do it alone, not by being fused to me."

And then the silhouette was close enough to Kyurem to see Reshiram in all its white glory.

"This time, you weren't being controlled by someone in order to freeze the region. This time, you did it all on your own."

Kyurem gave one step back at the sight of the white dragon. What was going on? Why was Reshiram here? And what did he have to do with this? ...Did he know how this happened?

"Did you really think it would work?" Said Reshiram, but its mouth didn't move, as if it were talking telepathically. "That you could use that human to become stronger and just like that? That you could control that power?"

Kyurem only stared at the fire dragon. Was this true? True that he did this by not being able to control his full strength? Could he really be this strong?

"In your desperate quest you could only think about what you wanted, and didn't consider the consequences that would bring to others. And all for what? To become whole again?"

Kyurem looked at Reshiram with eyes filled with despair. Yes, he wanted to become one again, to feel that warmness and not cold, to remember his very first days. Why was it so much to ask?

"But now you have only brought endless cold and loneliness upon yourself. Loneliness, for now I leave you, Kyurem."

At this Kyurem looked with panic at the white dragon. No, he couldn't let this chance get away! He had found Reshiram, he had found a part of him! And if he fused with him, he could use his newfound fire to eradicate this endless supply of ice and snow, and return everything to normal again!

"...And then what?"

Kyurem calmed down at these words. What did he mean?

"Even if the region weren't frozen, what would you do if you become one again? Feel good with yourself? And then what?"

Kyurem didn't have anything to say. True, he hadn't thought about what he would do after he became whole again... But that would matter if he managed to do it. He could just return to his home and... Do nothing? No, that was what he did not want to repeat. He didn't want to return to the days of living alone in the chasm.

But at the end, that was all he knew.

"Not only that, but everyone's dead, Kyurem. Frozen to death by you." Said Reshiram as he looked at the ice dragon with blue accusing eyes. "If you manage to melt all this ice and snow, to return the region to normal, it wouldn't matter. You'd be all alone, with me. And you know what else? I don't want to spend the rest of my life with the one that killed everyone."

The fire dragon turned around and walked away from Kyurem, again entering the blizzard and becoming a mere silhouette. Kyurem at noticing this followed Reshiram into the storm, but as fast as he ran, it seemed he just couldn't catch up with the dragon.

"All you see around you is a way to show you that your goal is wrong. The one we used to be must not exist anymore. I have changed, Kyurem. And you have too."

Kyurem ignored the words and continued running towards the dragon. But soon Reshiram disappeared into the storm, and the blizzard only got stronger as Kyurem found himself alone again. But said blizzard soon became something that even Kyurem couldn't stand.

And the dragon, paralyzed by the ice, gave one last desperate cry before freezing to death.

Kyurem woke up instantly in panic, and he quickly got to his feet and looked around him.

He had never been so happy to see that he was trapped inside a test chamber in all his life.

Kyurem breathed heavily and he recollected his thoughts. He just had a nightmare, but what did he dream? What had been so lively seconds ago was now just a blurred memory.

Unable to remember what he had dreamed about, Kyurem sat back down again and tried to return to sleep. But he didn't manage such a thing, and the dragon stayed awake for a few hours before the door of his chamber opened and he was consumed by light again.

And only inside the void of his Poké Ball Kyurem felt calm again.

AN: Dunno where that dream segment came from. I suppose it could be a way of foreshadowing but maybe it's too soon for that kinda stuff. Anyway, I think those are all the characters I have to introduce for now.