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Chapter 3: Mr. Harmonia

By the evening of the next day I could see the dim lights of Accumula town. The past day I had managed to capture my own Lillipup, as well as challenge many trainers to battles, which only confirmed my theory of wanting to become a trainer myself.

Talace sat comfortably in my arms and looked curiously at the lights; as the path I walked on turned from grass to cement. 'I better get to the Pokémon center' I thought. Though I had made friends with my Patrat and Lillipup, they still weren't too healthy from their capture battles. Plus I needed to find Bianca and Cheren who no doubtedly would be in the Pokémon center as well. I walked for a while until the Pokémon center was in view, I then started to pick up the pace, which was when I felt a firm grip on the wrist of the hand that wasn't holding Talace. It pulled me back almost causing me to fall. I whirled around to see a very tall green haired man who looked very worried. I suddenly felt worried too. He looked different than anyone I had ever seen, he was wearing brown jeans with a white long sleeved shirt, but it was his necklace that intrigued me. Was it Saturn? It sure looked like a planet. That was when I noticed the key chain of what looked to be a gold Menger sponge hanging from one of his belt loops. Yes he was definitely no ordinary person.

He started to say something, hopefully the reason as to why he stopped me so abruptly, but stopped before any sound came out. His expression went blank and he continued to look me up and down from my toes, all the way up until our eyes finally met.

By this time I was very confused, and decided to speak up, "Can I help you?" I managed to ask.

His eyes widened, and he blinked several times, before his face went back to normal.

"Your Pokémon, just now, it was saying…." His sentence trailed off.

"What?" I questioned "My Pokémon didn't say anything".

His expression turned sad and he let go of my wrist.

"Oh, then I guess that means you can't hear it either" he looked very depressed by this time, but gave a slight smile. "My name is N" he said.

N, 'what an odd name' I thought, though that shouldn't mean too much coming from someone who was named after a color.

"My name is White" I replied.

He looked down at the ground with a frown on his face.

"Here" he said holding out my pokedex

"How did you get that?" I asked, in pure astonishment.

"You dropped it when I grabbed your arm" he said modestly and again offered me my pokedex.

I hadn't even seen him bend down to pick anything up, but I took it back.

"Th-thanks" I replied, still weirded out by this whole situation.

I expected him to turn and we would go our separate ways but he stood still, still staring at me.

"A pokedex huh, so I guess you are going to confine many Pokémon to pokeballs then. It makes you question whether they are really happy like that doesn't it".

"I-I guess?" I trailed my statement upwards making it sound more like a question.

"I would like to hear your Pokémon's voice, let's battle"

Talace had lost interest in the conversation almost as soon as it started but at the word battle his tiny ears perked up and he seemed to get excited.

"Okay" I agreed, this would be good practice for me.

Talace jumped out of my arms and stood ready at my feet.

"Very well then, go Purrloin" he called. His voice was different than anything I had heard. So calm, and smooth like velvet, it felt like you would be able to touch it in the air. I shook my head to clear it from these odd thoughts.

"Go Talace, ember" The little balls of fire again came out of my Pokémon's nose, but this time bigger, and quicker, he was getting stronger.

They hit the Purrloin dead on, and it almost didn't get back up from just one blow; yes, Talace was definitely getting stronger.

"Scratch Purrloin" he said, in a devilishly seductive voice. The purple cat jumped at Talace.

"Dodge it" I called. Talace jumped out of the way but not quite far enough, and a tiny inch long scratch was on his foreleg. I was worried, and wanted to ask him if he was okay, but before I could; he crouched and called out "Tepig Te". Being hit by an attack had almost made him more pumped for the battle.

"Okay, ember again" This time the little Purrloin was down for the count.

N's face had no emotion, and then a half smile appeared.

"I never expected Pokémon to say those things"

"What, Talace was talking?" I asked in bewilderment.

N nodded. "As long as Pokémon are confined in pokeballs they cannot become perfect beings. I have to change the world for Pokémon because they are my friends."

He called back his Purrloin, tipped his hat, and walked away. I widened my eyes and let out a sigh; dang that guy was weird, I'm not quite sure he was all there. But that voice. I shook it off as just a weird meeting with a trainer, picked up Talace, and continued to the Pokémon center.

Before I entered, I returned Talace to his pokeball, which was required in order for Nurse Joy to be able to give him a checkup.

The sliding glass doors opened silently as I walked in, and I immediately saw Cheren and Bianca sitting in the corner, both looking at their pokedexs'. I walked up to the counter and gave Nurse Joy my Pokémon, a total of three.

"They will be ready shortly" she said in a very chipper voice, and gave the tray with my Pokémon on it to a Chansey, who seemed very happy with its job.

I walked over to where Bianca and Cheren were, and they looked up.

"Oh White, you're here!" Bianca exclaimed, jumping up and crushing me with a hug. Cheren chuckled and greeted me with a nod.

"So," Bianca started "How many Pokémon do you have?"

"Three" I responded.

"Oh My Gosh, Cheren and I only have two each, we better get on top of it if we want to keep up with you".

I heard Cheren grunt and he looked back down at his pokedex.

"Trainers Bianca and Cheren, your Pokémon are ready for pickup". I heard Joy's happy voice announce over the speakers and they went to pick up their Pokémon.

"So, how-"Cheren's question was cut off with a loud sound. Looking out the Pokémon center's doors we saw a huge crowd of people cramming past each other, all talking and creating a loud buzz of voices.

"Wow, looks like something's going on, we should go check it out" Cheren said, curiosity getting the best of him.

Bianca, Cheren, and I walked outside and like the others, pushed to get near to the front. On a small stage-like shelf of rock stood a strange looking man. But something about him looked familiar.

He was dressed in I didn't know what, some large white cape thing with a purple eye on it. He was extremely tall, with a red square over one of his eyes, but I realized why he looked familiar when I looked at his bright green hair. He kinda looked like that guy I ran into, what was his name…

Oh yeah, N. I shrugged to myself, it wasn't normal to see two people in one day with such bright hair, but I suppose weirder things had happened.

The crowd was still abuzz with conversation but quieted when he started to speak.

"Hello, my name is Ghetsis" he started.

'Ugh', I thought, 'he couldn't be related to N, his voice was gravely, and angry sounding, nothing like the softness of N's'.

"I have come to talk to you about Pokémon" said Ghetsis.

"We have lived with Pokémon for a very long time, and some consider them even partners."

I considered Talace a partner, and I had only had him for a day and a half.

"But what if that isn't true. We work Pokémon hard under our command, and have you ever considered it is not a Pokémon's wish to be confined like that"?

The crowd started talking amongst themselves, but quieted when he started talking again.

"What if that were to be prevented by someone who could clearly divide them"?

'What' I thought, 'Pokémon love to be with humans, I had seen many examples of that. This man named Ghetsis talked in a weird manner, but preached the same things that N had to me'.

"Liberate"? Someone in the crowd questioned.

"Yes, liberate!" he exclaimed pointing into the crowd to where the voice came from. "And once we do for the first time, Pokémon and humans will stand as equals. Please consider what must be done to get along with Pokémon. And with that, I, Ghetsis, conclude this speech. Thank you for your attention".

With that he turned to the left and started walking away, six body guards appeared and walked beside him, shooting glares into the crowd.

"Wow that was weird, but I don't agree with anything he said" Cheren explained slowly, shaking his head.

"Ah, so have you taken into consideration what I said, after you heard him speak?" A unique voice came from behind me.

I whipped around to see the familiar face of N. How had he noticed that I was really taking in what Ghetsis had said? He sure was one mysterious guy. N took a step towards me and Cheren quickly stepped to intercept him, with his arm held out, protecting me.

"Who are you?" Cheren asked in an accusatory tone.

"I am N" he smiled and his eyes flicked to my face, which was covered with confusion as to why Cheren had acted the way he did. He always tried to protect me, ever since we were very small, so I suppose it wasn't any different, especially because he didn't know I already had met N.

N's eyes went back to Cheren. "And I see you have a pokedex, so what are your goals"?

Cheren was thrown off by the oddly worded question, and he stuffed his pokedex into his pocket.

"Well I guess my primary goal is to become champion." Cheren responded, still confused.

N nodded and took another step towards me. Cheren again lifted up his arm, and N suddenly became irritated.

"You know you really don't need to shield your friend, we have already met."

Cheren looked back at me, questioning if I really had. I nodded. He dropped his arm and moved to the side, giving N a warning glance.

N moved close to me and bent over so his face was mere inches from mine. He smiled and looked into my eyes. I pulled in a sharp breath and stared back.

"And what is your goal, White". N put an emphasis on my name, and with his voice it sounded wonderful, in that moment I really liked my name. I blinked a few times, obviously uncomfortable with a man I met only an hour ago being this close to me. N took notice and backed up, but still holding my gaze, waiting for me to answer his question.

"I-I guess to become close with my Pokémon through battling..." I paused, "And possibly become champion".

N nodded. "I had a feeling that would be your answer." He looked sad as he once again approached me. "Just really take into consideration what Ghetsis just said". He leaned over and pulled my hand up to his mouth, and planted a small kiss on it. "It was nice to see you again White".

He quickly dropped my hand and turned around to walk away, but he didn't do it fast enough to conceal his blush. And I'm sure he had seen mine too.