Lluvia growled and tensed up as the shadows moved closer and N called out Zekrom. I sat in front of him not entirely sure what to do, I mean, I couldn't really get up; N was holding me too tight for that. Fortunately, I could at least move my arm so I called Lluvia back and brought out Reshiram. Both dragons could barely fit in the cave, N and I had a hard time moving. "Ride Zekrom." My head snapped up at N, "What?" Was he implying Zekrom was faster than Reshiram if we were making an escape or something? "It'll confuse them if you ride Zekrom and I take Reshiram." He was trying to confuse them? "You and Zekrom head north, we'll head south to throw them off your tail." I realized what he was doing, "What? NO! N, this doesn't make sense, I mea-", "It does make sense! They are after you not me." Me? That explains the ferris wheel but… "Why?" He looked at me torn between telling me or not, "It's complicated and we don't have time." He looked at the black dragon and stood, pulling me with him, "Fly north to Victory Road, I'll meet you there." He began to life me on Zekrom who bent down the best he could to help. "N, no, what if you get hurt? What if something happens to you?" He shook his head, "It doesn't matter, and just wait for me at Victory Road." Slightly climbing, he was finally able to get me on Zekrom's back, then he nuzzled my face again, "Wait for me." With that, he jumped down and Zekrom flew off before I could do anything.
I turned and saw Reshiram fly off in the other direction, the Shadow Triad followed after them. "Zekrom, go back!" But he ignored me…had N seen this coming so he ordered Zekrom not to follow? "Zekrom, please! We need to go back and help them!" The black dragon still ignored me so I decided to take things into my own hands. I reached down to my belt so I could call out Pige, my Ufezant, but his pokeball wasn't there…as a matter of fact, I didn't have my bag either. Zekrom groaned and there, dangling in his mouth, was my bad and on the side pocket, my missing pokeball. "Please, Zekrom, give me back my bag!" Instead he flew north faster; N had seen all of this coming and had thought of everything he could to try to stop me from coming after him. I sighed and sat silently on Zekrom's back defeated, I had just gotten him back today and now he was gone again, and this time, I wasn't sure if he would make it back. I mean, let's face it, the Shadow Triad weren't merciful people and I was marked to be killed by them apparently, and they thought the rider on Reshiram…they thought N, was me. If they got the chance, they'd kill him, even if they figured out it wasn't me; he'd interrupted their evil plans. I could feel tears form again but this time I was going to hold them back; now wasn't the time for crying, it was the time for planning. After a few minutes, I had one, and if Zekrom's bond with N was as tight as I thought it was, the plan was fool proof.
"Zekrom", my voice was pleading, "are you sure we should fly north and just leave them to fight alone?" It took a few seconds but he gave a firm nod; I knew he wanted to go back. "I know you're listening to N but what if something happens to him? What if he got hurt?" His flying slowed, "Or worse, what if-" I couldn't even say what I was about to, I didn't want to hear what I thought out loud, so I left it at that. For a few minutes, I didn't think it had worked, he wasn't showing any signs of turning around. As I opened my mouth to finish the thought I didn't want to say, his head shot around along with the rest of his body, nearly throwing me off, and we were now facing south. At first he flew slow as if he was still debating his decision to himself but after he shook his giant head, he took off.
I didn't know how long we'd have to fly in order to find him, I just wished Zekrom would go faster. I sighed to myself, he was trying his best. It felt like hours before we saw any sign that he might be near but when we finally did, it wasn't a good one. Reshiram fell from the sky, right into the lake that they and the shadows were having their battle over. I gripped Zekrom tighter as I ordered him to go faster. One shadow figure turned and saw us flying towards the lake and disappeared in the way only one of the Shadow Triad could. The early morning sun broke over the horizon and blinded my eyes for a second. While I was blinking my eyes to get used to the light, a voice spoke behind me, "A trick doesn't work when two don't play along." I turned around and saw the shadow that had disappeared before now standing behind me on Zekrom's back, "Then again, we're grateful, you've saved us the trouble of tracking you down." With that, he disappeared again and my heart went off beat. He could appear anywhere and I would be taken by surprise if I even had time to be surprised. I braced myself for the worst and sure enough, that's what came. Two of them appeared this time, grabbed my arms, yanked me up to stand, and like a pokémon using teleport, I was no longer on Zekrom's back but on the ground by the lake. When Zekrom realized this, he let out a cry and dove down, but like before, we disappeared and this time into the woods. I could still see the lake through the trees but not Zekrom; I hoped he had realized attacking was pointless so he went to go find Reshiram and N where they fell in the water…Wishful thinking, I suppose.
I stood there frightened as they tied my arms behind me and pushed me down to my knees. I couldn't think of anything to do; flying here had been a mistake and I was afraid any other plan of mine would fail like that one.
The two shadows talked casually about the best way to end me debating between the quicker ways and the slower more painful ways. "When all else fails, use a knife, slit her throat." The other shook his head, "Where's the fun in that? It would be a much better 'show' to slowly torture her to death. Trust me, I can think of several ways to accomplish that." The first shadow sighed, "Yeah, because your ferris wheel idea worked so well…" the other one grunted, "I'm just stating the facts, let's just get it over with before something else happens." Now the other laughed, "Yeah, can't have another green-haired wanna-be hero getting in the way." He nudged the other one, "No need to kill another 'innocent' person." They both laughed in unison. He wasn't on Reshiram when she fell. They took him and killed him before he had the chance to die a watery death. That's why only two of the three were here with me…the third was finishing up with N. This time I couldn't help it, tears fell down my face. Their laughter stopped; one knelt down in front of me and jerked my head up by pulling my ponytail down. Normally, I would've cringed at the pain, but I didn't care about this type of pain anymore, "Aw, what's wrong? Did we say something wrong?" His mocking tone hurt more than his grip on my hair. The other laughed mockingly, "I hope we didn't kill anyone important." Rage built up inside me now and I turned my head away from the one in front of me to glare at the one behind me. He stiffly folded his arms, "Hmm, you know something, I think you're the prettiest 'job' we've had." The one that was in front of me grabbed my face this time to turn me to him, "You know", he said examining me, "I think you're right." He glanced up to his friend with a sly, evil smile on his face and the other shadow responded with a chuckle that matched his companion's face. "How did we not notice this before?" I could feel my face change from sad rage to terror.
"Sorry, gentlemen," this voice, that sounded like it was coming from nowhere, was filled with rage and heavy sarcasm, "You're going to forget about 'your' pretty 'job'." A sense of comfort filled me for a brief second until the shadow behind me tossed a covered knife to the one in front of me, "Quick! Do it now!" Quickly and expertly, he uncovered the knife and gave me a quick wink, "Sorry, Babe, nothing personal." He raised his hand equipped with the knife and I closed my eyes tightly. The familiar voice from before spoke, but this time, he sounded much closer, "Hands off!" I opened my eyes and a hand was holding the shadow's knife-equipped hand back. Angrily, the shadow pushed me away and stood beside the green-haired boy. "Big mistake." As the shadow behind me began to run forward, a flash of lightening struck him. The other turned around and was blasted by fire in the back; both laid there unconscious on the ground, and if I wasn't watching closely, I would've sworn they were dead, but their chests rose and fell unevenly as the breathed. Before I could even comprehend what had happened and how, I was pulled off the ground into the tightest hug I think I've ever had. I breathed in his scent, listened to his heart beat frantically in his chest, it sounded like it could've beat out if it wanted to, and sighed. All my fear had left. After a few seconds he spoke with terror and frustration dripping off of every word, "What were you thinking? I told you they were after you not me. Why did you come after me?" I felt like a little kid getting a lecture from their parents after they messed up, so I buried my face in his shirt to 'hide', "I didn't want to lose you…not again, not after I just got you back…I couldn't let you get hurt for me." He let out a sigh and cupped my face to get me to look at him. "And I said that didn't matter.", "And I think it does!" He was taken back by my breaking voice and firm tone, "White, it doesn't matter what happens to me, what matters is your safety." I shook my head, "Why are you so quick to call yourself unimportant? Your life, your safety, they're the most important things to me!" He touched his nose to mine, "And yours is most important to me." He stared deeply into my eyes, "And I am unimportant compared to you." I rolled my eyes and he closed his, "You make me feel like…like nothing I do in life matters if it's not for your benefit…like life itself is meaningless without you…that's why I'm unimportant and your safety comes before mine." It's like he read my mind, "And that's exactly how I feel about you! Think about how I'd feel if you were gone or in danger…how would I live?" I felt tears form, I hated arguing with him, always did…I didn't even argue the night on the ferris wheel when he told me he was Team Plasma's king. And the thought of N not being here with me…that was unbearable in itself…it was hard before but if he was really gone for good…my thoughts were interrupted by his response, a response I didn't expect. His lips found mine firmly and passionately, the shock wore off and I began to kiss him back the same way, except he had his hands around my waist and mine were tied behind my back so I couldn't hold him like he did me…that was frustrating but I soon go over that…as long as one of us was holding the other, I was good. It really wasn't anything sensual, but like the nuzzling, just as fulfilling and I liked it…no, loved it, just as much if not more! After what felt like too short a time, he pulled away, "I'm sorry, White. I would never want to make you feel like that…heaven knows I wouldn't want to feel like that, either." I smiled, "So, can you promise me something?" He smiled softly, "Anything.", "Don't make yourself out to be unimportant; remember that I think you're the most important thing in all the regions and world of Pokémon." He laughed, "It's only because I value your opinion above all that I promise this. You have my word, White." This time the kiss was short and sweet. I could feel him smile as I frowned when he pulled away. "Now", he said, still smiling, which of course made me still smile, "I believe I owe you an explanation." My mind was blank, "Remember, the reason as to why we're having this…talk", he smiled again, I could tell that he was replaying both kisses in his head, "in the first place." He continued to smile as he waited for my brain to get on the same track as his. "Oh! Right!" He nodded at my realization. Why was I being hunted down?