A/N: Hey guys, what is up? Siege25 here with the next Chapter of Siege Alliance: Multiversal Saviours! With Elena and Alexandria both supposedly back from the dead, some explaining needs to be done from Siege and Richard.
Disclaimer: I only own my OC, Charizard, Keldeo, Sylph, Gaia, RazorFury, and Alexandria. Xovercreator owns Richard, Rachel, Max, Shelly, Vincent, and Elena. All other characters and music belong to their owners.
"Are they ok, Ms. Sunset?" Cirno asked, worried about Elena and Alexandria.
"They're fine, Cirno, just knocked out." Sunset told her student. She then turned to Siege and Richard. "Alright, who are these two?"
"The Gardevoir is Alexandria Voiressa, she was my main Pokémon during one of my Nuzlocke runs through the Sinnoh region. She died after I won the fight against Cynthia." Siege then stopped and saw Cynthia look away with a hurt and guilty look. He continued with, "And as you can see, she still has never forgiven herself for that moment."
"How did you lose her, Siege?" Chara asked. She had changed as well, her hair being mid-back length with red at the tips. She also had become an 18 year old and she sported black Dragon Wings on her back.
"Well… If I remember correctly…" Siege said as he began to recall the events that occurred just before he lost her.
Flashback
Alexandria is on one knee and breathing heavily. The blood and scratches on her are showing all the battle damage she took.
"Come on, Alexandria. Just one more! Hang in there, girl!" Siege shouted.
"I'm… trying… Siege…" Alexandria said weakly.
Cynthia sent out her Garchomp.
"Garchomp! Toxic!" Cynthia shouted.
The excruciating pain of the toxins entering Alexandra's body caused her to scream in agony and lie down on the floor, nearly dead. Cynthia shed a tear at the pain she was causing Alexandria.
"Fight through the pain and use Moonblast!" Siege said.
Using all her might, Alexandria blasted Garchomp and it was a one hit KO. Garchomp had swirls in her eyes as Cynthia withdrew Garchomp.
"Yes! We did it, Alexandria!" Siege shouted.
Alexandria took long breaths while smiling. Then, the poisoning did the last bit of health damage to Alexandria, and her crest glowed a light purple, then shattered. She then fell, dying.
"Oh no… ALEXANDRIA!" Siege shouted.
Siege ran to his Pokémon's side with tears in his eyes, as the blood from the loss of Alexandra's heart began to pour on Siege's hands.
"No… no…. Alexandria…" Siege said.
"Siege… I want to thank you… For everything you've done... For me… Goodbye… My… Trainer…" Alexandria uttered as she closed her amber eyes one final time.
Siege then cried over his dead human Gardevoir's body. Cynthia came over to comfort him, but to no avail.
"Toxic… You had to tell Garchomp to use Toxic…" Siege said bitterly.
"I'm sorry Siege, I really am!" Cynthia said as she cried with Siege.
End Flashback
Siege had tears in his eyes by now after recalling that horrible event.
"Oh my God…" Sunset said. "That's sad…"
Garchomp and Cynthia both had tears flowing down their faces as they went to a corner of the Core.
Richard then began to dip his head in sorrow, as Max, Shelly, and Vincent have done the same.
"Siege... Alexandria's death is not a fair one, and you couldn't prevent it." Richard replied. "But mine... It was one that was made by my own decision. It was... my fault that Elena.. the first companion that I had, as a female Pikachu, died in my own hands... On the very last pokemon of Gary Oak."
Richard's eyes began to leak tears, as he began to recall how Elena died.
Flashback
The pokemon form of Elena was battered and bruised, as she fought Gary's Blastoise, in the final battle for the title of Kanto's Pokemon Champion.
Richard was beginning to sweat profusely, because the battle come down to the wire, with his other 5 Pokemon, Max, Shelly, Vincent, his Mew, Mei, and his Rhydon, Jack, were all down to a condition where Richard absolutely refused to let them out, since one aimed blow would kill them due to lack of health.
"Come on, Elena! We have to do this! For the Pokemon we lost on our journey, we have to endure and fight on!" Richard cheered Elena.
Soon enough, the battle is reaching a climax, as both pokemon were down to the point where a move could end the battle.
Richard saw the opportunity, and decided to end this with one final strike.
"Elena! Use Thunderbolt!" Richard commanded, as Elena began to execute the move.
"No! Blastoise! Use Blast Cannon!" Gary cried out.
Blastoise used the move just before the thunder-bolt struck it, and knocked it unconscious.
Unfortunately, the move hit Elena before she could act, and she was slammed into the wall with such force, that some blood flew out her mouth from impact.
"ELENA!" Richard cried, as he then rushed to get Elena.
"The match is over. The victor and champion is Richard Liu!" The referee declared, as the crowds began to roar.
However, Richard was deaf to those cheers, as she began to cry out Elena's name to regain her consciousness.
"No... You can't be dead... YOU CAN'T DIE JUST NOW!" Richard yelled, before he then began to sprint out of the arena, as he rushed towards the closest Poke-Centre, and placed Elena, who had a red spot on her abdoment that is slowly getting larger on the table, in front of a nurse, while hyper-ventilating.
"Please! Save... her! She's severely... injured! I need... help... PLEASE!" Richard huffed out, with desperation evident in his voice.
The nurse gasped, before then grabbing the Pikachu, and then calling for all available doctors and operative surgeons to come and help the Pikachu.
Soon, he let out all of his pokemon, as Max, Shelly, Vincent turned into their human forms, while the other two only looked at Richard with sorrow, as he sat down on a chair nearby the operation room where the attempt to rescue Elena from death is proceeding.
"Richard, there was nothing you could do..." Mei told him telepathically. "I understand your pain, but... you should not blame yourself."
"Then who do I blame, Mei? Elena? The Blastoise? Gary?" Richard replied, his voice trembling, as he tried to keep his composure and personality. "No... It's my fault that she's like this... If only I realised that Gary would try and counter, I would have tried a quicker move like Quick Attack..."
"Richard, I swear that if you..." Max tried to say, before Richard then grabbed Max by the collar, and slammed him on the wall.
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Richard roared in his face. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN I AM IN!? ENOUGH TO MAKE ME REGRET TRYING TO BECOME CHAMPION ANYMORE! I JUST WANTED TO KEEP YOU GUYS WITH ME, SO THAT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF ME AS I SHOW THAT WE CAN BE WRITTEN AMONG THE HISTORY OF KANTO! AND I... I... I..."
Richard then let go, and then sat back down before sobbing pathetically into his arms and knees.
"Richard..." Shelly tried to comfort him, before Vincent put a hand up to stop her.
"No... He just needs time. The look on his face hints to us that he's about to suffer a great tragedy. It's best we leave him alone."
The pokemon, both human and original, leave Richard to be alone for a while, and soon, a nurse left the room, as Richard has calmed down.
"I would like to inform you that we have tried our best to save your Pokemon. But she is too far gone to be saved. The injuries have already reached a fatal level, and she is about to have her last moments now." The nurse spoke, with a sorrowed expression.
She then put a hand on Richard's shoulder.
"We're sorry that it has came to this." The nurse apologised, before leaving.
Richard then sniffed a few times, before walking into the room, only to see Elena has transformed into her human form, as soon as every person has left the room, and Richard has just entered, and she was lying on the bed.
Elena's expression was weak, as she struggled to stay awake, as her skin was pale, and the wound on her abdomen is much more opaque, and there is a heart rate monitor that was beeping quietly.
"Elena... Is what they said... True?" Richard croaked.
Elena kept her eyes open, and turned to Richard.
"Yes... I'm sorry... that I... couldn't do... enough..." Elena replied weakly back.
"No... Please don't... It's all my fault that you're like this..." Richard said in a much more sorrowful voice. "You've done more than enough... Just please, don't leave me... I can't bear it... I just can't..."
"I.. can't do that.. Richard..." Elena said back. "Remember... the promise... that you made for... me?"
"I...I...I do." Richard answered back. "I promised that... you would see... the sun-set from the top of the Pokemon Tower..."
"Heh... Hell-damned I will..." Elena replied. "That place... was the most beautiful thing that I ever seen... When you were praying for your dead... I saw how the sun was reflected in the top... and how it would show true beauty in landscape at sunset..."
"Why... Why are you saying this...?" Richard asked, in a quiet voice.
"Because... I can see it... now..." Elena replied. "I can see it now... with the friends that we have.. lost..."
"No... No... No No No No..." Richard began to whimper.
"You have been the best friend and trainer that I have..." Elena replied. "Please... keep smiling... and show that... you are the messiah to... every Pokemon that you meet... Please... remember me as your best pokemon... not like this... please... Goodbye... Richard..."
Elena then looked up to the skies, as her breathing became shallow.
"Ah... The skies above the Pokemon Tower..." Elena exhaled. "They are... so... beau...ti...ful..."
Soon her eyes closed, with a final tear going down her face, as she smiled with the last of her life, and the heart rate monitor showed a flat-line.
"I guess... this is then..." Richard began to whimper, as he turned to the door. "You're gone... Elena... Even before I even... got to keep the promise..."
Richard then began to walk out, before gazing upon the dead body of his first, and his closest Pokemon, with a face that was leaking streams of tears, and was looking ugly from how it was scrunched.
"Goodbye... Elena Fuchusia... You... goddamn... sweet... angel..." Richard said, before he then left the room, and Elena behind him.
End Flashback
"...After that, I was registered in the Hall of Fame with a change. I asked that this statement was to be added to my description on the plaque: 'Because of his own mistakes, he has stupidly lost his closest Pokemon, Elena. He has gone into isolation as a result, and was never reported to be anywhere in the region.' Professor Oak tried to refuse, but he was forced to do it, and I left the cup given to the Champion with them. I couldn't accept the Cup... Not if it is drenched with the lifeblood of Elena..." Richard finished off his recap of his past.
Max, Shelly, and Vincent only comforted Richard, who was beginning to feel a deep sorrow in his heart reawaken at the mention of Elena, and her death.
Siege then walks over and puts his hand on Richard's shoulder.
"And that's another reason you and I are friends. Because we both suffer that loss." Siege said to Richard.
They hear the two unconscious Pokémon groan.
"Ugh… Where… Where am I?" Alexandria asked.
"What… happened?" Elena wondered.
Elena then spots Richard.
"R...Richard?" Elena questioned with awe. "Why... Why am I back here?"
Richard then began to embrace the sitting Pikachu gijinka with a deep hug, as Richard began to cry all over.
"Oh Elena..." Richard sobbed. "I cannot even apologise for even a fraction of what I have done. I let you die alone, and I left you..."
"Richard... You..." Elena tried to speak, as she was trying to keep calm.
"I promise you this, Elena! I will never let you die alone this time!" Richard began to cry out with pure determination in his voice. "I don't care what you face, or what circumstances there are! I will never leave you like I did back there! I'LL DO IT, AND I FUCKING HELL WILL DO IT FOR YOU, ON MY HONOUR AS BOTH YOUR CHAMPION TRAINER, AND AS A FRIENDLY SAVIOUR!"
Richard then began to cry down, as he then sobbed into Elena's shoulder, as Elena only smiled slightly, as she pat Richard's back in comfort.
"There, there..." Elena replied with a motherly tone. "It's all fine. I'm back home with you guys, and your friends up there forgive you for all you have done. It wasn't really your fault that they died. They just simply died of pure chance and luck, and they hold no grudge against any person in this entire world."
Richard slowly recovered, as he then wiped his eyes clean with his bare arm.
"You're right. What would Mei and Jack think of me now, if I broke down here." Richard said in a slightly cracked voice. "I promise you that I will not permit another death like yours. The deaths of a few of my pokemon were heart-breaking enough, but yours was the last nail in the coffin to break my spirit of becoming Champion."
Richard then laughed pathetically.
"I'm so stupid, am I?" Richard asked. "I can't even keep myself normal when I heard you're back, let alone have control over my emotions when people die around me. For the sake of the many people that I let die, I will not let my will break so easily."
Richard then smiled at Elena, before pulling her up.
Elena then slowly bowed in front of everyone.
"Apologies everyone!" Elena exclaimed with a beaming smile. "I made Richard remember a bad moment, and I even intentionally hurt my own brethren, my closest friends and Richard To fix this, I promise that I will be much more stronger than before, and never have to suffer the same heart-breaking death that I had the first time. You can trust in me, Elena Fuchusia, the Sportful Bolt of Richard's Pokemon Team!"
Max, Shelly and Vincent all smiled, as they soon hugged Elena one by one.
"Good to have you back. I knew that you wouldn't give up on us so easily. After all, you were the only reason that the four of us remained best companions to each other." Max replied to Elena.
"Glad to see that the Shock Wave Duo are back in action." Shelly smiled. "I was quite alone without you as my battle equal, but having you back as my partner makes me joyous beyond normal words."
"It doesn't matter if you were controlled or not. What matters is that we are reunited with each other." Vincent said.
Elena then turned to the other human pokemon.
"Mind if I ask what are your names?" She asked them. "I never heard of any pokemon other than the ones in Richard's team being able to have a human form. It would still be nice to meet people like me, and make good friends out of them."
She then winks with her right eye, while playfully poking her tongue out.
"You seem very playful, Elena, my name is Sylph, the Gardevoir." Sylph responded.
"I'm Gaia the Groudon! Nice to meet you, Elena." Gaia said.
"Name's RazorFury, the Sceptile." RazorFury said.
"Hi, I'm Keldeo!" Keldeo said with a wave.
"Name's Charizard!" Charizard said proudly.
"My name's Garchomp." Garchomp replied.
"As for the rest of us, my name's Sunset Shimmer." Sunset introduced herself.
"My name is Bison." Bison said.
"The name's Juri Han." Juri said.
"Hi! My name's Chara!" Chara said excitedly.
"I am Akuma." Akuma said.
"My name's Sara." Sara said, her leg fully recovered now thanks to Mimir.
"My name's Allison, pleasure to meet you!" Allison said.
"My name is Doctor Steven Strange, pleasure to meet you, Elena. Call me Strange." Strange said.
"My name's Twilight Sparkle, nice to meet ya!" Twilight said. She then added, "Oh man, even while you're human you look so cute, Elena!"
"Hehehe..." Elena giggled with a smile. "I'm not just cute, I'm also sporty!"
Cynthia stayed in the corner, still guilty about what she did to Alexandria.
"Hi, I'm Lucina." Lucina said.
"My name's Siege. It's an honor to meet you, Elena." Siege said.
"Well, nice to meet ya too, Siege!" Elena replied with excitement. "I have to say that you are a really good person, if you're close friends with Richard!"
Alexandria then groaned as she got up. She then spotted Siege.
"S-Siege!? Wh-Wha-… How am I alive?" Alexandria asked.
Siege then ran up and hugged her.
"Alexandria… My Gardevoir… I'm so glad you're alive…" Siege said as the tears began to flow down his face.
"Siege… I…" Alexandria started, trying to get the words out.
"You died back in that universe because of my foolish action, I should have known from those bruised and scratches and cuts that you had… I should have payed better attention instead of using Toxic." Cynthia said bitterly as she shed tears.
"Your death in that universe was the worse Death that I ever witnessed. It was worse than watching my brother die…" Siege said. "Every scream of agony you made devastated me. My heart was suffering with every HP of damage you were taking. When you died, I… I didn't know what to think… AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU DIE AGAIN! YOU'RE TOO PRECIOUS TO ME TO DIE! I WANT YOU AROUND FOR AS LONG AS TIME ITSELF! IF YOU DIE AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE ALONE! Because… I love you Alexandria… I love you like you're my own sister… and I can't fathom losing you again…"
Alexandria patted her trainer on her back and hugged him.
"There, there, Siege… It's ok now… I'm back where I should be… Right here fighting by your side…" Alexandria said.
Siege then sniffed and began to dry his tears. Finally they let go of the hug.
"Apologies about that." Alexandria said. "It's just been so long since Siege and I have seen each other, so we are a little emotional. Anyways, as Siege might have told you already, I am Alexandria Voiressa. So…"
Alexandria turned to Richard's group.
"Who are you guys? I know Elena already, she and I hanged out all the time in heaven. But who are the rest of you?" Alexandria asked.
"My name is Richard Liu, and like your trainer Siege, I too have been in a Nuzlocke run." Richard introduced himself. "And I have someone who has met the same fate as you during the runs."
"I'm Rachel Liu, the girlish double of Richard here! Good to see another human pokemon like you, Alexandria." Rachel said. "Either way, it's nice to meet you!"
"Cirno is my name, as the Strongest Fairy of Gensokyo!" Cirno exclaimed, with a puffed up chest. "I never really met girls like you, but I'm sure that you will be a good companion for me!"
Richard only lightly taps Cirno's nose with a finger.
"Now, now, Cirno. She might be much stronger than you, so don't be too arrogant with her." Richard politely scolded Cirno.
Cirno only nods softly, as the introductions continue.
"My name is Max Charfire, and yours truly a well-bred and strong Charizard in human form, as Richard's main pokemon!" Max said. "I seen Gardevoirs before, thanks to Richard showing them to me, and hell, you're even more beautiful as a human!"
"I am Shelly Toshima, the Blastoise of Richard's team, and the one who takes care of this dunderhead." Shelly replied to Alexandria. "I was also Elena's battle partner, before she was killed in the last battle."
"I, Vincent Saurt, have the pleasure to meet a maiden as graceful and beautiful like you." Vincent said, with a courteous bow. "I am a Venusaur, and I am Richard's most tank-like pokemon, despite my frame."
"Now with that out of the way, we need to figure out one last thing." Strange said.
"What's that?" Siege asked.
"Our next move. Which universe we should save next mainly." Strange said. "Any ideas?"
"I don't have much, Strange, but I can tell you where I plan to head to next." Richard replied. "I'm about to head to the world of Asura's Wrath."
"You mean that place, where I battled Asura?" Siege asked.
"No, not your universe of Asura's Wrath. It's my one that we're heading to." Richard denied, with a shake of his head. "If the Creator told me right, before she left, the Darkness are turning into the fourth force there, with the other three being neutral humans, the Devas' armies, and the Gohma."
"I see..." Siege replied.
"And there's a little problem, Siege. The universe... It's somehow limiting the number of people that are entering the universe. The limit? Only four of us can go." Richard added.
Siege only sighs at this.
"Then we'll make do with Elena and Alexandria going with us two." Siege decided. "After all, we need to get our relations with them back to where they were before they died, and both Elena and Alexandria seem to have some sort of special bond of friendship between them.
"Alright." Richard simply answered, as he let out Vai, who simply chirped in approval, and immediately began to create the portal to Asura's Wrath.
"Time to go. Sorry if the rest of you guys can't come." Richard said.
"No problem." Max replied with a shrug. "After all, Elena's the strongest on your team. I doubt that with you and her, and Siege and Alexandria, that you would be in trouble."
"Make sure you keep her alive this time, Richard." Shelly warned Richard. "After all, she needs to get her bearings back from being dead to being alive."
"Good luck on your journey you two." Vincent said with a comforting tone.
"Be sure to come back as well as you can!" Rachel called out.
"We'll be waiting here, with me protecting them all with my new powers!" Cirno assured Richard.
"Good luck on your journey!" Bison said.
"Give that Darkness a good swift kick in the ass for me!" Juri said.
"Return safely, please." Allison said.
"Do not worry Siege, we shall defend the Core with our life!" Akuma shouted.
"Nobody's getting through here!" Charizard shouted.
"You can count on that!" Keldeo, Gaia, RazorFury, and Sylph said at once.
"We won't let you guys down!" Chara exclaimed.
Richard and Siege only smiled, as the four begin to enter the portal.
"By the way, Elena..." Richard said. "Mind if you tell me what you and Alexandria did up in the afterlife?"
"Of course." Elena replied.
Soon the four of them are in, and the portal that Vai made has began to close.
Siege: Finally, after so many years, I have Alexandria back…
Alexandria: It's good to be back with you Siege.
Elena: I'm back, Richard~ And this time, I'm here to stay!
Richard: Welcome back, my perky companion. I will make sure that you will never have to feel death again.
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