So, this is the fifth chapter of the story, not counting the intro and the prologue, and for this, I have something special. You see, while the main plot is Adam's story, things do happen outside of Kanto which may affect his journey. And one such person who has a major role is N, the King of Team Plasma. Now, there are some theories that N might be a Pokémon, and that may or may not be true in this story. You'll just have to read on to find out.

Oh, and for the record: I do not own N, or any of the characters mentioned in this part of the story, barring Adam. I don't own Pokémon either, but that's already in the disclaimer at the start of this story.


"Speech"

/Thoughts and\or Telepathy/

'sPoké'

"Signs"


While Adam was recovering from having to use that special move, and a duo looked on with the intent of trying to capure what they believed was a rare Pokémon, all the way over in Unova a green-haired youth was rummaging through a set of ruins on an island, as if he was looking for something. Before the incident which caused a certain group to split into two – the very same group which he was once connected with – he remembered that there were some experiments being done behind his back. Mainly as said experiments he would disagree with, what with all the harm they would cause the Pokémon who underwent them – and in fact, he had managed to shut down some of those projects, or so he thought.

As he was searching through the ruined base, a Zoura followed him. While the youth could understand how Pokémon talked, there was something about him which the Zoura liked, although he couldn't put a paw on it quite yet. Then again, he did see the green-haired youth as his papa, mainly as he raised him from since he was an Egg.

The youth kneeled down in front of some sort of terminal, and started to try and repair the broken wires so that he could get access to it and learn just exactly what was going on here. He tried connecting one of the wires directly to the motherboard, but was greeted with a few electrical sparks. And, one of the sparks hit him, and for a moment the Zoura thought that the youth's appearance was wavering, as if an Illusion was being dispelled… although moments later, it settled back to how it was before, and the Zoura took it to be a trick of the light.

"Ah, there we go," the youth finally noted as he finished his 'repairs' of the terminal. He knew that the repairs wouldn't last forever, but it would last enough for what he was about to do. He turned the terminal on, and the familiar shield logo of Team Plasma appeared. With a few taps on the screen, he managed to get into the system, and then he found three files of interest.


The first file he checked was identified by the number 649… and when he opened the file up, he frowned. He recognized the file as being one of the projects that he had shut down before the split, but it was clear that the side which wasn't loyal to him had restarted the Genesect Project and, from the looks of the data, completed creating five such Pokémon, of which one was shiny.

The second file wasn't much better, either. It detailed about a device which would allow the user to brainwash and control other Trainer's Pokémon. He noticed that project started just days after the split occurred, which really got under his skin. If it wasn't for his 'father', Ghetsis, this project would never have gotten approved.

And then, the final file was a report about another Team. Although there wasn't much data on them on that terminal, he was able to learn that after Cyrus went MIA, possibly KIA, in the Distortion World, Team Galactic was almost disbanded, but then a Mr. Adros Verich came in and made their Admins an offer – with his help and research, they will be able to create a new universe where they will rule. And, once they had agreed to the terms, Adros introduced them to the three Admins of Cipher which were still at large and loyal to him: Lovrina, Snattle and Venus.

This led to the creation of the team which was known as Neo Cipher to those inside of it, and also in advertisements created by Mars and Venus – but the first time one of the Neo Cipher Peons were caught by the cops and asked who they worked for, he bluffed and called the group Team Dark Aura, after the Shadow Pokémon they were working on. The name ended up sticking, and Adros decided that, barring Mars and Venus – who were well-known as being the duo handling Neo Cipher's ads – all of the higher-ranking Peons who were trusted enough to learn about the Shadow Pokémon were informed that, should they be captured, to claim that they work for Team Dark Aura, and not Neo Cipher.


The youth frowned. From the looks of the report – which was created by Ghetsis, no less – he supported Neo Cipher's actions privately, but he never openly stated that, most likely because of the Head of Science of Neo Plasma, Colress, thinking that the Shadow Pokémon isn't the true potential of Pokémon.

He would go and inform the authorities about this, but the main problem was that if he did do that, he would have to inform them about who he was: Natural Harmonia 'N' Gropius, the King of Team Plasma. And he knew that at least one member of the International Police was looking for him – but, then again, after Ghetsis managed to escape thanks to the Shadow Triad, which led to the creation of Neo Plasma by his hands, he was most likely high up on the list of criminals to arrest.

However, there was someone else whom he could inform about Neo Plasma's actions: Rood, the only Sage who was freed and, in return, worked with the members of Team Plasma still loyal to N in the old safehouse in Driftveil City to make Pokémon lives much better, while also acting as a place where lost or kidnapped Pokémon which are recovered can live until their Trainers come to recover them. And hopefully, N thought as he left the ruins before calling on a Lapras to allow him to leave the island, he'll be able to pass the message on to those who will be best suited to deal with the situation, like the so-called Chosen One he had heard his Pokémon talk about so much…


And with that, the first of the N chapters has been completed. Please let me know if you liked how I did this chapter. I am also open to comments about how I should deliver these 'extra' chapters. Should I do them like I am planning on currently doing them, placing them every fifth chapter, or if I should split it up so that the N chapters are separate from the main chapters, at least until the two sides merge together if they do merge?

Either way, I really enjoyed writing this chapter, which revealed the history behind Team Dark Aura / Neo Cipher, while taking a few cues from the amine, such as the events of N's first appearance in the amine and Team Plasma's device which takes over Pokémon's minds, as well as the two Gen V games, Black/White and Black/White 2. Also, thank goodness Mars wasn't called Venus in the English version of the Gen IV games, otherwise Team Dark Aura would have TWO Venuses: the one from Colosseum, who was one of the few members of Cipher which weren't taken out by the end of the game, and the Galactic Admin Venus.

Next up: Adam finally makes it to Viridian City, but trouble's brewing on the horizon...