Here is chapter eleven of my Pokémon Fanfic. To recap; Touya has defeated Arti for his third gym badge but on the way to the next route he and his traveling partner Bel run into seven elderly men who say that they finally found him. What will happen to Touya? How do these people know who he is? And what of N, why does he continue to pursue him even though Touya is his exact opposite?
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I ONLY OWN THE IDEA FOR THIS STORY IF IT'S ORIGINAL.
Battle XI: Where do I stand?
The seven of them practically surrounded us and moved in closer. The oldest one, who seemed vaguely familiar, reached out his hand and grabbed my pendant of Yin. I felt the string pulling up against my neck as he released it. I breathed deeply for a few seconds holding onto my neck. The seven of them moved away and huddled together.
"No doubt, this is the boy who his majesty wants for Team Plasma." The oldest of them said.
They turned back to me and Bel and surrounded us again. They pushed a cloth into our faces filled with chloroform causing us to lose consciousness. Before I fainted I flipped one of my PokéBalls onto the ground and it opened with Monozu coming out of the receding light.
"Hurry, Dragon Rage." I said weakly.
Monozu charged its attack and attacked one of the seven men pushing the cloth into Bel's face launching him and the cloth away from her. Monozu did the same thing on the man pushing the cloth into my face. After he dropped the cloth, I grabbed it and pushed it into his face causing him to lose consciousness. As the other men went to his aid I sent out Ranpuura to carry the unconscious Bel to safety. Monozu used another Dragon Rage in their direction causing them to not see our escape.
After we ducked into the forest Bel woke up and found herself floating on Ranpuura. She almost squealed when I put my hand over her mouth as the seven men finally came into the area we were in.
"What do they want with us?" Bel whispered.
"I don't know. But obviously what it is, it has to do something with Team Plasma. And they also said something about a king. Whatever they want it has to do N."
"That jerk again?" Bel asked.
"He's not a jerk, per se; he's just eccentric about his views. Nothing wrong about that, just a little creepy."
One of the seven turned in our direction and began walking towards us. Bel and I jumped out of the bush and braced for impact from a mystery Pokémon's attack. Before it made contact it was intercepted by another Pokémon attack. Bel and I opened our eyes to find a Zorua pushing the attack back to the Pokémon that executed the attack. Bel kept a look of disbelief while I smiled confidently. Out of the trees N dropped in and stood next to his Pokémon. The seven men looked almost scared as N stared almost into their souls.
"Your majesty!" one of them exclaimed.
"What do you think you're doing assaulting these two in the open? I didn't want to gain Touya's allegiance this way; I wanted to do it by his own accord. After this young girl showed me who he truly is inside." He said pointing at Bel. "He is a boy of the Dream World, I can't force the beliefs of Team Plasma, and I have to let him choose." He turned to me and smiled as I smiled back to him. "Leave this boy to me and Zorua. You of the seven sages crowned me the king of this organization, and I order you to stand down. Touya; I told you to come to Fukiyose with your answer so I'm not expecting you to give one yet therefore Zorua and I will be your opponent!"
"I accept!" I said.
I sent out Shibishirasu as he took the field with enthusiasm. Zorua charged Shibishirasu and used the same move it used the last time I saw it; Sucker Punch. The only thing that was different this time was that I was ready.
"Shibishirasu, Charge!"
Shibishirasu began charging power as the Sucker Punch seemed to make contact. Bel closed her eyes and reopened them to find that Zorua's punch had landed right next to Shibishirasu with no actual damage. N smiled and clapped for my ingenuity.
"Knowing that Sucker Punch only will hit if the other Pokémon has plans to use an offensive attack is just basic knowledge." I said. "Shibishirasu, Discharge!"
Shibishirasu charged its body and fired a frenzy of electrical outputs. I stood by as I saw the frenzy of lightning bolts attack the entire area. After ten seconds of continual shocks two stray bolts hit both myself and N. Bel and the seven men ran to us and tried to find what was wrong. I stood up and found myself in the Dream World once again.
"Reshiram!" I called out.
The large white dragon appeared in front of me and bowed to me.
"No formalities, what do you want with me now?" I asked slightly annoyed.
"You have failed me in trying to show N the true power of the Yin." Reshiram said also annoyed.
"N is not evil." I declared. "He just doesn't realize that people and Pokémon have gotten along with each other for centuries."
"Maybe you need to see something that those Plasma whackjobs have done." Reshiram said leading me to a picture that read below "Team Plasma."
In the picture it showed the eldest of the seven men crowning N as their king. The picture morphed to a child in tears and N looking down at her with an indifferent look.
"See? N can't be trusted and until you realize that you have to find another contact in the Dream World, or maybe you sympathize with him." Reshiram said accusingly.
"I was an anti-social nut who thought only for his power and nothing for his Pokémon. Maybe N taking my memories was a good thing!" I said not caring what Reshiram would say next.
"N did not take your memories, but something tells me that Team Plasma is behind it. From now our conversations will be postponed until you realize who you are." Reshiram said. "The only thing that I will say to you is Black City."
"What?" I asked as I left the Dream World by force. "What does that mean?"
I opened my eyes back in the forest. I sat back up in an instant with Bel still there along with N and the seven men. N seemed to be in shock as the men tried to get information out of him with no avail. I walked to N and offered my hand. Bel and the men seemed to be in shock as N accepted.
"What happened to you?" N asked.
"Reshiram left me. You?"
"Zekrom did the same. All he said to me was my home, White Forest." N explained.
"Reshiram told me Black City and that was it. Do you know what that is?" I asked.
"A city veiled in shadows west of Raimon City just north of the desert here." N explained. "From what I understand, it is supposedly your hometown."
The seven men grabbed N's arms and forced a cup of medicine into his mouth causing him to lose consciousness and they took him away when the eldest of them walked to me.
"N is already aware of this, but you may not. You have been volunteered to take a challenge against him." He said. "You are to put the all but one Pokémon into your storage systems and continue your journey with just that and you must do it alone."
"WHAT!" Bel yelled.
"Do you have a problem with that young lady?" he said.
"How do I know you won't release my Pokémon when I do?" I asked.
"My name Geechisu, and you have my word." He said.
"Fine!" I declared. "I will continue my journey with Shibishirasu and place my Pokémon in the care of Bel if that is okay with you and the other members of Team Plasma."
"Touya, are you nuts?" Bel asked me.
"That will suffice." Geechisu said and waited for me to give the balls to Bel which I did after ten seconds.
"Explain it to them, please. Bel if anything should happen to me take my Pokémon to the Black City and maybe find my parents so they take care of them." I said as tears formed in my eyes.
"I will!" she declared as she went one way.
"You are a fool!" Geechisu said. "Do you expect us to leave her alone? Sages, secure that young lady!" he ordered.
I stood in front of them and would not move.
"Touya, you will move now." One of them said.
"NEVER! SHIBISHIRASU DISCHARGE!" I ordered with all my anger into it.
Shibishirasu attacked the Seven Sages with the complete fury that I felt in my heart as N had just woken up to see me the way I was. He opened his eyes wider as he saw Shibishirasu still battling at top strength. N stood up and put his cap back on his head and began eyeing a strange picture. A tear came from his eye when the sages realized he was gone.
"Disperse men, find his majesty!" Geechisu ordered. "Touya Yin, this is not over!" he said leaving me to my sorrow.
I turned to the open road and still could see Bel running far away. I closed my eyes and said, "Sorry…for everything…Endings are merely beginnings that are too far off for us to see when they start. I will not let this ending be the reason I quit trying to find who I am! Just you wait Team Plasma I will find you and defeat you all, you'll see."
I looked out into the open desert that I would go to next and realized something. My first ending ended with my memories and began with Snivy; that ended with right now and that begins with the desert I see before me. From now on I battle like all my friends depend on it.