Well, everyone, we are here with the aftermath of the last arc. So this is probably two chapters before Ash and Serena officially head to Kalos! Oh and about the comment on the Legendaries. This stories going with that the higher a legendary is of world importance the rarer it is. It's basically this on account of the anime showing a few instances of multiple legendaries. Zygarde a weird exception kinda, sorta, not really, maybe. As always thanks to the viewers, faves, follow. Now a special thanks to the reviewers, Amourshiper35, Hall Gowrt, Rajiv A. Rajaram, SpiritsOfRhythm, Palletboy2001 and two different Guests.
Disclaimer: Pokemon is the prosperity of Game Freak and the like. I do not own the series.
Jessie groaned as she picked herself up from the ground. She turned to find Meowth hiding from a tree, his foot caught in a rope and James face down not far from her. The remains of their hot air balloon was tangled in the trees overhead. "Well, that was just what we needed now all the money we made is gone."
James picked himself up off the ground rubbing his neck from the strain. "Well, at least this can't get any worse." Of course at that, a cough was heard to the side as Luther started the trio down.
Meowth shot James a glare for tempting fate. Luther looked at the three of them spiral out on the ground and at their destroyed hot air balloon. While his expression was unreadable they could just feel the hatred and disgust coming from the man. "What was,"I asked you a question now answer me or else!"
Jessie and James quickly stood up as Jessie gave their report. "S-sir you see the place we were working at in the league was attacked and so…" Luther stopped her making a zip it motion with his hands.
"Yes, I am well aware of the attack that just happened on the League grounds." He rolled his eyes before hardened his gaze. "I wanted to know why you three are in this mess.." He mumbled the next bit under his breath in disbelief. "Dear Arceus, how are they not dead yet? They can't function like normal people."
James hesitated for a moment before remembering that silence was only making their case worse. "Well, you see we kinda panicked and raced to out balloon," He could already see Luther giving him a death glare as he spoke. "...we got popped by a Starly."
Luther didn't speak at all yet visibly they could see he was trying to hold back the need to strangle them. "You have got to be kidding me." He turned away as he literally couldn't look at them without being reminded that they were Team Rocket members. "You know what, no you three are heading to Kalos now and in fact, you're also being punished."
He left it in the air which actually started to frighten the group. They had no idea what the punishment even Luther started to walk away leaving them by themselves. "Well, that's just great." Jessie turned to her two partners. "Who's idea was it to jump into our balloon?!"
James and Meowth just looked at her. "It was your's remember." Jessie was then reminded that she dragged the two of them to the balloon as the panic of the attack broke out.
That moment one of Jessie's pokeballs popped open as the unofficial fourth member partner appeared with his usual salute. "Wooobbuffet." Meowth had to agree with Wobbuffet. They were in a terrible predicament with Luther and maybe all of Team Rocket.
Tobias glared as he was pulled into the back of a prison van saying nothing as one of the officers looked out the report. "Well, there no way you're not being sent a maximum security facility." Tobias simply glared at him as Officer Jenny closed the door. In his mind, it was all worth it.
The officer turned to another nearby as he looked at the two cages containing both the shiny Legendary Beasts and the shiny Legendary Birds. "Does anyone know what we are supposed to do with these?" His answer soon came as both sets cage doors were pulled open by a psychic grip. The six wasted no times running out of the cages as overhead an officer spotted the two Eon Pokemon he took off with the legendaries soon afterward.
He turned to the officers around him with a glare. The gave him a confused look. "What? We don't have any pokemon on us, plus do you really think we can stop them?" The officer let out a sigh. This was going to take a lot more paperwork.
On the other side of the grounds, Lysandre looked as people moved the rumble in search of anyone they had left behind from the panic or worse. He caught someone out the corner of his eye turning to see Cynthia walking up to him. "Cynthia, I see you're up. Nothing too bad I take it?"
"Nothing too bad, The lati twins only wanted to knock me out." Cynthia looked as workers pulled away from the ruble from the grounds. "He's in critical." Lysandre turned to her with a solemn look. "He was advanced for his age and Tobias just…" Her expression was a mix of disgust and anger as she thought back to watching him beat on the old man. "Tobias was going to kill him. He and the legendaries with him had planned to kill him."
"Yes and because of his actions in the past." Lysandre and Cynthia continued to watch as the building was torn down. The Lily of Valley Conference had to be stopped and with it an uncertain future for the Interregional League as a whole.
"I looked it up, Goodshow didn't give his approval on the choice to bulldoze the Temple of Tobias people." Lysandre shook his head at this.
"Perhaps but Goodshow had made himself the face of the League. For Tobias, the actions of the League are a reflection of his own." Cynthia looked up and caught sight of the escaping Legendaries off in the distance. Lysandre turned to her and saw the troubled look on her face. "What's troubling you?"
Cynthia took her eyes off the retreating figures in the sky. "Legendary Pokemon were helping Tobias, it's something I still have a hard time believing." She could understand the dislike from a person but pokemon was something that was rare. True evil and selfish pokemon did exist but with legendaries that had never been seen and that's what confused her.
Lysandre looked up at the sky for a moment before answering. "Yet you have to admit that trainers have taken less of a reverence for them ever since the Leagues became popular." Lysandre turned to the Champion as they both knew that this was true. "These kinds of Pokemon are usually removed from not just humanity but from other pokemon, many of which are important parts of our world, and of nature." Lysandre turned and looked out into the forest. He didn't say anything but he had seen the last act of the battle that had taken place. "Take a being like Yveltal, for instance, it consumes life force, governs death and destruction. In its eyes destroying a city and the people within it is normal maybe even necessary yet if a human did the same they would be labeled as evil."
"So to them attacking the league, killing Goodshow and maybe even the people here. To them, it's all a necessary." Dealing with legendary or mythical pokemon was always a weird thing. In many stories, they were said to help or save people. Yet at times its easy to forget that the actions in question tend to coincide with their duties in the world or do to other factors on the people or the pokemon's side.
A period of silence came over them as the just watched the cleanup. Lysandre started to walk away leaving the Sinnoh Champion to her thoughts about all of this. After Cyrus and Team Galactic she had expected the year to end on a pretty normal note with the League. Instead, the year was ending with an attack by a Legendary Pokemon and a man with a grudge. 'Is it just me or has the last few years gotten out of hand?'
Serena sat in the booth as she looked at the news report. The news was traveling fast about the attack on the League, people were demanding action in either keeping it from happening again or in other cases demanding that the Interregional League shut down for good. "I take it the news isn't good?" Serena broke her attention and turned to Ash.
"Well, the Conference is for all proposes over." On the news, riots were seen breaking out as the news was interviewing spectators from the event. "People are demanding action about this calling for an end to the leagues." Ash sat down next to her as he looked at the news as well.
The screen one of the reporters tapped her earpiece. "This just in we got security footage from the main stadium and you won't believe what is on it." The footage in question was Tobias, Hydreigon, and the Lati's about to execute Goodshow as static flickered for a moment as Zapatos thunder was seen overhead. When the static ceased it showed Serena and Ash mega evolving Gardevoir and Charizard.
Serena for her part had a feeling that this was only a matter of time if the Conference had gone on normally. Now it seems that people are going to wonder how and why their pokemon just evolved again. The next image on the screen was of Lysandre walking into the pokemon center they were at. "Lysandre sir." Serena's dad turned to the news reporter, "Do you have a moment?" Lysandre gave the reporter a smile.
"I was about to talk to my daughter if you want you can come along." Serena blinked as she looked out to see that her dad was about to walk in with the news following behind him. As soon as he entered Lysandre walked up to the two of them. He stopped and turned to the news crew falling him.
"Wait aren't they the trainers who pokemon did that sudden change?" The reporter questioned as she looked at both Ash and Serena. Ash questioned how they could have known that but it was probably a live feed or something he had heard from Brock.
Lysandre gave the camera a nod before basically introducing to the world the two of them. "This is my daughter Serena Yvonne." He motioned to Serena who had a look of disbelief on her face at this. "And this is her boyfriend Ash Ketchum." Both of them had a blush on their faces as Lysandre just announced their relationship to the world.
Grace just looked at this with a mix of anger and joy. She was mad that her Ex-lover was with her daughter, and that he still claimed her as his daughter, especially on Television. This was, however, meet with joy at hearing her daughter had found a boyfriend. 'Ash Ketchum…' The name sounded familiar somehow. "I know I heard of that boy's name somewhere."
Audino walked over to a draw that they kept the paper in and pulled out an envelope with an address to her. "Audino." The hearing pokemon gave her the envelope so Grace could see.
Grace looked at the address and then it hit her. "It's the boy from Oak's summer camp!" She remembered when her daughter had introduced her to the boy. She had a crush on him almost instantly and for the next few years, she would be writing letters to him. "I can't believe it she actually found him on her travels!"
Fletchling flew in and landed near Audino. "Wait Serena has a mate?" The Tiny Robin pokemon asked.
"A boyfriend." Audino clarified with her cheerful tone. "Mind me asking do you know who Ash Ketchum is?" The Hearing pokemon didn't want to read Serena's letters though she did put them in a more secure place then the shoe box Serena had them in.
"Oh, its a boy she met during Oak's summer camp." Fletching answered her friend. "She kept his hankie if and everything she had a crush and pretend she was going to marry him." The tiny robin pokemon giggled at the image of a lovestruck six-year-old Serena. "I'm happy for her, hey you think Absol should be told when he returns?"
The disaster pokemon in question had yet to return from one of his little trips which now that Audino thought about it was taking longer than usual. 'I wonder what is he doing?' Audino had never really asked Absol about what he did when Serena sent him to stay with her mother.
She was brought out of her thoughts as Grace walked past. "Hey Audino, can you watch the house for a moment? I'm going to get a few things for my daughter and her new boyfriend." Grace gave the Hearing pokemon a wink as she left the house.
Fletchling turned to Audino after hearing those words. "You think she'll tease Serena about grandchildren?"
"I expect so I mean wouldn't you if you had a child?" Audino had a smile on her face as she said those words. She knew she would.
Serena sighed as she stood at the bow of the boat as it head back to the mainland of Sinnoh. Her mind was wondering on how much things had changed. She came to compete in the Lily of Valley Conference expecting not much out of it. Meeting the boy she loved, becoming civil with her father, getting into a relationship with said boy she loved, stopping a legendary pokemon attack, and now she was likely going to be known by many as Lysandre's daughter and one of two people who introduced Mega Evolution to the world.
"What you thinking about?" Serena was brought out of her thoughts as Ash joined her on the bow.
Serena turned to him for a moment as she continued to looked out. "It's just I haven't had this much excitement sense Team Plasma."
Ash had to admit he didn't expect for this league to have such a seen. "Yeah though if I think about it my journey has been filled with this." Serena had only been heard about a few of his adventures but if they were anything to go on she could take his word for it. "So Serena what are you going to do when we get back?"
Serena had thought about that. Beforehand she knew that Clemont and Bonnie were heading back to Kalos. Clemont had to return to his gym now that Clembot was acting up. Bonnie was thinking of beginning her own journey through Kalos when they got back with Dedenne and Snivy. As for Serena herself, she really didn't have any plans, at least not when she came to the conference. Thinking about that she turned to Ash and wrapped her hand around his. "Ash I'm pretty sure I made it clear I want to go with you."
Ash looked at her as a light breeze past over the two of them causing Serena's hair to move in the wind. "Well I was going to head back to Kanto for a bit and well I was thinking of going to Kalos." Serena hadn't thought much about it, but she hadn't done much in her home region since she began her journey. She spent at best two months within it before they headed for Unova. "So I guess I have someone to show me around then." He had a cheesy smile as he said this which Serena could help but giggle at.
"I don't know if I'm a expert in the region itself but I do know a lot about its history." It was the subject she practically excelled in at school. It's part of where she learned a lot about her father's side of the family without spending much time with him.
Ash had a light chuckle at this. "I guess I should have expected as much, maybe we could see some of its amazing historical sites you told me about?"
"Maybe so." Serena and he both stared at each other as the ship moved slowly through the channel. She thought to Ash's friends, to Brock and Dawn. "Hey, Ash would your friends be joining us?"
Ash shook his head at this. From what he knew, Brock was thinking of becoming a Pokemon Doctor, and May had contacted Dawn to join her in Hoenn with the new double contests. "They're both going their own ways after this, Brocks going to be a Doctor and Dawns leaving for Hoenn, what about Clemont and Bonnie?"
"Clemont got the gym he has to retake and Bonnie going to leave on her own journey" She had a very light blush on her face as she realized what this meant. "So I guess it's just going to be you and me."
Ash started for a moment as his gears started to turn in his head. He was going to be traveling alone with Serena his girlfriend. 'Far from home.' Finally, his mind caught up with the implications that would make. A blush formed on his face at this.
Serena then had a bit of a panic as she realized something. "Oh Arceus, I just realized without Clemont I can't keep everyone with me." She had a bit of a panic at this. She'll have to return them to there pokeballs and they'll be lost in a storage cabinet like Juniper had shown her.
"Maybe Oak would be willing to look after them?" Ash proposal did seem to help with Serena's panic. Actually if anything it made it worse.
"No, I can't Ash they are more than just friends, Braixen and Gardevoir are my sisters and Popplio practically my child." She shook her head as she pictured her Pokemon stuck in pokeballs in a cabinet. "I won't let them stay on a cabinet shelf in their pokeballs."
Serena outburst caused Ash to become extremely confused. She was acting like her Pokemon were stored inside something like a closet or a computer or something. "Oak has a ranch that he uses for the Pokemon they wouldn't be inside their balls unless they prefer to sleep like it." Ash now had a question after hearing Serena's panicking. "Serena who told you that's what happens?"
Serena looked to the side for second a bit unsure about how to go on. "Professor Juniper, when I was in Unova she showed me where she kept the Pokemon that were sent via the transit system."
"So that's why you had Clemont build you that storage system." With the revelation of what she could do fresh in his mind, he could see why. Her words made it clear that she really did see her group as a family. "What about your other three pokemon?"
Serena thought to the two with her mother. "Well ones of themes Audino was a lot better as a caretaker and offered to keep my mom company as well as help her around the home, Absol felt it was best he stay in Kalos do to there not being many within the region." She thought about the last one for a moment.
"The one in training right?" Ash was a bit curious as he wondered just who it was ever since Serena made it know that she had thirteen pokemon.
Serena gave him a nod of confirmation. "She's a Zoroark and the reason she been in training." Serena looked down as she thought about her and about why she was. "Is because she has a lot of emotional issues that I failed to help her with."
Hearing Serena voice filled with sadness and regret didn't sit right with Ash. "What do you mean? It couldn't be that bad right?"
Serena closed her eyes at She's words. "Ash when I found her she was a Zorua who had already been through a lot." Serena didn't speak as she recounted that day in her head. " She saw her family die protecting her from poachers who caught and sold her anyway to a man who daughter literally didn't care for her nearly starved her and beat on her each time she tried to escape with her illusions until tossing her aside in an alleyway."
Ash was pretty disturbed at hearing all of this. True he felt a lot with Team Rocket and Pokemon with terrible trainers but this just sounded really traumatic. "I'm guessing that wasn't all of it?"
Serena shook her head at this. "No, it wasn't by the time I meet her she was sick, wounded, and almost blind she had so many bad encounters that even though I could understand her and helped get her care she still had trust issues and trauma that I had tried my best to help with." Serena rubbed her arms were a few of the scares had faded almost to nothing. The scares from when she didn't trust her. She could still remember the day she evolved and her illusions almost going out of hand. "When she evolved it's when I found out how badly I failed her, I was forced to leave her in Unova so she could get treated and learn how to control her illusions."
Watching the honey-haired girl beat herself up over this, Ash pulled her into a comforting hug. "Hey don't worry you did your best and that's what counts." Serena thought about it and returned the hug. She thought about the bright side of this as Zoroark had gotten much of its emotional issues shorted out and should be ready to return with her soon.
On the trip back to Kalos Lysandre pulled out his Holo Caster and with a few input commands switched it from the official frequency to one that couldn't be traced. After away appearing on the holographic screen was his most trusted scientist in his organization, Xerosic. The man in question stared at him with his goggles as a smile formed on his face. "Lysandre I caught the news I must say I didn't know you had a daughter."
Lysandre thought a bit to this with a brief moment of anger with Grace but pushed that aside. He'll deal with that later. "I'm a bit surprised it was in the news almost sixteen years ago."
"Rumors at least, most checked it up to rumors so having it confirmed would give the media a frenzy." Xerosic was uninterested in the idle gossip of the tabloids like the movie stars, the Kalos Queen or even the Champions. He knew that Lysandre had another reason for calling him. "So what is it Lysandre? You didn't call for an idle chat I hope."
Lysandre gave the scientist a mocking smile. "Oh, here I thought you just loved to keep with the times." Lysandre expression became serious soon afterward. "Its Zygarde I believe I have found where one of its Cores has been hiding." That got Xerosic full attention.
Team Flare original plan had called for Zygarde and yet for five years, they couldn't find even one of the Zygarde Cores within the Kalos region. That, of course, meant they had to go with Plan B. "That's amazing I take it though we are too pull research back to Plan A then?"
Lysandre shook his head at this. Plan B had gone rather far enough that it would be a step back. "No I have a better idea, we are to finish Plan B while trying to capture Zygarde so that we can complete it." Lysandre rested his head on his knuckles as he thought about the plan. "That reminds me how goes the plan?"
Xerosic pulled out a tablet as he looked over the reports. It had been months since the last time Lysandre called for an update and he had to look it up. "Let's see we managed to locate the Cocoon of Destruction so we know were Yveltal is, as for Xerneas we received sighting in south Kalos but we haven't been able to confirm much else."
Lysandre gave an understanding nod. It was rather rare nowadays for both Yveltal and Xerneas to be in the same place or booth in their unmoving positions. "What about the Ultimate Weapon Project?"
Xerosic tapped on the tablet for a brief period before putting it down. "We found much of its pieces yet there is a bit of a problem with each." This caught Lysandre's attention. The Weapon was dismantled and finding its pieces were a massive undertaking that took a lot of his connections to find even half of it.
A part of Lysandre was understanding. It was over three thousand years since it was made and was disabled parts would reasonably be missing or eroded. Another part of him was almost absolutely furious about this having spent so much on finding the pieces. "Are you saying that the weapon wouldn't work?" Xerosic shook his head at this.
"I didn't say that." Xerosic tapped as a Holo Caster screen flashed showing the schematics for the weapon as they had it. "While some of the parts are unusable I believe we may be able to retrofit replacements that should work just as well if not better compared to the older parts." Xerosic schematics showed what would be needed and how they could get it as well.
Lysandre felt himself smile at this. At this rate, they may not need the whole weapon pieces. "We'll still need Yveltal and Xerneas." Lysandre was closer then he had ever been at his goals Getting half of what they needed wouldn't be too hard as Yveltal was still in its catatonic state, Xerneas will also take a rest in her tree form eventually. As for Zygarde they only needed to capture a Core Cell in order to have a possible threat on their side.
Xerosic continued to look at the reports. "Well yes though we might have a problem on our hands with the Johtoian-Kantonian group called Team Rocket. A few of this organization's agents have been seen getting in our way, sir."
Lysandre waved his hand dismissively. "I already know that I actually have a mole planted within the organization as well as an ally who willing to work with us within its hierarchy." Xerosic was surprised to hear about these turn of events. He knew Lysandre had connections within governments, even the International Police, a seat on the Interregional League Committee but having infiltrator within other organizations was a new one.
"You've been planning this for years haven't you?" It was less of a question but he still had to ask. Lysandre gave his head scientist a smile.
"I have been planning this since before my daughter was born that reminds me her birthday is coming up soon." He thought about a gift he could give her. Given he had missed out on properly giving her his gifts do to Grace he wondered about giving her something grand. He also heard that she was a coordinator and while there weren't any contests in Kalos, there was Showcases. Female only and with the title of Kalos Queen on the line. Perfect for coordinators as the two were somewhat similar. 'Perhaps I should call in that favor Palermo and Aria owe me.'
Xerosic gave a cough to get his attention. "If I may sir you could also tell her about Team Flare? I may not be a father myself but it's always best that children know their parent's goals after all." Lysandre couldn't agree more with that.
The call soon came to an end as Lysandre called up someone else. Appearing on the Holo Caster was a middle-aged yet greying woman. "Lysandre this is a surprise. I just saw the news you never told me you had a daughter." Lysandre rolled his eyes at this.
"No one ever asks." He decided to get down to business with Palermo. "Actually I'm calling to ask for something that does concern her."
Palermo attention was peaked as she heard this. She could think of one reason he was calling her and she, being honest she was giddy with excitement at the possibility. "Oh my, do tell."
So now everyone knows who the last pokemon is. Aso yeah I'm mixing show with games on some things within this plot. Now I have a plan for the reveal to Serena and Ash of Serena's pokemon form Sereginia. Also, I admit I do dislike Palermo so yeah if I make her into a villain you now know the reason.
As usual, feedback is welcomed and I will cya all later.