Chapter 11 Okay I've been really lazy and I apologize. I'm sorry. But at least I got this chapter up before my surgery tomorrow. Don't worry it's just for my wisdom teeth but I'll be honest I'm kind of nervous. This'll be the first time in my life I've had surgery where I have to be knocked out, even if it takes only an hour I'm still a little scared. At least afterward my mom is going to me water ice and then I'll get fat but oh well.

Enough about me on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or the characters

"N we've been walking forever." Tawny complained. N totally saw this coming. After all Tawny was only eight after all.

"Calm down, we're almost at the next town." N told her.

"Ok," She sighed. "But I should let you know I haven't seen any aura that's even close to White's." That figures.

"Well we're going to keep searching until there is nowhere else to search."

"What if that does happen?" Tawny asked? N stopped in his tracks.

"Then we go home and face the truth." N didn't want to even worry about that possibility. He was going to find White. They finally reached the next city. N had to let Tawny rest so she wouldn't complain any more.

"Are you feeling better now?" N asked.

"Yeah." Tawny said.

"Listen I don't think I told you how much I appreciated you standing up for me back there."

"Well I feel bad for you., and if there is a chance you should take it because there is that chance. When my parents got into that car accident I knew there was no chance. I'm not going to let you lose that chance." Tawny smiled.

"But it's only a chance." N said.

"But look on the positive side. We just have to keep looking!" For a girl of her age she's very wise and a lot more mature than you would ever expect. It's good that N has someone like her by his side.

'You know N I just thought of something.' Spike said.

"What?" N asked.

'What if she survived and just went home?'

"To be honest that's where we're going but she had to have gotten there somehow. She couldn't have flown cause she had no flying Pokémon on her. She had to have walked, some had to have seen her."

"I see but what if she went the other way?" Tawny asked

"What do you mean?"

"You realize that there are two different paths from Opelucid City right?"

"We'll get there eventually."

"But that's a long way from now." Tawny said.

"You don't think you'll stay with us that long?" N asked.

"It's not me I'm worried about, it's you." N looked at her bewilderingly.

"Are you the one who just said I should keep looking?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I think you'll actually keep it up."

"What makes you think I'll give up?" N asked curiously.

"Your aura." Tawny was getting serious. "Somebody is used to giving up?"

"I didn't give up when I believe all Pokémon were being mistreated." N tried to defend himself. "I fought all the way up until the end, until White defeated me."

"That's not what I'm seeing." Tawny wagged her finger. "I see someone who gave up before that last faithful battle. Someone who gave up halfway through and the pretended the rest of the way."

Halfway through. She's talking about Nimbasa. In the Ferris wheel. N had given up. That moment he confessed he was the king of Team Plasma. What had been the point of hiding it anymore? He did know that he was going to lose to White. Her logic was superior to his even though his IQ is higher than hers, she had out witted him. That's when he knew. He knew the whole time but still fought. Why? Maybe he was afraid of Ghetsis, or losing respect. It had taken so long to get to where he was he didn't want to suddenly drop it all just because of some girl.

Thinking back to those memories hurt his head, they were bittersweet and he didn't enjoy it at all. N paced back and forth thinking about them. He couldn't get those memories out of his head.

'Uhh…N?' Spike said.

"Not now Spike I'm thinking." More like having a headache.

"N I think you should really listen to him." Tawny said.

"Could you just hold that thought for a moment I…"

"N LOOK!" Tawny shouted pulling N's sleeve turning him around. When N looked he saw five Team Plasma members coming toward him. How the heck did they find him? N was more worried about what they might do since he just vanished from the castle for quite some time now.

N picked up Spike and he and Tawny started to make a run for it but behind him there were even more Team Plasma members already there. He had been caught.

"Lord N we've been worried about you" One grunt said.

"Why are you here?" N asked.

"To bring you back to the castle of course."

"I can take care of myself. I don't need to go back just yet, I'm doing business out here."

"Lord N you have to come with us, we refuse to leave without you." There were to many N knew he couldn't get out of this. He was going back to the castle no matter what.

N put Spike back down on the ground because the grunts locked arms with him to make sure he wouldn't escape. As they walked away N looked back at Tawny and Spike just standing there. Their faces were sullen with sadness. He remembered all they had been through and where they had come from. Spike had only wanted to see the outside world from the forest and Tawny had come from an orphanage where the children did nothing but pick on her. They had both reminded him of himself a little bit, he couldn't just leave them like that.

"Hold up!" N made the grunts stop.

"Yes Lord N?" One asked him.

"If you insist on taking me back those two will come with us." N demanded.

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely." Tawny and Spike's eyes lit up as they ran to catch up.

"Thank you." They said.

"Think of this as me repaying you for all you've done for me."

"Finally a home!" Tawny shouted with glee. "I'm never going to see that orphanage ever again!"

'I wonder what it'll be like?' Spike wondered.

"You'll love it." N said. If he had to go back to the castle at least he wasn't going to go alone.

Okay that's all I have for this chapter. I don't have anything else to say so see you soon ^_^