Chapter 21:

Alder jumped off his Braviary and ran towards the figures that were all standing around in Knight outfits or long fancy robes. He ran over to where Ghetsis and the other seven Sages were standing and yelled, "What are you doing? Do you seriously plan on making your own child summon the god Zekrom? Everyone who has ever attempted before died!"

Ghetsis smiled, "yes, but none of them were capable of handling it."

Alder growled, "and you think that your cause is worthier? You may be dressed up in all your nice robes, but that doesn't change what Zekrom will do. There have even been people who have tried using a child no older than ten and Reshiram still killed them all."

"Again. They couldn't control or channel the power of them. N will not fail."

Alder was about to give an angry retort when he heard an unearthly roar sounding from the top of Dragonspiral Tower. Alder paled as he looked up towards the tower "… it can't be."

"Our King has awakened Zekrom. Unova will now bend to our will and our ideal world shall finally be realized."

A dark storm brewed overhead while blue flashes of lightning lit the sky illuminating a ferocious looking black Pokemon. The Pokemon roared and soared down to the small Icirrus Town sending the townspeople running and cowering. N stood abreast the ferocious beast, a red aura the same color of Zekrom's eyes, emanating from his body. Zekrom landed in the small town in front of Team Plasma and Alder. N was lifted by what appeared to be telekinesis or some other power and he descended off of Zekrom and hovered by his side.

"Citizens of Icirrus," N spoke to the cowering townspeople, "you have been privileged to see the return of our god, Zekrom. He has chosen me to change this world into a better one. A one where all are alike both human and Pokemon, and Team Plasma shall head the new government and usher in a new era of peace and equality. Now citizens of Icirrus: release your Pokemon!"

The crowd stood in horror for a minute before one old man said, "he's-he's like the legends of old! Like the ancient kings that once ruled this land!" The man quickly pulled out his pokeballs and promptly released all of his four Pokemon. Soon all the citizens had done the same thing until all the Pokemon stood solemnly in front of their former trainers.

N then turned to Alder. "Former leader of Unova Region, I hereby challenge you to a battle. If you lose, all your Pokemon shall be released and you will yield to Team Plasma's new regime. If you win, I will abdicate my throne and have Zekrom return to dormancy. The challenge will be tomorrow at noon at the Pokemon League. Come if you dare."

With that N mounted Zekrom by the same telekinetic power and together they flew off into the sky leaving the townspeople gaping after them in wonder.

Ghetsis then stepped forward and said with a slight smirk. "Team Plasma gather all the released Pokemon. They need to be taken for relocation to more… suitable areas in the Unova Region." Ghetsis then turned to Alder and said patronizingly, "I know it must be terrifying to see a Pokemon revered as deity working with your enemy and soon to be king, but please show a little resistance at the battle before he completely destroys your team."

By the time we make it to Icirrus City, there are only a few guards of Team Plasma who leer at us menacingly. 'They don't even seem to care that there are three Gym Leaders here with us.' The townspeople are all standing still and gaping up at the sky. There are four children gawking up as well and one said, "and we used to sing about them."

Drayden runs over to Brycen who is the only one staring at the ground, his hands balled into fists. "What happened here Brycen?"

"That boy… that boy… N. He summoned Zekrom. I'd never think I would see Zekrom in my entire life and there he was in front of me. I wouldn't have believed it was possible," he looked up and I'm surprised how stoic and calm he looks, "the boy challenged Alder to a battle for the right to lead Unova."

"What! But he has Zekrom and he's a Whisperer. Alder doesn't stand a chance."

"I know…" Brycen says quietly. "He also released my Pokemon and Team Plasma captured them. I-I can't even fight them if I wanted to."

"We need to contact the Gym Leaders. Team Plasma has just declared treason and war on all the League. They're going to get one Distortion World of a fight before we go down."

"Those Herdiers are going to pay for what they did," Black said passionately, "can I come with you and help you fight Team Plasma."

"No," Drayden said flatly, "your Pokemon are far too weak. Skyla, gather together the pilots and prepare the Wing Force for battle. Clay, contact the triplets in Striaton and tell them I want them to try and infiltrate Team Plasma's true headquarters. You three," Drayden said turning to us. "Go to Opelucid City and wait there with my granddaughter, Iris. She's studying to be the next Champion so she's pretty powerful and you should be safe with her."

"Please sir," I beg Drayden, "let us go with you! N's my-our friend and maybe we can reason with him!"

"I'm afraid it's too late for that. We've gotten reports that Team Plasma is already starting to flood Victory Road and are headed straight for the Pokemon League. N has given an official challenge to Alder tomorrow at noon and we're already overwhelmed enough as it is. We have to fight to stop Team Plasma."

"Besides," Clay said as he glanced over at us, "This N character may be their "king," but I don't think he has any real authority if what you've said about him is true. Team Plasma has just been using him to try and take over Unova."

"If N's a weapon, doesn't that mean we can use it against them," Black insisted.

"Yeah! Let us talk to N and maybe we can convince him to stop." Bianca pleaded.

"That may have worked before, but I fear N is currently beyond reason. He looked as if he was somehow connected to Zekrom and he didn't care if he terrified the people here. He's in too deep with Team Plasma to be talked to," Brycen said slowly.

"That's not true, I-" I began to say.

"Enough," Drayden said cutting me off. "Go to Opelucid City now. Here," he said as he pulled out a pokeball and unleashed a Dragonite. Ride on him and head there at once. When you get there tell Iris everything you just told us."

I don't want to leave, but it doesn't seem like anyone will listen to me. I climb on top of Dragonite and he roars as he jumps into the air sending the wind knocking into my face and causing my vision to go black a little from the G-force of the ascent. Soon we've leveled out and I see that we're flying above trees and I can see the small route and large bridge beneath us. I hear Bianca scream "I hate this!"

I don't blame her. The air is brisk and cold on my face and the Dragonite makes a lurching movement each time it flaps its wings. The only time the ride is relatively enjoyable is when the Dragonite's gliding, but then you just have the fear of falling off and crashing into the woods. When we finally land, I made a vow never to fly again. Nightstar also collapses to the ground and Black says: "dirt! How I've missed you!"

I notice that we've landed outside a home with images of different types of dragons engraved around the stone door. A young woman walks out and sees the Dragonite we're on and says, "that's my dad's dragon. What happened."

Black stared at her blankly. "You're Drayden's daughter? No offense, but you look nothing alike?"

"I'm adopted," Iris said simply. "Anyway, what's happened?"

Bianca quickly explains what happened and Iris says, "come inside and tell me the rest in here." Bianca and I finish our stories and Iris looks at us and says, "well… this is really, really bad. I need to head over to the Pokemon League at once and help as much as I can." She pulls out her phone and texts something and as she is walking towards the door, she gets a phone call. "Dad! I heard about everything that's happened, I'm coming immediately… what? Why not?... but I can't abandon the League at a time like this… okay, but be careful."

"What's going on?" Black asked when Iris hung up the phone.

"He wants me to stay here and watch the fight instead of joining it."

"Why?"

"He wants me to serve as resistance in case they… in case they don't succeed in beating Team Plasma." Iris stood quietly for a second before saying, "how could this have happened? How were we not more prepared? How did it even happen?"

I understood how she was feeling. Everything was so overwhelming and stories with the legenderies and evil crime syndicates always seemed to take place in other Regions. Kanto was overrun with Team Rocket, but what Region wasn't affected by them? Even the Alola Region had them running the local black market. Team Rocket had been the longest standing criminal organization and had their hand in politics, but they had never done anything like this. The closest thing that any Region had experienced that even resembled this one was in Sinnoh when Team Galactic had summoned the gods Palkia and Dialga, but that time no trainer had even become deeply involved until after the fact because the leader, Cyrus, was dragged into the Distortion World by Giratina. This was different. N was actually commanding the god Zekrom. No one was really prepared to take down one of the patron gods of any Region.

An older woman walked into the room and said to Iris, "you're going to want to see this."

We followed her into the side room where there the TV was turned on. Ghetsis was on the screen. "He's on every channel," the woman said.

"People of Unova. I am Ghetsis Harmonia of Team Plasma. I come bearing glorious news of the changes that have occurred in our Region. For quite some time, this Region has been plagued and oppressed by the Pokemon League. They have built a society on the backs of slaves, our Pokemon. They battle and fight in order to establish dominance over this Region and control Unova with an iron grip. I speak especially of the Pokemon of this Region. How often do they go overlooked, how often are they exploited, and how often are they abused? We humans ignore their plight and the corruption of the League in favor of idleness and blissful obliviousness. Team Plasma will not stand for this! Earlier today, a Hero was recognized by Zekrom, just as one of the kings of old. Tomorrow, they will overthrow the Champion and the Elite Four and bring a new order to Unova. Unova will no longer be an oligarchy that is brutally fought for by using slaves, now it will be a glorious monarchy that is led by the very patron god Zekrom himself. A new day has dawned for Unova! I ask the citizens to join Team Plasma! Unite with us and stand by Zekrom and our new king."

The program then cut off and it returned to whatever had been playing before. Black, Bianca, and I just stared at each other. Iris glared at the screen and said, "the League won't let that happen."

The sun was high in the sky as it shown brightly down on the glossy white pillars of the Pokemon League. After N had crashed into the ceiling with Zekrom where the Elite Four, he had battled them all at once and defeated each of them. It hadn't been hard with Zekrom and his power combined. N had simply held the Pokemon at bay while Zekrom had used Fusion Bolt on all of them. It was about noon and N stood at the pinnacle of the Pokemon League facing Alder.

Members of Team Plasma and the League were also there with cameras and were silently taking footage of the battle that was about to happen. "You cannot hope to win," N called out over to Alder, "if you surrender now, you may have a place in Team Plasma where you may try and unify the League and Team Plasma."

"Never, you spoiled little brat!" Alder snapped, "you don't even have the guts to fight a fair battle. You'll always rely on your powers to get what you want."

"According to the League, a trainer should exploit a Pokemon as much as they want, use whatever power their Pokemon have, and try their hardest to win."

"Of course that isn't true and you know it!" Alder growled, "Pokemon should be treated with respect and love. They aren't just some tools that we use to get what we want."

"Yet, we carry them around in our pockets and call them out whenever we feel like it. You battle and cause the Pokemon physical pain in an attempt to obtain power and recognition. You place bets on which Pokemon will win and you train them endlessly to make them stronger. Even when humans don't train them, they treat them as mere objects to pet and to decorate with gaudy outfits and hairstyles. This world is corrupt and must be changed. Now, battle me! If you are truly in the right then your Pokemon should choose to follow you!"

Alder looked like he wanted to throttle N's neck, but instead he just sent out all his Pokemon and ordered them to first take down N and then Zekrom. The Pokemon had only made it out halfway across the field when N smiled and held out his arms. All the Pokemon stopped and looked intently at him. "Zekrom," N said in an almost bored sounding voice, "use Fus-"

Suddenly a jet of water burst at him from the side and sent him flying across the field and land in a heap completely drenched. N struggled to his feet and untangled himself from his robe. He looked up and saw all of the Gym Leaders standing alongside their Pokemon.

"You didn't think we would let Alder have all the fun in taking you down, did you?" Burgh called out.

"If you want a fight kid, you're going to get a real fight," Drayden roared at him, "Ashton use dragon rage," Drayden ordered his Haxarous while pointing at Zekrom.

N ran over and stopped Haxarous in his tracks, but Burgh's Serperior used its vines to grab N's leg and trip him sending him crashing to the floor. 'This isn't working,' N thought in irritation. N stood again and said "Zekrom let's show them the true powers of a god!"

Zekrom screamed its battle cry and immediately took the sky as gray clouds began to swirl around the sky which had previously been crystal blue. Blue lightning began flashing and surrounding Zekrom. N stared at Zekrom and concentrated. He felt as their minds and auras became one and felt as the power once again surged through him. The power was overwhelming and felt as if it would burn through his body, but he focused and felt the flames die down and a semblance of balance return to him. N looked over at the League, his body once more pulsating with a red aura.

'Zekrom,' N thought, 'use Fusion Bolt.' Zekrom descended as his tail burned blue and sent out a volt of blue electricity toward the Pokemon and effectively electrified half of them.

"Ashton, Dragon Rage," Drayden called. N was surprised to find that the Pokemon reacted surprisingly quickly for being attacked with electricity and jumped to attack Zekrom. The attack landed on target, but Zekrom barely even flinched.

"You believe that a mere Haxarous has the capacity of defeating Zekrom? He isn't considered to be one of the gods of this Region for nothing!" N shouts at him.

Skyla than calls on her radio, "all pilots attack now!" A group of flying type Pokemon flew up to where Zekrom was. Many of these Pokemon had other Pokemon on their backs consisting mainly of ice and ground types. There were several dragon types flying among them as well who all started attacking Zekrom at once. Zekrom was hit on every side by dozens of ice beams, mud shots, mud bombs, and dragon breaths.

Zekrom roared in rage and even with a slight tinge of hurt from the onslaught of attacks. 'Zekrom use dragon claw,' N thought, but the move was only able to bring down a few of the dragon types that weren't fast enough to avoid the attack. N angrily yelled, "Enough," as he concentrated on the Pokemon surrounding Zekrom and caused them all to stop their attack. N felt the exertion from concentrating on all those Pokemon while maintaining his connection to Zekrom take a toll on him. N's legs began to shake and eventually gave way as he collapsed to his knees. 'Zekrom use Fusion Bolt now.'

Zekrom roared as several bolts of electricity came to Zekrom which he then released in a large burst of energy and sent all of the Pokemon falling to the ground. N wanted to collapse after expending all that energy, but the battle was far from over.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the Chapter! I'll admit that I hate writing battles. I get bored of describing it, and I hate that you always have to have the trainer yelling orders. I also made Zekrom and N way more powerful because I don't understand why any evil Team would bother summoning a Legendary if you could just stop it with a super strong set of Pokemon. I mean I guess they have special abilities or whatever. Anyway, I wrote the Legendaries more like gods from mythology who don't mind killing fools. Makes you wonder why N was able to summon Zekrom. Wait and see (or read)!

As always, please review if you have any questions or comments!