"Pokémon Black and White: The True Legend"

Chapter 28 – A Mirage of Thunder – The Dragonic Ideal of Zekrom:

First. Official. Appearance. Of. A. Legendary. Pokémon. It will be Legen- wait for it… Dary!

The sky N watched above him was starting to become filled with dark clouds.

"The static around me… is increasing…" N said to himself, looking towards the clouds which started to illuminate between them and rumbling the surroundings with strong, loud sounds. "Dragonspiral Tower. The oldest structure of Unova. The place which no one knows its history… except for me." N took out the dark stone he had obtained in Pinwheel Forest through an accident. A very unfortunate accident. He raised the dark stone with the small smile he usually had. Suddenly, the stone became surrounded by a strange purple aura energy. "And now, I've solved this equation: the Dark Stone must be brought here in order to bring Zekrom back to this world." N closed his eyes, enjoying the sound of the rumbling thunder, but he listened to the voice coming from inside the Dark Stone, which sounded similar to a thunder and the roar of a dragon.

Black and White left the Gym from where they had just obtained their 7th Gym Badge. To their surprise, both Cheren and Bianca were outside, waiting for them.

"Cheren, Bianca! What's up?" Black asked, but only then he noticed Cheren's expression. Bianca was starting to suffocate White by mistake, again.

"Bianca and I were talking, and... have I... changed since we set out from Nuvema Town?" Cheren's question astonished Black and White a lot.

"Well… Be more specific…" White requested, not really sure what to answer. Black was pretty much in the same state.

"In what do I want to do? In what I SHOULD do? I've been thinking over those questions..." Cheren said, adjusting his glasses. "And now, when I look at myself, I can't think of any answers to them..."

"Don't beat yourself down, Cheren!" Bianca said, in a worried tone of voice.

"Have I really gotten strong...? Or is it just my Pokémon? I don't know anymore..." Cheren closed his fists, feeling uncomfortable somehow. Black and white looked at each other and laughed, making Cheren a bit distracted in his brainstorm.

"Oh, that's our Cheren... even when he's got his three best buddies here for him!" Bianca said, teasing Cheren a bit. Bianca, Black and White then started staring at Cheren, with some strange smiles.

"What are you…?"

"C'mon, we're waiting for it." White teased, making Cheren sweatdrop. Cheren then made a smile grin, still sweatdropping a bit.

"That's Mr. Grin, who we all love to see." Black said, laughing. Everyone else let out a laugh to make the moment more memorable. Bianca managed to take a picture of the scene.

"I'm going to the Pokémon Fan Club now. I'm searching for what I want to do... and what I CAN do!" Bianca admitted, spitting out her tongue. Brycen then exited the Gym. Both Bianca and Cheren stared at him. "Is that…?"

"Yup!" Black and White answered with a wide smile.

"Who's there?" Brycen asked out loud, with a serious face, looking to his side. Bianca and Cheren were a bit surprised, and Black and White looked to one another, also a bit confused.

"Umm… I'm Bianca, and this is Cheren."

"I know you're here. How about you show yourselves?" Brycen wasn't making sense, until three familiar people appeared from thin air: the Shadow Triad.

"Well done, Icirrus Gym Leader. Only a few can perceive the Shadow Triad lurking in the shadows."

"There is something we planned to tell Black and White alone, but never mind that. Lord Ghetsis has a message for you: come to Dragonspiral Tower."

"Lord N awaits you there. That is all."

"Dragonspiral Tower?! What do you mean...?" Brycen asked, but the three of them disappeared suddenly. "Hey! Details...!" he sighed in discontent. "If you youths back there wish to challenge the gym, I ask you to wait a little while. I'm heading toward Dragonspiral Tower now!"

"I'm going too! Dragonspiral Tower is north of here, right?" Cheren asked. Then, the two of them ran towards the origin of the clouds. For Bianca, Black and White's surprise, the sky suddenly became dark.

"W-W-What... what do I do?! F-For now, I guess I'll have to go to Dragonspiral Tower... North, right?" Bianca asked, walking at a fast, following Cheren. Black and White looked at one another, nodded once, and followed their friends to Dragonspiral Tower.

They then met Bianca and Professor Cedric Juniper at the entrance of the so called Dragonspiral Tower.

"Oh, Black, White! I was talking to Bianca here!" he then turned to Bianca again. "See, I'm also Professor Juniper. My daughter was the one who gave you your Pokédex."

"It's all thanks to Professor Juniper that I could go on an adventure. I'm sooooo grateful to her for exposing me to so many possibilities! Well, indirectly, at least! If you know what I mean, Uncle Juniper."

"That's great." Cedric Juniper replied, with a small laugh.

"Umm… Couldn't we leave the chit-chat for later?" asked White.

"We kinda are in the middle of a situation here." Black continued, sweatdropping.

"Well, Black, White, Bianca, let me tell you what happened: A huge number of Team Plasma grunts passed through the walls of the tower and got inside! Brycen and that other youth, Cheren, the two of them were chasing Team Plasma, but..."

"I'm sorry, but, Professor Juniper, what's the Dragonspiral Tower?" White asked, curious.

"Bwahaha! You're really wondering now, am I right? Then let me explain it in a simple way: Dragonspiral Tower is... A towering structure from long, long ago. Before the creation of Unova, even. On the very top floor, it is said to restore the legendary dragons Pokémons back to this world... so they say." He turned to the Tower's direction. "So, are you three going to chase down Team Plasma like Cheren? I can't exactly approve of you going up against Team Plasma..."

"It'll be fine!" Bianca yelled out. "Black, White and Cheren are super strong, and they've beaten Team Plasma a bunch of times now! ...Umm, I'm not that strong at all, though. ...I guess, if you want... I could... stay here and be your bodyguard... uh, Professor...?"

"Really? Thank you! That's really reassuring. Well, Black, White! I'm counting on you." Professor Juniper replied.

"No sweat! You're ready White?" Black asked, but he then noticed White's blank eyes. "White, you ok?"

"Uh? Yes, yes!" White snapped out of the state and became her normal self again.

"But I do wonder… What is Team Plasma aiming for...?" Professor Juniper said out loud.

"Black, White... Don't push yourselves too hard, ok?" Bianca asked, a bit worried about them. Black and White nodded and walked towards the Tower.

They were amazed by its size, reaching the dark clouds in the sky. Black and White looked at each other and then dashed into the Tower. The inside was simply amazing. The polished floor, the little lake, the quiet surroundings… Black and White approached the stairs and suddenly felt a shake throughout the Tower.

"Is… Is something going wild? From upstairs?" Black asked out loud. He turned to White and became worried when he saw her with the blank look again, holding her head down with her hands, shaking. "White, are you ok?!"

"Uh?" White suddenly returned to normal. "Yes, yes, why do you ask?"

"You suddenly became speechless with a blank look."

"Uh? What are you talking about? I don't remember." White said with an honest tone of voice. Black thought it was just part of his imagination, and decided to move on, walking to the next floor.

The floor seemed destroyed, somehow. But then one voice captured their attention. "Black! White!"

"Cheren?" White asked in surprise.

"You can use the collapsed structures as pathways! I'm going to chase Team Plasma down!" Cheren said, following to the next floor. Black and White decided to use the beaten down pillars as paths, and followed to the next floor.

The floor was full of cracks and pits. Black decided to send out Gothorita to help them out with her manipulation abilities to help them jump throughout the floor. He then withdrew her and both of them continued, climbing the flight of stairs, but then saw the image of Brycen and Cheren fighting off Team Plasma Grunts.

"Beartic, Ice Punch!"

"Gigalith, Rock Slide!"

Beartic's right fist became surrounded by a light blue energy and he punched a Drilbur, freezing it.

Gigalith raised his head into the air. Then, multiple white rings of energy appeared above Gigalith's body high in the sky and large grey boulders came out of the ripples of energy. The boulders then fell down and rained over a Deino.

"Black, White, we'll hold them off! Go ahead to the top of the Tower!"

"But…" Black started, but he was interrupted by Cheren.

"This is easy! Don't worry about them, but with all these Grunts here is a complete bother." Cheren said confidently, raising a thumb up for both Black and White. The two of them smiled back at Cheren and climbed upstairs, continuing their path to their supposed destiny.

At the next floor, another rumble was felt throughout the Tower, followed by a strong roar. White had the same look as before, but she recovered quickly and Black didn't notice it this time.

"It seems like something's struggling at the top of the Tower…" Black said, in wonder.

"Something is struggling…" White whispered without even noticing it herself. They approached the Team Plasma members.

"Time is telling us that Lord N will be the hero!" Giallo, one of the seven sages, said to the four grunts. He turned to his side and noticed the presence of both Black and White. "What?! You managed to come all the way up here?! How... bizarre! Well! For the sake of Lord N! Trap them here!" Giallo ordered, as the four grunts dashed towards the two teenagers.

"Klang, destroy them!"

"Alomomola, go!"

The first two grunts sent in their Pokémons.

"Go, Servine!" said White, sending in her Servine to the field. "I'll take care of this for now, Black!"

"Hey, there's no way I'm leaving you here." Black said with a silly grin, making White blush a bit.

"Servine, Burēdo Torunēdo V2!" White yelled out, as Servine jumped and spun on her head with her tail straight up in the air. Servine then started spinning her body and a large light green, green and dark green tornado with glowing light green leaves inside it appeared around the end of Servine's tail and spun around with it. Suddenly, the winds started making a vacuum effect and both Klang and Alomomola were sucked into the tornado. Servine entered the tornado herself and started slashing Klang and Alomomola with her green glowing tail, knocking them out.

"Nice work!" Black said, making White blush a bit.

"Ser!" Servine yelped happily, jumping into the air, when her body suddenly began to glow immensely, and her body began to change, assuming a longer serpentine shape. "Serperior!"

"Servine… Evolved!" White said, running to her Pokémon and hugging Serperior. Both of them laughed in happiness.

"This isn't over yet! Go, Eelektrik!"

"Go, Axew!"

Two more Pokémons to the battlefield.

"Go, Emboar!" said Black, sending in his Emboar. He was still tired from the Gym Battle, but after so much resting, it was enough for a battle.

"Emboar!"

"Emboar, Stone Edge, let's try it out!" Black has tried to train Emboar into learning the attack with the help of a TM he found, and now, it worked. Emboar's body became surrounded in white energy for a moment and the energy came off his body in the form of two rings of jagged white energy orbs that floated around his body. The white energy then faded, forming the orbs into gray jagged stones. Emboar then fired the stones at the opponents, defeating them quickly.

"Emboooo!"

"Return." Both Black and White said to their Pokémons, withdrawing them.

"No matter! Our lord is about to become the new hero, and you can say goodbye to all of your Pokémons." Giallo said as he witnessed Black and White dashed to the staircase.

Black and White reached the top floor. But the view was simply breathtaking. The first figure was more than familiar, N. Yet, he seemed to be admiring the shape of the pitch-black dragon breathing heavily.

"What is… that?" Black asked. He turned around and saw White's blank look, losing her balance. "White!" Black quickly held her in his arms, stopping her fall. "Oi! White! Wake up! What's the matter?!" he asked deeply worried.

"Don't worry about her. She's not even unconscious." N said, confusing Black a bit. N turned to Black but then looked up to Zekrom. He noticed Zekrom's eyes were focused on White. He smirked and looked back at Black.

"She's not… unconscious?" he asked, looking at White who he held in his arms by holding her with his left arm underneath her shoulders and neck and supporting with his right arm on her lower back.

"Well, Black? Zekrom has shown itself for the hero who will guide the world. Together we will fight to bring reassurance to all Pokémon! And now, I will head to the Pokémon League with Zekrom, where we shall surpass the Champion! Thereupon we shall put an end to the Pokémon battles that wound Pokémons so. A world of only Pokémon... it shall finally be realized!" N declared, climbing onto Zekrom's back. Zekrom then roared violently, almost make Black fall. Black felt like his brain shook for a second, and even felt his and White's Pokémons fear from inside the Poké Balls. Zekrom's tail turbine activated, which made portions of its body glow light blue and float up in the air. "If you seek to defeat us, the answer to that is for you to bond with the other Legendary Dragon, Reshiram. Only then you'll be able to do so. But I do predict that you will meet the Dragon, and I do hope my prediction is correct. If you intend to maintain the bond between Pokémons and humans, search for Reshiram, who must be in the form of the Light Stone."

"N… We aren't enemies…" Black said, looking down at White. The phrase astonished N a bit, and White's eyes gained their color back. "We are rivals! And I speak for White in this one too." Black said with a grin, looking at N.

N smiled back. "Very well, then. Zekrom, let's go." Zekrom then flew away, and the sky became clear again, yet some clouds remained behind. White woke up after that.

"White!" Black said, hugging her and surprising while at it.

"Black? What happened?" White asked, confused, not remembering the fact that she had passed out.

"You passed out after seeing Zekrom. Are you ok?"

"Yes… I think so…" White said, blushing a bit. "You know, I can stand up again."

"Oh, sorry." Black said, letting White go. She stood up, recovering from the unconsciousness she suffered before. Black quickly explained what happened to White.

"So that's what happened… but why did I pass out?"

"I don't know…" Black answered. Then, Cheren and Brycen entered the top floor, finding Black and White.

"Black, White, was that flying thing...?

"How could this happen?" Brycen asked after Cheren.

"Why...? Was that N just now? How was he with the legendary Pokémon?

"He couldn't really be called a hero, could he?! And did I hear him telling you to search out a legendary Pokémon?!"

"One question at a time, Cheren. I still have a headache." White said with a bored look, rubbing her head.

"But, apparently, yes… But I'm not hero material, why did he say for me to search for the Legendary Pokémon?" Black asked out loud.

"Anyways, let's head back first. The key for now is to clear up what has happened and decide what to do next." Brycen declared, and they nodded in response. The teenagers followed the Gym Leader out of the Tower. They met Bianca and the Professor outside the Tower.

"Fascinating... The Legendary Dragon Pokémon has truly been revived into our age..." the professor admitted, rubbing his chin.

"And N... The boss of Team Plasma seems to be the one who revived the legendary Pokémon. Furthermore, he told Black to search for another legendary Pokémon and flew away..."

"Hey, he could be talking to White."

"Me?" White asked, pointing to herself, sweating bullets.

"Huh? Wait just a minute there... There are two legendary dragon Pokémons?" Bianca asked, a bit confused.

"Ah, yes!" it was a familiar voice to Black. They all turned around and found Alder approaching them.

"Isn't that Alder? Long time no see! How are you doing?" Juniper asked, happy to see his old friend.

"Wait, you two KNOW each other?" Black asked, amazed at the event.

"It's good to see you too, Cedric, but please cut the introductions. That intense lightning coming from the tower... That Pokémon has the power to destroy the world... If someone who can subdue it wants everyone to release their Pokémon... Will he do it through fear...? Or admiration...? But either way, we can't let the world be changed, no matter what... I can't imagine a world where we and Pokémons are separated..."

"I see... And this Team Plasma boss who revived Zekrom, N, spoke of searching for the other Legendary Dragon Pokémon, Reshiram...?" Cedric asked.

"That's what he said." White answered Professor Juniper.

"I believe the legends say Zekrom and its powerful electricity, together with another Pokémon, destroyed the former Unova in an instant. So N knew of this, and claimed the other was awaiting you?"

"Again, could be White."

"Again, me?!"

Bianca was still very confused. "Huh... uh? Wouldn't reviving a Pokémon that frightful be kinda... dangerous...?"

Alder laughed bitterly. "Little miss, you're too soft. But I really don't know at all if any other Pokémon can oppose it. At any rate, the legends look to be true, and as so, it would be best to do what N said. But searching for the dragon - well, its stone – isn't the problem here."

"Then what's the real problem?" Cheren asked, also taking part in the conversation.

"It's the disaster that could occur if Team Plasma revives the both of them! There's a place I know of from my journeys across Unova... Let us head to the Relic Castle! Black, bouncy round bangs of hair, glass dude, blonde, all of you, please rest for the some days. Let's departure to Relic Castle after recovering all of your strength." White, Cheren and Bianca sweatdropped at the nicknames Alder gave them for not knowing their names. Black sweatdropped too, but laughing in the process. The three teenagers then glared at Black, making him stop.

"Really, now? Well, I'll leave that to you. I'll be investigating the tower in case I can turn up anything useful." The Professor said, wanting to be important for the moment as well.

"I'll go with you. Not only I can help, but more Team Plasma Grunts may come back." Brycen affirmed, following the professor to the Tower.

"I think I sorta understand now." Cheren said, calling his friends attention. "Being able to do something for Pokémons in times like this... for anyone... that's strength. I'm sure of it." He said with a self-assured grin, making the others smile in admiration. "And my strength has been given to me by my Pokémon. Alright, I'm spending my entire time training to help!"

"That's the spirit, glass du-"

"Cheren. My name is Cheren."

"That's the spirit, Cheren! I hope you're a Trainer who fights for justice, since your strength is something we could use for justice and fairness." Alder said extending his hand to Cheren. Cheren grinned and shook it.

"Black, White…" Bianca called. "This incident is just becoming bigger and bigger... I'm still a little confused, to say the truth..."

"Don't worry about it Bianca." Black said, astonishing Bianca a bit. "Even I am confused. And that isn't stopping me. You're strong enough to be at our side and keep our pace, so… when you said me, white and Cheren were strong and you weren't like us, that wasn't true. You're just as powerful as we are, and your strength can even defeat ours."

"Really?" Bianca asked, skeptical.

"Of course!" White affirmed, as Black grinned. Bianca started tearing up and starting crying (like a fountain, anime style and everything), and hugged them, starting to suffocate them by mistake, as usual.

"Well, I'm off to Route 4. There's where the Desert Resort is found, and the Relic Castle too. It's a long walk by foot, to say the least. I'll be on my way." Alder said, leaving the premises. Cheren and Bianca decided to leave too, to the Poké Center to catch some rest.

"Hey, Black."

"Hm?"

"Why did you kept saying that N could be referring to me?"

"I don't know. I just have this feeling. It's a bit hard to explain. Oh, that reminds me…" Bianca approached them. She wanted to tell them something, but she simply stood by the trees and listened to what Black was saying. "What do you say about us going out tomorrow for the day?" he asked blushing, smiling.

White was very surprised, and blushed too, looking away. "I-I-I guess…"

Bianca's eyes started to shine in amazement and hope being fulfilled.

Apparently, Black and White are going on a date in the next chapter! What will happen then? Hope you keep reading this to find out…

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