Chapter 52
The Sun Gazer: Part 3
Alex was standing in the same meditation cave when a being appeared in front of him, he didn't recognize it, but it was incredibly beautiful. It had a blue, swan-like body with a yellow underside. It had pink eyes, a dark pink, round tuft on its head, and a pointed, beak-like snout. There were yellow, crescent-shaped ornaments on the sides of its head. The being had glowing, pink, ring-like wings on its sides and back with paw-like protrusions resting on its chest. The wings reminded Alex of a crescent moon.
"Who are you?" Alex asked.
"I am Cresselia, and you are endangering this world" the being replied.
Alex was startled by the accusation and asked "what? How am I endangering the world?"
Cresselia 's eyes narrowed as she replied in a malicious voice with "You are a human who came from a future that no longer exists...your existence is an anomaly and the world will fall to ruin because of it!"
There was a white flash, and Alex awoke to Koh's empty house again, it was just a nightmare.
Alex took a few deep breaths and said "this is my guilt paying tricks on me…..let my mind be at ease"
Soon enough the former human calmed himself down, dismissing the nightmare as nothing but paranoia. The only thing he couldn't explain was that Pokémon called Cresselia….but that was probably nothing but his imagination, after all, he had never seen that Pokémon before.
Alex walked out to Koh and tapped him on the shoulder.
"I take it you are ready to begin" Koh questioned.
The Fraxure nodded and said "I'm ready"
"Very well, we will meditate here, sit" Koh requested.
Alex nodded and sat down as Koh began his lesson.
"The second emotion blocking you is fear, there is something that you are very scared of, but have not told anyone, what is that?" Koh inquired.
Alex, knowing that lying was pointless, took a deep breath and said "Blaze doesn't remember it, but after we knocked out Dialga, something came out of his body and nearly stopped us from installing the Time Gears"
Koh's eyes squinted as he pressed with "something? What was it? What did it look like"
"I don't know, it looked like it was made out of black smoke...but I couldn't make anything out besides its red eyes" Alex admitted.
"I feel rather rude asking this...but are you sure you didn't imagine it...no offense but I doubt there is a being capable of physically possessing Dialga, perhaps in such an intense moment you saw something that wasn't there" Koh deduced.
Alex was about to snap back, but given his recent nightmare, it was a possible answer, and the way Koh explained it made sense.
"You're right but real or not, I was overcome by hopelessness and dread, like every part of my body was crushed for the floor...I felt hopeless, but Blaze finished the job" Alex admitted.
Koh nodded and said "you have already found the solution, think about what you just said"
"What...Blaze finished the job?" Alex guessed.
"Yes, you carry so much weight by yourself when you don't have to. There are others who care for you, and you don't need to keep all your fear bottled up" Koh explained.
"You're right, but...Blaze looks up to me, others look up to me, I feel like I'm letting them down if I can't handle things myself" Alex countered.
Koh shook his head and replied "You are completely wrong, people don't look up to you for your skills and calm persona. They look up to you because of your drive and will to help others, it is never wrong to ask those who care for you for help, and it does not make you weak. Any fears you have can be overcome, now, let your fear burden you no more"
Alex nodded and closed his eyes, just like yesterday, calming his mind, he felt the same weight being lifted off his shoulders, and all of a sudden, an incredible feeling of warmth spread over his body, when he opened his eyes his entire body was glowing white, almost like a ball of sunlight, his skin and tusks were all glowing white plasma.
Koh's beak finally gave a noticeable smile and said "well-done Alex…"
Alex felt the power pouring through him far stronger than even the power he felt when attacking Dialga. The energy was getting hotter, and almost painful so Alex fired the signature massive swirling laser from his mouth straight into the sky.
The laser split the sky, dispersing multiple clouds, and brightening the darker parts of the canyon. Alex fell to his knees, panting from exhaustion.
Koh quickly ran into his house and returned with berries as he said "eat, you will need to replenish your strength"
"Why….why did that happen?" Alex questioned.
Koh gave a very rare chuckle and answered "that power has been with you since you became a pokemon, and now for the first time that power was unleashed in full when you are glowing like that, you will wear yourself out very fast"
Alex was still panting as he questioned "if it times me out so fast, what good is it?"
Koh shook his head and said "Your endurance will increase, but I have ideas on how to use your white matter in less taxing ways. It all stems from mental fitness so if you are willing to learn, I can teach you how to use your mind as an extension of your power via white matter, we have a whole week to experiment"
Alex smiled and said, "I'm ready for it.."
In Capium Town, on the other side of the Grass Continent from Treasure Town and the Wigglytuff Guild, two pokemon were sitting around a fire in a cave west of town, both of them seething in anger.
"Why will no one hire us!" Alphonse shouted, causing Bulk to jump back, although for the Weezing this simply meant floating back in a quick burst.
"Beats me Chief, guess it's hard to get work for a dime a dozen Silver Ranked team with no reputation" Bulk stated bluntly in two voices, ever since evolving having two heads had caused the Weezing to talk without thinking, which Alphonse attributed to his random brain patterns.
"Um...Chief, someone important-looking wants to see you!" Skuld said as he flew into the cave in a panic.
Alphonse started the Golbat down and said "if he's important looking why did you stop him!"
"I wanted to make sure everyone was here" A cold voice explained as a pokemon covered in a black cloak entered the cave.
Team Skull took a defensive stance only for the visitor to throw a massive bag of coins on the ground saying "Team Skull, I am Lupin, and I have a job for you"
Author's note- and thus ends my two training Arcs, I hope you enjoyed them.
Anyway, next time we'll have an adventure with Alex and Blaze's new abilities, then things get interesting.
As a side note, I need 10 random Pokemon that haven't been in this story as the members of the exploration team federation council, not backstories just names with a few stipulations, the following Pokemon besides obviously ones that have been in story already are banned, Lucario, Dragonite, and all legendaries, including lower ones like Regis, Swords of justice, Etc. if you have characters from mystery dungeon games you want for a cameo that would be very good!
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