Everything Works Out In The End by WyldClaw

Ready for the long epilogue

Mia1986: it's about time! You took forever

Give me a break. I wanted it to tie the story up perfectly

Mia1986 [rolls her eyes]: ah-ah[fake coughs]: Egotistical! Procrastinator!

So it took me a little while to get it the way it is now . [Mia1986 fake coughed 'Leo" ]. To quote the iconic Bugs Bunny, "Ahhhh shaddup ." . Anyways I took some ideas from The Kane Chronicleswhen it comes to the necklace. Some things to remember: {legendary voice talking}, " " is regular speech, italics are thoughts and () is translated Pokéspeech. This chapter is divided into multiple perspectives so to avoid confusion the narrator's name will be in bold. The only characters I actually own are Tori, Devon and 'Cera'. Notes are the same as the last chapter. Sharp eyed readers will notice that There is a line from P2K II: Lawrence's Revenge . Enjoy and please read and review

last revised november 2019

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Tori:

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Once Devon had woken up and seen that his four captives had vanished he roared violently with rage making an Outrage induced Earthquake. If Tori hadn't used Celebi's powers to create a Time Shield- a barrier in which time flowed regularly whereas everything outside of it moved at such a slow pace it was frozen- and make fairy wings appear on her back to lift her into the air-the maniac's angry roar would have caused the destruction of nearby towns and an avalanche in the Icy Cave Mountains. He lunged at her, hands turning to claws and fangs as he threw countless attacks- such as Bite, Frustration, Mach Punch, Shadow Ball, False Swipe, Cut, and Rage at her. She lunged at the devious evil Ditto-hybrid, her temporary claws glowing silver as she blocked the attacks and countered with her own . She felt rage burn underneath her mask and felt the fang necklace around her necklace burn. "I'll ask you this once: surrender now and you will pay a lesser price."

"Hmmm. I don't think so." Devon snarled.

" You leave me no choice. The consequences are entirely your own fault."

She thrust the Metal Claw attack at him but it collided with a muscular Machamp arm, which held firm. Damm it she thought.

" Forgot that steel types are useless against fighting types... Whatever you are? " He grinned.

*"However Fighters are doubly weak against flying attacks." She opened her mouth and unleashed a massive Gust attack, which sent him back.

A little help would be nice she thought as she stared down at the necklace. For this was no ordinary fang shaped necklace. It held the soul of Wyld Claw- an ancient do-gooding Feraligatr-hybrid -one of the first and only ones created by the pokegods long ago-He was still remembered in ancient legends so his spirit was immortal - and drops of some of the legendaries' essences. The legendaries were so powerful they were able to do this. It was due to this that Tori was able to use pokemon attacks and she could change into a partial Feraligatr-human hybrid. In fact after natu had teleported the others she'd used Celebi's essence to create a time shield. .

She kept on attacking Devon trying to wear him down for a few minutes. She gritted her teeth and bit back a cry of pain as he got her back leg with a Slash attack. A long dark red line appeared on her full-length trench coat. She winced . "Crud"

"So you do bleed...whatever you are." He lunged again.

(Come on! We have to help out! ) Icie The Swinub/ Meowth hybrid cried out. She sent a Powder Snow attack as the Ponyta creature - the one Brightpaw called Artik- used his wings to turn the Powder Snow into a snowy Gust, which pushed Devon back a few feet.

(Takkkke this!) Nika- the Pikachu/ Nidoran mixes Brightpaw had described- sent a Thundershock at Devon. He screamed as the attack hit. Nika turned to the espeon/ Vaporeon mix. (Sh-Shea, c-combine your Psybubble attack with my Th-Thunder Wave attack)

(Got it) the other hybrid said as Devon glared at him.

" When I get my hands on you, you are so dead. You're going to be-"

But then Nika glowed. (Now Shea!)

He eyes glowed and she took a huge intake of breath. (This is for the hell you put us through!) He yelled as he unleashed a Thunder Wave attack at the same time she opened her mouth and a powerful Disable infused Bubblebeam came out. It combined with the Thunder Wave and hit Devon.

" Yeeeeeeeeow! You stinking turds! " The villain cursed as the attacks singed his shirt. His arms clapped to his side and his legs locked together. " you little bas-" the paralysis stopped him mid-sentence. The villan crashed to the ground as Shea's eyes returned to normal.

Icie- used a super fast Agility/Quick Attack combination to dash to where she saw a long thick rope and avoiding all the holes in the red stained dirt, she grabbed it and brought it back . She laid the rope at Shea's feet. (So that he doesn't get any ideas.

(Good idea Icie) Artik said. (Shea, do you think you can tie him up ? )

(Do that?) She flicked her tails. (Easy). She used Confusion to do just that.

{You have done well my champion} a deep voice echoed inside Tori's head as She turned to the hybrids and saw Shea's ears twitching as she bowed to the ground and beckoned for the others to do the same. {The Spirieon knows what I am. Now to make sure this ... abomination never hurts them again.}

Yes lord Arceus She thought. The Fang glowed brightly. She felt herself glowing as a glowing avatar of a white centaur like equine with a gray; vertically striped underside appeared around her. The striped pattern reoccurred on the underside of its mane, tail, and face and its four pointed feet were tipped with purple hooves. A golden cross-like wheel was attached to its body by its round abdomen. "Devon Jonas Garrot Thurtson Xeroexus homo sapian combinyus, ditto- human hybrid... look at me." Tori stated in a powerful deep commanding voice.

Devon looked up at the avatar with a look of fear and confusion on his face. As a Ditto hybrid, he could evidently sense the power of a legendary but luckily as Arceus was worshipped primarily in Sinnoh he didn't know whom he was starring at. " Wh-what I mean who are you?"

" who am I? Who am I? I am Arceus- the Original One{ - I created the Pokémon universe using my thousand arms. I am one of the longest-lived Pokémon species on the planet and I protect the world and my creation trio along with the others I have created. I do not suffer fools gladly, and I punish those who wrong my creations. You nearly killed a special chosen one who has aided many legendaries countless times and who has recently suffered more than enough ."

Devon snorted. "Who? The boy? He's not that special. He's just a pathetic weakling who could barely save the damm -"

Tori's avatar's fur crackled as its eyes flashed purple . " SILENCE!" She thundered and the villian fell quiet and a thick blue Confusion attack covered his body . He was unable to to hardly move .

Devon panicked as the attack lifted him up into the air. " what's happening? What's going on?"

"What's ... going on -" Arceus' furious growl came out of Tori's mouth through the avatar. -" Is that you have committed a near heinous act and must be punished. I have decided to set free those brave hybrids that helped to save them. They will be released from your control and be allowed to chose which form they will live in."

The hybrid behind her looked amazed and muttered their thanks.

(Holy Ho-Oh!)

(Y-you mean it?)

(I… can't believe it)

(Oh my goodness… th-thank you my lord)

" WHAT?" Devon yowled. "No way are you taking my Ditto blood you f-" he made a strangled sound in his throat as The avatar surrounding Tori grew larger and its whole body turned purple. it's eyes glowed a darker blue.

"Do NOT attempt to cross me. I must take hypnotize you and clear your memories." The Psychic attack brought a struggling Devon a mere foot near it. The avatar glowed brightly as it touched a glowing hoof to Devon's forehead. There was a gigantic bright flash...

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Ash:

Ash moaned in pain, as the green haired strangerl-Cera-Robina had called her-Rapidly wheeled the stretcher out of the waiting room into a hallway where a chansey was waiting. The delayed poison was rapidly spreading up his body and it took all his concentration to ignore the burning agonizing feeling in his body. He caught snatches of the conversation as they wheeled the stretcher down the hallway

. (...Going to do?)

"... delayed poisoning. …Can sense it from here. "

(... how?)

" Don't know. ... act and do something fast-"

(...get him into the second operating room)

The raven-haired teenager tried to move his arms and legs but found he was unable to- . "Can't ...move. Arms or .. any.. thing ." He weakly croaked out. He looked to his right and saw the purple areas of the delayed poisoning had covered most of his arm. The surroundings seemed to blur.

Cera tightened her white knuckled grip on the stretcher. her big eyes went wide as dinner plates as she stared down at him for a few seconds . Ash thought he'd seen those eyes somewhere but he was in so much pain he couldn't recall where. "We don't have time to do that. " she told the Chansey. "It's moving too rapidly and she is far too busy with the other two."

(Do you mean you will have )

Cera nodded cutting Chansey off. "Yes. I... have no choice." she sounded nervous. "Wheel him into the nearest empy room and close the door." She did just that.

The room she wheeled him into was a decent sized examination room with off white walls and a small table. On the counter jars of medical gauze and various Potions and healing supplies were lined up against the wall.

"Take his Pokéballs off his belt. It will be easier to heal him if they aren't attacking me."

"Please…don't. Hurt them." The boy gasped as the pink Pokémon carefully took the pokeballs off him with a gloved hand and put them on the side table

(I would never dream of it young man. I was just moving them so they wouldn't get injured while we heal you. ) She explained as Cera got green puffy earmuffs out of her apron pocket.

"Wh-wh-what are those...-" his question was cut off by a hacking cough.

"We have to knock you out with Chansey's powerful Sing attack to heal you. If we used an Anesthetic on you it would take too long to kick in." She explained in that gentle voice he thought he'd heard before. She put on the earmuffs and did thumbs up sign. Chansey opened her mouth and a sleep-inducing melodic lullaby came out of her mouth. Ash couldn't fight it as his eyes got heavier and heavier with sleep. .

For a split second he thought he saw Cera's hand glow a pale green. "Huh? Wh-" But he got no further as darkness enveloped himself he fell fast asleep.

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What happened? Last thing I remember was falling asleep to that Sing attack . He didn't feel any poison or pain in his body but his body felt sore. His head felt heavy and he heard a very distinctive voice.

"Please wake up…" his girlfriend's voice begged. He still felt a bit groggy so he didn't open his eyes yet . He just listened to her voice and felt her hand caress his cheek. "Come on you heroic idiot boy. G-give he a sign you're okay… th-that you're alive. " She pleaded. " Mew knows you near died with that delayed p-poisoning."

(M-mommy?) He heard Togepi ask. (Is. Is Daddy going to going to wake up soon?) Togepi's voice was concerned.

"I hope so."

(Didn't you say he was worse off than Pikachu and Corsola?)

"Yeah… I'm glad they're both recovering their strength by relaxing on my bed." He felt her hand shake. "They need it after what hell Devon's awful hybrids did to them..."

(M-m-mommy you're shaking/)

Her hand stopped. " Sorry Togepi. It's just..." a teardrop fell on to his face.

(What you told me you saw wight?)

"Y-y-yeah." She gulped and tried not to tip over her next words. "I'm so glad you were in your Pokeball. I-if you'd b-been out and D-Devon saw you-"

(He sounds weally, weally cruel Mommy… It's gonna be okay)

" I know. I'm just overly worried. I thought we'd get a break from having to fight for our very lives… "

There was few minutes' pause then Togepi asked, (Didn't Joy say he'd be up 'bout now?)

" She did. If he doesn't wake up soon I'm gonna have to wake him up with a kiss. then i'll pound him for scaring the living-"

(look!)

He slowly opened his eyes and saw her concerned face. :"H-hi.." Togepi was next to her on the bed in the guest room. It was the same guest room they'd checked into just days before . " No need to kiss me awake. I'm up. " He smiled. Next thing he felt was her fist smacking his head. "Oww... What was that for?"

"For scaring the life out of me like that you idiot! I th-thought -I thought you w-were-. you had.." He saw her eyes fill up with tears and one leaked out and fell on his forehead.

. "It's okay I'm made out of tough stuff, Mist. How was I supposed to know that I was gonna have a delayed poisoning from that blasted Poison Fury/ Toxic attack?"

She sighed. ". Imagine if-if we hadn't been here w-when that h-happened."

He shivered. "But we were... My talent and dumb luck saves the day yet again."

She sighed in exasperation. " You are such a dense Idiot."

"Yeah.. I am.. hey. ." he grinned." now about that kiss… " She obliged and they kissed for a few minutes. The sensation flooded his body with warmth. After they ended the kiss he looked up at her as he sat up in the bed or as much as he could. " So the poison's out of me?"

She nodded. "Joy gave you a new shirt and jeans since the poison destroyed your old ones."

He gulped. "It-It was that bad?"

"Yeah... luckily your vest wasn't touched. It's over there on the side table with your Pokéballs." She paused. "You still have bruise marks from Devon's rings. They should fade in time."

Ash looked down and saw dark bruise marks on his arms. "Oh. I didn't even notice."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

" I think-" his empty stomach interrupted him, growling loudly.

She sighed and picked up a big plate of food from the floor as his mouth watered and his eyes went wide. He was almost drooling when he saw the plate: dinner rolls, two hamburgers, french and sweet potato fries. "Joy said you might be extra hungry once you woke up from the anesthesia so I saved you some dinner. But that shouldn't be any different than normal. "

She handed him the plate and he attacked it like a starving Sableye upon raw gemstones. "You." He said between bites of the rolls. " Are a ...poke-goddess."

(Mommy's not a poke-goddess she's a human.) Togepi pointed out.

"He knows. He's being a doofus. " She watched for a few minutes as he inhaled the rolls, the fries and and one hamburger- figuring that if he was eating like this he must be feeling somewhat back to normal. She bit her tongue as she saw the dark burnt areas on his arms.

"How's. Cyndaquil?" He asked them between bites of the second hamburger. He looked up at their sorrowed expressions and put the half eaten burger down on the plate-the bits he had eaten felt like lead in his stomach and put the plate back on the floor. No! No! No!. " She's not-"

"Heavens no." she reassured him. "It's just taking Joy, Blissey and Chansey a long time to …heal her. We got her here just in time. Pikachu' s sleeping on my bed. His paw took a bad beating. "'

He gulped and gazed over at her bed at his sleeping Pokémon next to Corsola. He frowned as he took in the cast on the paw Devon had sprained, at the wounds from the Teriados and Espreon the nurses hadn't been able to heal .

His face paled and he felt mentally sick as he recalled Nurse Joy's words before His brief death and revival: "It's not looking good. Although the bullet is out, he's gravely ill. It seems that it was extremely hard for him to evolve without a Thunderstone and he's also lost tons of blood. There is also some damage done to a few internal organs. It's hard to say if he will make through the night or not. It doesn't look too hopeful at the moment " No! Not again. Oh Mew what did I do to deserve this? Why do you continue to make me suffer?

He must have zoned out for a few minutes because his girlfriend asked. "... Ashy? Ashy?"

Togepi tugged on his shirt. (Daddy? Are you okay? You look pale.)

He gulped, "j-just thinking a-about what Nurse Joy s-said wh-wh-when-. "

the rest of the sentence got lodged in his throat as tears flooded from his eyes. Misty and Togepi both hugged him for as long as the tears came. His caring girlfriend kept on saying comforting words to him. Soon he felt that he couldn't cry any more. (It's okay Daddy. She's gonna be okay) Togepi told him.

"He's right. She'll pull through…"

"H-how do y-you know th-that?" He stumbled over the words.

"Thats Easy. " His girlfriend dabbed at the tear stains on his red puffy face with a tissue. " Hope. It's what she gave to the hybrids. Now we have to hope that she make it through. And …i know she will. She's got a true fighter's spirit."

"Thanks Mist. It's just... tough. She's been through so much already from that heartless cruel power-hungry son of a bitch psycho and I can't lose her -" He lowered his voice. "H-he's nearly as corrupt as Lawrence a-a-and perhaps j-just as cold-blooded and ruthless as – as his boss. " evidently in his mindset of the most loathsome, sadistic villainous they'd encountered those three were at the top of the list.

" I'm with you on that one hundred percent She nodded, not blaming him for describing Devon like that.

"I loathe them both-Devon and G-Giovanni- They're both beyond inhumane power hungry twisted brutal bast-" he started to swear but s he cut him off with a kiss.

"I know, and.. I completely agree.." She stroked his hair as he lay back on the pillow. He suddenly felt extremely exhausted-whether it was from the poisoning, the battle or the crying or all of the above. He tried to keep his eyes open but failed. The redhead noticed his wiped out looking facial expression. "You should get some sleep. You look like a mere Gust attack could take you out. I don't blame you. Don't worry I'll keep watch then I'll have Bayleef take the next shift. "

" I don't-" he yawned. "D-don't th-think that's necessary since we're -" he ended with a long yawn.

She bent down and kissed his forehead. " Trust me. It's a precaution even if we are in a Pokemon Center and not in the woods; it's better to be prepared. After that incident I'm not letting you out of my sight again for a while. ". He nodded and lay back on his pillow and within a few minutes he'd fallen fast asleep.

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Cyndaquil:

(Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil. Wake up) Cyndaquil weakly opened her eyes at the sound of a voice calling her name. Huh? She noticed she was in a hospital bed in the pokemon center. . An IV was in both front paws. Each IV was attached to a bag of clear fluid connected to a machine monitoring stuff. . Her whole right paw was covered in a white hospital bandage. Asides from being woozy, tired and sore she felt fairly okay. I guess that's what happens after a nearly fatal poisoning after going up against that monstrosity.

She heard familiar breathing. She looked to her right in the mostly-dark room and saw her trainer, fast asleep in a chair next to the bed, Pikachu on his lap, He had a plain white shirt and light pants she had never seen before. There was a faint smell of something she couldn't put her paws on- something medical but fresh smelling. He risked so much to save her - they both had. . She drank in their scents like it was water. (I wonder why Ash is wearing that shirt and pant) she said aloud.

(huh?) Pikachu sleepily opened one eye when he heard her. (Hi Cyndaquil)

(Hi) he replied . She saw a cast on one of his paws and could faintly smell Teriados' blood on the the dark room she could barely make out a jagged scar on his side.

He yawned. (A-are you feeling better?)

(I think so. I'm still a bit light headed and tired. ) She nodded and glanced over at the cast over his right paw. (Was that the one Devon yanked?)

The mouse sighed. (Yeah. Apparently it was worse than we thought. I can't battle until it heals. It hurts badly but it's better than what happened the last time...) he trailed off. She knew he referred to a few months ago when he was majorly injured and everything changed. They didn't like to talk about it but Misty had told her and her teammates the whole story.

She changed the subject. (W-what happened after I fainted?)

(The cloaked figure helped us get you here. Apparently-) he yawned (apparently after Ash gave you to Joy and the Chanseys were taking care of my injuries he got massively poisoned.)

(But. how?) Her eyes widened.

(Noctowl thinks it was some kind of delayed fast acting poison from Devon's Toxic/Poison Fury.)

(Oh my! So it was my fault?)

The mouse saw her downcast expression and shook his head. (Not at all. It's Devon's fault. We're not blaming you whatsoever. ) Her expression turned to one of great relief (He's fine. That' why he smells different and has that shirt on)

(Oh. I was w-wondering about that) she yawned as Pikachu struggled to keep awake himself. (You look wiped out from the battle)

He weakly smiled. (I am. The cast on my paw and my injuries didnt help my sleep but th-they don't sting as much as they first did. you look really spent after the hell you went through. ) she nodded (You might want to get some sleep-I'm going to do the same) he suggested before closing his eye and falling back asleep.

That explains that but I still don't see who was calling my name. She thought (Over here) the voice said. She saw a pale figure in front of her-it was Quilava. She tried to stand up bur a sharp pain in her paw forced her back down. (Careful. you're still weak from Devon's poison) the spirit commented and then added (your trainer got you here right in time).

(We all made it alive? Misty? Corsola? ) The spirit nodded (what about the 'rejects' I mean Icie and Shea and artik and Nika? Are they all right? Did they get out okay?)

(Hush little one, all is fine. those poor pokemon helped defeat the Espreon and Devon along with another)

(The cloaked person?) The young mouse asked. She'd seen the cloaked figure fire some kind of beam at Devon- when it turned she thought she had seen a blue tail. But at the time she thought it was the poison playing tricks on her. Quilava nodded. (He's never coming back after me? Or my friends? )

The spirit smiled (No. Never. The only place he's going is a looney bin for life)

(B-but what happened to Shea and the others?)

(They are all safe. In fact they totally free.)

(F-free?)

(They were given a choice as to which form to live in.)

She breathed a sigh of relief. (That's good. i didn't want them to be stuck with Devon forever... now that i know what he was.)

(You were as brave as an Entei to put up with that. Demon). Quilava complimented. (You did it baby. you got revenge for my death) she licked the young fire type's head (and now you're in safe paws er hands i can rest in peace)

(But that's means that I'll be alone.)

The spirit smiled. (Not really, sweetie. I'll always be in your heart. You have your trainer and your teammates to help guide you. )

(I know. thanks for helping me get that chain off and save them. I don't think ash would have lasted if Devon had gotten Pikachu poisoned)

Cyndaquil managed a smile. (Did you see the look on his face when we rammed into him using that um uh... that rollout type thing when you took over my-) the fire type yawned (my b-body)

(I like to call it a payback against that devil)

(So do i. mom, Wh-what if I get too scared or frightened and i-I don't know what to do?)

Quilava let out a quiet laugh as she licked her. (Keep me close in in your dreams. If you ever feel scared just remember I'm always there, watching over you.)

(Ok-okay) the younger fire type nodded and yawned. Within moments she was sound asleep.

Normal POV:

The injuries that brutish malevolent hellion-for Quilava could not think of a better fitting description for Devon-had inflicted upon her hadn't fully healed and the whole experience had utterly wiped Cyndaquil out. She licked Cyndaquil's cheek lovingly. She's grown up so much since I died. I'm so proud of her. She has brave strong warriors' spirit and heart inside. She turned her gaze toward the sleeping duo by the bed. Celebi was right- he was the perfect trainer for cyndaquil. He had risked so much in order to save her from Devon.

(I hope Ho-Oh casts his soul into the deepest darkest parts of hell) Quilava silently whispered to herself. The fire type felt her body fading. Besides I can always watch her from above. Within moments, there was no sign the Volcano pokemon had ever been there.

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It was late afternoon the next day. Ash and Misty were in their room with their pokemon out. Earlier Nurse Joy had told them Cyndaquil still needed to take it easy for a while and they should stay an extra night to make sure there were no after effects.

She had been released from the nurse's care and was in Ash's lap finishing off some cinnamon flavored poke-treats. He had found a bag of them in her room when he woke up next to a note that said they helped boost a Fire Type's power. Her right paw was in a hard cast whereas Pikachu still had his paw wrapped in the cast. Nurse joy told him they were to focus on healing their bodies so there was to be no battling for about three weeks. (.Shame you can't battle that much until your paw heals) Noctowl remarked as she stretched her wings.

She finished the treats and looked at her shiny teammate (doesn't bother me that much Noctowl) mentally she added after what Devon put me through it's a relief.

Pikachu caught her eyes and seemed to know what she was thinking. (Don't worry Cyndaquil) he told her. (You and I can help cheer on everyone when they battle)

She nodded. (You're right Pikachu)

(But then you don't get to join in the fun Cinders) Totodile pointed out. (And it's fun to battle.)

Golduck looked over at the other water type (sometimes its fun just to kick back.)

(That's true) Corsola agreed.

Even we need some relaxation some time," Ash told them.

Bayleef lifted her head from the patch of afternoon sun she was in. (you especially) she muttered to him.

Togepi waddled over the fire type. (Are you all better from yesterday?)

Everyone looked at her. Ash and Misty had told the other pokemon what had happened when they had gone for a friendly training session earlier in the day. She nodded (it still hurts and scares me when I think about it) she admitted.

(It will be easier as time goes on) Pikachu told her but he didn't sound so certain.

She saw Ash's face go white for a few minutes as he looked over at his first pokemon with a look of sadness on his face. Does pikachus look pale too? His facial expression is the same as Ash's she thought. Something bad must have happened to them. I wish I could tell what they're thinking. But I don't think I would like it if I knew-

Phanpy waved her trunk in front of Cyndaquil (you okay?) she asked,

(Oh, yeah) she didn't realize t she'd been spacing out.

She was aware of Ash trembling. Misty squeezed his hand and he stopped She felt tears roll down her face and she let them fall. She hadn't cried a lot when Devon had tortured her, when he had abused her. Not shed a tear when she heard that horrible battle. Now she let the tears fall- for herself, for the hybrid pokemon, for her mother and for whatever horrible thing had happened to make her trainer so sad. "It's okay to cry, Cyndaquil" Misty reassured her by patting her gently. The fire type looked up at the human. "It's okay to cry. You went through a lot"

(R-really?)

(If I were in your paws, I don't think I'd be able to deal with that beast without cracking) Noctowl fluttered over to where they were.

The other pokemon followed the bird's example. (I think I would have cowered like a human baby if I were to face that Espreon. You're pretty brave Cinders) Totodile added.

(You had real courage to stand up to Devon like that) Pikachu told her. Bayleef, Phanpy, Corsola, and Golduck all added their comments to the mix. She looked at her teammates as she stopped her tears. They all think that was really brave. She slowly smiled.

(Weren't you scared at all?) Togepi questioned.

(Plenty but there was something that kept my spirits up.)

The two humans smiled. "Hope?"

The fire type yawned (yes. I knew that if I gave up then D-Devon would have won and I'd just be another dull pit slave of his.)

The group huddled together and soon all but Cyndaquil and Ash were asleep. She looked out the window. Thank you mom.

"Hey cyndaquil?"

(Hmm?) She sleepily looked up at him.

"W-would y-you mind if-if I traded you to Misty for a while? She's going to l-let me train Corsola..." he trailed off.

(I don't mind). She knew what he meant and why he wanted to do a switch-up. (You're worried about Devon coming back and- and finishing the job aren't you?) She whispered, almost inaudible.

The human nodded- she saw tears form in his eyes. She didn't blame him after the nightmare he had to go through. (You don't have to worry about that Ash)

"W-what do you mean?"

(Mom's spirit came to me last night while you were sleeping. She told me he wouldn't be coming after us and that the only place he's going is a looney bin.)

The human's face lit up like an evolutionary light. "Th-th-that's w-wonderful, Cyndaquil."

She licked his hand (get some rest. You deserve it) he didn't need any convincing of that - within a minute he was asleep, his head lying against Misty's side.

She looked towards the setting sun again. Thank you again Quilava, Shea, Nika, Icie and artik and special thanks to that unknown hooded figure. She yawned. (I wonder who it was. They are probably far away by now.) She said before falling asleep.

However she couldn't be more wrong. In fact the hooded figure that had saved them was near them. In fact she was in a different room in the very same Pokemon Center…

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Tori came out of the shower in the bathroom her hair wet and back to its normal color but a few scattered streaks of blue still lingered. Glad that's over with. She thought as she dried her hair. It feels so good to be me again. She finished drying her hair and looked in the mirror. She scowled as she noticed a few scratches on her face from Devon and Espreon from where the mask had cracked. She hadn't noticed them the night before when Wyld Claw's soul had overtaken her ton perform a powerful amnesia attack after she removed the blood through a syringe.

"Stupid mask didn't last. I'm gonna have to ask Dad to send a new one." As she changed into her clothes she caught a glimpse of the numerous scars on her right leg and arms "lovely. I look like a razor leaf bombarded me. She sighed. There are times i hate being what i am and time I just love it. The good thing was she got a lot of sleep after being as the newspapers dubbed it the 'wild 'one '. The bad thing was the nightmares that followed.

She groaned as she pulled a long sleeved faded gray shirt over her head to hide the scars. . "I hate battle scars."

The locket around her neck hummed and she heard Wyld Claw's voice in her head. {Tis mere scratches. My young avatar}

Easy for you to say. You're an immortal spirit. You haven't had skin for eons

Wyld Claw chuckled. {They are the marks of a well-fought battle. Bear them well}

Tori lowered her voice. " I know you're immortal and wise but put yourself in my shoes. I'd like to see you deal with that jerk and his cronies, changing back and rushing back here with you know who using you as a conduit all as a pathetic human."

{You're not pathetic}

" You know what I meant. And I got my leg nicked by that psycho .Not that anyone will take him seriously anymore." She grinned in the mirror and for a fraction of a second her reflection had three Feraligatr teeth on her jaw- two on the bottom and one on the top.

….

A few minutes later she limped from the bathroom wearing a pair of patched jeans and a faded tee shirt. Gusta was on her chair-eating worm shaped Poketreat from a packet. (Cera's here) the pidgey said before going back to destroying the sweet with her beak.

Indeed Cera, the green haired girl who healed the boy the night before, was on the bed. Tori rolled her eyes as she limped across the room to the bed. "Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"

Cera noticed the limp. "Devon slashed you last night?"

"It's nothing really..."

Gusta fluttered over to the bed. (Nothing? Ha! You should have heard her moaning last night)

Torri gave the bird a look. Stupid featherbrain.

Cera's finger glowed as she walked up to Torri and touched the weak leg for a couple of minutes. A warm soothing tingling went up the injured leg.

"There. It's all healed"

"Thanks" Torri looked around then mouthed the word 'Celebi'. "You know it's considered rude manners to just barge in here. Humans consider it an insult."

"Then I suppose it is my great fortune NOT to be human. It is imperative that I relay a message from my lord if you get my drift."

"Why don't you just change to your true form?"

Cera let out a laugh that filled the room. She lowered her voiced "And give every human within fifty miles a chance to catch me? No offense but I've already been subject to torture by an evil human and I don't fancy repeating the process. "

"None taken. But not all humans are bad" Torri pointed out. "What about me? And the boy from last night? And that Sam kid you told me about? "

"True. But given the chance to snag someone like me whose powers are way more powerful than that of say, an ordinary Pidgey. "Cera indicated Gusta, "no offense dear one, for I know you are far from an ordinary bird "

(None taken. I think I know what you're getting at) Gusta stated (if the humans were to find out who you really are, they'd turn into power hungry, psychotic, humans who'd pursue you to the ends of the world. They wouldn't give an Ursaring's dung about your well-being. Well maybe a handle of them would... like the girl and boy from last night. You enjoy your freedom as much as the other you-know-whats or like any pokemon for that matter. You shouldn't be captured at all if you ask me. Everyone would chase you asking to change some event in time or another uses you for his or her own intentions. Besides time isn't something you can keep on repairing or modifying like a broken Pokégear or pokedex. )

"Very true gusta. Perhaps you should have been a motivational speaker at home" Torri joked.

The Pidgey ruffled her feathers as if insulted. (Stay all docile? Miss out on all the fun and not getting my talons dirty? Uh. .no thank you.)

"There was a point last night when the boy nearly recognized me last night." Cera said. "But it passed- he was in pain from the poison and everything else"

"He's got a lot of moxie," Torri added. "And such a large heart. He seems like the kind of person who'd put himself in dangerous situations if it meant the safety of his friends and pokemon. I saw that during the battle with ... him and the vision."

Cera nodded. "You don't meet a human like that every generation. " She lowered her voice. " That's why Lady Ho-Oh appeared to him when he first set out. She could tell he had an enormous destiny" she lowered her voice to barely a whisper." Speaking of us - you know-" she mouthed the word "Legendaries" , " you –know-who he says that although he could not be here in person he sends his gratitude. If he had gotten his hands on any of us..." the temporary human shuddered.

(Seems reasonable to me if he is mainly known in Sinnoh and must watch over the creation trio.) Gusta said.

"The only way he can appear in this land is through… " Tori tapped the fang with a finger.

"Fair point." Cera got up off the bed. "I must go. I hear the Ilex forest calling my name as well as the different time lines. Take care"

She closed her eyes. There was a bright flash of light as Tori and Gusta looked away for a few minutes. When they looked back Cera was gone, leaving only the scent of fresh flowers and petals scattered on the bed. Tori rolled her eyes and sighed. "ugh..Legendary Pokemon ..They always have to show off and make a grand exit."

THE END

Author's notes: and there you have it folks! The conclusion of this fic! Did you get choked up during this chapter? I sure did! What were your favorite parts? Thanks again for reading and reviewing! Make sure to check out and review my other fanfics/