I Don't Own Pokemon
Turns out that the nurse on staff is over worked so not only did she not recognize me, she didn't even have the time to even leave the building, so I just dropped off my injured Pokemon, minus Zekrom, because obvious reason is kind of obvious, and then proceeded to go into a coma, and by coma, I mean I slept for over fourteen, amazing, hours straight and woke up at five in the morning.
Of course at that point, the nurse seemed to have either bee told or figured out about my recent exploit, at least I'm pretty sure she did, because the second I walked out into the main lobby of the Center and she saw me, she instantly turned and walked into the back room from behind the counter. Great, people are probably scared of me now, that's going to be annoying isn't it.
Still, she would have to come back out at some point, so instead of thinking about it anymore, I spent a moment in deliberation before reaching down and grabbed a pokeball off my belt, bring it up in front of me, I looked at pokeball that held a legendary and I wasn't really sure what to think about, honestly, I was really hoping it had just been a really messed up fever dream that my delusioned mind made up in the middle of a sleep deprived mental break down.
Because, at least, if that was true then I wouldn't have to deal with trying to figure out what to do next. I mean what the actual hell was I going to do with a Legendary? Much less one that came with the title, Hero so Ideals, I already have to many titles as it is, most of which I would rather not have to begin with. I mean, I'm probably just going to release Zekrom, but that isn't going to stop everyone who knows about this to assuming that I still have a bloody Legendary Pokemon.
Because why would anyone believe I would give up the chance to have such a naturally powerful Pokemon on my team. Then of course their was the whole thing with whatever the hell being a 'hero of ideals' means, and if their are any obligations that I'm going to get roped into because of it. Because I am fully aware that I am no hero, I'm a mean spirited, selfish, sarcastic prick that has a very concerning low value for life.
Of course it depends on the definition of hero and hero of what, but ideals aren't exactly an easy to understand concept to be based on. This is going to be a headache I can already tell, whether it's me giving myself one by thinking about all the horrible ways this can and probably go, or the stuff I'm going to have to deal with because of the not so subtle way I went about this, or the conversation I'm going to have to have with Zekrom later, it's really just expected that my head is going to be hurting by the end of this.
That's when I noted that the nurse was back and with her was some very familiar looking pokeballs, immediately I turned on my heel and walked up to the desk, while placing the pokeball that was in my hand back into it's place on my belt. Grabbing the first one that was set on the desk, I felt a small amount of tension drop from my shoulders as I stared at Vaporeon's ball.
It probably wasn't healthy to have such a dependence on having at least someone from my team with me at all times, but I've spent so long with at least someone out with me, usually Mismagius, that I'm just a little tense with the knowledge that none of my Pokemon are around. Thinking like that made me feel a little bad though, as the presence of Snivy's pokeball, also on my belt, made me aware that I still haven't really gotten to know the Grass type.
Shaking my head at thought, while ignoring the nurse, I reached forwards and quickly picked up the rest of the pokeballs on the desk in front of me, placing them back into their correct placements on my sash. As I made sure that I had everyone, I was about to turn and walk away from the desk, because now I have to have a conversation that I really didn't want to have. But before I could the nurse seemed to find her voice and said.
"Excuse me, sir, but you shouldn't work your Pokemon so hard" Blinking, I turned back to the face the nurse and slowly tilted my head at her as I thought about what she just said, before deciding that she actually doesn't know about the stuff that goes on around her. Which means she rushed to the back for some other reason, maybe I haven't set my face in a neutral enough position, because I'm still pretty sure that she was scared when she rushed into the back to get my team.
"Sure I'll take it under advisement" Then I gave her a smile, not ones that I actually mean, the small lip smiles that show that I'm actually have a great time. No I gave an incredibly fake full teeth smile that hurt my jaw to do, and watched as she flinched back from the hard look in my eyes that I has giving her. Before turning and walking out of the Center, focusing on my illusions as a hoodie appeared over my chest and back as I tossed the hood over my head and began to make my way to the start of the nearest forest.
It took a while but I didn't mind as it gave me time to get my thoughts together and properly collected, as I stood in the middle of a small clearing, that was about an hours walk from the edge of the city. Sighing to myself after a moment, I finally reached up and began tossing out pokeballs into the air, watching as my team appeared one after the other, I took stock in their appearances.
Of course their forms themselves didn't look like anything was wrong, but looking at some of them it was clear somethings were off, either from the blue scarf that was missing from Luxray, or the fact that Lycanroc's necklace was missing, both items destroyed in the battle. But that wasn't it, each of the Pokemon in front of me just looked tired, like I probably looked not even a half a day ago.
"Are you all ok?" It wasn't the best way I could have phrased it, but right now I was more concerned about how they were doing than worrying about being subtle. After a few moments I got varied responses from each of them letting me know that they were doing fine. I just continued to look at them all, before finally noting what I was seeing, after all I saw it not to long ago, when we had lost against the combined might of the Elite Four, not the exact same but similar at least.
"Good, I'm glad you all are ok, otherwise it would put a damper on the pride I'm feeling for you all" With that I gave them all a smile, one that wasn't near as fake as the one I gave to the nurse, but was still forced nonetheless, though they wouldn't be able to tell. Watching as they looked at me in shock, I just gave spread my arms out and laughed slightly, which hurt a little to do as my throat still was stupidly sore, and said.
"We beat a bloody Legendary Pokemon, one that had type advantage on three of you and we still won. You all are amazing, I can't believe that you all have gotten so strong, so I'm proud that you did so well, and it couldn't have happened if you all hadn't be so amazing" I hated the fact that they had to fight at all, but that wouldn't change anything, but what would at least lift their spirits is for them to realize just what they've accomplished.
My smile became a little less forced as I watched as what I said impacted them all, as they looked to each other in shock, like they all were just realizing what they did. I'm sure that most of them didn't like that we got so close to losing, or they felt like they didn't do enough, but I was going to make sure that every single one of them knew that they played a very important part in that battle and because of them, is the reason why we won.
But sadly I had to move on past helping them all feel better, because their was more pressing matters, even if I logically knew that, didn't mean that I might have held off moving on for a few more minutes as I watched them all begin to talk to each other in excitement now. I gave them another minute to get calm down and appreciate what we accomplished, even if I wished it never happened, before calling out to them and said.
"Ok everyone, calm down, and come over here, I have something to so you all" It took a moment to get everyone situated, and I might have stalled for a moment, but at least point I could call myself out on it, and decided that holding off on doing this wouldn't make it any easier, so with that, I steeled myself and told my Pokemon.
"If you don't know, that Pokemon we thought, is called Zekrom, the Pokemon of ideals, and we they went down, they didn't just disappear and I couldn't exactly just leave them on the ground, so I caught them"
With that I lifted said Pokemon's ball into the air to show them all, and the reaction was instant. All of them began to speak up, Mismagius and Pidgeot were glaring at the ball, the rest looked like they were getting ready for another fight, though Luxray looked more curios than battle ready. Still I held a hand up and got everyone's attention as I told them all.
"Calm down. They haven't even been healed yet, so no fight is going to break out, unless you are the ones that start it. Right now, me and the Pokemon in this ball need to have a conversation, and the only reason I'm telling you all this and not returning you before talking to them is because I have faith that you all will control yourselves and not attack, please don't prove me wrong"
That got a few of them to look down in probable shame, as attacking was more than likely what they had been thinking of doing. But in the end, I got a nod from each and everyone of them that they would behave, which was all I needed from them to believe that they wouldn't cause trouble. Though, I'll admit that another reason that I kept all of them out was encase Zekrom didn't take kindly to being caught, which so was the reason why I left Riolu back at the Pokemon Center and haven't yet sent out Snivy.
Still, I took a deep breath, mostly to myself, as I turned away from my team as I walked out a couple steps and tapped the button on the pokeball, that was still in my hand, before tossing it into the air. After a second from being airborne the ball opened up, and as I could practically feel my Pokemon tense behind me, I just watched on as Zekrom appear before me, still covered in injuries.
They stood up for a moment before it seemed that their left leg gave out as they suddenly dropped to one knee, as I grimaced as I looked over the damage that my team had inflicted on the Pokemon before me. Sure I was still pretty annoyed at them, and at the team, I was pissed, but it seems that my sleep deprived mind didn't remember just how hurt they also got to injure my team so much. Still, I shook those feelings off and instead asked the Pokemon.
"So any reason why you attack me and my team?" The Dragon type looked at me in the eye for a moment, before finally saying out loud, this time in Pokemon, not whatever telepathic things they did when they first showed up. Were they testing if I could understand them?
"You're ideals were enough to bring me forth from my slumber, I thought that you had awakened me to see if you were worthy to become my next Champion of ideals, so I figured that you knew that we would battle to test your convictions. Looking back on it, maybe I should have waited a bit, it seems that I've misjudges how I was summoned. I was going to tell you that you passed when I unleashed that massive sphere of lightning but then you kept attacking"
Maybe it's because the fact that I've watched them call down hundreds of bolt of lightning on my team, but the almost bashful voice that came from the Dragon in front of me threw me through a loop for a second. But I recovered quick enough as I decided that I didn't care, and gave the massive Pokemon a face that practically screamed 'why do I have to deal with this?' before saying.
"I didn't mean to summon you at all, in fact I tried to tell you, but by that point you hurt my team. And I don't care who you are, you hurt them and I won't let it slide" They nodded, looking like they understood and were kind of embarrassed by the whole thing, though, I'm beginning to suspect that they're male, from the voice at least, though that doesn't really much to go off of for proof, I call Mewtwo male and he technically doesn't have a gender, I just went off the voice before I realized that and then forgot to stop.
"I'm sorry, I should have listened. Though your 'team', I believe you called them, are quite amazing, I haven't had a battle of that intensity in centuries" I just nodded, as I sighed as I felt my annoyance kind of just slip away, it's hard for me to hold a grudge in general, and it's harder when the one that I'm angry at is actually sorry, and complimenting me. Though, that just meant that I have to move onto the next problem now.
"Now that, that's out of the way, what exactly happens now?" They looked confused at my question for a moment until, I raised the pokeball I used to catch them in up to show them and clarified.
"You said I passed your test, so I'm technically the Hero slash Champion or whatever of ideals, but I don't know both what that means or if I even want it. And second, I caught you, so nothing would happen to you while you were unconscious so there's that also. I'm fine with releasing you, in fact I would probably prefer it, but a bunch of people saw me catch you, which is probably going to mean a bunch of people are probably going to come after me again, though for you this time. But it's up to you if you stick around, I can't really stop you, but I figured I would let you know that you aren't exactly a secret"
While I might not exactly like it, I don't really think I could do anything to stop the Pokemon from following me around if they wanted, even if I really was more than fine with breaking their ball before trying to pretend that all of this was just a bad dream. But I didn't know how Zekrom would react to that, either disgruntled that they were caught and tell me that they wanted to be released, or that they didn't mind or something similar, I didn't really have as much of a choice as I would like.
"I'm not really sure about the second concern, I'm not sure I've ever meet someone that didn't wouldn't want to be in your position, though it does lead into what a Hero of Ideals is, or at least what it means, is that a human has earned my respect to the point that I would help them in completing their ideals" Interesting wording, I'm pretty sure I'm right and that they were testing if I could understand what they were saying to me, though it wouldn't hurt to confirm.
"But I'm not human so where does that leave us?" They did seem shocked or anything but they did in fact look a little smug, like they already had a good guess, which I mean isn't really that hard to do, I mean I am activity showing I can understand their words, not to mention that I used Protect dur- Oh bloody hell, I used Protect like twice during the battle, did that get recorded as well? Because if so then that's going to be a massive pain.
"I suspected as much, though I don't think it matters, it's just kind of how it started but I don't see a reason why I can't help a Pokemon as well, though that depend on you really" Thankfully Zekrom's voice broke me out of my mild panicking. As I turned back my focus to the Dragon type, before nodding, at least that title wasn't some responsibility thing that I'm being forced into, it just shows that Zekrom has deemed me worthy of being their trainer, though I'm still not sure what to do in this situation.
"Personally, no matter what I choose I'm losing in someway here, while it probably isn't going to be common knowledge I'm pretty sure an annoying number of people now know that I've caught you, which means no matter what I do here I'm going to be hounded because of it. Not to mention what Team Plasma, the people who were trying to steal your stone when I got it back, is going to be on my tail now to.
I'm kind of at a lost as to what I should do here, if you want to stick around with me that's fine but fair warning you're going to have to win over my team, you did a number on them, something I'm still not sure I actually forgive you on. What I'm saying is, no matter what I'm going to have to deal with the backlash from this, if you want you can stay around and deal with it as well, or you can leave and go explore or something"
I was totally lying when I said I wasn't sure if I had forgiven them or not, the fact of the matter is, I haven't, and I'll probably never will completely. I already mentioned that I can't keep a grudge, and that's true, I'm not one to stew on what someone has done, I'd rather get even quickly and move on. At least when it's against me specifically, as I don't really give a damn about holding resentment, I'm just not built or it normally.
But for my team, well, that's something else entirely, that is something that takes a lot more effort to get my mercy from. I'll make sure that I get even with them, though for me even is a high bar to set when it comes to my team, and that is the first step, only then will I work on letting the annoying anger filled emotions go.
So on forgiving the dragon? Well I've already gotten even with them, well I'm in the process of getting even. As the Dragon type was still covered in injuries and probably was in a lot of pain, but I haven't made a move to help or get out any potions or other kinds of medicine. Was it spiteful and cruel? More than likely, but since when have I ever gotten mixed up for a nice person. So I just continued on the conversation, asking the last, at least I hope so, important question I had.
"So what do you want to do? Follow me or go and catch up on whatever you missed while you were in that stone, what will it be?" They looked at me for a moment, before looking on behind me to my team, who's reactions I couldn't actually see, but could probably guess. After a moment they turned to me and answered.
Hey, another cliffhanger, isn't that nice. This was a long chapter, both calming down from the intensity of the last chapter, and still having a bunch of foreshadowing that might come to pass because of that battle. As for if Zekrom is going to join the team fully or not, well, I would put some insightful comment here but what kind of cliffhanger would this be if I gave away the answer. See ya.
