Chapter 24: Delia's perspective
While Ash, Alice and Alex are at the Brushus Town, Delia is currently sitting in the Hall of Origin. Being an Arceus, she is using her powers to search for the murderers and what they are doing. After searching everywhere, she can't find any places where they would have been.
"The only region left is Kanto, and they must be there..." Delia says as she is searching for them with her powers, eventually they find several people gathering in the Cerulean Cave, which was supposed to be empty. Checking their auras, they finally find the murderers, Misty, Brock, Tracy, May, Max, Iris, Clemont, Kiawe and Mallow.
"So you think that hiding in Cerulean Cave won't let me find you guys?" Delia is about to call the police to arrest them as their location has been found, but she stops as she notices there are nine more people there.
"Wait, who are they? And why are they helping those nine murderers?" Delia is confused since she can't believe there are people who are helping them. So she decides to check their auras to see who they are. She manages to find out their names, which are Ark, Belle, Kaito, Hito, Tokui, Ella, Yuri, Hanako and Corey. And by searching through their memories, she gasps as she finds out their connection.
"Wait, according to Valerie, Alice has suffered bullying and eventually she has to drop out of school...does that mean they are the ones that bullied Alice?" Delia thinks. "But wait...nine people who gave my son hell and nine people who gave my daughter-in-law hell are working together? What is going on here?"
Delia is now confused at the whole ideal, but she has to search for more, so she decides to listen to their conversation to know what they are planning.
"You know, we are very sorry that you have to help us since you could have just sent us to jail for money." Clemont says. "You guys are really nice to do that."
"There is no problem for saving those who might be framed." Ark says. "Besides, we are similar in some way, we tried to ruin a person that might be a danger to our future, but we failed in the end as they are still alive somehow..."
"There is one thing that is bothering me, how was Ms. Ketchum still alive? I thought that we had already stabbed her in the chest, we also made sure that she had no breathing as well." Max says.
"I have no idea, could it be that the ones we killed is just a decoy? And the real one is still on the run?" Mallow asks as the others just look at her with a weird face. "Anyway, we can't even get out of here since there are people who are keen to find us and bring us to justice."
"Just why does everyone prefer him anyways, he is a sore loser that always hold us back!" Iris says. "He always lost the league and people should prefer strong people instead of him."
Nobody has the answer for that question, and they see Kaito walking towards them. Belle asks Kaito and she asks, "Kaito, what do you find? Is there a region where we can hide ourselves from the PLA?"
"About that, I think I found a region that the PLA has no connection to, and that is the Rikoto Region." Kaito says. "It is a place full of Pokemon that can't be found in the other regions, and Pokemon in the other regions also can't be found there as well."
"So this is a good place for our plan for revenge, and if I know about the police, they are so corrupted that they would just give up the arrest after many months of hiding." Ark says.
"It sounds like a terrific idea. But how are we going to get there? There might be police searching around the ships so that we won't be able to get in or out of the region." Brock asks.
Hito says, "I have a boat, we can use it as a way to across the sea to the Rikoto Region."
"Then we should go there now." Tracy says as they decide to move out of Cerulean City by having cloaks on, but what they don't know is that everything has been heard by Delia and she decides to stop listening to their conversation.
Delia shakes her head and she sighs, "Trying to get to my region? Over my dead body. Wait, I won't be dead because of my god powers."
Delia giggles at the statement and then she says, "But if Ash and Alice know about this...it sure is ironic..."
As Delia goes back to Sevestar Island, a man is waiting for her at the gate of the castle. Delia greets him and says, "Rex, you're finally here."
"Hey, Delia. Long time no see, huh?" Rex says as he greets the trainer.
"Yeah, how is Lizzy doing? I heard that she has been working hard as your student." Delia asks.
"She is doing fine, though she really needs to discipline her brother Rick." Rex sighs, "But that is another story, you said that you were just trying to see what those murderers are doing, how did it go?"
Delia says, "Things are getting terrible day after day. Not only the murderers of my son's Pokemon are still on the run, they are teaming up with Alice's childhood bullies and they are coming to this region by taking a boat."
Rex gasps and says, "That is horrible, we must prevent them from getting into our region. Rikoto already has Team Solar and Team Lunar to worry of and we don't need another problem to get into our region."
"Indeed. I want all the Gym Leaders, Elite 4, Elena, Alex, Gina, Beacon, Mark and Insey to know this so that we can protect Ash and Alice. As for the Kanto, I will contact Lorelei and Noah to search the Cerulean Cave."
Rex nods and says, "You can count on me."
After he leaves, Delia goes towards the group who were controlled, they are feeling a little better as they are training their Pokemon in the yard. Delia asks, "So how are you guys feeling now?"
Bonnie says with a wry smile, "Ms. Ketchum, we are fine for now. Thank you for asking."
"But we can't believe that we did that to our friends..." Serena frowns as she is referring to the Pokemon Ash owned. "How did they make us stain our hands with blood..."
"I know it is hard, but they are now alive and Ash will find them with different forms and Types." Delia says as she hears the sound of the helicopter. Delia looks at the helicopter that is about to land and she smiles, "Well, we have more visitors."
"What is that?" Lana asks as the helicopter lands on the island. And much to Serena and Bonnie's surprise, Valerie and Wulfric come out with Eve and Flora with them. Delia says, "Valerie, Wulfric, it is good to see you again."
"It is great to see you again, Delia." Valerie says, "But is there something happened to Alice? Why did you call us here as you told us it is an emergency?"
Delia says, "I was being a little paranoid. But as you can see, the murderers of Ash's Pokemon is teaming up with the ones who bullied Alice in the childhood. They are coming to this region and what do you think it will happen when they meet Ash and Alice at the same time?"
The whole family gasp in shock as they know how Alice has been miserable in childhood, Wulfric says, "This is a serious problem. We have to stop them or else Alice will be out of control."
"That's right, we are going to help them out." Eve says, "We can't let them touch Alice or Ash no matter what they are doing."
Flora says, "Ms. Ketchum, thanks to Dad and Mom, we have recovered our memories of our past. As much as we want to see Ash again, but we have to stop those people from harming both of them so that they will be having a happy wedding."
Everyone is shocked at Flora's statement about Ash and Alice having a wedding. Flora asks, "Did I say something wrong?"
Valerie asks, "I know they haven't been together for 10 years, but isn't it too soon to think of that?"
Delia says, "I am not going to worry about it. I know that Alice has feelings for Ash since the day they are born, though it is a shame that we have to wipe their memories after the Summer Camp."
"But didn't you say that they remember each other?" Eve asks. "Then they should have confessed each other after that, since you told us how Ash is very sad when we were not there with him."
"About the confession, let's say that they have already done it. They have also enjoyed their first dance in Electra's Dance Ball." Delia says as the girls are squealing at the thought of Alice dancing with Ash. They are also happy to learn that their ship has finally sailed.
While they are talking, Serena and the others are hearing the confession, both Serena and Lillie are having a heart break because of the thought of Ash dating someone who is not them. He seems to have chosen this Alice girl as his date and they are jealous of it. But they complain anything, since they don't have the will to say that. In Ash's eyes, they are still guilty of murdering his Pokemon and they also broke his trust even though they were just hypnotized.
Eventually, the news are just like knives that stabbed into the heart for the two girls, and they can't hold it anymore as they rush back into the castle to their rooms provided by Delia.
"Serena, Lillie, wait!" Sophocles says, but his calling is in vain. Cilan says, "Sophocles, we should give them some time. They might have feelings for Ash and they just couldn't handle the news very well."
Sophocles can only nod as they see them go. As for Serena and Lillie, they are inside the room crying, but once they see the ribbon or Snowy's Pokeball, they feel nothing but fury and resentment. Even though they can't let Ash love them again, they are not going to get the traitors away from this. They are going to suffer their pain and even more, they swear to help them as much as they can.
After Delia explain to Valerie and Wulfric about what Ash and Alice have been doing, Valerie nods and says, "So you would be by their side to watch them? Delia?"
"Yes, as the queen and the champion of the region, I should also see what the region has been doing as well as stopping Team Solar and Team Lunar for hurting the Rikoto Region."
"So Team Solar and Team Lunar are groups formed by them, right? How could they do that?" Wulfric asks.
"I don't know, but I have to stop them since we were once friends." Delia says.
Eve says, "I am worried about Ash and Alice more, I hope they are alright. They have been suffered a lot because of those evil trainers..."
"The feeling is mutual, in fact, the whole world is in their hands, they have to succeed." Delia says as they nod, then she leaves to find the group while Valerie's family decide to help out the regrets.
Here is a new chapter, and I have also included Alice's bullies from the Sevestar Prince into the story since revenge is still in this story. I hope you like it.
