Chapter 5--Epilouge
The human would constantly let me out of my ball (which I learned was called a Master Ball) and in an effort to get him to release me, I would use my powers to lift him in the air and "squeeze" him. I could not escape from him for I cannot go far from a ball as powerful as the Master Ball. I still had no intention of being trained, even by a Legendary One.
After four days of this, the human had kept me out for well over a half-an-hour. I decided to "speak" to him for the first time, hoping that would convince him to let me go.
>What's wrong, human? Are you staring to enjoy these?>
He seemed surprised. No doubt he never heard Pokemon use telepathy before. Any powerful Psychic type can use telepathy, but they could take years to learn. Legendary Psychic types learn how to at an early age.
"How could I be your friend if you're cooped up in your Master Ball all the time?" He finally asked.
>I don't want any friends. Why don't you just let me go? It'd save you a lot of trouble instead of having to deal with a disobedient Pokemon>.
"How could I do that when you were so lonely and depressed back in the cave, Mewtwo."
>I tightened my Psychic grip on the human boy and growled in his head>,
>How could you possibly know how I feel, human? You're not doing me any favors by keeping me in that ball!>
"Red, call it back" the female human said, "You could get hurt!"
"No, not yet, Alkanet," the boy replied to her. Then to me he said,
"Like I said, I couldn't leave you like that. I don't know why, but I can feel how sad you are, even now."
I said nothing but he human continued, "Please tell me why you are so sad. Does it have anything to do about Cinnabar Island?"
I gasped wordlessly, letting the humans drop out of the air and onto the ground.
>How…do you…know about that…?> I said in disbelief. I wanted to say, "You don't know what you're talking about", but it didn't come out that way.
The humans got back up, looking like he was in some pain, but not much, "I've been to Cinnabar Island and to that burned out building that once was a research center. In there I found a journal of one of the scientists. It talked abut a Mew they found and a newborn Mewtwo. Then I had visions of a Mewtwo sitting all alone and very depressed in a cave--you."
Mother had told me that Legendary Ones have visions of the Legendary Pokemon they are to encounter before they actually do. It usually comes to them when they are somehow reminded or show a picture of the Pokemon. He had seen me in my despair after reading that journal he spoke of.
"You were the one who destroyed the building, weren't you?" He asked me. I didn't reply.
"I can tell you that you didn't hurt anyone in there. When the police went to investigate, all they found was one of the scientists who went insane and some new Pokemon called a Sneasel. No other humans or Pokemon were found, alive or dead."
>I gasped and my eyes widened, What…?>
"You didn't Mewtwo," he continued with a small smile.
I did not kill that human and her Pokemon…and mother…
Then it hit me. Something like a thought appeared in my head. I could see her! It's been ten years, but a Legendary does not age that noticeably after that time. She was searching, searching for me, I felt. I mentally called out Mother! to her. She looked up and seemed to look directly at me. A huge smile spread across her face and tears began to flow from her eyes.
Mother! I telepathically exclaimed to no one in particular. I knew where to meet her. I've never been there, but I could sense her. I took to the air and flew as fast as I could. I flew to the west, into a mountainous area. It was on the boarder of the two regions, Kanto and Johto called Mt. Silver. I flew over forests and rivers to reach it; feeling more than seeing that she was above the mountain.
Finally I found her. I saw her. The Mew who I thought I killed ten years ago. The Mew that gave birth to me. My mother.
We levitated a few yards apart, staring at each other, tears flowing down our furred faces. We didn't move for several moments, in partial disbelief and mostly in overflowing joy. I hadn't seen her in so long. I thought that I had killed her. Yet there she was, the same as she ten years ago. She must've felt the same, or similar. We just wanted to take good looks of each other, to make sure it was really ourselves. Then we flew to embrace each other (I did most of the embracing since by then I was over four times her size), both of us still crying tears of joy.
"Look how much you've grown. Who would believe that you are my daughter?" My mother sobbed.
>Oh mother! I sobbed back, I thought I killed you! I stayed in that cave for so long to punish myself. I'm so relieved that you are okay!>
"I'm so relieved and happy that you are okay! You had no idea how worried I was about you. I wasn't even sure if you were alive or dead. But I kept searching, searching the region for you!"
>But, how did you survive my attack? And why couldn't I sense you until now?>
"You were still so young and inexperienced. You never used your powers for much more than levitation or teleportation. Your Psychic only shoved the human and me up into a higher floor. The Sneasel was knocked unconscious, but it wasn't enough to seriously injure it. Also, since you were so inexperience with your powers, you didn't know how to sense others. When you jumped to the conclusion that you had killed me, it did not help. When a Psychic Pokemon is depressed, their powers are severally limited and other Psychic Pokemon have a difficult time sensing them. "
>Oh>, I said, >I had no idea.>
"Yes. You could not sense me and I could not sense you. Still though, I search everywhere for you. I searched these past ten years even though after some time, I felt you might no longer be alive. Now here you are, and I'm glad you're safe. I'm only sorry that I couldn't find you earlier and helped you so you wouldn't have stayed in that cave so long!"
>I'm the one who should be sorry mother. I should have never tired to use my powers like that. I destroyed a building and probably injured you, the human, or the Sneasel, and separated us for a long time! I'm so sorry!>
"You only did it to save us. You didn't hurt me, and I believe the other two only sustained minor injuries. Please don't blame yourself!"
>I won't mother, I won't. I'm just so glad that you're okay. I don't care what happened to me in that cave, I'm just glad you're safe>.
"Me too, dear. Me too. Oh, by the way, who are those humans behind you?"
I turned around. It was that brown haired human boy flying on his Charizard and his two friends: the girl on a Fearow, and the boy on a Dragonite. The boy who caught me smiled at me,
"Is she you're mother?" He asked.
For the first time I smile at him, >Yes she is. When I ruined that building on Cinnabar Island, I though I had killed her and that human woman and Sneasel. That is why I stayed in that cave, to punish myself>.
"And now you've reunited with your mother after so long," the female human sobbed, "It's so sweet!"
>Yes, and it is thanks to you, Red>. I continued, using his name for the first time.
"Me?" He asked.
>If you hadn't come into the cave and captured me, I'd still be in there punishing myself. Also, if you hadn't told me that I didn't kill anyone in the building, I wouldn't have finally sensed my mother after all this time and be reunited with her. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.>
>I thank you too, Red, for reunited me with my daughter>,my mother said telepathically (AN: All Psychic Legendaries can speak telepathically, including Mew. It's just that Mew seems to be a Pokemon that would prefer to speak like a Pokemon unless it's speaking to humans).
"I just wanted to help you. I could see that you were so sad; I couldn't leave you in there. I'm happy for you and I'm glad I could help," Red said.
>Red, I am so sorry for doing all those things to you, using my Psychic on you. I didn't want to be there, I just wanted to return to the cave. Now I want to be your Pokemon, Red. I want to be your friend.>
"That's great!" Red said with a smile, "It'd be a lot easier to be friends with you now that you're no longer depressed. Don't worry, I'll train and be friends with you as much as all of my Pokemon."
>I'm sure you will>.
>Oh Red>, my mother asked him, >If it is all right with you, I would like to be captured by you. That way I could see my daughter more often.>
"I can't keep you in the party. You'd be sent to Professor Oak's lab," red replied.
>I know that. But you can always switch me out or send my daughter when we want, right?>
"You're right. But don't you have to challenge me first?" Red asked.
>Well…>
Suddenly a stream of white light came form the youth's belt. A large blue bird, the Articuno he named Amy materialized.
"Yes, you are supposed to challenge him! Those are the rules!" She said sternly. All Red heard of course was "Arrr, arrrii, arrrriiii!" He asked what she said and I translated.
"Well if that's what we Legenadry Ones are suppose to do, that's what we're suppose to do," he said.
I just wanted to make things easier for him, my mother said.
Red battled his Articuno Amy against my mother. They attacked each other, but mother never used her barrier. Amy defeated her using a Blizzard. Red threw one Ultra Ball, which caught her after struggling for a few minutes.
"That's was easy," Red said.
"Arrrti," Amy said, meaning, "She threw that battle! Oh well."
"Oh I nearly forgot," Red, said suddenly, "Would you like a nickname?"
>Nickname?> I asked him.
I know Pokemon don't really have a concept of proper names, but I likegiving my Pokemon names.As you can tell, I name all my Pokemon, like Darien and Amy here.
"His names are great!" Darien said.
"Hmm, I never imagined I'd enjoy having a name like Amy," she added.
A name… I thought. We Pokemon are not very familiar to the concept of names. We are sentient and know we are individuals, but we don't feel the need to express that through a personal name. That is why Pokemon do not mind being referred to by their species name. It wasn't until when humans began to name Pokemon, however many millennia ago that was, that we began to better understand names. Still, very few Pokemon give themselves personal names. However, if their trainer gives them a name, they will go by it.
>I would love a name, Red,> I finally replied.
"Great! I thought of this name shortly after I caught you. How do you like the name Ryoko?
>Ryoko I repeated, Ryoko…Is that anyone in particular?>
"Yeah, she's a major character from the Tenchi Muyo anime series," Red explained. I gave him a puzzled look.
"Oh yeah, well you see anime is…those television programs humans watch. You know them, right?"
>Yes I do,>I answered. The scientists at the center watched television. Sometimes I could see what they were watching from our room, Is she like me?
"In a way…" Red left trail off, "She's kind of reminds me of Mewtwo. She's powerful, she can fly without wings, can use telepathy, and in one storyline was created through genetic engineering."
That does sound like Mewtwo… I said. I thought for a while repeating the name over and over in my head. Each time, I liked it more and more.
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>Wow, you had a tough life, mother. >
>Yes I did. >
>But everything was good in the end! You found Grandmother again and became friends with Red! >
>That is why I am not saddened by what happened in the past. I am happy now and I know that if those things didn't happen to me, I might never had met Red, your father, or had you. >
>And that would've been terrible! >
Ten years has past since I first joined Red's team. Red by now is young adult age 22. I am age 25. Much has happened between then and now. Red was the most powerful trainer in the world for his first three years as champion. Then another Legendary One appeared, a girl from Johto by the name of Saturn Takeuchi. She had defeated us in a close match, with me losing to her Lugia Galaxia AN: Named after the main villain form Sailor Moon Stars. Hmm, even though we were created to be the most powerful Pokemon of all, it seems as though our power does not match that of the true most powerful AN: Say what you want. In this world, Lugia are the most powerful Pokemon of all. Over the years Red and Saturn had fallen in love and now travel together (all of their friends, including Saturn's friends Samantha, Jeremy, and Carrie). They still re-battle each other constantly and I have yet been able to defeat Galaxia.
Speaking of love, seven years ago while we were traveling through the Orange Island Archipelago, I met and fell in love with my mate, a wonderful blue-eyed male Red named Ten AN: NOT Tenchi. That guy's too wishy-washy to settle on anybody, unless you count Sakuya in Tenchi in Tokyo. He is a wild Pokemon, but he travels with us, and says out of site when we are in a city. Two years later it was my turn to be a mother. I gave birth to a beautiful female with blue eyes like her father. Upon our request, she was named Tiara AN: Named after the character from the anime Shamanic Princess, though not by Red or Saturn, but by another friend of theirs, another female Legendary One from Hoenn named Naekane (she does not travel with us, but she visited us to see Tiara's birth).
That what I was dong, telling my early life story to Tiara who liked me at around age five asked about her own species. Ten was also with us.
>Do you have any more questions? > Ten asked.
>No not now, > she replied, >Thanks you for telling me about yourselves mother and father.
>You are welcome, > I said. Ten had told his story before mine, his experience of being one of the mass-produced Mewtwo by Team Rocket that escaped from the lab.
With the stories finished, Tiara went off to play.
Still sitting next to Ten, I said to him, >you wouldn't want to change anything form the past, would you?
He smiled at he, >Of course wouldn't. I already have everything, Ryoko. >
I smiled back, >So do, Ten. So do I. >
>Ryoko! Ha ha! It's me! That's my name!> I said as excited as a cub.
"Then Ryoko it is!" Red said, "We should go to Professor Oak's first, where your mother was sent. I'm sure you two have a lot of catching-up to do."
>I smiled at him, Yes, of course>.