"What's going on over there?" Lucian said. On Route Five a crowd had gathered.

"You broke my girlfriend's heart!" A man yelled.

"Yeah! You're a cold hearted monster!" Some members of the crowd yelled.

"I'm a heartbreaker. My name is Charles. She should have known better." Another man said.

"That's right! She should have known!" Other members of the crowd yelled.

"What's going on?" Lucian asked one of the members of the crowd.

"That man's name is Charles. He's an infamous heartbreaker. The other man is angry that Charles broke his girlfriend's heart." The person said.

"Hmm…" Lucian said.

"We should stay out of this." Galen said.

"Charles!"

"Lucian?! What did I just say?!" Galen yelled.

"I am a Reshkari Padawan. I can't let someone like you go unpunished." Lucian said.

"Very well. If you can beat me in a Triple Battle I will apologize to this girl. Her friend was too weak." Charles said.

"HEY!" The other guy yelled.

Lucian used Magnet, Sand and Toxic to quickly take Charles down.

"You beat me rather quick. Fine." He turned to the girl. "I'm sorry for breaking your heart." He turned and left.

"Thank you." The other guy said. "I may be an Ace Trainer, but I'm not very good a Triple Battles."

"It was my pleasure." Lucian said.

Galen just shook his head.

While they were crossing Driftveil Drawbridge Lucian ran into a Ducklett. He caught it and named it Air. He deposited Toixc for Air. On Route Six he found a Deerling and named it Tree. He trained Air for a bit and then went back to Driftveil.

When he got there he saw two Team Plasma grunts. One was in their old uniform and the other was in their new one.

"You should come back. I'm sure Ghetsis will forgive you for leaving. He may even give a promotion if you can give some info on N." One said.

"I won't betray Luke!" The other said.

"Luke? His name is N!"

"No! His name is Luke! It is the name he was born with."

"Who cares? Either way he's nothing but a traitor! Ghetsis sold his soul form him and he betrayed him! His own father!"

"He didn't want to be king. He didn't want to bring darkness to the world."

"He would have brought order! Now Ghetsis has to do it on his own!" The one in the new uniform pushed the other.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" Galen came and punched the grunt.

"Ow! Grr. This is a waste of time." The grunt left.

Lucian helped the other up. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Thank you."

"What was his deal?" Galen asked.

"He was a friend, but when King N left Ghetsis Team Plasma split into two groups. My group calls ourselves New Team Plasma, or the NTP. We seek to end this war by siding with the Reshkari. We also help Pokémon who were orphaned or abandoned during the war. You can come to our HQ. It's small, but it does the trick."

Galen and Lucian followed the NTP grunt to his HQ.

"This is Rood. He was one of the Seven Sages." The NTP grunt said.

"You must be Reshkari." Rood said. "Please come inside."

Once inside they talked some more.

"So you clam to help Pokémon now." Galen said.

"That is correct." Rood said.

"And you want to help the Reshkari win the war." Galen added.

"I was once a Reshkari until Ghetsis found me. He convinced me of the prophecy of the Seeker of Truth and Holder of Ideals. However, I fear that the prophecy is a lie."

"A lie Ghetsis made up?" Galen asked.

"I only wish that was the case. Then perhaps Luke and Knight Leia would fight their father without hesitation. No. It seems someone, or something, told him about it. That person or thing is likely using Ghetsis for their own ends."

"So Ghetsis killed my master because of a lie?!" Galen shouted.

Rood noded slowly. "I'm afraid so."

"So this entire war may have been started because of a lie?" Lucian asjed.

Rood nodded again. "Luke and his sister are looking for the truth of the prophecy. If you can find them perhaps they will tell you what they have learned."

"Where are they?" Galen demanded.

"I do not know. It is for our own safety that they don't tell us where they are going."

Lucian shrugged. "That makes sense."

Galen grumbled. "I guess."

"Well I'm going to do some more training for the gym." Lucian said.

"I should do some training too." Galen said.

While training Leaf evolved into Serperior, Air evolved into Sawnna and Poison evolved into Garbodor. Lucian was excited about the evolutions untuil he saw Poison's Ability. Weak Armor. Lucian's heart sank. Such an Ability would be a death sentence. He would be forced to look for a replacement, or risk watching Poison die. He shook it off and went to battle Clay. He prayed he wouldn't be forced to use Poison in this battle.

He made his way to Clay. When he got there Clay was ready for a fight.

"You Reshkari don't know when to quit. Well give me a good battle then." Clay sent out his Krokorok.

Lucian sent out Leaf. Leaf used Leaf Tornado to send Krokorok flying. It disappeared into the darkness. Clay chose Sandslash. Another Leaf Tornado, another lost Pokémon.

Clay sent out Excadrill. Leaf used Leaf Tornado, but Excadrill dug its claws into the ground and took the attack. It replied with Bulldoze. It then used Slash. Leaf took the attack and used Leaf Tornado. Excadrill went through the attack with Metal Claw. Leaf screamed in pain and used another Leaf Tornado. This succeeded in sending Excadrill flying.

"Phew. You Reshkari sure are something else." Clay said. "Perhaps you could help me with something. Well here's yer badge."

Lucian took the Quake badge.

"Come with me if ya like." Clay left the gym. Lucian followed. When Galen saw them he also followed.

"Clay!" Galen called. "I thought the League hated Team Plasma. Why are you letting some stay here?"

"Luke and Leia were good negotiators. Plus kind of hard to say no to two people with Legendary Dragons. That said out of spite I've built a new facility for battling. The Pokémon World Tournament."

He led them to a new building on the south part of town. "This here is the Pokemon World Tournament." Clay said.

"What's so great about it?" Galen asked.

"Clay managed to legalize cage matches." Cheren walked in.

"WHAT?!" Lucian and Galen yelled.

"That's right. But only here. Now remember, these matches are to the death, so I hope you have extra Pokémon." Clay laughed. "No go in there and give them a good show."

"I do have extra Pokémon in my PC." Lucian said.

"I guess I could test out some new recruits." Galen added. "And it would be nice to battle you Lucian. To test your growth."

"I'm here because I haven't had any trilling battles." Cheren said.

The three of them sighed and signed up. Lucan chose Bug, Magnet and Sand.

Galen and Lucian were up first. Galen led with Pignite. Lucian led with Bug. Bug used Dig to send Pignite flying. It landed with a thud. Tranquill was next. Lucian switched to Magnet. Magnet used Electro Ball to kill Tranquill. Simipour was last. It also died to Electro Ball.

"You sure have grown." Galen said. Even though his Pokémon were dead, he was smiling. Lucian knew it was because he didn't hold back.

Lucian fought Cheren next. Cheren sent out Stouland first. Lucian sent out Bug. Bug used Brick Break to break Stoutland's neck. Watchog was next. Its back was broken by Brick Break. Cinccino was last. Its skull was split open by Brick Break.

Lucian's last opponent was Colress. Colress led with Magneton. Lucain with Bug. Bug used Strength to break Magnaton's Sturdy. Magneton paralyzed Bug with Thunder Wave. Then confused him with Supersonic. Bug thrashed uncontrollably until he hit Magnaton with With Brick Break. It fell to the ground. Elgyem was next. Lucian switched to Sand. Sand cushed Elgyem's skull with Crunch. Kilnk was last. Sand used Dig to kill it.

As they left the Tournament they talked about the morality of it.

"Stop!" Galen suddenly said. A Team Plasma grunt ran past. "After him!"

"Are you sure that's wise?" Colress asked as he stepped out of the building.

"We are Reshkari. We go where ever evil goes." Galen said. Lucian nodded.

"That may be true, but surely the Reshkari warn about recklessness." Colress said.

"What are you saying?" Galen asked.

"I think he means it could be a trap." Cheren said. "That said we can't ignore Team Plasma just because we are afraid of a trap. Leia, Bianca and I have worked our way out traps before. This would be good learning experience for Lucian."

"If it's a trap then Lucian should stay behind." Galen said.

"So as long as my father doesn't find out we should be fine." Lucian said.

Galen sighed. "Alright. Fine. But stay close to me."

Lucian nodded. They followed the grunt to a ship. When they boarded it they noticed how cold it was. They were soon ambushed by Team Plasma.

"Ha! You stupid kids fell for our trap just like Ghetsis said." One of the grunts said.

"We have no need for any of you. Well except the gym leader. We can use him as leverage on Leia. The rest of you shall perish!" Another said.

"As if any of you could catch me." Cheren said.

Lucian looked at his friend. "Don't worry about me." Galen said. "Focus on yourself."

Lucian nodded. He sent out Air. Air used Bubblebeam to drown a Koffing and Trubbish. Lucian then sent out Magnet to help Cheren. It used Electro Ball to take out a Grimer. Air joined the fight. He used Bubblebeam to take out a Krokorok. Stoutland took out the rest.

Bug then came out to help Galen. He used Dig to catch a Koffing off guard and then killed it. He used Brick Break to kill a Watchhog and Raticate. Pignite took out a Grimer.

"You couldn't handle three measly trainers?" A voice said. Zinzolin came out.

"You!" Cheren said.

"Hmp. Our trap has failed." Zinzolin said.

"What are you planning?" Cheren asked.

"We shall use the power of the Legendary Kyurem to force the world into surrender. Then and only then will order finally come." Zinzolin replied. "Shadow Triad!"

The Shadow Triad appeared. "You are not our master." One of them said.

"I know. Now kill them." Zinzolin ordered.

"You are not our master." One said. "We will get them off this ship, but little else. Ghetsis has not ordered their deaths."

In the blink of an eye Lucian, Galen and Cheren were off the ship.

"What?" Galen looked around. "Those must be Riazek assassins."

"They are very well trained. I sure am glad they didn't want to kill us." Lucian said.

"Kyurem…" Cheren looked to Galen and Lucian. "What do you two know about it?"

"Not much other then it split off of Zekrom and Reshiram." Galen said.

"And that it's an Ice Dragon type." Lucian added.

"You two rest for tonight. I'm going to talk to Prof. Juniper." Cheren said.

Even though it wasn't even dinner time yet, Galen and Lucian were too tired to argue. They did as Cheren said. Tomorrow they would have to cross Chargestone Cave. A very long and dangerous cave full of many powerful trainer. Neither of them were excited about that.