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"Pikachu, thunderbolt one more time!" Ash ordered the Pokémon who smashed the rock in front of him with a powerful blast of electricity. "That was great. That knight won't stand a chance." Ash said hugging his partner. He and the others had been training nonstop preparing to battle the knight and then N who was currently preparing to open a portal to the Unova region. Brock and May called out their Pokémon who all had looks of fierce determination on their faces. "Are you guys ready?" The trainers asked each other and their Pokémon. The Pokémon all nodded their heads and let out fierce battle cries. "Let's go then." Ash said making a fist as he made his way to the cavern exit.

Later…

The knight stood by N's side in the throne room while several scientists were moving around equipment and typing on computers. "Soon I shall rule Unova, and the world. With Reshiram and Zekrom by my side, I shall be unstoppable." N chuckled.

"Sir, we're almost ready." One of the scientists said pushing a few buttons that started generating the portal.

"And that's as close as you're going to get." Ash said running in to the room with his friends who all had burn marks and wounds from their encounters with the guards; their Pokémon followed behind glaring at their new foes.

"Arcticuno, come forth!" The knight instructed as the Pokémon emerged from the crystal; the blue web-like pattern spread across the knight's armor as he gave off an icy wind. "My quarrel is not with you trainers."

Brock glared at him. "It's a trick. Onix, use rock tomb."

"Arcticuno, freeze and shatter the boulders, then direct them at the consoles." The knight watched as the boulders broke up and began raining down on the computers and equipment.

"You traitorous thorn, I'll make you pay for this!" N shouted angrily glaring at him. "Reshiram, Zekrom, come forth and allow me to exact my vengeance!" The two legendary Pokémon emerged from their crystals and roared violently. "Destroy this so called knight." The two Pokémon attacked the knight slamming him up against a wall; debris covered the knight who slowly emerged coughing.

"How can I be a traitor when I was never on your side?" He asked removing the crystal from his chest plate and throwing it on the ground and then stomping on it causing it to shatter. "Arcticuno listened to me without the crystal. It could see my purpose which is to stop you. You should never trust just one person. It made you vulnerable and weak. Arcticuno, shatter his crystals!" The knight ordered as the Pokémon flew up high and dove down shattering the crystals with its powerful beak. Zekrom and Reshiram immediately stopped their rampage and teleported away once they had been freed from the crystals. "Arcticuno, you are free. Thank you for your service. I owe you my gratitude." The legendary bird also teleported away. The knight walked over to N drawing his sword and impaling him. "I owe you nothing." He watched as N dissipated in to light and vanished.

Ash and the others had been watching the whole time unsure of what to do. "Combusken, double kick!" May ordered.

"Pikachu, use iron tail and then thunderbolt!" Ash called out.

"Onix, use rock tomb." Brock told his Pokémon.

The knight had no time to react as he was bombarded with all of the attacks and thrown against a wall; his helmet was severely damaged, and the majority of his armor was torn, tattered, and scorched. He coughed from all of the debris and the pain in his chest area. The trainers walked over to the down knight. "You guys never really did get strategy." He chuckled a little and coughed.

"What's so funny?" Max asked glaring at him.

The knight smiled briefly before removing his helmet revealing his true identity. "Hey guys." The purple eyes belonging to Aaron looked up at them.

"Aaron! You're alive." May hugged him tightly not wanting to let go.

"You want to explain yourself." Max asked with his arms crossed while the others did the same.

"Easy, when I fell through the void, I teleported and then opened a portal back home. I changed my clothes and grabbed the Pokemon I keep on reserve knowing that you guys haven't seen them. I befriended N earning his trust and was waiting until he was about to open the portal to stop him. I knew that I couldn't stop him from the outside." He explained.

"Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped. You had us all thinking that you were dead. We were really sad." May said letting go of him.

"I couldn't let you guys know. You would have held back and N would have known that something was up. Now, how about I take you guys home?" Aaron asked opening a portal in front of them. They all walked through it arriving back at Aaron's hideout where they changed in to their normal clothes. Aaron walked with them to the outside of his hideout. "I'm sorry that all of this happened."

"Why? It was awesome." Ash said smiling.

"It was exciting." Brock smiled briefly.

"Well I'm sorry that we couldn't spend a little more time together. I had fun working with you." Aaron said turning around to walk off.

"You don't have to leave." May told him grabbing his shoulder.

"Yeah, you can join us on our journey." Ash said smiling.

"I'm sorry, but I gave that stuff up. I have a role in this world." Aaron said walking off.

"Well the invitation is still there. Let's go to the Pokémon center guys. I could use some rest." Ash said smiling as the group walked to the Pokémon center to rest for the night.

Aaron watched them walk off before returning to his hideout and going through his things. "I gave all of that stuff up. I don't have time to go on a journey." Aaron sighed as he laid down on his bed smiling before going to sleep.

The next morning…

Ash and his friends stood outside the Pokémon center. "You guys ready to go?" Ash asked putting his backpack over his shoulders.

"Yeah, let's move out." Brock said looking around briefly.

"You guys have room for one more?" A boy wearing brown boots, black jeans, and a black t-shirt along with a white backpack with a staff resting diagonally on the backpack asked the group.

"Yeah, sure." Ash said smiling as Aaron shook his hand and started walking with them. "Let's get moving."