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As soon as she landed in his arms, questions started swirling in my head. Ever since that phone call I had received back in Kanto… where Dawn quoted the conversation I had with Officer Jenny just before she died… I knew something was wrong. What stories were false? Who has lied to me? Maybe Rachamim isn't dead? Then there's Serena… who is she with? Are all of our conversations lies? Does she love me at all? Besides that, who did capture Dawn? Was she being used to lure me out?
Finally… my powers. The answer is right in front of me. Dark knows, Wraith knows, and Serena knows. No one tells me though. Am I not trust worthy? Am I not cared for? Heh, well, fuck them.
I walk over to Serena. "Give me my pokémon back. You took unrightfully took them from me."
"Yeah yeah…" She takes them off her belt and hands them to me. "Alexis, Veera, Abby, her daughter Shimmer… and you have Tempest. There. You have all five of your pokémon."
"I have Markus too." I state with no emotion. I return Alexis quickly, who followed Dark and Wraith down after me.
"How? Isn't… he… um, Raizu…?" She looks away. He saw a hint of saddness in her eyes. She may think she doesn't care, but maybe she still does. Despicable.
"I have a pokémon egg that'll be his resurrected form. He'll become a strong Lucario again, don't you worry." I look away. "He'll be back… my friend…" I start to walk off past them as I mumble. Markus… I want you back now…
"Raizu," says Dark, grabbing my arm. "Where are you going?"
"Away from all of you." I shake my arm from him suddenly. "Don't follow me. I just want alone time with my pokémon."
I just go up the path, ignoring Wraith, Dark, and Serena. They try to follow me, but I just start running, and it's obvious none of them can keep up. I reach the outside of the cave in no time, heading out back the entrance. I see some rocks on the side of the entrance that make an easy climb, and go up, maybe 30 feet, and walk over to the center of the small flat top of the cave. It's almost like a small mountain, with the top only slightly higher than me. The area up here is surprisingly flat, as if it was made for someone to look out over the nearby ocean and relax.
Then I realize what I should be looking at.
I spin around and look at the destroyed city. It's distant, but red fires can still be seen on this cloudy day, and a huge, dark, mushroom-shaped cloud towers over the city. I cannot see any resemblance of a buildings anymore, it's disturbing.
Well, I don't know them, I don't care. Hehe, I'm sure Kanto will be punished for this transgression… I think.
I reach for my waist and take off a pokéball. I'm not even sure who is in it, but I release whoever is inside. The red flash appears on the ground, and I see Veera form before me. I'm almost to tears when she comes out completely. White fur with large white wings, she still has deep purple eyes that most eevees have. Her tail looks like a puff of a cloud.
"Oh… Veera…" I say.
"Is… Raizu? You… Alive? Oh my god you are alive! It's you, oh I knew she was lying to us!" She runs up to me and jumps at me. I catch her and swing around so I can allow myself to fall backward onto the ground, and not over the edge. She keep licks my face over and over and mumbles quickly about how much she missed me and wanted to see me again all this time.
"Okay Veera, I get you." I laugh and let her get off of me. I release everyone, and they all greet each other again. Abby and Shimmer are healthy, as is Veera, and those two greet me with a warm smile and by giving a passive hello. Shimmer even said my name!
As everyone talks, Veera and Tempest keeping close, as Veera talks to Alexis about what happened, I sit back and enjoy the sky. Sure it's cloudy, but at least I don't have to look at that horrid aftermath that decimated the city.
I hear rocks tumble down the side of the cliff to my side and I look up. I find Wraith beside me, sitting on the ground. "Hi."
Are these your pokémon?
"Yes."
How… many did you take from the wild? He asks with disdain.
"None."
What? He looks at me with an odd expression.
"You don't remember what I told you earlier? I didn't catch any of them."
Yes, I do remember now… I just don't like trainers…"Well, while you are up here, could you tell me how we are… linked, I guess would be the word?"
Ah yes. Well, I'm not sure about all of how it works… but he said there was this old prophecy. In a story that he told us, about the world. Arceus created the world, and most of the legendary pokémon, and every one of those did what they did, making land, ocean, sky, giving humans their feelings and demeanor, and even the natural process of evolution, and so forth. Then, Arceus realized what would eventually happen. He realized what humans had put them far above most species. Imagination. Ambition. They could pervert the good and commit evil and not feel remorse, where as all pokémon did what they did to survive and perpetuate their existence. The mere intelligence that some have doesn't match the mind and greed that coat most human desires. So he decided that something would have to be done. He told one human, who has passed the legend down through every generation since then, a prophecy.A fatal five would emerge one day, each one stronger than a regular creature of their species. 3 Humans and 2 pokémon, who couldn't be killed by conventional means, while things such as ripping out their heart or the obvious beheading, would kill. Each had a different ability: One had strength and agility on a scale far above the other chosen, a fighter. One could see the inner being of all things, a seer who could tell what one looked like and see their true name and face beneath cloth and lies. One who could tell the future if it was threatening their own life, or the life of someone close to them, a teller. One could hear things, even deepest, personal thoughts, and could understand the language of the other species, a listener. One could create illusions, to fool the eyes of man and pokémon alike, and had an wisdom beyond normal creature, a visionary.
Whatever fate brought, was outside of Arceus' hands, but he knew that for this to work, he'd have to change something. After this change, he left our dimension out of pure exhaustion of changing a distant future from what he did to fate. 3 of these 5 were of a pure heart, and were to lead humanity to the path of salvation, and 2 of them were their to tempt, and to attempt to impede the progression of the other three. It is their battle to fight, and it may even happen multiple times. Eventually, one of these events will lead to a meeting with Arceus, where he will decide what will become of the earth and all its inhabitants.
Even though he wasn't actually speaking, he sighs when he was done. I summed this up very quickly, the full version is much longer. Took almost an hour for Dark to explain.
"That's… a bit much to believe."
Whether or not you believe it, I find it true. He closes his eyes, and looks at me. I can see you fine currently. And holding two fingers up behind your back won't prove that I can't see what you are doing.
I blush and bring my hand back to my front. "So, what, are you the seer?"
I am.
"So, if I'm part of this… who am I?"
It'd be fair to say that you understand your pokémon, so you can listen. But you are not the chosen one right now, you just have his powers. Your brother, the older of you two, has the rights of the chosen one. But he cannot evoke his rights without the powers, and he cannot gain them back once you have them…
"What does that mean?" I ask, somewhat confused.
He feels this may be the event that causes Arceus to come about. He cannot see him, and neither can you. He can't get the powers back, but you can receive his rights. If this is to go through… he says he'll have to die.