The last day of a wonderful friendship, and the first day of war.
Hilda scowled. She was lost. Of course, in order to prevent suspicion, she had told the others to guard the castle for incoming troops, while she hunted down the grunts and Sage. But she did not expect the sand pits that were involved. Growling dangerously, she cursed as she vented her anger towards a seemingly innocent wall.
The next thing she knew, she was startled and jumped back, only to find a person dusting himself off. That person sneered.
"I hate all of the sand in this horrid place. It's a shame that one of the Seven Sages had to choose here as one of our bases."
He then stopped dusting himself off, and stared directly at Hilda.
"Hello, Hero of Ideals. I presume you have heard of me?"
Hilda raised an eyebrow in curiosity, as the boy across from her sighed.
"I suppose that Rosa has told you about me, the boy she hates?"
Ah. So it was that boy. She wondered what the boy was doing here. Of course, he was obviously high-ranking of sorts in Team Plasma, but there was something familiar about the way he acted. There was something there that made him seem confident yet sullen. It seemed oddly familiar.
"Well then, Champion of Unova, please allow myself to battle with you," He took an offensive stance, and held out his Pokeball in a way that struck fear in her heart. There was something about that that scared her. But she grit her teeth, and vowed to not let it show on her face. "And I assure you that I won't be a horribly weak opponent."
A nod.
And then a battle started.
There was something about the way he battled that frightened Hilda.
Sure, he was an excellent fighter, but there was something about the way he looked at her, the way he analyzed her Pokemon, that made her realize something too late:
This is Hilbert's fighting style!
And then she was almost immediately taken down, the only one left in her team being Zekrom, to which the younger boy raised his eyebrows at.
"..."
And Hilda was actually waiting for this boy to say something, to utter a single sound, but she just saw him switch out his Pokemon with a Garchomp.
And then she knew that she was done for.
She grit her teeth and barked out a final command. After all, Champions had to go down valiantly, didn't they? What good was a Champion who couldn't even defeat a stupid boy-
"...Just so you know, I was once a movie star too."
And then his Garchomp was faster than her Zekrom, and it destroyed Zekrom with an Outrage, and Hilda could feel herself starting to black out because, god, she had never lost a battle before, and what was she supposed to do now-
"...My mentor still cares for you, you know?"
The last words she heard before blacking out.
Nate sighed caught the passed out girl in his arms, gently lowering her onto the ground, and silently took out a couple of Revives and Potions and used them on her Pokemon. Nate checked the time on his X-Transceiver. Hilda would awake again in five minutes.
Enough time for me to change...
Nate looked at the girl on the ground and sighed.
"...My mentor still cares for you, but his care is the negative kind..."
But I hope your negativity will cancel it out...Aren't two negatives combined a positive?
And then Nate quickly changed how he looked using his make-up skills and extra pair of clothes he had hidden in his bag. Quickly changing to the form of a Pokemon Breeder, he cleared his throat and tried adopting a frantic look.
"Oh my god! Are you okay!?"
Hilda woke up to the sound of frantic yelling, and she almost wanted to yell at whoever was making this sound, because she was still feeling extremely out of it and her head was throbbing, and-
...
And she had lost to Nate!
She suddenly sat up straighter and looked around, only seeing a Pokemon Breeder questioning her.
"...Did you happen to see a boy around here?"
The breeder stopped for a moment and thought, before replying sheepishly that he didn't. Hilda sighed. She wanted to know more about this boy, because this boy was clearly related to Hilbert in some way or form, and he seemed like an interesting person (and to tell the truth, she also wanted to tell Rosa about this encounter, but...).
"Ah!" Hilda stared at the breeder, who suddenly seemed to remember something. "I do think I saw some Team Plasma Grunts go that way, though! I don't know if that helps you at all, but they seemed to be talking about a Volcarona or something!"
That's right! Team Plasma!
Hurriedly standing up, Hilda motioned a wave of thanks to the breeder, who just smiled in return, and Hilda quickly hopped in the sand pit the breeder had motioned to.
Nate smiled after seeing Hilda go towards the chamber where Volcarona was hidden.
At least he knew that his mentor would be killed by this girl. This girl wasn't the worst candidate to be killed by... Nate smiled morosely. He hated having Cresselia at times. She showed him dreams of the future. But, Nate feared, Cresselia and Latios were not enough for him. After all, Rosa had Mesprit, Uxie and Azelf...at least the last time he had seen her.
...
...Rosa...
...
But he had a job to fulfill. He had to change the region, along with Hilda, Hilbert, and Rosa. That was the reason why his mentor had become Hilda's enemy, because he knew that in the end, he had to.
So, one fateful day in their childhoods, Nate and Rosa had made a promise.
"Rosa!"
A small girl turned to look at him. Nate ran up the hill, panting, and he couldn't help but smile and grimace at the same time. He knew what had to be done. And so did she. The girl was staring at the almost setting sun, and Nate couldn't help but feel downcast as he realized what was to come.
"...It's almost time, isn't it?"
The two of them grew silent.
"...Are we really going to do this?"
Nate nodded. Rosa sighed.
"...Isn't there a legend of two princes destroying the region?"
"..."
"...I have a feeling that those two will destroy the nation again."
"Yep."
"Then we'll hate each other?"
"...Yes."
A childish stomp.
"I don't want to hate you!"
"...You have to."
"But I can't!"
"...Mesprit."
"Huh?"
"Use Mesprit."
"B-but-!"
"It'll change how you view me."
"B-but what about you!?"
"...I have enough acting skills for the two of us."
"H-hey! That's mean!"
"...We'll destroy the nation along with those two."
"...When this is all done, will I like you again?"
"...Yeah."
They stared at the setting sun, and they knew that this was the last moment of their friendship.
"...You know what?"
"...What, Rosa?"
"..."
"..."
"...I dislike having to repay debts from another life."
Nate smiled a small smile.
"...At least they saved the region last time from us."
And they fell victim instead of us. So we have to at least keep one of their promises...
A/N
Okay, so you know how in Black2/White2 you can get Cresselia, Latias, Latios, Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie? Well, I realized that since Hilda and Hilbert had legendaries, why not give Rosa and Nate some too?
By the way, why Rosa and Nate remember their past lives is because of Uxie. Yeah. (Reasons for having legendaries in game. XD)
And the reason why Nate was reluctant to hurt Hilda was because of a debt that he and Rosa owed to her and Hilbert. I'll explain more later. So, Rosa and Nate have to hate each other for the sake of everything playing out, and the four of them have something to do with the destruction of the previous region.
Oh, and the promises they made will be explained in like the last chapter or something.
