chapter 11: Memories Return

After our winning of the Kanto pokemon leauge, we decided to go home for a bit before exploring other regions and becoming the best in the world. we threw a party to celebrate this special victory, Alex and his team were there along with some trainers we met along our journey that became friends. The party lasted till three in the morning, Alex stayed over because flying to Hoenn at this hour wouldn't be such a good idea. in the morning i decided to hunt because feeding a Charizard in the morning required more than five pancakes. I flew over the forest on my way to the plains when i saw Shredder hopping through the trees so i decide to drop down and say hi.

"hey Shredder, whats up?"

"nothing much, just trying to find some breakfast, berries deeper into the woods are better than on the edge."

"well since we're moving along quite quickly, how's about a race?"

"i accept, you may be able to fly, but i have natural skills on my side."

"alright then, on three. one, two... THREE" we took off faster than what we were going before, Shredder was pretty fast through the treetops, but i had flight and agility on my side, i weaved and zoomed through the forest, that is until i saw this huge tree i wouldn't be able to dodge, i combo'd up a flare blitz with a wing attack and flew right through that tree.

"haha yes, i made it"

"took you long enough." i looked behind me to see Shredder just leaning against a tree trunk while on a branch.

"when did you get here?"

"about ten seconds before you did, looks like i'm the winner here, so HA in your face." i just gave him a 'really?' stare, then i hit his tail with an ember.

"ow, hothothothothot hhhott!" i just laughed at him while he ran around trying to put his tail out. eventually it went out, but it did leave some minor charring.

"oh so you think that's funny huh? how do you like this." i suddenly found myself being wrapped around by vines from the forest.

"you seriously don't know who you're dealing with do you?" i used dragon claw to break the vines and free myself.

"alright Emburn, how about we call it even alright?"

"yeah, sure. Even" we shook on it, then after a quick goodbye we each went off to find food. as i flew over the plains i didn't really see much to try and grab, until i saw a herd of Scoliopede running across the plains.

'guess i know what's on the menu" i flew down and shot one with a flame burst to separate it from the herd, then i flew back down and grabbed it, then i threw it up into the air to give it a nice well done cooking with my flamethrower. as i finished my breakfast, i decided it was time to head back, i made it back home just in time for Alex and Shredder to leave.

"well Ryan it's been fun, but we gotta hit the road, Hoenn isn't that close you know."

"yeah i know, well see ya next time Alex." Shredder returned to his pokeball and Alex sent out Ace to fly them back to Hoenn. After Alex went back, we prepared for leaving to the other regions.

"alright i think we have everything for our trip, we missing anything Emburn?"

"no i don't think so, i think we're good here."

"alright then, let's go." we went off on the rest of our journey, but not before getting some training in Veridian forest, there are some pretty tough pokemon there if you travel far enough. we started our training with some fairly good experienced pokemon, everything was going well until we encountered an Aggron. This was no ordinary Aggron though, no, i would remember that one-horned face anywhere, this was the same Aggron that killed off my family three months ago, i went total rage mode right then and there, i forcefully mega evolved and flare blitzed him to the ground, i then picked him up by his neck.

"do you remember that Charmander nest you killed off along with the mother three months ago?"

"so, what do you care about that?"

"that, was, my, FAMILY!" i launched him into a giant boulder, then i used a no holding back flamethrower on him.

"i have lived with that event in my mind since i was a little Charmander, and now you're gonna pay!" i shot him with a fire blast, then lifted him into the sky and threw him down into the ground. as he laid there he looked at me and pleaded.

"please, don't, i'm sorry."

"sorry won't bring my family back." i charged up a dragon claw to finish him off, not make him faint, but to kill him, get revenge for what he did. as i threw, my hand forward to deliver the final blow, i felt something stopping me midway, i looked to my right and saw what appeared to be a ghostly form of my mother.

'please Emburn, don't do this, revenge isn't becoming of you, please make the right choice.' one tear left my eye as she vanished away. i continued forward on my dragon claw, but i didn't aim to kill him, instead, i cut off his other horn. it fell to the ground and i picked it up, and as i saw him lying there holding on to whatever life he had left, i threw his horn and planted it right in front of his face.

"remember the name Emburn." i went back to my normal form and turned around, only to see a horrified Ryan who saw the entire event, i just looked away and flew off, with him trying to return me to my pokeball, but i was too well a dodger to get hit by the beams.

Ryan's perspective

"come on out Sharktooth, we have to catch Emburn, he went in that direction." we sped off, and since Garchomps can fly for a short amount of time, we were catching up to Emburn. 'what happened to him that made him act so savagely?'

Emburn's perspective

i eventually stopped flying and landed in a clearing with nothing else around. about two minutes later Ryan and Sharktooth arrived at my location.

"Sharktooth return. Emburn what happened back there? you went totally insane and savage." i decided to explain everything.

"that was the very same Aggron that killed my family three months ago, i wanted revenge for what he did to my family, but the reason why i stopped is because i saw a vision of my mom stopping me from killing it."

"wow, i-i didn't realize that, but i guess it was good that you stopped from killing him, i understand what you were going for." we just sat/stood there in silence for a while. i eventually spoke up to break the silence.

"how about i show you something before we go off on our journey?"

"sure, why not." he hopped on my back and we flew off. we landed to where i wanted to go, my old nest, the bones were still there, undisturbed.

"umm Emburn? what is this place?"

"this was my old nest, all of this was caused by that Aggron, this is three months time that i lost them, and now, i will visit them every year to remember."

"i'm so sorry about what happened, but the good thing is that i found you."

"yeah that was a good thing, i probably wouldn't have been as spirited as i am now if you hadn't found me." after that we flew off to travel the different regions and become the greatest pokemon masters in the world. we first flew off to Jhoto, and since you just need eight badges to enter and they don't have to be from the region that the pokemon league is in, our Kanto badges were enough. Apparently Lance was also the Champion of Jhoto, so beating him a second time wasn't that hard. we flew off to Hoenn next, we challenged Steven in this league, this battle was somewhat tough, but we managed to get through, next on the list was Sinnoh, the champion here Cynthia was probably the second toughest champion battle, but we managed to hang on by a thread and beat her. no matter what, the battle with Eric will always be the toughest and most memorable. we flew off to Unova next where we faced off against Iris, but one mega evolution and a few dragon claws later, we won. our last stop was in the Kalos region where we faced Diantha, her team was pretty easy to beat, but that could just be because the team was so powerful from our difficult battles.

the entire trip took nine months, but we did it, we became the most powerful champions in all the world. but now it's been a year since the incident and i decided it was time to visit the nest. i decided to go alone since Ryan didn't have much reason to go. as the sun was setting i made it to the nest, but then i realized that another presence was there in the nest site, i decided to proceed forward in caution until i saw what was there, it was another Charizard, i was about to act hostile until i took a glance at his left wrist and saw a bracelet that looked just like mine. it was then that i realized.

"Blaze, is that you?" he turned around, and sure enough it was him.

"do i know you from somewhere?"

"perhaps this will refresh your memory." i held up my left hand that had the bracelet.

"Emburn?"

"you know it. how have you been?" Blaze walked towards me with a smile on his face.

"wow, it's been a year and now we meet again, and it looks like we've both evolved."

"yeah it seems so. Did you come here to mourn a year of them being gone?"

"yeah i did, but let's not talk about that now, what's in the middle of your bracelet?"

"oh, it's a mega stone that my trainer Ryan and i found. it helps me gain a much more powerful form than what i am now, but i need his help to transform though."

"so you have a trainer now? how's that life treating you?"

"it's not that bad actually, we just became the most powerful team in the world."

"well that's nice, I've just been surviving out on my own this past year, although now that i'm a Charizard, i worry less about being hunted, and focus more on being a hunter." we caught up some more until the sun set and night fell, we paid our respects to our family, and then we said goodbye to each other.

"so i guess until next year, huh Blaze?"

"yeah, till next year, have fun Emburn, stay cool." he flew off to what i guess is the direction of his home, i decided to fly back also. i laid down on the grass outside our house and remembered all the memories and the adventures I've been through, as i drifted off to sleep.

Author's note: so next chapter is gonna be the final one, sorry i couldn't make the story longer guys but i'm kinda out of ideas now, so the next chapter is the end of this story and i hope you like what i have planned.