Pokemon Adventures: Where Legends Cross

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Chapter 27. Vs. Kyurem: Zenith

Black stared at the High Sage in utter disbelief, his mind too choked by shock to even feel the familiar anger from his finally unmasked face. Just as he and N was about to make a final bout for their virtues, just as he was about to fulfill his oath to be together with Pokemon always, just as he was about to show N the truth... Ghetsis had come and ruined it all.

When his thought reached this point his gaze travelled over to N; for a moment he was almost frozen solid by the shock and desolation reflected on his face, a few thousand times worse than his own.

"You disappoint me!" Ghetsis turned to snap at N, his gleeful expression making way for irritation. "Even though all went according to plan, I wouldn't have thought that you would find your match in this loudmouthed kid. Shame! After all of that, do you think you're still worthy of sharing the name Harmonia with me? You good-for-nothing boy!"

A second wave of shock struck Black in the gut as the words' implications hit him.

"You... you're his FATHER?" White almost shrieked out as she rushed over beside him.

"I can see you're surprised," chuckled Ghetsis as he turned back to them; it was only then that Black realized that N and the High Sage had the exact same tea-green hair. "That is natural; after all, who would have thought that a freak like him, a human with a mind of a Pokemon, would have something so mundane as a parent?"

"You..." Black snarled as he glared at the man, his anger finally beginning to surface through the shock. "So you HAVE been using N all along!"

"I prefer the term 'utilize'," said Ghetsis, that sick grin refusing to vanish. "I shall admit, his ablility has been of much use to my plan... the plan of freeing all Pokemon in Unova. Hah, so foolish. Certainly, manipulating Pokémon helps people expand their possibilities. That much, I can agree with. So it naturally follows that only I should be able to use Pokémon!" (#1)

Black stared at the man as he began to laugh, his frenzied expression a stark contrast to the wise and benelovent mask he had been wearing.

But even the shock failed to quell his anger.

"GHETSIS!" With an enraged bellow Black found himself tearing across the floor toward the cackling Sage, both his fists clenched tight to pulverize that hideous face into smithereens.

"Crush him, Kyurem!" Ghetsis hissed in glee, slightly tweaking his lens with one hand. The next moment a huge shadow rose over Black as the monster that defeated Reshiram and Zekrom loomed over him, one foot raised high to come crashing down onto his skull.

"Get over here, you - oof!" Black suddenly gasped as a clawed hand shot out from behind him, grabbing him by the waist before flinging back from the gloating Sage. Just as Reshiram's claws released him Black saw Kyurem's foot smashing down onto the floor where he was half a second ago.

If he had it his way he would've leaped right back up and lounge at Ghetsis again, but a cold hand came down like Vicegrip on his shoulder before he could leap forth.

"Gold, grab those two!" Green snapped as he held Black firmly. Glancing sideways he saw Sapphire and Pearl beginning to stalk towards Ghetsis as well, both their eyes on fire.

"But I wanna go at him too!" Gold protested as they passed him, but grabbed hold of them by the back collar and held on anyway.

Black wanted to yell at the senior Dex Holder to let him go, but his voice died in his throat as he looked around at everyone else. All the Dex Holders - and their Pokemon - were glaring at Ghetsis with murder in their eyes, including White and Green himself. Even the half-conscious Yellow, who looked as if she couldn't hurt a Joltik, looked fierce as Crystal helped her up. They were all as mad as he was, or worse, yet they were striving to restrain themselves. He could do it. He had to.

"So," said Green, slowly as if keeping his wrath under control. "So, you've set up your son as a figurehead, pretending that his business was the ultimate goal, while you sat in the back and prepared your ultimate card, something that dwarfs even Reshiram and Zekrom's power."

"Impressive; you're actually quite close," chuckled Ghetsis. "Although I cannot say Kyurem is vastly more powerful than its reincarnations. Which is why I waited for them to drain each other out."

"Reincarnations...?" Asked Platina, her eyes slowly changing from confusion to horror as she stared at Kyurem's insane eyes. "Then, those...?"

"It's a pity how ignorant people are of the ancient lore these days," continued Ghetsis, as if answering her unspoken question. "But I have gathered enough information from the other Sages to put the fragments together, and it was through that completed puzzle that I discovered: the origin of Reshiram and Zekrom still exists, sealed away in the God Stone and hidden within the depths of the Giant Chasm. I have gained access to the true power! Hah, now nothing shall stop me in our conquest to free Pokemon!"

"How vile," spat Silver, his cold arget eyes burning with something akin to hate... and, it seemed to Black, a faraway memory. (#1)

"How ingenious," corrected Ghetsis, his wicked smile widening further. "Besides, if it would ease your foolish hearts, it wasn't a one-sided deal either; Kyurem is constantly hungry, and I offered it... a feast."

"Great," said Gold saracastically, rolling his still-angry eyes as he held onto the struggling Pearl and Sapphire. "In addition to making a total moron outta everyone here, now you say we're here to be monster-bait! I suppose you'll be saying next that your son will be fed to the beastie too."

Ghetsis didn't answer, though his grin persisted.

"You... you mean it?" Black and White exclaimed simultaneously; an insignificant part of his mind noted that it was being quite on sync with that of his Boss these days.

"The public need only know that the King had fallen with honor in a great battle," said Ghetsis, closing his eyes as if picturing the image in his head. "The King's death shall not waver the faith of Team Plasma or its followers, however grieving it may be, for his will lives in ME. I, High Sage Ghetsis, who had inherited the mighty Dragon of Legend from the King and had made it even stronger, the one who had brought forth the Absolute One!"

"Who says we're gonna let that happen?" Blue yelled as she took a daring step forward, Blasty aiming his mighty cannons at Ghetsis from behind her.

"Who says I will let you stop me?" The High Sage countered, readjusting his specs with a gleam of his eyes. With a frenzied shriek Kyurem planted its feet right between the two fallen deities, looking extremely savage and insane. Zekrom was knocked out clean, while Reshiram was looking up at the mad creature with an expression of... guilt?

With a sudden jolt Black noticed N a little behind Zekrom's unconscious form, on his knees with his face completely blanked out. It appeared that the shock of betrayal had taken a huge toll on his already-fragile mind, making him oblivious even to his doom towering above...

He didn't deserve this. Anyone but him deserved such cruelty.

"No, N!" Black cried out, shooting forward without a second thought. Surprised by his sudden movement Green's hand slipped from his shoulder, and the thirteen-year-old boy raced toward the dumbstruck man as fast as his legs would allow him.

"No! Black, wait!" Ruby's shout echoed out from behind as the older Dex Holder shot forth, trying to intercept Black's path as he charged.

"NO!" A sudden scream stopped both boys in their tracks. Looking up in surprise Black's brown eyes locked straight into Reshiram's blue ones, widened in horror and fear not meant for herself.

"Run, all of you! Flee without looking back!" Screeched the Vast White Pokemon desperately as she struggled to raise herself up. "Run now, before Kyurem begins feeding! When he freezes you only death will come!"

"Too late, Incomplete One!" Ghetsis roared in glee. "Kyurem, use Glaciate!"

With an earsplitting scream the Boundary Pokemon lowered its already-hunched body until its head almost touched the floor. Before Black's aghast eyes frost rapidly began gathering over Kyurem's entire body, which quickly joined together to form icicles, then into a thick, spiked coat of ice that completely enveloped the Dragon. The ice refused to stop growing even after that, first touching down onto the floor before speading itself outward like water splashing over tile.

"No!" White screamed in horror as the frozen cascade quickly crawled over Reshiram and Zekrom's body, encasing them where they lay within moments along with Kyurem. "No... stop them! N will be frozen too!"

And true she was; Black could only stand and watch in horror as the wall of ice made its way over to N, who made no attempt to move or even focus his gaze on his impending doom. Just before the wave reached him, however, a crimson-black figure suddenly leaped between the green-haired man and the ice with a loud hiss.

"Zoroark!" Black exclaimed in amazement as the Illusion Fox Pokemon shot out a scarlet Flamethrower from his mouth against the advancing wave, although the despair in his eyes told Black that it was an effort in vain. Before he could even shout out a word of encouragement the ice merely travelled over the Flamethrower, sparing N and Zoroark from being frozen solid but instead trapping them inside a round orb of ice, not even the red-hot flames capable of melting its glistening shell.

"It's coming this way!" Sapphire's wail jerked Black's attention and horror away from N to themselves; the Glaciate attack was indeed spreading out in all direction, including toward where the Dex Holders and their Pokemon had gathered.

"Everyone, get out of here!" Green shouted as the younger ones in front of him slowly began to back away from the impending wall of ice."Head for the exit, hurry! There's nothing we can do here anymore!"

"Hydreigon, use Dragon Pulse!"

Ghetsis's triumphant yell instictively shifted Black's gaze to the gate, only to see a powerful shockwave of draconic energy strike the wall above it and sending a pile of boulders crashing down in front of it. Their exit was sealed.

"That is correct, young man." Black looked up to see how Ghetsis had escaped the Glaciate; high above the ice stalagmites created by Kyurem's attack the High Sage now hovered, atop a large hydra-like figure with apparantly three heads, all of whose eyes gleamed with malice and killing intent.

"There is nothing you can do - not even escape," stated Ghetsis with finalty.

Black gritted his teeth in desperation as he watched their doom approaching, slowly but surely - well, not even that slowly. He supposed they had enough fliers to try out an aerial escape, but it didn't look as if the Sage's Hydreigon would welcome neighbors, except with its fangs. War, weary but still up, flew over next to him in anticipation.

"Shouldn't we try to use Blast Burn and block it or something?" Sapphire asked fearfully as she stepped over to Ruby and Black, as if trying to pull them back from the fearful wave of ice.

"You saw what happened to N; we can't risk that," said Gold with a shake of his head, although he did throw a regretful glance at where N was trapped in the ice beside Zekrom with Zoroark.

"Machamp, Rock Slide!"

"Rhyperior, use Fissure!"

A pair of emormous crashing noises followed the cool, controlled commands from both front and back. Black's eyes rounded in surprise as a wide crevice cracked into existence between the Frozen World and where the Dex Holders were cornered into. Glancing behind, they grew even larger as he saw that an enormous ledge of stone had appeared in front of the collapsed gate, creating a mound of rock that connected to the top of the half-destroyed wall.

"That should keep the ice away for a while," said Green with an approving nod at Silver. "Right, everyone climb the ledge! And be prepared to fight that Hydreigon! It may try to snipe us down."

Black looked up at the rocky wall to see that Sapphire was already helping a badly-stumbling Ruby upwards, followed close behind by Gold. One by one the rest of the Dex Holders began to scale the high mound as well; Black joined them along with White and Emerald, allowing Diamond to pull them up once at a time.

Just as he reached the middle of the ledge, however, a short cry of "Oh, no!" from Crystal had him look back down. To his shock he noticed that the tsunami of ice was already filling up the Fissure, having almost spread out through the entire chamber. And stumbling on a small patch of that unfrozen floor was Blue, supporting a still-unrecovered Yellow as they staggered gingerly together awayfrom their fast-approaching doom.

"No, Blue-san... save yourself..." Black heard Yellow croak weakly as the ice came within twenty feet from where they were. Blue showed no sign of hearing her, her jaw set in determination as she pushed on.

"Blue-nee, no!" Silver suddenly cried from beside Black, and he whirled around to see the older boy leaping swiftly down the ledge towards his sister (yes, Black figured that out from their talks), an expression of utter horror and desperation on his cold face.

"No, Silver! Come back - God damn it!" Cursed Green, tearing away after Silver in exasperation. Again, Black could only watch in stark fear as the two young men rushed down at Blue and Yellow, who were now fifteen feet away from the still-approaching Frozen World; now a mysterious blue-silver aura was running through the ice, most notably around the frozen forms of Reshiram and Zekrom. But of its idedntity Black had no idea.

"Green, Silver!" Blue exclaimed in shock as the two boys(?) leaped down in front of her. "No! Why did you come here? Get back up before the ice comes!"

"Shut up for once, noisy woman, if you want to live," muttered Green as he and Silver quickly helped her support Yellow. Black felt the tension building up in his heart as he watched the four Dex Holders began rushing toward the ledge again; although their pace had gotten considerably faster, the ice was already within a ten-foot distance from them.

"No... you shouldn't..." Black could barely hear Yellow's whisper as they almost reached the ledge. He was just about to go with Gold and Sapphire to step down and help them up when the Hydreigon's angry roar slapped his ear.

"Hydreigon, use Flamethrower!"

"Xatee, use Light Screen!" Crystal quickly ordered her Xatu (which she had undoubtedly taken out to try and Teleport them all to safety), who swiftly threw up a clear, glassy wall just in time for the fierce pillar of fire to strike it head-on, shattering the Light Screen before being deflected off to a lower part of the ledge.

Which was, unfortunately, right above Green's head.

"Senpai, look out!" Ruby cried from beside Black, just in time for the four Dex Holders below to notice the small rockfall and leap out of the way. While the maneuver had saved their skulls, however, this put them merely five feet away from the approaching wall of ice, which quickly open its icicle-ridged maw to devour its four would-be victims.

"Now, Kyurem, seize them!"

"Senpai, no!"

Somewhere in between the loud cries came a sound so relatively shrill and high-pitched that Black almost missed it. No huge wonder, a his focus on the his four trapped seniors was so great that his brain didn't even register the fact that a small figure had suddenly leaped between them and the advancing Glaciate attack.

But dear reader, if you are reading this story it must be that you are in the least deeply interested in Pokemon. So, unlike Black, it would be very unlikely that any of you will fail to recognize this well-known cry that is known to all Pokemon lovers in this universe...

Pi - ka - chuuuuuuuuuu!

"What the-?" Black heard Pearl exclaim in shock behind him as a great flare of electricity burst into existence right in front of the ice wall, spreading out in a wide arc across the chilly barrier and halting the Frozen World with its sizzling power. At the center of the supernovic energy, which was only three feet away from where a stunned Yellow now stood, was a silhouette of a small mouse-like Pokemon that Black had only seen before in fan magazines.

A Pikachu.

"Nice one, Chuchu!" Gold remarked with a thumbs-up as he came over beside Black. However, his face furrowed up in confusion as one of his Poke Ball opened to reveal another small Mouse Pokemon, which latched himself onto his Trainer's shoulder and shook his head excitedly. "Huh? What's up, Pichu? Isn't that Chuchu?"

BOOM!

A sudden, enormous explosion shook the entire hall from below, and Black looked down in surprise to see that something has blasted the half-buried gate from the outside, causing the door's broken fragments to fly across the floor and smash into the ice nearby the Pikachu's discharge. Through the broken entrance stomped through - with a vicious bellow - an enormous Rhyperior, even larger than Silver's. Following through was a little silhouetto of a man, none of his features visible below the deeply-worn bowler hat and his thick black coat.

"What, a bunch of talented Trainers like you wouldn't know how to open a door?" The man's voice was dark and grave as he removed his hat, revealing a worn face in his late-forties with short brown hair and small, piercing eyes as they looked up to the ten Dex Holders on the ledge and then at the four on the floor. "I've been expecting more of you as his comrades... but no matter. You give me no choise but to barge in, even if that means I must draw him out myself."

"Giovanni!" Crystal burst out, her expression a mixture of confusion and horror. "But- why - how? You're - you were - "

"Hmph, I see that the imposter had gotten to you as well," snorted Giovanni, but his next words were lost to Black as he heard a most familiar voice crying out from high above:

"Sear, join with Fire Blast! Guys, are you all right?"

"Master Maroon!" Black cried in joy as he saw the Simisear leap down beside the Pikachu below and let out an explosion of star-shaped fire to add to the crackling electricity. Then he looked up through the blasted-open celing to find his Master. What he saw was a great, winged beast of grey slowly flapping its way down, its large head turned to the Dex Holders with its green eyes gleaming in pleasure.

"Why, it's the Aerodactyl that flew me to Nimbasa!" White exclaimed in amazement as Black saw a figure of a man standing upon the Fossil Pokemon's back, and was about to call out to him again when he stopped short in surprise.

Maroon's cloak was nowhere to be seen.

Black's eyes widened in astonishment as he looked into his mentor's face for the first time: Maroon was a surprisingly young man, looking no older than Green or Blue. (#2) His red eyes were large and fierce, and yet possessed an easygoing and calm edge that differed from Gold's. His hair was jet-black and messy, much like Black himself. In the place of his hood was a red cap, and he wore a red vest over a short-sleeved black shirt with his green backpack slung over it. His overall pose amd the familiar smile - lit up further by what seemed to be joy - told Black that it was definitely Maroon, but actually seeing his Master in his fullest was rather... daunting.

As Sear and the Pikachu continued to successfully repel the Glaciate (which was a wonder on its own) Maroon lightly leaped off the Aerodactyl's back to join the four dumbfounded Dex Holders on the ground. No, not just those four; after a little looking around Black saw the almost all the Dex Holders were truly, madly, deeply stunned by his Master's sudden appearance.

"Ah, it's so good to meet you guys," breathed Maroon as he glanced at Green, Blue and Silver's dumbstruck expressions. Then his happy eyes softened with special tenderness as he turned to Yellow, who was staring back into his face as if she'd never get enough if it. Tears were beginning to form at the edge of her amber eyes, which confused Black to no end; was she accquianted with his Master?

"Sorry I'm so late, Yellow - " he began as he leaned down at the shorter girl, only to have her spring out of Blue's support and throw her arms around his neck, embracing him as tightly as her still-feeble muscles would allow. Upon looking closer in surprise, Black heard a single sound repeating itself over and over again in Yellow's voice as tears began flowing freely down her cheek and onto Maroon's shoulder.

"Red-san... Red-san... Red-san..."

"Yes, I'm back." He replied softly.

Ladys and gentlemen, you've waited a long time for this. Please welcome with a loud applause: Red from Pallet Town and Giovanni of Team Rocket! Yah! XD

#1. He's thinking of the Mask of Ice and Lugia, of course. What would he think of Pryce now?

#2. As I've explained, Green and Blue are 20 in this story. N is 21, by the way. Old? Maybe...

So... Maroon is Red. Surprised, anyone? I think, when Maroon first appeared on Chapter 9, plenty of people would've thought that something was fishy about Black's oddly powerful OC master, right? Not to mention the fact that I dropped a cartload of hints on the way: 1. The Aerodactyl. Of course that was Aero, who else? XD 2. In Chapter 15, Maroon smiled as he passed by Crys. 3. After Black's battle with Iris in Chapter 17, Drayden tried to call Maroon by something that starts with a C. The answer was: Champion. 4. He recognized the fake Giovanni immediately, and eventually unmasked him. How could he have done that if he was native to Unova like poor Black had thought? XD 5. He left his cloak as he picked up Yellow's hat. Yes, it certainly was him! XD Well, that was a long list.

The point is: ALL HAIL RED! XDD

As for Giovanni... well, ever since we've realized that the horribly-OOC Giovanni we've been seeing all along was actually fake, you had to expect that the real one would show up, right? And besides, he's one of my favorite bad guy boss in the Pokeverse! Although he was a stereotype evil Boss during the RGB arc, during FRLG saga he became much more... human. Anyways, three cheers for the shamed father! Whoop!

The blue aura that developed within the Glaciate... that'll be explained in later chapters, but I should be telling you. Whoever that is frozen in with Kyurem is drained of all its energy, and the aura is a manifestation of that flow. Just my theory of what Frosty is capable of.

G.T.F.W, I believe you've been posting reviews for this fic as early as... when, Chapter 4? Many thanks to your faithful attention! :) Hm, would Kyurem be the last? After all, we still have about seven chapters left. I didn't get what you mean by Red's brother, I'm afraid... but Red did come, and many praises may he receive! XD

ZXCVBNMEM, Cold Flare and Freeze Bolt exist within the game data but no Pokemon can learn these moves as of yet. It is suspected, though, that since the moves names make reference to 'flare' and 'bolt', and are both Ice-type, they will be made Kyurem's new signature moves in the new version, when it comes out.

Oh yeah, another reason to celebrate for Red... it's August 8th! Happy Birthday, Red! Yeah, I totally saved this chapter for this day! XD Sloganlogan, convenient of you to remember XD

In the next chapter, Red finally joins the Dex Holders in his magnificent awesomeness! Yahah! That's all I can say, because that's all there really is! Okay, until then, R&R!

Updated on August 8th, 2011 (Happy birthday again, Red!). This is Yowl of Time, out.