I did rush here towards the end.

Chapter 33: First Encounter with God

"Hey lighten up. It's a beautiful day!" The sun beamed down, the wind blew at the perfect speed to keep you cool yet not too cool while the sun warmed your body.

"I know..."

"Still thinking about that? I told you to forget about it." As if! He just doesn't know how badly I feel about this. It's only a matter of time before we get caught in too.

"About what?" This really didn't concern her. I don't even know why she's still here.

"Nothing..."

"You need to stop worrying." The only reason he's not worried is because he's not responsible.

"I'm not worried."

"Look me in the eye and say that!" He knows I'm lying. I never could lie to him.

"I'm not worried!" I don't know why I tried anyway. Something about this whole situation is just not right.

"You know you can't lie to me."

"I'm not lying!"

"He'll be fine. Trust me." He must know how worried I really am. I guess only my brother would know.

"I hope so..."

"Why don't we go search for this person?" So she has a use!

"Wait...why aren't we!?"

"You and your battles that's why." He's always doing this. In fact that's why this girl is here. I don't even know her name.

"Shut up, it's not like I lost."

"You did! We lost half our funds because of it too!!" This is the seventh time he's screwed up like this.

"Thanks again!" And she's the one who took it.

"Ugh...I don't know why we share a savings account." I ask myself this question every week.

"Because you can't make money on your own." He's pushing my nerves now.

"Because YOU can't hold on to money! Most of what you lost was mine!"

"Tsk, whatever." He knows he's in the wrong here! He always ends the discussion when he can't argue anymore.

"Hey! You two can fight while we're searching for your friend!"

"Oh yeah! We were going to search for him."

"Well then let's go, and stop being so depressed!"

"I just have a bad feeling about this is all."

"Just come on. He'll be fine."

I could have lived a normal life.

"Keep running Jason!"

I could have found a girl.

"DUCK!"

I could be helping Claus and Blake on their journey.

"Don't slow down!"

I could be doing so many better things right now and yet-

"JASON!"

-here I am, fighting Arceus.

"Jason get up!"

What the fuck was I thinking?

"Don't you dare faint on me now!"

I can't win this! I can't even attack!

"Good, don't give up!"

Already I'm worn out. I don't even know how I'm still pushing myself. I don't even know why I am. Mew seems pretty determined. I don't think she plans on leaving. She probably wants to end this now. Not like that will happen. I've completely worn out and Arceus won't give her time to prepare an attack.

It was true. Ever since Arceus returned to his normal form, we weren't given a chance to rest. The closest thing to rest I've had was being blasted to the ground and lying there while trying to regain myself. Arceus definitely isn't playing around anymore. So far all we've seen were several projectiles being fired like an army opening fire. When we weren't completely engulfed by smoke, gas and amazingly dust from who knows where, we were jumping...well I was jumping, ducking and sliding over and under everything fired at us. Mew has it easy and can fly, that jerk. She should put that to use and distract him. If I could just get closer. Maybe I could actually make an attempt at hurting him. Then again, Arceus is HUGE! I thought Claus and Blake were big from my new height, but this is ridiculous! I can't even assume his size. Let alone compare it. I'm still getting used to my own. My measurements are awful now.

"We need to get closer!!" Oh thank you Mew for stating the obvious. I'm almost angry at her for getting me in this mess. Then again, it's completely my fault for listening to her. A new body should mean a new life. Not getting revenge for something you're not even sure of. There is no proof of my mother's murder. In fact there is no reason for me to go against Arceus's will. Sure I'll have an inner hatred for him, but who am I to decide what he can do? If he wanted to, he could have destroyed us long ago. Hell, he could have just erased us before this all happened, but he didn't. Does he have plans for us? Why keep us if we're against him? What could he have planned for us? Wait he wanted to monitor me to see what I could do. What about Mew? Is he going to punish her for what she's done? Well I shouldn't be worried about that, whatever happens to her is her own fault. I understand where she's coming from, her being the last of her kind and all, but for what reason? Maybe she'll tell me why Arceus left only her alive. After we get out of this situation. "Jason look out!" I snapped back to reality, as well as an aura sphere to the face. Didn't hurt, but it did stop me in my tracks.

"What the hell are we supposed to do!? We can't get close! We can't stay away! All we can do is run around and get hit!" I began yelling. Honestly, this was just aggravating. I've face-planted at least four times and smashed the back of my head a few more times, as well as being hit several times. My body is really aching now. My head's the worst. I really just want to take a nap and forget about this. I COULD be taking a nap now but no, I had to listen to Mew. I had to challenge the freaking deity of existence!

"We need to wait for an opening!" I'm tired of listening to her now. All that's done was get me hurt and get me into a lot more bullshit than I need.

"No! No more waiting! We're going to make an opening!" Right now I'm in debate as to whether I'm more angry than hurt. Actually I'm certain I'm more angry. I heal pretty fast even without sunlight. All that's left are a few scratches and bruises and even those are healing.

"We can't make one if we can't get close!" Of course not Mew. That's where you come in.

"We can't make one if we stay away!" Her plan obviously will fail, so we'll go by mine.

"So what do you plan on doing? Running up to him!?" Mew just explained my plan already. There's really not much else we can do.

"You have a problem with that!?" I asked. Right now, I have the perfect way to let off some steam.

"Yes I do!" That's all I needed. Since she happened to be flying right next to me when I jumped over another beam, I grabbed her by the neck and began running towards Arceus. "What are you doing!? Let me go! You're going to get us killed!" If anything, she's going down first.

"We're doing my plan whether you like it or not!" She'll be the meat shield if she can't accept that. I won't intentionally run into anything, but if I have no choice, she'll take the hit. She obviously didn't like the plan and struggled to break free. All that did was make me tighten my grip. "If you make me fall we both go down!" It took a second, but she came to my terms and stopped struggling.

"I swear I'll get you back for this!" She's not exactly in the position to be making threats. All I have to do is keep running forward and not avoid anything coming our way. She'll take the hit, and I'll be just fine.

"Just defend us!" I yelled at her, getting a growl in response. She put up Protect and I pushed myself to go beyond my normal full speed. It became a bit hard to keep myself balanced now. I've never pushed myself this hard before. Never knew I could. It was as if I was flying now. Each step so light and so fast. I heard Mew whisper 'wow' to herself. She must have been amazed at how fast we were going. There aren't very many pokemon who can move this fast and even less that can go faster. Arceus managed to get us back pretty far, but at this speed, it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to reach him. I couldn't really see well behind Mew, but a bright glow beyond the barrier told me that Arceus fired at us. Mew's barrier completely deflected the attack, however Mew seemed to be gasping for air after it.

Arceus seemed to grow more serious after seeing his attack deflected so easily. However Mew's Protect proved to be pretty useful. Since I couldn't dodge while going at this speed, Mew had to take the hits. I knew that this couldn't go on for long, Mew was breathing heavily now. We were almost there now though. She just needed to hold out for just a little longer. I glanced past Mew, to see Arceus charging up something big.

"I can't take that..." Mew told me. The only problem here was that I couldn't turn. "Jason turn!"

"I can't!" I yelled back. Arceus fired the Hyper-beam. Time seemed to slow down. What do I do!? We're done for if we get hit by that! I can throw Mew out of danger, but then I'll take the blast head on! What do I do!? I don't have any options! I can't do anything to save myself. I guess Mew can keep going if she wants. A thought seemed to imprint itself into my mind. Jump I don't know where it came from, but I've got nothing to lose.

"Jason!" Mew's voice snapped me back to reality. Obeying to the imprinted thought, I jumped the best I could, just as the Hyperbeam hit where we were. The resulting explosion gave us a nice boost towards Arceus. Mew slipped free of my grip and grabbed my arm and spun around and twisted her arm.

"What are you doing?" I asked, but got no answer. I saw a gleam in her eye and a grin.

"You know how to expel energy from your entire body?" She asked.

"No?"

"Do the same thing you do with your Energy-balls, but channel it everywhere." After a few rounds, she threw me and untwisted her arm which sent me spiraling towards Arceus's face. "Do it now!" I did as told, channeling all of the energy that was left, out of my body. It began to spiral around me. Before long I was completely surrounded by a layer of that spiraling energy. Arceus, having not have been affected by the after effect of firing a Hyper-beam, fired another one at me, but he had no time to charge it. I tore through it as if it were not even there and slammed right into Arceus's face. The blow pushed him back, but he stood strong. However, I didn't stop. Arceus managed to move his head away and the tendril that hung behind it hit the layer of energy around me which threw me off course and into the golden ring around his body. Upon hitting it, I felt as through I did something horribly wrong. The ring cracked as I bounced off of it. Arceus stumbled back a little more. I know that attack hurt him. I just wish I knew what that was and how Mew knew I could do that.

"Yeah! How did you like that Giga-Impact!?" Mew yelled out. She seems a bit too happy for something that obviously didn't end this battle. In fact I think it made everything hundreds of times worse. I went crashing into the ground, completely drained. I managed to flip over on my back, gasping for air. That was all that I had. I can't move anymore. Still, that was pretty awesome. I never knew I could use Giga-Impact. It looks like I'll need some assistance in doing it though. The only reason we pulled it off here was because the circumstances were on our side. I don't think I'll be able to do it much in the future. Eerie silence filled the air and made me very uneasy.

After about a minute, Arceus let out a huge ear piercing roar. Even though I couldn't see him, I knew his eyes were on me. I could just feel them. My head began to hurt and before long it felt as if it would burst. Up until now I thought I couldn't move, but now I was on my knees, clenching my head. My vision blurred and tears began to form in my eyes.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? A voice boomed through my head. YOU HAVE DAMAGED THE VERY FOUNDATION OF EXISTENCE!! FOR WHAT CAUSE!? A PETTY REVENGE!? FOR SOME MORTAL WHO'S FACE YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER!? Tears were streaming down my face by now. My head felt as if it were ripping itself apart. The only thing possibly keeping me alive here is probably Arceus. Just to torment me. It hurt even worse just to think. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS RING WERE DESTROYED!? I didn't want to think about that, lest make everything worse. EVEN JUST DAMAGING IT HAS DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON THE WORLD!! The crack wasn't even that big. Unless I hit some core area that will end up changing the entire face of the earth, it shouldn't be too bad. The pain began to lighten. I have an assignment for you. Once I was able to stand again I wiped off the tears.

"An assignment for me? Why the hell should I listen to you?" I asked. Probably not the smartest thing to do. I could feel the headache returning. "Alright alright! Just...don't do that again..." That was hell.

Since you have damaged the ring. You will gather the materials needed to repair it.

"Which would be?"

Seventeen plates.

"You mean like what people eat off of?" That's all it takes to fix that thing? If that's all it takes then why can't he just make some himself or take them from someone?

NO! It does not feel nice at all to have him yelling in my head.

"Jason..." Mew decided to speak up. I had no idea she was right next to me. "Arceus is referring to the seventeen plates. Each one for a specific type. Grass plate, fire plate, water plate, as well as ones for the other fourteen types."

"When did you get over here?" I asked her.

"When I did! Now look, we have to collect the plates to fix that ring." What happened to Arceus being the enemy?

"Whatever happened to him being the enemy? I thought we were trying to get revenge on Arceus. Not being his errand boys!" Mew was obviously offended by what I said. My stinging cheek proved it.

"Look, I prefer to live and not disappear into nothing!" She had a point there.

"Alright Arceus, where are these 'plates'?" I guess I have no choice but to come to terms with him. At least if I want to live of course. I guess this gives me an excuse to not want to get revenge. Wait, revenge for a mortal who's face I can't even remember? "Wait a minute, what did you mean by ' revenge for a mortal who's face you can't remember?' Why wouldn't I remember her face? She's my own mother." I asked.

Then tell me. What does she look like?

Honestly, I had no freaking idea now that I think about it. How could I forget my own mother's face!? What kind of child am I to have forgotten that!? I should be ashamed of myself. I should be, but I'm not.

There is a simple explanation for that. During the transfer from your human body to this one, your memories were disrupted. You may remember some things, but you have forgotten others, such as your mother's face. However at the same time, you've gained more memories. The ones from the original Treecko who's cloned body you now possess. To make things short, you can remember things that you've never experienced and you've forgotten some things you have experienced. Over time they may fix themselves or be destroyed. Well that explains some more. Too bad that's not everything I need to know.

"Guess I should wait before placing the blame." I won't feel bad for what I've done. I learned something today.

Your actions cannot go unpunished.

"Oh shit..."

"What about me?"

You have done well. Keep guiding him through. When you think he is ready, bring him back to me.

"What if he remembers again?"

We can only hope that he doesn't. You know where the first plate is. Take him there.

And so the story begins.