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Slybill: This is it, guys! The last stretch of the final battle and then some! We've come a long way so let's put our blood into this!
Cast: YEAH!
DISCLAIMER: SLYBILL DOESN'T OWN POKEMON! AND NOW HE'S RUN OUT OF WHAT HE'D DO WITH THE FRANCHISE OTHERWISE!
You know, Jade, I've really come a long way.
"Draco Meteor!" Lightning and Cynthia called in unison as Kyurem raised his angry head and summoned black icicles like rain from the sky, aiming to shred everything in sight. Haxorus's and Garchomp's powerful moves, coupled with the blasts of fire from their comrades' pokemon, matched each projectile blow for blow and the dark sky lit up with strings of exploding ice and flaming meteors.
You remember that time when we talked about our future, right? You made a weird guess that if we actually survived and escaped alive from that facility, I'd go on to become some really smart baldie who got tagged along by a ditzy girl and a very energetic pokemon. Heh. You were surprisingly accurate, bro.
"Don't let him generate another wave or we're screwed!" Camille barked as Kyurem prepared another barrage. Before she even finished her sentence, a Fusion Flare and a Fusion Bolt soared right above her head and smashed into Kyurem, exploding on contact and blowing up the area around him completely. Zekrom and Reshiram growled defiantly at their original body and readied another attack, making Kyurem screech with anger before stamping hard against the battered earth, freezing the ground beneath and sending shards flying from it.
It's almost unfair somehow. How did I actually gather all these guys together to save one girl? Well...it doesn't matter now. The only thing I regret is you and Mom not being here to watch me.
"Natsuki-san!" Lightning cried and Colossus stretched its arms wide, summoning an expansive Wide Guard to shield them. However, a few shards still went through, stabbing many and even chipping Colossus's core. Even so, no one refused to fall and the pokemon retaliated with various melee attacks, making sure to surround Kyurem.
"Let him have a taste of our artistic works!" Burgh declared. "Leaf Blade, Leavanny!"
"You shame the ice-types with your attacks, Kyurem!" Brycen barked, striking a fighting pose. "Beartic! Superpower!"
"We'll see how you do against our dazzling light!" Elesa pun on her heel and thrust a finger towards the angry dragon. "Eelektross, one dazzling Discharge please!"
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Kyurem roared, summoning more icicles. The three pokemon broke through the ranks and went straight for him regardless of the deadly icicles. Leavanny danced through each attack like a leaf in the wind and Beartic merely let them shatter on his buffed-up muscles while Eelektross immediately went underground. In a moment, Leavanny's bladed arms struck Kyurem several times across the face and Eelektross jumped out and right onto Kyurem's nose before latching on and letting loose the most powerful attack she could muster. Kyurem roared and shook his head, throwing both pokemon off and was about snapping them within his jaws but was stopped as his tail was given a sharp jerk. Looking back, he hissed as Beartic held fast to the appendage and the Bear Pokemon dug his feet into the ground before roaring and throwing Kyurem over his shoulder.
I can even still remember what you said about your ideal future when I asked. It was a big thought for you but it was that simple answer that basically guided me to achieving all this. A cool guy with lots of cool friends, both human and pokemon, who'd gladly help him through any problem. It still makes me smirk to see myself living your future. Not sure about the "gladly help through problems" bit though. I know for one thing that when all this is over, and if I somehow live, my ears are probably gonna bleed from all the "You so owe me, baldie!" comments. Heh.
"INSOLENT PESTS! JUST DIE!" Kyurem cried, landing on his feet and releasing a Draco Meteor. The attack burst mid-flight and scattered across the battlefield, injuring many and setting fire to Lacunosa. Yet, the determined humans and pokemon never gave up. Latios and the other psychics subjected Kyurem to the worst rounds of mental blows he had ever received and it was capped off with a rather painful Dragon Rush from Cynthia's Garchomp. Just as the attack ended, he suffered a punch to the face from Colossus and more powerful fire-type and lightning-type attacks from Reshiram and Zekrom respectively. Substituting pain for utter madness, Kyurem shrugged off the punch and rammed his head into Colossus's side, claiming Natsuki's injured ribs and thus knocking the titan some distance away. Reshiram and Zekrom once again tried their Fusion attacks but this was blocked by Kyurem's icy shield and repelled back at them, catching them unaware and knocking them down.
"We ain't done yet, bub!" Clay's gruff tone rang and his Excadrill clasped its hands over its head, imitating a drill. "Bulldoze!"
"Sandy, you help too! Stone Edge!" White called and the eager Krokorok leapt into the air as Excadrill dove into the ground. Kyurem's feet were swept from under him as the Subterrene Pokemon completely drilled through the foundations underneath, making the ground around the Boundary pokemon fall through. Before he could get out, Kyurem took several pointed rocks to the head and roared as the battle-happy Sandy flipped him the bird before letting loose another round of rocky shots. "Teddy! Scraggy! Zweilous! Ice Punch, Focus Punch and Dragon Rush!"
The other three joined their partner in beating the dragon pokemon mercilessly with their attacks until Kyurem screeched madly and stomped hard against his crater, leaping out immediately after to bulldoze them from his path. Teddy and Brycen's Beartic were on his tail in a second, pulling him back from the others. Leavanny's Leaf Blade and Eelektross's Discharge continued on him with Scraggy's Focus Blast adding to the painful mix. Lightning's Haxorus, Cynthia's Garchomp and Cheren's Zangoose afflicted his sides and guts without letting up until Zweilous's annoying Fire Fang sank into his head. Screaming maniacally, the beast finally let loose an icy wave that blew them all away.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" the dragon boomed and unleashed a Glaciate that froze most of the fighters in their tracks. At the same time he gathered energy around himself, signifying a sort of black-aura-covered Giga Impact. One that, by the looks of it, would most likely end this battle in his favour if he hit Lacunosa.
Heh, look at me remembering all this when I should be talking White, Jolteon and Emboar out of this suicidal blow. Ah hell, that look they're giving already means there's nothing I can do eh? Hmph. I know it's wrong to think of it this way but still...I'm sort of glad we're actually going down together. It started with the four of us after all so it only makes sense that it ends with the four of us.
"DIE!" Kyurem cried, launching himself into the air and coming down on Scarlet, White, Jolteon and Emboar like a meteor.
"Oh no you don't!" Natsuki cried.
BOOM!
Colossus's Light Screen stood between Kyurem and the group of four below. The titan's muscles rippled underneath the barrier and Natsuki gritted her teeth at the sheer weight of Kyurem's attack.
"WHY DO YOU KEEP STANDING?!" his angry yet hopeless sneer rang through her pounding head. "WHY WON'T YOU JUST STAY DOWN!"
Hands breaking through the barrier, Kyurem gripped Colossus's own opened hands and transformed his limbs into huge lances that went right through Colossus's arms and broke out at the elbows. Natsuki screamed wildly as her arms wept blood in agony. Tears stung her screwed shut eyes and Colossus's legs shook under Kyurem's still-oncoming Giga Impact.
"We will not fail," she growled through her teeth and, despite her pain, pushed against the attack. "Losing to jaded monsters- ow- isn't my style!"
"Hold on, Miss Takahashi!" Rain cried and Latios added his own strength to the force field.
"I'll keep this thing up as long as it takes," the woman growled and stiffly turned her head to the group below her who by now had assumed a brilliant golden sphere of light. "So in return, charge that damned attack, idiot nephew so that you can end this in one strike!"
"FOOLS! THAT FUTILE HOPE SHALL BE YOUR END!" Kyurem roared.
"Ah, shut the fuck up!" LP cried and his signature spiked cannonballs broke through the blackish aura before hitting Kyurem squarely in the eye, breaking his concentration and thus dissipating the icy lances within Colossus's arms. Hanging off Gliscor, the pompadour blew the smoke off the tips of his guns before smirking. "Ya seriously need ta learn a thing or two 'bout boasting. Take it from me, now's not the time ta do it!"
"BUT I'VE ALREADY WON!"
"Where in the hell d'you get your confidence?" someone deadpanned and the fighters smiled as the light dissipated to reveal Scarlet, White, Jolteon and Emboar all standing tall with their fists raised towards the beast. In his left hand, Scarlet held the magnificent 4 meter sword and raised it high before exhaling softly.
"This is it, I guess," he chuckled quietly to his friends and was met with equal smiles of finality.
"Let's go out with a bang," White replied and Emboar hefted them onto her broad shoulders before gathering fire at her feet.
Just as they were about taking off, Scarlet remembered a parting sentence from his foster mother.
Someday, you'll make lots of friends and find someone who loves you as much as I do and I'm sure you'll be happier then than now.
"I'm happy, mom," he muttered quietly to himself, closing his eyes for a brief second to reflect on his adventures. "I'm happy."
The redhead opened his green eyes and held on to White before calling "Dragon Slaying 101!"
"Step One: A dragon pokemon's strength can double as its greatest weakness too. All you have to do is use it to your advantage," White recited.
"Oh, the classic rule eh?" LP remarked with a smirk as Natsuki grinned and crushed Kyurem's hands in her own. With a roar, Colossus used Kyurem's powerful momentum to fling the dragon upwards again, making him whiz through the air. At that moment, Emboar blasted off towards him and Kyurem's expression contorted upon seeing them heading at breakneck speed with the accursed weapon in hand.
"DAMN YOU! THIS FAR AND NO FURTHER!" he roared quickly, voice now growing a bit high-pitched as fright took over. Icicles were summoned and with a snarl, he sent them towards Emboar.
"Step Two: If the target knows any seriously damaging field moves, avoid them in the simplest way possible," Scarlet quoted before patting Jolteon who barked and shielded them in a newly-perfected Protect barrier that easily smashed through each black icicle. Scared, Kyurem even created pillars of ice from the stormy clouds above yet Emboar zigzagged past each one like a rocket, smashing through the others thanks to the fire around her. Using one pillar for leverage, the incredibly-acrobatic Mega Fire Pig vaulted onto another incoming pillar, ran up it and leapt off again before coating her feet in fire and blasting off once more.
"T-TO HELL WITH THIS! I'LL SMASH YOU MYSELF!" Kyurem hissed, aiming to kick them down with his powerful legs.
"Step Three: If the dragon pokemon goes for a direct attack, take it head on with an even bigger amount of muscle and strike!"
"Emboar," White started and clenched her fist. "Arm Thrust!"
Emboar spiralled past the leg, zoomed up Kyurem's side and leapt off into the air again before drawing back her powerful arms.
BASH!
An audible crack reverberated through the air as Kyurem's chin suffered a heavy smack from Emboar's palms. The fire pokemon repeated the action until Kyurem's eyes had rolled back completely, leaving only the whites. The very force of the hits sent him further and further into the sky and the pokemon and trainers below cheered them on with each successful hit.
"Again!" White called.
BASH!
"Again!" Scarlet cried.
BANG!
"AGAIN!" they yelled in unison and Emboar roared fiercely before coating her fists in fire and crashing them into Kyurem's jaws busting holes within them completely.
HOW CAN THIS BE... Kyurem thought to himself as his vision blurred considerably. HOW CAN I BE LOSING TO MERE CHILDREN?
"I ask myself the same thing everyday."
Kyurem froze and in his mind's eye, a green-haired man smirked casually.
"Yo," Ghetsis waved and winked. "You didn't think I'd actually die, did you?"
"GHETSIS...HOW DID YOU-"
"I've got a stronger will than most. Plus, I'm partially you since I've got your ice," he cut-in before heaving a sigh. "Although it looks like that'll be rectified once that sword gets driven through you."
"BUT AFTER ALL MY PLANS, I DIDN'T THINK SOMETHING AS FICTIONAL AS THE STRENGTH OF WILL WOULD ACTUALLY BEST ME!"
"I wouldn't underestimate that strength of will," the man commented quietly before smiling wanly. "I wouldn't have done all this had I lacked the resolve."
"B-BLAST IT ALL!" Kyurem spluttered and finally grabbed Emboar only to see that White and Scarlet were not on her.
Above him, the teens came down hard on his head with their boots. pumping his head full of their electricity before bouncing off and getting caught by Emboar again.
"WHY YOU-"
"Step Four: When it comes down to it, just stick with what you know and you'll always come through!"
"White!" Scarlet cried and Emboar flung her trainer forward.
"Kyurem, you need to wake up from this nightmare of loneliness!" White yelled and drew back her right fist. "And if I have to break that angry shell of yours then so be it!"
And she punched Kyurem right between the eyes. With her right hand no less!
Kyurem's entire body jolted from the force of her hit and that particular spot at his crest cracked and spewed blood and...light.
"ARGH!" Kyurem cried, getting pushed back a few more meters by the punch. Right before his eyes, his yellow crest fell and as the object passed his field of vision, a shape caught his eyes.
Scarlet held the sword before him and caught White.
"It's time to end this," he breathed and she held him tightly. "You ready?"
"As I'll ever be, Scarly!"
You got it, baldie!
Whenever my trainer is!
"NO NO NO NO NO! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!" Kyurem screamed as the light around them converged at the sword. Suddenly, Emboar's fire went wispy white and the four were blanketed in a pure white light.
"It's over, Kyurem!" Scarlet roared as Emboar willed all her fire power into her legs and shot off towards him with the speed to match a plane.
"NO IT'S NOT! I WILL NOT DIE HERE!" Kyurem cried maniacally, launching everything in his arsenal at them. Perhaps it was his imagination and everyone else's below but when he saw the light breaking through each wall, pillar and bullet of his most powerful ice, Kyurem was reminded of a white spear piercing the very heavens to reach his heart. He could almost see the hopes riding on that spear and if he didn't know any better, he'd have said everyone's hands were on that no doubt powerful item. Black's and Skyla's included.
"KYUREM!" the four screamed.
"STAY AWAY!" Kyurem yelled back, coming down with a Giga Impact. The collision was enough to whip up fierce winds that blew just about everything around them away. Within that bubble of light, Kyurem saw the sword pierce through his aura barrier and at that moment, he knew he had lost. However, that wasn't what shocked him though. What shocked him was the smile on their faces at that split second when they passed each other.
"You're not as alone as you think, Kyurem," Scarlet stated.
"Because even if the whole world rejected you," White began and the sword pierced through his icy heart, eliciting several cracks and somehow flooding Kyurem with a sense of...freedom? His wide eyes looked down and he was met with their wide grins.
"We'd be your friends," they concluded in unison and a warm tear slipped out from Kyurem's wide eyes. All of a sudden, the hatred he had stockpiled towards them disappeared and for the oddest reason, he felt like smiling like an idiot.
He did just that.
"I was such a fool."
And as the cracks spread over him completely, he held out a paw to Scarlet and the two stared at the blue boy standing before them, eerily resembling Scarlet as a child.
"Step Five: Finish in style, because you know you've won anyway," Merkyu whispered and Scarlet threw a thumbs up.
"You got it. Jolteon, Thunder."
Jolteon closed his eyes and exhaled, gathering every single negative ion he could obtain within the supercharged atmosphere.
Scarlet picked the electric dog up and White hugged him tightly before Emboar wrapped all three of them in her wide bosom.
"Thank you," Merkyu mouthed as the light spewing from him intensified.
"What're friends for?" Scarlet replied and finally looked deeply into White's yellow eyes. "Sorry it came to all this-"
"It's okay," she cut him off and rested her head against his chest. "Jolteon, do it."
And with a howl, the clouds were all the lightning had gathered went bright yellow as electricity soared through it and enveloped Kyurem's body.
The resulting explosion wasn't deafeningly loud but it was enough to blow all the clouds away and encompass Lacunosa in radiant yellow. The light lasted for a good two minute before drawing back and oddly enough, taking all signs of destruction with it. Lacunosa Town seemed restored and that meant all those who had been solidified within blocks of ice were now fully released as evident when the Team Plasma grunts found themselves thawed out completely...and facing immediate arrest what with the Officer Jennies and other police members that had picked that time to arrive.
"It's over..." N breathed airily before falling to his knees in exhaustion and taking deep breaths. "It's finally, finally over."
"Matte." Lightning stared at the single sky-piercing pillar of light in the centre of Lacunosa where Kyurem had been destroyed. "White, Scarlet, Jolteon and Emboar...where...?"
Everyone stood rooted to the spot except Rain who shook his head.
"Jeez, don't tell me all that battling screwed your heads backwards," he chided and his crimson eyes met the clouds. "They most likely got reduced to ashes by that amount of voltage. I get the feeling they knew this would happen."
Lightning's eye widened as Camille stamped angrily towards Rain.
"What the fuck are you talking about, blueberry?! You saying they sacrificed their lives to kill Kyurem?"
"That was pretty explicit with the flashy explosion," he replied coolly, not even looking down at her murderous expression. Said expression crumpled slowly as realisation finally dawned on her.
"Stupid," she whispered as tears began to well up in her narrowed eyes. "How could they have been so stupid...Why didn't I know?!"
"It was the only way."
Surprisingly, that came from Lightning who couldn't seem to take his eye off the pillar of light.
Camille looked away and clenched her fists. "But even so...who willingly throws their life away for this? I thought the purpose of all this was for us to live!"
"I guess you could say that such a purpose has been fulfilled," Burgh murmured loud enough for her to hear and gestured to everyone. "Their pure hearts sought to protect these lives and for that they were willing to give up their own...Such a heroic deed is far too worthy of being bound to one of my paintings."
"So...they're dead huh?" N whispered listlessly with his expression hooded. The rest also kept their eyes on the light and were about coming to the same conclusion when Lightning spoke up.
"They're not dead."
"But-"
"After everything they've been through, you'd think fate would at least pull some Arceus ex Machina by now," Natsuki commented walking past them. "Shinpai shinaide. Those four aren't going anywhere just yet."
Camille glared at her. "And what makes you think that?"
Natsuki didn't answer. Instead, she merely chose to point upwards. Everyone followed the hand and found themselves staring at the retracting light. Dawn was peeking over the horizon and the red was slowly fading away, leaving beautiful gradients of blue and purple.
And just as the light disappeared between the clouds, eyes went wide upon seeing what was left behind.
Wow...all this time and I never got to even kiss her...
Ah...everything's gone dark...
So this is real death...? Funny...it's warm...
A voice...?
Why's it so familiar...?
Wait...is that...
"Oh no you don't!"
BAM!
Scarlet's green eyes widened to anime-like proportions and he spiralled like a drill across the white landscape before landing on the smooth floor. Tick marks breaking over his forehead, he held his smarting cheek and sat up like a zombie.
"What. The. FUCK! Can't a guy die in peace!"
"Whoa, big bro swears now!"
Scarlet paused and looked down, coming face to face with the biggest sets of blue eyes he had ever seen. Brown hair framed the roundish, child-like face and a single pitch streak ran down the right side.
"J-J-J-"
"S-S-S-"
"JADE!"
"SCARLET!"
The two paused and Jade burst out sniggering, earning a raised brow from the baffled teen.
"What are you doing here?" Scarlet asked and Jade ceased his laughter to cast him an 'are-you-bloody-retarded' look. "Scratch that, what's going on?"
"You were dying, that's what!" Jade replied and slumped over his laps. "And there's no way I'm seeing my brother die like that!"
"But-"
"You!" Jade thrust a finger at his forehead. "Are not dying and breaking your promise!"
"P-promise?"
"Yup! You said you'd train White till she became champion, remember? That's why you can't die! The Scarlet I know was always a kid of his words! Now that you're a big baldie, I want you to stick to that! Then you can die any time you want!"
Scarlet sweatdropped. Senseless as ever, this kid. "I'm not bald. And tell me that's the real reason why I haven't been killed yet."
"It is! Arceus takes promises very seriously!"
"Eh?!"
"And it's far from your time yet!"
Yup, heaven was just as whimsical as he had expected. Too bad he was yet to get a glimpse of it.
"But seriously, Ginger...you've gotten sooooooo big," Jade remarked and his smile grew softer. "Ya know, I talk about you everyday with Black. You're like a hero, you know? Me and mom are really proud of you. Who'd have thought you'd grow up to become...this."
"Stop," Scarlet murmured, looking away. "Your fanboyism's starting to make me guilty."
Jade tilted his head innocently. "Hm? For what? Me dying? Haha, don't worry, Scarly! I'm happier here than I'll ever be down there! Arceus is really nice and he gives me all the candy I can eat! Mom says he's spoiling me though."
At this, Scarlet chuckled before ruffling Jade on the head. "You're really cute, you know? No homo and all."
"...What's a homo?"
"Ahaha, so...where to from here?" Scarlet asked casually avoiding Jade's curious gaze.
"You go back home, duh! You've got a sister waiting for ya, remember?"
"And White? Is she...?"
Jade hopped off and pointed downwards where Scarlet saw her laughing and crying with her brother. Jolteon and Emboar danced around them, the former now gaining full recognition of his old master and the latter merely excited to see the famous trainer.
"They look happy."
Scarlet smiled wider at the motherly voice behind him. "Hi Mom."
"Not Professor Jillian anymore?" the brunette giggled, leaning on his head and peering down at the siblings below.
"Nah. It sorta stuck when I left the facility," Scarlet mused before revelling in the warmth he felt from having his family around him. "So...guess we can't be like this just yet."
"You'll have to wait a little longer, Ginger," she replied, tapping his nose and grinning. "Nice scar you got there, sport. The first one could've been avoided if you had run away from the start."
"I was seven. Don't blame me for struggling like a bitch," he replied before catching himself as Jade stared at him. "Sorry. Inner Hunter's still there."
"Then we'd better get you back to White before you revert," Jillian laughed before hugging him tightly. "You're a pretty tough kid so I'll leave you to your own story. Ours ended a long time ago. But for what it's worth, you're happy now just like I predicted and that makes me the happiest mom alive- er, sorry. But you get the idea."
"Yeah," Scarlet replied, standing up and finding himself towering over his mom and brother.
"Oh my. Get going then, you big man-boy! I love you!" Jillian bid, standing on tip-toe to kiss his cheek. "I'm going on ahead, Jade. And always remember, Scarlet. Hands above the waist till you're married! I have my eyes on you!"
"Heh, r-right."
Jillian faded off and Scarlet held Jade up to his face before drawing him close in a hug.
"Thanks for being my brother, Jade. I'll be sure to live for you from now on."
"You better! I've got my eyes on you too!" Jade replied before burying his head in his brother's shoulders. "I love you, Scarlet."
"Same here. I'll miss you too."
"No need to!" Jade held up his pinkie as Scarlet set him down. "Soul Brothers! I'm right here in your heart. Always remember that, Scarly."
The light around them seem to intensify and Scarlet nodded before straightening up.
"Time's up. I better start going," he stated and turned. "Back to White and the others."
"Stay cool, big bro! Bye bye! When you and White get married, be sure to tell your kids about me!"
Scarlet resisted the urge to anime drop before throwing a single two-fingered wave back. Turning back one more time, he smirked at Jade before closing his eyes and spreading his arms wide.
Scarlet fell backwards into the brilliant light.
Falling.
Wind whipped past the red-haired teenager's face and he opened his eyes to find himself falling from the great height he had attained when Kyurem had been rammed with his spear.
Calling.
An airy voice was calling his name, yelling it like his life depended on it. The teen looked ahead to see a familiar shape above him. With white apparel fluttering in the passing wind and brilliant smile illuminating his haziness, she looked just like an angel.
Pointing.
She was pointing to the east. The redhead turned and found himself staring at the most beautiful sunrise he had ever seen. The clouds, wispy curtains that they were, parted at just the right angle and if he were a certain bug-centric artist, he would've cried 'Inspiration!'
Smiling.
She was smiling again. This one bore relief, joy and just the slightest bit of curiosity as to how they had gotten in this position in the first place.
Stretching.
She was stretching her arm towards him. Memories of all that had led to this very moment built up in his head, threatening to explode. It all disappeared though at her comforting smile. The boy stretched out his right hand. The left one had disappeared along with the sword. Possibly due to the horrendous rebound but he could care less about his injuries or his glove which was now in ruins.
"Ginger!" she cried, reaching further with sparkling tears of joy flowing from her cheeks.
The redhead smiled "It's Scarlet, White. And if you forgot I'll say this once more. I love you."
"Me too, Scarly! I love you too! So...how're we gonna do about landing?"
"Shut up and grab me, ditz!"
And as their fingertips met, Scarlet took hold of her and drew her lips towards his, sealing the annoying space between them with only the radiant sunrise to witness this act of commitment.
Colossus gently put the sleeping lovers down along with their pokemon and everyone gathered round, if only to make sure that what they were seeing was indeed real.
"They're alive," Camille whispered and finally sank to her knees crying. "Arceus-dammit, don't do that again!"
"Like they could even hear you," LP deadpanned before rubbing his messy pompadour bashfully at the heart-warming sight. "But even so, these guys sure caused us a lot of worry."
"We can let them off for saving the world, ne?" Natsuki remarked and Cynthia smiled as always.
"Maybe a little. I'll save my motherly complaints for after they wake up."
"I'll save my punch too," Lightning growled anime-style at Scarlet, shaking his fist. "Just you wait, baldie. When you wake up, you are in for the beating of a- Has anyone seen Ghetsis?"
"Oh yeah, we never got to ask Kyurem what really happened," Cheren speculated, rubbing his chin.
"I wouldn't worry about him," N spoke up quietly as he and his freed sisters eyed the light snow falling across the city. "At this point, he won't be any trouble."
"Damn," Ghetsis Harmonia remarked in a raspy tone as he dragged his battered body towards the crumbling Castrum De Glacies in the distance. "Foiled again by children. I must be cursed."
"Cursed?"
Ghetsis stopped at the sword pointing out from the corner he was just about rounding. Leaning on the wall, Jerome drew on his cigarette before blowing out smoke and keeping the blade at Ghetsis's throat.
"You can't begin to imagine the meaning of that word."
The green-haired man managed a small smile as Boss's Arcanine walked out from behind him. The steel-haired man-child clapped in amusement with his eyes to the brilliant sky.
"That was a beautiful climax to say the least, no? True radiance at its best."
"I'm glad to see you're enjoying my failure," the greenette all but spat between his forced smile.
"Oh Ghetsis, ever the defiant man. That attitude will land you in trouble one of these days~" Boss sang before rocking himself on Arcanine's back. "So, whatcha gonna do now?"
"Lay low. Come up with something else and hope that I can kill those brats for interfering," the man growled, holding the bleeding stump that used to be his right hand. "Looks like I couldn't count on that stupid pokemon to get the job done in the end."
"Only goes to show that in this life, things don't always go according to plan," Luca opined, pushing up her glasses. Ghetsis found his fingers twitching in some sort of fear at the somewhat listless look in her and Jerome's eyes. Like the look he used to cast down on humanity not up to a few hours ago.
"So...I'll be on my way then," he muttered and made to leave when Jerome's sword blocked his path again.
"The world isn't big enough for two baddies, Ghetsy-wetsy," Boss's mocking tone sang and Ghetsis looked over his shoulder to see Boss's wide grin right behind him. How Arcanine had gotten there so fast or so silently escaped him but as he could see, he was trapped between a blade and a well-oriented yet clearly feral beast.
Fear.
Ghetsis's trembling intensified as he glared at the man-child. "And you're doing this because?"
"I'm on Scarlet's side, remember?" Boss replied matter-of-factly and raised one hand before catching the falling golden crest that once belonged to Kyurem. "And in his best interests, I deemed it necessary to have you eliminated."
"You can't just-"
"Please understand, Ghetsis. We're not exactly normal people like Fraud or Team Plasma. We have no grudge against you in particular. That's why it won't matter to us if you die," Luca interjected in a business-like tone. Indeed, it was just business to them.
"No..." Ghetsis murmured and backed away. "No, no, no! This was not in my plans! I can't just die here like a beast!"
"But you are a beast! One who directly or indirectly, slaughters over 3000 people and pokemon in his lifetime can't be called anything otherwise," Boss laughed before waving with an air of finality. "No hard feelings, Ghetsis! It's just business."
...
Ghetsis stared at the blue sky ahead. Truthfully, he had never looked that deeply into such a simple atmosphere before now.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" a female voice said and his deadening eyes rolled to the side, seeing a familiar woman crouched over him with her hand toying at the sword sticking into his chest and slowly bleeding the life out of him like a jam tart.
"Indeed it is, Felicia," he replied hoarsely and shuddered as her hand rested on his forehead. "I guess you're pretty mad at me."
"You've got to be the biggest idiot I had ever seen," she replied before softening her scowl. "Honestly G, it's because you thought too much about life that you landed in this mess. I'd say you deserved this and then some."
He closed his red eye and smiled wanly. "I do, don't I? So then, oh smart Felicia, what should I, a grief-stricken and angry widower, have done?"
He was rewarded with a light tap on his head. Felicia calmly stared into his dusty eyes and he knew the answer withouther needing to speak.
"Moved on...Is it that simple?"
"You're an observant man. Didn't Scarlet look happy to you?"
"...I suppose..."
Felicia sighed and brushed the hair out of his face. "Come on, G. We've got a lot to catch up on before Arceus separates us."
"Just for the record...where am I going?"
Felicia didn't answer. Instead, she pressed her lips to his and Ghetsis Harmonia's final breath was drawn.
"Yeah," N murmured, looking over at the tattered Castrum De Glacies. "He won't be any trouble at all."
Rain and Latios walked over to the unconscious Scarlet and LP stiffened as he pulled out a file containing his and Scarlet's profiles.
"ORPH Members Scarlet and LP were regretfully killed in the fight against Team Plasma," he reeled out, face still stoic but with just the slightest hint of a smile at LP's and just about everyone else's gawk except Natsuki. Tossing the file over to Latios who shredded it and roasted the bits with his Dragon Breath, he bowed respectfully to Scarlet before walking past LP, making to sure place a firm hand on his shoulder. "Don't ever let me catch you again."
"R-right!" the pompadour stuttered.
Turning, N looked over at the sleeping teens and smiled. "All's well that ends well, as the case maybe. Black, it's over. You can rest in peace now."
As one, they watched the sun rise proudly into the sky, shining over their hard-earned victory.
And as Rain climbed aboard Latios to head back to Almia and submit his report (as well as work up the nerve to finally propose to the operator at HQ), he gave Scarlet and White one last look and was surprised to find himself smiling like a proud fool.
"Goodnight, sleep tight, young lovers."
One Month Later...
Rustboro City, Hoenn Region.
"And as this graduation ceremony comes to a close, I must end it with a parting quote from someone very influential. 'We've all got our own little demons within each of us. For some, it's our turbulent pasts. For others, it's a fear of what's yet to come. However, if we push on with the strength to bear such pains and aided of course by our friends, we can easily walk towards tomorrow with our big heads held high.'"
The crowd before the little blonde boy clapped and whistled at his beautiful presentation and little Aedan shyly walked off the stage before running to his awaiting mother.
"You did great, sweetie," she congratulated with a proud smile. "Way to use my blood and sweat to create such a masterpiece."
"And what are you doing here?" Steven Stone asked, hurrying up to them after getting free of the Principal's banter. "You're supposed to be resting, Cynthia."
"Oh please. A month is enough to heal a couple of broken ribs," she laughed before cutting it short with a wince as her sides ached dully. Steven was obviously unconvinced. "Besides, I have to be here for Aedan."
"I suppose so," he mumbled before hoisting Aedan onto his shoulders. "But for the love of my weak heart, please don't push yourself."
Cynthia's sly smile returned. "Your 'weak' heart lasted a good thirty minutes that time at grandma's when we-"
"Ahem!" Steven coughed loudly and gave Aedan a smile. "So, let's get that ice cream I promised you!"
Seeing her family run off, Cynthia chuckled to herself before sitting down and sighing at the cool afternoon breeze.
"I should probably wait a bit before I head back to Sinnoh," she remarked quietly to herself and fondled the aqua-blue pearl on her necklace. "My, my, it still feels like it was only yesterday when I found this on you, sis. Still can't believe Ghetsis let you keep it."
Lucario gave her a weird look as she murmured softly to the necklace until Cynthia felt its soothing but unnecessary Heal Pulse on her head.
She only understood when it telepathically asked her if she had gone mental.
...
Solaceon Town, Sinnoh Region.
LP swallowed as he hopped off his motorbike and turned off the ignition. Machamp gave him a soft pat on the back and he saw Gliscor throw him a thumbs up.
Gliscor don't have thumbs.
"I'm doomed," he comically lamented, sweating buckets.
You can do this, Machamp grunted, shoving him towards the door of the cosy house near the Pokemon Daycare Centre. LP fingered the bandage on his cheek before taking off his sunglasses, smoothing his pompadour and taking a deep breath.
He knocked twice.
Silence.
"Welp, doesn't look like the folks are home," he concluded quickly, making to turn only to face his pokemon who stared sternly at him.
Cool LP doesn't run away, remember? Be it nasty pokemon, shitty weather or your family! Gliscor declared, pointing back to the door so his trainer could get the message.
"But-"
"...Dad?"
LP froze and slowly looked over his shoulder.
Holy freaking shit! There was a ten-year old mini-LP standing at the door!
"Uh...y-yo, Dante," he stammered nervously before turning to face him. "I-I'm a lil surprised you could still remember your old man. Guess my signature pomp' gave me away huh?"
Dante merely stared at him like a wild pokemon regarding a human for the first time. LP felt the nerves settling in again.
"U-um...I can explain. I know you probably hate me and all and really, I don't blame you, kid. But well, I just had to see you guys, at least to make some peace with you so we can all sleep better at night and I...uh...I'm not the kinda guy I used to be. I quit ORPH and I'm even thinking of joining those Ranger dudes like some short colleague of mine and..."
Silence. LP sighed.
"...I'm home, Dante."
Dante's face slowly developed a smile before breaking out into a toothy grin as he suddenly bolted for his dad and flung himself into his arms, crushing LP's healing ribs in a hug.
"I knew you'd come!" the boy remarked before finally letting him go once he noticed LP's pained smile. "All this time, I thought you died or something, dad. You coulda called, you stupid pompadour!"
"Hey! You can mock me but don't mock the hair, man!" LP barked before breaking into a loud laugh that matched his son's own Murkrow-like laugh. As you could guess, the town residents were not amused but the pompadours were far too intimidating to be stopped until-
"LP...?"
LP's laughter stopped abruptly and he looked to the door to see his brunette wife staring incredulously at him. Now that was the main obstacle.
"Emy, I can explain-"
"Don't bother, Mr Hero," she butted in, leaning against the door frame with a smirk. "Don't act so surprised. I'm very current when it comes to news. You should know that."
"Well I-"
"D'you think just because of that, I'd let you back into our life? Could you actually rebuild that trust you broke years ago?"
"Um, I-"
"LP." Emy pursed her lips before looking to the pokemon beside him. "...Did you leave ORPH?"
"Yep. Ain't got nothing to do with it," he answered proudly and was met with another bone-crushing hug, this time from a sobbing Emy.
"Took you long enough, fucking idiot!" she wept, making LP both blush and sweatdrop. Dante was still here for crying out loud. Luckily, he seemed far more interested in his pokemon that their conversation.
Taking her hands, he pulled her back a bit and slowly planted a kiss on her forehead. "I'm sorry babe. I know I don't deserve your love after all that I put you through but please give me a chance. I'm Cool LP so I'll definitely make everything right again."
"I'm counting on that," she replied before handing him a list. LP took it in confusion and arched a brow as he read its hefty contents.
"Uh..."
"Pokemon at the Daycare don't feed themselves and I'm certainly not carrying all that food from the Pokemon Centre again. Get working, tough guy. I'll make sure you make up for all that time you wasted!"
"But-"
"Cool LP never backs down from a challenge, right?" she sang, twirling a finger in his face before skipping back to the house.
LP sighed before grinning broadly. "I love this family."
...
New Bark Town, Johto Region.
"So ORPH seemingly disappeared off the map eh?"
"Hai. All attempts at tracing them came up in dead ends. It's like they vanished completely once Kyurem had been defeated," Will replied from his end.
"I see. Ah well, we'll give them some breathing space as promised...for now anyway." Natsuki fingered the bandages across her bare torso. "When I heal up, let's be sure to press harder on them."
"Rikai! I bid you a speedy recovery," Will bade and hung up. Natsuki sighed before snapping her phone shut and sighing in boredom.
"Minami-chan, can't I at least go out for a jog-"
"Certainly not, Mama!" the pinkette declined sharply, stuffing a thermometer in her mother's mouth. "I'm not letting you hurt yourself any further. It's bad enough that you got so cold to the touch from that bad dragon's ice. Who knows what other things you got from that battle."
Natsuki sighed and whipped out the thermometer. 27 degrees. How the heck was she still alive? At least it was going up a bit.
"Even so." She tore the annoying Cyndaquil off her chest. "Why do I need a fire-pokemon virtually taped to my chest?!"
"It's warmer than a hot-water bottle and super hot baths aren't good for your skin!" Minami shot back, shoving the pokemon back against her chest.
"But does it have to be my chest?!"
"The heat as to be as close to your heart as possible, mama! You're a superhero but even they can freeze to death from the inside and- aw, he likes you!"
"Ew! Your Cyndaquil is totally peeing on me again!"
"Don't worry, mama! It's good for raising your temperature."
Natsuki's brow twitched and she made a mental note of getting her daughter's pokemon properly housebroken in the near future. And Minami thought this was good for her?
Jeez, she worries too much about me, the redhead inwardly sighed before sinking deeper into the sofa and staring up at the ceiling, recalling the little girl's reaction to seeing her mother and "brothers" victorious but terribly injured. She congratulated them alright, but the Jhotonese-exclusive tongue lashing she gave them made Natsuki wonder just how vast her Jhotonese vocabulary was. Titan and Gargantos had it worse though and Natsuki chuckled upon remembering had that little seven year old had reduced two powerful giants to quivering and apologetic whelps in two minutes flat, making them, and her, promise to be far more careful. Like it was that easy.
"But you guys did great, just like I said!" Minami had piped up and hugged her mother's neck with pride and child-like admiration in her green eyes. "I'm lucky to have the awesomest super-hero family ever!"
Natsuki smiled. Yeah, superheroes indeed. But if it's for Minami's sake, I'll gladly take on as many injuries as this body can just to protect her. Her pokeballs rattled on cue as if giving their own approval.
"Now then...uh, Minami, I think your Cyndaquil just crapped on me on purpose..." The stupid pokemon never got along with her for some reason.
"That's good for you too!"
"EH?!" Clearly, the child was still seven. Of course she'd agree to anything her spoiled pokemon did. Time for the mother to step in. "Tell you what, Minami-chan. I'm going to clean myself up and then we'll head out for sundaes at Cherrygroove. Sound good to you?"
"Yay! Can I have a double chocolate-chip, minty Mago berry and Nanab split sundae with a Cheri berry on top too?!"
"Sure. Let's rot our dentures to the very core together!" Natsuki replied with an overly-cheery expression. She needed the fresh air anyway.
"Yes! I'm gonna get my shoes."
Once Minami had gone, Natsuki's cheerful expression dissolved into one of pure sadistic rage and the fat Cyndaquil on her chest could literally feel the waves of malice oozing the woman. Its normally closed eyes widened upon seeing the toothy grin on Natsuki's shadowed face.
"Yo, Cyndy," she dragged in a voice edged with beastly blood-lust. "Watashi wa ima anata o korosu tsumoridesu. Let's take a bath together, shall we?"
And Minami wondered why Cyndaquil feared her mother from that day onwards.
...
Ranger HQ, Almia Region.
Rhythmi pushed the blonde fluffy hair that normally covered her eyes out of the way before staring wide-eyed at the ring held up to her by the kneeling Top Ranger.
"Um, Rain...c-could you repeat that?"
"Would you, Rhythmi Mayflowers, by taking this ring, be bound to me by social union/legal contract and therefore be principally in an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged?"
Rhythmi blinked. "Y-you want me to marry you, right?"
"In a nutshell, yes."
"Oh..."
Latios wished he had a camera-oh wait, Latias had that covered. Though Rain's face remained robotically stoic, he could sense the worry, doubt and nerves settling in on the still ranger. It was slight, but he could also see the sweat on Rain's forehead.
"Okay!"
Rain nearly dropped the ring. "Uh, huh?!"
"I'll marry you, silly!" she chirped, tugging on his heated cheeks before raising a finger. "On one condition!"
Rain nodded so fast that he thought his head would nod off his shoulders entirely. "What is it?"
Rhythmi's smile widened and Latios finally remembered the qualms he'd had with the "innocent" blonde.
"You become my personal slave for the rest of your life," she cooed, cracking a bull-whip.
Ah, right. She's secretly yandere and has a big SM fetish, Latios inwardly grimaced.
And yet, Rain could never say no to such a cute face like that.
...
Driftveil City, Unova Region.
N sighed before resting a bouquet of white roses on the tombstone before him.
"Dad..." Anthea sobbed softly, kneeling before the grave and letting her tears wet the dry stone.
"You don't have to cry, you know," Concordia remarked. Though her face was hard, N could clearly hear the crack in her tone. "It's not like he even deserves a proper funeral."
"He's still our dad, sis," the greenette chided gently, slipping on his hat. "We at least owe it to ourselves to make peace with his grave."
Too true, Zoroark added for emphasis.
Shrugging with an indifferent look, Concordia turned and stopped at N's shoulder. "Team Plasma's been disbanded and I've heard from Miles that actions are being taken to destroy every trace of them from the other regions. Looks like they'll need your help too."
"A king's work is never done," the man remarked again and arched a brow as she bopped his shoulder.
"You did good, kid. When all this is over, we're planning on rebuilding that orphanage of ours. I'm strong but we'll need a guy around to deal with the really heavy stuff."
"I'm just that pack-Tauros you use when you feel lazy, aren't I?" he whined, man-tears streaming from his face.
"Forever and ever, Natural," she replied, before dragging her over-emotional sister back home, leaving N and Zoroark with the grave.
"...Father. You...were an idiot," N murmured and smiled a little as he took out the picture of him as a baby being held by a happier Ghetsis. "But even then, you were a cool one."
...
Nuvema Town, Unova Region.
Someone knocked on the door and a woman with light brown hair dropped her needle work before going over as soon as her Audino opened the door..
"Oh, Cheren!" she greeted, slightly amazed at how unexpected his visit was. "It's been a- eh, w-why are you bowing? A-And what's with the army of rangers, gym leaders and pokemon behind you?"
"White's mom!" the ravenette started and everyone behind him saluted. "Thank you for giving birth to Black and White!"
"THANK YOU SO MUCH!" the others barked in unison, making the woman stare blankly at them before rubbing the back of her head in confusion and slight embarrassment.
"Uh...okay...You're all welcome I guess. Wait, White didn't get into trouble, did she? She called me three days ago, telling me this rather unbelievable story and-"
"It's alright, miss," Cheren shushed, hugging the thoroughly baffled woman. "Everything's alright."
"Oh...would anyone like cookies and milk?"
And White's house had never seen as many visitors as there were on that eventful day.
...
Pallet Town, Kanto Region.
"Omni, I'm back! Sorry I'm so late too! Those ranger guys sent me straight to Almia for a position as top mechanic after the battle!" Camille yelled, kicking open the door and suddenly getting bombarded with Mismagius and her adopted brothers and sisters who competed for a spot on hugging her waist and bawling into her shirt. "Woah, guys! What's with the waterworks?"
"Waterworks? WATERWORKS?!"
The girl froze upon recognizing her brother's angry yell. Before she could turn though, Omni had crossed the space between them in a single step and wrapped her tightly in his arms, unconsciously lifting her just to hold her to his chest.
"You leave for months, ORPH randomly disappears on me and you suddenly make some surprise comeback and you're asking what the waterworks are for?! Fuck this! Don't ever do that to me again!"
Camille's eyes widened as he sobbed into her hair. "Wow...you really are angry."
"The hell I am! And I'm not letting you out of my sight again! Except when you have to use the bathroom though..."
Smiling to herself, Camille returned the embrace before a tick mark broke out as Omni just had to spoil the moment with a random observation.
"Uh sis? Is it me or did your chest get flatter again?"
...
Pinwheel Forest, Unova Region.
"White? Scarlet? I'm here, just like your note said," Lightning called, going through the grassy path as requested. "Jeez, and I'm supposed to be seeing Draco out of the hospital right now. It's bad enough that mom grounded me for losing an eye so I'd better get a good reason for sneaking out. And where are those two anyway?"
The chirping of bird pokemon only answered him and he sighed before taking a look at the childish map, obviously drawn by White. He could read it well enough but what he didn't understand was why there was a big heart shape taking the place of the "X" where his supposed treasure was located.
Sighing, he stopped at the bushes blocking his path and slowly parted them, coming face to face with the grassy landscape of the hill that overlooked Skyarrow Bridge.
Lightning paused upon seeing someone sitting in the field of flowers and petting the intimidating Salamence lying beside her. The Natu on her blonde mass of shoulder-length curly hair sensed his presence and threw a ghost of a smirk before chirping excitedly to its owner.
She turned and Lightning's mouth fell open.
Slowly, the girl got up and threw a somewhat embarrassed smile at his dumbfounded expression.
"Um...hi. I guess this is the first time I get to meet you though some weird couple with a Jolteon told me we'd known each other before. I'm told I lost all memories of my past life. I can't even remember anything up until when I was eight so..."
Lightning only continued to stare, eliciting a nervous laugh from her.
"Ha, sorry, I'm sure all this must be hard to take in. However, somewhere within me, I just feel like I was missing something important concerning you a-and if you don't mind...I'd like to follow you on your training journey. I get the feeling I'll find what I'm looking for if I'm with you."
No answer. Lightning still continued to stare like an idiot until she waved a hand at his face, making him stutter and stagger back a little. Giggling as he tripped over his own feet and fell hard on his rear, the girl extended a hand and cocked her head a bit in a manner Lightning knew all too well.
"I'm Alphinia Felicia Ouincy," she introduced and smiled. "Nice to meet you, Hero."
Slowly, a tear trailed down Lightning's left eye as the wind blew his hat off and over the horizon.
"I-It's Hilbert-de arimasu..." he whispered before grabbing her in a hug and bawling his eyes out.
...
Skyarrow Bridge, Unova Region.
Scarlet gave his battered cube one last look before winding it back and throwing it far into the ocean with all his might, doing away with the last of his hunting possessions.
Jolteon shivered a bit before barking gratefully as White lifted him up and stuffed him into her large pink satchel.
"Winter's coming so we'd better catch that ferry to Kanto or else you and Scarly are gonna freeze here," she remarked cheerily and was rewarded with a tug of her shoulder-length mop of white hair from behind.
"I'm perfectly fine in any weather. Fuzzball too," Scarlet mumbled, smirking as she swatted his hand away with a pout. "You sure about this decision? You know you might miss the Unova League conference (if they actually lift that cancellation due to the Lacunosa incident), right?"
"It won't be any fun if Iris isn't there," White replied, looking over at the sea. "Besides, travelling the world and meeting more pokemon feels like a really good idea at this point."
"Someone's committed," he deadpanned.
"Hey! I'm still gonna be champion of Unova!" she whined. "I just wanna hone my training skills. That's not bad, is it?"
"No, not really. So you'll be participating next year then?"
White nodded and sighed as the wind blew against her once more. "This takes me back."
"Yeah," Scarlet said, leaning on the railings and recalling the promise they had made months ago on this same bridge. "To think it all started from here."
"Let's be sure to encounter every single pokemon out there and get stronger!" she declared fiercely and held up her pokeballs. "Then we'll be so strong, Lightning and the others will be completely blown away by how powerful you guys are!"
The pokeballs rattled in excitement and she nodded satisfactorily before putting them back in her bag.
"You know, I really can't believe it's all over," she commented airily with a small smile. "Sometimes I have to rely on the dull ache in my pumped stomach to tell me everything's over. By the way, Scarly, what are you going to tell Violet about your missing arm?"
At that, the redhead shuddered and visualised the slap he'd receive for being careless. His prosthetic left arm twitched. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, I'm content with just seeing how happy everyone else is. I can pretty much picture the look in Lightning's eye when he finds out that Alphy didn't really die."
"That light Kyurem cast somehow restarted her human heart though she won't remember anything up till when she first met Ghetsis. I'd say she's a completely normal human again," White hummed before smiling coyly. "Now do you believe in miracles?"
Scarlet arched a brow before staring at the incoming ferry that'd take them to Kanto and from there, the rest of the world.
"Hey ditz, want a Casteliacone?"
Attention now diverted, the ravenous airhead within her woke up and as she listed the 101 flavours she was going to make him buy, he stared up at the blue skies and thought about how everything had spiraled down to the conclusion- or should he say the beginning- of their adventure.
"No matter how I look at it, every thing comes down to how well we worked with each other and our pokemon. I think I learnt something from all this," he murmured to himself, following after the energetic girl as she ran down the bridge and towards Castelia City.
Humans and pokemon aren't that different from each other. We both crave friends and happiness, as shown by me and Kyurem. Would it be possible one day for us two species to understand each other even more, like the level White reached with her pokemon or am I just over-thinking things again? Ah well, doesn't matter.
White cast him a peeved glance as he easily caught up and snatched her pink and white hat.
Arceus is in his heaven. All's right with the world.
"Emboar, use Arm Thrust and get my hat back!"
And in the end, this is all just a simple pokemon story.
Author's Corner.
Slybill *pants heavily while leaning on the door with blood on his fingers*: Must *HUFF* finish *HUFF* epilogue!
Scarlet: Really, viewers? White and I got together and you think Slybill in all his brutality would go through with killing us?
Slybill: Hey! Maybe I'm a sucker for happy endings but so what?! Besides, I find this ending fitting, And yes, Agentlew, Alphy did pull a Scarlet.
Lightning: Alphy's alive!
Violet: Though she can't exactly remember you-
Lightning: Doesn't matter-nya!
White: All in all though, this was fun! Too bad A.S.P.S is pretty much over.
Burgh: But we'll still live on in our viewers' memories as a really good story!
Cast: So let's end our run with all we've got!
FINAL CHAPTER: EPILOGUE! A POCKETFUL OF RAINBOWS!