One Month Later
*New Bark Town*
"Is he still up there?" I heard Lyra's voice ask from downstairs.
"He hasn't come out since last month." Her mother said. "And he's been muttering to himself far more often than usual when we visit him up there."
"Hank?" Lyra called from downstairs. "Hank, I'm coming up there!"
*My Room*
The walls were lined with pictures of Mewtwo and Lugia sightings, and random sheets of paper with writing that looked akin to the ramblings of an insane scientist were scattered about the room. My four pokemon were helping me with my investigation.
"Okay, recap." I told them. "We know Lugia nests far under the sea, presumably in the vicinity of the Whirl Islands. We also know that he can create storms with the flap of his wings.
"Sounds like a water/flying type." Flint the Typhlosion said as he skimmed through a journal, "But the reports from all the recorded sightings would point to Lugia having psychic prowess."
"We also know that he won't appear for just anyone." Lucius the Steelix said.
"Akin to Ho-oh, a part of Lugia's body is needed to summon him, like a feather, or maybe some of his spiritual essence." Talon the Pidgeot remarked.
"But," Liteweight the Jumpluff said. "Not a single person in Johto knows anything about an item that might be used to summon Lugia."
"Ugh!" I flopped onto a messy bed, dotted with crumpled up paper containing failed ideas and theories about how to defeat Lugia. "How can something so massive be so elusive at the same time? I mean, he sleeps below sea level to contain his powers, so shouldn't he leave a pretty noticeable footprint?"
"Not as noticeable as the mess you've made!" Lyra said as she burst open my room's locked door.
"That door was locked!" I exclaimed, but she seemed more interested in my hermit's den of a room's condition.
"I swear to Arceus, you couldn't clean up after yourself if your life depended on it. At least tell me you've been keeping up with your hygiene."
"Relax, Lyra, I've been taking care of myself." I said with a sigh. "But I'm just so close that I don't think I'll be able to rest until I bring down Mewtwo once and for all. I've narrowed Lugia's location down to somewhere beneath the Whirl Islands, but I just need a way to make him appear. According to the lore, he's been summoned using a feather from his body before, but there isn't a single person in Johto who would know the whereabouts of this item."
"Maybe the person isn't in Johto." Lyra said. "In fact, I'm willing to bet that you're looking for someone from either Kanto or the Sevii Islands."
"Well, I don't have the pokemon I would have used to surf to Kanto so…"
"Professor Oak stopped by earlier." Lyra said with a grin. "He told me to give this to you, you obsessed idiot." She handed me a boat ticket. "That's for a boat which is leaving from Olivine City tomorrow. It will dock in Vermillion. You can search for this man from there. Just remember to write home when you can."
"You aren't coming this time?"
"I think I've had enough of wandering around exploding buildings." Lyra said with a smile.
I turned to my pokemon. "Pack your bags boys!" I said. "We're going to Kanto!"
*The Boat to Kanto*
As we all woke up and ran to the front of the boat to see Kanto in the distance, I could hear the music starting, and although I fought the urge, I still ended up singing to my pokemon.
"Look out, Kanto. Here we come." I sang to them.
"Brave, Intrepid…" Flint sang.
"And then some!" Talon chirped.
"Champions of maximum, " Liteweight sang. "Audacity whose League titles…"
"Show that we are just the team, " Lucius sang. "To do what others merely dream."
"Building up a head of steam," We all joined in.
" To stop Nuzlocke Rules!" We all sang joyously. "Changing legends into facts, we shall ride into history, turning myths in to truths, we shall surely beat, both Lugia and Mewtwo, from these Age Old Nuzlocke Rules. All will be made well, and the regions freed!"
"Our paradise is close at hand." Flint sang.
"A free world…" Lucius looked up hopefully.
"A peaceful land…" Talon added.
"Friendly battles on demand!" Liteweight sang excitedly.
"Which are quite unusual nowadays." I agreed with him.
"Restoring what was defiled, minds and bodies, running wild...In man and 'mon behold the child," We all sang. "That shall free this place! Making legends out of facts, we shall ride into history, turning myths out of truths, we shall surely beat, both Mewtwo and Lugia from these age old Nuzlocke Rules, all will be made well…." We sang as the boat pulled up to the dock. "With these regions freed!" We sang as the music stopped.
{We Have Arrive in Vermillion City} A voice said over some speakers. {We know you have a choice in cruise boats and we thank you for choosing Luxury Oak Liners. We look forward to your next voyage.}
*Vermillion City*
"Smell that air, men." I said to my pokemon. "Thant's Kanto for you."
"It smells like Industry that shouldn't be there yet." Flint said.
"I love it." Talon said to me. "I only have the faintest memories of Kanto anymore."
"I wish I could say the same." I said, as I remembered my journey through Kanto.
"Hank Coro." A voice called out to me. I looked around for a person until I saw
"Suicune?" I asked him as I saw him standing on the water.
"My master has sent me to aid you." Suicune said. "Your destination is Pewter City. A man there possess something connected to Lugia."
"Who is this man?" I asked, but I never got my answer as Suicune disappeared into the mist on the water.
As my pokemon and I made out way to Diglett's Cave, I was caught off guard. He was sitting right in front of the entrance. As he looked to see me, he got an incredible beam of hope in his eye. I realized who he was. I also knew that since I technically still owned him, I would be able to recapture him easily. So I did, and sent him out right away.
"It's good to see you again, master." Honeybear the Snorlax said. "I have waited for nearly a whole year. Bill would try to stop us, but most of us chose to wait for you to return to Kanto rather than hang around his stupid cottage all day."
*Honeybear the Snorlax (Re)Joined the Party*
"It's good to see you again too, Honeybear." I said. "And your timing couldn't be any better."
Next Chapter begins the 2 part Finale:
The Final Battle Part 1
Followed by:
The Final Battle Part 2
Followed by:
The Appendix (An Assessment of the major pokemon in both books)
Followed by:
An Epilogue