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In this chapter, Nightshroud and co. are finally going to thier new home.

Later, the group will go to Pyrite Town.

How do Nightshroud and Rick know each other? Read to find out.

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Nightshroud: The Beginning

Chapter 12

The next morning, Wes is talking in his room. "I know this is gonna be a tough journey, but Orre needs to be saved once again. Don't worry. I'll make it back." But there's no one in his room.

"Awww." Wes turned to see Michael at the enterence. "Are you talking to your imaginary friend?"

"No." Wes countered. "Shut up!"

"That's adorable." Michael said.

"I'm gonna crush you. C'mere!" Wes started for Michael as Michael is running screaming. "I'm gonna smack you harder if you don't get your butt over here!" But Michael is still running for his life.

Meanwhile, Nightshroud, with Pikachu and Meloetta, went in the medical room to check on Mewtwo. "Hey Mewtwo. How are you feeling?" He asked the Legendary Pokemon on the bed.

"I'm fine." Mewtwo answered as he is getting out of the bed.

"That's good to hear."

"Are you still blaming yourself for what happened last night?"

Nightshroud shook his head. "Not anymore."

Mewtwo smiled. "That's a relief. I thought that you will still blame yourself."

"Nope. Thanks to Pikachu, Meloetta and N. Oh yeah, Meloetta's a part of the team now. She's now one of us."

"That sure is some news."

'Right.' Meloetta said.

"Are you sure you're ready to do this?" Mewtwo asked Nightshroud. "You haven't faced an evil organization in a long time."

"Don't worry." Nightshroud said. "We can handle it." Then a screaming sound was heard. The group turned to see Michael running from Wes with his fist up ready to punch Michael.

"Get back here!" Wes yelled as they are passing the others. The group looked at each other and sighed.

In the lobby, Wes looked around hoping to find Michael and punch him. He found Michael in the Computer Room. "I got you now!" He swung the punch, but Michael flipped into a bright purple ball and landed on the ground making the punch miss. Wes was confused and looked at the ground. Zorua smirked and chuckled.

"Looks like you've been tricked." Wes turned to see Nightshroud standing at the enterence. "I warned you that Zorua is a tricky prankster. He can turn into another human being or Pokemon to trick the opponents. So Michael pretty much got away."

"Wow." Wes said.

"You said it!" Nightshroud turned to see Michael standing with him. "Unova Pokemon are amazing!"

"I got you now Michael!" Wes started for Michael, but Nightshroud held him back.

"Easy Wes." Nightshroud said as he is holding Wes back so he can't punch Michael. It didn't take long until Wes calmed down and Nightshroud released him. "I have a very special guest coming, and I don't want Michael look beaten up."

"A special guest? Who is it?" Michael asked.

"You'll see." A roaring sound was heard. "Right now." The trio went out the front yard. They looked up in the sky to see a orange blur. It roared. "Charizard!" Nightshroud said waving his arms. "Over here!"

"You have a Charizard!" Wes exclaimed.

Nightshroud nodded. "You bet. He's one of my strongest Pokemon." He turned back to the sky. "Hey! Charizard!" Charizard roared in happiness and fired a Flamethrower. Nightshroud jumped from the Flamethrower. "That's what Charizard does when he's happy to see me." He told Wes and Michael. Charizard landed in front of the group. Nightshroud noticed that Charizard's gotten a little bigger than the last time he seen it. "You've gotten more powerful since the last time I saw you." He and Charizard then hugged each other. "It's great to see you again!"

'Likewise!' Charizard said. It then noticed the Wes and Michael. 'Who are they?'

"These are my new best friends. They have been my only best friends since my other traveling companions doesn't like me anymore."

'What do you mean? What happened?' Nightshroud told Charizard his painful past. 'They did that!' Nightshroud nodded. 'When I see those traitors, I'm gonna burn them!' Charizard then released a big Flamethrower in the sky.

"Whoa!" Michael said amazed. "That's some power!"

Wes nodded in agreement. "I agree."

"Easy there Charizard." Nightshroud said. "I know that you know how it feels to be crushed. By the way, sorry for what happened between you and Charla."

Charizard shook its head. 'It's not your fault. Charla's the one who broke up with me.'

"Who's Charla?" Michael asked.

"She obviously must be a Charizard." Wes said. "Idiot."

"You're right Wes." Nightshroud said. "Charizard has been training at Charicific Valley."

"What's Charicific Valley?" Michael asked.

"It is a place outside Violet City in the Johto region. It is owned by a girl named Liza and her Charizard, Charla. It's where all Charizards go to train to be really powerful. My Charizard has been training over there for years. At times he comes to visit and battle some battles." Nightshroud explained. "Liza called me to tell me that Charizard just finished his training and is coming back to the team."

"Wow! So that's why it's so powerful!"

Nightshroud nodded. "Yep. I was so excited that Charizard is in the team once again."

"I wouldn't blame you." Wes said. "Having a Pokemon that has been training for years back on the team is pretty exciting."

"Speaking of which." Nightshroud turned back to Charizard. "The others are in the backyard and there are new members. Why don't you go catch up and introduce yourself? For old times."

Charizard nodded. 'I will. It will be exciting to see Pikachu and the others again.' He then flew to the backyard to meet up with Nightshroud's other Pokemon.

Nightshroud then turned to Michael and Wes. "Lets go back inside and pack up." They nodded and got back in with Nightshroud. When they got in, they saw Mewtwo and Meloetta floating.

"We came to see what was the cause of the noise, but what we saw was that you are reunited with your Charizard." Mewtwo said. "I also sensed that it has gotten a lot more powerful than before."

'I sensed it too.' Meloetta said. 'How did you get such a powerful Pokemon?'

"Well." Nightshroud began. "I found it as a Charmander. It was lying on a rock in the rain with its tail almost going out."

"That's awful!" Michael said. "Who would leave that poor thing in the rain?"

"Its original trainer. He left that poor thing because he called it weak."

'That's horrible!' Meloetta said.

"I know. Charmander thought that he was coming back for it, but he lied to it and just left it there to die. Me and my friends managed to take it to a Pokemon Center to nurse it back to health. The original trainer found Charmander with me, demanding it back. After we told him the evidence that he abandoned Charmander, he tried to crush it with his other Pokemon."

"Horrible and selfish person." Wes said.

"Before he released them, Charmander fired a Flamethrower attack at him and decided to come with me." Nightshroud finished.

'That's actually a sad story with a happy ending.' Meloetta said.

"And that was funny when it fired a Flamethrower at him." Michael said laughing.

"Yeah." Nightshroud said in agreement. "Well we better get packing." He, with Mewtwo and Meloetta went to his room while Wes and Michael went to theirs to pack.

When Nightshroud, Mewtwo and Meloetta entered the room, they were greeted by Latias and Latios. Latias tackled Nightshroud into a hug making Meloetta a little jealous. 'We heard a roar outside.' Latios said. 'Latias got scared.'

'I was not scared!' Latias countered letting go of Nightshroud.

"Don't worry guys." Nightshroud said. "It's just my Charizard."

'You have a Charizard!' Latios exclaimed.

Nightshroud nodded. "He has been training for years. He's now one of strongest. Actually, he has always been one of my strongest. He's now in the backyard with the others." It took him a few hours to pack everything he brought. "And done. I'm going to the backyard. You guys can come. None of the other Pokemon know that you're a part of the team except for Pikachu." Nightshroud and the Legendaries headed to the backyard to meet with the other Pokemon. When they got to the yard, the Latis and Meloetta turned invisible leaving Nightshroud and Mewtwo visible.

After Lucario saw its master, it ran up to him and bowed. 'Hello there Master.' Lucario said.

Nightshroud smiled. "Lucario. I told you we are friends. Call me Nightshroud."

Lucario chuckled. 'Of course.' It then noticed Mewtwo. 'You're the one who gave Nightshroud the gloves.'

"Nice to see you again." Mewtwo said.

"Lucario." Nightshroud said. "I want you to gather everyone. I got some news."

Lucario nodded. 'On it.' It then ran to gather the rest of Nightshroud's Pokemon. Nightshroud and Mewtwo went where Lucario ran to. The rest of Nightshroud's Pokemon including Charizard went to him. Pikachu immediately got on Nightshroud's shoulder.

"I see some of you met Charizard." Nightshroud said. About half of the team cooed in agreement. He then turned to Pikachu. "Did you like seeing Charizard again?"

'You bet!' Pikachu said. 'I love catching up with old friends! Charizard is still the same fun Pokemon to be around with!'

Nightshroud smiled. "I'm glad." He turned to see the rest of his Pokemon staring at Mewtwo. "Oh. This is Mewtwo. He's one of the newest members of the team." The Pokemon were shocked except for Pikachu and Lucario.

"Nice to meet you all." Mewtwo said. The Pokemon tried to get to know Mewtwo.

"There's more. Come out guys!" A few moments of silence later, Latias and Latios appeared next to Nightshroud visible. Once again the others were shocked except for Pikachu and Mewtwo. "Latios and Latias, meet the others."

'Hey!' Latias said.

'It's great to meet you all.' Latios said.

"Wait." Nightshroud said before the Pokemon get to know each other. "Where's . . ." Meloetta appeared sitting on his shoulder. Nightshroud turned to her. "There you are Meloetta!"

'Sorry. I was still a little nervous.' Meloetta said. The others except for Pikachu, Mewtwo, Latios and Latias were shocked once again. When Dewott took a look at her, he recognized her and his heart pounded.

"No problem Meloetta. Okay. Before we go, why don't you guys get to know each other a little better?" Everybody did just that. Nightshroud walked back into the lab leaving the Pokemon to get to know each other. He saw Michael and Wes standing against the wall chating with each other. They turned to Nightshroud.

"We are finished packing!" Michael said.

Wes checked his PDA. "We still got 2 hours left to kill."

Michael thought for a moment. "Why don't you tell us how you know one of Ardos's Admins?"

"Rick?" Nightshroud said. "We were rivals 1 year after those people betrayed me. At times when we meet, we battle each other. At times I win some. At times he win some. I defeated him in the Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova Leagues. The Leagues I won. He only won 1 League. And that is the Kanto League."

"Wow." Wes said. "At times he defeats you in battles that are not in a Pokemon League, but you always defeat him in a Pokemon League?" Nightshroud nodded. "That's kinda confusing. Since you beat him in a Pokemon League, you shouldn't have a problem outside the Leagues."

"Well. He does catch a lot of powerful Pokemon."

"Oh. Well what's his personality?"

Nightshroud chuckled. "He's so arrogant and a hothead matching his hair, but he's a really strong trainer. He always wants to have more victories against me. I never thought that he go as far as joining an evil orgainization."

"When you get really desperate, you can do really stupid things." The trio turned to see N and Cheren walking towards them. "People always do reckless things."

"I resent that!" Michael said.

"Yeah!" Wes said. "Michael's the only one doing reckless things!"

"Yeah!" Realization hit Michael. "Hey!" He yelled to Wes. Nightshroud and Wes laughed.

"We still got a couple of hours left." Cheren said. "What are you guys gonna do?"

"Well." Nightshroud said as he is stretching. "I'm going outside to take a nap." He then went outback and climbed a tree branch and lie down and went to sleep.

"Wow." Wes said. "He sure is a charmer, isn't he?"

A couple of hours later, Nightshroud woke up and got down the tree. He saw that his Pokemon are still talking to each other. He then whistled. All the Pokemon are now in front of him. "Time to go you guys!" He then returned everyone in their Pokeballs except Pikachu and Meloetta. The moment they got into the lab, Meloetta turned invisible. He saw Michael, Wes, and Rui standing. "Well time to go!"

"Yeah!" Michael said. "I can't wait!" Nightshroud, Wes, Rui, Michael, Cheren and N are standing in front of the lab with Prof. Krane, Prof. Ivy, the assistants and Jovi.

"Take care guys." Prof. Krane said.

"Safe trip." Prof. Ivy said.

"Nightshroud, Wes." Lily said. "Please look after Michael. Take care of him for me."

"Mom!" Michael said. "I'm not a little kid anymore! I can take care of myself!"

"Take care brother." Jovi said. The 3 family members hugged in a group hug.

"We better get going." Nightshroud said. He then released Latios and Latias. The people in the lab including Rui are amazed.

"A Latios and a Latias!" Krane exclaimed.

"How did you get those amazing Pokemon?" Jovi asked.

"Short story. They are the guardians of Altomare." Nightshroud answered as he got on Latios. Wes released Flygon. He and Rui got on Flygon. Michael released and got on Salamence. Cheren released his male Unfezant. He and N got on. "Later guys!"

"See you." Wes said. The group then took off while the people in the lab waved.

As the group is flying, Michael asked Nightshroud "So what are you gonna do when we get to our new house?"

Nightshroud didn't take a minute to think. "I'm gonna enter the tournament in Pyrite Colosseum two days from now. Rick's waiting for me there."

"He said he wanted to settle the score with you?" Wes asked.

Nightshroud nodded. "Yeah. Right now, we are even in wins."

"Cool!" Michael said. "And with us entering," He said referring to himself and Wes. "it will be more fun!"

"Actually guys. I want to enter alone. I don't want you guys to enter." Everyone was shocked especially the Pokemon. "Rick is my problem. I don't want you to defeat him before I get to battle him."

Wes smiled. "Alright. We will respect your wish. We won't compete."

Michael was disappointed. "Okay. Rick's all yours. We won't stand in your way."

Nightshroud smiled. "Thanks guys."

"Don't forget." N said. "We still have to rescue Reshiram and Zekrom."

"I know. And Kyurem is going to be here any day now."

"No matter what the odds are against us." Wes said. "We will defeat Team Cipher."

"Wes is right!" Rui said.

"Yeah." Nightshroud said. "I managed to take down an evil organization in each region. This will be no different. Except that Orre is one of the most dangerous regions." He then smiled. "But I know that we can do this together." Everyone nodded in agreement. About an hour later, the group made it to Phenac City. They landed in front of a 2 story house that has about 4 windows in front. The house is white like the rest of the houses in the city, but it's fancy white. Phenac city is pretty much the same, except it has gotten bigger than the last time Wes was here. There are more buildings.

"Wow." Rui said. "This is so fancy."

"What do you expect from a 500,000 Pokedollar house?" Nightshroud asked as he returned Latios and Latias. The group went inside. They were amazed at the living room. It had a modern sectional sofa against a wall in front of a giant flat screen T.V. It also has a flat screen desktop computer on a simple desk with a big machine with lots of buttons on its right and another on the left.

"Whoa!" Michael said amazed.

"'Whoa' is right." Wes said.

Nightshroud walked to the sofa and removed the cushions. He pulled up the metal bar making a mattress come up. "And the sofa's also a bed. So we'll use this living room as the guest room."

"All right!" Cheren said.

"Hey guys! Come in here!" The group heard Rui yell. They went out the entrence of the living room next to the sofa into the hallway. They went down the hallway into the kitchen. It's a very advanced kitchen. It has a giant refrigerator. The stove and oven has 8 stove pads and 2 ovens combined. there are lots of cabinets to put dry kitchen ingredients in. The tiles on the floor is completely white. The group saw Rui looking around.

"Wow!" Michael said. "This is most amazing kitchen I've ever seen!"

"I agree." Nightshroud said.

The group then left the kitchen and went in a room to the left in the hallway. It is really small. "It's a closet." Wes said. They closed the door and went to the door on the right. It's a bedroom with a big bed and a big flat screen T.V.

"I call dibs on this room!" Michael said as he jumped on the bed. There's another door in the room. Michael got up and opened it. "Cool! This room has a bathroom! I really call dibs on this room!" The rest of the group left the room.

"Well, Michael is certainly happy." N said.

"You would be too." Nightshroud said. They then got in another room next to Michael's. It's another bedroom with the same bed and T.V. as Michael's, but with a desk and no bathroom.

"I guess I'll take this room." Nightshroud said. He closed the door. There's another door under the stairs. Nightshroud opened the door and it revealed to be a bathroom. "Looks like we found another bathroom." He then closed the door. The group then went upstairs. There they found the final bathroom on the left and the other bedrooms. Wes and Rui took the two to the right and N took the one on the left next to the bathroom. "Well now that we got our own rooms, why don't we get some sleep?"

"Good point." Wes said. "It is getting late."

"Yeah." Rui said as she is stretching. "I'm gonna go ahead and get some sleep. Good night guys!" She then went into her room.

"Good night." Everybody said.

"I better get back to the guest room." Cheren said heading downstairs.

"Yeah." Wes said. "Tomorrow we are going to Pyrite Town so you can enter the tournament." Wes said to Nightshroud. He then went into his room next to Rui's.

"Yeah. See you in the morning." N said to Nightshroud heading to his room.

Nightshroud headed downstairs to his room with Pikachu and Meloetta. Luckily his room is big, so he let Latios and Latias out of their Pokeballs. The eon duo looked around amazed. 'Wow! This is a nice room!' Latias said.

"I know." Nightshroud said as he took his overcoat off and put it on his chair. "I'm gonna decorate the room tomorrow. Right now it's pretty plain." He then got on his bed with Pikachu on his left and Meloetta on his right. "Good night guys!" He then went to sleep.

'Good night!' The eon duo said together. They then got on the floor with Latias next to the bed and went to sleep.

The next day, Wes, Rui, Michael, Cheren and N are in the living room sitting on the sofa. "I wonder if Nightshroud's all right." Rui said.

"Yeah. He hasn't come out of his room all day." Wes said.

"Well lets go check on him." N said. The group then head to Nightshroud's door.

Cheren knocked on the door. "Nightshroud. Are you all right?" The group heard drilling sound inside. They then went inside to see Nightshroud with a drill. His room now has 2 shelves with all of his trophies, badges, and his Battle Frontier symbols. He now has a laptop computer on his desk.

Nightshroud, Latios, Latias, Meloetta, and Pikachu turned to them surprised. "Oh." Nightshroud said. "It's you guys."

"What's going on here?" Wes asked.

"I just did a little decorating. Latios, Latias, Meloetta and Pikachu helped. I went with Latios and Latias to get this laptop, some tools, and the things I needed to build these two shelves."

"How come we didn't notice?" Michael asked.

"I kinda got up a little early and went out the window." He said as Meloetta used Psychic to put the drill away.

"Okay." Wes said. "Well lets go to Pyrite Town and sign you up for the tournament." Nightshroud nodded as he returned the eon duo. The group then headed out front. Nightshroud released Latios and Latias once again and got on Latios. Wes and Rui got on Flygon. Michael got on Salamence. Cheren and N got on Unfezant. They then took off to Pyrite Town.

Well there you have it.

Nightshroud's Charizard returns and the group got their house.

Next chapter, the tournament in Pyrite Colosseum will take place.

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