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Pokémon White: The Heroine of Ideals
By: Nessarose1717
I don’t own Pokémon in any form (it will forever only belong to the gods of Nintendo) but twists of plot, as well as made up characters, belong to my imagination. Enjoy!
Chapter 29: Settling Scores
Touko held onto Leviathan, her eyes frantically darting around her surroundings. They were now coming up to Elesa’s Gym and no sign of a Team Plasma ninja. “Dammit! Where the hell are they!?” she mumbled crossly. Touko had Leviathan stop right in front of the Gym and jumped off his back. Besides the frosty stakes that embedded themselves into the nearby buildings and greenery, the place was as empty as a ghost town.
All of this crap was starting to get on her last nerve. Drayden trusted me with those splicers and now, I frickin’ lost them to those infuriating shinobi-wannabes! She bit her lip and a small stone suffered the brunt of her anger as it was kicked across the pavement with great distance.
“Enough of this hide-and-seek bullshit!” She knew she was yelling into empty space, and she didn’t give a Rattata’s ass at the moment. “Just come out and face me like a man!”
Right when she finished her outburst, anticipation skittered across her skin. Leviathan moved with lightning speed, positioning himself behind her. She whipped around to come face-to-face with one of snow-haired men. His charcoal-gray eyes gave nothing away as they focused solely on her.
“About time you showed yourself, now give me back those splicers!” She demanded with an outstretched hand.
A white brow rose, but the man’s face remained stoical. “You don't really think you can take the DNA Splicers back, do you? We will accomplish our goals, no matter what the cost. We don't have the ability to captivate the hearts of others like Lord N does. Instead, we will bend people to our will with brute force.” He produced a Poké Ball from his black slacks and opened it, revealing a Banette.
Leviathan hissed threateningly at both him and his Pokémon, baring his razor-sharp fangs. Touko adjusted her cap, her face hardening with readiness. “Yeah, you’ve obviously never battled me before. Let’s dance. Leviathan, Ice Beam!” Her loyal friend formed a sphere of sub-zero energy in his mouth.
“…Sucker Punch.” The small ghost Pokémon blinked out of sight and reappeared right in front of Leviathan before he could finish gathering his energy.
“Leviathan, d...!” The Banette struck Leviathan square in the jaw with a powerful uppercut before Touko order her Pokémon to dodge. Her Samurrott’s head snapped back and stumbled back a few steps before regaining his equilibrium. That was incredibly fast! Touko hated to admit it, but she was impressed. The ninja had stronger Pokémon than your usual grunts.
But, she believed in Leviathan.
“Leviathan, you got this?”
Leviathan peeked back at her over his shoulder and gave a nod with a grunt.
“That’s my boy. Surf’s up, dude!”
Her starter Pokémon threw back his head and roared, his powerful call echoing in the gray sky. A large pillar of water erupted from beneath the blanket of ice near them and came down onto Leviathan. Leviathan jumped onto the crest of the wave and rode it down towards Banette.
“Shadow Claw.” Came the stony command. Touko saw Banette’s paw emit a dark aura and jumped up to meet Leviathan.
A light bulb went off in her head.
“Leviathan, jump off the wave! As soon as Banette gets into the water, freeze him with Ice Beam!” Leviathan did as his Trainer commanded and leapt into the air. Banette kept on coming, then its body went into the wave itself.
“Now!”
Leviathan quickly charged his attack and fire the icy ray into the water, trapping Banette in the now-frozen wave. The victorious Pokémon landed gracefully on his hind feet in front of Touko.
Shadow said nothing as he simply released another Pokémon, a Bisharp, and had it chop down the large chunk of ice containing his frozen Banette. He withdrew the immobile Pokémon and focused on Leviathan once more.
Still wearing that mask of indifference. Touko noted. Do they even feel anything at all?
“Bisharp, Iron Head.”
The Steel-type Pokémon lowered its head, pointing its deadly-looking blade at Leviathan as it changed into an iron gray color. It charged through the remainder of the frozen wave, creating a large crater.
“Leviathan, intercept with Strength!”
Her Samurott nodded and ran towards his opponent, ready to grab it.
“Change to Guillotine.” Shadow countered.
Touko blinked. What?
Leviathan was ready to take hold of Bisharp’s head when the armored Pokémon’s head stopped glowing and its elbows began to shine instead. It slashed upwards into Leviathan’s unguarded chest with brute force, sending him flying back to Touko. And to her absolute shock, he was unconscious.
“Leviathan!” She knelt down to cradle him in her arms. Such an attack shouldn’t have knocked him out in one go. Must’ve been a one-hit KO attack. She looked up at the Trainer behind Bisharp, his dark eyes still unreadable.
“You were awesome, Leviathan.” Touko stroked his white whiskers before sending him back to his Poké Ball. “Krookodile, you’re in charge!” The large crocodilian Pokémon appeared in front of her, obviously eager to settle Leviathan’s score.
“Brick Break.” Bisharp’s right hand turned into a bundle of light and it sped in Krookodile’s direction, zigzagging from side to side.
Hmm, let’s see how it can dodge an area-wide attack. “Make it eat the pavement with Earthquake!” Touko ordered. She could’ve sworn there was an impish gleam in Krookodile’s eyes as he stomped his large foot, sending a powerful shockwave into his incoming foe. The shaking ground threw Bisharp’s momentum off, causing it to stumble.
It was then when she saw a trace of surprise reach the indifferent man’s eyes.
And that gave her great satisfaction.
“Quick, take it down with another Earthquake!”
Krookodile roared and stamped his foot again. This time, the stunned Bisharp was caught in the attack and fainted from the impact. “Yeah! Way to bring it home, Krookodile!”
Shadow withdrew Bisharp. “I hate to admit it, but...you're a good Trainer, Touko White. However, I don't happen to be the one holding the DNA Splicers…how unlucky for you. I was just buying time for the others to escape. Cheerio, bye-bye, whatever.” He leapt up and disappeared into thin air.
“What!?” Touko clenched her hands into fists.
Damn, I better get back to N! I hope he had better luck than I did. “Krookodile, let’s go!” She turned on her heel and ran back in the direction where she and N had parted. When she reached the bridge, N had just arrived there as well.
“N!” she panted. “Please tell me you got the splicers back.”
He said nothing in return, and that action alone told her everything.
Shit.
“So they got away with them. Damn.” Touko swore.
“I second that notion, this isn’t good.” N agreed.
The couple looked at the stadium just ahead, the floating ship still hovered over it. “We still have business to take care of. Come on!” Touko ushered N by the hand.
The entrances to the stadium were blocked off by ice, so they had Carracosta break through one of the many windows with Stone Edge then hoist them up into the opening with its Aqua Jet. It was more chaotic inside the large building than Touko imagined. Countless people stormed the corridors in pure panic, trying to find a way out. Their screams of terror echoed in the hallways, making Touko’s ears ring. She even spied some Pokémon storming the halls with their Trainers, trying to either soothe their terrified masters or aiding them in finding an escape route.
“This is bad. I can the Pokémon, they’re scared as well…feeding off their Trainers’ fear” N commended.
Touko could see that by the unreal pandemonium taking place in front of them. “We need to find Bianca, Cheren, Anthea, and Concordia. I hope they’re OK.”
“Let us hurry to the VIP room. That would be the most logical place to hide from the chaos.”
They raced to the VIP room where they found Cheren, Bianca, Concordia, and Anthea. Bianca was holding her Musharna in her arms in a protective embrace, Cheren’s Stoutland stood guard in front of him, and both Amani and Amara were glued to their mistresses’ side.
“Touko!” Bianca sobbed as she threw herself into Touko’s arms.
“Bia, what’s going on?” Touko asked her terrified friend.
“It appeared all of a sudden.” Cheren replied in her stead. “The tournament was still going on as planned when that flying ship came and started firing rays all over the city! Everything began to be covered with ice and the people were starting to panic. Then, the ship came here and blasted a damn hole on the roof! Everyone is in hysterics, so we came here.”
“And there is no doubt that the ship belongs to Team Plasma.” Anthea added.
“What is Ghetsis hoping to accomplish by doing this?” N wondered.
“People of Unova, hear my voice!” Ghetsis’s voice boomed.
“Speaking of the devil.” Touko grumbled.
Everyone hurried to the window to watch the floating vessel.
“Team Plasma is back and stronger than ever, we have the power to freeze all of Unova. Anyone who has a Pokémon in his or her possession, you have two choices: hand it over to Team Plasma or face a slow and agonizing death by ice! Bow before your new ruler…me!”
Touko noticed several dark spots coming out of the ship and slowly coming down towards them.
“What the hell…?” She couldn’t determine what they were until they came closer.
To her horror, they were Team Plasma grunts parachuting off the ship and into the stadium that was full of panic-stricken people.
“Oh no!” Concordia gasped.
“They must be here to steal the Trainers’ Pokémon!” Bianca cried.
“Not if we can help it!” Touko turned on her Xtransceiver and called Alder.
“Touko! Did you hear that man!?” Alder’s shocked question greeted her.
“Yeah, and he’s out of his mind! Quick, get in touch with all the Gym Leaders and the Elite Four! We are going to clean house!” The petite Champion ordered.
“We got this, little lady, but you go to that ship. You have to stop Ghetsis, don’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Then it’s settled. Take care, Touko.” Alder saluted her before the small screen went black.
…
Touko sprayed Leviathan’s Poké Ball with a Max Revive while they rose on Zekrom up to the ship. Cheren and Bianca were right behind them on Cheren’s Unfezant. The goddesses remained behind to help the Gym Leaders and the Elite Four fend off the grunts. They reached the ship and Touko spied a whole mob of Team Plasma grunts. “Man, they brought one hell of a party.” She commented with a frown.
N’s hand took hers and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Are you ready?”
She looked back at him over her shoulder, giving him an assertive smirk. “They better be ready for us.” She faced forward again and stroked Zekrom’s muscled neck. “Zekrom, swoop down to the deck and we’ll jump off your back. And make it quick.”
Yes, Princess. The dark dragon held its wings wide open as it rode the wind down to the ship. Touko turned on her Xtransceiver and sped-dialed Cheren. “We’re landing now, better get your game face on!”
“Already got it going on!” Humor laced Cheren’s voice.
Be ready, Princess. Zekrom told her.
The deck was now within jumping distance.
Touko and N got up and quickly jumped off Zekrom’s back. They landed on the wooden deck with little effort and Touko extracted Zekrom from the air and back into its Ultra Ball. Cheren and Bianca landed next to them and it didn’t take long before they were surrounded by the large number of underlings.
“Well, well, well. We were wondering when you would show up, Touko White.” Delia’s drawl came from above.
Touko looked up and spied the dark-haired woman standing on a platform with a two more grunts next to her.
“You’re surrounded; and this time, we have the numbers to wear you down. Hand over the legendary dragons and no one gets hurt.” Delia demanded.
Touko snorted. “You’re out of your damn mind if you think we’re handing them over to you.”
The older woman’s lips pulled back into a snarl. “Then I’ll be more than delighted to pry them off your hands. Get them!”
“Touko!” N yelled.
The Champion swiftly moved her back against N’s while Cheren and Bianca did the same. The four Trainers reached for their belts, ready to call upon their Pokémon.
Delia laughed at them. “Do you think the four of you are enough to take us on?”
“They are not alone!”
Everyone froze and looked up into the sky.
Touko’s eyed broadened to the size of saucers the minute she spotted Mei flying towards them on a Swanna. A guy with spiky dark hair trailed behind her on a female Unfezant. They jumped down next to them and Mei turned to Touko with a friendly beam. “Hi, sorry for the delay.”
Touko still couldn’t believe it. “How did you…?”
“I saw the ship taking off from Virbank City and followed it here. I figured you would come up here to fight them off.” The bun-haired brunette replied. “We’re here to help.”
“Who is he?” N gestured to Mei’s male companion.
“I’m Hugh.” The young man introduced himself. “I have a score to settle with Team Plasma.”
Join the club. “The more the merrier.” Touko grinned back.
“Enough!!” Delia screeched with fury. “Get them and bring me the legendary dragons for our Lord Ghetsis!”
Two grunts approached Touko and N, armed with a Poké Ball in each hand.
Her hand went for Ampharos and Gardevoir’s Poké Balls, just as N was reaching for his own Pokémon; her lips unfurled into a swaggering smirk. “Bring it!”
…
Everything happened so fast, it would’ve made anyone’s head spin. Between Touko, N, Cheren, Bianca, Mei, and her friend Hugh, they managed to beat the whole mob of grunts. Their Pokémon were fatigued from the myriad of battles, but still standing. The last people standing with any Pokémon were Delia and her two sidekicks, and the Team Plasma elite seemed to be getting skittish.
“Looks like your whole ganging-up plan went ass up.” Touko sneered as she took a single step towards the platform.
“You bitch! I swear to Arceus I’m going to make you pay for ridiculing me all those times!” Delia shrilled, drawing a Poké Ball; and the two other minions followed suit.
“And I’m going to make you eat your words, just like last time.” The heroine of ideals rebutted.
“No, Touko.” Cheren spoke up from behind her. The petite blue-eyed girl gawked at her best guy friend as he marched right up to her side. “We will make her eat her words. You and N go on and find Ghetsis.”
“B-But…!” Touko was ready to quarrel with him when a soft hand settled on her shoulder, stopping any more words from coming out of her mouth. She turned her head to meet Bianca’s emerald eyes.
“We got it from here, Touko. Go.” Bianca’s classic bubbly character was gone, replaced by a stern appearance that shocked Touko.
“Count me in as well, I want to make that woman pay for stealing my sister’s Pokémon.” Hugh appeared at Touko’s side.
She briefly peeked back at Mei, who answered with a silent nod that clearly stated: “Please let him settle his score.”
She looked back at the spiky-haired guy and nodded her consent.
"Before you go, your Pokémon need to heal. Let me help." Bianca produced some Hyper Potions from her bag and sprayed their Poké Balls with the medicine.
Touko smiled at her blonde best friend. “Thanks, Bia, what would I do without you?”
“Just find that madman and end this.”
Touko nodded slowly and looked at N. “Looks like we’re off to explore a ship.”
“Then let’s not wait another second.” N took her hand and the two ran towards the set of stairs leading downwards. The last things Touko heard were the shouts of her friends, the roars of their Pokémon, and Delia barking orders at her grunts as she and N descended into the bowels of the ship.
Author’s Note:
This was a slightly shorter chapter, but I don’t want to cram too many events into a single chapter. Besides, it’s good to draw out the tension to the final climax of the story! I have so many different possibilities for the final scenes, and some are set in stone, it’s just tying them together neatly with a satin bow. With a weeklong break and Thanksgiving coming up (bring on the turkey and apple/pumpkin cupcakes!), I’ll be plenty busy with a bit of work…and some Assassin’s Creed Rogue with a side of Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. So, don’t be surprised if a new chapter doesn’t come out in the next or two. A quick shout out to those who reviewed the previous chapter, it really encourages me to work hard on these chapters and it’s nice to see my story is loved! Stand by for the next chapter!
