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Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon Best Wishes or Pokémon Black and White. I only own Kurtz and anyone associated with Trip. I'm not making money off of this story either.

Chapter List
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Seizensetsu

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon Best Wishes, Pokémon Black and White or Pokémon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness. I only own Kurtz, Tio, Tiana, Est and anyone associated with Trip.

Summary: The battle against Blair and Est begins and the group realizes that Blair is on a whole different level.

Pairing: Ash/Trip, Cilan/Iris with hints of Cilan/Trip, Blair/Bianca and Blair/N

Chapter 12: The Magician's Path

Est and Blair took their positions on the battlefield that was basically just the clearing they were in. Cilan had no choice but to be the referee again for this battle and he admit to himself that he was getting sick of it.

"The battle between Blair and Est will now begin! Each trainer can only use three Pokémon. The winner is determined by whoever defeats the three Pokémon on the opposite side. Are both trainers ready?"

"Ready." Blair told him calmly.

"I've been born ready!" Est exclaimed as she adjusted her witch hat.

"Good, now begin!"

Est decided to summon her Pokémon first. "Go Zorua!"

Her Zorua nodded his head as he jumped off her shoulder. She threw two more Pokéballs as he stepped onto the battlefield. "Go Purrloin and Litwick!"

She sent out her candle Pokémon and an adorable cat Pokémon. Instantly, Cilan flinched at her choices.

"Why do you have to choose Pokémon I don't like?" He shouted as he was going to hide behind Iris or Ash at this rate. Iris just grinned at how the green haired gym leader started to act like the Cilan she knew.

Blair sighed as he had an epiphany.

"Don't you have stronger Pokémon?" He asked her as he got out three Pokéballs from his pocket. "I'm not trying to sound rude or arrogant, but I'm pretty sure you have stronger Pokémon than that Ms. Est."

"Shut up! I can take you on with just these babies!" The little witch declared.

So you do have strong Pokémon you rather not bring out. All right, have it your way. Blair turned her cap around similar to how Ash did it as he threw two Pokéballs. "Go Reim and Lotti!"

Blair sent out his Samurott and another Pokémon known as Meganium. Bianca instantly took out her Pokédex and pointed it at the grass Pokémon.

Meganium, the herb Pokémon and the final form of Chikorita. Its breath has the fantastic ability to revive dead plants and flowers. The aroma that rises from its petals contains a substance that calms aggressive feelings.

"I see that Pokémon originated in Johto." Cilan said. "How did Blair get it Bianca?"

"...I think he took a vacation to another region," Bianca answered, "either that or he traded with someone else, but of course, knowing Blair, he probably missed the Pokémon League getting powerful Pokémon."

Blair instantly turned away ashamed.

"Bianca...I rather not talk about that..."

"But you, Whitlea and Cheren missed the Pokémon League because you were too busy in Black City, right?"

"..."

"Hey! Bring out your third Pokémon!" Est shouted interrupting their conversation.

"Don't rush me." He told her calmly. "Should I use Alice to solo the whole thing or should I use Oz to go all out. I think I'll have to use Gilbert. Alright, Gilbert...I choose..."

He didn't get to finish because a Pokémon came out of its Pokéball all by itself. It was a blue monkey with dreadlocks and had its eyes closed. However, over its right eye, it had a bandage similar to an eye patch on it.

"Break...why..."

"Who's that Pokémon?" Ash asked as he got his Pokédex out.

"It's a Simipour." Cilan told him.

"A what?"

Simipour, the geyser Pokémon and the evolved form of Panpour. The tuft on its head holds water. When the level runs low, it replenishes the tuft by siphoning up water with its tail. The high-pressure water expelled from its tail is so powerful; it can destroy a concrete wall.

"What's wrong with it?" Iris wondered out loud pointing to the eye patch that was on its right eye.

Blair wasn't pleased as he was going to return the water monkey to his Pokéball. "Come back Break, I don't want you fighting with this handicap."

"Pour!" It exclaimed as it shook its head defiantly.

"Break?"

His Simipour jumped into the battle in between Reim and Lotti looking ready to fight. Blair knew his Pokémon wanted to fight and there was no stopping it.

"...Alright...but only for five minutes."

"Ending a battle in five minutes? Aren't you cocky?"

"No, I'm just worried about Break's condition..."

"Whatever, I'm going to start first! Zorua, you and Litwick use shadow ball on Meganium. Purrloin, use fake out on Samurott!"

The cat Pokémon was quick on its feet. Purrloin easily attacked Samurott to the point that it would not be able to move at the start of the battle. Zorua and Litwick combined their shadow balls into one and hit Meganium head on.

"...Lotti, you okay?"

"Megan!"

"Good, then I guess we should be on the offensive. Lotti, use magical leaf! Reim, use aqua jet and Break use hone claws followed by fury swipes!"

As Simipour prepared his attack by sharpening his claws, Lotti let out a pile of colorful leaves at Purrloin while Samurott charged Litwick on with aqua jet.

"Dodge it!" Est ordered.

Purrloin was fast enough to move out of the way but Blair's Samurott was too fast for her Litwick. It only took one hit to knock Litwick out.

"Litwick!"

"What a powerful attack!" Cilan exclaimed.

"Blair's on a different level than most trainers." Bianca told the grass gym leader and his friends. "He and Whitlea are the best..."

Ash kept his eyes on the battle and noticed that while Est was panicking with her Litwick knocked out, Break didn't give her a break as the water monkey attacked Purrloin with multiple barrages of fury swipes. Purrloin wasn't expecting an attack and was taken out with three swipes.

"! Purrloin!"

Blair just sighed as she rushed to return her unconscious Pokémon.

"You know...if you suck this much at battling you should have told me. I would have gone easy on you."

"I don't need your pity!" Est shouted as she stared at her Zorua. The determination in Zorua's trainer's eyes was gone. It was replaced by fear and panic.

Calm down Est, you need to focus!

"But I can't do it! I-"

"Water gun Reim."

Despite being in the middle of a freak out, Blair continued to attack her. Her Zorua saw it coming and jumped out of the way.

Est, you have to keep going!

"I can't do it dammit! I may know a lot about Pokémon but I can't battle!"

"...I feel sorry for your Pokémon." Blair began, "Your Pokémon has potential but when you're already backed into a corner like this, you want to give up? That's pathetic..."

"!"

"...Isn't that a bit too harsh?"

"I think someone like her...needs this information..." Michael replied quietly to Ash. "She doesn't seem like a good battler in the first place…"

"…"

"If you're not going to attack, I'm not going to stop attacking. Break use scald! Reim, use ice beam! Lotti, attack with solar beam!"

Blair was serious when he said he wasn't going to go easy on her. His Pokémon unleashed powerful attacks at the Zorua. The group could only watch in horror, as it seemed that Zorua wouldn't be able to dodge it.

"Zorua, double team!" Est suddenly ordered.

Her Zorua smirked as it made copies of himself. The attacks ended up hitting all the clones as a result but not the real one.

"…Hmm…you got lucky…"

Est wasn't done though. "Zorua…do you think we can do this?" She seemed to be ignoring Blair in favor of her Pokémon.

Of course! I'll back you up no matter what.

She stared at her shiny Pokémon before she nodded her head in agreement. Blair wasn't surprised that she regained her confidence as easily as she lost it.

"Alright! I'm going to win! Zorua shadow ball!" She ordered.

She didn't tell Zorua whom to aim at but apparently, he knew who she wanted to target. A dark energy ball formed in his mouth as he shot it at Break. It was a direct hit and Break was sent backwards.

"Oh, you want to play hardball now?" Blair questioned with an amused look. "Break, it's one on one from here."

"Pour!"

"Aqua tail!" He ordered as his Simipour quickly recovered. His tail started glowing a radiant blue as it tried to attack Zorua.

"Agility!"

Zorua dodged it quickly. Break wasn't done and swung his tail a few more times in retaliation. Zorua managed to dodge them though.

Zorua has gotten faster. Blair thought as he was getting more pumped now. "Don't let up Break! Brick break!"

Now the water monkey's hand began to glow. It tried to chop Zorua but he was too fast for him with constant uses of agility.

"Foul play!"

After dodging more attacks, Zorua tackled Simipour head on. The attack seems to have a weird effect on the water monkey, as he was dazed.

"Foul play…what does that do?" Ash questioned.

"It's a dark move that turns the power of the opponent's attack against it." Cilan explained. "Since Blair told his Simipour to use hone claws, the attack is incorporated into the attack and does more damage."

"Oh, Blair might be in trouble!" Bianca exclaimed.

A smile escaped the little witch's lips. She might be able to win after all. "Okay, Zorua now that we got Simipour where we want him, finish him off with night daze!"

"Break, don't let them use it. Get them with hydro pump!"

As Break quickly shot out a powerful blast of water from his mouth, Zorua's eyes glowed a bright red and became surrounded by a light blue aura. A force field surrounded Zorua as it unleashed a powerful wave at Simipour. The hydro pump was cancelled and it hit Break directly sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"! Break!"

Est pumped her fist up realizing that she finally knocked out a Pokémon. "Yes, we did it!"

I told you that you could do it! Zorua praised as he chuckled like all Zorua do.

Blair ran over to his Pokémon and frowned. That frown turned into a smile though shortly after. "You did a good job Break. You deserve a rest…and sorry for having you fight for more than five minutes."

"Pour…"

He called back his Pokémon as he turned to Est with a confident grin. "Your Zorua isn't that bad."

"Of course! He's my best Pokémon!" She declared. "Next to another one of course."

"Eh, she's not so bad after all." Iris commented.

"Xew…Axew!"

"But she still has to knock out two more Pokémon." Cilan added. "This won't be an easy fight."

"The battle is already decided." Michael said simply as he looked at Blair's expression. He was ready to kick ass.

"Alright, Reim, Lotti, time to avenge Break!" He declared.

"I'm going to keep attacking!" Est shouted. "Shadow ball on Meganium!"

That was her next target but Blair predicted this.

"Reim, use water pledge. Lotti, use grass pledge!"

Cilan nearly gasped when Blair called out those moves. Est was finished no matter what she did. The grass dinosaur shook the leaves on its body as Samurott howled. When they did, a combination of leaves and water columns struck out of the ground catching Zorua off ground as the columns hit him directly.

"Zorua!"

"What's that?" Ash asked still confused with all of these new moves being used.

"Grass pledge, fire pledge and water pledge. They are three of the hardest moves to learn." Cilan elucidated. "They can only be taught to starter Pokémon that have perfect trust with their trainer."

"You make it seem like that's difficult…" Iris muttered.

"It is because only those starter Pokémon can learn them. How these moves are used however depend on the trainer. In a single battle, they don't do much but in a double or triple battle, they become deadly."

"Really? How so?" Bianca asked.

"Take the Pokémon Blair used for an example. His Samurott can use water pledge and his Meganium can use grass pledge. When they combine together, they create a deadly combo that we are witnessing now. The same goes with combining grass pledge with fire pledge or fire pledge with water pledge."

"So what happens if you combine all three of them?" Ash continued to question.

"I don't want to know…"

The group turned their attention back to the battle. Zorua took a critical hit from the move and his speed decreased drastically. The move actually caused a mini swamp to be formed on Est's side of the battlefield.

"W-What is this?"

"When these two moves are combined little Est," Blair began adding "little" to just piss her off, "a swamp is created reducing the speed of all Pokémon on the opposite side of the field. Double team and agility won't work now."

"Oh no…"

"We got this in the bag. Reim, use hydro cannon! Lotti, use frenzy plant."

There was a saying that there was no kill like overkill and Blair took that too heart. There was no need for him to use two of the most powerful special attacks designated to that element, but here he was ordering Samurott to blast the weaken Zorua with hydro cannon and for Meganium to follow up with tree roots. The attack was so powerful that the attack sent Zorua flying right into his trainer. Est caught him but was also hit by the hydro cannon and ended up slamming into a nearby tree.

"! Oh shit…" He cursed realizing he went too far.

"Est!"

It was obvious that Blair was the victor but he went too far. He called back his Meganium instantly but he rushed over to Est with his Samurott. Ash and the group also rushed to her aid.

"Est, are you okay?" Ash asked as he tried to help her up but Cilan told her not to as whatever injury she had could make things worse.

"My back…" She muttered darkly. "That attack was worse than being thrown onto a table…"

Blair sweat dropped as he scratched the back of his head before turning his cap back to its rightful position, "My bad…I got carried away…"

"Obviously…" Bianca said as she puffed her cheeks slightly. "If you did that to me, I wouldn't forgive you!"

It was a blunt statement that made Blair turn away ashamed. "Sorry…"

Cilan and Iris helped the little witch up but she was still frowning. "Zorua, are you okay?"

Yeah…I think so…

"…You were great. I'll return you to your Pokéball now to rest."

She quickly recalled her Zorua as Blair did the same for his Samurott, as Est probably didn't want to see his face.

"There's a Pokémon Center just a few blocks away." Blair tried to change the subject before they forced him to apologize more. "I-If you can't walk, I'll take you there."

"Where is the Pokémon Center exactly?"

"It's basically the final stop before the drawbridge. Trainers are staying there now because of unfortunate circumstances."

Est continued to glare at him as she crossed her arms. "Fine then, carry me."

"…What?"

"You attacked a girl and you injured her. You carry me all the way. I'm not heavy!"

Cilan just chuckled at the demand. "That is a suitable punishment for you if I don't say so myself."

Bianca's expression was unreadable. Michael noticed how she was directing this look at Blair who did not look her in the eye as he complied with the wish.

"Alright little witch, hop on my back."

"I AM NOT SMALL! CALL ME THAT AGAIN AND I'LL BREAK YOUR BACK!"

Blair didn't like that idea of having to walk like an old man with a cane so he decided to keep his mouth shut about her height. With nowhere else to go, the group decided that it was best if they all traveled to the Pokémon Center together.

The Pokémon Center was an hour walk but so much was said between that time.

Ash wanted to know more about Blair, a trainer that was so powerful that he was on the edge of his seat the entire time. With Bianca's help, he was able to get a lot out of the calm trainer.

Blair started his Pokémon journey a year prior. He and his two other friend Whitlea (or White) and Cheren started their quest by the request of Professor Juniper to help complete the Pokédex. He explained how Whitlea and Cheren were fighting over Snivy while Oshawott was left alone. In his own words, Blair chose Oshawott as his starter because Oshawott was the same color of his jacket. Cilan just commented on how the first Pokémon a trainer gets tends to form a strong bond right there and that it was an excuse from what he really meant to say. There was no need to question his real reason for picking Oshawott though. One could tell he loved his Pokémon the minute he chose him.

"You and your Samurott are the perfect pair." Cilan would say. "It's equal to Ash and Pikachu."

That was probably a huge compliment on Ash's side. Blair could tell that Ash and Pikachu have been traveling for a while. He was surprised that Ash has been traveling the regions for at least five years and how he has met many people and their Pokémon. Blair didn't think he could compare to Ash.

"So basically, in the Kanto region, you can start as early as ten…" Blair basically deducted from their conversation.

"Yeah, why?"

"In Unova, you start as early as sixteen and spend the time before that in school learning about all types of Pokémon and learning how to take care of yourself."

"I wanted to go with you guys last year!" Bianca declared. "But my dad wouldn't let me!"

"And there was the fact that there were no more Pokémon for you to start with." Blair added in a playful tone. "You had to wait until next year to get your Tepig."

"It sucked! I'm like a year behind you guys and you have how many badges?"

Blair looked away as he searched for his pocket for the badge case. The group stopped to look how many badges he had. When Ash saw the badges though, he had a flashback of Gary showing of his badges.

"You got nine badges?" The group asked.

"Yeah…" Blair said as he blushed. "I originally had eight badges but I challenged another gym recently…I can't lose to Whitlea…who has…ten…or more…"

Bianca fell into a slump instantly. "Nooooooooo…I'll never catch up to you guys…"

Ash's eyebrow twitched as he saw all the badges. Blair had four of the same badges that Ash had plus five more. The one that was unfamiliar to Cilan was one of a huge clock. If you tilted the badge, the hands on the clock looked like it was moving forward in time.

"The other five are in the next cities." Blair explained, "There's the quake badge, the jet badge, the freeze badge and the legend badge. Oh…and that one that I just got, the clock tower badge, was from Lacunosa town…you know…the temple at the top that everybody avoids because of the scary old lady there? I just beat her…and I'm scared of going back…"

"Who was the name of that gym leader?" Ash questioned.

"Not really a gym leader but her name was Rhia Mephisto. Why?"

And Est instantly jabbed Blair in the neck causing him to shriek in pain.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"W-Why didn't you tell me you defeated the head of the temple?"

"W-Why…is that a problem…"

Est frowned. "I'm sorry…"

"!"

"Anyone who beats that old hag has my respect…maybe that's why she's letting Ilyana travel around Unova…"

"Well, she was the hardest person I have ever fought…beside Drayden…"

At the mention of her mentor, Iris stopped chatting immediately. She wasn't ready to tell her friends that she was the apprentice gym leader. Then again, Cilan knew who she was and so did the other gym leaders that saw her. She was known as the little girl that tagged along the final dragon master. Perhaps Blair knew who she was too because she didn't start her journey right away and remembered watching someone like Blair having an epic battle with the man she could not beat.

"Why haven't you challenged the Unova League?" Michael asked.

The group continued walking as Blair was trying to find the right thing to say.

"It's hard to explain. Whitlea's excuse would be that she was too busy in Black City to realize that she missed the league. Cheren's excuse was he was training to become stronger and also forgot. My excuse…" He turned his head to Bianca who got his eye, "is because I wanted to wait for someone dear to me to enter the league with the rest of us. Then I can tell her, "You made it this far, now shoot for the stars" or something like that."

Bianca turned away flustered as she adjusted her hat nervously at the declaration he made. He reassured her that he would wait for her to get enough badges so he could face her in the Unova League. Too bad what he said went over everyone's head including Cilan who should have caught on to who he was referring to, but his mind lingered to his speech about encouraging the person he liked to soar higher.

"Whoever is the girl you like is so lucky to have someone as you~" Iris teased.

Blair just chuckled nervously at the statement. "Y-Yeah…maybe…"

Bianca's flushed face almost faded instantly when she remembered why Blair had been distant lately. "Blair…are you still going to chase after him…?"

Instantly, the happy demeanor the brunette had was gone. Est could feel a sorrowful aura around the boy that was carrying her now. Everyone else noticed that his cheerfulness was gone too.

"I have to Bianca…I need to find out if he's capable of pulling off that catastrophe…or if it's that man that is pulling the strings."

The group was silent again until they made it to the Pokémon Center. There, Blair basically let Est walk on her own because he was tired of carrying her at that point. Despite being injured, Est rushed to Nurse Joy and begged her to heal her Pokémon. Nurse Joy went to work right away with her Audino. Noticing that Est was injured as well, she forced Est to come with her into the room where they treated the trainers. Ash and the group also let Nurse Joy have their Pokémon as well.

As the group waited in the waiting room, the conversation continued.

"So Ash, you're from Pallet Town, right?"

"Yeah why?"

He grinned. "That's where Professor Oak is from. I would love to meet him and his grandson. I heard that his grandson is following in his footsteps. I wonder how that's going to turn out."

Ash closed his eyes and thought of Gary. It's been at least three years since Gary gave up becoming a Pokémon trainer and decided to become a Pokémon researcher. He was successful so far but looking back on it, Ash thought that he should have asked him to travel with the raven-haired teen for a few more years before making that lifetime decision. Ash felt it was too soon and he had to admit that when Gary surrendered the position as his main rival, Ash kind of felt lost after that. There was Paul but Paul didn't even acknowledge him and Ash had to realize that when their battle was over that not everyone could be won over by battling. There was Trip who was his new main rival now but Ash felt that he and Trip were not on the same level. He would never say that out loud but he knew that if Ash used all the Pokémon he left back at home, he wouldn't be losing as often. Regardless, Ash didn't see Trip as a rival. He saw him as a friend…but a voice in the back of his head was telling him that he wanted Trip to be more than that. These voices scared him because he had them before concerning Misty and Gary at times but it wasn't as loud and aggressive as it was now.

"You know what," Iris began, "when we're done traveling the Unova region, we should all go to Kanto just to have a taste of Ash's world."

Blair grinned. "I would love that. Right Bianca?"

"Of course!"

Cilan didn't expect her to come up with that. He was worried that he would be dead before that happened.

Ash gave an evil look at Iris. "When we go to Kanto, then you will be the kid."

"What? You picking a fight?"

The two would have started fighting if Iris didn't have this sensation that made her look the opposite direction and point at someone she didn't want to see.

"GEORGIA!"

That caught her rival's attention almost instantly. "Oh crap…it's the stinky dragon trainer!"

Almost instantly, Ash wasn't there anymore as Iris and Georgia started to insult each other the minute they caught each other's eyes. Ash recalled a show that Gary and him watched in Pallet Town about a man that would always pick a fight with a huge yellow chicken whenever they cross paths. He never got the joke until now because he's witnessing it but only with two girls that were ready to claw at each other's face.

Cilan sighed as he noticed that behind Georgia was Burgundy. Even though he just made up with her after the tournament, he still wasn't looking forward to speaking with her. He was afraid that she would make people more aware of his two-face personality and he didn't like people that were loud and nosy.

"Ah, it's Cilan!" She exclaimed with a smirk as she walked over to the group past Iris and Georgia. "It's been a while. Still have good taste garçon?"

He chuckled nervously. "Not recently…got sick…my taste was terrible, but I'm feeling better now."

If the girls were here then Stephan and Luke were here too. They came through the Pokémon Center tired and beaten. Stephan looked ready to collapsed.

"I'm hungry…" He muttered to Luke.

"This is why we should have waited until the storm past…" Luke added with a sigh. His Zorua who was on his shoulder just snickered at Stephan in his weakened state. Bianca instantly stood up and dashed toward them.

"ZORUA~"

Luke didn't see it coming. Bianca tackled him to the ground and grabbed his Zorua who didn't give a damn at this point whenever she saw the blonde.

"B-Bianca, what are you doing here?"

"Zorua, I missed you so much~"

"If you're here then…" Stephan spotted Ash and waved. "Hey Ash!"

"Hey Stephan!"

"…It's Stephan…you got the accent wrong…" Stephan muttered with a sigh. "Whatever…"

Blair just grinned seeing so many people from the tournament. It's funny how the drawbridge is allowing everyone to meet up so soon. Maybe that's what these teenagers needed. They needed someone to appear and give them something to brighten their day, and while Cilan would argue that he didn't like Burgundy, she was still making him act different from usual.

The only one missing is Trip…

The group would all settle down soon and sit in the waiting room, forming a huge circle in the process.

"Damn, our group is big!" Stephan declared.

It was true though. Adding the main trio with the rivals, Blair and Michael that would be ten people to form the circle. The circle would be complete if Trip was here though.

"Well, it's only here because those assholes aren't letting anyone across!" Georgia cursed. "I would be on my way to kick more dragon ass if they just let me cross."

Iris smirked. "They wouldn't let a kid like you across the bridge now would they?"

"They wouldn't let you either!"

And lighting could be seen as the two continued to glare at each other.

"Hey, Stephan," Blair began actually pronouncing his name right by chance, "by any chance, are you entering the Unova League? I didn't get to ask you the last time."

"Of course!" Stephan declared happy that someone got his name right. "I have four badges!" He said this as he took out his case revealing the four badges that everyone had which were the trio badge, basic badge, insect badge and bolt badge, which was the recent. Bianca searched through her purse to try to find her case. Ash did the same thing too. Both of them stopped though when they realized that their badge case was missing.

"Oh no!" They both declared, "We left it at the mansion!"

Stephan was confused. "You mean that big mansion in the middle of nowhere that was too scary to go into?"

"I still think it would have been a good idea…" Luke replied as he shook his head in disapproval.

Ash realized in horror that because they left their badge case their that Trip might get in trouble for them not clearing it out.

"We have to go back!"

"That's crazy Ash!" Cilan shouted. "We already left that place and I'm not going back."

"What?"

"But my badge case…" Bianca muttered.

Burgundy noted that Cilan was acting different now. It almost seemed like he was angry…like the first time they battled…and that was a scary experience for her.

"Ash, you probably left the badge case there because you were looking for an excuse to turn around. Take my advice and just wait until the problem with Trip's family is done and he can be on his merry way."

"What? How could you say something like that Cilan?"

"What's my excuse then?" Bianca added to fuel the fire. "I wouldn't want to go back there either but I left it there!"

If Cilan said something offensive to her, Blair would kick his ass, so he just ignored her. "You're just tired Ash. If you get some sleep, you can think clearer tomorrow."

"But…"

"I believe him on that one." Blair said supporting the green haired gym leader, "Nothing good comes from irrational decisions whether it's in a Pokémon battle or a real life decision. Chances are the drawbridge still won't be open tomorrow so you'll have time to make a u turn."

So much for taking my side jerk. Cilan thought darkly.

"Even if you say that…"

"There's no need for you guys to do that. I got the badge cases right here."

Everyone turned around to see Trip walking toward him with the same stoic expression as ever. Ash noted that he was missing his usual bag with his camera but despite his facial expression, it looked like the young trainer ran a marathon.

"You two are idiots," he continued, "I asked you to pack your things and you leave the most important thing behind. What would you do without me?"

He was mainly referring to Ash when he said that but still gave Bianca her badge case first. When she opened it, the four badges she had won. The same applied for Ash when he opened it.

"Thanks Trip." Ash said with a cheeky grin. "Aren't you going to take a break? You look like you ran the Pokéathlon."

"Well, I did have to escape before my uncle could start yelling at me again. I have to go back anyway to get my stuff…but judging from the fact everyone is here, I guess the drawbridge won't be available anytime soon."

"That burns me up!" Georgia continued to shout. "We'll catch Team Plasma if they start that shit again!"

"Definitely." Iris agreed for once.

Ash continued to observe Trip more and realized that there was something different about him. While he was still talking in the same tone, looking under his eyelids were black rings. He looked exhausted like he didn't get any sleep. Was he really okay?

Cilan started to feel bad for the photographer now. He was just insulting him and now he learned that Trip ran all the way here to prevent them from having to go back to that crazy mansion.

I guess I should apologize. Cilan thought to himself as he stood up and went over to Trip. It was just going to be a simple gesture of patting him on the head meaning a job well done and that was it. "Thank you very much Trip. I take back what I said."

As he was patting his head though, he didn't seem to realize the expression on Trip's face when he patted his head changed instantly from stoic to fear.

"No…" He ended up whispering.

Cilan didn't hear him at all and continued the gesture.

"Get away from me…no…NO!"

What happened next caught everyone off guard. Trip shoved Cilan off of him and he was sent flying across the room. Cilan was lucky that he didn't crash into the window or he would have shards in his suit.

"No! No! No! No! Get away from me!" He ended up screaming confusing everyone.

Blair tried to calm everyone down before it got worse but of course Ash had to be the one to make things more complicated.

"Trip, what's wrong?" Ash questioned as he instantly got up. He saw Trip was freaking out over nothing but he shouldn't have instigated the confrontation.

When Ash reached out to the younger trainer, Ash met the same fate as Cilan as he was pushed onto Stephan and Luke who were going to tell Ash that it wasn't a good idea to provoke him.

"Trip, what's wrong?" Bianca asked him but Blair prevented her from doing anything.

The commotion caught the attention of everyone in the Pokémon Center. At this point though, Trip didn't care anymore, he started backing up against the other window mumbling the same words under his breathe over again to try and calm himself down but it didn't work, so by the time he reached the other side away from Ash and Cilan, his legs gave out on him as he broke down in tears.

"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry…"

Stephan and Luke helped Ash back up but he was in too much of a state of shock to realize what was happening now.

"Trip…"

Blair had a hunch that the worse had just hit Trip and everyone here was too powerless to stop the unthinkable. They couldn't do anything as the same words were repeated until Nurse Joy came out.

"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry…"

Me: TBC with 8000 words.

Li: More mood whiplash?

Me: Well, yeah. Notes…

1. At this point, you should know what Blair's theme is when it comes to names. He has Oz, Gilbert, Alice, Break, Lotti and Reim. What anime is this from?

2. Blair's Simipour has an eye patch over its eye due to an accident. Now Simipour doesn't open its eyes ever but I'm implying that Blair's Simipour is blind in that eye but with a blind eye comes better hearing.

3. When Zorua uses night daze, the colors are swapped because this Zorua is shiny.

4. Another thing that's obvious is the age consent in Unova and Kanto. Well, in Japan, you obviously have more freedom at a young age hence Ash starts his journey at ten. In America, you can't do that until you're at least sixteen and be able to drive.

Edit: Major changes in this chapter including changing Georgia's name (since this story is using English names) and grammar usages. It's funny how now that Black 2 and White 2 are out, Whitlea having 10 badges makes sense when you consider the poison and water gym leader. If only Lacunosa had a gym leader then I would have been right about the gym being there.
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