I Just Met a Weirdo - 8

"Gwuuhh…just a little more Touko…" I gruffly moaned to myself as I practically crawled up the vast flight of stairs leading to the Champions room. I have finally gotten the Light stone, although I still don't have Reshiram, and have beaten the Elite Four in a cinch. Now, I'm on my way to finally battle Adeku! Or…maybe N..

"Huff! Huff! Finally!" I exclaimed as I took the final step atop the stairs. That kinda broke the moment between the two people battling in front of me though.
N and Adeku.

Even so, they kinda ignored me. How rude!

"It's over! You won't wound and bind Pokémon any longer! All thanks to my friend, Zekrom!  "I won't do away with the title of Champion, however."  N proclaimed as Adeku's final Pokémon flew to the wall.

Adeku quietly clenched his teeth as he put his Pokémon back to its Pokéball.

"Champion…you're too soft." N continued to say. "You lost a Pokémon to illness years ago, a partner." he murmured, making Adeku flinch. "You wandered Unova searching for something to fill that hole. It's been quite some time since you last earnestly
fought, hasn't it?" he asked, smirking. Adeku didn't answer, but it was pretty
obvious that he was saying yes. His glaring eyes are really piercing, it's like he's trying to stab N with just his stare, unfortunately for him, N seems to be unaffected.

"The part of you might despise it but, as one far, far stronger than the Champion. And order to all Trainers, to release their Pokémon!" N exclaimed, clutching his Pokéball. Hard.

"Please!" Adeku growled "Separating Pokémon from people, anything but that!" he begged with anger.

N sharpened his eyes.

"You and I fought with all our strength for our own beliefs." he uttered, folding his arms. He looked up to him and continued, "And I won."

"So I'd prefer for you to not say another word." he finalized turning around, and
spotted little ol' me.

"T-Touko…I've been waiting." he mumbled, scratching his neck.

I raised an eyebrow, "Y-yeah …" I muttered.

Awkward…

"Just as I foresaw, you have also obtained one of the stones. That light stone…it
reacts to Zekrom." he said, pointing at the light stone I was clutching.

"However, this is not the appropriate place for the dragons of legend! Rise from the earth Team Plasma's castle! Encompass the Pokémon league!!" he shouted and the next thing I know it, the ground was shaking like crazy.

"Oh great, what's going on now!!!" I screeched clutching on something.  The earthquake was getting really stronger and I couldn't believe my eyes but a building of some sorts was…raising from the ground! Holy crap!!!! WHAT'S THAT?! WERE ALL GONNA
DIE!!!!  IT'S A ZOMBIE CASTLE!!!!

The building continued to resurface, slowly and surely, it indeed looked like a castle of some sorts. Is this the castle N was talking about? Bizarre…

When it seemed to have completely surfaced, stairs started to pop out and connect to any entrance it could find. How cool is that?

The ground finally stopped shaking after that. I sighed in relief, but I was still shaking.

"W-what a castle y-you got there N.." I commented, staring amazed at the castle.

"Uh..c-could you please let go of my shirt?" he answered, stammering.

!!!!!!!!!!!!

"A-AACCCCCCCCCKKKKK!!!" I screeched letting go of his shirt and jumping backwards.

I was so damn close to him. Dammit, enough with the flustering Tokou, this is not the
time for that!!! How did you get hold of him anyway? Gah!

"T-Team Plasma's castle has manifested itself. The king's word, it shall roar down on the commoners from such great height. You must come to the castle as well…there, all shall be decided. " he says, his cheeks tinting a faint pink and stepped upward one
of the stairs up to the freaky castle.

"Weeirdd.." I mumbled watching him climb up.

"Adeku! You look beat! It's not very Champion-like of you…" Cheren suddenly blurted out from nowhere.

"Cheren! Where'd you come from?" I asked just as Adeku asked, "You made it here too,
kiddo?"

"I managed to win my way through the Pokémon league somehow. It was pretty tough…I guess." he muttered, obviously proud of himself. Well that's Cheren for ya.

"You didn't really, did you?" asked Adeku.

"I've become stronger from learning exactly what I need to do." he formally said, as he adjusted his spectacles. "Touko! You need to talk to N! Tell him that people can be stronger by being with Pokémon. And in helping me along, my Pokémon have become stronger too." he said, grinning as he clutched one of his Pokéballs.

And as usual, I have to do everything by myself. Well, it can't be helped.

"I lost…he speaks of a preposterous dream. I should've shown him the bonds we have with Pokémon until it shut him up." Adeku murmured. "I sort of wonder if his beliefs might not even be genuine?"

I shrugged. "Who knows?"

Adeku smiled.

"Put your soul into it! The guy's desperate about realizing his dreams of changing the world." he exclaimed and stepped forward to place his hand on my shoulder.

"I'm begging you, Touko. No good will come from the separation of Pokémon and people.
Teach it to him good!" he ordered his voice full of hope.

I saluted him as well as giving him a reassuring grin.

"I'll do my best sir!" I chirped, giving him a wink. Adeku grinned back and patted my head. Cheren gave me a thumbs up which I returned before I climbed more flights of
stairs up to N's castle.

Guuuhhh…more stairs…

When I finally reached the castle grounds, six old men stood in front of men. Oh
great, did I get lost in the Senior Citizen department?

"Wazzup grandpas?" I greeted them with a smirk.

Then they started to say they weird speeches. As if I could understand them, well I
just stood there listening to their boring speech when finally the first one
challenged me.

What? One against six? Oh ho ho!

"Lord N is dejected, but we six shall defeat you here!" he said as they readied their Pokéballs.  I was about to throw mine when suddenly, a familiar voice shouted from behind.

"Can you really do that?" it asked. The sages gasped like morons when they found out whose voice it was. I turned around to see Yacon!

"Y-Yacon? What are you doing here?" I asked as he trotted his way beside me.

"You still ain't worn out, Touko?" he asked instead of answering my question.

"Well…not really." I answered. Actually I was pumped! Battling always excites me.

The sages stepped back a little disappointed by Yacon's sudden appearance.

"Y-you, the gym leader of Hodomoe?!" the first one growled.

"Hmph, ain't just me." he snorted and when he said that the gym leaders from the
other towns barged in.

Woah..never saw this many gym leaders in one place!

"Shucks for you! Not only are we tough but we've got numbers too!" Aloe exclaimed, a superior grin plastered on her face.

"Grr! Y-You gym leaders!!!" growled one of the sages.

"Team Plasma, as a gym leader it would be a terrible thing for me to leave you alone!" muttered Camille as she checked her fingernails.

Was she really serious about that?

"Erm, also, Belle asked us to come." Arty pointed out, uneasily.

"Possessor of the Light stone, go on ahead!" shouted Shaga, and thus the battle began. It was EPIC!!! Gym leaders (including Iris) versus Team Plasma's six sages! It would such a shame to miss it, but I had to go.

"Okay! I won't disappoint you guys!" I assured them as I ran farther into the castle
Up to face…N. The mysterious weirdo that I've always had strange feelings for.

I took in an amount of air before lurking deeper into the strange castle.

Time for more exciting surprises Touko. I told myself as I clutched the Light Stone harder.