CHAPTER 4:FRIEND OF FIRE

IN THE PAST. AFTER DIAZ OBTAINED THE PLATINUM CROWN, AND AT 9 YEARS OLD, HE MET SOMEONE WITH WHOM HE HAD FUN AT RECESS AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

MAGNEZONE:AND AFTER THE COMBAT OF KYOGRE AND GROUDON THEY WERE DETAINED BY RAYQUAZA. OUR WORLD WAS SAVED FROM A DESTINY WORSE THAN DEATH....QUESTIONS?

AND DIAZ RAISES HIS HAND.

DIAZ:SAYS THAT KYOGRE AND GROUDON HATE EACH OTHER. BUT THEY WERE SEEN THEM TOGETHER LATELY.

MAGNEZONE:THAT HATE WAS CENTURIES AGO. POKÉMONS STOP HATING OURSELVES WITH TIME, OK?

AND RINGS THE BELL.

MAGNEZONE:WELL, THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. NOW OUT OF MY SIGHT.

AND EVERYONE LEAVES.

DITTO:HEYYYYYYY DIAZZZZ.

MEWTWO:HEY DIAZ.

DIAZ:HELLO GUYS.

DITTO:TODAY'S CLASS WAS JUST BORING, DON'T YOU THINK?

DIAZ:...MORE OR LESS...HEY MEWTWO. YOU KNOW KYOGRE AND GROUDON, DON'T YOU? HOW ARE THEY?.

MEWTWO:AGH, TOO AGGRESSIVE. YOU WAKE THEM FROM HIS REST AND GET IN A VERY BAD HUMOR.

DITTO:HEY. MEWTWO AND I WILL GO TO SEE PAPA MEW.

MEWTWO:MEW IS NOT MY DAD!.

AND HE GOES ANGRY.

DITTO:...DO YOU WANT TO GO ?.

DIAZ:I'M AFRAID NOT. I EEEEH.

DITTO:...AAAH, I UNDERSTAND. OK, BYE.

AND IT GOES FAST.

DIAZ:...WHAT?

?:HELLO DIAZ.

DIAZ:AH!! ... OH, HELLO FENNEKIN.

FENNEKIN:ARE YOU OKAY?

DIAZ:YES, SORRY. IT IS THAT YOU TAKEN ME FOR A SURPRISE.

FENNEKIN:OU, SORRY .... WAS THE ONE WHO LEFT DITTO?

DIAZ:EEEH YES.

FENNEKIN:...HEY WHEN CAN YOU INTRODUCE IT TO ME ?.

DIAZ:...I THEN, EEEEH, I AM AFRAID THAT DITTO IS SOMETHING....DIRTY.

FENNEKIN:PRESENT ME A DECENT DITTO AND I WILL GIVE YOU MY HOUSE.

DIAZ: PFFF, HAHAHA! WOW...MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN GET TOGETHER, FOR NOW NOTHING.

FENNEKIN:OK....DO YOU WANT TO GO SEESAW?.

DIAZ:SURE.

BOTH HAD FUN ALL THE TIME ON THE SEESAW, THE SLIDE, SCHOOL GAMES. AND WHEN LEAVING SCHOOL.

DIAZ:EY. IT'S A PITY WE DON'T HAVE BERRY CLASSES.

FENNEKIN: WHERE IS THE TEACHER?

DIAZ:NO IDEA.....WELL. I THINK I SHOULD GO BACK TO THE CASTLE.

FENNEKIN:OUUU, THAT'S WRONG. I WANTED TO HAVE MORE FUN WITH YOU.

DIAZ:....WE COULD GO TO EAT SOMETHING.

AND THEY GO TO THE DINING ROOM.

EMPOLEON:HERE YOU HAVE, TWO ZIUELA AND ARANJA ICE CREAMS.

DIAZ:THANK YOU EMPOLEON.

FENNEKIN:THANK YOU.

DIAZ:AS I TOLD YOU. SOMETIMES I WANT TO KNOW THE REASON WHY MY NAME IS MACRI BUT THEY USE TO SAY MY LAST NAME. WHEN I SAY MY NAME I FEEL SOMETHING STRANGE.

FENNEKIN:THE WEIRD THING IS THAT YOU HAVE A NAME. USUALLY WE POKÉMONS CALL US FOR THE POKÉMON WE ARE.

DIAZ:IT'S WEIRD THAT IT'S NOT CONFUSING.

FENNEKIN:WITH TIME YOU RECOGNIZE EACH ONE.

DIAZ:WHATEVER. SOMETIMES IT COMES TO MY HEAD NAMES THAT THEY COULD GIVE ME.

FENNEKIN:THEY SHOULD PUT YOU SOMETHING MORE EPIC LIKE....KAMISAMA.

DIAZ:....DO YOU WANT MY NAME TO BE KAMI ?.

FENNEKIN:...PBBBB! HAHAHA! S-SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT PART!.

DIAZ:HEY LOOK THERE. KING KAMI IS COMING!.

FENNEKIN:HAHAHAHAHA!.

DIAZ:OF ALL THE EXAMPLES YOU COULD GIVE ME. YOU GIVE ME ONE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN.

FENNEKIN:I HAVE HEARD IT THROUGH THERE, THE NAME OF THE SAL- BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT SAMA HAS!

DIAZ:IT'S THE SAME. I USUALLY LIKE EASY NAMES. AND OF ALL THAT NAME ONLY I HAVE KAMI.

FENNEKIN:SORRY NO, HAHA, I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT DETAIL! WHAT ABOUT KAIO?.

DIAZ: BE CAREFUL, EVERYONE! THE GUY KAIO!

FENNEKIN:HAHAHAHAHAHA!! (COUGH) ME-YOU MAKE ME CHOKE WITH LAUGHS, HAHA.

DIAZ:JE....HOW ARE YOU GOING AT HOME?.

FENNEKIN:BECAUSE MY MOTHER KEEPS SHAMING ME. AND I, WHILE, I TRY TO PREVENT HER SHAME OF HIM FROM AFFECTING ME IN A HORRIBLE WAY.

DIAZ:...I GUESS SHE'S HAPPY FOR YOU.

FENNEKIN:YES. BUT SOMETIMES I WOULD LIKE NOT TO HAVE A MOTHER.....OU.

DIAZ:....

FENNEKIN: SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN SOMETHING BAD.

DIAZ:NONO, DON'T WORRY, YOU DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD TALK TO ME WITH RESPECT FOR MY SITUATION.

FENNEKIN:....HOW IS MAXIMILIANO DOING?.

DIAZ:AS ALWAYS. WORKING LIKE KING AND TEACHING ME IMPORTANT RULES.

FENNEKIN:I SEE.

AND GETTING LATE.

DIAZ:WELL. I SHOULD BETTER GO.

POKÉMON:hey. he is the successor of the king.

POKÉMON:In a dining room instead of his cook?

DIAZ:....

FENNEKIN:IGNORE THEM. THEY JUST THINK AS IF YOU WERE NOT FROM HERE. BUT I DO THINK YOU ARE.

DIAZ:...THANK YOU FENNEKIN.

AND HUGS IT.

FENNEKIN:...NOW WE EMBRACE EACH OTHER, EH?

AND RETURNING TO OUR TIME. IN THE COLD OF WINTER.

DIAZ:WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE BRAIXEN?.

BRAIXEN:....

AND HUG DIAZ.

BRAIXEN:THANK YOU ARCEUS YOU ARE OK!.

DIAZ:....

AND CALMING HER.

BRAIXEN:MY MOTHER SAID THAT I WOULD GO TO A SITE AND-AND THAT I WOULD COME BACK. THEN I NOTICE THAT IT TAKEN A LONG TIME TO COME BACK. AND THEN I SAW THOSE POKEMONS IN THE KINGDOM....THEY WERE TAKING MAXIMILIANO.

DIAZ:....

BRAIXEN:I AM SCARED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE YOU TOO AND...I DECIDED TO ESCAPE FROM THERE BEFORE THEY TAKEN ME....I WAS AFRAID.

DIAZ:...CALM, I'M HERE.

BRAIXEN:....I LIKE TO SEE YOU.

DIAZ:...ARE YOU ONLY?.

BRAIXEN:...LUCKY NO.

AND FEELING OTHER AURAS.

?:DIAZ?.

DIAZ:...DITTO?... MEWTWO?.

MEWTWO:YOU ARE STILL ALIVE.

DIAZ:....ARE THEY ALSO HERE?.

DITTO:STEP AFTER SCHOOL. WE SAW BRAIXEN AND HE TOLD US EVERYTHING.

MEWTWO:TRY TO ATTACK THEM. BUT FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I CLOSE TO THEM, MY POWER WAS WEAKEN.

DIAZ:ARE YOU WEAKEN?.

DITTO:RIGHT NOW IT IS AS USEFUL AS A MAGIKARP.

AND MEWTWO CRUSHES IT WITH HIS FOOT.

MEWTWO:I CAN STILL CRUSH YOU.

DIAZ:WHAT POWER DO YOU HAVE THEN?

MEWTWO:SO FAR I CAN ONLY USE STATUS MOVES. SO IF YOU ARE INJURED I CAN USE -Heal Pulse-.

DIAZ:DON'T WORRY, I'M HEALTHY.

DITTO:FRIEND, WHAT HAPPENED?.

DIAZ:I HAVE NO IDEA. WHEN I ENTER THE CASTLE I FEELED BAD PRESENCES SO, WHEN THEY DISTURBED, I ESCAPED AND...I FOUND THEM.

DITTO:I HEARD THEM SING SOMETHING. ♪SHE GAVE US LOVE, SHE GAVE US POWER. NOW WE MUST RETURN IT TO HER♪.

DIAZ:RETURN THE POWER? TO WHO?.

DITTO:IT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

BRAIXEN:WHAT NOW?.

DIAZ:....WE MUST GO TO THE EASTERN KINGDOM. THERE IS BELLI.

DITTO:BELLI?.

DIAZ:HE IS MY BABYSITTER, HE TAKES CARE OF ME, DIDN'T I TELL YOUR ABOUT HIM?.

DITTO:NO.

MEWTWO:NO.

BRAIXEN:WHO?.

DIAZ:...ALSO, IF WE ARE LUCKY, WE CAN ASK THE QUEEN FOR HELP.

MEWTWO:DO WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION?.

DIAZ:...DIE?

DITTO:...LET'S GET PAIRED!.

AND MEWTWO CRUSHES IT AGAIN.

MEWTWO:IGNORE THIS IMBECILE AND LET'S GO.

AND LIFTING IT UP. THEY GO EAST.

BRAIXEN:BRRR, I'M COLD.

DIAZ:I JUST NOTICES IT.

BRAIXEN:IT'S EASY FOR YOU. YOU HAVE IT MANY TIMES HERE.

DIAZ:...HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?.

BRAIXEN:....I...I JUST KNOW, OK?

DIAZ:....

WHEN DIAZ WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

DIAZ:AND THEN TRUBBISH FINALLY EVOLVED INTO A GARBODOR.

DITTO:THAT GUY SOUNDS VERY GREAT.

MEWTWO:I HONESTLY DON'T LIKE GARBAGE.

FENNEKIN:IT'S A PLEASURE TO KNOW THAT YOUR GUARDS WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU.

DIAZ:IF SOMEONE HURT YOU, I WOULD PROTECT THEM.

MEWTWO:I DON'T NEED PROTECTION. I AM MEWTWO, A LEGENDARY.

DITTO:....HEY WHERE ARE WE?

AND THEY NOTICED THAT THEY WERE IN A DARK PLACE AT NIGHT.

DIAZ:DARK, I MUST RETURN TO THE CASTLE SOON.

AND THEY HEAR FOOTSTEPS.

FENNEKIN:...WE CAN ASK THOSE POKÉMONS.

POKÉMON:LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE.