CHAPTER 13:THE OUTLAW
9 DAYS BEFORE THE CORONATION.
THEY WERE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM. WHERE DIAZ, WAKING UP FROM HIS DREAM FIGHT, OBSERVES THE POKÉMON MOST WANTED BY VARIOUS KINGDOMS AT THE DOOR.
BRAIXEN:THE OUTLAW?!.
DITTO:OH MY ARCEUS !.
DEC:.....
AND ENTERING THE ROOM. HE STANDS IN FRONT OF DIAZ.
DEC:....
AND KNEELS IN FRONT OF DIAZ.
DEC:NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON, NORTH MAJESTY.
DIAZ:....ME....HELLO.
LONG AGO, WHEN DIAZ WAS 6 YEARS OLD. IN THE CARRIAGE WITH MAXIMILIANO.
DIAZ:....MAXIMILIANO, WHERE IS THE OUTLAW?
MAXIMILIANO:WHAT?
DIAZ: IS THAT IF YOU SAY THAT HE IS NOT SO GOOD, THEN WHY DON'T THEY LOOK FOR HIM?
MAXIMILIANO:....IS THAT....IT IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH HIM. HE IS KNOWN TO BE SOMEONE WITHOUT AN EXACT LOCATION. AND WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE HIM TRAPPED HE ALWAYS ESCAPES FROM US.
DIAZ:IS IT DANGEROUS TO MEET HIM?
MAXIMILIANO:BECAUSE BEFORE HE USED TO ELIMINATE THOSE WHO GOT IN HIS WAY BUT NOW, USUALLY, HE LOOTS THE CROPS AND OTHER TIMES WE FIND DEAD CRIMINALS.
DIAZ:THEN DOES HE HELP US?
MAXIMILIANO:WELL, PARTLY YES, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, WE CANNOT ALLOW HIM FREEDOM...IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
DIAZ:....WHAT DOES THE OUTLAW OF ROYALTY THINK?.
MAXIMILIANO:WELL. AN OUTLAW IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THE LAW. SO HE IS NOT USUALLY VERY OPEN TO HELPING US.
DIAZ:WHAT DO I DO IF I FIND IT?.
MAXIMILIANO:I'M NOT SURE SO, JUST IN CASE, DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
DIAZ:....
AND IN THE CURRENT LINE.
DIAZ:...OKAY SIR. YOU DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIKE THIS...SERIOUSLY.
AND STANDING AGAIN
ROSE:DEC.
DEC:ROSE.
MEWTWO:...DO YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?
DEC:THE LEGENDS KNOW EACH OTHER.
ROSE:I ALMOST CAUGHT YOU ONCE.
DEC:LUCKILY YOU ARE AS FAST AS A CLOCK.
DITTO:...I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE REFERENCE, A CLOCK WHEN IT MARKS AN HOUR OR WHAT?
LILLIGANT:...DEC.
DEC:....
AND FLAN, FLOATING FAST, COLLIDES WITH DEC.
DEC:AUCH.
FLAN:MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN!! ARE YOU. I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU SINCE WE FOUGHT THE WAR OF THE MACHAMPS AGAINST THAT OF THE MACHAMPS!!.
DEC:FLAN, AT ONE POINT IN YOUR LIFE, IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME THAT YOU JUMPED ON ME LIKE THAT. BUT NOW YOU ARE VERY HEAVY.
FLAN:I ALSO MISSED YOU MY MELHOR FRIEND!!.
FLAN:NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE. WE CAN EAT TOGETHER, CAMP AND EAT TOGETHER AND MAYBE CAMP, WE COULD EVEN EAT TOGETHER AND CAMP!!.
DEC:OKEY, OKEY, NO-NO NEED, YES-YES I MISS YOU, BUT PLEASE, GET DOWN FLAN, GET DOWN!.
LILLIGANT:FLAN, I THINK THE POSTMAN IS AT THE DOOR.
FLAN:POSTMAN!.
AND HE LEAVES THE ROOM.
DEC:....IS STILL SPECIAL.
ROSE:WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?.
DIAZ:.....I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT THE KINGS, WHY DID YOU HELP ME?
DEC:....WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT EXCEEDS ME.
ROSE:DOES IT BEAT YOU?
DIAZ:....
AND EVERYONE MEETING IN THE MAIN ROOM.
DEC:WHEN THE NEWS THAT THE SUPPOSED SUCCESSOR FROM THE NORTH REACHED THIS PART. I ASSUMED IT WAS FALSE.
ROSE:SERIOUSLY?.
DEC:DIAZ WILL BE DELUSIONAL. BUT NEVER CORRUPT.
DIAZ:....AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?.
DEC:....
DIAZ:....WAIT .....
BRAIXEN:DIAZ?.
DIAZ:....WHEN I BEGAN TO SEE THE AURAS OF OTHERS....THERE WAS ONE THAT I ALWAYS SAW, NO MATTER WHERE SHE WAS...LIKE SHE WAS WATCHING OVER ME AND TAKING CARE OF ME.
AND STANDING AND LOOKING AT DEC.
DEC:...
DIAZ:....YOU.
LONG AGO, WHEN DIAZ WAS 2 YEARS OLD.
BELLI:OKEY...WELL. DIAZ....YOU(YAWN)HAVE TO GO TO SLEEP.
DIAZ:¿WY?.
BELLI:BECAUSE....(LONG YAWN) YOU MUST....SLEEP.
AND FALLS ASLEEP TO THE GROUND.
DIAZ:...
AND DIAZ PUTS THE HAND ON HIS NOSE, COVERING IT.
BELLI:(SNORING AND COUGHING).
DIAZ:HEE.
AND GOING TO HIS WINDOW.
DIAZ:....CUDE.
AND GOING ASIDE. HE DECIDES TO CLIMB OUTSIDE THE CASTLE.
DIAZ:PAM PARAM PAM PAM.
AND CLIMBING, IT REACHES THE CEILING. AND HE SAW THE WHOLE KINGDOM FROM THERE.
DIAZ:....HEE.
AND IT STARTED RUNNING ALL OVER THE CEILING.
DIAZ:WIIIII.
BUT STEPPING WRONGLY HE SLIPS, FALLING FROM THE CEILING.
DIAZ:HUH?.
AND HE WATCHED AS HE BEGAN TO FALL FROM THE CEILING.
DIAZ:....WAT PUN! WIIIIIIIII!.
AND ABOUT TO HIT THE GROUND. A POKÉMON CATCHES HIM BEFORE HE HITS THE GROUND. AND THEY BOTH FALL TO THE SIDE, WHERE THE WATER WAS. AND DIAZ, FOR THE FIRST TIME, FELT THE COLD OF THE WATER.
DIAZ:....
AND THE POKÉMON GRABBING IT, THEY RETURN TO THE SURFACE.
?:(COUGHING) DEAR GOD.
DIAZ:....AJAIN!.
AND RETURNING TO THE MAINLAND.
?:ARE YOU CRAZY?!.
DIAZ:AJAIN! AJAIN! AJAIN!.
?:YOU ALMOST DIED! HOW COME YOU'RE NOT SCARED?! YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE.....
AND HE NOTICED THAT DIAZ WAS LOOKING AT HIS FEET.
DIAZ:SMALL STEP SMALL STEP SMALL STEPTEPTEPTEP.
?:....
AND KNEELS BEFORE DIAZ.
?:...HOW WAS THE POKÉMON WORLD CREATED?.
DIAZ:YOU'DE NISE.
AND TOUCHES THE KIND OF BOW TIE OF DECIDUEYE.
?:....THAT KIND OF MIND....
DIAZ:WHAT'S YOUR NAME?.
?:....(SIGH) SO YOU ARE THE NEXT KING OF THIS KINGDOM.
DIAZ:....
?:....MY NAME IS DEC.
DIAZ:MAXIDIDIANO SAIS TAT I AM MADI DIAZ.
DEC:....OKEY.
AND DIAZ TUGS ON THE STRINGS OF DEC, CLOSING HIS KIND OF HOOD.
DEC:HEY!.
DIAZ:HAHAHA!.
DEC:ENOUGH ALREADY!!.
AND HOLD THE DIAZ HANDS TIGHTLY.
DIAZ:....
AND DEC NOTICED THAT DIAZ WAS STARTING TO TEAR.
DEC:...WHY DO YOU ACT LIKE THAT?
DIAZ:...BEDDI!!.
AND BEGAN TO CRY, MAKING NOISE.
DIAZ:DU NOT HUDT ME!!.
DEC:....PERHAPS….
AND HE NOTICED THAT DIAZ WAS STILL CRYING, SCARED.
DEC: ...
AND HE LIFTS HIS WING, TRYING TO CARESS DIAZ, BUT HE FREAKS OUT.
DIAZ:BEDDI!!.
DEC:CALM. I WILL NOT HURT YOU.
AND DIAZ KEPT HIS DISTANCE UNTIL HE REACHED THE EDGE, WHERE THE WATER WAS BEHIND.
DEC:....
AND THINKING, HE DECIDES TO USE THE OTHER WING OF HIM.
DIAZ:....
AND DIAZ LOOKS AT HIS WING. WHICH DID NOT HAVE MANY FEATHERS, AND THE ONES HE HAD WERE BURNED.
DIAZ:....
DEC:LOOK DIAZ....I'M HURT...I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT TOO.
DIAZ:...
AND HE WALKS OVER TO HER AND HOLDS HER.
DIAZ:....IT'S SOFT.
DEC:...
AND HE STROKES HER HEAD.
DIAZ:...
AND SMILES AT HIM.
DEC:....(SIGH) BE MORE CAREFUL.
AND HE HEARS SOMEONE APPROACHING.
DEC:...
AND DEC RUNS OFF.
BELLI:...DIAZ!.
AND BELLI HUGS HIM.
BELLI:THANK GOD, DAMN IT, HELL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?!.
DIAZ:I WAT TO DO IT AJAIN! TE WATED! DAMMIT!
AND RUNS INTO THE WATER.
BELLI:NO DIAZ, NO!.
AND HE GRABS IT.
DIAZ:WIIIIII!.
BELLI:DIAZ!.
AND ABOVE THE CASTLE.
DEC:.....WEIRD.
AND GOING BACK TO THE PRESENT TIME.
DIAZ:....YOU ARE MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.
DEC:....
ROSE:....PBBBBB! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DEC?! A GUARDIAN ANGEL?! HAHAHA!.
DEC:.....
ROSE:...OU, IT'S SERIOUS.
LILLIGANT:DID YOU TAKE CARE OF THE SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH?
DEC:...THE POINT IS THAT DIAZ WOULD NEVER REBEL AGAINST THE KINGDOM....PLUS I SAW EVERYTHING.
AND AT THE TIME THE KINGDOM WAS TAKEN. HE SAW HOW DIAZ ESCAPED FROM THEM, AND ON HIS WAY HE FOLLOWED HIM.
DEC:....FRAMING HIM WAS VERY LOW, EVEN FOR ROYALTY.
ROSE:.....FLYGON NEVER SHOWED THAT SIDE OF HIM.....IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT.
DEC:IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING WHEN THEY HEARD THAT SOMEONE LIKE DIAZ WOULD BE A KING.
DIAZ:....
DEC:AND THINGS GOT WORSE AFTER HE WAS CHARGED.
ROSE:EXPLAIN THE SITUATION.
DEC:THE KINGDOMS ARE NOW FULL OF GUARDS, WAITING FOR DIAZ TO COME TO ONE OF THEM SO THEY CAN CATCH HIM. APART FROM THE FACT THAT SEVERAL INHABITANTS OF THE KINGDOMS ALSO PREPARE, IN CASE HE DARES TO ENTER.
BRAIXEN:WHAT ABOUT US?.
DEC:THEY WERE LABELED "HOSTAGES." THEY BELIEVE THAT DIAZ, IN A CRUEL WAY, MANIPULATED HIS MINDS SO THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT HIM.
DITTO:THAT'S A VILE LIE! MEWTWO LITERALLY ACCOMPANIES HIM!
MEWTWO:AGH, I HATE RUMORS, THEY ARE ALL FALSE.
DEC:IF THEY CATCH YOU. POSSIBLY THEY ONLY USE THEM SO THAT DIAZ DECIDES TO SURRENDER, WHICH I WILL NOT ALLOW.
DIAZ:WHAT DO WE DO DEC?.
DEC:THE ONLY WAY TO END THIS IS FOR MAXIMILIANO TO DECLARE THAT YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.
BRAIXEN:DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?
DEC:AS PERHAPS YOU CAN POSSIBLY SUPPOSE, IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM. WHERE THE GUARD IS GREATER AND SLOWKING WAS THE ONE THAT BEGAN THE SPREAD OF THE RUMOR. IF MAXIMILIAN IS IN ANY KINGDOM, HE MUST BE THE GREATEST OF ALL.
MEWTWO:THE KINGDOM IS FORTIFIED, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO ENTER.
DEC:THAT'S WHY WE'LL NEED TO TALK TO RUBY.
DITTO:WHO IS RUBY ?.
BRAIXEN:DON'T YOU KNOW RUBY ?.
DIAZ:...THE QUEEN OF FIRE.
DEC:SHE HAS HERS OF HER OWN DOMAINS AND, THEREFORE, HERS OF HER OWN ARMY. IF WE ARE ABLE TO CONTACT HER, WE MAY ASK FOR HER HELP.
ROSE:ARE YOU SURE SHE WILL HELP US? I MUST ASSUME THAT SHE ALSO HEARD THE RUMORS.
DEC:THAT'S WHY WE MUST FIND HER HUSBAND, SPIN.
DIAZ:SPIN?
ROSE:SPIN IS A SPINDA AND RUBY'S HUSBAND. SO FAR HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO RUBY.
DEC:IF ANYONE CAN CONVINCE HER, IT'S HE.
DITTO:AND WHERE DO WE FIND IT?
DEC:THAT'S THE TRICKY THING.
AND TAKING OUT A HIDDEN MAP, HE PUTS IT ON THE TABLE.
DIAZ:...HOENN.
DEC:SPIN IS IN HOENN, VISITING RELATIVES OF THE PARDAL TOWN.
DIAZ:.....I'M AFRAID TO ASK WHY YOU KNOW THAT.
DEC:THE TRIP IS TWO DAYS, ONE OUTWARD AND ONE BACK.
BRAIXEN:DO YOU THINK IT WILL HELP DIAZ?.
DEC: SPIN IS IN ANOTHER REGION. REGIONS TEND TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN AFFAIRS THAN OTHER REGIONS AND CONTINENTS. SO WE CAN EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO YOU WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
MEWTWO:HOENN....I HAVEN'T VISITED THAT PLACE IN A LONG TIME.
DITTO:HE'S NERVOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE DADDY'S HOU-
AND HE CRUSHES IT.
BRAIXEN:....DOES MEW LIVE IN HOENN?.
MEWTWO:FIRST OF ALL, IT IS RARE THAT THEY MENTION IT TO THE FIRST!.
ROSE:I THOUGHT MEW LIVED IN KANTO.
MEWTWO:....HE USED TO LIVE THERE. BUT ONE DAY AN OLD CONTACT OF HIS TOLD HIM THAT THEY HAD BUILT A BUILDING IN HOENN THAT ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF SEVERAL POKÉMON.
DITTO:AND BETWEEN THEM. MEW DECIDED TO LIVE THERE.
DIAZ:WASN'T MEW SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN THE TREE OF BEGINNING?
LILLIGANT:....
DEC:....AS LONG AS HE LIVES, THE TREE OF BEGINNING WILL BE FINE.
DITTO:SO YOUR LEGEND IS TRUE? DID YOU TRAVEL TO THAT PLACE?
DEC:....MORE OR LESS.
BRAIXEN:HOW IS IT ?.
DEC:....I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
ROSE:....WAIT. IF MEW LIVES IN THAT REGION-
DEC:HE CAN HELP US GO TO HOENN.
MEWTWO:....
DEC:THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD MEWTWO IS HERE.
MEWTWO:...NO....NO, NONONONONONONO, I'M NOT GOING TO CALL HIM!.
DIAZ:CALL HIM?.
DITTO:MEWTWO HAS A KIND OF TELECOMMUNICATION WITH PAPA.
AND MEWTWO CRUSHES IT WITH MORE FORCE.
MEWTWO:CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, SHUT UP?!
DITTO:... and can talk to him telepathically.
MEWTWO:DAMN!.
BRAIXEN:COULD YOU ALWAYS TALK TO MEW AND YOU NEVER TOLD US?.
MEWTWO:....NOT EXACTLY.
DEC:OK MEWTWO, I'LL GIVE YOU A REASON WHY YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR FATHER, AND HE IS YOUR FATHER!
MEWTWO:MEW IS NOT MY FATHER! AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT "REASON".
DEC:LOOK AT YOUR HAND.
MEWTWO:...WHAT?
AND LOOKING AT THEM. NOTE HE HAD FLOETTE ON THE RIGHT.
DEC:IF THIS CONTINUES. MANY ARE LIKELY TO BE INJURED, INCLUDING THE INNOCENT.
MEWTWO:.....
FLOETTE:....
MEWTWO:....(SIGH)....GIVE ME TIME TO CONTACT HIM.
DIAZ:THANKS MEWTWO.
LILLIGANT:APART THAT THE FLOETTE'S FLOWER WILL SOON BE READY.
DIAZ:WHAT DO WE DO UNTIL THEN?.
DEC:PREPARE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS BETWEEN YOU AND HOENN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE ARRIVE. SO PACK BAGS AND GET PLENTY OF REST. MEWTWO, LET ME KNOW MEW'S ANSWER.
LILLIGANT:...DEC-
LILY:MOM! I CAN'T FIND THE MEDICINE FOR DIAZ!...
DEC:....
LILY:...THEY NEVER INTRODUCED US, WHO ARE YOU?
AND DEC, WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, LEAVES THE MANSION.
LILLIGANT:.....
FLAN:DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIII!!.
DEC: FLAN, LEAVE THAT!.
AND AT NIGHT, AFTER EATING.
DITTO:AND HOW I EXPLAIN. THE KINGDOM WHERE I LIVE IS USUALLY POPULATED BY MANY TYPES OF POKÉMON.
LILY:....DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD ACCEPT ME?
DITTO:...MMMMM, WHAT A DELICIOUS SOUP!.
AND HE GETS INTO HIS BOWL.
LILY:....
DIAZ:IT IS NOT USUALLY VERY USEFUL IN THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS...IN FACT I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU ASK.
LILY:I HEARD THAT THE DITTOS ARE VERY CLEVER.
DIAZ:WHAT A LIE THEY TOLD YOU. YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR QUESTIONS TO SOMEONE MORE EXPERT ON TOPICS.
LILY:....THEN YOU WILL RULE THE NORTH SOON?
DIAZ:.....I THINK SOMEONE IS CALLING ME.
AND HE GOES OUT INTO THE GARDEN.
LILY:...BECAUSE I LIKE ROYALTY!.
AND OUTSIDE.
DIAZ:....(SIGH).... THE AIR FEELS GOOD HERE...
AND DIAZ GO TO DEC, OBSERVING A PLANT.
DEC:....
LILLIGANT:HELLO DEC.
AND DIAZ, WITHOUT WANTING TO INTERRUPT, HIDES.
DEC:.....
LILLIGANT:....GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
DEC:....
LILLIGANT:....YOU LIKE THAT FLOWER RIGHT?
DEC:....
LILLIGANT:WITH HER YOUR LEGEND WAS WRITTEN AND.....
DEC:....
LILLIGANT:.....FORGIVE ME.....I DID LOVE YOU....AND IN THE END....I....
DEC:....I DON'T HATE YOU.
LILLIGANT:....
DEC:IN ITSELF, ALTHOUGH WE SPENT TIME TOGETHER.....I WAS NOT WITH YOU AT THE END OF THAT TRIP...
LILLIGANT:....
DEC:I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT FLAN HAS NOT BEEN CORRUPTED.....AND I'M GLAD THAT HE COULD GET SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
LILLIGANT:....I....DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU FOR OVER A DECADE.
DEC:....THERE ARE THINGS I WOULD RATHER NOT TELL YOU.
LILLIGANT:...WHY WERE YOU WITH DIAZ?.
DEC:....
FLAN:LILLIGANT!! I'M TRAPPED IN THE DARK ROOM!!
LILLIGANT:...HE'S IN THE BATHROOM.....I-
DEC:GO AHEAD.
LILLIGANT:.....I KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU.
AND SHE LEAVES THERE.
DIAZ:....
DEC:DIAZ, IT IS WRONG TO SPY ON OTHERS.
DIAZ:HUH?.
AND DEC GOES WITH DIAZ.
DEC:....
DIAZ:....I....WAS THERE SOMETHING BETWEEN YOU?.
AND GOING TO THE ROOF OF THE MANSION.
DEC:....THE LEGEND THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT ME IS NOT FULLY TOLD.
DIAZ:....
DEC:....MY PAST....MY LIFE....AND THE WAY IN WHICH I FOUND THE TREE OF BEGINNING.
DIAZ:...MAXIMILIANO TOLD ME THAT THE OUTLAW FOUND A TIME FLOWER. AND THANKS TO THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND THE TREE.
DEC:BUT DID YOU EVER WONDER WHERE I FOUND THE FLOWER?
DIAZ:....MRS. LILLIGANT, HAS AMAZING FLOWERS.
DEC:IT HAS THEM, OF ALL TYPES AND FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
DIAZ:....
DEC:.....BEFORE THE LEGEND. I USED TO BE VERY DISTANT WITH OTHERS, I HAD A TEAM BUT HONESTLY I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THEIR WELL-BEING...ALSO ONE OF MY DREAMS WAS TO FIND THE TREE OF BEGINNING...BUT EVERYONE SAID THAT SUCH A PLACE DID NOT EXIST, THAT IT WAS ONLY A MYTH.
DIAZ:...AND IN THE END YOU DID IT.
DEC:....IF I HADN'T MET HER, I MIGHT NEVER HAVE FOUND THE TREE...OR MYSELF.
DIAZ:.....WAS FLAN PART OF THAT GROUP?
DEC:.....FINDING THE TREE AND...FACING VARIOUS PROBLEMS. I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A MEMBER OF MY TEAM WHO DID NOT DESERVE THE LIFE THAT I GAVE...A LITTLE LITWICK, WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, WHO LIED ABOUT HIS AGE FOR FEAR OF REJECTION....SO I LEFT HIM WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD GIVE HIM A PEACEFUL AND CALM LIFE, DESPITE HIS ILLNESS.....ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THAT I NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING TO ARISE BETWEEN THEM.
DIAZ:....YOU MUST ADMIT THAT AT LEAST THE DAUGHTER IS ADORABLE.
DEC:IT IS....
DIAZ:....THEN WHY DID YOU STOP SEEING HER ?.
DEC:....WHEN SHE HAD THAT EGG....I COULDN'T ACCEPT IT....I KNOW SHE HAD NO BAD INTENTIONS....BUT STILL IT HURT....AND I DECIDED TO GET AWAY FROM HER.
DIAZ:....
DEC:AND THEN AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE...I SAW A RIOLU PLAY ON THE ROOF, LIKE IT WAS IGNORANT OF THE FACT THAT IT COULD FALL, AND IN THE END I HAD TO SAVE IT.
DIAZ:...WAS ON THE ROOF?.
DEC:YOU WERE STILL VERY YOUNG, SO YOU PROBABLY FORGOT THAT.
DIAZ:....MAXIMILIANO USED TO TELL ME THAT YOU DID NOT RESPECT ROYALTY.
DEC:I DON'T RESPECT HER. THEY ARE A BUNCH OF POKÉMON THAT BELIEVE THEY ARE SUPERIOR TO THE REST AND WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE SOMETHING THEY ELIMINATE IT.
DIAZ:...LIKE ME.
DEC:...I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I DECIDED TO SAVE THE SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH...SOMETHING ABOUT YOU INTRIGUES ME.
DIAZ:....
DEC:....YOUR WAY OF ACTING IS NOT LIKE OTHER POKÉMON I'VE SEEN. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE FIRST POKÉMON THAT, DESPITE HAVING IMPURE BLOOD, WAS SELECTED TO BE THE NEXT KING.
DIAZ:WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT THAT PART? IT IS UNFAIR THAT THEY TREAT ME DIFFERENTLY JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT BELONG TO MAXIMILIANO'S FAMILY.
DEC:THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE HERE....THOSE WHO REIGN HAVE POWER OVER THOSE WHO LIVE...AND WHEN ONE OF THE LOWER CLASS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN, THE UPPER CLASS PREVENT IT.
DIAZ:....
DEC:FEW ARE THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO NOTICE...ROSE, RUBY, ME AND...OTHERS, WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT. AND TO COVER UP THAT DETAIL, THE KINGS DECIDE TO LIE ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS.
DIAZ:LIE?
DEC:THEY AFFIRM THAT WE ARE FAMILY....BUT I WOULD NEVER ACCEPT BEING THE FAMILY OF A HORRIBLE GHOST, OR OF OTHERS.
DIAZ:....SO IS ALL ROYALTY?.
DEC:....EVERYONE....MAXIMILIANO HIDES THINGS FROM YOU DIAZ....
DIAZ:....DEC, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF I BEING KING?.
DEC:...I JUST HOPE THE NORTH KINGDOM IS STILL STANDING AFTER YOU WEAR THAT CROWN.
DIAZ:....
DEC:.....SURELY YOUR FATHER WILL WANT TO SEE YOU.
DIAZ:....DO YOU KNOW HIM?
DEC: NOT EXACTLY....BUT I KNOW THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE MORE SURPRISING THAN HE EXPECTED.
DIAZ:.....
DEC:BETTER GO TO SLEEP DIAZ.
DIAZ:....
AND DIAZ, GETTING UP, LEFT.
DIAZ:...DEC....YOU HAVE SEEN IN DETAIL EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE WITH MY LIFE SO FAR, RIGHT?
DEC:CORRECT.
DIAZ:...SO...YOU KNOW I'M NOT AS INNOCENT AS I USED TO BELIEVE.
DEC:....."THE BLOODY KING" RIGHT?.
DIAZ:.....
DEC:....DIAZ. WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MOMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO YOU ARE NOW.
DIAZ:....I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT.
AND DIAZ JUST LEAVES THERE.
DEC:....
MEWTWO:OH, THERE YOU ARE.
DEC:HI MEWTWO.....
MEWTWO:...(SIGH) REPLIED.
DEC:WELL?.
MEWTWO:....HE'S COMING TOMORROW.
DEC:MEWTWO. I HOPE YOU PROBLEMS WITH MEW DON'T MAKE THIS DIFFICULT FOR US.
MEWTWO:I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT! AND HE'S NOT MY FATHER EITHER!
DEC:WHATEVER YOU SAY.
AND DEC LEAVES THERE.
MEWTWO:....MY ARCEUS.
AND MEWTWO NOTICES THAT FLOETTE FELL ASLEEP ON HIS HAND.
MEWTWO:....PLEASE ARCEUS, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T START.