CHAPTER 28:DIAZ, THE TRUE KING OF THE NORTH

3 DAYS BEFORE THE CORONATION.

IN A BED. DIAZ WAKE UP.

DIAZ:....OUCH....

AND NOTICE IT WAS HIS BED.

DIAZ:....I....

AND THEY OPEN HIS DOOR.

MAXIMILIANO:YOU FINALLY WAKE UP ALONE.

DIAZ:....MAXIMILIANO...ARE YOU REAL?.

MAXIMILIANO:...DOES THIS ICE CREAM LOOK REAL TO YOU?

AND HE GIVES HER THE ICE CREAM AND EATS.

DIAZ:....GLAD TO FINALLY BE AWAKE.

MAXIMILIANO:....WHAT HAPPENED TO EMPOLEON?.

DIAZ:.....HE.....NOW HE WILL BE WITH HIS SON.

MAXIMILIANO:....DIAZ...FORGIVE ME....ALL THIS STARTED WITH MY FAMILY....AGAIN.

DIAZ:...HE JUST WANTED HIS SON TO BE ON THE THRONE....BUT THE METHODS HE USED WENT TOO FAR.....I STILL DON'T HATE HIM.

MAXIMILIANO:.....HEY DIAZ, REGARDING MY LEAVING....

DIAZ:....MAXIMILIANO....BEFORE YOU GO. WE COULD THROW YOU A PARTY.

MAXIMILIANO:....AND ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?

DIAZ:...YOU HELPED ME AS FAR AS YOU COULD....I THINK I WAS JUST AFRAID THAT YOU WERE ABANDONING ME.

MAXIMILIANO:...DIAZ. YOU CLEARLY HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT....I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU....JUST CALL ME.

DIAZ:....

AND THEY HUG.

MAXIMILIANO:...DIAZ. THERE ARE POKÉMON THAT WANT TO SEE YOU...I'LL ASK THEM TO PASS ONE BY ONE...OR WHATEVER AMOUNT THEY THINK BEST

AND GOING OUT. ANOTHER POKÉMON ENTERS.

BELLI:HEY DIAZ.

DIAZ:....BELLI.

BELLI:.....I'M GLAD YOUR TRAINING HAS HELPED.

DIAZ:...I HAD A GREAT TEACHER.

BELLI:....DIAZ. I WILL BE STARTING TO PREPARE EVERYTHING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF YOUR FATHER...THERE ARE THREE "DIAZ" BUT HE WILL COME...DO YOU AGREE?.

DIAZ:....HE ONLY SEEKS TO SEE THAT HE HAS GROWN WELL....AND I WANT HIM TO SEE HOW WELL I GREW.

BELLI:....YOU ARE GREAT DIAZ...KEEP IT UP.

AND HE LEAVES.

DIAZ:....

AND THINKING.

(MIND:

:I'M PROUD THAT YOU'VE GROWN WELL

TAPE RECORDER:

?:PROUD THAT YOU HAVE GROWN WELL)

DIAZ:.....NAH, IT MUST BE A COINCIDENCE.

DITTO:HEY FRIEND!.

MEWTWO:HOW GOOD YOU WOKE UP.

DIAZ:GUYS...

AND SEE FLOETTE ON MEWTWO'S SHOULDER.

DIAZ:...HELLO FLOETTE.

FLOETTE:HELLLO.

MEWTWO:....

DITTO:AAAH, ARE YOU SMILING?

MEWTWO:SHUT UP BROTHER!.

DITTO:HE SAID IT AGAIN! DID YOU RECORD IT?!.

DIAZ:...HOW WELL I SEE THEM.

DITTO:....DIAZ....WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTH-

DIAZ:LOVED ONES COME FIRST, RIGHT?...I WOULD HAVE LET THEM DIE IF BELLI OR MAXIMILIANO WERE IN DANGER.

MEWTWO:...THEY TOLD ME YOU BEAT GIRATINA.

DITTO:GUESS. HE SHRUNK AND IS NOW THE SIZE OF A KEYCHAIN.

DIAZ:SERIOUSLY?....AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?.

MEWTWO:PA...MEW GAVE HIM A PUNISHMENT, WORTHY OF A TRUE POKÉMON OF THE DISTORTION WORLD ..

MEANWHILE AT SCHOOL.

MAGNEZONE: AND FOR THOSE REASONS. THE RENEGADE POKÉMON WAS SENT TO THE DISTORTION WORLD. QUESTIONS?

GIRATINA:WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT ?! I NEVER THREATENED MEW AND LESS DID I DESTROY WORLDS! THEY LOCKED ME UP BEFORE I DID THAT!

MAGNEZONE:TINA, DO YOU WANT ANOTHER TIME IN THE CORNER?.

TINA:...NO SIR....I WANT TO RETURN TO THE DISTORTION WORLD!.

BACK.

DITTO:IF MEWTWO COULD IMPROVE. WE CAN SURELY DO THE SAME WITH TINA.

DIAZ:....GUYS....THANKS FOR JOINING ME.

MEWTWO:....thank you for being my friend.

DIAZ:WHAT?.

MEWTWO:DON'T PUSH.

DITTO:DIAZ. WE MAY NOT SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN FOR QUITE SOME TIME ... BUT WE SUPPORT YOU FROM SCHOOL...AND FROM ELSEWHERE.

MEWTWO:....I WILL SUPPORT YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE.

DIAZ:....

AND GIVING EACH OTHER A HUG. DITTO AND MEWTWO LEAVE.

DITTO:...

MEWTWO:HE HE WILL DO WELL.

DITTO:...YOU TAUGHT FLOETTE SEVERAL WORDS.

MEWTWO:WE ARE STILL TRYING TO PERFECT SEVERAL.

DITTO:....FLOETTE. CAN YOU SAY "I LOVE YOU MEWTWO" ?.

MEWTWO:HUH?.

FLOETTE:....I LOVE YOU...MEWTWO.

AND KISSES HIM ON THE CHEEK, MAKING MEWTWO BLUSH.

MEWTWO:.....

DITTO:UUUUUUUUUUUHHHHH.

MEWTWO:SHUT UP!.

AND THE SUCCESSORS ENTER.

DIAZ:...HELLO.

AND THEY KNEEL BEFORE DIAZ...MORE OR LESS.

CLAYDOL:WE FEEL THE INCONVENIENCE TO YOU DIAZ.

HAUNTER:DECEIVED BY OUR OWN RELATIVES.

SKIPLOOM:PLEASE GIVE US A PUNISHMENT FOR OUR WAY OF TREATING YOU FOR YEARS. I WAS A BAD GIRL AND I DESERVE PUNISHMENT.

KINGS:.....

SKIPLOOM:...LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

DIAZ:...HEY. THEY MUST NOT KNEEL, IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THEY DO THAT...I ONLY ASK THAT, ONCE I AM KING, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR WAY OF TREATING EACH OTHER. THE NORTH WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE POKÉMON THAT NEED IT, THE WEST WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT, THE SOUTH WILL PROVIDE MATERIALS TO BE USED BY OTHERS AND THE EAST...I LIKE THE EAST.

SKIPLOOM:WE'LL SEE WHAT TO DO THERE.

DIAZ:...AND ROSE?.

HAUNTER:SHE AND THE OTHER LEGENDS LEFT. THEY SAID THEY SHOULD MEDITATE ON HIS ACTIONS. THEY TOLD US, TO TELL YOU, THAT THEY ARE VERY SORRY FOR EVERYTHING THEY CAUSED.

CLAYDOL:DEC HE SAID HE WISHED YOU THE BEST...AND THAT ONE DAY THEY WOULD SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.

DIAZ:....IF THEY SEE THEM. TELL THEM IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.

SKIPLOOM:GOOD. SEE YOU ANOTHER TIME DIAZ.

AND THEY LEAVE THERE

DIAZ:.....

LILY:....

DIAZ:...I-

AND GOING FAST TOWARDS HIM. SHE HUGS IT.

LILY:how many more?....how many more times are you going to sleep?.

DIAZ:....

AND HUGS IT.

LILY:.....if I had to die for you to live...I accept it.

DIAZ:....I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO SEE A HORRIBLE SIDE OF ME.

LILY:....if you do something wrong, don't worry....I'll be there for you, no matter what dark secrets you have.

DIAZ:....

LILY:....DO YOU REMEMBER?

DIAZ:WHAT?

LILY:...I GAVE MY FIRST KISS TO THE NEXT KING.

AND DIAZ BLUSHES.

DIAZ:....I ....I MUST ADMIT THAT WAS ALSO MINE.

LILY:ARE YOU PROPOSING TO ME THEN?!.

DIAZ:DO NOT EXAGGERATE, PLEASE!....I THINK IT IS A BAD WAY TO USE A KISS...THINK ABOUT THE BOY WHO YOU REALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH.

LILY:....

AND WHISPERS SOMETHING TO HIM.

LILY:We could give it to the other, the other first time.

AND DIAZ GETS TOO FLUSHED.

LILLIGANT:DAUGHTER. WE MUST GO.

FLAN:LILY WILL MAKE CAKE!

LILY:....see you some other time diaz.

AND IT GOES FROM THERE.

DIAZ:....WHAT?....WHAT?!....WHAT?!!.

BRAIXEN:DIAZ?.

DIAZ:AH!!...OH...BRAIXEN.

BRAIXEN:.....

DIAZ:.....NICE TO SEE YOU.

BRAIXEN:....I SEE THAT THE REST HELPED YOU.

DIAZ:....YES....

AND HE SEES HER CRY A LITTLE.

DIAZ:...ARE YOU....

BRAIXEN:....I HURT YOU, DIDN'T I?....ONCE AGAIN I TOLD YOU SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU FEEL LONELY....AND I DIDN'T TRY TO RETRACT....

DIAZ:....

AND DIAZ UP AND GOES WITH HER.

BRAIXEN:DIAZ.... I ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO HURT YOU....EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT MY INTENTION...YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TALKED TO ME THE DAY WE MET!.

AND DIAZ TAKES HER HANDS.

BRAIXEN:...

DIAZ:...I NEVER SAID MY LAST WORDS IN CASE OF NOT SURVIVING....ALL MY LIFE I WAS UNSURE OF BEING ABLE TO RULE AN ENTIRE KINGDOM....IT WAS WHEN I MET A FENNEKIN THAT INSPIRED ME TO MOVE FORWARD....NOT GIVE UP...FIGHT FOR WHAT I WANTED...SOMETIMES I THOUGHT THAT GIRL WAS WRONG...THAT THERE WERE OTHER POKEMON MORE WORTHY THAN ME...BUT THAT GIRL...ALWAYS HELPED ME TO BE HAPPY....AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY...THAT GIRL I LOVE....SEES ME WITH A CROWN ON MY HEAD....PROUD TO HAVE AS A FRIEND....THIS RIOLU....AND MAYBE....BE MORE THAN FRIENDS.

BRAIXEN:....

DIAZ:....BRAIXEN.....WOULD YOU WAIT FOR ME THEN?.

BRAIXEN:....DIAZ.

AND SHE HUGS HIM

DIAZ:....

BRAIXEN:...SORRY.

DIAZ:NONONO, OKAY.

BRAIXEN:....MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DELAY.

DIAZ:...

AND SHE LEAVES THERE. DIAZ, AFTER LISTENING TO THOSE PRESENT, WALKS TOWARDS THE MAIN ROOM.

DIAZ:.....

AND HE SEES THE GUARDS STANDING FIRM IN HER PRESENCE.

DIAZ:....WELL DONE GARBODOR.

GARBODOR:...DID YOU HEAR THAT ?! I AM AN ARCEUS FOR ALL OF YOU!.

AND REACHING THE THRONE.

MAXIMILIANO:...DIAZ...THE CEREMONY WILL BE IN THREE DAYS...DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT?

DIAZ:...DAD WILL COME IN THOSE THREE DAYS....AND I'LL MAKE SURE HE FEELS PROUD.

MAXIMILIANO:....

AND HE STANDS BEFORE EVERYONE.

MAXIMILIANO:ATTENTION EVERYONE! THEY MAY KNOW...BUT MY FAMILY IS NO LONGER PART OF THE ROYAL BLOOD...BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. THE BLOOD DOES NOT DEFINE THE QUALITY OF ONE, BUT THE THINGS THAT ONE IS WILLING TO LEAD CORRECTLY!....AND EVEN IF I LEAVE.

DIAZ:....

MAXIMILIAN: I KNOW THAT THE THRONE IS IN GOOD HANDS.

DIAZ:.....

MAXIMILIANO:...ATTENTION EVERYONE! HERE THE TRUE KING OF THE NORTH! MACRI DIAZ!.

GUARDS:LONG LIVE!!.

AND DIAZ LISTENED TO THE APPLAUSE AND THE CELEBRATION...THAT HATRED THAT HE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT EVERYONE HAD IN HIM....TURNED OUT TO BE JUST AN OLD PART OF HIS LIFE.

DIAZ:...

AND HE WAS SMILING, HAPPY TO SEE THAT HE WAS FINALLY WORTHY OF ALL.

DIAZ:...WAIT PAPA....YOU WILL SEE THE TYPE OF KING THAT I WILL BE.

MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER WORLD, IN A PLACE FAR FROM THE POKEMON WORLD.

ALVARO:...SIMÓN....SIMÓN....¡¡¡SIMÓN!!!.

AND SLAPS HIM.

SIMÓN:AAAAAHH!!!....WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG, ALVARO?! I'M SLEEPING WITH PLEASURE AND TU PICK ME UP LIKE THAT!

ALVARO:WE MUST START PACKING. WE ARE LEAVING.

SIMÓN:SHALL WE GO?

ALVARO:DE LA JAIL. REMEMBER?.

SIMÓN:...OH YEAH, CIERTO...YO ALWAYS FORGET.

ALVARO:TU SLEPT A LOT, DID YOU DREAM SOMETHING?

SIMÓN:YO DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF MY DREAMS...PERO I THINK THERE WAS AN ANIMAL THERE...AND STRANGELY I FELT A CONNECTION WITH THAT ANIMAL, AND WE TALKED.

ALVARO:AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BAMBI, THAT'S FINE. ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME OR WILL TU CONTINUE SLEEPING?

SIMÓN:....

AND SIMÓN CLOSES HIS EYES AGAIN. BUT ALVARO GIVES HIM ANOTHER SLAP.

SIMÓN:OOPS!! SON OF YOUR-

AND HE JUMPS TO HIT ALVARO.

SIMÓN: YOU GAVE ME OPTIONS AND I CHOSE, POR QUÉ THE HELL ARE YOU SO ARROGANT?!!.

ALVARO:IT WAS NOT LITERAL DAMN LAZY CRAP. DO SOMETHING USEFUL IDIOTA!!.

THE SURPRISE THAT DIAZ WILL TAKE. DO NOT BELIEVE IT?.