Confessions of a Madman

Ash and N finally team up as the battle for Unova comes to an end in this chapter and the road to recovery begins for many people. This chapter will only be Ash's POV

Pokemon isn't mine.

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(Ash's POV)

"Zoren your days are number!" I yelled as the remaining men of team plasma attacked the massive force of Neo Plasma, "Hilda I need you to go somewhere safe" I told her not wanting her to get involved in the battle, "Let's go Zekrom!' I yelled out before we charged into battle.

"Ash come back alive alright" she said before kissing me on the cheek, "save Unova for everyone" she said with a smile before running to safety.

"How sweet now to deal with you Ash" Zoren said sarcastically, "you made a mistake coming back Ash" Zoren said with a smile, "You might have survived at the Liberty Tower explosion but now I will finish you off!" Zoren pointed out intentions with a laugh.

"Why are you doing this Zoren?" I asked the trainer but without warning he called out for an attack, "you coward Zekrom use Dragon Claw" I commanded as the dragons charged at each other, the colliding attacks cased a massive shockwave blowing people over.

"Reshiram let's help Ash out" N said while holding his left arm before the large pokemon was hit with a powerful Dragon Pulse, "father I was wondering when you were going to get involved in this" N said as a large three headed pokemon colored mostly blue pokemon with a black neck and wings with a fuchsia coloring around each head.

"Son I can't let you go any further" Ghetsis declared as the battle between Zekrom and Kyurem intensified.

We flew between the buildings as we fought for supremacy, "Give it up Ash there is no way you can win" Zoren said arrogantly before he heard his men retreating, "what I didn't give the order to retreat" Zoren said in anger.

"Don't let your guard down Zoren!" I told him with a smirk, "Zekrom use Fusion Bolt" I declared my attack sending Kyurem flying towards a building, "your men are retreating Zoren because they are being beaten by other legendary pokemon" I said with a smile.

Kyurem stopped before hitting the building and flew back towards Zekrom, "legendary pokemon what do you mean?" Zoren asked me as I pointed down towards a battle where his men were fighting Team Plasma soldiers, "I don't see a legendary pokemon" Zoren remarked with a smile.

"Look above the battle Zoren" I pointed out as a large blue pokemon started churning his bolts of judgment on Neo Plasma soldiers, "our reinforcements are not only men but the legendary pokemon of Unova that want to stop you from achieving your goals" I said as he charged towards Zekrom, "Zekrom use Dragon Pulse" I called out for the powerful dragon attack.

"Your will never beat me" Zoren said as he began to lose his composure, "Kyurem use Ice Beam" Zoren commanded confidently, the attack landed causing a massive explosion breaking every window in the shockwave, "now time to attack again, Kyurem hit Zekrom with Draco Meteor" Zoren commanded as his pokemon charged up for the attack.

"Fuck" I hissed under my breath, "Zekrom lets move out of the way" I told my pokemon as we dodged the meteors as they rained down from the sky, "Zekrom counter now with Dragon claw" I commanded the legendary pokemon to charge at the powerful ice type pokemon.

"Kyurem use Ice Beam now" Zoren pointed out for his next attack, as the attack slammed into each other one of Zekrom's black wings was hit with the attack and covered in Ice, "now you will crash into the glass" Zoren said with a laugh.

"As we began to crash towards the shards of glass I pulled out one of my pokeballs, "Braviary I need your help" I explained as I called out for my flying type pokemon, I jumped on to my flying type pokemon before Zekrom crashed in the main street of Nimbasa City, "Zekrom please get up" I called out to my pokemon.

"it seems like your legendary pokemon is out of the battle" Zoren said arrogantly, now nothing can stop me from taking over the world" Zoren declared with confidence as he called for another attack, "Ash you were a worthy opponent but it ends here" Zoren stated with a smirk, "Kyurem use Ice beam one more time" Zoren called out for the ice type attack.

"Geez Zoren why not go for something more powerful like a Draco Meteor" I said trying to goad him into attack with the move.

"I thought you were a master trainer I am not that dumb to use that move over and over again" he said with a laugh as the Ice Beam approached us, "there is no escape for you Ash" Zoren said with a laugh.

"Well I will try anyway" I said as I jumped off Braviary and calling out Darmanitan, "Braviary dodge Ice Beam while I try to get Zekrom back up to scratch" I called out to my flying type pokemon as Darmainitan caught me saving me from certain death, "glad I didn't wasted these things" I told myself as I pulled out a full restore from my pocket, "let's hope this works" I said as I began to spray the medicine on Zekrom.

Zekrom started to thrash about in pain as the full restore started to take effect, "It's alright Zekrom it will only hurt for a little while then you can take part in the battle" I said trying to soothe the mighty pokemon, "Braviary come this way!" I called out to my eagle pokemon, "Zekrom I hope you are ready to battle again" I said to the legendary pokemon.

"This is too much fun" I heard Zoren say as he flew closer to me, I quickly recalled Braviary who was starting to look exhausted from being chased by a legendary pokemon, "So you used that pitiful flying type to buy yourself some time to heal that disgusting pokemon" he said with a laugh, "Kyurem use Ice Beam again" Zoren ordered as the attack charged Zekrom still wasn't budging from the crater that it was in.

"Darmanitan use Flamethrower" I commanded my pokemon trying to give Zekrom time to heal, "Pikachu if it gets too bad here I want you to go to Hilda you understand?" I asked my partner pokemon as the two attacks converged in midair.

"Give it up Ash your Darmanitan isn't strong enough to face the fury of Kyurem" Zoren said trying to get me to surrender.

"Hey Zoren here is my response to giving up" I said getting ready to respond the best I can, "fuck you Zoren" I said with a smile which angered Zoren into a blind rage, "Opps I guess I pissed you off" I said while scratching the back of my head.

"You will pay for that Ash, Kyurem use Draco Meteor" Zoren commanded in a blind rage causing me to smile, "there is no escape for you Ash and none of your allies will live after this!" Zoren declared as the attack finished charging, "say goodbye Ash fire the attack" Zoren ordered his pokemon.

"I guess pissing you off wasn't such a good idea, Pikachu go to Hilda Now" I ordered my pokemon to run away, after the order we quickly took off as the meteors smashed into the ground barely dodging every attack from Draco Meteor, "thanks Zekrom lets finish this battle" I told my pokemon while we were joined by N to make the battle a double battle.

"Ash let's show these two what the true power of Zekrom and Reshiram are" N said as the surrounding battles continued around us, "brother, father time for you both to face justice for your crimes" N said calmly as Zoren joined his father for the final showdown.

"So N teaming up with the master trainer this should be fun" Zoren said with a smile as he prepared for the battle, "This battle will determine the outcome of the war" Zoren decreed confidently, "prepare to taste the bitterness of defeat" Zoren told us in a craze laugh.

"Don't bet on it Zoren your chances of victory is dwindling every second" I said as I looked at a now exhausted Zekrom who was looking ready to battle, "N Zekrom is looking pretty tired from its battle with Kyurem" I said with worry, "but the odds are still on our side I forced Zoren to use Draco Meteor twice during our battle" I said with a confident smile.

"Don't worry Ash we still have the advantage" N said calmly as we looked at our opponent, glaring at them and waiting for out moment to strike.

"So son you ready?" he asked N as Hydreigon readied for its first attack, "Hydreigon use Dragon Breath" Ghetsis command calling for the first attack for the final battle.

"I will follow you father Kyurem use Dragon Breath" Zoren said without think about the side effects of Draco Meteor.

"Zoren that mistake will cost you" I said with confidence as we got ourselves ready to strike back, "Zekrom counter it with Dragon Pulse" I commanded confidently as N called for his Dragon Pulse to meet with Dragon Breath attack from our opponent , our attacks combined in the middle of the park pushing the opponents attacks back to our opponents.

"Nicely done Ash" N complimented, "But this battle has only just started" N declared as the two opposing pokemon charged from the smoke and hit our legendary dragons with Dragon Claw sending them flying towards the buildings, "they're good we need to use a close range long range combination" N told me while thinking of a strategy to win this battle.

"Alright I will send Zekrom in while Reshiram stays back to hit them from a distance" I said knowing what N was thinking as the opposing pokemon began to charge again, "Zekrom use Dragon Claw" I commanded sending in my dragon type to attack two pokemon at once.

"What you want to lose this battle?" Zoren asked me as he looked on while the two pokemon began getting in close range with Zekrom.

"Reshiram use Dragon Pulse" N commanded which wiped off the confidence of Zoren and Ghetsis, the attack sent Hydreigon flying from the force of the attack, "Now it's time to finish this battle" N declared as Kyurem was sent flying towards a building, "Ash now for our combination attack" N told me as the two powerful dragons stood next to us, "Reshiram use Fusion Flare" N ordered for his attack.

"Zekrom use Fusion Bolt" I issued my command, the two pokemon charged up as Zekrom started to gain a blue aura and Reshiram gained a red aura, Zekrom flew up into the air as Reshiram's attack combined with Zekroms attack before flying straight into the opposing pokemon, unfortunately the pokemon picked themselves up and dodged the attack causing Zekrom to crash into a nearby building sending the building plummeting to the ground, "Oh fuck Zekrom are you alright?" I asked the powerful pokemon.

"Not fucking likely" Zoren said with a laugh as Zekrom slowly pick itself up after the impact, "this battle is almost over for you Ash" Zoren said arrogantly as I looked on as Neo Plasma started to slowly regain the upper hand, "what will you do now the battle is slipping away and you don't have much time left" Zoren said as Terakion collapsed from exhaustion.

"Ash things are going pretty badly here" N said looking nervous as we started to get surrounded by Neo Plasma grunts.

"Don't think we would allow you guys to have all the fun" a familiar voice called out "We the gym leaders of Unova will not allow for defeat" she said as her Swanna landed Brave Bird on the opposing forces.

"So it deems that Clay helped out after all" I said with renewed confidence as Zekrom came back to my side of the battle field, "Zoren people just don't want your ideals, time for you to get beaten down" I said as the gym leaders called out their pokemon, "Cilan I want you to help out Terkion the rest of you split up and help the other legendries fight of Neo Plasma" I told the Gym leaders the plan of attack knowing that they would be pretty tired from the battle.

"So Ash what are we going to do here?" N asked me nervously.

"We finish what we started N we defeat Zoren and Ghetsis" I said as the Neo Plasma Forces began to dissipate from our area, "now where were we oh yeah beating the shit out you fuckers" I said with a smile.

"Don't be so confident because the gym leaders returned" Ghetsis stated with a laugh, "your pokemon is still tired while ours are still raring to fight" Ghetsis pointed out smiling a the same time, "you still think you can win well try all might Zoren and me will still defeat you" Ghetsis stated confidently.

"That's right Kyurem might have used too many Draco meteors but Zekrom looks ready to collapse again" Zoren said in observation, "So after we deal with you two the rest will be easy picking" he said with a smile.

"N they are right they are going to target Zekrom from now on" I said in concern as we restarted the battle again, "plus we need to wait for a better time to use our combination" I told N as he nodded in response.

"What you want to try that combo again?" Zoren question with a smirk on his face, "That is just rich the last time you tried Zekrom was almost taken out" Zoren stated as he prepared the attack, "but if we wanted assistance in beating you we should have asked" Zoren said with a laugh, "Kyurem use Ice Beam now" Zoren commanded with a smile.

"Hydreigon attack with Dragon Breath" Ghetsis said issuing his command, "now lets see you two survive this" Ghetsis said laughing at our predicament.

"Reshiram use Dragon Breath now" N commanded for his attack.

"Zekrom Dragon Pulse now" I called out for my attack, Zekrom's and Reshiram's attacks combined to create a powerfull combo as Zoren's and Ghetsis's attacks combined to create an equal force, this time the attacks exploded sending a shockwave that not only damaged our pokemon but the opponents as well.

"Get up now" Zoren called out to his pokemon.

"Come on Hydreigon this battle is far from over" Ghetsis called over to his pokemon.

"Come on Zekrom you can do it" I said calling out in hope as Zekrom slowly started to pick itself up.

"Reshiram my partner I know you won't give up" N stated with confidence in his pokemon, the pokemon slowly picked themselves up, Zekrom took the longest to return to its feet and was breathing heavily.

"Dad use the attack now" Zoren told his father who smiled with his son and nodded.

"Um N something isn't right" I said in concern, "If your dad uses the attack I think I know this could be trouble" I stated nervously, "Zekrom can't take anymore Zekrom is about to collapse from exhaustion" I said while N nodded in agreement.

"Hydreigon use Draco Meteor" Ghetsis instructed his pokemon to use the mighty attack, "this battle is over for you two" Ghetsis stated with a grin as his pokemon charged up for the attack as we looked on nervously.

"Ash I have an idea but it requires you to recall Zekrom for now" N said coming up with an Idea, "use one of you other pokemon for now let Zekrom rest for now" N instructed me as I complied without question and called out my next pokemon, "I will protect your next pokemon Ash" N promised with a smile.

"Zoroark time for you to take charge" I said calling out my dark type Pokemon.

"You are so desperate to give your Zekrom some reprieve but that will not last long" Zoren said in confidence as Hydreigon's attack was fully charge and released into the air breaking up.

"Zoroark dodge the attack then use Shadow Ball on Kyurem" I said issuing my instructions to the dark fox pokemon, Zoroark dodged the incoming attacks with great ease before eventually launching a powerful Shadow Ball on Kyurem.

"Nicely done Ash now it's my turn, Reshiram use Dragon Pulse Now" N commanded confidently, Reshiram charged up the attack and fired it towards the opposing Hydreigon, and my attack landed causing some damage to the mighty legendary pokemon that help dominate the battle on their side.

"Enough Kyurem use Ice Beam on Zoroark" Zoren commanded calmly to his exhausted pokemon.

"No you don't Reshiram use Flamethrower to block Ice Beam" N instructed the large white pokemon to intervene in the attack.

"You forgot someone son don't let your guard down" Ghetsis told his son as Hydreigon prepared to attack again, "Hydreigon use Dragon Pulse" Ghetsis instructed his dark/dragon pokemon calmly, the attack landed preventing Reshiram from getting too close to intercept the attack, "told you son not to underestimate us" Ghetsis told N as Reshiram was pushed aside from the attack but there wasn't much damage from the attack.

"Well dad I think you forgot the side effects of Draco Metoer" N said with a smile causing the opponents to start panicking as their pokemon start to get increasingly exhausted, "now Ash recall Zoroark and call out Zekrom we finish it here" N declared with a confident smile.

"Zoroark I am proud of you, return to the battle Zekrom" I explain while calling out my legendary pokemon to the battle.

"Don't think that you have won!" Zoren yelled out at us at the top of his lungs.

"We will find out won't we Zoren" N said with a smile, "Reshiram let's try Fusion Flare once more" N declared his attack, "Now Ash go for it" N ordered me to call for the next attack in the combination, I just nodded with a smile.

"Zekrom use Fusion Bolt" I commanded with the confidence to know that this attack was going to work, the attacks combined to create a powerful force yet again this time crashing into the targets causing significant damage to the opposing pokemon and raising some dust and smoke, "did it work?" I asked not know what was going on.

"Not sure Ash" N responded as his exhausted pokemon looked on trying to keep its feet without collapsing, we crossed our fingers as the dust and smoke started to dissipate, "is that…..?" N asked as he looked on still not sure about what to make of it.

"It is, it's Zekrom he is still standing and the other two are knocked out of the battle" I said in relief as I hit the ground with a smile, "well done N we make an awesome team" I said with a smile.

"That we do Ash, but now we must help out the rest of our forces, this victory will raise the moral of or allies" N pointed out as we recalled our pokemon, "Ash we will go our separate ways from here you take the west of the city while I go with the east of the City" N instructed me with a smile, before leaving we gave ourselves a high five to celebrate our victory.

After gaining supremacy we eventually pushed Neo Plasma into a small pocket of the city, "Alright Neo Plasma surrender now" N called out to his former comrades, "lay down your arms and pokeballs this battle is over" N said declaring our victory.

After a while of waiting the first Neo Plasma Soldiers walked out with their hands over their heads, "we give up but we have something we need to say before we hand ourselves in" the soldier said before he was gunned down in front of the allies.

"Opps my finger slipped" A familier dark voice said with a smile.

"Zoren the battle is over you lost" I said with a smile before I was met with laughter, "What the fuck do you think is so funny Zoren?" I asked the man who was starting go insane, "you're fucking nuts we should have finished you after the battle" I said as I watched the man laugh in a crazy manner.

"You see Ash our goals will still be achieved but we can rebuild…." Ghetsis was saying before he was shot in the chest by Zoren leaving everyone shocked at what had transpired, "N….. I am ….. so sorry" Ghetsis said while struggling to catch his breath, "I went….. insane after my… defeat" Ghetsis said while struggling to talk.

"Dad just stop I know we were all mistaken three years ago" N pointed out with sadness as tears started to roll down his face.

"I…. was wrong … to turn….you into a… m-monster" Ghetsis said as blood started to pool around his body, "I might…. not ….. have been the …best father" Ghetsis said as his words were starting to become less, "I…. love… you…." Ghetsis said before another two gunshots rang through the air finishing Ghetsis off.

N just looked on as he started to cry at the loss of his father, "why Zoren why did you do this?" N asked while overcome with grief before being met with the remorseless laughter of his brother, shocking us all was the fact that he didn't care if he did it showing no remorse for his actions.

"Zoren you fucking bastard there was no reason to do what you did" I yelled at Zoren who just laughed again without care.

"There was a reason for all of this" Zoren said as he sat down on the rubble of a building, "Now where do I begin?" he asked himself as he looked at the group of people, "Should I tell them?" he asked the corpse of Ghetsis.

"Get on with it Zoren" I ordered the now insane man.

"You are too impatient very well" he said in a crazed tone, "everyone thinks my dad founded Team Plasma all those years ago" he said looking at the corpse of his deceased father, "but that couldn't be any further from the truth" Zoren said with a crazed smile.

"What are you talking about?" N asked his crazy brother.

"Simple I was the one who founded it, our dad was just a puppet N and I was the puppet master" Zoren confessed without care, "you see brother after your failure to another master trainer I took it upon myself to create a new plan for world domination so I bided my time" Zoren said as he looked down on us.

"Zoren you're crazy if you think that we believe you" I said as my anger began to grow, everyone just stood there still shocked at the death of Ghetsis.

"Am I? I was the one who planted all those bombs on that ship that killed your precious Misty, I was the one who planned every attack" Zoren confessed even further into his crimes, "but all dad had to do was sign the papers and our attacks would go through" Zoren stated without care, "you still think you won I have loyal people all over the world waiting for my order to attack every major point in each region" Zoren confessed his plans out, "I will shatter this world and I will rule it with an iron fist" Zoren said with a smile.

"Zoren you need to stop this now or else" I said in anger before a scream was heard as Pikachu ran up to me, "Pikachu what are you doing here?" I asked my partner.

"Or else what do anything crazy Ash and your precious sweetheart here will meet the same fate as Ghetsis" Zoren said as he called out his pokemon, "If you ever want to see her again meet me at the ruins of the Unova League" Zoren said dictating his demands.

"Ash please help me!" Hilda Screamed as she was taken away by Zoren and Kyurem, I looked on in shock as Hilda was taken further away from me.

"HILDA!" I yelled out as I dropped to my knees calling out to her while tears started to flow from my eyes, while I was on the ground punching it the legendary pokemon all left to heal and the gym leaders start to move out helping with the arrest of the Neo Plasma Soldiers, "Hilda no why did Zoren take you away?" I asked myself as I began hitting the ground with my fists.

"Come on Ash we need to help out it will take months to rebuild this city" N said coldly as picked myself up and punched him knocking him to the ground, "Ash I know you're angry but there isn't much we can do about it" N pointed out the situation we were in as two more friends walked up to us while N was picking himself up, "Zekrom is too injured to continue on it will take days for it to recover" N said as while he was still crying.

"Ash where's Hilda?" Cheren asked me as I walked off not answering.

"Ash did something happen?" Bianca asked me as I ignored the question.

It was after a while that I finally found the strength to answer their questions, "Hilda was Kidnapped after a major battle" I said with tears rolling down my face, "I love Hilda and I let her down, I let Hilbert down too" I said as I berated myself.

The two friends looked at each other letting out a small smile as well, "the thing is Ash there is something you need to know as well" Cheren pointed out calmly.

"Hilda loves you as well but she was scared to tell you in case you didn't feel the same way" Bianca stated with equal calmness to Cheren.

I walked away from the group not worrying about helping with the repairs of the city not looking anyone in the face, I want somewhere to rest after the battle as Zekrom was taken to a recovery chamber to heal up from the intense battle.

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Now that Ash has finally realized his feelings for Hilda were no one sided what will he do now? Will he have the strength to rescue Hilda?

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