White Hero · Aisha
"Light Stone."
Eyes hotly staring at the dazzling white stone in front of him, Aisha pronounced its name.
He knew that this was the Light Stone that Reshiram had transformed into.
The Flame Dragon, which represented reality, was now sleeping within this piece of stone that emitted dazzling white light, waiting for the arrival of the White Hero that it recognized.
It is also... Aisha!
Yes, Aisha is the candidate for White Hero recognized by Reshiram.
Sword of the Vale is a complicated labyrinth underneath the ground, so there is no doubt about that.
Without Reshiram's approval, no matter how one went, one would only go around in circles like a ghost hitting a wall, and would not be able to reach the lower area no matter what.
On the contrary, if you have obtained the approval of Reshiram and become a candidate for White Hero, then even if you just close your eyes, you will not be able to reach the lower area.
Then, even if you just walk blindly with your eyes closed, you can eventually come to the front of the Light Stone.
This was the White Hero's privilege.
"Heh~"
Aisha's pretty face revealed a smile of pleasure.
Feeling the white light emitted by the Light Stone carrying a hint of warmth within it, he also walked towards the stone case where the Light Stone was placed.
The closer he got, the more Aisha also felt a marvelous taste.
Pure white shards of light flew out of the Light Stone and wrapped around his body.
Aisha's sight was enveloped by a burst of white light.
"Hmm."
Aisha was slightly surprised, but didn't take a step back because of it.
After regaining his sight, he was surprised to find that he was already standing within a void space.
"This is spirit space?"
After a brief moment of daze, Instructor Ai, who had experienced countless great storms, also immediately realized what kind of situation he was in.
He was also considered to have seen a lot.
Aisha realized that within this wonderful space, there was no fluctuation similar to the "power of space".
On the contrary, his own supernatural ability had created a trace of disorder.
That meant that Light Stone had formed a marvelous mental space after connecting with Aisha's spirit.
"Heh~"
Laughing softly, Instructor raised his head and looked ahead.
"Boom--!!!"
A wisp of blue flame appeared within this space at an unknown time.
Within the void of space, it was instantly filled with such strange flames, as if it had turned into a paradise of flames.
However, Aisha, who was in this place, did not feel any burning heat or hotness.
He only felt a warmth on top of these blue flames...
"Huh?"
Aisha carefully felt this flavor.
Having stood between the flames, that warmth felt as if it was covered with a feather quilt.
"..."
Between the flames, an elegant and beautiful white dragon also flapped its flawless white wings and quietly appeared in front of Aisha.
Its feathers were as soft and white as clouds, untainted by a trace of dust.
The White Dragon was elegant and slender while also being full of a feeling of power, and its flame-draped wings and long flowing hair were even softer and smoother.
Its feet stepped between the flames, and with a haughty face, it raised its slender neck that wore two layers of silver rings, and its blue eyes that shone brightly met Aisha's eyes.
"..."
Aisha smiled in silence and met Reshiram's line of sight.
Eyes met, and Reshiram's affinity rose a few points.
This generation of White Hero is quite pleasing to the eye.
The smile it displayed out of joy was as graceful as it was...
However, there is no doubt that Reshiram is not the only good-looking creature on the scene.
"Hmm~"
Aisha's eyes also flowed over Reshiram's white body.
His smile was also more satisfied as he looked at the White Dragon's chest wrapped in soft feathers, the back feathers that grew sharp claws, and the spiral torch that seemed to be draped with several white ribbons behind it.
'Not bad, it's worthy of being the First-level Legndary's with the highest beauty.'
Instructor Ai sighed so much in his heart about White Dragon's beauty.
[Thanks for the compliment.]
"Ah?"
Hearing Reshiram's voice that resounded in his mind, Aisha's expression was a bit surprised.
"You can hear my mind?"
[I'm sorry, I had no intention of probing into your heart, however, this space nowadays is a mental space formed after Light Stone reached a mental link with you, so I can more or less understand some of your thoughts.]
"I see."
Listening to Reshiram's polite response, Aisha's satisfaction with it went up a notch.
A Pokémon with a good temperament was liked by anyone.
He wouldn't want to be partnered with a guy with a poor temperament.
If you don't see, those trainers who had forcibly formed a partner with a Pokémon with a bad temperament, in the end, how many of them ended up in a good place?
Simply raising a father is not bad.
After raising a father, the other party is to follow the favorite trainer ran away, backhandedly abandoned their own, that is really bad luck.
There is no place to talk about it.
Well, this sentence definitely does not connote a certain Team Rocket boss...
Nope!
"Reshiram, I have a question for you."
[But speak freely, Hero.]
"Has Zekrom awakened?"
Hearing Aisha's inquiry, Reshiram's eyes flickered for a moment, however, it nodded its head in response to the inquiry of the human teenager in front of it.
"I see."
[Could it be that you are aware of something?]
"Hmm."
Aisha did not hide anything from his future partner, and graciously told what he knew, saying, "Unsurprisingly, this generation's Black Hero, should be an acquaintance of mine."
He revealed a smile.
N That guy was a bit efficient.
He had only practiced his sword for a week, and he was actually already taking advantage of that time to awaken the sleeping Zekrom once again.
That guy was really something.
Not bad for a Black Hero recognized by Ideal Dragon.
However...
Aisha looked again at Reshiram who was watching him.
He himself was not inferior to him at all.
[Then, now please answer my question].
At this time, Reshiram also opened its mouth.
Within its calm and ethereal voice, there was a touch of doubt hidden.
"You ask."
[Why, do I detect the aura of other Legendary Pokémon in your body?]
Reshiram frowned slightly.
When Aisha had completed the spiritual link with Light Stone, it had sensed that this human was unusual.
If it hadn't repeatedly confirmed this guy's race, Reshiram wouldn't have dared to confirm that this overly good-looking guy in front of him was actually a human.
There was no other reason.
It was really because he was too strong.
Moreover, there were more than one Legendary Pokémon's aura in this young man's body, and among those Legendary Pokémon's auras, there were even a few whose specifications were not inferior to his own.
That was why Reshiram spoke to Aisha with the honorific "
"I beat them up."
Instructor Ai had an honest face.
As a Truth Dragon, Reshiram naturally possessed the power to recognize lies.
[...]
Therefore, it fell silent.
Because Aisha's words were all truth!
There wasn't a single bit of falsehood.
"Those two guys, Groudon and Kyugre, once came after me for trouble, and then, I beat them up and seized their treasure orbs in the process, preparing to force them to do free work for me if there's something troublesome in the future."
Aisha recited the old story of the Three Gods War.
This was the battle of his debut.
The same was also the battle of debut as peak.
[...]
Reshiram's eyes jumped.
Groudon and Kyugre's names were known to it.
Those were two serious Evil Gods, and once they awakened they were engaged in a protracted battle without stopping, and the intensity of the conflict far exceeded even that of itself and Zekrom, two walking heavenly plagues, and when they collided, the entire world would shatter because of their fight if no one was there to stop it.
"And Rayquaza, it's my Pokémon. I usually beat it solo."
Aisha recited again about a time when he had an idle itch to wrestle with Caterpie inside his home.
He did single beat Caterpie several times.
[...]
Reshiram's expression finally showed some changes, and its heart was even more shocked.
This one was even more heavyweight.
Groudon and Kyugre were scary... well, Rayquaza could take them on one by one and kill them solo with ease.
"I have destroyed the Three Pillars myself before, and I carry the stone slab of the Hoenn's Three Pillars with me. I can summon them as my thugs at any time when necessary... by the way, Chien-Pao is my weapon, and I use a special weapon. I used it to fight the three Swords of Justice before and learned a lot of useful sword moves."
Aisha finished his encounter with a bunch of Second-level Legendary Pokémon in another breath.
[...]
Reshiram was already numb.
After hearing Aisha's story with the three First-Level Legendary Pokémon in the Hoenn region, now listening to his story with such a bunch of Second-level Legendary Pokémon, Reshiram was instead a bit normalized.
[You...]
Looking towards Aisha with a complicated heart, Reshiram didn't know what expression to make.
Aisha's words were outrageous, very outrageous.
The problem was that his words were all true.
Such an outrageous story was actually all true things?
Was there a mistake?
What the hell?
[...]
A trio of questions flashed through the silent Reshiram's mind.
This "truth" was too shocking.
Instead, it was a bit skeptical as to whether or not it was tempting to this human male...
Is it possible that he was being abrupt, and in fact, this teenager didn't care about his power at all?
[Hm.]
After calming itself down a bit, meeting Aisha's gaze, Reshiram finally managed to regain its elegant and haughty appearance - somewhat reluctantly.
It unfolded its cloud-like, broad wings, and its feathers all over its body were windless.
[Then, Hero, please answer.]
Reshiram's voice was very solemn, and his blue eyes were even looking straight into Aisha's eyes.
[What is thy truth?]
"This is my truth."
Aisha threw out a large handful of Poké balls.
At once, several Pokémon surrounded him.
[...I see, human trainer].
Reshiram curled its lips.
Within its radiant blue eyes reflected the image of Aisha surrounded by his Pokémon in the center.
Their bonds and feelings were also so real.
Caterpie, who didn't intend to compete, but its fighting spirit was ignited by meeting him, and he inspired Caterpie to reach the pinnacle of strength.
After wandering for a long time and suffering a lot of grievances, Marill felt the warmth again because it met him and has been carefree ever since.
Being burdened with the expectations of its father and past generation, Charmander, who lived under the established plan and could only follow the old path of its predecessors, finally got rid of the shackles of repression and lived out its own style under his care and love.
Born in a privileged environment, but never disdained the slightest bit of its situation, because of the teenager that promise and completely put down the heart defense, single-mindedly fight for him, and also firmly believe that he will be able to fulfill that promise of shiny Metang.
Rotom, a successful star chaser who is happy to live even after being turned into a toolman.
Eevee simply loves him and is happy as long as it is by his side.
Chansey, Larvitar, and Haunter are even more so.
They instantly recognized Aisha as their master.
Aisha also responded to their feelings with the same seriousness.
The bond between a Pokémon and a human was written into a gorgeous poem under the influence of emotions, and now, it was reflected unreservedly in Reshiram's eyes...
[...]
The White's Dragon's smile grew a few shades brighter.
In front of him, Aisha had an egg in his arms at some point.
It was also a Pokémon egg.
The egg with a white and green background with some red stripes was now emitting a happy aura within the mental space.
[This child, is happy.]
Reshiram could tell that it was an egg of a Pokémon with a psychic attribute.
Aisha was also a psychic, so that egg, although it was still an egg, was nevertheless able to sense the thoughts of its owner.
As a result, the Pokémon that hadn't been born yet was now as blissfully noticeable as if it was soaking within honey.
"Hmm."
Aisha also stroked Ralts' egg with a smile on his face.
"I will raise this child carefully."
[I see.]
Reshiram's satisfaction with Aisha was almost overflowing.
This affection, there was no doubt about it.
This was Aisha's 'truth'.
The 'truth' of the Truth Hero!
"Huh?"
Aisha raised his head, and saw the Light Stone in front of him suddenly blossom with an incomparably brilliant light, and light flakes swept through this marvelous space together with heat waves.
[Thy feelings are only real!]
Reshiram raised its white wings between the blue flames in the sky.
Although strength was important, feelings were just as indispensable.
What's more, Aisha, compared to the White Heroes of the past, was not only stronger than ever, but his feelings for his partner were also as sincere as ever.
Reshiram liked this kind of Hero very much.
[So, you have my approval.]
The world of illusions collapsed along with Reshiram's words.
Aisha opened his eyes once more and realized that he was back at the bottom of Sword of the Vale.
Reshiram was standing right in front of him.
"Roar-!!!"
The Truth Dragon wrapped in clean white feathers let out a high-pitched roar.
Behind it, the flowing dragon tail in a torch stance blossomed into a brilliant flame between the rising heat, dispersing the darkness that shrouded the underground world.
"Please teach me more, Reshiram."
[Please use my power to your heart's content, my hero.]
Between light and heat, Aisha and Reshiram gazed into each other's eyes and spoke their heartfelt words.
The fire was burning, his truth, warming the cold underground.
...
Icirrus City, Dragonspiral Tower.
"Hmm."
N sat down under the tower and looked at the snowy landscape.
He had been over here for a few days since awakening Zekrom.
Since Alder was in charge of guarding Dark Stone and Dragonspiral Tower, N thought that he needed an opponent after reawakening Zekrom and not having a Pokémon battle for two years, so he stayed here and waited for the Unova Champion.
And then... He was frozen for days without seeing Alder.
That decadent champion didn't know where he had run off to, he might be enthusiastically blocking the novice village and performing trapeze on the hill in front of the novice village for the fledgling newbie trainers, or he might be harassing Officer Jenny of some place and be arrested by others and sent to the detention center, in any case, he hadn't shown up, so N crouched between the freezing sky and snow for a few days and didn't see any results.
"Hmm..."
Leaning against the crumbling wall of Dragonspiral Tower, N took the fruit picked by Soroya and wrapped his arms around Darumaka for warmth.
"Roar-!!!"
Suddenly, Zekrom rushed out from between the mountains in the distance with fierce currents wrapped around its body and flew into the sky.
"Zekrom?"
N stood up and called out loudly to his partner, saying, "What's wrong?"
[Reshiram awakens].
Zekrom inclined its head towards N, wariness written between its scarlet dragon eyes.
"Reshiram?"
N frowned.
He also didn't expect White Hero to appear so coincidentally.
Then, naturally, there was no need to say what should happen after Ideal Dragon and Truth Dragon all awakened and Black Hero and White Hero appeared together...
[Heh.]
Zekrom's cold laughter resounded in N's head.
"What's wrong?"
[This generation of White Hero is a bit temperamental. ]
"What?"
Zekrom didn't immediately respond to N's words, but instead turned his helix engine and triggered a surge of electricity.
[Reshiram... No, it should be White Hero that made Reshiram challenge me!"]
It looked to N.
[Black Hero, it's time for our appointment!]