Cheren sighed as he laid his head back against the desk. It has been a few hours, lasting to the next day and those reporters are still out there, shouting out questions for the new champion. Bianca was sitting a little ways away, fidgeting in her seat.

“Oohhh!! Go away already!!” she shouted, more towards the deaf ears of the reporters. She sighed irritably at all of them.

“It’s not gonna help much” Cheren said, “They want to get the big story about the champion now. I’m just surprised they didn’t burst open the doors”

“I’ll say” spoke a deep voice from behind Cheren, making him yelp out loudly. Behind him was the former champion before N and Hilbert, Alden. After he saw who it was who startled him, Cheren held his chest and took deep breaths.

“Dammit Alder don’t do that!” Cheren shouted, “Where did you come from anyway?!”

“I came in through the window” Alder said, “Need to take note that Audinos and brooms are a dangerous combination” he chuckled, rubbing at his rather sore head. Bianca stood up and hurried to them.

“Hey Alder!” she greeted him, “It’s good to see you back on your feet so soon”

“I wasn’t hurt that bad in my match with N” Alder said. “But enough of the casual talk, I’m here to check up on Hilbert”

“Hilbert” Cheren muttered looking to the side, “I’ll go take you to him. But be careful with your words about the fight. It really was a harsh battle for Reshiram and he barely made it to the center before anything else bad happened to it”. Alder assured him that he understood the situation as Cheren and Bianca lead him through the center and in front of the room Hilbert was in. The door opened, giving Alder a rather depressing look of the all mighty Reshiram. Shira was laying there, flat on her back as usual in her anthro form. Alder would’ve been amazed by this, but with how she looked, laying there with tubes coming off her body, he figure it wasn’t the best time.

Sitting on the edge of the bed was Hilbert, crouched over as he watched over her. The sound was just the ringing of the heartbeat monitor as Alder entered the room. Mateus, who was laying there curled up by Hilbert’s feet, looked up as he approached.

“Hey Hilbert” Alder said quietly, enough to catch his attention.

“Oh, hey Alder” Hilbert said, tilting his head up to him. “How are you injuries?”

“All healed up. Can’t say the same about Reshiram can I?”

“Shira”

“What?”

“Her name is Shira” Hilbert looked back over to Shira, crouching further to her. Alder sighed, patting on his shoulder.

“She’s going to be fine” Alder said. Hilbert looks up to him with a smile and nod. He looked down at Shira, rubbing at her arm. He has been hearing that through this whole ordeal. He was grateful for their concern though

“Hope she wakes up soon” he said.

“I do too. Not only because it would be a great thing, but I rather not wait here with the reporters any longer”.



The center was still surrounded by reporters. Victory Road had to be closed down due to the entrance being blocked by the mass numbers. Everything was hectic from where two figures were standing. They were on top of a cliff side, looking over the center and the reporters. They were wearing long black hooded cloaks that covered their eyes. One of them was a tall man with broad shoulders, his fingers curling as he grinded his teeth. His partner could only reach up to the man’s chest, looking calmly at the scene before them.

“God dammit” the tall one growled, “Why don’t we just go and take it right now?!”

“To many eyes on the target” the other said, “We need to keep ourselves in the shadows in order for our plan to be complete. We wouldn’t want what happened with the other organizations happen to us as well”

“Those organizations were a bunch of rookies trying to act tough! Kids compare to what we are!”

“True, but we have our orders. The Master doesn’t want any screw ups. We wait for his orders and that’s all we’re going to do”. The taller man hissed under his breath. “Besides, we need to find that trainer who Zekrom has chosen. We need both of them in order for The Master’s goal to be fulfilled. Until then, we wait here and watch the trainer’s moves. When he starts to head out, we are to inform The Master”. The tall one growled, but didn’t said a thing after that. Both of them continued to watch the center, waiting for the hero’s move.



It’s been another three days since Alder came by. The reporters still hasn’t given up trying to get an interview with the hero of Unova. They even used their vans as their tents so they wouldn’t miss a thing. Hilbert continued to stay by Shira’s side, taking care of her. Nurse Joy came in, carrying a bucket of water, a bottle of shampoo, a towel, and a wash cloth.

“Hey Nurse Joy” Hilbert said as he got up, “I’ll leave you to Shira’s bathing”.

“Actually Hilbert, I have my hands tied on a lot of things right now. The trainers who passed Victory Road are having trouble getting inside to heal their pokemon”

“Yeah? What do you me to-”

“You’ll have to give Resh-I mean Shira, her bath. Sorry but I am extremely busy thanks to these reporters”. Before Hilbert could say anything, Nurse Joy placed the bucket and supplies down and left in a hurry. Hilbert sighed as she looked to Shira and rubbed his head.

“Oh boy...” He mumbled. Hilbert had washed his pokemon before, but Shira’s body was more human than pokemon. He took the bucket and the supplies and stood next to her. He watched her breathe, her chest rising and falling. He blushed a bit more as he hesitated.

“Just do it Hilbert” Mateus, who had curled up next to Hilbert through it all, “She is your pokemon now after all”

“Right” Hilbert sighed as he poured the shampoo into the bucket. He dipped the wash cloth in the bucket and started to clean her up. He blushed through it all, having to wash her breasts in order to make her fully clean. He took a deep breath, his face all crimson from that experience. He dropped the cloth into the bucket and picked up the towel, drying off her fur. After that was done, he grabbed the brush in his bag and began to brush her fur neatly.

“Please wake up Shira” he whispered to her.

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Shira opened up her eyes and noticed that everything around her was just black. She was floating in mid air and she couldn’t move her body. She felt weak. She felt so sleepy. She groaned a bit as she tried to move her fingers. All she could do though was make it twitch a bit.

“Wh-where am I?” she spoke weakly, “What....? Zekrom...? How...? Hilbert? Hilbert where are you?” Her eyed closed slowly, only thing she could hear was a very light whisper that she couldn’t understand.

“Pl.....wa........ira”