The bright sun shining down on you woke you from your peaceful slumber. With your eyes still groggy from sleep, you rolled over onto your back in the sleeping bag you were currently laying in. As your eyesight began to clear up more, you looked over at the sleeping bag beside you only to see it was empty. N wasn't there.

"N?" you called as you sat up.

Looking over, you noticed that his bag was gone too. Where did he go? Did he leave you? You quickly crawled out of the sleeping bag and got to your feet as you looked everywhere around you. This couldn't be happening... You thought losing him would be the least of your worries since he invited you to travel with him. Did he somehow find out your true intentions...?

"Hey, it's okay, (Y/N). I'm here," a calm and soothing voice said from behind you.

You spun around to find N standing there with his bag slung across his back and a worried expression on his face. A sigh of relief left your body when you saw him standing there but even then he wasn't entirely convinced that you were okay. He quickly made his way over to you and wrapped his arms around your tensed body without any complaint from you. Closing your eyes, you hugged him back and relished in the joyous feeling that everything was still going to plan.

"I'm sorry," you said as you pulled away. "I saw you weren't here and thought you left me..."

"I was only getting food so I could make breakfast before you woke up. But next time, I'll make sure to tell you before I leave, okay?"

You nodded in reply and without another word, you gathered the supplies needed to help N prepare breakfast. The whole time you were distracted, though. The same thoughts crossed your mind as the ones you had for this entire week you spent camping with him. Throughout that entire week, you managed to grow closer to him like you had hoped, but you were starting to think the six days you had left wouldn't be enough. You had no idea how you were going to convince him to go back to the Team Plasma headquarters with you. How would you even tell him that's what you were there for in the first place?

"Are you okay?" he asked, sensing that something was on your mind.

"Yeah, I'm fine," you said, a fake smile appearing on your face. "I'm just hungry."

"Breakfast should be ready soon. Sit down and relax, I can take care of it for you."

You gave him a thankful look before taking a seat. Even though time was a luxury that you couldn't afford, you couldn't keep thinking about what you were sent to do. Stress was eating at your mind and you could feel yourself beginning to crack. You needed a break from this constant worry - even if it meant wasting a day you needed time to relax and collect yourself.

N brought the food over to you and placed it on the table before taking a seat himself. The two of you ate in silence for a few moments before you finally decided to speak.

"Tell me more about yourself," you told him, catching him by surprise.

"Hmm?"

"Tell me about your childhood or about you communicating with Pokemon."

He slowly took a sip of his water. Even after he was done drinking, he hesitated for a moment.

"Why do you want to know?" he finally asked.

"I'm just curious."

He sighed.

"I've been able to hear Pokemon since I can remember. That's a big reason why I've grown so close to them. I never knew if my parents shared this same ability as me because I never met them. I only had my adopted father and sisters. My father... when he learned of my ability he told me that with my help, he would use it for good. I believed him for years until I finally realized what his true intentions were after allowing a Pokemon to get hurt for his own selfish gain. After that, I ran away so he could never use my ability in order to bring harm to Pokemon."

You sat there speechless for a few moments. Finding out that Ghetsis didn't just want N back because he was his son wasn't a shock to you in the least, but it still upset you all the same. N didn't just run away to make a better life for himself, he also did it to save the Pokemon from whatever Ghetsis was planning. He had told you that N was needed in gathering supporters of Team Plasma which you didn't doubt, but now you knew there was a bigger and darker reason as to why he wanted N.

Despite what he wanted everyone to believe, Ghetsis wasn't interested in liberating Pokemon at all, he was only in it for power. If you led N back to Team Plasma headquarters you wouldn't just be stripping away his freedom but the freedom of Pokemon as well. It was only then did you finally realize what needed to be done. You wouldn't be like Ghetsis and put your well-being over everyone else's.

Starting then, it was six days to ensure N's rightful freedom.