Day one was spent on wandering through the woods until you found the town that N was supposed to be at. After resting at a nearby Pokemon Center, you made your way throughout the town looking at all these things that were so foreign to you. Whether it be the kind people or the well-treated Pokemon, this was all so new to you and it felt great to finally see it.

One old woman even offered you a fresh meal and a spare change of clothes as you walked by her shop, probably sensing that you were just as helpless as you felt. You gladly accepted her offer of kindness with a smile, hardly ever taking a break from showing her gratitude.

After that, even when the sun had already set and hardly anyone else was outside, you still continued your search for N. You looked for hours until your legs could barely hold you anymore and tiredly stumbled back to the Pokemon Center where you slept for the night.

Day two was much similar to the previous day except that you decided to stay on task and not get yourself distracted by all the amazing things going on in the town. After you found N and gained your freedom was when you'd have a lifetime to enjoy these little things. But until then, this was your task.

By midday when there was still no sign of N, you finally realized what you were doing wrong. Why would a man who was so badly wanted by Team Plasma just openly walk around town especially when he stuck out like a sore thumb with his green hair? If what Ghetsis said was true and N was at least near this town, your best bet would be finding him in the woods.

You spent the rest of the day in the woods, the only sign of life you saw were the abundance of Pokemon who lived there. You couldn't help but waste a little time befriending some of the Pokemon, picking berries off of high trees for the smaller ones. But before you knew it, the sun was setting once again, putting an end to another day of searching.

As you reached the Pokemon Center, you decided to sit with Nurse Joy before heading to sleep, realizing that this would be one of the few times to strike up a conversation with her since the center wasn't busy for once.

"So what brings you to this town?" she asked as she cleaned the counter, her Audino helping her with the cleaning.

"Oh, just here for a little adventure," you replied somewhat truthfully. It was an adventure for you, but it wasn't the main reason why you came here.

"Well, you better be careful around here. Team Plasma has been causing mayhem by stealing a lot of people's Pokemon lately. They're such horrible people, I'm disappointed there are people like that still around."

"Yeah, I agree with you there. They've done so many horrible things...." you trailed off, recounting in your head everything they've done to you.

"You say that like you've had experience with them. Have they stolen something from you?" she asked worriedly.

My freedom.

"Something like that."

She gave you a sympathetic look before heading inside the back door to put her cleaning supplies away, Audino close behind her. With a sigh, you pulled out the picture of N from your back pocket and stared at it. A guy like him stuck out so easily whether it be in the town or in the woods so why was it so hard for you to find him?

You heard the automatic door to the Pokemon center open up, but you didn't bother looking up. You kept your eyes glued on the photo of N even when the person who entered walked past you until they reached the front desk.

"Excuse me, Nurse Joy?" the person called, his voice clearly indicating that he was indeed male.

"Yes?" Nurse Joy replied back as she hurriedly came out front, her eyes going wide when she saw the man. "Oh! It's you. Is that Lilipup injured?"

"I got there just in time so I don't think it's injured, but I just wanted to make sure. Would you mind doing a check-up?"

"No, not at all!" Nurse Joy said quickly. She helped the man lay the Lilipup on the stretcher before Audino took it into the back room. Before Nurse Joy followed her assistant, she turned to the man one last time. "Could you tell me what happened first?"

"Team Plasma," he replied grimly.

It was only then did you glance at the man for the first time and when you did, your heart almost stopped. With his curly green hair and emerald green eyes, he was an exact lookalike to the man in the photo you held. That was because he is the man in the photo. You found N.

You quickly shoved the photo back in your pocket before he could see it and sat there nervously twiddling your fingers. How would you be able to approach him? You couldn't just upright say to him to go back to Team Plasma, you would have to trick him somehow. But that involved getting close to him. Would your lack of socialization for all these years even allow you to do that?

"T-Team Plasma?" you stuttered foolishly, trying to make conversation with him.

"Yes," he replied simply. You thought he would say more but when he didn't you felt like panicking again. Conversations with people weren't something you had often, especially when everything relied on being able to deceive the person.

"I thought their goal was to liberate all Pokemon. Why would they be harming them?" you asked again. He stayed quiet for a few seconds and all hope of getting close to him was getting dimmer and dimmer the longer he stayed quiet. But eventually, he sighed and took a seat next to you.

"You shouldn't believe a word any Team Plasma member says, trust me."

You nodded in response, knowing what he said was all too true.

"You saved that Pokemon from Team Plasma?" you asked hesitantly, hoping to gain his trust.

"I only got to it before they did, it's nothing really," he said.

"But you were still brave enough to go up against them. Not many people are brave enough to do that."

I know I'm not.

"I have to stop them, I won't let them get away with harming my friends."

"Your friends?" you asked.

"Yes, all Pokemon are my friends," he replied simply.

He thought that way too? Trapped all those years behind the walls of Team Plasma, the only friends you considered you had were the Golbat and Patrat you always took care of. Even when people neglected you, you always had Pokemon by your side. Was that how he felt too? With a father like Ghetsis, it's not too hard to believe he didn't get the kind of love a child needs.

"Yeah.... I feel the same way."

His face suddenly went dark and his body looked tense. "Then why are you here?" he demanded. "Did a Pokemon you capture and forced into battle get hurt?"

"What? No!" you replied quickly. "I don't have any Pokemon, I don't want to lock them away in a Pokeball and make them fight. I never want to take away.... Their freedom."

His face softened once again and he became less tense when he heard that.

"Then why are you here?" he asked again, not as demanding.

"Well, I just got to town the other day. I wanted to stick around and explore a bit, but since I had nowhere to go I've been staying here in the Pokemon Center."

"Ah," he replied softly, not questioning your lie. Being able to deceive someone was easier than you'd thought it be.

Nurse Joy suddenly came back out with the Lilipup sitting on the stretcher, wagging it's tail happily.

"This Lilipup is perfectly fine thanks to you," she said with a smile. "You'll be staying for the night, right? You really need some rest."

"Yes, I suppose I might as well. Lilipup needs its sleep too. I'll be returning it to its friends tomorrow and I'll look for more injured Pokemon," N said as he patted the Pokemon's head lovingly.

"Really, thank you. I don't know what all these Pokemon would do without you," she said before bringing Lilipup to the back once again.

You looked at him with utter amazement as he returned back to his seat next to you. It wasn't just the Lilipup he saved, he's saved many more Pokemon before this.

"How many Pokemon have you saved?" you asked him.

"I don't really keep count, I just try to save as many as possible from Team Plasma."

He makes it his goal to save all these Pokemon, how could he possibly benefit from that? He really couldn't, so why does he do it anyway? Because of his deep love for Pokemon? Maybe he wasn't as bad as you originally thought.... No. He's still the son of Ghetsis, there had to be something messed up with him. There just had to be....

"Anyway," he said as he stood up again. "I'm going to find my room. But I don't think I ever got your name."

"I-I'm (Y/N)," you answered nervously.

"Pretty name. You have a good night, (Y/N)," he replied with a smile before walking away.

You sat in the chair for a few more minutes just thinking. You found him. You did the impossible and found the one man you were looking for by pure luck. But now the next step might turn out to be even harder. How would you be able to deceive him when you can barely even speak to him? You'd have to find a way, though.

Starting tomorrow would be twelve days until you were expected to bring him back. And after meeting him, you hoped so desperately that he was as awful as a person as you kept thinking. You needed him to be an awful person because then you would be able to ignore your conscious and deceive him.

If he was as nice as a person as he seemed, you would never have the heart to bring him back to his hell.