Pokemon BW fic
Chapter Eleven: Queen
Would the surreality never end? Gym leaders had rushed to her aid by Bianca’s word and now she was being preened and cooed over by N’s harem. How did she always manage the wrong room to duck into?
It was helpful that they were terrifyingly beautiful women. Competing against them for looks would be as futile as trying to outshine the sun, so why should she try? Touko was not beautiful, but she was strong.
She thought them weak but pitied them for their weakness rather than despised it. They were took weak to take action; they could comfort N but not change him or stand as equal to him. And people mistakenly believed Bianca was weak.
They weren’t hostile, of all things. Maybe it came from already sharing N among each other. They loved N and by his orders and their will were here to care for her, and they treated her as his equal, not one of them. One of the Sages had told her “There are not two suns in the sky, and there are not two rulers for the people.” It had the sound of an old proverb, but was wrong. There could not be two kings as rivals for one kingdom, but a king and a queen could rule together.
“Anthea, Concordia, why are you helping me? Aren’t you in Team Plasma?”
“Our loyalty, our love is to our lord N and N alone. We know his heart, that he wants you to win, but he has been hurt too much and is too strong to let you defeat him without giving it his all.”
How did they even think of him: liege or son or brother or lover, or did they even think exclusive ‘or’s belonged in that statement.
“You have to understand his past. N was not a feral child, not a foundling. Ghetsis raised many orphans very carefully to fit into his plans. The fourteenth one, N, his own son, was the only one to survive. He was kept from people to only bond with Pokémon and to be able to understand them, but not just any Pokémon. Ghetsis gathered Pokémon from abuse centers and those who hated their trainers, those who had been kidnapped from their homes and herds or ignored or betrayed.”
“I knew… I suspected some of that.”
“N has since been dressed up in brocade and paraded in front of Team Plasma, but as a remote and untouchable ruler. We know N is being manipulated with the truth for ends that are lies. N’s heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence.”
“This is why we’re telling you, bright lady. You do not have the luxury of doubting your suspicions because they were unsubstantiated. You must understand both the pain that would be caused to humans and the pain that Pokémon have suffered, and you must be aware of the conspiracy at work entirely separate from the moral debate.”
Sitting in a room of bright lights and pale marble made her eyes water. This can’t be happening, but the glare’s too strong for it to be a dream.
“We entrust to you the happiness of the one we love.”
Touko thought, I don’t know if I can be in love with him, let alone a queen, not a mere consort. I’m just a girl with a will and a dream of everyone being happy. Certainly I have strong feelings for him, but as to what those feelings are… Rivals we will be for now because rivals is something I understand, and that’s a fight I can win.
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Would the surreality never end? Gym leaders had rushed to her aid by Bianca’s word and now she was being preened and cooed over by N’s harem. How did she always manage the wrong room to duck into?
It was helpful that they were terrifyingly beautiful women. Competing against them for looks would be as futile as trying to outshine the sun, so why should she try? Touko was not beautiful, but she was strong.
She thought them weak but pitied them for their weakness rather than despised it. They were took weak to take action; they could comfort N but not change him or stand as equal to him. And people mistakenly believed Bianca was weak.
They weren’t hostile, of all things. Maybe it came from already sharing N among each other. They loved N and by his orders and their will were here to care for her, and they treated her as his equal, not one of them. One of the Sages had told her “There are not two suns in the sky, and there are not two rulers for the people.” It had the sound of an old proverb, but was wrong. There could not be two kings as rivals for one kingdom, but a king and a queen could rule together.
“Anthea, Concordia, why are you helping me? Aren’t you in Team Plasma?”
“Our loyalty, our love is to our lord N and N alone. We know his heart, that he wants you to win, but he has been hurt too much and is too strong to let you defeat him without giving it his all.”
How did they even think of him: liege or son or brother or lover, or did they even think exclusive ‘or’s belonged in that statement.
“You have to understand his past. N was not a feral child, not a foundling. Ghetsis raised many orphans very carefully to fit into his plans. The fourteenth one, N, his own son, was the only one to survive. He was kept from people to only bond with Pokémon and to be able to understand them, but not just any Pokémon. Ghetsis gathered Pokémon from abuse centers and those who hated their trainers, those who had been kidnapped from their homes and herds or ignored or betrayed.”
“I knew… I suspected some of that.”
“N has since been dressed up in brocade and paraded in front of Team Plasma, but as a remote and untouchable ruler. We know N is being manipulated with the truth for ends that are lies. N’s heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence.”
“This is why we’re telling you, bright lady. You do not have the luxury of doubting your suspicions because they were unsubstantiated. You must understand both the pain that would be caused to humans and the pain that Pokémon have suffered, and you must be aware of the conspiracy at work entirely separate from the moral debate.”
Sitting in a room of bright lights and pale marble made her eyes water. This can’t be happening, but the glare’s too strong for it to be a dream.
“We entrust to you the happiness of the one we love.”
Touko thought, I don’t know if I can be in love with him, let alone a queen, not a mere consort. I’m just a girl with a will and a dream of everyone being happy. Certainly I have strong feelings for him, but as to what those feelings are… Rivals we will be for now because rivals is something I understand, and that’s a fight I can win.
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