Chapter twelve (HK PKMN)

When Harry arrived in Kalos, he wasted no time in visiting Professor Sycamore to have his Pokedex updated, and after that he began training for his first gym battle, battling trainers, and traveling. Harry's Froakie, Chespin, Fennekin, Fletchling, Honedge, Skrelp, Tyrunt, and Goomy were all proving themselves hard working and worthy. Getting them all to level 25 and evolving them where possible was easy, but they were all still low level and would require much more work.

Defeating Viola and winning the Bug Badge was pretty easy, and Harry continued his travels and training... Harry saved a village plagued by a sleeping and loudly snoring Snorlax and caught a shiny Magikarp near Ambrette Town. Harry had always wanted a shiny Gyarados and now he *finally* had a Pokemon that could evolve into one.

After training all of his Pokemon up to level 35, and with Honedge evolving into Doublade and Fletchinder evolving into Talonflame, Harry challenged Grant, the Cyllage City Gym Leader and defeated him using Frogadier and Quilladin.

It was after leveling all of his Pokemon up to level forty and winning the Rumble Badge off Korrina that Harry caught another Pokemon.... An amateur trainer was traveling around and was attempting to train... they accidentally attacked a Salamence that was flying by. Truthfully, they didn't even make the tiniest scratch, but a Salamence is easily angered. Harry sent his Charizard and Salamence didn't last long against him... a Dragon Pulse and Dragon Rush, followed up by Dragon Claw and Harry quickly caught the Salamence. The problem was that Harry already had an extremely powerful Salamence and needed to give it away.

Ash refused it, which in hindsight is wise. If it killed him Harry would never forgive himself and neither would anyone else... and Harry wouldn't deserve their forgiveness. So, yes, Harry trying to give Ash a Salamence was stupidity on his part. The only thing left to do was contact Clair, with Harry being pleased that he was given her number. His next course of action decided, Harry dialed her number and called.

"Hello, Hadrian," Clair said politely, after accepting the call.

"Hello, Clair. I just recently caught a Salamence that an amateur trainer accidentally attacked and I'm looking for an experience trainer to take it off my hands." Clair looked interested so Harry continued. "It's level 55 and it knows Flamethrower, Hyper Beam, Dragonbreath, Dragon Claw, and Protect."

"Sure, I'll accept it. I'll have to help it with its temper, but after a few months I'll have a stable and powerful Pokemon. I don't like losing and if I'm beaten I have to award the badge... when I was really young and dumb I didn't and was given an official warning. I'm going to develop my skills to the Elite Four level or beyond, and then defeat trainers so that I don't have to award them with badges. I consider each badge given a mark of shame for myself."

"Well, I can understand that," Harry replied. Being defeated was humiliating and irritating. Harry used the Pokemon Center's computer to transfer Salamence to Clair, and after Clair thanked him, they said their goodbyes.

Now Harry had five more badges to win and a lot of training to do.

Winning the remaining badges while keeping his Pokemon at higher levels for battles was thankfully easy for Harry... he was used to it by now. Stronger Pokemon meant more wins, and more wins meant more experience and therefore levels.... Plus Harry was a prodigy. Harry also caught a somewhat powerful Breloom to add to the Pokedex. With eight badges won, Harry began training for his intended final league conference.

Harry would later take a break to save a Zygarde cell at the International Police's and Fate and Death's request.... All Team Flare members were slain and their Pokemon were released, kept, or given away, and Harry even saved Ash in the process. Harry also used his temporary agent status to force Ash to accept a Druddigon, Houndoom, Weavile, and Drapion. His friends got the rest, with Ash's regional girlfriend getting a Houndour that she found cute. Harry was also given a gift by Fate and Death as thanks, they said it would be helpful in the near future.

Harry had to intervene, yet again, at Terminus Cave and warded the location against hostile humans... unfortunately Harry still hadn't earned Zygarde's trust.

But, no, it was the third time that enraged Harry. He had his party limit increased for official missions and was sent to stop Team Flare from capturing Zygarde... again.

It went well at first, if you count brutally murdering would-be mass murderers as a positive experience, and Harry was soon struggling to keep his footing on the blood soaked ground... hundreds of Team Flare Grunts were slaughtered and he even captured the vile and twisted Xerosic.

Harry, in his alter ego, was just torturing the abomination to death, having looked into his mind and having learned that he didn't care who he hurt.... Harry was using his 'magical powers' to cause Xerosic to feel all the pain that he had ever caused... okay, he was using the Cruciatus Curse, but I'm sure that a few people bought that lie.
Xerosic had just died when Harry, in his disguise, was hit by a Flamethrower....

Harry recognized the Charizard's trainer, Alain, Lysandre's pawn and servant.

"Ah, Lysandre's little pawn..." Harry greeted, his voice distorted, and causing Alain's eyes to widen. "You wish to capture Zygarde so that your master can help Mairin's Chespin and so that she will smile again...." Alain looked shocked. "You could succeed... but will she smile as Lysandre kills her with you and everyone else? He plans to reduce the worlds population to preserve the world for longer... so much death... all because of a mad man and a naive little pawn... you."

"Would you like to know what happened to poor little Chespie?!" Harry asked and Alain nodded yes, while thinking of how to defeat his opponent. "It saved a Zygarde cell, which escaped due to Chespie's kindness... Chespie was infected due to *your masters* actions.... Lysandre is the reason why Mairin no longer smiles." Alain looked shocked, but doubtful.

Zygarde sharing that helped greatly. That, combined with interrogating the shades of slain Team Flare members, had given Harry all the information that he needed. Harry summoned the shades of the slain Team Flare admins and had them all confess.

"Return to Lysandre and inform him that he and Team Flare shall pay for their crimes with their lives.... I'm coming for them... I cannot die, cannot be negotiated with, bribed, or feel mercy, and I won't stop until they are all dead."
"Charizard! Blast Burn!" Alain ordered, fearing Mairin would be caught in the crossfire.

Unfortunately for Alain, Harry had been discreetly erecting a ward against fire and combustion. Charizard was powerless and Harry laughed.

"Your Pokemon are powerless should I wish them to be...." Harry blasted Charizard into a rock with his psychic powers. "I'm neither human nor mortal Alain. I'm held together by the power of Legendary Pokemon and I'm being punished for my own crimes.... Your little friend is safe, I'm forbidden from harming another innocent... otherwise I would take her apart before your eyes as punishment for attacking me." Okay, that last part was a complete lie. Harry was messing with Alain's head and he would never harm such a sweet child.

Alain returned his Charizard and accepted his chance to escape.

Harry had begun buying up Lysandre's properties and his companies while destroying Team Flare bases, reducing the negative energy from their actions, and both were going very well. Lysandre was the trusting humanitarian sort... in public, anyway, and Harry had been persuading his shareholders to sale to him... most finding Lysandre mentally unstable helped greatly. Lysandre didn't even own a clear majority of his own company, but Harry did now.

Team Flare was on its last leg and Harry had silently bought up a 52% share of Lysandre Labs to stabilize the economy of Kalos after Lysandre's fall. With Lysandre Labs being a major company, their leaders death and destruction of company assets would halt production, cost people jobs, and hinder Kalos' ability to export products. That was something that Harry wanted to avoid, most of Kalos was innocent in this war.

As Harry slew another Team Flare Grunt, destroying his body, he arrived where Mairin and her Chespin were and entered the room, finding Mairin waiting fearfully with her still comatose Chespie.

"Hello, Mairin. I've heard of what happened to your Chespin and the Pokemon that it helped has returned to help, but I need you to wait just a little while longer and let me get you to safety." Mairin looked hopeful, but still scared. "Chespie has the energy of a legendary Pokemon named Zygarde within it and only Zygarde can remove it, but Team Flare and Lysandre are trying to capture it and use it to kill billions...."

"Alain said that he was trying to save Chespie," Mairin said.

"Lysandre manipulated him.... Where is he by the way?"

"Lysandre said that he's still searching," Mairin replied, much to Harry's concern.

Alain wasn't dead, his shade wasn't appearing when summoned, so Harry suspected that Alain was imprisoned somewhere.

"I'll find him, but I need to get you to safety... I won't ask you to trust me, but this is the only way." Harry said before opening a portal and gently sending both Mairin and Chespie through it. Mew would catch and babysit them both.

Harry continued the slaughter of Team Flare, burning, tearing, impaling, and flat-out obliterating his enemies.

Harry was soon faced with Lysandre himself and Lysandre predictably sent out his Pokemon and had them attack, but they were redirected and his Pyroar and Gyarados were quickly stunned and Lysandre was telekinetically flung into a wall. Harry tore through Lysandre's mind and learned of Alain's location, and after that, Harry just killed Lysandre with the Killing Curse.... He was mentally unstable and too dangerous to be left alive. After returning and then pocketing Lysandre's Pokemon, Harry began searching for Alain... which wasn't hard with magic.

"I take it that you confronted Lysandre?" Harry asked after locating Alain... Alain was locked inside of a cell without his Poke Balls.

"Yes... he gloated when he was found out and his security prevented me from sending out my Pokemon." Alain replied. "He's planning to kill billions and he has to be stopped!"

"He's already dead and Mairin and Chespie are both safe... Zygarde shall soon help Chespie," Harry said, before summoning Alain's Poke Balls to him and ripping the cell door off. Harry handed Alain his Poke Balls and then led him outside the compound....

Once they were outside, Harry sent out his Groudon and had it demolish the base with Earth Power... further intimidating Alain. With that done, Harry teleported them both to the villa Harry had rented under an alias as a safe house.

Upon arriving arriving, Harry let both himself and Alain inside.

"Alain!" Mairin called out excitedly, hugging him.

"Mairin, are you okay?" Alain asked, checking her over for injuries.

"I'm fine," Mairin replied. "Mew kept me company! She said that Zygarde would heal Chespie!"

"Indeed he will," Harry agreed as one of Zygarde's cells revealed itself and hopped to Chespie... it was surprisingly anticlimatic. Zygarde touched Chespie, Chespie had Zygarde's energy removed from it and began waking up. It was very touching and rewarding to see the two reunited though, Harry had to use his Occlumency to avoid crying.

With Harry still having months until the Lumiose Conference he was back to training soon after Mairin and Alain left.

Harry got bored of training... and surprisingly making money from beating trainers. He didn't have any leads on Ho-Oh, Latias, Latios, or Jirachi so he focused on catching other Hoenn Pokemon. Harry was extremely thankful that he knew common location of his targets... Harry had perfect memory and made mental notes of where to find certain Pokemon. Getting 105 Hoenn Pokemon only took him a month, but he was using catch and release methods and avoiding training. A few Master Balls and Harry was set for easy catches and Pokedex completion.

And then Harry got extremely lucky, and not in a sexual way... well, he still had frequent sex, but this bout of good luck wasn't related to that. Harry learned the location of a Latios and a Latias... and both could Mega Evolve... Harry was thrilled.

The first thing Harry did when he found them was trap them with Absol and Gengar's Mean Look... after that Harry Mega Evolved Absol and Gengar and then bound both Latias and Latios with Destiny Bond.... Harry wasn't taking any chances here.

The actual battle began with two Shadow Balls from Mega Gengar and Mega Absol hitting Latias and Latios.

Harry wished that they were a challenge, but they just weren't. It helped that his Pokemon were at level 150, but Latias and Latios weren't even at level 70 and they never really stood a chance. It took a mere three attacks from Harry's Mega Absol and Mega Gengar to defeat them both. Harry threw two regular Poke Balls and after three dings, it registered two successful captures.

Everything was coming together, Harry would eventually locate Ho-Oh and he was designing a Containment Ball for Pokemon like Deoxys and Jirachi that transformed into an inanimate form, but it wouldn't hold other Poke Balls or objects as a precaution. Thankfully Deoxys had enough energy to register as a Pokemon in its crystal form and so should Jirachi.
Harry returned his Absol and Gengar and contacted Professor Oak.

"Hello, Harry," Oak said kindly. "Are you calling about your two recent captures?"

"Yes, Latias and Latios. Only 28 Hoenn region Pokemon are left."

"Congratulations, Harry!"

"Has Kurt gotten back to you on the Containment Ball?"

"Yes, the design will do what you intended for it to do," Oak replied. "He sent it back to me."

"Great, when I get back to Pallet Town I'll put it into limited production in the makeshift factory that I have. I can make twenty a day there, which is kind of excessive given the balls nature." Professor Oak nodded in agreement.

"As for catching Jirachi, both known are currently sleeping.... One in Forina, which I've narrowed down to a very small area underground, and one on the bottom of a lake in Unova on Big Island which can be caught most easily. The second would be your best bet, Harry."

"I'll visit the location once I have multiple Containment Balls. I don't need to use up my few prototypes." Harry replied, to which Oak nodded.

"I'll keep your new captures quiet. We haven't had anymore attempts at theft though, so you don't have to worry about that."

After saying their goodbyes, they ended the call and Harry decided to relax before leaving for Lumiose City.