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After a few minutes of thinking i finally spoke up.
"What if i continued with my training instead of releasing all of my pokemon?"

The unknown continued to rotate and then stopped.

"R shall escort you through your quest."

An R unknown floated towards me "Hola senor. Como Estas?"

"Doin ok, i guess..." I was shocked to meet a Spanish speaking unknown.

"You must leave your friends behind for this, they shall be returned to you after your journey."

Mizu's Pokeball was removed form my belt and drifted over to Ion. (I had left Rb in my room) Then the unknown surrounded me and R. They began moving faster and faster until a bright flash and i was staring at the Poke-center outside of Mt. Silver.

I remembered this, it was when i was about to train at Mt. Silver, but then i made my life changing choice.....

"Que vas a hacer?" R asked floating next to me.

"I think im gonna..... what the..." I looked down at my belt and saw 6 Pokeballs. "These are my old pokemon." Before i could send out any of them a man dressed in blood red robes approched me. "My lord, there is nothing to report. Our men have scouted the area. It appears there is no hot shot trainers here."

I stared in disbelief. "Wait, what?"

"Identity Confirmed: Welcome Lord Kotsuko"
"Identity Confirmed: Welcome Commander Reda"

The Door slid open and we walked into a large room with people sitting on bleachers in the same outfits Reda was in. Some people were battling, and one person stood up form the bleachers.

"ALL HAIL LORD KOTSUKO!!!" He shouted with Pride. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to face me saluting and repeating the phrase.

I waved with a sick grimmace. My mind was bogged down with so many questions at this point. The small bit of clarity was that hopefully all my question would be answered.

"Reda, could you please escort me to my room? I'm feeling tired." I said in attempt to stay in character.

Reda turned to look at me, then bowed his head. "Of course my lord. This way." Reda lead me into a plain glossy hallway that had doors lined down it. (I assumed they were sleeping quarters) We traveled up a flight of stairs to a door blocked by two guards.

"Welcome back My Lord. I assumed the Mission went well?" One guard asked.

"No, There weren't any trainers and i'm tired. Please move aside." I said heading closer to the door. Keeping this ruse was starting to get easier since all i had to do was almost brush everything off.

"I'm sorry to hear that sir. Perhaps there will be better hunting tomorrow. Pleasant Dreams." The guards moved aside and i entered the door.

"Reda, your dismissed. Thank you." I said as i turned to close the door.

"Thank you sir." Reda said with a bow.

I turned back around and got a good look at the room.

So much red..... Why red? I like blue......

The walls were covered in a deep red paint, the bed was laced with a red velvet, there was a red computer on a birch red desk.

I walked over to the computer and tapped a key. The screen looked like any other computer screen with the usual assortment of icons, like Firefox, Recycle-Bin, and My Folder. I sat down in front of the computer and clicked on "My Folder."

As i glanced at all the files i realized that there was nothing of interest until i came across a folder that was labeled "Crimson Blade." I clicked on the folder and found all my answers.

"Our Mission"
"Kotsuko's Journal"
"The Roster"

I clicked on "Our Mission" and saw what i had heard as i arrived to this place.
"Our Goal is to put fear in trainers hearts. Any fool who becomes cocky enough to believe they are the greatest trainer shall meet an end by us if they fail our test.

The test of Companionship: We challenge our targets and if they assume the "I'll win at all costs" attitude(see the Identification Book on hints for this attitude) take no prisoners and kill the target...."

I quickly backed out of that file and almost felt sick to my stomach. What would have driven me to lead such extreme ideas?

I quickly Clicked on "Kotsuko's Journal" and unsuprised it was Password protected.

"La contraseña debe ser fácil, ya que es usted." R said as he peeled off my back.

"True but i haven't pass worded anything since i was a registered user in the poke-box network." Then i decided to try my password from the network.

Password: L3gionk3y
**********Access Denied************
Password Hint: First of the Fallen

First of the Fallen? Did i lose a friend?

"R, i have the feeling that where we started, was a long time after i made my decision. When was it when i made these decisions?"

"Sus dos años. Después de luchar el formador que perjudican a su Steelix, persiguió después de él en lugar de dejar que tu pokemon a ir. Has perdido Skarmory en esa lucha y lo llevó a hacer todo esto." R replied almost sounding sad.

I couldn't say or think of anything for a moment. Instead of making the desicion of releasing my pokemon i followed through with my rage and chased after that trainer. Everything that's here was all because of my blind rage.

"R, i want to go back, but i feel like i need to know EVERYTHING about this." I said as i typed in "Ironbeak."

"Muy bien, pero dudo que te te gusta lo que usted podría encontrar." R said floating next to me. i scrolled down to entries that caught my eye, about the origins of this group.

"Entry #82: Im finally going through with operation Crimson Blade. My first victim who took away Ironbeak, has been brought to justice. In this wake i have attained a new ally, Felecity, she has proven her worth to me by leading me to and killing a trainer who treated his pokemon like tools."

So i became a murderer. It was a horrible thing to stomach, but i skipped through to see more.

"Entry #102: I now have 26 people working for me. we have caused mass panic in the world. However opposition has begun to rise against us. The police were almost a joke but now Pokemon Rangers are starting to intercept my Siphon Squads and there becoming a thorn in my side. Its almost impossible to kill them as they are starting to trap my men."

"Entry #150: I was under the impression Snag-em opperated under the radar and away from anything that could draw attention. My assumption has cost me ten of my men. If i wasn't so sure, i would guess they teamed up with those damn Rangers cause they seem to arrive at the same time when my Siphon Squads close in on targets."

"Entry #328: Reda has located a place above the Ice path. With renovation we can set up..."

"Entry #350: A good day, we've recruited an Heir to a vast fortune. She has agreed to fund our secret base's construction in exchange she would get revenge on a group of trainers who killed her parents. (Little did we know We had Killed Her parents long ago. Unfortunatly we had to "remove" Cauld and Sikes.)

I felt sick to the point of throwing up, where did my honor go? Did i just get lost in the thrill of the kill? I couldnt believe how low i stooped. I skipped to the most recent Entry.

"Entry #560: We're slowly gaining our momentum again. Now we've been able to kill Snag-em and Rangers. Since our groups have been able to coordinate precise strikes in which our troops are able to pull out before reinforcements arrive we are now becoming as strong as we where when we first rose. I'm Personally Taking a regiment to Mt. Silver to return to our original mission of killing off gung-ho trainers."

I closed out of the journal and laid my head in my hands. My god, this was the worst thing to see.

"R..... take me home..... I've seen enough.... I'm glad i released all my pokemon that day. This was... It was enlightening to say the most."

"Sí a Señor. Permite volver atrás." R moved in front of me and locked eyes with me. A bright flash and i had returned to the Basement.

"Were you satisfied with what you saw?"

"Yes, i have no doubts in my mind. I'm glad with the decision i made those years ago. I can continue on without questioning what could happen. Thank you Unknown and thank you R for escorting me."

"We shall return your pokemon to you." the two Pokeballs containing Mizu and Ion floated back to me and were placed on my belt. The unknown soon repositioned themselves onto the walls and i left the room.