IJGS: Soul Silver Abridged Part 6

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I'm curious as to how many of you recognized who he was without reading the description first :3


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Kira, seeing Zero clearly and without any sort of disguise this time, recognizes the person before him as L, his eccentric rival from Sinnoh. "You weren't that great at disguising your voice" Kira says. L responds, "If you knew it was me, how come you never said anything?" "To be honest, I was really doubting it, but now I know for sure," Kira replies, "Still, I've got to say this is quite a shocker. No offense, but how did YOU end up becoming a mysterious know-it-all guy?" Before L can explain anything, Kira realizes he hasn't introduced him to Kris. L introduces himself and explains what happened.

"See, Mewtwo attacked us because he figured out who I am. And I'm a threat to him," L says, "I know his weakness - that he's human." He starts explaining that after Kira traveled to Kanto, he heard about this and decided to go there as well. L met up with Green Oak, but Mewtwo appeared before the both of them, going off about how they would make excellent puppets. L sent out his pokemon to attack, but Mewtwo slaughtered all of them. L, traumatized by this experience, was left standing helplessly as Mewtwo walked up to him. At this point, though, Mewtwo began losing control of his newfound powers and - intending to take L's memories - accidentally shared his memories with L. Green interfered, and Mewtwo ended up taking on his identity instead, erasing Green's memory in the process.

Mewtwo, inhabiting Green's body and having only Green's memories and not his own, ran away in shock. Meanwhile L was left traumatized even further by things he saw from Mewtwo's mind, and the real Green was left with amnesia. From then on, L adopted a much more solemn attitude and, without the knowledge that Mewtwo lost his own memories, decided that he and Green had to reform their teams while they think of a plan to stop Mewtwo. (It should be noted that since this happened AFTER Kira arrived in Kanto, the Green that Kira saw at Oak's lab was actually the real Green.)

L then explains that he had to keep his identity hidden, even to Kira, otherwise Mewtwo would have hunted him down and killed him for having the knowledge that he has. Kira then asks, hesitantly, what L saw in Mewtwo's mind. L reveals that first off, Mewtwo is not a clone of mew, but a fusion of man and pokemon. He was an experiment by Rocket - a man infused with the DNA of the pokemon mew. They were hoping to create the perfect hybrid, but what they ended up with was a mad, intelligent, power-hungry beast. Kira asks who the man was, and L says that he didn't recognize him. But he then goes on to explain that Mewtwo's humanity is his weakness. The human half of him cannot hold the immense power of the pokemon half - thus his powers are not permanent, and he will soon die if he uses them too much. In addition, he does not possess the fainting defense mechanism that all pokemon have - if he takes too much damage in battle, he will die. L says this could possibly explain why Kira's pokemon have the same characteristic.

"This is good," Kira says, "The three of us can definitely put a stop to him then! I'll make him pay for the shit he's put me through..." Rex, hearing this conversation, says, "That's what happened to them isn't it? My parents. They were killed by this Mewtwo...." Kira explains as best he can to Rex that Mewtwo killed Spike and erased Flora's memories. But Kira also reassures him that they were strong, and amazing parents. Rex, rather than breaking down at the news of his parents, vows to become stronger - strong enough to make them proud. Kira then realizes that if what L said about Mewtwo's powers is true, then maybe Flora (and Blue) could regain her memories. L doesn't affirm or deny this speculation. But with this spark of hope, and with new and clearer goals in mind, the three of them set out to continue their journey.

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So there you have it. If any of you don't know who L is, go read the ridiculous It Just Got Serious: Platinum Edition. Yes, he was Zero all along. I suppose this may seem like quite a random plot twist, but really I didn't want to just leave L forgotten. He didnt make much of an appearance, so I didn't expect any of you to figure it out. Though a couple of you picked up on the eyes when he was disguised as Ulquiorra - they were intended to look similar to those of L from Death Note. Anyway I thought it would be interesting if this complete hyperactive goofball of a character had his life turned around - now he seems to be quite like the detective L himself, albeit not as intelligent or weird.

The real Green is still alive, but next to no one knows because he doesn't even remember who he is and because he's been keeping himself hidden as well (L didn't want to risk Green's life either, and with the fake Green roaming around people would find it preeeetty odd).