Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 697 I Will Always Love You (Finale)

Naoki is really gone...

By the time the Pokémon on the ranch realized what had happened, it seemed like a long time had passed.

The human world is constantly developing and everything in the world is constantly changing.

The mount goats have become a new legend. Some people are tracking them and have witnessed with their own eyes that the mount goats make the flowers bloom.

But most of the time, the mount goats stay at the World Tree, guarding that place.

Occasionally, people would see the King of Ragnarl riding his Ghosthorse or Snowhorse at the ruins of Naoki Ranch. They were mysterious and elusive, and whenever people approached, the King of Plenty and his horses would disappear without a trace.

After the sadness, the hero's expedition team also started a new journey. They kept traveling through various worlds, helping the Pokémon there, and making the expedition team bigger and stronger.

Babu Tupo also joined the Great Hero Expedition Team and became a great hero. Wearing a cape and holding Thor's hammer, he saved humans and Pokémon in danger.

However, its red cloak had long faded and no one washed it clean anymore.

Dragonite returned to Dragon Island and stayed there, but it would often return to the ranch and stay there for the whole day.

Its eyes often look in the direction of the ranch gate.

It was looking forward to seeing a familiar figure walking from there one day, just like an ordinary day when Naoki came back from buying vegetables in the town, walked towards it with a smile, touched its head and said he would make it something delicious later.

The Aibuta siblings did not go to the World Tree. Instead, they went to the little tree's home to help her take care of her children.

When the little tree was about to reach the end of its life, she still sent the Ai Guanshi brother and sister to the World Tree, and passed away peacefully in the company of Lei Gong, Entei, and Suicune.

Life goes on for all Pokémon.

But their hearts will forever remain in the autumn of the 275th year of the Alliance Calendar.

The 276th year of Naoki Ranch will never come again.

Because Naoki will never come back.

Just like those humans who have passed away, life will eventually pass away, and only the memories of the past will remain.

*
What does it feel like to die?

My consciousness became hazy, and my body felt light and fluttery, as if I was being controlled by a psychic Pokémon with telekinesis...

Naoki only felt himself being enveloped by a warm force.

He was saying goodbye to the Pokémon one second, and in the next second he arrived at this ancient forest full of primitive atmosphere.

Not far ahead, there stood a figure that Naoki felt extremely familiar with!
Looking at that figure, Naoki's heart instantly became excited, and he murmured:
"Motorcycle Lizard, I found you..."

Naoki immediately ran towards the motorcycle lizard that had turned into a Gulton and tried to call out to it.

But no matter how he spoke, the Motorcycle Lizard seemed not to hear him.

Naoki was slightly startled.

The next second, he saw the Motorcycle Lizard move and run towards him.

Naoki's eyes shook slightly. Did the Motorcycle Lizard discover him?

But then, the Motor Lizard passed through his body and fought with a wild Roaring Moon.

Naoki was stunned.

He looked down at his hands that had almost become unreal.

At this moment, Naoki suddenly understood everything!
The regret he felt at the end of his life resonated with Tailebagos's energy, and his soul was attracted by Motor Lizard's thoughts, which made his soul travel through time and space and reach the other side of time and space.

This is where everything starts and where everything ends!

"Is that so?" Naoki murmured.

He watched as Motor Lizard defeated Roaring Moon and hid in the cave with his wounded body.

He watched as Motor Lizard learned to dig holes to avoid the dangerous Paradox Pokémon.

He watched Motorlizard fight with other perverse Pokémon again and again.

However, he could do nothing but silently accompany Motorlizard, watching it go through one thing after another, and being seriously injured by other powerful paradoxical Pokémon again and again.

Tears flowed unconsciously.

Motorcycle Lizard... No, Gu Leton actually experienced this kind of thing in the past...

But apart from accompanying her, there was nothing he could do.

The days passed one by one, and after a long, long time, it was so long that Naoki could no longer remember how many years had passed since he came here.

Over the years, he has accompanied Motor Lizard to almost every corner of this continent.

Gradually, I figured out how to use soul power.

Yes, the soul also has mass.

Naoki began to try to communicate with the Motor Lizard in his sleep, giving it hints and help to lead it to the location of the Padya Pit.

In its drowsiness, the motorcycle lizard seemed to feel that someone was helping it.

But when it looked around, there was no one around.

The Motor Lizard was very confused.

"Ah gah?"

Is it Naoki?

No, it can't be Naoki. Naoki can't be here now.

The motorcycle lizard hung its head, looking very depressed.

Naoki sat quietly beside it. Although he couldn't touch the motorcycle lizard's body, he still tried hard to hug it and stroke its head.

From that day on, Motor Lizard seemed to have a goal.

It remembered the Padia Crater and Area Zero, which it could cross.

In order to return to Naoki, it began its journey to find the way home.

A long, long time passed again.

Until one day, Motor Lizard met Flutterfat.

Naoki, who was accompanying the Motor Lizard, recognized the Flutter Hair at a glance.

He originally intended to try to communicate with the Flutter-Winged Hair, but the Flutter-Winged Hair looked at him with hostility.

This made Naoki stunned.

Because he suddenly remembered that Zhenyi didn't know him yet!

The Motor Lizard seemed to recognize Flutterhair as well, but it did not stop and continued to move forward.

Suddenly one day, the Motor Lizard met a very powerful Gulton.

The wild gull lizard beat the motor lizard to the point of being seriously injured and on the verge of death.

Just as it was about to deliver the final blow, Naoki mobilized all the spiritual power in his body and stood in front of the motorcycle lizard.

His thoughts and love for the Motorcycle Lizard became real at this moment, and he blocked all the attacks from the wild Gulton.

But this move consumed a large amount of his soul power, so that Naoki was too weak to open his eyes.

He forced himself to watch the Motor Lizard turn the tide and successfully defeat the Gulton. Only then did Naoki close his eyes with peace of mind.

The disappearance of soul power made Naoki's soul extremely weak.

During the rest of the journey, he alternated between sleep and wakefulness, almost holding on to his last breath to accompany the Motorcycle Lizard.

Naoki saw Motorlizard and Flutterbear meet, and saw the two Pokémon start to team up and head to the Padia Pit.

But because his soul was too weak, even the wings could not sense his presence.

Faintly, Naoki could feel that he was able to hold on only because of the last bit of obsession in his heart.

He wanted to stay with the motorcycle lizard until it was safely back at the ranch.

Time passed slowly, and after an unknown amount of time, Naoki suddenly felt a familiar force.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw that the Motor Lizard had come in front of the Tailebagos.

He saw that the Tailebags distorted time and space and sent the Motor Lizard back to the future. He also saw that Zhenyifa was called to the future by Dr. Olin's time machine in order to find the Motor Lizard.

After seeing that the motorcycle lizard was finally safe and sound, Naoki's obsession slowly dissipated, and his soul also became empty.

At this moment, the group of Tailebagos around seemed to sense something and turned their eyes to Naoki who was about to disappear.

The Tailebagos were shocked.

The kind-hearted little turtle hurriedly mobilized the Taijing energy in his body and then poured it into the body of the soul.

In an instant, Naoki's soul completed the crystallization.

The fusion of soul power and Tai Crystal power transformed him into a ghost-type Pokémon, and he could switch freely between ghost and Tai Crystal entities!
When Naoki opened his eyes again, he saw a group of curious Tailebagos floating in front of him, tilting their heads and observing him curiously.

"Bago?" (Who are you?) a Taile Bago asked curiously.

"I..." Naoki felt the changes in himself and was shocked.

But he soon understood everything.

The kind and innocent Tailebagos saved him from dying with the Taicrystal energy!
At this moment, Naoki felt extremely complicated.

He looked at the dozens of familiar little turtles in front of him, opened his mouth, and answered:

"I'm Naoki."

The Tailebagos opened their eyes wide.

"Bago?" Hearing this, the Taile Bagos became very anxious.

Naoki? Isn't that the person the Pokémon was looking for?

Hearing the Tailebagos' doubts, Naoki nodded bitterly, and then slowly told them a story.

The story of a young man and a motorcycle lizard.

After listening to it, the Tailebagos were moved.

Some Taile Bagos immediately jumped up and said, "Bago Bago!"

They can send Naoki back to the Motor Lizard!
But this proposal was rejected by Naoki.

Because he knew that he still had some things to do.

The rest of the cycle must be completed by him.

He must save these Tailebagos. Only in this way can he, in the future, rely on the power of the Tailebagos to go back to the past and accompany the Motor Lizard on this journey!
As far as Naoki knows, Pokémon like Tylerbagos can cause mass extinction due to large earthquakes caused by crustal movement.

All he had to do now was to save these Tailebagos and let them survive the earthquake.

So from that day on, Naoki began to live with the Tailebagos.

He left the Padia Pit with dozens of Terabagos, and went to the ground to pick fruits, bask in the sun, defeat bad Pokémon, and play games together.

Days passed one after another, and on an ordinary day, an extremely terrifying earthquake occurred on this land.

This disaster, comparable to the Jurassic extinction event, almost led to the extinction of a large number of paradoxical Pokémon.

Disaster enveloped the earth, the sky was dyed red, and there were strong winds and heavy rains.

Naoki and the star-crystallized Tailebagos witnessed this doomsday in mid-air.

The apocalypse lasted for several days, and by the time it was over, the entire continent was in ruins.

Looking at everything there, Naoki knew that the old world had disappeared, and from today on, a new order would be born on this earth.

Paradoxical Pokémon is to the Pokémon world what the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods are to the Earth.

Flutter Hair will evolve into Nightmare, Roaring Tail will evolve into Jigglypuff, and Roaring Moon will also evolve into Dragonite...

When everything was over, Naoki took the Tailebagos back to the Great Zero Void after the earthquake.

"I'm leaving," he said to the Talebagos.

Hearing this, the Tailebagos became very anxious.

"Bago?"

"Be good and have a good sleep here! When you wake up, you can see me again." Naoki said while touching Tailebagos' head.

"Bagu..."

The Tailebagos felt that Naoki had something he had to do. Although they were sad, they chose to sleep peacefully when they thought that they would be able to see Naoki again in the future.

But before they fell asleep, Naoki finally borrowed their power and returned to his own time and space relying on his longing for the Pokémon.

But when he returned to the ranch, he discovered something.

The Tailebagos...seemed to have sent him to the wrong time...

The pasture was overgrown with weeds, and their home had now become dilapidated and decayed by time.

The farmland originally reclaimed by Diglett was overgrown with weeds again, and the Pokémon Tavern, the Pokémon House where Miltank lived, and the chicken coop had all become ruins due to years of disrepair.

All the familiar figures he was familiar with disappeared, and at this moment, the entire ranch was empty!
Naoki's heart suddenly sank.

This...what happened?
Naoki ran quickly in the pasture, trying to find everything familiar to him.

But those things had already disappeared with the wind, and no matter how hard he looked, he could not find any trace.

The home where he and his Pokémon had lived together for decades was now completely empty, with only an old house left. Everyone... was gone...

Judging from the traces left by time, it is obvious that many years have passed since the day he passed away.

Where's Gulden? Where's Xiaoshu? Where's Youshu? Where... did everyone go?

Wait! Giratina!
Legend has it that Pokémon have almost infinite life. Naoki stood up and ran towards the lake.

But when he arrived there, he was horrified to find that the entrance to the reverse world was closed!

Who did it?
What the hell does this happen?

Naoki stood there blankly, with tears in his eyes for no reason.

At this moment, he thought a lot.

Could it be that hundreds of years had passed since he left? Could it be that he had come to the wrong world, to a parallel universe?

But now that the Tailebagos are not by his side, he has no way of traveling through time and space again!

Thinking of this, Naoki was filled with despair.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice in his ears.

The voice was almost trembling, and seemed to contain countless emotions.

Hearing the voice, Naoki suddenly woke up, and the next second, he saw a familiar figure not far behind him.

That is... Gultun! His motorcycle lizard is also his Gultun!

The setting sun was as red as blood. The moment the man and the Pokémon looked at each other, tears burst out like a spring.

Just as Gulden missed Naoki, Naoki has also been missing Gulden for tens of thousands of years!
"Ah gah!"

Gu Leton ran towards Naoki at almost all his speed.

"Guleton...Guleton!"

With longing surging from his eyes, Naoki ran forward and hugged Gulden tightly.

“Ah, gah…?”

Even now, Gulden still couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.

Is this real? Is it dreaming again?
It doesn't matter if it's a dream... As long as I can see Naoki...

"No, Gulden, this is not a dream." Naoki instantly felt Gulden's thoughts. He hugged its big head and then pressed his forehead against it: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry Gulden, I'm back late."

"Ah geez..."

Gu Leton opened his eyes wide.

At this moment, it finally became sure that this was not a dream!

The once domineering and powerful God of the Past was at this moment like a young child who had suffered a lot of grievances. He buried his big head in Naoki's arms and cried madly.

The crying sound was melodious and drifted away into the distance.

After a long time, Gulden's emotions gradually stabilized.

But it was still unwilling to leave Naoki's side and stuck closely to him.

"Ah, gah?" Gulden asked aggrievedly about Naoki's whereabouts over the years.

"I..." Naoki wiped Gulerton's tears and replied, "I went back to the past."

"Ah, gah?!" Gulden's eyes widened instantly.

"I saw you there. I was always by your side. I saw you fighting those perverse Pokémon. I saw you encounter Flutterhair. I saw you being sent back by the Tailobagos to the day when we first met..."

Hearing this, Gulden was completely stunned.

Naoki...has always been beside it?!

"Yes, I've always been here." Naoki said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Gulerton, I can't come back right away because the Tailebagos need my help."

Therefore, Leton naturally knew about the Tailebagos.

"Ah gah?"

Naoki nodded: "Well, they are fine now, and I am back, Gu Leton, from now on, we will never be separated again."

"Ah gah!"

Gu Leton, with tears in her eyes, crawled into Naoki's arms.

"So, can you tell me what happened at the ranch?" Naoki asked.

Gu Leton nodded, and then told Naoki everything in detail after Naoki's death.

Including Xiaoshu and Youshu, including Bud Crown and Dragonite who occasionally return to the ranch to miss Naoki...

"Dragonite..." Hearing this, Naoki wiped the tears from his face and stood up again.

"Ah, gah?" Gulden looked over in confusion.

"Gu Leton, it's time for us to get back to everyone."

*
world Tree.

After an expedition, Babu Tubo returned to this place again.

It sat alone on the top of a big tree, looking at the faded cloak in its arms, and the scene of Naoki giving it the cloak in the past emerged in its mind.

How happy they were at that time!
As he thought about it, Babu Tubo's eyes became moist.

It wanted to control its emotions, but the harder it tried, the more tears flowed.

In the end, Babu Tubo could no longer hold back, hugged his cloak and burst into tears.

“Bamo…!”

It looks like Naoki!

And at this moment, a familiar smell suddenly floated in the air.

Then, it seemed as if someone came in front of it.

The man said in a voice that was all too familiar to him: "Crying loudly is not what a hero should do!"

"Bamo?!"

Babu Tubo raised his head suddenly, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

Naoki smiled at it, touched Babu Tubo's head with his hand, and said softly:
"Sorry to have kept you waiting, little Bob, I'm back."

*
Kuailong Island.

Today, Dragonite has become the backbone of Dragon Island.

It watched the birth of little mini dragons and the evolution of Haxoruba into Dragonite.

Some of the young mini dragons often wander around it, trying to make it laugh.

But ever since Naoki left, Dragonite has never smiled again.

It put the little mini dragon aside, then flapped its wings, ready to go to the pasture again.

Because it misses Naoki again.

But at this moment, Dragonite suddenly saw Gulden and Babu Tubo flying towards this side.

And on Gultun's back, there was a figure that was very familiar to it!

That is……

Dragonite's eyes widened instantly.

It was not until Gulden flew in front of it that the man jumped off Gulden's body and gave the stunned animal a big hug.

"Long time no see, Dragonite, I'm back."

There was no expression on Dragonite's slightly thin face one second, and then it became distorted and exaggerated the next second.

In an instant, Dragonite started crying loudly.

"Ouch!"

It hugged Naoki tightly with its big claws, with such force that it almost strangled Naoki's body.

“Ahem…” Naoki quickly pushed Dragonite: “Alright, alright!”

Dragonite didn't listen.

"You're going to strangle me to death!" Naoki yelled.

Dragonite's strength finally lessened, and he looked over with a wronged and sad look.

Naoki exhaled slowly, then smiled and touched Dragonite's head, saying to it:
"Well, that's it. I'm back and I will never leave you again."

*
Expedition Guild.

A group of Pokémon including Ursa, Siege, the Butler brothers and sisters, Mount Goat, Frostmilk, Eevee and others gathered here.

Since Naoki left, they came to this place to live.

But without Naoki, their lives seemed to have lost their color.

But on this day, it suddenly became very lively outside.

"Boni?" (What happened outside?)
A group of Pokémon were attracted by the sound, but when they saw the figure surrounded by everyone, they were stunned for a moment.

That's... Naoki!
At this moment, Naoki seemed to have sensed something and looked towards them.

There, Naoki saw Uruk-Yo, Sailor Moon, Flutter Hair, Frostmilk, the mount goat, and every Pokémon on the ranch.

A smile appeared on his face, and he nodded at them from a distance and said:

"Everyone, I'm back."

The next second, a group of Pokémon rushed towards him and surrounded Naoki tightly, as if they were afraid that he would disappear again.

And the figure of the Bud Crown King also quietly emerged.

His gaze turned to Naoki, and the eyes of the man and the Pokémon met in mid-air.

Naoki nodded at him, and there was no need to say anything more.

*
After retrieving all the Pokémon on the ranch, Naoki found Giratina and asked it to help open the entrance to the spirit world.

After some searching, Naoki successfully found the strange tree in the spirit world.

"Let's go home!" Naoki looked at the girl opposite him, and at his wife who had been with him all his life, his heart full of apology and guilt.

This time, he not only made the Pokémon wait for him for so long, but also made the strange tree wait for him in the spirit world for many years.

Qi Shu's eyes were filled with tears of reunion, and he said in a lively tone, just like the first time they met:
"Hey, you kept me waiting too long!"

Naoki: "..."

"Forget it!" Qi Shu sighed helplessly. She kept looking at Zhi Shu and said, "Looking at your current appearance, it seems that you have been through a lot. Then I will forgive you!"

Naoki didn't say anything. He walked forward and hugged Qishu in his arms.

After a long time, the two separated.

"Where are Xiaoshu and the others?" Naoki asked.

"I've met Xiaoshu before." Qishu was a little sad when talking about this: "I wanted Xiaoshu Youshu to wait for you here with me, but my daughter said that they both have their own lives, and they are already satisfied to meet their parents."

Naoki suddenly felt very sad.

"By the way, Xiaoshu also left a message for you!" Qishu suddenly said.

"What?" Naoki asked hurriedly, regardless of his inner sadness.

Qi Shu: "She said, 'I am very happy to be your daughter in this life. If there is an afterlife, I will be your daughter again in the next life.'"

Hearing this, Naoki felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.

In his mind emerged the image of Xiaoshu just learning to walk, following him clumsily, holding his big hand and learning to walk, as well as the image of Xiaoshu just learning to speak, calling him dad for the first time.

Naoki looked lonely and a tear fell from his eyes.

Qi Shu silently held his hand.

Naoki let out a slow sigh.

"Ugh!"

He closed his eyes and opened them again after a long time.

That’s all! Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. When the children grow up, it’s time for them to live their own lives!

"Let's go." Naoki took Qishu's hand and walked towards the Pokémon waiting on the side.

They left the spirit world and returned to the World Tree, settling down in the house that the Pokémon had built for them.

Gul'ton, Dragonite, Bubblefoot, Frog, Magmaworm... and every Pokémon in the ranch have returned here.

It's as if nothing has changed.

In the 375th year of the League Calendar, the Pokémon world has undergone tremendous changes.

And Naoki Ranch finally ushered in its 276th year.

(End of this chapter)