Gasps filled the clearing as Giovanni's eyes widened and he fell.

One of the grunts said. "He… he killed the boss… HE KILLED THE BOSS!"

The grunts pulled out guns and shot at Shadow, but Mew teleported him out of the way, causing the grunts' bullets to go into each other.

Shadow watched as they all fell before slowly walking to Giovanni and taking the Dark Balls off the criminal leader's belt.

He released the five tired legendary pokemon before walking back to Mewtwo and dropping to his knees beside him.

Slowly, he reached into his bag and, to the rebels' surprise, released every single legendary pokemon he had captured.

"Go. You're safe now to go free." He whispered.

"I promised you a reward for protecting the legendries and defeating Giovanni, but, alas, even I cannot bring back the dead." Arceus said, approaching Shadow after the other legendries had left.

"You brought me back." Shadow said, surprising the rebels again.

"You still had a spark of life left in you. I'm sorry, but I can't say the same for Mewtwo. I promise, though, that his sacrifice will not be forgotten." Arceus told him. "Any other non-greedy reward, I can give you, but not that."

Shadow seemed to be thinking. "Can you give me the power to heal someone if they get fatally injured? That way, I'll be able to do something if this happens again."

"That I can give you." Arceus agreed and both glowed as Arceus gave Shadow the power. "There's also something else I want to give you. I won't tell you what, but you'll figure it out quickly."

"Okay." Shadow said and both glowed again as Arceus gave him the second power.

"I must be going now. A lot of reconstruction is needed throughout the world. Hopefully, everyone will be willing to help with that." Arceus said. "Goodbye."

Arceus flew away. Shadow sighed and started digging a grave for Mewtwo.

All the rebels who had witnessed the battle and the aftermath of the battle watched, not quite knowing what he was doing until he dragged Mewtwo into the grave and started pushing the dirt back in.

One by one, they came out of hiding, watching Shadow as he looked for something to mark the grave.

He found a stone and carved some words into it. None of the rebels bothered to read what he wrote.

"Shadow?" Misty spoke at last.

Shadow spun around. "W-what are you doing here?!"

"We meet here on occasion. We just happened to schedule our meeting for today." Iris told him.

"Oh." Shadow mumbled. "Well, at least you brought me a way off the island, right?"

"We actually used our pokemon to get here." A female rebel said.

"Oh." Shadow said, disappointed.

"I have several water-types, Shadow. You can borrow one of mine." Misty said.

"Thank you." Shadow responded. "I really appreciate it."

"First, though, will you please tell us who you are?" Misty added.

Shadow paused for a moment. "In that case, I'd rather stay on the island."

Misty smirked. "Fine then. You can ride Psyduck."

Shadow stopped himself from saying something, choosing instead to mumble. "Fine with me."

"Um… Misty… Psyduck can't swim…" Brock said.

Misty turned to him and put her finger to her lips.

"If you're giving me a pokemon that can't swim, I'd rather stay on the island." Shadow remarked.

"Misty! Don't be mean! Shadow needs a way off the island! We can't just leave him here!" Iris scolded.

Misty rolled her eyes. "I was just trying to get him to tell us who he is."

"I'm Shadow. That's all you need to know." Shadow said quietly.

"Don't push him, Misty. We'll find out eventually." Brock said.

"Fine…" Misty mumbled before calling out her Corsola and Gyarados.

Misty rode Gyarados, while Shadow rode Corsola and the others rode an array of water-type pokemon.

The next few months flew by in a blur. Everyone was focused on getting the world back to how it had been before. Even Shadow and the legendary pokemon helped, but Shadow never gave away his identity.

Then, when everything was back to normal, Shadow disappeared. Rumor had it that he had been last seen in Alto Mare, but nobody saw him ever again.

A few days after Shadow's disappearance, Ash showed up in Pallet Town.

When his friends asked where he'd been and if he knew who Shadow was, he answered that he had been in a three-year coma and asked who Shadow was.

When he heard the news about his mother, he was devastated, but he promised to raise his little half-sister for her.

Despite all the work put into the getting the world back to normal, nothing would ever be the same. Too many people had died, including gym leaders and the champion of Kanto and Johto, Lance.

Still, kids were encouraged to go back out on their pokemon journeys and follow their dreams.

However, the totalitarian world of Team Rocket would never be forgotten.

(A/n) This is the end of Codename: Shadow. The sequel has already been posted. It is called The Search for Shadow.(A/n)