A/N: Hey everybody :D. This is yet another series that I'm adding to my ever-growing list of stories to finish. (I really need to complete those stories...). But this is yet another story that isn't a romance. The relationship between Darkrai and Zorua in the story is similar to the relationship between Leafeon and Glaceon in Frozen Petals (or Frozen Leaves. Can't remember what I called it cause I changed the title before uploading the story onto FanFiction.). But throughout the story, the relationship will deepen into a father-son bond (although Darkrai and Zorua aren't related in the story). But anyway, this story takes place post-Platinum. Therefore, there will be some spoilers to what happened in the game after the climax to the storyline. Anyway, hope you enjoy. (And thanks for reading this. If you read this, then you're awesome. And if you didn't you still are awesome :D )
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, the games, the characters, or the locations mentioned in the story.
Today was the night of the new moon and Darkrai was preparing for his nightly training. Every month when the new moon appeared, Darkrai always spent the entire night honing his fighting abilities since his power always increased at night and it increased substantially during the new moon. However, with such power, there were several people and Pokemon who wanted his it for themselves. Over the past year or so, it had become so bad that he couldn't even go to Canalave City without some trainer trying to capture him. He often would teleport over to the old motel next to the Pokemon Center so that he could send certain humans dreams or nightmares, depending on the person's personality. But after some trainer had found a old key to the motel and opened it, he found that he couldn't even materialize in the building without being seen by some tourist wanting to take pictures of him. His own home was even starting to become some sort of trainer's haven, a new trainer showing up EVERY SINGLE DAY. And to make it worse, the trainers that came to the island were inexperienced, so much so that even a level 5 Bidoof could probably defeat their Pokemon easily. To say that it was starting to get on Darkrai's nerves was an understatement.
Darkrai was moving through the forest, making sure to secure the perimeter before he would make his way to the forest clearing. He was just about to finish his patrol around the island edge when a strange scent reached his nose. He stopped cold, looking through the trees and brush. He could tell by the pheromones surrounding the area that he was dealing with a Pokemon and not another trainer. Of course, that confused Darkrai, since his island was well out in the middle of the ocean so it was basically impossible for any type of Pokemon- except for flying and water type Pokemon of course- to reach his island without some form of transportation.
But that wasn't the only that confused Darkrai. The scent was also slightly different than what he was used to smelling. He could easily tell whatever Pokemon is was, it wasn't from the Sinnoh region. But he had also ran into Pokemon from Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn as well and this particular Pokemon didn't carry any of those scents either. He did know that there were other regions somewhere in the world but he had never actually seen any of those Pokemon before.
"Such a nuisance….," Darkrai muttered under his breath.
Darkrai decided that it was quicker to search the island by flying so he drew his legs into his body and took off. The woods around him passed by quickly but his eyes could easily pick out anything that didn't belong in this forest since he had lived here for several years. Within a couple of minutes, he was on the other side of the island where he landed gracefully. He sighed in annoyance and he spotted a ship anchored on the dock. However, the ship didn't look like the ship that normally came by the island from Canalave City. Instead, this ship was a turquoise color with white bordering the edges.
The door to the ship opened and about twenty to thirty people piled out. They all looked alike, each of them have sea green hair in a bowl cut. They had on some kind of space suits and they all had the exact same expression on their faces. After all the clones left the ship, two other people followed close behind. These people had on the space suits too, but their hair was much different. Both were women, one had short red hair and the other had long purple hair tied in some weird fashion. The women led the clones off of the dock and onto the island, causing Darkrai to bubble in anger. The space clones were trespassing onto his territory and what made it worse was that they were walking in a way that seemed like they owned the island.
"Now Team Galactic members, remember your mission for today. Tonight is the night of the new moon. Therefore, Darkrai shall be making an appearance in the middle of the island come nightfall. We must capture it and take it back to our headquarters so that we can find a way to get Master Cyrus back into our world. Is that clear?" the red-haired woman commanded loudly.
"YES MA'AM!" the clones shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Will you idiots stop your shouting! You will alert Darkrai of our arrival!" the purple-haired woman whispered out harshly.
"Oh shut up Jupiter! You always think you're in charge, don't you?" the red-haired woman snapped.
The woman dubbed as Jupiter rolled her eyes and said, "No Mars, I just think that for a Galactic commander, you don't possess the mind to command a large amount of grunts like our Master Cyrus."
Mars was about to start a fight with Jupiter when one of the grunts stepped in the middle. "Wait! We shouldn't be fighting right now commanders. If you two lose your focus, we may end up losing the battle against Darkrai."
The two woman scowled at the grunt and pushed him away. Mars brushed her dress down and fixed her hair before signaling everyone to follow behind her. The grunts all followed her eagerly while Jupiter rolled her eyes again and walked behind everyone else.
Darkrai stayed in his hiding place for a couple more minutes before he moved onto the dock. The ship was poorly anchored to the dock and with a simple flick of his wrist, he could easily untie the ship from it post on the dock and send it out to sea. He looked inside of the ship, making sure there weren't any grunts stored away before he moved away.
The sound of something shuffling in the bushes right behind him caused him to look back. The leaves on the bushes were shaking lightly and the scent that he had smelt from earlier was stronger than ever now. He stood still for a couple of seconds until he saw movement in the bushes again. Sticking his hand out, Darkrai used Dark Pulse on the bushes. The attack went straight through the bushes but no other movement occurred.
Darkrai sighed and observed the area around him before he headed back into the forest. He walked through the woods, looking out for the Pokemon and the Team Galactic crooks if either of them decided to attack. He was about to head to the clearing when something whizzed overhead. He ducked down and looked up to see two Galactic grunts standing in the distance.
"Go Glameow! Slash attack!" one of the grunts shouted.
Darkrai cursed and turned around to face the Glameow. He stared deep into its eyes and used Hypnosis. The Glameow slowed down until it collapsed in a heap. Soft snores echoed throughout the forest and one of the grunts cursed out loud before he called back his Glameow. The other grunt sent out his Golbat and commanded it to tackle Darkrai. The Golbat glared at him before it rushed forward. Darkrai rolled his eyes before he used Hypnosis again, causing Golbat to fall into a deep sleep just like the Glameow. The other grunt threw out his Pokeball, returning Golbat back into its ball.
Darkrai smirked and locked gazes with both Galactic grunts. The grunts jumped in fear before they ran towards the forest clearing. He watched as they disappeared in the distance and he chuckled in amusement. He never understood how some trainers thought they were invincible just because they had a couple of Pokemon in their arsenal.
He turned around only to freeze in surprise. Standing right in front of him was some sort of black fox. And judging by its size, it looked to be just a cub. Its baby blue eyes were large, taking up about half of its face. It's black fur was tipped with splashes of red on the top of its head, the bottoms of its paws, his eyelids, and two spots in-between its eyes. Darkrai continued to stare at the cub suspiciously before it yipped innocently. Darkrai's eyes widened before he bent down to pet the fox softly.
The fox tilted its head in confusion, causing Darkrai to smile unconsciously. He could easily admit the fox was kind of cute, for a cub. He reached down to pick up the fox and chuckled as the fox sniffed his hand before butting his head into his hand. Darkrai petted the cub again, smiling wider as a soft purr reached his ears. He bent down and looked into the fox's eyes.
"So, what's your name cub?" Darkrai asked softly.
"Zorua…," the fox whispered out shyly.
Darkrai searched through his mind, trying to remember if he had ever actually met any kind of Pokemon called Zorua. When nothing came to mind, Darkrai looked back down at Zorua in suspicion. A familiar scent reached his nose and he breathed in deeply. His eyes snapped open and he looked down at the cub in surprise. His eyes narrowed and he backed up from the fox.
"How did you get on this island?" He asked suspiciously.
Zorua looked up at Darkrai with wide eyes. "I don't know. I was at home with my mother and father when some weird people just took me away. They gave me some other people and I fell asleep then. I just woke up on some boat and then I found myself being dragged off onto the island and chased by some weird Pokemon into the woods," the fox said.
Darkrai saw movement out of the corner of his eyes and turned around. He narrowed his eyes as he saw two Pokemon watching them closely. He cursed in his mind and picked the fox up quickly. The moment he moved, several attacks bombarded the two Pokemon. Darkrai threw out a couple of Dark Pulse, most of them deflecting the other attacks that were aimed towards the two Pokemon. One particular attack came too close to Zorua and, on instinct alone, Darkrai let out Dark Void and a large explosion went off. The two dark Pokemon flew back several feet until they hit a stone wall, knocking Zorua unconscious while Darkrai coughed loudly.
Darkrai looked up just in time to see a Glameow coming towards him. Wrapping his arm around the cub, Darkrai teleported away from the area. He opened his eyes once the area around him settled down. Judging by the surroundings, Darkrai concluded that he was near the center of the island. Looking up into the sky, he noticed a cloud of smoke hanging low in the sky. The trees on the far side of the island were also smoking, some of the leaves burnt. Cursing inside his head, Darkrai looked around him and sighed in relief as he saw a cave nearby. He flew over to the cave and moved inside. He continued to go deeper into the cave until barely any light was shining inside. He gently placed Zorua on the cave floor and lowered himself down. He moved so that he was in front of the cub, blocking any gazes that may be aimed towards Zorua. Making sure to put up a barrier, Darkrai slumped in exhaustion and fell asleep.