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Prologue: Volt's Oath

[Midnight: It was quiet in the world of Kanto. The moon cast a dim glow on everything that it's beams touched. A field, on the outskirts of Pewter City, was home to an underground base of a shady group of individuals called Team Rocket. They did what they pleased; however, unaware to their simple minds, a single, infamous pest was advancing on the base, one of many that Team Rocket had. It raced through the tall grass, with another creature close behind it. The small one came to a stop, now fully seen in the moonlight. It was a Pikachu, a male one. He had silver eyes, fierce yet soft. His tufts of hair were black, black markings on his feet and paws which were jagged at the top. A black ring around his neck that in the middle below his chin split into tips, and black markings on his back and pointed markings on his ears. The most noticeable black marking was on his forehead, a lightning bolt. He smirked as the other creature, a Houndoom surged toward him.]

Volt: [He back flipped over the canine, landed, and with great speed sped toward it. Volt then jumped into the air, pulled back his arm and as he did it lit up white, and he punched the Houndoom square in the cheek. He yelled in fury.] "Brick Break!"

Houndoom: [It yelped as it crashed to the ground. He opened an eye, with his teeth clenched shut in obvious pain. He growled.] "You..won't win.. You lowlife." [And like most Pokemon that suffer heavy damage, it fainted.]

Volt: [smirks] "We'll see about that, now won't we?" [His eyes traveled to the Team Rocket collar on the beast's neck. His eyes narrowed, teeth gritted in anger, and glared at the despicable thing.] "Tch!" [Volt the continued onward to the underground base that we had planned on messing with. He hated Team Rocket with a passion. And obtained extreme joy out of giving them headaches because of his meddling.]

[Team Rocket base, east sector: A pair of Team Rocket goons were standing in the hallway talking amongst themselves, unbeknownst to them that Volt was creeping up behind them. They didn't even notice him, when surely his foot steps on the metal floor would alert them. Maybe only Volt could hear it. Volt jumped into the air, not making a sound.]

Volt: [He spin kicked one in the head, then jumped from the first grunt to the wall. Then he punched the other grunt in the face. Both hardly making noises as they crashed to the floor. He stood up, wiping his paws against each other like he was cleaning them off. He looked down at them.] "Well that was easy, this is a bit much.. I don't like how spread out they are and easy to dodge. I'm going to have to be careful.." [As he came in the middle of a four way hallway section, he heard growls and snarls. He looked all around him, and out of the shadows of the four other hallways came Houndour and Houdoom. A grimace appeared on his face.] "Oh great.. I don't think even I could take this many.."

"Out of my way you filth. This Pikachu is mine.."

Volt: [He spun around, and when he stopped, his breathing going faster, he saw a female Pikachu. She had long tufts of hair, and triangle cheeks, the end of her tail in three tufts as well a Team Rocket collar adorning her neck and she was parting the group of Houndoom. A look of slight surprise shown on his face, because he was seeing his own kind helping Team Rocket.] "Who are you?" [He looked at her suspiciously.]

Pikachu: [A chuckle escaped her, then she glared at him intensely.] "I don't have to tell a maggot like you anything!" [And with that she punched Volt in the face, which sent him flying.]

Volt: "Tch!" [He flipped, landed, and then jumped at her and with his weight, tackled her to the ground. She was squirming and he struggled to keep her in place.] "Oh come on! Don't you see they're just using you? You are the maggot, because you're helping these criminals do terrible things to Pokemon and the Trainers who befriended them! Pokemon that love being with their Trainers and you're taking them away, doing tests and whatever else that pleases you sick people! What good is that going to do for anyone!" [His eyes were angry, yet sad, his body slightly shaking from his anger. The teeth in his mouth were clenched so tight, it looked like he was going to break his fangs.]

Pikachu: [Her eyes widened, then closed them tightly as she kicked him off her.] "What would you know huh! I don't need your self-righteous bull crap! [She was standing up now, paws in fists and frustration. She even blushed faintly.] You know nothing! [As she screamed this, past memories of pain and sorrow flash through her mind.]

Volt: [He knew that he wasn't going to change her mind this way. Volt could tell that she was stubborn, and she looked unstable with her yelling like that. So he decided not to fight her, but instead do what he came here to do and that was to destroy this base.] "All I know is that you've chosen the wrong side!" [Volt dashed toward her, then he pressed on his haunches and jumped over her, then continued to run.]

Pikachu: "Hey! Get back here you bastard! [The female Pikachu jumped, landed and then ran at high speeds then enveloped herself in light red electricity.] "Volt Tackle!" [She hit Volt square in the back, causing an explosion which sent Volt into the wall. She skidded to a stop.]

Volt: "Ugh!" [He fell to the floor, and tried to get up grimacing in pain. He opened his left eye, squinting.] "Really! Are you seriously that ignorant!"

Pikachu: [She looked down at him silently, glaring at him. Their eyes met, and she couldn't help but feel this strong urge to let him live. She couldn't explain to herself why she would, when she would probably be beating him senseless at that moment. She then smirked, eyes closed and shrugging.] "You're not even worth killing like this, half dead. So it would be pointless and I'd get no pride out of it." [She then turned to walk away, but stopped.] "Also, the name's Kite. You would do well to remember that name, filth.." [The group of Houndoom and Houndoor look at Volt then Kite who motions them to walk away with her. They follow, leaving Volt there to perish.]

[Outside the base: It started to rain, thunder could be heard far off. Kite was standing outside, her arms folded. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the entrance to the underground base.]

Kite: [Laughs.] "Let's see if that brat can escape an explosion eh? If he can, I might consider making him my rival."

[Exploding noises started to appear, and then holes were being blown through the ground. Smoke billowed, it smelled rank with sulpher.]

[Inside: Fires sprang up everywhere, and one could hear the metal as it started to pop from the intense heat.]

Volt: [He slowly got up] "Well at least she did the job for me.." [His eyes widened in surprise.]

BOOM!

Volt: [A blue-green sphere had surrounded him; he has used Protect.] "I need to get my bloody tail out of here!"

[Outside: The ground was starting to cave in, the smoke was a large black cloud in the sky. Crackling noises from the fires spewed embers in the air.]

Kite: "Hmph!" [As she turned around, she saw Volt. A very surprised look in her eyes. She couldn't believe the bastard actually survived that whole ordeal. Was he invincible? No way.] "So you lived huh?" [Folds her arms.] "What the hell? I for sure thought he wasn't going to make it out.. What is he?"

Volt: [He had burns all over his body, anyone could tell that this guy was exhausted. He was holding his right arm, trying to stand up and look defiant.] "Kite.. I swear an oath right here. I vow to stop evil where ever I see it. I vow to change your mind about the side you have chosen. I swear it." [Volt smirked, then he leaned forward and fell, half fainted.]

Kite: [As she looked down at him, the pack of Houndoom and Houndour surrounded him, but Kite outstretched her arm to stop them.] "Stop." [She eyed him, glaring while she did so.] "Tell me your name."

Volt: [Struggling to stay awake.] "It's.. Volt." [He lost consciousness.]

Kite: "Volt, huh? We'll see about that stupid oath of yours. I'll love watching that oath shatter into pieces.." [She left him there with the Houndoom and Houndour, following the Team Rocket members into trucks. She looked back at him one more time before she hopped into the truck. The doors shut and Kite put her paws to her face.]

"The hell.."

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Volt's Oath