Hello, and welcome to Soul Fragments! This first part of the story will involve just a smidge of forth wall breaking, just because I need to explain what the heck is going on.
Well, this fic will feature 17 shippings, obviously involving the 34 legendary pokémon. These are COMPLETELY randomly generated, I literally looked up "random pokémon generator" and fished out the legendaries one by one. So, here they are:
CelebixMesprit
GroudonxRayquaza - ScorchedSkyShipping
HeatranxArceus
AzelfxUxie - Liliopshipping
RegicexLugia
LatiasxArticuno - SkyBlueShipping
PalkiaxRegirock
JirachixDarkrai
MewtwoxMew - CatShipping
Ho-ohxGiratina – BlackSunShipping
ShayminxMoltres
DialgaxSuicune - TimeStreamShipping
RegisteelxZapdos
CresseliaxLatios RunawayShipping
EnteixRegigigas
RaikouxDeoxys
ManaphyxKyogre
Whew… some good ones in here, some bad ones too. Well, not bad, but interesting. I'm going to have, by my calculations, two yaoi and one yuri pair. Also, Darkrai will be written as a female, just because I've never seen it done before.
Hmmm… this is going to be pretty huge…
Okay. I know this chapter is bad. It's not meant to be a shining jewel of art; it's the prologue. This just generally outlines what the basis for this story is and the general concepts. The actual story starts in the first chapter, which will be coming soon.
Any items or attack names which you think are lame, please let me know and I'll change them.
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The large, chalky grey wolf cleared his throat loudly, and everyone in the room turned their eyes to face him.
This was not going to go smoothly.
"It has come to my attention that there is an imbalance between the members of the Legendary council,"
All eyes were curious and impatient, hungry to know more.
"As such, I, the creator, will be correcting this balance." Arceus looked at the floor; silently begging himself – for whom else does a god pray to? – for the strength to say what he needed to say.
A beautiful, feminine voice edged with a slight husk yelled out. "What imbalance are you talking about? We all have something equal to rule over." Arceus looked up to confirm that the voice did indeed come from a large, orange bird – Ho-oh. Her red eyes were murky with confusion, and her green-tipped wings were folded over her chest.
Another voice – this time from Deoxys the alien virus – echoed in Arceus's mind. "Yeah, what's the deal, Arc?"
The large lupine winced at the use of his dreaded nickname. "Please refrain from referring to me by those terms. Now, let me explain. Some of you have a special item that contains a fragment of your soul. I, personally, have seventeen of these items – my plates. It has been brought to my attention that only a few of these legends have such items."
"Yeah, and too right they do! Them doodads seem to cause more trouble then they're bloody well worth."
This comment came from Regirock, speaking in his trademark Australian accent. The stone golem's arms were folded across his rocky chest, and the pattern that his dots flashed indicated that if he had eyebrows, one of them would surely be raised.
Arceus bit back his temper at the Golem. "Please, would you kindly let me finish? Now, these items may seem a burden, we must remember that if weren't for the Soul Dew, we wouldn't have Latios. He would have died like any mortal." The wolf god looked to the small blue dragon, who snuggled close to his counterpart at the thought of such an idea.
"Now, since I'm sure everyone can see the benefit of having these items, we can all agree that the fact that some legendaries have them while other's don't is a great injustice. Therefore, each of you who doesn't have an item – which shall henceforth be known as Soul items, due to their composition- will have part of your soul fashioned into one."
Groans filled the air. Every legend seemed to disapprove of their leader's idea, aside from the ones who already had items, of course, and the shyer legends. Deoxys, unsurprisingly, was the most opposed to the idea, even shouting out at his leader. "This is a joke!" The words pounded every mind in the room, particularly the wolf.
"HOWEVER!"
Just as they had groaned in union, all of the legends in the hall winced at the use of Hyper Voice. Arceus was very skilled at projecting his voice, and it assaulted their eardrums like a Scyther's claws.
"However," The wolf growled, his bright, metallic green eyes daring anyone else to speak over him "I understand that this will be a significant strain on you. Given this, I have decided to offer a form of compensation."
The god had his creations' undivided attention at that. Of course, the buggers.
"I'm sure you've all noticed that the pokémon that have Soul Items each possess a signature move. I had not realised until recently that none of you have a signature move, so all of you will receive one."
A loud guffaw of joy came from Raikou - he had always wanted a signature move – but Arceus ignored it and continued.
"Articuno," he said softly, and the blue bird raised his elegant head to stare at his leader with charming red eyes. "You will be receiving an item that I will call the Icy Feather. Furthermore, I will allow you to use an attack called Ice Wing."
After getting a calm, accepting nod from the snow eagle, Arceus turned to Zapdos. The bird had an unmistakeable grin on his beak, and his blue eyes were alight with excitement. "You shall be receiving a Static Feather, as well as the attack Thunder Wing." The giant woodpecker could not help but flutter his wings in excitement, causing his fiery counterpart to stare at him admiringly.
However, Moltres' attention snapped to Arceus when he called her name. "Your soul will be converted to a Molten Feather. Your attack shall be called Fire Wing." Moltres accepted this carelessly, before staring at the ground with a pained expression.
"Mew." The little creature was sitting not in her seat, but atop her counterpart's head. She stared at her creator with wide, blue eyes. "You shall receive the item Life Crystal, and henceforth know the move Genesis Orb. The pink kitten squealed with delight.
"Mewtwo, you shall receive the Havoc Crystal, and learn the attack Exodus Orb." The larger feline's amethyst eyes remained blank, but he nodded.
Arceus swivelled to face where the Legendary Cats were seated, Raikou bouncing up and down. "Raikou, Entei and Suicune, you will each receive a Storm Relic, Volcano Relic and Wind Relic respectively. As for your moves, I have decided on Bolt Beam, Fire Strike and Aurora Wind." The leopard and lion nodded their heads, while the tiger let out a whoop of joy.
"Celebi?" The strange, bug like pixie looked up quizzically at the mention of her name. "You will receive the move Heal Spore, as well as the item Chrono Leaf." The pixie giggled in delight at this.
"Well, we all know that Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza already have their items, so all they require are some moves. You each shall learn Marine Wave, Chasm Burst, and Hurricane." Rayquaza and Groudon grinned at each other, while Kyogre managed a small smile.
"Latias and Latios will have their Soul Dew separated into two items – the Lusture Dew and the Mist Dew. This will help give both of these pokémon the opportunity to be revived if one of them should die once more."
"As for the Regi Trio," - the three golems looked up – "You shall each be receiving the Ice, Stone and Iron Tablets. Your attacks shall be known as Ice Power, Stone Power, and Iron Power."
"Jirachi, you already have a signature move, so you will get the item Wish Meteor. And as for your counterpart," – Arceus pronounced the last word carefully, as if even he feared the wrath of the psychic virus – "Deoxys will receive the Helix Stone."
If the virus had a face, you could have sworn he would have grinned. "Cooool." This was interesting, considering the virus had protested about receiving an item before, but Deoxys' intentions were his own.
Arceus now turned to the Sinnoh Legends. "Now, most of you have a signature move, besides the Lake Trio. Uxie, you will be in charge of the Knowledge Prism, and your attack shall be Memory Flash. Mesprit, you shall receive the Emotion Prism and the attack Soul Burst. Azelf, your item shall be the Willpower Prism, and your attack Hope Ray."
Arceus took a deep breath, as if he were growing tired listing all of this off. "Now, as far as my beliefs go, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Giratina and Cresselia are all taken care of." These legends gave a brief nod of agreement, before the tired wolf continued. "So I will align Regigagas the Plain Tablet, Manaphy the Ocean Jewel, Darkrai the Eclipse Claw, and Shaymin the Gratitude stone." The wolf sighed. "Well, that's that. Now, to those of you who are receiving items, you will most likely feel a bit drained tomorrow when you awaken, since I am going to craft these items out of a fragment of your soul as you sleep. As for those with attacks, I have already willed you to have these attacks, so you may leave now and try them. This council is dismissed."
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Yups, this is purely an introduction to the concept of every Legend receiving an Item and a move. I don't really want to go through every legend testing their attack, but would rather skip straight to one of the legends awakening to find their item. I think I'll focus on Celebi and Mesprit for the first one, since they're the first paring. Not every chapter will follow the list, though.
I also might include Heatran and Arceus, and perhaps Raikou and Deoxys, since I'm a bit obsessed with Deoxys at the moment and want to further build his character.
Also, if you found this chapter disappointing, please read the first chapter. I assure you it will be better.
-Sulph