Toa Solaric: I don't own Pokemon or any of its franchise as they belong to Nintendo. This will be different from original pokemon XD Gale of Darkness fic.
Sun and Moon: Michael's Journey
Prologue: Unexpected death to new beginning...
In the world of Pokemon, brim with beauty and varies and majestic. There were so many Pokemons that it hard to keep track of them. There are people catch these creatures and trained them to become stronger. They're known as the Pokemon Trainers.
Together they compete in tournaments to shows their skills and powers against fellow trainers and their own Pokemons.
But not everyone have that dream or living in harmony with these creatures...
"Espeon, please hold on…!" A voice belongs to a redhead boy shout. He was around the age of 14 with tanned skin. His hair stuck out in every direction, but was marginally tamed by the blue headband he wore. He is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with yellow vest and dark blue pants. But is unusual about this young man that he is wearing what looks like a mechanical hand for his left hand and a scanner across his eye.
Especially Michael himself.
Unlikely other Pokemon trainers, his life is different than theirs. Far different. He lives in the Orre Region. A place outside of the Pokemon League society. Often known as the 'Region of the Rouges' and other regions have no wish to be involved with such lawless region.
There were no Gym Badges to obtain, no Battle Ribbon to gained, no league to participate, or lifelong goals.
To Michael, Pokemon Battle is the only way to meaning to the end. The means to end a war that no one in the world knows about. The means to finishing what his father want to finished before he ends up meeting his demise.
His father… Michael wished that he was here for him. He always wished that his father would have more time with them. The only fond memory he have with his father is getting him Eevee, knowing his wish of becoming a Pokemon trainer.
However, one day that dream die. The innocent dream of being a Pokemon Trainer die… as the painful memory still haunted him today. He was only young at that time and barely have the skills to protect himself. When those strange people attacked his father in the lab. He couldn't done anything to help his father who lost his life, but helpless watch it happened. Since that day he been training and learning on his own while protecting his remaining family. His little sister barely remember their father when she was just only an infant, adding pain to him.
Now he is here to finally confront the man who leads the organization that cause havoc across the Orre region. They go by one name. Cipher. The organization that creates mindless creature known as Shadow Pokemons, the Pokemons whose hearts been artificial shut closed and do anything immoral as their cruel masters desired. The same organization that lead to his father's death.
In front of him is none other than his longtime companion and close friend, Espeon. His main partner and the strongest of his team looking tired and warily at the same time. The rest of his team. His friends who fought for him were worn out after handling many Shadow Pokemons.
After all, who won't expect the leader of the sinister organization have SEVEN Shadow Pokemon especially four of them happens to be Legendary Pokemon?! The creatures known for control the forces of nature themselves. He still find it shocking when seen Lugia, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos become corrupted as their hearts shut closed.
Espeon barely have time to put up a Protect when Shadow Zapdos trying hard to ram through the barrier with Shadow Rush. Michael knows that if he doesn't snagged the last of the remaining Shadow Pokemons from Greevil, then there is no way they could win.
"Espe…." Espeon grunted, keeping himself from falling to the ground.
"Do you really think that you can win, child?" The Grand Master of Cipher mocked to the young teenager before him. "What made you think that you can win against me? Your pathetic Espeon is going to fall soon after surviving through all three Legendary Birds."
This made Michael's eyebrow narrows at the elder man before him. He never would expect the kind elder man who help him and his sister was the true leader of Cipher. It make him sick that he exposed his sister to the danger when he should have fought the thug with the Shadow Pokemon back then.
"Shut up, Greevil…! Even though Zapdos is a legend, a Shadow Pokemon will get tired soon enough just like Espeon. You're insane if you think that you can make Zapdos keep fighting more before it run out of energy! Just because it a Shadow Pokemon, you can't treated like a mindless drone!" Michael snapped with angry.
This is the last draw between Michael and the Grandmaster of Cipher. Each side only have one Pokemon remaining still alive. One will shall fall and other shall rise.
"Then let me remind you that a Shadow Pokemon follows their masters' orders regardless of their injuries or cruel their orders are!" Greevil chuckled with confident. "Zapdos… Finished them with Shadow Bolt!"
The bird of thunder struggle straight its composition and painful spread its wings. Dark, electrical energy charged around its body as it ready to prepare for the final attack.
"For the sake of our friends' effort, you will suffer. Espeon… end this with Quick Attack now!" Michael said to his longtime friend.
With the last remaining strength, Espeon charge forward in a blur at the legendary bird of thunder while it was charging with dark energy. Espeon leap into the air before slammed hard directly at Zapdos's forehead. This cause the attack that Zapdos made misfired and hit the wall above the battlefield.
Greevil to growl completely in frustration at what happens before Zapdos crashed straight to the ground due to exhaust taking toll on him.
Michael soon equipped the last Great Ball into the Snag Machine. This is his last shot, if he end get Zapdos then the war against Cipher is truly over. Michael grasped the ball firmly while the machine that was attached to his left arm lit up with a florescent yellow light. The light transferred to the Great Ball, surrounding it in fire like aura.
Michael then thrust the Snag Ball forward, aiming it straight at Zapdos. The moment the Great Ball collided with bird, the ball opens with a large shadow like claw grabbing it and consumed into the Great Ball. The ball slammed shut and fell to the ground, where it began to wobble back and forth. Both Michael and Greevil eyed the ball anxiously, not sure whether to expect Zapdos to stay in or break free from the ball.
But after the Great Ball had rocked back and forth three time, it suddenly paused and made a clicking sound as it locked the Shadow Pokemon inside. Soon the Great Ball glowing before it vanished into thin air as it teleported away.
"It's over…" Michael whispered with hint of relief. Espeon soon approached his best friend before stumbled over him, smiling while glancing with his eyes. The redhair boy bended over and silent congratulated his best friend, scratching the back of his ears before return him back to his Pokeball.
Though the battle is over, but Michael looks back at Greevil. The elder man with golden eyes stood there with rage and disbelief written over his face.
"This can't be… your win is nothing more than a fluke!" Greevil snapped, clenched his fists and gritting his teeths. "A fluke!"
"Keep telling yourself that. The war and the Shadow Pokemons are finished, Greevil." Michael retort cold.
It looks like Greevil was going to blow up and ready to strangle Michael. But when Michael's words sunk in him, Greevil could do nothing more than fall to his knees in defeat.
"No… This can't be… How…? A mere child… A mere child crushed my cherished plan?" Greevil muttered in disbelief.
"W-what? This can't be…" Michael turns around to see a man with long blue hair and gray robe emerged from an unexpected elevator. Ardos. An Admin of the Cipher who Michael recently defeated.
The blue hair man glares at Michael. "Grrr…It's your fault! I won't forgive you… There is no forgiving you!" Ardos cursed before he hurry toward Greevil's side.
"Grandmaster! We're done here, we should blow up the island with the child still on it!" Ardos said.
"What?" Michael gasped in shock.
"But… But if I did that, then the rest of our Shadow Pokemon data and subordinates would be lost as well." Greevil argued.
"What the hell are you think? You'll kill everybody on the island!" Michael exploded, directing his fiery waves of anger at Ardos.
"Even if it means to take you down!" Ardos retorted sharply before turning his attention back to Greevil, "If we don't escape, then Cipher will surely be finished. There is a helicopter waiting outside for us. We need to leave now!"
"WAIT!" Suddenly appearing of Ardos' lookalike except with short red hair appearing from the shadows with a slight disappointed glare. "You're willing to sacrifice everyone so you can escape. You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Of course, idiot!" Ardos snapped. "Clinging to such pride will only ensure Cipher's demise! Like the ones who did before!"
"Yes… for Cipher's sake sacrifices must be endured." Greevil muttered after the long silent.
"What are you saying? The Shadow Pokemon Factory has been destroyed! XD001 was defeated. All of the Shadow Pokemon have been snagged… nothing remains of Cipher!" Eldes argued.
Ardos glares back at his red hair counterpart, "Silence! Cipher will live forever! If only this child hadn't… Grandmaster, please give the order to blow up Citadark Isle."
In a situation like this, the best you do is start running like hell. Even if Michael would escape now, but he can't tell whether or not if they do have the bomb to explode now.
"… Father, please don't do this!" Eldes pleaded to the elder man.
"What?!" Michael exclaimed in surprised out of this. He never would expect that the Grand Master be Eldes's own father.
The war against Cipher was about to end with Greevil surrenders himself along with Eldes, but Ardos fled with remaining forces after hearing Eldes's reasoning. But this isn't going to likely happens here as Michael won't live the day to see it occur.
"Shut up… Eldes!" Ardos said before punching him hard in the face. "This is Master Greevil's choice, not yours to make! I won't let the dream of Orre being forgotten! That what he been working so hard for!"
"Yes…" Greevil said before getting up from the ground and getting out a switch beneath his purple robbed. "I will destroyed this Citadark Isle."
Eldes looks at both his brother and father as if they lost their minds. "Father... I can't believe you." He said.
"Eldes," Greevil turns to look at his son. "I will give you another chance to prove your loyalty to me. Escape with Ardos and I once the helicopter get here."
This cause the blue hair man look shocked at his father. "What?! He betraying us and you're just going to—"
"Ardos, he is my son and your brother." Greevil reminded to the blue hair man who flinch. "But I can assure you, if he betrays us again, then something will be done about him."
"Yes… Master Greevil." Ardos said.
"You coward…" Michael growl darkly. It seem that Greevil is truly a man beyond redemption as he willing to sacrifice his own men to escape.
"It can't be help, don't begrudge us child." Greevil said.
Just then everyone hears the sound of helicopter flying straight from the hole in the round building. They turned around to see what it was. A huge dark grey helicopter flew in, causing a violent wind to sweep through the room, blowing the clothes of everyone.
Greevil chucking diabolically before pressing the button. "So long, Michael…!"
Before Michael can react, he saw everything start to blowing up in the area while Ardos helping Greevil up to the helicopter. Michael looks at the surrounding with horrified expression as dreadful feeling increasing in his heart.
The scene before him remind of how his father die in the lab. The day when his life was shatter completely. Is he really going to end up dying like his own father? Struggling fighting alone against Cipher with just only his Pokemon to help. He never going to finished what his father started in saving the entire region… and never see his mom and everyone else back in the lab… Why does misery keep following him?
But he suddenly break out of his trance and fear, Michael saw Eldes looks hesitating at him.
"Michael… I wants you to know that this isn't what I want it. Please forgive me." Eldes said before he left for the helicopter.
Michael just stares at Eldes with a stoic expression and didn't say anything. Even though they fought before, but he sense that Eldes didn't want this from the start. But he never have the courage of going up against his own family and following his own morals.
Soon he watch the helicopter flying up into the air while everything end covering in fire and the underground volcano start to rumbling…
Is this really going to be the end for the second Snagger?
No…! I can't let it end like this! I can't die here! Michael thought. He will not become like those who fallen when stopping the evil organization.
"I can't die…" Michael muttered to himself.
He soon start ran out of the circle like building as his legs could take him. The redhead ran across a long, thin bridge of steel in a rocky area.
Could he really make it here alive?
While he is running for his life, he notices corpses of Cipher members and Pokemon being consumed by the magma itself. This give him a further reason to survive and keep on running for the exit. With Robo Kyogre, he can escape from the island before it completely exploded.
He was about to reach the exit… but not before the unexpected thing happens.
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
Michael went down hard as searing pain coming to the side. He hears a sinister laughed and looks up to see a white Cipher armor grunt with a gun, looking down at him.
The redhead never taken into an account that there will be an unexpected ambushed. But from an unnamed Cipher grunt. A grunt with a gun in his hand.
He joins Cipher since there wasn't a lot of job opportunity in Orre and never get a Shadow Pokemon. He dream of working to the rank of Admin so he can be set for life. But that dream is already ruined when the young boy in front of him ruined Cipher.
Despite fearing possibility death like his coworkers, this grunt set off to do one thing before the island wipe off the map. Do something no cipher members would ever done before.
Ending the life of the one who was responsible for this before he can even escape. The second coming of the Snagger.
Killing the thief who ruined their organization and stole their powerful Shadow Pokemons in the process.
It was because of this child, many were die as the island is set on self-destructed.
He was waiting here for the redhead to pass and see the opportunity that the Grand Master of Cipher ignored. Not even his own Admins could even do something like that. Though Cipher grunts were order to only carry their Pokemon, but that rule is no longer necessary when your own leader abandoned you.
This made the white armor grunt laughed so hard at what happens to their fearsome enemy while Michael was struggling in pain from the shoots and bleeding.
This is what Cipher should have done if they want to rule over the Orre region! The unnamed grunt thought devious.
"Damn you…" Michael curse, struggling to get himself up.
But the Cipher grunt won't take a chance as he shoot both Michael's hands and knees to keep him on the ground as he enjoying watching him suffered. He want him to continue suffered for what happens to others who were killed.
He suddenly remembers the island about to explosion and stole the hero's only way to get out— a robotic boat resembled the legendary water Pokemon Kyogre.
He notices the only exit is blocked by a boulder and leaving him traps complete. This made him feeling horrified. He is going to end up like everyone who Greevil sacrificed in escaping.
Michael struggle to get himself up despite bleeding everywhere. 'I don't want to die… I don't want to die yet.'
Michael want to succumb to the pain so he could be free, but he held on holding onto his life like it depended on it. At the last moment and possible his own demise by the Cipher grunt, he think about his life so far.
I'm sorry… Mom, Professor Krane, and Jovi… It looks like I won't be able to come back. Jovi… my baby sister… I am sorry that I wasn't good brother like I should be… Michael thought before the island exploded into flames.
On that day when Citadark Isle exploded, the people of Orre learns about the tragedy fate of their young hero when Cipher made their escape from the Orre region.
Not many people are in the mood of celebrating that Cipher fled…
For those who knows the young redhead, they cursed at their cowardliness and wished they would have gone to the final battle against the Cipher. Some were even ashamed of calling him a thief when he try to protect them.
The Pokemons who are saved from have their hearts been closed by darkness are grieving for what happens to their savior even more than their savior's family.
It sad about a young boy who will eventually bring light for the Pokemon and People in Orre… to die by the hand of unnamed Cipher grunt. An insignificant member of the Cipher organization who done the deed that no one will even done and show life is quite cruel.
However… this isn't the end for the young boy name Michael.
For a boy who went through hells to make a scorn and possible important to freeing the hearts of every Shadow Pokemon must not die.
For now, if he died in their world… then he will continued in another world.
It was another lovely day in the Alola region. A tropical environment that is unlike other regions with beautiful beach. Many unique Pokemons are often found here, including the region's own version of Pokemon found in Kanto. The region is known for vacation sites and tourists from other Regions who come here to see the beautiful that Alola offered.
But our focus isn't on the people, but a limousine riding down the street.
And there was a young girl riding in the back of limousine. She is looking outside of the window.
She looks like she around the age of 13.
At first glance of the girl can tell she is really cute. The girl have long pale blond hair with green eyes and pale skin. She dressed in what looks like a white dress and wear a large white sun hat.
Her name is Lillie.
She is currently riding on her way back to her home after school ended today. Lillie is a student from the Pokemon School in the Melemele Island. Though she is looking out the window of the vehicle and think back to her failure in approaching Pokemon today again.
Lillie love Pokemon very much… but she is afraid of making physical contact with them. Even if she is the only one out of her class doesn't own Pokemon of her own. Something happens back when she was little made her afraid of Pokemon… but she doesn't have any recollection of what could cause it.
Her friends at the Pokemon School are very understand with her feeling, but sometime she felt a bit left out when it comes to playing with Pokemon. Though she still panic whenever Pokemon comes close to her.
Soon Lillie turns back to her attention in car window as she looking out at the beach. She knows there usually Pokemons and people being seen on the beach like usually.
But today wasn't that day as her eyes widen in shock. In spotted something that wasn't there before.
On the sand of Alola region, an unconscious redhead boy with torn clothes collapsed onto the ground.
"Stop the car now!" Lillie shout with an alarmed voice, making her driver stop the vehicle immediately.
"What is wrong, Miss Lillie?" The driver asked with a worried voice.
But the young girl didn't explains as she soon let her outside of the vehicle and ran toward the injured person in the road.
She may not know who the person is or where he come from, Lillie can't ignored the fact that the person is badly hurt.
The boy she is checking on is none other than Michael. But what shocked her is that he is bleeding from what looks like gun wounds and his outfits seem to be torn with holes. Whatever damaged it, it wasn't a Pokemon at least.
The driver follows her from out of the car and gasp at the sight of the unconscious boy on the sand. Not to mention he is a little suspicious of the metal glove he was wearing. But what astonishing the driver is that Michael is still breathing when it looked like he should be dead because those wounds...
"… Is he alright?" Lillie asked, but she knew that it wasn't the case.
"I don't know… but this isn't first time I seen something like this." The driver said before approaching the unconscious boy.
He knee down and checking for the boy's pulse. The butler felt the pulse of the boy is moving slowly as if the young man struggle of staying alive for how long.
Unknown to Lillie and her driver, there was another being watching from afar. The figure is black with pink curly hair, wearing a pink cone-shaped hat, and wore pink bracelets on its arms.
She felt a strange rift coming from Melemele and came straight from Akala Island to investigating the mystery. But she never expect that it will be a boy who causing the sudden rift here in the Alola Region.
Few humans had managed to get her attention, and this boy became one of those few.
But who is this child? How did he end up here? The unknown figure pondered curious. She then watching the blonde hair girl and her driver take the boy into the vehicle as they starting riding down the road.
The unknown being then follows them while keeping her presence hidden until she saw them reaching for the Pokemon Center.
There she saw Nurse Joy helping the redhair boy and placing an oxygen mask on him before entrust what looks like a Pokeball to Chansey. Possible to ensure the Pokemon's survived in the Pokeball.
When Nurse Joy left to get some helps from doctors, the unknown figure enters without making her presence known and checking on the unconscious redhead.
The wounds on him are quite serious as if they were done by someone out to harm him. There is no doubt that if Nurse Joy could come back with helps to save this boy.
But it nothing that the guardian of Akala Island couldn't fix as she send out some scales to the young boy, thus repairing the wounds on him and made good as new except for the holes in the clothes.
The guardian knows there no doubt the human will return before doing one last thing as she touched the boy's mind and focus her power since as half psychic type it was within her abilities. She soon witnessing the young boy's memory and see many things around a desert region she never hear of.
A metallic glove with the ability to take Pokemon from other trainers, but the boy only use for those with shadow aura.
Mindless Pokemon with shadow aura and attack without any restrain under command by white armors individuals. Then these mindless monsters have their hearts being opened up and return to them to normal.
"Please hurry!" The voice of Nurse Joy said, letting the guardian of Akala Island know it time to leave the presence for now.
Michael of Orre… Thief in the dark… what future will you bring to Alola? Tapu Lele thought as she watching the young boy in the shadow.
One thing was sure... she needed to get certain crystal to see if that boy had more potential... and for that she would needs Tapu Koko help to find it.
But now… Michael is in a world similar to his own except… where his former status and name will meaning nothing.
Now he is in a place that was meant to be the journey for a young man and his Pikachu after losing in a tournament again.
Except things will be far different here… Michael will learns things about Pokemons beyond his regions and powers that he will never imagined to encounter.
Will he find out what he is meant here for?
To be continued…
AN: That is for prologue of my Pokemon fic involved XD Gale of Darkness with Pokemon S&M (Short for Sun and Moon) anime. The ending going different from what happens in the canon finale battle with Cipher Grandmaster which is quite dark for him.
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