Disclaimer: I, by no means, neither created nor have ownership of Pokémon. Nintendo has the ownership of pokémon as far as I know of and all of its affiliations. Reader discretion is advised as noteable violence will most likely erupt in later chapters, and sexual themes as well.
All of the author notes you see throughout the story were made as the story progressed; for the most part, they can be ignored since this story is now completed with little to no major change to the bulk of the story, but if you want to read them then you certainly can, since they are there. But just keep in mind that beyond here most of the OOC author notes at the end are more or less no longer serve much purpose... Well, I hope you enjoy 'The Grand Campagin'!
The Grand Campaign
Prologue:
Ha... The story of my life I guess is nothing compared to this epic tale being transferred into my head right now. Surrounded by darkness, somewhat hearing the talking of various characters I would rather not think about right now... I only have a little bit of time to absorb all of this, and I guess the best way to do so is to narrate it on out...
This story seems to have all started in the Distortion World, where Giratina and a figure to go unamed for now gathered together to have some sort of meeting. I never learned what precisely they were going to try and do by having a meeting in the Distortion World, but either way, the two of them had been locked into this dreary, weary, rather dark prison for a long time, with no sign of bail.
A rocky, earth-like platform shaped like a rare jewel floated here, in this land without time or space seemingly, where even the laws of known physics do not apply. Upon it, were two creatures, both already mentioned, as they prepared for a meeting... A meeting with fate, and mayaps, good fortune...
"Alright then, is everyone here?" inquired Giratina as it rested on a large, flat rock located within the middle of the platform, "anyone missing?" "I am here," one spector says, bowing respectfully, "and we are missing none." A somewhat awkward silence ensued as the two were reminded of just how alone they were at this point.
"Well then... Let's begin discussing our next plan of action," Giratina began until suddenly their entire world began shaking. A crack of light suddenly emerged above them like a slit in a snake's eye. Like marathon runners racing towards the finish line, Giratina and the shadowy spector raced towards the crack of light without further word exchange, the slit growing ever larger every second...
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Palkia asked for the second time, "I'm already beginning to feel kind of weary." "Don't worry, what is the worst that can happen?" Dialga reassured its rival, "all we have to do is open the rift just a little, just so these curious cats can get a look inside." "WE ARE NOT CATS!" Suicune angrily corrected, "we are the legendary BEASTS of Johto!"
"Well, at least you and I are not just cats," Entei joked, "Raikou... Is a maybe..." "You know, I heard that," Raikou grumbled, "If we are to be honest, I think we have a mix of feline and canine in us, so..." Raikou would be interrupted when suddenly as a rift opened just enough to see through, a sudden rush of black swoops through, causing all five, Dialga, Palkia, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune to lose their balance.
The rift just as suddenly closed, but not before a dark beam of energy was released in the form of a shockwave, causing the already off balanced pokémon to be on their backs. The rift then closed, returning the area to "normal" as one might say. As they each recovered from the unexpected event, Palkia began shaking its head. "Oh no, something got out! Arceus is going to kill us!"
"No, if anything, it's going to throw us right back to Sinnoh for messing with its stuff..." Dialga explained, "I'm not even sure if it can kill us." "Well, it certainly helped forged our lives didn't it?" Palkia argued, "certainly it can end it!" "You need to lighten up..." Dialga replied, "yeesh. Now listen, if Arceus asks, just tell it..."
"Tell me what?" Arceus demanded, the pokémon deity standing where the rift had been. As the five quickly circled Arceus, Dialga began fishing its mind for fabricated "truths" that would sugarcoat the situation.
Unfortunately, it was a futile effort done in utter vanity as Arceus glared at the five. "Were you lot messing with my books again?" Arceus demanded, seeing the closed volumes at its feet, "especially my dimensional one?" "It was all Dialga's idea!" Palkia suddenly bursted, pointing a claw at Dialga, "it insisted we show the dogs what the other side looked like!"
The discussion of whether the beasts were predominately dog or cat would have started again, had it not been for Arceus' fiery glares. "Err, does that mean we should be leaving?" asked Entei, "because if so..."
"You three can go back to Johto, but since you were here and urged both of them into opening the rift, then I'm afraid that you'll be forced to choose genders again," Arceus decreed, figuring Entei had been the ringleader this time, "and Entei, I'm afraid the option of you being male has been long over used."
"But but..." Entei fumbled, "I've always been the strong male leader of the trio!" "You should have thought of that before wanting to get your peers into trouble," Arceus scolded, "now return to Johto at once! Suicune and Raikou, you two may go through the gate of your choice!"
Suicune and Raikou hastily rushed off to some other part of the area while Entei sullenly stood still as it began to fade, contemplating its next move. As the three legendary beasts seemingly left the clearing, Arceus turned to Dialga and Palkia.
"I saw the whole thing, so don't try to completely blame this on Dialga or Entei," Arceus warned, "and don't you two say a WORD until you get back to Sinnoh." A protest formed in the duo's mind, but one look at each other and the same general message rang. Resistance was futile. Stiffly, the two stood as they began glowing, and they left the clearing.
Arceus, once again was to itself... Or so it thought. "Don't you think that was a bit harsh?" a voice rasped, "I mean, curiosity kills cats, not legendary creatures you know?" Arceus' eyes lit up as it faced the speaker.
On fours, with black and red wings looking as if they were folded into squares, and then unfolded back with creases still intact, was a long time rival, enemy even. That was all that was visible of Giratina, besides the menacing red eyes.
"Long time no see Giratina," Arceus spat, "I should have guessed you would run to the light like an insect to its doom." A sneer formed underneath the menacing eyes.
"Aye, but you fail to realize that the second to last time I was here, mankind was hardly able to capture a single Pokémon with nets. Now they're filling pokedexes for the hell of it out of your creatures!" Giratina sneered, "who's the one headed for doom? Your pokémon or me?"
Arceus, for a moment, was lost for words, but then stared at the red eyes of the former enemy. "For the record, I'm surprised you emerged in that form," Arceus said, "I would have expected something a bit more... Devilish."
Relishing the small talk (The Distortion World did not get many visitors), Giratina continued, unwittingly falling deeper into the trap. "Well, to be honest, it was quite the squeeze, so it may be awhile before I am back at full strength."
Now it was Arceus' turn to smile. It was already aware of that, but Giratina itself admitting this revealed quite a bit how its relative isolation had affected its judgement. That would have to be kept in mind when Giratina was defeated again. Yet one question remained.
"So what do you plan on doing now that freedom is almost a blink away?" Arceus asked, beginning to edge closer to Giratina, "once again wreak havoc on the world?" "That was a part of my job description!" Giratina defensively countered, "yet I was punished for it... TWICE."
The gap between the two became almost dangerously close to closing as the conversation continued. "Oh calm down, being a domesticated for a whole year surely wasn't that bad..." "You would never know, since you always spend your time in your fantasy world..."
Giratina had nearly missed the warning signs, judging by its late reaction, and almost missed the threat of danger. However, Arceus failing to quickly respond verbally after that last statement and the closeness of the deity to its person was the final needed warning.
As Giratina realized the danger, Arceus slashed in a vertical motion. Thinking quickly, Giratina reverted back to its Origin forme, its body becoming almost centipede like, with yellow spikes as its "legs" and body fully stretched out, like a serpents. An ordinary slash would do some damage; but a slash from a deity could kill even a legendary in one swipe if the blow was aimed right.
Giratina countered by avoiding the main brunt of the attack by using its tail end to strike with a strong counter blow to the slashing appendage. Giratina then began attempting to wrap around Arceus from the legs up.
Foreseeing this particular outcome, Arceus bared its teeth and crunched down onto Giratina's somewhat exposed body, which was slowly wrapping around its own. The attack hurt much more than it should have as far as Giratina was concerned, and it was forced to release Arceus and gain distance.
"So... Is this how your going to reward me for allowing you a little breathing time?" Arceus chided, "I must admit, you are as ungrateful as you are destructive." "Just returning to my duties," Giratina muttered as it stared down Arceus. It had only dreamed of fighting Arceus again, but understood that it was still too weak from the rapid transition to actually have a chance at decisively winning.
Arceus suddenly began forming a ball of lime green light at its mouth. Giratina knew there was only one way out of this without having to fight tooth and nail, without possessing either a tooth or a nail. "Till next time!" Giratina shouted as the dark spector suddenly reappeared, cloaking Giratina and eventually dissolving into nothingness. Arceus ceased the charging of its hyper beam with a snapping of its jaws.
"Oh my go..." Arceus began when it realized what was almost said. Apparently it was paying too much attention to the dialogue of the pokémon who appealed to it at times. Arceus decided to start again with the statement, though the moment had been lost, "Oh my... goodness. There, that fits... This is going to be one heck of a goose chase."
Arceus became surrounded in a sphere of white and vanished. As Arceus vanished, Suicune and Raikou reappeared from seemingly nowhere, apparently having witnessed the events unfold. "Was that..." Raikou started. "Yeah... That was Giratina," Suicune answered, "we definitely better get back to Johto."
"Wanna go male and take turns screwing Entei?" Raikou playfully asked, "cause he... I mean SHE... has it coming." "Hm, better not risk it.." Suicune replied, although Suicune wouldn't have minded finally getting the chance to go hard core on Entei. Both fizzled, and completely vanished from the area, and the light began dimming as an unseen force no longer sensed any presences in its realm...
~ Author's Note: The original prologue was entirely different, which would explain why some of the reviews to the original prologue may not exactly add up. Another thing to note is that I changed the prologue somewhere after publishing chapter 11 (or 10, don't exactly recall). The prologue is mostly the same, with a few differences after Jack's inital introduction as the storyteller. Don't worry, more on him later on."
