Hi everybody, this fic was requested by srgeman as a sequel of sorts for his (srgeman, I called you 'he' because you have 'man' in your penname) fic A Little Night Music, that means if you haven't read his fic then don't read this one. This fic however will follow Bane after the events of A Little Night Music. So without further adieu I present:
A Little Night Music: Bane's Epilog
Chapter 1 Memories of Murphy
Do you know what it's like to finish an adventure just to be thrown into another? New objective, new companions, new places, and most importantly new rules. It feels a bit like culture shock. Oh by the way, did I forget to mention I lost a foot? Let me tell you it sucks big time, I even had to use a stick as a cane. Pretty pathetic for a Lucario huh?
Well enough monologuing lets just skip to the part where I get back home ok. I could see the forest that I once called home, that is, before the disaster. In my travels I had heard rumors that the village was back up and running thanks to their defenders and the village priestess; AKA my mom. It was at that time I had a strange feeling that someone was watching me, I couldn't see anything so I tried aura sensing, and there it was; it was small but I was sure it was aura, not only that but I knew who it belonged to. I was almost in the forest when "AHHH" I was attacked by a Mothim
I just chuckled and said "well, well, well, look who evolved while I was gone"
The Mothim froze up, looked me in the eyes and asked "…Bane? Is…is that really you?"
"Nice to see you too Murphy"
Murphy froze up again (poor guy has a habit of doing that) "BANE!!" he yelled at the top of his small lungs as he hugged my head, to tell you the truth; it didn't seem that different from when he was attacking me
"Hey, hey, easy I already lost a foot, don't break my ears ok" that's Murphy for you; he can give you a headache in half a second
After hearing that (and checking to see if I was messing with him) he froze up, the odd thing was that his wings were still flapping (I'd expected him to fall down). "Bane" he whispered "what happened?"
"Long story" I replied "I'll tell you later". The little Mothim stared at me in awe "what?"
That snapped him out of it "I'm sorry. It's just…we all thought you were dead, we didn't think you'd make it on your own, ever since then Aura, Shade, me and your mom have been-" that got my attention
"Wait, are you saying that Aura and Shade are both still here?"
"Oh yeah I almost forgot, Aura would love to see you, your mom too" that Murphy; you can never tell what goes on in his head (although that might be a good thing) "come on lets go"
By now you might be wondering 'who the hell is Murphy?' well I'm about to tell you. In my second year as a Pokémon my mom was still worried about everyone else finding out about me being a reborn human. I first met Murphy in one of my rare excursions outside
I was relaxing under a tree in between my home and the village; I could go outside but not too far from the cave. Getting back to the point, I was relaxing under the tree, eating some berries from it (trust me; the stuff gets a lot better when you're a Pokémon) when all of a sudden something fell on my head, I looked in front of me and saw a pile of leafs "what the hell?" I said as I walked towards it. It was then that I noticed that it was shaking, I got a little closer to it and then a tine head popped out
"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. I HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR. I BEG YOU!!!!!!!! (My ears were ringing for weeks after that) " I could tell the little Burmy was touched in the head, but I was amazed that such a small thing could be so loud (to this day I have yet to hear anything louder than him)
"Ow. This isn't the first tree you've fallen out of is it?"
Instead of a straight answer I got more screaming "OH NO, YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THOSE OTHER TIMES TOO? I'M GOANNA DIE!!!!"
"I'm not goanna kill you so stop with the ear killing already"
The glow in his eye at those words rivaled that of a young child on Christmas morning (assuming they came from a nice family) "you mean I'm goanna live?" Cautions of his reaction I nodded my head "Yay" was all he said, the little Burmy sure could be unpredictable. He took this time to put his cloak back together "you're a human aren't you? That came as a bigger shock then dying. I was scared; I thought my cover was blown
"Um" was all I could say
The little bug smiled and said "don't worry, I won't tell my new best friend's biggest secret" the best friend thing came out of nowhere, but if it would keep him quiet I would just have to go along with it
"Thanks, so…what gave me away?"
Still smiling he responded "you didn't kill me (this was the first of many secrets Murphy found out using faulty logic, such as the Sitrus berry I found, me meeting Shade, and my crush on Aura)" how he got that I never did find out. Although Murphy always seemed a bit 'out there' he was one of the most trustworthy Pokémon/person I ever knew. Being a Burmy (among other things) he was bullied a lot, because of this I took on the role of bodyguard for him. While I became friends with Murphy to keep him quiet about my secret the two of us quickly bonded, one memory that stands out was the festival, it took place sometime after Aura stopped being a pest (and by that I mean stopped bugging me to be her mate and learned about my secret), once you get to know her she's kind of cool. Back to the story, Murphy, Aura, and I were walking around the village (now decorated with glowing rocks)
"Alright. Time to paint the town red" I was excited; this was the first festival my mom let me go to. When I looked back at my friends they had a bewildered look on their faces "what?"
Aura was about to say something, but Murphy beat here to it (another common occurrence when you hang around with him) "what does 'paint the town red' mean?"
In retrospect I really should have seen that coming, of course they wouldn't know what that means "something along the lines of 'let's have a good time'"
Aura (now a veteran in getting a word in edgewise around Murphy) covered the little Burmy's mouth with her paw and asked "is that a human term?"
"Yeah" was my reply
"Well, well, well, look who we have here" crap, not him
"Chakra just leave us alone" demanded Aura. Chakra was Aura's older brother (I guess generic names run in the family); he was the biggest snob I ever knew (counting all the rich people I meet as a human). In short; I hate him
"Aura, dear, you shouldn't associate yourself with lower class vermin like them" see why I hate him?
"But Bane's mom is the priestess" Aura said in my defense, a defense we all knew wouldn't work
"Ha. A dead baby maker like her doesn't deserve that title" keeping my cool around him is not an easy task
"Leave my mom out of this" I somehow managed to keep my voice low
Chakra punched me to the ground and said "you dare talk to me! You don't even deserve to look at me!" a few seconds later he found some sticky white thread on his face "what the?"
"DON'T YOU PUNCH BANE! YOU'RE JUST A STUCK UP, EGOCENTRIC CRAP-TARD (you were probably expecting 'SOB', well that would be insulting aura as well)! YOU ACT BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE BUT THE TRUTH IS YOU AREN'T, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN DONE ANYTHING YET, YOU JUST TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT YOUR PARENTS DID. BANE'S A MUCH BETTER PERSON THEN YOU, IN FACT; YOU DON'T DESERVE TO EVEN LOOK AT HIM YOU JERK!!!!!!!!!!" needless to say Murphy's little (yeah right) outburst took everyone by surprise. It was the maddest I'd ever seen Chakra get
"You insignificant little worm. How dare you talk to me like that!!" he swung his fist to hit him but felt something holding him back
"Don't you hit him you creep!" yelled Aura
This made Chakra mad "Aura what are you doing!? He insulted me!"
"Yeah, but he's right" was her response
That caught him of guard "w-what"
"I said he's right. In fact I bet everyone here thinks the same thing, they just don't have the balls to say it" they say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the look on Chakra's face was priceless, to this day it is my most treasured freeze frame memory.
Aura standing up to her big brother was the highlight of the day. Before I go on it might be a good idea to clear something up; unlike the rest of all living beings, when Murphy gets angry he remains in complete control of himself. Now some of you might be thinking 'you call that control?' well I know for a fact that's true. I learned it a little later that night
The three of us were sitting in a tree, it was at this time I decided to talk to Murphy about something "you know Murphy, it was amazing the way you defended me from Chakra like that, but next time you might want to control yourself a little more"
The little Burmy looked like he had no idea what I just said (not the first time and definitely not the last) "what do you mean 'more control'? I was in complete control of myself"
"Yeah right" responded Aura
"No I mean it, I meant every word I said" this would have come as a surprise to me and Aura, but by that time we were used to odd things about the little guy. Murphy sure made my life as a Pokémon more interesting.
Back to the main story. "We're almost there" he told me, I debated whether or not to remind him I knew where it was seeing as how I lived there. When the village was within sight I started to get a little numb. The first thing I saw was a bunch of injured Pokémon being treated by a beautiful Lucario "Hey Aura"
The Lucario turned her head and smiled "why hello there Murphy" then she looked at me "who's your new friend?" I had a hard time believing the gorgeous female in front of me was the same Aura I knew from before
Murphy had the biggest grin on his face, he looked like he had just solved an impossible murder and was itching to tell us how he did it "why Aura, can't you tell?"
It was then she looked at my injury "oh my god" she gasped "what happened to you?"
"Long story" I replied
Then she looked at my makeshift cane "using a stick to help you walk…that's pretty clever"
Judging by the look on Murphy's face this is what he had been waiting for "it's a human trick" he said emphasizing human
Aura was a bit confused "why did you-" then it hit her. She grabbed Murphy and said in a threatening voice "if you're messing around with me then I'll make sure you never get to know the joy of having children" yep, that was Aura alright. She turned to me, closed her eyes, and her dreadlocks started to rise, she was reading my aura. When she opened her eyes tears poured out of them and in a whispered tone she said "you're alive…Bane"
You there you have it; Chapter one. In the next chapter I delve a little deeper into Bane's history with Aura. Read and review but remember if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.