Welcome to the first chapter of Bonds of Deceit. Please enjoy our take on the Pokemon Universe.
At the end of each chapter will be a pokedex entry for the main pokemon featured within the writing. The entries will come from Pokemon XY.
The wind beat harshly against the trees as a stinging rain fell onto the occupants of the battle field. Thunder shook the ground, and the man, soaked to the bone, gritted his teeth as he stood beside his fallen Tyranitar. He hadn't been expecting this battle, but as the Champion of Sinnoh he had thrown his all into it, determined to eliminate this threat that tried to profit from what remained of Team Galactic. His lips curled downwards as he looked at his fallen champion team.
They had been through so much together, overcome all odds, and grown strong. Stronger than he ever imagined possible. But against this thing, he and his team had been powerless. The Champion looked at his Tyranitar, who lay defeated and bleeding from a long gash to the side of his torso.
Across from the Champion stood another man, tall and unaffected by the rain. The Pokemon that towered beside him seemed to revel in the fact that he had brought down the powerful Tyranitar. The creature in question had started the battle as a Gyarados, and the Champion had felt confident in his Tyranitar's ability to bring the other pokemon down. However, after exchanging several attacks, it was clear that they were evenly matched. Partway through the battle a flash of brilliant pink light had erupted from the wrist of the other man. The light enveloped the Gyarados and to the Champion's shock something else had emerged.
The Gyarados seemed to have grown in both width and length, his yellow belly now a shiny black, outlined in red scales. Bits of red peered through blue along its sides and deadly looking spikes jutted from the creature's head while a large fin lined his spine. Having completed the transformation, the Gyarados had let out a roar causing the earth to tremble beneath their feet. A laugh slipped from the man's lips. "Are you ready to give up? Your pokemon have been defeated, and now... This battle is pointless. I will accomplish what I came here to do."
The champion shook his head and recalled his pokemon to their respective pokeballs. "That's where you're wrong, Lysandre! This isn't over till it's over! And as far as I can see….I still have one pokemon left!"
Eyes widening, the man now identified as Lysandre cursed under his breath at his careless mistake. How could he have forgotten about the Sinnoh Champion's sixth pokemon? He had gotten caught up with the raw power put on display by his Mega Gyarados; it was exhilarating! But now… his uncharacteristic lack of attention to detail might cost him.
He watched with morbid fascination as the air beside the champion seemed to ripple, and something began to materialize right next to his opponent. Lysandre was no fool. He was aware of exactly why the man he was facing had taken the Sinnoh League by storm; and it wasn't just because of his powerful team of highly trained pokemon. While they no doubt had played a major role in his success, he couldn't have done it without that pokemon.
Lysandre couldn't suppress a shiver as a sudden darkness seemed to blanket the area, and a malevolent aura permeated the air around the two combatants, making it hard for him to breathe. As he squinted to try and see in the limited light, he took an involuntary step back when he noticed the two, glowing, cold blue eyes staring at him from the darkness. The sheer amount of killing intent behind that stare almost immediately made him nauseous.
"I see you recognize my pokemon, the legendary Darkrai." The Champion said, unable to stop the smirk from crossing his lips. "Are you ready to concede defeat?"
The words shook Lysandre from his stupor and he laughed at the arrogance of the Champion. "The only one conceding defeat will be you! Gyarados, Use Aqua Tail!"
The Gyarados, let out another earth shaking roar as the water from the rain gathered around its tail. In a move almost too quick for the human eye to track, the tail whipped forward and connected with the Darkrai's torso.
Darkrai flew back at breakneck speed, the force of the blow propelling him towards a group of trees behind it's trainer. Amazingly, the Darkrai kept it's seemingly evil gaze locked onto Lysandre the entire time, which was unnerving for him to say the least. Despite himself, Lysandre grinned in anticipation of the Darkrai smashing into one of the trees. However, his grin faltered when the Darkrai, still staring at him, struck the tree...and immediately disappeared into it's shadow.
The Champion clenched his fists together and spoke. "Why don't you show him what a legendary is capable of? Darkrai, use Shadow Claw!"
Lysandre's Gyarados was desperately looking around the battlefield in a futile attempt to find his opponent, when suddenly, the Darkrai emerged behind the towering pokemon, right out of his shadow; it's claw-like hand shrouded in a dark mist, and prepared to plunge it deep into his opponents back.
The powerful Gyarados didn't seem to notice the danger. But Lysandre, who had by some miracle seen Gyarados' shadow shifting, realized exactly what was happening.
"Gyarados, look out! It's behind you!"
At the sound of his trainers shout, the mighty Gyarados threw itself forward, clumsily dodging what could have been a fatal strike. However, it was too slow to dodge entirely, and received a shallow gash that ripped off more than a few scales and drew blood.
Lysandre''s Gyarados roared in frustration, and in a counter attack that caught the Darkrai off guard, whipped its tail at the shadow pokemon, managing to clip the arm that had just attacked it. The Darkrai quickly disappeared into another shadow, and re-emerged next to it's trainer; prepared to continue battling, but nursing a small cut on its arm from where the Gyarados had managed to make contact with it's tail.
Both trainers glared at each other and prepared for what they knew would be the battle that would decide it all. Champion, vs. the leader of Team Flare, a legendary, vs. a mega evolved pokemon.
Both men called out their orders at nearly the same time.
"Darkrai, use Dark Pulse!"
"Quick Gyarados, meet that Dark Pulse with Iron Head, then use Aqua Tail again!"
Darkrai took only a second to gather its dark energy between its hands and thrust it forward, shooting a swirling beam of darkness straight at Gyarados.
Gyarados roared and it's head began to glow. It lowered its head and shot forward with amazing speed, blasting right through the beam of dark energy with little trouble, and taking little damage due to the fact that it was now half dark type because of it's mega evolution. It continued on at high speed towards it's target; water from the rain already collecting around it's tail for a second time.
"Meet that Aqua Tail with Shadow Claw!" yelled the Sinnoh Champion.
Darkness once again shrouded Darkrai's claws as it rushed the incoming Gyarados at an equal speed; drawing it's claws back in preparation to meet the giant blue dragon.
A shockwave of energy exploded when the two pokemon met with their respective attacks, causing a maelstrom of wind and dark energy to surge outwards, and throwing both trainers backwards and to the ground.
The Darkrai's glowing blue eyes glared up at the wild and fierce looking eyes of the Gyarados. Both pokemon stared each other down as they struggled to overpower the other. Gyarados roared once more, and Darkrai remained ever silent; The only indication that it was struggling being the slight narrowing of its eyes as it struggled under the weight of Mega Gyarados' Aqua Tail.
Lysandre smirked, rising to his feet as he absently brushed a bit of mud from his hands. "Gyarados, use your tail to wrap up that Darkrai, then bite it!"
Lysandre's Gyarados immediately complied, and swiftly disengaged; wrapping its tail around the Darkrai, who immediately took advantage of it's brief moment of freedom to slash the massive blue serpent across the stomach with its still activated shadow claw.
The Gyarados bellowed loudly in pain, but despite it's now heavily bleeding stomach, it began tightening its long tail around it's prey. Opening it's gigantic maw,which was filled with hundreds of razor sharp teeth, the Gyarados lunged down at the Darkrai that was trapped in its coils, intent on ending its life with a single bite.
A shadow was cast over the captured Darkrai, as the Gyarados' head came down over it in preparation for it's attack. However, in that split second before being devoured by the giant pokemon, the Darkrai looked at it's trainer, who simply nodded his head and smirked.
Darkrai's eyes flashed for a brief moment, before it vanished into the shadow that was cast by the Gyarados' giant head.
The enhanced Gyarados didn't have time to react, and instead, ended up biting down hard on nothing but air, and the Darkrai vanished from sight. The sound of it's mouth shutting on nothing but itself sounded like a thunderclap, and the Gyarados roared in frustration at missing its target.
"Ominous Wind!"
Out of nowhere a powerful blast of wind, that carried the scent of death and decay erupted into existence, lifting Lysandre's Gyarados like a ragdoll, and smashing it against the rocky cliff face that was about forty feet away.
The pokemon's roar of pain was drowned out by the sound of boulders dislodging from the mountainside and collapsing on top of the fallen pokemon, completely burying it.
"No! Gyarados!" The leader of Team Flare clenched his fists as he looked over at the mound of boulders that had buried his pokemon. He then straightened up and began to laugh, while looking over at Sinnoh's Champion and his pokemon, who were standing together off to the side; The torrential downpour didn't seem to bother the duo at all, at least, that's what it seemed like due to his damned grin. It was apparent that his Gyarados, even while enhanced, was no match for the legendary pokemon.
But he was always prepared. He was the leader of Team Flare after all, and it wouldn't do to be caught unprepared in situations such as these.
The Champion ignored Lysandre's laugh. He could feel his heartbeat quickening as the end drew near. "It's over Lysandre! Darkrai, use-!"
His voice was cut off as something hit him from behind. Disoriented the Champion found himself laying on the muddy ground with a Mightyena on top of him. A team Flare Grunt, who had been hidden nearby waiting to be useful, grinned as his pokemon kept the Champion pinned to the ground.
Lysandre laughed at the stunned look on the other man's face. "Did you really think I'd come here alone and unprepared? It's over champion...or should I say Shota." He spit out the name of the Champion, his lips curling into a sneer. "You were a fool to think you could go against me! Gyarados, use Outrage...On the former Champion of Sinnoh!"
An unearthly roar rose up from where the Gyarados had been entombed by boulders. In an explosion of light, the boulders were scattered as if they were pebbles, and Lysandre's pokemon rose up to it's full height. It was in bad shape, bleeding heavily from it's stomach wound, and littered with various cuts, and gashes due to that last attack. However, despite it's obvious pain, the Gyarados' body began to glow red and tremble. Lightening fast, it made its way across the battlefield, demolishing a few trees that were in it's path, completely intent on destroying Shota.
Shota could only watch in grim horror as several more Flare Grunt's appeared, each of them sending their pokemon out to keep Darkrai distracted. The Champion's eyes closed as he felt the ground shake due to the giant pokemon that was rapidly closing in on his position. He never imagined that he would die this way; laying in the dirt in the middle of some godforsaken mountain range, and no way to say goodbye. The rampaging Gyarados lunged toward him, it's full weight and gathered energy prepared to obliterate Shota on contact.
As the Mega Gyarados made contact with his quarry, Lysandre felt his muscles relax and a smile spread across his face. No one could stop him now.
POKEDEX ENTRY
#491 Darkrai: It chases people and Pokémon from its territory by causing them to experience deep, nightmarish slumbers.
#130 Gyarados: Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
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