Intro: Banded

(Luxray)

Meet me.
My name is Frenzy, and I am a Luxray.
And I take pride in my job as a wallbreaker.
Meaning that I break walls, buildings,

And hearts.

The area was free from any form of threat. Lots of guard Raticates, no problem, lots of Sashed Watchongs, no problem. This was going to be a piece of cake.

The Communicator rang and I picked it up.

"Hey."
"Hey, Frenzy. Ready?"
"Yeah, sure. But Commander…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think that I…if I…"
"Don't say it."
"Mmm. Got it."

I dropped the Communicator back in my little pouch, and resumed my cover in the bushes.

Three…Two…One…
And Leap.

I immediately rushed out of the bushes and started running. The first line of defense came up; it was a bunch of weak Raticates.

"G-g-get outtt of here!"
"…Too scared?"

I lifted up my front-left paw, and let the Choice Band reflect light. Right into the faces of the Raticates.

"You get out."

And they all scattered. But this was a common sight.

I kept running, and the second defense jumped in my way. A pack of Watchogs.

"Stay back."
"Wow, you're much more confident."
"Everyone! Hypnosis!"

The Watchogs shot a telepathic beam that was supposed to put me to sleep. But considering how closely packed they were, I decided to sit down. I watched as the ill-trained fools shot each other with an attack some of them didn't even know how to use. It was a truly pathetic sight, and I had to augment it by grabbing a Liechi Berry hanging on a little plant that I had trampled, and slowly chewing it.

Tasted good.

All the Watchogs had fallen asleep in a matter of seconds.

Then, knowing that the defenses were all gone, I slowly walked into my treasure cove: A little pine hut. There, my old friend resided. I wanted to play with her a little.

I slowly strolled into the pine hut. And I was blocked. By a pink blob.
I bounced off, and took a look. It was a Blissey.

"Frenzy. You again."
"Sup!"
"This time, you're not going to get past me!"
"Oh. Okay."
"Thunder Wave!"

Bliss shot a little spark at me, and I very lithely sidestepped the attack.

"Come at me."
"Rgghh…"

Blissey stared into my eyes, and I did a little swagger to show that she was doing absolutely nothing.

"Toxic!"

Blissey inhaled deeply and exhaled huge clouds of purple smoke.

"Okay! That's it! Superpower!"

I didn't want to stall anymore; this was too easy.
I channeled all my energy to my frontal paws, and then to my front-right paw.

'Hyaarrgghh!"

"Whatever that meant, I assume it's bad."

I smashed the Bliss mercilessly, right in the middle of the egg thing. It felt like sponge. Well, so much for that extra experience myth.

Blissey was flung right into the pine hut, and she went out from the other side. As she flew right through, I stepped in. This was going to get furry. Not literally, though. That would be gross.

I stepped in like a boss.

"Frenzy…I knew it."
"Yep! It's…me…"

I slumped to one of the pillars, a little drained from the Superpower.

"Guess it's up to me."
"I can spam my weakest attack at it's weakest and still beat you. You'd better not."
"Well, if you took off your band, you can't."
"But the band is my heart and soul. It is…"

I looked away for a while.

"…making me…c- no, nothing!"

Togekiss took to the sky.

"Let's get this started! Aura Sphere!"

I was ready to take in the Aura Sphere like nothing, but suddenly I didn't feel like trolling anymore. I just wanted to finish her off.

'Superpower…"

I jumped up and smashed Togekiss down, almost finishing her up.

"Arrgghh! …please…don't touch my village…not again…"
"Lock the doors."

I could feel my heart sink, and I could feel Togekiss' heart sink.

"No…NO! PLEASE!"
"NOW! …please…"

She slowly went over and bolted the doors.

"Tie yourself to the door."

Togekiss did it.

I walked towards Togekiss' workdesk, and took out a metal canister from the drawers.

"No…you can't do this again…for my people…please don't…no…"
"Shut up!"

I grabbed a little screwdriver and pierced a hole in the thing.

"Hey Togekiss…"
"What?"
"What happens when you…t-t…t…nothing."
"Hrmph."

I went over to the fireplace and scooped up some Will-o-wisp from the residual heat. You know, in a Moltres flame, there would always be some blue fire as residue when combustion took place. That was how portable Will-o was made. Also made Moltres a millionaire.

"Gal, is it…possible…to…t-too…urgh."

Suddenly, Togekiss was filled with compassion.

"Hey man, just let it out…I know you're troubled…"
"Can I actually bec-come…a…a…well…*sighs*…this is hard…"

I found some Mulch nearby, and since it was pretty flammable, it would do. I stuffed the brown stuff in the canister.

"Togekiss…why is this so hard?"
"It's just your conscience bothering you…maybe you're not made to do this."

I sealed the hole. The bomb was ready.

"But why did I get the Band…? It's not an item you can just buy anywhere, it's an item that Arceus enchanted!"
"…You'll find out, I guess."

Togekiss gave me a nice smile, and I really wish that I could receive that some other day again. But right now, it was my job that I had to do. I flung the bomb to a random corner.

"Hey Frenzy, right?"
"Yeah."
"You know it's all about the choice you make."
"Huh…?"
"You know, your Band lets you select one move every battle and only one move, right?"
"…How does that comply…?"

She half-closed her eyes.

"With the Band you get more power if you make the right choice. Just like in life; you've got one choice to make. If you make it right, you win."

I smiled.

"Yeah. You're right- oh Muk. The bomb! Togekiss! Run!"

I just realized that the bomb was detonating in three seconds.

"I'm stuck! Help!"
"Superpower!"

Three…

I smashed the door with all my strength, and it flew with Togekiss still mounted to it.

Two…

With all the speed I could pull up, I dashed straight to the corner where I dropped the bomb. Seeing that it had already expanded and was red-hot, I decided to help with something.

I jumped on it and smashed it.

One.

I smiled; I knew that this was the right choice.

Zero.

I felt the (decreased amount of) heat course through my body. But I was happy. I was truly happy. I didn't know why; I had never felt so happy in my life before. It didn't hurt anymore; I felt powerful.

The explosion had ended in a matter of seconds, and I stood up, realizing that I had taken quite a blow from that, but the house hadn't. Only one corner was charred.

Time to face the music as usual.

I walked out, and people were already there, waiting to do something to me.

But what mattered most was this Happiny. She and her fellow Happinies (Don't pronounce that) were crowding around the severly injured Bliss. They were trying to make sure she was okay.

"Mother! Please!"
"I'm…fine…"

I walked over to her.

"Oh my Arceus…please…"
"You!"

The bold little Happiny stood up.

"You happy now? Look at what you did!"
"Don't…"

I heard the Communicator ring.

"Commander?"
"Good job! I heard it happen!"
"Hey…"
"What?"
"As usual. Keep your interest. And donate the rest."
"Why don't you not donate for once?"

I paused.

"Tell ya what. Keep all the money. I don't need no Mukking money for this. If you feel like it, donate. Whatever. Over."

I electrocuted the Communicator under my grasp.

Then I returned to the Happiny.

"Look…I hate to say this…"
"Get off! You're just a bully! Now get out of here!"

Even a Happiny had felt the brunt of me. This wasn't right.

I walked over to Togekiss- she had just been unlatched from the door.

"Hey."
"Hey Frenzy…why did you?"
"I made the right choice. And I'm gonna make sure that I'm gonna do it again."
"Heh, that's right."

I looked down on my right paw.

"I've been doing this for too long…"

And I strapped off the Choice Band.

"I can make better choices than this."

I gave the Band to Togekiss.

"But…you…"
"You deserve it more than me."
"I'm not a physical attacker…"
"But you know how to make choices. I respect that."

Togekiss smiled again.

"Now for my question…"
"The one you kept trying to ask? Sure…"

"What happens when you turn in to the cops?"