Wow, a lot of people faved this story. Well in this chapter I revel Bane's history with Aura. Thanks srgeman, Sanablades, NightCore for reviewing.

Chapter 2 Memories of Aura

"I can't believe it, Bane…you're alive" she started to walk up to me slowly. I was expecting a hug, boy was I wrong; she slapped me "that's for making me worry you jerk" in hindsight I really should have seen that coming

"Nice to see you too Aura" it was at that time I noticed what was around her neck "my necklace…its ok" yes that's right; I said necklace. But it wasn't just any necklace, I was born with it. It was a string with a Silver Wing, a Rainbow Wing, and a Lunar Wing hooked on it (Latios must have pulled some big strings (bad pun))

"Oh yeah…this is yours isn't it?" she said embarrassed as she handed it back to me. It was easy to see she had matured quite a bit since I last saw her


Before I really got to know her she was a pain in the butt. She tried on numerous occasions to catch me (quite elaborately I might add). They got easier to escape from after I met Murphy. I always thought she was insane, now I wasn't too far off but there was a reason for her chasing me

This story takes place not to long before the Sitrus berry adventure (but that's a story for another time). I was walking in the woods looking for Murphy (the poor guy gets lost in his own home) when I saw Aura with a Lucario (who I now know to be her older brother Chakra); they were in a small clearing with a few rocks and a log

"Man you're weak" Chakra complained, obviously a training session

Aura was panting hard "screw…you" needless to say this took be by surprise, I'd never seen her like this

"Pathetic" Chakra scoffed before walking away. It was then that I saw something that I never saw coming; Aura sat on the log and started crying. Now in my human life I was in a lot of emotional pain, that being said, it helped me become an empathic person, being reborn as a Pokémon failed to change that

'I just know I'm goanna regret this' I remember thinking. She was so busy crying that she didn't hear me coming up "hey"

She jumped at the sound of my voice; to this day I'm still not sure if it was because it was my voice or just a voice "what are you doing here" that took me by surprise; instead of jumping all over me she just scorns me with a voice filled with angst

I sighed "look; if I stay and comfort you will you promise not to jump on me" she nodded so I sat down next to her

"Why are you being so nice to me?" she asked "we're not related, and I harass you all the time"

I just shrugged "is there a problem with that?"

She shook her head "no it's just, our kind isn't like that; we aren't sympathetic toward Pokémon we don't know that well"

"I guess I'm just different" was my reply. She was still crying "need a hug?" She looked a bit taken aback "just for comfort" I reassured. She laid her head on my chest and I put my arms around her "better?"

"Much" she replied. We just sat there for a while until she broke the silence "I'm sorry"

"For what?" I asked

"For chasing you so much" her face started to get sad again "I just wanted someone to love me"

That worried me "what about your parents?"

She shook her head "they aren't around a lot" well that was reassuring; at least they cared

I looked up at the sky "well forcing someone to be your mate won't get you love"

She turned her gaze upward too "I know" then she turned to me "can…we start over?"

I gave her a reassuring smile and said "sure"

It was then I heard a rustling in the tree behind us; as per usual Murphy was here to kill the mood "ATTACK!!!!" he cried out as he jumped from the tree all the way onto Aura's head (don't ask me how; I'm still working on that one). Then he just bounced (not the move) on her head, needless to say it didn't do squat "die…you…evil…mean…blue…girl…thing…of…pain" he huffed in-between hops

Now this was just sad, Aura didn't even seem fazed by this (if this surprises you then go back and read the first chapter) "Murphy" no response "Murphy" again, no response "Murphy" do I even have to tell you? "MURPHY!!!!" I yelled

He immediately stopped jumping. "Yes" he responded like he hadn't just been bouncing on someone's head

"You can stop now" I told him

"Stop what?" He asked. Want to know what the sad part is; I had a feeling he would say something like this

I grabbed my ears and yanked on them to numb the mental pain caused by Murphy's stupidity "jumping on Aura's head"

He looked down and saw her there "Ahh!" He screamed. Next thing I knew he was jumping on her head again "die…you…evil…mean…blue…girl…thing…of…pain"

Enough was enough; I grabbed him and put his face right in front of mine "stop that"

"Oke-doke" he replied as if nothing had happened

Aura looked at Murphy with a worried face "what's wrong with him?"

I turned my attention to her and replied "I'm still working on that". Aura sure has changed a lot since I first met her. But back to the story; before I could say anything else (or even Murphy (IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD)) I heard someone cry out


"It's the human!" I looked around franticly looking for the human, only to find everyone looking at me. Crap. I knew I forgot something

Now in order to advance the story we must go to the stratosphere. Rayquaza was wandering around aimlessly (not much to do up there); when suddenly he was splashed with water when he looked back he didn't see anything, then, for a fraction of a second he saw it; a waterfall was flickering in and out of reality. Now some of you might think it would be reassuring to know what was up with the waterfall; however Rayquaza would disagree "no…it can't be. I-it's impossible" and just like that Rayquaza was off

Later at the Spacial Rift, "do you have any idea what you're implying!?" bellowed Palkia

"You think I would lie about something like this!?" Palkia's lack of trust offended Rayquaza

Palkia sighed "but why now? After all these centuries why now?"

"It doesn't make sense to me either" Rayquaza replied

"What's up dudes?" a new voice asked

"He's returned" Rayquaza was too busy to look at the new face

The new voice cringed "ouch, that's some tough luck there"

"Yeah we know" even Palkia didn't look at the voice

After what seemed like an hour the voice spoke up again "I got it; it's convoluted and unnecessary, but I think it'll work" after that the voice left

"Yeah good luck with that" Palkia waved with the back of his hand

"………..wait, was that who I think it was?" Rayquaza asked

But all Palkia said was "…oh crap"

Back to Bane. Now I knew the Pokémon of the village hated humans, but I still find it hard to believe that they hated reborn's as well (especially one that grew up there) "Kill him!" one mob member who's not important to name yelled

"Cut him up!"

"Drown him!"

"Let him go" I squeaked out. Everyone turned their attention to me

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here" crap, I hate that guy

"Back off Chakra" he swung his fist at me only for me to catch it "go be an idiot somewhere else"

"What's going on over here?" a gruff voice asked. Even after being away for so long I still remembered who's voice that was; Extraxi

Aura ran over to the Salamence "uncle Extraxi, their trying to kill Bane." Yes, you heard her right; this dragon is her dad's big brother (I'm not sure how, but I do know both are related by blood)

After he heard my name he immediately looked over to me. Now on the one hand; I was staring face to face with the most intimidating/scariest person/Pokémon I have ever know, something that remains true to this day. On the other hand; he was also the jolliest guy I ever met "Ha, if it isn't little Bane! Oh, I suppose I can't call you that anymore, ha, ha, ha" not something you'd expect a Salamence to say

"It's good to see you too Elder Extraxi" that's right; this big guy is in charge of the village. It was originally intended to be a shelter for Pokémon hurt by humans, not a place to form a cult. Of course when you gather a bunch of people who don't like another group of people this kind of thing is bound to happen

He just responded by laughing "Bane please; call me uncle, we all know it's just a matter of time" that was a long running joke that went around the whole village

"But sir, he was a human" one stupid Luvdisk retorted

Extraxi cocked his head to the side "…I don't see where you're going with this"

At the risk of his life, the moron (which so happens to be Italian for the 'A' word (my Italian step-dad said so)) replied "humans are evil…"

Ok, jolly Extraxi is gone, time for bad*** Extraxi "I don't believe it" he spat "does anyone else think this too?" the whole mob nodded their heads "so you're trying to tell me that you all still think that Bane; the sweet little Riolu that grew up here is a monster! Before the disaster you all thought the world of him!" most of the Pokémon (including me) craped themselves right then and there. "What's changed!? What did he do to make you all hate him so much!?" Now do you see why he's in charge?

This time a Walrein spoke up "the destruction of the village-" he never got to finish

"Bull****! Bane was the one who got hurt the most, he lost his home and everyone he knew, if I had been here that day Bane wouldn't have been banished!"

"But uncle (take a guess who this is) they are right"

"Not you too Chakra!" I could see it hurt the old dragon to have his nephew agree with this

"I'm sorry uncle, but humans need to be purged from this world"

"Excuse me, am I interrupting something" a new voice interrupted

"Yes, now be gone trash" Chakra demanded

"Hey I know you; you're that pompous jack-off Chakra" the voice replied, I could already tell the two of us would get along

"Who is the fool who would dare to say such things about me!?" Chakra demanded

"That would be me" the voice said as it stepped forward. At that time I almost burst out laughing; Chakra, that freak, had just insulted the legendary Pokémon Arceus. The appearance of the great creator Arceus was humbling for just about everyone in the village (except for me, this wasn't the first legendary I've seen and definitely not the last) which they showed by kneeling before him "oh come on guys you're making me blush" no one moved "that means get up" he said, still with kindness in his voice

It was then that Chakra walked up to him "I take it you're here to rid us of this scourge"

Arceus chuckled "…um, ok" after that he head butted Chakra

The crowd gasped "w-what was that for!?" Chakra demanded

Arceus scratched his head with his paw "…getting rid of the scourge"

Chakra was offended "but you hit me!"

Arceus shrugged (at least I think he did) "well you're the closest thing to a 'scourge' here"

"I meant him!" Chakra pointed at me

Arceus looked over at me "…Bane?" he asked, I just nodded my head "awesome, glad I found you. Up for a quest?" he asked me

I didn't know what to say "um, but I just got back from one"

"That's great" he replied

"It is?" I was confused

"Well yeah, it means you'll be going into this one with momentum" he obviously didn't get it, so I pointed to the spot where my leg had been "well crap" was his reply

"I will embark on this quest" Chakra said

"Nope" Arceus' reply was short and to the point

"Well why not?" Chakra was pretty mad

"Because you're an weenie" yep, the two of us would get along real well

"But you'd let a human do it!?" surprisingly; that wasn't Chakra

"What's wrong with humans?" he asked

"They're evil" came the response "you destroyed the village to punish him"

Arceus sweat dropped "um…we were punishing you guys" then came the collective gasps. "By the way, what did Bane do that was so evil?" No one had an answer. "Ok Bane; you need to go the tree of life"

"Is that my quest?" I asked

But he just responded by laughing "oh hell no. that's just to fix your leg"

My eye were beaming "fix my leg, as in 'good as new'"

"Yep" was his reply

"And then I start my quest?" I asked again

But to my dismay; he started laughing again "nope, you got to do a bunch of stuff before you start your quest"

"Stop!" Aura demanded

"Aura" I whispered

"I lost Bane once, I'm not goanna lose him again. If he goes, then I go"

"Me too" piped Murphy

"Murphy"

Arceus and my friend stared at each other for some time until Arceus finally said "ok"

We were all shocked "really, just like that you're goanna let us go?" Aura asked in disbelief

"Sure, why not?" was his reply "the more the merrier"

"But, shouldn't I see my mom first" truth be told I didn't want to see here missing a leg, she was already paranoid enough about me, she use to warn me that if I wasn't careful enough I would lose a limb, the last thing I wanted was for here to see she was right.

Extraxi walked up to me and said "I'm sorry Bane, but she's no longer with us"

I was horrified "you mean she's dead?"

Everyone looked at me like I was crazy "what are you talking about? I just said she was no longer with us" he replied

"Oh I get it" said Arceus "that 'no longer with us' thing is a human phrase meaning dead"

"It is?" asked Extraxi

That made me feel better "so does that mean she's alive?"

Extraxi gave out a hearty laugh, yep, jolly Extraxi was back "of course my boy! She's still alive and kicking. She just has business somewhere else"

That's a relief, well now that that's out of the way "so where is this 'tree of life'?"

Arceus had a very Zen like face and said in a monkish voice "to find it, you must look beyond what you see" oh no, he did not just go hippy on us

"Uh" I really didn't know how to respond to that

The he laughed "I'm just messing with you. I'm trying to say one deep thing every day"

"Why?" asked Murphy

"Because…you know, I don't remember" was his reply

"How do we get to the tree of life?" I asked again

"Well you'll need a guide" he replied

That was annoying "great, how many people know where to find the tree of life!?"

That caught Murphy's attention "wait, did you say tree of life" we all nodded "oh, I thought you said tree of 'light', I know where the tree of life is" bull****

"Bull****" I replied

Then he turned to Arceus "giant tree, hollow, Pokémon live there, Mew there too, weird slime defending it"

Arceus was wide eyed "y-yeah"

"Ok then, let's go" Murphy cheered

I looked at the god next to me and said "you know; I thought you would be a lot more serious"

"Yeah well, sometimes I need all that pomp and circumstance. But I can't imagine living like that my whole life" without questing his choice in words, we left

Well that's chapter 2. Before I forget; I got a new poll on my profile, check it out, next is the tree of life. Read and review but remember if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.