I had half an hour, and no idea how to make the second chapter. So, of course, I looked for assistance in the form of my friend who will be referred to as Ezreal. Horrible chapter, please don't kill me...
Chapter 2: You're name and aim
So I died, I'm sure of that. Ugh... I haven't felt this shitty since that time me, Yori and this french chick got in a fight over a basket of food. Turns out her boyfriend was a stone's throw away. Yeah, a very pain moment. But at least I walked away with a cupcake, so it was totally worth it!
I didn't know what to do, my body laid motionless on what felt like hot ground without me able to so much as open my eyes. My right ear twitched at the sound of music. Unless my body started to work again, I had no other option then to listen.
Pick up the weapon in your hand,
Here's the moment, your final stand.
Are you to fight or turn tail and run?
Hero pick your weapon of choice; sword, shield or gun?
I continued to listen to music. From what I remembered, it sounded like rock music. Was that what it's called? Grr, I really do need to learn more things.
-Heroes aren't born, they're only remade
Heroes don't choose, they just step up and do
Wake up, newborn, the second hero is you!
My eyes shot open. I sprung up into a sitting position before looking around in where ever the hell I was.
Correction; I looked around the hell I was in.
The platform I sat on was made from hard, reddish-black rock that was searing hot, causing me to leap to my feet to avoid my tail for burning any farther. How I just noticed the heat was beyond me. My eyes scouted the realm only to see an endless red void. I carefully walked over to the edge and looked over.
Below me a deep... hole? No, that's not the right word... Abyss (I'm getting tired of my poor vo... Damnit) filled and overflowing with fire and the screams of people. I tried to see if I could get a better look, only to see a fire red chain shoot up with a knife-like object attached to the end as a gruff male voice shouted something.
I yelped before pulling my head back. The chained weapon was sent in reverse and disappeared from sight. I got to my back up away from the edge and away from the possibility of another one of those hitting its mark. My retreat came to a halt when I backed into someone. From the soft mounds at the back of my neck, I guessed it to be female.
I turned to see a hooded figure staring down at me, red eyes focused on mine. I screamed out of the sudden appearance of her. I backed away again only to trip and be sent to my fluffy ass.
"Looks like you went and died." The figure, voice confirming it was a female, said before folding her arm. The robe she wore was grayish-black with a sliver zipper running down the middle, the gloves and boots she had on shared the same dark color. "Nice to have you join us, Silverfield."
I was a bit confused at who she called 'Silverfield'. When no one else replied, and her stared still focused on me, I asked "Are you talking me to?"
"No, I'm talking to the ghoul behind you." She scoffed. I felt someone's breathe on my lower back. I looked at the ground behind me to spot a see-through man looking up at me. I screamed again and quickly crawled my way away from the ghost. This caused the woman to burst out in laughter.
"Arceus above, you're easy!" She continued to laugh.
I shakingly looked away from the man, who sunk back down now, and turned to the robed figure. "W-who... W-where..?" I could barely say.
"Think before asking that question." She interrupted me. "Extreme heat, moans and screams of pain and agony, get over here, and dead people. Where the fuck do you think you are, because I'm sure you figured the answer out a few minutes ago."
"A-am I in h-hell?" I gulped. The woman nodded with me losing my nerves. How could I be in hell? I didn't do anything to be dragged down here.
"I know what you're thinking; "How did I get here? What did I do?", well shut up so I can tell you." She said before snapping her fingers. A pale, muscular figure walk up from behind her with a giant black book with silver writing on the spine in hand.
She flipped it open and searched for something with a thought "Hmm". "Found it." She skipped to a page near the back. "You're damned for the following acts of sin:" she started. "Stealing, lying, committing an act of betrayal, killing-"
"Wait!" I interrupted. "When have I ever..." My voice trailed as I realized what she meant by killing. I had once kicked a man into a moving truck when me and Yori were just starting out. There were other ways to solve the problem, but I let my anger control me.
"And other things I'm too tired to list." She calmly finished.
"I don't believe this." I shook my head. "This is bullshit, I don't believe you."
"Oh, you don't?" She asked me before turning the book to face me. "It's all right here for you to see yourself. Go-a-head, look." I sat silently, staring at the words and letters. The seemed confused before her eyes went wide. "Oh right, you can't read... whoops."
My ear drooped. Jeez, why did I have to be such an idiot. "Moving on because we don't have time," The woman threw the book behind her, the man quickly rushed to catch it. "I have a deal to strike with you."
I raised a brow. "What could you want from me?" I asked before carefully getting onto my feet. "And more importantly, who are you?"
The woman chuckled before turning her to face me. "I am the ruler of the hell itself, the mistress of pain and torment. I control dark matter that exists in here that balances out the world of the living and that of the dead." She folded her arms.
"I am the one who rebelled against Arceus eons ago, and the one who introduced mortal to sin." She turned her head around to me. "Some call me Satan, others The Devil. But I go by a much darker name..." She turned completely around. "Ted."
... The fuck...?
"Ted...?" I repeated, confusion edged onto my face. "After all that dramatic build up, you're name is Ted...?" My head hurts...
"No, it's Giratina but I wanted to be funny." She replied with a shrug. "365 days of the year I have to act like I have a stick up my ass, gimme a break." She whined.
"I still don't know who you are exactly... Mind exampling more?"
"Right, right," She nodded. "You only just learnt of Arceus, so I'm not surprised you don't know me either." How much does she know about me? "You heard what Arceus can do; think of me as a being of equal, if not, slightly less power then her. I'm just as old as her being born the moment she was, so I know my way around our point in the multiverse."
I rubbed my face. For fuck's sake, Yori was right. But if Arceus is real... "Giratina," The female eyes locked on me. "What's this deal you have for me?"
"Yes, yes, right." She spun around, why she keeps turning I don't know, and motioned for me to follow before starting to walk. I nervously followed and looked where we were heading.
I guess I wasn't paying attention to the fact I wasn't on a platform earlier because we were strolling down a long path. The ground switched to black and cooled down a lot from before. On the sides of the path were withered and dead trees, devoid of any leafs what so ever.
A bright light started to form at the end of the path, almost blinding me. "Listen carefully, Dante Silverfield," Giratina started. "The world you lived in is slowly but surely dying. Not as in, the Earth is going to blow up, but as in the people of a single group is trying to take over and commit genocide on a grand scale."
"Wait... who are you calling Dante?" I asked before she could start again. All my stupid questions must be annoying her by now.
"You, that's you birth name. Dante Silverfield." Last name has 'Silver' in it. Is the word irony or- "Now let me finish. The other legends don't know the full extant of The Organization's plans, but I do. And I intend to keep their goal between you and me."
I opened my mouth, but she continued. "Some of the other legends have... 'certain' ideas. Which includes cleaning the world free of life and start over. Mainly of men, but meh. The reason why I picked you is simple; you're the first in a long time to die and had a dream of fixing the world's problems."
"... You want me to go back to life, and save the world...?" I furrowed my brows. "The fuck are you all doing yourselves that you can't do?" We both came to a halt in front of the light.
"We're attacking from the outside, you ass." Giratina growled with her hands on her hips. "Even with the help of our champions and X, we can't do anything more the slow the progress. I want you to help."
I still don't get any of this. "Before you ask, I know what I'm saying. Dante, or Silver if you prefer, I need someone to outside of the legendaries and champs to trust. Arceus has her head up her ass, with the answer to our problems right in front of her, she's still as blind as a bat in a void."
"I'll do it." I said blankly.
She blinked twice. "Wait, aren't you gonna-?"
"What's there to think about? I get to go back topside and help achieve my dream. A win-win."
She stared at me, not saying a single word. "Well?" I said, snapping her out of her trance.
"I don't think you know what this entitles." Giratina rubbed her forehead, thinking things through. "Whatever, I've wasted too much time here. Darkrai will probably find out I did something with your soul and that's why she hasn't found you and marked you as dead. Dante, you'll find out what you should do in due time."
"Step through here and you'll be back to BM city. But not as an Eevee." Giratina began to fish around in her pocket for something.
"So, what will I be then?" I tried to figure out what the female was doing. She pulled out a scarlet red claw pendent and held it out to me.
"You'll see when you get there, kid." She took my hand and placed the item in it. "I'm giving you my blessings, Dante. And if Arceus knew what I was doing, she would to."
Arceus... I don't think want the supposed God's blessings. "I don't care much about Arceus, she can come here and burn and I won't give a single damn." I said with a slight growl. "If Arceus was so powerful, why did she let this happen to the world in the first place?" No matter how much I thought about it, I just couldn't find any good reason for how she let the whole fucking planet slip to the edge like this.
"She has her reasons." There's that excuse again.
"What are they then?" Giratina funneled her eyes into a glare at me.
"You've asked enough questions to for a lifetime in one day, Dante, and I'm out of time to explain anymore." With a feat of strong I've never seen, she pick me up with her right hand and effortlessly threw me into the shining doorway.
My vision soon slipped away from me and I was sent into what felt like a long needed sleep.
-3rd POV-
Giratina lowered her hood the moment Silver was out of sight. She sighed deeply as she messaged her forehead, thinking over everything that has happened.
"One thing that I have over Dialga is that I'm damned." The light of the passage disappeared and a rock slab blocked off the only way out of hell itself. "The damned are doomed to see the future- one where only two events can happen. Dante can either help Shane and the others... Or go after Arceus."
A bright circle of light appeared around her feet. With her arms folded and a smile plastered on her face, she said "This will be fun. Hopefully my seal on him will keep Arceus and the others from noticing his life force. I can't wait for my new additions." The dual-type laughed as she disappeared, returning back to the Hall of Origins before anyone could realize she had left.
Hero: *sits tied to a chair, humming to myself*
*A blinding light flashes and a young dark skinned male with white hair styled in a mohawk appears*
Ekko: *starts to untie me* How the happy hell did you manage to get stuck here?
Hero: What can I say? I can't resist women in next to noting.
Ekko: *scoffs* Of course. Thank the gods I was here a few minutes ago.
Hero: Yeah, you need to let me- Ekko! Behind you!
Ekko: Huh? *turns around to smacked in the face with a frying pan. Falls on the floor unconscious*
Ruby: Ya know, you two look'a like a lot. Just put a mohawk on ya and ya are twins. *chuckles while playing with her 'weapon'*
Hero: *sighs* Guess I'll be here for awhile... Nothing to say.
Live, Love, Learn. Light's out.