Here's the second chapter to this story!
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"Let me get this straight. Legendary Pokemon select people to give them an emblem to; they are the ones who are destined to protect the world from destruction. The Emblem Bearers are meant to unite to defeat the evil, but so far, only two are known. I am the emblem bearer of electric, you are the emblem bearer of diversity (all types), and there are others—probably strangers that we don't know—who bear emblems of the other types. Is that basically what you've told me master?"
The master nodded his head to me. "That's pretty much the summary of it."
I took a few seconds to process it all. Having the situation I was in explained to me kind of gave me an idea of what role I had to carry out. So for all the emblem bearers to unite, I had to discover who each of them was first. The task I assumed sounded difficult, but I knew that if we were meant to save the world, we'd all gather up eventually.
"Okay then, master. As soon as Flare gets better, I'll bring him with me and we'll search for the other emblem bearers," I said. As much as I wanted to let destiny handle things, I couldn't just stand around and be useless either—especially if the world as we knew it was in possible danger.
"Wait master, I want to go with them too!" said Frost. "Can I please?"
Master smiled; it was the first time I've seen him do so in a while. Maybe it was because of her enthusiasm? "Of course you can Frost. As soon as Flare heals up from his wounds, you three are free to go out on a journey. Just make sure failure doesn't happen," he added humorously. We all laughed with him, despite it being something we knew was the absolute truth: we couldn't fail—it just simply wasn't an option.
"Oh. But don't forget Flare, you have to get permission from your mother too. Just because I allow you to go, doesn't mean that she will."
Flare grinned. "Don't worry master! I'm sure my mum will allow me to go! After all, it's to save the world isn't it?"
"But that is exactly why your mother mightn't let you. She might not want you getting caught up in something as big as this," said master.
Flare huffed, aware that he was correct.
"Alright then. I'll try to get permission from my mum tomorrow..." he droned. "But she better let me go! It sounds all exciting and stuff! I'm not going to miss out on something like this!"
We all laughed again but this time, it was because of Flare's behavior. He never liked being left out after all.
Suddenly, weariness took over me and I yawned softly.
"Guys. I'm going to go to bed now. I'm really tired."
"It's understandable! We have been through some serious things today!" said Frost.
"Alright then. It's probably time we all went to bed then," said the master. "We'll leave the rest of the talking for tomorrow."
I groaned as the harsh rays of the morning sun hit my eyelids. I always hated that part of mornings...
Slowly opening my eyes, I got them accustomed to the world again. I looked around the room, and I realized that it was fairly messy. When was the last time I cleaned my room anyways? I mentally shrugged. Who knows...
Getting up from bed, I headed to the bathroom to get ready for the day ahead. I stood in front of the toilet and did my business, and then brushed my teeth and washed my face afterwards. When I finished, I wiped my face with a dry towel and headed off to the kitchen for some breakfast.
At the kitchen table was the master, reading the morning newspaper with the assistance of his reading glasses. Noticing my presence, he looked up and nodded his head at me.
"Good morning Rai," he greeted.
"Good morning master," I greeted back. As I took a seat on the table and poured some cereal onto my bowl, I thought about the sound of master's voice today. It didn't some normal; it might've been that master came down with a cold.
"Overnight, I somehow caught the flu." Eh... I was close enough.
"I could tell by your voice master," I replied. "You sounded different today."
"Right. So then I was wondering Rai, could you go down to the store and get some milk for us? We seem to have ran out."
I didn't realize that what master said was right... until I became aware of the empty carton I was subconsciously trying to get milk from.
"O-oh... of course I will."
Master nodded. "So would you mind heading out now? It'd be preferable if you got back with the milk before Frost and Flare wakes up."
"Alright master. I'll be leaving now."
So I left my seat, received some money from master, grabbed my leather jacket from the coat hanger, and then headed out the door.
"Expect me to be back in about ten to twenty minutes!"
As I walked past the fancy house, I couldn't help but stare openly at it. No matter how many times I've seen it, those jazzy decorations on that awesome house always seemed to catch my attention. It wasn't that I was obsessed with the house... I just admired it. The front yard of the house looked spectacular all year round, no matter what weather it experienced. It was definitely a great asset of the house, but I wouldn't say that it was the best; the interior of the house looked even more amazing! With a huge kitchen, beds that flipped out from walls, and shiny floors that you could use as a mirror—who wouldn't be awestruck?!
But no, it wasn't that I snuck into the house and looked—I was actually allowed in there. My friend's auntie was just visiting her neighbour and we were invited to go inside too! Yes, my friend's auntie lived right next door to the most awesome house I've seen!
Wait... why am I going on about a house for? It's not like I'm a fan of really awesome spectacular amazing stunning houses. Or maybe I was... just a little bit though...
"Rai! You seem lost! What are you doing just standing there?"
I looked to the voice and found my friend's auntie looking at me in wonder. Was I doing something weird...?
"You looked like you were hypnotized by my neighbour's house!"
Oh right. I might've been...
"S-sorry," I bowed. "I didn't realise." Wait... why am I even apologizing? "I-I was just staring at the house as I walked by it to get to the store."
"To get some milk again I assume?" she laughed.
"H-how did you know?" I asked. Did we really go to the store to get milk that much?
"Just a guess," she replied. "Anyways, I've got to get the house tidy! I'm going to get a visitor later on! Have a nice day Rai!"
"Er... you too Ms-" But before I got to finish, a man bumped into me. Being the lighter one, I fell to the floor bottom first.
"Ow..."
The man hastily offered a hand to help me up. "Sorry kid..." he apologized.
I gave him thumbs up. "Don't worry. I'm fine."
I got up and glanced to my friend's auntie's house... only to see that she had already gone back in. Oh well, there was a chance I'd see her again after coming back. Anyhow, there was something I had to do, and I had already wasted some time standing around and staring—I couldn't waste anymore.
In the store, I located where the milk were being kept and proceeded to grabbing a carton—although, it took a while because the fridge door wouldn't open...
With a milk carton in hand, I lined up in front of the cash register to pay. Considering the size of the line, I was going to be at the head soon. That was good news. I didn't like waiting in lines that were too long.
Eventually, I moved up to the head of the line. I took a glance behind my shoulders, and found nobody else. Oh well, I shrugged. But soon, somebody came and stood behind me. I looked back and saw the figure of a tall man, wearing a long hooded black coat, which covered the entirety of his body.
For some reason, he seemed to radiate a dangerous aura...
I took a step forwards. I wanted to leave the line quickly.
Why was it that I sensed evil again though? Was it because he meant harm? Was he going to make his move soon? Thankfully, the cashier called me up to the counter so I could pay for the milk. It also gave me a chance to move away from the suspicious man—although I'd get a real chance after I pay for the milk. I was going to bolt out of the store and make sure I never saw the mysterious man again.
I had quickly paid for my things and I was out of the store, running with all I had to put as much distance as possible between the store and I. The carton of milk in the plastic bag I had swung all over the place as I made the dash, hitting some random passersby on accident.
"Oh, sorry..." I apologized. And although I did, I never stopped—after all, I couldn't afford to stop running unless I wanted the man to see me.
"Oh, sorry," I apologized once again as the milk hit another person. But this time, the voice belonging to her stopped me.
"R-Rai...?"
I was confused. Was it just my ears deceiving me, or did I actually hear somebody call my name?
"R-Rai... i-is that you...?"
I pivoted around and found a familiar face staring timidly back at me.
"Sky?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"
"Uh-um... I was just on my way to visit my aunty..."
Oh Sky... as timid as ever. She had always been like that, whether she was talking to her friends or somebody else.
"Wh-wh-where w-were you h-headed to...?"
"Oh. I was just headed back home. Master told me to run down to the store and get some milk, since we ran out."
"O-oh..."
"Come on Sky. Let's walk together. We could use the time to catch up."
Sky... if I remembered correctly, she was exactly the same as the last time I saw her. She was still the shy and timid person I knew; she was still the quiet and soft speaker I knew; she still had her hair tied up in those twin ponytails; she still wore that red bow Frost gave her (as a present) on the chest of her sleeveless white frilly shirt; she also wore the same short black skirt with the small white bow behind. Hasn't she changed since the last time we met (two months ago)? I thought. At least the clothing—she should've at least gotten rid of the skimpy skirt. Hasn't she realized how many guys tried to look underneath before? Well, I wasn't one of them—I wasn't really that type of guy—but Flare... he had already attempted in the past, and was slapped across the face by Frost once he was caught.
"R-Rai..." mumbled Sky.
I removed myself from my thoughts. "Yes?" I asked.
"H-h-has my aunty ch-changed since the last time I m-met her...?"
Quickly, I thought about the brief chat I had with her earlier. "I don't think so. She's still the same cheerful woman we know."
"O-oh... th-that's good..."
"Houndoom, use Flamethrower!"
I shifted my gaze to the left and saw a sea of flames headed towards us.
"Sky, watch out!"
I grabbed Sky by the waist and swiftly jumped out of the way.
The furious flames flew right past where we stood, thankfully not scoring a hit on us. I cringed, thinking about what would've happened if we didn't get out of the way. We'd probably be burnt crisp by now...
"Honchkrow, use Dark Pulse!"
Another attack?
I looked to the right this time and saw a beam of dark rings incoming. I wasn't going to leap away this time... I was going to try another way.
"Come out Electro and use Thunderbolt!"
I tossed the pokeball and out came my Jolteon. Immediately after release, the Lightning Pokemon unleashed a line of electricity, fending off the Dark Pulse and making a mini explosion.
"Great job!" I signaled this to Electro with a thumbs up.
I thought we were safe for a bit, but the attacks just kept on coming...
"Houndoom use Sludge Bomb!"
Where are these orders coming from?
"Electro, cancel it out with another Thunderbolt!"
The Jolteon discharged another line of electricity straight at the brown piece of gunk that was headed towards us, creating another mini explosion.
That was close...
To the left of us, I heard some rustling of the bushes. It put me on high alert. A man wearing a black hooded cape climbed out of the plant and revealed to me a grin; that was all I saw because of the shadow casted by his cape.
"Hello there, emblem bearer," he greeted. I sensed evil emanating from him... I was confused. Why was it? I wondered.
"R-R-Rai..." said Sky, grabbing my arms and retreating behind me. "D-do you kn-know him...?"
I clenched my fists and glared at the man. "No, I don't know this guy," I replied to Sky. "All I know is that he is after me."
"Indeed. We are here to capture you. You are a potential threat to our plans."
Sky squeezed my arm tighter. "W-we...?"
"Yes. We."
Just then another man stepped out from behind the bushes. As he stood and smirked at me, the Honchkrow (which I assumed was under his command) flew to him, landing on the ground beside its trainer. The hooded man's Houndoom did the same thing—except it couldn't fly.
"Fear us. We are the ones that are going to stop you from meddling with us in the future. You can either come along and get this over and done with, or you can create a conflict and try to fight your way out of something inevitable—yes, inevitable; you cannot avoid capture this time."
I smirked. "Do you really think I'll be that easy? If so, then you're going to have another think coming."
"Oh really?" asked the non-hooded man mockingly. "If that's what you're planning, I'd like to see you show us."
"Don't worry. I will."
"A-a-are y-you g-going to b-battle th-them...?" asked Sky.
I nodded. "Don't worry. I've can handle this." And I did a thumbs up for good measure.
"Alright kid, stop acting all tough and stuff in front of your girlfriend. Just make sure you're ready for this battle; it is much more entertaining to have prey fight back after all."
"Sure thing," I said. But seriously? Sky as my girlfriend? I ignored that random assumption and began to focus. "Alright then. Give me everything you've got!"
My two opponents smirked.
"Let's go then." The non-hooded man gave the first order. "Honchkrow, use Aerial Ace!"
A flying type attack? No problem.
Next, the hooded man gave his Pokemon a command. "Houndoom, use Crunch!"
Lastly, I gave my Electro a command. "Electro, use Quick Attack!"
As quick as lightning, Electro dashed towards Honchkrow. It was headed directly at the dark type's Aerial Ace, so I would've imagined my opponent expecting a clash.
Except, it never happened.
At the last second, the Jolteon swiftly weaved around Honchkrow, confusing it and leading it to immediately halt its attack. I smirked—it was all going perfect. Electro was actually aiming for the hooded man's Houndoom, just like I wanted.
Being caught off guard, the Houndoom didn't really have time to react to the sudden change. It was slammed full-force by Electro, sending it flying back a few metres.
"I'll admit kid... you're quite good. But, you didn't think that Honchkrow would be able to switch attacks very quickly, did you?"
Just then, Electro was hit on the behind by a massive dark force of black energy rings. The Jolteon was pushed forwards, making it hit a tree stump nearby.
"No... Electro..." mumbled Sky from behind.
"Ha! And you thought we'd be easy too! Now do you realise wrong you are?"
I grumbled in anger and clenched my fists tightly—to the point where my knuckles became white. Did I go ahead and underestimate another bunch of opponents? I thought.
"R-Rai... I-I'll help you..."
Sky stepped out from behind me and reached for a pokeball. I was shocked at her actions, never at all expecting them.
"S-Sky, what are you doing?"
"I-I want to help you Rai... I-I will help you fight these guys back..."
The pokeball in her hands enlarged.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
Sky nodded.
"Houndoom, use Flamethrower!"
Suddenly, a blast of fire was blown towards us. I could tell that the men wanted to catch us off guard, but I was going to make sure it didn't work.
"Electro, fight it back with Thunderbolt!"
The line of electricity emitted crashed with the incoming Flamethrower—both attacks ended up canceling out.
"A-alright then. T-Togaru, p-please come out."
Sky threw her pokeball and out came her Togekiss, along with the release of bright white light.
"Hey! It looks like the girl's sent out her Pokemon too!" smirked the non-hooded man. "So this'll be harder than we first thought. Of course, not by much."
"Togaru, u-use Aura Sphere..."
The Togekiss placed its two wings together and began to form a blue ball of aura energy between them. Once the ball was big enough, the Pokemon threw it at Houndoom, scoring a direct hit on it.
"It was super-effective," I remarked. "I'm sure that would've dealt it massive damage."
"I don't think so," said the hooded man. "Does it look like my Houndoom minded?"
I gazed to the Houndoom and nothing seemed like it affected it. I was shocked.
"Wait. What?!"
The hooded man smirked. "The attack might've been super effective, but it didn't do much to my Pokemon. It shows how weak and pathetic you children are."
I gritted my teeth and glared at him. He was making me so furious with his words, I felt like exploding. Who did he think he was—Unova's champion? How dare he call me weak and pathetic? I trained everyday!
"Stop glaring at me and pay attention to the battle. Can't you see that your Pokemon are being attacked?"
He was right. I looked to Electro and it was being hit by a powerful Dark Pulse; Togaru was already downed by an earlier one.
"See? You should be focusing on the battle, not me." The hooded man grinned evilly, sending a chill down my spine. "You do want your Pokemon unharmed as possible, right?"
I glanced to my Jolteon, noticing that it had scratch marks all over. No matter what, I couldn't give up—what would that say about my confidence?
"Electro! Can you still battle?"
"Jolt... eon..." it responded weakly.
Was there any hope left for this battle? I didn't know then.
I can't give up... I can't let these guys win... if I do, how is it that I'd be able to save the world?
"T-Togaru...?"
Compared to the Jubilee Pokemon, I was doing miles better. The normal/flying type had a bunch of scratch marks everywhere—and the limp position it was in showed that it wasn't faring very well at all.
Come on Togaru... don't let your trainer down... I mentally prayed. Get back up.
Despite my silent support, the Togekiss stayed down on the ground. I was beginning to doubt the fact that it could even continue battling.
"T-Togaru...?" Sky called out (murmured out) once again.
I felt sorry for Sky. I don't think I've ever seen any of her Pokemon that hurt before. In fact, I've never seen anybody's Pokemon hurt like that before. Were Sky's Pokemon undertrained? It certainly seemed like it.
"Sky," I said. "I'll take it on my own from here. Make sure you return your Togaru to its pokeball and get Nurse Joy to check it up later."
Suddenly, a glow came from somewhere.
I was shocked... It wasn't coming from my arm this time...
Sky's eyes grew wide with fear as she examined her own arm. On it, there was a circle emitting a bright mauve coloured light.
"W-what?!" the non-hooded man choked out.
"What is that? It can't be..."
"R-R-R-R-Rai, w-what's h-happening?" Sky cried in fraught. "W-w-why i-is t-t-there a-a c-c-circle o-of l-light o-o-on m-m-m-my a-a-arm?"
"Don't worry Sky. Nothing bad is going to happen," I smiled. Great! Another emblem bearer found!
The light died down and this time, we were on some clouds. Above us was the sun shining brightly, and a special pillar of light shone directly onto Sky, bathing her with its golden light. Below us were clouds, and only clouds—I assumed that we were transported to some place high in the sky.
It was quiet and peaceful—the perfect place for relaxing; add clouds into the mix and you had a haven.
I didn't know if it was just me, but I didn't really notice the light breeze blowing around until just then. It blew softly, and I closed my eyes and smiled. Why couldn't the whole world be as peaceful as this?
Hello young ones.
My eyes snapped open, and I looked around to find where the voice came from.
"R-Rai... who j-just spoke...?" asked Sky. I almost forgot she was there with me—she was the reason I was there in the first place!
"I don't know," I answered. "But we'll soon find out."
Do not be scared young girl. I am only here to meet you in person.
A Pokemon flew down in front of us, making its physical presence known. Instantly, I recognized the Legendary Pokemon: Tornadus.
"T-T-Tornadus?"
Yes. I am Tornadus.
I could only imagine how frightened Sky was. She was standing right before a legendary creature. I was scared too when I first met Zekrom yesterday, so I completely understood why she was scared this time around.
"Tornadus. I am honored to meet you." I bowed respectfully to the Legendary Pokemon.
And you are Zekrom's Emblem Bearer, aren't you? It is also a pleasure to meet you.
Compared to the black dragon, I noticed the huge difference in the sound of their voices. Tornadus sounded years older than Zekrom.
So young girl. Can you state your name please?
There was a slight hesitation. "S-Sky..." she replied.
Sky is it? What a nice name for a young girl such as you. I am glad that I chose you to be the bearer of my emblem.
"B-but why...? W-why me...?" questioned Sky.
You are a timid one—that much is quite obvious. But I also know that you receive the will to fight if it is for your friends. I like that in a person.
"O-o-ok..."
You see, you might not realise that you do, but you have a strong desire to help out your friends—or anyone if they are in trouble. We need more people like you in the world. The world will benefit if people like you were everywhere. That's why I need you, to help eliminate evil—which the world would go better without. Your strong will to help your friends will ensure that good will prevail over the destructive and evil. You will be of great help to push back the winds of bad; and that's why I have chosen you. You are the chosen wind.
I smiled throughout the whole speech. Tornadus sure knew what he was doing—that's why he chose Sky. I knew that with her on my side, we were bound to force away the evil. Because it was like what Tornadus said, the strong will to help your friends will ensure that good will prevail over the destructive and evil.
"Uh-uh-um..."
If you are really that speechless, there is no need to talk. Just promise me that you will use everything in your power to help get rid of the evil coming to threaten the land. You will even have my abilities in your possession...
And just like that, the Legendary flying type flew off and disappeared from view. Immediately afterwards, the mauve light from Sky's arm glowed bright again, and we were transported somewhere again.
When the light died down, I realized that we were back at Nuvema Town—at the place where we were fighting against two men who were after me.
Before, they were acting all confident and that; now, they were so scared, I thought their eyeballs were going to pop-out. It was hilarious—I was mentally dying from the humor.
"Wh-wh-we were never told that we'd encounter two emblem bearers..." said the non-hooded one.
"We were not informed of this, and therefore, we were not prepared for it. We will retreat for now."
So the two men returned their Pokemon and ran off as fast as they could. This time, I didn't bother chasing after them—they weren't probably going to come back, despite what they had claimed.
"Great! They ran off, so we win by default!" I smiled to Sky. "Thanks for the help! It really saved us!"
"Y-y-you think...?" Sky asked.
"Of course! As much as I don't like to mention it, I would've lost already if you didn't assist me! And with you as one of the Emblem Bearers, I have no doubt that we will beat the evil!"
"Y-you shouldn't exaggerate t-that much..."
I smiled. As well as being timid and helpful, Sky was also humble.
"I am only stating the truth Sky."
"Sky! You're seriously one of the Emblem Bearers? That's awesome!" squealed Frost. "You'll be able to help Rai defeat evil!"
Master smiled and looked at me. "So you found another emblem bearer during a shopping trip to get milk... It's funny how things can turn out."
I nodded my head in total agreement.
"Yeah. I never expected it."
"I never thought it'd be Sky either. If you think about it, there was a small chance that another person we knew would bear a legendary emblem," said the master.
I nodded in agreement once again. "Yeah."
"But anyways, this means that we are one step closer to finding all of the Emblem Bearers. Once Flare gets better, the group of you can go on a journey to find the rest of them. I just wish you kids good luck."
I smiled and gave my master a thumbs up.
"Don't worry master! We'll definitely find out of the other Emblem Bearers!"
I seemed to give my master reassurance, as he smiled gently at me.
"Make sure."
Yeah. I'll make sure! I won't allow the world to succumb to whatever is threatening this world—our world.
"Oh. By the way Rai, what happened to our milk? Did you leave it in the kitchen without telling me?"
I thought carefully. Wait a minute... where did I leave the milk? I didn't have it with me ever since...
Oh...
The milk was burnt up...
"Er... um..." I laughed sheepishly. "Something might've accidentally happened to the milk... Can I go back and get another carton?"
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