Labto Journeys

Chapter 3

AN: Chapter 3! Huzzah!

Key: See Chapter 1

Recap

When we last left you, Rachel, Jade, Jia, and Azur were heading for Feldspar. What'll happen next? Who knows? Okay, I'm done with the annoying stuff… Should I just stop doing recaps?

Chapter 3

" Okay, Jia! See you later!" I say, as Jia and I go our separate ways at the edge of the town of Feldspar. Then, I head for the Pokémon center. As I enter, I note the emptiness of the place. "Geez, aren't there any other trainers in Feldspar?"

I don't know. Let's look for a Nurse Joy or a Nurse Amy or a Chansey or something.

" Alright." As I near the counter, a tall woman with green hair in two looped pigtails, brown eyes, and wearing a nurse's uniform comes in.

" Hello, how may I help you?"

" I need my Pokémon healed—Just Tackle bruises and the like—You're Nurse Amy, 7right?"

" Yep—Will your Petana be staying in or out of her Pokéball for healing?" I look at Jade.

I can stay in for a few minutes.

" Alright—Return!" My Petana disappears in a flash of red light. "Here's my Poliwag too, Nurse Amy," I then say, handing her the Pokéballs.

" Alright, I'll be back in a few minutes," she says, disappearing into the back room she came out of. True to her word, she comes out again, Petana and Poliwag in tow. " Hello again… I noticed your Petana has a bad burn on her tail, and I wanted to know if you wanted special treatment for it."

" Special treatment?" I ask.

" Yes, we soak a bandage in Ice Berry juice and wrap it around the burn. If it goes well, her tail would be as good as new by tomorrow."

" What do you think, Jade?"

NATURAL medicine!? ALL RIGHT!!

" She says it's okay."

There's the understatement of the universe, says Tsunami.

" Alright. Chansey, please bring some Ice Berry juice."

" Chansey chan!" Chansey goes to a drawer and pulls out a light blue bottle, then brings it over to Nurse Amy, who is setting Jade on the counter beside a basin.

" Petana, you may dip your tail in the juice while I'm soaking the bandage, if you like." Nurse Amy said while pouring in the juice and sticking the bandage in. Jade nodded, and dipped her tail in. After a moment or two, Nurse Amy pulled the bandage out, gently grasped Jade's tail, and wrapped the bandage around the black, burnt spots in her fur.

Many thanks.

" Will you be needing anything else? Lodging for the night?"

" Yeah. Tsunami, you want to stay in your Pokéball for the night?"

Sure, why not? I'm gonna have to get used to it.

" Okay. Return!" Tsunami is sucked into her Pokéball.

" If all you want is lodging, we've got showers and beds for up to twenty trainers. Go to the right—That's where the girl's section is."

" Okay, thanks, Nurse Amy." I head to where she indicated and find 10 bunk beds in two rows, separated by a curtain. At the back of the room is two doors, which upon further investigation, reveal two showers. Cool!

" Okay, Jade, I'm gonna go take a shower. See ya!"

See you. I'll just sit here, shall I? Jade says, plopping down on the bunk I put my bag on. I go and take my shower, then come back.

" What time is it, Jade?"

I can't tell time! I was never taught! Hoo, boy…

" Okay, see the short hand? That's the hour hand. It's pointing between 9 and 10, so the hour is 9. The long hand, the minute hand, is pointing at 5. You multiply that by 5, get 25. It's 9:25. If the long hand is pointing at 12, then just say the hour. Get all that?"

Yep.

" Okay. I'm gonna go to bed now… sleepy."

Alright—I am too, now that I think of it. After I get into bed, Jade curls up by my feet, and we're asleep within minutes.



" Huh?" I look at the clock—2:34 A.M! What woke me up? A sound outside turns my attention to the window. A black streak rushes by, and pauses. I run over to the window—The black creature is about the size of a Nidoking on all fours. It seems to have the build of an Arcanine or Persian, but it has a large hump on its back, and its tail splits in two, each ending in an even blacker tuft. Also, there is a long, deep blue mane sprouting from around its neck and shoulder blades, and flowing down its back. I quickly ran over to my bag, got out my Pokédex and pointed it at it.

" Not enough visual data to identify Pokémon."

" What's THAT mean?" I whispered.

" It means I can't see it." my Pokédex says, its mechanical voice sounding miffed. It goes back to its analysis. " Possible species—Nidoking, Arcanine, Persian, Rapidash…" The black creature turns toward me—It heard my Pokédex! It stares into my eyes with its own—They're very, very creepy. They're a mithril-like silver, and seem to glow with their own light. I stare back, then the creature turns away, and runs for the road. Just before it reaches it, the black hump on its back unfurls into large, black wings! Wings, the same color as the rest of the creature, except for the tiny, silver spots on them that look like stars. The creature now flies away, over the trees and out of sight. I sit back on my bed, thinking about the "griffin", and fall asleep, without even realizing it.



Hello! Rachel! WAKE UP! NOW! Suddenly, a pungent odor fills my nostrils.

" AHHH! Jade, what'd you do THAT for? And what was it!?"

It's an attack you humans call "Pungency". It's the opposite of Sweet Scent.

" Oh…"

Anyway, why were you splayed out like that? You nearly crushed me! What'd you get up for, bathroom?

" No… I saw something."

What?

" It was like a black griffin, but with silver eyes. And its tail split in half."

WHAT!? Jade quickly grabs my hands, flips them over, and puts her paws on the underside of my wrists, then stares into my eyes. What did you see?

" I saw a black griffin-thing." Jade drops my hands.

By Mew's name, you're not lying! I.. Never…I-I-

" What's the big deal, Jade? Probably just some undiscovered Pokémon."

BIG DEAL!? I'll TELL you what the big deal is! That was no ordinary black griffin! It was… Jade pauses dramatically. Delmyr, the Dark Guardian!

" Whosie?"

DELMYR!!! He's the Dark Guardian! He's a Pokémon you humans would call legendary!

" A… Legendary? I'm no master, I've got no great big destiny—Why would I see a legendary?"

You don't know that. Besides, it could have been a slip-up on his part, which is VERY seldom amongst legendaries…

" What legend is he involved with, Jade?"

Okay, this is going to be a long story. Sit down." I did as Jade told, and sat down on the bed again. A few years back, my uncle, who was a fully-evolved Flowri, told me the legend of The Two Guardians. They were both griffin-like Pokémon, and were mates. The male was Delmyr, the Dark Guardian. The female was Naraxi, the Light Guardian. They were guarding a shrine somewhere, that had an ancient artifact in it-- the key to taming the legends.

" You mean the legendaries?"

Yes. A great evil was constantly trying to get the key, but Delmyr and Naraxi defeated her. Before she was completely annihilated, however, she prophesied that she would be reincarnated every thousand years. Delmyr and Naraxi were turned to stone, only to awaken when evil came again.

" So, there's some evil lady running around trying to get an ancient artifact!?

Perhaps.

" Well, what do we do?"

Nothing. That's what we CAN do. It's Delmyr's and Naraxi's job to take care of her; nothing else has the power to. Jade sighed.

" Okay… But I have to tell SOMEBODY!"

Delmyr and Naraxi are LEGENDARY! No one would believe you!

" So, we're supposed to do NOTHING!?"

I guess. IF that part of the legend is even true…

(Note: This is in Delmyr's POV, the previous night)

I flew away from the human girl, as fast as my wings could carry me. Damn! How could I do that!? She could have been Imanya! I have to go see Naraxi… Yes, that's it. I flew to our hiding place, a cave nearby, since Imanya was supposedly in the area.

" Naraxi!" Naraxi poked her head out of the cave.

" What is it, Delmyr? Did you see Imanya?"

" I might have. I was stopping for a rest, and a human child spotted me. A female child."

" A child!? Yes, it WOULD be like Imanya to take the form of a child, wouldn't it? What did this child do?"

" She just stared at me, like she'd never even seen me before. She pulled out a device of some kind." I sighed. "The world is much more advanced than it was 1000 years ago. She had a Petana with her."

" As a pet!? You must be kidding!"

" No, I'm not. Anyway, that never-seen-me-before look could have been a ruse, to try and make me think she's not Imanya… I suspect her."

" It's going to dawn soon. You go to sleep, I'll fly about and look for other suspects."

AN: So, what'd you think of my legend? Actually, that's just the summary… The actual legend is much more cooler than that. And the fic finally earns its PG status… With a SINGLE swear word… *sigh* You can tell I don't like swear words… Oh, and that thing Jade was doing was a lie detector test. *grins* Delmyr and Naraxi think Rachel's EVIL… Heh heh! Okay, done.

Disclaimer: I only own Delmyr, Naraxi, Imanya, Nurse Amy, Jia, Feldspar, Jade, Rachel, and anything else I invented. Satoshi Tajiri invented, and thus owns, Pokémon. Nintendo, 4Kids, WB, Creatures Inc., and a bunch of other companies bought rights to make Pokémon stuff from him.

AN 2: In case you were wondering, in type thingies, Delmyr is Dark(/Dragon…) and Naraxi is PSYCHIC(/Dragon…) So Light isn't a type. Just in case anybody was confused.