Waking up the next morning, I got ready for the day.
"Okay… Eight at night? Sounds a bit like a trap..." I said, grabbing the can of pepper spray from my counter.
"Be prepared I suppose." I said.
I then did my normal things for that day. And soon it was nearing eight. The sky was a dim orange, as the sun was just about out of sight. I was sitting on the couch, getting ready to go to the destination. That's then Dagger walked up to me.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Just gonna walk around a bit. Be back soon." I said, getting up.
"Oh… Okay. I guess I'll begin dinner then." He replied, walking into the kitchen.
I then opened the door and began my walk to the lake. After about twenty minutes, I arrived there. I didn't really see anything. I was a bit on edge, and carefully made my way around the lake. I got half way around the lake when I suddenly heard something in the brush behind me. Turning around quickly, I scanned the forest, trying to see if I could spot anyone.
As I was scanning, I slowly backed up. But as I did so, I heard something behind me, and moments later I was tackled to the ground with a painful thud. Struggling for a few seconds, I threw whoever off my back and turned around with the can of spray in my paw. Before I blinded the one who tackled me, I stopped.
"A lot stronger then I thought..." The voice spoke.
Stepping back, he got up and turned on a lantern. I stumbled when I saw it was that Minccino. The same Minccino from a year ago. He sighed and spoke.
"Surprised to see me? Yeah… You left me. Left the legendary Luk behind." He smirked.
"W- what? That's because you told me Dagger would die. He didn't!" I got up to his face.
"It would appear so. Say, do you have those items? Those two items I gave you from the past eight item challenges?" He asked.
"Why does it matter?" I asked.
"Those are way more valuable then you think… Do you or not?" He asked again.
I groaned.
"Yes… Somewhere… Want them back for something?" I asked him.
"No, keep them. Like I said, they're useless to me. Now your wondering how I found you, huh…?" He said.
"Yes, in fact I do. How did you find me?" I replied.
"Well, Yalso is a massive place. Finding the right Pokemon that knew you before lead me here. Then I suddenly spotted you around town. Those letters were also sent by me of course." He said.
"So you found me… What do you even want..." I said in an annoyed voice.
He looked to the side for a moment for snapping her head back to me.
"You'll find out soon enough… I need your help." He said.
"Help? Seriously? You're suppose to be the all mighty legendary who cleared each regions challenges alone." I said.
"Yeah, but this requires more then my skills. Now you'll help me, and I'll make sure to repay you." He gave me an angry stare.
"I don't want to, but if you mention payment, then I suppose… Better keep your word though." I said.
"I always do… Now, you better return home. Meet here again when I give you another note." He said, backing off into the brush.
Once I was alone, I quickly rushed home to Dagger.
"Can't believe he's back..." I mumbled to myself.
After walking home, I opened the door just in time for dinner. Dagger peeked around the corner and greeted me, saying food was just finished. I thanked him and sat down to eat. Dagger sat across the table and started chatting. We just chatted like we did during dinner. This went on for about ten or so minutes, and when we finished, I got up and told Dagger I will be in my room. I then went up to my room and turned the TV on. Jumping into the bed, I began thinking about Luk. Why was he back, and what did he want. We only knew each other for like a day before he made me mad and Eclipse, Shine and I left him. It was quite annoying, since I didn't like him. He flat out told me there were no hope whatsoever for Dagger, but I proved him wrong big time. And though I'd really not talk to him anymore, he haves something he needs help with.
I continued thinking what he could possibly want from us. But after thinking these for a few more minutes, I just sighed and forgot about it, telling myself it was probably a waste of time. So I just watched something quietly and found myself out soon later.
Waking up around five in the morning, I stared at the still night sky through the window. Rubbing my eyes, I groaned and got up. I honestly wasn't that big of a morning type. But I walked downstairs and grabbed an energy drink. Opening the front door, I stepped out in the cool air. Sitting down, I just watched the darken skies slowly brighten from the morning sun. I didn't really stay long, since I had work soon, so I returned indoors and walked into the living room. There, I saw Dagger asleep on the couch.
"Must've stood up to play some games..." I said.
I quietly walked pass him and grabbed my hat and bag. Walking upstairs, I took a quick shower and changed clothes. After all my morning stuff was done, I opened the door and walked out, locking it behind me. I then made my way to my work. The sun was just over the horizon, creating a pinkish color in the sky. It was pretty to look at. Reminds me of when I was younger. My parents and I use to watch as the sky turned pink while waiting to go to school.
Anyways, the rest of the day was quite boring. Had to deal with some stuff that annoyed me pretty much. But finally around four in the afternoon, I got off work. I went home instantly under the burning sun. And when I came home, I switched clothes and went outside again and grabbed my bike.
"Hmm… Heard that there was a new building that was finished not long ago." I thought.
Getting on my bike, I began riding to downtown. And after twenty minutes of peaceful riding, I entered the downtown zone. It was extremely busy today for some reason, and I had to walk the rest of the way. And finally after pushing pass many Pokemon I made it to my destination. A shop that I wanted to check out. Well, Dagger recommended me it.
So locking my bike to a pole, I walked in and looked quite amazed at the place. I began walking around when a Raichu appeared out of nowhere, nearly making me fall backwards.
"Oh, sorry about that." She giggled.
"Welcome to my shop! I'm Drax. I don't recall seeing your face. New visitor?" She asked.
"Um, yes. I just wanted to check around, looks like a cool place." I replied.
She excitedly nodded her head.
"It is a cool place! I have all kinds of things you can purchase. From common everyday things, to rare collectibles!" She smiled.
"Rare collectibles?" I looked interested.
"Yep. I have all kinds of rare items, some you can only buy in a set! Follow me and I'll show you!" She said, walking off.
I followed her deeper into the store, and soon found myself in a different area of the shop.
"Here in this room is all rare items! The stuff in the front is just common things you can find anywhere. But back here, there is upon hundreds of stuff you won't find anywhere else!" She said.
Looking around, I saw things that I only saw on TV.
"Is there anything special here?" I asked.
"Oh? Yep! Like this right here." She walked over to a katana.
She pulled the sword from it's protector and showed me.
"This here is made entirely out of obsidian diamond!" She said.
"Obsidian diamond? That's like at the core of the earth." I said, a bit surprised.
"Which is why I only have one. But it's going for 15,000 right now instead of 75,000." She said.
"15,000? That's pretty low for a sword like that." I replied.
"Right now the entire store is going on a mega sale, so that's why." She said.
"Oh… Well, it's a pretty cool looking sword." I said.
"Glad you think so!" She smiled, putting the sword back into the case.
"Okay, so you can browse if you want! I'll be at the front if you need anything else. Enjoy!" She said, walking off.
Looking at the sword, I remembered when I had a blood diamond sword. Sadly I lost it though. So it kinda sucked, but at least I got to use it and slashed some monsters up. Anyways, I explored around the place, seeing all kinds of cool items. I continued walking down the room till I suddenly stopped, as I noticed something very shiny.
Directing my stare towards the shiny rainbow like item, I moved some items till I found what was creating the light. An odd looking statue.
"What's this…?" I said.
Grabbing it gently, I pulled it from the back of the shelf and stared at it. It was a statue of what looked like a long gone legendary sword. I don't remember what the sword was called, I think it was called the "Sword Of Souls" or something. I looked it up a bit ago, and it said the sword was lost thousands of years ago in Champa. But that isn't really important right now.
So it was pretty much the statue of that sword, which kinda interested me. It shined this rainbow tinted color, and was made from what looked like gold. Examining it further, I saw the price tag, and I was surprised. $59.99 was the price. I did bring quite a lot of money since I got paid not long ago. Checking my pocket, I saw I had about $200 on me at the moment.
I just shrugged and decided to buy it, since it could be a cool decorative item to have in the house. As I began searching around some more, I heard my phone go off. Pulling it out, I checked and saw it was Pla. Pla was a friend that worked at the same place as me, so I didn't really think much of it. Opening up the message, I started to read.
"Want to join us in two days for a party?" The text read.
"Party?" I replied back.
Waiting for a few seconds, I received another text.
"Yeah. All of the company is having a party." It said.
"Sure, why not?" I replied back.
"Nice to hear. See you later then!" It said.
Closing my phone, I didn't really have any plans, but that means Dagger would be home alone all day long, which kinda sucked. Eh, maybe I can get him invited too.
Anyways, after that, I started searching around for a bit longer since I had some extra time. I was about to leave after ten minutes of finding nothing more that interested me, but that's when I saw it. A necklace. It glittered brightly, so I walked over. Looking over it, it had crystals as the chain and a red diamond in the middle. Only for $70.
"Geez, I might have to come here for things now..." I said, amazed due to the cheap prices.
I did grab it for Dagger, since a while back he did saw he wanted something like this. So I was pretty sure he'd love it. So after going to the front desk and paying for my stuff, I walked out and got back onto my bike, starting my journey back to my house. After returning home, I walked in with the stuff I bought. Calling for Dagger, he walked downstairs and looked at the statue.
"Went shopping?" He asked.
"Yeah, a new place just opened and decided to check it out. Got this pretty cool looking statue." I said.
Walking to the kitchen, I told him I got him something too. He showed excitement and I gave him the necklace. He looked overjoyed and hugged me, thanking me for the thing. He then got off me and put it on.
"Fits perfectly. It looks so awesome!" He smiled.
"Yep. Anyways, I am going to be at the beach." I said, opening the backdoor.
"Alright. I might join soon. Just got something to do first." He said.
I then walked outside and down to the beach. I just laid on the send and stared up at the sky. Thinking a bit, the same thought kept crossing my mind.
"What am I going to do about… Him..." I groaned, annoyed that he found me.
I tried not thinking much about it. But I know he's planning something. Something I don't know. But it probably isn't good...