"Go Gastrodon, use surf!"
Zero got on the sea slug pokemon and felt the marine breeze on his face. The sea had always been rather comforting to him, since it always looked so stoic. No matter how things were, the sea just moved as it liked.
"Now that I think about it, they say the ocean is less known than even space... It wouldn't be a bad idea to do research on its depths" He first thought.
"Nah, I'll first become the Champion, then I guess I will be spending a lot of time with Cynthia anyway, so it's going to be a while before I even think about such things..." He realised.
There were other trainers around the area, but none challenged Zero to a battle. He heard one of them say something like "he looks strong". He hated this kind of behaviour though, because it reminded him when he was a child. He was very shy and wouldn't dare to challenge anyone, that was until he met Cynthia when he was 11.
"Hey, you! I've seen you around, but I've never battled you!" Said a little blonde girl.
"I... don't want to fight." Kid Zero answered.
"What? Are you weak or something?"
"No, it's just... I don't want to have a battle with you, or anyone. Just leave me alone ok?"
"Um... no, I won't until you fight me!"
"You're quite a bother you know? Bye" He said as he ran to the woods.
"Hey! You think you can just escape? I won't let you"
And that was the beginning of about a whole month that Cynthia followed Zero and challenged him, with no success until...
Zero was laying on the grass eating some fruits deep into the woods. He was really enjoying them because they were quinces (a yellow acid apple kind of fruit) his favourite kind.
He was calmed and with his eyes closed. He finished eating his second one, and was going to grab the third, when he noticed that it wasn't where he had left it.
He heard munching, so he stood up thinking that it was a pokémon and opened his eyes to realise that it was Cynthia who had not only found him but was also stealing his food.
"Ey U! I cm fr btle" She babbled while eating Zero's precious fruit.
"EEEEHHHH! No, that's it. You can follow me, annoy me and challenge me all you want, but stealing my food is on another level! Cynthia, I CHALLENGE YOU!"
Cynthia swallowed the rest of the fruit.
"Yippie! Go Gible!"
"Go Gible" Said Zero as well.
"Huh? So you have a Gible too? Well, mine is stronger for sure!"
"Just shut up and concentrate on the fight. Gible use Dragon Rage!"
The attack was super effective, but Cynthia's Gible was still standing.
"Gible, use Draco Meteor!"
"Wha-? I'm pretty sure that's not possible!"
"GIIIBLEEE!" Exclaimed the pokémon as he seemed to charge a tremendous attack...
That exploded in his mouth leaving him out of combat.
"Fufufufu! Hahahaha! How foolish can you be to order your pokémon to attack with a move he hasn't learned!"
"I thought that it could work... But at least I fought you, and honestly, I thought that I was gonna lose on the first attack..."
"Why is that?"
"Since the day I saw you I thought you looked cool and strong!"
"Well I am older than you, you could expect my pokémon was stronger too... but why did you try if you knew you were going to lose?"
"The only way to get stronger is to fight those that are stronger than you!"
"It's not a bad idea. Actually, I'd never thought about that"
"So! What do you say? Will you be my rival!"
"Rival? You are a bit weak for that don't you think?"
"Hey c'mon, if I have you as my rival I'll have the motivation to get better!"
"Well, if you say so... I hope our next battle is not this bad!" He sighed.
"Yayyy!"
And from that day on, they started training and battling together, until 2 years later, they went on the journey to become the strongest trainers in the Sinnoh region.
When he returned from his memories, they were arriving at Victory Road, something that gave him a weird mix feeling between hope and uneasyness.
Gastrodon noticed how his trainer felt and rubbed his face through Zero's chest.
"It's all right Gastrodon, looking at it from another side, Garchomp is always with us isn't he? C'mon buddy, let's go." He said as he returned Gastrodon to his pokéball.
Entering Victory Road he had a flashback of Cynthia, stones and blood. He felt a bit sick, but decided to stoicly continue.
"Hey you! Get ready to go back home!" Said a trainer as he sent a Dusclops out.
"Disappear, you're bothering me." Zero answered.
The trainer had never faced such a defeat.
"Just... who are you?! It feels like you were an Elite Four, or even a Champion!"
"I am going to dethrone Cynthia, do you realise how much I've trained?"
"I see. Well, I've lost. I wish you the best, but I doubt you need any luck..."
"You didn't do half bad, but your team is too weak" He told him.
"I'll train much harder, thank you for saving me an inevitable defeat further"
Zero continued his journey through the cave. Now there were many trainers waiting to fight anyone who got in their way. Against Zero though, none of them made it past his first pokémon, which again, was only Gallade.
He kept advancing, until the exit was visible. He tried not to look down the cliff, with all his will. It was futile in the end. He caught a glimpse of a pile of rocks that had been accumulated there for six years now.
"Garchomp..."
Zero led a single tear as he advanced towads the exit and his destiny.
Out of the cave he took a deep breath. He enjoyed the view of that giant waterfall, it was powerful, but at the same time so calm. This place had been where he said goodbye to the dream of becoming Pokémon Champion in the first place. It was as far as he had gotten, but this time, things were different.
"Gastrodon use Surf and then Waterfall!"
The pokémon went into the water and, once it touched the waterfall's border, it started climbing up.
This was a whole new experience for Zero, who had taught this move to Gastrodon, but had never actually used it outside of battle, and he thought it was amazing.
After a couple seconds though, Gastrodon was getting to the top, which meant seeing the magnificent building that was the Pokémon League.
He had never seen such a place. It had an air of greatness and challenge that no other place he had known before gave him.
Once inside, he saw that aside from the shop assistant and the nurse, there weren't many people in the place. This was perfect because it would mean just going through the door and getting to face the first member of the Elite Four.
"Let's do this" He thought.
His team was in perfect condition, so he had no reason to continue delaying the inevitable.
He went through the gate, and as soon as he walked a couple steps, a large door closed behind him.
In front, stood a figure with green hair.
"So, you've come to fight or what?" He asked Zero.
"No, I'm gonna destroy you!"
"Hahaha, I like your spirit! The name's Aaron, and my bugs will eat you alive!"
"We'll see about that"
"Then let's get started. Go Yanmega!"
The flying bug came out of the pokéball in an elegant but powerful way.
"Go, Magnezone!"
The magnet pokémon levitated and showed its electromagnetic field as he appeared.
"So you'll go for my weakness in this case... It's to be expected considering that you have to go through all of us as healthy as possible, but don't think I'll just let you win"
"I would expect no less from the Elite four"
"Yanmega, use double team"
Image clones of the bug appeared, rapidly flying through the battlefield.
"Magnezone use Thunder"
Magnezone attacked with a fierce lightning that struck many copies of Yanmega, but it missed.
"Dammit"
"Yanmega, use Double Team again!"
"What? How's that a strategy?"
"Just wait pal, I know what I'm doing so you better start thinking..."
"Tsk! Magnezone, use Lock On!"
Magnezone locked on all copies of Yanmega.
"Huh? You don't mean-" Aaron knew what was coming.
"You can't escape this"
"Yanmega use U-Turn"
The pokemon's attack wasn't effective, but it managed to escape.
"Well, it's just starting..." Zero said to himself.
"Go, Scizor" Said Aaron.
"Go, Gallade!"
The rare pokémon impressed Aaron.
"Hey, that's one I don't face regularly, aside from Lucian's. You get extra points for that"
"Get ready to face defeat pal, Gallade use Close Combat!"
Gallade threw a barrage of fighting hits that KO'd Scizor in one hit.
"What the hell?" Aaron couldn't believe what had happened.
"Heracross go!"
The beetle pokémon stood fiercely against Gallade.
"You are lucky, I don't have any pokémon with fire attacks anymore... But that doesn't mean you are safe, Gallade, use Psychic!"
Heracross suffered great damage from the attack, and almost went unconscious.
"Heracross, use Night Slash!"
With its remaining energy, he landed a critical hit on Gallade. It made a considerable damage, but not enough to make Zero or his pokémon worry.
"Psychic again!"
Gallade did as he was ordered and finished off Heracross with that move.
"Tsk! Go Vespiquen!"
The queen bee was now on the field.
"Gallade, return. Now, Magnezone go back to the field"
Magnezone came back eager to battle.
"I won't repeat the same mistake, twice. Magnezone, Lock On!"
"No! Vespiquen use Defend Order!"
Vespiquen formed a swarm around her for protection.
"Not good enough, Magnezone, use Zap Cannon!"
The pokémon charged its nost powerful electric attack and blasted it. The attack went through the swarm with no problem and finished Vespiquen in one hit.
"This can't be! You, you're as dangerous as an Elite Four, if not stronger!"
"I came to challenge Cynthia. I cannot lose"
"Yanmega, go back to battle!"
"You have realised that you lost?"
"We'll see about that... Use Air Slash!"
Yanmega slashed Magnezone's body with a powerful physical attack. Magnezone's impenetrable defense was better than that though.
"Again, Lock On!"
"No, not this time, I'm not giving up, use Fly!"
"Huh?"
Yanmega flew, which made impossible for Magnezone to hit it with its next attack.
"You won't give up will you? Well, I can say you're worthy of your title"
"I'll fight 'til the very end, to shkw you the true strength of Bug types!"
"You've done well at least, but I'm not giving up, since you won't attack this turn, neither will I, so I'll give Magnezone X-Precission"
"No..."
Yanmega attacked from the sky and went back to its place.
"Now, Magnezone, Zap Cannon once again!"
Magnezone blasted the electric energy at full power towards Yanmega. It got electrified and became unconscious.
"Damn, you're strong man. Go Drapion!"
"Come back, Magnezone. Go Gallade! Use Close Combat!"
Gallade once again used the severe Fighting attack and Drapion had no chance to even resist one turn.
"I knew it... But I've got a last one, one friend I reunited with a while ago..."
"Is it possible you still hope to win in your situation?"
"I realised long ago that I wouldn't be able to do that, but I will prove to the world just how brave bug pokémon are" Aaron closed his fist with determination as he said these words.
"Show me then!" Zero encouraged him.
"Go, Beautifly! And right away, use Shadow Ball!"
"Gallade!"
The attack was super effective and Gallade felt it. He was at about three quarters of his energy.
"I'll end you with him anyway, use Shadow Ball!" Zero said.
A powerful Shadow Ball was formed and it attacked Beautifly, who lacking defense, fell unconscious with that attack.
"Damn... I lost. But I don't feel bad about losing to you, cause man, you are strong. Don't think that you have won this yet, this is just getting started, and three other Elite trainers are waiting for you behind this door"
"I know. It was a good fight, I hope we can face each other again some day" Zero said and shook his hand.
"I wish you the best of luck, show them the same enthusiasm you showed me"
"I will, just you wait and see"
"Gallade!" Shouted the pokémon standing by his side.
"Oh, sorry. We will"
~~~~X~~~~
And I finished the new chapter. It wasn't as tedius as I thought it would be, but I had to investigate quite a bit about Aaron and his pokémon before making that battle. At the end of my last Higurashi chapter is an explanation about my current situation in case you're interested.
Reviews:
boredommaster: I thought this is Borderlands Pokemon crossover. Next time you just spent like that I'll kick you in the nuts lol
I'm not going to really kick you in the nuts.
Darkmatter17: ...I just can't understand why you think it could be a crossover in the first place if it is not in the Crossover cathegory, and if you think you could even try to kick me in the nuts, well, you're being pretty funny.
Darkmatter17 out.
