Chapter 4
"Go get 'em!" Volscure shouted, his little red-tipped paws barely touching the ground. I stepped onto the field, where the Riolu stood, looking at my Zangoose claw.
I held it up. "You like it?" Once again, I was very calm in fighting situations. Where did these instincts come from? The Riolu got into a fighting stance and took his place on one end of the battlefield. I followed suit. Then, the mysterious voice I heard that signaled the start of Luke's match spoke again, starting my match against the Riolu.
"Begin!" The Riolu started for me, and I let him come, wondering what battle style to use. Offensive? Defensive? Speedy? By the time this ran through my mind, I looked ahead to see an Aura Sphere ram into my chest.
"What the?" I roared.
The Riolu smiled and stopped running. "Yeah, in the human civilization, Riolu can't usually learn Aura Sphere, but here, we're taught at an early age, so it's easy to use later. Now fight!" With that, he continued running and I put up my claw to block his attacks, maneuvering to block the Close Combats. They seemed endless, and I was pushed back to the boundary line, but then, the attacks stopped. I looked through my claw to see that he was panting heavily, from all the attacking he had done. I, on the other hand, was still fresh, and used a False Swipe straight at him. The attack slowed as to not cause too much damage, and Riolu fell to the ground.
I imitated Caylu and said, "Do you give?" The Riolu shook his head no, and shot an Aura Sphere at me, point-blank range. I flew back, and grimaced in pain. Now I knew that defense would work well against this particular Riolu, and prepared for the next attack, getting in a fighting stance.
I didn't have to wait long. The next attack was anther Aura Sphere, probably to take time while the Riolu rested. That didn't work, though, for I caught the energy in the tips of my claw. It sat there, motionless, like catching a baseball. I stared at it for only a second before throwing it back at Riolu. My aim was off and instead of hitting the target it merely grazed his shoulder, spinning him like a top.
I took the time to run in close for the finishing touch, but after he had been hit by his own attack, the Emanation Pokemon had charged up another Aura Sphere. Instead of firing it, though he help it, and it made some sort of barrier, and when I tried to Slash him to misery, I was propelled back with such force that I couldn't feel my legs. Now, the Riolu regained control and ran at me, fist glowing in a Focus Punch. Then, the attack stopped an inch from my face.
"Bam, you're dead," said the Riolu, walking away. "By the way," he called. "My name is Tywan." With that, he walked towards the exit.
"Wait!" I called back. Tywan ran back towards me.
"What?"
"I never aid that I quit." As I said this, I launched a powerful uppercut, claw glowing, hitting Tywan onto the ground, KO'ed.
"I give in!" He gasped. "You're strong! But how did you know Sky Uppercut? You're not supposed to be able to know that. You're not even fully pokemon!"
I glanced at my claw, and Luke tossed Tywan a revive. He said, "Tywan, even he doesn't know. You've heard from about everyone in the tree that he was prisoner of Team Darkness." Tywan nodded. "Well then, you know that they injected him with something that made him loose all memory. Maybe he was a special kid before that. Nobody knows what happened."
Tywan nodded as he swallowed the revive. "Ok, I get it."
Caylu walked onto the field. "Luke, didn't you promise this kid that you'd take him for a walk around the plains?"
Luke's eyes lit up. "Oh yeah! Come on, kid with no name! We've got a lot to talk about."
I followed Luke to the lift, leaving behind Caylu and Tywan to talk. "So, what was this walk you wanted to take for?"
Luke glanced at me as he pushed the lift down to the bottom of the tree. "I wanted to tell you about my past. If you don't know yours, then you should at least know mine." At this time, the lift had reached the bottom and we were walking out towards the exit. Many Lucario tried to approach, but Luke waved them away.
Luke and I walked through the plains for an hour or so, taking in the sights before he got to the reason we walked. "Kid, I need to tell you about myself. I said it before, but now I really mean it. Listen up, 'cause I'm only gonna say it once." I listened with rapt attention, and Luke began to speak. "You see, my name wasn't always Luke
Flashback!
Luke was walking through the forest outside of Lilycove. Once again, something had broke at school, and his teacher was blaming him! That wasn't fair; he hadn't even been near the irreplaceable Chinese vase! And he had just moved from the Gregan Region, where they spoke Italian, not English! Either way, he was upset, and wanted to take a walk.
Not so far away, there was a tree growing, as it had been for seven centuries. Near the heart of the tree was an old Lucario with gold where there should have been blue, and Aqua where there should have been black or tan. Yes, it was a shiny Lucario.
This Lucario was perched in the very center of the tree, where the Earth's aura was at its most concentrated. From here, he could sense all auras in the Hoenn region. Beside this master of the aura was his apprentice. His apprentice was another discolored Lucario, but not exactly shiny. He was black all over and his name was Caylu.
"Master," said Caylu, "Is there something wrong?"
The shiny Lucario answered. "Yes. There is one who is extremely gifted in the Aura, even being able to move objects without meaning to."
Caylu gasped. "Master, there is no Lucario even nearly gifted " Caylu was cut short.
"Did I say Lucario? Or even Riolu? No, this is a person. One who is over-charged. If he is to so much as touch his full power, he would likely destroy all life of this planet."
"Master, if there is such a person, we need to take him under our tutelage!"
"You are right, Caylu. Seek out Blake Ario at Lilycove, not twenty miles from here!"
"Yes, master!" With that, Caylu had run to meet the boy who had been 'over-charged' and stopped every boy along the way to ask, "Are you Blake Ario?"
None of them had been able to understand him, so he assumed that the ones he had asked weren't the boy. Soon, he saw a lone kid of about twelve walking through the forest by the great city, and he knew that this pre-teen was the one.
Caylu jumped out of the tree he was in and landed in front of this 'Blake Ario,' and asked the question.
Blake looked at the oddly colored Lucario strangely, not sure whether to run or talk. "How do you know my name?" He inquired. "And how can I understand you?" He saw the Lucario's eyes light up.
"You must come with us!" the Lucario exclaimed. With that, he ran off, Blake hot on his trail.
"Wait!" Blake shouted. Blake wasn't sure how long he had run, but the black Lucario had never left his line of vision. He ran until he came to a field, with a large tree in it. Blake stopped and looked up. "Whoa." He said in awe.
The Lucario finally stopped. "My name is Caylu," it said. "Welcome to the Tree of All Aura."
End Flashback
" And since then, I was raised at the tree and taught to control my power," Luke finished. "Somewhere along the way, I thought up the name pun and changed my name from Blake to Luke."
Wow. This kid was a legend. "I never knew someone could have an over powerful aura," I said, lamely. I was in shock.
Luke looked back at me and said, "You need a name. Sure you can't remember your birth name, but that doesn't mean I have to call you 'that kid' all the time, does it?"
I thought. "Yeah, that's a good idea! What do you think would be a good idea?"
"Hmmm How about Jared? Or Johnny? Maybe Jeremy?"
I laughed. "What is it with you and 'J' names? I want a name that's exotic and cool."
"Volscure seems to like Italian a lot. Try choosing a word to translate, and I can do it for you."
"Ok Is the Italian word for 'morph' in your big head?"
Luke, without wavering for a second, replied, "Morfo."
"That's not as cool as I thought. Maybe 'Aura?'"
"Same as English. Try again."
"God Damn it, this is hard! Um try " As I was thinking, a name popped up out of nowhere, and I decided to try it out.
"On second thought, I don't want an Italian name. I want Samuel. Samuel Kindle."
A strange look crossed Luke's face for a moment, but he agreed, and we headed back. I was newly named, and ready for anything!
We went up the lift, to a floor where there were numerous doors, like a hotel. "These are the dorms," Luke explained. "Just like hotels. Some Lucario like to share rooms, so there are more than one bed in each, but most Lucario have single rooms.
Luke led me to a door that didn't have a name on it, and led me in.
"Samuel Kindle, welcome to your new home!"
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