Okay, the battle is almost here, and so is the climax! READ! You must!
It was a few hours later, around 2:00 when Shadow came across a trainer practicing with a Piplup. Stopping for awhile, she watched the trainer as he worked with the Piplup to improve its Bubble attack. It looked like fair game when he called out his Finneon. She decided the time was right. Calling out her Treecko, she walked over to the other trainer.
"Hi, I noticed that we both are trainers and wanted to know if you liked to battle with me and Treecko and Riolu here," Shadow looked at her shoes. She disliked having to talk with other people and had become very shy over the course of time.
"Sure, let me get ready and we can have a go," as the trainer recalled his Finneon, a Pokeball fell out of his jacket. "Opps!" He swooped down and picked it up, blocking Shadow's view of the Pokeball.
"I saw that, now what is it?" Shadow looked annoyed and she motioned for Riolu to step up and help her "convince" the trainer to tell her what was going on.
"Okay, its just that, I feel bad because I really didn't want this Pokemon, but someone came along and told me to take it. The guy was weird because he was only an inch shorter then me and he had two tall ears that stood perfectly up. I guess that I took the Pokeball out of pure shock, and I didn't want it to be cast out into the world, you know? What really got me was that I was hearing voices… in my head. But I m not insane," the trainer added the last bit quickly.
"I don't think you're insane, but what kind of Pokemon is it?" Shadow gently picked the Pokeball from the trainer's hand and called out what looked like a tattered brown fish. It flopped helplessly and looked sadly up.
"I don't want it! I mean, it's the weakest Pokemon, well besides Magikarp, around. It's a Feebas, and I don't want it! And I know that I don't want to be seen with it," the trainer looked at the Feebas. "Hey, tell you what. If I win, I get your Treecko, since it's really cool, and if you win, you can have this Feebas. Deal?" The trainer stuck his hand out.
Most would think this as an unfair deal, but Shadow knew better.
"Sure," Shadow took it and shook it heartily. She knew that Feebas evolved into a beautiful Milotic and would probably help her win many battles in the future. And besides, she knew she couldn't lose!
"Ready for the hardest battle of your life?" the trainer smirked. "We'll use all of our Pokemon, and whoever has the most Pokemon still standing wins!"
"Okay, your on!" Shadow felt ready and excited to begin.
"Okay, Finneon, I choose you!" In a flash of white light, the Finneon came out and landed, spurting a little water into the air to make a small rainbow.
"Treecko, your up!" the Wood Gecko Pokemon took up a stance of a business man, which made Shadow laugh.
"Finneon, spin and use Bubble Beam!" The Finneon spun and a stream of bubbles began to shot outward. Some made a protective nest around the Finneon while other bubbles shot toward her Treecko.
"Jump up and use Bullet Seed!" Treecko jumped, but the bubbles hit him straight on, causing Treecko to fall back. "Treecko, are you okay?" Shadow looked at the Wood Gecko, which stood and shook off the attack. "Okay, use Bullet Seed and pop those bubbles!" Treecko opened its mouth and let loose a stream of golden bullets that popped each bubble.
"Finneon, use Aqua Tail!" The Finneon's tail glowed blue and it surprisingly moved fast toward Treecko.
"Treecko, use Pound, and then use Bullet Seed!" Treecko leapt toward the Finneon and rammed its tall to block the Aqua Tail attack. The two Pokemon glared at each other before the power of the two attacks became to much, and an explosion shot the two Pokemon away from each other. Shadow's Treecko opened its mouth and once again, fired off a round of glowing seeds at the Finneon.
"Finneon, doge using Quick Attack, then use Silver Wind!" The Wing Fish Pokemon dodged, streaming a white energy behind it before stopping mid air and flapping the large fins, causing silver gusts of wind to rain down on Treecko.
"Treecko, use Bullet Seed to stop the Silver Wind, and then use Leach Seed!" The Wood Gecko began to fire off a whole bunch of seeds, which crashed into the Silver Wind, causing another explosion. Smoke quickly filled the field.
"Treecko, change of tactic! Use Pound, then use Bullet Seed!"
"Finneon, Silver Wind again!"
Treecko shot upward into the smoke, but the Finneon use Silver Wind again, hitting Treecko and causing him to plummet to the ground.
Treecko!" Shadow ran toward the crater. As the dust settled, Shadow noticed that Treecko was evolving! It was glowing brightly and soon, the light faded to reveal a taller more agile creature. It had a long single leaf that was the length of its body. It had a pink belly with a solitary band of green on the waist. Three leaves stuck out from the wrist and the tail had split into two leaves, half the length of its body
"Grovyle!" It challenged the Finneon.
"Nice job Grovyle! Now let's try some of your new moves, Leaf Blades now!" Grovyle leapt up and raised its right arm above its head. The three leaves fussed together to make one large leaf that looked like a scythe and glowed a bright green. Grovyle stretched its arm father above its head and crashed in down on the Finneon. The two Pokemon fell to earth, but only Grovyle landed on its feat.
"Nice job Grovyle, no use Headbutt!" Grovyle ran at its opponent on the ground and hit it, making it fly into the air. "Finish this, Bullet Seed!" Grovyle opened its mouth and let lose twice as many seeds as when it had been a Treecko.
The explosion was amazing, and dust filled the air. Finneon lay on the ground knocked out cold.
"Good job Finneon, return! You know, you're tougher than I though!"
"Same to you! Okay Grovyle keep doing what your doing!" Shadow smiled at her Grovyle.
"Vyle, gro, vyle!" It responded.
"Okay, Piplup come on out and show them what a Drill Peck is like!"
"WHAT?" Shadow recoiled in amazement, a Piplup that possibly knew Drill Peck?
Before Shadow could tell her Grovyle to dodge, the Piplup rammed into the Grovyle, spinning and with its beak glowing, and pushed off with its feet. Grovyle fell back, knocked out.
"Good job Grovyle, return!" Shadow looked at her Riolu, "Ready?"
"Okay, I choose you, Riolu!" Shadow's Riolu bounded forward.
"Piplup, finish this, Drill Peck!" Once again, the Piplup leapt forward spinning while its beak glowed.
"Riolu, dodge using Quick Attack and use Force Palm from behind!" Shadow smiled as her Riolu leapt above the Piplup and landed behind it. As the Piplup stopped to see where Riolu went, The Emanation Pokemon placed its paw on to Piplup's back. The paw glowed yellow, and Piplup was thrown backward.
"What? Is your Riolu not fond of orders? Good thing I'm getting the Grovyle instead," the trainer looked at Shadow, slightly bemused.
"Na, I can speak to Riolu in my head. I am going to see if I can speak to Grovyle this way, cause I know I'm winning!" Shadow smiled before telling her Riolu to use Force Palm again. But this time, something very strange happened. Riolu shot its paws out and a blue sphere began to pulse from between Riolu's paws.
Riolu froze has a growing Aura Sphere faded in and out of existence. With sudden ferocity, Riolu drew his paws in, close to his chest, and thrust them back out, causing the Aura Sphere to fly straight into the Piplup. The Penguin Pokemon was thrown back, yet again, into a tree, knocking it out.
Riolu turned to run into Shadow's awaiting arms, but stopped halfway across the field and began to glow. Shadow desperately tried to run forward and grasp Riolu's paw, but for some reason, she couldn't move. A mist was slowly settling around her and she couldn't see Riolu very well. She struggled, but something told her that neither her or Riolu would get hurt; she relaxed and allowed the soothing mist to cool her down from the heat of the afternoon sun.
Meanwhile, Shadow never got to see Lucario emerge from the glowing. Its ears were now perked and ready, and two sensory ears now came out underneath his primary ears. On the back of each paw were there used to be little white bumps, were now spikes. In the middle of its yellow chest with a black band that went as a U underneath the chest. Each paw was black with a blue arm or leg and its ears were blue. The sensory ears were jet black along with a band of black between the primary ears, the top of its muzzle and over and around each eye that went as a stripe behind the head.
Lucario shook its head and looked around to see particles falling off of his master. Running over, he watched as two wings, a tail with two sharp points and two large hind legs protruded from Shadow's body. Her neck became elongated and a thin head with eye crests appeared.
The mist around Shadow faded and in her place was a magnificent Lugia!
"Holy moley! That was weird feeling! Is that what it feels like to evolve Lucario?"
"Master, don't panic, but you're a Lugia," the way Lucario said it, Shadow thought that it was all just a big joke, but when she tried to move her arm forward, a wing smacked the ground at her side. She looked behind her, and saw the tail, the white body with five small blue fins along each side of her back.
"How in world can I be talking though?"
"Look at the trainer and speak," Lucario thought to his master.
"Hi there, I didn't catch a name…" the boy was backing away muttering and recalling his Piplup. He threw the Pokeball with the Feebas and ran like the wind toward a group of trees.
"Guess only Pokemon can understand me. Can I understand Pokemon?" Shadow thought to herself out loud. "And Lucario, HOW THE ^*#$ AM I SUPPOSE TO TURN BACK INTO MY HUMAN FORM? I really don't want anyone seeing me and trying to catch me and turn me into an evil force of nature," Shadow vented some feelings toward her Lucario.
"Think about being human," Lucario gave her a weak shrug and walked a few paces away and began to meditate.
Shadow thought long and hard about how to transform into her human form. She thought about it long and hard and soon, the misty feeling came back, but this time, (according to her Lucario) there was a blur, and she was standing in her human form yet again.
She bent down and picked up the Pokeball before placing it in her backpack.
"Try and turn into a Mew," Lucario suggested. "That way, you can use Transform and turn me into a human. We could go to different places around the world and compete in battles while we try to find some way to return you to normal." Lucario looked at his master and closed his eyes.
"Okay…" Shadow thought about the picture she had seen in so many picture books were there was a small pink Pokemon was playing around, leaping and twirling in the pictures with a happy look plastered on to its features.
A flash of light and a blur of colors, and there was a Mew, happily chasing its own tail and bouncing around in a happy fashion. With amusement in its eyes, Lucario stood and walked over to the hyper Mew.
"Master, please use Transform and think about your human form. Maybe we can use this so you can learn first hand what a Pokemon Battle is like,"
"Okay, but Mews are really fun," Shadow placed her small pink paw on Lucario and transformed him into her human form. "Cool… OMG IS THAT WHAT I LOOK LIKE? My hair is everywhere and it's all oily, why didn't you tell me this Lucario?!"
"I… um daint now u are south!"
"I think it would be better if you just talk in your head when you're a human…"
"What I was saying was I didn't know humans cared about their appearance, but what happens if another human tries to talk to me Master?"
"Okay, we'll practice speech,"
"When will we begin? Today, after we play around with shape shifting?"
"That sounds… OMG hide me! Someone's coming! HIDE, HIDE!" Shadow darted off with Lucario running after her.
"Master, I think now would be a good time to transform me back to a Lucario, and your self back into a human,"
"Why must you all ways be so calm in a situation like this?" Shadow asked as she transformed Lucario back into its original shape.
"Lucarios were meant to be calm and orderly. Riolu is an adolescent state of mind that every Lucario has in his or her life time,"
"Right," Shadow transformed back into a human. "And I guess that explains why you were happier as a Riolu,"
"I could have sworn I saw a Mew and a trainer over there!" A man sounded mad, who wouldn't be. Everyone wanted a Mew in their lineup, right?
WHACK. Something hit the man.
"Oww, I mean, sorry sir,"
"Better, now find that trainer and "convince" them to tell you where this mysterious Mew went, and if the trainer is hiding the Mew, do the Punishment," a female voice could be heard in the forest.
"Master, that sounds of an evil mind. We need to go."
"J, I mean, sir! I found traces of a Lugia and a Lucario as well!"
"A Pokemon that can change its shape… catch every Pokemon in this vicinity! A changing Pokemon could give me millions of dollars, maybe even more!"
"Lucario, run! If you don't do as I say, I am going to get really mad really fast!"
"Master!"
"Lucario, just GO!"
Shadow's Lucario looked at Shadow for a moment.
"I'll be okay, meet me at the river we past when we were looking for someone else to battle, kay?" Shadow grinned and plunged deep into the underbrush, leaving Lucario scared, unhappy and confused. He didn't know if he should follow her orders, or directly disobey them.
He followed her into the dark forest.
Creepy, right? I can't wait to read the reviews! And yes, she can change into different Pokemon. It's not to far fetched if you think about Angie liking Ash and Ash liking Angie… dear Arceus, that's scary. But I cant keep talking, so review, and tell me if I'm insane or not to make Shadow a freek of nature!
