Back again. Finally some progress in this story. I don't know what I'm gonna do with my Reverse Pokemon story. Should I continue? Or not? Hard to decide. Anyways, making chapters longer, and finally some fighting, though not a lot. And to think, this is all written on my IPod. That's right, I have no need for a PC(beside uploading things). XD
Disclaimer: I have never, will never, and shall never own Pokemon. It is a production of GAME FREAK, Nintendo, and it's creator; Satoshi Tajiri.
Chapter 3: The Legend Appears! The future is brighter than you think.
Gardenia and Star walked along a ragged path full of overgrown tree's and sharp rocks, all the while aweing at the beauty of the forest. So far, they had only encountered a few Pecha and Pomeg Berries along the way, and would have collected some, if not for Star's constant talking. Her sights had always been set on Kelpsy berries, since they were not only the biggest but her favorite of all since of a few months ago. She loved the ridged texture of the plant, the smooth flavor it had to every bite she took, but what really took the cake was the look of the berry itself. Star couldn't put it, but she loved the root looking berry with a burning passion.
"Are we there yet?" Star asked, for the thirty billionth time, Gardenia sighing as she mustered the strength to control herself from yelling at Star. As sweet and kind Star was, she was still a small child who needed nurture and caring, as well as discipline and responsibility.
"Close sweety. I can sense berries near." Gardenia assured, and happily smiling as Star nodded and looked back ahead. The thing was, she could sense the life within the berries, her psychic abilities far surpassing most Psychic type Pokemon. As she neared them though, she senses other presences near them, wondering why it was hard for her to concentrate on each one. "Probably some little Pokemon wandering about.", she thought with a chuckle, heading through a tall bush into an small field. She could see all types of berries scattered from the ground to the tree tops, each looking quite ripe and very delicious. From Razz to Bluk berries, they all seemed to have been planted here some time ago by someone means, though this did not stop Gardenia from letting down Star as she headed straight for the Kelspy berries.
"Be safe Star. Make sure you pick them and don't eat them like last time." Gardenia said lastly as she watched the child nod in approval and jump towards the tree. Gardenia could already see the tummy aching Star moaning about how she was sorry for eating all the berries, rubbing her huge stomach with anguish. She smiled at the thought as she turned to her own tree, using her Psychic diligently to pick then gently so as not to cause any bruises.
Star was climbing the tree with focus in her eyes, seeing the flavorable berries sitting upon their stems with their ridged bodies. Star jumped up to the top branch, licking her lips happily as she rubbed a hand upon the berry as if she had just found gold. Above her, sat two lazy yellow eyes, watching the tiny Pokemon with a cold stare of pure happiness.
"Need a hand little one." said the creepy, tiny voice of a Pawniard, who jumped out and took a swing at Star. If it was not for Star's incredible hearing, she wouldn't have been able to step backwards. But to her dismay, tripped over a small branch and fell of the tree wih a small yell, loud enough though, for Gardenia to hear. She looked up in time to see as Star hit the ground with a whining thud, horrified by how hard she hit her head, but more so about the Pawniard on top of the tree.
"Star!" Gardenia said defensively, casting a Psychic as she picked up the small Fire type and dropped her into Gardenia's arms. All around, Pawniards after Pawniards came out of bushes, tree leaves, and even behind rocks as they surroinded the two Psychics with proud stances.
[I]"That must be why I couldn't sense then easily. Their all Dark types."[/I] she though as she looked around, counting at least fifteen or so of them.
"But that would mean..." Gardenia began, only to be interrupted by the cold, grunting voice of Slash.
"That I'm back and still quite pissed at our last fight my sweet Gardenia." he said as he came out from his hiding place, having come up from behind Gardenia with a large smile on his face.
Gadenis backed away slowely, seeing she was quite outmatched by sheer numbers, and the huge type advantage they all had over her. She looked down at the whimpering Star, who seemed to hug Gardenia tightly from the fear that was gripping Star's heart.
"Awww...Now I feel bad for scaring such a cute little child. Here, I'll take it off your hands." Slash said as his forearms began to glow, showing he was ready to launch a X-Scissors.
"Sorry Slash. But you should have stayed dead!" Gardenia said, before her eyes began to glow brightly, launching a immensely powerful Thunderbolt towards her attackers with astounding accuracy. Slash was too fast as he side stepped and jumped back, allowing some of his Pawniards to be caught within the powerful shockwave as they fell to the ground, fainted from the intense blow.
"You have gotten stronger I see. This could be fun." Slash said before he rushed Gardenia with his blurring speed catching her off guard, a Slash being prepared as he launched it at her. To his dismay, Gardenia was fast enough to use Double Team, his arm striking straight through a dud. He growled as he looked around, seeing the many Gardenia's with a scarred Star in her arms, looking around a bit before raising his arm. At this, his Pawniards moved in union, circeling the group of Gardenia's with their arms held back as they charged Iron Heads.
"Now!" Slash said as he back away slowely, his Pawniards all nodding before launching themselves at their foe. Each one hit a dud, passing through them with little ease, up until one Pawniard was slammed back by a powerful Thunderbolt, Gardenia being spotted in the middle. She clenched her teeth angrily at her incompetence, wishing she had more time to get away, but was too slow to act as Slash came up, his arms being consumed by a dark power. Gardenia knew that was Night Slash, and could feel the dread of Slash's hit making contact, so she did something that made things worst; she used Protect. They large green orb surrounded her and Star, Slash's attack hitting the orb and causing little effect to the protective force.
"You stupid fool..." Slash said as he stepped back, smiling happily at his fortune. Now that Gardenia was protected, she would have nowhere to run since she was fully surrounded now, the Protect's timing being counted by Slash. "You made this easier my dear Gardenia. Now you should hand over the child now before things get ugly for you." Slash said with a smirk, walked back in forth in front of the orb.
Fear gripped Gardenia as she knew she was in checkmate, knowing full well that even with Thunderbolt, she wouldn't be able to hold them off from Star for long. Instantly, during her thoughts, her fears came true as the orb faded, Slash taking this chance to suddenly burst in speed at the unnoticing Psychic. Gardenia was to slow as she was slammed hard with Slash's powerful Iron Head, his blades cutting through into her arms as she winced in pain. She fell back almost instantly, blood dripping from his crossed arms as Star was astonished by the blow.
"Momma!" Star screamed, turning her head to look at the wounds with a tear running down her cheek. Gardenia sat forward, exhaling heavily as the blow had left hit the wind out of her, holding onto Star tightly.
"We could have avoided this my dear. But this has to end now." Slash said, and within a second, was upon the two with a charged X-Scissors. Pain and fear flowed into Gardenia's mind as she was unable to move nor attack, her eyes widened by the site of the incoming attack.
"It's over. No!" her mind screamed as she looked down, holding tightly onto Star with tears streaming down her cheek. In the next instant, ther was a loud 'Clang!', like two sword meeting each other, and the surprise gasp, of Slash.
Doom and Gigalith walked along the other side of Chargestone Cave, having needed to meet with some Pokemon for answers.
"So Old Man, think Gex will be back soon." Doom asked, looking down in boredom as he walked behind the old Pokemon.
"Knowing Gex, he'll be here sooner than expected." Gigalith said in his usual gritty voice, walking along a path he knew all to well. He looked up with a scanning eye, spotting a pair of Unfezents and a large Staraptor in the lead. "Ah! There they are!" Gigalith said, the three birds looking down as they heard his voice. They cartwheeled to the right before swooping down elegantly towards the ground, landing on the wet grass before the two.
"Old Man Gigalith and the rampaging son of a gun who saved our lives." Staraptor said as the two came into view, Doom smilin at the sound of his calling.
"Me? No. Rampaging is so last year. Now it's...'destructive'." Doom joked, laughing hysterically like a madman as Gigalith sighed at his partners insanity.
"Anyways. Any news from the other regions?" Gigalith asked, everyone quieting down, the mood seeming to get serious at the question.
"All I can say is...it's not better than here. Johto and Kantl are completely at war, Ho-oh and his Sacred Beasts, who's on our side; going up against Lugia and his Legendary Bird Trio. Hoenn...well...isn't looking to well either. After Kyogre beat Groundon and convinced the Regi's to join their side, it's been completely run by that bastard Pokemon. And for Sinnoh...honestly we has more luck there. It's remained relitively quite since none of the Diety's have show themselves." Staraptor reported, the Unfezents nodding their heads behind him. Gigalith and Doom looked at each other, nodding in approval that things were looking up for them; in a way.
"Thank you kindly you three. Please continue reporting and make sure the other resistances get the message Gex gave you." Gigalith said, bowing respectively to the three regal birds. Staraptor nodded and took off without another word, the others following suit as they disappeared into the clouds. Hope rose up within Gigalith, his mind set on freeing Sinnoh as their next objective.
"Unova is a lost cause. As long as...[I]she[/I] rules this place...we can't save it." he said with a disdained voice, Doom looking at him with a surprised look. He knew Gigalith was full of bitterness from his age, due to having seen many things most Pokemon would find disturbing, but never having heard the old pokemon sound like that. He shrugged it off as he turned, saying, "We should probably head back now. The little rascal's probably up and about already." Doom said as Gigalith agreed, the two of them heading back around to their humble home.
Both Slash and Gardenia looked in surprise at the figure that stood before them, it's blades pushing back on Slash's own blades. If one looked at it, this creature resembled a Sceptile, but something about it made it different. First off, this Sceptile had a different color scheme to him, instead of the usual light green and pinkish underbelly, he appeared to have a darker green to him, his underbelly maroon instead of pink. Another notable things, was his eyes, which normal Sceptile had the lightish yellow eyes, he instead had a paler yellow. And the most notable thing of all, was the two scar that made him stand out from the rest of them. On going from his forehead down past his left eye, to the corner of his mouth. And the other, a gaint 'X' shape on his chest.
But this wasn't what made Gardenia relived, nor Slash afraid. The reason this was so important, was because this was none other than the infamous, and probably legendary; Gex.
"Daddy!" screamed Star with delight at the site of him, Gex smirking in response to his daughters happy yell. Pride seemed to well up inside of Gardenia, knowing full well that Gex was probably the only Pokemon she could always count on for a save.
"Been too long Slash. How ya been? I see your still attacking innocent Pokemon." Gex said as his blades and Slash's blades remained in their stalemate position, but further anylasis showed the Gex was merrily holding back power. Slash could only growl, cursing Arceus for this moment and wishing things would have gone differently.
"You idiotic fool! No one is innocent until disproven by her! Especially you! Always popping up to get in my way! Just to play the hero!" Slash said with frustration, his coldblooded eyes meeting that of the empty, cool stare of Gex.
"You know me. I do what I gotta do." he said, his voice smooth and gently, without a hint of anger nor remorse. He seemed like the kind of Pokemon who let things slide, who was probably cool and relaxed in a sense against any situation. With those words, though, came power as well, a tone of pride and masterful words that would cause some Pokemon to believe he was unbeatable. "Now lets see how this plays out." he added, before he slid his right arm down, grabbing onto Slash's left arm with his free hand and tossing the suprised Pokemon with unmatched strength towards a tree. Slash landed upon a tree, feeling the strong blow even through his steel like skin, and landed on the ground with a grunt. He quickly stood up as the Grass type starter unfolded his Leaf Blades again, his blades extending farther than most, and glowing a deep, menacing purple color. Slash roared in rage as he rushed Gex, unleashing a barrage of Night Slashes upon him, his anger
boiling up from the smug pokemon's smirk. Gex dodged each one precisely as if he had done with a million times, side stepping and crossing Slash, who was to into his rage to notice.
"To slow." Gex said as he produced a quick Focus Blast, slamming into Slash's right side with a huge amount of force that Gex had to admit, was maybe a little to hard. Slash screamed in agony, staggering back as his head spun with immense pain. He looked down, blood trickling down his side as he growled with rage and pain.
"Annoying bastard. This isn't over! I swear!" Slash cried out, staggering forward as he looked at his shocked Pawniards, letting out an angry snarl. They obeyed instantly, disappearing in an instant as Slash also left, though blood still spilled from his wound. His mind raced with curses and angry thoughts as Slash raced away with his group, holding his wound with little care as they exited the forest and headed out. "One day old friend. One day." Slash said, cursing his old generals name as they left.
Gex stood there for a moment, his eyes looking off into space as his mind went through a few of his memories. He then turned and smiled wamtly at Gardenia and Star, walking towards them as his blades retracted back into his arms.
"Nice to see you two again. And how's my sweet little girl doing?" he asked as he knelt down, gently rubbing Star's head.
"Great daddy! I'm so glad your back!" Star said, happily enjoying the rub as she suddenly remembered Gardenia. "But mommy's been hurt dad. See." she said as she pointed to the cut wounds on Gardenia's arms, Gex looking down and examining them.
"Oh please! It's nothing at all. Just a small wound." Gardenia said, blushing with a little smile on her face at Gex's concern. Gex looked back at Gardenia, seeming to stare into her for a but before he smile warmly at her.
"We should get these wounds treated then. We're heading to Nimbasa anyways, so we'll have to treat these wounds there. For now, bandages and some berry ointment will due." Gex said confidently, helping Gardenia up as Star jumped out from her arms. She danced around happily, her usual dance as she shifted from her feet and wiggled her tail. Gex and Gardenia both laughed at Star's dance, Gardenia starring at Gex for a long time since she had never known the fearless leader to ever truly laugh. They decided it was time to go, having picked their berries and leaving the field back to the secret cave they inhabited. It wasn't long till they found the cave entrance, about to open it until a deep voice came out behind them.
"Well, well. Nice to see you again old friend." Gigalith said as he walked out of the bushes, Doom not far behind as they bother starred happily at Gex.
"Old man. Doom. Nice to see you two as well. I trust you've completed the tasks while I was out?" Gex asked, his eye's cocked up as he waited for a response, only getting silence for a moment before Doom sighed.
"Don't get your bulbs in a bunch. Of corse we got them done." Doom said, though instead of sounding annoyed like he usually would, he had a tone of pride. Gex nodded at them, turning to the door as Star jumped up to his shoulder, looking quite pleased with all of this.
"And now! To see big brother!" she said happily, causing everyone, including Doom, to laugh at her.
Well I thought this was a good chapter. Long and full of spark. Yep! Gex is here guys. The one true battler who knows things. Anyways, I'll try updating every day if possible, since I type pretty fast on my iPod. Usually do it during school hours since I have great timing.
And if you were TRULY reading, you would have seen when Slash cursed his 'old generals name'. Do Gex and Slash know each other from long ago? Is Axe alright after being stuck in their for close to an hour. Who is this 'her' they keep speaking of? Will I ever start on my Reverse Pokemon story? All this and more, next time, on Chapter 4!
