Me: No, I am not dead. Sorry for the wait everyone, I didn't have access to a computer at all for the last two weeks! Normally, I will update every few days. It will take a week at the most.
Note: I tried to make things as close to the anime as possible! Please don't get too angry.
Me: Thank you everyone for following, favoriting, and just viewing my stories. Special thanks to shadowkitten11 for favoriting and following! You are awesome! Also, thank you Kittylovekitty for favoriting Painful Lesson. Next, thanks to That Silly Pangoro for reviewing Soul Pokemon. Last, thanks to ShadowShinigami2250, author-144, and deaththekids sis for reviewing, following, and/or favoriting The New Rose! I love you guys!
That Silly Pangoro: Thank you for the comments! It's always good to have constructive critisism. I know that most of the moves that the eight have cannot be learned by their species. I tried to replicate their human abilities as Pokemon moves, so that would explain the wierd movesets. For example, Liz and Patty knowing Shadow Ball is based on their Death Cannon and Rose knowing Aromatherapy is based on her healing wavelength. Last, Maka, Kid, and Rose know Lock On because of their Soul Perception.
K (guest): I know that Rose eyes are really awkward, but I put in that part at 3 am. And yes, I will mention the PAIN of being revived from death.
ShadowShinigami2250, author-144, deaththekids sis: Thank you thank you thank you! My first reviewers, thank you so much.
Chapter 7: Enter the Gang!
"Well guys, this is Nuvema Town," Cilan announced. "We have a ship scheduled for this afternoon, so we have a little while to ourselves." It was late morning in Nuvema Town, and the group was walking around the large city. The transformed Pokémon wanted to look around the town, and so they did. After a few days of traveling, they had finally arrived. During the nights on their short journey, the group of Trainers and Shiny Pokémon stayed in several Pokémon centers. Black Star loved the attention he got in every Pokémon center. Not many Pokémon are shiny, much less ones from different regions. The other seven were a little pleased, but it soon got annoying. They could clearly remember the day they spent in Nimbasa City, the most exciting town they saw.
FLASHBACK
A DAY AGO
The group was in Nimbasa City, eating lunch. The transformed Pokémon had gotten used to their new food, and Soul had even started to like it more than human food. They were in the Pokémon center, enjoying their meal. While everyone was eating, several Trainers would ask to see the transformed Pokémon. Naturally, Black Star loved all the attention. Still, he was extremely annoyed by the fact that Rose got more attention than him. The former reaper was a Meloetta, and so was a legendary Pokémon. Everyone would want to know why the eight looked very different from other Shiny Pokémon. Of course, they couldn't tell anyone that they were from a different dimension.
Suddenly, more whispering started. One person then said, "Look, it's Elesa, the Nimbasa Gym Leader!"
Looking toward the person walking to the group, they saw her pace quickened when she saw the transformed Pokémon. The woman seemed rather young, and had clothes that could belong to a model. She had blond hair, and blue eyes.
"Elesa, it's so nice to see you!" Ash said.
"Pika pika!" Pikachu said.
Elesa waved to the group. She asked, "So it's true, right? Do you really have Shiny Pokémon?" Walking up to the eight, she said, "Ooh they are so adorable! How did you come across a Shiny Pikachu, Plusle, and Minun?"
"Now you know how I felt," Rose said to the three. Maka, Liz, and Patty looked around uncomfortably and nodded to the reaper.
"And they talk!" exclaimed the Gym Leader. "Can all of them speak?"
Maka asked, "What's up with that?"
Iris answered, "Everyone, this is Elesa, the Nimbasa City Gym Leader. She specializes in Electric type Pokémon, so she's kinda crazy about them. We remember her actually stopping her fashion show just to look at Pikachu."
The group nodded. Rose floated up to Elesa. "It is very nice to meet you, Elesa. My name is Rose. This is Kid, Liz, Patty, Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki. Ash didn't actually catch us though; we're just traveling with them for a while."
But Elesa's attention was focused on Maka, Liz, and Patty. "I just love Electric Pokémon!" she said, picking up the three. Strangling them in a bear hug, the three transformed Pokémon looked very shocked. Finally, Maka's body became surrounded in golden electricity and she zapped Elesa. Letting Maka, Liz, and Patty go, the Thunderbolt broke.
"That was an amazing Thunderbolt! Maka is very strong!" she complimented, her hair buzzing with electricity.
"Um, thanks?" said Maka. Patty giggled while Liz simply sighed.
Clapping her hands, Elesa suggested, "Why don't we have a Pokémon battle? I want to see how powerful Maka, Liz, and Patty are!"
"Why not?" said Liz.
"Okay!" Patty exclaimed.
Maka shrugged. "Sure."
Elesa said, "Let's do the battle at my Gym!"
They walked to Elesa's Gym, past several staring Trainers. The transformed Pokémon (except for Black Star) got a little nervous at this. Of course Black Star jumped up and down, shouting 'Yahoo!'
"Let's have a little one on one," Elesa said. They were now in her Gym, and Elesa walked over to her side of the field. Maka, Liz, and Patty nodded at this, and the transformed Pikachu took her spot on the field.
"Come on out, Zebstrika!" she called, throwing out a Poke Ball. From the ball came what seemed like a zebra. Mainly black, it had several lightning marks on its body, and its mane and tail were also zigzagged. It had narrow golden eyes and stomped its hoof on the ground.
The battle began with Zebstrika stomping on the ground kicking up a giant dust cloud. After a second, the Thunderbolt Pokémon ran out surrounded in red orange flames. Waiting until the Flame Charge was a foot away, Maka crossed her arms. Glowing and being surrounded by dark purple and black energy, her crossed arms gave the appearance of sharpening into claws. The light around her arms lengthened and grew until it was triple the size of her body. Zebstrika slammed into the Night Slash, struggling to force Maka back. Standing her ground, Maka then slashed, breaking the flames.
"She deflected the Flame Charge?" exclaimed Elesa.
Zebstrika then turned around kicking up both its hind legs. As the Double Kick was about to hit Maka, she also turned around. Everyone gasped realizing Maka had been charging an Electro Ball the whole time. A giant sphere now, the Pikachu slammed her tail into Zebstrika's legs. Taking a lot of damage, it was forced back. Finally, Maka formed another sphere, this time a black and dark purple one. Meanwhile, her eyes glowed red, and a red circle was emitted from them. Hitting Zebstrika, it shook its head, confused by what that did, and used Wild Charge. Coated in electricity, it charged at Maka just as she was finished growing the Shadow Ball. At the last second, the little Pokémon jumped in the air, much to the surprise of Zebstrika. The Wild Charge died down, and the Thunderbolt Pokémon looked around. Maka was right above it, and she fired her Shadow Ball in a random direction. It suddenly turned around, hitting Zebstrika extremely hard. As the Pikachu landed on the field, not scratched at all, the other Pokémon was left fainted.
"Zebstrika!" said Elesa. Taking out her Poke Ball, she called her Pokémon back and said to it, "You did well, my friend."
FLASHBACK END
"I remember that day so well," Maka said. "Didn't you say that it was really hard to beat Elesa's Zebstrika? I knocked it out in about four moves."
Ash started grumbling to himself. Iris chuckled, saying Ash was such a little kid.
Suddenly, Cilan checked his watch. "Hey guys, we should eat lunch now. The ship will leave very soon after we eat."
"Let's go, then!" Patty exclaimed. They all started walking over to the Pokémon Center, where they enjoyed a nice lunch. Suddenly, a familiar person walked into the Center with a very familiar Sawk.
"Hey, is that you guys?" he asked.
Ash's expression brightened as he said, "Yeah, it's us! What are you doing here?"
Cilan said, "We're going to Sinnoh with our new friends here. Could you introduce yourself?"
"Yeah!" responded the guy. "My name is Stephan, and this is my Sawk. So, your new friends are Shiny Pokémon?"
Nodding, Iris answered, "We met these eight in a field. So what are you doing here, Steffen?"
Stephan looked flustered at Iris mispronouncing his name until Maka spoke up. "I think his name is Stephan, not Steffen."
"D-did that Pikachu just talk?" Stephan asked loudly. The eight transformed Pokémon nodded.
Rose floated up to Stephan, saying, "My name is Rose. This is Kid, Maka, Liz, Patty, Soul, Tsubaki, and Black Star. We can all talk."
Looking shocked for a bit, Stephan said, "Well, thanks for getting my name right, Maka. Second, I came here to get away from…"
A young woman burst into the Pokémon center. "Aww, where are you?" she shouted. The woman had blond hair and green eyes, and was wearing an orange and white outfit.
"Bianca, what are you doing?" asked Iris.
"Bianca is still going after me because I caught a Liepard that she wanted. It was this morning. Bianca wanted to catch it, but it escaped and I got."
Liz whispered, "I got this." She loudly said, "Hi Bianca! My name is Liz, and I can talk!"
Her plan seemed to have backfired. Ignoring the fact that Liz could talk, Bianca looked over at the little Pokémon. Squealing, she squeezed Liz half to death in a hug while going on about how cute she was. That is, until the Plusle used Thunderbolt. She shocked the Trainer which caused her to be dropped.
"Plan a success," Liz said. Apparently, she was planning that the whole time.
Finally realizing that the eight could speak, Bianca asked, "Did you just talk?"
"We can all talk," Tsubaki said.
"People are often surprised by it," Rose finished.
Bianca's attention turned to Rose. Suddenly, the reaper ended up being squished by a hug from the Trainer. Just as annoyed as Liz, her body became surrounded in gold energy and zapped Bianca.
"Not again!" Bianca cried, feeling her hair. Just like Iris's, it had puffed up and curled.
Kid grinned. "Don't mess with Rose," he said. "She can get very scary when you do that. Trust me. I know my sister."
"Come on everyone," Soul said unconcernedly. He started walking toward the road. "I think our ship to Sinnoh will be leaving soon."
Checking the time, Cilan suddenly jumped in shock. "Soul's right! We have to go! Bye Stephan, Bianca."
Leaving the two at the Pokémon Center, the eight transformed Pokémon and the three Trainers ran to the harbor.
"Hey, what's the rush, Ash?"
The Trainer skidded to a stop, recognizing the voice. Ash's grin grew as he saw Trip, his former rival and enemy. Trip had gained a newfound respect for Ash ever since he was beaten at the Unova League. The Trainer was wearing an orange jacket, black shirt, and gray pants. His eyes were a pale grey and his hair was dirty blond.
Ash answered, "It's been a long time, Trip! We met these eight Shiny Pokemon in a field. We're going to Sinnoh to get them back home, since they're kind of lost. Everyone, this is Trip. Trip, this is Maka, Kid, Black Star, Soul, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, and Rose."
Being the polite one, Tsubaki said, "It's nice to meet you, Trip."
"Did that Bayleef just talk?" asked Trip. The eight mentally face palmed. Trip didn't know about the whole multidimensional wall thing.
"Well, big stars like me have to be able to talk!" shouted Black Star. "YAHOO!"
Maka rolled her eyes. "Makaa… Chop!" *BANG*
Slamming her metal tail on Black Star's head, the Pikachu turned to Trip. "Sorry about Black Star. All eight of us can speak, actually. We're trying to get home, so Ash is helping us out. There's a boat leaving in… 0 minutes!"
Trip glanced at the direction the group was going in. "You should probably hurry. I think I can hear the boat."
"Well, see you around Trip, and thanks for the info!" said Ash. He was already running. "I'll be in the Kanto region after this!"
Leaving Trip, the group of Trainers and Pokemon continued toward the harbor. Rose, who was flying next to them, kept on urging the others forward. She thought about just using Psychic to make everyone go faster. Soon, everyone was able to make it to the docks where a giant ship was. It was a large cruise ship that had many people going on it. Slowing their pace, the three Trainers breathed heavily, lightheaded.
"Why… aren't you… even winded?" asked Ash. He could see that the transformed Pokémon were fine with running for twenty minutes straight. They had run for two miles, and yet seemed fine.
"Is twenty minutes a long time to run?" asked Black Star.
Tsubaki looked confused, saying, "We only went two miles."
Rose tilted her head, thinking aloud. "Maybe we have better endurance and speed because of all our missions. We were actually slowing down so you wouldn't fall behind. I get winded at around eighty miles. We usually have to run ten miles in a mission."
The Trainers simply gaped. That would take a lot of running to go eighty miles. They rested for a minute, and then walked onto the ship.
Surprisingly enough, the group had run into Cameron and Virgil on the ship. The first was actually trying to get to Johto, but had booked the wrong ship. Cameron took an interest to Black Star, peering intently at the tattoo over the Riolu's eye. Eventually, the little Pokemon used Force Palm on Cameron, causing an all out fight between his Lucario and Black Star. Naturally, Black Star won. Virgil, on the other hand, was going to Sinnoh to study Eevee evolutions. He was especially interested in Kid, as he was a Shiny Umbreon. Virgil brought out his own and the two Moonlight Pokemon became immediate friends. Ash's group had to quickly avoid the question of the eight's appearances when Virgil asked about Kid's Lines of Sanzu.
Soon afterwards, the ship set sail for the Sinnoh Region. Staying on the top deck the whole time, the eight transformed Pokémon and the three Trainers watched the ocean. They saw many Pokémon, from Alomomola to Basculine.
While waiting, Rose and Kid had to make sure no one got in trouble. When Black Star tried hopping around to every passenger onboard, Rose had to threaten him that she would use Thunderbolt on him otherwise. Kid had to use Psychic to pull Liz and Patty back on the boat when they got too curious and fell off the railing. Overall, the two siblings did rather well controlling them.
Soon, Rose had flown up to the top of the ship. She closed her eyes, facing the wind.
ROSE'S POV
I had started thinking about my nightmare. Accept Madness? I thought I had already utilized the Madness as power before. But wait. There was that thing in my nightmare. It looked like a shadow, except it was solid. I thought I was the only one who could control shadows. But then, I thought back to my nightmare while I was in Tokyo. There was that thing; that shadow that claimed to be me. Maybe that could be the same shadow in my nightmare now. But I think that just part of the nightmare. Think Rose! Think back to that day!
FLASHBACK
"It's… okay Rose," breathed Kazuki. "I know you'll… be a great grim reaper."
"No," I whispered. "I'm horrible. I couldn't even save you. How can I be a great reaper?"
Kazuki tilted my head toward him. "You're still my reaper. I'll always love you. No matter what."
"I… love you too." My eyes closed, seeing Kazuki's soul. It was growing smaller and smaller. Getting fainter, it was dying as well as Kazuki. His eyes closed for the last time. His eyes closing in eternal sleep. My tears increased as I saw Kazuki die right there, right then.
Suddenly, a pulsing blue soul floated out of his body. My eyes widened at the orb. Even without my extremely strong soul perception from the present, I could sense the kindness of this soul. Kazuki's soul had wisdom and strength, and was simply made of happiness and love. It was so strong, and yet so gentle. I knew that even if I didn't have soul perception, I would still see the kindness in his soul.
END FLASHBACK
Yes, I was right. That shadow was only part of my nightmare. But it was still possible that the shadows in my two nightmares were the same thing, which was me. Lesson one about reaper dreams; listen to them. Reaper dreams and nightmares alike. Lesson two; they are confusing. A death god's dreams will always have some underlying meaning that is extremely difficult to figure out. They must be able to figure these out in order to gain any experience. Lesson three; they can drive almost anyone to insanity. Only reapers are capable of handling these. Even so, we must solve them almost immediately. Lesson four; do not let the dreams control you. A reaper must have a good handle on their Madness, or they will never become a complete grim reaper. That last lesson is by far the hardest one to complete. I still haven't. As long as these dreams haunt me, I will stay a full grim reaper, but not a complete one. Closing my eyes once again, I fell into a deep sleep.
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A small lurching shook me from my thoughts. Looking around, I realized that we had reached the Sinnoh Region.
NORMAL POV
Rose stretched and looked around. Sandgem Town seemed like a nice city. It was a bit small, but appeared to be okay. The Meloetta could smell the sea breeze from the ocean while taking in the sight of the small village. She could see about two dozen houses, varying in size. What looked like a lab was sitting at the edge of Sandgem Town. Rose saw what she assumed was a large lake far off in the distance. It seemed like an odd lake, but she shrugged it off, floating down to the others.
Still stretching out her sore limbs, Rose said, "We're finally here. Come on, we should probably get some dinner and rest at that Pokemon center. I think it is about 6 o'clock. Who knew the Pokemon world was so large?" The Meloetta did have a point about this. The boat they were traveling on was a cruise ship, and of course took longer to travel. The Pokemon regions were all very big, and the world was made even larger with the stretching seas and oceans.
"Then let's go!" said a hurried Ash. His reason for hurrying was explained when a grumble came from the Trainer's stomach. Black Star and Soul snickered in small voices while Ash blushed profusely at the noise. Rose ushered all the Trainers and Pokemon off the ship. She felt absolutely no hunger, but wanted a place to sleep, making the Pokemon Center the perfect building to stay in.
Unsurprisingly, the group ran into a large amount of friends on their way to the town's Pokemon Center. The first person they saw was Burgundy, traveling all over the Pokemon world to learn more about being a connaisseuse. Much to the eight Pokemon's annoyance, she started talking about how they only seemed strong and could only beat Ash, Cilan, and Iris's Pokemon because they were weak also. Black Star was able to knock her out with a Force Palm.
Next, the group met up with Barry and Conway, both of whom were extremely interested with the Shiny Pokemon. The eight thought Barry was a lot like Black Star, except he did not technically have a god complex. Conway reminded them greatly of Stein, wanting to study the transformed Pokemon's strange appearances. Luckily, he made no sign of attempting to dissect them.
Nando and Kenny were next, telling the group about a Pokemon Contest in Sandgem Town, explaining why they were there. Once again, Nando was playing harp and singing, much to Soul and Rose's surprise. Soul was a little annoyed at this, being reminded of Wes, his older brother. Rose joined in, singing like… a Meloetta! She admitted that as a human, she loved music. Kenny and Nando had gotten three ribbons each. They also said that Dawn was in town as well, giving the large group a pleasant surprise.
Ursula had shown up too, being almost as annoying as Burgundy. However, she thought that Liz and Patty were adorable, introducing them to her Plusle and Minun. The two pairs of Cheering Pokemon had gotten along very well, surprising Ash. She had four ribbons, and was intent on beating Dawn for her last one. Apparently, Dawn had four ribbons as well.
Paul was also in Sandgem Town, greeting Ash and introducing himself to Cilan and Iris. After their last encounter, Paul and Ash had become friendlier to each other, speaking more often in a kind tone. He wanted to see how powerful the eight transformed Pokemon were, so he challenged Black Star to a battle against his Torterra. That choice was quickly seen as a big mistake when the Riolu won with ease.
Finally walking to the Pokemon Center, the three Trainers and transformed Pokemon settled down in seats to have dinner. They continued chatting about some of their adventures, enjoying their dinner. Of course, Cilan launched into yet another speech about the extraordinary quality of the food, only to be Maka chopped with Iron Tail.
Suddenly, Pikachu heard something, its ears pricking up. Maka also noticed the noise, asking, "Who's that?"
Someone else was walking into the Pokemon Center. More like two someone else's. One was a young teenager, with a Piplup sitting on her head. She had a pink and black minidress, with a white undershirt and pink boots. She wore black socks and was wearing a pink scarf and yellow back-pack. There was also a pink watch on her wrist, probably a Poketch. Last, the Piplup was clinging to a white beanie on her head, contrasting with her straight dark blue hair. The other was a young woman that was tall and slender. She had long blond hair with black clips. She was wearing a short sleeve blue blouse and long black pants.
"Cynthia and Dawn!"
Yes, I know this chapter is longer than the others. I wanted to squeeze in as many characters as possible. No, Misty, Brock, May, Max, and the other characters will not appear in this story. But please, no flames! That is Charizard's job.
I am very very sorry for not updating sooner! I promise that I will post new chapters at least once a week. Thank you for the patience and I apologize for the inconvenience. Have a nice day.
- The Rose of Death
