Here's Chapter 7 for all to read. Thanks to all reviewers who reviewed the previous chapters. Also, I'm not sure whether the term ' Legendary Dogs' applies to Raikou, Entei and Suicune as they don't really seem like dogs.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 7: Music, Madness and Mayhem
Music. That was the one thing that the God Pokemon absolutely detested at this point of time. For what seemed like the millionth time, her counterpart was blasting another of his songs. Furthermore, he hadn't bothered to fix the hole in the door that she had made in anger and the volume was conveniently at the max.
The Goddess swore colorfully, clutching her ears as the beats of the song continued. Although there were some songs that she didn't mind and even a few that she liked, this song was definitely not one of them. To top off her list of problems, the three Legendary four-legged beasts were staying over at the Hall of Origin, at Suicune's request after the pie incident. There was nothing wrong with that except the occasional fridge raid, the frequent food fight and the very common Halo death-matches, with the volume at full blast.
"At least Groudon and Kyogre aren't fighting for now." Arceus thought to herself, remembering that Shaymin had requested that those two be assigned to the 'complete restoration of my beautiful garden', as she had put it. And the hedgehog would ensure that the same duo would be put through a living Hell, with the occasional Grass Knot and Frenzy Plant thrown in for good measure.
Boom.
The sound of the fragmentation grenade detonating blasted the white centaur back into harsh reality. She sighed, knowing that the trio had begun another round of Halo, and the sound of alarms blaring, bullets pinging off surfaces, the occasional scream or groan of agony, the whine of an engine and the easily-identified muffled thumps of a sniper rifle all merged into an intolerable experience the goddess simply knew as Hell-on-Earth. At times like this, she wished she were the Death Legendary rather than the God one.
Just as she prepared to unleash another barrage of words, she felt the presence of Mewtwo and Deoxys near the Hall. The strange thing was although Mewtwo's presence was the same as before, Deoxys' was amplified threefold.
"So, where this Arceus lives is at the end of this flight of stairs?"
"Yep. So be patient, and you'll get there eventually."
"Alright!" Momo shouted. "Let's go, go, go!" With that, he charged up the stairs, not even bothering to swap forms.
"He's really excited." Ura remarked. "If he keeps going at this rate, he won't have enough energy left to challenge this Arceus."
"We should get going. There's exactly three thousand, one hundred and seventy-nine stairs to climb." Mewtwo said.
"I actually preferred it when I didn't know the exact number of stairs." Deoxys muttered.
"Eh? Cheer up, sis! It's not like you're weak or something!" Ryuu commented, as the four of them began climbing up the stairs.
"Why couldn't you have teleported us all the way up?" Deoxys asked.
"Because Arceus shielded the Hall from Teleports. She didn't want any uninvited guests ever since the Abra-Kadabra incident." Mewtwo remarked, remembering a time when an entire group of Abras and Kadabras Teleported themselves into the Hall by mistake.
"GAH!"
The Genetic Pokemon and Deoxys, along with her two brothers, stared with amusement at the scene before their eyes. Momo was busy trying not to scramble back from the Legendary Dog trio, although he was backing away from them.
"Why are there dogs here?! You didn't mention any of these guys!" Momo shouted at Deoxys, who simply shrugged.
"I thought you'd gotten over your fear of dogs. And anyway, you didn't ask."
"Excuse me, but we aren't dogs! I'm a lion, Raikou's a tiger and Suicune's a wolf!" Entei shouted to be heard over the din, as he and his companions reverted to their human forms. "And what makes you think you can simply walk into the Hall like this?!"
"Excuse me." Ura shoved Momo aside while swapping to his human form, nearly causing the latter to fall down the long flight of stairs. Everyone else also changed into their respective human forms, a sign of respect amongst the Legendaries.
"We'd only arrived on this planet a few days ago. As such, we didn't know that we weren't supposed to barge in like this." He spoke, wrapping his hand around Entei's shoulder as though they were old friends. "You have my sincerest apologies. Is there a doorbell that we must ring, or something similar? But maybe you-" He strolled over to Suicune and placed his hand on her shoulder. "-can inform the others for us? Then, would you like to go out with me?"
"Wait a minute!" Raikou nearly yelled. He moved so that he was next to Suicune, while pushing away Ura's hand.
"Oh? Is she your girlfriend, maybe?"
"What!? No!" Raikou struggled to hide the blush that was slowly creeping onto his face as Suicune looked away, clearly embarrassed at the attention she was getting.
"Really? There's nothing to be shy about. We're both males, so-"
"THAT'S ENOUGH OF YOUR FLIRTING!" Momo, who had recovered from his near-fall, smacked Ura on the back of his head with his palm. He shoved his dazed brother aside, before storming to the entrance to the Hall of Origin.
"COME ON OUT, ARCEUS! COME OUT AND FACE ME! I CHALLENGE YOU!"
The door to the Hall of Origin flung open, and a severely pissed-off looking white centaur known to all as Arceus emerged, her eyes glaring daggers at Deoxys' brother.
"Look here, whoever you are, I'm hungry, thirsty, sleep-deprived, very pissed off and my newly tiled floor just got damaged really badly. Do you still want to fight me?"
Mewtwo, Deoxys and the others gulped. Momo, however, seemed unaffected by the goddess' statement.
"YES!"
The God Pokemon's eyes narrowed.
(A/N: To all readers, please visualize the following scene.)
The Earth is shown from outer space. An explosion is heard, followed by a giant beam of light shooting upwards from a certain spot on the planet. As the beam of light slowly fades away, fireworks are seen detonating in the upper atmosphere.
Arceus slowly breathed in, trying to rein in her temper before it did any more damage. She had already Judgemented the Deoxys from earlier whom had bravely, yet foolishly, challenged her power. In front of her, Mewtwo and three other Deoxys were looking over the edge, staring down at the ground that seemed so small from the height they were at.
"It's a long way down. Wonder if he's ok?" Mewtwo remarked, as a loud thud was heard, echoing upward from the ground.
"Nah, I wouldn't worry about him too much." The Deoxys that Arceus knew spoke. The other two exchanged glances, but said nothing.
"You… certainly have… anger issues." A hoarse voice gasped. The goddess, the man-made Legendary, the three Legendary four-legged beasts in human form and the outer space visitors turned to see that same Deoxys from earlier. However, his gem glowed fainter than before and his eyes had the near-kilometer stare that was indicative of near-shock.
"Back again?" Arceus asked, clearly surprised that he had survived the Judgment and the fall. She began charging up another blast of her signature move.
"DAMM IT! I DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT YOU!" The source of her ire shouted. He staggered forward and despite his condition, met the Alpha Pokemon's eyes evenly.
"I… only wanted to… challenge you… to-"
"To what? A fight? Well, you lost, so get lost!" Arceus snapped.
"Not that, idiot!" The Deoxys, which Arceus assumed was related to the Deoxys all the Legends knew, retorted. He shook his head, apparently to clear the disorientation of the fall.
"I only wanted to challenge you to a game of rock-paper-scissors!" He managed to shout out before he fainted. While the other Legends present tried to revive him, Arceus only stared blankly into space, before she realized that the three Deoxys were glaring at her.
"Oops?"
I sincerely apologize for the long update times. I've already planned out the next one, so it should be up soon, hopefully.
