Here we go, Chapter 6. I have to say, I'm getting really excited for the story. The story is beginning to get to its best part now.
Here in this chapter we will have alot of two things happen. For one the main plot will develop quite a bit, then we'll have some nice character development for Sni and a new character. Well, he isn't really new, he has been referenced, but now he will make his debut. Believe it or not, Jessie, despite her team change being a big plot point is not a main character. So far, we have met two main characters.
I'll let you guess who they are.
CHAPTER 6: SUNSET
Ash and the other entered the pokèmon lab. They were shocked to see a door down a hallway and nothing else. Was the rest of the building a trick? "Wow, why build all of that and not use it?" Ash asked the question they all had in their heads.
"I don't know, perhaps someone is after the professor, if so we better go help," Jessie said. They all ran to the door and flung it open. When it was opened they saw a long staircase that spiraled underground. When they got to the bottom they saw a man with long black hair and hazel eyes in a lab coat at a computer. The professor was so engaged in his work he didn't even see the newcomers.
"Um, sir?" Ash asked startling the professor. When the professor turned around and saw Ash and his pokèmkn he smiled.
"Ash Ketchum yes? I just want to say that I'm happy for the many things your team has blessed with," The professor said confusing Ash.
"Many things? I mean I know we won the Unova leaug-" He felt a kick on his ankle, it was Snivy. "Oh! Did Oak tell you? Why is it such a big deal anyways?" The professor nodded then looked at Jessie.
"That can wait, Ash, anyways I'm professor Aspen. Is your friend here a new trainer?" Aspen asked.
"Yes, the name is Jessie. I need to receive my trainer license," Jessie said. Aspen opened a drawer that contained a stack of licenses. He gave one to Jessie. Then, he stood up.
"Please, follow me, I'll give you both a badge case and a starter pokèmon." Ash and Jessie followed Aspen to another room. The room had an errie sky blue glow to the floors. Lights pulsed under the floor and the light pulsed along with it. On the table three pokèmon stood. Had Aspen been expecting them? The pokèmon on the table were Chikorita, Froakie, and Torchic.
Once Jessie saw Chikorita she was sure that it would be the one she'd be choosing. The little pokèmon was just to cute to pass up! Ash decided that he'd take torchic since he knew that Blaziken was a really cool pokèmon. Once they had chosen Aspen gave them their badge cases.
Ash noticed that the badge case was very diffrent this time around. It was a round stone that had eight very unique looking slots. For example, one appeared to be a snowflake with a lightning bolt going through it. Ash thought that the badges were really cool looking, he couldn't wait to challenge the gyms. They thanked Aspen and left. When they got outside they saw another hodded figure. This one was about the same size as Pikachu.
"Who are you people?" Ash asked. The figure merely stood there silent as if it was mute. Suddenly, it drew a blade. The demonic wings glew before it charged at Sni. It seemed like Sni would be sliced in two, but the blade clanged against claws. It was Meowth! His reflexes saved another person!
"Alright, tell us who you are!" Meowth exclaimed. The figure merely hopped backwards, the sword turning into darkness mid jump. Then, the man arrived as well.
"Her name matters not. However. she will respond to Maya. Maya, I thought I just told you that blade wasn't meant for killing!" Maya seemed to scoff at the man. Then, fed up with him she charged at him blade first. Maya was, to sat the least shocked to find the blade pocketed by the man. The man grabbed her and the pair left Ash and Jessie.
"Who are they?" Ash asked once again. The white capes that flowed behind them in the winds disappeared into the forest.
"Whoever they are I don't like them. That one with the fancy sword sent chills down my spine," Jessie said. Ash shook his head in response.
"The other one scares me more, Maya was scary then he pulls that!" Ash said, the group now walking towards the first path on Krako. Meanwhile, Maya and the man were arriving back at their base. A whole group of caped and cloaked people stood in the room. They all turned towards Maya. The smallest one, even smaller than Maya approached her.
"Sister, that was foolish, you almost destroyed Team Justice's goal by doing that," The small one said, the anger clear in his voice.
"Why can't the shadow core use me as the vessel?" Maya barked back, angering her brother. He yelled in frustration, why did his sister have to be so defiant?
"Maya, I already explained this! The Relic Blade is a danger. We know inevitability that Sni obtains it, then we can use you both," The small one said hoping to quell his sister's anger. However, he did the exact opposite, he fueled her anger.
"Use, there is that word again! I'm not some puppet for you to toy with Zeus!" Her brother snapped, he hated that name. If he could, he'd use his old name, but his old name would reveal to much about himself. Everything about everyone in the Council of Justice before the council was dangerous. Their name, their appearance, everything about them had to be concealed.
"Well, if you have a bloodlust perhaps you can help me sis. Lulia has betrayed our cause. Could you be so kind as to do the deed? I'd really hate to get blood on my paws. I just cleaned them from eliminating the old council, I'd hate to get them stained again," Zeus said laughing evily as he finished.
"Now you're speaking my language, brother. I hat Lulia anyways, she was always a bit of a snob, it'll be nice to hear he beg for mercy. Yet, none will come to her," Maya said. Then one of the taller figures spoke up.
"Yes, no mercy, those you give no mercy won't be shown a glimpse of it themselves." Everyone in the room chuckled at the statement. Zeus held up his paw to silence them.
"It won't be simple. Lulia has gone WHU, in case you're unfamiliar with the term, that means Whereabouts Unknown." Maya nodded and left by herself. Zeus turned to the other members. They entered a deep discussion about the Council's plans in the near future. Many of the plans were indeed high risk, high reward plans. There was one that they knew, they'd do anything to accomplish.
Maya was quickly running towards Krako. It was clear that Lulia would be found somewhere in this region. Maya had to hurry, if word got out about who they were The Council would be finished. Maya quickly reached Professor Aspen's lab, if Lulia was in Krako, it certainly wasn't here. Lulia had always despised humans. Wait, that was it! Maya quickly began to run towards the Pokèmon Manor.
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends had stumbled upon a hill that had a bit of a cliff on it. "Well, this place looks like an excellent spot to rest," Ash said setting up the tents. While he was doing that Sni went to sit on the cliff. Sni was watching he sunset from the cliff. The way the Sunset looked partly behind the clouds made the scene even more beautiful. Sni was so captivated by the beauty she didn't even notice someone sit down next to her.
"The sunset looks amazing, right?" The person beside Sni asked. Sni was so startled by the newcomer she almost fell off the cliff. Sni regained her balance and looked at the newcomer. Sitting next to her was Xalid, the emolga that Ash had on his team. Xalid smiled a friendly smile at Sni waiting for her answer. Sni smiled back before making her reply. The two had been talking and became fast friends.
"Yes, although, I can't help but feel like something is missing from this situation. I have no clue who or what it is though, although, I feel like I should know," Sni said partly gloomily. Xalid laughed at her statement, what more could they need? They were great friends watching a beautiful sunset, what else did they need?
"Perhaps we need another friend to share it with? Three friends watching the sunset together, I feel like that would be an awesome thing. It's sad that we won't be here after today. It would be great to end the day like this everyday." Sni nodded in response to Xalid's statement. Sni couldn't agree more, she wished that they could come to this cliff everyday and just talk. It would most likely be a great stress reliever.
While Sni was talking with Xalid she didn't notice her parents watching the two. "I think Xalid is a pretty nice guy don't you Pikachu?" Snivy asked.
"Yes, his parents certainly raised him well. I actually to be honest expected him to be flirtatious, but it seems his parents went to great lengths to assure that wouldn't happen," Pikachu said smiling at Sni and Xalid.
"You know, this reminds me of one of our first dates Pikachu." Ah, yes, Pikachu couldn't agree more. It was one of his most vivid memories that he had with Snivy. His mind wandered back to the dream he had a couple of weeks ago. Now that he thought about it, the dream just seemed silly.
"This reminds me of a silly dream I had a couple of days before Sni hatched. Basically, I saw Oshawott and Piplup's sons fighting over my daughter. Now that I think about it was quite a childish worry. If I was faced with that I'd leave it up to Sni. If she was happy, but I didn't like the guy? I'd just have to deal with him," Pikachu said surprising Snivy. That was surprisingly mature of Pikachu! After a few more minutes they went to sleep in their tent.
Xalid was about to say something else when he saw how Sni was staring into the horizon. He followed her gaze and saw what appeared to be a small figure standing on a cliff exactly like theirs. "It's just a mirage Sni. Plus, if it wasn't they'd have to go through me to attack you," Xalid said smiling at Sni. Sni smiled back and they sat watching the sunset together. After the sun set Xalid felt Sni leaning on his arm. He looked to his left to see that Sni had fallen asleep.
Xalid laughed inwardly then he picked her up bridal style and carried her to her tent. When Pikachu saw Xalid enter with Sni in his arms he was suspicious at first. Then, when he saw Sni was asleep he cast all that aside. Xalid was merely returning her to the tent. Pikachu smiled, Xalid sure was a nice kid. Xalid left, hoping to not wake Pikachu or Snivy. If they saw him carrying their daughter like that, no, he'd rather not imagine the injuries he'd suffer!
Xalid went outside and stared at the now rising moon. For some odd reason, he found it more captivating than a sunset. There was just something about the moon that gave off a mystical feeling. Plus, it was perfect conditions for the giant moon illusion, and lucky for Xalid, that illusion was occuring at this moment. Then, he saw it, Xalid was sure of it, he saw a figure standing on the horizon again. He was sure it was really there this time! Moons didn't cause mirages right?
What scared him the most about the figure were the two gleaming red eyes that seemed to stare straight back. Xalid could barely make out the eyes, but the eyes were certainly there. Honestly, he couldn't stop staring into those eyes, he just wanted to shut his eyes and forget. Yet for a reason unknown to him, he couldn't bring himself to close his eyes. Was a fear for this ominous figure on the horizon stopping him from looking away? Lucky for Xalid, the figure walked of its cliff.
~END OF CHAPTER~
Now, I don't know what it was, but I feel like this was one of my better chapters. We finally got to see some real character development here. That is what alot of the "Krako Arc" will be. It'll be like 60% character dev, 40% main plot development.
Also, I really hope I did the sunset scene well! It was one of my favorite scenes to write in this fic so far, so I really hope it turned out ok. Please, leave feedback, I'm decently new her so it would be nice to get some advice or feedback! Do you like the story?
Of course, unless it is constructive criticism, if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything. I'd rather be in the dark than get review that say "LOL THIS STINKS".
