Well, as I promised. . .sort of. It's 11:11. . .PM.
I'm cutting it close. LOL.

This chapter always gives me goosebumps. O.O


Chapter 6 When The Past Catches Up

"My little Hikari!" Hikari's mother cooed as she entered Hikari's dark room. "My, my!" She flicked the light switch. "Look what I got!" Out of her shopping bag, she pulled out a brand new kimono. "Isn't it darling? I got it for the festival coming up! "

Hikari continued to blankly stare at nothing, lost in her own mind.

"Come now, you should try it on!" Hikari didn't move at all, so her mom dressed her like a doll, a lifeless doll. "Aw, it's so cute on you! I knew it would suit you!" She squealed with delight. "Now, I really want to do your hair." Quickly, she grabbed a brush and designed her child's hair into a beautiful bun full of adornments. "Oh, you look absolutely like my child! Oh, look at the time!" Her eyes wandered to the clock than to the door. "I need to go grocery shopping! We have absolutely nothing for dinner!" She sat her daughter back onto the bed. "I'll be right back Hikari. Just stay put, alright? Mommy will just go out to buy some food!" With that her mom scurried out, she thought, I really thought she would resist me dressing her up like she always did. Why did that event have to change her so much?

So once again, Hikari sat still in her room, thinking of her beloved Pokemon, while her mother's Delcatty attempted to comfort her. Maybe if I did something they would have been alive? She thought repeatedly. But I didn't.

Delcatty's ears perked up. "Delcatty, what is it?"

Downstairs a lock clicked open, the silhouette of a man with a Dusclops creeped along the wall and up the stairs. Upon reaching Hikari's room, he simply opened the door and walked in. "Hikari Aikiko?" He asked. Delcatty growled.

Hikari looked up towards an unfamiliar voice. It was a young man. He looked a bit older. His black hair covered his right eye. He was tall with a strong build. But his eyes, they had an eerie kind of fierceness.

"Who are you?"

His eyes observed her body first before he spoke again, "I can see why Duke is so attracted to you."

"Duke?"

"Yes," he smirked. "He's an old friend of mine."

Hikari stood silent. An old friend? From the that criminal syndicate?

"It's so odd. We researched on you. Looks like you were a great trainer. How hard have you've fallen after losing your pokemon?"

Hikari gripped the bed hard, planning an escape.

"Duke left the group awhile ago. The head honcho wants him back. Once you're apart of the group, you never leave. Unfortunately, that's the rule my old man instituted. Honestly, I can't believe he wants him back-"

Hikari flung a book at his head and kicked him in the stomach and broke into a run for the door and down the stairs while Delcatty used hidden power, knocking back both Dusclops and him.

The man scorned then sneered. "Dusclops go get her. I'll deal with the cat." He pulled out a taser.

Dusclops descended through the floor to meet Hikari. Hikari backed up but the man was coming down. Oh no, Delcatty. She pushed the chair against Dusclops, only to have it go through him. She ran once more grabbing the emergency flashlight, pointing it at Dusclops. Dusclops winced in pain and faded away from the light.

"Dusclops shadow ball!" Dusclops conjured a black ball from behind Hikari and forced her into the mirror on the wall. The shards from the force cut into her back, causing her to shriek.

"Now," The man said, "Why do you resist? In the end you won't win. AH!" A shard sank into his arm, holding it was Hikari.

Hikari ran further into the living room. All she had to do was make it outside or just call here and now. Then, she could call for help or maybe the phone. She reached for it and put her ear against the receiver. The line was dead.

"Yes, I cut the line. I don't anyone to disturb us." He sneered again with his arm bleeding extensively. "You have spirit. I like that."

Where did I put my pokegear, she thought. It has to be somewhere. She recalled it was in her room in a drawer, and there was no going back there now. If only she could make it out.

"Dusclops, use Hypnosis on the girl."

Dusclops' eye glowed. Out of the dark house, another ball of light came from Delcatty.

"Delcatty!" Hikari said, relieved.

Delcatty mewed for her trainer's daughter to leave.

"No, I can't let that happen again."

Delcatty scratched at Dusclops. It made contact for awhile before he became transparent.

"This is getting annoying. Dusclops, psychic."

An invisible force broke through, damaging the house even more and ultimately injuring Delcatty to the point that she fainted.

"Delcattty!" Hikari cried harder. Please not again. She ran up to the cat. Still breathing, thank God.

The man approached behind her and restrained her from any more movement. "Dusclops, hypnosis now!" Dusclops' eye glowed once more. He looked Hikari in the eye until she fell limp in the stranger's arms.

"Mission, successful." He smirked and in his hand, there was a pink pokegear. "We'll call him later."

He rubbed his arm and winced in pain. Hopefully, he thought, she hurts as much as me. He looked at the wounds on her back, but they were disappearing then the cuts were gone. The man chuckled. You really are a special girl.


Oh. . .My. . .Gosh. . .I still have goosebumps.

FYI Her fast healing is mentioned in the bonus chapter when Hikari and Duke met and finally became friends.
I kind of like Duke's point of view better. It's different from a girl's, plus his affections are clear (They'll become clearer in the next chapter when he finds out) while Hikari's are unknown which is nice.
Sorry, it takes so long again. I focus a lot more on my original works than my fanfics. But I kind of missed Duke. . .Though he doesn't make an appearance in this chapter he will be badass in the next one. XD

I'm just glad that despite being depressed, Hikari can still sock it to the baddies. Oh, yeah!

Please remember to rate and review! I always like to know ways on how to improve!

Until next time, which is hopefully next week! Until then!