Title: Luna
Rating: T
Summary: They had been one ever since they were made. It wasn't until something happened to make them now two. One of them went back to a sleep state while the other changed in form. A young girl, one without memories, was found on the night of a full moon by the Pokémon of the White Rune. Her name, Luna, a girl who wants to know who, what, she really is. As time came, she learned from the Pokémon, before one day it was decided that she would become a Trainer.
Warnings this Chapter: N/A
Pairing: Possible Cilan/Luna or N/Luna
Other: This chapter was redone more than two times before I was satisfied with my work.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon is owned by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Creatures, Game Freak and Satoshi Tajiri. No profit was made in the writing of this fanfic.
Betas: June Dune and Discordence
"Hi," Pokémon Talking
This is -Pokédex Talking
Now To Answer Some Reviews:
AWPlays- Thank you for answering. You are correct that Cilan is closest with Luna (Ash does come to a close second). Yes, Ash did begin her journey with him but I have planned that Cilan to be closer with her for certain reasons. I can't reveal everything though now can I. The story just wouldn't be the same then. Okay, so you are unsure what Luna really looks like. I'll provide a description in the Author's Note below for you (and anyone else who needs it). The reason why the story line is similar to the Pokémon Black & White TV series because I am following that series when writing the story. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
bella- You are very welcome! With Ash, I do say he is close to Luna. The reason why he 'boasts' about her skills is that he knows that this is her first time traveling as she's said and wants her to have experience with battling. Your request isn't silly. I don't think (almost) request are silly, there are some that I just won't do. Luna will become more outgoing and playful after she gets to know the people but she's 'a tad too shy and quiet' as you put it for a reason. She grew up in a forest, raised by Pokémon, and sheltered away from Human civilization by the Pokémon. It doesn't mean Luna didn't interact with other Humans but not as much one should get. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Chapter 10
A Ghostly Problem at the Nacrene City Museum
Place: Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
We had just arrived in Nacrene City. The city was a very colorful and artistic city with water fountains, stained glass windows, and an unused railway track. Currently, we were standing around warehouses that were painted in a variety of different colors.
"We've finally reached Nacrene City," Ash said, grinning that we were actually finally there.
"Woah, so many warehouses," Iris called out, amazed at all the artwork displayed on the warehouses around the town.
"This place is really colorful and beautiful," I pointed out, smiling slightly. Humans do have amazing artistic sense.
"You see because unused warehouses are opened for artists this city is also called the city of art," Cilan explained. He continued to explain that the citizens essentially use their buildings as canvases.
Iris inspected a painted wall. "It truly looks like a 'city of art'." She smiled, her partner, Axew, agreeing with her.
"Further, because it's a very fashionable place, it's also called the 'city of your dreams'." The boy was really knowledgeable about everything.
Ash huffed. "City or art or city of your dreams, I don't care!" Both hands of his became fists. "I only have a single goal and that's the Gym match!"
Cilan's smile turned all-knowing. "As for the Nacrene Gym, it's inside the museum of this city," he informed us before he led the way to where the city's museum was.
Place: Front of Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
"Hmm... a poster," I noticed, walking up to the pictured poster. "Secret artifact exhibit... From the look at the dates, it's today."
"It's strange that it's closed despite all this," Cilan said, coming next to me. I could feel the glare coming from Lucario. Why was he being like that? There was no reason to act like that.
Ash banged on the door. "Umm... Excuse me," he shouted, frowning, taking his hand away from the dark-colored wooden door. "No use."
Suddenly a man's scream broke out from inside the museum. Everyone looked at each other and nodded. I gave them a shrug.
Three...
Two...
One...
"St-stay away," was heard inside of the building before there was a bang from the inside on the front door. "Gah!" Blinking once, then twice, I felt something move around from inside the halls behind the closed door. Looking at Lucario, I knew he felt it as well. "Wah..." With an unclicking sound, the door suddenly busted open as a man broke through it, knocking down the sign in front and falling down on the ground in front of us. Well, that was... different.
Cilan, the gentleman as he was, bent down on his knee, asking, "Sir, are you all right?"
"Th-That!" The man with a gray suit sat up quickly, closing his eyes tight while looking the other way, as he pointed to the open, empty hallway and let out a small cry.
"Is something wrong with the corridor?" Iris asked, confused.
My frown deepened, knowing the energy I had felt before had vanished. "There's nothing down there," I pointed out.
"That's not it: I was chased down by the fossil of a Kabuto!" He exclaimed though the hall was empty. But the tone of his voice didn't seem to make him a liar. The man's black half-moon glasses showing gray eyes with brown hair looked up at all of us.
"A Kabuto Fossil?" Ash wondered as he looked at the man before him, now standing looking at them.
"Chased done?" Iris tilted her head slightly.
"I still don't see anything," I pointed out again, blinking. My wing-like adornments fluttered slightly when I felt a tingle go down my spine the longer I stared down the seemingly empty hallway. There was something strange going on.
"But there was!" The man said stubbornly.
"Hey, let's go and have a look." Ash walked inside, Pikachu leading the way as I walked behind them. My eyes narrowed, I felt something here and it was not happy. But what?
"Luna," Lucario let out a small warning, his paw reaching to grab my unattached sleeve. This was his way of showing to stay near him. I obliged so he wouldn't throw a 'fit' later.
As Pikachu ran in front of Ash, he stopped in front of a fossil that said to be the Kabuto Fossil. "Here, Ash, this is the one the man was talking about."
We stared at the Kabuto Fossil for a moment before Cilan looked back down at the hall we came in. "The Kabuto fossil is right there."
The man peeked from the corner, having a confused look. "No way! But how? I could have sworn it chased me down just now."
"How about you tell us what happened in detail?" I offered, looking at the confused man who nodded.
"A-ah... um... sure."
Place: Small Court Yard, Near Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
We had all gone outside, sitting at a purple round table with blue chairs. Lucario was right behind me as I was between Cilan and Ash, who had Pikachu on the table in front of him, with Iris on his right and the man sat across from Ash. Our bags were on the ground leaning against each of our chairs.
The man began to explain, "The thing is, we were running late on preparations for the opening of the treasure exhibition. As they arrived last night, the workers and I finally carried the exhibits inside to set it up the displays. It was deep into the night before we finally finished our work. Iremained behind to do a final check on the artifacts in the exhibit. When I heard the light switch flickered on and off, it became dark. I took out a flashlight and as I made my way to the light switch, I heard them! I heard footsteps following me. I already felt somewhat uncomfortable, but then... I could hear cries coming from somewhere! Scared out of my wits, I went home for the night and checked the place together with the staff the next day. But we couldn't find the source. Having postponed the opening of the treasure exhibition for safety reasons was the only thing we could do. I went inside by myself once more after the staff had gone home."
"And that was when the Kabuto Fossil came at you and then you ran into us," I finished. He nodded yes in response.
Ash bent his head down, the top of his hat shadowing his eyes. "Mysterious things can happen, huh?"
"This is..." Everyone looked at Iris as she frowned."... a curse. That's what it's got to be. No doubt in my mind an agitated soul is trying to bring about some kind of catastrophe in this museum!" Her tone showed how convinced she was with her idea.
"Eh? Catastrophe, you say?" The man didn't really believe it but what else could he do?
Axew became scared, shaking, as he hid in Iris's hair, "See even Axew knows it's a curse; bad things will happen if we don't do something now!" She turned to the man. "If you leave this as is, something terrible will happen."
Cilan let out a small snort. "What an exaggeration," he said. "Such supernatural phenomena are usually wild assumptions or delusions." He shook his head at the silliness of what Iris was trying to say.
"Delusions, you say?!" Iris hissed out, her fist banging against the purple, round table.
Cilan held up his pointer finger. "If we investigate scientifically, we should find out the real source."
Iris rose, both hands on the table. She glared at the green haired boy. "All right then, Cilan, why don't you investigate scientifically?"
"That's exactly what I wanted to do," Cilan rebutted. "Hmm... This taste has become thrilling."
"I will check what the agitated soul is angry about and what it is trying to curse," Iris said to the man, pumping of a fist.
"I will discover the reason for the..." Cilan held out his hand, a confident smile on his lips, "supernatural phenomena with a scientific approach."
Honestly from what they've said and from what I had felt, I could guess that it might be a Pokémon causing this mess.
Ash stood, slamming his hands onto the table, becoming frustrated. "Wait a second! What about my Gym match?"
Iris' hands were on her hips. "This isn't the time!" Iris scolded him. Cilan had nodded along with her on that.
The man cleared his throat, gaining the three Humans' attention. "You won't be able to have a Gym match anyway. Dear is away on business, so you can't have one."
"Huh? Who's 'Dear'?" Ash asked.
"Ah..." The man stood, finally realizing that he hadn't introduced himself. "I haven't introduced myself yet, have I? I'm the vice-curator of the museum, Hawes. And 'Dear' is my wife, Lenora. She's the Gym Leader of the Nacrene City Gym."
"I see now! I'm Ash," the boy introduced himself. "This is my partner Pikachu." The said Pokémon waved to the vice-curator of the Nacrene Museum.
"I'm Iris."
"I am called Luna," I said before turning slightly to Lucario. "This is my friend and traveling companion, Lucario." The Aura Pokémon gave out a small grunt, saying nothing more.
"I'm Cilan, a Pokémon Connoisseur." Cilan did his usual bow of the head when he introduced himself. "Well then, please let us check the interior right away."
"Please do." Hawes bowed in thanks.
Place: Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
"I hope you won't mind doing this all at once, but I'll show you around the museum first." Hawes started to give us a tour of the Nacrene Museum. Then he finally showed us the Dome Fossil that had been chasing him earlier. "The Armor Pokémon Kabuto is thought to have inhabited beaches three hundred million years ago."
"Wow, that long ago?" Ash stared at the fossil with awe.
Then he had taken us to a skeletal fossil hanging from the ceiling. Iris let out a small gasp, grinning. "Isn't this a Dragonite?"
"Well spotted," Hawes complimented. "This is a skeleton model of a Dragonite. We used what we believe to be the largest one discovered so far as our model." Then he showed us a small meteorite displayed in a glass case. "Next, we have this. This stone is amazing. Unbelievably, it's a meteorite!"
"I knew it," I said, staring at the meteorite, slowly blinking beneath my white bangs. I could see a Rainbowish Aura slowly coming from the meteorite. It was just like the one from the Ruins that a Pokémon had left behind at some point. I turned to face Hawes. "It came from space, right?"
"Yes." He gave me a small smile. "That's why it should have some kind of cosmic energy hidden inside."
"It sure does look amazing," Ash said, Cilan nodding along with him.
Finally, he took us to the exhibit that was set to open that day set up in a conjoined room of the museum. "Here we have our current eye-catchers," Hawes announced, sweeping his arm along the room to point out all that he had. There were suits of armor. "These are armors and helmets that were once used in the Unova Region."
"They get a full score for impact." Cilan stared on at Ash admiring the suits of metal.
"Armors and helmets…" Iris wasn't all that thrilled, frowning, thinking deeply on something. She even went into the thinking position, her chin in her hand.
"What this?!" Ash called aloud. He looked at a collection of items retrieved from some ruins, including a well-made replica of a Cofagrigus. It looked like Cofagrigus back at home. He really liked to throw rocks at me for fun…
"We're exhibiting objects excavated from ruins here." Hawes gestured to the Cofagrigus look-alike. "It is also said that Cofagrigus appears in ruins like this."
"Cofagrigus?" Ash curiously questioned, stumbling across the name. He didn't need to worry, he wasn't the only to stumble on its name before.
"It's the name of this Pokémon," I answered, "You shouldn't go near one or else it could swallow you and turn you into a mummy!" I let out a low moan, my arms dangling limply in midair as I went after Ash slowly. Everyone laughed.
"It is real?" Cilan asked. Hawes had said no, opening the top of the Cofagrigus replica to show nothing was inside it. "It's well made."
Iris let out a hum. Ash had asked what the matter was with her. She turned to face him, face and tone serious. "It could be connected to the source of the curse."
"The curse?"
It wasn't a curse.
"What do you base this theory on?" Cilan proposed.
It really wasn't. It was a Pokémon, whichever one it was, doing all this for a reason.
"My sixth sense," Iris affirmed, nodding more to herself than to the others.
Cilan crossed his arms over his chest, shaking his head as he held a sad smile. "It other words, you have no specific evidence."
"Luna," Lucario muttered my name, pulling on my sleeve. I turned to him as he pointed to a yellow mask inside a glass case. We both walked over to it. "Doesn't it look familiar?"
Letting out a hum, I gave him a small frown. "It actually does. But I can't put my tongue on it."
Ash had come up next to us after a moment, inspecting it before he pointed to it and asked, "Hawes, what is this?"
Said man, Iris, and Cilan came over. The vice curator of the museum explained, "It's the mask carried by Yamasks. It's another Pokémon that often appears in ruins. This is a replica of its mask, though." He pointed down to a description and a small picture of a shadow-like Pokémon with two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It had a small tail-like appendage that held onto the same yellow replicated mask in the glass case. It looked like it was crying.
"I can feel something," Iris started. How? It was only a replica of the real thing. "Something…"
Place: Library, Within Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
"In this archive, files related to the exhibits are lined up; our guests are free to read as many as they like." Hawes gave a small smile at everyone's gasps.
"This museum have every imaginable service!" Cilan looked all around, eyes sparkling slightly.
"This ends our tour through the interior of the building," the man finished before his face gave an uneasy expression. "Well? Have you found something?"
"I couldn't specifically pinpoint anything unusual." Cilan sighed, disappointed at what he said.
Iris looked up, her right pointer finger was on her chin. "I can feel something unpleasant, but I haven't figured out what."
"For now…" Ash held a serious face before he slouched slightly, his hand on his suddenly-grumbling stomach. "I am hungry," he complained.
"You know…!" Iris was able to yell when Cilan was able to silence her with a question for the elder man.
"Hawes, can't we just stay in the museum overnight?" Hawes was surprised at the sudden request so Cilan went on to explain, "That way, we can inspect the supernatural phenomena better."
"You're right," Iris agreed with her friend. She held her right hand on her hip. "Agitated souls often start moving in the middle of the night." Her eyes started to hold a fiery determination. "It might be good to investigate the source of the curse."
Dark brown eyes held an impressed look. "You're all so brave even though you're only children. I'm impressed."
"The only child here is this one," Iris remarked, looking at Ash.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Ash hissed out. The others could only laugh.
Place: Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
That night, we had set up camp with Hawes within one of the exhibits. Everyone had their own sleeping bag. Iris was next to Ash who was in between her and Cilan while I was on the other far end next to Cilan. Hawes was laying down a few feet away from us. Snivy had come out, much tothe shock of the others, and seemingly glared at me before curling up and lying next to my head. I could only sweatdrop at his actions, warding off Lucario before he could do something. There hadn't been much action yet so everyone was beginning to fall asleep.
I stayed awake, frowning. This wasn't a curse or anything of that sorts, not even a soul from the dead. Turning my head around, I saw the others were asleep. Then I sat up, the top of the sleeping bag falling off me. Looking over at Lucario, I crawled on all fours, making sure not to wake up the small Grass Snake Pokémon.
Letting out a small, soft grunt I sat next to a meditating Lucario. After a few more moments, red eyes slowly opened, his body slowly relaxing, Lucario gazed at me.
"So?"
Lucario looked to the side, staring off at a darkened hallway. "You were right, Luna. It seems that a little shadow isn't happy and so is haunting the museum."
We stared into each other's eyes. "Can you get the feeling as to why the little shadow is unhappy?"
He shook his head. "It is masking itself good enough that I am unable to read it's thoughts at all. Even its emotions are at the core based ones right now."
Letting out a low whistle, impressed. Then growing serious, I asked, "Do you know where it is at the moment?" Lucario stared at me for a moment before he looked back down the darkened hallway once more.
"It keeps moving back and forth in different areas, keeping an eye on us, but it seems to be going back down there the most."
"Isn't that way to the exhibit that was supposed to open earlier today? Maybe something was taken from the little shadow unknowingly and so this happened."
"Maybe, however, I can't be for sure on it." Lucario kept silent for a moment before he looked to me again. "Go back to sleep and get some rest, Luna."
So I did.
The next time I opened my eyes was when I felt my body being shaken slowly by someone on one side but faster by someone else on the other. Looking over, I saw Snivy was shaking my arm while Lucario shook my shoulder.
"What's wrong, you two?" I asked, using my hand to wipe at my sleepy eyes. Lucario only pointed at the strange blackish and dark purplish mist that had started to roll in. I shot right up, noting the others were awake. My blue eyes narrowed, standing on guard as I looked around.
By then Hawes had awakened as well, putting on his glasses as he sat up. "Everyone, did something happen?" Then he had leaped to his feet in fear. "Ah! What's this strange mist?"
More mist rolled in through the same darken hallway Lucario had looked over to before.
"The agitated soul is trying to start something," Iris claimed, nodding to herself. Iris looked around but couldn't see much as the fog got thicker by the minute.
The Gym Leader shook his head. "Nah, the air conditioning is just defective or something," Cilan also claimed.
"Actually..." I tried to speak but then a wispy voice came through the fog. "Return what is mine." The voice repeated slowly, "Return what is mine. Return what is mine. Return what is mine!"
It looked like I might be able to tell me at the moment.
Footsteps could be heard now, the others stood as a suit of armor came out of the dark doorway that the mist is coming from. My eyes narrowed even more before I shouted at the Humans, "I'm going to check it out. You guys stay here." So I ran, dodging the suit of armor sword, hearing the other for me to come back. I could hear Lucario and Snivy follow me.
I stopped in the middle of the thickening mist, looking around. "Now where would I go if I wanted to gain something back," I thought out loud. When I heard a crash and clang come where the others were, I knew they defeated the controlled suit of armor.
"Luna," Snivy called out, voice echoing in the sudden darkness.
"Where are you?" Lucario shouted, sounding distant.
"Snivy! Lucario!" I smiled slightly as I yelled to them.
"Luna!" I could hear both Pokémon call at the same time.
"I'm here. Are you both alright?"
"We're fine," Lucario said, sounding a little bit closer to me. "Are you alright?"
"There is nothing to worry about, you two. Go back to Ash and the others and see if they need anything. I'll be fine here!"
"But-"
"Go!" Hearing grumbles from both boys, I could only chuckle before hearing the fading patter of feet. I turned the other way and slowly walked forward into the darkness.
"Return what is mine," the whisper came again. It sounded more desperate than before. Suddenly, I felt something wet drip on my cheek. Using my finger to wipe it away, I noticed it was a rain drop. Looking up when I felt more, it started to rain on me. It was light, though, kinda like Rain Dance.
Shaking my head, I gave the rain drops a blank look than widened in realization, palm-smacking myself in the forehead. Why didn't I see it before? All those signs pointed to that one explanation. I was correct on it, but now it was so clear with everything that had happened.
"Stop this now!" I said calmly, "I will help you get back what you want." The rain stopped then and I felt a tingle go down my back. It was near.
"Will you?"
"Yes," I nodded, "I will. Now show yourself." Turning around, I saw the darkness shift around before a shadow-like Pokémon with two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It had a small tail-like appendage that held nothing. So that was what it was.
"The mask... It was locked up..."
"I will get you back what you want. But you need to stop it with the haunting."
"I couldn't get it back... The mask..." the voice whispered to me. Yes the mask, the mask that was part of a Pokémon.
"Yes, the mask! I will go and get it."
"You mean we will," a female said behind me. I rotated and saw a woman behind me, "Follow me!" and so I did.
Place: Somewhere in Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
"The mask is something precious..." Cilan's disoriented voice muttered. Cilan had the golden mask on his face as he spoke, the others looking at him worriedly. My wing-like adornments perked up when I felt the Pokémon vanish from behind me.
"In other words, the Yamask's mask was real," the brown-skinned woman said. She wore blue pants a white shirt that had a bow tied around the collar and a light pale pink circle belt. Her hair was blue and bushy as it was tied back by an orange and white headband. With her hands on her hips and a serious look in her eyes, she looked at everyone.
Hawes smiled, relieved, "Dear! You've returned at just the right time." Hawes was overjoyed to see his wife.
"'Dear'? You must be Lenora," Iris said staring at the women known as Lenora. I peeked from behind her and waved to them, "and there's Luna..."
"That's right! But more importantly, Hawes, where did you get that mask from?" Lenora asked her husband.
The husband blinked in confusion, "Huh? Let me see the mask." He went into deep thought as he tried to remember where he found the mask. "That was last night... While they were carrying the relics to be exhibited. I found the mask lying on the ground. I had only asked them to do a replica of Cofagrigus. I thought they had made this mask as a special service or something."
Lenora had a perturbed look, aiming it at Hawes. "There's no way they'd do that, is there?"
"You're right..." Hawes gave her a sheepish smile, rubbing the back of his head.
"Cilan!" I shouted as I ran over to him, not hearing the others call out to me. I needed to get the mask off of him. Reaching out for the mask, Cilan's hand had reached out and gripped it. My eyes widened as I was pulled down by inhuman strength. Both of my wrists were held in one hand by a possessed Cilan. Trying to get free was to no avail.
"Luna!" Lucario called out before hissing to the possessed Cilan. "Let her go!" He hissed, both Lucario and Snivy were posed to attack.
"Lucario, Snivy don't attack! Don't hurt Cilan," I said to them, worried. Suddenly the broken Dragonite skeleton floated in the air as it reassembled back together right next to the masked Cilan.
"Cilan..." I muttered, looking up at him.
Lenora's eyes narrowed, staring, her voice leaving no room for argument, "That should suffice. You've punished us enough!"
"Go!" Cilan's disoriented voice commanded the Dragonite skeleton. The skeleton moved forward on Cilan's command.
The Gym Leader took out a Poké Ball. "It can't be helped, huh? Watchog!" She called out, throwing the Poké Ball. A rust-colored Pokémon with large, puffy tan cheeks came out. It had small black eyes surrounded by red and yellow rings with yellow stripes wrapping around its torso and tail. Its arms were crossed over its chest as the yellow in its body illuminated the room with a blinding light.
Even with the blinding light, Ash still scanned Watchog. It said:
Watchog, the Lookout Pokémon, and the evolved form of Patrat. Watchog's body contains luminescent compounds, which allow its eyes and stripes to glow.
I closed my eyes to try to unblind myself. "There's no need to do this anymore. It's time to show yourself to the others, Yamask," I requested as the light died down. Suddenly the grip Cilan had on my hands was released as the mask then removed itself from Cilan's head and floated towards the ceiling.
Cilan held a blank look in his eyes as he slowly fell backwards. Moving quickly, I helped his body into a sitting position on the ground. Green eyes blinked slowly for a few times, a dazed Cilan turned to look at me. "Lu... na...?"
I gave him a soft smile. "Yeah, it's me."
He blinked a few more times, the haziness in his eyes going away. "Luna..."
"Cilan, are you okay?" Ash asked the Pokémon Connoisseur from a few feet away, standing next to Iris.
Cilan sat up even more and then stood. Although his balance shaky, my hold on him wasn't needed anymore. The boy gave Ash a confused expression. "I-I'm fine, but w-what happened?"
The very same Yamask from before appeared where the mask was in the air, "I'm right here."
I took out my Pokédex to scan the Yamask. It said:
Yamask, the Spirit Pokémon. Yamask is a Ghost-type Pokémon that wanders the ruins of ancient civilizations.
"Yamask probably came all the way here because it got lost among the exhibits," Lenora explained, "But by some kind of accident, it lost its mask."
"Is that true, Yamask?" I asked the Ghost-type Pokémon. Yamask nodded its answer towards me, looking back at Lenora.
She looked at her husband then. "You picked the mask up and, thinking it was a replica, put it on display, but Yamask not only thought its mask was stolen, but that it was locked up in the case."
"That's why Yamask was so angry," I said. "It was Psychic that moved the Dragonite skeleton model and the fossil. This mist was Haze and the rain was Rain Dance."
"Then the ghost lights must have been Will-O-Wisp," Ash pointed out.
Iris jumped at that moment, holding up her pointer finger as her other hands were on her hip. "See? My theory about an agitated soul wasn't exactly wrong, was it?" Iris said as she had a knowing look on her face.
"Ah, I'm not too sure about that," Cilan contradicted.
"What?" Tan-skinned cheeks puffed out. "It was better than your deduction, Cilan!" She turned her head away, not even looking at him.
I looked away from all the Humans just as Hawes ran to Lenora's side to look over at a deathly calm Lucario and a worried but angry Snivy. I walked over to them, head bowed slightly before it rested on Lucario's shoulder. "I'm sorry for worrying you, Lucario," my eyes glanced down at Snivy, "Snivy."
Nothing happened as I closed my eyes shut, fearing for the worst. They only snapped open when I felt arms wrap around me. "Don't worry me like that again..." A voice whispered into my ear.
I let out a small smile. Lucario released me as I bent down and held out my arms to Snivy. He ran into them without a moment's notice and I felt onto my butt. I let out a laugh and held the Grass Type Pokémon close.
I looked over to see a happy Yamask, bobbing back and forth in the air.
"Somehow, Yamask is a pretty cute Pokémon, isn't it?" Ash exclaimed, nodding to himself.
"Yes," Cilan agreed, "It also has a mysterious taste to it."
Place: Front of Nacrene Museum, Somewhere in Nacrene City, Southeastern Unova Region
The sun was starting to rise, turning the sky from a dark blue night to a light purple that lead to anorange-ish color, then finally to a lighter blue.
"You're leaving so soon?" I asked the floating Yamask.
"Yes," the Yamask said. "I've finally got what I wanted so there is no need for me to be here anymore."
"If you want, please come by to play again!" Hawes offered with a smile. The Pokémon accepted before flying off and away.
"Ohhh, what a clear, beautiful morning." Iris stretched her arms in the air, lowering them with a happy sigh, content.
"Yes, it has a fresh, delicious taste," Cilan said with a smile.
"It's truly perfect Gym match weather!" Ash said enthusiastically.
"It really is..." I agreed with him.
"I see, does that mean you have come to challenge my gym, by any chance?" Lenora queried us.
"Yes. My name is Ash, from Pallet Town!" Ash was pumped up. "Lenora, please accept my challenge!"
"Sure," she beamed without hesitation. "I'm always curious about my challenger's fighting style. I'm looking forward our battle." She beamed.
"All right!"
I perked up when she looked over at me. "And what about you, young one?" She asked me.
"I am called Luna. I would like it if you could battle me as well."
"I don't see why not." She smiled at me. "I would be glad to accept your battle as well."
"Wonderful!" I smiled back at her. "I can't wait!"
Author's Note: It's my birthday tomorrow so I got this chapter done in record time! So, I had gotten a request on what Luna really looks like. So I'm just gonna put a depiction of what Luna currently looks like and her current outfit. Luna has straight, pure snowy white hair that reaches down to the end of her butt, rounding at the end inwardly a little with long banged that cover her eyes. She has a thin build, flat chest, and light colored skin with round pale, bright blue eyes that have no pupil. Luna wears a forest green, sleeveless, turtleneck shirt that have bright green trims at the sleeves and end parts of the shirt with two forest green sleeves that are separated entirely from the shirt that are on her arms, ending at the middle of her hands. She wears a bluish-greenish skirt that has black leggings that end just before her knees under it. On her feet are black sandals that she is able to remove at any time. She has wing-like adornments around her ears. Around her neck is a gray, glass-like neckband with a crystal tear shaped charm. She has a black messenger bag she likes to wear on her left shoulder given to her by Sawsbuck. (Inside her bag: Guide Book/Map, First-Aid Kit and Bandages, Food, Pokémon Food, Pokédex, 6 Poké Balls (three used)).
Now then, I've got to tell you this. I am going to take a small break from writing with Luna to focus on my other story. This won't be my main focus so it will take longer to give out chapters. It's going to be an odd schedule as my other story, Half, will be my main focus until I have it fully done, which won't be until... Actually, I am not sure on that when. But I will have the next chapter soon, most likely at the end of November/beginning of December.
Random Question: If Cilan and N were to fight (like a Pokémon fight, not a fight fight) each other over Luna (could be for any reason), who would win?
Next Chapter: The second Gym has finally come. How will Luna fare against this new challenge?