The Black Moon Chapter 10
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Shiro-Umbreon- Level 32 Calm Nature
Evo- Espeon-Level 31 Quirky Nature
Yukari-Eevee- Level 22 Sassy Nature
Axel-Absol-Level 34 Mild Nature (Changed since I can't really write Axel as a Lax Pokemon)
Evo, Axel, Yukari, and I were preparing our bag for us to leave the Kingdom Nido Inn and head towards Savanna Cave and were packing all our necessities for the trip.
"Are you sure we're supposed to head towards this Savanna Cave?" Yukari asked me, slight suspicion laced within her tone.
"Yes," I growled back answering the question she's asked for the 7th time now. Yukari must still be angry at us for not bringing her along with us when we went to Cries Forest to stop the bandits that were doing nightly raids at Metrone Village.
"Hmph," Yukari looked away and mumbled a few curses at me and walked out sassily.
I put a Sitrus Berry into our bag, "We'll never get along huh?" I said to Evo when she stopped grooming herself and looked over to me.
"Well, she is still angry that you ended up dragging me to all these places while leaving her to eat our dust," Evo replied.
"She's still a child, children always need attention, or they'll end up turning against you." Axel put in.
"Right, so it's my fault huh?" I asked sarcastically, and to my surprise, they nodded. I was about to make a smart comment when the door to our room abruptly open to reveal a panicked Yukari running in.
"Evo, Axel! Bad news!" the Eevee exclaimed as I noted that she didn't call to me.
"What is it?" Evo asked.
"It's Mom! Mom's here!" Yukari panicked.
Evo's eyes widened, and then she went into a panicked state just like Yukari as well. "Oh no! If she finds out that we're staying here we'll be sent back home!" Evo panicked.
"I managed to explain the situation to Nora before Mom even entered through the doors, but if she barges into every room like she always would we're done!" Yukari exclaimed in panic.
"She does that?!" I asked in confusion
"Yeah, she has a tendency to barge in when Pokemon don't open the door for her, aagh! What do we do!?" Evo panicked.
"Hey, hey, first, calm down take deep breaths." Axel said gently to the panicking Pokemon.
Evo and Yukari breathed in, then out, "What do we do then?" Evo asked, panic still edged within her voice.
Axel looked at me, and then looked back to the sisters. "I think I might have a plan here if you truly want to avoid your Mom," Axel said.
"What is it?" Yukari asked curiously.
"Ahem, first, let me discuss it with Shiro," Axel said and went over to me.
"Why do you need to discuss it with him?! It's not his problem!" Yukari complained.
"Sh," Evo shushed Yukari as she watched us in curiosity.
"Okay, Shiro, look, the plan was to have those 2 walk under tables quietly and secretly while we walked in front of the both of them, blocking anyone from viewing behind us as these 2 follow us, however, I feel as if Yukari might bond a little more with you if you explain it, I'll just say you made a bit more better modifications to our plan." Axel explained. "Also, Evo and I discussed your background of how your village treats you, there's a chance that Evo and Yukari's Mom will recognize you and come over to us,"
"So I'm just a setback to this plan?" I asked.
"No, not really, if she comes over and talks to us, she'll probably be focused on you rather than what's behind us, that'll allow Evo and Yukari to travel even further away from their Mom, but…you might have to go through some harsh things that their Mom might say to you," Axel explained.
I thought about it. Did I want to go through those insults again? I looked over to Evo and Yukari, their fur still slightly on ends; I looked over to Axel and said, "I'll do it,"
Axel looked back at me, and then smiled. "Strong guy you are huh? Okay, go and explain to them."
"What?! But it was originally your idea! I don't want to seem like a know it all here!" I argued.
"I knew you would still refuse that part so that's why I'm gonna be doing this," Axel lifted his head to Evo and Yukari.
"Hey guys! Shiro made a few great changes to my plan; he'll explain them to you!"
"Wha-What?! I didn't-" I began to stutter, and then saw Evo and Yukari looking at me in wonder.
I gave a big sigh, glared at Axel, and then explained the plan we formulated.
Evo and Yukari stared at me, and then exclaimed, "That's it!"
"Great plan Shiro!" Evo praised me.
"Hmph, I guess you did okay, but it was originally Axel's plan first!" Yukari said sharply.
"Yeah, that's a good point, good job creating the plan Axel," Evo told the Absol.
As for me, I simply stuck myself back into a corner.
We put our plan into action right then. I looked over to the diner from the hallway opening and saw a female Espeon talking to Nora, huh that must be their Mom. So Evo chose to be an Espeon like her Mom huh? Nora saw us and gave a quick wink at us. I nodded and signaled for Evo and Yukari to go in with my tail.
They ran in at ninja like speeds and were under the table before anyone knew it; I mean seriously, they were extremely silent as they passed by me. Thank god nobody was at the diner to interfere with us when Axel and I casually walked in front of Evo and Yukari and we began to walk somehow at the same pace. As we walked along I heard Evo and Yukari's Mom talking with Nora.
"Are you sure you an Espeon and Eevee did not have a stay here? I've talked with plenty of the village and they seem to all know that they're staying here! Are you sure you're not lying to me? If not, then have you seen a nasty Umbreon here? I've heard that my daughters have been kidnapped by him!" The Espeon demanded.
Nora looked at me curiously, and I shook me head no frantically, and to add to it, Evo shook her head no as well, though Yukari nearly nodded at Nora.
Nora looked back to Evo and Yukari's Mom, "I'm sorry dear, but we've not have any rooms occupied and have never seen the Pokemon you are talking about." "Rumors tend to get mixed about when there are Pokemon that have saved a whole village from bandits."
"They, oh my! That's no good! I would not like my children to turn out like ruffians that fight enemies here and there!" Evo's Mom gasped. "They must be being influenced by the horrible Umbreon!"
I gave a scowl behind Evo and Yukari's Mom as Evo hissed quietly as we heard the comment.
"Control yourselves you two," Axel muttered to us.
"I know," I growled.
Suddenly, Evo's and Yukari's Mom abruptly turned to us and my face pulled back at the abrupt turn and the look she gave me when she realized who I was.
"You! What have you done with my daughters!?" She demanded.
"Scuse' me?" I said as attempted to feint confusion, which was kinda difficult since Axel was trying to push an enraged Evo under the table.
"Get going behind those pots of those bushy plants!" he mumbled silently to Evo and Yukari.
"Don't play dumb with me you Black Eevee!" I pulled back at the cuts that insult made to me mentally. "I know you kidnapped my 2 daughters!" she shouted at me.
I glared at Evo's Mom with poison in my eyes, "See me as a bad guy no matter which direction you choose to look at huh?" I growled, giving an extremely angry glare at Evo and Yukari's Mom. I must've looked scary since the Espeon backed away from me when she saw my glare. She turned away from me and looked at Axel.
"And who are you?" she asked Axel.
"I'm simply…" Axel began, "…his companion during our travels," Axel answered. "I apologize for his insolence," Axel said as he bowed his head.
The Espeon looked at Axel in surprise. "Hm, you seem like a well-mannered young Pokemon, well, if you ever see a young Espeon and Eevee named Evo and Yukari, please capture them and bring them to me or to the Eviolite Village, and keep him in line,: Evo's Mom finished, giving me an accusing point with her paw.
"Yes ma'am," Axel replied.
"If they aren't here, then I'll have to search elsewhere, goodbye," she said and stalked out the door.
All four of us gave a sigh of relief when the snotty Espeon was fully away from the PokeInn.
"You two sure have a rude Mom," I said to Evo and Yukari when they finally came out of their hiding spot.
"You could say she's a bit egotistic and a bit too centered into something when she believes something happened and always loves to have things her way, unlike my dad, he's a cool, laid-back type of Vaporeon. 'Let them make their own decisions' he would always say to us," Evo chuckled.
"That's fine and dandy, but how do we get out now? Knowing Mom, she'll probably search through the crowds and Inns of Metrone Village for 2 whole days." Yukari said.
"We'll take the backdoor and travel around the town," Axel popped in, "Nora and I discussed this and said we were allowed to go through the Storage Room."
"The leader of our Town has sent the Exploration Committee a letter of your recent achievement that you 4 have done for the town. That should rank your Exploration Rank a little bit," Nora the Nidoqueen put in, followed by her children and her spouse, Norman the Nidoking.
"We suggest you all hurry along out back, we've never got to express our gratitude for helping us with the bandits yet, so we'll gladly help you escape from the wrath of a mother," Norman grunted.
"What was that Norman?" Nora growled at Norman.
"Nothing," he mumbled.
"Well, go on now, the Espeon has booked a room here as well, and might come back at any moment," Nora said as she pushed us into the Storage Room. "Go straight, and there should be a door there leading to the outside,"
"Alright, thanks for this and everything else Mrs. Nora," I said.
"Oh, no problem dear, you've already helped our whole village,"
"C'mon! Let's hurry!" Yukari exclaimed as she ran forward.
"Wait Yuka! Thanks a bunch for this Mrs. Nora!" Evo said then ran after her sister.
Axel and I followed suit as we closed the door behind us. We walked for a few seconds then,
"There, door's over there," Axel pointed at the rectangle outlined from the light outside. I walked up to it and opened it to find my self in patches of bushes and tall grasses. I signaled for the others to follow as I walked out.
"Okay, where to?" Evo asked.
Axel took out a map from our bag and looked at it, then pointed left of the Inn, "That way," he said.
"Are you sure?" I asked
"You're not the one looking at the map! Don't assume you that you have to be the confirmation of everything!" Yukari barked at me.
"Alright, alright, don't get your fur all tied up in a knot." I retorted at her. She's always trying to find flaws in me, that Yukari.
"Okay, now that we've got the directions, let's get going and find Savanna Cave!" Evo exclaimed.
As we began walking in the direction pointed out I thought to myself, "Is this really the team I wanted to be with on an Exploration Team?" However, much later I would find out that our life would mean more than just a simple Exploration Team.
We somehow made it out of the village without meeting any mobbing crowds and vicious moms and managed to get onto the path leading up to Savanna Cave.
"So, what's Savanna Cave like?" Yukari asked as we walked.
Oh right, I didn't tell Yukari and Axel about it yet.
"The Savanna Cave is a cave, obviously, that is amazingly able to have tall grasses and tress grown inside of it despite the low amounts of nutrients fit for plants and it's always lit inside of it as if the sun's always out 100% of the time. It's one of the places that can be truly deemed a 'Mystery Dungeon'." I explained.
"Savanna Cave huh?" Axel mused, "I've heard it's a popular hiding spot for criminals there, the tall grasses and trees tend to provide secrecy easily and to add to it, it's a maze of a cave." Axel commented.
"Wow, you're pretty knowledgeable Axel" Yukari told Axel.
Axel laughed, "Oh, I just pick up bits of info back when I was looking for a place to say."
I grumbled and looked away; Evo came over to me with an apologetic look.
"Sorry, Yukari was extremely influenced by our Mom of her opinion of you, but I swear, Yukari used to feel sorry for you back then before she was influenced!" Evo tried to convince me.
I snorted in amusement, "Right,"
"You can choose whether to believe me or not. You're an asset to our team, and Yukari knows that, I know Yukari doesn't actually want you gone," the Espeon comforted me.
"I wonder about that," I sighed, and then looked ahead to see a cave surrounded by tall grasses and trees and a sign poking out of the ground near it bluntly stating
"Savanna Cave"
"There it is," I said to everybody.
"No durr, Sherlock," Yukari told me.
"Quiet Yukari, you're ruining the moment when we're all in hype about beginning a grand adventure," Evo scolded Yukari.
"Sorry," she mumbled and looked forward with a determined face.
"…Well, what are we waiting for, let's go in!" Axel exclaimed.
"Yeah!" all of us exclaimed and began the journey through Savanna Cave.
The dungeon was much harder than it looked.
So many Pokemon attacked us out of the blue from the tall grasses, and I swear, that cave is a real dead-on maze. We spent so much time wandering around trying to find the way out that we didn't realize night had fallen until we reached the waypoint and saw the moon above us from a hole in the ceiling.
"Its night already?! How long did we stay in that dungeon?!" Evo asked aloud.
"Well, we DID get into many distractions along the way like the traps and random Pokemon ambushes," Axel said.
"Yeah, I was surprised that the mushroom I tried to pick was actually a Pokemon!" Yukari commented.
"We might as well rest here and travel again in the morning; here we've still got some Apples left in our bag." I told the others as I handed them an apple.
"I'll take first watch," I said as we finished our apples and began to lie down to sleep.
I stood in front of my teammates as they lay down to sleep. As I stared up at the Crescent Moon gleaming down from above, I felt a tap behind me. I looked back to see Axel standing next to me.
"You're not tired?" I asked him.
"No, I just think it's better to have 2 people on watch, I wasn't lying when I said this is a popular hiding spot for criminals." The Absol replied.
"Hmph, I'll take anyone out if they attack us, criminal or not,"
"Heh, of course you will, unless you're hopelessly outnumbered," Axel replied.
We stood around and watched our surroundings for awhile until Axel asked me a question.
"Why did you decide to become an Explorer? Tell me,"
I looked at him strangely, "Evo told you about my past didn't she, isn't that reason enough?" I replied.
"Heh, not like that, I mean when you become an Explorer, what did you intend on doing back then before you began traveling to achieve this goal?" Axel asked chuckling.
I thought hard about it, what was I going to do afterwards? Sure, it was mandatory for an Explorer to take requests and go hunt treasure, but other than that I didn't actually know what I was supposed to actually do.
"Heh, don't worry about it, I guess we'll learn about our purpose in life during our exploration journey," Axel said to me.
I looked back up to the sky, the question still stuck in my mind, and then I heard footsteps nearing us.
Axel and I swiftly turned our heads to the direction of the footsteps "Who's there!?" Axel shouted.
"Ho, ho, ho, my we've come across quite the courageous group here, managing to get to the waypoint and avoiding all of us, I think that has to change," a voice mumbled and out walked a Roserade, her eyes gleaming mischievously, and not in a good way either.
"Who're you?!" I asked, growling.
"Hmmm, I'm O'Hana, the Pokemon that leads this platoon of the Plate's Army," the Roserade said to me.
"Plate's Army? What's that?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, just a groups of Pokemon that are interested in awakening something for our personal gain," O'Hana giggled. "Oh yes, boys, you may come out now,"
Behind O'Hana came out a group of Pokemon, mainly Grass types, that appeared from the darkness behind here.
"I'm the leader of the Grass platoon in the Plate's Army, and these are my soldiers," O'Hana said with a smile, "Pleasure to meet you all,"
I pulled back a bit stunned about the amounts of grass type Pokemon behind her, "What do you want with us?" I demanded.
"Oh, we're just looking for recruits in our little Army, the Normal and Psychic Platoons are currently lacking in members, so when I saw those 2 over there next to you," O'Hana pointed at Evo and Yukari who were still sleeping, "I immediately wanted such beautiful creatures in our army, but as for you two," O'Hana glared at us, "The Dark Platoon is overfilled with members, we have no use for you 2 so we shall just let you go, and if you try to take our recruits we will eliminate you both."
I glared at O'Hana "We refuse to give our friends to you,"
"Then we have no choice but to eliminate you, and as a special treat, I brang a special member of the Fire platoon with me who insisted that she come with us," Roserade seethed, "Come out, Kyuna,"
"I never said that'll I'll be some kind of special Pokemon that'll fight your little skirmishes for you," a Fox Pokemon with nine-tails with red bracelets on each of her legs said as she walked into the moonlight.
"You wanted to come with us to Savanna Cave, you've got your wish, so now you have to obey the platoon's leader," O'Hana hissed at the nine-tailed fox Pokemon, now identified as Ninetails.
"Whatever, fine, I'll fight this little battle of yours," Kyuna the Ninetails said, and positioned herself in a battle pose.
"Heh, I said I'll take down anyone who tries to attack us, guess I'll have to prove that to you Axel, uh, Axel?" I asked Axel in confusion, seeing as he was just staring at the Ninetails with a weird look that looks a bit like…admiration?
"She's…the most beautiful being I have ever seen," Axel mumbled.
"Huh?!" I blurted out in confusion. "Oi! Snap out of it Axel, she's the ENEMY!" I shouted at him.
"Oh, but I just can't, there's this feeling in my stomach I just can't get out, maybe it's-" Axel was then interrupted with a blast of flames hitting him and flinging him away. I looked over to the Ninetails named Kyuna and saw that she was glaring at Axel with pure rage in her eyes.
"Tch, I'll have to do this myself!" I roared, and then charged, getting a Bite ready. Kyuna dodged easily and then shot an Ember at me making me stop in my tracks for a moment while she jumped and Slammed into me.
"Get the 2 Pokemon that are sleeping, now," I heard O'Hana say to a Breloom and Shrifty next to her.
"Like hell I'll let you!" I roared and slipped out of Kyuna's grasp, which was surprisingly easy somehow, and charged at the Shrifty and Breloom, biting the Shrifty's hair and shooting 2 Shadow Balls at the Breloom. They howled in pain as they backed away.
"Useless! Kyuna! Get him, now!" O'Hana shouted in frustration.
I saw Kyuna shoot a Flamethrower at me, but I dodged easily and then I felt a strange force within me, as if something new came into my mind. To my surprise, a black aura released out of me and shot out all around me. As the move happened, a name suddenly came into my mind.
Dark Pulse.
The attack hit Kyuna and caused her to fall to the ground, unable to move.
"Rargh! I thought you were one of the top members in the Fire Platoon! Never mind! I'll take care of him myself!" O'Hana ran at me and tried to prepare a Magical Leaf, but was cut off by a mass of white fur running in front of her.
"Aerial Ace!" Axel cried at Roserade as he slashed the Flying type move at Roserade.
Roserade cried in pain from the move that hit her. The damage seemed to be really strong because the attack Axel used was to an advantage against Roserade.
"Lady O'Hana!" Shrifty cried as he caught her.
"Urk, they're much stronger than I thought, Tch, retreat for now," O'Hana grunted.
"But, we could just land a full scale attack from all of us at them," Breloom told her.
"Hmph, I recognize these Pokemon, they were the ones that put a stop to those raiders we sent out at Metrone Village, if they took out Furgor then we don't stand a chance with this small platoon. That Garchomp was able to take out a whole Platoon by himself." O'Hana told them.
The Shrifty and Breloom gasped. "Yes, we shall retreat, what about Kyuna?"
"Leave her be, she's useless as it is,"
"Yes ma'am!" they shouted as the platoon retreated.
I looked over to the Ninetails, even though she hit hard, it didn't seem like she was fighting at full force.
"Oi, Kyuna, or whatever your name is, wake up," I said to her as I nudged her a bit hard.
"Hey! Don't treat her so harshly Shiro! She's still a lady!" Axel told me.
The Ninetails opened her eyes abruptly and jumped up and looked around. "Hmph, thank goodness they're gone," she said and then looked at us. "Sorry for attacking you," she said, "I had to put on the act,"
"You're not really with them aren't you?" I asked while Axel looked at me shockingly.
"Yes and No, I'm an official member of their little 'army' however, I was more of a spy in there." Kyuna replied.
"Why are you telling us these things?" I asked.
"I've never seen many people try to resist the platoons of the Plate's Army, that's why I'll be requesting your help to rid this cave of the platoon hiding out here,"
Axel and I stared at her strangely as Evo awoken.
"Eh? Did something happen?" she asked drowsily.
Yay, yay, I hope this chapter was long enough, I've kinda worked on it for awhile, only drafted half of it on paper and just winged the rest of it with what I had in mind…anyways! Ninetails the Kyuna has a request for the team! Will they do it or not?
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