Chapter twenty four: Friend and Foe (Act one- Know the enemy)
"Damn, when the hell is he going to get here…"
"Oh be quite you…
I'm certain that Umbreon will arrive shortly…"
"Yarg! Why ye be speakin' like that Banette!"
"I don't know… I guess 'cause I'm a ghost…"
"Look, I joined you to receive power beyond my imagination!" He protested louder. "And so far that hasn't happened yet!"
"That's because the master is top priority…."
"And where the hell is this 'master' of yours! I haven't seen high nor tail of him for the week I've signed up for this!"
"Yarg! I be wonderin' that too!"
"Understandable…" The misty voice was calm. "After all… the master is in critical condition as of now…"
"…What?"
"Yes… we must first completely revive him from his current state in order to proceed…
And then you will get that power, Slicer…"
"Yarg, what be the power anyway?"
The ghost type Pokémon nervously shifted.
"Umbreon is the oldest servant to the master… he still has the power that master gave him from long ago…
It makes me shudder to think of what that man can do with it… that, combined with his own 'ability'…!"
"Makes me incredibly strong, I know."
He finally arrived.
"Umbreon…"
"Yarg! Kept us waiting ye landlubber! And without any rum neither!"
"Yes, quite sorry for that…" Answered the black colored Pokémon. "However to compensate, I have great news for you all."
"You don't mean…?"
"Yes, Bannete.
The master has finally chosen a host."
Silence filled the shadowy area in which the four Pokémon dared not exit.
"It's a grande host at that…" he smiled. "Perfectly compatible with his genetic structure, and easily adaptable to boot. And furthermore… the host the master has chosen will forever scar Arceus with despair…"
"Cool." Smile the ex-agent. "Who is it then?"
"Normally I'd tell you all, however there is a problem…"
"Yes…?" the ghostly whisper asked.
"The audience is listening in."
Then they all turned to YOU. Because YOU ARE listening in. Seriously. Can't bad guys ever get a private moment without the audience hearing their plans every step of the way? Honestly, give the villains some slack you nosy eavesdroppers.
"Since the audience is listening in, I have no choice but to tell you who the host is off screen." Umbreon explained sadly.
"Tch." Said the ex- agent.
"And where the hell is that woman?"
"Bloody Rum. Who knows where that bilge sucking dark type is!"
A pause.
"What's Bilge…?" asked the ghostly voice.
"I don't know! Somethin' piraty!"
"Let's look it up on Wikipedia later." Suggested the ex-agent.
"Honestly, as if this story needed more mysteries to it…" Umbreon scowled with mild distaste. "Let's face it, no one will want to read this if there are more questions than answers. That stuff only works in Naruto. And even that doesn't work much at all."
"Yeah! Like what the new name for the Secret Agents is!"
"Or even what the members of Neo-Genesis look like…"
"Or why Giovanni created a fourth clone of Mew! Yarg!"
A pause.
"…GIOVANNI CREATED ANOTHER CLONE!" All the others gasped in disbelief.
"What! Didn't ye read the chapter yet?"
"NO! WE'RE JUST IN THE FIRST PART OF IT! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE CHAPTER?"
"Yarg! I be a fast reader o' books! And Three-Streets-to-the-Wind stories like this one!"
"WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND WE'LL LOOK IT UP ON WIKIPEDIA LATER BUT DON'T SPOIL THE REST OF THE CHAPTER OR ANYTHING ELSE!"
"Savvy! I'll batter down the hatches on me lips and not speak another word of spoilers! Especially not that Snape kills Dumbledor!"
"No! And I was in the middle of that book too!" Whined Umbreon. "Well whatever! We should get out of this place and back to base before that pirate spoils even more plot points!"
"And furthermore, Itachi was the one who murdered the Uchiha! And Bruce Wayne is really Batman in disguise! And let's not forget that Luke Skywalker's father is actually-
"HURRY TO THE REST OF THE STORY!"
THE REST OF THE STORY
And so began another typical day at school. You know, typical as in, everything strange happens in mere moments of the chapter's beginning. The strangeness was actually normal to everyone now- in fact what would now be strange is normality at Tajiri High.
It all began with Malispite and Darkrai. They were fighting each other over something stupid again, which caused the schools disciplinary squad (AKA Lucario) to break them up. The two dark types ran away in fear after the blue jackal fired an Aura Storm at them. After a bit, they were able to escape without Lucario noticing where they went. The two glared at each other intensely, them locked their eyes on the girls, who had been walking by. Malispite and Darkrai immediately seized Gardevoir and Gallade.
"Gardevoir, Gallade." Malispite said, introducing them to he and Darkrai's latest argument.
"If goth skirt and I were women…"
Gardevoir/Gallade: "I don't like where this is going…"
"…Who would be more beautiful?"
"Obviously me!" Darkrai insisted. Malispite told him to shut up and let them decide for themselves.
"Their arguing over THAT?" Malispite's twin sister, Mercifond gaped.
"YES! NOW CONVINCE THEM I WOULD BE PRETTIER!" Darkrai and Malispite shouted while glaring at each other.
"Uh… Malispite!" Gallade was the only one to answer the question, causing a wide smirk to develop along the face of the seven foot tall brown bat. He yelled loudly and gloated in his mortal nemesis' face. Darkrai stood up to this for five seconds before tackling Malispite and initiating another war in the middle of the hallway.
"Mercifond, go stop them…" Cresselia said tiredly.
"Why me?" Questioned Mercifond.
"Because yor the Chosen One. Therefore you can."
You see, as of last chapter Mercifond had become the Chosen One. As proof of this, a green gemed golden necklace was embedded onto her neck. Though Mercifond disapproved of becoming the Chosen One, she had no choice because the necklace simply would not come off. However, with the necklace came new Chosen One powers that Mercifond could exercise to her control…
"Okay, I'll try…" Mercifond walked up to them, unsure of what to do. Malispite and Darkrai continued to maim each other beside her, her presence not affecting them. Mercifond raised her hands to them and shouted for them to stop fighting.
Instantly, a bright beam of light descended upon the two from the heavens themselves. The beam struck both her brother and the prince of darkness, inflicting serious damage onto the two and leaving behind a fair sized crater in the hallway.
Mercifond gaped.
"NOT LIKE THAT!" She screamed, cursing her Chosen One powers.
"Use your chosen one powers to heal them!" Gallade told her.
"WHAT THE-? How do I do that!" Mercifond flailed her arms in confusion. Suddenly, the planets aligned, and another bright beam descended upon the two teenage dark types. Their power was slowly restored until it hit its peak, and left them without a scratch! They gazed at their bodies in awe.
"That… that was awesome sis…!" Malispite said, impressed by his twin. Mercifond simply stared at her hands, not knowing just how the hell to control this newfound power of hers.
"I should have been the Chosen One…" Darkrai continued to mutter, since he was the main character of the story. As Malispite walked away to get a drink of water, Darkrai suddenly jolted up, remembering why he came to them in the first place.
"Guys! I have awesome news!"
"You found Gliscor!" Hoped Cresselia, inching forwards. At the mention of his name, Darkrai frowned heavily.
"NO. I don't need Gliscor anymore! I have a found a replacement best friend to replace Gliscor with!" Darkrai said, now angrily. He pointed over to a corner, the replacement best friend for their purple bat.
He was taller than the rest of them, excluding Malispite. The Pokémon was in the shape of a humanoid figure, save two small horns and a long tail that ended with a halo. Yellow glowing tattoo's covered his body, his simple feet and four fingered hands. He smiled at them with golden eyes, with a look of all knowing content on his face.
"N-no! ABSOLIX!" Cresselia, Mercifond, Gardevoir and Gallade screamed.
No. Wait.
He had a moustache on.
"I'm sorry that I scared you." Apologized the white being in a slight British accent. "It is true that I look like that man… but I am not, as you can tell." He pointed to his moustache.
"He is my new best friend since I don't care about Gliscor anymore!" Darkrai said, still mad that the purple bat had 'abandoned' him. "Go ahead and introduce yourself!"
"Greetings one and all! My name is Notabsolix!" Said the white Pokémon, shaking Mercifond's hand politely. "I am new to this school, a transfer if you will. I do hope we all get along!"
"Yeah me too! You're a lot better than THAT OTHER GUYS WHOSE NAME I REFUSE TO SPEAK." Darkrai huffed. Notabsolix nodded in response. Cresselia was still suspicious. Notabsolix seemed like strange Pokémon…
And besides: Anime rule #322 stated that 'any student who transferred without prior notice was DEFINITELY a bad guy'.
This in mind, Cresselia mentally decided to keep a silent eye on this 'Notabsolix'. He appeared to do nothing wrong currently, he was shaking Gardevoir's hand politely, and then Gallade soon after.
"Pleased to meet you, Gardevoir and Gallade." Notabsolix smiled.
"We are pleased to meet you too Notabsolix!" Gallade's green hand firmly shook Notabsolix's white and yellow one. Gardevoir then paused, sensing something amiss.
"Wait, we never told you out names." Gardevoir pointed out. "How did you…?"
"Er…" Notabsolix nervously smiled. Darkrai looked at him, he was confused as he had never introduced Notabsolix to any of his friends before. Notabsolix coughed and then spoke
"I er, my power is that I know all of the main characters in this story." Notabsolix thought quickly. "And also I cannot manipulate light in case you were wondering."
"Cool!" Darkrai said.
"Darkrai, weren't you going to tell us some good news?" Notabsolix asked, hand resting on his chin. Darkrai smacked his hands, remembering again.
"Guys! Good news- Lopunny might actually go to the dance with me!"
"Oh?" Notabsolix said.
"Really?" Gardevoir and Cresselia were surprised, as were Gallade and Mercifond. Darkrai nodded his hand confidently, then broke out into a wide grin as he listed the requirement.
"All I have to do is defeat her five ex boyfriends and she'll go to the dance with me!" Darkrai smirked happily, blushing a bit as he did so. "She told me so!"
"Isn't that copying a movie that came out recently?" Notabsolix mused. This was ignored and Cresselia spoke up.
"Darkrai, how do you know this isn't a ruse?" Cresselia rolled her eyes.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well Darkrai…" Gardevoir began. "Remember what happened in sixth grade?"
FLASHBACK
"Buneary! Will you please go to the sock-hop with me!" a young Darkrai wondered, a single flower in his hand to prove that he was worthy for the brown and white rabbit Pokemon.
Buneary on the other hand was not interested in the least to go with Darkrai, she'd much rather prefer Pikachu. Plus, Pikachu was rich, and unlike Darkrai, didn't give you nightmares by touching him. And so…
"If you can find the magical amulet of sparkling love, I'll let you go with me." She said, handing Darkrai a poorly drawn map, obviously faked.
"YES! I will find it and then you'll be happy!" He ran off.
END FLASHBACK
"But there was no amulet was there?" Gardevoir pointed out.
"Well yeah… there was that…" Darkrai reluctantly admitted to his green psychic friend.
"And also in seventh grade with the haunted house?" said his swan sister.
"Yeah…"
"And also, that time with the pushup contest?" Gardevoir added.
"Yeah…"
"And what about that time bomb?" Cresselia added on to the pile. Darkrai shook his head firmly.
"This time is different!" He insisted. "This time she means it!"
"How do you know?" Asked Cresselia suspiciously, Gardevoir watching as Darkrai smiled in response.
"Because I've already defeated the first one!"
The two girls paused. Was it really possible…?
"The second one should be arriving any minute!" Darkrai pointed in the air. As if on cue, the wall next to them burst open. Turning around, Darkrai saw a machamp grinning at him and cracking its knuckles.
"I am Lopunny's second ex boyfriend! Prepare to get beaten Darkrai!" He shouted in a gruff voice, flexing his large chest muscles for intimidation.
"BRING IT ON!" Darkrai roared back. He zoomed up to the four armed Pokémon and proceeded to battle the fighting typed Pokémon, as Cresselia and Gardevoir stared on. The fight eventually was taken out into the football field, until Darkrai couldn't be seen.
"Wow. Maybe she really means it this time…" Cresselia was surprised.
"Yeah…" Gardevoir said, a bit distant. "Well, I'm happy for Darkrai if he manages to beat all five of them." She smiled, wishing only the best for her friend. Though for some reason she felt that it would all be worthless in the end… after all Lopunny struck Gardevoir personally as a bit mean…
"How very interesting, I remember him talking about Lopunny before when we last fought…" Notabsolix said, remembering when he was still just a ball of light inside Lucario's body. Cresselia noticed this, casting a suspicious glare at Notabsolix. He definitely needed to be watched…
"By the way, has anyone here seen Mewthree?" Notabsolix asked them all.
"Nope. We haven't seen her in this city at all." Gallade shrugged. "I think she's become afraid of Arceus."
"I see… And is it true that Mercifond has become the Chosen One?"
"Oh you know about that too…" Mercifond hung her head, staring angrily at the green necklace on her collarbone. Notabsolix's golden colored eyes flickered. How very interesting, Mercifond became the Chosen One… Since none of them appeared to know where Mewthree was, he supposed he would just have to recruit her into his organization later. But for now, he had another priority…
Notabsolix smiled as he looked down upon Gardevoir- the sole reason he came. Notabsolix felt his white mustache and lightly chuckled.
He had a theory about what Gardevoir was… or rather, WHO Gardevoir was…
And soon he would find out if he was right…
MALISPITE
The water felt good as it quenched Malispite's dry throat. He took in greedy gulps, being thirsty this particular moment. After a couple swallows he was no longer parched and stood up from bending over for the drinking fountain.
"Hey it's that kid that hangs out with Darkrai."
They were whispering, but Malispite had a good sense of hearing. Hung out with Darkrai? The hell did they know about him- he and Darkrai were worst enemies! They didn't 'hang out', they punched each other in the face!
"What? You mean he actually spends time with that freak?"
Malispite stood up fully now. He snuck a glance behind him, he saw a Jolteon conversing with a Luxray. They didn't appear to know he was listening.
"Can you believe that thing actually has friends!" The Jolteon said, forgetting about Malispite.
"I know. Darkrai shouldn't even be allowed to go to school- he'll give us all nightmares."
"Freak."
"I know. I bet the only reason is because his mother happens to be God. Otherwise Principal Torkoal never would have let him in."
"He should have never been born. He' says he's going to be the most powerful Legendary one day, can you believe that!"
"To hell with him. He should have never been born, maybe we'd have less nightmares in the school."
Malispite's fist clenched.
"And get this: He actually thinks he stands a chance with Lopunny!"
"Doesn't he know that she's scared of him? Just like every other girl in this school?"
"He's a freak, remember? He can't think like we do, he only-
A Zap Cannon was suddenly fired in the middle of them, Jolteon and Luxray only barely able to dodge it because it purposely was aimed next to them. Nonetheless, it stung them from its impact and caused minor bruises to develop from its radius.
"What the-!" Jolteon growled. "Where…! Who the hell-?"
The hallways were empty.
Malispite turned a corner and smiled.
Kairi and her partner Ruby were analyzing some newspapers and minor articles from the computer. They only had today left to find Zero before their 'Hawaiian vacation' ended, and they were recalled back to Ranger Union. Kairi was particularly displeased. Whatever by fate or coincidence, nothing had appeared to be related to Zero at all. In fact, ever since arriving, they hadn't seen ANY sign of the blonde haired human at ALL.
"Crap, was I wrong all along!" Kairi cursed, her hand nestled onto her chin in deep thought. She should have been right! Zero should be in Destiny City! It just made no sense…
"Hi Kairi! Want a cupcake!" Ruby asked, suddenly having returned with two cupcakes, one offered to her human partner. Kairi shoo'd the blue haired gardevoir in annoyance.
"Ruby we don't have time to think about cupcakes! We have to find Zero today, or else we'll forever miss our chance to capture him!" Kairi reminded her ditzy Pokémon companion.
"Aw, but he's giving away free food!" Ruby whined, munching on one of the cupcakes.
"Who?" Kairi asked, still gazing at the screen.
"This guy!" Ruby pointed to an aipom, who's eyes were transparent. Kairi was taken aback.
"What the…?"
"I will give you free food…" The aipom said, giving Kairi a small cup of noodles. Kairi took the cup, but threw it down. She crouched and looked into the aipom's eyes. She gasped, realizing what it was.
"Ruby! This aipom has been mind controlled!" Kairi realized, the aipom still mumbling about free food. Kairi took out her Styler and began looping around the aipom. Within mere seconds, the aipom was captured due to lack of will to fight. When her capture was complete, the aipom regained its senses.
"Urg… wha… what happened…?" He said, a bit dizzy from being mind controlled for so long. He noticed the food in their hands, HIS food in their hands.
"Hey! You have to pay for that!" He snatched the food away from them, Ruby moaning a bit. Kairi didn't appear to realize the aipom took his merchandise back- she was thinking about what had just happened.
That aipom was most definitely mind controlled into giving free food. However this type of mind control was Styler specific, if not illegal to perform. Therefore the one who had to do this was a Ranger, which had to mean it was a dark Ranger, which of course meant only one person could have pulled this off.
CHUCK NORRIS.
"MITSURASHI ZERO!" Kairi screamed at the author.
MITSURASHI ZERO
"Urg… I wasn't able to get that much food…" moaned a human male voice. He was still hungry, even after stealing from that aipom like that.
"So very sorry to hear that." Said the mechanical voice.
"Aren't you hungry at all…?"
"I'm a cyborg. I can eat electricity for nourishment." Stated the mechanical voice.
"Well crap… I have to go back… and Kairi's probably there too…" Moaned the first voice, not wanting to meet his old friend. The last time it happened they had wound up lost in a desert. And then ran out of food. In fact, this time WAS the last time.
"Why so down? You pulled off stealing from that aipom very well, what's so different this time?"
"We're in one of the specials…!" cursed the male voice, knowing of Cataclyptic's specials he did every now and then. "Which of course means there's going to be a lot of fighting…"
"I thought you liked fighting?"
"No, I like GOOD fighting. But since I can capture any Pokémon pretty much effortlessly, it's just not worth my time… I need a Pokémon who can actually challenge me…"
"Well, you COULD always go to the Hall of Origin."
A pause.
"Hey… you're right!" The voice suddenly realized. "I… I should do that! There might be a Pokémon there that can at least give me a good warm up!"
A growling of a stomach.
"Urg… so hungry…"
"Just in case you never come back, can I have this ship?"
"No… I'll be back…" Footsteps this time, and then the sound of a door opening.
Mitsurashi Zero was going to the Hall of Origin to capture the legendaries.
But first he had to find some-
"Food!" Kairi realized. "Zero. Needs. Food!" This realization gave Kairi a happy thought, because it meant that zero could be tracked. It all made perfect sense, why he told the Spinda to give him free food. Kairi had been right- his supply of nourishment was running low.
"So what do we do now!" Ruby asked, excited that they had a lead. The female human thought for a second.
"We need a delicious food." Kairi stated logically. "Something so tasty that Zero will HAVE to want to take it. Something like Party Candy, or maybe-
"Jabocaberry pudding!" Ruby interrupted Kairi. Her human partner smacked her hands together.
"Perfect Ruby! Now where can we get some?" She began to think.
"I have a recipe!" Ruby said, holding up a white sheet of paper. Kairi snatched it and began to read. Yes, this was defiantly a recipe for Jabocaberry pudding. But how did Ruby acquire such a thing…?
"I got it from Ailani!" Ruby smiled. "You know, after I conquered Hawaii that one day."
"Ruby this is perfect! All we're missing is raw ingredients!"
"I bet Mewtwo has some Jaboca berries in his lab!" Ruby was anxious to meet her psychopathic idol once again. Kairi nodded her head, realizing she was probably right. Without further hesitation, Kairi and ordered Ruby to follow her into Mewtwo's evil lair/lab. The plan was this: Kairi and Ruby would make Jabocaberry pudding for the entire school, and spread the news as far and wide as they could. With this, Zero would have to be lured into their trap, where Kairi could finally capture her former best friend once and for all.
"This time Zero… you're mine." Kairi stated dramatically, her fist clenched in determination. Her monologue over, they walked swiftly to Mewtwo's lab…
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL OF ORIGIN
"I have the strangest feeling someone is trying to break into my lab…" Mewtwo muttered to himself.
"Really…?" Deoxys, who was sitting next to him, said quietly.
"Yes. It won't matter though…"
"Why's that?" Inquired the alien.
"I installed laser cannons, machine guns, a minefield and a very angry watermelon onto my evil lair for defense." Smile Mewtwo. "Any intruder will be decimated upon entry."
"Angry watermelon?"
"Genetic engineering."
"Oh! So you put in some hyper-catalaze into it or something?" Deoxys was interested.
"That and a couple more enzymes found in a berserk aggron I had the chance to meet."
"How did you solve the problem between plant cells and animal cells? Or did you just fuse them together using a virus-vector?"
"Nope. I increased the amount of Satellite cells and Cytokines to allow further information transfer in order to assimilate the two in the same host, in this case the body of a watermelon."
"But wait." Said the red and blue alien, calculating. "For the amount of Satellite cells involved… wouldn't the watermelon have to be eight feet wide?"
Mewtwo grinned.
Kairi: "HOW THE HELL ARE WE BEING ATTACKED BY AN EIGHT FOOT WATERMELON?"
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!"
"Exactly."
Mewtwo had to admit; it was nice to have someone who actually understood what you were talking about. He could have this same conversation with Darkrai and the pitch black Pokémon wouldn't have a clue what it would all mean.
He secretly gazed at her, then turned away without her noticing. Talking with Deoxys like this was quite enjoyable. Even though he was confined to the Hall like the rest of the class Four's, her presense made the situation less bleak than it seemed to be. She ways made him feel like this though. It was almost like…
Mewtwo frowned.
He gazed upon his three fingered hand.
Almost like… he was real.
"…Mewtwo?"
He gazed at her again, she was concerned.
"Just thinking." He answered automatically, giving her a reassuring fake smiled that seemed to do the trick. Deoxys smiled back. Or rather, her eyes smiled back, being that she lacked a mouth.
Deoxys, who was sitting on the same bench as he, was joyful that her crush had decided to spend time with her instead of blow something up like he usually did.
"Deoxys, would you like to blow things up with me?"
Scratch that.
But, his crazy personality turned her on, even if he was a bit violent.
"Um, no maybe later." Deoxys laughed. Mewtwo was disappointed, yet chose to stay with her anyway. He's do it later he supposed, no rush.
He paused. Mewtwo's eyes flew open wide, a thin drop of sweat formed on his forehead. He felt himself shaking.
"No… it couldn't be…!"
But the feeling was gone as soon as it appeared. Mewtwo stared past the white walls of the Hall trying to detect something completely invisible. He had imagine, for a moment, Absolix's presence on Earth. Very close to where he was.
Begging him to kill the white being.
"Mewtwo…?"
He was snapped back to his sense.
"Sorry Deoxys… just thinking…"
He seemed to be doing a lot of it today.
"So where are we going again?" A mechanical voice asked, female.
"We must find Mewthree. It is only logical that we find her, as we need her to proceed the plan."
"And the plan would be…?"
"Classified."
"Of course it is."
"I sense sarcasm."
"Well you're only five months old!" Protested the mechanical voice. "Whereas our team has supported Team Rocket from the shadows for five years! It isn't right!"
"By that logic it would make no sense." The male voice mused. "However, you forget that I am the new secret weapon of Team Rocket. Eventually I will become so powerful that it will logically render your team obsolete."
"…Not Gin.
Not Gin Takamura."
The three of them stopped walking when the first male voice paused. It glanced behind him.
"Figures and numbers indicate that he too will eventually become less powerful than I."
"I don't believe you." Said the female robot voice. "Gin has something no one else has… he's an absolute monster when it comes to fighting.
They say he might even be stronger than Absolix."
"That too, does not matter.
Because master Giovanni created me to remove the 'might'. I will for certain kill the one known as Absolix Michael Solaris."
"This is why I was against the project from the beginning…" the footsteps continued. "experiments that think they're all powerful… and what about you Chayton!"
Silence.
"Oh come on! You have to have an opinion too don't you!"
Silence.
"…Fine! Don't talk back! See if I care!"
"Let us stop this useless chatter. It is illogical to waste words like this." Said the male voice leading them. "Instead, let us divert our attention to finding Mewthr-"
"ATTENTION ONE AND ALL! ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!"
It was the loudspeaker from the local high school, Tajiri High.
"JABOCABERRY PUDDING NOW IN THE CAFETERIA! ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE, COME AND GET SOME!"
The three stopped in their tracks.
"Did… did he just say…!" Said the female mechanical voice.
"Indeed." Said the male voice leading them.
"Let's get some!"
"I agree. It is logical to get Jabocaberry pudding while we can. What do you say, Chayton?"
Silence.
"Fine. Do not talk to me. See if I care. Let us go and get some Jabocaberry pudding."
AND YET AT THE SAME TIME-
Mewthree was starving, she had come to Destiny City just to get some food since the last city chased her out. It was tough being wanted and on your own, no glamour at all. She didn't care for glamour anyway…
*Growl*
Mewthree's trim pink stomach growled, which ironically lowered her attack by one stage. She winced, but remained absolutely silent in case Arceus was watching. Mewthree would have to be very careful- Arceus had eyes like a hawk. She would obviously be watching everything right now with extreme vigilance…
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL OF ORIGIN
"Why are we doing this again?" Asked Celebi, who was blindfolded and waving her hands around to get a grip on her surroundings. Arceus, who was also blindfolded, galloped up to the green fairy.
"Because, you said you needed some training after being beaten by Kricketune like that! So here it is- use only your Energy Potential to find each other in the game of tag!"
"But… this seems a bit…"
"You suggested it!"
"I didn't mean super blindfolds that are impossible to take off! And aren't you cheating anyway because of your all seeing ears?"
"Nope! I have my all seeing ears covered too!"
Mewthree paused.
She suddenly sensed she was very wrong about something, but couldn't accurately tell what it was.
*Growl*
Once again, her stomach lowered her attack by one stage. At this rate, Her Psycho Cuts would only do two damage if she continued to be this hungry. She needed food. Or at least a dues-ex-machina cleverly disguised as delicious food.
"ATTENTION ONE AND ALL! ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!"
"JABOCABERRY PUDDING NOW IN THE CAFETERIA! ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE, COME AND GET SOME!"
She gazed up in awe. Tajiri High. The brick colored building contained the famous Jabocaberry pudding.
Mewthree had heard about Jabocaberry pudding from Angeline before she was like this. Angeline had once told her that it was the best dessert in the universe, and that she should try it sometime. Mewthree of course never got to being that Team rocket only fed her a strict diet of raw nutrients in a liquid state.
However, this was her chance to finally get some. She shakily walked over to the school.
"I just hope when I get there I don't run into-
ABSOLIX
"I sense Mewthree…" Notabsolix said, apparently having the ability to sense Mewthree. It was a bit creepy that he knew her exact location whenever she got within 500 meters of him, but there you have it.
"What?" asked Gardevoir, not hearing.
"I said that I am not the leader of Neo-Genesis." Notabsolix said quickly.
He analyzed the situation. Gallade, Mercifond, and Cresselia had left their group to find Malispite, who was being chased by Lucario because he broke another rule or something. Notabsolix grinned, with he and gardevoir alone, he could finally test her to see if his theory about her was correct. Notabsolix opened his mouth to speak.
"ATTENTION ONE AND ALL! ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!"
Instead of him speaking, the loudspeaker shouted above his voice.
"JABOCABERRY PUDDING NOW IN THE CAFETERIA! ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE, COME AND GET SOME!"
Notabsolix was intrigued. Being that the electricity bill in Cascade City was overdue, and thusly they had no electricity, their food supply was quite limited. Without electricity, they could neither heat things up nor cool them down. If not for his brilliant leadership, they all would have resorted to cannibalism.
CASCADE CITY
"So he gives us…raw peanut butter to eat?" Said a female voice within the shadows. "…The leader of Neo-Genesis, the most powerful Pokémon on the planet…
…and he gives us fricken PEANUT BUTTER."
"Yami, Absolix tried his best didn't he!" Another female voice whined.
"I like it!" Said Schrocat from somewhere, happily eating it straight from the jar.
"I still think we should have eaten Akumouri…" A low male voice insisted.
Honestly, where would they be without his brilliant guidance?
Now then, Notabsolix had an ultimatum- should he test gardevoir now, or should he go get some of that delectable blue pudding! On one hand, he'd be able to find out if Gardevoir was any use to him or not. On the other hand… delectable blue pudding. It was indeed a conundrum.
"Notabsolix. Let's go get some pudding since we have lunch now." Gardevoir smiled, beckoning him to follow her.
Notabsolix smiled.
Of course that was the solution… why have one when you could have both?
AND YET AT THE SAME TIME-
"So… fricken… hungry…" Zero wailed, his stomach somehow lowered his attack by one stage as he walked trying to find food. All he saw was a school however. He sighed, clutching his thin and weary belly.
"At this rate… I'll never get to the Hall… if only there were a deux-ex-machina that would solve my problem…"
"ATTENTION ONE AND ALL! ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!"
It was the loudspeaker from the local high school, Tajiri High.
"JABOCABERRY PUDDING NOW IN THE CAFETERIA! ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE, COME AND GET SOME!"
Zero smiled.
AND SO
Gardevoir and her new friend Notabsolix had arrived in the cafeteria. The cafeteria was a wide open space within the high school. Round gray tables sprouted everywhere. At the end of it were several food counters, where the lunch was sold and served. This was where Gardevoir and Notabsolix went first. There was, fortunately, no line due to the speedy system they had to give everyone their meals as quickly as possible.
"Hi Gardevoir!" For some reason, instead of the usual lunchlady, Kairi and Ruby were behind the counters. They were wearing moustache's for disguise.
"Kairi! Ruby!"" Gardevoir greeted them, realizing it was they who had made the pudding. "Whya re you wearing moustaches?"
"We're trying to draw out Zero! These are for disguises!" Ruby said. "Anyway, here you two are! Jabocaberry pudding!"
They had worked very hard to get the Jaboca berried from mewtwo's evil lair. They had to avoid mines, laser cannons, and strangely enough, a very angry watermelon. Nonetheless they were able to do so off screen and create the delicious dessert.
The blue blancodanzar gave the both of them one bowl of blue, tasty smelling pudding. Hurriedly, they went to their tables and Gardevoir took the first spoonful. The smooth texture practically wrapped itself around her tongue, her taste buds born anew with a calm and sweet texture from the pudding. She slowly swallowed, savoring every moment of it as the blue substance smoothly was sent down her esophagus.
"Isn't this just so good?" Gardevoir asked, already excited from the first bite alone. Notabsolix agreed, wolfing it down in glee.
"It even restores your energy if you're tired." Gardevoir explained to Notabsolix, who already knew. Gardevoir sat there, gazing at her pudding, an empty look upon her face. Notabsolix noticed this, and looked around. He noticed for the first time that not only were they the only two Pokemon at the table, but all the other tables around them were vacant.
"Oh, you've noticed?" Gardevoir smiled playfully. "It's because I'm friends with Darkrai.
People avoid us a lot."
Notabsolix, for once, actually frowned at this. It was a rare occasion to see his ever smiling face twisted into a look of sorrow and compassion for the green haired girl in front of him. He set aside his pudding.
"…Gardevoir, do you truly believe Darkrai is a bad Pokemon?"
"No…! Of course not." Gardevoir answered immediately. The smile on Notabsolix's face returned, crinkling his false moustache.
"Gardevoir, Pokemon and humans alike are naturally afraid of things that are 'evil'. What is evil really? We are beings that label things 'good' and 'evil' autonomously. For instance, we associate light with 'good' and dark with 'evil'. It is for this reason that your 'Darkrai' has been labeled 'evil' for his vast powers of nightmares."
Gardevoir listened, and realized that what Notabsolix said was probably true. She hung her head.
"However."
She lifted her head up.
"These views of predetermined good and evil are nothing but selfish perceptions of others." He smiled at her. "Do not listen to the selfish perceptions of others, Gardevoir. Believe in what you will. Believe that your Darkrai is at heart a good Pokemon despite being labeled as a malevolent force!"
She smiled at Notabsolix, who grinned in return. He really liked her, she was such a good young woman. So much deserving respect.
It was a pity that if he was right about her, she would have to die.
"Oh?" Notabsolix spied a familiar face among the crowd of Pokemon heading back with Jabocaberry pudding in their hands.
"Oh, I know her." Notabsolix smiled. "Wait here, Gardevoir. I shall go get her."
Before Gardevoir had the chance to ask who, Notabsolix was already on the other side of the cafeteria conversing with a pink being with a red jewel in her chest. She wore a white moustache. She seemed to be very angry at Notabsolix, but the white being seemed to have the upper hand. Finally, she sighed and went along with Notabsolix and joined him at the table with Gardevoir.
"Hello…" The pink being muttered to Gardevoir. This earned a greeting from the green psychic and a question of what the pink being's name was.
"Er… uh… right… I have a name…" The pink being stuttered strangely. "It's um, cel- no, I mean it's er, um-"
"Her name is Alicia." Notabsolix spoke up for her. Alicia looked at Notabsolix questionably, but remained silent.
"You see Gardevoir, she is a friend of mine."
"He lies." Alicia said instantly.
"She plans on joining my organization! Which by the way does not happen to be Neo-Genesis!"
"No!" Alicia said angrily. Gardevoir was confused at their strange behavior towards one another. However, she arrived at a conclusion, pieceing two and two together.
"Oh I get it…" Gardevoir began. "You guys are a couple, right?"
This caused a massive blush on Alicia's face, who looked at Gardevoir as if she had uttered the U word.
"Him and I?" Questioned the pink being with the crystal in her collarbone.
"Oh please Gardevoir." Notabsolix smiled, earning a quizzical look from Alicia. "Us? An item? Nope- I too far out of her league."
Alicia muttered under her breath. This was SUPPOSED to be simple. Get in, get some Jabocaberry pudding and get out. But now that HE was here, it was pure torture! Would he ever give up in trying to get her to join him!
And furthermore… An item?
It was all the Jabocaberry pudding's fault. It was obviously the evil Deux-ex-machina of this story, even if it did heal her up completely. Wait…
If the pudding was a Deux-ex-machina…
Then didn't that mean it would also attract the villain of this special?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
The right wall crashed, smoke pouring out of it as if it were hit by some sort of attack! The brick wall crumbled under the stress, and almost the entire wall collapsed.
"Give us the Jabocaberry pudding." Said a male voice. "It is only illogical not to do so as we have all of you outmatched."
Gardevoir took a look at her faces. She became wide eyes.
Two of them were robots. Their heads were small, their torso's equally small, but with a large chest and wide arms. They were taller than her by a good four feet, probably weighed several times as much as her too. One was black colored and grey, while the other was purple colored and grey.
One figure, smaller than the two robots, stood in the middle.
He was in the shape of a human, with small horns on his head. His chest and waist were relatively the same size and the arms were normal sized in comparison to hers. They ended in three finger hands with balls for fingertips. The figures legs were more or less humanoid in nature, standing upright just like a person would. He wore a brown cape, which was held up a bit at the collarbone by his pointed shoulders. He was dark purple all over, with some white on him.
He had four red eyes, narrowly grimacing at everything he saw, coupled with a small frown upon his lips.
"What?" Alicia was the first one to be shocked at the newcomers. ATR's! And what's more… was that another clone of the original mew?
She shut her mouth as she realized that he had seen her. His eyes widened momentarily, before shrinking back to being narrow again.
"Hey… isn't that…?" The purple robot asked, it's voice a female.
"It is…" Said the dark purple being. "I suspected that there was a seventy-four percent chance that she would be here…
Good. You two, get that pudding. I will have a word with Mewthree."
The robots parted ways, and all of a sudden, the dark purple being was right next to them.
"Mewthree." He stated. Gardevoir suddenly realized what was going on here. The pink being ripped of her white moustache- and it really was Mewthree.
"No…" She said quietly. She had been deceived. Did Notabsolix not know that he was friends with Mewthree of all people?
"I am the fourth clone of Mew." Stated the purple being. "The pinnacle of all creation- I am Xeno."
"Mewthree, you must come with me back to Team Rocket." He extended a hand. Mewthree shook her head. She told him that she was going to face Mewtwo soon- and win. Xeno was unamused, and insisted that she come with him.
"I will take you back to Team Rocket, whether you will it or not." Stated Xeno, almost robotlike. "It is not logical to think you can defy me when I already surpass your power."
"Now now."
The voice belonged to Notabsolix, who had eaten the last of his pudding.
"The girl said she didn't want to. You should act less like an uneducated barbarian and honor her wishes."
Xeno's four eyes turned to the white being, who continued to grin .
"And just who are you to order me around?"
Notabsolix ripped off her moustache.
Gardevoir's eyes widened even more. It was him. The Fallen Angel. The leader of Neo-Genesis. The world's number one threat. It was Absolix.
Gardevoir felt herself quiver. They were ignoring her at the most part, but she didn't know how she could escape. She was surrounded by Mewthree, a new Pokémon called Xeno and even Absolix Michael Solaris. Their powers outclassed hers several times over, Gardevoir would be destroyed for sure if she ended up fighting. She silently gathered her energy.
"Teleport…" She whispered as quietly as she possibly could. Nothing happened.
"…Well Gardevoir, I did tell you that I would see you soon." Absolix said. Gardevoir kept using Teleport, but nothing happened.
"I'm sorry Gardevoir, but please stop trying to Teleport. I've sealed all psychic type Moves and you're just wasting energy."
Gardevoir froze.
"Stay here until I'm done with him." Absolix motioned to Xeno, who cocked his head in response. Mewthree simply looked back and forth between them, not knowing what to do. On one hand, she wanted Absolix to get out of there and leave her be. On the other hand… she didn't want to go back to Team Rocket empty handed.
No. That would mean severe punishment.
"A fight against the great Absolix." Mused the brown cloaked clone of Mew. "How very interesting. But I am afraid you will have to step aside. There is not possible way you can defeat me, even if I lose."
"Let's test that then." Absolix crossed his arms, and chanted.
"Requesting release of gates one through ten…"
"I don't get it Ruby! This is the Deux-ex-machina of the chapter! Why hasn't Zero appeared yet?" Kairi was distraught, she and her partner in the back of the storage room contemplating what had happened.
"I don't know." Said her trustworthy Pokémon partner. "But listen- this blonde haired human came up to me and demanded that I give him pudding! He said he would capture me with his Styler if I didn't!"
Kairi paused.
"…Ruby… where did he go?"
Mitsurashi Zero, AKA the most feared human in the history of forever, sat alone in the gymnasium, eating the Jabocaberry pudding and refilling his lost strength.
"ZERO I FOUND YOU AT LAST!" The white mustached Kairi barged into the gym, her partner Ruby following close behind. Zero stopped eating. He looked at them, glazed.
"Who are you?"
Kairi ripped off her moustache.
"Kairi…!" Zero grumbled, realizing she had been in disguise to lull him into thinking he was safe from her. He wasn't.
Kairi stared at her former best friend. She had finally found him, and this time she wasn't going to let him out of her sights.
"Let's do this Ruby!" She flipped out her Styler and Ruby came forth from behind her. At this, Zero stood up. He looked at Ruby and Kairi as if he were bored.
"Don't even try. You think a simple gardevoir will be able to stop me?" Zero asked rhetorically. Kairi swetted- no, probably not. But that didn't mean she had to give up. Besides, she had her Styler, and maybe… just maybe they would be able to win against-
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
Without warning, one of the walls suddenly gave through. A steelix pooped out of the hole, roaring in frenzy. Kairi and Zero tensed their Styler's, ready to take action. However, the steelix gave a large roar and fell down, defeated. Zero narrowed his eyes.
'A steelix? Defeated? Who could have done that…?' He thought, knowing that steelix were very tough Pokemon to defeat. The answer came as the smoke cleared, a blue eyes being on top of the steelix as if to gloat in victory.
"HAH! THAT'S THREE DOWN- TWO LEFT!" Darkrai laughed evilly. He was in a GREAT mood! Taking down Lopunny's five ex-boyfriends was easier than he expected! At this rate Lopunny could keep her promise and go to the dance with him!
He suddenly realized Kairi was there. He waved at her and proceeded to tell her about how he had defeated steelix. Kairi was amazed- either that was a really weak steelix or Darkrai was just plain strong.
"However Darkrai, we have company…" Kairi said, glancing at their opponent- the most feared human in the world. Darkrai gazed upon Zero's face.
His face twisted into a look of pure shock.
"No…" Darkrai breathed.
"Yes…" Kairi was equally nervous. "This is Zero Darkrai! But don't worry, I think with you on our side he won't be able to escape!"
But Darkrai didn't hear a word Kairi had spoken. He continued to look over at Zero, his mouth agape in wonder.
"Zero!" Darkrai suddenly shouted. "It's you!"
Zero was confused. Of course it was him, why should he be anyone else? Or was this guy just plain clueless and didn't know who he was?
"What's going on here…!" Darkrai breathed heavily., He looked over at Kairi, an angry and confused look across his face. "You mean to tell me… that you were hunting…! All this time…!"
Kairi was shocked. What was up with Darkrai? Did he perhaps know Zero from before?
"Zero…" Darkrai's eyes suddenly narrowed. "Do you know who I am!"
Zero stared at this newcomer. He hadn't a clue, so he responded that he didn't know this black white haired being. Darkrai was trembling now. He clenched his fists and yelled to the world most feared human-
"Don't you remember Zero!
I was your Starter Pokemon!
You were supposed to be my Trainer!"