Next Chapter is up. Wohooo. And don't worry, Antauri is alright again.
Gibson: Thank god.
Antauri: I've been standing right next to you for the last hour Hal.
Gibson: Probably, but in her stories it's always worse than in the intro's to the chapters.
He got a point there.
Antauri: (shruggs) SRMTHFG doesn't belong to EvA.
Neither does Pokémon.
Gibson: Read and Review.
Chiro groaned in pain when he woke up.
"Ugh…wha…what happened?"
"We are in the game", answered a female voice.
Chiro sat up and looked around, expecting to see the yellow monkey this voice belonged to, however what he saw scared the daylights out of him. A woman stood in front of him. She had bright yellow hair that went down till her elbows and pink eyes. However not the resemblance with Nova freaked him out, but more the fact that this girl first, still had a monkey-tail with metal tail-tip, strange metal bracelets on both wrists and on top of it, she was naked. Her body was covered by…the torn remaining of the T-shirt he had in his Hyper-Mode. Chiro looked down and jumped up with a scream.
"WTF…who are you? You can't just wander around and use the T-Shirts of boys."
"Chiro open your eyes", shouted the girl back. "I'm Nova. What do you expect me to do? Run around without anything and have Sprx, Otto and you seeing…you know what?" At this the teen blushed, then looked back at the sixteen years old girl. Nova had turned away and said: "Uh…Chiro…could you…kinda cover Sprx and Otto?"
The teen looked at his comrades and the only thing he could do was breathing out in relief when he realised that they lay on their stomachs.
"Where the hell are we?", asked the teen while he took of the trousers of his Hyper-Mode and then changed back into his normal clothes. Taking off that shirt, he used them to cover up his friends.
"In the game", answered Nova. "That green light hit us a few seconds after Antauri and Gibson disappeared with this big white and golden creature."
At this Chiro couldn't supress a growl. The next moment Nova punched him, hard.
"NOVA!"
"You idiot", screamed the female. This caused Sprx and Otto to wake up. Nova went on. "All Antauri ever tried was to safe lives Chiro. Now we are stuck in this game because of what Gallade said already. You trusted that guy more than your own second in command." She burst out in tears. "And I was too scared to help him. God what kind of friend am I?"
She pressed her hand to her forehead.
"When do you think will he wake up?", asked Gibson.
"I don't know", answered a familiar voice.
Ash?, thought Antauri.
"He was in a bad shape when you fell out of the sky. It's a wonder he's still alive."
"He wouldn't be without Arceus", murmured Gibson, worry thick in his voice.
Arceus? What are they talking about? And why is Gibson here?
All of this confused Antauri to no end.
"Should we try it again?", asked Gibson after a while.
"It could help", answered Ash.
"Leafeon would you use Healing Bell on Antauri again?"
"Leaf!"
A soft tune rang through the air and Antauri felt himself relaxing. Then energy rushed through him and he started to open his eyes.
"Hey he's waking up", exclaimed Ash. Antauri blinked a few times before his vision cleared, but then he saw a white ceiling. Groaning in pain he sat up and winced when he felt like something pierced into his chest.
"Slowly Antauri", said Gibson and helped him gently to sit up. "You have a few nasty injuries, also a few broken ribs."
"G-Gibson?", asked the other confused. "What the…what happened?"
Gibson looked at him a bit surprised and asked concerned: "Antauri what is the last thing you remember."
"Well…there are much blurry things. The last clear thing I remember is…stepping into a portal that should get me back to Shugazoom."
At this he heard a few gasps and Ash came forward as well.
"Arceus said the happenings would affect his memories, but not in that extent."
Antauri raised a confused eyebrow at the young Aura-Guardian and asked: "What happened?"
"Well…", started Ash slowly.
Gibson sighed deeply and softly said: "Antauri…the thief of the jewel of live was the creator of Otto's game. He…succeeded in his plan because after you stole it from him, I gave it back."
"Why?"
Gibson looked away, but answered: "He…he tortured you. I…I hoped to help you in that way but…I only made it worse. You…he chained you to some kind of machine and…with the Jewel of Life attached to it…it…"
Antauri raised a hand to stop the blue haired man.
"Don't. I know what you want to say. But…how can I be alive then?"
"Arceus", answered Ash. "We both felt how your Aura suddenly dimmed and despite everyone's protest, Arceus gathered his strength and went to your world. He saved your life and saved you, Gibson and your Pokémon and got you here before you could be caught in the game like…your team and many other people of Shugazoom."
At this Antauri's eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat.
Shaking his head he whispered: "Then we failed, I guess…"
"No!" Looking up, he saw Gibson, who glared at him angrily. "Stop saying that. You didn't fail Antauri. We can still make it right!" Antauri was silent, then smiled and nodded. "For now, concentrate on your recovery."
Antauri gazed over the hills behind Professor Oak's lab and fingered his hair nervously.
"Ash I'm starting to have doubts in this idea."
"Why?"
"Me, battling the Johto Champ? And how would that even help us?"
"Champs have privileges others don't have", answered Ash. "After all, you're speaking to the new Kanto-Champ."
"Pardon?"
"Yeah, I beat the champ and Gibson is one of the new Elite Four of Johto."
"Hal?"
"Antauri you were out for about a week and when we get the other champs and elite four members to believe us, this place is much safer", argued Gibson. Antauri sighed, but agreed and Ash said: "Common, choose your Pokémon. We're gonna leave in an hour."
Antauri nodded and stood up. To say he was nervous would be an understatement. Sure, he'd won a great festival, but that was it, he was more of a coordinator than a Champ. Shaking his head he tried to think of what Pokémon to use in the battle.
Espeon, of course, and Umbreon. He'd promised the Dark-Type to use her in his next big battle. That left space for four more Pokémon. Maybe Lucario? I'm normally just using Psychic-, Dark-, Ghost- or Dual-types of those but Lucario's and my Aura are connected. I trained him because I can control Aura. And it's not like he hasn't some tricks. Yes I guess I'll use him too. Antauri nodded. Three Pokémon chosen, three remained. "A ghost type probably wouldn't be bad either. Maybe…"
"GAAAAAAA!"
Antauri smirked when a small ghost-Pokémon appeared in front of him.
"Hey Gastly. Do you want to fight?"
Gastly nodded eagerly and Antauri said: "Well, show me what you got." Immediately Gastly floated a bit away. The next moment Antauri had to dodge an incredible strong Shadow Ball. "Not at me!", exclaimed the silver-haired man.
Gastly laughed sheepish and said: "Gast-Gastly…"
"Apology accepted. Now continue. The Shadow Ball was very impressive."
The ghost-type beamed at this and Antauri thought; Maybe that's the way to reach him. He just needs a bit praise, like Otto. Then he frowned. Gastly was using Mean Look, and it worked quite well.
"Alright stop", called Antauri and shook his head. "Your attack is starting to freak me out." Gastly frowned and chuckling Antauri praised: "That's a good sign Gastly. Mean Look seems to work perfect when it starts to get to me."
At this the ghost-type beamed and Antauri asked: "How about it, want to join a fight against Johto's champ?"
Gastly's eyes widened at that and he gave Antauri a look that said: "Are you kidding? Me?"
Antauri chuckled and answered: "Yes Gastly, you. I think you deserve this chance." The next second Gastly was in his arms and he was surprised when he felt the ghost-type purring. He is still a very young child after all, thought Antauri. After a while he walked off, Gastly following. "Who else", wondered Antauri and looked around. ´
Suddenly something rammed into him and pushed him down.
He looked up and found Latias grinning at him.
"You heard?"
She nodded and answered: "Yes and I won't get off of you until you allow me to join in."
"I'm not so sure if it is fair when I use a legendary in this fight Latias."
He tried to stand up, but Latias pinned him down and argued: "Gibson used Latios in his battle as well."
"He did?" "
Yes."
Antauri hesitated, then nodded. "Alright." Latias beamed at that and finally allowed him to stand up. Antauri once again started to debate which was the last Pokémon he should use.
Who, thought Antauri, who?
Then he smirked.
Oh yes, he would be the right Pokémon for this battle.
Antauri's Pokémon
Latias: Dragon-Pulse, Psychic, Mist-Ball, Areal Ace
Lucario: Close-Combat, Aura-Sphere, Metal Claw, Psychic
Gastly: Night Shade, Shadow-Ball, Mean Look, Destiny Bond
Espeon: Psychic, Gyro Ball, Sing, Iron-Tail
Umbreon: Shadow-Ball, Moonlight, Dig, Double Team
Metang: Meteor Mash, Psychic, Earthquake, Flash-Canon
Mismagius: Thunderbolt, Shadow-Ball, Ominous Wind, Energy-Ball
Alakazam: Psycho-Cut, Psychic, Shadow-Ball, Thunder-Punch
Gallade: Psycho-Cut, Leaf-Blade, Close-Combat, Razor Wind (Psychic as ability)
Honchkrow: Dark-Pulse, Hyper-Beam, Sky-Attack, Brave-Bird
Absol: Razor-Wind, Dark-Pulse, Shadow-Claw, Giga-Impact
Gardevoir: Magical-Leaf, Psybeam, Psychic, Energy-Ball
Gibson's Pokémon:
Latios:
Leafeon: Solar-Beam, Magical-Leaf, Healing-Bell, Leaf-Blade
