Hey everyone sorry for not updating, my wifi has been acting crazy and I wasn't able to post anything. So I guess Misty joined the group? She might be an um.. Interesting addition to the group.
Chapter 12
I yawned, sleeping on the ground wasn't always fun, my back hurt and the bickering of Dawn and Misty kept me up all night. I growled softly when I heard the two of them at it again, I wondered what it was about this time.
"You snore so loud it rivals an ursaring, I couldn't get any sleep because of you," Misty said. Dawn laughed loudly before poking a finger in Misty's chest angrily, the gym leader simply rolled her eyes.
"At least I don't have the grossest morning breath of all time, go brush your teeth for once," Dawn snapped. Misty's mouth dropped open before she shoved Dawn back, the girl wasn't having any of Misty's attitude today.
"Did you just shove me with your stick-like fingers?" Dawn said. Misty crossed her arms and stood her ground as Dawn attacked.
I slapped my forehead, it was too early for this and we almost died last night, I was incredibly sore from last night and I didn't need this today. If Dawn was going to be with us for a while she seriously needed to learn how to fight, the way she fought Misty was about ninety percent pulling her hair.
Shadow woke up when he heard the two girls screaming, Lupe woke up in a jolt thinking we were under attack. When he saw the two girls screaming at each other, he decided to step in, but he was immediately tossed aside, as Misty sucker punched Dawn in the jaw.
"Hey not fair, no sucker punches," Dawn yelled. Misty stuck her tongue out before Dawn head butted Misty and they both went crashing to the ground. Lupe got in between the two girls and looked like he was getting punched and kicked too.
"Shadow help me," Lupe said. The curse words the two were yelling at each other, were enough to make any person cover their ears. Shadow got up from his spot on the grass and the two girls were instantly consumed by his psychic power. Misty and Dawn protested, and starting blaming each other for ridiculous reasons, but Shadow didn't listen.
"Look I don't want Misty here and I don't want Dawn here, I am stuck with Leah and Lupe, so do me a solid and try to get along so we can all live in peace," Shadow said. Dawn and Misty muttered to themselves, before Shadow released them from his power.
"Hey, I was a good partner for you all, Misty is just a leech she has nothing better to do then to sit around and watch us struggle and complain about it all," Dawn said. I silently agreed, Misty was a jerk, but unfortunately we couldn't exactly get rid of her for the moment, and we owed her a favor.
"If you two didn't run off in the middle of the night and almost get yourselves killed, we wouldn't have this problem with Misty," Shadow said. Lupe nodded his head, but he wasn't ever one to argue.
"Well at least I am trying to get rid of Giovanni, we have been running around for two years training and for what?" I said. Shadow gave me a dangerous look, I knew I was right, they were hunting us, and we almost died several times because of it. Shadow needed to get his act together, there was no peaceful way to solve this problem!
"You are acting out of revenge, and that is your biggest demon, if you don't learn how to channel your anger, you will never defeat Giovanni," Shadow said. Angry, huh, it didn't seem like I was very angry, I was just trying to save everyone.
"Giovanni will be defeated as soon as I cut his head off," I mumbled. Shadow shook his head sadly before looking at the two girls who apparently were a part of our group.
"Listen here you two, since you are horrible at fighting, Leah will be the one to be training you, that is her punishment," Shadow said. I snapped my head in his direction, he was kidding right?
"WHAT," I yelled. Dawn gave me a thumbs up while Misty rolled her eyes, this was going to be impossible, I guarantee Misty was going to argue with everything I said.
"Get going, show them the basics, I will be getting us something to eat while you train them," Shadow said. Lupe watched as the mewtwo vanished into the forest, Lupe got cozy knowing this was going to be quite a show.
Rayquaza and Lugia both popped out from their ball, the bright light made me shield my eyes as their forms appeared. Rayquaza had a deep throaty noise coming from him, and Lugia laughed at me.
"I can do this, stop doubting me," I growled. Lugia and Rayquaza went over to a soft path of grass and made themselves comfortable, while they watched me eagerly.
"Alright you two, when you are fighting it doesn't matter if you have really fancy moves, if you run out of energy you are dead, so let's get your endurance up," I said. Dawn flashed me a smile, as Misty sat on the grass and put her hands behind her head.
"Yeah no, I am not doing that," Misty said. Dawn looked like she was going to say something, but I quickly intervened.
"Fine Misty if you want to be the first one to die when Team Rocket comes looking for us be my guest," I said. Soon I was jogging with Dawn into the forest, she was keeping up pretty well, but I was also starting out pretty easy.
We went in a large circle, time passed and I started to hear her panting behind me, so I decided to stop and let her rest. Dawn sat on a rock and was wheezing, I sat next to her and patted her back, Dawn groaned before taking deep breaths.
Soon enough we were jogging back to camp, Dawn was struggling now, I shouted back encouragement before we finally arrived back at camp. Misty was watching the clouds with a long blade of grass intertwined in her fingers, Lugia seemed to be striking up a conversation with Rayquaza, and Lupe seemed to be listening.
Dawn sank onto the grass and sighed, Misty spotted us and pointed at Dawn and started to laugh.
"You look like you just went swimming, was a tiny jog that difficult for you?" Misty said. Dawn glared at Misty before catching the attention of the rest of the group, Rayquaza made a noise, as Lupe bit his lip afraid that a fight would start.
"Says you, your lazy butt was so lazy you would rather get killed by Team Rocket then to train to avoid it," Dawn huffed. Misty laughed loudly, before sitting up and eyeing us both.
"Remind me who almost died last night, oh yeah, you did, and who saved you, that's right me, I can easily take on Team Rocket, but you two are the ones who need training," Misty said. I felt my jaw tighten, Misty needed to be taught a lesson, I didn't like her but I didn't want her to die in Team Rocket's hands.
"Stand up Misty, if you can defend yourself let's see it," I said. Misty shrugged before standing up and grinning at me.
"Oh what, are you going to fight me, without your armor you are probably as soft as jigglypuff," Misty laughed. I stood my ground, Misty shrugged her shoulders and got into a weak fighting stance.
"I will let you have the first hit, come on, show us what you've got, don't hold back," I said. Lupe leaned forward, as Lugia and Rayquaza watched curiously, Misty giggled again before insulting me.
"Come on, is this really necessary, we all know you are bluffing," Misty said. I shrugged my shoulders, and grinned at her, she may think I was bluffing, but that makes it more fun.
Misty charged at me throwing a punch, I dodged to the side and swept my foot under her legs making her fall. I then crouched low as she groaned rubbing her back, her stance was weak and her strategy was horrible.
"You are dead Misty, see what I mean, unlike me, Team Rocket will kill you, if you can't handle all this you should leave," I said. Misty glared at me, but she then rested her head on the grass and didn't say anything for a while.
"Please just do us a favor and leave," Dawn huffed. Misty rolled her eyes, before I sat next to her, I didn't want her to die, but if she refused to train, I couldn't improve her chances of staying alive.
"Fine whatever I will train, you better not make me sweat though," Misty said. I nodded my head and helped her up, Dawn protested, but I ignored her before making them both do pushups.
To be honest this was a very easy training day, when I first started training I had to fight Shadow right off the bat. I shivered, my training still wasn't done either, so Shadow was probably brewing up something fierce for me.
When Misty and Dawn finished their fifty pushups, they both collapsed on the ground exhausted.
"Why is Team Rocket hunting you anyways?" Misty asked. I blinked, now that I thought about it Dawn and Misty only knew parts of my past, Misty was completely in the dark, and Dawn only knew a fraction of the story.
"Well while you two take a break I guess I can explain things," I said. I sat on the grass, as Misty got comfortable and Dawn leaned her head on her hands.
"Apparently I was born with a rare type of blood with a chemical in it, this chemical makes it possible to create and control shadow pokémon, they are extremely powerful pokémon with power that is impossible to defeat."
Misty blinked, I could see the confusion in her eyes as she leaned her head on her fist as she sat Indian style on the grass.
"Shadow was the first shadow pokémon created, but while they were taking blood from me and using it to create shadow, they made an error and Shadow was able to break free, I don't know how much blood they collected from me, but it was enough to make Lupe too."
"So let me get this straight Team Rocket is trying to harvest your blood to make more living pokémon?" Misty asked. I shrugged, she was a little correct, they were as you might call them "alive" but not really.
"They are living creatures just without free will, they will do as they are told and have no opinion over anything, no personality, no remorse, which makes them extremely dangerous," I said. Dawn shivered, it was tough to chew, knowing there was a pokémon out there that wouldn't hesitate to kill you in seconds if that was what it was told to do.
"So they have no soul?" Dawn asked. I pondered for a second, if they didn't have a personality, or any opinions, I guess she was right in a way, they were alive, but they didn't have a soul.
"I guess so, apparently they have the technology to create shadow pokémon by growing them in small containers but they keep them in a coma-like state because they can't control them without my blood," I said. Misty and Dawn glanced nervously at each other, as I heard footsteps behind me.
"Here, found some fruit in the forest, eat up, you will need your strength," Shadow said. He placed the berries and fruit on the grass before Rayquaza smacked his lips hungrily.
"Rayquaza you can go find some food, I know you like to eat space rocks," I giggled. Rayquaza thanked me with a roar before going off into the ozone layers to devour whatever it was that he ate.
"What do you eat Lugia?" Lupe asked. The sea guardian looked towards the mewtwo before resting his head on the grass.
"I mostly eat seaweed, sometimes I throw in some fish," Lugia said. Lupe nodded his head, soon Lugia departed to find some food for himself, as we divided the berries and fruit between us.
I took an apple and ate it, I hated fruit, but the apple was pretty pleasant to eat. Misty ate an oran berry, and Dawn ate a fruit I didn't recognize. We were silent for a while, I wondered what they were both thinking.
"You know you still haven't really explained how you got my shield, it has been upgraded, someone found it and upgraded it, can you remember what the person looked like?" I asked. Misty chewed her berry before looking at me, she seemed to be thinking, so I sat patiently.
"I couldn't get a good look at him since it was night, but his voice sounded like he was our age, and he was riding a charizard," Misty said. I couldn't shake the feeling that I knew him from somewhere, I knew he was the same trainer who saved Rayquaza from Team Rocket, but why was he helping us?
"Someone has a secret admirer," Dawn giggled. I punched her in the arm playfully, even though she was poking fun of the situation, we couldn't trust anyone. We still didn't know what the mysterious trainer wanted, and we didn't know why he was helping us, and how he knew where we were all the time.
I looked up towards the sky, was he watching now? I slowly turned my head to the forest, and that's where I saw a figure standing near the trees. His body was covered in shadows, but our gazes met for a split second, his mouth seemed to part a little, before he bolted into the forest.
"W-Wait," I called out, I quickly ran after the figure, Misty and Dawn jumped in alarm, but I was already gone. Leaves smacked my face, and my blood was pumping through my veins, I needed to know who he was, why was he helping me? If he was truly here to help, then why was he running? What was he so afraid of?
Just like that he was gone, no trace, nothing. I stopped running trying to catch my breath, I heard footsteps behind me, and I turned to see Lupe catching up to me. He doubled over in exhaustion, as Misty, Dawn and Shadow caught up, Shadow had a ball of light in his hand, and he was ready to attack at any moment.
"Why did you run off Leah, you scared us half to death," Dawn said. I blinked, I had forgotten that I just randomly ran away from camp, but I couldn't shake the feeling of wanting to know who the stranger was. He was watching us, and it looked like he wanted to say something, the way his lips parted, but I had no idea what on earth he was going to say.
"I saw someone, I tried chasing after him but he was gone as soon as I reached this part of the forest," I said. Shadow looked surprised, as he used his powers to locate another person in the forest, but by the look on his face it seemed like he couldn't pick up the figure's life force.
"Well whoever they were, they are long gone now, all I am picking up is extreme sadness and sorrow, they must have run away crying," Shadow said. I blinked, this was getting strange, who were they?
"Oh my he must have been bashful, or scared that Leah was going to cut his head off," Lupe gigged. I flicked his head angrily as he rubbed the spot tenderly, Shadow seemed very alert as he crossed his arms and stared at us.
"This isn't good, we can't have someone stalking us, we don't know what their intentions are, and we have no idea if they were a spy for Team Rocket," Shadow said. I shook my head, if they were a spy they wouldn't have come alone, and they did a horrible job of hiding.
"I doubt it, probably just a villager or something, if you think about it we do seem suspicious to everyone, perhaps they were just trying to confirm that we weren't troublemakers," I said. Lupe shrugged, I heard a roar as Rayquaza came out of the clouds looking refreshed and ready for anything.
"Shriiii," Rayquaza said. The dragon swept its tail around us, as he nudged my chest playfully. He looked at me lovingly as he nudged my hand, I put my hands out in front of me curiously, thinking he was going to give me something.
Rayquaza smiled before giving me a space rock covered in his saliva, I flinched as long strings of goo came off of the rock. Rayquaza seemed pleased with himself as he watched my reaction to his present, I managed to give him a smile, but inside I was grossed out.
"Aw, Rayquaza brought you back a gift," Lupe said. I gave Lupe a dirty look, as Rayquaza floated over to Misty and stared at her intensely.
"No, bad dragon, I don't want anything from you," Misty said. Rayquaza blinked as he swiped his tongue upwards catching Misty's entire body in its wake. Misty screamed in disgust as Lugia came down from the sky, Lupe was laughing and Misty was spewing insults, as Rayquaza smiled happily.
I was glad that today didn't end in us fighting for our lives, but I couldn't help but think that the stranger that keeps appearing had something to do with Team Rocket. I looked to the side as my friends laughed together, I felt warm and fuzzy inside, and I wished our peace could last forever.
Shadow said that he felt extreme sadness in the atmosphere, I wondered why the figure was sad, why was he watching us? Would we see him again? I shook the questions from my head as Rayquaza nudged me playfully, and decided to bask in the peace that we all were happy to be in at this moment.
~Elsewhere~
I stood by the trees, the shadows were covering me, and I knew I shouldn't be here, but I had to see her. She was so close, she looked stronger and she looked well. Her hair was long now, and she looked confident, her warm smile made me want to talk to her more.
It took every bit of my strength to not go up to her, I was afraid, how would she react? So here I was watching her from afar, wishing with all my might that one day I would get the guts to talk to her.
She was beautiful, strong, and a fine leader, I was glad that she has moved on in a way. Part of me wondered if she ever thought of me, I hope she didn't, because all she would think of is what happened that night.
While I was lost in my thoughts, suddenly her head moved very slowly, my breath caught in my throat when our eyes met.
My heart was beating so fast, I felt like I would faint, the curiosity in her eyes was something I never thought I was see again. I started to say something, but I stopped myself, I was a cowered I couldn't do it.
So there I was running away with my tail in between my legs, she was running after me, but I was already flying away from her. Tears were streaming down my face, I couldn't face her, not yet.
I am so sorry for what I did, I am so sorry for what is about to happen, it's all my fault. I wouldn't blame you if you want to kill me, to be honest, I would let you, I deserve your hate, and I deserve this pain.
But I will always watch over you,
My dearest rival, Leah.
