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Chapter 12
Austin
"Isn't your last name Aurastone?" Avalon asks me. She and Sasha are sitting in my office.
"Yes." I respond. I'm trying to read Japanese. Not working well for me.
"Isn't that called the Aura Stone?" Sasha continues Avalon's thought, pointing to the blue stone on my desk. I think about that for a moment.
"Holy crap." I say, then pick up the stone and whirl around in my spinning chair in order to face the girls. "That's right. Heh. Fate works in funny ways."
"It's meant for you!" Avalon says. "That's cool."
"What? Am I going to marry it or something?" I ask, smirking. Avalon rolls her eyes.
"That's your decision." She retorts.
"Then I say 'I don't.'" I tell her.
"You'd much rather marry Lily." I look up. Sitting on my cabinet is none other than Jay.
"How the heck did you get up there?" I ask incredulously.
"I teleported." He responded.
"How come I didn't sense you?" I continue.
"Because you weren't paying attention." Jay smirks. I give him a look and he laughs. "No, I figured out how to cloak my aura."
"Good for you." I tell him. "And what's this about me and Lily?"
"You love her." Jay says nonchalantly. "And I can sense it in your aura."
I must be blushing because Avalon laughs.
"I like you, Jay!" She says. Jay smirks.
"Who's Lily again?" Sasha asks.
"Redhead." I tell her. She blinks. "Who sings." I add.
"Oh, her." Sasha smirks. "That makes sense." I roll my eyes and open my mouth to deny this.
"Don't even try, Austin. I can see it in your aura!" Jay, along with the girls, burst out laughing.
"I should call security." I mutter to myself.
"Don't worry, if Lily waltzes in here later we'll keep our mouths shut." Jay promise. The girls say so, too. I sigh relief, which I immediately regret.
"So it's true!" Avalon fake-gasps. There's a fourteen-year-old here who needs a good beating.
"No!" I deny, but then sigh again and put my head down. "Maybe."
"Oh my gosh!" Sasha says. "It IS true!"
"Yes! I love Lily! Are you all happy now?" I admit. I'm probably bright red.
"Not until you tell her." Avalon sneers.
"Yeah, no. She doesn't love me." I tell them.
"Jay?" Sasha and Avalon question at once. Jay smirks.
"I'll tell you two the truth later." Jay decides. "But for now, Austin has to wonder." The girls laugh again. I groan and roll my eyes.
This is going to be a long day...
Det Trenger Vann – It Needs Water
"Hey, Austin." Diane strolls in my office. Crap. She knows.
"Hello. Do you know what this word is?" I ask her. I'm pointing to something in Japanese on my computer screen. I'm frustrated with Japanese. Very frustrated.
"Water." She tells me. "On to business, guess what I heard?"
See? I told you. "What did you hear?" Jay, of course, appears on top of the cabinet. Smirking.
"I heard from a little birdy that you like Lily." She tells me.
"Don't start. Please?" I beg.
"Just tell her! Come on! She totally likes you!" Diane insists.
I put my head down on the table. "No speaky English!" I yell. Diane sighs and comes over to stand next to me.
"Why won't you talk to her?" Diane asks curiously.
"She's one of my best friends. I don't want to screw that up," I tell Diane honestly.
"Love needs water to grow," She sighs. "So, for goodness sakes, give it some water before it dies!"
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Lily
I'm at work today. Currently, though, I'm on my lunch break. Since it's nice out, I'm sitting in back of Darlin's eating my sandwich.
"Lily?" I look over to my left.
"Hi, Jay. Come sit with me." I tell him. He does so. "What's up, buddy?"
"Nothing much. I just wanted to talk to you about something." Jay says.
"What?"
"Love." He states plainly.
"Who's the lucky girl?" I smirk. He laughs.
"You! And guess who's the lucky guy?" Jay insists.
"I'm going to go with you!" We both laugh, but Jay shakes his head.
"Austin." He tells me.
"No. He doesn't like me like that," I insist. "Does he?"
"What do you think?" Jay asks. I stare at him blankly. "Of course he does!"
Det Trenger Vann – It Needs Water
Austin
"Care to explain why we're in this field again, Jay?" I ask him as we walk to the place where the stone in the palm of my hand was created.
"Mewtwo and Uxie wanted to meet with us again." The little boy explains.
"About what?" I ask.
"Your powers." I turn around to see the speaker, Uxie.
"You mean aura?" I ask.
"The other power. Water bending." Uxie explains.
"Water whating?" I ask aloud.
"Bending, genius." I turn around the other way to see Jaeson, a.k.a. Mewtwo.
"Don't make my list," I warn. "The last guy who did ended up with my claws in his back." Remember Daffy Uck? Okay, specifically him, but you get the point.
"You mean hypothetical claws?" He asks.
"No."
"Lucario don't have claws."
I show him my hands as my fingernails clink into claws. I smile, purposely showing off my fangs. "Wanna bet?"
"Boys, you're both about to make my list." Uxie warns us. I put my claws away. "Now, water bending is what you did to tame the fire back at Jay's school." I do a double take.
"How'd you know about that?" I ask her. She chuckles.
"I know everything." Uxie alerts me. "Use your aura to find the moisture in the air."
"Okay." I say uncertainly. "Got it... I think."
"Now suck it into your paws." She instructs.
I open my eyes and force the water into my paws. It's harder than you think. There's so little moisture in the air... I couldn't do it. I did manage to get a good lot of aura between my fingertips.
"Oh, screw it." I mutter, slashing the air and dispersing the aura. Doing so also happens to be a water bending move, because the water I hadn't thought I gathered just slammed into the ground. "Holy fudge."
"Well... okay..." Uxie doesn't seem to have a clue what I just did. Join the club.
"Let's pick that up another day. Or never," I add hopefully.
"Tomorrow." Uxie decides. "I want to see how well you can fight against an opponent like..." No no no! "Mewtwo!" Of course.
Did I ever tell you all that mewtwos are 6'7, while I'm only four feet tall?
Then again, size isn't everything... But STILL! That's like three whole f**king feet!
Jaeson and I both morph into our original forms. Then we get into fighting stances.
"Can I use my aura?" I ask him.
"As long as I can use mine." He responds. And we begin when Uxie shouts to.
I start with an aura sphere, not quite knowing what else to do. Mewtwo dodges it easily. He then uses psychic, picking me up in a painful red wave. But I was prepared for this. With a battle cry, blue shock waves begin to race off me, hitting a surprised Mewtwo.
"What in hell was that?" He's astonished. I smirk.
"A little trick I picked up a long time ago." I tell him.
"Lucario can't use thunder, can they?" He asks.
"I don't think so, but this is an aura trick." I inform him. "It's an imitation thunderbolt."
"Is that even possible?" Mewtwo still is confused.
"According to my friend Rachel back in England, yes, it is." I say, then drop back into a fighting position. "Ready to continue?"
"Yes." Mewtwo responds, and also returns to his position. He attacks first, shooting a dark pulse.
WAIT! He's a psychic type!
Gawd, I'm so incredibly stupid. I form a plan. I use extreme speed, dodge his fire punch, then use dark pulse in Mewtwo's face. He reels backwards, and I use this moment of distraction to start a close combat attack. I uppercut him. The uppercut's followed by a punch in the stomach and then a roundhouse kick to his chest. This sent him flying backwards. I took that chance to get back to my original spot. Mewtwo got up, looking a bit pissed yet happy at the same time.
"I thought I would have shoved you down by now." He panted with a smile on his face. The smile of a challenge.
"Really? I thought I'd be dead by now!" I respond, making sure he knew I meant that I thought I was a lot worse than I am.
"Ready?" He asks. I nod. This time Mewtwo launches at me with extreme speed. I throw an aura sphere and jump up into the air. Mewtwo gets hit by the aura sphere, but I realize his task was still accomplished.
Mewtwo was right under me. I flip in the air, sending another dark pulse to the ground. He dodges easily. I land and he hits me with a flame punch. Hard. I fly backwards, into a tree. Of course.
Damn stupid place to put a tree!
I get up, and duck again as Mewtwo's aura sphere decapitates the tree I was under, missing me by an inch.
This time I jump and land onto the tree (now stump) and think for the half moment I have. Got it. I jump again as Mewtwo throws a dark pulse again. But the moment I land Mewtwo chucks another aura sphere, with which I get hit by. I am thrown off the tree. I land on the ground and roll just in time to miss Mewtwo's next attack. I get up and use extreme speed. Once I'm close enough, he's ready. We use close combat at the same time, each blocking each other's moves.
Smirk.
I see an opening as I realize Mewtwo has a pattern to his attacks. I am able to dodge under an arm and body slam him into the ground. I quickly jump into the air and flip to send a few dark pulses down to him.
Meanwhile, Mewtwo uses a hyper beam from the ground. I think the first dark pulse hits him, but the others are obliterated. The beam also sends itself upward, towards yours truly. In response, I send an aura sphere to meet it. The impact of the two powerful moves creates an explosion, sending me higher into the air. I flip to try and gain control of my place in the air at least a little. It works. I land about sixty yards from Mewtwo. I tense, ready for his next attack, but it never comes.
I just defeated a Mewtwo. The thought rings in my mind for a moment, then I let myself collapse down on the ground. I enjoy the feel of the cool grass on my back and close my eyes.
"Are you alright?" Jay asks me as he comes to stand above me. I open my eyes and smile.
"Of course I'm okay!" I say. "I just beat the crap out of a mewtwo!"
Jay laughs. "We should probably go check on him." He reminds me. I nod and stand up. The two of us head over to where Mewtwo lays in the grass.
"I can't believe I got beat by a kid," He mutters as we arrive. I smirk.
"That's right. I didn't hurt ya too bad, did I?" I ask him.
"No. It's relaxing to lay here, though." He says. Uxie strolls over here.
"Hi, guys. You both did very well." Uxie praises. She turns to Jay. "Jay, will you use heal bell for me, please?"
"Of course." He responds. I let my tense body ease up as the beautiful and healing chimes glide through my ears. I hear Mewtwo quietly sigh with relief at the sound.
"Everybody feeling better now?" Jay asks.
"Yes, thank you." Mewtwo sounds very relaxed.
"Yup. Gracias, mi amigo." (Thank you, my friend.) I tell Jay. He nods.
"Okay. I think we've done enough for today." Uxie decides. Mewtwo gets up and shakes his head as if to clear it.
"Great battle." I tell him, and hold out my hand. He shakes it and nods.
"Better than I thought it would be." He smirks a little.
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