CHAPTER 14

My first move was a Hyper Beam right at Deoxys. He morphed into Defense Forme and crossed his arms to defend against my attack with Iron Defense. He went back into Attack Forme and charged at me again but I used Faint Attack to evade the stab from his tentacle.

"Impressive." Deoxys said and then he morphed into Speed Forme and rammed me with ExtremeSpeed. I recovered and fired Hyper Beam again but Deoxys was able to out run my attack. I fired again and again but he kept on dodging until he ended up in front of me. Before I could hit him, he morphed into Normal Forme and uppercut me.

"Shade!" I heard Shine scream as I hit the ground. I got up and looked at Deoxys.

"Get up. Are you going to give up now?" he asked. me.

"No...I've still got some fight left in me!" I yelled and I fired another Hyper Beam. He morphed into Attack Forme and countered with Zap Cannon. Our two attacks collided and exploded. Using the smoke to my advantage, I fired Swift into it. The dust cleared and I saw Deoxys in Defense Forme blocking the stars I was firing at him.

I remembered that Swift can't be dodged so that's why he's blocking them instead of evading them. I decided to use this to my advantage. I kept up the Swift and slowly went closer and closer to Deoxys who was too busy blocking to notice me. Then, when I got close enough, I used Faint Attack to reappear behind him and hit him.

I knew I had hit him hard with him being a Psychic type and Faint Attack was a Dark type move. He stumbled a bit but he was still able to stand.

"It is not over yet." Deoxys said getting up. He morphed into Speed Forme and ran around me. He continued to run around at speed until he created a small tornado that lifted me into the air. As I struggled helplessly, he floated on top of me, morphed into Normal Forme and punched me to the ground.

The air was knocked out of my lungs when I hit the ground. I heard my friends scream my name again before I opened my eyes and saw Deoxys heading towards me with his elbow pointed at me. Luckily, I jumped out of the way before he hit the ground. I fired another Hyper Beam but he jumped out of the way.

It was then that I just realized something. I thought about how I hit him before and realized that there just might be a way to beat him. I saw him morph into Speed Forme.

"What? You're going to hit me with ExtremeSpeed?" I said tauntingly. "Bring it on!"

"As you wish." Deoxys said before charging at me. I smirked and charged at him in turn-he fell for it.

"Take this!" I yelled as we got closer and closer. "My secret move: Last Resort!"

My body glowed with blue light and a ring of stars circled me. I screamed loudly as we got closer until we finally collided. The stars surrounding me flew away as an explosion occurred. The force of my attack was able to knock Deoxys off his feet and fall to the ground.

Everyone cheered thinking that I had one. I looked up at the Legendary Council and saw Arceus shake his head. I looked back down but it was too late. One of Deoxys tentacles crept towards me and stabbed my front left leg.

I screamed out in pain;I had never felt pain like this before. The tentacle was retracted leaving an inch deep wound which started to bleed. I gritted my teeth in pain causing me to miss the Zap Cannon fired at me. I screamed again as I got electrocuted painfully and when it stopped I realized that I couldn't move.

"I forgot. Zap Cannon paralyzes when hit." I muttered. I saw Deoxys who was in Attack Forme.

"Is that all you can do?"he asked. "If so, then there is no way you can defeat me. I shall end this fight now."

He put tentacles together and began charging up another Zap Cannon. This time, I knew I couldn't survive it. I struggled again but I was still held in place because I was still paralyzed. I realized that this was the end. I'm not strong enough to lead the two nations in peace. I opened my mouth to say one last goodbye to Shine...

Suddenly, Deoxys' eyes widened in shocked and he looked up. I did the same and saw about thirty blasts of white light heading towards Deoxys-Shine's Future sight and by the looks of it, she's been saving them up during our battle.

Deoxys stopped charging Zap Cannon and morphed into Defense Forme. He out Iron Defense up before he was bombarded by the Future Sights. He survived it but he looked exhausted.

"Rosy, take care of Shade." Shine said and she, along with her team, my team and Slash, stepped in. Rosy went over to me and used Aromatherapy and healed my paralysis.

I looked ahead and saw that everyone was in battle. Slash ran up and used Close Combat on Deoxys who was still in Defense Forme. After punching him several times, he was helped by Terra who smacked Deoxys to the side with his club. Deoxys was sent flying towards Slice who knocked him high into the air.

"That's it everyone!" I cried out. "Keep hammering him! Give him everything you've got!"

Deoxys struggled in mid air and saw Berg holding up Blaze the Monferno. Berg dropped Blaze and he used Flame Wheel on the air born Deoxys. The force of the attack slammed Deoxys painfully to the ground.

With a loud cry, Deoxys got up and saw that he was surrounded by Scuttle, Levi the Baltoy and Rosy. They ran around him in a circle while firing Pin Missile, Mud Shot and Poison Sting. Deoxys,after morphing into Attack Forme, tried to stab at them with his tentacles but they missed because his targets were running. He was so busy, he didn't notice Chi run up to him and gave him a solid Hi Jump Kick which knocked him off his feet. Deoxys got up and saw all of us grouped together.

"You!" he yelled pointing at Shine. "We have heard of you. You hate fighting yet why do you fight now? Has the war changed you?"

"No, the war hasn't changed me." Shine said. "I still hate fighting but...if I have to fight to protect the one I care for, then I'll do it gladly."

"It matters not. A one on one match was specified as the test. Because of your interference, the test is now invalid."

"No it's not." I said. I went to a spot ahead of everyone limping slightly because of my wound. "I finally got what you meant. You said a one on one battle..but when we work together," I smirked. "We ARE one."

"FIRE!"

The next moment, two Hyper Beams, an Ice Beam, Pin Missile, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power, Signal Beam, Bonemerang, Mud Shot, Poison Sting and Flamethrower were fired at Deoxys. For some reason, he didn't dodge nor block the attack. He just closed his eyes as he was engulfed in an explosion caused by all of our attacks.

When the dust cleared, a smoking Deoxys stood before us. For several moment, he just stood there before finally falling to his knees.

"I...I yield..." he said. "I...concede defeat..."

"Enough." Arceus said. He sent the Lake Trio to retrieve Deoxys. "You have proven yourself young Shade. You truly are fit to be a leader."

As we gazed at them, They slowly began to rise and renter the clouds. Arceus looked at me one last time and said: "Farewell Shade and good luck."

And with that they were gone. Looked around and saw the faces of the Pokemon I have to lead from now on. I thought they would be skeptical since someone as young as me would lead them but instead, they began smiling and all of a sudden, they broke into an applause while chanting my name in acceptance of me as their leader.

I was filled with happiness. It was then that saw the smiling faces of my team who were also cheering. But the one I was really looking for was Shine. I found her and walked over to her.

"Looks like I have to lead all of them." I told her.

"Yeah I know." she said.

I looked around again. "You think I'm up for it?" I asked her.

"Of course you are. And even if you can't." Shine put her paw on my cheek. "I'll be there for you."

I smile at Shine and give her a kiss. Maybe she's right. Maybe I can be a good leader to everyone. Together, Shine and I looked up at the sky with thought about the future that lay before us. Sure it might be hard but I knew that we could do it...

Together...

If you think that's the end then you're sadly mistaken. I've got a few chapters left so hang in there ;)