Hello I think I may actually get a good portion of this story updated by the end of summer vacation! I'm hoping to get anotherchapter out tomorrow, i hope I can.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon...Nintendo freakingdoes!
It had been a clean thirty minutes on the road, they had voted o walk, just to bring back memories. They had run into a rogue Shadow Pokemon and they had quickly captured it before sending it to the lab, which the traitors had already gotten to, which was surprising that Ashura was so calm during all of that.
"Let's stop by the Pyrite Orphanage, I think it's time we rub your position in the owner of that place's face, they deserve it after tossing you out on the streets" Adam suggested.
"First is Phenac, we'll get there ahead of Ashura and his friends, who'll be taking the long route for the scenery and getting used to the heat, his old friends will probably trail him there" Kyle said.
"It's good to have Espeon and Umbreon with me again, been a while too" Dante admitted.
"Since you've seen Wes, yes it's been a while, maybe we'll catch him on the way through, Michael is in Agate right now" Kate said.
Dante grinned at that before they stopped for a small water break, they walked with their jackets open, revealing their short sleeved t shirts, due to the fact that they knew that Orre's temperature was in the high 90's at this time of the year. The Snag Machine was clipped onto his left arm, glistening in the sun.
"Feels nice to be home right?" Dante wondered.
"Sure does, being off tin the other regions made me homesick" Kyle agreed.
"Couldn't you have just gone to the nearest volcano?" Adam joked about the temperature.
Kyle merely grinned at that joke as they got back up to get back onto the toad, Outskirt Stand wasn't that far away, and after that is Phenac City, where Kate used to live, and they had only been there a few times once that happened.
"Ashura will go to Crumble a Canyon first, hopefully he checks the information we put on the PDA about the rock slides" Adam said.
Dante nodded at that.
They weren't getting it through their thick skulls, the traitors I mean, they constantly pleaded for forgiveness when Ashura wasn't willing to give it, and they called him Ash, when he had clearly stated that his new name was now Ashura. Silver watched from the sidelines while Oak and Krane had a debate over their research.
They used to be rivals in college, they had attempted to find the best subject to research, Ashura had learned this from Dante. Oak was more successful in Pokemon College, they both went for four years though, Oak had decided to study Pokemon and Human Relationships, while Krane debated his while he stayed at his lab in Orre, Team Cipher and their Shadow Pokemon gave him the research subject of Shadow Pokemon.
"I'm more successful!" Oak yelled.
"I never said you weren't, I said that our research was vastly different, and our methods were different too" Krane tried to calm Oak down.
"Are you saying that your methods are better than mine!?" Samuel Oak accused.
"Ash, tell him off" Delia pleaded.
"I'm not going to, because Krane is a better researcher, he doesn't waste time with poetry, and Dante gave me some background on these two, Samuel Oak juggled three jobs, the Pokemon league Champion, the Professor, and Poetry, although that proved too much and he stepped down from champion. Trevor Krane was more or less a rival to Oak, they viewed each other differently however, Oak believed himself to be superior" Ashura explained.
"That's right" Oak agreed with the background.
Oak was somewhat of a bully to Krane, pushing him harder and harder in his studies, and Wes Ulten came into his life with Nett to finally give him a research topic, and no one believed the Shadow type nonsense in his research because no one had bothered to travel here. Ashura said.
"There is no such thing as a shadow type!" Max yelled.
"Hydreigon. Pulse your aura will you?" Ashura questioned as his shiny Hydreigon appeared and pulsed it's dark black aura.
"Shadow type was meant to be resistant to everything, Dante and Michael dug that out of Grand Master Greevil's research, but there was a flaw, in being resistant to their own type, they were open to the opposite, normal type attacks, they are resistant to everything else, Evice and Greevil couldn't fix that" Ashura said.
"Huh, the boy comes through again" Krane muttered.
"Wes, Dante, and Michael went on to test that, taking Shadow Metagross, Tyranitar, and Lugia, they tested the specific power and rated it, instead of a double in power, they had a quadruple in the specifics of their type. They labeled a lingering disease where a Pokemon can be purified, but it would seep back into darkness, it's the silence of heart, the labling the series of Shadow's it was most notable in" Ashura said.
"You're relying on a boy!" Oak accused Krane.
"Maybe he is Samuel, but Dante and Michael are helpers at the lab, and this concerns us does it not?" Ashura shot back.
"I'm still better" Oak muttered.
"Nett sent another list, I'll send that one to them, and I'll see what else those three boys dug up" Krane muttered as he typed something up at the computer.
"You're really moving here?" Bonnie wondered.
"Most likely, I'll probably help around the lab" Ashura said.
The others nodded before they collected their stuff and got ready to set out before the traitors noticed them, but not long after they had left, the traitors were following them, with Oak and Silver, the three rivals had left with Ashura and his friends.
"Crumble Canyon first right?" Paul wondered.
"Yeah, the note says watch out for rockslides" Ashura agreed before putting his PDA away.
They had decided to spend the night by Outskirt Stand, camping out there wouldn't be too bad, they'd probably reach Phenac tomorrow.
"Goodnight" Kate whispered next to Dante as they looked up at the sky, Dante smiled a little and pulled Kate's sleeping bag closer with her in it to him.
"You too" He whispered as his shaky left hand was intertwined with her right hand.
The traitors had managed to make good progress, they set up camp a little before Crumble Canyon, due to being unprepared for what lies ahead, as to where Ashura was prepared. Dante woke up the next morning with a certain girl clinging to his side, to which he put his hand on the side of her face and went to kiss her forehead, but she tilted her head up and her blue eyes opened, her medium length, slightly thin, yet perfectly shaped eyelashes fluttering open as she saw the boy that she was clinging onto.
"That was surprising" Dante muttered.
"Don't tell me you didn't enjoy that" Kate pouted.
Dante merely grinned and pecked her soft lips lightly, he was still getting used to the fact that one of one of his best friends, a beautiful and kind girl, was no longer just a girl and a friend, but his girlfriend. The girl smiled at him, she didn't care that they weren't as romantic as in the movies, she simply cared that this relationship had happened st all.
"So, when to we start playing matchmaker for Kyle, and then Adam?" Dante whispered.
"Eheheh, I think that can wait" She whispered back with a giggle as she pulled herself closer to him.
Dante smiled at that as he got out of his sleeping bag, and then he saw Kate in a full silky white nightgown, a white headband on her head, and white slippers on her feet, though she did have undergarments on underneath the nightgown.
"Done staring?" She questioned with a blush on her face.
"Yeah, I just still can't believe such a beautiful and kind girl is my girlfriend" Dante said.
Kate smiled and gave the boy a tight hug, which made him blush as her entire body, most notably her chest pressed against his body. The boy eventually broke the hug due to not being able to stand the position they were in any longer. They got dressed in the restrooms of the Outskirt Stand before heading off in their Orre attire, for Phenac City.
"Every one of our fans are going to be so disappointed to find out that two of the top trainers in Orre are dating?" Kate wondered with a blush as they walked across the land.
Phenac City came up on the horizon later that day, and they checked intraday hotel for the night, but before Dante and Kate went there, they went to an empty plot of land where Kate closed her eyes and sighed, it was where her family's house used to be.
"I've made a life for myself, mom, dad" Kate whispered before leaving the area, but first they were noticed by a large crowd, it was a group of Team Cipher.
"Hello there Dante, Katalia" A cold voice cut.
"Hello Beta" Dante growled.
It was a man in black, a red scarf and a dark red visor around his face, and then Dante noticed that there was no one else in the plaza but him and Kate, this was what his dark self had talked about, it was time.
"Go Shadow Cacturne" Beta yelled.
"Go Shadow Zangoose!" Half of the grunts yelled.
"Go Shadow Seviper!" The other half yelled.
Dante growled as he sent out Umbreon and Espeon, Espeon was ready to protect her brother as Shadoneon came out as well, then Kate sent out Lopunny. Both of the Orreans grinned at the challenge as their eyes lit up in a flare of aura.
"You got my back!? Girlfriend. Dante called" Whispering the last bit
"Ready leader! Boyfriend" Kate said as she whispered the second bit.
The three Eeveelutions got into battle stance, firing off random attacks to narrow the opponent's force, Lopunny danced around with Dizzy and Ice Punches. They were taking down the enemy force quickly, then Beta challenged the two humans in combat, and they both took and exchanged hits, and seeing Kate being hit irritated Dante, a stray Poison Tail struck her in the side. Kate whimpered and fell down to the ground, clutching her wound that poison was sinking into. Dante's eyes lit up a dark purplish blue and then turned to dark red before returning to the purple color, his hair turning black along with his attire, a black aura surrounding him.
"You hurt her badly, you'll pay for the pain you're causing her!" Dante called as he smashed Beta in the gut.
It was a one sided fight as he smashed and tossed Beta around with his Shadow type attacks, increasing with Kate's cries of pain from the Poison a Tail, then the last of the grunts exited the battle, after their Pokemon were snagged, all that was left was Cacturne.
Snag Ball go!" Dante called as he attempted to capture Cacturne before he knocked Beta out.
Dante gingerly picked up the pained girl suffering from poison, and also watched the snag balls teleport to Krane's. Taking Kate to the hotel he dropped his shadow type appearance before he sat down next to her, giving the girl a kiss on the cheek before subjecting himself to listen to her cries of pain, he winced as he closed his eyes and used aura sight, if he was going to clean the wound, he'd need her clothes off, at least she was in her undergarments. He dressed Kate in her nightgown, knowing that she'd want to sleep, he then cleaned the infected wound before sitting there, holding the brunette's hand and pulsed healing aura into her, a frown on her face.
"Are you okay?" Adam questioned.
"No, she's suffering from poison, I invaded her privacy by dressing her in the nightgown"
"Sorry, this is perverted, but what is she?" Adam asked.
"She's a girl, or a young lady, she's a double B, close to a low B, or is one, it's hard to tell, I'm embarrassed to see her exposed body like that" Dante blushed.
"You're going to try and pair me up with someone eventually aren't you?" Adam questioned.
"Yeah, she's going to enjoy matchmaking you with someone" Dante chuckled.
He sat there the entire day, unable to think of anything else but the young lady, which he liked to refer to as a simple girl than a lady for the sake of not making her sound older than she actually is. Kate's eyes were closed, her breathing even finally, she looked gorgeous in that white nightgown and headband, the moonlight that night shining down on her cream colored face as she breathed in and out peacefully, the poison no longer in her system.
"We leave for Pyrite tomorrow, maybe. We might stick around here for another day, talk to Ashura for a bit before moving on ahead" Dante said.
"Be nice to know their views on Orre?" Adam said.
"Orre is not normally considered a beautiful place, I disagree" Kyle frowned.
Dante nodded at that as they looked around the small room they were staying in for the night, the hand in Dante's hand twitched a little, and a soft sigh escaped the female's mouth in the room, her blue eyes snapped open and she looked down at the attire.
"Why am I in a nightgown?" Kate wondered.
"I used aura sight ok?" Dante said.
"You looked didn't you?" Kate accused.
"A three second look, you had your undergarments on" Dante admitted, blushing a deep red.
"Who knew you were actually a developed girl, I though you had the body of a boy!" Kyle laughed.
He got slapped.
"Don't insult a girl's looks" Kate grumbled, blushing at the fact that they knew what she looked like.
"I'm so glad you're okay" Dante said happily.
"I'm glad I'm okay, and I guess I can forgive you for changing my clothes for me,besides, you are my boyfriend" Kate said with a small smile.
Dante smiled slightly, both were blushing a dark red color as they looked at each other, Dante was in dark blue pajamas, with a pokeball symbol over his heart on the pjs, Kate looked at the Queen Size bed she was on, and frowned, and pulled Dante onto the bed, making sure they were a good distance away before falling asleep, because she felt bad that she was using up the entire bed.
"Goodnight leader" Kate joked.
"Night Kate" Dante whispered, before they fell asleep next to each other, Adam and Kyle snickering slightly by the door.
"Oh the blackmail mileage we'll get out of this" Kyle snickered before they went to bed.
Phenac City was coming up to view as Ashura and his group navigated the last rockslide, it had taken them two days to get through Crumble Canyon, and Phenac City would be a nice change of pace for the group.
"There it is, Phenac City, it's a natural Oasis!" Serena cheered.
Ashura and the others looked up at that, indeed the City was sitting on the horizon, a natural oasis. They had woken up this morning in the middle of the canyon and quickly made their way out across the plain, coming into the city they immediately felt a cool breeze wash across their face, the sound of gushing water filled their ears.
"Nice architecture" Clemont said.
"Yeah, and there's a colosseum here" Gary said.
"I could go for a challenge" Paul stated.
Ashura nodded at that as they watched some kids and their Pokemon ran around the town square, more of a circle though. Paul let a smile onto his face at the children's actions as they walked over to a bench to sit down on.
"Brings back memories doesn't it?" A voice questioned.
"Yeah, the time we visited here with my Ryhdon, after our battle in Pyrite" A voice that sounded like Adam's remarked, the first having sounded like Dante's.
"The slums, that's what Pyrite is" Kyle groaned.
"It's getting better, at least the streets don't look like a Hairyama attacked it" Adam said.
Ashura finally noticed where the voices were, three boys sitting on a wooden bench right leg draped over the other for each of them, they had their arms crossed but slightly relaxed as they watched a girl with brown hair, in a white nightgown twirling and playing with a few other kids, barefoot in the fountain, which everyone didn't seem to mind, Kyle nudged Dante with a joking grin.
"Staring at your girlfriend?" Kyle jibed.
"You would do the same" Dante admitted.
Kyle grinned at that as Ashura came up to the three to say hi, Dante and the others waved as Ashura's rivals joined as well, and the there were the uninvited guests that tumbled through the entrance of Phenac City. The traitors and Oak stumbled along the City, making their way to Ashura, while Oak grabbed Dante by the shoulders and stared at him straight in the eyes through the sunglasses like visor.
"What do you know about Shadow Pokemon?" Oak demanded.
"Why do you wish to know? Is it that you are jealous of Krane's research? Are you jealous that Michael and I help him?" Dante accused.
":My research has always been superior" Oak hissed.
"Say what you want, Shadow Pokemon are simply something you don't catch, and don't encounter. Don't go looking for them" Dante replied sternly.
Oak would get no more out of the boy, and as this exchange occurred, Kate decided that they would be leaving soon, and went to get dressed in her Orre outfit so they could leave, and also check them out of the hotel. While Dante was consulted on information, Ashura wasn't pleased to see his old friends.
"Why are you in these stupid Orrean clothes?" May sneered.
"Yeah, and why are you friends with these stupid Orreans?" Misty growled.
"That's your views on Orre? Sure this region is slightly smaller than the main regions, and it's temperature extremely high, but I like this region, and its inhabitants are extremely kind, better than you" Ashura growled.
"You don't mean that Ash" Dawn said sweetly.
"That's not my name" Ashura growled.
At that point in time Kate walked out with their bags and told her friends that she checked them out of the hotel for them, to which they smiled gratefully to her, then Misty locked eyes with the brunette, and Misty hadn't learned her lesson from last time it seems, because she went to straight up insult number 98. Ashura checked with one closed eye what Misty's aura was, it was filled with cruel, twisted insanity, a deep black and dark violet for the desire for Ashura to fall in love with her, to put it simply, she was being selfish, and Ashura hated her for it.
"If it isn't miss perfect, and her pathetic boyfriend" Misty sneered.
"Do you even know who they are?" A few people from the audience whispered.
Misty got into a confident stance as Dante stood up to Misty, to protect both his and her feelings, Misty smirked, forgetting the boy's position she acted as if he was a simple boy on the streets with beginning Pokemon, boy was she wrong. Dawn and May grinned at this, apparently the boy had some guts, and Ashura was being pestered by the three girls as well, but Misty was busy insulting the boy, May, Dawn, and Iris were busy with Ashura.
"So the boyfriend has some guts after all, I thought he was a pathetic little weakling" Misty laughed.
"You heartless, black aura infested girl" Dante growled.
"I'm your superior boy, I'm a gym leader" Misty growled.
"Yeah, respect her position" Dawn called.
"Then respect me, all this crap is about positions? Respect mine" Dante insisted.
"I don't care about you crappy little position you Orrean weakling, everyone knows Kanto is the best" Misty said.
Everyone in the audience were staring at the girl with amazed eyes, how dense could you get? The most powerful trainer in all of Orre was standing right here in front of them and his name, and everything he stands for was being insulted, all of Orre was being insulted, the region itself! All of the numbers were resisting attacking the arrogant Kanto native.
"You're pathetic below Kano, we're better than you in every way you wannabe. Misty said.
Why do you insult Orre, you believe Kanto is perfect? You arrogant jerks, fine, as King of Mt Battle, number 100 and the strongest trainer of this region, I'll take you down"
"Don't try and cheat with your stupid Orrean rules, a single battle" May hissed.
"Go Gyrados!" Misty called.
Dante felt a negative affect on his Orre, and he looked at the Gyrados through aura sight, a deep black and red aura, a Shadow Pokemon, so she still hasn't learned her lesson, she purposefully got her Pokemon converted to shadows.
"If Orre is below you, why do you challenge me with a Shadow Pokemon?" Dante questioned.
"You idiots have your uses" Misty replied nonchalantly.
"Shadow Ledian, although your heart may be closed with that lingering disease, we are still partners!" Dante called as he threw his pokeball.
A shiny Ledian, which has golden fur and blue eyes, although it held a hostile expression it also seemed to smile, whereas Gyrados was completely hostile. Misty grinned and ordered Gyradis to use Surf, to which nothing happened, it only knew Shadow Rush, as they had inserted the original disease into the evolution of Magikarp. The audience snickered slightly as she berated Gyrados for not using the move.
"Do you know nothing? Shadow Pokemon can't use non shadow type attacks without special conditions" Ashura chuckled.
"Shadow Rush!" Misty yelled.
"Ledian, Shadow Blitz" Dante said calmly.
A purple aura surrounded Ledian as it smashed into Gyrados and knocked the Atrocious Pokemon out of its attack. Misty growled dangerously as Gyrados roared out in anger before turning around and looking at her, a red aura visibly shining around it.
"What did you do to her Pokemon!?" Dawn yelled.
"She did it, a Shadow Pokemon has a chance of going into a rampage. Possibly attacking the trainer" Ashura grinned dangerously.
"Ledian, back to my side!" Dante called as the golden colored bug flew back over to his side.
"Help her!" May yelled as Misty was rammed into the ground.
"Why should I? She insulted the region I'm in, she insulted me and my friends" Dante growled.
"She's your superior!" Dawn yelled.
"You mindless girl, you're heartless" Ashura growled.
Then Dawn's attitude changed entirely, she latched onto Ashura and hugged him, snuggling into him which made him sick, his eyes a scarlet red as he gritted his teeth.
"Oh Ashy, I love you" Dawn whispered.
"That's great and all, but I don't love you. Traitor" Ashura said, throwing Dawn off of him, onto the ground.
"Leave" Ashura growled as Misty finally got her Gyrados back into it's pokeball.
As that happened, Dante and his friends had taken their leave, to restrain themselves from attacking the red haired girl that had insulted their region. They were on their way to Pyrite, where Michael was, and they had taken a longer route, due to wanting to see some of the colder areas, being the mountains, just for a good climb.
"I can't believe she said that" Kate uttered.
"I don't mind the insults on me, Orre's pride is what angered me" Dante growled.
"She called you a pathetic weakling, she said that you were nothing more than a wannabe, she said we were pretty much inferior, and slaves!" Kate yelled outraged.
"I agree, that was an insult that didn't need to be said" Kyle growled.
Dante frowned at that as Kate's grip on his right hand tightened in frustration, it was nearly nighttime, and the Coldwind Mountain range was far away, they'd set up camp here tonight. No one could go to sleep, Misty's insults had gotten to them, especially Kate, the redhead had insulted her closest friend, and boyfriend, and it angered her, the redhead wasn't even on her favorites list beforehand.
"She insulted you so badly, why aren't you reacting to it?" Kate questioned.
"The real question is, why are you? She didn't insult you, she insulted me, I'm used to it. People used to look at me and scream, they dragged their children away from me because they thought I'd hurt them. I'm used to it" Dante explained.
"Because I love you, that's why I'm affected by it, you would feel the same if someone insulted me" The girl in the nightgown stated.
Dante smiled in return, pulling her closer to him, which made her smile at the contact, her head leaned in his shoulder as they sat atop their sleeping bags. Kate blushed as she pulled the boy that held her affection even closer, pushing her head into the side of his neck, to which he returned with running his right hand through her hair.
"You know your beautiful right?" Dante questioned.
"You're just saying that" Kate pouted.
"I beg to differ, look in a mirror" Dante retaliated.
"I love you' Kate whispered before they both fell asleep in each other's arms, but before that, Dante rested a quick kiss on the girl's lips. The girl smiled in her sleep and held onto the boy tighter, and he blushed at feeling her body against his, and he smiled as he finally fell asleep.
"We have the same idea?" Dante wondered.
"Wondering about the future? Yeah we have the same idea" Kate stated.
They were...curious, if you were to phrase it that way, about what would happen if they were to win, and if they did not, they wanted to know what their actions might do, and what effects they'd have both on themselves, and the world around them. It wasn't something used often, and almost entirely forgotten to the hall, the legendaries didn't remember it either. The door in the dark corner, a spiritual light blue color swirling along its edges, made out of marble, with a Dialga's gem planted in the middle of it.
"It's still here" Dante sighed, his Mew shoulders slumping in relief as he floated up to the handle and tugged, then there was a swirl of energy and a loud roar of a Dialga.
"Cipher is never going to leave us alone, they just keep coming back" Dante growled.
He stood in the middle of a deserted dual square, everyone had gone home for the night, and it was a day away from the tournament starting up again, then Cipher would hit them head on at the tourney, and they would be outnumbered,and possibly overpowered by the Shadow Pokemon makers.
"They may keep on coming back. But we'll keep on resisting them" A feminine voice said from behind him.
Dante whirled around, startled at the voice as he thought he had been all alone, but it seemed like someone had followed him, Kate stood behind him, in grey pants and a black long sleeved sweater like shirt, white cuffs around the sleeves and a white collar around her neck, black shoes on her feet, her eyes sparkled with a spark of cheerfulness, but even she couldn't hide her worry about what might happen if they loose. She wore amethyst studs in her ears, one in each, her brown hair was neatly tucked behind her ears, although some of it drifted across her left eye.
"I never knew you pierced your ears" Dante said.
"I didn't, I can change certain aspects of my appearance, I can make those holes in my ears disappear if I want" She said.
"Ah, so why are you out here?" Dante wondered.
"I guess, since you just disappeared in the middle of the party, I just felt lonely. Thus party was supposed to be something to cheer all of us up before the tourney, and all its done is make you disappear from it" Kate muttered.
"I just don't want to be there, everyone is acting like five year olds, they act like nothing is going to happen tomorrow, when something that could change the fate of all of the regions is, I can't stand it" Dante growled.
"Silver left, Oak proposed to Delia, he always was after her I guess, Silver was fed up with her attitude" They asked everyone to attend their wedding. Kate explained.
"That brings me to another thing, how could they be thinking about, that, when the world is at stake?" Dante questioned.
"I guess they want to be happy" Kate shrugged.
Dante was now looking up at the sky, the stars twinkling in the dark abyss that was the sky, it was past midnight, and nearly pitch black, Dante had walked towards Pyrite in an attempt to get out of the noisy lab.
"Are you happy? I don't understand why we need objects to show how much we like each other, I don't need a ring, or gifts to know that" Dante sighed.
"I guess, most people are materialistic I guess, we're just two if the few people who aren't. I don't care if I get a golden ring with three diamonds on it, I could go to Diancie and get tons of them for free, I don't need a fancy dress, and go to a place just to have it crowded with people, just to state that I love someone" Kate sighed.
"It's just people these days I guess, it's sort of natural, boy asks girl out, girl says yes, they date, boy buys expensive ring when coming to the right age, proposes, girl says yes, then they are bombarded with questions about the dress and the ring, and the setting. Just knowing someone likes me is enough, even if she's standing in a schoolgirl outfit" Dante said with a grin.
"I don't need a ring, or a wedding dress, I'd be fine with how we are right now, boyfriend and girlfriend" Kate said, looping her left hand through Dante's right.
"Forever" They both whispered.
Cue intensive blushing as the two watching that looked over at each other, barely able to speak a word after that display. Then they both smiled, before going back to watch some more of the supposed future.
"You're moving to Orre? You finally came out with it" Dante chuckled.
Ashura grinned in response as they both sat at Gateon Port with two girls, it appeared much more relaxed around there, so it was either after the tourney, or coming up to it, either way they didn't know. Ashura smiled, they sat at one table, sitting across from one another, while Kate and Serena sat at the same table looking across one another.
"Well congrats then, what about your mom?" Dante questioned.
"Still as heartless as usual, she claims that Serena stole me from May, Dawn, Misty, and Iris, who are supposedly young ladies with golden hearts" Ashura chuckled dryly.
"Don't know what her definition of golden is, but those girls sound more like pitch black hearts" Dante chuckled.
Ashura laughed at that with the others, they then paid the bill for lunch and then they turned around to leave, only to see a furious Delia, and four girls crying behind her, which kind of made Ashura smile at their pain.
"What?" Ashura asked, playing innocence.
"We're bad to you Ashy!?" Dawn cried.
"You just hurt these young ladies' hearts by dating that thing!" Delia yelled as she gestured to Serena.
Serena adopted a hurt look at the insult, her short blond hair unable to hide her tears as Ashura stepped in front of her, growling protectively, eyes flashing dangerously. Kate frowned with Dante as they watched the girls cry, it was satisfying on a way, seeing the traitors in such emotional distraught.
"You've got it reversed Delia. This young lady, and those, monsters" Ashura corrected.
Dante chuckled at that, surprised that Ashura had found a retort so quickly after the first insult was thrown, but before anything else could happen, May hopped onto Ashura, and tackled him to the ground, trying to kiss him, but it wouldn't work.
"Ashy!" May cried.
Dante chuckled dryly at the traitor's actions, but looked quite pleased with the insult Ashura had dealt to the traitors, Kate looked rather appalled at the fact that May had tried to openly seduce Ashura in public.
'That's disgusting" Kate muttered at May's actions.
"Agreed" Dante muttered.
"Seeing the city again is already giving me bad vibes, my first match, and I already know, the final preliminary is going to be against a trainer who most likely has a Shadow Pokemon" Dante grumbled.
"Doesn't look as grand as before, but that's Cipher for you" Kate muttered.
She was in the same school like uniform that she was in before, her hair tucked behind her ears, and her cheekbones high in an attempt to smile, it was hard to smile in the face of danger, but somehow they all managed to do it as they walked into Kiloude City, Dante was still wearing his trainer outfit just so Cipher doesn't recognize him.
"I think this will only be the start" Dante muttered.
"Elizabeth said that they were only spreading out Shadow Pokemon" Kate stated.
"She's not infallible, as number 92 she's not bad of a battler, but I'm worried that we might lose because of there being two unknown legendaries on the list Nett sent" Dante stated as they walked up to the hotel.
Kate nodded at that and proceeded to follow her boyfriend to the hotel, in hopes of clearing her mind.
"Let's get out of here, we've spent enough time..." Dante started.
He was caught off guard by one final vision of the future, and a rather interesting one at that.
"So you couldn't sleep?" Dante wondered from a hammock outside, his legs draped over the edge in a bored expression.
The boy stared over at a girl in a white silk nightgown, like she had been in previous nights, her hair was wavy, and a little messier than usual, and she was tired, but she still looked great in his eyes. Kate walked over to Dante, with a nod at his statement she sat down next to him.
"I can't believe Leo managed all of this, and it goes on for miles. Kate stated, amazed.
"Yeah, but I'm more worried about tomorrow, we go to Gateon for Michael, and then Wes, and we both can't seem to sleep" Dante sighed.
"I guess, Kyle and Adam are still awake though, the TV is blaring in there neither of us were there to get them on track, they're on talking about girls in a rather annoying, and perverted manner, I'm appalled at their behavior" She huffed.
'What are they talking about? They might just be jealous about us" Dante said with a grin as he laid down.
"I hope you won't mind me butting in on your privacy boyfriend, but I hope you don't mind if I join you out here. I can't stand them talking about female bodies in there" Kate huffed, whispering part of what she said into Dante's ear.
"It's fine" Dante whispered as Kate climbed onto the hammock next to him and wrapped her arms around him, they looked at each others eyes and they rested their lips onto each other's in a rush of affection they pulled the kiss deeper, until they were a centimeter away from each other at best.
"I love you, so much" Kate whispered before she kissed him once again
They both smiled at that and looked at each other, blushes on their faces as they finally realized how close to each other they were, their Mew faces only an inch away.
Then they woke up.
They were in a very awkward and uncomfortable position, and with the notice that their lips were touching, they pulled apart, Kate had her right leg draped over Dante's and had her entire body pressed against his.
"We..this is awkward" She admitted.
"Yeah...lets go" Dante agreed as they stood up and got ready to go.
It wouldn't be much farther before they reached the base of the mountains that would be the obstacle for the group to tackle in order to make it to Pyrite. By midday the mountain came into view, snow covering the ground surprisingly, it was the coldest part of Orre, a few miles to the left of Pyrite, at the very side of Orre. Before they could make it to the base of the mountain, Cipher was there, blocking their path, and ready to fight. Before long a group of Shadow Pokemon had taken out everyone but Dante, they all laid on the ground unconscious as a familiar man with dark purple hair and dark red eyes in a full black uniform walked up to Dante.
"If this is some silly way to talk in private" Dante grumbled before he recognized the man.
He was the one that had tried to take Eevee away from him all that time ago, when Eevee had evolved into Shadoneon Dante thought he had seen the last of this man, but apparently not.
"You, you're the one who tried to take Eevee" Dante hissed, not wanting to tell the man the name of the evolution.
"My name is Chaos boy" The man hissed.
"I don't care about your name!" Dante hissed as a Mightyena used Shadow Rush and knocked him to the ground.
The man grabbed the boy by the front of his shirt, holding him up into the air with a grin on his face, a malicious look in his eyes as he pinned the boy to the side of the car that the Cipher group had taken to get here.
"How the mighty have fallen, just like your friends, and that girl that you're traveling with, she's a real beauty isn't she?" Chaos questioned as he looked over at the battered up and cut brunette that laid on the ground bruised and unconscious.
"What did you do to her!?" Dante growled as he held his ribcage, where he was sure a few of his ribs were broken.
"A few Shadow Rushes boy, nothing terrible" Chaos dismissed.
His restraints snapped as he saw her fall unconcious, Blake Hall standing with a satisfied smirk above her as the boy stumbled forwards. His eyes glowed light green in anger as his restraints dissolved, then he kicked Blake into the wall across the room. The president was mildly surprised, but not by much as he got up and dusted himself off, picking up his knife as he went to attack the boy.
"You'll regret that little ranger" Blake hissed.
"I'm sure you will regret what you did Blake" Dante mocked as he blocked the first knife strike, letting it graze his wrist before he kicked Blake in the crotch, then punched him in the chest.
"Why do you care so much?" Blake questioned.
"Because she's my friend" Dante stated bluntly.
Blake smirked, knowing it was more than that, but he didn't show it as he went to attack again, the knife skimming the boy's chest, tearing open his black short before the boy's glowing light green fist smashed Blake Hall into unconsciousness.
"Dante" Kate groaned.
'Luana" Dante replied with a grin, pretending that he had learned nothing.
"Why do you hurt those close to me!?" Dante shouted.
Chaos smirked as the boy got up, ignoring his wounds and broken ribs, but then Chaos remembered that this mission wouldn't be complete until the boy was dealt with, so he went to kick the boy, but his foot was caught by the boy's right hand. An unamused smirk rested on Dante's face as he kicked Chaos away from him, before something hit him in the back, causing his aura to shine brighter than it should've. A man in black robes and dark red hair, crimson red eyes stared at the boy as he wielded a black katana in his left hand. The man went for a stab at the boy, but it was blocked by a blast of light blue aura. The man was knocked onto his back, and he looked up in horror to see a golden haired boy with light blue eyes in the place of Dante.
"Why do you insist to hurt my friends!?" He roared.
He wore white silk workout pants with pockets and a white and gold shirt, white and gold boots covered his feet as we walked over to the downed man and he picked him up. Dante had a unamused look on his lightly colored face as he threw the man over to a cowering Chaos.
"Don't you dare touch my friends again" Dante hissed before he picked his friends up and he noticed that they were deathly pale.
Dante's form dissolved back into his normal one as he laid his friends on the ground in a straight line. He sighed as he encased them in a light blue aura, and he drew them into the Hall of Origin.
"I never thought I'd be coming back here after last time" Dante muttered as he dragged his deathly pale friends down the hall and into a large room where a stretcher shrunk down to the size of Dante's friends from the size of a legendary like Dialga.
Dante rested them down on the bed and looked over them, they were giving no sign of getting better in any way, shape, or form. He. Desperately hoped that they would wake up and smile at him, assuring him that they were okay, but that didn't happen, they remained in that deathly pale state.
"They aren't getting any better" Dante whispered before he stepped forwards.
They would need an aura transfer, their aura was depleting rapidly due to being attacked relentlessly with shadow type attacks, they were unconditioned to those attacks and if their aura went out, so would the light of their lives, and Dante couldn't allow that.
"What about my new power? What will it do to them?" Dante wondered as a light blue aura danced around his hands.
As they coughed, a dark purple haze and black blood came out of their mouthes, Dante decided that he would have to do it, so he shrouded them in the light blue aura. The aura pulsed brighter and brighter, as their forms began to shine a brilliant white color. Eventually Dante stopped the aura, and it died down after a while, they had changed, weather for better or worse Dante couldn't tell, after all, he could only see their sleeping forms as the light blue light died down.
"What the?" Dante wondered.
He had the right to be surprised, their forms had...changed. Mostly it was just attire and coloring, nothing more than that, maybe a little bit slimmer or buffer in places, but it was barely noticeable on any of them. Kyle had his dark red hair and lightly colored face, Dante assumed his eyes would be a powerful gold color if the were open, he wore a black and dark purple shirt under a black and dark purple long sleeved jacket with silver fastenings, black cargo pants covered his legs and black boots with silver fastenings covered his feet, black gloves with dark purple and dark red designs on them covered his hands, his jacket provided a slight trench coat feature near the bottom of it.
"Kyle?" Dante whispered.
Adam laid beside him, maybe a little bit buffer than usual in the arms and legs, but not by much, he wore dark grey and black cargo pants with golden streaks running down them, a dark grey shirt rested underneath a black and golden long sleeved jacket. Black gloves rested on his hands with silver colored fingertips, the same color scheme fitted his boots. His hair was black with golden streaks in it, Dante was sure that if his eyes were to open they would be a crimson red. He looked similar to his normal hybrid appearance, but he seemed more powerful, his skin was still it's light color like the others.
"Adam, I guess you haven't changed much" Dante mused.
His heart skipped a few beats when he saw the last figure sleeping with her hands on her belly, she looked peaceful now, no longer breathing jaggedly like she was in pain, like earlier. Her hair was its regular length and flowed like silk, except it was golden like Dante's now. Her hair was tucked behind her ears and went down to just past her shoulder blades, her light colored skin remained the same too. She wore a silk dress with white embroidery, it's coloring primarily white with gold. Her eyes were most likely going to be a sapphire blue like Dante's, and her nicely formed hourglass body with a nice butt and a double B, almost B chest laid on the large stretcher with the others.
"Wow Kate, I guess you've grown up" Dante said with a grin.
They weren't waking up, they kept on sleeping peacefully, for the next few hours, and that only managed to frighten Dante even more, making him scared that they would never wake up ever again. Dante rested his hands on the sides of the stretcher, leaning over in anticipation as Kyle let out a loud cough, his golden eyes like a serpent's open ending, but they retained their sense of kindness as he let out a groan and say up.
"What happened?" He wondered.
"You guys were taken out by that Cipher group, I brought you guys to the hall to do an aura transfer, it had some after affects" Dante replied.
"So, we look like this now?" Kyle questioned.
"Probably a form you can transform into and out of" Dante explained with a shrug.
Kyle gave a shrug as well, accepting his predicament as he swung his legs back over onto the ground and when he tried to stand up, he collapsed onto the ground, his entire body weak, and he was barely able to move his legs, the aura transfer and the Shadow Rushes had done more than just change his appearance and knock him out.
"You okay?" Dante wondered as he pulled Kyle up by his shoulders.
"Y-yeah, but all of my power is gone, I can barely stand" Kyle groaned.
Dante nodded at that and with a sympathetic smile he dragged Kyle over to the side of the room, resting him against the right corner near the door he sadly looked at the currently crippled boy due to the attacks on him. Adam woke up next, in a similar condition, which was saddening, and he currently rested at the left corner of the room near the door, they could only hope that the last of them didn't wake up in the condition that Kyle and Adam suffered.
"How do we fix this?" Adam whispered.
"We train, and we overcome it, we get stronger" Dante replied with a grin.
Adam looked skeptical, as did Kyle, but they didn't mind. All they wanted was to get better, whether that required physical training or not, they didn't know, but they were up for it, as they had gone through brutal training before, this would be similar to what they had done before. Just as nighttime hit, there was a soft groan, and then a melodic voice spoke out softly, more like a whisper due from fatigue.
"What happened?" She questioned.
"Kate!" Dante shouted in surprise, he thought she wasn't going o wake up any time soon.
The girl smiled and as she swung her legs onto the ground and stood up, she was able to stand, but it was hard, Dante could tell, her bones were still broken and she could barely form a spark of aura. Dante was at least pleased to hear that she hadn't lost her ability to function with physical activities, but it was saddening to hear that she was still in very weak condition and that she could barely use her aura, and her psychic powers. Walking over to the golden haired boy like a baby deer she fell into his arms after the physical strain on her legs, she was breathing heavily from the work, large gaping breaths out of her mouth.
"What happened to my powers, and my body for that matter?" She wondered.
"An aura transfer, let's just say I have a bit of understanding of my aura, and my aura transfer transferred that knowledge to you" Dante said with a grin.
"Is therapy next?" Kate questioned, unamused at that fact.
"Hopefully not because we all suck at it, come on, let's get your aura built back up, but first, you have to rest" Dante replied as he picked her up bridal style and walked down to a golden marble room with a human queen sized bed on the far side of it, which he rested her down on it. Her head rested on the pillow as his left weak hand pulled the silk covers over her, and with a soft kiss on the forehead he left the room to go put his other two friends in similar looking rooms.
"Goodnight you guys, I'll see you tomorrow, and maybe, in a few days, we'll leave the hall to keep on going" Dante said as he walked down the hall towards the training room.
He knew what she was now, though the ability to form aura weapons may or may not be able to form by her, it was luck that would play in that battle, while her real weapon, if you were going to phrase it as such, is her voice. Kate is an aura and psychic hybrid with her powers mixed, not as separate as Dante's were. She's a Siren, not like in the myths, but she can cause emotions or pain with her voice.
"I need to get stronger, for my friends" Dante whispered as the door to the training room opened and he walked in.
Kyle was the first to awaken the next morning, or he thought he was, for if Dante hadn't stayed up all night training and passed out earlier this morning his thoughts would have been proven correct. His legs trembled as he tried to get out of bed, but only managed in collapsing to the ground. It was infuriating, feeling so weak due to what happened to him. A few minutes later Dante came into the room and helped pick up Kyle, assuring him that he would get better as he brought him to the middle of the room, where they would train to get better.
"What first?" Kyle questioned.
"Kate and I will try and hold you up, your job is to walk" Dante stated.
Oh dear Arceus it took a full half an hour ormore to edit this! There's some hints to what may...or what what may not happen in the future. Hope you liked it, usual review procedure, I really don't feel like typing the whole thing out afterediting this.
Fan-Writer111 out!