Dream
Chapter twenty-one
Facing evil
"(Echoing footsteps)"
"Umbreon, Absol, Espeon, stay on guard…There's a strong aura ahead." Ann said then Ash spots a Demon Pokemon
"Ann" starts Kaz
"I know…but it's not attacking; I think it's here to guide us to its masters." Ann said as she watches the Demon Pokemon
"It could be a trap." Starts Ash
"We're going to have to make that risk…we don't have that much time left." Ann said then she carefully follows the beast, Espeon creating a barrier just incase
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"What's taking them?"
Gary paces back and forth, Ash, and Kaz are more then five minutes late.
"They might have gotten attacked." Starts Dawn
"We're going to have to go on and find Giovanni…I'm sure they found the trail and will catch up." Tracy said then the three of them walk inside the castle, following the trail of blood that Sky left
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"(Yelp)"
"Where are they?!" Tama growls, grabbing Sky's hair and pulling her to her feet
"I… (pant) I don't know." Sky pants, choking on the blood in her mouth
"Wench!" Tama shouts, throwing Sky into the wall: breaking her shoulder
"(Cry of pain)"
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"Sky" Ann whispers, rage filling as she watches her cousin being beaten by Tama and mocked by Giovanni
"We can't wait any longer…we have to attack them." Kaz said then Ann nods, pulling the dagger out of her boot, transforming it into Kurayami
"Ready when you are." Ann said, Umbreon and Absol ready to attack
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"(Pants)…Ann's going to kill you Tama" Sky pants, holding her shoulder in pain
"I don't think you're in the position to make threats right now." Tama said, unsheathing his sword
"HYPER BEAM!"
Umbreon breaks the door down and Ann leaps at Tama with her sword, both of them clashing.
"She's not but I am" Ann growls, pushing Tama back and cutting his armor in half
"Ah, finally decided to join us Carvanha." Giovanni said, Ann glares at him and the TRs around him
"I'll deal with you later." Ann growled, turning her eyes to Tama
"So you're the keeper of the flame." Tama said, catching sight of the black-ice blue jade stone around Ann's neck
"And you're the one who possessed Houndoom…funny, I thought I'd be faced with someone stronger then a full breed, quite the let down; to be faced with an opponent that's no stronger then a mortal." Ann said, giving Ash and Kaz enough time to get Sky out
"You haven't seen my power yet girl…you'll be begging for death once you see the power I hold." Tama brags, holding his sword high
"Unless you have a death wish, I suggest that you step out of my way…If you don't, you'll have the same fate as Giovanni." Ann said, The Kurayami swirling with red mist and the stench of brimstone and death
"Arise my warriors!" Tama calls, striking the ground and the floor opens: Spirits of evil and Demons of death poured out, and behind them was Houndoom, his eyes lifeless and black; showing that he's possessed
"Why won't anything stay dead around here?!" Kaz curses, he and Ash were blocked at the door with the spirits of the Demon Pokemon they killed outside
"Ash!" Ann calls, Ash turned to see Ann and nods; both Ash and Kaz carried Sky to Espeon, and then Espeon made a barrier
"No barrier can keep out my minions." Tama said, several Demon Pokemon started to attack the barrier
"FOOL! HELL'S FIRE!" Ann shouts, releasing the attack; the force slammed her back into the wall behind her
"Ann!" calls Kaz
Ann slowly gets up, when she looked up she saw that she sent all of the spirits and demons back to the underworld, all that stood was the possessed Houndoom: towering four feet over her.
(A.N. Ann's about 5 ft 8, so that would make Houndoom at 8-9 ft tall.)
"(Grr)"
"Houndoom…I know you don't want to do this…You don't desire my blood, but theirs." Ann whispered, staring right into Houndoom's eyes
Ann slowly touched the flame of Darkness, pulling it out from under her armor: allowing Houndoom to see it.
"Ani…Tasukete kudasai" [Brother…I need your help Ann whispered, slowly standing
"Enough! Houndoom, finish her!" Tama shouts, Houndoom sent into howls of pain as Tama gripped a stone in his hand, a jewel on Houndoom's head glows
"You're killing him!" Sky shouts, feeling the pain that Houndoom feels
"Who cares? As long as I get my prize." Tama said, clenching the stone in his hand
"You animal!" Kaz growls, firing an arrow at Tama, hitting his hand, the stone fell and shattered on the floor
"Houndoom!" Ann calls, jumping up and knocking the jewel off of him before he fell
Ann watches in fear as she saw Houndoom, unmoving in a small pool of blood, as soon as she heard an evil chuckle she turned to Tama.
"It seems the great, mighty, gatekeeper of hell as fallen…leaving me with the two things I need to rule the world, The flame, and the blood of the wielder of the Fang of Darkness." Tama snickers evilly
"I'll drop dead before I let that happen." Ann said then she felt the stone glow
'Annalisa, the fire…use it.'
Ann recognized the voice, Anna lee; the last wielder of the Kurayami and one of her accentors.
'Ok…how do I do that?'
'You have to use the fire to break Tama's barrier, to unleash it you have to see the flames.'
'The flames…ok…'
Ann looks around the room, and then she saw Tama's sword, through a normal person's eyes it looked normal, but through Ann's, you saw a large black flame.
"Besides…even if you got the flame; you wouldn't know how to use it." Ann said, raising her sword and aiming, releasing a 'small' Hell's fire
Tama uses his sword to deflect the attack, leading to a small crack in the blade.
'Crud…it didn't work'
'Keep trying…Tama's weak point is his heart.'
'His heart?'
'The only way to kill a dark sage is to stab his heart or remove it.'
Ann once again released her attack; Tama once again uses his sword as a shield.
"Fool…where are you aiming?" Tama mocks, running at Ann
Ann moves out of the way and slashes Tama's back as she leaped back.
"You're clever…I'll give you that much; but you aren't able to kill me with that puny sword." Mocks Tama
"I just did." Ann said, Tama's sword kept cracking until it broke
"Wench" growls Tama
"Who's the puny one now?" Ann growls, leaping at Tama; trying to stab his heart
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"Ann!" Gary calls; he and the others found the room and saw the battle
"She broke the copy" starts Yoru
"Guys" Ash said then Sky ran to Brock
"I was so scared" she cries in Brock's shirt, Brock gently pulled her in his arms and stroked her hair
"It's ok…it's going to be alright." Brock whispers as he strokes Sky's hair
"What's going on?" Yoru asks, seeing the Great Houndoom injured
"Tama possessed him" Kaz replied then he saw Tama leaping at Ann, breaking the armor piece on her left shoulder
"This is not good" Yoru muttered as he watched Ann kick Tama out a glass window, taking the fight outside in the courtyard
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Tama slowly stands up, snickering.
"For being the reincarnation of her…I thought that you'd be smarter then this." Tama snickered, cracking his knuckles
"Who cares!? I'm a lot stronger." Ann growls, holding her hand out and releasing an Ice Beam
'Be careful…Tama's over ten thousand years old; he knows the castle grounds better then you.'
'I know…but I have your memories; that makes this fight more then even.'
Ann watches as Tama dodged the Ice Beam and slashed a deep gash in her shoulder; causing Ann to fall to the ground.
"Pitiful…I would have thought this would be more of a fight." Tama mocks, kicking Ann in the side
"It ain't over yet" Ann growls, pushing herself to her feet; smirking when she heard a low growl behind her
Behind Ann, stood the Great Houndoom; his eyes flared with rage.
"I think it's just getting started." Ann said then Houndoom howls, throwing Ann on his back and running at Tama
'Thank you Houndoom.'
Ann raises her sword and slashes Tama's chest as Houndoom runs by.
"Did it work?" Ann asks, and then she saw Tama holding his disconnected heart in his hand
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"How? His heart has been removed." Starts Sky
"Tama's lived without his heart…yet he still lives." Whispers Yoru
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"(Evil snicker)…How naïve…you thought that if you removed my heart I'd die…I didn't live eleven thousand years to be struck down by a kid like you." Tama mocks, Ann growls deeply
"I ain't a kid… (Deeper growl)…HELL'S FIRE!" Ann shouts, releasing a large flame
As the large flame shot out of the Kurayami Ann was thrown off of Houndoom and across the field, landing in the shattered glass of the castle window.
To be continued…
Next chapter's the last...woe is me, I've written three endings and I have to choose one.
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