Author's notes: Heed the dragon's cataclysmic roar for he shall fell everything within the reach of his breath.
Hey, guys! With this little 'creative' introductory line, I'll throw you right into another chapter of this story! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Yeah, well… I don't own it. You know what I mean.
The Adventures of Hunter Chapter 21: Roaring Flames of Wrath
Lava and Heat stood in a wide, grassy area. A few feet away was Shark, who looked at them with bloodthirst in his eyes. The Dragon Lord was very well ready to kill the two siblings.
Heat was shaking and hiding behind his older sister, who also shook a little, but stood her ground while trying to impress the Garchomp with large flames coming from her head and tail area. Shark, however, just seemed amused by this.
"Your puny flames are nothing" he mocked her. "Lava, you of all Pokémon should know"
"I know you full well, Shark, the Bloody!" Lava said angrily. "You were the one that imprisoned Heat and me in the Shadow Pokémon Lab to make us become Shadow Pokémon"
"And you were defeated back then as well" Shark said. "You and your little brother weren't able to do a thing. So why don't you just give up and let yourself get killed already? I'll make it fast and painless if you do"
"As if!" Lava shouted. "I'll never give up my brother to the likes of you! We decided to fight together with Hunter and his friends! And we surely will win!"
"Heh… heheheheh" Shark started to laugh. "You puny Pokémon amuse me. But playtime is over!" He rushed forward so fast that he turned invisible for the naked eye, reappearing right in front of Lava, who protected her little brother from his destructive Dragon Rage. She barely managed to jump out of the way of his attack, but was grazed a little on her side.
"Damn, he's fast" the Quilava thought.
"S-sister… are you okay?" Heat asked with a shaking voice.
"Somehow" Lava replied. "Don't worry, Heat. I'll keep you safe"
She turned towards Shark and used a powerful Flamethrower, which he ducked away from and used Dig to bury underground. "Coward" Lava muttered and jumped into the hole after him, shooting a Flamethrower inside it.
She could hear Shark growl in pain and rushed into the direction his voice came from. "You're mine!" she yelled when she arrived there and used a Flamethrower up close. The Garchomp had to shield himself with his arm blade-like fins to neutralize the damage. "I've had enough of this" he growled, surrounding himself in a blue light which soon turned into the shape of a dragon and slammed himself into Lava, pushing her up through the solid ground and when they arrived at the surface, threw her high into the sky with the Dragon Rush.
Shark landed safely on his feet, while Lava fell onto the grass. Heat was watching the scene with horror in his eyes. "Sister…" his whole body started shaking.
Shark slowly approached Lava, who was still lying on the ground, desperately trying to get up. "Had enough?" he asked.
"I'm far from that" she said and unleashed a Smokescreen from her mouth.
"Argh, what the…?" Shark had to shield his eyes from the smoke and Lava was able to get away from him and out of the smoke cloud, firing a Swift attack back to where Shark was still standing. She could hear the star shaped beams connect with their goal and rushed to Heat's side, smiling confidently. "That should do it" she thought and looked back, but she noticed that her Smokescreen was replaced by a huge tornado of sand. She could hear the Garchomp's roar as he freed himself from the smoke cloud inside of the sand tornado and as it subsided, he stood before the two fire types completely unharmed. One of his fins started to glow.
"You've angered me now" he said threateningly and aimed his Brick Break attack at Heat, who was too slow to escape. "Heat!" Lava cried and pushed her brother out of the way, only to be hit herself. She could feel all of her bones crack upon the impact and everything around her flashed red before she completely lost consciousness.
"SISTER!" Heat cried as he saw his sister's lifeless body fall to the ground.
"This is what you get for interfering with me" Shark spat on the body of Lava and placed one foot on her to humiliate her sacrifice.
All of Heat's nerves were acting up, his entire body shook in pain as tears started falling uncontrollably from his eyes. Seeing his sister die right in front of him was too much for him to take. He was not sure what exactly it was that he felt. It was pain mixed with sadness and extreme anger. His eyes opened fully and started to glow red as a huge wildfire came from his back, which enveloped the Cyndaquil.
"What is going on?" Shark asked and looked at the fireball Heat was in, which got bigger with every passing moment.
"YOU BASTARD…" came a voice from inside. "YOU… KILLED MY SISTER… AND FOR THAT… YOU MUST DIE!"
The fireball surrounded the neck area of a fully evolved Typhlosion with glowing blood red eyes and turned into a flaring collar of sorts. The air around the new Pokémon started to flicker from the sheer heat the Typhlosion was emitting and everything in his vicinity started to catch fire. Heat roared loudly and large explosions suddenly occurred in random places around the battlefield.
"How is this possible?" Shark asked, getting ready for a fight. "A Pokémon evolving twice at the same time?!"
Heat looked at the Garchomp and roared with rage.
"Tsk, don't underestimate me!" Shark roared and rushed ahead with another Brick Break attack ready. As he got closer to Heat, he noticed that the heat (no pun intended) was too much for him and that he could not approach his opponent without causing himself third degree burns. "Damn" he growled.
Heat opened his mouth and unleashed an unbelievably powerful Flamethrower, scorching every ounce of grass it touched and making its way towards Shark, who was hit straight on by the attack. He was thrown back quite a bit as Heat unleashed another attack. A huge explosion occurred directly on the ground the Garchomp was standing on and lava started to emit from the center of said explosion, violently shooting out everywhere.
"DIE… DIE… DIE!" Heat roared and unleashed more Eruptions as the Garchomp was consumed by the lava. Heat's relentless assault did not stop until the Garchomp was completely submerged in molten rock and metal.
Heat's fit of rage ended as soon as it came and a sudden downpour, caused by the quick changes of temperature, put out all the fires Heat started and even cooled down the lava which still leaked from the ground. The Typhlosion looked up at the sky, letting his own fire go out, before looking around for his sister. When he found her, he picked her up and cradled her, just like she used to do when he was alone and scared. He silently started crying, but the tears were not visible due to the rain.
"Sister…" he muttered. "Thank you… for protecting me all this time…"
He put Lava's body down on the ground again and started digging a grave for her. After finishing it, he put Lava's body into said grave and closed it off, marking it with a few twigs he found lying around. "I'll never forget you, sister" he swore before her grave. "Now, I'll be fighting on the behalf of you". As he made that decision, an unknown force started to pull him out of the formerly grassy field and back to his other friends, who were still fighting the enemies' army.
"I'm back" he greeted.
"Heat? Is that you?!" Blaze shouted surprised. "You evolved right into a Typhlosion… wow"
"I'll help you!" he shouted and launched a Flamethrower at a Mightyena that was attacking Vincent from behind.
"Hey, thank you!" the male Glaceon said, smiling.
"Where's your sister?" Luno asked. Heat looked down with a sad expression.
"I see…" Luno said and fell silent for a minute. "Well, you have to do your best for her, got it?"
"Right!" Heat nodded and took off to fight alongside his friends.
…
Hunter suddenly stopped in his tracks. Missy looked at him with a worried expression and stopped as well.
"Why did we stop?" she asked.
"I suddenly had a bad feeling" Hunter replied sternly. "As if one of our friends just… died…"
Missy was shocked to hear this.
"That damn Dragon Empire" Hunter gritted his teeth. "How much suffering do they have to cause before their inevitable fall?!"
"Hunter…" Missy looked at him, still worried about what happened to him. He was so angry lately, swearing to kill every last one in the Dragon Empire if need be. She hoped he would not lose himself to revenge and forget about everything that was good about him. Temporarily shaking these thoughts off, she continued to follow Hunter towards the Temple of Truth and Ideals, anxious for what might be waiting for them there.
Author's notes: Shark sure was an a**hole, eh?
Anyway, I apologize for the shortness of this chapter, but while writing it, I thought it had enough impact as is and it didn't need to be longer.
Also: Sorry to PokémonGirlieGirl for killing Lava in this chapter, but I did not see another way how they (or Heat) could have defeated Shark. It's really not like I didn't like Lava, it's rather the opposite. And maybe I could have had someone else fight Shark (like Vincent for example), but I love Typhlosions and I wanted to include one in this story, so yeah… there we go. Sorry again. It wasn't meant as offense. If you take it as such, know that I'm sorry.
And also: Heat is a badass Typhlosion now, so that makes up for it, right?
Anyway, I hope you guys look forward for the next chapter! Until then…
Peace out,
-Shining4Charizard