I'm not dead. Whoop de doo.
Aeron Solo wuz here (XD) and wuz invading 5h4d0w5 0f t3h D3m0n!
Axel Nightblazer: (glares evilly)
Aeron: wut?
Axel: … (holds up Spartan Laser)
IMA FIRIN' MAH LAZUH!
BOOOM!
It's an Epic Win!
SHEESH! HOW MANY SABOTEURS DO I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE DAYS? THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE!
Oh well. Here's Chapter 27 for you to enjoy. Due to saboteurs, I got delayed, and then I decided to freak everyone out by not posting anything until now, a very special day for me. The day I posted my first chapter, and also Christmas. (Not exact day, but oh well.)
WHAT? AH S/#*! I JUST REMEBERED! IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF THIS FANFIC! AND ALSO CHRISTMAS! I WAS PLANNING A PARTY TO CELEBRATE BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I FORGOT TO PREPARE IT! EXCUSE ME, I GOTTA GO! YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW!
"Lalalalalalala-I'm a good singer," sang Pikachu. A window broke immediately.
"Pikachu, stop it. Quit breaking all my windows," said Axel.
"SHUT UP!" yelled Ben. "I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE! I 'LL BEAT YOU AT HALO 3 THIS TIME AXEL!"
"Ben, this is getting kind of old," said Axel. "I'm gonna grab something to eat."
"WHAT? NO! GET BACK HERE YOU-!"
"Axel's lousy at making friends," commented Aeron.
"Yeah," agreed Hanna. "Now, what are we going to do now? Cipher's running off doing stuff and we're just sitting around playing video games."
"Well, maybe we'll be able to figure out where Cipher is," said Aeron. "But lately, something's been bothering me…"
"What?"
"Remember how we collected the relic of the Ice Elemental, Arcticryo, in the Snowpoint Temple?"
"Yep."
"Well, lately, it seems to be acting…odd. Like it's reiatsu is resonating with someone else's…and that someone else is close."
"Huh," said Hanna. "Wonder who that is?"
"Certainly not me or you," said Aeron. "And not Axel or Aerín, either. Anabel is already the herald of two others. Once two have chosen a herald, it doesn't seem likely that a third will choose that one."
"Well, it certainly couldn't be him, could it?" Hanna asked, pointing at Ben.
"No," said Aeron. "So that leaves…Sam."
"But that's impossible," said Hanna. "He has no spiritual power at all."
"On the surface, no," said Aeron. "But you never know. There might be more to him than anyone knows…even himself."
Later…
"So, why do you think Cipher's been keeping quiet lately?" asked Sam.
"Because they fled since I'm so awesome!" shouted Ben.
No you're not, thought Aeron. And practically everyone else who shot him a skeptical glance.
"Maybe we should head to other cities to check on them," suggested Anabel.
"Alright, let's go!" shouted Sam.
And so…
"We made it to Canalave City!" said Aerín. "And did they erect a new building?"
"I don't see anything," said Ben.
"Let's ask Byron about it," said Axel.
2 minutes later…
"Well?" asked Sam.
Axel frowned. "He wasn't there. Probably went off on business or something. The thing is…why does it seem like no one's noticed it?"
"Maybe it's super cloaking technology," said Sam.
"Then how could we see it?" wondered Axel.
"I don't know," said Sam.
"Maybe only certain people can see anything," said Anabel.
"Oh sure, so how come I can't?" grumbled Ben.
"Because only real heroes can see it," said Sam.
"What? Why?"
"Because I can see it, and you can't. Anabel, Aeron, Hanna, Axel, and Aerín can. That means that you're not a real hero."
"YOU WANT SOME?" Ben shouted.
"Huh?" wondered Sam.
"DIE!" shouted Ben, and he charged towards Sam.
"Okay, Ben, seriously, not cool. Cut it out," said Axel.
"Awww…." Ben looked disappointed.
"Now what?" wondered Aeron.
"We head toward the building," said Axel.
"The real heroes will," said Sam.
"DIE!" shouted Ben, and he charged towards Sam.
"Okay, Ben, seriously, not cool. Cut it out," said Axel.
"Awww…" Ben looked disappointed.
Later…
"We made it!" said Sam.
"BUT I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING!" shouted Ben.
"Too bad you're-"
Anabel raised her hand.
Sam knew it was time to backpedal.
"So, how do we get in?" asked Aerín.
"We…" Sam rattled off ten thousand ideas, all not very good.
"DIE!" shouted Ben, and he charged towards Sam.
This time Axel just stuck out his arm and clotheslined Ben.
WHAM!
"ALERT. ALERT. ALERT."
Axel froze when he heard that robotic voice.
Cipher Peons began pouring into the area.
"HEY! IT'S AXEL NIGHTBLAZER AND HIS GROUP!" shouted one guy. "KILL THEM AND YOU'LL BE FAMOUS!"
"Sheesh," said Axel. "How can you guys hope to kill me? Especially…" He raised all his Pokéballs.
FWASH!
Around Axel appeared Pikachu and Chikorita, as well as four others: Ninetales, Lucario, Latias (AAH OH MY GOD AXEL HAS A LEGENDARY POKEMON), and…some water-type Pokémon none of the Cipher Peons could identify. It was a quadruped, blue sea lion-like Pokémon, with long, white whiskers extending from its snout and head, and on the back of its head was a large, rounded beige helmet-like shell with spikes and a spear-like, pointed protrusion in the front. Its underbelly was covered by a dull bluish gray seashell-like carapace, and its limbs were covered with beige, sectioned bracer-like coverings, looking as if comprised of seashells with the forelimbs' bracers sporting spikes at the top. It had three navy digits on each limb, and a fin-like, splayed tail with the innermost section being beige like the seashell-like portions of its body.
"…because my entire A-Team is here," said Axel.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?" shouted the Cipher Peons, pointing at the Water Type.
"Oh, him? He's just some Daikenki that's going to kick your butt," said Axel. "Daikenki's no pushover, let me say that much.
"Oh well, what gives?" said a Cipher Peon. "Go, Golem! Rock Throw! Let's take down that Nineta-"
Daikenki (the mystery Pokémon of Axel's) suddenly crouched, then leapt into the air with more grace than his awkwardly placed limbs would suggest. The shell on his head began glowing blue, and he whipped his head back. Then he slammed it down upon Golem, knocking him down and out.
"WHAT? GOLEM WENT DOWN IN ONE HIT?" shouted a Cipher Peon.
Axel looked annoyed. "What did you think? That Daikenki's weak? First, Shell Blade is a water-type attack, so it would obviously deal tons of damage. Second, I've also had Daikenki for nearly all my life. He's nearly as old as Latias is, and she's nearly as old as I am. So both of them are among my strongest."
Latias beamed and hugged Axel around the neck. Hearts were practically floating off of her. Everybody else sweatdropped, Axel included, but he smiled in a half-amused, half-exasperated manner, and said, "Latias, is this really the time?"
Latias blew a lock of Axel's hair out of her face. No, but does it matter?" She turned briefly and pulverized a Glalie that was trying to Sheer Cold her with an immensely powerful Psychic, slamming the poor (r)ice ball into the floor. Then again, I don't want to romance you in the middle of a battle, she conceded, and released him, floating back to the rest of Axel's A-team to get ready for battle.
"Absol!" shouted a Cipher Peon. "Night Slash!"
Absol's blade glowed with an eerie light, and he jumped and brought his head down, and the blade seemed to lengthen as he moved…or was it just that light? Anyway, he didn't get to use it, because a cerulean blue blast of energy slammed into him, exploding.
"Aw crap! An Aura Sphere!" shouted a Cipher Peon. "Okay, Breloom, use Brick Break on that Lucari- huh?"
An orange light was appearing in front of Ninetales' mouth, revealing a fireball that was rapidly growing in size. It grew larger and larger, and it felt hotter and hotter in the area. Soon, it was larger than Ninetales, and too bright to look at.
Now Ninetales was raising it above her head and rearing up on her hind legs. "SOLAR WIND DESTROYER!" she shouted, and blasted the fireball at the Breloom.
The next thing anybody knew was a massive explosion of fire and wind.
When everyone could finally look, Breloom was down. And that is using the least descriptive language.
"Crap!" yelled a Cipher Peon. "Okay, Quagsire, use Sur-"
Suddenly, another light began glowing, but from another place. Now it was green. Everyone turned to see rays of light shining around Chikorita's leaf, getting sucked in. The leaf itself was rapidly lightening, and soon, it too, was too bright to look at.
"Solarbeam!" Chikorita shouted cheerfully, and shot a beam of this energy at Quagsire, blasting him out of consciousness.
"Come on!" yelled the Cipher Peon. "Scizor, get her-wha-?"
Pikachu, somehow, was now falling from the sky, his fist drawn back, with Fire, Ice, and Lightning energy swirling around it. He fell towards Scizor, and guess what he yelled?
"FALCON PUNCH!"
BIG KA-BOOM! =D
Obviously, Pikachu caused an explosion of energy when he hit. And I will let you know, Pikachu hits HARD. Scizor was burned, frozen, and electrocuted all at once. This was enough to knock him out.
"W00T!" Pikachu shouted. "Pikachu is teh Greatest! All bow down to Pikachu!"
The Cipher Peons were pretty, well…not happy.
"Pikachu demand spaghetti!" Pikachu shouted.
"Hey, what are their levels?" asked a Cipher Peon.
"Let's see…The Chikorita is 100, the Lucario is 100, the Ninetales is 100, the Latias is 100, the 'Daikenki' is 100…all 100s. Crap."
"And the Pikachu?"
"One hundr-"
"FALCON…"
"WHAT THE? IT'S GOING UP! PAST 100! 7000...8000...NO…SAY IT ISN'T SO!"
"What? What's its level?"
"IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!" yelled the Cipher Peon with the level scanner.
"WHAT? OVER 9000? THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN BE RIGHT!"
At this point, the counter experienced fatal system overload, and died in a fiery explosion of plastic and metal shrapnel.
"…PUNCH!"
"WHAT THE FU-"
BOOOOM!
The rest of the Cipher Peons decided to bolt, because Pikachu was going to Falcon Punch them all if he didn't get his spaghetti.
"Wow, Falcon Punch, 'IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!,' and 'WHAT THE FU-BOOM!' all chained together?" Aeron asked. "Talk about Internet Meme land."
"Whatever." Axel tried the door. "It's locked," he said.
"Leave it to me," said Hanna. She went up to a computer nearby and began typing random things in. "Let's see…Darkness? No. XD-ARC? No. Aizen? No." She rammed the keyboard, frustrated. "What could it be?"
"Try 'Password'!" said Aerín.
"WHAT?" yelled Hanna.
Aerín typed in "Password" and pressed Enter.
The door opened.
Hanna's jaw dropped.
"I see when it comes to passwords, Cipher's security hasn't evolved from Gameboy Level," Aeron noted.
They went in to find another door. This time there was no computer.
Axel was contemplating how to open it.
"Isn't it obvious, Axel?" Aeron asked. "All you have to do is knock three times. It's simple manners." He went up to the door and-
BAM! BAM! BAM!
-hammered the door really hard with his fist three times.
The poor door didn't stand a chance against Aeron. It was only made of titanium. Aeron can break through tritanium with ease. It crumpled and fell inwards, producing a loud clanging noise when it hit the floor.
Axel looked at him. "Knocking down doors isn't very polite, you know," he said.
"I knocked first," Aeron pointed out. "They know they have company now. Problem is, it's the police."
Aeron began cracking up while everyone else just groaned and rolled their eyes, save for Axel, who thought it was pretty funny and cracked up as well.
"Well, let's get moving," Sam said, walking through the door. Just in time to see a bunch of Slakings wearing Silk Scarves jumping at him with Giga Impact. "O_o WHAT THE FU-?"
KABOOM!
Sam flinched…and suddenly saw a wall of ice in front of him. "What the-?"
"That's strange," said Aeron. "The Slakings have had their abilities Skill-swapped to Huge Power, yet they're not breaking it? This could only mean…"
Sam looked down at his arm, and saw that a gauntlet had appeared on his forearm, with icy mist around it. It was the palest blue you could get, and he thought those were claws on the end, ready to slice up anybody. "Wha-?"
"Sam, you have been chosen," said Aeron. "The great Elemental Spirit of Ice has chosen you as its herald. Do you take this duty?"
Sam stared at the gauntlet, and was suddenly aware that he didn't feel quite alone. "I do," he said.
"Then hold up your Pokédex," said Aeron.
Sam complied.
Aeron held it, and then suddenly disassembled and reassembled it into a different shape-like a D-Tector from Digimon Frontier. He held out the new one to Sam. "This is your Pokédex Ultra. It will help you unlock your inner power. Carry it at all times."
Sam took it, and gazed at it and the gauntlet with wonder and pride. He thumbed the switch, and the gauntlet was turned into energy and sucked into the Pokédex. "Okay. Let's do this!"
An image of a powerful being flared into life, howling at the moon. It's form wavered and dissolved into the kanji for ice, which was blazed straight onto Sam's Pokedex Ultra. Sam pulled it back, and then whirled his other hand up, which now had a sphere of pale blue energy blazing in it. Sam extended both hands outwards, and then swung them around, slamming the two together in an epic way.
"Come forth, my friend!" he shouted. "Ice Elemental Resurrection!" He pulled the two apart, enveloping himself in a blizzard.
Inside the blizzard, Sam fell down on all fours, and his body began to warp. It changed into a wolf's body, and the blizzard cleared to reveal…well…a wolf. He had fur as white as you could ever get, though it had a silvery sheen to it. Streaks of fur running down his spine, on the backs of his legs, on his belly, and along the top of his tail were an icy blue. He had a silvery-white headcrest bearing resemblance to part of a snowflake, and his irises were glowing a pale blue against his white irises and fur.
The wolf bounded down, landing on a platform with the kanji for ice emblazoned on it. He howled, and a storm of icicles shot up around him. "Lone Wolf Arcticryo!"
"What the heck?" yelled the Cipher Peons.
"I am the supreme entity of ice, Arcticryo!" said the wolf. "Ready? Because here I come!"
Arcticryo immediately pounced and slammed a Slaking far away. Before anyone could react, he had opened his mouth and fired several beams of light that rapidly froze over, freezing a good quantity of the others.
"CRAP! SLAKING, USE GIGA IMPACT!" shouted a Cipher Peon.
Arcticryo dodged and let the Slaking trip over his own feet. Then he jumped up and bit the guy, his teeth shining with icy energy. The Slaking howled in pain, then fell, unconscious.
Arcticryo then jumped and slashed several more with his claws, tripping and slamming another with his tail.
"ALL OF YOU! JUMP AT HIM WITH GIGA IMPACT!" shouted a Cipher Peon.
They all complied, but then Arcticryo crouched and began letting off cold energy, freezing them all in place. Then, with icy lightning bolts crackling around him, he pounced, slamming several Slaking and bounding back to slam more.
"CRAP! WE GOTTA RUN!" shouted the Cipher Peons.
"No you won't!" said Arcticryo. He opened his mouth, and icy energy began gathering at his mouth. "Sub-Zero Cannon!"
Arcticryo blasted a Rainbow colored beam that INSTANTLY froze over into jagged ice, which slammed the Cipher Peons, freezing them in place.
"Wow…" Ben said.
Arcticryo's form froze over, and shattered, revealing just Sam, who got up and dusted himself off.
"Whoa, Arcticryo's a real powerhouse…" said Aerin.
"YES! I am awesome!" said Sam. "I am the greatest! All bow down to Sam! As celebration, I demand ice cream!"
Anabel raised her hand.
Sam immediately knew it was time to backpedal.
Random Bonus Story…XD
"Lalalalala…I'm a good singer…" Pikachu sang. Another window broke, but this would be more cumbersome to deal with, because they were in some party room or whatever THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO THEM.
"SHUT UP! I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE!" shouted Ben. "WHY CAN'T I WIN IN BRAWL? WHY?"
"Hey, where do you think Axel went and why do you think he brought us here?" wondered Sam, knocking Aeron (who was playing as Ike) into the void of the Bridge of Eldin.
"He said something about a party," said Aeron, coming back to the edge behind Sam (who was playing as Luigi) and knocking him off somewhere with a Smash Attack. "At least there's a Wii here. And a Brawl file with all characters."
SLAM!
The door slamming forced everyone to look up to see Axel running into the room with his arms full of bags. He set them all down, began pulling stuff out, and hung stuff on the wall as fast as he could. "Must…get…ready…for…party…" He dashed out of sight for a moment.
"Sheesh," said Sam. "At least he doesn't need us to lug in another Christmas tree. That one was a nightmare."
One hour later…
"Well, everyone's here, and everything's ready," said Axel.
Uryu was being merciless to the dartboard and using Seele Schneiders (That which slits the soul)-shoot, I spoiled it. Oh well. Toshiro was getting annoyed that no one at the party was calling him Captain Hitsugaya, Anabel and Ash were flirting somewhere, Ben was trying to take everyone on in Smash Bros. Brawl, Ichigo and Aeron were talking somewhere, Dawn was trying to impress the crowd with her Pokémons' flashy Contest Moves, Wallace was outmatching her with his own contest moves, Pikachu and Chikorita were raiding the food table, and so on and so forth.
"Too bad Rinna couldn't make it," said Hanna.
"But wouldn't that actually be a good thing?" Axel asked. "Because Rinna brings chaos wherever she goes."
"Good point," Hanna said. "But it still would be more interesting with her around."
(NOTE: Rinna is Ice Princess Rinna's OC. But I am sort of on good terms with her, so I bring Rinna in every now and then.)
"So, this is one heck of a party, huh?" asked Toshiro.
"Yeah, I'm really glad I came!" Renji said, grabbing some punch.
"So, what do we do now?" wondered Kotone.
TECHNO
DANCE
PARTY
Everyone began dancing to Caramelldansen. Of course, few were doing the actual dance.
And now, Aeron Solo will sing Karaoke!
"Shadows of the Demon-" A window broke and everyone laughed.
"Fanfiction's seen it-for one whole year-" Another window broke and there was more laughing.
"No one likes it, and it's really gay…Bro made me sing this and I'm…gonna kill him-"
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AERON?" Axel yelled.
"Improving the song," Aeron replied.
"CUT!"
Take two.
And now, Aeron Solo will sing Karaoke!
Wait, where is he?
"OH MY GOD, HE'S ON THE CHANDELIER!" Hanna screamed.
"Wha-?" Axel looked up.
"HERE'S MY REVENGE FOR ALL THE BULL**** YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING ME THROUGH!" Aeron shouted, one hand on the chandelier cord, one hand on his Zanpaku-to.
Shik.
CRASH!
Ow…that had to hurt a lot. Aeron must have been REALLY ticked off.
It's amazing to see how far I've come…man. Galleom, the Demon Pokémon, the Elemental Admins, the Ancient Elemental beings (Arcticryo, Gladias, Auralda, Pyrelios, and Arboreon), awesome Bankai scenes, and so on…unfortunately, this forces me to look back on my first chapters and say: "What was I thinking?"
I thank you all for even bothering to read this, as well as some select people:
Crystal Shards/Strike-Minna for actually REVIEWING and giving me feedback and ideas for later chapters.
Aeron Solo for helping me write each chapter and craft it to the best it can be.
Mister P for helping me figure out stuff on how to begin my fanfic. He left Fanfiction a while ago and probably doesn't know I'm saying this, but I thank him anyway.
My friends Sam and Ben (their names were changed as countermeasure against stalkers) for inspiration and letting me humiliate characters based on them.
Well, happy One Year Anniversary to Shadows of the Demon, and I wish a Very Merry Christmas to all of you, and a happy new year!
P.S. If you don't like seeing Axel and Aeron that much, stop reading. Because you will be seeing them a WHOLE TON FOR THE NEXT CHAPTERS.