Chapter 29- The Battle
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The Dust settles completely as John and Arceus remain in constant eye contact. Neither of them move nor say anything beside the steady breeze flowing through them. Finally John stands up straight while still keeping Cabale behind him, not bringing down the barrier as well. He grunts in pain but manages to remain standing.
"And yet you persist to defy me," Arceus states with an agitated tone.
John grunts and then swallows to say something, "Your blind rage is keeping you from *grunt* seeing the truth," John states and he clutches his side in pain.
Arceus's eyes glow intensely red as her anger rises even further, "*GROWL*" she growls in agitation. Cabale stands up straight and remains behind John, slowly pulling out a Poke ball, "You Dare state the obvious to me?! I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING?!" she shouts, barely able to control her anger.
John looks behind him quickly and senses what Cabale intends to do with the Poke Ball, "Is that your Espeon?" he asks. Without hesitation, she nods in confirmation, "Then use her to get out of here. There is only one way to keep Arceus from destroying the world in search of my children *sigh*," he sighs sadly. Cabale's eyes widen at his plan and she shakes her head in disagreement.
"You can't do this you must-"
"3…2…" John begins to countdown and this gets the message through the decision is final. Cabale release her Espeon and it looks up to her, ready to receive her order.
"Espeon, transmogrify me, now!" Cabale orders. The Espeon cocks her head in confusion but one quick at Arceus tells her everything she needs to know and she fires a beam at Cabale, turning her into an Espeon.
"NOW GET OUT OF HERE!" John tells them with an authorative voice and the two make a run for it. Cabale stops just as they near the unconscious bodies of Claire and Caesar and looks back at John, "Tell my kids I love them," he tells her before Cabale nods and runs off with her Espeon.
"THOSE WHO HELP THE IMPURITE MUST SUFFER THE SAME AS HE!" Arceus states coldly and quickly dashes for Cabale but stops in her tracks as something holds her back. She looks behind her to see John grabbing hold of her tail.
"Your fight is with me Arceus," John says as he tightens his hold on her.
"Foolish mortal," she says simply and she lifts her tail up, bringing him with it. She twirls around and then slams him down into the ground. John quickly tries to get up but is pushed down hard by one of Arceus's hooves on his chest.
"GAAH," John tries to lift her off him but she adds more pressure to him, making him wheeze out.
"Your life ends now," she says.
John simply smiles in return, "I wish I could say the same for you," he says and this infuriates Arceus.
"*GROWL* RRAAAHH," she screams in rage as he lifts her hoof up and brings it down with all of her might.
*BOOM*
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"DAAAAAD!" Jason screams at the top of his lungs. The earth rumbles as Jason's rage reaches its peak. His body is engulfed entirely in white and soon the room is shockwaved, flinging Chesnaught, Alakazam, and Sam to different sides of the room. The roof of the Mansion explodes as Jason flies through it straight into the air and disappears into the clouds.
"JASON," Sam yells for him but Alakazam places a hand on his shoulder.
"I am afraid there is nothing we can do now Sam," Alakazam tells him sorrowfully. Sam looks up through the hole in the building and shakes his head in disbelief, "The Battle of the Gods has begun."
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Arceus lifts her hoof out of the ground and looks down at the fallen Cairo. Her eyes cold as ice, not regretting her decision, "Your life is of no importance to this world," she states.
In the bushes behind her, two Espeons watch in horror as Arceus takes the life one of the most innocent persons in the world. A tear falls from Cabale's velvety cheek followed by a few sniffs. Soon Anger fills her mind and she gets up to exit the bush.
"Cabale, where are you going?" The Espeon asks, shaken by Arceus's cold act.
"She will not get away with this," Cabale responds, walking out of the bush and into the open. Espeon tries to catch her by the tail but fails. She hesitates but then follows after her, joining her in the open, "ARCEUS!" Cabale calls out to her. Arceus's head turns sharply in their direction, her eyes still cold in hate and anger.
"YOU, helped him hide from me. For that, you will suffer the same fate as him," she states, turning to them.
"How can you kill him without any justification? You have lost your ability to judge between the evil and the good," Cabale retorts back. Arceus roars in rage, cracking the earth beneath them and making them stumble.
"YOU DARE QUESTION MY JUDGEMENT?!" she yells in great annoyance. The place brightens bright red as a ball of fire appears in front of her face and grows even larger. Cabale and the Espeon try to get up but Arceus freezes them in place as to not let them escape so easily.
"ARGH! ARCEUS, YOU MUST SEE… THE TRUTH, AH," Cabale tries to say, still trying to break free of Arceus's hold on her.
"Your Truth is all but a lie. Farewell," she states and arches her head back to launch the fireball. Cabale closes her eyes not willing to see the end of her life from Arceus herself.
*BOOM*
Jason appears out of nowhere and slams into Arceus, "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH," he screams in pure rage as he takes her with him, slamming her into the forest and then flying up and smashing through a mountain.
*RUMBLE*
The mountain crumbles as the two exit the other side. Jason flies down at top speed and slams Arceus into the ground and continues to push her across the land, all the while landing massive punches to her face in turn creating large dents into the ground as they move, "YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL MY FATHER AND GET AWAY WITH IT!" he screams as he continues landing blow after blow on her, not mining the incoming town up ahead.
*SMASH* *CRASH* *THOOM*
The two gods slam into a building, destroying it completely, and exit the other side, tumbling around to try and slow down. Jason crashes into a Gas station, igniting the fuel and blowing up the station while Arceus crashes into another building but not going through it.
People run in fear by the sudden explosion of the Gas station and the destruction of one of the buildings. Arceus groans and shakes her head after those punches Jason threw at her, bits of brick and shards of glass fall as she gets up. Looking over at the flames from the Gas Station she decides to do the townsfolk a favor and put it out. She charges a Watergun but that proved to be a mistake as Jason flies through the fire so fast, his Sonic Boom puts it out in a flash. With one swing he sends Arceus into the next building but she recovers quickly and bounces back and headbutts him and launching him through another building and into the other.
*RUMBLE*
"GRRH," Jason tumbles back onto his feet and brings up his guard as Arceus flies through the building and rams into him, pushing both of them into the next building. Jason shoots his tendrils into the ground and anchors himself. He flips them both and kicks her in the gut to get knock her off balance. She flies into the forest and instantly recovers, her stamina is unmatched to any other Pokemon, besides Jason. The two gods charge each other, Arceus with a Dragon Claw and Jason a God punch, "RAAAAAHH,"
"AAAAAAAHH"
*BOOM*
The two attacks collide and the ground below sinks down into a large crater by the sheer force of the two attacks. The two gods dart away from each other and collide again and again, rising up into the air and into the clouds. With each hit, the clouds split by the massive force thrown into each one.
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
"TAKE THIS!" Jason lands a punch straight into Arceus's face, stunning her for a bit and then teleporting out.
"What?" Arceus frantically looks around her to find him but fails to see him coming down from above her.
Jason lands on her with his feet and pushes her down into the ground, pushing the ground into itself and creating a sinkhole. All of the surrounding forest falls in, including the lakes within. Arceus becomes enraged and twists her body to face Jason and uses a Focus Blast, blasting shockwaves into ear drums of Jason, stunning him, "NNRRAAAH," he screams in pain.
Arceus teleports just behind him and uses her Godly strength to kick him into the sinkhole along with the rest of the forest. Jason struggles to get out but the ground catches his head tendrils and is pulled down into it, "YOU- MMFFF," Jason get muffled by all the debris as he is pulled down further into the ground. Arceus charges an attack and launches a stream of Fire, pushing Jason down into the ground much further.
*RUMBLE*
The sinkhole stops itself from going any further and the earth starts to calm down, "*sigh* my belief stays where it is now; my first creations were the only mistakes I ever made. You are the last of mine. Farewell," Arceus says her goodbyes and prepares to leave but then the earth starts to rumble again. She looks down toward the large sinkhole and looks around for anything standing out. Then the rumbling stops suddenly, "Hmph, guess it was noth-"
*CRASH*
A yellow tendril shoots out of the ground and coils itself around her body, immobilizing her legs and the rest, "GRAAH," she tries to break free of the hold but it pulled down into the ground and slammed onto a Cavern floor. Arceus reluctantly gets up and sees Jason standing on the opposite side of the Cave as his tendril retracts itself to its original length, "Your ancestors were hard to extinguish, including your 'God.' I defeated your type before and I will do it again," she states, her body glows a whitish Aura as her power increases.
"My Ancestors were not the killers… YOU ARE!" Jason travels with lightning quick reflexes and elbows Arceus's chest, pushing her back. She comes back at him with a Dragon Claw and swipes across his face but then he returns with a right hook but misses. Arceus turns around quickly and strikes Jason with a Dragon Tail and launches him into the Cavern wall. The tomb rumbles as the vibrations travel up and over the ceiling, playing with the Stalactites, but neither notice.
"You dare say that to your CREATOR?!" she yells in anger as she rams him back into the wall as he gets up. Jason elbows her back, making her grunt in pain and then knees her in the gut up into the ceiling with great force. The Stalactites break from their base and fall down to the ground, slicing into the ground as the two Gods continue their fight, dodging and using the stalactites to damage each other. Subconsciously, Jason's tendrils move at their own accord, catching incoming stalactites and throwing them at Arceus while some try to whip her anywhere to damage her. Arceus dodges all of these moves and for a while now, neither seem to be able to land a hit as they either miss or block each other's attacks.
"MY CREATOR WOULDN'T BE AS COLD AS THEY ARE NOW!" Jason retorts and manages to break her defense. He swings his arms to the side then brings them back together and claps Arceus's head, stunning her hearing.
"GAAH," she growls in pain. Jason brings his right arm back for a powerful right hook and then misses as Arceus ducks underneath his swing and head-butts his side, making him roll on the watery floor. His tendrils stab into the ground and lift him off the ground quickly then retract back to normal length as he floats in the air. He rockets toward Arceus at top speed and the two throw duke it out, landing and blocking hits on each other. The Cave starts to crack all around as the shockwaves emanating from the two, weakening the infrastructure.
*RUMBLE*
The two finally notice the Cave's groans of weakness. Arceus take this as her chance to end Jason and jumps back away from Jason. She fires a few volleys of Fire balls at the ceiling above Jason, bringing down not only the ceiling but the rest of the cave on both of them. Jason notices this and looks back at Arceus whom has already switched to Ground-type.
Jason tries to launch an attack but his arm get caught by a large boulder, "UGH," Jason grunts in pain but continues to try and get Arceus but is hit by another boulder, "RAGH," he cries out. More and more boulders fall on him, trapping his leg under one and coming down on him hard above the head. Arceus stands by and watches as Jason is consumed by the pile of rocks and dirt. His head tendrils attempt to get out but get pinned in between the debris and remain immobilized, "GAH, RRGGAAASH," Jaosn thrashes wildly as he tries to break free of the oncoming boulders bearing down on him.
"I will be the last you ever see Cairo. This cave… is now your tomb," she states, backing off as more of the ceiling falls on him, dimming his Godly glow underneath the dirt and rocks. Jason's eyes close as the more dirt pours down on his face as well as large rocks bashing him down.
"N-no… I…."
The rest of the ceiling caves in and buries his head underneath tons of dirt and rocks, silencing him.
*RUMBLE*
*RRRROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR*
Jason roars with all of his rage as his voice blasts a shockwave creating a space for him to move. His tendrils exert sparks of pure energy as his body glows brighter than it ever had before. The tendrils shoot out and slice through the rocks with ease, stretching far out into and then out of the ground. The sinkhole then sinks itself down farther as the cave collapses on itself. Two brightly glowing balls shoot out of the ground revealing a glowing white Arceus and a new glowing white Jason God form.
"I see you have achieved a new color, Cairo. The Cairo that came before you could not achieve such a power… one rivaled with mine," Arceus states. Jason takes a good look at his new color, it had transcended from a gold-yellow to an Ice-white without him noticing.
"New color huh? Doesn't change anything for what I'm going to do to you," Jason says in a cold tone. The white aura that surrounds his body intensifies more as his new level of power shows off.
"I never intended for my creations to reach this kind of power. I see now I left a flaw in you. One I intend on CORRECTING!" without any hints she disappears and reappears behind him and bears down a Dragon tail on him.
*THOOM*
Jason catches her tail without even looking and then looks behind him to look at her, "Try," he says and lands a massive punch to her side, sending far over the mountains. Arceus recovers and rockets toward him and bears down a Dragon Claw to which he blocks and counters by an upper-cut to which she blocks and attacks with Iron Tail.
*BOOM* *THRASH* *BOOM*
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Off in the distance, far from the battle, is a Militia man with Binoculars observing the fight. He watches the two Gods fight, Jason attempting to launch an attack only to get blocked and countered by Arceus but in return he blocks her attack, neither able to land a single hit.
"Sir, is it wise to stay here so close to the battle? They are Gods and anything can happen," one of the second-ranking officers points out. The Man lower the binoculars and looks back at the lower ranking officer and smiles.
"Of course it is. They will wear each other out soon and when they do, we'll give the signal to intervene *chuckle*" the Man cackles devilishly.
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Cabale and her Espeon spread out to gather their unconscious comrades. They use their psychic to pick them up and transport them into the forest where they can't be harmed, at least for the time being.
"Phew, I never imagined you humans to be so heavy," Espeon states.
"Well we are bigger than you so…" Cabale responds as she gently places Claire lying down on her back gently beside Caesar.
"Perhaps your kind should lose some more weight, at least for my convenience," Espeon says, whipping her tail in the air.
"Are you saying I'm fat?" Cabale asks, looking over her shoulder at her.
"*chuckle* No, no I didn't mean it like that Master, I was just referring to your species large size is all," Espeon tries to clarify.
"As if your species weren't as heavy as well," Cabale retorts with a smile on her velvety furry face.
The two continue to gather the rest, Cabale bringing Amy over next to Claire to at least give her some comfort despite her unconscious state. She returns the unconscious Pokémon to their rightful Poke balls and stuffs them into Caesar's large back pack. She drags the bag over to Caesar and pulls it over his lap while also being careful she doesn't step on anyone's crotches since she is backing up. Espeon watches as the two Gods battle over the skies, each hit creating a shockwave that obliterates any cloud near them while also making the earth rumble.
"This Jason that you know of, I saw him a few times in the Mansion but I never took the chance to get to know him. All I know is that he is powerful… very powerful in his ways both mentally and physically," Espeon states, looking at the White glowing speck she recognizes as Jason.
"I guess I should have taken the time to introduce you to him. He is a very strong-willed and very caring man. He always puts everyone else's problems before him and offers to help. He is the best person to have the power of a God in hand," Cabale describes as she walks over to her Espeon.
Espeon nods as she takes in this new information. A thought enters her head and she turns to Cabale, "Do you think he has what it takes to defeat Arceus? I mean, no one is as powerful as her, right?" Espeon ask with concern in her voice.
"That is to be determined now. The Cairo's had discovered a possible solution to defeating her without killing her, and this scared Arceus so she would not let them win. She put her all into defeating her adversary and eventually won. But right now…" Cabale trails off, looking up at the sky as another shockwave rocks the earth.
*BOOM*
"It is a gamble as to who will win. As in every fight; One shall stand-"
"-One shall fall," Espeon finishes, having heard the quote before. The two Espeons look back up and watch as the battle unfolds.
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*BOOM*
Jason and Arceus suffer blow after blow of each other's hits, only wanting to see who would last the longest in a fight of attrition.
"YOU THINK YOU'RE EVERYTHING HUH?!" Jason says, throwing punch after punch upon Arceus.
"FUNNY, BECAUSE I AM!" she retorts and lands massive blows to Jason, making him stall in his attacks and leaving more room for Arceus to weaken him.
Arceus headbutts his head, making Jason stagger slightly, and then follows up with a Dragon tail across the right side of his face then bears an Iron tail down over his head, sending him down to the ground. She then charges a Hyper Beam and fires it on Jason, creating an explosion down below.
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"Sir, it seems Arceus has weakened the contender, sir!" the man reports to the Commander.
"*chuckle* let's even the odds for our 'friend' here. Authorize sequence: 13360!" the Commander orders.
"Sir yes sir. Sequence initiated!" the man tells the commander.
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Arceus fires multiple Shadow balls on Jason, destroying the ground beneath him while also hitting Jason.
"GRrrah," Jason grunts tiringly as he guards himself form the rain of fire.
"This is the LAST time you will get up from this Cairo," she states and increases the intensity of her fire. Jason grunts as the Shadow balls bear down on him harder and faster, preventing him from escaping.
Out of the corner of her eye, Arceus sees something approaching but the unkown object disappears as soon as she tries to focus on it, "Huh, I wonder what that was!" she shakes her head not minding the unknown object refocuses her attention on Jason.
*POOM*
A sudden sound wave goes off to the right of Arceus and she quickly turns to meet the tip of a missile coming straight at her.
*BOOM*
The explosion is immense and it shakes the ground violently, creating cracks in the crust. The light outshines that of the sudden and splits the clouds into two bodies. Jason raises a barrier, protecting himself as the contents of the missile shoot out with such immense power, vaporizing everything it touches.
Arceus shoots out from the plume of smoke and crashes down into the ground, toppling over trees and slowing down next to a lake, "Grrr… Ah," Arceus gasps in pain. Her right side sustained major burns, nearly charred but luckily her defense was up to block some of the damage… but not all of it. Whatever it was, it wasn't Jason who did it, "It couldn't *grunt* have been him… there must be *groan* a third party involved," she theorizes. Using her psychic, she scans the area for any other people within the forest, "Come on… there has to be- wait," she senses some humans stationed at a safe distance away from where Jason and her were fighting and were suspiciously looking in her direction, "Could it be them?" she asks herself. She senses negative feelings within them all but finds one of them having more of it than the rest. Sifting through the persons mind and memories, she finds many disturbing things throughout the man's life. A memory pops up and she sifts through it:
"Your job… wait until… of them weak… we will launch…. Let's even the odds for our friend here…. 13360…"
Images of the Lake Guardians pop-up and she sees their weakened states, having been tortured. Kyurem is heavily restrained, needles shooting into it and then being zapped by nodes of electricity. Then their true purpose for them is revealed through images of her sprawled out everywhere.
Her eyes widen at this new information, now understanding why the Cairo was killing all those Humans. He was protecting her, "Goodness… no…. *gasp*" she gasps trying to hold in her rage while at the same time trying to ignore the pain. She slowly gets up, leaning on the side of a large boulder for support and she stands fully, "I… have to tell him," she tells herself and turns to where Jason was, "Jas- OOF" Jason comes in flying through the trees and tackles her through the boulder and buries her face into the ground, "J-Jason… GRR… LISTEN TO ME!" she tells him but he ignores her. She drives a knee up his gut but he ignores that as well and pushes her face deeper into the ground. Arceus becomes impatient and shockwaves him off her. He flies up just above her and prepares to attack again, "LISTEN!" she tells him and rams into his gut, taking both of them up into the air.
Their attacks collide, creating pockets in the clouds as they ascend higher into the sky. Lightning sparks and dances through the clouds with each offense. Soon the battle travels beyond the Exosphere.
Jason's rage is relentless, not allowing any chance of Arceus being able to retaliate. No breaks in his attacks at all, "THIS IS FOR AMY!" he states, landing a punch across her face.
*CRACK*
"NGH"
"THIS IS FOR MY MOM!"
*THOK*
"AGH! RRRRAAH! ENOUGH!" Arceus patience wears out and head-butts Jason's head, making him stagger, "I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU- OOF," Jason lands a left hook across her face and this infuriates her even further, "Very well then. You leave me no choice!" she states and disappears from Jason's view and reappears above him, "FACE JUDGEMENT!" she states and red sphere charges in front of her. The clouds below move away from the area, completely dissipating only to reveal the Earth below. The ball glows brighter and grows bigger in size, her eyes intensify in fiery red, "TAKE THIS!" she fires the ball at him.
Jason maintains his ground as the her Ultimate attack bears down on him, "AAAAAHHHHH," Jason cries out and rockets toward the attack.
*BOOOM*
The sky shines bright as he makes a head-on collision. The blast pushes him back slightly but he recovers and shoots through it, "IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE ULTIMATE BLASTS…" Jason throws a flurry of punches, hitting Arceus in her chest and across her face, "-Then FINE!" he tries to side kick her but she dodges and Iron tail's him.
"Jason, please, listen to me- OOF," Jason elbows the back of her head and she retaliates by Iron tailing his face.
"GRAH, well I've got one FOR YOU! RAH!" Jason throws a jab but Arceus dodges it and kicks his face. Jason throws another but misses and gets hit from behind by an Iron tail.
"Jason, snap out of your blood rage," Arceus pleads with Jason. Jason becomes impatient and teleports around Arceus, confusing her then he disappears, "Jason?" she looks around for him but hears a distinct whirring noise, as if something was charging up.
She looks down to see Jason's body colored blue and charging two balls of energy in his hands. The stars twinkle and change blue in response to Jason's final move, leaving Arceus in awe.
"THIS IS FOR MY DAD! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" bringing his two hands together, the two balls merge into one and explode from his hands into the biggest beam of energy ever released. (If you want a visual description, then check out the battle between Goku and Beerus full fight)
*RUMBLE*
Arceus can't run now, there is now way to dodge this.
*BOOOM*
The sky shines incredibly blue, the earth rubles as the shockwaves reach the ground, rocking the trees and buildings back and forth all over the planet. Oceans recede from the shores, trying to get away from the 'New Sun' in the sky.
Cabale and Espeon form a barrier, trying to protect the unconscious group from the falling trees, "Keep it up Espeon," Cabale tells her. Espeon doesn't need to be told twice so she pushes the barrier wider in area.
*RUMBLE*
The light dies down and the skies become dark. It is nighttime. The smoke begins to clear up and a white speck flies over the aftermath of the attack. Jason rubs his eyes in irritation after his blind rage, knowing full well what he used on Arceus. He breathes heavily as he realizes just how much energy he put into his attack and almost falls but catches himself, wanting to see if Arceus survived… or not. He flies through the clouds of smoke and spots something familiar just above him.
It's Arceus!
Her color was different though. Her Golden ring was now dark turquoise along with her hooves and her eyes had changed to a pink color. Her body was smoking with burns and scratches, she didn't take all of the damage like she was supposed to. She changed type just as Jason's Ultimate attack hit her. Jason floated up to her, close enough to hear her whisper, "I… I'm sor-ry… ngh," Arceus reverts back to her normal-type form and falls unconscious. Jason quickly catches her in his arms, ignoring the numbing pain in his hands. No pride or satisfaction comes into Jason's mind, only sadness.
"So am I… so am I," Jason says.
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The rumbling stops and the air becomes still. The trees sway with the wind under the starry night sky. Pokémon from around the forest come out from hiding, looking at each other for an explanation as to why everything happened as it did. Sirens of ambulances and firefighters sound off in the distance as they rush to aid the people and Pokémon in the nearly destroyed towns. People pour out from the non-destroyed buildings with injured Pokémon and people, some being children and or elders.
Cabale and Espeon walk out from the forest and look up at bright starry sky. Cabale reverts back to her human form and picks up her Espeon into her arms, "It is beautiful, isn't it?" Cabale asks. Espeon licks Cabale's chin and looks up as well.
"Yes, it is," she says.
A small star starts to drop from the sky and this catches Cabale's and Espeon's eyes, "What is that?" Cabale asks. The ball falls in the distance and disappears behind the trees.
"I saw it too. Should we check it out?" Espeon asks.
"No. we must stay here with the group until either they wake up or Jason arrives," Cabale states. Espeon nods in agreement and looks over in the area where the 'star' fell.
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Jason lands on the ground gently with Arceus in his arms and tries to lay her down on the ground somehow but her giant ring makes it very difficult to have her lie down, "*grunt* Arceus… Arceus wake up please," Jason pleads with her. His exhaustion starts taking its toll on him as his strength becomes weaker each second Arceus is in his arms, "Arceus *groan*," Jason pleads with her again. Arceus's eyes slowly open and look down at Jason.
"Ngh… p-place on me… on the ground…" she asks him weakly. The ring around her body glows for a second then disappears. Jason is astounded by this but doesn't pay mind to it and places her on the ground gently. Jason flops onto his butt and relaxes. His God form fades away and reverts back to his Human form. Arceus sees Jason's face and identifies him as a Young-adult.
"Y-you are… but a child… how is…" Arceus starts to say but is left in wonder.
"Shouldn't you know? *pant* you created my kind *pant* first born gets the ball, right? *pant*" Jason says almost sarcastically, earning a small chuckle from Arceus.
"I know… what I mean is *grunt* how someone of such a small age can unlock the powers of a God so quickly in so little time *groan*" Arceus groans in pain as her wounds torture her body.
"Y-you're hurt… badly. I'm sorry I did this to you, I wasn't in control," Jason apologizes.
"Why are you… apologizing? I… killed your father in cold blood… *sigh* that isn't me, I don't do things like that. Ever. Not even with an Impurity," Arceus explains, shying away from Jason.
"Arceus, you have us wrong. The Cairos never betrayed you, they knew better than that," Jason explains.
"Why should I believe you? *groan* I know what I saw; my creations killed so many of my other creations so they could take over the planet," Arceus retorts, some anger rising in her voice but dying down to a calm state.
"I'll show you," Jason says and he gets up, walking over to Arceus's head.
"What are you doing?" she asks, a bit frightened.
"Giving you a blast from the past," Jason clarifies and he places a hand on her head.
"What?" Arceus is pushed into a vortex leading into a valley. She looks around her surroundings and sees a Cairo and a group of humans surrounding him. One of the humans pulls out a knife and stabs it into the Cairo. Arceus's eyes widen in astonishment but isn't given enough time fully react to it when she is thrust into the vortex again. She exits again and sees two large armies of both Cairos and Humans with Pokémon fighting each other. A massacre happening right in front of her, "No…" she is thrust into the vortex and exits again. She sees herself standing over the Caironian God with a fireball charged in front of her past self. Arceus knows what happens next and she closes her eyes not wanting to see what she had done, a tear of sorrow falling from her eyes. She enters the vortex again and reappears back in the present. Jason takes his hand away from her and takes a step back. Arceus doesn't move or whimper, she just stares blankly at nothing.
"I hope you understand now," Jason says.
Arceus looks down at Jason, her red eyes glistening in the night, "…I wish I understood… a long time ago… one of the greatest mistakes I have ever committed," she states, looking away at Jason.
"Indeed," a voice pipes up from the forest in front of them. This startles them and they look over in the direction of the unkown person. A tall, uniformed man exits from the forest with a scar running down his face over his lip, his face not friendly at all.
"You," Jason says coldly and he flares his God form.
"I do have to thank you Cairo for bringing us the 'Original One' and actually doing the job for us. If you were actually one of us, you'd be paid but we can make an exception-"
*WHIIRRRRRR* *VEEEOOOMMM*
A white glow flies through the trees and slams into Jason, knocking back a few meters from Arceus, "GRRH," he groans in pain.
A large tank-like vehicle smashes through the forest with a massive cone-shaped gun on the top. The Gun glows white from the end and fires a concentrated Sound wave at Jason as he gets up.
*VEEEOOOMMM*
"GRAAAAAAAAHHHHH," Jason screams in pain as the sound wave's bombard his ear drums, bringing him down to his knees.
Arceus stares in horror as Jason is brought down in one blow, "JASON, ARGh!" she screams in pain as something shoots inside her leg. A group of men in white bio-hazard suits work together to insert a syringe into her wound. They pull a valve on the top and some glowing blue substance fills up the glass container. Then shut off the valve just as the container fills up.
"Arceus DNA sample acquired sir," one of the men tells the commander as he hands it to him.
"*chuckle* who says Gods don't bleed? Let's head out now before 'The Original One' gets the strength to kill us. And keep that gun on the Cairo here. We don't want him interfering as well," the man with the Scar orders. The Men in the tank salute and intensify the sound weapon on Jason.
"GRRRH, YOU… WON'T… GET AWAY… WITH THIS!" Jason tells the man and he collapses forward, his hands in front of him to support him from falling.
"In fact, Cairo, we already have," the man says with stupidest grin. A helicopter descends from the air and touches down in front of the man with Arceus's blood. They climb in and quickly fly up into the air.
The tank crew type away on their consoles and intensify the sound wave on Jason. Arceus tries to intervene but her wounds prevent her from doing anything, "Grrh, I can't… so tired," she says.
"TARGET AQUIRED!"
*BOOM*
The tank explodes suddenly without warning. Missile's rain down from the sky over the tank. Jets fly over the area at great speeds.
"Hoenn Air force Squadron Alpha 3, bombardment successful! Ground forces should be arriving soon!"
"Thanks guys, I owe you," Ryan says. Salamence roars in pride as they descend down to the crippled Gods. Ryan gets off and runs to Jason. Jason fades from his God form back to a human and blinks rapidly.
"Oh god, literally- ooh," Jason says placing his hands over his ears. Ryan bends down and helps Jason sit up.
"Hey man, good to see you're still alive," Ryan says.
"What? I can't hear you, can you speak a little louder?!" Jason asks leaning a bit forward to Ryan.
"Uh…"
"Haha, I'm just kidding, I'm alright. W-where's Amy?" Jason asks.
"I don't know, I believe she is with Corbulo and Cabale… somewhere. Anyway, I got to a military base and got the help of the Air Force including the army. They should be here to secure the island so they should find Amy and the others. Cleo is still home thankfully," Ryan adds in.
"That's good to know *grunt* help me get up," Jason says. Ryan takes Jason's hand and pulls him up to his feet. Jason stumbles but regains his balance, "Thanks," Jason says.
Ryan looks over at Arceus and is a bit weary as she makes eye contact with him, "And her?" he asks, concerned she might try something.
"I am fine if that was what you were going to ask," Arceus says hinting some humor.
"She isn't trying to kill us anymore Ryan. I showed her the past and now she realizes her mistake," Jason explains.
"And a very hard lesson I am to ever learn. I don't expect your forgiveness after my actions but I simply want you to know I am terribly sorry for this. I kept a selfish grudge on your kind and I wasted the past million years of my life trying to eradicate you. I hope you find it in your heart to understand my mistake," Arceus explains.
Ryan looks down and nods lightly, "It's… understandable I guess," Ryan says. This surprises both Jason and Arceus, "What?" Ryan asks. Arceus looks away shamefully as Jason places a hand on Ryan's shoulder. Ryan looks up to his brother and becomes concerned.
"Um… Dad is…" Jason starts to say but trails off. Ryan gains a look of worry and looks over at Arceus, she looks away from him and realization hits him like a ton of bricks.
"D-dad… you…" Ryan's fist clenches up tightly in pure anger.
"Ryan, it isn't her fault," Jason tries to explain to him but Ryan lashes out at Arceus.
"YOU KILLED HIM?! HOW COULD YOU?" Ryan cries out. Jason holds him back and restrains his brother's arms in a bear hug.
"Ryan calm down," Jason tells him but Ryan ignores him.
"JASON SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU WHEN HE COULD'VE!" Ryan screams in rage.
"I'm sorry," Arceus says quietly.
"YOU DON'T DESERVE TO-" Ryan stops mid-sentence as Jason's eyes glow pink. Using hypnosis, he knocks Ryan unconscious.
Jason carries Jason over to Salamence and spawns some rope out of nothing and ties Ryan around the back of Salamence's neck. Salamence bends down to Jason, "Do you know where the others are?" Jason asks.
"Yes, I will take you to them," she says and flies up into the air.
Jason turns to Arceus and flares his God form, standing tall above her, "Are you strong enough to fly?" he asks.
"Ngh, I might but I need help," Arceus says and tries to get up but falls back down in pain.
"Here let me help," Jason says, bending down using what strength he has to carry her in his arms. He manages to get both of them in the air and follows Salamence.
As they fly, Jason senses Arceus is feeling troubled, "You… okay?" Jason asks.
"Your brother is young, he isn't as understanding as you are. I feel terrible for making him feel that way and… killing your father," Arceus explains, looking away for a moment.
"Owning your mistake takes guts, but saying someone will get over it just like that is a selfish thing to say. It's good to know you're not the latter," Jason says.
"A Goddess is not selfish, I refrain from acting like that as it is the downfall of any being with a dream. I am also troubled what those humans took from me," Arceus says.
"What about?" Jason asks.
"My blood is sacred. If they consume my blood in any way they will receive my abilities as a god. However, I discovered their true plan… one that threatens everyone's existence. I will explain *grunt* later," Arceus explains as Salamence lands on a dirt road.
Cabale and Espeon run out and smile greatly as they see Jason descend from the sky but fades when they see Arceus float down next to him. Cabale runs up to Salamence and unties Ryan from her neck and carries him down, "Oh my goodness, what's wrong with Ryan? Is he hurt?" Cabale asks.
"No, I simply knocked him out for the time being. Nothing serious," Jason clarifies. Cabale nods and lays Ryan down on the ground, "Where's Amy? I know she was here," Jason asks.
"She's-"
"Fine. Your mate is fine. I knocked her unconscious before our fight. She is leaning against a tree over there," Arceus cuts in, pointing in Amy's direction. Jason looks at Arceus surprised, "Don't question me, I can sense her. Go," Arceus encourages him. Jason reverts back to Human form and runs into the forest to find Amy just barely waking up.
"Amy, you're okay," Jason says, crouching down to see her tire face.
"Hey Jason… I didn't know you were here," she says with a small smile. Jason chuckles and hugs her to which she returns the hug lazily, "Careful there stud, I just woke up. What happened?" she asks rubbing her head.
"Well I kind of fought Arceus and I almost lost but I nearly sent her to Oblivion and then we were attacked by some Rogue Dragons who happened to take some of her blood-"
"Wait, she can bleed?" Amy asks, surprised.
"Yeah," Jason responds.
"Now I know I'm dreaming," Amy says crossing her arms.
"No for real they actually took her blood and it was all glowing and stuff," Jason tries to explain to her but her face remains unconvinced.
"*sigh* fine, I'll show you to her, come on," Jason says picking her up.
"Whoa wait Jason- Aah," Amy screams as he hastily picks her up and takes her to the dirt road.
Jason bursts out from the forest with Amy in his arms, her arms tightly wrapped around him, "See look, Arceus is right here," he says letting her stand up. Amy looks up at Arceus whom look down on her with her red eyes but this time not filled with anger but sadness.
"I am terribly sorry Amy for this. I don't expect an apology from you," Arceus apologizes.
"Heh, it's okay. You didn't hurt me much. I do accept your apology," Amy says cheerfully.
"Thank you Amy, you show great understanding… unlike Jason's brother however," Arceus focuses the attention to the unconscious Ryan on the ground.
"Oh… did you… um," Amy attempts to say but she knows Arceus knows what she is going to say. Arceus looks away from them and to the crater in the ground and closes her eyes, "Oh…" Amy says sorrowfully. She looks up at Jason whom is also looking at the crater. Jason turns to Amy, sadness in his eyes, "Oh Jason I'm sorry," Amy hugs Jason. Jason hugs her back tightly and slowly tears fall down from his eyes. Amy holds it in, not wanting to make Jason cry anymore, "Shh-shh, don't worry… I'm here," Amy assures Jason.
Arceus sees the sadness she's created and starts toward the crater. She stumbles and falls but gets back up again. As she walks she sees John body resting in the middle of the small crater. The ring around her waist disappears and she falls down just before the crater, her head hanging off the side of it, "I'm sorry John… I honestly had no *groan* idea," Arceus apologizes, her eyes scrunching in pain. She lift her head up and the small mask like scruff on her face retracts, revealing her mouth.
"It's okay… you didn't know," A voice responds to her.
"You're still alive?" she asks.
"Not yet no… is it okay if I ask a favor from you?" John asks.
"What is it?" she asks.
"I want you to help Jason as he grows to become the God he was meant to be… to be a good honest man. Can you do that for me?" John asks.
Arceus looks down at the side of the crater then back up at John and smiles, "Yes, of course I can," she says.
"Good… and one more thing," John adds in.
"Yes?" Arceus asks.
"Find someone… special to you… no one should live their lives alone…" John tells her. Arceus's eyes widen, never having the thought of living her life alone, never realizing she might need someone to help her make the greatest decisions.
"I… guess I should *chuckle*" Arceus says chuckling.
"Heh-heh… I longed to hear your laugh… heh… heh…" John's voice becomes faint and Arceus senses his life force slipping away.
"No I must *grunt* save you… for Jason's sake," she says. Her eyes glow blue but her head starts panging her with pain forcing her to stop, "Grrh," she grunts.
"Don't… this is how it was supposed to be… I have seen it that way… tell my sons… I will forever exist… in their memories… they can meet me there… goodbye… and thank you…"
Thank you.
Hey guys, it's been a while. Like I said in the previous chapter, it would take a while to finish and of course it has taken a while. If you are reader on my other story 'A Map to the Turian Heart' then you know I have put a halt on uploading any chapters on that to write this one.
The ending of this was hard to write. I watched a bunch of dramas from real life to animated dramas to get the vibe going. My writing speed depends on how I'm feeling which is kind of shitty but hey that's how I roll.
So deal with it.
Anyway, once this is posted and you start reading this, I will already be writing the next chapter in this and continuing with the other story which I have been ignoring for a long time. And now I'm sad.
This story has a while to go but I am determined to finish Part 1 by the end of this summer… at least I think. Once it's done there will be a few more stories I will upload, but I will get into that at the very, very, very, VERY, end of Part 1 of this story.
Someone asked me what Jason looked like so I drew a good enough sketch of him and posted him on a website called DeviantArt. I mentioned this before but I will say it again; My username is Venero117, pictures will be on the featured part of my page. I may upload some more sketches of the characters but it may take a while. Tell me how my Arceus looks like. I actually tried hard on her.
If there is something you don't understand in this story, message me or leave it in the review section and I'll answer it.
With all that said, leave a positive review, and as always…
Have a nice day ;)
