Nearly two months since I have updated already? Damn! This better not be Chrono's doing! I know how bothersome that guy can get when he messes with time.
*Pokes head out the door* Moonless(OC): Hey, he called you.
*In walks a Dialga-morph, reverted into his morph form after realizing he couldn't fit though the doorway* "You called?"
"No Chrono, you're dismissed."
Chrono: *Blinks* ...Okay.
"Before you go, change the time back to normal?"
Chrono: *Blinks again* No can't do, it really has been nearly two whole months. Even if I did, your writing progresses will be gone.
"...I knew that! I'm the author after all!"
Moonless(OC): *Scoffs* Genius.
"You want another time-out from puffs again?" I said, cracking my knuckles and getting ready to type away on the keyboard.
Moonless(OC): *Quickly scrambles away, waving frantically* No no no, I'm good!
"That's what I thought."
Now then... not much to say here but onto the reviews!
Jaegothis(Draconic Devastation):
So whoops I'm sorry for not reviewing n stuff
As I am typing this I can see the bottom of the chappy and spoilers are a thing so
... Arceus is dead?
So Resh has like, a doppelganger? And Zek is Resh? (Currently too lazy to type out full names) Jae is not smart and is therefore confused
I like Psychic's element. Psycho, and
I hate it when I press Shift and I have to re-type my review cause I go back like, three pages. Dang it.
Response:
Worry not, I do the same sometimes so we are even in a way.
Sadly yeah, Arceus is dead. :(
Once again, no doppelganger! Zekrom(Ideal) was disguised as Reshiram(Truth) but the real one confronted the fake one in the end.
I felt like if I tried, I could have come up with a better name than 'Psycho' for Moonless' fusion embracer/eeveelution timer to say.
Well, RIP. XP
Derpy 2.0: (Also, thank you for the double favorite and follow! ^_^ Hope you enjoy your stay here! 3)
Pokemorphs? Hosts? Mutants! Oh my.
Response:
Yep, you better believe it.
That's it for the reviews, without further ado... onto the chapter! :D
Chapter Twenty Nine: Infiltrate, Discover and, Spar?
"If there is anything else I hate in my life besides Mutants, it's probably mazes."
Rustling.
"Just a little bit more," the voice getting more anxious. "come on."
A bush shook slightly before a small section opened up to reveal a pair of teal blue eyes.
"Don't be what I think it iissss...and I'm back here again." replied the said voice with a tint of annoyance behind it. "Where the hell is it?..."
Shuffling through a large grass brush, Moonless growled at his own predicament when he came out in a tangled mess of vines, grass and leaves; it made him look like a horribly dressed up bush monster.
He quickly discarded the organic materials from his body before going back to check on his surroundings, in hopes of finding or spotting something new that he could have missed earlier.
Unfortunately, he found none, for the fourth time now as the Eevee's shoulders finally slumped in defeat. Seeing how he wasn't going anywhere with his search, Moonless decided to take a rest, groaning as he perched on a soft patch of grass with his back leaned against a tree.
"The endpoint where all the streets meet, is the center of a maze-like forest..." Moonless mumbled to himself, crossing his legs.
"Maze-like forest, maze like forest. Let's see..." The Eevee closed his eyes, digging deeper through his thoughts in hopes of jogging his memory for the missing piece to the puzzle. "An abandoned warehouse with tall, rusty and worn metal gates...in the center of a maze-like forest-"
Moonless' eyes opened and widened in realization. He mentally facepalmed before he deadpanned.
"How have I not noticed that I'm going in circles?..." He narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
For a second, a flash caught the attention of his eye. Looking closely, there seemed to be a minor distortion in space.
"Hold on. Is this?..."
Without any hesitation, Moonless pulled out a diamond-based ring and equips it.
*INFINITY PLEASE* *FIRE, WATER, ELECTRIC, GRASS, ICE, DARK, PSYCHIC, FAIRY*
Summoning Dracalibur in his hands, Moonless swung and immediately was met with resistance from a barrier of some sort, causing him to ricochet backwards. Along with the resistance was a bigger disturbance caused by Moonless' blade collision, and it seemed to have resulted in the already distorted space fluctuating.
Then, a portion of the forest began to fade away, and at that instance, revealed an unexpected sight; an abandoned warehouse in the middle of a dirt field, with rusty, worn down gates standing where the missing portion of the forest was supposed to be. The hidden view soon vanished as fast as it came to be, with the green 'forest' returning when the fluctuation in space began to clear up.
"Hmm..." Moonless flips Dracalibur over to wield the axe side of his hybrid weapon, shouting "Beserking Destiny!" in the process.
Positive light energy glowed around the entirety of Dracalibur, and the weapon increased dramatically in size before Moonless swung diagonally across the 'forest'.
Unlike the previous attempt, the blow this time was a lot more powerful that it immediately shattered the distortion. The now-broken distorted space began to flucuate once again, as the illusional view began to subside with the true sight of the warehouse returning.
"Clever, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Never thought they would build a headquarter at the center of Poke Utopia and then use magic to hide it." Moonless said through gritted teeth.
Getting over his anger, he made his way over to the gate, soon coming face to face with some tall, iron fence doors and barbed wires at the top. Smirking, Moonless simply jumped up in the air and brought his axe down in an overhead swing fashion. The barbed wires and fence gave out with little to no resistance.
Seeing a satisfying cut but not an overly large gap, he continued slicing away until it resulted in a more reasonable opening. Everything that he had managed to land a hit on was now reduced to a pile of scrap metal, lying on the side of the dirt field like a pile of leftover debri from construction. Satisfied with the damage, Moonless slung his axe over his shoulders and passed through the polished entrance, taking one last look at his work before continuing on his way over to the warehouse. The whole time, he wore a grin on his face.
"Too easy." Moonless said to himself, already finding his trip unnecessary and boring from having to do some housework remodel for his enemies. "Can't say I expect more."
A hooded figure stirred a bit and awoke from his sleep.
A Mawile-Mutant noticed the slight movement from her superior and asked, "Is something wrong Lord Ideal?"
Lifting his temple off his perched fist, Ideal said, "...He's here."
A Mawile-Mutant's ear twitched at this. "Who is?" She asked.
"Wizard." Ideal said in a monotone voice, leaning back into his throne-like seat and sat with his right leg crossed over his left.
"Wizard..." Sabrina growled.
"Let's see what he is up to." Ideal said.
Stopping in front of a large metal door, Moonless deliberately kicked it and the rusty hinges almost came off along with the door when it swung open.
"Anybody home?" Moonless yelled out into the dark sarcastically. "Of course there isn't, this place belongs to nobody!"
For a second, he actually had high hopes of finding something interesting and more exciting that will not leave him bore out of his mind. When he saw nothing of importance, he turned away in disappointment and was about to leave until a voice halted him.
"On a side note, maybe there is."
Out from the darkness were two silhouettes walking towards Moonless. It took some time but his eyes eventually adjusted to the dark, allowing him to see a dark cloaked figure with red-eyed peeking out from under its hood, along with a Mawile walking beside the figure.
"Hey! Haven't seen you in forever." Moonless said energetically while waving at the Mawile. Sabrina was fuming in place but she kept her composure.
"You have the guts to show up before us...Well, not only have you saved me the trouble of looking for you, but you have also dug your own grave." Sabrina said, a sadistic edge in her tone of voice.
"Blah blah blah, and here I thought, you would end your habit of nonstop rambling. Guess I was wrong." Moonless said mockingly, as an added insult to the injury.
"You little!-"
"No need to get fired up over this." Ideal said while raising a hand to cut Sabrina off. "Emotions can be your strength but they can also be your weaknessess."
"...Yes my lord, I apologize for my outrageous behavior." Sabrina lowered her head. Ideal waved her off.
"So, you must be Ideal?" Moonless asked, an arm rested on the base of that sword/axe hybrid of his.
"One and only." Ideal replied nonchalantly.
"You don't look...fit, for criteria that I've expected." Moonless said, rubbing his chin.
Ideal quirked an eyebrow. "Oh? You were expecting more from me? I'm flattered." Ideal said with his hands behind his band.
"Yep, your brother was exaggerating a bit too much about you." Moonless added, flashing an arrogant smile as he picked up his axe.
The Zekrom-morph took a step and brought his hand forward. "However, it would seem I have to prove myself to you to never underestimate others."
Without warning, the Arceus-morph dashed towards Ideal, coming close to about an inch before he swung his axe. "Now then, eat this!"
"Oh no you don't!" Sabrina said, jumping in to intervene at the last second, using strands of her mouth-like hair to lash out at Moonless.
Right as they connected, they came to an abrupt stop, just like how time seemed to have stopped for Sabrina when she felt a sudden blow to her abdomen. Looking down, she saw a leg pushing firmly against her, and it belonged to the Arceus-morph that should have been caught in her grasp.
"W-wha- How?!" Sabrina stammered, before feeling the full power from Moonless' kick and getting completely blown back by the force behind it.
"Wow, even I didn't expect there to be so much power in the kick." Moonless said, faking a look of astonishment at his accomplishment.
Disappearing from where he was and reappearing behind Ideal almost instantaneously, Moonless raised his axe as high as possible to deal one last powerful strike.
"You are wide open!" Moonless shouted, and just was about to bring his axe down for the finishing overhead blow, before interrupted by Ideal's haunting red glare.
One that seems to pierce through someone's soul and immobilizes them until they are drained completely null of life.
"Just like you." Ideal stated calmly, his red glare staring right into Moonless' teal blue ones.
Time seemed to have slowed for Moonless as he stood motionless in place, a lump beginning to form in his throat as he continued to stare forward. He had no clue how long it went on for, but he assumed it lasted quite a while, since his lungs began to hurt and sting from the lack of oxygen in his lungs. It's like fear itself has caused him to lose his ability to breathe properly.
Fear. Besides the stinging sensation, that's what he was feeling, or more accurately, hearing over and over again.
Whether or not he wanted it, his mental focus was directed to what Ideal said to him; embedded sharply in his mind was the word "fear", and it replayed over and over in his head, as if morality came back with a vengence to haunt him for committing a wrongful act.
The lump in Moonless' throat disappeared, but was utterly replaced by a dizzy, light-headed feeling instead. He felt his eyes getting heavy by the seconds, as if fatigue is finally getting to him. Then there is the dizziness that has numbed his body, to an extend that he didn't even feel anything when his entire body collapsed onto the ground. The last thing that he heard was the metal noise of his Dracalibur hitting the ground.
"You still got a lot to learn." Ideal said, like a parent scolding a child, while he stood towering over the fallen Arceus-morph. "If you think relying on luck will always help you through tough knots, then you are too naive, youngster."
To the side, Sabrina cackled devilishly. "Now for me to teach you something...Let this be a lesson that you will never forget, in your afterlife!"
Sabrina was about to bash Moonless in before the Arceus-morph's body puffed into a cloud of smoke, dispersing into the air and vanishing entirely.
"What the?!-" Sabina screeched.
Even Ideal had a look of suprise written all over his face. Eventually, both of them recovered from the initial shock, with Ideal being the first one to speak.
"...There is no mistake. No doubt that was the Sub-Vision skill." The Zekrom-morph started, stopping as he pondered. "So in that short of a time span, he had managed to reach a level where such a divine technique is childplay?..."
"Lord, if I may ask, what is this Sub-Vision skill that you are talking about?" Sabrina asked.
"The ability for users to detach their vision, technically their mind, from their body and place it into an identical, magically-forged substitute. A very useful and dirty technique indeed, especially to scout ahead and learn info on enemies' whereabouts. The body will stay intact, as long as one; the user still has Magic Energy to sustain the copy or two; when the substitute is destroyed, then the user's mind returns safely back to their body." explained Ideal, his face grimicing.
"Then he was merely..." Sabrina trailed off, stunned at the discovery.
"This is more troublesome than I thought." Ideal said firmly, although if anyone can look past the shadow to his face, they would see the amount of worry in his eyes.
And then, Moonless woke up with a start. He was breathing again, his senses have returned, and his head was clear from the fogginess feeling he experienced earlier. The thought of what happened earlier popped into his mind, as he quickly pushed himself up and held a defensive stance, ready to punch and pounce at whoever closest to him. Much to his surprise, he was no longer in the warehouse but standing in a wide, backyard garden that is full of grass. Looking around, he spotted a bench chair two inches away to his right and a giant mansion that belonged to the Skye resident.
That's when he remembered what actually happened.
"Right, when Magic Energy is low or the body is destroyed, the user's mind returns back to their body...Sub-Vision really distorts the mind huh." Moonless to to no one in particular, as he dropped his stance and sat back down on the grass.
Even though it was just a fluke to scout ahead, the Eevee can tell from this little vision encounter that this is no laughing matter that they mages are dealing with.
"You're right Reshiram, you weren't kidding..."
*/Flashback.../* (12 Hours ago...)
"No, that can't be..." Moonless said in disbelief. "You're kidding right?"
"He single-handedly took down Lord Arceus, Lady Mew and myself..."
"Single-handedly?!...All three of you at once?!"
Truth nodded, lowering his head in shame. Clenching his hand into a fist, he slammed it against the wall and said through gritted teeth. "...And I can tell he wasn't even trying in that fight."
Moonless looked at where his fist had connected, a heavy dent can be seen in the wall as the Reshiram-morph withdrew his hand from it. A long silence revolved around the two, being so quiet that the only thing that can be heard is the wind blowing against tree leaves.
Seeing how the Vast White Pokemon isn't going to speak anytime soon, Moonless broke the ice.
"Beating yourself over it won't help at this point...whatever happened has already occurred, there's no going back." Moonless said with a hand placed on the Dragon/Fire type's shoulder.
"I know..." Truth said before he turned around to face him, his facial expression serious again. "And that's why I'm planning to launch a counter-assault on them."
Moonless crossed his arms. "Annnd...you are going to need help with this aren't you?" Moonless said half jokingly.
"Is that supposed to be a rhetorical question or a rhetorical expression?" Truth asked, annoyed.
"I'm in on the liberation idea. It's always us, mages having to do the dirty hunting, for once I like the idea of having the headstart."
Truth nodded. "Good, glad to know we're on the same page."
"One problem down, one more to go." Moonless said.
Truth rose an eyebrow. "Hmm?" Moonless sighed.
"How exactly are we going to attack? For starters, we don't even know where they're at and second, we have no idea how to navigate inside their base." Moonless pointed out.
"Worry not, I have been to their headquarters multiple times, and I basically know my ways around even with a blindfold." Truth reassured.
"Ah great, a tour guide." The Eevee said sarcastically. Before Moonless can even laugh at his own joke, the cloaked figure tossed him a worned-scroll.
"Here's the location of the Mutant's facility, as well as the important places located within the facility." Truth explained. He saw Moonless look at the rolled-up piece of paper in confusion and then back at him.
"Wait, you mean you are not coming with us?" Moonless rose an eyebrow.
"No, but I'll be over to assist as soon as possible. I need to ensure all loose-ends are tied up, at least for just a while." Truth explained. "Even by all means, Lady Mew shall not-"
"Mew? Hold on, are you saying that she has no clues as to what had happened?"
"Yes." Truth paused for a while before he finished. "She was the first to be taken down, so she knows nothing of the aftermath."
"So you are not planning to tell her?"
"...I prefer not, at least for now we should keep the info low of notice." Truth said grimly.
"I don't know about this. After all, it's a god's whereabouts that we're hiding here-"
"I know!" Truth roared, startling Moonless cause the cloaked figure rarely raises his voice. He took a deep breath and regained his composure. "But if this information leaks, anarchy and chaos will surely follow...The last thing that we need to worry about is more trouble from the legends in the Hall of Origins."
"Ah-huh."
"That's about it, I will now be on my way. I trust you will fill in all the information to your friends?"
A nod, and so Truth nodded back in acknowledgment before taking his leave. At least, that was part of the plan until Moonless called out again.
"One more question, that is, if you don't find it personal." He heard Moonless call.
"I'm listening." Truth said, turning his head slightly.
"You are a legend in the Hall of Origins, am I correct?" Moonless said in more of a statement than question.
"Yes I am." Truth answered. "Why?"
"Yet, you distant yourself away from others, friends or allies alike. Why's that?" Moonless asked.
Instead of answering, Truth turned away and sighed. "...I have my reasons, you'll learn in due time...For now, focus on what is more important at hand."
*/Flashback Ends.../*
Exactly 12 hours have passed since Moonless' conversation with Truth, and the news that he had to give to his team earned some unpleasant reactions. At first, there was a complete total breakdown, some more dramatic than others. Good thing the house was packed with tissues; the guys were practically begging Mathias and Snow to prepare extras ever since the last late-night movie, more like 'chick-flicks' as the boys would call it.
Nonetheless, everyone were overall furious at the end, and they reluctantly agreed on the plan, wanting nothing more than to give the Mutants a taste of their own medicine. 'Sweet sweet revenge' as they call it or something close to those lines.
Moonless felt himself drifting more and more off into his mind as he recalled the current events, but one thing that stuck out most, besides the his encounter with Ideal, was what Truth said to him at the end. For some reason, it just bothered him to no end. The more he tried to push the thoughts away, the more his words came echoing in his mind.
"I have my reasons, you'll learn in due time...? What reason could possibly be separating you from your own friends and allies?" Moonless shook his head and let out a frustrated groan, dropping himself on the grass as he laid on his back. "Reshiram, I don't get you sometimes...I really don't." He sighed while closing his eyes.
The Eevee's train of thoughts were broken when someone called out, "Moonless!"
Upon hearing his name from behind, the Eevee opened his eyes and looked up, catching a glimpse of an upside-down Sylveon waving at him.
"Hmm? Oh morning Ribbon." Moonless greeted with a smile, completely forgetting about Truth's words. The Eevee rolled onto his stomach and propped his chin on his folded arms, watching silently as Ribbon approached him.
"Good morning, I see you have awaken at the crack of dawn." She said. Moonless rolled his eyes at that.
"It's 9 in morning, the sun is already up." He replied with a bored tone, returning to his laid-back position with his hands behind his head.
"Sheesh, lighten up would you? No need to get so worked up on some figure of speech." frowned Ribbon. She then sat next to him with her arms wrapped around her knees. "Must you always act this way?"
"I don't get your point." Moonless said with his eyes closed, yawning.
Ribbon sighed. "My point is, how can you be straight-forward at times, and so carefree other times?..." Her eager sky-blue eyes staring intently at him while she awaited her answer.
"Change in personality? It depends." Moonless said with a shrug. "Although I'm kinda eager to find out why you are so curious about me all of a sudden."
If he had his eyes opened at that moment, he would have been able to see the redness forming on Ribbon's face, as well as her nervousness for playing with her ribbon tendrils.
"N-No, I'm just bored, t-that's all." Ribbon stuttered, his statement catching her off-guard. Regaining her composure, she groaned childishly. "Anything we can do to pass time?"
With one eye open, Moonless rose an eyebrow at the mention of 'we' but he shrugged it off. "I'm open for ideas."
"Then..." She pondered for a bit, a finger on her chin. "This might sound random, but you want to have a little spar?"
The Eevee's left ear perked up in interest, though he did find the idea weird, since it is quite rare to hear Ribbon say things that are related to fighting. Regardless, now both of Moonless' eyes were open. "Spar? Like with weapons or hand-to-hand?" The Eevee asked as he sat upright.
"Well, not really what I had in mind." Ribbon puts on a thinking face and mumbled aloud. "I was thinking more about a spar training with magic powers..."
Moonless tilted his head. "What was that?"
"Nevermind, I want to see where I match against you." Ribbon blurted out, her face serious.
"...What now?" Moonless blinked, not sure where this is going. "Can you rephrase?"
"Alright," Ribbon started, noticing the blank look on the Eevee's face. "we fight with our magic powers and the first person to get knocked down loses...clear?" Ribbon elaborated.
It took a while for the information to register but eventually it settled in the Eevee's mind. Still, a question lingered in his mind.
"What's the catch?..." Moonless narrowed his eyes as if he is eyeing a suspicious person guilty of a crime.
"The loser has to listen and do whatever the winner tells them to do!" Ribbon said, winking at the end.
"Not interested." Moonless abruptly replies, and goes back to lying on his back in the soft grass. The answer Ribbon got almost made her trip and fall over.
"W-With additional Poke Puffs for the winner!" Ribbon quickly added, hoping then it will persuade the Eevee. She did, however, get more than she expected; Moonless' instantaneous movement of his body jolting upwards into a sitting position made her flinch and yelp in surprise.
"Second thought, where do I sign up and what of the rules?" Moonless said sarcastically, trailing off into a light smirk at the end. Ribbon sighed, shaking her head frantically.
"Sometimes I wonder why I even fell for you..." Ribbon then smiled mischievously. "Nevertheless, no rules...except for a full-on fight, that is."
"Everything eh?" Moonless thought for a moment, before a smirk formed. "You're on."
Almost instantly the smirk was wiped clean off his face; as he saw something fly towards him at an alarming speed, and he barely avoided it by turning aside. As it flew by, he eyes picked up the details and saw that it was none other than a titanium bullet, missing him narrowly and instead disintegrated a garden chair that was placed a few feet away from him.
"Um...I think you overdid it a bit." He said, sweatdropping while staring at the destroyed property.
*ACTIVATING...PRIMAL, GRACIAS*
Just as he turned to face Ribbon, he saw the extra bows and ribbons appearing, along with a bigger ribbon behind her back that acted as a streamer. As the light disappeared, it signaled the completion of her Primal stage transformation.
"Well that's the whole point of no rules...anything applies." Ribbon smirked, pretending to blow 'smoke' off the tip of her gun.
Now it was Moonless' turn to smirk. "You are SO on." The Eevee added as he fitted on a ruby-based ring with a fire avatar.
Mirroring his expression, Ribbon immediately fired a volley of bullets at the Eevee.
*CONNECTION PLEASE*
Dodging the first few shots, Moonless followed up by projecting his connection spell void to his left, before he pulled out his sword-adjusted GunXword to deflect the remaining bullets that were approaching from different angles.
"Transform!" shouted the Eevee as he quickly swipes the embracer with his left hand to initiate his transformation. *FLAME PLEASE* *FIRE, FIRE, FIRE FIRE FIRE*
Shortly after his transformation, Ribbon was nowhere to be found in sight. As a battle cry can be heard overhead, he looked up to see Ribbon falling straight down at him. Her weapon no longer a gun but a sword, the blade emits a charge of energy derived from activation of the special strike attack. Moonless got into a stance and held his sword defensively, awaiting to block the blow that was coming right about now.
"At that velocity, my arm is for sure going to snap if I block it..." Moonless chuckled lightly. He took a hold of his sword in his left and swapped his spell ring, kissing the surface as a good luck charm. "I'm counting on you."
In the process of doing so, a fiery red aura, burning and glowing; it began to emit off of Moonless' body. Smiling to himself, the Flareon stood his ground confidently and prepared to swing at the right time to parry the high velocity strike. Ribbon is in for a surprise.
"3...2..." Moonless counted as her figure appeared larger and larger. "1..." When she was mere inches from his face, their blades clashed, hard. In fact, they hit with the same amount of force that they completely cancelled each other out.
"Great job in using velocity in your advantage." Moonless complimented. The Sylveon giggled cutely at that.
"Nice save with the Undying Rage there." Ribbon returned, flashing him a smile.
"Continue?" Moonless suggested, getting a "Gladly." from Ribbon.
They gave each other a-breather and some space to separate first, and when they were both ready, they were brawling at it again.
Moonless' sword was met with a clash from Ribbon's sword, an equal amount of force exchanged in their collision. Diverting to attack from different openings, blows were exchanged back and forth between them without either side giving in. Seeing a wrong-footing from Ribbon, the Flareon used this chance to go for a forceful swing, ending with a powerful clash that knocked the Sylveon back when she parried it.
"You're getting stronger, that's for sure." Moonless grunted out. Ribbon maneuvered herself into a flip with the knockback's momentum and landed with both her feet on the ground.
"And you too," Ribbon said in a half pant and half grunt. "given the fact that your Undying Rage has expired not so long ago, you are keeping up just fine."
"Call it quits?" Moonless asked.
"Nope! An upgrade!" Ribbon said with glee.
"Not what I had in mind." sighed Moonless.
Now it was Ribbon's turn to change her rings, as she switched out her current transformation ring with a more energy radiant one that she pulled out.
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL PRIMAL, GRACIAS*
Transforming herself from a Primal Sylveon into a 'Xerneas', she grinned at Moonless' annoyed expression.
"You're not going to keep a lady waiting, are you?" Ribbon said teasingly, brushing a lock of hair out of her face.
"We kinda totaled the garden, don't you think?" He reasons, but Ribbon was not having any of his excuses.
"Come on Moonless, none of that. It's just a spar, it's not like we're ripping each others thr- you get the idea." Ribbon said, images of what she was about to say flashed in her mind and made her shudder.
"No means no..." Moonless said sternly, his arms crossed in a disapproving manner.
"Even if it is just a look?" Ribbon said innocently, giving him puppy-doll eyes.
"Grr...Why do you have to be so cute?..." Moonless said, not caring the fact that he said it aloud.
Ribbon's face flushed from embarrassment, but she kept that to herself. To think that she actually ended up in a relationship with her long-time crush is still beyond her, and so it is still taking time for her to get acquainted because she has to constantly remind herself that this is no dream.
"Please, just...hurry up." Ribbon said, trying to focus their attention on other matters.
"Alright, here goes nothing." Moonless said, a little excited but also nervous, since this is gonna be the second time that he used the ring ever since it came into his possession.
*INFINITY PLEASE* *FIRE WATER ELECTRIC GRASS ICE DARK PSYCHIC FAIRY*
When the transformium void dissipated, a rush of wind blew from behind Moonless, causing his white coattails to flap loudly. Nonetheless, the once Flareon was now transformed into an 'Arceus', with fiery crimson eyes and a trim of teal blue coloration in places where it should have been yellow.
"Your power has definitely increased, maybe even more than my Mythic Primal form." Ribbon said awestruck.
"Yeah, things have been pretty weird ever since I have gotten my Infinity form." Moonless said, inspecting himself up and down.
"But there is only one way to find out."
"Ribbon, I thought we had a talk about this-"
"My fingers were crossed~" Ribbon chirped, holding out her left hand that was behind her back, showing off the two fingers that she had crossed. In her other hand, already was her weapon raised above her head, her sword ready to be brought down anytime.
Moonless cursed silently. "Lovely..."
"Looks like I win~" Grinning at the sight of victory, Ribbon sang, "Time for you to take me out on a d-"
It was cut short as a sword axe hybrid materialized in front of Moonless, shielding him from her sword. Even Ribbon failed to foresee this coming, as she can only blink in surprise. "Eh?..."
"But luckily, Dragareus is always by my side to back me up."
Ribbon retracted her sword and leaped back, going into a state of complaint frenzy. "Ooooooh! So close!" Ribbon whined.
"Sorry Ribbon, looks like you won't be winning that easily after all." Thinking back to what she was about to say, he asked, "That reminds me, were you trying to say date?"
All whining stopped completely as Ribbon blushed a deep shade of red. She nodded shyly and said, "Y-Yes..."
Moonless opened his mouth to say something but she quickly cuts him off.
"But that little setback is not discouraging me from winning!" Ribbon said with a look filled with determination, making a dash for it with Quick Attack and closing in at a blur-like speed. "Laugh at it all you want while you can, it won't be long, till I tease you to the fullest when I claim victory!~"
"How did a spar turn into this?..." Moonless pondered, temporarily ignoring all the things going on around him.
"You know, you could have just asked..." Moonless said as he sidestepped a vertical slash.
"Never!" Ribbon said playfully, as she continued on with her offensive onslaught.
"And where the hell did you inherit that stubbornness from?" Moonless said as he dodged swipe after swipe of Ribbon's blade.
"From you!" Moonless was taken back at the sudden outburst, but proceeded back to whatever he was doing before when Ribbon approached him again. "Just stand still and let me hit you already! Make this easier for both of us."
"You can stop, you know." Moonless deadpanned, but was met with a shout of "No!"
"This is never going to end..." Moonless mentally facepalmed and raised his Dracalibur, both weapons meeting to collide and create a loud ear-piercing sound. "But I do like your persistent side, even if it's just once in a while."
"S-Shut up! You talk too much; less talking more fighting!"
"Well, you can always shut me up." Moonless suggested.
"You know what? Gladly!" Ribbon gritted her teeth and did exactly that, changing her spell ring, swiping and initiating her Geomancy special attack.
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL GEOMANCY, GRACIAS*
"Uh-oh." Moonless said, knowing that things are about to get intense.
"Hiyaaaaaaaa!" Ribbon gave a battle cry and discharged a beam of fairy energy at Moonless, a powerful explosion of energy occurring where it hit.
Ribbon was resorted to a cycle of short and quick breaths, with that last attack draining most of her energy away.
"I...did what you requested..." Ribbon looked as if she was ready to pass out from shortness of air, so she took a deep breath continuing. "Hope that didn't disappoint you, love~"
The smoke and dust cleared to show an motionless 'Arceus-morph' that was laying on his side.
"Opps..." Ribbon said sheepishly, before breaking into a run towards the spot that Moonless was lying. "Oh my Arceus! I'm so sorry Moonless! What do I do, what do I do?!"
Just as she was about to fear for the worse, a laugh broke her out of her panic and left her in confusion. Looking down, he saw Moonless laughing with his hands clutched onto his stomach, his eyes tearing up from laughing so hard.
"Y-Your expression..." Moonless barely got two words out of his mouth and broke into laughter again. "Oh Arceus...It's priceless!"
All laughter came to a stop and was replaced with a shriek of pain from Moonless when he was hit with a Moonblast to the face.
"I deserved that..." Moonless said with his face still planted in the grass, or what's left of it after their 'spar'.
"You're lucky it wasn't another Geomancy, or you will probably be six feet right now." Ribbon spat coldly, her arms crossed.
Moonless winced at that, and realizing what she had just said, Ribbon bit her bottom lips shamefully. Maybe it came out a little too harsh that she intended.
"S-Sorry...That was cruel of me..." Ribbon's ears drooped and she hung her head low.
"No need to apologize...I have my wrongdoings too," Moonless said, pausing to scratch his head awkwardly. "we good?"
"Mmmhmm," Ribbon hummed while nodding, causing Moonless to sigh in relief. "after you give me a kiss, that is~" She teased afterwards.
Moonless shot her an annoyed look, and said sarcastically, "What a great way to provide zero effort into trying to make me feel better about kissing you..."
Ribbon frowned. "Sheesh, and what a way to provide zero effort into trying to comfort a gir- MMPH?!"
Ribbon's sentence was cut short when Moonless promptly pulls her close and planted his lips against hers. It felt good, very similar but also weird and foreign at the same time, maybe because the change in looks and appearance also gave the feeling a new taste to it. Although the kiss was short when they broke up about a few seconds later, every second felt like bliss for Ribbon.
"Looks like a kiss is a surefire way to silence a girl." Moonless chuckled, leaving Ribbon blushed red like a Tamato-berry. "I'm kidding about before, by the way." She blushed even harder.
"A-Anyways..." Ribbon said, trying to change the subject to make things less awkward for herself. "How were you able to sustain that hit?"
"I don't know, I honestly don't know the logic behind it either, but apparently my defense statistics are enhanced greatly in this form." Moonless said with a shrug. "Oh yeah, let's not forget about the glowing white aura."
"Looks like someone has reached a divine level. You may even rival Arceus." Ribbon said with a grin, Moonless rolled his eyes at that.
"I doubt it. As much as I know, this...Divine form of mine contains only eight out of the 18 plates in existence, with the remaining ten in Arceus' possession."
"Two plate difference? Doesn't seem that big of a deal to me." Ribbon said.
"You'll be surprised to know just how much these plates can do." Moonless mumbled.
"Do you actually have eight of them?" Ribbon asked, causing Moonless to chuckle lightly.
"Well no, Dragareus is the proud owner; it's his life force after all. At most I can only draw out the plates' powers with the rings."
"Ah." mouthed Ribbon in understanding.
"I guess that's about it for the fight." Ribbon pouted at this. The score has yet to be settled, but Moonless did not notice and went on to say, "The problem is, how do we clean up this mess now that we have successfully destroyed the yard?"
"Leave it to me." Ribbon said, sighing. She pulls out her Fairy Scent ring and equips it, activating the spell and slowly bringing back to life the green scenery in the yard, exactly to way it was before.
"That's one way to do it." Moonless said as he pulled lose the tip of his Dracalibur that was in the ground. Slanting it over his shoulder, he began to take his leave.
Step by step, Moonless strolled, but by the time he took his fifth step, he felt his head starting to spin. He tried to shake it off, but it seemed to have made it worse.
"Ergh...!" Moonless felt his hold weakening, and as a result, his Dracalibur slipped out of his hand and created a loud metallic sound when it fell onto the ground. Soon following afterwards, he felt his knees weakening and collapse goes with the rest of his body.
The metal noise had already startled Ribbon. At first she thought Moonless wasn't watching where he was going and had accidentally tripped over, which caused Ribbon to giggle just from picturing the thought in her mind. She snapped out of her daze when she heard a thud, as she turned around to see Moonless' fallen form.
"Need help Mr. Don't-Know-How-To-Watch-Where-He-Is-Going?" Ribbon playfully teased, oblivious to what just happened.
Seeing Moonless nonmoving figure again, she frowned. "Enough, stop it with your games Moonless...This is not a laughing matter. I fell for it once, I won't fall for it again."
Waiting a little bit longer and still no response, she called out. "Moonless?"
A few more minutes of waiting and still came no reply. Now Ribbon was beginning to feel worried. "Seriously, this needs to stop-"
Then something unexpected occurred, a bright light surrounded Moonless and it disappeared as soon as it came. Gone along with it is his Infinity transformation, reverting Moonless back into an Eevee-morph.
"A forced withdrawal? Dear Arceus no." Throwing all previous thoughts out the window, Ribbon rushed to his side almost immediately.
"Moonless?" Ribbon called but he didn't answer back. She tried shaking him, but to no avail.
"Moonless, wake up...Seriously, this is not funny." Ribbon pleaded, her eyes getting a bit teary.
Still no response.
"This can't be happening...Please tell me you are just messing with me." Ribbon whimpered with a tear trail falling out from the corner of her eyes. She buried her face into the Eevee's side and cried, "...PLEASE!" with parts of her sentence muffled.
A groan was heard, and soon the Eevee began to stir. Feeling Moonless' body shift a bit, the Sylveon shot upwards.
"Moonless? Moonless!" Ribbon said happily, a smile of relief forming as she watched the Eevee sit up.
"Hey Ribbon..." Moonless said weakly, rubbing his aching neck. "Had to take a little nap, hope you were fine with that."
"You idiot!...you had me really worried there." Ribbon said, throwing herself at the Eevee and hugging him close by the neck.
"Can't...breathe..." Moonless choked out.
Ribbon broke away, not before lightly smacking him on the arm. "And that's for scaring me." She said a pouting tone.
Noticing the bits of tear trails, he raised a hand to wipe them away. "Sorry...Kinda passed out from Magic Energy Exhaustion."
"I forgive you," Ribbon sniffled slightly, cleaning the remaining stains with a smile. "your well-being means more to me." The Eevee chuckled at this, and then sighed.
"What am I without you?..." Moonless said dreamily, bringing the Sylveon into a hug and nuzzling against her. Ribbon giggled at the affection and nuzzled back.
Stopping the playful act, they began staring lovingly into each others eyes. Smiling warmly at each other, they got closer and closer till their lips were mere inches away.
Of course, some endings can never be too happy.
From out of nowhere, a loud voice interrupts the two, completely ruining the mood.
"Damn it, don't make such a commotion so early in the morning! There are people trying to sleep you know!" It was Blade. "Also, get a room you two!"
They both groaned loudly at the obnoxious disruption. The atmosphere became a little awkward for the two, that was until a light bulb popped in Moonless head. Ribbon had a look of curiosity when a devious smirk formed on Moonless' face.
"You're right! But you are not in any position to talk about others when you and Fiona have already reached third base!" Moonless shouted directly back at Blade, his smirk replaced by a mischievous smile.
Ribbon easily caught-on to what he was trying to do, and then covered her mouth to suppress her giggles, at which Moonless found cute in her doing so. Such sweet revenge that Blade is getting.
"S-SHUT UP MOONLESS! KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN WOULD YOU?!" Blade screeched.
At this point, Ribbon tried to contain only her laughter, giggling at the side while Moonless shrugged. The Eevee saw Ribbon's expression and couldn't help but chuckle himself. "He's the one shouting." He said, Ribbon nodded in agreement, a hand still covering her mouth to contain her laughter.
Then, multiple voices can be heard, all of which are directed towards Blade.
"BLADE/HONEY! SHUT THE HELL UP!"
I know it wasn't too much for sure, but I hope it was still enjoyable to a certain extent.
