Yeah, I used some parts of the Mewtwo Strikes Back movie, don't judge me.
Chapter 36: Not so Calm After the Storm
"Lucario is... human?!" Floatzel gaped as the other Representatives became speechless.
Sakura looked over at Ho-oh. "You knew?"
Ho-oh nodded. "But I wasn't suppose to reveal it to anybody. That is what Sir Aaron told me."
"What are you talking about?! You were dropping hints!" Floatzel shouted.
Ho-oh sighed. "You never found out until now, though."
Sakura looked back over at Syaoran in disbelief as her eyes started to water.
"H-Hey! Why are you crying?!" Syaoran said bewildered and confused about why Sakura was starting to cry.
Suddenly, Sakura rushed up to him and threw her arms around him, engulfing him in a big hug.
"I'm so glad! You've finally found who you are, Lucario-san! And you were finally able to leave that lonely world, Kohaku-chan!" Sakura cried.
Syaoran widened his eyes in shock.
He then blushed and hugged her back, letting himself take comfort in her hug.
Mewtwo and Mew were hovering above, watching the scene below.
"It's true... That you're a Pokemon who exists just like I do." Mewtwo said as Mew nodded.
"Even though they are human, both have incredible power that I did not understand. But now, seeing what power both human and Pokemon share, it doesn't matter how you were born into this world, it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." Mewtwo said as his and Mew's body started to glow.
The walls of Mewtwo's palace started to deteriorate and everything started glowing with white light.
Sakura and Syaoran looked up to see Mewtwo and Mew fly up into the sky.
"Mewtwo-san, where are you going?" Sakura called.
"Where my heart can learn what yours knows so well and continue to go on living in this world. I will always remember what you showed me here and it shan't ever be forgotten." Mewtwo said as he and Mew flew off in separate directions in the sky.
Suddenly, a bright light came from underneath Sakura and the others and spread through out the whole palace, causing it to disappear as well as the island.
OOOOOOO
!BEEP! !BEEP! !BEEP! !BEEP!
Sakura suddenly sat up in bed, kicking the sheets off her bed and looked around drowsily with the alarm clock in her hands.
"Hoe..? Morning already?" Sakura yawned and then stretched.
As she got out of bed, she looked out her window at the tree outside.
Sakura stood staring at it for a moment, when Eevee came up.
"Good morning!" Eevee said with a smile.
"Good morning." Sakura said. "Where's Lucario-san?"
"You mean, Syaoran?" Eevee said.
Sakura suddenly remembered the battle on Mewtwo's island and how it was revealed that Lucario was actually human.
"AH! H-How did we end up back here in the house?!" Sakura cried in confusion.
"Mewtwo and Mew caused the island and the palace to disappear with their psychic powers, which teleported us back home. We'll talk about the details later. But shouldn't you be getting ready for school." Eevee said pointing at the clock.
"HOEEE!! You're right!" Sakura cried as she ran back and forth trying to get ready.
Buizel came from the closet and sighed. "Some things never change."
"Nope." Eevee chuckled.
From downstairs, Toya was listening to his sister run back and forth, causing a ruckus so early in the morning.
Toya let out a sigh as he took a seat at the table as Fujitaka put down breakfast.
"Good morning!" Sakura greeted as she rushed down the stairs and over to the table.
"Good morning, Sakura-san." Fujitaka greeted with a smile.
"We got some complaints about the noise you were making up there, you know?" Toya said with a smirk.
"We did not! I wasn't that loud!" Sakura shouted with a mad-mark on her head.
Toya smirked as he finished his breakfast and walked towards the door.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Sakura cried as she gobbled down her breakfast and raced after her brother.
"Take care!" Fujitaka said as opened up the gate as Sakura skated through.
"See you later!" Sakura called as she tried to catch up with Toya.
Sakura turned a sharp corner when she saw him and pushed herself to catch up to him.
"Wait!" Sakura gasped as she tried to catch her breath.
"You eat way too much breakfast." Toya groaned.
"But..." Sakura said as she looked over where Yukito usually waited for them, but wasn't there.
"Where's Yukito-san?" Sakura asked, slightly disappointed.
"I don't know, he was kinda out of it yesterday." Toya said.
'I wonder if Lugia-san is okay too.' Sakura wondered.
The bell rang for school to start soon as Sakura entered the classroom.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo greeted.
"Good morning." Sakura said with a smile.
"Is something bothering you?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hoe?" Sakura said puzzled.
"You look a little less cheerful today." Tomoyo said.
"I didn't get to see Yukito-san today and Oniichan said he was kinda out of it yesterday when he went over to get something." Sakura said.
"By the way, did something happen yesterday? I didn't see you at all yesterday." Tomoyo said.
"Good morning!" Eriol greeted as he came through the door.
"I'll tell you later." Sakura whispered as Eriol came over. "Good morning, Eriol-kun!"
"Good morning." Tomoyo said as Eriol nodded.
Sakura noticed several band-aids on his face, one on his cheek and another on over his nose.
"What happened Eriol-kun?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, I had a little trouble with some visitors." Eriol said while narrowing his eyes slightly.
"What happened?" Tomoyo asked.
"Things got a little rowdy, but it's all right now." Eriol said as he took his seat and Sakura looked at him confused.
"I'm starting homeroom now." Mr. Terada said as he came through the door as the students rushed back to their desks.
Sakura gave him one final glance before she sat down.
After Mr. Terada took attendance he said, "Today, I'll introduce you to a new student."
Excitement rose from the class as Tomoyo leaned over to Sakura.
"I wonder who it'll be." Tomoyo said as Sakura nodded, also eager to find out who the new student is.
"Come on in!" Mr. Terada called.
Sakura gasped when the boy walked into the classroom and stood in front of the classroom.
Mr. Terada wrote his name on the board to introduce him.
"Syaoran Li. He'll be joining us from now on, so be nice to him!" Mr. Terada said.
"Okay!" the class said.
"Now, his seat... Let's see..." Mr. Terada scanned the classroom, when he spotted an empty seat right behind Sakura. "The seat behind Kinomoto-san is empty."
Sakura looked behind her then over at Syaoran who was walking towards her.
He passed by her without a word as Sakura looked back at him.
Syaoran noticed her looking at him and shot her a glare, telling her to stop.
Sakura flinched and turned around.
"What was that about?" Tomoyo whispered to Sakura.
"I don't know..." Sakura said as she gave Syaoran a side glance.
Ruka noticed Sakura looking at Syaoran and narrowed his eyes.
Eriol just smiled humorously as he got out a book.
After the class ended and recess started, Syaoran quickly walked out and into the courtyard.
"Hey, Li-kun! You want to-" Yamazaki started but Syaoran walked past him.
"Eh?" Yamazaki said confused.
"What's with him?" Chiharu asked.
"I wonder where he came from?" Naoko said.
"He sure is quiet." Rika said.
Eriol chuckled. "He's just not used to being around so many people."
"You know him, Hiiragizawa-kun?" Chiharu asked.
"You can say that." Eriol said before walking away.
OOOOOOO
Many thoughts swirled through Syaoran's mind as he gazed up at the sky from the tree behind the school.
He wondered if Sakura would look at him the same way as when he was Lucario and if he could still access his powers.
Syaoran sat up and put his hands together and focused his energy into his palms.
He looked down at his hands and was surprised to see an Aura Sphere in his hands.
'I can still use my attacks...' Syaoran thought in surprise.
Syaoran heard voices coming towards him, so he quickly made the Aura Sphere disappear.
"So you fought the Pokemon who created that storm and stopped all of those shadow clones? That's amazing!" Tomoyo said as Sakura rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment.
"It wasn't just me, it was Eevee-chan, Lugia-san, and all of the Representatives. But, Lucario-san was the one who helped me the most." Sakura said smiling.
Syaoran heard this and blushed.
"I didn't do that much, did I...?" Syaoran mumbled to himself.
"What did Lucario-san do?" Tomoyo asked.
"He saved my life, by sacrificing his own." Sakura said sadly.
Tomoyo put a hand to her mouth. "You mean he's..."
Sakura shook her head. "He's not gone. And I'm thankful that he's still alive. He has helped me so much. I still need to give him the gift I made for him."
"What gift?" Syaoran asked out loud.
Sakura looked up to see him sitting in the tree. "Oh, Li-kun, it's you!"
Syaoran frowned. "Don't call me that."
"Hoe? Call you what?" Sakura asked.
"You call people by their first name if you've known them for a while, right?" Syaoran said.
Sakura nodded, confused by why Syaoran didn't like her calling him "Li-kun".
"You've met before?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yeah." Sakura said as she looked up at Syaoran. "He's the one who saved my life."
Tomoyo's eyes widened in shock. "He's Lucario-san?"
Syaoran folded his arms. "Yeah, yeah, I'm human, surprise over."
"I never would have thought that Lucario-san would actually be human. I mean, he disliked them at the beginning, right?" Tomoyo said as Syaoran sweatdropped.
"Well, I didn't know that I was human then." Syaoran said gritting his teeth in annoyance.
"I've been meaning what you're doing here, Lucario-san." Sakura said.
Syaoran let out an exasperated sigh.
(Flashback)
"Syaoran, this is Wei. He's the one who took us in when he found out we were Pokemon." Marina said as a man with greying hair bowed curtly.
"Nice to meet you, Syaoran-sama. I work for a rich company and I'm also secretly a Pokemon researcher." Wei said. "I find it very intriguing that a person would turn into a Pokemon just through memory suppression."
Syaoran looked away, not liking how he was brought into this house just so someone could study him.
Wei seemed to know what he was thinking and smiled. "I'm retired. So it's not like I'm going to run any tests on you, if that's what you think."
"You're over suspicious, Syao-chan." Marina said, causing a mad-mark to appear on the back of Syaoran's head.
"Don't call me that!" Syaoran shouted as Wei, Lance, and Volkner looked at him weird.
"What?" Syaoran said.
Marina pointed to his head and Syaoran gazed up to see pointy blue ears sticking out of his head.
"AHHH!! What is this?!" Syaoran shouted feeling the soft ears on his head.
Wei put a hand to his chin, wondering why Syaoran retained some of Lucario's physical features, but why did they suddenly appear now?
Syaoran also noticed that he also had his Lucario tail sticking out, causing him to get very flustered.
"I wonder if this has to do with you resuming your human form after being a Pokemon for so long." Wei said.
After Syaoran calmed down, his Lucario ears and tail had disappeared.
"It looks like those poke out when he's angry or flustered." Lance said as he sipped some tea at the table.
"Just be careful with that at school." Wei said.
"What? School?" Syaoran said.
"Yes, tomorrow, you will be the newest student at Tomoeda Elementary school." Lance said.
"WHAAAATTTT?!" Syaoran shouted, as a loud crashing sound followed.
"Syaoran, regular people don't flip over tables like that. Especially when people are sitting there." Lance said.
(End of Flashback)
Syaoran put a hand to his face and put the other into a fist. "Lance... I'm going to kill him..."
Sakura looked at Syaoran weird, since Syaoran was basically talking to himself and didn't answer her question.
The bell rang, indicating that break was over.
Syaoran jumped down and walked towards class with his hands in his pockets.
"Hoe? Li-kun, wait!" Sakura called.
Syaoran whirled around to face her and frowned. "I told you to stop calling me that!"
Tomoyo leaned over to Sakura and whispered. "I think he feels by you calling him, Li-kun, that you aren't looking at him the same way you did when he was Lucario-san."
Sakura looked back at Syaoran, who just rounded a corner.
As Sakura and Tomoyo rushed to class, Sakura felt a jolt ripple through her body and looked around.
"What is it, Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked.
"I thought I..." Sakura said as the other bell rang.
"HOEEE!! Never mind!" Sakura cried as she and Tomoyo raced to class.
Hiding in the shadows of a tree, a large gecko-like creature with leaves coming out of its arms and a boy in a dark green cloak, that covered his face, were watching.
"She's still has that spazzy personality of hers." Grovyle said.
"Yeah..." the boy said.
"You have to be careful. You cannot show your face to her or Syaoran." Grovyle said. "If that were to happen... The future may be jeopardized."
"... I know." the boy said jumping down to the ground frm the tree. "But in order to protect that future, I need Eriol-san to tell me where the time hear is."
Grovyle nodded, then looked around. "Hey, where'd that yellow mouse go?"
"Huh?" the boy looked around. "Oh no! Pikachu!"
OOOOOOO
As Sakura and Tomoyo walked home together, Sakura spotted Syaoran walking a little ahead of them.
"I still can't believe that Lucario-san is actually Li-kun. And he was also the little boy in that dream world." Tomoyo said as Sakura nodded.
"But, for some reason, he won't even look at me." Sakura said sadly as Syaoran continued walking ahead of them as if ignoring them.
Syaoran still didn't feel right. Sure he was human, but he just didn't fit in. He wasn't used to talking or interacting with other people and he didn't want to make Sakura uncomfortable when she was with her other friends.
Suddenly, something came running out from the bushes and tackled Syaoran to the ground.
"GAH!!" Syaoran shouted as he fell on his back.
"Prince Syaoran!" the creature said.
Syaoran looked up to see a small yellow mouse-like creature with red cheeks and a gold bandanna around its neck.
"A Pikachu?" Syaoran said puzzled.
"Now, hime can be happy again!" Pikachu said with tears in its eyes.
"Huh?" Syaoran said, still very confused.
"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura called, causing Syaoran to look over at her in surprise.
"Y-You..." Syaoran stammered, not expecting her to call him by his first name so quickly.
Pikachu looked up at her and widened its eyes.
"Hime...?" Pikachu said.
"After all he's been through, he still doesn't get it!"
Standing on top of a building, the boy in the dark green cloak slapped a hand over his face, slightly frustrated by Pikachu blowing his cover.
Grovyle stood beside him and sweatdropped. "Well, this is an unexpected predicament..."
"We have to get him away from them. But I'm not sure how without blowing our cover as well." the boy said.
Grovyle nodded, then jerked his head to the side while narrowing his eyes. "I sense a very familiar presence nearby..."
OOOOOOO
Pikachu jumped into Sakura's arms and squealed happily.
"I thought I'd never see you again!" Pikachu cried as Sakura glanced over at Syaoran, greatly confused as well.
"Um... I think you're mistaking me for someone else. I'm not a princess..." Sakura said looking down at Pikachu.
Pikachu glanced up Sakura in shock, then jumped out of her arms.
"I-I'm sorry... I just..." Pikachu taking a few steps back.
"W-Wait..." Sakura said, when suddenly a shadow appeared behind Pikachu and a hand reached out of it, causing Sakura to gasp in fright.
Pikachu looked over, but it was too late, the hand grabbed him and pulled him into the shadow.
A moment later, a creature with a single glowing red eye with a powerful looking arms and a large body with a face-like pattern on the front.
The creature revealed a dark orb-like object in its hand, which contained an unconscious Pikachu.
"What is that thing?" Tomoyo said with fear in her voice.
Syaoran got in front of Sakura and Tomoyo and called out his sword.
"Who are you?!" Syaoran demanded.
"I am Dusknoir. But that is all you really need to know, little one." Dusknoir said as it held up his other hand and sent a Shadow Punch at Syaoran.
"Raitei Shourai!" Syaoran commanded, sending a lighting bolt from his sword, cutting right through Dusknoir's attack.
Dusknoir's eye widened in shock, then narrowed. "You... You are the same as him..."
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Syaoran said.
"DUSKNOIR!!"
Sakura looked up to see a lean gecko-like creature shoot out of the air and hit Dusknoir with a powerful Leaf Blade.
Grovyle landed not too far away and growled, "Let Pikachu and the others go!"
Dusknoir ignored him as the shadow orb containing Pikachu sank into the ground, much to Sakura's bewilderment.
"Shadow Ball!" Dusknoir cried as it sent a powerful ball of dark energy from its chest at Grovyle.
Grovyle jumped out of the way and used Quick Attack in mid-air, launching himself at Dusknoir.
A portal of some sort opened up behind Dusknoir and Grovyle pushed Dusknoir through, along with himself.
"I'll be all right! Just complete the mission!" Grovyle shouted while staring at the sky.
Once Dusknoir and Grovyle went through the portal, it disappeared in a flash.
Sakura blinked a couple of times, not sure on what just happened.
"Who was he talking to?" Tomoyo said as Syaoran looked up where Grovyle was looking and spotted someone in a cloak.
Before Syaoran could say something, the person in the cloak jumped off the side of the building, disappearing from view.
OOOOOOO
"It was so wierd." Sakura said after explaining what happened to Eevee and the others.
"Hmm, I don't know what to say to that." Eevee said pondering the situation.
"The Dusknoir also said something about Syaoran-kun being the same as something." Sakura said. "Do you know anything about that?"
Eevee shook his head. "I truthfully don't know. This is event is beyond my knowledge."
Buizel just gave him a weird look and Eevee looked over at him. "What?"
"After Lucario turning out to be human and you knowing about it the whole time!" Buizel shouted with a mad-mark.
"Oh, don't give me that! Like I said before, I wasn't suppose to say anything about it!" Eevee shouted back.
"Well, how do we know you're not suppose to tell us about this either?!"
"Oh, give me a break!"
As the two of them squabbled, Sakura looked out the window, wondering why strange things were still happening, even after Mewtwo.
To be continued...
This didn't come out as well as I wanted, but I'm having a slight writer's block, but I think the next chapter will be better. Hope you enjoyed it anyway. Please Review!