Author Note
Quick Poll
This is chapter fifty so I could end the story here and go onto Battle City, but I'm worried it isn't a good ending even though it does sort of explain some of the big picture.
I could add some more it's just that I'm thinking that I should move things along. This story was about Tamer G winning the title Shadow Lord of Tamers and he's done that.
What do you guys think?
Tamer Gothic – Book Two – The Shadow Lord
Part 50
Unknown Location
In a place that was outside both time and space, Sexibi and female figure in black hooded robes, who was know only as Kreia, were observing Team Gothic through a large magic mirror that seemed to float in the air.
Nearby the two females was a raised circular table and on that surface was a map of the world. On this map were various figurines on it all. Every living Legendary Pokegirl had a figurine of themselves present, except for Sexibi who was the one playing this odd game.
Also on it were figurines of every person who was currently a pawn of the Legendaries or otherwise had some important destiny to fulfill.
The figurines were special because they each had contained a small part of the life essence of whomever they represented, and they could move on their own as the person they represented went about their business.
The figurines of Tamers Gothic, Thomas and Illyria the Kamislut were grouped together in a triangle formation. Gothic's model was on point with his magical sword in hand. Illyria was the right side poised ready to attack. Thomas was on left side with his pistol drawn.
There were other special Tamers on the board too, which meant that Team Gothic was not the only group getting into trouble.
These Tamers also had a patron legendary looking after them. Which was good for them as they had adventures that were much more dangerous than those of their peers.
"As we planned I went back in time to create an organisation that exists specifically to hunt down Gothic and ruin him. He'll be very angry with me if he ever finds out about this" the Legendary said as she looked into the mirror.
The pixie like pokegirl knew she'd have to think of something extra kinky, in order to apologise to the Tamer for this added trouble.
"Remember you came begging to me for help on how to best prepare Gothic for what is coming" the robed female then said "We have set enemies against him before, both Pokegirls and Humans, but he has always had an advantage against them. Now he must defeat enemies that have been trained and have had time to prepare to face him".
Sexibi wasn't too worried about Gothic's safety as he had Illyria to protect him, and more luck than any man had right to. She was more worried about how her favourite human would react upon finding out that she had created a rival group whose sole purpose was to destroy Team Gothic.
This didn't have to involve something as drastic as killing people, but sadly it might as this wasn't just about facing danger it was also about understanding that not all foes could be vanquished on the battlefield. Some had be dealt with less directly.
"So what is happening here" the hooded figure then inquired of the other.
While the magic mirror showed exactly what was happening to Team Gothic however that didn't mean the viewer would understood what she or he was seeing.
"This village is under the influence of a mentally unstable Psi-Vamp Pokewoman who was fully convinced that she was human" Sexibi explained "At least until a few years ago. She lost her mind during a Mantis attack that killed a large number of Gypsy people".
As horrible as that was these things sometimes did happen. Not every group of people lived in the cites and those that didn't could end up as prey for savage ferals. Which was one of the reasons why the League needed Tamers.
"While the Neighbourhood Watch were hunting Mantis down the Psi-Vamp was caught by the Mantis and in desperation she used her powers on the Mantis" Sexibi went on to say as the view in the reflective surface changed "Which did kill it. However since a mere human couldn't stand up to a Mantis she became convinced that she had died and that her spirit had refused to move on since her husband and son still needed her".
Psi-Vamps were an odd breed of pokegirl even at the best of times, so it wasn't so surprising than one of them had lost their minds.
"What started her influencing the village, and to attack our little pets, are the Officer Jennies. She is convinced that the League is trying to replace her husband, who has kept the peace in this village with the limited force he has available".
The Psi-Vamp had driven the villagers to kill the last Officer Jenny and she was also why other pokegirls were kept away. The locals were xenophobic towards pokes.
"Which is the same thing she did to the previous Officer Jenny" the legendary added.
The two female figures watched as the male part of Team Gothic went downstairs and knocked out the innkeeper who had just tried to shot one of the female Tamers who had sent a pokegirl down to the bar in order to fetch her mistress a drink of warm milk.
"I set up the job" Sexibi was now explaining "Someone in the League's law enforcement owes me a favour so I arranged for an Officer Jenny to be sent to Sanford, and for their to be an escort. A few other subtly manipulations led to Team Gothic getting the contract".
Kreia was a master schemer so she was only a little impressed by Sexibi's use of time travel in order to manipulate her human pet.
The two strange females then watched as Hunter Thomas let Tattletale, a mind reading poke, out of her ball so that the pokegirl could read the barkeep's mind, while she was doing that the rest of the group had started securing the pub in case they came under siege.
It had been previously pointed out that Jayden didn't have a gun, many Tamers didn't as they depended on their harem to protected them. Yet for some reason Nikita's sibling had decided to pick up barkeep's hunting rifle while the others were distracted.
As Hunter Thomas's Tattletale explained that she knew what was going on the male Tamers were staring in horror at Jayden. The future Dark King was waving the gun around, and action that made everyone else dive for cover.
Which had been a smart move as gun went off and the bullet ricocheted around the bar until it ended up in Gary's ass. Thankfully it hadn't been an elemental bullet.
The Officer Jenny the group had escorted then tackled Jayden to the ground, took the gun away, and hand cuffed him as well. Not because he was under arrest, but because she rightly saw him as a risk to public saftey.
"Are you sure he is actually a threat?" Kreia asked Sexibi.
It was hard to imagine Jayden being a grave menace to the world. He looked far more likely to destroy himself rather than anyone else.
"Oh I'm sure" the legendary replied.
She had seen that future, and it was not pretty. Jayden was still naïve at this age, however he would learn and he was more skilled than he appeared. He was also driven to succeed.
Once he had merged with Subeke's spirit the Tamer's ambition would be twisted and corrupted into something evil.
"It will be odd for your pet human to battle his own brother-in-law" Kreia commented.
While Sexibi's favourite human was already married it wasn't going to last and he would later remarry, but that was still years away.
Meanwhile back in Sanford Hunter Thomas had taken out the pokeball that contained his Nightnurse, so that she could extract the bullet and heal Gary's ass.
"They should have this dealt with soon" Sexibi was now saying "They just need to track down the Psi-Vamp and stop her from projecting her emotions into the villager's minds. Once the locals realise that they have been influenced into doing such terrible things then the fight will be taken out of them".
Kreia and the time travelling pokegirl then watched as Tattletale, Tamer Gothic and Hunter Thomas tracked down the powerful psychic signal of the Pokewoman.
Soon enough Team Gothic finally found the Psi-Vamp on the top of the police station, and discovered how mentally unstable she was.
With Tattletale's help they then managed to make the Psi-Vamp realise the truth and that broke then mental spell the villagers had been under for so many years.
"Another problem dealt with" Kreia said, sounding as she if actually approved "And with a minimum of bloodshed".
Sexibi nodded her head before speaking.
"He does good work and he has some powerful allies" she commented.
Illyria alone assured that Team Gothic could face nearly anything head on, and unlike the other legendaries the Kamislut still had the will to change the world as she hadn't been around for the horror that the Revenge War.
With her Tamer to direct her she could alter things for the better, or possible for the worse if she got out of control.
"So what is next?" Kreia then asked Sexibi.
They both had many plans, and not all of them involved Team Gothic.
"I'm going to give them a break" the adorable legendary answered "I can't risk putting Misty in harms away. We need that kid and if I let her get hurt I might end up driving my pet into the enemy camp. Besides he's going to need to rest before Battle City, as a lot of what is to come will be decided there".
Kreia nodded in agreement and then with a wave of her hand the magic mirror grew dark as the did the room around it.
(Line Break)
Police Station – Sanford
The next morning when the League showed up they brought a lot of Psychic types with them in order to reverse what the Psi-Vamp had done over the years to the inhabitants, and some dark types to keep the Psi-Vamp under control.
Once the mental influence had been removed the villagers had lost the will to fight, which was good because they had been preparing to lay siege to the local pub and they'd had a lot of fire power. Thankfully no one had gotten hurt, aside from the bartender who had a nasty bruise and Gary who had a sore ass.
"Just once, could we please go somewhere and something disastrous not happen while we're there" Hunter Thomas said as he paced the small waiting room.
While we didn't get into trouble everywhere we went, we went entire days without so much as hiccup, it did seem to be happening a lot at least when compared to other people and it worried me. I was pretty sure that other Tamers had more fun than me and didn't get into harms way as much as I did.
Of course some Tamers had to retire in the first six months because they got horribly wounded, either mentally or physically, and a few still died despite how much safer the job was these days. I was also certain that if not for my luck I'd have been one of those people.
"We do seem to have more than our fair share of excitement" I agreed.
Using my keen mind it wasn't hard for me to figure out that it was Sexibi who was working behind the scenes to make sure I ended up places like Sanford, and while I was a lucky son of bitch I guessed that she also had a hand in keeping me alive.
Which I found annoying because while I was successful, wealthy and somewhat famous, knowing that a time travelling pokegirl was at least partly responsible cheapened the whole thing for me. Because of her manipulations I'd never know what I could have achieved without her meddling.
On the flip side Sexibi being my higher power guide could be keeping me out of a different kind of danger, as while my prosperity might not be all my doing, it hadn't attracted enough attention to make my life difficult. No one was hounding me for my help and I wasn't, as far as I knew, being spied upon by the League.
Also no one from Team Rocket had come after me despite the fact I'd attacked one of their bases. However that might have something to do with it having been a Hunter's Guild operation. Any reprisal by Team Rocket would be an attack on the whole organisation, and Team Rocket didn't seem to have the resources to wage war on the Hunters Guild.
"It's not normal" Thomas was now commenting "I never had so many adventures until I met you, even if some weird shit has happened to me in the past".
My friend had lost his memory so he couldn't be sure if his entire life had in fact been more dull before meeting me, but it wouldn't surprise me if that had been the case as outside of a few books not many Tamers had so much adventure in their lives as I did.
"Must be the Sexibi" Garry added when entered the room.
The door had been shut but Thomas and I had hardly been trying to keep the noise level down so it was not surprise that Gary had heard us.
"She told me to stick with you if I wanted to become a Harem-Master" he then informed us.
That the pixie like pokegirl had spent time talking to Gary made me jealous. She was suppose to be my legendary whatever, but at least it meant that I didn't have to sit down and explain things to him.
He might not have believed me and even if he had he would have only ended up nagging me endlessly into setting up a meeting with the time travelling pokegirl.
In fact many Tamers would gladly devote their lives to Legendary just to be around them, not that I had been given a choice.
"Must be" Thomas agreed.
It was the most likely explanation, and I didn't think there could be another being messing with my life. If there was and they weren't as cute as Sexibi then I would punch them in the face.
"So the next question has to be: What do we do about it?" I said.
The answer, at least in my view, was: Do nothing at all. Yet while I was the Team Leader I wanted to get the opinions of the others before we took or didn't take action.
That would include talking to the girls as well, however that would have to wait as currently they were freshening up.
"What can we do?" asked Gary "And why would be do anything?"
They were both very good questions, and I had no answer to the first one, but the second I could reply to.
"Because I don't want to spend my entire life in service to someone else" I told Gary Oak "Plus one of us could get hurt if keep being thrown into the line of fire like this".
While that was a concern I wasn't too worried about any of us actually getting killed as Sexibi wanted to keep me alive so that I could defeat the Dark King sometime in the future, but during my trip to see myself fight Jayden neither Gary or Thomas had been with me. In fact I'd been alone which meant something bad could happen to everyone other than me.
"I doubt there's anything we could do to stop Sexibi moving us around like game pieces" Thomas then said "She might be a pacifist, but remember what she did to... I mean the thing she did when I met her".
Clearly Tom was distracted as he would never normally be careless enough to nearly let slip about who Amy really was. Like me he understood that if the League found out that was a such a powerful pokegirl pretending to be a Tamer then they'd either try to kill her or try to take control of her.
Worse they could even attempt to make me command her to do things the League's leadership wanted done via blackmail. Which might actually work given that while Amy had a streak of independence, when it came to matters of life and death she normally heeded my advice.
"She took you back in time too?" Gary inquired.
Since he had a Pokewoman as a mother my fellow Tamer from Pallet Town wasn't as effected by Tom's Blood Curse as most humans were. The Oak family didn't have any human females in it, still that only weakened the effect the curse had as Gary didn't trust Tom very much.
"My point is that Sexibi could dump all in the prehistoric era if she wanted too" Tom said while avoiding the other Tamers question.
I doubted she would do that as the legendary pokegirl was not known for being cruel. Sure she had done something bad to Illyria, but the Kamislut was too dangerous to let her go around thinking that she could do whatever she wanted.
"So even if we all agreed to try to escape her control she could just dump us somewhere unpleasant until we promised to behave" I summarised "Which means all we can do is try to prepare for trouble and to enjoy what peace we get".
When she next popped by for a visit I'd have to discuss getting some vacation time. If she didn't agree to it then I'd have to attempt some sort of passive resistance. It was risky, but I really couldn't imagine Sexibi being unwilling to compromise.
"The only thing I think of is somehow getting another legendary to make her leave us alone" Tom said "But it's not like we have anything to offer a legendary even if we could find one of them".
Also I had to consider that whole thing about not letting Jayden start World War Four. I had a very long life ahead of me, assuming I didn't get myself killed, so I had to think about securing my future. Plus I had kids to think about. I didn't want them growing up under the rule of the Dark King.
"So basically we're screwed" Gary said.
That did sum it up nicely.
"Unless there comes a day she no longer needs us then yes" I replied "But you could just walk away I guess".
Given that he was the one of us who liked the idea of working for a legendary I didn't think it was likely he would do that.
"So are we going to Thrill Town?" Tom asked.
Sanford was close enough Thrill Town that we could be there in a day or two, and once I got there I could still travel around as Raven could teleport me all over the region. If I was smart I'd be able to fit that around judging pokegirl battles.
"Yeah" I said "There's not point fighting it, and if something important is going to happen during the this tournament then we should get there as soon as we can so we can prepare".
With that we headed out of them room so we could round everyone up and get underway.
