Chapter 58


Reliance


Alex had listened to enough talk, he rushed at Lupin with his two tusks glowing with energy.

The mega Lucario sidestepped effortlessly and knocked Alex down with a kick to the back of the head.

"I must say I expected more.." Lupin mocked, causing Alex to growl and go in for another slash. Normally the former human was far less susceptible to taunting like this, but his personal investment in this fight was clouding his judgment,

Lupin summoned a staff in the shape of a glowing bone-shaped laser. Delivering multiple slashes to Alex's front and back before throwing him into the wall, creating a small crater.

"For someone who beat Dialga, you sure are pathetic,'' Lupin taunted.

Alex fell out of the crater, his face full of anger, but then he took a deep breath and said "I beat Dialga, not because I was the strongest, but because I figured out how to overcome my weaknesses…..I will overcome you"

Alex glowed for a moment before his entire body glowed white, like he was completely covered in white matter.

"Ah..this is what I wanted to see" Lupin admitted with a smirk.

Lupin dissolved the bone rush and fired a volley of aura spheres, Alex was standing still but then appeared to the side of the projectiles. He was dodging everything with a blank face and moving so fast that anyone besides Lupin, who had trained specifically to track fast movements, would think he was teleporting.

The Fraxure rushed in and slashed Lupin in the chest, causing a small gash, but the cut regenerated in an instant.

Lupin's fists glowed blue as he and Alex traded punches repeatedly, a punch to a jaw was met with a punch to the gut as they both traded blows again and again at lightning speeds.

Alex got a lucky hit and swept Lupin off his feet with his tail. Before Lupin could even hit the ground, Alex fired his signature swirling beam of light at his opponent throwing him into the wall and creating an even larger crater.

Lupin was struggling to get up, spitting out a little blood and giving a laugh before blue energy swirled around him as he used his aura to heal his injuries.

"It's been a while since I fought a worthy opponent, let's keep up the fun!" the mega Lucario taunted.

"I won't be able to maintain this for much longer," Alex thought as Lupin summoned a bone rush and broke it in half.

Wielding the bone-shaped laser weapons like dual knives, Lupin swung for Alex's neck only for the attack to stop dead against Alex's tusks. The two shoved on each other deadlocked before finally breaking apart.

Alex directed white matter into his fist as lupin coated his fist in energy resembling black smoke. With a scream, both combatants clashed, creating a massive explosion that was heard throughout the entire mine. When the light of the explosion faded, Alex and Lupin were standing ten feet apart, both panting as they saw the ruts in the ground where they skidded back from the shockwave. The sheer power of their blows had cracked the stone walls around them.

Alex's white glow faded as he fell to his knees, completely spent. He had fought Lupin to a stalemate, but his endurance finally failed him.

"You are very skilled and very powerful," Lupin admitted as blue energy swirled around him, healing the cuts and burns from their second bout in an instant. Strangely his voice was not filled with superiority or mockery, but genuine respect.

Alex was too weak to stand, he could only look on with fear as glowing silver energy covered Lupin's hands, causing claws of energy to appear.

"I must say it's a shame to end your life, once you evolve your increased endurance would make you even more formidable" Lupin stated with genuine sadness as he approached his exhausted opponent.

Lupin's hesitation was his undoing as a jet of fire blasted from the open doorway, scorching him and knocking him on his tail.

As the mega Lucario laid smoking on the ground four creatures entered with Blaze behind them.

Three were Raikou, but the two others were very different. The first was a slim, quadrupedal, blue, mammalian Pokémon with white, diamond-shaped markings. Its face and underside were white as well. Suicune had a thick, purple mane that resembled the aurora borealis and two white, streamer-like tails that waved forward. It had a long, white snout. The aurora pokemon also had a large, hexagonal, cerulean blue crest on its forehead that resembled the antlers of a diamond with two prongs on either side of the base. It had red eyes, a small tuft of fur under its chin, and small paws with white paw pads.

The other legendary beast was a massive, leonine, quadrupedal Pokémon with some mastiff qualities. It was covered in brown fur and a long, light gray cloud of smoke running along its entire back. It had gray plates on either side of the cloud and a plate beneath the cream belly fur on its chest. Entei had gray paws with brown pads and black cuff-like bands on its legs. Its main faceplate was red and shaped like fins or a six-sided star. A gray plate, resembling a horseshoe mustache, covered its muzzle. It also had a yellow crest with three sloped points on its forehead and red eyes.

Blaze ran past the beasts and helped Alex to his feet, just as Lupin managed to get up.

Lupin sized up his opposition and shook his head saying "It appears I am outnumbered and outmatched...I hope for a rematch Alex"

On that statement a dimensional hole appeared behind him, before even the three Raikou could make it halfway across the room, Lupin vanished into the portal. The dimensional hole vanished just as the first two Raikou pounced on it.

"Darn it," one Raikou said in a surprisingly high female voice.

"Mission failed isn't exactly a good start.." the other admitted in a younger male voice. Alex and Blaze just now noticed they were slightly smaller than the Raikou standing next to Entei and Suicune.

Blaze looked back and forth before saying "I thought there was only one of each of you"

Entei growled and said "there should be...when Suicune saw these two imposters attacking the mine she called us"

The two smaller Raikou looked offended and said "we may not from around here, but we trained hard to master our powers"

"Oh really, what are your names?" the larger Raikou asked.

The male of the two stepped forward and said "I'm Charlie Mason"

"And I'm Kelly Mason, we're on a mission from Connor Malcolm, I believe you call him the watcher? The female asked.

On cue, Connor Malcolm appeared in a green flash and said "I see you are acquainted"

Alex and Blaze were incredibly confused, while the three original legendary beasts had relaxed.

To add to the confusion, everyone moved out into the mine as every one of the pokemon that had previously been fighting to defend the mine was looking around like they didn't recognize this place, their black, pupilless eyes were back to normal.

"Please, wait until I return these poor souls to where they belong, then I can explain everything" Connor requested as a massive portal opened and he began leading the former workers through it.


To the northwest of the grass continent, deep within a volcanic cave, there was a black stone platform surrounded by boiling lava, Lupin exited the dimensional hole where his master and the Pokemon in charge of the other mine were waiting. The other overseer was a large avian Pokémon with predominantly blue plumage and wings that gave off mist like melting ice. On her forehead was a crest that consisted of three, darker blue rhombus-shaped feathers. She had circular red eyes, a short gray beak, and long, thin gray legs. Each foot had three forward-facing toes and one that faces backward. On her chest was a mass of pale blue, downy feathers. Her long, streamer-like tail was longer than her body and the same shade of blue as her crest.

Lupin kneeled awaiting judgment as his master glared at his two subordinates with silent disappointment.

"I have half a mind to punish you for not finishing off the former human...but since you secured my resources first and foremost I will let it slide" Lupin's master explained.

Lupin gave a sigh of relief and stood up saying "thank you, master, what happened at the other mine"

The Articuno looked away in shame as the shadowy figure said "Unfortunately, rather than securing the crystals in the event of an attack like she was ordered. Kazumi foolishly tired to challenge the other former human, trading a years worth of aetherium crystals for a pathetic attempt to prove her strength"

Black lighting shot from the shadowy figure's right hand, causing Kazumi to screech in pain and fall on the ground as the torment continued.

Lupin didn't even flinch as his master spoke firmly with "we all share the same goal, to reign supreme over all of existence, but if you put your personal desires before our goal, they will be lost. This is not a threat, it is simply the truth"

With that statement, Kazumi's agony ended as the shadowy figure gave a deep sigh and admitted "We are nearly out of time, we have at most a week before the watcher and his pets finish searching the world for us, luckily this place is shrouded from his view and that of the legendary beasts. Entei is the only one who would risk coming here and he has a pact with a fellow legendary to avoid this area. However, all of my secrets will be exposed as soon as they find what we hid on Blizzard Island"

Lupin gave a determined look and said "what do want to do?" the mega Lucario still ambivalent to his peer's labored breaths as she stood back up.

"You two will do nothing, you serve no more purpose to me here. Escort Kazumi back to Damien and aid him however possible" Lupin's master ordered before opening a dimensional hole behind Lupin.

Lupin gave a bow as Kazumi shook her head and walked into the portal. Once the two had left the hole vanished, leaving the shadowy figure alone.

Lupin's master held out his hand, creating an image of the mural in the old ruins where Dialga was back to back with another pokemon.

The shadow figure's eyes narrowed as he said "I have one card left to play…."

Author's Note- There you have it! a few more chapters than it's finale time

1. Thoughts On Lupin vs Alex, I hope it was entertaining...

2. Kazumi and Damien are charecters from 12 hours that haven't appeared yet.

3. Charlie and Kelly are from RWBY Distortion and my older shadow order story...this is before the events of RWBY distortion

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