This story Contains Strong language, comedy, sexual references, Rape, violence and minor blood You have been warned!
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Pain. That's all Kitos could feel, nothing but pain as he laid on the ground while the two canine pokémon continued to advance on him. Even as he struggled to get up, his gaze towards them never left. Maya quickly slipped behind Kitos while Inferno remained in front, that's when he felt Maya sink her fangs into his left shoulder causing him to jerk in pain from her jaws. "Don't..." was his only word as an electrical current shot through his entire body forcing him to scream in agony. If he wasn't in enough pain now, his body tensed and convulsed as Maya's Thunder Fang coursed through his body.
It had been quite some years since the last time he had last cried. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he endured the pain that coursed through his body. While he shook in Maya's grasp, Inferno could only grin towards Kitos as he laid there and suffered from her attack, he absolutely loved it. Inferno walked over to Kitos and slowly licked the tears from under his eyes. "Looks like your journey ends here human… I'll admit, you lasted longer than the others did two years ago," Inferno spoke lowly as he stepped away and began pacing back and forth in front of him, his nose held high in the air as he showed his prideful side. Kitos could only lay there as he tried to focus on nulling out the pain, but what Inferno just said did catch his curiosity.
...Two years ago? There were others here before me... who were they, and why?... I wonder.
Inferno looked towards the human grinning even more as he heard him cough in pain as he slowly lowered even further down onto the ground. "It is honestly quite a shame that Shade hasn't given me the order to kill you yet. If I were the one in charge, I would have already killed you without hesitation unlike my Tempest, who couldn't even finish such a simple task!" Maya looked up towards Inferno, hearing how he spoke about her friend and unknowingly bit down harder on Kitos, causing him cry out.
Oh Mother Mew, this fucking hurts... Just remember what… she taught you...
Focus, I just need... to focus.
Inferno shifted his gaze to Maya as he looked her up and down, almost like he was sizing her up. "Don't think I haven't noticed that look of disgust in your eyes Maya dear, you know what I say is right!"
"...You're a fucking… asshole, Inferno... What Tempest… see's in you, I can only pity her... instead."
Inferno stared at Maya for a moment before he realized that she wasn't the one who spoke to him. He shifted his gaze down towards Kitos who had a look of disgust in his eyes, his breathing labored as he laid on the ground glaring at Inferno. "The one thing Tempest at least did was give me a chance to explain myself as to why I was even here to begin with - more curious to know how I can understand any of you, something a real leader would do and not a dictator..." Kitos said as he took a much needed breath, feeling his ribs protest from Maya having shifted her weight on them forced him to groan from the pain.
Inferno glared towards the human snarling, "You little bastard! You have no right to speak to the likes of me as such, let alone understand what I say!" Inferno growled towards Kitos as flames could be seen escaping his nostrils.
Maya's eyes went wide once she realized that Kitos was defending Tempest and talking down to Inferno as if he actually really understood them. She lowered her gaze and thought back to what Tempest had said.
-Flashback-
"Maya, wait!" Maya stopped following their pack leader and turned to Tempest. The look in her eyes was something she hadn't seen in sometime. "Please, don't let them kill Kitos, he won't harm Astra or Midnight… please believe me Maya! Just listen to him, he can understand us!"
Desperation.
After I turned away from tempest and followed Shade and Inferno, something in the back of my mind kept telling me to listen, but… how could I? It's unbelievable, humans who can understand our kind, that's not possible… right?
-Flashback end-
If what Tempest and Vaporeon said was true… he really can understand us… and it must be that small thing in his ear, if I was to destroy it… he couldn't understand us anymore, he would lose an advantage over us, but even with it though, he's in my jaws... he can't escape.
"What I do with Tempest is of no one's concern except my own. Not Maya, not Fenrir, not even our leader," Inferno growled threateningly as the flames escaped his maw, inching towards Kitos, making him pull back from Inferno.
Kitos growled back at Inferno, his anger starting to show, "Tempest may be your mate , but it is obvious you don't respect her." Maya lifted her gaze now focused on Kitos as she listened. "You treat Tempest like she's your property. I may be new to having a mate, but if there is one thing I do know for certain..." Kitos closed his eyes as he calmed his breathing.
Inferno smirked in amusement, not only was he surprised that this human could understand him, but he found himself grinning at the fact that he had the balls to actually lecture him. Oh how he was going to enjoy torturing this human. "And what would that be, hmm? What could you possibly know about something you're so new to, especially having a mate of your…" Inferno stopped himself rearing his head back his ears twitching them. "Wait a second, did you just say?"
Maya blinked for moment, the grip she had on his shoulder slacked as she processed what Kitos just said as well. Why didn't I notice it before when I sat next to him… the scent of another pokemon covers him... it's strong as well, but I can't figure out who it is...
Kitos felt something was off. But what, he didn't know. "...That you believe in eachother, even when the odds are against you, you protect one another." Inferno watched as he saw that Kitos' eyes had shifted which caused him to blink. "Even If you're possibly facing your own death, you protect your mate till your dying breath."
What the hell is up with this kid, his eyes… are they glowing?
A faint, blue glow resonated from the collar itself, catching both Inferno and Maya's attention. This caused Inferno to take a few steps back as the human pushed his hands onto the floor and started to push himself off the floor. "You show your devotion and loyalty to one another and most importantly..." Maya unlatched her jaws and leapt back away from the human and watched as he got to his feet, staring at Inferno, a look of hate towards him. "You treat each other equally and with respect!" Just as the words left Kitos' mouth, his body covered in the same energy, forcing Inferno into a fighting stance.
"Just because you have a mate of your own doesn't mean you know how our culture works. At least you're back on your feet... now I have even more reason to kill you!"
Inferno growled towards the human as flames ignited within his maw. Maya took a few more steps back and lowered down to her combat stance as well growling.
"If you have a mate of your own, then you should have stayed with her. We have our orders to keep you restrained… don't make things worse than what they already are." Kitos stood there, opening and closing his hands as he felt the energy surging through his body, his breathing calmed.
"Sorry, but I had to do what was necessary to help a friend of mine. Had they not got involved, I wouldn't even be here tonight." Inferno smirked as the flames licked around his maw.
"You're something else human. Regardless of your reasons, you've came to the wrong place to stay for the night!"
Tell me about it...
-inside the Den-
Once Shade entered into his den, leaving Maya and Inferno to keep the human restrained so he could focus on helping his mate, he turned to Astra who sat next to her sister and smiled. "I'm glad to see you come back to us in one piece. I was starting to worry for your well being, Shade."
Shade continued his way towards Midnight in silence until he saw the empty vials near her sleeping form. "What did he do to her Astra? Why did you socialize with the likes of that human, let alone allow him to come near her!?"
His attitude caught her off guard. She'd never heard Shade get so angry, especially towards her. "Shade, please calm down. I can explain myself if you're willing to listen to-." Shade growled even louder towards Astra.
"Why the hell should I listen to what you have to say Astra? You allowed a human near your own sister - my very mate! Have you forgotten what those humans did to her two years ago? To the others, some of our own are missing because you thought they could be given a fucking chance!"
Astra's ears fell and she looked to the floor as she felt her tears starting to build. "I made a mistake because she was our former master. I thought she was coming back for us - can you actually blame me for thinking that she might of wanted us again?"
Shade stared at Astra for a moment before he shifted his gaze to Midnight, seeing her sleeping soundly. "No, I can't blame you Astra - it was until she brought the others here and, because of that, our home looks the way it does. You simply made a mistake, but it cost us all more then some can understand." He carefully kneeled down and rubbed Midnight's cheek who nuzzled into the affection and curled up even more. "Humans can't ever be trusted, not after what they have done to us. I'll never trust them, not after the years I've endured until I was thrown out here..."
Astra watched as Shade checked on her little sister and sighed, "...What are you going to do with him then? He's not even one of them Shade - he isn't even a trainer. We can just let him go."
Shade snapped towards Astra and growled at her, "Are you out of your mind? I don't give a damn if he is a trainer or from those bastards. He won't leave here alive." Astra's eyes widened and turned to Shade in a panic.
"But he gave Midnight a mixture that cured her poison, gave Diana and her kits food and his own blanket! He even helped Tempest when she could have been crushed by the debris."
Shade stared at Midnight before he picked up one of the vials and sniffed it, noticing it held a berry scent. "He was near Diana's Kits and she didn't kill him either - have the lot of you grown soft or am I losing my mind here? He obviously wants something and whatever it is, he won't get it!" Astra couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her leader wasn't listening, only hearing what he wanted to hear.
"Shade please... Just let this one go, I can convince him not to-"
"I've heard enough from you Astra. Feed Midnight the Pecha berries I brought while I deal with this human once and for all!" Shade got to his hind paws and started towards the door only to stop when a chair latched under the doorknob, making him turn to see that Astra was actually trying to stop him.
"Shade, you can't kill him, they will come looking for him if he remains missing for too long. Think carefully on your actions before you do something that might put us all in danger here!" Shade returned his view towards the door and lifted up his claws, growling as he did.
"This is my territory and my pack, I will do what I deem is necessary to protect my family!"
-back in the halls-
Kitos stood there, looking to Inferno then back to Maya, keeping his renewed guard up, thinking of any options he might have. I'm stuck in a fucked up position here. Maya is hesitant on what to do, but Inferno wants to gut me like a magikarp and make me suffer... my options are seriously thin here...
"Give it up human! You have nowhere to run - your only option is to fight us!" Inferno chuckled as he started to pace back and forth in front of Kitos, making sure he was paying attention. "Maya, when I give the signal, strike him back down so I can finish him!" Maya looked to Inferno then to Kitos but that's when she noticed something off about his fighting stance.
He's using a defensive stance… if he wanted to hurt either of us he would be using a more aggressive stance… if he wanted to he could have attacked us already...
"Do we really have to do this?" Kitos and Inferno both looked to Maya who was looking towards Inferno with a serious gaze. "Seriously Inferno, think about this for one moment... He's had multiple chances to attack all of us here... He could've killed Tempest when he was alone with her, he could have ended Midnight in her weakened state, he might of even had the jump on Astra since she's been exhausted from watching over Midnight all this time." Inferno looked to Maya growling, towards her.
"And what about Crow and his comrades? He attacked them moments ago to escape. Can't you see that trusting humans is a pointless thing here? They will do anything to get what they want!"
"You must be talking about the light from my collar," Kitos interrupted them, catching their attention. "When Crow, as you just called him, and his Shuppet got close to me, my collar gave off a strong flash of light. They all ran off while I ran to find a empty room to hide in."
Maya and Inferno both stared at Kitos. Maya looked to Inferno as he processed what he just said. "So you didn't attack Crow at all... it's just the light from the collar itself," Maya spoke up getting a simple nod from Kitos who spoke up again.
"Look, I am sorry for intruding onto your territory. All I wanted to do was find an empty room and sleep, that's it. I'm not here to cause harm or capture anyone here."
Inferno closed his eyes. Now that he was listening to Kitos, he could hear his words clear as day - he couldn't sense any lies or malice hidden in his words. "You speak the truth... As much as I hate to admit it... But that doesn't change the fact you're still a human, we have our orders. I can't allow a repeat to what happened years ago... you are our enemy!"
Inferno bared his fangs, the flame igniting within his maw, and launched a flamethrower attack towards Kitos, forcing him to dodge out of the flames path towards Maya who leapt away from Kitos, keeping her distance as Inferno glared towards him. he stopped for a moment and saw the glow from his body had slowly faded away and his stance relaxed. "I'm not going to fight you Inferno, I didn't come here to fight or cause problems whatsoever so stop this nonsense!" Inferno stared at Kitos. To say he was surprised was an understatement. Even after they had attacked him again, he refused to retaliate. "But I do want to know something if i may."
Inferno looked to Kitos eyeing him for a moment for any tricks, "Fine, you've earned at least one question to ask… you better make it count so speak your mind," Inferno growled.
Damned human filth… Maya's right - if he wanted to hurt any one of us he would have done it by now. He had a chance just now and didn't. Though he did say he wouldn't be here if his friend didn't get involved what exactly does he mean.
Kitos stayed where he was, his gaze set on Inferno. "What happened here years ago, I understand hating your former masters but hating all humankind is a tall order. Something serious must of happened here and I want to know what it might be. Will you tell me?"
Maya and Inferno looked to one another then their gaze shifted to Kitos. "Out of everything, you want to know what happen to us instead of asking to let you leave. Either you're really foolish, or you actually give a shit." Inferno closed his eyes and sighed. "Fine then… what happened here over two years ago wa-"
The three of them heard a feral scream before an explosion caused them to take cover as the door behind them shattered with Shade emerging from the entrance of his den. "Now then, It's time for you to die human. I'm willing to make this quick and painless if you just cooperate!" His gaze fell on the human who now laid on his stomach. Groaning, he pushed part of the door off himself with Inferno underneath him. Inferno's gaze fell on Shade.
"What the hell was that for Shade!"
Shade growled and took ahold of Kitos by his shirt and threw him a few feet away with a snarl, "Get off my family, you bastard. Your life ends tonight!" Kitos landed on his backside and looked up towards Shade with a groan.
"H-hang on Shade…" Kitos was silenced when Shade backhanded him, sending him to the floor.
"You came to my home, twisted my family's minds to thinking you're not like the rest of your kind!" Shade then raised his claws then thrusted them forward, only to meet the floor where Kitos was as he rolled away from the Zoroark. "You will die here tonight human, no one will save you!" Kitos held his side as he backed up and quickly turned taking off towards the stairs with Shade right on his tail.
Maya shook her head turning towards the doors entrance and rushed inside finding Astra coughing from the stirred up dust and smoke. "Lady Astra, are you.." Inferno came in beside Maya and saw Midnight was nuzzling her sister surprising them both. "Lady Midnight, your better?"
Midnight turned to the both of them with a small smile. "Yes, and it's thanks to the human that i've been able to recover. But Shade wants to kill him." Inferno rose an eyebrow towards the girls. "If it's Shade's order to kill him then we don't question it… right?"
Maya shook her head as Astra spoke up. "We can't allow that to happen Inferno, he has done us no wrong, not only that, but if Shade kills Kitos and he doesn't return to his home, then others will come looking for him, and once they find this place, everything we have will be taken from us, we have to stop Shade before he makes a mistake that'll cost us everything!
With her final word, Astra and Midnight both rushed past Maya and Inferno who soon took off after their second in command and her sister. "But why would anyone come searching for the human?" Inferno asked with a serious tone.
Astra kept her focus as she tracked Shade's scent. "That human lives close by and, knowing him, he must have friends who'll come searching for him if he goes missing. Not only that, but the human isn't any average human. He's mated to one of our own kind and if I had to guess by the scent, she's a Lucario to be exact and when a Lucario lose someone they consider a mate… they will search high and low for their missing lover until they are found or die trying..."
Maya thought for a moment and spoke up, "I knew I smelled a pokemon's scent on him, but a lucario? How the hell did he mate with a pokemon like that in the first place? Not only that but the Lucario breed don't just pick any random mate - they must be loyal, trustworthy, pure-hearted and..." Maya realized what she just said as her eyes dilated. "Oh no..." Inferno nodded and kept his gaze forward. "Then what he said about being new to having a mate was true… I'm afraid a lucario will be a serious problem if Shade does kill him..."
-With Kitos...-
Kitos was running for his life as he felt the energy from a Shadow Claw narrowly miss him. He ran around the corner of the hall, his gaze caught sight of the stairs he had came up not long ago. He figured going back down would give him a better chance. Even though leaping down the stairs was a risky move, he knew his options were limited, especially with a pissed off zoroark chasing him down. He didn't have much of a choice at this point.
Just as Kitos reached the stairs, he took ahold of the railing and leapt over them, landing on his feet. Using the momentum to push himself forward into a roll to lighten the impact, a few pokemon nearby caught sight of Kitos and backed away as they saw him rush towards the double doors close by.
Shade caught sight of where Kitos was going and used a Shadow Claw attack trying to cut him off from entering the room, his attack slicing through the door and barely missing. The scent of blood quickly filled his nose as he realized that he landed a lucky hit on him.
I've got your scent now... You can't hide from me now… Very thing I dwell in is my field advantage. It will soon be your worst nightmare… your grave soon enough… Shade leapt over the railing of the stairs. Landing on his hind paws, he turned to the random pokemon and pointed a claw down the hallway. "All of you get back to your quarters and rest, I have everything under control here."
With the order from their pack leader, they turned and headed back towards their own rooms but a few looked back, hoping to see what might have been going on. Shade turned back towards the room in front of him, growling in disgust as he headed inside. Of all places you had to run into human… Guess I better tread carefully… As Shade entered the room, the door creaking loudly from the years of wear and tear, the door shutting on its own.
Astra and the pack reached the doors as they shut. Astra cursed under her breath, looking to the door and backed away growling. "Damn it… why did they go in there?" Midnight stepped forward to her sister and nuzzled her side lightly.
"Come on, we can't sit here, we've got to stop him…: Just as Midnight took a step forward, a pink energy surrounded the doors, causing everyone to turn to Astra.
"We can't - even the ghost types refuse to venture in there. It's forbidden to enter this room for our own safety." Maya stepped forward to Astra, looking up to the worn down sign, staring at it for a moment.
"...It's that room, isn't it lady Astra? the room where pokemon go in but never come out?" Astra merely nodded her head while Midnight looked towards the doors, cursing under her breath.
"I'm afraid so young Maya. Even with my years of experience, I myself have never dared to enter that room." Inferno stared at the sign and read the damaged sign out aloud to everyone.
"Pokéball Manufacturing: Authorized Personnel Only!"
-inside the room-
Kitos moved as quickly as he could to find a hiding place. He knew it would be difficult but he kept moving around the entire room, knowing he was bleeding from Shade's attack. He pushed himself into a wall and slid down it, wincing in pain, feeling the open wounds on his back spread open. "F-fuck… that last attack got me. I'm bleeding, exposed… I just hope I spread my scent around here enough to buy me some time." He heard the doors slam shut. Jerking his attention to the direction of the doors slowly making out a dark silhouette. He knew Shade had followed him inside.
Kitos turned away from the door and focused on calming down his breathing. There was nothing he could do - his backpack was dropped inside Shade's den, he was exhausted, and badly hurt. He needed to figure out a plan and think of one quickly. "I know you're in here Human! Come out and I won't take my time killing you!" Kitos almost pissed himself with how close Shade could be heard. It was almost like he was right above him. His gaze slowly shifted straight up and saw a large, shadow silhouette hovering close to him.
Oh fuck… don't move, don't breath, don't fucking exist! Holy shit… if he finds me I'm completely fucked!
He watched as the shadow shifted and moved away from where he was and started towards the opposite direction, leaving Kitos sitting where he was. Kitos shifted his leg and bumped a nearby shelf, a small can falling off and hit the floor, creating a noise loud enough to ring throughout the room. The shadow jerked back and fired a focus blast, destroying the shelf with its contents falling onto the floor, causing more racket than before as Shade lept towards the area, unleashing a shadow claw attack upon the now empty space. Kitos took this opportunity and ran from his spot, alerting Shade. "Oh no you don't!" Shade aimed his claws at Kitos and let loose a focus blast, missing him by a few feet but the aftershock of the attack forced Kitos off his feet and slammed into the floor. He winced in pain involuntarily, hissing in pain.
Fuck… I don't want to die like this…
Shade landed a few feet from him as the aura of ghost energy surrounded his claws. "Not bad... With what little time you had, you spread your scent around here to cover up where you've been hiding. Very clever, but now, it's over!" Kitos turned his attention to Shade, tears welled up in his eyes from the pain he was enduring. He reached out and placed his hand on the floor and tried to move away from Shade but his hand landed on something round. It had the shape like a ball. He didn't know what it was, nor did he care.
"I don't want to fight you. I didn't come here to hurt any of you but I'll be damned if I lay here and take this shit anymore from you Shade!" He threw the item that was in his hand. Once it made contact, it landed on the ground with Shade smiling.
"Admirable, I'll make sure to give you a quick de-." Shade was cut off as a red light surrounded him and sucked him into the ball Kitos had just threw.
He had thrown a Poké Ball at Shade.
Kitos blinked for a second before he slowly got back to his feet. His body protested, causing him even more pain. He looked around and noticed a few more of the pokeballs just laying around. He picked up a couple of them for a just in case situation. Kitos then looked back in the direction of the first ball, seeing the red light in its center continued to blink in and out. "...Did I just catch him...?" After a few seconds, he saw the light started to increase its blinking which made him think.
Wait a minute, shouldn't it have stopped or... oh shit. Kitos turned and bolted away from the Poké Ball as it erupted in a flash of white light, releasing Shade back out. Oh fuck, it didn't work!
Shade snarled furiously, stomping the Pokéball to pieces. "Human, you will beg for mercy after I'm through with the likes of you!" Kitos looked back in Shade's direction as he ran, his mind racing now.
Plan, I need a fucking plan now!
Kitos looked around as he ran from Shade. He spotted his next hiding place and dove behind a conveyor belt closest to the wall. He noticed a lot of holes in the walls and broken windows towards the back of the building, bringing in the moon's light. He slowly turned and looked in the direction Shade was until a loud crash came from the zoroark who landed nearby. "Get out here so I can use you as my new scratchboard. I'll be gentle, I swear!"
Kitos watched as Shade looked for a moment, sniffing the air as he did. He decided it was time to get bold, knowing Shade was trying to kill him. Perhaps he could find out something like he did with the others.
"Why are you wanting to kill me so damn badly Shade? I've done nothing to you or to your family. Just let me go and we can pretend this event tonight never happened." Shade's jerked his attention towards his hiding spot, smirking as he did.
"You're not smart talking to me. All you've done is revealed yourself to me." Shade had reached Kitos' hiding spot watching took a step back with Shade staring him down. "You have trespassed onto my territory, you have influenced my family into thinking you're not some horrible person, and if you think I will just forget this and take a risk of my family being targeted again, you're sadly mistaken."
Shade stepped forward while Kitos limped back away from him. Kitos decided to dig deeper, even though he was starting to shake with each step with fear and from the pain. "I haven't made any ill intentions to your family. I came here to sleep for one night, that was it. I didn't know any Pokémon were even here until tonight. Seriously Shade, just let me go and we can forget about this." Shade was only a few feet from Kitos, now staring into his eyes. He saw that Kitos was looking back into Shade's refusing to remove eye contact with the hostile Zoroark.
Shade started to question himself if what they said was actually true...
Shade growled lowly, making Kitos back up even further as he lept towards Kitos who threw himself onto the belt and rolled away from Shade, who growled as he turned towards him. "I will not allow my family to be hurt again! You and every human are the fucking same! You don't care about us or our well being. You're lying to them and to me you're no different than the rest of your kind - backstabbers and traitors!"
Kitos saw Shade hurdle over the belt and progressed towards Kitos. He pulled another ball and threw it. He winced, causing the ball to hit the wall above Shade who snarled. "Even now you're trying to capture me with those damn outdated things-." he stopped himself as he felt the ball hit his side, making him curse under his breath. "You've got to be fucking-." The red energy absorbing Shade inside the Pokéball.
Kitos saw the ball land on the ground, only the blinking of the light remained at a fast pace, letting him know Shade was not going to stay in this one for long. Kitos turned and ran towards a stack of boxes and hid behind them, panting weakly. "I can't… keep going like this. My ribs are killing me, my shoulder is still bleeding… Damn you Jake... you asshole." He sat there holding his side, feeling the nerves dance around, letting him know that he was still alive but in a lot of pain. He turned and looked in the direction of the ball he had ran from. "Did it work this time?" He closed his eyes with a sigh following suit. "It doesn't matter if I caught him or not… I'll have to release him, Shade's a pokemon i can't handle."
What Kitos didn't know was Shade was already out of the pokéball and right by the boxes, but had yet to reveal himself. He heard Kitos mention he would have to release him. "Not only that, the Pokémon need him here as their leader just as he needs them as his family. I have to release him so he can continue protecting them. I just pray to Arceus he'll understand my intentions..." Shade stood there surprised by what Kitos just said.
He actually thinks he caught me, but he's going to release me so I can stay here and protect my family? No, it's not true… he'll just take the pokéball and run.
Shade watched Kitos' as he walked into the moonlight and lowered down with difficulty, picking up the pokéball that was still intact and sealed shut that Shade closed back carefully to spring his trap, watching him carefully. As Kitos pressed the button on the ball, it clicked open with nothing coming out of it. He heard Kitos gasp then mutter under his breath, "Oh no..."
He really opened it. He actually tried to release me… Shade now had the element of surprise on his side. Kitos looked around frantically for the Zoroark in every direction as fear crept into his mind.
He's out, pissed, and I'm in the open. I'm dead, I seriously just fucked up... I'm beyond dead!
Kitos stopped himself and turned around towards where he came from and dropped the empty Pokéball, checking his surroundings as he did. The pokéball clattered to the ground as he slowly stepped away from where he stood wondering where Shade now was.
What Kitos didn't expect was the light from a focus blast attack form then barrel straight towards him. He threw himself to the floor with hardly any time to spare as the attack flew overhead, destroying the nearby conveyor belt.
"You're mine now human!" Kitos heard Shade snarling out. He looked up towards him, his claws ready to skewer him through to the floor. Kitos rolled to the right as the claws slammed into the concrete floor but Shade's quick thinking gave him a better reaction speed as he slammed his hind paw into Kitos' stomach which forced him back further from Shade, tumbling across the room.
Kitos groaned as he pushed himself off the floor. Getting back to his feet as quickly as he could, he felt like he'd been dragged through a few street fights. He spat towards the floor then reached up, wiping the blood from his lower jaw, staring towards Shade who waited carefully on Kitos' next move now.
He's not giving me any choice. He won't stop until I'm dead..
"What the hell happened years ago for you to be like this? Why are you so damn determined to kill someone who's done nothing wrong to any of you?" Kitos yelled throughout the pain. Shade kept his gaze locked on Kitos, growling towards him as he continued his approach while Kitos kept backing away.
"You're a threat to my family - all of you, and I'll be damned if I let another human leave here alive after what happened last time..."
Kitos stood there, holding his side as he heard the zoroark finish. He spoke lowly, "Shade, I'm nothing like those who have hurt you or your family, but I'm not going to continue to stand here and take a beating when I don't deserve this myself."
Kitos straightened his posture while opening and closing his hands, spreading his legs apart, his right foot being in front while the left was off to the side and behind while he stared into the Zoroarks eyes showing how serious he was, even if the odds were against him.
He had enough of this.
Shade gave a small chuckle, "Guess you figured out that I'm not letting you leave here alive. One way or another, only one of us will leave out of this room." He lunged towards Kitos as he threw the last pokéball he kept hidden away towards Shade who slashed the ball to pieces. Not long after, he slammed into Kitos, pushing him back but felt a strike of pain course under his maw as Kitos uppercutted the Zoroark. He staggered back for a second then shook his head for a moment as his gaze fell back onto the human in front of him and saw his stance was different now. He held one hand in front of his body while the other was by his hurt side, both palms open.
I recognize that fighting stance. That's a Lucario combat stance… but how does he know it? Shade decided to rush towards Kitos, clenching his claws into a fist. Throwing it right towards Kitos, the human side stepped and slammed his open palm into Shade's chest, knocking the breath from his lungs who then followed up with a spinning hook kick, landing a decent strike to the Zoroark's head. Disorientated, Shade lunged towards Kitos and grabbed him by the shoulders, forcing him to the ground. Kitos used the momentum to his advantage by shoving both of his feet into Shades stomach and pushed with everything he had, throwing the pokémon over himself while his own head made contact with the concrete.
Kitos rubbed the back of his head while he shook off the pain that was coursing through it as he got back to his feet. Before he could react, Shade was mid-attack, throwing a Shadow Claw his way. With nothing else to protect him, he crossed his arms to block the attacks energies as they slammed against him. Sparks of energy crackled from the attack. To say he was surprised that there wasn't much pain to the attack would have been an understatement. He had realized too late that Shade tricked him and kicked him in the chest, knocking him back.
With no time to recover from the attack, Shade lept right onto Kitos, pinning him to the ground. Kitos tried to break free only for Shade to headbutt Kitos right against his own, making him lose focus. He knew he couldn't win this fight. His time was ticking down, and fast.
Shade rose his right claws as they coated with the ghostly energies. "It's over!" he yelled before thrusting his claws forward but slammed into something with heavy resistance. Kitos laid there expecting pain, but he felt nothing except for the strange feeling from before had resurfaced.
Opening his eyes, he saw a thin layer of blue energy was surrounding Shade's claws as they were mere inches from his chest. Shades' eyes were wide as he snatched his claws back, leaping a few feet away the human, staring in bewilderment. "H-how can that be possible!?"
Kitos rolled onto his right side and shoved himself back onto his feet. His hand slowly went to the collar while three of his fingers rested against the stone's center. There is it again. It's the stone's energies… wait… No, it's… different this time… I know this feeling. Kitos stopped his train of thought and closed his eyes as the blue energy seemed to hold onto his very being, almost as if it was protecting him. Even though it was weak, it could still be seen while the zoroark kept his distance away from Kitos.
It's faint but… this energy coursing through my body... Alura, is this… your doing?
