Chapter Six;
the people of Light
The three shadows had taken a form that was neither human, nor animal. See, what the pokémon looked like just then, were black mimers. They were human shaped, had human proportions, Everything except for mouth, nose, ears, hair, brows, and toes. Basically, the pokemon had no face. Everything was covered in black. Like all Pokémon, if they had reproductive organs, it was hidden. Their eyes were pasted on a Two of Diamonds card. Their hands were gloved white, they had a symbol pasted on their chest that looked like a pair of gloves shuffling a deck. They were...
"Dexen, the Card-Game Pokémon. Every Year, a group of DEXEN gather to hold a tournament of Pokémon Cards. The winner leads the group until the next tournament. Height: 3 ft., 3 in. Weight: 85 lbs." Professor Bohmm held up the three Pokédexes in amazement.
All of a sudden, Akorda went stiff. Then a strange, Pinkish-black Aura hovered over her head. One of the Dexen's eyes glowed the same color. Then Akorda spoke mechanically. "Do Not Bother, Professor Bohmm, the Pokedexes were updated by us."
Professor Bohmm relaxed slightly. Then he took in the fact that Akorda had just said us. "Wait a sec, who's talking? Is that you, Akorda?"
The Dexen-controlled Akorda chuckled. "No, Professor. Match the Pink glow around the girl to the one in one of the Dexen's eyes." The other two of the trio looked. One of the Dexens waved. "See me? I'm talking through Akorda. The other two would talk to you, but you don't have the right capabilities." Defen and Asol looked at each other, obviously baffled by the choice of words.
All of a sudden, some of the Aura cleared, and Akorda appeared to be talking to herself. "Hey! Don't tell 'em! That's one of my secrets!"
Appearing to answer herself, the Aura reappeared and Akorda's body stated, "Sorry! I would have looked for permission in your memory, but it's also kind of rude to look there." The Aura cleared and Akorda sighed, visibly annoyed. The Aura reappeared and Pink-Glowing Dexen glared. "ALL RIGHT! I'm SORRY! Are You HAPPY!?!? Geez, the things people do for privacy..." The Aura cleared and Akorda smiled at the two gaping boys, while the Dexen that was obviously HERS glared.
Defen chuckled. "Well that was a nice start." Akorda and her Dexen glared at him and Defen shut up. Asol didn't say anything, just whistled a little tune he had made up.
Finally Asol stopped stalling and asked, "I didn't really watch where the Pokéball-Energy went, which ones belong to who?" Akorda and the Dexens looked at him, surprised. "I'm Serious! I've got GREAT hand-eye coordination; When I throw a ball, my eye follows my hand and not the ball." Asol bit his lip. "Maybe if my Dexen would just come to me?" One of the Dexens visibly sighed, then walked over to him. Asol took the Pokédex that floated to him on a Bluish-Black Aura. And the Gender is... "Female?"
The Dexen nodded. Asol looked confused. Everyone else who had a mouth covered it with a hand. The Other Dexens turned away, to hide the smile in their diamond-eyes. The Dexen and Asol glared at them.
"Erhem," coughed Bohmm, "Now if you'd like to, you may nickname your pokémon." The three trainers looked at each other, then the Dexens, then at the pokéballs they held in their hands. Professor Bohmm sighed loudly. "Hurry up already, we'll be late for lunch!" The Dexens' eyes widened, then pleaded with the trainers. The Trio grinned, then started mumbling to each other on whether to use this name, or that one, etc., while hiding the twinkle in their eyes from revealing the teasing they were doing. The Dexens and Professor Bohmm visibly and audibly sighed in animé style. At last, the three trainers came to thier decision.
Asol held up his pokéball. "My Dexen's new name is Gloria!" Gloria opened her diamond eyes wide, obviously touched by a beautiful name. "She thinks its great, compared to the word 'Dexen'", observed Akorda.
Defen in turn, held up his pokéball. "My Dexen's new name is..." He faltered, then checked his pokédex. Looking satisfied, Defen held up the pokéball again. "... Raiga!" Then he leaned over and whispered to Asol," I can't believe I got a girl too." Akorda overheard psychically and giggled. When asked what was funny by her Dexen, she told him and his blue eyes sparkled. He in turn told the two Dexens what was going on, and they glared at the obviously baffled boys. Defen shrugged, asking "Was it something I said?" Akorda burst out laughing.
Still laughing, Akorda stopped to catch her breath, then announced. "His name is Amego!" Amego nodded at her, and they both smiled at each other.
Professor Bohmm coughed very loudly. "Now If you're done with the nicknaming, your six pokéballs to capture with are over there, on the same circular table. Hey Dexen! Lunch this way!" The Dexen followed him quickly, while the trainers shook their heads.
After Picking up their six pokéballs to capture with, the trainers called out the nicknames of the Dexen. The starter pokémon came racing out with not a speck of food on them, Although they looked stuffed.
After saying goodbye to Professor Bohmm, the group left Pallet town, trying to build an almost wordless bond with each other, because the conversation is a bit one-sided. If a Dexen tried to say something rude through Akorda, she would push down the telepathy and smile lightly as the Dexen glared.
Finally, it got to the point where the Trainers could understand the pokémon through special sign-language and hand-signals they had developed. Just in case, each trainer held a list of the signals, and a copy in their wallets (or purse). ...And Akorda's telephone & pager numbers.
The Dexen kept on making the symbol for stone, but looking around Route 1, The trainers didn't see any. They continued on.
Chapter Seven;
Glory Battles
As the three trainers walked down the path of Route 1, The Dexen listened as they discussed what to do when they reached Viridian City to be entered into the trainer's league, the database of trainers currently training, battling, and collecting pokemon that haven't retired like Professor Oak. This is what the conversation was like before a very important event occurred, confirming one part of the prophecy...
Defe: "I say we head on to Viridian Forest and catch some more pokemon, then go ahead and battle Brock, just like Ash did.
Aso: "No Way! We still have to check out New Bark Town and get a Sentret! Besides, there's a card center near Gold's House." Gold was a second legendary trainer, whom was the first to explore both Pokemon Worlds. "We can check out the action there, as well as register for any tournaments they have every three months."
Akorda: "I say we stay right here and figure out what powers the Dexen have. What's the use of battling unless we know what our First Pokemon do?" The two boys looked at each other, then sighed. She had a point.
A couple minutes later, the trio found that all of Dexen's attacks are status raising, such as Sharpen, Meditate, and Defense Curl. It was so depressing, that Aso and Defe sat down to card battle. Gloria and Raiga's eyes lit up. As soon as they revealed their actives, The Dexen's eyes DID light up, glowing Blue, Green, and Black swirls. The actives, a Pikachu(jungle) and a Chansey (basic), started floating in midair. The two boys backed off. The Pokeball images on the back of the cards appeared to animatedly open, then release Pokeball energy, which spreads all over the cards. The cards then exploded in light, and there stood a Pikachu and Chansey, only there was something odd about them. The card-Pokemon turned around, and there, on their backs, were slots about the width of a Pokemon card. On the Pikachu, there were three slots; there were four slots on the Chansey.
Amego folded his arms across his chest, a smug look on his face directed to Akorda read I told you so. The glare he received said Shut Up! Amego winced.
Defe caught the wordless exchange. "Did you know about this, Akorda?" he demanded. Akorda and her Dexen exchanged another look. "And YES, you SHOULD tell me!" Defe spoke with a knowingness of the silent conversation that had took place. "Now, what did he tell you?"
Akorda glanced at Amego, then shifted her weight to her right hip uncomfortably. "Amego told me that the Dexen could change cards into living, breathing creatures from whatever picture was on the card. It's their specialty." She shifted again. "I didn't believe him."
"WHA--!" Defen almost screamed again, but Raiga and Gloria cut him off with a gesture that meant trainer. Aso looked really interested.
The trainer stepped forward. He looked familiar to Akorda. She'd seen him before somewhere. A textbook. Ash's Adventures, a autobiography by Ash Ketchum. A sketch of...
"...Samurai. That is what my name soldier/trainer of Pallet." The Teen referred to Defen. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you look like the Original Samurai, who was defeated morally by Ash Ketchum." Akorda responded. "And I think someone wants to battle you." She jerked her head in the Direction of flaming eyes that belonged to Aso.
Aso's and Samurai's silver and brown eyes contrasted each other, glaring. Finally, Samurai looked away. Aso grimly smiled. "I would like to battle you, Samurai," he spoke softly. "Here Gloria." Gloria walked over as Aso spoke the main rules: "This is an All-out match, which means we use all pokemon we currently have. You may only spray potions once per offensive attack." And with that, Aso roared. "Let The Battle BEGIN!"
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Aso smiled to himself as he poured money into his wallet. The battle had been too easy. As he had expected, Samurai only had bug pokemon. As the Samurai didn't expect, a Moltres Card did the trick. Divebomb, and *poof*, a Pinsir had swirling Anime eyes. Instead of the expected Metapod however, a Butterfree was released from the Samurai's last Pokeball. To counter, Aso had Gloria replace Moltres with Magmar. Smog, and Butterfree was down. Aso had just finished putting away the prize money when Samurai walked up to him.
"That was an interesting battle, young man." The Samurai then smiled. "But if you wanted to play cards, I would have gladly done so instead. It is a bit humiliating to be beaten by the same cards that are in my 'Pyronic Rarities' deck." The two boys laughed together. Then Samurai studied Aso's face. "Trainer, you look almost exactly like the same Ash Ketchum who defeated my grand father. Are you of any blood relationship with him?"
Aso thought for a while. "Barely. Ash is several generations back in my blood. ...All of them passed through women. That's why my name doesn't resemble Ash's at all." He shook his head. "Ash only had one boy out of all the generations beneath him, and that would be me."
"I would like you to remember this battle, since it was both our first. Here, take my sword. This is the same sword that was pointed to 'Screaming Maiden' and Ash's nose. It never served any of my family well." Samurai shook his head. "Maybe you will have better luck than me or my forefathers."
Aso took it gratefully, then thought of something. "Gloria!" The Dexen looked up from studying Aso's cards. "Toss me a copy of Scyther-lvl.61, you know, the promo." Gloria snapped her fingers and the copied card appeared on Aso's open palm. With a bow, the copy was presented to the Samurai. Aso looked up and smiled. "In exchange for your sword, I present to you a Promo Scyther." Samurai studied it in wonder:
Scyther
hp:80
[Pokemon power] Inner Rage- For every damage counter put on any Scyther in your playing area, do 10 damage to every pokemon of the defending pokemon's type in the opponent's playing area. (Weakness but Not resistance counts). Heal 30 damage from each of your pokemon, including your bench.
[two Colorless (CRL)] Quick and Zip Attack- 20+
for every energy that is part of the defending pokemon's retreat cost and attack energy, do 20 more damage.
weakness: Fire
resistance: Psychic
retreat cost: free
Samurai looked up from studying the card. "How can I thank you enough?"
"You already have," answered Aso, as he unsheathed the sword from its hilt. "It looks so, AAAAAAAAGH!"
A blinding light filled the forest as Aso fully unsheathed the sword. The power crackled around the open patch they were standing in, then flew together into a horizontal, straight, blue, line. Aso looked at it, then instinctively sliced it with the sword. The line of power folded in the direction of the force, then disappeared like Pokeball energy into the sword. The sword glowed blue, but the light eventually retreated into the blue sapphire at the bottom of the handle. Everyone except the Dexen stared at it wide-eyed. The Dexen nodded knowingly at each other. And words like lightning flashed across Aso's conscious and sub-conscious mind: The sword of Power. The stone flashed light like a star, but it faded away again. Aso and Gloria blinked.
The Samurai apparently didn't see the flash. "Are you okay?" asked Samurai, "You cried out as if you'd been struck in the eyes with a flash!" Gloria and Aso looked at each other with Anime sweat-drops behind their heads.
"See Ya!" "Later, Samurai!" "Hope we battle sometime!" Calls of Goodbye sounded through route 1 as the three trainers walked through the forest, one step of a prophecy complete.
the people of Light
The three shadows had taken a form that was neither human, nor animal. See, what the pokémon looked like just then, were black mimers. They were human shaped, had human proportions, Everything except for mouth, nose, ears, hair, brows, and toes. Basically, the pokemon had no face. Everything was covered in black. Like all Pokémon, if they had reproductive organs, it was hidden. Their eyes were pasted on a Two of Diamonds card. Their hands were gloved white, they had a symbol pasted on their chest that looked like a pair of gloves shuffling a deck. They were...
"Dexen, the Card-Game Pokémon. Every Year, a group of DEXEN gather to hold a tournament of Pokémon Cards. The winner leads the group until the next tournament. Height: 3 ft., 3 in. Weight: 85 lbs." Professor Bohmm held up the three Pokédexes in amazement.
All of a sudden, Akorda went stiff. Then a strange, Pinkish-black Aura hovered over her head. One of the Dexen's eyes glowed the same color. Then Akorda spoke mechanically. "Do Not Bother, Professor Bohmm, the Pokedexes were updated by us."
Professor Bohmm relaxed slightly. Then he took in the fact that Akorda had just said us. "Wait a sec, who's talking? Is that you, Akorda?"
The Dexen-controlled Akorda chuckled. "No, Professor. Match the Pink glow around the girl to the one in one of the Dexen's eyes." The other two of the trio looked. One of the Dexens waved. "See me? I'm talking through Akorda. The other two would talk to you, but you don't have the right capabilities." Defen and Asol looked at each other, obviously baffled by the choice of words.
All of a sudden, some of the Aura cleared, and Akorda appeared to be talking to herself. "Hey! Don't tell 'em! That's one of my secrets!"
Appearing to answer herself, the Aura reappeared and Akorda's body stated, "Sorry! I would have looked for permission in your memory, but it's also kind of rude to look there." The Aura cleared and Akorda sighed, visibly annoyed. The Aura reappeared and Pink-Glowing Dexen glared. "ALL RIGHT! I'm SORRY! Are You HAPPY!?!? Geez, the things people do for privacy..." The Aura cleared and Akorda smiled at the two gaping boys, while the Dexen that was obviously HERS glared.
Defen chuckled. "Well that was a nice start." Akorda and her Dexen glared at him and Defen shut up. Asol didn't say anything, just whistled a little tune he had made up.
Finally Asol stopped stalling and asked, "I didn't really watch where the Pokéball-Energy went, which ones belong to who?" Akorda and the Dexens looked at him, surprised. "I'm Serious! I've got GREAT hand-eye coordination; When I throw a ball, my eye follows my hand and not the ball." Asol bit his lip. "Maybe if my Dexen would just come to me?" One of the Dexens visibly sighed, then walked over to him. Asol took the Pokédex that floated to him on a Bluish-Black Aura. And the Gender is... "Female?"
The Dexen nodded. Asol looked confused. Everyone else who had a mouth covered it with a hand. The Other Dexens turned away, to hide the smile in their diamond-eyes. The Dexen and Asol glared at them.
"Erhem," coughed Bohmm, "Now if you'd like to, you may nickname your pokémon." The three trainers looked at each other, then the Dexens, then at the pokéballs they held in their hands. Professor Bohmm sighed loudly. "Hurry up already, we'll be late for lunch!" The Dexens' eyes widened, then pleaded with the trainers. The Trio grinned, then started mumbling to each other on whether to use this name, or that one, etc., while hiding the twinkle in their eyes from revealing the teasing they were doing. The Dexens and Professor Bohmm visibly and audibly sighed in animé style. At last, the three trainers came to thier decision.
Asol held up his pokéball. "My Dexen's new name is Gloria!" Gloria opened her diamond eyes wide, obviously touched by a beautiful name. "She thinks its great, compared to the word 'Dexen'", observed Akorda.
Defen in turn, held up his pokéball. "My Dexen's new name is..." He faltered, then checked his pokédex. Looking satisfied, Defen held up the pokéball again. "... Raiga!" Then he leaned over and whispered to Asol," I can't believe I got a girl too." Akorda overheard psychically and giggled. When asked what was funny by her Dexen, she told him and his blue eyes sparkled. He in turn told the two Dexens what was going on, and they glared at the obviously baffled boys. Defen shrugged, asking "Was it something I said?" Akorda burst out laughing.
Still laughing, Akorda stopped to catch her breath, then announced. "His name is Amego!" Amego nodded at her, and they both smiled at each other.
Professor Bohmm coughed very loudly. "Now If you're done with the nicknaming, your six pokéballs to capture with are over there, on the same circular table. Hey Dexen! Lunch this way!" The Dexen followed him quickly, while the trainers shook their heads.
After Picking up their six pokéballs to capture with, the trainers called out the nicknames of the Dexen. The starter pokémon came racing out with not a speck of food on them, Although they looked stuffed.
After saying goodbye to Professor Bohmm, the group left Pallet town, trying to build an almost wordless bond with each other, because the conversation is a bit one-sided. If a Dexen tried to say something rude through Akorda, she would push down the telepathy and smile lightly as the Dexen glared.
Finally, it got to the point where the Trainers could understand the pokémon through special sign-language and hand-signals they had developed. Just in case, each trainer held a list of the signals, and a copy in their wallets (or purse). ...And Akorda's telephone & pager numbers.
The Dexen kept on making the symbol for stone, but looking around Route 1, The trainers didn't see any. They continued on.
Chapter Seven;
Glory Battles
As the three trainers walked down the path of Route 1, The Dexen listened as they discussed what to do when they reached Viridian City to be entered into the trainer's league, the database of trainers currently training, battling, and collecting pokemon that haven't retired like Professor Oak. This is what the conversation was like before a very important event occurred, confirming one part of the prophecy...
Defe: "I say we head on to Viridian Forest and catch some more pokemon, then go ahead and battle Brock, just like Ash did.
Aso: "No Way! We still have to check out New Bark Town and get a Sentret! Besides, there's a card center near Gold's House." Gold was a second legendary trainer, whom was the first to explore both Pokemon Worlds. "We can check out the action there, as well as register for any tournaments they have every three months."
Akorda: "I say we stay right here and figure out what powers the Dexen have. What's the use of battling unless we know what our First Pokemon do?" The two boys looked at each other, then sighed. She had a point.
A couple minutes later, the trio found that all of Dexen's attacks are status raising, such as Sharpen, Meditate, and Defense Curl. It was so depressing, that Aso and Defe sat down to card battle. Gloria and Raiga's eyes lit up. As soon as they revealed their actives, The Dexen's eyes DID light up, glowing Blue, Green, and Black swirls. The actives, a Pikachu(jungle) and a Chansey (basic), started floating in midair. The two boys backed off. The Pokeball images on the back of the cards appeared to animatedly open, then release Pokeball energy, which spreads all over the cards. The cards then exploded in light, and there stood a Pikachu and Chansey, only there was something odd about them. The card-Pokemon turned around, and there, on their backs, were slots about the width of a Pokemon card. On the Pikachu, there were three slots; there were four slots on the Chansey.
Amego folded his arms across his chest, a smug look on his face directed to Akorda read I told you so. The glare he received said Shut Up! Amego winced.
Defe caught the wordless exchange. "Did you know about this, Akorda?" he demanded. Akorda and her Dexen exchanged another look. "And YES, you SHOULD tell me!" Defe spoke with a knowingness of the silent conversation that had took place. "Now, what did he tell you?"
Akorda glanced at Amego, then shifted her weight to her right hip uncomfortably. "Amego told me that the Dexen could change cards into living, breathing creatures from whatever picture was on the card. It's their specialty." She shifted again. "I didn't believe him."
"WHA--!" Defen almost screamed again, but Raiga and Gloria cut him off with a gesture that meant trainer. Aso looked really interested.
The trainer stepped forward. He looked familiar to Akorda. She'd seen him before somewhere. A textbook. Ash's Adventures, a autobiography by Ash Ketchum. A sketch of...
"...Samurai. That is what my name soldier/trainer of Pallet." The Teen referred to Defen. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you look like the Original Samurai, who was defeated morally by Ash Ketchum." Akorda responded. "And I think someone wants to battle you." She jerked her head in the Direction of flaming eyes that belonged to Aso.
Aso's and Samurai's silver and brown eyes contrasted each other, glaring. Finally, Samurai looked away. Aso grimly smiled. "I would like to battle you, Samurai," he spoke softly. "Here Gloria." Gloria walked over as Aso spoke the main rules: "This is an All-out match, which means we use all pokemon we currently have. You may only spray potions once per offensive attack." And with that, Aso roared. "Let The Battle BEGIN!"
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Aso smiled to himself as he poured money into his wallet. The battle had been too easy. As he had expected, Samurai only had bug pokemon. As the Samurai didn't expect, a Moltres Card did the trick. Divebomb, and *poof*, a Pinsir had swirling Anime eyes. Instead of the expected Metapod however, a Butterfree was released from the Samurai's last Pokeball. To counter, Aso had Gloria replace Moltres with Magmar. Smog, and Butterfree was down. Aso had just finished putting away the prize money when Samurai walked up to him.
"That was an interesting battle, young man." The Samurai then smiled. "But if you wanted to play cards, I would have gladly done so instead. It is a bit humiliating to be beaten by the same cards that are in my 'Pyronic Rarities' deck." The two boys laughed together. Then Samurai studied Aso's face. "Trainer, you look almost exactly like the same Ash Ketchum who defeated my grand father. Are you of any blood relationship with him?"
Aso thought for a while. "Barely. Ash is several generations back in my blood. ...All of them passed through women. That's why my name doesn't resemble Ash's at all." He shook his head. "Ash only had one boy out of all the generations beneath him, and that would be me."
"I would like you to remember this battle, since it was both our first. Here, take my sword. This is the same sword that was pointed to 'Screaming Maiden' and Ash's nose. It never served any of my family well." Samurai shook his head. "Maybe you will have better luck than me or my forefathers."
Aso took it gratefully, then thought of something. "Gloria!" The Dexen looked up from studying Aso's cards. "Toss me a copy of Scyther-lvl.61, you know, the promo." Gloria snapped her fingers and the copied card appeared on Aso's open palm. With a bow, the copy was presented to the Samurai. Aso looked up and smiled. "In exchange for your sword, I present to you a Promo Scyther." Samurai studied it in wonder:
Scyther
hp:80
[Pokemon power] Inner Rage- For every damage counter put on any Scyther in your playing area, do 10 damage to every pokemon of the defending pokemon's type in the opponent's playing area. (Weakness but Not resistance counts). Heal 30 damage from each of your pokemon, including your bench.
[two Colorless (CRL)] Quick and Zip Attack- 20+
for every energy that is part of the defending pokemon's retreat cost and attack energy, do 20 more damage.
weakness: Fire
resistance: Psychic
retreat cost: free
Samurai looked up from studying the card. "How can I thank you enough?"
"You already have," answered Aso, as he unsheathed the sword from its hilt. "It looks so, AAAAAAAAGH!"
A blinding light filled the forest as Aso fully unsheathed the sword. The power crackled around the open patch they were standing in, then flew together into a horizontal, straight, blue, line. Aso looked at it, then instinctively sliced it with the sword. The line of power folded in the direction of the force, then disappeared like Pokeball energy into the sword. The sword glowed blue, but the light eventually retreated into the blue sapphire at the bottom of the handle. Everyone except the Dexen stared at it wide-eyed. The Dexen nodded knowingly at each other. And words like lightning flashed across Aso's conscious and sub-conscious mind: The sword of Power. The stone flashed light like a star, but it faded away again. Aso and Gloria blinked.
The Samurai apparently didn't see the flash. "Are you okay?" asked Samurai, "You cried out as if you'd been struck in the eyes with a flash!" Gloria and Aso looked at each other with Anime sweat-drops behind their heads.
"See Ya!" "Later, Samurai!" "Hope we battle sometime!" Calls of Goodbye sounded through route 1 as the three trainers walked through the forest, one step of a prophecy complete.