Chapter Ten;
Destiny, the uncontrollable!
"Okay, so we have each got our 'Weapon of Destiny', as Akorda calls them, our Dexen, and our power. As it is, we should be facing the next part of our destiny sooner or later. Can anyone remember the prophecy?"
Aso re-reviewed all the facts of the trio's destiny that they had fulfilled so far which was recorded on a sheet of paper. The three children had stopped at a local restaurant, and had ordered a window seat. The Dexen were sleeping in the hotel they had stopped at, with full access to the three card-collections should the need arise.
While eating lunch, Defen looked out at the view of Pewter city. Though the city was rather small and plain, to him, it was actually kinda cozy, what with the small stone buildings.
Defen smiled a little. Viridian Forest had not been a challenge at all. Hilarious is a better term. All those sweating Beedrills and Weedles running around being chased by Magmars, Moltres, and Charmeleons. Defen chuckled a little at the memory of a Blastoise having to put out the forest fires, embers flickering around trees, grass, and stones...
Defen's eyes snapped at a sudden memory rush. Right after they had left Pallet, the Dexen had been making the symbol for stone... His eyes widened. 'A stone will be dropped by the likes of gold and silver.' There was more, it was: 'The shadows of Darkness, the people of Light, Sky darkened by Storms, when the Gods appear to punish the Bad, the Shadows will emerge to form a Being which can stop an Apocalypse. The Fire is stopped, the Blizzard burned, and the Thunder muted...' Fire? Blizzard? Thunder? The legendary birds, and the legendary dogs? Gold? and Silver? Ho-oh and Lugia? Shadows... the Dexen? The people of light... Us?
"Defen?" Defen looked up sharply to see Akorda's worried face. "What's wrong?" Then a gasp. "You've figured out the prophecy?!" Aso looks up.
"What?!?"
"I think you heard me, Aso."
"How could you tell that he did? I didn't hear him say anything!" Akorda gulped. Then Defen's eyes opened in shock as he realized how she had known that he had figured out the prophecy. They stayed open.
"It was from his face. Oh my god, look at his expression..."
Aso took a look, then shuddered. "I think he's in shock."
Akorda looked away. "I wonder why..."
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Five hours later, Defen was sitting upright, looking at his hands and apparently deep in thought. Akorda peeked around the doorway, and knocked on the door. Defen narrowed his eyes at her after he had jumped.
Akorda walked in and sat by the bed. Defen looked away from her. "I see you've figured out my Talent." This time Akorda looked away when Defen gave her a hurt look.
"Why didn't you tell me? We were best friends from Preschool, we had four, no, five, no, SIX years to work this out between us. You had six years to tell me." He looked down at his hands. "You had this power since when?"
"Five years ago."
"So you had FIVE years to tell me. Why didn't you?" His angry glare softened. "Were you scared?"
"...y-yes..."
"Didn't we say we would tell each other every little secret we found out?" Akorda remembered. "Although I'm sure you freaked out, couldn't you have still trusted me enough to share?" Akorda looked away again. Defen studied her.
"How much range, 'path- and 'port-wise, does the Talent have?"
"What do you mean by 'path and 'port?"
"I think you should know. 'Path is telepath and 'port is..."
"...Teleport! Oh, I get it now! I'm really mostly 'path, but if I concentrate all my energy, I can lift objects of any size and set them up to a mile away." Akorda fixed her gaze on a book she had bought Defen. The book turned pink, and teleported itself to Defen's lap. Akorda relaxed her gaze and turned to smile at an amazed Defen. His gaze remained on the book. Akorda sweated
After a pause, Defen looked at her with a small smile. "So I suppose that row with Amego that first day was about telling us your Talent?" Akorda sweated more and nodded meekly, her eyes small. Defen smiled a bit more warmly. "...And that would be why the Dexen would keep on glaring at you? Because you're pushing their thoughts away from being spoken through you?" Again, small eyes, meek nod.
Aaaw... How sweet! Amego's eyes were alight with humor.
Shut up.
Ok.
You know that a Hug isn't always romantic! And besides, how did you reach me from all the way on the other side of town?
Your Talent range goes further than that.
Oh! "Oh!"
Defen looked at her worriedly. "What is it, Akorda?"
Akorda sweated still more. "My Telepathic range goes further than the length of Pewter City." As Defen gawked, she continued, "And I'm pretty sure that my Teleport range goes further too."
Akorda concentrated, and found a Pidgey sleeping in Rt. 3. Akorda's pupils started to glow pink. So did the outline of the Pidgey. And then, there was a Pidgey sleeping on Defen's bed. The Pidgey glowed pink again, and then disappeared. Defen's mouth opened wider, anime style.
He looked at Akorda, a wry grin plastered on his face. "Is there anything that you're NOT telling me?" Akorda sweated.
"N-no, not r-really..."
"Okay! then we'd better contact Asol." As a thirteen year old, he had been given a cell-phone on his birthday. Akorda looked away, deep in thought.
What will happen to me now?
Chapter Eleven;
Angel's Wings, Impossible Things
Aso looked up from his soda. "Hey you two, what took so long?"
Defen glanced at Akorda as he took his seat. Akorda ignored him. "We kinda' renewed our friendship."
Aso blinked. "Whatever. Anyways," Aso leaned over in excitement, "Def, what's the news on the prophecy?" Akorda glanced at Defen. In the confusion and fear after having her telepathy discovered, Akorda had forgoten that Defen had figured what the prophecy had to do with themselves.
"Okay, remember quote 'The shadows of Virtue, the people of Light, Sky darkened by Storms, when the Gods appear to punish the Bad, the Shadows will emerge to form a Being which can stop an Apocalypse. Twin Shadows of Blizzard and Blaze will be their guide. The Fire is vanquished, the Storm stopped, and the Thunder muted, and with that, the Shield of Light, the Sword of Power, and the Arrows of Bond will destroy whatever evil has descended to defy the gods. A stone dropped by the likes of Gold and Silver will call upon the greatest Power within Destiny, and a Miracle of the Heavens will take place' unquote, but the thing you should always remember is WE are the people of Light, and our DEXEN are the shadows of Virtue." Aso stared at Defen wide-eyed, while Akorda muffled her gasp with a hand. "I know that Professor Bohmm already told us that, but we were too busy finding our way around Kanto and being trainers to really pay any attention to that.
"Since we know we are the people of Light, and our Dexen the shadows of Virtue, everything else just about fall into place. Fire, Storm, and Thunder mean the legendary birds, and the legendary dogs. Twin Shadows of Blizzard and Blaze can only mean two pokemon: The Dexen's relatives Blazhé and Haizhé; there are only two in all of the world.
"And Check this out." Defen opened his Tri-World edition Pokegear to the Map Card. "Map, locate and highlight locations of following pokemon hiding spots: Dexen nest, Tin tower, Lugia's position in the Whirl Islands, Blaizhé's fortress, Haizhé's temple, and current locations of Legendary dogs, and Legendary Birds."
Defen held up the Map card. "Map, connect-the-dots in any random order." Aso breathed in sharply. The dots formed the symbol of Glory! "Again." Akorda stared. The symbol of Friendship? wasn't the symbol of Glory there a while ago? "Again. I'm going to guess you see the symbol of Honor on the Map card now." Defen turned his Pokegear off.
Akorda swayed. "The symbols... how... but... no way..."
Defen nodded. "Way. This is a complicated maze, but destiny owns this maze, and we have to find our way through, like it or not." Defen blinked. "That's a good analogy. Note that later."
Aso and Akorda animé fainted.
After picking himself up and brushing the dirt off his shirt, Aso looked at Defen and said, "So, what does all this mean?"
Defen got up and took out his wallet. He put down the number of Yen required to pay for the food, then said, "We have to find Blaizhé and Haizhé, the twin ghosts of fury."
Destiny, the uncontrollable!
"Okay, so we have each got our 'Weapon of Destiny', as Akorda calls them, our Dexen, and our power. As it is, we should be facing the next part of our destiny sooner or later. Can anyone remember the prophecy?"
Aso re-reviewed all the facts of the trio's destiny that they had fulfilled so far which was recorded on a sheet of paper. The three children had stopped at a local restaurant, and had ordered a window seat. The Dexen were sleeping in the hotel they had stopped at, with full access to the three card-collections should the need arise.
While eating lunch, Defen looked out at the view of Pewter city. Though the city was rather small and plain, to him, it was actually kinda cozy, what with the small stone buildings.
Defen smiled a little. Viridian Forest had not been a challenge at all. Hilarious is a better term. All those sweating Beedrills and Weedles running around being chased by Magmars, Moltres, and Charmeleons. Defen chuckled a little at the memory of a Blastoise having to put out the forest fires, embers flickering around trees, grass, and stones...
Defen's eyes snapped at a sudden memory rush. Right after they had left Pallet, the Dexen had been making the symbol for stone... His eyes widened. 'A stone will be dropped by the likes of gold and silver.' There was more, it was: 'The shadows of Darkness, the people of Light, Sky darkened by Storms, when the Gods appear to punish the Bad, the Shadows will emerge to form a Being which can stop an Apocalypse. The Fire is stopped, the Blizzard burned, and the Thunder muted...' Fire? Blizzard? Thunder? The legendary birds, and the legendary dogs? Gold? and Silver? Ho-oh and Lugia? Shadows... the Dexen? The people of light... Us?
"Defen?" Defen looked up sharply to see Akorda's worried face. "What's wrong?" Then a gasp. "You've figured out the prophecy?!" Aso looks up.
"What?!?"
"I think you heard me, Aso."
"How could you tell that he did? I didn't hear him say anything!" Akorda gulped. Then Defen's eyes opened in shock as he realized how she had known that he had figured out the prophecy. They stayed open.
"It was from his face. Oh my god, look at his expression..."
Aso took a look, then shuddered. "I think he's in shock."
Akorda looked away. "I wonder why..."
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Five hours later, Defen was sitting upright, looking at his hands and apparently deep in thought. Akorda peeked around the doorway, and knocked on the door. Defen narrowed his eyes at her after he had jumped.
Akorda walked in and sat by the bed. Defen looked away from her. "I see you've figured out my Talent." This time Akorda looked away when Defen gave her a hurt look.
"Why didn't you tell me? We were best friends from Preschool, we had four, no, five, no, SIX years to work this out between us. You had six years to tell me." He looked down at his hands. "You had this power since when?"
"Five years ago."
"So you had FIVE years to tell me. Why didn't you?" His angry glare softened. "Were you scared?"
"...y-yes..."
"Didn't we say we would tell each other every little secret we found out?" Akorda remembered. "Although I'm sure you freaked out, couldn't you have still trusted me enough to share?" Akorda looked away again. Defen studied her.
"How much range, 'path- and 'port-wise, does the Talent have?"
"What do you mean by 'path and 'port?"
"I think you should know. 'Path is telepath and 'port is..."
"...Teleport! Oh, I get it now! I'm really mostly 'path, but if I concentrate all my energy, I can lift objects of any size and set them up to a mile away." Akorda fixed her gaze on a book she had bought Defen. The book turned pink, and teleported itself to Defen's lap. Akorda relaxed her gaze and turned to smile at an amazed Defen. His gaze remained on the book. Akorda sweated
After a pause, Defen looked at her with a small smile. "So I suppose that row with Amego that first day was about telling us your Talent?" Akorda sweated more and nodded meekly, her eyes small. Defen smiled a bit more warmly. "...And that would be why the Dexen would keep on glaring at you? Because you're pushing their thoughts away from being spoken through you?" Again, small eyes, meek nod.
Aaaw... How sweet! Amego's eyes were alight with humor.
Shut up.
Ok.
You know that a Hug isn't always romantic! And besides, how did you reach me from all the way on the other side of town?
Your Talent range goes further than that.
Oh! "Oh!"
Defen looked at her worriedly. "What is it, Akorda?"
Akorda sweated still more. "My Telepathic range goes further than the length of Pewter City." As Defen gawked, she continued, "And I'm pretty sure that my Teleport range goes further too."
Akorda concentrated, and found a Pidgey sleeping in Rt. 3. Akorda's pupils started to glow pink. So did the outline of the Pidgey. And then, there was a Pidgey sleeping on Defen's bed. The Pidgey glowed pink again, and then disappeared. Defen's mouth opened wider, anime style.
He looked at Akorda, a wry grin plastered on his face. "Is there anything that you're NOT telling me?" Akorda sweated.
"N-no, not r-really..."
"Okay! then we'd better contact Asol." As a thirteen year old, he had been given a cell-phone on his birthday. Akorda looked away, deep in thought.
What will happen to me now?
Chapter Eleven;
Angel's Wings, Impossible Things
Aso looked up from his soda. "Hey you two, what took so long?"
Defen glanced at Akorda as he took his seat. Akorda ignored him. "We kinda' renewed our friendship."
Aso blinked. "Whatever. Anyways," Aso leaned over in excitement, "Def, what's the news on the prophecy?" Akorda glanced at Defen. In the confusion and fear after having her telepathy discovered, Akorda had forgoten that Defen had figured what the prophecy had to do with themselves.
"Okay, remember quote 'The shadows of Virtue, the people of Light, Sky darkened by Storms, when the Gods appear to punish the Bad, the Shadows will emerge to form a Being which can stop an Apocalypse. Twin Shadows of Blizzard and Blaze will be their guide. The Fire is vanquished, the Storm stopped, and the Thunder muted, and with that, the Shield of Light, the Sword of Power, and the Arrows of Bond will destroy whatever evil has descended to defy the gods. A stone dropped by the likes of Gold and Silver will call upon the greatest Power within Destiny, and a Miracle of the Heavens will take place' unquote, but the thing you should always remember is WE are the people of Light, and our DEXEN are the shadows of Virtue." Aso stared at Defen wide-eyed, while Akorda muffled her gasp with a hand. "I know that Professor Bohmm already told us that, but we were too busy finding our way around Kanto and being trainers to really pay any attention to that.
"Since we know we are the people of Light, and our Dexen the shadows of Virtue, everything else just about fall into place. Fire, Storm, and Thunder mean the legendary birds, and the legendary dogs. Twin Shadows of Blizzard and Blaze can only mean two pokemon: The Dexen's relatives Blazhé and Haizhé; there are only two in all of the world.
"And Check this out." Defen opened his Tri-World edition Pokegear to the Map Card. "Map, locate and highlight locations of following pokemon hiding spots: Dexen nest, Tin tower, Lugia's position in the Whirl Islands, Blaizhé's fortress, Haizhé's temple, and current locations of Legendary dogs, and Legendary Birds."
Defen held up the Map card. "Map, connect-the-dots in any random order." Aso breathed in sharply. The dots formed the symbol of Glory! "Again." Akorda stared. The symbol of Friendship? wasn't the symbol of Glory there a while ago? "Again. I'm going to guess you see the symbol of Honor on the Map card now." Defen turned his Pokegear off.
Akorda swayed. "The symbols... how... but... no way..."
Defen nodded. "Way. This is a complicated maze, but destiny owns this maze, and we have to find our way through, like it or not." Defen blinked. "That's a good analogy. Note that later."
Aso and Akorda animé fainted.
After picking himself up and brushing the dirt off his shirt, Aso looked at Defen and said, "So, what does all this mean?"
Defen got up and took out his wallet. He put down the number of Yen required to pay for the food, then said, "We have to find Blaizhé and Haizhé, the twin ghosts of fury."