Chapter 2: The Vampiric Plague
Raziel had started the journey with the humans, using his magic to conceal his real identity. They arrived in the center of the Orange Islands again and went straight to the temple. *Flashback* Ash and them had been at the Pokemon Center when he received a call from Melody in the Orange Islands. Melody: Ash you guys have to come to the Orange Islands immediately! The Wiseman of the island said, he found another prophecy about the chosen one! We think this means you Ash, come quick and you'll know what its about! Ash: Okay Melody we'll leave as soon as our pokemon are healed! Tell the Wiseman that we'll be coming, plus we have a new member to the group and an old one that you didn't meet before. Then the phone cut off do to the time being up on the call. Ash went over to Raziel, Misty, and Brock telling them they were going to the Orange Islands, for historical reasons. Misty knew what Ash meant and they left as soon as they had their pokemon back. *End Flashback* Ash and company went to speak with the Wiseman, when they ran into Melody. Ash and Misty introduced Brock and Raziel, and then they caught up on what's been happening since the last time they were there. They finished their conversation when the Wiseman walked in and said, "Get that unholy creature out of my temple now!" Ash thought he meant Pikachu, so he said, "But what did Pikachu do?" The Wiseman blinked and said, "Not your pokemon, all pokemon are welcome here as long as they don't destroy the temple. That unholy man right there! Get out you demon, get out of this temple!" Raziel stood up and let his disguise fade, because of his anger. He called forth the Soul Reaver and put the blade right up to the mans throat and he said, "Now do you still wish for me to leave this temple, old man?" The Wiseman looked at Raziel and started saying, "It can't be! The Reaver of Souls was just a myth, wasn't it?" Raziel studied the old man and said, "What do you know of me old one?" "I know enough to tell you that you will find your quarry here in this world, Reaver of Souls. The vampire has spread its curse to others and is building an army to take this world and remake into its vision," said the Wiseman. Raziel's tone grew from angry to a loathing type sound as he said, "Kain where is that treacherous coward hiding! Tell me or so help me I will reave your soul!" The Wiseman said, "I don't know where he is, all I know is that I heard of a strange man recruiting by night and a liege of pokemon followed him and would let no one near him. A prophecy of Celebi and Mew foretells the arrival of an unholy one who will bring about the end of the world. The person would gather an army and attempt to take the world by force. But a group of trainers would stand against him and prove to be true masters, but fail in doing so. But it also tells of one who once was then an unholy one then once was again. That the person would be an agent of a powerful being and would stand against the being and it would escape into another universe and time. That's all I know, please spare me." Raziel let go of the old man and said, "I'll spare you, but what did you call us down here for? Also you will not say a word of this to anyone or I will devour your soul!" The Wiseman said, "The reason I called you here was because if the unholy one wins the upcoming war another prophecy predicts that during the war he will hunt down the one of the few who can defeat it because he brought balance to the world once. It claims he will try and turn him into one of the unholy creatures. If this happens the world will crumble under the might of the unholy creature. We can only stop this from happening if we stop it before it gathers an army and starts the war!" Raziel just listened and when the hold man was finished he thought about what the old man said, and concluded that the boy was the balance guardian of this world and that the pokemon Celebi was the time guardian of this world. Now all he had to do was find the other seven guardians or take out Kain before it was to late and this world ended up like Nosgoth. He decided to check the worlds Spectral Realm and see what he can find. He stood up and started chanting the words to enter the spectral realm. Ash was listening very carefully and watching Raziel's arm movements, so Ash could see where Raziel went. Once in the spectral realm, Raziel looked around in amazement at how very few souls roamed around, he was about to suck the souls in when he felt an eerily presence in the spectral realm. He looked around and none other did he find, but Kain standing there watching Raziel and he said, "So you followed me here little Raziel and now I suppose you're going to exact your revenge on me now? How very typical of you Raziel, and here I thought you might have a greater purpose than to exact your pitiful revenge on me. So who were the humans you were with Raziel, hmm, friends of yours or just allies until you exact your revenge on me? Or maybe even until I escape again and make to some new world or even back to Nosgoth again?" Raziel was searing with anger now as he said, "Kain you wretched scum, what right do you have to try and take this world and make it like Nosgoth? You are nothing but a mass murderer, you are nothing but an imbecile and a coward!" Kain's look of amusement vanished as Raziel waited for Kain to strike, but Kain knew better and said, "An imbecile and a coward me, I think not Raziel. I am but a mere vampire who wishes to rebuild our race to its former glory. The glory that it was until you broke the law of evolving before I did! Then you have the gull to come back and try and exact your revenge on me? Ha, I laugh at you Raziel, you have no right to want to kill the vampire race, remember you were once a vampire, and still remain half vampire now! We will meet again soon Raziel and when that time comes we shall battle and we shall see who wins, until then I bid you farewell Raziel and by the way I know that this world as guardians, I believe to have met the guardian of conflict. He is a vampire now, you despise us most now, and strangely without even dieing I might add. One soul, one body, one vampire, and he evolved quickly also. " With that final statement said, Kain disappeared from the spectral realm. Raziel listened very closely to what Kain had said, and he concluded that he had better return to the material realm.
Kain had reappeared in the material realm and than teleported to his hideaway. He had to rest and feed, so his magic and strength would not leave him. *Flashback* Kain paced in the spectral realm impatiently, as he waited for Raziel's curiosity to get the best of him and appear in the spectral realm. As he waited his thoughts wandered back to the meeting with the leader of the rockets, he had a strange aurora coming from him. It seemed somewhat familiar, yet distant like he had felt it a very long time ago. The human and insisted on being transformed into a vampire and evolved greatly; he turned the man into a vampire without killing him. He wanted him to retain his memories so he tried his magic on him. So that he would stop breathing for only a few seconds, enough time for his memories to remain, yet also enough time to quickly draw the soul out then put it back into the body. (I made this technique up; so he technically died, but yet he didn't, please don't ask questions about it.) He then used his glyph magic, normal vampiric abilities, and a mixture of a foreign magic he rarely used to evolve his body and his abilities to withstand certain elements. Such as sunlight (using the sunlight glyph on him won't work), water, enabling him to swim (using the water glyph on him won't work), most physical attacks, extremely loud sounds (using the sound glyph on him won't work), fire (using the fire glyph on him won't work), the ability to pass through bars, nets and things like that, the ability to climb, the ability to create a spectral band (the constrict ability), the ability to use force projectiles (an artifact used and the natural ability to do it), and all of Kain's abilities (like the teleportation, lightning type moves, soul control, possession, shift anywhere this ability is for the spectral and material realms only), and many more techniques. (Let your imagination think of some of those other techniques. You also might want to check some of my other stories.) Then when he himself had turned his most loyal recruits into vampires as well and had Kain evolve them a bit further than natural fledglings. Then when Kain told him he was leaving to rest and feed, the newly made vampire was furious because he wasn't going to make any more vampires that day. Then Kain explained that because he turned his five most loyal lieutenants into vampires they will more or likely evolve somewhat like him. Also that he himself was a fine example of what Kain could evolve into. Then Kain left by exiting the base through the cave entrance and exit, then he shifted to the spectral realm. There he figured out what it was that was so familiar, the man who was technically his new lieutenant was the conflict guardian of this world. Obviously he acted on this power without knowing so and created or took over the Rocket organization and was now one of the most feared criminal organizations around. If Kain could find the second most feared criminal organization in this world then he could possibly find the other guardians and make them into his vampire lieutenants. Then he sensed it, Raziel had finally entered the spectral realm and was looking around to see what it was like. Then he sensed Kain and turned toward him. Kain was amused of what he saw, Raziel hadn't sensed him earlier, it looked like Raziel hadn't known that Kain could enter the spectral realm, then Kain finally said, "So you followed me here little Raziel and now I suppose you're going to exact your revenge on me now? How very typical of you Raziel, and here I thought you might have a greater purpose than to exact your pitiful revenge on me. So who were the humans you were with Raziel, hmm, friends of yours or just allies until you exact your revenge on me? Or maybe even until I escape again and make to some new world or even back to Nosgoth again?" Kain could tell that Raziel was searing with anger now as he said, "Kain you wretched scum, what right do you have to try and take this world and make it like Nosgoth? You are nothing but a mass murderer, you are nothing but an imbecile and a coward!" Kain's look of amusement vanished as Raziel waited for Kain to strike, but Kain knew better and said, "An imbecile and a coward me, I think not Raziel. I am but a mere vampire who wishes to rebuild our race to its former glory. The glory that it was until you broke the law of evolving before I did! Then you have the gull to come back and try and exact your revenge on me? Ha, I laugh at you Raziel, you have no right to want to kill the vampire race, remember you were once a vampire, and still remain half vampire now! We will meet again soon Raziel and when that time comes we shall battle and we shall see who wins, until then I bid you farewell Raziel. Oh, by the way I know that this world as guardians, I believe to have met the guardian of conflict. He is a vampire now, you despise us most now, and strangely without even dieing I might add. One soul, one body, one vampire, and he evolved quickly also." With that final statement said Kain disappeared from the spectral realm. *End Flashback* Kain looked around his surroundings and found that he was back near a cave he hadn't seen before. He went in and found another strange light in the cave, like the one had when he found the rocket hideout. He entered the cave and went straight to the back of the cave, where he found a door with two guards standing on either side of it. He quickly dispatched the souls from their bodies then he quickly put the souls back into their bodies where they awoke and Kain cut his arm and fed the two newly fledgling vampires. They drunk what they needed to awake fully and they now had Kain's abilities. Though they weren't going to master them for quite sometime, they could use the basic techniques to survive. Kain blasted the door in and entered where he found a long hallway. Along the way he noticed a black dragon type creature spitting flames from its mouth. He then read underneath it, Black Dragons sworn enemy of Team Rocket. (Black Dragon's symbol is a small black dragon, similar to a Chinese dragon.) He continued down the hall and found a restricted area and he knocked the guards out, accidentally killing them in the progress. Though he drew their souls back into their bodies he let them feed on two nearby humans. He then entered the restricted area and made his way down towards the Black Dragons bosses office. He then said before the human even mouthed a word, "Shut up and listen, how would you like an army to help take over the world? All you would have to do is join my rising empire, I have already persuaded Team Rocket to join, now how about you? Would you like to have strength like nothing you can experience as a human, or even what you call a pokemon? All you have to do is let me make you a vampire, and you can also have me make your five most loyal lieutenants vampires as well, so what say ye?" The man behind the desk thought for a minute then realized that he would die if he didn't comply with the stranger, so he merely nodded and called five of his most loyal lieutenants. Kain used the same technique on this man known as Zain. He made him as strong as Giovanni was and did the same with his lieutenants. He then told him the rules of being a vampire, then he stabbed all five of the vampires he had just created and killed them, then he had Zain draw their souls back into each of their bodies and they would evolve in a mixture of Kain and Zain. He then had them add his clan symbol onto their uniforms. Kain then left the base and went to an abandoned fortress he had the vampiric pokemon refurbish. He then went to the fortress and went to his chambers to rest.
