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May stared at the ceiling, laying on her back on her bed. Her eyes were a mix of emerald and ruby, and slightly puffy. She sat up, her hair damp and sticking to her face and neck. Lucia was at the end of the bed, a collar around her neck.
The collar was not any normal collar. It kept the small Light-based pikachu from using any attacks, physical or elemental. Lucia's ears drooped, as May whipped away the tears, her breathing short bursts of air. "Lucia, how long do you think I'll take?" she asked her only companion, pulling her knees up to her chest.
She sighed. It was harder, since she had a baby growing every day inside her and was starting to make his self or herself seen. May picked at her skirt restlessly, before getting up and pacing. "You alright in there?"
"I'm fine!" May snapped, "Just fine! I'm locked in a room waiting for my husband to run in to get himself killed!"
The voice had stayed silent, before saying. "Master Ashura could kill us all if he wanted to."
"Why would you care?" she asked, looking at the door, "You were stationed to make sure I don't get out."
"I care because...because I..." he had stopped, before slipping into the room. He was a lank young man with short blonde hair and clear blue eyes. His shirt and cloak held the League symbol, which was an upper case 'L' surrounded by three elements: Fire, Water, and Grass.
"Mistress Marian, I have a wife at home. I barely have any time to see her, being at the League's beck and call. I know what it's like to be separated from someone you love," he said. May suddenly felt sorry for him. He was so young, yet already had a wife and had been sucked into the League's grasp...
Someone knocked at the door with soft taps. The guard opened the door slowly, before flinging it open entirely. It was a young dark girl, her hair in a high ponytail that was barely holding up all her hair. She held a good-sized bundle in her arms, and walked in shyly.
"Mistress Ariel and Master Kiall ordered that these be given to you," she said, handing the bundle to May. She exited quickly, taking the guard with her.
"Uh...thank you?" May said to the door, which had shut with a soft click and locked. She sat down on the bed, and set the bundle on her lap. Lucia sniffed at it curiously, before laying back down to go back to sleep. May untied the strings binding it and opened it.
Inside was her light blue-almost white-cloak, her necklace with the black and white gem pendant laid out on top of it. May picked it up gently, the crystal cold against her hands before it started warming up again. She frowned. It normally went a lot warmer then what it was.
May's hand tightened on the necklace, obscuring the Forbidden Crystal piece from view. She had seen a speck of red in its depths, a menacing dark red. Hands shaking, she put the pendant on. 'Ash...' she thought, taking her cloak out and setting it on the end of the bed, 'What is happening to you...'
She looked at the remaining object in the bundle. It was a blue- white robe-type gown. May frowned; it reminded her of Elizabeth. Lucia peeked at it through slitted eyes, before blinking. "Well," May said slowly, "Might as well try it on..."
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The sun shone dully in the sky, lighting up the world. Ash stood in the shadows of the trees, watching the small town as the people did their daily work. His eyes glowed gold, as he saw the Army on the horizon. "Pikachu, this is going to take a lot longer then I though," Ash said, glaring at the outlines of the men.
"Pikachu..." the mouse pokemon replied, sitting on his shoulder. Ash walked toward the town, knowing that was exactly where that Army was heading.
One of the children playing near the entrance looked at him, before whispering to her comrades. They all looked at him, before running off. Ash frowned at their backs, shaking his head. "Am I that frightening?" he asked.
Pikachu snickered, before going silent at Ash's glare. "Chu!"
"I'm in no mood for your games," Ash snapped, "so knock it off." He continued to walk, ignoring the looks he kept getting from the surrounding people.
Ash, at the peak of his temper, growled when someone or something pulled on his cloak. "Do you mind! I have somewhere to-"
He turned to see a small child behind him, the hem of his black cloak clutched in his small hands. Ash looked around, horrified. He had just yelled at a child, who had not even deserved it. The child looked up at him, tears streaming down his face. "Not again..."
Pikachu jumped down, when Ash got down on his knees in font of the toddler. "I am sorry," he said, wiping the tears away with his hand, "You have just caught me at a very bad time..."
The boy looked at him, eyes suddenly wide. Ash noticed his eyes went from him to something behind him. Frowning, Ash turned slowly to look in the same direction. The League had arrived.
Ash, with a quick apology, roughly grabbed the boy and ran, hoping to find a good hiding place. A small house on the edge of the town ended up being where Ash left him. "Stay here until someone comes and gets you," he said, rushing out.
The Shadow pokemon sitting on Ash's shoulder again jumped into the air and became the Shadow Blade. Master and Trainers were pouring into the small town, attacking with a fierce hatred.
"Time to see just how strong they are," Ash whispered under his breath, sliding in behind one of the buildings. He ran along the allies, the shadows hiding him from view.
Seeing a small group near the entrance, Ash jumped up, kicked the wall with the heel of his boots and did a flip to land right in the center of them. The Masters all stared, before recognizing him for who he was. "Aha, Ashura!" one of them said, "On your way to save the Light Mistress?"
Ash silently turned to look at the green-clad Master who had spoke. "That Light Master...if she weren't chained to you I'd take her myself."
Most of the Masters nodded in agreement. They backed off suddenly, when the Shadow Master's eyes flashed gold, red, then gold again. Ash swung the Shadow Blade and hit the Master in the chest with it. With a gurgle he fell to the ground dead. "May," Ash said softly, his voice a dangerous whisper, "is not some toy you can play with!"
The rage that had built up finally exploded. Ash turned his wrathful glare on the other Masters, some of which started running. Any that remained looked at each other, before attacking. He gave them a chilling, humorless smile, as he raised the Shadow Blade in attack.
Not even minutes later, every Master that had surrounded him landed on the ground, bloodied up and dead. Ash stepped over the bodies quietly, glaring at the attacking League. "HALT!" he yelled, his voice echoing hauntingly through the town.
Silence fell over the town, as every Master and Trainer stopped dead in their tracks to look in his direction. Ash walked toward the frozen League, his eyes glowing a bright gold. "I am going to make this quick...I could make it long and painful...but I have my wife to find," he said quietly, lifting the sword up so the point was aimed at them.
In the blink of an eye, Ash had raced forward and not only diced up the Masters and the pokemon, but had managed to make it without a drop of blood touching him or the innocents. "Have a good death," Ash whispered, as the Shadow Blade sparked and turned into Pikachu.
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Misty peeked past the bushes, frowning. "We can get there faster if we go by pokemon," she said, standing up and walking over to the group hidden in the shadows of the forest. Lance, Fox, and Paran quietly got up, letting their pokemon out.
"I have the feeling Ash won't be too thrilled when he sees us..." Paran commented, climbing onto the ponyta the Pokemon League had supplied. Lance laughed.
"Ash thought a 'direct order' would stop us from helping! He can be so naïve sometimes..." Lance sighed. Misty shook her head.
"No, I don't think it's that..." she said. Fox jumped up onto the ponyta behind Paran, before saying anything.
"He wants us to stay out of it because he doesn't want us getting hurt." he said, wrapping his arms around Paran's waist. "That would probably be a good idea..."
"WHAT?!" Misty yelled, turning to stare up at him. "You want us to just go back to Indigo? To sit and wait to see if Ash manages to survive this one?"
"I think we all know Ash well enough to not even have a doubt," Lance mused, getting on his Dragonair, "that he'll put up a fight when we arrive."
"Well," Paran said, lightly tapping the ponyta's sides, "we will just have to take care of it later. It's too late to just turn back."
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The morning dawned bright, the land foggy and cool. Ash blinked his eyes, staring at the ground. He slowly drew his knees up to his chest, wrapping his arms around his legs.
In one day he had had three different confrontations with the League, and each one he had destroyed the Masters in them. Ash looked at his hands, before balling them into fists. He stood up abruptly, startling the Shadow pikachu awake. "Pikachu, get up." he said, "We need to get to Cerulean."
"Chaaa," Pikachu sighed, stretching. He jumped up onto Ash's shoulder, clutching onto the Shadow Master's head to keep balance. Ash wiped a hand across his eyes to get rid of the sleepiness.
Ash sighed, before summoning up the Shadow Disk. "I need to get there quicker then this."
His cloak billowed out gently in the breeze. Ash squinted his eyes, the top of the old gate Tower just visible from his position. Pikachu made a small sound, frowning at his Master. His eyes sweeped from side to side, looking for any sign of the League HQ.
None found, Ash slowed the Shadow Disk to a stop, and stepped off. "I am going to need some serious therapy after this one," Ash sighed, pulling his cloak tighter around his body as he started walking.
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Kiall sat in the dark, drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair. "What is wrong love? I've never seen you this worried," Ariel asked, sitting on the other arm.
"I'd think he'd be here by now," Kiall said, frowning at her. Ariel nodded in agreement.
"Ashura never was one to take his time. Would run head-on into a battle without a thought." she replied quietly, "Most likely all of those raids are holding him back. If you held those off he'd arrive earlier I assume."
"That's true...I will contact the generals and tell them to withdraw the Armies until I give further instruction." He stood up silently, and started to the door. "Oh, and Ariel...request that Marian dine with us."
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DJ- I'm just fine :D I mgiht end up putting them in one room again (mwahaha) near the end..maybe.
Elemental Sorceress- Thanks ^.^
May stared at the ceiling, laying on her back on her bed. Her eyes were a mix of emerald and ruby, and slightly puffy. She sat up, her hair damp and sticking to her face and neck. Lucia was at the end of the bed, a collar around her neck.
The collar was not any normal collar. It kept the small Light-based pikachu from using any attacks, physical or elemental. Lucia's ears drooped, as May whipped away the tears, her breathing short bursts of air. "Lucia, how long do you think I'll take?" she asked her only companion, pulling her knees up to her chest.
She sighed. It was harder, since she had a baby growing every day inside her and was starting to make his self or herself seen. May picked at her skirt restlessly, before getting up and pacing. "You alright in there?"
"I'm fine!" May snapped, "Just fine! I'm locked in a room waiting for my husband to run in to get himself killed!"
The voice had stayed silent, before saying. "Master Ashura could kill us all if he wanted to."
"Why would you care?" she asked, looking at the door, "You were stationed to make sure I don't get out."
"I care because...because I..." he had stopped, before slipping into the room. He was a lank young man with short blonde hair and clear blue eyes. His shirt and cloak held the League symbol, which was an upper case 'L' surrounded by three elements: Fire, Water, and Grass.
"Mistress Marian, I have a wife at home. I barely have any time to see her, being at the League's beck and call. I know what it's like to be separated from someone you love," he said. May suddenly felt sorry for him. He was so young, yet already had a wife and had been sucked into the League's grasp...
Someone knocked at the door with soft taps. The guard opened the door slowly, before flinging it open entirely. It was a young dark girl, her hair in a high ponytail that was barely holding up all her hair. She held a good-sized bundle in her arms, and walked in shyly.
"Mistress Ariel and Master Kiall ordered that these be given to you," she said, handing the bundle to May. She exited quickly, taking the guard with her.
"Uh...thank you?" May said to the door, which had shut with a soft click and locked. She sat down on the bed, and set the bundle on her lap. Lucia sniffed at it curiously, before laying back down to go back to sleep. May untied the strings binding it and opened it.
Inside was her light blue-almost white-cloak, her necklace with the black and white gem pendant laid out on top of it. May picked it up gently, the crystal cold against her hands before it started warming up again. She frowned. It normally went a lot warmer then what it was.
May's hand tightened on the necklace, obscuring the Forbidden Crystal piece from view. She had seen a speck of red in its depths, a menacing dark red. Hands shaking, she put the pendant on. 'Ash...' she thought, taking her cloak out and setting it on the end of the bed, 'What is happening to you...'
She looked at the remaining object in the bundle. It was a blue- white robe-type gown. May frowned; it reminded her of Elizabeth. Lucia peeked at it through slitted eyes, before blinking. "Well," May said slowly, "Might as well try it on..."
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The sun shone dully in the sky, lighting up the world. Ash stood in the shadows of the trees, watching the small town as the people did their daily work. His eyes glowed gold, as he saw the Army on the horizon. "Pikachu, this is going to take a lot longer then I though," Ash said, glaring at the outlines of the men.
"Pikachu..." the mouse pokemon replied, sitting on his shoulder. Ash walked toward the town, knowing that was exactly where that Army was heading.
One of the children playing near the entrance looked at him, before whispering to her comrades. They all looked at him, before running off. Ash frowned at their backs, shaking his head. "Am I that frightening?" he asked.
Pikachu snickered, before going silent at Ash's glare. "Chu!"
"I'm in no mood for your games," Ash snapped, "so knock it off." He continued to walk, ignoring the looks he kept getting from the surrounding people.
Ash, at the peak of his temper, growled when someone or something pulled on his cloak. "Do you mind! I have somewhere to-"
He turned to see a small child behind him, the hem of his black cloak clutched in his small hands. Ash looked around, horrified. He had just yelled at a child, who had not even deserved it. The child looked up at him, tears streaming down his face. "Not again..."
Pikachu jumped down, when Ash got down on his knees in font of the toddler. "I am sorry," he said, wiping the tears away with his hand, "You have just caught me at a very bad time..."
The boy looked at him, eyes suddenly wide. Ash noticed his eyes went from him to something behind him. Frowning, Ash turned slowly to look in the same direction. The League had arrived.
Ash, with a quick apology, roughly grabbed the boy and ran, hoping to find a good hiding place. A small house on the edge of the town ended up being where Ash left him. "Stay here until someone comes and gets you," he said, rushing out.
The Shadow pokemon sitting on Ash's shoulder again jumped into the air and became the Shadow Blade. Master and Trainers were pouring into the small town, attacking with a fierce hatred.
"Time to see just how strong they are," Ash whispered under his breath, sliding in behind one of the buildings. He ran along the allies, the shadows hiding him from view.
Seeing a small group near the entrance, Ash jumped up, kicked the wall with the heel of his boots and did a flip to land right in the center of them. The Masters all stared, before recognizing him for who he was. "Aha, Ashura!" one of them said, "On your way to save the Light Mistress?"
Ash silently turned to look at the green-clad Master who had spoke. "That Light Master...if she weren't chained to you I'd take her myself."
Most of the Masters nodded in agreement. They backed off suddenly, when the Shadow Master's eyes flashed gold, red, then gold again. Ash swung the Shadow Blade and hit the Master in the chest with it. With a gurgle he fell to the ground dead. "May," Ash said softly, his voice a dangerous whisper, "is not some toy you can play with!"
The rage that had built up finally exploded. Ash turned his wrathful glare on the other Masters, some of which started running. Any that remained looked at each other, before attacking. He gave them a chilling, humorless smile, as he raised the Shadow Blade in attack.
Not even minutes later, every Master that had surrounded him landed on the ground, bloodied up and dead. Ash stepped over the bodies quietly, glaring at the attacking League. "HALT!" he yelled, his voice echoing hauntingly through the town.
Silence fell over the town, as every Master and Trainer stopped dead in their tracks to look in his direction. Ash walked toward the frozen League, his eyes glowing a bright gold. "I am going to make this quick...I could make it long and painful...but I have my wife to find," he said quietly, lifting the sword up so the point was aimed at them.
In the blink of an eye, Ash had raced forward and not only diced up the Masters and the pokemon, but had managed to make it without a drop of blood touching him or the innocents. "Have a good death," Ash whispered, as the Shadow Blade sparked and turned into Pikachu.
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Misty peeked past the bushes, frowning. "We can get there faster if we go by pokemon," she said, standing up and walking over to the group hidden in the shadows of the forest. Lance, Fox, and Paran quietly got up, letting their pokemon out.
"I have the feeling Ash won't be too thrilled when he sees us..." Paran commented, climbing onto the ponyta the Pokemon League had supplied. Lance laughed.
"Ash thought a 'direct order' would stop us from helping! He can be so naïve sometimes..." Lance sighed. Misty shook her head.
"No, I don't think it's that..." she said. Fox jumped up onto the ponyta behind Paran, before saying anything.
"He wants us to stay out of it because he doesn't want us getting hurt." he said, wrapping his arms around Paran's waist. "That would probably be a good idea..."
"WHAT?!" Misty yelled, turning to stare up at him. "You want us to just go back to Indigo? To sit and wait to see if Ash manages to survive this one?"
"I think we all know Ash well enough to not even have a doubt," Lance mused, getting on his Dragonair, "that he'll put up a fight when we arrive."
"Well," Paran said, lightly tapping the ponyta's sides, "we will just have to take care of it later. It's too late to just turn back."
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The morning dawned bright, the land foggy and cool. Ash blinked his eyes, staring at the ground. He slowly drew his knees up to his chest, wrapping his arms around his legs.
In one day he had had three different confrontations with the League, and each one he had destroyed the Masters in them. Ash looked at his hands, before balling them into fists. He stood up abruptly, startling the Shadow pikachu awake. "Pikachu, get up." he said, "We need to get to Cerulean."
"Chaaa," Pikachu sighed, stretching. He jumped up onto Ash's shoulder, clutching onto the Shadow Master's head to keep balance. Ash wiped a hand across his eyes to get rid of the sleepiness.
Ash sighed, before summoning up the Shadow Disk. "I need to get there quicker then this."
His cloak billowed out gently in the breeze. Ash squinted his eyes, the top of the old gate Tower just visible from his position. Pikachu made a small sound, frowning at his Master. His eyes sweeped from side to side, looking for any sign of the League HQ.
None found, Ash slowed the Shadow Disk to a stop, and stepped off. "I am going to need some serious therapy after this one," Ash sighed, pulling his cloak tighter around his body as he started walking.
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Kiall sat in the dark, drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair. "What is wrong love? I've never seen you this worried," Ariel asked, sitting on the other arm.
"I'd think he'd be here by now," Kiall said, frowning at her. Ariel nodded in agreement.
"Ashura never was one to take his time. Would run head-on into a battle without a thought." she replied quietly, "Most likely all of those raids are holding him back. If you held those off he'd arrive earlier I assume."
"That's true...I will contact the generals and tell them to withdraw the Armies until I give further instruction." He stood up silently, and started to the door. "Oh, and Ariel...request that Marian dine with us."
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DJ- I'm just fine :D I mgiht end up putting them in one room again (mwahaha) near the end..maybe.
Elemental Sorceress- Thanks ^.^