By A. Jonathan Taylor
Ch. 5: Amazon's True Identity!
(A.N.: As you remember in the past chapter; W.D.R. (World Domination Regime) has bombed a few cities and the World Resistance tried to strike back... but it was in vain. Until Team Hunter came to the rescue and made the first battle with W.D.R. in vain. Blade was like a normal human version of the Incredible Hulk! He admitted that he knew Ash Ketchum, but he doesn't say who he REALLY is.)
A week has passed since the first attack... Misty and the rest of the army seemed to have gotten a wounded pride, ever since Team Hunter showed up... nobody's really sure if they are friend or foe. But their pride is not wounded; they're just in the need to know on what Team Hunter actually is.
In Misty's bunk... (She shares with May.) Misty thought, "What's with Team Hunter? I seem to know that man Blade for some reason, I checked the readout on his bio when I was fixing his body, he has an amazingly powerful body." May asks Misty, "Can't sleep, huh? Me neither." Misty tells May what worries her, "For a week, no other W.D.R. force is coming to attack us and I can't stop thinking about Blade." Duplica woke up and said, "I wonder what those super duper attackers are doing now."
To answer Duplica's question, Amazon and her Snowolf are training for the next fight with W.D.R. The weapons that she's wielding are her earrings/Escrima sticks. As she finished the training with a final blow move... she heard a familiar ring. She and Snowolf looked to their left and found a decrypted old woman; she is dressed in a green kimono with a red obi, carrying a simple boken and a small ruby pendant. It was now other woman: it is Amazon's grandmother, as she last saw her!
Amazon asked, "Grandma?" Snowolf barked out, "Snowolf Snow! ("I thought you were dead, madam!")" Amazon's grandma spoke to her, "You haven't forgotten why you've left town. Have you, Maze?" Amazon couldn't hold it in any longer; she began to swell up in tears. And her true name is Maze Tenaku, and her role before the War was to become the leader of her hometown.
Maze cried as she spoke, "But, the boy... I was following him like the charter said. When he and his Pikachu defeated Snowolf and I: we looked into their souls and found out if they're right enough for us and they are fit to be. I'm following him until I date him or marry him." Maze's grandma scolded her, "Well... you're a disgrace; because of you our town is destroyed by the World Domination Regime, and that counted as us being defeated by all of them. So you can either join them or die."
The Man Without Fear
/ GO!! /
Maze cried, "Grandmother, you can't do this to us! This isn't like you!"
/ Can you feel it /
/ The perfect day /
/ Scratch the leaved /
/ The paper tears /
/ The world I'm feeling start giving away /
/ A perfect day /
/ A perfect day /
Suddenly, Maze saw into her mind... in a forest of bamboo, near Maze's hometown, 11 years ago... Maze, as a cute little 8-year-old girl, was running with her grandmother through the bamboo. Her grandmother found a mirror and picked it up, before they knew it the entire forest became crawling with soldiers from a trouble-making organization known as Team Mystery.
/ Suddenly your rule the universe /
/ Everything was shapeless is clear now /
/ I visualize with a drop of sound /
/ I am The Man Without Fear /
Maze's grandmother called to her grandchild, "Run child, hurry!" Maze whined, "But, Grandma! I thought we were going to train!" Maze's grandmother answered, "We'll do that when we're home!"
Maze's bamboo sword slipped from her hand's grasp and hit a wire off the ground from out of nowhere! It was a booby trap! The wire sprung up hundreds of sharp wooden spikes, shooting and poking out from almost every direction!
/ You can't hurt me (NO) /
/ You can't stop me (NO) /
/ You can't beat me (NO) /
/ You can't bring me DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!! /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
They all did a good job of avoiding them... but one of those spikes cut off the ruby pendant's string, sending the ruby flying off in one of the directions! As Maze's grandmother ran off to get it back... Maze looked back and evilly smirked!
/ Hello lady /
/ She takes my hand /
/ Delicate features in this rain /
/ I lose everything /
/ Can I dream /
/ The voices scream /
/ The voices shout /
/ Suddenly you're shot irreparably /
/ Everything was evil now clear /
/ I hear the darkness without sound /
/ I am The Man Without Fear /
The moment that Maze's grandmother grabbed the ruby... sharp wooden stakes stabbed her from all around, creating loud stabbing sounds and her blood gushed out fast! It was the end of Maze's grandmother...
/ You can't hurt me (NO) /
/ You can't stop me (NO) /
/ You can't beat me (NO) /
/ You can't bring me DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!! /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
Maze's grandmother coughed up blood as she spoke, "You... traitor... of all... people... your own... grandmother?"
Back in reality, Maze was mystified by that flashback... did she actually make a deal with Team Mystery and kill her own grandmother, for the greed of being the leader of her village? Maze cried and screamed out, "NO! IT CAN'T BE TRUE! IT CAN'T!" Snowolf sniffed her master, "Snowolf? ("Maze, are you okay?")"
/ Justice is blind. /
/ I trust you /
/ Justice is blind /
/ I trust you /
For the next couple of moments... Maze and her Snowolf are having the stuffing beat out of them by her 'supposedly dead' grandmother.
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Daredevil /
/ See The Man... Without Fear /
/ See The Man... Without Fear /
Maze thought of what might have happened in the past, "But in Amazonia Town... Team Mystery... and your pendant." Maze's grandmother pulled out a blood-covered scythe that's shaped like a crescent moon and said, "And with this scythe, I will cleanse your ugly soul of your rotten blood, Hunter." Maze's grandmother threw her pendant at Maze!
Maze & Snowolf snapped out of it and said, "What's this?" Suddenly, Maze saw into her mind... In that very forest of bamboo, near Maze's hometown, 11 years ago... Maze, as a cute little 8-year-old girl, was running with her grandmother through the bamboo. Her grandmother found a mirror and picked it up, before they knew it the entire forest became crawling with soldiers from a trouble-making organization known as Team Mystery.
Maze's grandmother cried to her, "Run child, hurry!" Maze whined, "But, Grandma! I thought we were going to train!" Maze's grandmother said to her, "We'll do that when we're home!"
Maze's bamboo sword slipped from her hand's grasp and broke in half! Hundreds of sharp wooden spikes shot and poked out from almost every direction! They all did a good job of avoiding them... but a question mark shaped shuriken flew from one of Team Mystery's hands and cut off the ruby pendant's string, sending the ruby flying off in one of the directions!
As Maze's grandmother ran off to get it back... Maze looked back with worry on her face... Maze cried out to her grandma, "NO! GRANDMA! DON'T GO THERE!" Maze's grandmother shouted, "I NEED IT!" The moment that Maze's grandmother grabbed the ruby... sharp wooden stakes stabbed her from all around, creating loud stabbing sounds and her blood gushed out fast! It was the end of Maze's grandmother...
Maze watched in horror as four long wooden stakes stab her grandmother by Team Mystery, bleeding to death! Maze, the one of today, learned true suffering in sight of seeing those you loved the most dying before your eyes that day!
The younger Maze cried in sight of her dying grandma, "GRANDMOTHER!" Team Mystery grunt called to his allies, "After the girl!"
Surprisingly, the grandmother had strength left to keep fighting and she killed them all... an hour later... a woman with brown hair ran away from the sight of carnage. Maze & a few wild Pokémon came around the dying grandmother... Maze continued to cry as she cradled her grandmother's head in her arms, "Grandmother..." Maze's grandmother coughed up blood as she said her last words, "Forget about me, granddaughter... Go, and lead the village without me."
Now, back to the present day, Maze remembers it perfectly! She reached for her blue Escrima stick/earrings and the ruby pendant! Her Snowolf stayed close to her... "Grandmother, give me strength."
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon /
/ C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon /
The supposedly dead grandmother of Maze shouted, "DIE, HUNTER!"
Maze, who's using a guandao made from her Escrima stick/earrings combined into a staff with the bladed ruby from the pendant to complete the weapon, as a defense, stabbed the old woman! As the jewel blade went through the evil woman's body...
Maze glared at her opponent, "It's true that I am a member of Team Hunter. But the one with the ugly soul and the rotten blood... is YOU! YOU AREN'T MY GRANDMOTHER! Show me your TRUE form!" The old woman disappeared, with an Alakazam and the brown-haired woman from 11 years ago!
Maze knew who that woman is, "Korea Karenna, leader of Team Mystery, emissary of W.D.R.... you've tried to trick my memories and kill me!" Korea Karenna asked Maze, "How did you see through the mind raping power of both my Alakazam and me?" Her Alakazam shouted, "Kazam! ("Yeah! How?")"
Snowolf barked out, "Snowolf Snow Snowolf Wolf Snow; Snowolf Wolf Snow Snowolf! ("For one thing, Maze's grandmother had no desire for the Crescent Moon Scythe, it gives her nightmares whenever she wields it!")" Maze followed, "Another thing is, she always carried this ruby glaive pendant: because through her hard work as a child with her own grandmother, she got it through hard work. It reminded her of how much her grandmother loved her so, and vice versa. She would never just throw it away." And finally, Maze & Snowolf spoke in unison, "And what's more important, no matter what the consequences, she would never attack from the rear or the side by cheating."
Korea panicked, stepped back and threw her Crescent Moon Scythe at Maze, who just blocked it with her new guandao and the steel blade crumbled to a silvery dust! Maze glared at Korea, "My grandmother risked her life to save mine, that's how I grew to become the leader of my hometown of Amazonia Town... you've twisted the memories of our family love! FOR THIS YOU'LL PAY!!!"
Amazon (Maze) gathered a ton of energy from everywhere around her and transmitted it into Snowolf! Korea panicked, "PROTECT ME, ALAKAZAM!" Alakazam panicked as well, "KAZAM! ("I CAN'T!")"
Amazon shouted, "Get them, Snowolf!" Snowolf howled, "Snowolf! ("Yes, Mistress!")" Amazon screamed out, "Comet Strike attack!" Snowolf howled into the air, "Snow... WOLF! ("Comet... STRIKE!")" Snowolf howled into the sky, sending a gigantic comet from the heavens down upon Korea, therefore ending the evil emissary's life!
(A.N.: Talk about your big finish.)
As gentle snow came falling from the sky around Amazon and Snowolf... Amazon held up the ruby glaive pendant, "I will always carry this pendant, in honor of our love and our memories together, beloved grandmother."
Blade's voice came along to her ears, "You forgot to clean your new blade, Maze." Amazon calmly looked at Blade, Pikachu, Knight, & Growlithe, who just appeared behind her. She rubbed the blood off the pendant with some loose snow.
Knight has a small smirk on, "Who would've thought that someone so beautiful & lustful for you would get so angry and vengeful?" Amazon spoke a promise; "As soon as this war is over, I'm going to want to have babies and train them to be full-fledged amazons like their mother." Blade said to her, "And I'm sure you will make a great trainer of amazons and Pokémon." Knight added in, "And a loving mother."
Amazon nodded, "Yeah!" (A/N: You hear the sounds of a record scratch for a second!) Maze's eyes widened, "You do?" Blade & Knight said in unison, "Yes."
Amazon smiled a little smile and said, "Okay, I'll be ready for the future! W.D.R. or no W.D.R., challengers or no challengers; I'll crash right through them! I might not become the best, but I'll do the best I can. In the meantime, there's one thing I want you to do for me." Blade & Knight asked Amazon in unison, "What's that?" Amazon leaped into Blade's arms and said, "Carry me, darling!"
To be continued...
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