Ch. 9: A Knight's Tale
After a month of being Team Hope, the Pokémon Wars is still going on. At WDR H.Q., a tall dark man named Jack Crash, and he's about as tall as Knight. "Giovanni, sir." Saluted Jack. Giovanni asked, "Yes, Jack Crash?" Jack said to him, "I think I know Knight." Giovanni asked Jack, "Are you sure?" Jack assured, "I've seen his face from somewhere before." Giovanni accepted, "Very well, I'll give you one month to deal with him."
At the Team Hope H.Q., Misty was happy to be reunited with her beloved Ash Ketchum, who for many months been under the codename Paladin for Team Hunter. Ash said, "Misty, I'm not so sure yet." Misty said, "Ash, please tell me; why can't we marry yet?" Ash answered, "War is first, the wedding is to be planned after it." Misty cuddles closer next to Ash some more.
James came by shouting, "Trouble!" Ash rushed to a Hunter Carrier, where Knight & Maze were waiting. At the coordinates to meet the "trouble-maker", Ash, Maze, & Knight are in a circle in Lavender Town. As the aircraft takes off, Misty calls on Ash's Poké Cell and says to him, "Be careful." Ash answers back, "I will."
After 2 hours of waiting, nobody showed up. Knight relaxed and pulled out a rations packet. He smiles (as he always does), "And the flavor of the day is... banana and beef." Maze becomes disgusted, "Yuck! Who comes up with those combinations? And my cooking is still 4 stars!" Ash asks, "Who's got the fifth?" Maze answers, "Your old friend, Brock."
As Knight sat down and munched on the contents of his rations packet, Maze sighs, "Knight, my old friend, I highly suggest that you never breed." Knight just smiles still, Maze sighs again and also says, "Frankly that's a medical opinion." Ash notices and asks, "Is there anything in the world to get Knight worked up?"
Finally, the WDR soldiers show up! Knight gulps down the last of the contents and reached for the hilt on his hair band and pulled on it, by pressing on a switch on it... a huge silvery sword blade sprang out, turning the hilt into a sword! Regardless of onslaughts, Knight held out most of them!
Maze sighs, "He works off that extra energy good." Ash sits back and asks her, "Do you think he can hold out well?" Maze smirks at her current beloved; "I've known Knight for years before you came along, Ash darling."
Suddenly, an oncoming WDR vehicle charges in and almost crashes into them both! Luckily, the passengers' jump out and Ash & Maze jump out of the way! Jack Crash makes his introduction as he lands (for he is one of those passengers), "Greetings, I am Jack Crash of the World Domination Regime." Knight readies himself to battle Jack Crash, sword and Growlithe at the ready.
Ash says to him, "I've heard about Jack Crash, he was supposed to be dead about a decade ago for multiple murders of innocent people and Pokémon." Then he began to through a fit and pulled out a pair of pistols, "ARE YOU READY TO GO NUTS? LET'S GET NUTS!" Maze knows Ash wants to end this war as soon as possible, but this is becoming excessive against just one person! Knight, still donning his usual face, smiled and reared for battle, "Anybody else like to go nuts? I am."
Jack pulled out a gun and asked Knight, "Tell me, son. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" The most amazing thing just happened; Knight's mellow smile vanished! Usually he is a cheerful and mellow dude, but now he's showing curiosity and fear concealed for far too long as he suddenly asked in a scared tone of voice, "What?" Everyone else looked at Knight with curious faces!
Jack said, "Oh, nothing. Just something I say to everyone before I seriously hurt or kill."
Then he shoots Knight into Knight's exposed arm! As the others prepare to attack back, Jack teleported away with an Abra he had beside him 10 seconds ago. Ash cursed, "Stupid Abra! Now we'll have to get Knight healed!"
Back at Team Hope HQ, while patching up poor Knight's wound, everyone was wondering why he was frozen when Jack Crash just said that one phrase. After being healed by Amazon, Knight still feels memory pain and is frowning at the humiliation earlier.
Ash began to shout and scold his human war partner, "YOU STUPID JERK! WHY DID YOU JUST CHOKE ON THAT DEVIL THE DANCE AND THE MOONLIGHT BIT?" Knight has lost his usual mellow attitude and began to twitch and catch seizures!
Misty calmly asks Knight, "Come to think of it, who are you really, Knight?"
Knight sadly sighs, "With you guys, I can't hide anything can I?" He explains, "My real name is Nicholas Harusame."
Ash almost tripped, "NICHOLAS HARUSAME of the Harusame family? I thought the only living bloodline has been declined by those evil rogues!"
Nick continued, "I almost was, you see... the Harusame family was famous for Pokémon researching and battling, my ancestors were some of the first to master Fusenergy, that's 'Fusion Energy' for short, it's a technique that recreates Pokémon and their masters in various ways. You can transform a Pokémon into a new and more powerful monster, a weapon, a vehicle, etc. Even fuse Pokémon another or yourself."
Marty came by, placing the back of his now lengthened hair in a ponytail by using his bandana as a hair-band, asking, "Sort of like the energy fusion I did to get my revenge?" Nick sighs, "Only it's more advanced and more powerful. You should imagine the Eevee Bros. or the Kimono Sisters create an Eevee creature of that stature."
Nick continued his story, "Way before the war began, or when I became 10, I lead a happy life with my mother and father. When I became 8 years old, my dad gave me Growlithe as a puppy. That night after seeing the movies, a devil came out from the darkness and took my parents from me. I began to grow cold and bitter, I never wanted to go to an orphanage, I avoided all people, even the ones I fell in love with since I was 4."
Marty looked at Maze and thought, he asked Nick, "Is it Maze?" Maze got intrigued, as Nick asked, "Is Maze what?" Marty rephrased his question, "Is Maze the one you're in love with since you were a kid?" Nick nodded, "Yes." Maze shrieked out, "WHA–A–A–A–A–T?!" and Marty sighed, "I knew it!"
"I wanted to end my life so I could join my parents, but I couldn't bring myself to it. No matter what I tried to negate, I couldn't kill myself," continued Nick. Gary scoffed, "Coward! You couldn't even risk it all." Nick got pissed off and landed a megaton kick onto Gary's head, which is now groveling at the feet of the victor, Nick!
Nick continued on with his story, "Then I met your father, Ash. He taught me ways of Pokémon training, and gave me my codename, Knight/Samurai, for another specialty of my family: swordsmanship and warrior skills. I began to mellow out and chill as I grew up. I easily got over the death of my parents, but the memory of that awful night was indented into my mind."
Marty jokes, "A knight is sworn to valor, his heart knows only virtue, his blade defends the helpless, his might oppose the weak, his words speak only truth, his wroth undoes the wicked."
Nick felt a need to hit Marty, but then he felt another seizure stopping him! He caught an image of a younger Jack Crash hitting him like a nuclear bomb! Nick felt a flashback... in a concrete jungle (city), 13 years ago... Nick, as a cute little 8-year-old boy, was walking home with his parents and pet Pokémon. His father took a wrong turn and ended up getting shot by a man in a trouble-making organization known as Team Blood.
Nick's mother tried to fight back, but before she could react, she got shot too! Nick wondered if his mom or dad is okay, but as he checked, his dreams were shattered! He looked at his parents' assailant, a tall dark man with a devilish grin! He asked the 'young Knight', "Tell me, son. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
Young Nicholas shouted, "SHUT UP, LEAVE ME ALONE!" Nick realized that never happened as he snapped out of that flashback! He looked at his left shoulder; he suddenly remembered that he was shot in the same place as a child recently! He reached into his pockets and pulled out two plastic bags, each one with a solitary bullet shell, one from 13 years ago and the one from Crash!
Nick commanded his loyal Pokémon, "Growlithe, sniff the bullets for any similarity in the shooter!" Growlithe sniffed and growled, which proved positive, both bullets are from the same person! Nick looked at the bullets carefully, both of them have Jack's signature on them!
Nicholas growled, "It was Jack! Jack Crash killed my parents, the Joker of Team Blood shall meet his end!"
Marty felt like his shoulder just popped out of place and he had to place it back in, "ARE YOU CRAZY? LISTEN TO ME, SWORD-BOY, THAT JACK CRASH MUST HAVE SERIOUS POKÉMON/WEAPONRY/MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS!" Nick smirked with angst eyes, "I haven't wasted 13 years of my life into those skills for nothing! Now I'll have my revenge!"
Marty continued to try to reason with Nicholas, "EVEN IF YOU DO KILL HIM, THE PAIN WILL NEVER GO AWAY, YOU WILL KEEP KILLING AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT REVENGE IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE!" Nicholas held out his hair-band sword at Marty's windpipe and said, "That's what mine was, Surfer-Boy. So wipeout!" Marty replied, "En garde."
As they brawled, Misty & Maze looked at them. Maze said, "Unbelievable." Misty said, "Actually I believe my brother's right. If they are like that, maybe we should try egging them on."
Nick went to his locker and opened it, pulling out a small box. Within that box, is a red triangular shield-like sword component, he withdrawn the blade of his hair-band sword back into the hilt and snapped it onto the blade's place! Nick, with a now angst tone of voice, said, "Time to break out the wine of blood and the champagne of chaos; because it's time to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight!"
Bring Me To Life
/ How can you see into my eyes like open doors /
/ Leading you down into my core /
/ Where I've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold /
/ Until you find it there and lead it back home /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (Save me) /
/ Call my name and save me from the dark /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Bid my blood to run /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Before I come undone /
/ (Save me) /
/ Save me from the nothing I've become /
/ Now that I know what I'm without /
/ You can't just leave me /
/ Breathe into me and make me real /
/ Bring me to life /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (Save me) /
/ Call my name and save me from the dark /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Bid my blood to run /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Before I come undone /
/ (Save me) /
/ Save me from the nothing I've become /
/ Frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead /
/ All this time I can't believe I couldn't see /
/ Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me /
/ I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems /
/ Got to open my eyes to everything /
/ Without a thought without a voice without a soul /
/ Don't let me die here /
/ There must be something more /
/ Bring me to life /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Wake me up inside /
/ (Save me) /
/ Call my name and save me from the dark /
/ (Wake me up) /
/ Bid my blood to run /
/ (I can't wake up) /
/ Before I come undone /
/ (Save me) /
/ Save me from the nothing I've become /
/ (Bring me to life) /
/ I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside /
/ (Bring me to life) /
An hour later... an entire armed force of Team Hope is being lead by Nick, into battle! He convinced Ryo that if they fought back against Jack Crash now, he could go up against Giovanni now! Ryo stood in a metallic Spearow-shaped flagship following Nicholas' motorcycle!
Ash stood on his own, staring boldly towards the future battlefield. If we survive this battle, thought Ash, the war will end once and for all.
Misty looked at Ash with worry; the three elite forces of the former Team Hunter have their stories and their miserable tales. But she worries about him the most; she almost lost him in the Tunnel of Infinite Darkness, she does not want to lose him again. She thought, Ash, Mr. Ketchum, please, come back to us all.
They found the World Domination Regime's headquarters and silently invaded it. Nick is on the lookout for Jack Crash. And he found him, face-to-face in front of him and dressed in nothing more than a pair of violet sunglasses, a white lab coat with oversized sleeves, a pair of white pants, and blue suede shoes. Jack greeted Nick, "It's so nice to see you again."
Nick pulled out his hair-band sword, along with his two golden hilted swords from his utility belt (placing them together to form a double-ended sword), "Weapons?" Jack calmly pulled out a handheld Gatling launcher weapon from out of his oversized sleeves. Nick asked, "An Arm-score 44.5 caliber Gatling launcher?" Jack nodded.
Nick responded, "How quaint. Are the rounds explosive tipped?" Jack carefully took out a speed-loader from his really big gun, pulled off one round and threw it at the wall, which exploded away in a flash! Nick recognizes this and gets his grin back, "Electrode-charged plastic explosives? How fun! Let's get to it!" Jack responded as he placed the speed-loader back in, "Yes, let's."
Nick calmly asked Jack, "Excuse me, have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" Jack frowned, Knight his own words against him, and fired at his young opponent! Nick sent Growlithe to snatch Jack's Poké balls! Nick followed his puppy Pokémon and lashed out his double-sword to carve his opponent's weapon in half!
Nick smiled, as he landed, "You have no weapons and Pokémon left!" Jack smiled, "Actually, I have a leader Pokémon and one skill I learned from your family. Blizzardog!"
A gigantic wolf-like Pokémon leaped in front of Jack (it's about as big as an Arcanine)! It's got a thick mane of white fur and sharp fangs and claws! Its eyes glared at the brave little Growlithe!
Nick opened up the back of his belt and pulled out a white Poké-Cell. He unfolded it, pointed it at the Blizzardog, he also pressed a button, and then a 3-D hologram of Blizzardog appeared above the device. An angst male computer voice coming from his Poké-Cell, "Blizzardog: the great wolf Pokémon of the ice variety. This Pokémon is evolved from a Snowolf with the use of a Snowflake Crystal. This Pokémon is usually stronger than its predecessor, Snowolf. Its Comet Strike attack is like a Rhydon's Take Down attack times one thousand."
Nick withdrew his Poké-Cell and laughed, "What are you going to do? Bite me to death?" Jack smirked, "Watch." Jack looked at his Blizzardog and shouted, "Poké-Form!" Blizzardog growled and turned into a white ball of light that fits into Jack's palm, and Jack shouted, "DNA Unity!" As he placed the ball of light into his chest... his complexion turned pale, his eyes turned into the same form as a wolf's, his hair exploded into a thick white mane of hair (like Sesshômaru), as he looked at Nick, he said to the young man, "Do you like my new form, child?"
Nick grinned, "Now this is how real Pokémon do battle at the latest level!" He looked at his Growlithe and shouted, "Poké-Form!" Growlithe growled and turned into a ball of red light that fits into his palm, and Nick shouted, "Power Control!" As he placed the ball of light into his hair-band sword... the ball of light remained and gained canine eyes and a mouth with canine teeth and ears! The light extended and merged his nick's whole right arm, which is wielding the hair-band sword weapon!
The Blizzardog/Jack Crash creature pulled out a samurai sword, the blade glowed with the being's aura! Nick shouted, "Now Harusame family sword component on!" He pulled out the red triangular shield-like sword component, he withdrawn the blade of his hair-band sword back into the hilt and snapped it onto the blade's place!
Once again, Nick gained the 'Yami Yugi' victory expression and said to his opponent, "Time to break out the wine of blood and the champagne of chaos; because it's time to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight!" Jack charged in! Nick dodged and flicked the switch on his weapon, but instead of the normal silvery blade, a sharp blade-like beam of white light formed!
Nicholas threw his double-blade sword at the shoulder of his opponent, which proved a little effective. Until Jack pulled it out and began to heal at an accelerated rate! Jack said, "To bad you don't have any silver or Fusenergy in these blades here, then it would've been more effective!"
Jack focused his power into his sword and shouted out, "Icicle Slash!" Then he swung his sword at Nicholas, who dodged it with ease, who was able to see the blue-colored energy shockwave it has formed! The slash shockwave is cutting through the floors, ceilings, and walls, leaving behind cuts filled with thick chunks of ice!
Nicholas smirked, "There's more than just 17 types of Pokémon, buddy! Celestial Slash!" Nick swung his sword at Jack, who didn't bother to dodge, cutting into the heart of his enemy, leaving a huge illuminating gash! Quickly, Jack reverted to his normal human self, with an unconscious Blizzardog beside him!
Nicholas said, "Hello, my name is Nicholas Harusame. You've killed my parents, prepare to die."
Jack said, "I'll give you everything that I have," but he pulled out his broken sword (Nick did that)! Nicholas stabbed him into the heart and angrily said, "I want my parents back you evil son of a bitch!" Finally, Jack Crash is dead! Nick sighed, "Ash, it's all up to you and your father." Then he began to fall, Maze came to catch him successfully before he hit the ground and letting Growlithe back into normal form!
Maze said to him, "It's a lot of work to support Fusenergy techniques, but intensely more when you finally got your revenge." Nicholas asked Maze, "Why are you helping me instead of Ash? You love him." Maze chuckled, "I'm in love with two men and I can't make up my mind." Nick asked, "Who is this other guy that beat ya?" Maze said, "I loved you from the day I first met you. I was too nervous."
Genie in a Bottle
Oh...
I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights;
Waiting for someone
To release me.
You're licking your lips and blowing kisses my way,
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away;
Baby, baby, baby.
(Baby, baby, baby.)
Oh whoa...
My body's saying let's go.
Oh whoa...
But my heart is saying no.
If you wanna be with me, baby, there's a price you pay.
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way.
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true.
You gotta make a big impression, I gotta like what you do.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby.
Gotta rub me the right way, honey.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby,
Come, come, come and let me out.
The music's playing and the lights' down low,
One more dance and then we're good to go;
Waiting for someone
Who needs me.
My heart is racing at the speed of light,
But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight;
Baby, baby, baby.
(Baby, baby, baby)
Oh whoa...
My body's saying let's go.
Oh whoa...
But my heart is saying no.
If you wanna be with me, baby, there's a price you pay.
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way.
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true.
Come and set me free, baby, and I'll be with you.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby.
Gotta rub me the right way, honey.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby,
Come, come, come and let me out.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby.
Gotta rub me the right way, honey.
(If you wanna be with me)
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby,
Come, come, come and let me out.
Oh whoa...
My body's saying let's go.
Oh whoa...
But my heart is saying no.
If you wanna be with me, baby, there's a price you pay.
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way.
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true.
You gotta make a big impression, I gotta like what you do.
If you wanna be with me, baby, there's a price you pay.
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way.
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true.
Come and set me free, baby, and I'll be with you.
I'm a genie in a bottle, baby,
Come, come, come and let me out.
At the doors of his opponent's office, Ryo kicked them down! There stood Giovanni, pointing a gun at Ryo's left shoulder and fired once. Ryo winced in pain as he realized what was in that gun, "Armor-piercing incendiary rounds!" But he got up again, he acted to pretend to be in pain!
Ash stood from behind him and pounded him hard on the hip, Ryo shouted, "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR, SON?!?" Ash answered, I'll end this war finally! And I'll do it by killing your strongest opponent yet for you!"
(A.N.: Feel free to give me a few fan fiction characters' profiles, abilities, techniques, inspired ideas from this fan fiction, and fan fiction Pokémon and items. Plus on how do you think it's going to end! See ya next time on 'Pokémon Wars'!)
To be continued...