Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah... We all know by now that I do not own Pokemon or Noir... But, if I did, TR would've captured Pikachu by now and Chloe would live (then again, we'd all would like to see Chloe live...). And we all know that I own Claude, Daisuke and the character known as Otaku.
(P.S. Otaku always talks in italics.)
Forces of Darkness
Chapter 5: This Is Where I Come In!
(Scene: Somewhere in the middle of the Sea of Japan.)
Midnight... The stolen boat continued to make its voyage to... Well, God only knows where...
"Hey, Mondo." Daisuke called to the pilot of the boat.
"Everyone else fell asleep and you're still up?" Mondo asked.
"Yeah... When you can see that Noir girl in your nightmares, you know something's wrong."
"You're afraid, aren't you?"
"Yeah..." Daisuke replied in a hiss. "That look of hers was colder than an Articuno's Blizzard attack."
"You must've gained that fear after she threw the dagger at your shoulder, huh?"
Daisuke glared at his bandaged shoulder, some of which was hiding under his tank-top. "Yeah..." he finally replied as he was repeating the attack over in his mind. "You might as well say that it hit me..."
The sorrowful silence was interrupted by a loud beeping noise coming from the trunk of the Jeep.
"Someone calling at this hour?" Mondo asked. "Daisuke, could you go and see who's calling?"
Daisuke walked over to the parked Jeep and popped the trunk door open to find a laptop computer with a flashing red light, signaling a call. He pressed the flashing red light and to his surprise, the annoyed Giovanni came on the computer screen.
"It's well past midnight!" Giovanni belted. "Where the hell are you?"
"Would you not scream so loud!" Daisuke yelled back. "There are people sleeping here, you know!"
"Not anymore..." the voice of Cassidy muttered. Behind Daisuke, Cassidy, Butch, Jessie, James and Meowth stood, with sleepy expressions, at attention.
"We heard you yelling and all..." Butch stated.
"And we knew you were yelling about us..." Jessie added.
"So you can skip your scolding while we grovel before you..." James finished.
"And just when I was gettin' my cat nap..." Meowth muttered.
Giovanni glared long and hard at the Rocket members. "Oh, this is going to be good..." he muttered.
"With all do respect, sir," Daisuke said as he struggled to salute Giovanni with his right arm. "forgive us for not reporting back in time."
"I see." Giovanni replied. "You had medical issues to attend to. Just how did you get your shoulder hurt like that?"
"From someone by the name of Noir."
"Noir?" Giovanni asked in a stunned manner.
"Do you know who Noir is, sir?" Cassidy asked.
"To think that Noir is going after us yet again..." Giovanni muttered.
"Come again?" Daisuke asked.
The Rocket boss shook his head. "It's nothing... Now, Daisuke, I need you to do one thing for me."
Daisuke nodded.
"You must call me back one week from now. Now a day early or a day late, is that clear?"
"Uh... yes, sir..." the confused Daisuke replied.
"Good." The screen of the computer went black before it went into its Team Rocket screen saver mode.
"What was that all about?" Jessie asked.
"Well, let's see..." Daisuke said. "There's this strange cloaked girl that goes by the name of Noir. Blackhawk knows about her and so does Giovanni. As for the seven of us (counting Meowth), we know nothing of the girl except for her appearance and the daggers that she has 'given' to us."
"Which means... what?" James asked.
"It's about time we called in the expert on this situation."
(Scene: Otaku's House, Unknown.)
And from where I am, Saturday was drawing to a close. I sat in my anime-filled bedroom, at my eighth hour of playing another popular and never ending MMORPG. I was about ready to head into one of the towns, when I got a call on my second PC. I flew off of the first computer and onto the second, answering the call.
"Otaku!" Daisuke yelled.
"Daisuke!" I replied back. "What the hell are you doing calling me at this time of night?"
"From where you are, it's eleven o'clock in the morning."
"Aw, damn! You found me out! So, what's up?"
"Maybe you can help us. We're trying find out something about Noir."
"Noir, huh? Well, in French, the term 'noir' is 'kuroi' in Japanese."
"Black?"
I nodded. "But I'm sure that's not the Noir you're talking about, huh?"
"More like an assassin in a green cloak that's trying to kill me with a barrage of daggers."
I laughed, thinking that it was a joke. "And you have proof of this?" I asked.
It was then that Daisuke showed me the dagger he was hit with. A dagger that I've seen many times before in a certain anime series. "Holy shi-" I said as I fell off my chair in shock. I quickly got back into my chair and blurted, "Where in the name of Pocky did you get that dagger?"
"From Noir, or her real name: Chloe."
"Oh... my God..." I stuttered. "Oh, my God... OMG. OMG. OMGWTF!"
"Wow... I didn't think you'd take this so seriously..."
"Are you kidding me? You running into Chloe is like Pikachu running into Grim Reaper!"
"(sweat drop) ...Great! (By the way, nice analogy...)"
"I'll tell you what, I'll trade you that dagger for a bishop who will read you your last rights!"
"Very funny, Otaku! I'm laughing my ass off here!"
"But seriously, your chances of escaping from Chloe were very, very slim. (You lucky bastard!)" I paused. "Now that you mention the name of Noir and how this whole thing is connected, it does remind me of an article that I read not too long ago. Give me a second..." I flew off of the second PC and onto my third PC (yeah... I'm rich... haha) and opened up the mentioned article.
"So, what does the article say?" Daisuke asked as I came back to the second PC.
"Let's see... 'Last week, Officer Claude Blackhawk, the second highest ranked cop of Viridian City's Police Department and an officer for the Global Police, raised the reward money for the capture or execution of Daisuke Yamamoto, best known as the Black Hat Bandit, from five million to thirty-five million...'"
"Thirty-five million in Yen?" Daisuke asked.
"'...thirty-five million dollars.'"
Daisuke was stunned. "A... I... U... E..."
"Oro?" I asked.
"Wrong anime, Otaku!"
"Sorry, that's a force of habit..."
"Well then, what about Noir? What does Chloe have to do with all of this?"
"Oh-ho! You're going to LOVE this! I've heard rumors that Blackhawk hired some assassin from Europe to kill you off and make it look like he killed you so he could get the reward. Ha-ha! (pose) All the pieces come together! It's looks like that rumors were true after all."
"That greedy little bastard!"
"But there's more to this than Blackhawk's side of the story. Chloe's mission to kill you is going in accordance with her chance to become Noir."
"So, Noir is a title?"
"Great! You're going to make me recite it now!"
"Recite what?"
"'Noir. It is the name of an ancient fate. Two maidens who govern death...'"
"Then, where's this second maiden?"
"No one knows just yet. But one maiden who is worthy of the title of Noir must find the second maiden that is also worthy of that exact title..."
"That maiden is Chloe, right?"
"Well... not yet. Chloe has this one mission, or in her case, one 'trial' to finish before the Priestess of the Soldats gives her the title of Noir."
"Noir, Chloe, and the Soldats... All right, now you're just giving me a headache even a Psyduck can't stand!"
"Sorry..." I paused for a moment and started to snicker.
"What's so funny, Otaku?" Daisuke asked.
"It's ironic... The Black Hat Bandit, Claude Blackhawk and Noir... '...and the Forces of Darkness will meet at the Manor for the final battle before the search for the True Noir begins.'"
"What was that?"
"Oh, sorry... I was just thinking out loud... Hey, question. Where are you heading now?"
"Good question..." He turned and called to the pilot. "Mondo, where are we going?"
"The closest place that I can get to now is Seoul." Mondo replied. "From there, we'll see..."
"Seoul, huh?" I asked. "There should be a Rocket base on the southwest area of the city. I'll talk with Giovanni about the situation and see what we can do about Chloe. By tomorrow, I'll talk to you and tell where you should go next."
Daisuke nodded. "Okay. Until then, ja mata!"
I nodded back. "Ja mata ne!"
To be continued...
Wow, I spent my spring break writing five chapters of this fanfic! New personal record! Keep going. There's more!