This is probably the last chapter of the F.O.D. - Part II. I'm trying to make it so that all parts within the story are five chapters long. Well, (cracks knuckles) here goes nothing!
Disclaimer: I do not own Noir or Pokemon but I own Daisuke, Claude and General.
Forces of Darkness
Chapter 10: Tadlos
(Scene: Inside of a dojo at the South Korean Rocket Base.)
By now, Daisuke thought for sure that he would be feeling the stinging pain of the bullet driving through his body, but it wasn't there... All he heard after the gunshot was the sound of a ricochet, like that out of a crappy western movie.
"What the...?" Claude asked in a hiss as he saw what appeared to be a metal pole peering out from the hole in the kendo sword. Haphazardly, he fired two more shots at Daisuke, hoping to hit his target.
Unconsciously, Daisuke directed the sword to block both of the bullets at an unheard of pace. The bullets broke through the tatami barrier but were still unable to scratch the impenetrable metal barrier underneath.
Kuroi smiled as Daisuke blocked all three bullets with the reinforced kendo sword. You were right... she thought. He is good!
Claude, frustrated over Daisuke's ability to block every shot, fired once more...
...but the gun clicked.
He attempted to fire three more times but the gun clicked on all three rounds. Damn... out of ammo... With every ounce of strength he had, Claude threw the handgun at Daisuke, hoping to bruise him at the very least.
Regardless of how strong the attack would be, Daisuke blocked once more with the ruined kendo sword. The rest of the wood shattered by the impact of the gun, revealing its true form: a black metal sheath.
As the last splinters fell on the mat, Daisuke rushed up to the GP elite with the sheath raised over his head. He brought the sheath down on Claude's right shoulder, leaving a good enough blow that possibly fractured his collarbone.
Claude dropped to his knees at the strength of the blow while Daisuke turned the sword ninety degrees and threw another blow, now on the right side of Claude's jaw.
Claude tipped to his left, hoping that his rival was done with his onslaught.
Daisuke quickly let go of the sheathed sword with his right hand and made a fist, showing that he was going to finish off with a signature move that almost all Rocket members know. "Ro... ke... tto..." he began.
"Oh, shi-!" Claude yelped.
"Punch!" Daisuke finished as he drove his fist into Claude's gut, shoving him from the dojo to the room across the hall, breaking through the thin sliding doors and passing out in defeat.
Daisuke sighed deeply, knowing the battle ended victoriously for the Team. Yet, one thing still puzzled him...
"Honestly, who would want to cheat and reinforce a kendo sword with a metal sword?" he asked.
Narrator: ((Face-vaults) That's not what I meant... Oh, what the hell... No one listens to me anyways...)
"It had to be hidden somehow. It's the base's best kept secret." Kuroi informed. "The sword forged from the depths of Hell's fire: Tadlos."
"Tadlos, huh?" Daisuke asked. "Interesting..."
"It's a rare type of sword, a reverse-edge sword." Kuroi added as Daisuke unsheathed the blade.
"A re-reverse-edge oro?" Daisuke asked as he saw his reflection in the blade.
Narrator: (Psst, wrong anime, Daisuke!)
"Yes. All that wield that sword are blessed with unheard of reflexes and awesome strength." Kuroi then fell silent. But, there's a downside... she thought. All that wield it will eventually-
Before she could finish her thoughts, the rumbling sound of a engine and the screech of tires from the outside drew closer to the dojo. The pair of circular halogen headlights could be seen through the long window, illuminating the room, along with Daisuke and Kuroi, blocking the light from their eyes.
This could mean only one thing... Daisuke thought.
The sound of the motor was muffled as part of the wall busted open by a familiar red Jeep...
"I can't look!" the voice of James whined. "Is it over?"
"I thought I told you to turn right at the bunker, not left!" the voice of Butch exclaimed.
"I didn't know you said that!" the voice of Mondo replied back. "You were saying everything in Korean! I couldn't understand a word you were saying!"
"And you two couldn't pick a better time to argue?" Daisuke asked.
The arguing brothers, along with James and Meowth in the back seat of the Jeep, looked ahead to find their commanding officer. "Daisuke?" they all asked.
"No." Daisuke replied sarcastically. "I'm the True Noir!"
Everyone inside the Jeep turned deathly pale, as though they saw a ghost.
Shocked, Mondo pushed the button behind the steering wheel that readied the front chain guns.
"I was kidding!" Daisuke corrected. "Geez! Can't you take a joke?"
"Apparently not..." Kuroi mumbled. "Who are these guys anyway?"
"I'd like you to meet my brothers, Mondo and Butch." Daisuke said to Kuroi, presenting the rest of the team.
"Um, hi..." the older and younger brother replied back shyly.
"And, James and Meowth: the arch-rivals!"
"Hey! Who ya callin' an arch-rival?" Meowth asked.
"Sorry, we never got your name..." James said.
Kuroi posed as though she was going to recite another version of the motto. "The name's Kuroi! It may look like I'm a Rocket grunt, but I'm an elite-incognito! I could show you my true identity under the beret and mask, but then I'd have to kill you! (I'm not kidding!)"
Silence fell upon the whole team.
"Great..." Butch commented.
The loud sound of the propellers from a helicopter flew overhead and appeared over the roof of the building, flying past the Team and the Jeep.
"All right!" Daisuke cheered. "Reinforcements!"
"Wait a minute..." Meowth said as he pulled out a pair of binoculars. "Sumthin' 'bout 'dat helicopter seems real fishy ta me..." He looked carefully at the lettering written on the helicopter. "I can't read most of it, but I see da letters G and P on it!"
The helicopter turned around and headed back towards the Jeep, shining its spotlight on the red vehicle and readying its chain gun.
"Greeeeat!" Daisuke said as he rolled his eyes. "More GP closing in on us!"
As the helicopter drew closer, a random missile flew up to the aircraft, exploding on impact. The burning pile of metal, that was once a helicopter, fell to Earth, landing between two other buildings.
Another Jeep drove up to the red one. It was a Jeep that was similar to Mondo's upgraded Jeep but painted in black with the red Team Rocket "R" painted on the hood. Inside the Jeep was Jessie, taking the wheel and Cassidy, holding an empty mortar.
"Oh, good Lord..." Daisuke muttered under his breath. "My sis has gone into attack mode... No one's safe now..."
Oh, my God! Mondo thought. Cassidy and Jessie getting along? Do I see any Piloswines flying?
"Hail, hail, the gang's all here!" Jessie said.
"Now, let's get outta here before another random person attacks us." Cassidy noted.
"Speaking of random people," Daisuke said. "where's Noir? I thought she was going to come and raise hell again!"
Narrator: (YES! He finally gets it after... what? Almost two pages! You dense child! XP)
"I didn't see her around." Kuroi said. "Heck, if I did, she would've tracked you down and killed you by now."
"Honestly?" Daisuke asked in disbelief.
Kuroi nodded. "But we're not outta the water yet. Let's get to the hangar and board the cargo plane before Noir does show up."
And with that said, Daisuke and Kuroi hopped into the back of the black Jeep and both of the Jeeps drove off to find the hangar.
(Scene: The hangar of the TR Base.)
A few minutes passed and both the red and black Jeep arrived at the hangar and the massive cargo plane towering over them.
"Holy Magcargo!" Cassidy blurted. "That's huge!"
"It's the first of it's kind." Kuroi informed. "The heavyweight long-ranged cargo plane, codename: Lugia."
"The name fits!" Jessie noted. "I bet you could fit one in there."
"At the most, you could fit ten Lugias inside that plane!"
Everyone whistled in a synchronized chorus...
Another sharp turn and both of the Jeeps slid inside the plane, parking in the massive cargo hold.
Kuroi jumped out of the black Jeep, ran over to the back of the plane and latched the reinforced cargo net onto both sides of the plane. "Don't worry about me." she said to the rest of the team. "I'm just making sure we don't lose anything while we're on this trip. You guys can head upstairs. There should be a huge dining room..."
Without a moment's hesitation, James jumped from the red Jeep and began to run towards the front of the plane, cheering, "Eeee! Food! Food! Food! Food-"
His marathon-like run was halted by Daisuke, pulling him away by the back of his uniform. "Easy, James!" he said.
"But I'm hungry now..." James whined back.
"Yes... But there's something fishy about being here among the wooden cargo boxes."
"Speakin' of fish," Meowth said. "I could go fer some fish right now..."
"Well, can you wait a sec while I check something out?"
"This isn't some dirty trick, right?" Cassidy asked. "You're not going upstairs to steal our food, are you!"
"No!" Daisuke replied. "Of course not! I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't steal food from (a pig like) you!"
"I HEARD THAT!"
Daisuke didn't reply to the outburst (knowing all too well that he could get killed off) but took out the samurai-like sword Tadlos and pulled the black sheath away, revealing the clean silver reverse-edge blade. "Everyone, do me a big favor: close your eyes and count out loud to..." He hesitated. "seven, please."
As told, the rest of the team closed their eyes. Kuroi, still standing next to the net, lowered the rim of her beret, making it look like she was closing her eyes.
"Ready?" Daisuke asked.
"Yup!" Mondo replied.
Daisuke smiled and held out Tadlos to the randomly placed wooden boxes. "Sei... no!" He began to sprint out to the closest box on the left side of plane and threw a slash as he ran past.
"One..." Mondo called out.
Daisuke then pivoted right and ran to another box near the middle, throwing another slash.
"Two..." James called.
Daisuke pivoted left, aiming Tadlos to another box, stabbing the air behind it.
"Tree..." Meowth called.
The Rocket pivoted once more to the right and hopped over a box while throwing another slash.
"Four..." Butch called.
He hopped onto another box and made another downward stab to the space left of him.
"Five..." Jessie called.
He jumped from the box and ran past another box, throwing a slash at the blind spot.
"Six..." Cassidy called.
He made a final charge at a box in front of him and drove the sword at the space in front of him.
"Seven..." Kuroi hissed as she smiled wickedly.
Daisuke came back to the rest of the team as they opened their eyes. "Yeah, just as I thought..." he said. "Seven..."
"What do you mean? Butch asked.
Daisuke presented Tadlos to the rest of the team, stained in red. "Seven GP soldiers thought they could be stealthy..."
Kuroi continued to smile, still hiding her eyes under the rim of the beret. It's just like she said... she thought. A cold burst of air rushed up to her. She looked up and saw Daisuke, aiming the bloody Tadlos at her face.
"You peeked..." Daisuke said with a frightening red-eyed glare.
"Yeah... I did... Sorry..." she replied.
"Attention all units!" the voice of General came over the intercom. "The Lugia will be departing for Italy in a few moments. Please report to the dining hall at this time to await further instructions."
As General recited the same message in Korean, James cheered once more. "Eeee!"
"All right! All right!" Daisuke said as he slid the sword back in the sheath. "We'll go eat!"
"WHOO HOOO!" everyone else cheered, pursuing James as he made a mad dash for dinner.
Everyone... except Kuroi, who stayed behind and watched Daisuke walking away while pulling the strap that carried the sheath over his shoulder. She slid the rim of the beret up, hoping that she could hide that magenta ponytail of hers inside her beret. When one wields the sword: Tadlos, she thought, looking back at the time when someone once informed her of the sword. ...that person is gifted with a spirit of an active volcano... As nimble as molten lava and just as powerful... leaving death and destruction in its wake... Sooner or later, the one who wields Tadlos will give in to its raw, unlimited power and eventually...
"...go insane..."
To be continued...
Whoo! Long... I know, sorry... Well...
There ya have it, folks! Part II is DONE! But, there's more! This is the halfway point of this fic! I'm not stopping just yet!
On a side note, when Daisuke said, "Sei... no!" It's Japanese for "Ready... go!"