Chapter fourteen: Losing a Friend

...'Dian Camidan Ember... how dare you defy my orders of killing the absol pack! You were always my best warrior, and hunter...but you have betrayed me, your own master!' Naraku roared, and charged at Dian full force. Dian jumped out of the way, and Naraku slammed into the bush. But instead of damaging him, it actually softened his bump.

'Hah! Looks like I am the best you had, even better than you!' Dian braced himself, and lunged for Naraku's tail. Dian's main intention was to break off Naraku's tail so he loses his balance.

-Crunch!- -Snap!- That was the end of Naraku's tail. Naraku let out a scream at first, but then, he cackled wickedly.

'Silly growlithe! You don't know me well do you?' Then Dian and Lea watched in disgust as a new tail sprouted out of the same area. Then he added,'I never lose my balance, fool! Whenever someone takes of my tail, it grows back! Pretty isn't it?' Naraku waved his tail in front of then, showing it off.

'Now, as betrayal punishment, you die,' Naraku said, ramming his head at Dian's place, but he missed again. 'Heh, you really aren't bad, but I was only underestimating you. Now's the real hot stuff!' Naraku, without thinking, shot out a fiery blast from the mouth. Dian just stood on his guard, knowing that it won't effect him much due to the fact that he is a fire pokemon.

After the attack, Naraku looked at Dian, wide-eyed and surprised. Then he looked frustrated, and stated,'fine, now that I had your guard's dropped, I'll attack your little friend!' He went charging at defenseless little Lea, his horns pointing out. Dian saw what Naraku was trying to do, and leaped...

---------------------Back at main battlefield----------------

'Argh! We are losing, and Toby's pack members are dropping like flies! We need more pokemon!' Richan let off a barrage of sharp, poisonous spikes at the arcanines. Some of it was on target, but a few dropped on the ground.

'Yeah, we need more poison powder here, Onia!' Beai called, Onia running towards her.'Onia, I need you to poison a few pokemon here. They're really destroying everything!'

Onia nodded, and then asked,'so our target is there?' Beai nodded, and pointed at the area. Onia leaped from the rock-and-mud shield, then spun herslf around. Soon, a special purple powder was all over the arcanine area. The arcanines gagged, and choked to death from the powder flying in the air. About half was really poisoned, the other half was dead from the poison.

'Good thinking. Beai!' Richan complemented, while still shooting them with the same poisonous spikes and sliding of a cliff-side at the same time. This time, all of the needles were on target now that the poisoned arcanines are blind.

Toby blasted a few of them with Razor Wind, but only a couple of them remained standing. Richan came to his side, and shot the poisonous needles.

'Guys! Cover your ears, I'm gonna make them fall asleep!' Richan yelped, preparing to use his "Grasswhistle' technique. He lifted his petaled hand to his lips. Beai, Onia, Toby, and the remaining members (including Sapphire, whowas fighting ferociously) covered their ears, now knowing what move he's about to use.

Soon, a lulling, and yet beautiful melody filled the air instantly. Richan's eyes were closed, and continued on with his song. HIs "Grasswhistle" technique had done the trick. Every pokemon who heard his song fell asleep on the ground, snoring loudly.

--------------Outside of the fighting area--------------

Lea had her eyes closed hard, thinking that her life was over. She opened her eyes slowly, and saw it all. Dian in front of her, and Naraku far away from both Lea and Dian. Lea thought that Naraku was dead, she was still alive, and so was Dian. But she was dead wrong.

'Dian! You saved me! My hero!' Lea tried to get up and hug her hero, but when Dian turned to Lea's direction, she saw it. Horn marks from Naraku's attack on his chest that seems to went under his whole rib cage, and into his lungs.

Breathing heavily, Dian replied,'don't bother. I've been hit, and cut up...there's no use...' His face was of relief, which Lea didn't understand. 'Lea, I might be here, half-dead, but at least I'll go to a better place...'

Lea looked at Dian, shocked. 'Dian! But...I don't want you to die! You saved me, and I'll try to do the same thing for you! I promise-'

'Promises dosen't help at all...it's no use,'Dian cut in,'the only thing I need you to do is to...remember that I'll be always smiling down at you...up there...' He then fell over, and landed on Lea's lap, dead. Lea, now grief-stricken, held him close to her, his bloody face facing her's.

'Dian...Dian...!' was all Lea was able to let out, now that her only friend was dead. A tear fell from Lea's eye, and landed on the corner of his closed eye. Now, it looks like Dian was crying, though he was already dead.

'Awww! Your pathetic friend is now dead! How said sad!' Naraku said sarcastically, rising up from the ground. 'It was his own fault that he died. He should've never blocked my attack in the first place. The sad, soft idiot.'

At the word "idiot", Lea snapped out of crying. 'He's not an idiot! He was my best friend, and you killed him! You-'

'Ah, ah, ah! No bad words, you're a lady remember? Besides, it's not my fault at all, it was your fault that Dian guarded you! You should be ashamed of yourself, little girl!'

Soon, anger rose up inside little Lea, and she clenched her fists. 'You'll pay...big time...!'