Chapter twenty: Back to The Past
Sapphire was wobbling weakly, the corner of her mouth dripping blood. The poison-filled blood had splattered all over her snow-white fur, turning it to a lavender-ish and pink stain. Her eyes started to droop, and it feels like her eyelids weigh a ton at least. One of her back legs had gone to what seems to be a deep sleep from all the waiting and the standing. The pain was so excruciating that she could barely hear a buzzing sound. But yet, she was utterly exhausted as well.
The louder the buzzing grew, the more faint she felt. From all the pain and exhaustion, it all seems as if she had no choice but to drop to the ground, resting all the pain, and maybe it will all leave her alone by the next day. Her vision was starting to blur until she couldn't see anything at all. But before it all blurred away, she saw a spark of ember, and a swift flash of lavendar before her.
Since her vision was blurred, she could barely see who it was. Soon, she closed her eyes, and started breathing slower than usual. For some reason, she was smirking, and she made a small sound. The sound was a mumble and it sounded, 'they're here...'
As soon as Sapphire passed out, Toby started to tire out also. They were still fighting the poison element, and he was tired already. Somewhere in his mind, it's like he was longing for a small stretch and yawn before he could continue. Blood was leaking from his mouth corner, and his faded ruby-coloured eyes started to droop from tiredness.
That's it. It's definately final. I'm hopeless because almost half of my clan had been annihilated, Ahan's dead, and Sapphire had passed out. Ohh... if I pass out now and Richan and his friends had managed to get to Naraku, they won't stand a chance...! I need to keep hold of my strength... Was all that whizzed through his mind at the moment. While he was wondering all of that, the Vileplume he was fighting had made him stumble on Ahan's dead body.
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Richan wasn't having a blast either. Pokemon darted at him at possibly every corner he turned to, more like every move he makes to which direction. He had a few poison stings stabbed on his arm, and maybe a bite on his leg. Beai was having it worse. Being a full grass type makes her a tasty target for the poison fleet. She was nearly creamed before Richan was defending her.
Onia was more fortunate than the two. She was quick on her purple-ish legs, and was avoiding attacks at every corner. She dashed here and there, also clearing out her way with Razor Leaf. Her eyes glowed a determine violet colour, maybe in a deeper shade than her normal amethyest iris colour. Even though she didn't do much killing, she was splattered in blood, looking like a murderous fiend.
Beai wasn't as fast, but she can do her part, right? She ran up to the center of the field, trying to catch the attention of the poison pokemon as Richan was busying fending off a few bulbasaur. Her plan worked, because a bunch of poisonous seviper and arbok came at her direction. As soon as they went near, she launched out her surprise attack; Petal Dance.
Richan was launching poison stings at the opposing pokemon, since that is his only poison attack. He turned, and caught a glimpes of Beai by the corner of his eye. As soon as he saw her, the word; plan started to flash in his mind. His head started to throb, and pulsate. He closed his eyes, yet fending off pokemon at the same time.
He suddenly stopped, and turned back. He ran to Beai, who had defeated the pokemon coming at her, and called out, 'hey Beai! I may need a little bit of help here. Mind coming here for a while?'
Beai just looked at him. She knows that Richan doesn't ask for help from any one, but now that he's asking her it just seems too bizzare. She just eyed him supiciously, giveing him a look that may have said, who are you, and what have you done with Richan? Later she just shook her head and went with him.
Almost in a blink of an eye, a small lavendar-ish pokemon and a lizard-like fire pokemon perched at the edge of a nearby cliff. The lavendar pokemon was identified as an espeon, and the other one next to her is a charmandar. The espeon looks tattered and the charmandar was in worse shape than the espeon. The both of them looks like they had ran through strings upon strings of battles on their way here, for maybe another string.
'Let's go Moaki. We need to help these guys.' The espeon turned it's head and looked the the charmandar, now identified as "Moaki". Moaki just shook it's head, it's charcoal eyes closed. The espeon looked on in disgust. 'Well, why not?'
The charmandar opened it's eyes again, sighing. 'Because, Ruby, it's their problem. Didn't you already have enough battling? I'm saying like, when I first met you, you were in the of shapes. At least lay off battling for a while.'
Disgusted at it's answer again, the espeon just scowled and kept quiet. She squinted her eyes and saw that a female absol had fallen to the ground. She jumped off the cliff edge to assist it, and Moaki saw her actions. 'Ruby! Are you out of your immature mind! Who knows that, that absol was just faking a faint! It can be a trap! Ruby! Are you listening!'
Ignoring what Moaki had said, the espeon, now can be known as Ruby, kept on going at the absol. It knows that the absol was not faking, and it was really hurt. The ruby on it's forehead glowed a brilliant red, or maybe as brilliant as an almost injured pokemon can get. It closed it's gleaming aqua eyes and said the following spell, 'Nakaku tetsui ba...'
Nothing happened. Well, for a second it didn't happen, but soon the absol's eyes began to open. The absol's joints groaned as it started to rise up. It's eyes started to open a bit. At first, the absol's vision was blurred and unclear, but it all started to clear up. The absol's ruby eye started to glow as it's vision clears up. It was still looking exhausted though, but it still hung on.
Ruby stepped back with caution, thinking that the absol can be an ungrateful creature and attack her. But she was wrong. The absol was grateful indeed. 'Hey, thanks for saving me. I was out cold, wasn't I? Oh, and what's your name? Mine's Sapphire.'
'The name's Ruby, Ruby Cyan Starlight. I am glad that you are grateful, Sapphire. That was a healing spell I learned in a time of disaster that had happened to me.'
Hearing that, Sapphire's hidden ears perked up. She asked, 'well, what happened?'
Ruby just shotted her a semi-sharp glance, but sighed. She replied, 'it all happened at a fire in the area where the Silph co. use to be back in Kanto. My trainer, Charlotte though she perfers to be called "Charlie", saved me and was killed doing so. My trainer, my best friend, was dead trying to save me! Damn it!' She paused for a moment, and turned her head. She tilited up her head and said again, 'I think she is looking down at me, smiling that same smile.' She turned to Sapphire and sighed again.
'So, you lost your trainer due to fire back in a building? Harsh really. So, do you, by any chance, give yur trainer any nicknames? You know, second name?'
Ruby looked at her again and replied, 'yes. She doesn't know it, but sometimes...I call her... Lottie. After my mother...'
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Hoennomega: Ah! Finally, it's done! Sorry people for the damn long hiatus. I was making an animation of the charas singing the song "Type: Wild!" Of course, Richan may sound like a girl, and it'll be about 110 frames once I'm done.
Sephy: She drew it all on paint.
Hoenn: ...and I may recolour it on Photoshop. My hands ache. So far I made about 25 frames. It hurts...IT HURTS!
Sephy: Abandon it then.
Hoenn: (shoots him a look) Never! I think that I'll do it EVEN if it kills me!
Sephy: I am waving a yay flag you can't see...
Hoenn: ...And I'm taking YOU with me!
Sephy: Wah T.T
Hoenn: Oh, and cheese, sorry if Ruby's a bit off-character.
Sephy: ...And she ran out of things for the title...
Hoenn: My mind has been dried out due to tests!
(Later) Hoenn: Oh! I forgot! It's the story's twentieth chappie! I never got this far EVER, so it's a celebration! Oh, and fellow reviewers, feel free to message me! I am bored, but yet it's still time to PAR-TAY! W00t!