Sorry it took longer to get this chapter up then usual. I literally stared at a screen for like two days and couldn't even write one word. I don't know why, I knew what I wanted to do this chapter but I just couldn't put it into words. Anyways enjoy this chapter and thank you to everyone who reads.

Another thank you to genericgamer207 for beta-reading and making this chapter much better. He puts in a lot of work and does a great job. *Round of applause*

Chapter 60: Flare's Name

Point of View Naomi

"Naomi what are you doing?" Raiden asked as he stared at me with his arms crossed.

I glared at the raichu as I stood my ground. "I'm here to kill Jack," I replied back.

"I doubt you have the skill or gut to go through with that," Raiden told me.

"Watch me. I'm not some weak pokemon anymore," I snapped back at him.

"Is that so? Then show me how much you've grown in this past year." Raiden extended his paw and made a handgun out of his fingers.

"Get ready," I warned everyone around me. "Hesh, Aiden, you two provide me with support. I'm going to get up close and give him no room to attack. Ebony hide somewhere safe" I said. Everyone nodded in agreement and Ebony made her way to somewhere safe.

"Hey! What about me?" Black questioned.

"Your absol friend where is he?" I asked everyone.

"He's upstairs fighting a riolu," Hesh told me. If he was alone, then that was a bad call for whoever decided that.

"Black go find and help him," I commanded.

"Nia Gray and I don't real-"Black started to say before I cut him off.

"Black just shut up and help him, you don't have to win. Just stall him until we are done here."

"Fine" Black said reluctantly. Black then looked at the raichu who still had his hand extended forward, Black dashed towards the door to the staircase.

"You're not going anywhere," Raiden yelled out as his hand jolted with electricity and shot a bolt towards Black. I launched a shadow ball and it collided with the bolt of electricity and spared Black from the shocking pain.

"Your fight is with us!" I shouted as I charged towards the raichu. He pointed his handgun towards me and launched another attack. I slid under the attack and got back up onto my feet. I swiped my claws towards his eyes, but he jerked his head back to safety.

"You're dead," Raiden taunted as electricity circulated throughout his whole body. Raiden's body exploded with electricity. The electricity was conducted into my body and I hit the floor. I tried to struggle to my feet but my muscles refused to operate properly.

Raiden stood over me as he pointed his hand at me "Don't come back this time," he said. Before Raiden could finish me a fireball flew by and forced him to jump back. Despite my muscles screaming in defiance, they recovered just in time for me to force myself onto my paws. Aiden and Hesh continuously launched projectile attacks towards the raichu. He jumped away from each attack with very little effort.

Raiden dashed towards Hesh once he saw his opening, and he fell back in shock from the unmatchable speed of the raichu. Raiden quickly grabbed Hesh by the neck and held him up. Hesh struggled to get free, but his efforts were futile.

"I'm done wasting my time," Raiden said in a cold voice. Raiden charged his body with energy, and sent it into Hesh in one large jolt. Hesh screamed in pain as he was shocked. Once it was over, Raiden dropped Hesh onto the floor. We all stared at the pikachu as every muscle in his body quivered from the electrical shock he endured.

"You still want to play with me Naomi? That's what I can do to someone with their own element. I want you to think of what it will do to someone who is fragile like you." I was growing sick of him talking to me like that. Not just him though, everyone talking to me like I was weak.

"I told you before, I'm not weak like I was a year ago," I snarled at him.

"Prove it then. You can't hurt me," Raiden taunted. With that challenge given to me I darted off towards the raichu. I formed dark matter around my right paw to use as a weapon. Aiden joined in too as he followed behind me. I swung my paw towards Raiden but he just stepped back. Aiden launched a fireball that missed and exploded against the ground. The air around us was now covered in a thick black smoke. The smoke cleared and I saw Raiden's fist coming towards me. I lowered my head just enough to dodge to the electrical punch.

Aiden came from behind the raichu and tried to tackle him from behind. Raiden's tail swung back and shocked Aiden with electrical currents. The lizard fell to the ground groaning in pain. Raiden continued to throw punches at me and I continued to dodge each attack.

"Do you think anything has changed in one short year?" Raiden asked as he continued to throw punches at me "You're too fragile for this life. You were never one of us from the start." One of Raiden's punches made contact with my face and sent me sliding along the floor. I groaned as I crawled back up to my feet.

"You're right… I was never fit to be a killer, but I'm not fragile," I growled. Raiden let out a frown and he charged towards me. He swung his right fist towards me as electricity circulated through his fist. I didn't move I only held my ground. Right before his fist contacted me, I formed a dark shield of dark matter around my body. The instant Raiden made contact with my body he flinched back. Raiden now clenched his injured fist that no longer had any skin on it.

"You bitch!" Raiden pointed his good hand at me and launched another bolt of lightning towards me. I stood still as the lighting made contact. The dark matter around me completely shielded me from the attack.

"Sorry but lightning can't conduct through dark matter," I said as I approached the now defenseless raichu. His eyes widened in fear from the disadvantage I put him into. Despite the fact that I only told the truth, he tried to attack me again. He launched another lightning bolt towards me, which, like the first one, just exploded off my armor.

"Who's fragile now?" I taunted as I dashed towards him. I tried to tackle him with my whole body but he dove out of the way. I continued my assault and kept trying to hit him with my dark matter. Within less than a minute I could feel my body exhausting from exerting so much energy. The dark shield around my body started to grow more shallow with every second that passed by. Once this shield was gone I had no advantage against him.

In one final effort I put everything I had into one attack. I charged up a shadow ball and launched it straight towards the raichu. The shadow ball tore through the air, Raiden's eyes widened as he dove out of the way. The shadow ball made contact into the wall and blasted a massive hole in the wall. The dark matter shield around my body was now completely gone, and I was once again defenseless. Raiden got back up off the ground and simply dusted himself off as he observed my lack of power.

"That was the duration of your attack? This is why Jack always viewed you as expendable. You're weak and fall short of your predecessor." I replied to his insult with silence. He was right though, I fell very short to everyone's standards when I was with Jack. Not that that was a bad thing, I hated my old life. The truth was though, I was a horrible fighter and detested violence, but that doesn't make me weak.

"No, I'm not the one who is weak" I replied back to Raiden.

"Oh, and I am?" he asked.

"You're nothing but a shell of your former self. I remember back in the day's you actually had morals, the Raiden I knew wouldn't take pleasure in killing."

Raiden just watched me as he began to clench his fist "What do you know about me."

"I know that you were a lot more caring. You also never would have considered killing a child. You say I'm weak but in the end I'm the one who has changed from a killer. I'm still me, you're just some worn down Raichu with no future," I said with honest words that had bite to them.

"You know what they say, right?" Raiden asked. "The weaker the houndour, the more it barks."

"You're talking just as much as I am," I replied back as I braced myself for an attack.

Point of View Black

I made the long ascension to the top of the hotel, which wasn't very easy due to the big cast around my arm. I had no idea why Nia told me to come up here and help Gray. Does she not realize that Gray and I are basically enemies to each other? Once I reached the top I entered the hallways and looked around. It looked as if a war had taken place. The walls were covered in cut marks and ice pellets littered the floor. No doubt that thing's got intense up here without us. Despite the fact that I hated Gray I still hoped that he wasn't injured or worse.

Cautiously I entered the hall and looked around carefully for any sign of danger. Along with all the damage I found blood trailing down the hallway. I followed the blood trail knowing that it would lead me to someone. I made my way to the corner and I went around it. I stopped dead in my tracks from what I saw behind the corner.

"G-Gray," I stuttered in disbelief. I quickly dropped our feud and checked to see if he was possibly alive. At the moment my hemophobia was overridden by the sight in front of me. Gray was covered in his own blood. I looked towards his chest and located a stab wound that went straight through him and came out the other side. Blood dripped out of the wounds along with blood that found its way out of Gray's mouth.

"Gray wake up!" I nudged Gray repeatedly in an attempt to find any sign of life. My efforts to wake him up were in vain and he only lied on the ground in silence. I honestly hated Gray… he always treated me as a lesser being, but I still didn't think he deserved this, not many people would. This whole scene was just like how I found my sister dead that one night. This was all some kind of sick mockery as if something divine wanted me to relive that night again.

"I'm sick of people dying" I said to myself as I gritted my teeth and I felt the urge to kill the one responsible. That riolu was going to pay.

I turned away from my fallen comrade and sprinted down the hall in pursuit for that riolu's blood. I flew around the corner with not one concern other than collecting his life. Then I spotted him, he was walking down the hall whistling as if he did nothing wrong.

I sprinted from behind at full speed on my three good legs. I don't know how I was going to do this, but I intend to slaughter him like the monster he is. I leaped towards the unsuspecting riolu as I targeted his neck with my razor sharp fangs. Right before my teeth could clamp down around his neck he ducked below me. I slid down the hall with inertia and I spun back and looked at him.

"That was a close one, almost got me by the neck," the riolu said playfully as he rubbed his neck. I snarled at him as a reply. He talked as if this was some kind of game. I'd love to see how happy he is when I am tearing him limb from limb.

"Why so grouchy, you found your absol friend back there I take it?" The blue haired fighting type asked. My growl only intensified as he talked about Gray so casually.

"I'll take that as a yes." The riolu smirked at me as he got pleasure from my anger. "Try and not die so quickly like he did. Pokemon like him annoy me, they talk all big and in the end they just end up another corpse in a grave." The riolu's words only fueled my anger, my teeth felt as if they were about to shatter I was gritting them so hard. Everything was becoming a blur now, and my mind couldn't process information properly. My mind just repeatedly screamed for me to kill him and make him suffer.

"I'm going to tear your fucking throat out," I yelled as I felt strong urge to go through with it.

The riolu's smile grew "I like it! Try and kill me, make me feel afraid, show me a fight I'll remember!" he yelled as if he was insane.

I dashed towards him as fast as my legs would let me. The riolu held his sword and waited for me to attack him. I lunged towards him and in midair I concentrated my emotions. My entire left paw was consumed in dark matter. I swung my paw towards him in an attempt to slit his throat wide open. The riolu jumped back away from me with shocked eyes. I landed on the floor and paused for a second. I was shocked that I actually managed to use dark matter, but I was more shocked by the power I felt when using this ability. I could feel the hatred in my paw ready to spill his blood, almost as if the power had a mind of its own that thirsted for his blood. That was fine by me, at the moment I myself wanted to spill his blood, now I had the tool to fulfill this vengeance.

"You're just like-" he started to say before I sprinted towards him again. He swung his sword horizontally towards me. I slid below the attack and jabbed my dark matter paw towards his legs. He jumped over my attack. I got back to my feet and thrusted my shadow paw towards his heart. Sam deflected the attack with the blunt side of his blade or was it possible that the dark matter shielded me from his steel?

"You're just like a colleague I had about a year ago," the riolu told me out of the blue. "You both use dark matter, therefore you're both killers. I didn't think a pup like you would be the type, but you are." The riolu took a step towards me as I braced myself for any kind of an attack. "Just curious but who was your victim, and how did it feel to know you erased someone from existence?" the riolu pried.

Screams echoed through my head as I remembered those memories "How about I tell your friends how it felt to erase you from existence," I snapped towards him as the dark matter around my arm intensified.

"Don't make me laugh."

Point of View Aiden

My vision slowly restored itself as I slowly came back to reality. Flashes of blinding light frequently strayed from the battle between the raichu and umbreon. What a shame, I could be asleep by now if I wasn't dragged into this shit. I rolled over onto my belly and crawled up onto my feet.

That umbreon was dodging a series of ranged attack from that raichu. I mentally psyched myself for another assault, and I charged towards my enemy. I approached his back and threw my fist towards the back of his head. The raichu stopped focusing on the umbreon and extended his paw back to catch my fist without looking. I foresaw this outcome, and I quickly retracted my fist back and instead went with a kick. The kick made solid contact with the raichu's hip and caused him to jump away from me.

"How'd you like that, Bitch!" My voice echoed through the hotel lobby.

"Sneaky one aren't you," Raiden said as he rubbed the area I kicked. After we all tried sneak attacks on him so many times and failed I assumed it would be best to assume he'd know my attacks.

I shifted my glance towards Nia who was eying up the ceiling for some odd reason and not the fight in front of her. Without a second of warning she launched a microscopic shadow ball into the ceiling and blew one of the water sprinklers off the ceiling. Water poured down onto the raichu and flooded the area around him. Luckily we were out of the sprinklers reach.

As the water poured down from the ceiling I noticed something odd. The area around the raichu had electrical currents running through the puddle formed around him. Sure he was an electricity type but it was still odd that he was conducting electricity through the water.

"I understand now," Nia said out loud.

"Understand what," I shouted out to her completely oblivious to what she just noticed.

"How he can block attacks without seeing us," she answered.

The raichu looked furious for being drenched and he gave a death glare towards all of us. "Even if you did figure out a move or two of mine it doesn't change the game," he told us.

"Aiden do you see that electrical field around him" Nia asked me as she cautiously made her way towards me until she was next to me.

"Yeah I see it, isn't that just because you drenched him though?"

"No if that was the case a raichu would fry everything in the water and it would be a hazard issue with their species, he can control it, and he's not just wasting his energy for nothing," Nia stated.

"Go on," I said with slight interesting to what she was getting at.

"Those electrical waves are like a radar he's making around himself. He's sending electrical waves back and forth in a low voltage around him, a low enough voltage that we'd never notice, but one that he could still detect himself. He sends the electrical wave back and forth and if its' interrupted by someone he'll be able to detect it when the electrical wave doesn't make it back to him" Nia explained and completely lost me.

"I get the gist, just please don't get all sciency again" I replied back not having a clue on what the hell she just said. He's a living radar and that's all I needed to hear.

Our conversation was interrupted by the loud sound of clapping from the raichu "Well done Naomi, you're one bright little star. You're the first pokemon to ever catch onto that. Honestly I'm impressed, you may be a lousy fighter but your intellect is something else," Raiden said in amazement.

"Skill and strength mean nothing. You can beat anyone with the right strategy, or so that's what my predecessor taught me," Nia replied back.

"Then tell me do you or lizard brain have a strategy to beat me or are you just postponing it for some silly reason," Raiden asked with a slightly racist comment. I glanced over towards Nia who seemed to have broken eye contact with Raiden.

"Oh shit," I said in disappointment. I seriously thought she would have a plan after that big science lesson she just gave me.

"Aiden, follow my lead I actually just came up with a plan" Naomi whispered to me. That put a smirk on my face. I like not dying and having a plan was a good step in that direction.

Point of View Flare

"Why do you look so shocked? Did you just expect us all to disappear or something," The blaziken asked me as he crossed his arms and sighed. I didn't know what I expected to happen to everyone from back then. I just never expected to be confronted by one of them like this.

"W-Why are you here," I asked not knowing what else to say at the moment.

"Six years and that's what I get? Not going to ask me how I've been or maybe catch up with me," Hunter said back as he stomped his foot.

"Yeah I would love to know why you are here actually! You and your friends are trying to kill me and my friends!" I shouted back at Hunter.

Hunter let out a sigh of annoyance before he spoke another word "Are you familiar with Genesis?" Hunter asked.

"I'm familiar," I responded.

"They placed a hit on you, you and your friends are loose ends in their eyes, and you all need to be silenced," Hunter told me.

"Then why are you trying to kill me!" I screamed out loud and my voice echoed back to me through the silent empty night.

Hunter didn't flinch at my outburst and remained calm. "I never knew it was you I was being sent to kill. Not until I kidnapped you a few nights back."

"As far as I'm concerned you're an enemy now. You tried to kill me back there, and I barely made it out alive," I said as I showed my fangs.

"I knew you would get out just fine. I didn't anticipate your other friend living though. Why else do you think I used rope and not chains? I'm not stupid, I knew you would find a way to free yourself," Hunter said.

"If you don't intend to kill me then why are you here?"

"I thought we could talk a bit, I purposely gave your friend more drugs so she won't wake up anytime soon. Don't worry about her, because I'm not allowed to kill or even harm her," Hunter told me. Back in the day I knew I could trust him with my life, but now I was unsure if I could even trust him not to kill me.

"And why's that?"

"I don't know. Just what I was told to do," Hunter shrugged. "Speaking of your friends, why do you stick with them? 'Totally out of character for you to be with pokemon like that," Hunter questioned.

"Would have been out of character," I corrected. "I'm totally different now, and I like these pokemon along with the second chance I have been given."

"Oh right. How could I forget? Everyone didn't get a happy ending like you," hunter said as his glare stabbed my nerves. "Most pokemon that got away were dealt with in a court of law, some put to death and other's forced to do labor until their crimes were paid for and some like me barely made it away safe. Most human survivors were put behind bars," Hunter said as if I was supposed to be punished equally.

"Well I'm sorry, I can't help that I was a little luckier," I replied back.

"The only reason you got off easy was simply because you are a stereotype starter pokemon that everyone deemed as innocent and incapable of causing harm to others."

"What does my species have to do with anything!?" I yelled back at him "Would it really make a difference if I was a braixen or delphox!"

"I'd say yes," Hunter responded.

"Simply because I'm the standard starter pokemon!"

"Yes! They viewed you as innocent, when really you did far worse things to other people and pokemon than the rest of us" Hunter yelled as he clenched his fist and continued to beam me down with a glare that could kill.

"I can't even evolve so stop blaming me for still being in my first evolution!" I yelled as loud as I could. Hunter's face instantly froze in place as those words reached his ears, and the only thing that could be heard was a breeze of wind.

"What do you mean you can't evolve?" Hunter asked in curiosity as he stopped staring at me as if I was guilty of something I couldn't help.

I shifted my head up to reveal a small scar right below my jaw that usually went unnoticed. "See that?" I asked. Hunter nodded as he observed the scar.

"That is from someone ramming a piece of everstone into my neck during a fight back about eight years ago. I had it stuck there for so long that by the time it was finally removed it altered my DNA and now I can't evolve… ever" I said with a pause. Old friend or not, I never wanted anyone knowing, but at this point I just wanted him to shut his mouth so I was desperate.

"That's enough to stop a pokemon from evolving forever?" Hunter asked as he tried to comprehend the concept.

"When a pokemon is near an everstone it prevents evolution, but if a pokemon's bloodstream comes into direct contact with it, it will have more extreme effects. If you don't believe me then tell me why I'm still a fennekin, I should have evolved years ago." I refused to make eye contact with him simply out of embarrassment of my situation. I really hated talking about this with anyone. I could only imagine how everyone would think of me if I told them I couldn't evolve.

"Hmm, I guess I should be sorry then," said with a hint of sympathy in his voice.

"Whatever," I replied back not really caring for his sympathy. "Since you apparently wanted me to ask, what have you been doing these past six years?"

Hunter sighed as I asked the question, almost as if I wasn't supposed to. "Seeing as I needed a new line of work, I took up wetwork to make a living. After five or so years a human invited me to team up with him. Jack Jaeger," Hunter said.

"So you're a killer now," I said snidely.

"Yeah is that a disappointment or something? Sorry that I don't get a cozy loving family like you," hunter spitefully replied as he dug his foot into the dirt.

I sighed in utter annoyance as I clenched my teeth and resisted the urge to burn his face off "Stop blaming me for your position in life, you did this to yourself so get over it," I snarled back at him as my heart rate increased from the emotions I was feeling.

"Try saying that from my perspective!" he retorted as he took a step towards me.

"It's not like my life has been a walk in the park!" I shouted. "I've watched friends die, I've hurt people close to me, nor am I happy with what I did in my previous life, but I'm trying to be a better pokemon and live a good life now. I just want to put everything behind me and move on." Everything was building up, and I felt as if I was going to explode from the stress. Hunter began laughing hysterically at what I said.

"What's so funny?" I asked with a growl feeling insulted by his change of mood. Every cell in my brain urged me to punch him, yet every muscle in my body resisted those compulsive urges.

Hunter's laugh ceased and he looked me dead in the eyes, "You're name," Hunter said with a pause "You want to forget, yet you still go by that name when it's a complete mockery to your past life."

My ears fell low along with my gaze upon hearing that observation. The name I had was a complete reminder and every single time I heard someone call my name I was reminded that I was a part of Team Flare. This name was given to me by those egoistic bastards and I was unfortunate enough to carry this name to my second chance at life with Alex.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well hopefully everyone enjoyed this chapter. Once I got past my writers block it was actually pretty fun to write. I'm excited to continue things from here and I hope every liked the end as much as I did.

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