Book II: Impending Twilight

Chapter 99: Behind the skull

Point of View Zack

Fire lit up the chaos around me as I took cover behind rubble with Ada. The gardevoir coughed as she tried to not breath in the smoke, but the resistance was futile. Being a fire type had its advantages, I was able to withstand this smoke. Every few seconds a flash of green would blind everyone as Mandus and that Legendary attacked us. I peaked over my cover to see Mandus riding Zygarde. The Legendary spat out beams of green energy as Mandus chucked balls of aura when necessary. Bullets seem ineffective against Zygarde, and it seemed that Mandus was able to foresee every attack before it even came at him. A series of elements flew towards Mandus as the ground elevated around him to shield him from the attacks. All of the pokemon and trainers waited for Mandus to let his guard down, but instead Zygarde burrowed its way above ground. A few pokemon and their trainers yelled in fear as the godlike pokemon took them all out with a swing of its tail.

The forest that the legendary spawned offered a lot of cover, yet no matter how hard everyone tried, Mandus always knew where we were. He foresaw every surprise attack. It was by the hands of one lucario and a legendary that we were crushed. The fight only seemed to escalate from here though, the blue eyed pokemon belonging to Genesis seemed to get bigger every time some of them failed.

"We need to pull back," I told Ada as I peaked over my cover towards the godlike pokemon.

"What, we can't just surrender," Ada argued as she stayed as low as possible.

"Ada," I said as I looked her in the eyes with complete seriousness. "We've lost so many… if this keeps up, their won't be a WPA, we'll be killed off. He's too powerful, we won't win like this."

"That's right," Mandus rose his voice from atop of Zygarde, "Accept defeat."

"How the Hell…" I muttered as I looked at Mandus who was to far to even hear our conversation with all the chaos. The legendary continued to defend itself against the full on assault against it.

"You still haven't realized it yet, have you?" Mandus spoke condescendingly. "Zygarde is the guardian of the ecosystem. This forest that was created here is Zygarde's sixth sense. But not only that, a skillful psychic of mine is not only controlling this Legendary, but he was also linked my mind with Zygarde's. I am able to see and hear every single movement everyone on this battlefield makes. Every plan, every cry of fear, nothing has gone unnoticed from the beginning of this battle," Mandus told me as he avoided a hail attack that came for him."

"You… you bastard," I snapped as I stopped myself from attacking him.

Mandus opened his mouth to say something, but he quickly stopped himself as he pulled a radio out of his cloak. He held it to his ear and listened carefully. "Is that so, and I was almost done here," Mandus said with a light chuckle. "Very well, it can't be helped," Mandus finished as he put the radio back into his cloak.

"Well, it's been a long night for all of us. I'm afraid our fight must end here tonight."

"Retreating, coward!" James the dewott yelled at Mandus.

"Retreat? Heh, call it what you want, but just remember this: there was only two of us here tonight, and next time we all meet for the final showdown, I won't just have one Legendary, my hunt doesn't end with just Zygarde. Now, I wish you all a good night," Mandus said as Zygarde quickly dove towards the ground and began burrowing a tunnel. Mandus quickly jumped off its head and grabbed the tail to avoid getting crushed.

"Stop him!" A voice shouted, but the lucario and Legendary were gone before we knew it.

"Arceus… It's not possible to be that powerful… How?" Ada spoke with fatigue as she pulled herself up.

I glanced around to see that the Genesis pokemon were withdrawing. I was about to give an order to chase them, but I quickly realized that their was already so much death tonight, I couldn't make anyone else suffer further.

Point of View Black

My eyes slowly cracked open as I made out a yellow blur walking back and forth in front of me. I groaned in pain as I clenched my eyes shut for a moment to collect myself. My wounds still ached, but the pain felt more manageable now.

"Black, you're awake," the voice of Kana called to me. My eyes shot open to see Kana smiling at me with happiness.

"Kana… I was wondering what happened to y-" I began, before the jolteon shape shifted into an exact copy of my mother.

"I'm not Kana, Black," the leafeon calmly spoke to me.

"Stop… stop taking the form of my family, you bastard," I growled as I pushed myself off the ground.

"My form doesn't matter, all that truly does matter is that you're here."

"Where is everybody? Last I remember they were in danger," I questioned the leafeon as I backed away and noticed that I was now in some forest.

"Hmmf, their all probably rushing Flare to the pokecenter. Him and many others are in the same condition though."

"Wait, Flare's hurt, and who else!?" I desperately asked the illusionist.

"I couldn't tell you who exactly, just a large number of pokemon that went against Mandus," Skull Face answered.

Dammit," I muttered to myself, "This shouldn't have happened... I'm the one they want... "

"It's the price they pay for having you around them. It should have been obvious for you that this would happen. I am impressed though, they somehow defied the odds of dying," Skull Face said. I released a breath of relief. This may have been horrible, but at least I could be thankful for their safety. The two of us were silent for a moment until something came to my mind, which made me stare at Skull Face fearfully.

"Wait… you were just Kana a moment ago… but… you only-"

"I only take the form of the dead," Skull Face finished for me.

"But… No… What happened to her!" I shouted as I clenched my eyes shut and tried to believe this wasn't happening.

"It's too complicated to explain, but I have this form."

"She can't be though… Kana…" I said to myself as tears began to blur my vision and a strong stinging pain formed in my throat. "Why… it should be me… not you," I told myself, but nothing relieved my pain, "Kana was such a gentle person, why did she have to die because of me?" I asked myself as tears streamed down my face.

"It happened because you were in their lives, Black." The leafeon answered.

"This can't be happening though… Kana doesn't deserve any of this," I choked out.

"Do you think Arceus cared whether she deserved it?"

My head snapped towards Skull face as an intense fury began to take over me, "What did you just say?" I snarled at him.

"It doesn't matter if you're a saint. Arceus isn't going to show mercy just because you were a good person, none of it means anything. Anyone can die, even good people."

"Just shut up. I'm tired of you and your crap. I don't even know where the Hell I am, and I wake up to hear someone I cared for is dead! Then you're telling me this shit!" I sobbed out as I tried to wipe away all the tears from my eyes, but their was no end to them.

"No one else has to die because of you though Black."

"And how am I supposed to stop that from happening to everyone else if I can't even be there to help them?" I sobbed out as I fell to the ground.

"Because, I'm going to change that for you tonight. All you have to do is accept me."

I looked up towards the imposter with complete confusion, "W-What do you mean?"

"There is a good reason I took interest in you, Black," Skull Face began as his body shifted to pitch black and morphed into my brother Kaz.

"But why?"

The jolteon wore a serious look as he looked me in the eyes, not blinking once. "You're not an ordinary umbreon. I know about your gift Black. I know the truth about what you are as well."

"It's just some evolutionary disorder, right?" I asked as I sniffled and tried to keep myself from sobbing even more.

"No, not many people actually know of your kind, but you're special, Black," Skull Face began as he looked upward past the canopy of branches and towards the moon. "Long ago, before Kalos was even the region that it is, your kind were known as eons."

"An eon?" I said with interest. Skull Face gave me a nod.

"Eons were a special group that were rare even back then, but they were powerful. And because of that, they were hunted down by those that made them to begin with, the Legendaries."

"I don't believe in that stuff, I'm an atheist," I quickly put out.

"Well, it's not uncommon for many pokemon to lose faith, especially those that endure pain. But, they're just as real and you and me," the jolteon responded as he shape shifted into a vaporeon. I flinched back at the sight of my sister.

"Eons were hunted down until the Legendaries thought every last one was gone. It truly was a tragedy since Mew created these eons long ago to help fight in a war the Legendaries waged against each other. You're probably curious as to why the eons were hunted down to near extinction?" Skull Face asked. I gave no response, I just continued to stare at him, unsure on what to make of this fairy tale.

"Hmmf, very little interest towards the one giving you answers," Cassie… that thing said as it shook its head in disappointment.

I let out a pained scowl, "Sorry, I'm just having a hard time following when I'm still thinking about Kana."

"Fair enough, but listen up, I'll only offer this explanation once. Eon's were hunted down because of an eon named Synn. He was the first eon to come into existence. This eon was an umbreon like yourself, yet he opposed the Legendaries. In the end, he was slain."

"Along with his death though, the rest of the eons died as well. All because the Legendaries feared another Synn rising. But, a few eons managed to survive. They reproduced, but the gift of being an eon rarely showed in eeveelutions. Some eevees were even eons and went through their whole lives without even suspecting it. But you Black, you became aware that you were an eon at a young age," the vaporeon spoke.

I remained quiet as I processed this info for a moment, none of it even sounded real… "So… you're telling me I'm a part of a died out breed of eeveelutions?"

"That's basically it," the vaporeon said as her form shifted back to Kaz.

"But none of this answers why you want me? So what if I'm this eon thing, what does it mean for you?"

Kaz let out a chuckle as he stepped towards me. "I've been waiting a very long time for an eon like you, I've seen a few others, but it was hard finding an eon that was an umbreon."

"Wait, what?" I flinched in confusion. "What the hell does my evolution have to do with anything?"

"The time will come for that Black, but it's time for you to fulfill your destiny," Skull Face said as he took another step towards me. Kaz's eyes narrowed in on me as my heart began to race. "If you wish for all the pain to end, I will relieve you of it. You must accept your fate," Skull Face spoke lowly.

"Relieve me… Just get the Hell back!" I snapped as I tried using a shadow ball, but nothing came out. "Shit," I muttered as I remembered what Crimson did to me earlier. I turned to run from Kaz, but right when I turned he was there.

"Resistance is futile, you're mine to do with as I please," Kaz spoke in a cold tone that sent shivers down my spine. The forest I was in began to grow darker, the moon grew in size until it was ten times its original size. The rings on my body intensified from the moon.

"What the…"

"This whole time you've probably asked yourself how I do what I do," Skull Face spoke. "Simple, I am an eon just like you, but I have more control over my powers. My strong point has always been my psychic abilities." pebbles and sticks on the ground next to Skull Face began to rise up and levitate around him. "Do you want me to tell you a secret of mine? Every time you've encountered me, you were trapped between a dream and reality. Think of it like a daydream, you're still awake, yet you were unaware of what was going on. This is how I was able to trick everyone for so long, I was manipulating your mind every step of the way as I pleased."

"Just leave me alone, please…" I begged as I turned to run the other way, but as I turned my body froze in place. I tried to budge free, but some invisible force was holding me still.

"Don't fight your fate. The moment I set my eyes on you, your fate was sealed," Skull Face spoke as he walked in front of me. "Now, I'll release you from this dream, but only because I'll need everything I have for this." The darker forest and the oversized moon reverted back to their original form. "You're now free from the dream, but I'm afraid this will be the last time you're awake."

"Why tell me all of this if you're just going to murder me!" I grunted as I fought the force holding me.

"Because, I figured you at least deserved something for everything you went through," Skull Face answered as I felt a powerful force crush me against the ground.

"Stop this," I grunted as I tried to push myself up, but nothing worked. "Please… I don't want to-"

"Shhh, it'll be over before you even know it, please, don't spend your last moment in fear. Remember everything you had in life. You may have lost your family, but you met some good friends on your way. Be thankful they gave you something to live for."

"I don't want to die here though, I have to protect everyone. I want to kill the bastard who killed Kana, I want to kill Crimson and Genesis for all of this, I want to kill you!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as dark matter exploded from my body. The force let up off of me and I was able to stand again.

"Hmmf, seems that all the exposure to the moon allowed you to recover from the drugs quickly. No matter, even on a full moon you're not a threat to me," Skull Face scoffed.

"I'm going to kill you, I'll make you pay for using everyone like this."

"Oh, then show me what you have, Black," Skull Face replied.

"Just die!" I yelled as I dashed towards him with dark matter forming around my right paw. Just as I swiped my left paw at him, a black tendril came from his back and blocked my attack. I froze for a second from the sight, but I shook out of my confusion and jumped back.

"You must accept your fate Ryder, be free from this nightmare you're putting everyone through," Skull Face said as he flashed in front of me. He extended his paw out against my chest. A flash of light surrounded both of us as every muscle in my body tightened. I tried to scream, but nothing came out. I fell fell over onto the dirt ground. I dug my claw into the dirt as I tried to get the strength to get back up, but every muscle ached in my body. My eyes then shifted towards a few leaves that covered the ground. I quickly extended my paw out towards them and used my powers to turn them into a razor leaf. Every leaf shot off the ground and went towards Skull Face. In a quick motion he weaved around each leaf.

"You think that would catch me off guard?" He questioned me. I slowly got back up onto all fours and took off running. I continued to run until my foot stepped into a deep puddle. I turned back to see Skull Face closing in on me. I charged up a shadow ball and shot it at the monster. A shadow tendril came from his back and blocked the attack, the shadow ball exploded into a black mist. I then took this chance, the water near my feet hardened into a thick ice and shot towards Skull Face in the form of hail The mist cleared just in time for me to see him getting sliced up by the attack.

"Well played Black, but it'll take more than a few shards of ice to scare me away," Skull Face chuckled.

"Just… Just get outta here, I'm not interested in whatever you have planned.

"I'm growing tired of this game, I think we'll end things here."

Suddenly, a powerful force pinned me back down onto the ground. I tried using a shadow ball, but the force was crushing me so hard against the ground I couldn't even breath. Just as I was about to black out, the force weakened. I panted in pain as I laid pinned to the ground defencelessly.

"It's over. Everything for you ends here. Just think of it as a favor, you will no longer be a danger to your friends, they can be free to live a normal life now."

"Please stop," I pleaded as I tried to get free, but I couldn't move. I felt myself slowly drag against the ground towards Skull Face. I tried digging my claws into the ground, but it was useless. "Please stop, please!" I pleaded as Skull Face stood above me. I felt myself roll onto my back. Skull Face pressed his paw against my chest as his head lowered close to mine. His body turned pitch black as his form shape shifted again, but this pokemon was one I didn't recognize. A set of bloody red eyes stared down at me. The two eyes belonged to a monster with two different half's. His left side appeared to have suffered from severe burns and left a rough texture of deformed skin, only a small bit of what was once yellow hair remained. The other half appeared to be just a normal jolteon, just about the same age as my Mom and Dad.

"Look at my face and know that you aren't the only one who led a hard life, Ryder," The burn victim spoke quietly as his paw pressed harder against my chest. His eyes focused in on me and I felt an intense pain pierce my brain. It didn't take more than a second for me to resort to screaming with everything I had, but even my screams weren't enough to match what I was feeling. My brain felt as if it was being torn to shred, I felt as if my head was going to explode, yet my body never began to black out, instead the pain intensified with each passing second.

"Stooooooop!" I screamed as loud as I could as tears came from my eyes and my nose began to bleed. I continued to beg and beg, and scream for help, but no one came.

Point of View Naomi

"What the fuck do you mean Black was kidnapped by a monster?!" Hesh screamed at the top of his lungs as he threw his fists towards the ground in absolute anger.

"We told you, this creature named Skull Face came and took him away," I replied to the upset rodent.

"And what about that umbreon that took Black, you mean he wasn't the one who got him?!" Hesh yelled.

"No…" I answered as I looked back at Gray and Flare. Gray turned his head from me, while Flare gave me a small nod, "He got away, but that's not important."

"Yeah, Black's missing, he's gone! Not only that, we still have yet to find anything on Kana!" Hesh continued to panic.

I let out a sigh as I glanced towards my brother who was laying against a wall next to Aiden who was still unconscious. Alex sat on a bench as he held Ebony tightly. It came as a big shock that she evolved, yet now wasn't the time to congratulate her on her evolution. While I'm also worried about Black, I also had no idea what to do with Stark… If he tried to kill my brother and Aiden, he could possibly never go anywhere near them. I'd have to keep Stark a secret my whole life, or push him out of my life. Either way, this shouldn't be my priority right now, I needed to focus on Black.

"So, now what?" Flare asked. "We can't just leave Black alone, he's in danger. He'd come for us."

"And where do we look?!" Hesh yelled. "You said this thing just teleported away from you in a flash, he could be in Unova by now doing whatever he pleases to Black!"

"Well, we can't just do nothing!" Flare piped up as he moved forward, but he was quickly stopped when he let out a grunt of pain from the sudden movement. A bit of blood began to show from the wound on Flare's back.

"Flare, are you okay!?" Alex called out as he quickly set Ebony on the ground and ran to his injured pokemon. This human was constantly panicking every time one of his pokemon showed a sign of pain, but he was also worried for the others as well.

"Yeah, it just stings a lot," Flare replied with a wince from the pain.

"Just take it easy, you shouldn't even be moving right now," Alex told the fennekin.

"I know," Flare agreed, "but I can't sit still, not with Black and Kana gone like this…"

Third person point of View

The night was silent as Black laid on his back. His mouth was wide open as if he was screaming, yet no sound escaped him. Blood dripped from Black's nose. The umbreon's chest arched upward as if he was being possessed and his pupils became small as they remained filled with terror.

"It's okay Black, it will all be over soon, I promise," the scared jolteon whispered to Black with tranquility in a voice that was almost soothing, yet it did nothing to quell Black's pain.

The jolteon just stared down at Black as he continued what he was doing, but then the jolteon's eyes came up from Black but did not look back to see what he was sensing behind him. Instead, a small sneer barely became visible on his face.

"That's enough!" a voice echoed through the forest. Skull Face turned back to see three water stars heading his way. The three water stars came at the jolteon, but each water star splashed against an invisible force just inches from the jolteon's body..

"You, do you realize how potent my concentration was?" Skull Face asked as he shook his head in annoyance, "This is no good, now we'll have to start from the beginning, and I don't know if his mind will withstand much more."

"Leave Ryder alone," Scarlet spoke ordered as she jumped down from a tree branch to the ground.

"Oh, if it isn't you, a Crimson dog. Surprisingly, I actually still remember your face," Skull Face scoffed as his body shrunk in size and morphed into a houndour. "Perhaps you remember me?"

Scarlet flinched back from the sight of Flynn. The very friend everyone in Crimson lost recently.

"You're… You're the one who..." Scarlet whispered to herself as her hand reached for her sword. "I usually prefer not to draw my sword in anger, but tonight can be an exception," Scarlet said as she took in a deep breath to calm herself. Scarlet's hand tightened around the blade before she quickly swung her sword at the imposter houndour. One swing quickly turned into a full on frenzy. The houndour swiftly evaded each attack as Scarlet only seemed to swing with more fury each time.

"Merrick!" Scarlet yelled while in her frenzy. A bright orange light illuminated the dark forest as a flamethrower went towards the two pokemon. Both the houndour and greninja jumped back to avoid the attack. Immediately after dodging Scarlet pulled an item out of her harness and tossed it towards the shape shifter. A thick smoke screen instantaneously dispersed into the air and masked the battleground.

"You think this is going to hide you?" Skull Face asked.

Scarlet dashed through the smoke as she swung her blade at the houndour's last location. She made out the figure of the houndour just as she swung her blade vertically. Scarlet made out the form of the creature changing just as her blade hit something. The greninja tried to retract her blade, but something held her weapon tightly in place.

"Scarlet, why are you doing this?"

The frog's hands slipped away from the handle of the sword as she desperately jumped back without hesitation. "No… Don't do this, not now," Scarlet whispered as her hands tightly grabbed her arms..

"Scarlet, what's wrong, what happened to your sword?" Merrick called out with the flames on his back burning brightly in pure excitement.

Scarlet looked ahead towards the smoke screen that was now clearing to see a greninja standing proudly with a serious look in his eyes. Scarlet only hugged her arms tighter as she saw the black frog. "Don't… don't you dare," Scarlet said to herself. "I know it's a lie, but you're not him, he's dead."

"Are you sure? Everything about me is just like your mate. My appearance, smell, the way I sound. Look me in the eyes and say I'm not your beloved Nagato."

"You're… You're… You're a liar," Scarlet snapped as she threw her arms outward and water stars formed as the rapidly spun at the tip of her fingers.

"Hmmf, let me send you to hell then, Scarlet," The black greninja spoke as he kicked the flat side of the blade and it spun into the air until he caught it by the hilt with precision. Both of the greninjas stared each other down, a calm breeze passed through the air, and then the two sprinted towards each other. The shiny frog extended the sword towards Scarlet and drove it straight through the left side of her gut. Blood shot out of Scarlets mouth as she fell against the shiny greninja for support.

"Was that your plan, to just charge me and hope for the best? Pathetic."

"Scarlet!" Merrick cried out as he stood in place petrified by the scene. The quilava's flames on his back rose up in fury as he began to charge an attack.

"Don't worry, I'll be coming for you next little quilava. I think I'll take her form after I'm done here," Skull Face sneered as he kept his eyes on Scarlet. With a small smile on her face, Scarlet returned the stare towards the shiny greninja.

"For a lie… you could almost pass for him… but your personality..." Scarlet whispered quietly as her arms fell limp and blood streamed down towards the ground. "But… This was my plan," Scarlet said as another sword went straight through the shiny greninja's back and into Scarlet. The shiny greninja spat up blood that covered his entire jaw. His eyes shifted downward to see a blade coming out of his torso. His eyes glanced backwards to see Scarlet looking at him with a chilling glare. The greninja placed one of her hands on his shoulder and ripped the blade out of his back. The greninja Skull Face originally stabbed faded to nothing along with the weapon he held. The false greninja fell to his knees and morphed back into the scarred jolteon.

"That... that was sneaky, yet clever... " The jolteon panted as blood gushed from an open wound. "I'm just curious though, how long has that espeon been here?"

"Oh, so you can sense me now?!" a voice said with amusement as a white paw stepped out from behind a tree. Vincent stepped out into the open as he carefully watched the jolteon. "I practically had to rush here. I barely made it in time to switch Scarlet out with one of my illusions."

"Hmmf, it was the smoke screen, wasn't it?" The jolteon said with a satisfied smile that was covered in his own blood. "Very well, you scratched me."

"Scarlet," the white espeon said to the greninja with a nod.

Scarlet rose her sword up above the jolteon's head. Her grip tightened before she brought the blade straight down towards him. The blade slashed into the dirt, but the jolteon flashed away. Everyone froze at the sight of the missing jolteon, but everyone turned towards the sound a raspy panting.

"Well," the injured jolteon began, "It looks like my plans will have to wait for another night. Just know that next time we meet, I won't be weakened from what I was doing here tonight, I'll be at full strength," Skull Face spoke as his body turned pitch black and began to fade away into the night.

"Stop him!" Vincent called out, but he was gone before anyone could even move.

"Shit," Merrick muttered in anger.

Vincent took a moment to process what was going on as the quilava huffed out angry sighs. After a few seconds of pondering what just happened, he made his way towards Black. The espeon stood next to his brother as he stared down at him with pity.

"I can only imagine what he did to Ryder," Vincent said out loud. The espeon closed his eyes as the red gem on his head glowed with a mysterious power. The espeon concentrated hard before he let out a loud grunt.

"Vincent, what's wrong?" Scarlet asked as she ran behind the dizzy espeon to stabilize him with her hands.

"I don't know… I've never seen anything like this before," The espeon said with surprise. "I tried to just go through his head, usually it would be a simple task. I mean we're family so it's already easier to access, plus his mind has been invaded so many times, it should be simple. But… I couldn't even get close to his mind… like something forced me out."

"Maybe he's built immunity to psychics?" Scarlet suggested.

"I don't know, I have no way of finding out what's wrong with him now. But, whatever that thing did to him, Black went through a lot of pain. And honestly… I don't have a single idea what happened to my brother."

"Then what should we do with him?" Merrick asked.

Vincent closed his eyes as he began to pace around the area, "Honestly… If anything happens to my brother here, then everything was in vain. I think it's best if we take him to a pokecenter. If this is serious, then we can't risk treating him ourselves, he needs professional help, his brain could be fried for all we know."

"And you're sure this is the best course of action?" Scarlet asked.

"If it was up to me, yes," Vincent responded.

"Alright them," Scarlet replied as she picked the umbreon up and cradled him in her arms.

Everyone at the pokecenter sat in silence. Not one attempt at finding Black had been made, but within the short time at the pokecenter many pokemon were rushed in. New doctors finally arrived and the scene was being investigated. All of the injured pokemon filled the lobby and set a scene of misery as everyone writhed in pain.

"We can't just sit here all night," Flare muttered.

Naomi looked over at the fox, "I know… I really want to go as well, but we can't just aimlessly search."

"Didn't stop us before," Flare muttered.

Naomi let out a sigh as she looked at the depressed fennekin. "Hey Flare," Naomi said to the fennekin. Flare glanced at her, waiting for her to speak. "Thanks…"

"For what?"

"For stopping Isaac earlier. If you didn't, things may have escalated, and I don't know what would have happened."

"We're going to have a long conversation about him after all of this. Don't think in anyway that I want to be friends with him, for matter of fact, I don't even want him within the same city as me," Flare stated.

"What exactly happened between you guys and Stark? You all knew each other, yet no one ever told me."

"Well, how were we supposed to know he was your friend? And I don't want to talk about this now, I have enough on my mind without worrying about your boyfriend or whatever you two are."

Naomi was about to say something, but everyone in the room fell silent at the sight of someone walking in the pokecenter. A greninja silently walked through the front door with an unconscious umbreon in her arms. The greninja stopped in the middle of the room as everyone stared at the greninja with Black.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well, just one chapter away from the 100th chapter mile stone! I'm so proud that this story came so far, and this arc perfectly ends on the 100th chapter. Heh, so I would like to thank everyone who has stuck with this story, old and new readers. Well, hopefully everyone liked the reveal this chapter, things will be getting interesting in this story in new ways, so don't worry things will stay fresh in this story :D

A big shout out to genericgamer207! The dude has worked hard up until now, and I also want to thank him for giving me a great idea on the Scarlet VS Skull fight. Everything after Scarlet got stabbed was an idea he had, it was much better than what I had originally! So, don't forgot to thank my beta if you choose to review ^.^ the guy has really helped this story come alive since he decided to be my editor.