Hey.
Here it is, chapter 8. Sorry for the wait, was a bit busy so I didn't find much time to spend on this. But I'm rather happy of what it is so I hope you'll enjoy it.
Anyway; please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon
Chapter 8: Nightmare
Since they were left alone, only the rain was audible with the water drops banging against the window. The dark Pokémon was staring at the city. Gre was still paralysed. He wondered what the Governor wanted to do with him. Then the dark Pokémon finally talked:
"So, I'll begin with a simple one: why are you here?"
"I arrived here by accident."
"You think I'm a fool? I know that you made the ground that blocked the way to down here collapse."
"No I'm not... I fought an Aerodactyle earlier and he fell with me."
"Well that's strange. I didn't see any when I got there."
The Aerodactyle was gone? He probably woke up and went to the surface.
"Anyway, I don't really care about why you're here."
He was still staring at the city. Gre started to be able to move his body a bit, but not completely.
"Do you know why people come here?" The Governor asked.
"Because they don't want to die, right?"
"It's a bit more complicated. When someone dies in this region, they reappear in this place if they don't think that their life was fulfilled. I send someone to talk to them to see if they do think that if they disappear now, they won't find peace ever. But staying here is risky, because some may stay here forever. Looking for something that they would never find. Some of them are here for ages, literally. But I cannot say that I understand them or something like this. I'm not even a ghost."
"But... why are you here then?" Gre asked quite surprised.
"I've been assigned here. By... a higher being who thinks that I have the skills to do this... job. I hate it but I can't do anything against it. Since he told me to do that, it's now my duty."
"But who is he?"
"I can't tell his name or what it is. Because if I do, he will immediately know and he will check what is happening down here. And if he sees you, something REALLY bad will happen."
"So that's why you don't want any alive Pokémon here."
"That's the case. He told that absolutely no one should go out from this place alive."
He turned around and stared at Gre with his blue eye.
"That's why you have to die."
"But how would he know that I'd take the portal? Or that you pronounced his name?"
"Because his name is BANNED from this world. If I ever do say his name, he will immediately know and see it as a call. And he wants me to call him only for emergencies. He isn't supposed to know if the portal is used or who is using it, but I don't want to take the risk. I guess you cannot understand since you don't know him at all or even saw him, his power overwhelms ours by far. We can't do anything against him."
"Wait, what do you mean by "banned"?"
"Well, let's say Arceus banned him from this world."
Gre didn't respond. He immediately understood the fear of the Governor.
"That's right. The one who is truly ruling over this place and the Dead dimension, is simply someone or something that only God himself was able to stop. Is that enough for you?"
Gre now had to deal with a dilemna. Will he take the portal or will he not? The Governor said that his master isn't supposed to know when the portal is used and who used the portal. But what if they actually do? The Governor wasn't sure of what he affirmed and Gre didn't need to read his thoughts to know he was terrified by his master and his power. According to the Governor, "something really bad will happen" if he's seen. But he wasn't able to abandon Lurio and die, while the Aerodactyle is alive. Was he going to take the risk or not?
The Governor came closer:
"Anyway, I wanted to talk so you'd understand why this place is not for alive people like you. And why the only safe solution is to kill you."
A distorted ball of dark liquid appeared on his hand, it kept growing until being larger than his body. A weird smell overwhelmed the room. He threw it towards Gre.
The Greninja moved instinctively and dodged the sludge bomb. It exploded and the liquid spread around where he was standing. The smell suddenly got way worse. Gre had to put his hand on his nose to not collapse because of to the disgusting whiff. He decided to not take it because he couldn't leave Lurio. Not yet. It was maybe selfish, but he simply couldn't. The dark Pokémon now looked upset.
"I see that you don't understand. Very well then, we'll do it in the hard way."
He clicked his fingers and a sudden fast and small dark beam got through his head before he could react. Oddly, he felt his eyelids getting heavier. He didn't have the force to stand anymore and he collapsed, his eyes closed. Everything went black and silent.
He opened his eyes. But he was in a completely different area... it was familiar to him. He was in a beach, palm trees were spread around. Outside of the beach was a jungle and a house, made with wood and straws. Other houses with the same architecture were around the beach. A mountain was not too far away of his position. He has already been there before. The architecture of the houses, the jungle, the mountain... He knew this place, but he could not tell what it was. Then he noticed something about himself when he looked at his hands. He wasn't a Greninja anymore. He was a Froakie again. It felt really weird, but not that much strangely. He was more intrigued by the mountain. It was like he was a child again. As he went through the jungle, he noticed what seemed to be a playground, even if it was quite empty, there was only a ball made of leaves, filled with grass. Gre didn't know how, but he was aware of how the ball was made. He was clearly here before.
Then he remembered. He saw himself playing with the ball with other Froakies. They were playing quite often a game where someone has to keep the ball from everyone else. They called it "the guardian". Someone else was around to watch them, in case it would end bad. A training parkour was a bit further behind him. He decided to go there. A few moment later, he finally saw it. The parkour was among the trees, platforms were created on the trunks. He could see the rope he used to swing and reach the next tree. Then he noticed the training field. Long sticks were on the ground, they were used as weapons, and sometimes they used these to learn how to fight in close range with a water shuriken. Small wooden shurikens were used to improve their throws and they had to hit the several targets. Suddenly he saw a Greninja watching a Fraokie. The Froakie was actually him. And the Greninja was... his father. His father called him to go to the beach for swimming practice. He recalled how his father was. He was rather strict but he was actually a nice person. They often played together and he always helped Gre when he had a problem. Afterwards he saw an other Froakie joining him and his father. He knew him. His name was Fil. He was probably the funniest person he ever knew but was really skilled. He was actually...
...his brother.
Suddenly everything disappeared and a thunderstorm appeared out of nowhere. He looked around and nobody was here anymore. The sky got very dark in one instant. Gre was confused by what just happened.
"Gre..."
He immediately looked at where the voice came from. Nobody was there. Who was this person who suddenly called him? Then he looked at the mountain and he saw a Froakie who was climbing it, all alone. He decided to join him. When he came closer of the mountain, the mountain didn't seem that high, but climbing will still be rough because of the rain. Then he remembered there was a path leading to the top of it. He looked for it after a while and he found it. The ground was a bit slippery but still usable. The more he was climbing, the more the path was steep. The wind was more violent, it was harder to climb but he finally reached the top. He recalled that he and Fil came here often to discuss about various things. It was there that he discovered that Fil was actually lacking of self-confidence, always scared to fail. So he was trying to hide his fear with jokes and apparent good mood. Then he thought about Lurio. Fil and he were somewhat similar, they both lacked self-confidence despite their skills. But Lurio can be very determined to accomplish his goals and is quite sensitive. Fil was the type of person who could joke about serious thingsbut he knew when time is for jokes and when it is not. He asked himself the same question: How did he forget everything? His family? His home? What happened? Suddenly he heard screams coming from the top. He hurried and saw Fil, attacked by a group of four Staraptors. A Staraptor standing in front of Fil, his prey. The Staraptors didn't notice Gre, it was a good moment to intervene and save Fil. He had to act now! He prepared to jump and...
He didn't.
"Come on! Go! Why am I just standing here?!" he talked to himself.
His body didn't respond. It was like his body was petrified. When he was about to take a step, his body immediately stopped. Gre tried everything to finally make his body move, but noting happened. Why wasn't he moving? Was he paralysed... by fear? No, he had to move, his brother had to be saved, he had to act NOW! The Staraptor captured Fil and took off. The group was now going. Fil was screaming for help. He noticed Gre and called for help as loudly as possible:
"GREEE! HELP MEE!"
Then he disappeared among the fog. The Staraptors took him. It was too late now. Gre didn't act when he was able to. Gre was shocked by what he saw... horribly ashamed of himself. He didn't act. He was too fearful to just move. To try to save his brother, and now he was gone, forever.
That was what happened that day. He let his brother die and was ashamed of himself. Fil saw the cowardness of Gre and screamed for help. If he was still alive, he would just be angry towards his own brother for abandoning him. Gre was too ashamed to comeback home, so he left. The island, his clan, his family, everyone. Because he was too scared of how would everyone react to his cowardness. He swam as far as he could during the thunderstorm. The sea was violent and he ended being in reefs. An enormous wave carried him and he collided with a boulder, Gre guessed he fell unconscious at the impact. Then by luck, he ended on a beach, where people found him, Durry included. And because of the heavy impact, he got amnesiac. Now he remembered, remembered everything. Everything about how he let his brother die without doing anything to help. Everything around him disappeared and Gre seemed to be in the void, there was a strange light coming out of nowhere, illuminating the "room". Gre just noticed he was a Greninja again. But he didn't care. He was only thinking about how much of a coward he was.
"Finally you remember."
He raised his head. A Greninja was standing in front of him, the arms crossed. He was... just like Gre. But this time, the other "himself" knew he was there.
"I waited for so long for you to finally remember."
"Who... are you?" Gre asked, still not recovered.
"Guess..."
"...I don't know."
"You're really pathetic, you don't even try?"
Gre didn't answer.
"Hmpf. Our father would be ashamed of what you became."
This sentence got Gre's intention.
"...Fil?"
"What an idiot... I am YOU."
Gre didn't know how to react.
"I started to exist since you killed our brother."
"No... I didn't... kill him."
"You did, you let those Staraptors take him and eat him for lunch. Because you're a selfish coward who acts only when you're sure you're going to win."
Gre didn't reply. He was probably right. The moments when he does act was when he had an advantage over his enemies.
"And you were trying to forget everything, live a happy life like nothing happened. But at the end? It came back to you to remind you of what you truly are: a coward who let his brother die."
The whole place transformed again and became a cave. It was the area where he and Lurio fought the Mega-Aerodactyle. Then he saw the Aerodactyle's back. He seemed to eat something noisily. After a little while he noticed he was actually eating someone, and they were... a Lucario. Lurio. Gre gasped upon realizing what was happening in front of him. He closed his eyes to avoid seeing any more of this horror. That cannot be true. It cannot. He saved Lurio earlier, it cannot be true. Or maybe it was... happening right now while he is down here doing nothing to save him. That would mean he repeated the same error, he didn't learn anything from the past. He let someone else close to him die. He is... He collapsed, paralysed by his thoughts.
"That's right."
The other Gre was staring at him, despising the pathetic Gre unable to move anymore.
"You will repeat the same mistake. Whatever you're going to do, you will repeat the same mistake again and again. You bring nothing good for the people in this world. You tried to deny that fact but during all this time, it was screaming while you were plugging your ears. Keep doing it, and it will scream louder and louder until you can't take it anymore. Don't tell me people were happy with you, at the end they will die as your brother did. And you won't be able to protect them. Do you know what you have to do now? Die. Die and people won't die because of your fault anymore. And maybe your brother would be finally in peace, by seeing you finally accepting what you are. And Lurio will not die."
The area went black again. There were only the two Greninjas. Gre was quiet. Maybe he was right after all...
"Or the other solution, if you're too coward to sacrifice yourself, is to go, go far away from everyone, so they won..."
"No."
"...What did you just say?"
"No. All of your saying is wrong. My brother died years ago. Now I have changed. Everything is different. I won't repeat the same mistake. What I just saw was just a nightmare. Lurio is alive and I'm going to do everything to help him survive in this world. And I made a promise to him. I won't die. And I don't want to live like this, I don't want to live like YOU."
"You forgot what I said? Whatever you're going to do, he will die!"
"How can you be so sure about that? If I don't even try, he will surely die. If I don't try, then I'm a coward. You repeated many times that I am a coward. But what you said, it shows you're actually one. All this time, I protected Lurio against many enemies, and I will continue until my last breath."
Gre stood up. He formed a water shuriken with his hands and raised it against the other Gre.
"Show me that you're right." He said with a determined tone.
The other Gre created a water shuriken as well.
"I will."
And they both leapt on each other, armed with the water shurikens. They both stroke at the same time and the blades of the water shurikens collided, making both Greninjas stop in front of each other. The enemy Gre ducked and tempted to knock down Gre with his leg. Gre reacted in time to jump behind his enemy and dodge the attack. Upon landing, he threw his shuriken towards the other Gre. But his enemy blocked it with his, deviating it from his trajectory. His enemy jumped towards Gre to land a kick. Gre jumped backwards far enough to dodge the attack. But the other Gre immediately threw his water shuriken towards him. Upon landing, Gre had just the time to lean backwards, the shuriken brushed past his nose, he felt the solidified water barely touching him. He stood up straight and his enemy leapt on him, but this time he didn't have the time to react. He received a punch in the face and was fell backwards on his back. The other Gre was now dominating and was attacking him with several other punches. The Greninja was blocking these with his arms then he bent his knees and he repulsed him. His enemy moved away and created another water shuriken. He was very aggressive, trying to not give a break to Gre to tire him and finish him. What Gre had to do was to counter him and end the combat. He created another water shuriken and prepared himself to counter the next attack. The other Greninja used a waterfall attack and rushed him, the body quite wrapped with water. Gre did the same. As they were about to collide, he deviated his trajectory and passed right above the other Gre and grabbed his leg through the water in fury, stopping him in his run up. He headed upwards and released the other Gre, then he charged him with a waterfall attack. His enemy, unable to react, received the hit head-on and they both crashed on the ground. He spit out some blood at the impact. He was now lying on the ground, still holding the water shuriken surprisingly. Gre approached but he didn't drop his guard. Suddenly the other Gre leapt on Gre to deal a slash. The Greninja reacted fastly enough to not get sliced in a half but his leg got touched. He fell on his back and the other Greninja was now standing in front of him, his hand was on his chest because of the pain.
"Give up alrea..." He coughed and continued. "I don't want this to end badly."
"Aren't you supposed to know..." Gre created a water shuriken. "That I won't give up that easily?"
He immediately stood up and tried to lend a hit on his foe. The other Gre blocked the attack with his shuriken, then began a series of quick attacks and blocks where one mistake could end the fight. Gre, who knew he would not stand much longer because of his wound, decided to finish it. He jumped and was about to deal a vertical heavy strike on his enemy. Upon seeing the attack, the other Gre jumped backwards so he would dodge it. Gre expected this and instead he threw his water shuriken towards his enemy. The other Greninja didn't have much to time to react so all he was able to do was to barely block it, he was destabilized.
Now was his chance.
Upon landing, he immediately leapt on his foe and landed a kick on the chest already damaged. His enemy was flung backwards and fell heavily on his back. Gre created another water shuriken and jumped on his foe to really land a strike this time. The other Gre wasn't able to react and Gre planted the water shuriken right in the middle of the heart. The other Gre screamed, but he had another voice, one he already heard.
He woke up breathless. He stood up wondering if everything was a dream. Then he noticed the Governor, who seemed hurt in the chest.
"Argh... you little..."
How did he get hurt? He was oddly hurt at the same spot as where the other Gre was hurt. There was nobody else in the room. This cannot be a coincidence. Gre heard that Pokémons were able to enter in someone's mind. Maybe the Governor was able to do so. Then the fact that he was hurt could be because he took his form in his dream, so he would break his mind. That would mean he saw everything about him, about his past. And he tried to use it to shatter his will.
"How... did you do it? I saw everything. I saw your hidden grief, and you were almost broken by it."
"I just remembered I still had to do something here. As I already said to you, I didn't do anything to save my brother back then. But now I changed and I won't let anyone close to me die without doing anything."
The Governor was thinking. Then he stared at Gre in a threatening way with his eye.
"You may have good reasons to want to go out. But I have mine too to not let you go!"
He stood up and took a deep breath.
"I am Darkrai, the Nightmare Pokémon, and I won't take any risk to fulfill my duty!"
He charged a sludge bomb and threw it towards Gre, He jumped aside to dodge it. The explosion caused the smell to reappear again. Gre decided to breath by the mouth. Darkrai charged a dark beam and shot it on Gre who was running in the room to dodge the dark pulse. Gre recalled how he fell asleep. He had to be careful about the dark beam that touched him earlier. Gre created a water shuriken to block it in case Darkrai would use it again. He leapt on his adversary and tried to land a strike. Darkrai immediately disappeared thanks to a portal. He reappeared behind the Greninja. Gre forgot he was able to use portals quickly. Then Darkrai raised his hand and clicked his fingers. This time Gre was prepared and he raised the water shuriken and blocked the quick dark beam. Darkrai grunted. He charged two sludge bombs at the same time and threw one at Gre. Gre jumped again to dodge it but the Governor, who expected the move, quickly threw to other one when Gre wasn't able to dodge it. So the Greninja threw his water shuriken into the bomb, making it explode. The released digusting liquid touched Gre and the explosion flung Gre into the window which almost gave way. The Governor shot a dark pulse towards Gre. He immediately jumped and narrowly dodged the beam which broke the window, making the rain enter in the room. The water drops falling into Gre's skin gave him energy. Darkrai clicked his fingers again, Gre immediately dodged it by moving his head to the left. He noticed the Governor was aiming the head when he used he dark beam. He found a weak point in the attack, at least he was hoping so. Gre wrapped himself with water and propelled himself towards Darkrai fast. Surprised by his speed, Darkrai used a portal below him to disappear. But this time, the Greninja had enough time to reach his hand and grab it. He forced the Governor out and, put him in front of him and they crashed into the wall. He heard the Governor scream and spit out something, but nothing got out of his "mouth". But Darkrai immediately shot a dark pulse into Gre. He wasn't able to dodge it and took it. The Governor continued shooting at Gre who was already on the ground. The pain kept increasing, Gre started screaming due to it. When it finally stopped, Darkrai was about to smash Gre's head with his two fists. Gre rolled aside. His back was very painful and standing straight was a true pain. He leapt on Darkrai who used a portal again. But Gre was fast enough to grab him and he was taken into the portal, which surprised the Governor:
"What?! What are you..."
He was in an other world. It was a giant empty space where he could only see purple and black. He was holding Darkrai who was struggling to get the Greninja off. Gre did a gunk shot to Darkrai. He screamed and was flung backwards but Gre was still holding him. Darkrai, who looked angry, shot a dark pulse on Gre, but Gre moved to dodge the beam which continued his way among the infinite space.
"GET OFF ALREADY!" Darkrai shouted in rage.
He punched Gre's face, he didn't hit that hard, Darkrai seemed weak physically. He punched Gre a second time in the ribes and tried to punch him a third time but the Greninja stopped it with a night slash. Darkrai moaned and charged another dark pulse. Gre grabbed his head with his two hands and was now on the Governor's back. The Governor shot blindly in the void, screaming in rage. Gre wrapped his hand with dark energy and hit several time Darkrai's back. Darkrai created a portal and used his hand to remove Gre's hand on his face. Gre ended up releasing it. He grabbed quickly one of the Governor's arms to get out of here. He went out of the dimension and was back in the Governor's room. Gre released the arm and prepared to dodge any incoming attack. Darkrai created an other sludge bomb and immediately threw it towards him. Gre jumped aside and he landed on the disgusting liquid of the previous sludge bombs. Darkrai clicked his fingers all of a sudden. Gre dodged it just in time by moving the head. When the Governor shot a dark pulse, the Greninja created a water shuriken and blocked the beam with it, he was almost pushed against the wall. When he stopped, he immediately threw a sludge bomb afterwards. The water type just had the time to dodge the ball but he was touched by the explosion and fell on the stomach. He was just below Darkrai who was about to shoot an other dark pulse. He noticed he dropped the water shuriken and it was out of reach. Suddenly, something came to his mind...
"Dad? How did you do it?"
Gre was next to his father at the beach. He saw him creating two sort of little swords of water with his hands. Greninjas were able to create something else than a water shuriken with their hands? He was surprised by what he saw and wanted to know what were these objects. His father looked at him, looking rather surprised to see his son here.
"Aren't you supposed to be training with Tayk?" He asked.
"He still isn't there so I went here to see if he was coming. But Dad what are those?"
Gre stared at the little swords of solidified water. His father glanced at these and smiled.
"We call these water daggers."
"Ooh, and what is their use?"
"They're mainly for close combat. You see, the water shurikens may be bigger than the daggers, but they aren't really adapted for close combats because of their sizes and shapes. You can't do agile moves with these."
He created a water shuriken and demonstrated his saying by placing it at different spots. He was indeed not able to do agile moves without cutting himself. He took the daggers again.
"But with the water daggers, you can pratically do what you can't do with the water shuriken. You are way more agile with these since they're shorter and their shapes are adapted for close combat. You can throw them as well but it's less effective than a water shuriken because they won't go as far as the shuriken does. And they're faster to create too."
"How do we create these?"
"It's... you have to do the same thing than when you create a water shuriken. But your hands are separated, you have to imagine the shape of the dagger. You concentrate your water in both of your hands but this time, it's to create two different objects that's the hardest thing to do."
"I see..."
Gre imagined him creating the daggers, but he was obviously not able to create one currently.
"You should rejoin your mates back there now, I don't think Tayk would be happy to see you being late."
"Alright. See you later Dad!"
"Later, son."
Gre concentrated water in both of his separated hands and imagined the shapes of the daggers. The water took the form of daggers and solidified itself. Darkrai shot the dark pulse but the Greninja blocked the beam with both of his daggers. Darkrai took a surprised look but continued shooting. Gre's arms were burning to stop the beam and was struggling to keep resisting. Darkrai stopped the beam and distanced himself from him, probably because he was too tired to continue. Gre stood up, holding his new weapons and out of breath. Darkrai stared at the water daggers.
"What are these?" He asked, rather intimidated.
"Water daggers. Thanks to you, I remember now how to make these." Gre answered, gripping the daggers.
Darkrai grunted but he didn't have the time to attack again because Gre leapt on him. He dodged the incoming strike but Gre continued attacking. As expected, he was way more agile with the water daggers than with the water shuriken. He touched Darkrai's arm with one of his daggers. The Governor moaned and continued going backwards. Then Gre jumped on him when he was off guard. He fell on his back, with Gre standing on him with his daggers right next to his throat. He wasn't moving anymore. After a moment staring at each other, the Governor finally said:
"Alright, alright... you won. I'll let you go."
Gre moved away the daggers and stepped backwards. He didn't drop his guard in case Darkrai would stab him in the back. Darkrai opened a door at the other side of the room. There was a hallway which led to an other room a bit further.
"Go there. This is the portal room. The portal will take time to activate so you'll have to wait."
Gre walked in the hallway, still keeping an eye on the Governor who added:
"But don't EVER make me regret my choice. Because if you do tell a single word about this place, I will do everything to make you quiet forever. Understood?"
"I promise I won't." Gre nodded.
Darkrai closed the door. Gre continued his way in the hallway. When he reached the end, he opened the door and entered in a rather small room. A circle of rocks was at its center with symbols on the ground. When he stepped on it, the symbols lighted up and scintillations were emanating from them. Now all he had to do was to wait. Suddenly the door opened again and the Governor appeared once again. Gre was wary.
"Someone wants to talk to you." Darkrai said.
He stepped aside and Lary appeared. He entered and the Governor closed, leaving the Dusclops and the Greninja alone.
"You did it then." Lary spoke with a happy tone.
"Yeah. We can say that. But how did you get here?"
"There was no guards when I came. Fortunately I came before other guards would join the place to help the ones you took out. About Dumort, yeah I just dicovered he trapped the Roggenrola and you. He didn't want to be banned and I undertood him. But he didn't want to let me pass so I had to use the force." He looked at his hand and continued: "Then I came and you both finished. Surprisingly, the Governor accepted easily that I would talk to you."
"Why did you want to talk to me then?"
"I just wanted to tell you something..."
The ghost type took a deep breath.
"You see, when I was alive, I was part of... a group. There, we were close to each other, we considered everyone as a member of a family. That's what I thought though. I had two friends. And they were married. But one day, we learned the truth about that group. About how much of a madness our goal was. For years I believed we were doing right, but actually, we were terrorizing people and killing them for something foolish. And everyone there was mad and believed terror was the way. So we escaped, my friends and I. Since that moment, they stopped considering us as a part of the family, but as traitors. The father got killed in the run. He refused my help and told his wife and me to run. I still remember his cry before it was immediately stopped. His wife wasn't able to forgive herself and I don't even know for how many hours she did cry and blame herself. That was that day she laid an egg. She decided to hide it from them. So we thought that the Giant Snow peak was the best place to hide."
At these words, Gre thought about Lurio. His eyes widened upon thinking about this idea.
"We placed everything to keep the egg warm. I promised the mother to watch the kid when the egg hatches. But when we got the mountain's bottom, they found us again. One was about to kill her, so I took the hit in her place. I told her to go so the kid would still have a mother when he'll hatch. But I couldn't leave this world until I'm sure the kid was safe so I came here. But when I went back to the top of the mountain as a Dusclops, the egg already hatched and the bag we left was gone."
The kid was Lurio. Gre was now absolutely sure.
The lights intensified. Ge was about to be teleported. Gre didn't want to go though, not yet. Lary continued:
"I'll stay here because I want to see who the kid became. When I'll be sure he's safe, I'll probably go."
Gre felt his body levitating in the air and the lights intensified again. His body started glowing.
"Just... tell Lurio his parents were awesome people. That... her mother left him at the top of a mountain because she knew he would be able to climb down. Goodbye..."
"No wait!"
He wasn't able to hear anything anymore and he was blinded by the sudden intense light which overwhelmed his view. He wasn't feeling nothing for a while and fell unconscious...
Gaby was holding Lurio back for a while now. The Lucario didn't care about his wound on the chest, his priority was to help Gre.
"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO HELP HIM!" He shouted in rage and sadness.
"DON'T! If you go, you'll surely join him in death! That would make his sacrifice useless!" The Garchomp yelled, trying to hide his sadness.
"But... but... I can't leave him! He may be still there!"
He managed to free himself from the Garchomp hwo tried to catch the Lucario again.
"WAIT!" Gaby screamed.
Suddenly Lurio heard something behind him. He immediately calmed down and turned around to see what it was. Gaby also heard it. It was close. Lurio went towards the source of the sound. Then he heard grunts. He gasped upon seeing what was behind some rocks: Gre was there laying on the ground, injured. The Greninja raised his head and noticed the Lucario:
"...Lurio?"
"GRE!"
Lurio rushed into the Greninja and wrapped him with his arms. Gre didn't try to repulse him. Lurio burst into tears upon when he saw the one he lived the most was still alive. Gre hugged him in return, happy to see him again.
"But... how did you get here? I... saw you falling with the Aerodactyle... How did you..." Lurio asked quite in confusion.
"I..."
Gre stopped a moment. He was hesitating to say something.
"I'm sorry but... I can't say anything."
"Why?"
Gre didn't answer for a little while. But he finally answered:
"I... promised someone I won't say a single word about all of this."
Lurio could not understand what happened down there, but he respected Gre's decision. He could read his thoughts to know what happened, but that would be disrespectful to him. Gaby was looking a Gre, happy to see him but really confused by how he got there. He was a bit wary but seemed to trust the Greninja since the Lucario knew it was him.
Suddenly they heard something else. A figure got out of the hole where Lurio and the Aerodatyle went through. Lurio and Gre recognized it.
"Watch out!" Lurio shouted.
It was the Mega-Aerodactyle, who screamed out of rage upon seeing the group. But he looked injured and he had problems to fly correctly. So he flought towards the other side of the lake. The entire group relieved. Then Lurio noticed that Gre was upset about something.
"What's the matter Gre?"
"What?"
"You look... upset about something."
"Uh... yeah I'd like to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Someone wanted to tell you... your parents were awesome people."
End of chapter 8
I hope you enjoyed it!
For next chapter, it may take longer becasue I'm not really sure what to do.
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