Next chapter for you guys. Not much to say today. Luckily, the story turned exactly how I wanted, with be being happy with every chapter. Today is another chapter that turned out around twice as long as I expected. Have fun reading. Serious Reviews are appreciated.

Chapter 14: Family Crisis

Thunder's POV:

The very next second we were somewhere else, me still lying on the ground. "This… this is the other continent, isn't it?" "Yes. We *cough* did it." Even if I was not great physically, I rarely felt better mentally in my live. Still, Fate was obviously pretty worried about me. "Are… are you alright, Thunder?" I stood up, proving that I was feeling well… it did not work since I instantaneously fell down again. One of my legs hurt way too much to strain it. "Please, don't overdo yourself. You have to rest." I tried to argue. "We don't have time for that! We need to get to the cave! The time is running out!" Evan joined our conversation. "I'm sorry to say that boss, but your girl is right. You're not in any condition to travel and neither am I. Fate is the only one in our group that could even manage." "Yeah… but… I couldn't… if it weren't for you Thunder. It's my fault you got hurt. I could never forgive myself if something would happen to you." She looked at me, a limp of sadness in her eyes. I sighed. "Well… *cough*. But only for one day! We don't have any more time!" Fate did not seem happy about my idea, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to change my mind. With that, we went to search a cave to rest inside, Fate supporting me as I walked.

We just stayed at this cave for the next few days. Yes, few. Since Fate did some research, she found out that our walk would only take four days. The day we found the cave, 13 were left. Too, my leg still hurt a lot the next morning. Because of these facts, I agreed to stay a little longer. As you can maybe imagine, Fate was really happy about my decision. Evan seemed relieved too. And I can't say that I regretted it afterwards, especially because of what happened after. As we rested, all of us three just spent some time together. Fate got to know Evan better and I told them some stories. All this time, Fate did never leave my side. It was pretty unfamiliar for me, as I never really had friends. Even as I believed that SD was my friend, he never stayed for long. Again, I felt that no matter how this adventure would turn out, I'd at least have been happy for once in my life. And too I was happy, that my secret was finally known. Without this happening, I'd never have told Fate how I feel about her.

Six days passed before we went on. Like I already said, our journey to the grand finale would take us four days. Only four days until we'd face the ancient demon itself. Until we, especially ME of all people, would be Pokemon's last hope. It would be the time to fix my mistakes! On the first day of our journey, nothing really happened. We just walked through the big forest that was literally the whole continent. We talked about some things, such as SD and our expectations about the demon. The few times we rested; I did not really rest at all. Neither did Fate. I used the time to teach her how to really fight, knowing that it'd be of use. It was evening on our second day, as finally something happened. We were resting again, discussing if we should stay where we were for the night, as we were surprisingly attacked. A medium sized fire ball just hit the middle of the three of us. No one was harmed, but we positioned ourselves for a fight. We already knew, that we'd not be able to just get to the cave. We were sure, that we'd very likely have to fight the last general of the Slaves too! But we did not fight him that evening.

Instead of hiding anymore, a Quilava stepped onto our clearing. The first thing we noticed, was her necklace. It had the sign of the Slaves of the Darkness. "Finally! I thought I'd never find you!" I was really surprised to see a single warrior, which was her rank, attacking us alone. They must've noticed that we defeated SD (well actually we didn't but they don't know that). According to Evan's reaction, I was not the only one being surprised. "Wait, you really came alone? Are you like dumb, or something?" The Quilava glared at him. I tried to remember this Slave, but I could not recognize her. She very likely joined after my reign of destruction. "Shut up, useless Eevee. You were not asked. Especially after your frickin' lame betrayal." "From how I got this, you guys are like experts in this topic aren't you?" "That's what I just said. It was lame! The action was completely missing! No explosions, no blood, just you running away! LAME!" I got out of my fighting stance, being VERY confused about this weird Pokemon. "Are you just here to trash talk us to the ground? Won't work. Just piss off. You can't help your boss here." "I am not here because of this hovering black guy!"

Now we ALL were confused. "If you are not here for the Slaves, then WHY are you here?", Fate questioned. "For my parents, you idiots. This whole Slaves thing is just some side point. I just joined them and travelled to prove that my parents were right!" Our confusion grew even bigger. "And what do WE have to do with your parents?" Again, the Quilava's nature was shown, as she snapped at Evan. "I still did not talk to you! Besides, I don't care about you. Neither do I care about the Vulpix. I'm here to fight you Thunder!" "Why the…? Could you maybe at least EXPLAIN what you are talking about?" She put on a devilish smile. "Really? I hoped you would've guessed by now. But if you're to stupid, I'll help you out. Some time ago, my parents heard about you being the founder of the Slaves. First, they just laughed about it, dealing with it like it was a joke, but as they heard it more often, they joined the Slaves to find out the truth. And, what can I say, the people were right. My parents became pretty angry, since they were sure that you'd be WAY to weak to do things like that. They trained me, so I could prove you being worthless. Even if they died some time ago, I still try to prove them right!" Even if this explained something about the Quilava's motive, I still did not know, why the hell her parents would hate me like that. She seemed to have noticed my questioning face, as she took on a fighting stance. "My name is Inferno, just like the Inferno that burns inside me! I came to prove my parents right. I'll prove that they did the right thing abandoning you… brother!"

Music: Nick Nitro -Alphys takes action [Nitro Remix]

Boss fight: vs. Inferno; Warrior of the Slaves, Sister of Thunder

Fate's POV:

The very next moment, the Quilava, Inferno, began to attack. She fired a flamethrower, right into Thunder's direction. Thunder just blocked it with his paw. I tried to attack myself, exactly like Evan did, but before we could even use a move, Thunder stopped us. "STAY BACK! I'll fight her alone! This is not about the Slaves; this is not your fight! This is something personal!" "But…" I tried to argue, but Evan quickly dragged me away, knowing that we could not convince Thunder otherwise.

As Thunder turned away and started fighting back, I realised something. I've often seen him being in a bad mood, but even after SD betrayed us, he was more sad than angry. But as he was fighting this Quilava who seemed to be his sister was the first time, I truly saw him being furious. And I understood once more, why Evan took me out of the fight quickly. I know that Thunder is a great fighter all the time, but his rage seemed to have switched something in his mind again. It was like all mercy was being disabled and the feeling of pain with it. Thunder blocked most of the attacks, only using his paw. Inferno's attacks were looking like they could kill some Pokemon in one hit. But not Thunder, that was for sure. The Quilava stood a way bigger chance than I expected her to do after I saw Thunder fighting. In the middle of the battle… she just started to tell something, while fighting on. "You know, Thunder, our parents never had a good opinion on you, you know that." My boyfriend instantaneously interrupted her. "JUST SHUT UP AND GIVE UP ALREADY!" She did not care about his yelling. "Well, I believe that they changed their opinion on you a little as they found out about you. They just could not admit it. They could not admit, that you are capable of doing anything else than just existing. They trained me all my life, just so that I could prove it. But isn't that already the prove? They knew they had to train me for this fight! As we entered the Slaves, I quickly found my way in. I'm one of the youngest warriors now. Darkrai himself gave me a fighting lesson, after you escaped, so I could be here now."

Again, she was interrupted. "You even federalized with this bastard? You are just like our parents! Trash!" And again, she did not care. "If I'm such trash, why haven't you killed me already? Are you too weak? Well, where was I… Darkrai already watches my actions quite some time now. He is pretty impressed by me. He told me, if I'd do something to impress him, he'd help me evolving and make me one of his generals! The first female one ever. That means, if I'd kill you right now, I'd become famous! But that's besides the point since… it'd be nice, but it's only sideways."

She seemed to be done talking as she kept on fighting. As she told Thunder her story's, his rage seemed to calm down a little, weakening him. He could not just block the hits anymore. Inferno seemed to be in control still. It was looking worse and worse as time went on and I knew that I'd have to interfere, even if Thunder was against it, if nothing changed quickly. That was right before she spoke again. "Like I said, the Slaves are not important to me. I'm like my parents taught me: I am loyal to whoever deserves it." The very next moment, she stopped attacking. "Let's stop it right here."

Music change: Undertale OST: 092 – Reunited

Thunder stopped attacking too, eyeing her surprisedly. "What? Why are you stopping now? Do you give up?" Inferno just laughed. "You wish. We both know that I'd have won if we went on. But I came here to prove, that you're worthless. To show, that our parents were right. Well, they taught me to be a fair warrior. I can admit if I was wrong. I can't prove what's not true. You put up a great fight there." "Does that mean… you accept that I'm not useless?" Inferno smiled again. "Hell, of course do. That was like the best fight I've ever had!" Won't Darkrai be disappointed?" Evan obviously tried to tease her. "I still didn't ask you!... But since your Thunder's friend, you can't be that bad. I don't care if he is. I would've quit the Slaves anyways. Well, I think I'll go back to my home. Maybe we see again!" She already went away, straight to the edge of the clearing. Before she could leave, she stopped once more. The Quilava turned back once more. "And Thunder… feel free to visit me after you destroyed this old thing." Again, she wanted to leave, but this time she was stopped by Thunder. "Wait. Does that mean… we've cease-fire now?" "Heck, your cease-fire is the whole peace! I've never hated to on the first place. I just wanted to make my parents proud. But… they were just talking shit. I hope I'll see you soon, bro!" With that, she left for good and left Thunder speechless.