"i kind of want a burger.." - regular speech
"what are you waiting for?" - translated pokespeech
are you sure your up for this? - telepathy
As stated in chapter 1, I don't own Pokemon or Kingdom Hearts….i so wish I did though.
Chapter 4: The Heartless come back
As the two trainers walked along the road, Sora smiled brightly as he took a large bite of the apple he held. He had picked it up from a tree earlier, and had given one to Dawn, Piplup, and Paine as well, the three finishing theirs much faster then he had. The four had been walking for nearly an hour now, and they hadn't seen anyone in a while. This didn't really bother Sora much, since while looking for Kairi and Riku, he'd been alone in searching sometimes, though Donald and Goofy were there at others. For Dawn, however, the silence, and lack of other trainers, was killing her.
"Gah! Where is everyone? I thought there would be more people heading towards Jubilife City! This road should have at least one other person!" she said, throwing her hands into the air.
"Maybe its a slow day? Not many people wanting to actually travel?" Asked Sora, gazing around. As he did, he almost missed seeing the flash of...something. He didn't get a good look, but he knew it was black and blue, with a hint of yellow.
Sora immediately summoned his Keyblade to his side, ready for a fight if there was going to be one. Dawn, seeing the Keyblade, looked around in fear at seeing anything like those Heartless dogs again, staying close behind Sora as she looked. Seeing nothing, she turned to look curiously at the wielder.
"whats wrong? I don't see any Heartless.." she said to him. He nodded in the direction of where he had seen movement.
"Saw something over there, in the tall grass..didn't get a good look, it moved too quickly..." he said. Dawn nodded, and pulled Piplup out.
"Piplup, use Water Gun!" she said, at which point Piplup shot a powerful stream of water into the grass...only for a powerful electrical current to travel back along it, shocking the water type badly, and paralyzing him. Dawn cried out in worry, returning Piplup to his pokeball quickly before he could be more hurt. Both humans turned to where the electricity had come from, and watched as a small quadruped, blue with a black backside and back legs, with a black ring around its neck, appeared from the grass. Its tail was long, with a four pointed yellow star on the end, similar to the yellow markings in its ears. It had yellow rings around its front paws, and bright electric yellow eyes. It was frowning, and soaking wet, clearly not happy with being shot with water like it had been.
"Shinx!" it cried out angrily "whats the big idea, hitting a poor defenseless Pokémon like that? No call for it, sister!" it said, in an obviously male voice. Sora blinked, though Dawn didn't even seem affected, or hadn't heard at all.
So, I'm not the only Pokémon you can understand, Sora? That's quite interesting...maybe you could talk to him, and calm him down? Paine's voice echoed in his head, prompting him to nod. Yea, that sounds like a good idea. He replied, and dispelled the Keyblade, slowly approaching the electric type, for that's obviously what it was.
"Sora, what are you doing? That Shinx will fry you!" Dawn said to him, staying where she was.
"Its ok Dawn, I got this." he said, then turned to the Shinx, focusing his mind to see if he'd understand his thoughts hey there tough guy. Sorry about dousing you like that, but you gave us quite a scare for a minute there. He thought. He watched as the Shinx's eyes grew wide in surprise.
You understand me? Or my thoughts at least? Amazing! But, as it were, you eight gave ME a fright as well! The four in the back are especially creepy, so to speak. Always laying in the ground like some kind of shadow..thought the Shinx, this little bit of information caused him to whirl just as Dawn let out a scream, dodging four sets of whirling claws as the shadows tried to strike her down. She managed to get away, and hid behind Sora, who growled, mentally berating himself for letting his guard down, and quickly summoned his Keyblade again, a fire in his eyes as he charged the four, slashing and hacking them easily to pieces. As the four vanished in puffs of smoke, four portals of darkness opened, each the size of Paine and Piplup, and four Heartless appeared from them, floating into the air. They were all similar in body style, being small, with a conical shape, and the same symbol Dawn had seen on the dogs from before. The four were wearing almost comical looking hats, each with jagged brims and curled tips, almost like a real witches hat. They had two yellow eyes, which seemed to stare at Sora and Dawn. The first was red, with a yellowish orange hat, and seemed to distort the air around it with the heat radiating off its body. The second was bright yellow, with a similar colored hat as the first, and you could smell the burning ozone as it sparked with electricity. The third was a light blue in color, with a bright yellow hat and it seemed to stay far from the red one, ice crystals forming around it as it bounced and bobbed in the air. The fourth was forest green in color, with an orange hat. It didn't seem to exude any power at all, so it seemed the least worrying.
"S-sora? W-what are those?" asked a scared Dawn, looking from one to the next as they bounced, floated, and zipped through the air. Sora frowned, looking at them as he did.
"They are special Heartless. The red one is called a Red Nocturne, and it mainly uses fire. The blue one is a Blue Rhapsody, and it performs ice magic, hence why its staying away from the Nocturne. The yellow is a Yellow Opera, dealing, as you see, in electricity. That fourth is what worries me most, though. That's a Green Requiem, and its gonna heal them all as soon as I start attacking at all." he said, then pulled the pokeball off his belt "Paine, gonna need some help here!" he said, releasing his newest friend. She appeared in a flash of light and a blast of water, the sun catching it perfectly and blinding the Heartless for a few seconds. As they regained their sight, as did Dawn, Sora, and the Shinx, they saw Paine standing there in a battle stance, ready and raring to go.
We can take them, Sora! No bunch of rotten Heartless will take us down! She cried with vigor, a fire in her eyes Sora himself sometimes got. Before they could attack, the Shinx stepped up beside the two.
I would like to lend my assistance, if I may. He said to them, who simply nodded in turn. As one, the three charged the four, Sora targeting the healer first, while Paine focused on the Nocturne, and the Shinx initiated battle with the Opera. Dawn watched as together, Paine and the wild Pokémon used their speed and agility to anger the floating Heartless into attacking the loner of the group, the Rhapsody, in turn shocking it, then melting it to smoke. A small heart soon disappeared from it, and Dawn realized that another soul must have been saved. Finishing it off, the two then turned on their initial targets, while Sora used his Keyblade to keep the Requiem from using any of its healing spells, bashing it around like a pinata. As soon as it was defeated, vanishing in a puff of smoke, Sora pocketed the small pouch it dropped, then turned to the other two magic heartless, just in time to block a stray fireball from the Nocturne.
"hey! That's hot!" he called out to Paine as she doused the fire Heartless once more, it disappearing in smoke as it fizzled out. As the two turned to help the Shinx, there was a crackle of electricity, and then a pop, the Opera vanishing as it literally exploded.
I think that was the last one, no? the Shinx asked, turning his gaze to them.
"It was for now, thank you. You seemed to be a powerful fighter, and you can handle yourself really well." complimented Sora, smiling as he dispelled the Keyblade.
I could say the same to you, trainer. What was that weapon you used to fight with? The Shinx asked, looking at him curiously.
"oh that? Its called a Keyblade, a special weapon for fighting those Heartless. Although, it does attract them like a moth to a flame.." he sighed.
Well, if there are to be more fights like that, would you allow me to accompany you? I feel that being near you, I may grow stronger. Shinx asked him, walking over before putting a paw on his big, goofy looking shoe. Sora looked at Paine, who nodded, and he smiled.
"I'd be glad to have you on board! Oh, wait! We haven't been properly introduced yet! My name is Sora, and this is Paine" he motioned to his smiling Shiny starter "and that over there is Dawn, she didn't mean to blast you with water, by the way. It was more of me thinking you were a Heartless." he said sheepishly, rubbing his head. Dawn simply waved, still trying to calm down after the Heartless attack. After all, it wasn't often she was attacked by weird little imps with claws like that!
Allow me to introduce myself then, Sora. My name is Cyrus. Cyrus gave a warm smile to him as he spoke, and Sora knew he had found a new friend.