Chapter 10: Living Darkness

It is a dark and stormy night out at the ocean and Riolu and Zorua are still out there on the boat.

Riolu holds on tight to the wheel, trying to keep the boat intact, while Zorua tries to take down the sail all on his own.

As gusts of wind blows strongly, Riolu thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'Damn… the dark energy from the blaze back there is spreading out throughout the Pokemon World! This is not good…'

As Zorua is up on the top of the lookout post, trying to take the sail down, he looks back where the island is located and he thinks with a look of concern on his face, 'This is getting bad. The darkness is already spreading this far. If the darkness goes any further, than we're screwed no matter where we go...'

Zorua looks straight ahead and he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'Not only that, but I can feel the dark energy flowing into my body. Could it be possible that Darkrai is trying to reawaken the Hell Spirit Blade inside my soul?'

While Zorua looks out at the sea for a bit, his eyes widen with shock as he sees a large group of flying demons coming their way.

Zorua looks down at Riolu with a serious expression on his face and he yells, "Don't look now, but we've got company!"

Riolu has a serious expression on his face when he looks up and sees the flying demons coming their way.

Riolu thinks as he looks at the palm of his right hand with a serious expression in his eyes, 'Damn it… they came sooner than I thought.'

Riolu closes his eyes as he continues, 'I guess I have no other choice but to use that move…'

Riolu pictures the moment when he was about to use the certain move when he was fighting with Dark Riolu. 'Since these bastards will mostly stay up in the sky when attacking, I guess I better use it to keep Zorua safe.'

When Riolu opened his eyes, he activates his Aura Eyes, which causes blue aura to form out of his now gray colored eyes like fire.

As he looks right at his right palm, huge amounts of aura bursts out of his whole hand, slowly taking form above the center of his palm.

Riolu looks up at Zorua with a serious expression on his face and he yells out, "Zorua, I need you to get ready to attack them all with everything you've got, and keep them away from me as I use a certain attack!"

After Zorua jumps down onto the floor next to Riolu, he asks with a curious look in his eyes, "What do you plan on doing?"

Riolu raises his right hand as he says, "I'm going to be firing a lot of Aura Spheres at the flying demons. This is the only move I can possibly use, since there's no way an Aura Sphere can miss. However…"

Riolu has a look of concern on his face as he continues, "I won't be able to keep my white aura inside your body to keep the Hell Spirit Blade under control. So make sure you reserve most of your energy and don't lose your sanity."

Zorua nods his head with a serious expression on his face and he replies, "I understand, Riolu!"

Zorua transforms into a Riolu and jumps straight into the air with black aura forming out of his arms, taking shape of blades.

As Zorua slashes away at the demons he comes into contact with, Riolu is continuing to focus most of his energy to his right hand, while keeping his left hand on the wheel.

As Riolu focuses his energy into a giant sphere shape, he thinks with a serious look in his eyes, 'This is going to take a lot of energy out of me once I use it. There's no doubt that Zorua might possibly lose himself to the Hell Spirit Blade again. If that happens…'

Riolu looks up at the sky where Zorua is fighting the flying demons in midair and he finishes, 'Then I'll have to use the white aura against Zorua…'

Zorua has a confident grin on his serious looking face and he say while slashing away at each demon he comes into contact with, causing blood to spill down to the ocean, "So Darkrai sent you all to capture me, huh?"

After Zorua slices ten demons heads off, he continues, "Well I'm afraid you're going to go back to him empty handed. At least…"

A demon tries to grab a hold of him from behind, but Zorua elbows the demon in the face; the dark aura blade piercing through the demons face.

As the demon falls to the ground after Zorua pulls his elbow out of its face, Zorua finishes with black aura slowly radiating out of his whole body like fire, "A few of you will return if you're lucky enough to survive!"

Riolu looks up at Zorua with a shocked expression on his face and he thinks, 'Oh no! The Hell Spirit Blade is starting to reawaken!'

Riolu looks down at his giant forming Aura Sphere and he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'I need to do this quickly before the Hell Spirit Blade fully awakens!'

Zorua has a concerned expression on his face as he thinks while continuing to slash his way through the mob of demons, 'Damn... I can feel the Hell Spirit Blade's energy forming out of my body!'

After Zorua stabs ten demons in the heart with one single stab of his Nigh Slash, Zorua's eyes widen with fear when he notices that his arm is slowly turning into a shadow black Darkrai arm, but the rest of his body is still in the Riolu form.

Zorua thinks as he sees his right arm, 'Oh hell! It's already trying to take over again!'

Riolu looks up at Zorua with a shocked expression on his face when he sees Zorua's right arm.

"Zorua! Don't let the Hell Spirit Blade consume you! Fight its control!" yells Riolu as Darkrai's long black and red flaming hair grows out of the top of Zorua's head.

Zorua thinks as he continues to fight against the demons and his eyes slowly turn into the eyes of a demon, 'This is not good… I don't have that much control over the blade as it is!'

Zorua looks down at Riolu and he yells out as his other arm transforms, "Riolu, do it now and take all of these bastards out before I lose control of myself!"

Riolu nods his head with a serious expression on his face and he thinks as he aims his right palm up at all of the demons, 'I guess this the right time to do it!'

When one of the demons looks down at Riolu, its eyes widen with shock as it sees white aura exploding out of Riolu's body like fire.

The demon lets out a certain noise and at least half of them fly straight down towards the ship, while the other half battles against the slowly transforming Zorua.

Riolu has a serious expression on his face as he yells out, "Just hang in there a little while longer, Zorua!"

The giant Aura Sphere that grew to the size of a wrecking ball glows bright white.

Riolu thinks as the shockwaves from the charging Aura Sphere rips through the entire area, 'I have to finish this in ten minutes, otherwise we're as good as dead…'

The shockwaves grow larger and thousands of regular Aura Spheres fly out, riding the shockwaves directed towards the demons.

As the Aura Spheres makes contact with the demons, blood rains down from the holes in each of their chests or other limbs where the spheres came into contact.

As Riolu continues to fire his attack, Zorua is still up in the sky, slashing at each demon with his Night Slash, but also his own forming claws.

Zorua's arms, hair, and the upper part of his face are the only parts that have transformed.

Zorua is trying desperately to fight against the Hell Spirit Blade's control as he fights.

Zorua thinks as he slashes a demons head off with his claws, 'I'm not going to lose myself to you, Darkrai! I don't want to be your apprentice!'

After he stabs the last demon he's fighting in the head and drops the body down to the water, Riolu has completely destroyed all of the demons that came towards him with his Aura Sphere barrage.

Riolu has an exhausted expression on his face, but he yells out of Zorua, "Zorua, come one back down before your transformation goes on any further!"

Zorua nods his head as he falls down straight towards the ship, still in his half Riolu, half Darkrai form.

But when Zorua landed on the deck of the ship and was about to head over to Riolu, both Zorua and Riolu's eyes widen with shock as they feel everything around them shaking violently.

When Zorua quickly went to the side of the ship and looked down at the water, his eyes widen with shock as he sees a giant arm burst out of the water right next to the ship.

Zorua looks back to the other side of the ship and sees another giant arm burst out of the water.

Zorua has a serious expression in his eyes and he says, "Is there actually a giant demon underneath the ship?"

Riolu has a shocked expression on his face as he looks straight out in front of the ship and he says, "Not just one…"

Zorua looks at the back of the ship and sees another giant arm burst out of the water and Riolu sees one coming out in front of the ship.

Zorua has a serious expression on his face as he says, "Damn! There are actually two of these bastards?"

Before Riolu could answer, the boat begins to shake from underneath the ship.

Riolu then replies with a serious expression on his face, "It seems as though it is actually one demon. But… judging by the size of its arms, it's a big one!"

Zorua has a shocked expression on his face as he sees the ship being lifted up into the air. But none of the arms has a hold of the ship.

When Zorua went to the side of the ship again and looked straight down, his eyes widen with shock when he realizes that the ship is lying on top of the demon's giant, spiky, scaly head.

The demon has bass like whiskers growing out of the corners of its mouth and lets out a malevolent roar, revealing its rows upon rows of shark like teeth.

Riolu has a look of concern on his face as he thinks, 'There's no way I can take on this demon with my attacks alone. Even with Arceus's aura sealed within my soul, I still haven't trained enough to master it perfectly. Which means… the only thing that can defeat that thing is…'

Riolu looks right at the slowly transforming Zorua and he finishes, 'Is Zorua in his Hell Spirit form…'

Zorua looks directly at Riolu and he asks with a serious expression on his face, "How the hell are we supposed to kill something like this?"

Riolu has a serious expression on his face as he replies while keeping both of his hands on the wheel, "This might sound insane, but the only thing that could destroy it is your Hell Spirit form. This means…"

Zorua has a look of concern on his face as he finishes, "I'll have to allow this power to take over…"

Riolu nods his head with a serious expression on his face and he replies while looking back at Zorua with his body still facing the front of the ship, "I'm afraid so… but I'll be sure to bring you back to your sanity after you kill this demon."

Zorua just stares into Riolu's eyes with a serious look in his.

After the giant kraken like demon stops roaring, Zorua nods his head and he replies, "You better, Riolu. Remember, this will be the only time I'll use it…"

Riolu nods his head and he says, "I will."

After Riolu lets go of the steering wheel, Zorua closes his eyes with a serious expression on his face.

Large amounts of dense black aura explodes out of Zorua's body, completely covering him.

As Zorua is within the black aura, Riolu faces Zorua and he closes his eyes.

As he closes his eyes, Riolu thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'I might not be able to do anything to kill this demon… but,'

Riolu opens his eyes and large amounts of white aura explodes out of his body like fire.

Riolu finishes as blade shaped aura takes form over both of Riolu's arms, 'I can at least keep this demon from attacking you!'

The Aura Blades went from blue to white after the dense black aura flowing out of Zorua clears.

Zorua is in his normal form, but with sharper claws, teeth, horns, and his eyes are completely shadow black.

Riolu thinks when he sees Zorua in this form, 'Zorua… you're still fighting for control, aren't you?'

Zorua roars loudly like a demon and jumps straight towards the arm that took form from the right side of the ship.

Riolu has a serious expression on his face and he thinks as he sees another wave of flying demons charging towards Zorua, 'My main job now will be to defend Zorua from the flying demons' attacks. Zorua's main job…'

Riolu follows Zorua with a large jump and he finishes, 'Is to kill this bastard and maintain his sanity!'

Zorua has a blood thirsty look on his face, but from within his soul, his normal mind thinks, 'I won't turn into, Darkrai! I'll be sure of that!'