Chapter 23: Darklone…
It has been two months since Dark Lucario got killed by Riolu and Snivy. On the Underworld Island, Darkrai and Zoroark are still continuing their never ending training battle.
After both Darkrai and Zoroark reappears from out of thin air and runs straight each other, Zoroark has a few scratches on his arms, while Darkrai's left arm has been severed from his body.
After they both exchange blows once more, they both stop in their places.
As they both stand there with both of their attacks still in contact with each other, Darkrai grins malevolently as he says, "You really have gotten stronger…"
He finishes after his right arm falls to the ground with blood pouring out of his wound, "Zoroark… you're strength has surely grown a lot…"
Zoroark moves his arms to his sides and he says as he keeps his Night Slashes activated, "Does this mean that you've lost, Lord Darkrai?"
Darkrai chuckles slightly and he replies as his blood continues to pour out of his limbs, "In this form, you have beaten me…"
Zoroark has a serious expression in his eyes as he asks, "What the hell do you mean by 'this form', Lord Darkrai?"
After Darkrai jumps back fifty feet and lands on the ground, he continues to say as he bends down to the ground with his forehead touching the surface, "You shall see it for yourself…"
After a Dark Void takes form from underneath his forehead, Darkrai stands straight back up and he says with a crazed expression on his face as the Dark Void grows larger, "You may have beaten me in this form, but the battle still isn't over!"
Zoroark's eyes widen with shock as he sees a shadow black hilt with red diamond markings forming out of the void.
The guard comes out next with spikes flying out of them with blood dripping from the tips.
Finally, the blade comes out with twilight colors sparking from the blade. As the tip of the blade stays in the void, Darkrai says with a bloodlust expression on his face, "Now, Zoroark… get ready for the toughest battle of your whole life!"
Zoroark has a serious expression on his face as he sees Darkrai's arms grow back from his own blood. After Darkrai grabs a hold of the hilt and pulls it out of the void, an explosion of red and black aura explodes out of Darkrai's body, sending Zoroark flying off of his feet and through the air, sending him crashing into the upcoming trees.
After he falls onto the ground and opens his eyes, he has a shocked expression on his face as he sees Darkrai up in midair, glowing bright black and red.
As Zoroark gets back up onto his feet, he looks up at Darkrai with a look of concern on his face and he thinks, 'Lord Darkrai's energy is… returning? What kind of sword is that?'
As the black and red aura surrounding Darkrai grows larger like a massive wildfire, Darkrai yells out as two large webbed-hand like wings peeks out of the blazing aura, "Now, Zoroark… this is where the true battle commences!"
Before the black and red aura disappears from Darkrai's body, he disappears into midair and instantly reappears thirty feet behind Zoroark.
When Zoroark looks back, his eyes widen with shock as he sees Darkrai standing there; the aura surrounding him starts to fade away.
As Darkrai's body became visible, Zoroark has a serious expression on his face as he sees the changes that occurred on Darkrai's whole body.
His wings are stretching out, two shadow black, and iron-teethed vice grips form out of each of his wrists.
His hair has grown longer and has turned to the color silver.
Rows of razor sharp teeth grew out of his neck piece.
His eye color went from blue to blood red, and the color of his eyeballs went from white to shadow black.
As his hair blows off of the right side of his face, Zoroark has a serious expression on his face as he sees a claw marked scar going from the forehead, down to his cheekbone. As Zoroark faces him, he asks with a serious expression on his face, "What the hell are you now?"
He grins malevolently and he replies, "You can call me…" He finishes after he flies swiftly straight towards Zoroark with his right hand opened, "Darklone!"
Zoroark's eyes widen with shock after Darklone instantly reappears right in front of him, his right hand opened and about to grab Zoroark by the neck.
But Zoroark manages to jump back just in time and evades Darklone's hand and vice grips.
After Zoroark lands on the ground and slides back ten feet, he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'Darklone… so this is your other form, huh? But… what is this feeling?'
After Zoroark stops sliding back, Darklone appears right behind Zoroark with his right arm out and hand open.
Zoroark looks back at Darklone with a shocked expression on his face and he tries to block Darklone's attack with his right Night Slash attack.
But the block turns out to be an advantage for Darklone and he grabs a hold of Zoroark's right arm.
As Darklone holds on tight, Zoroark's eyes widen with shock as he sees his Night Slashes disappearing from both arms, being absorbed into Darklone's right arm.
Darklone says as he slowly drains Zoroark's energy out of his body, "I must admit… you're one of the first Pokemon that has ever forced me into this form during a battle. Of course I'm including Arceus in that number."
Before Zoroark could pull his right arm away, Darklone closes his iron-teethed vices into Zoroark's right arm, piercing into the skin and causing blood to fly out of his puncture wound.
Darklone opens his right hand, allowing Zoroark to pull his arm back, but causing his wound to rip open as the vice still stays closed.
Zoroark shuts his eyes tightly with an expression of pain on his face as he jumps back away from Darklone.
His right arm and hand have been sliced in half, revealing torn muscles, bones, and veins.
After he lands on the ground twenty feet away from Darklone, his destroyed right arm hangs to his side, completely useless as blood flows out of his arm.
After Zoroark opens his eyes and looks down at his right arm, he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'He absorbed my energy! Just what kinds of abilities does he have in this form?'
When he looked directly at Darklone, he thinks with a serious expression on his face as large amounts of black aura explode out of his body like wildfire, 'Whatever kinds of abilities he has; I can't afford myself to lose here… I must…'
After Zoroark shuts his eyes, Darklone has a look of shock in his eyes as he feels a surge of energy rip through the area, coming from Zoroark's body.
As the surge of energy pushes Darklone back a few inches per second, Zoroark's right arm glows eerily black. As it glows black, threads form out of the torn muscles, bones, and veins and connect back together with the other half.
After Zoroark's right arm completely heals back together, he continues to think as his claws and fangs slowly grew larger, 'I must not get beaten in this battle! I must show Lord Darklone…'
He finishes after he opens his eyes and his hair catches black and red fire, '…that I am not a pathetic weakling!'
As the black aura forming out of Zoroark grows stronger after each passing second, Darklone thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'Zoroark… this power!'
Darklone looks down at his own feet with a shocked expression in his eyes, realizing that Zoroark's surges of energy are physically pushing him back a several feet.
Darklone looks straight ahead at Zoroark, holds his ground, and he continues with a serious expression on his face, 'This can't be… he's actually reaching to that level!'
As the black aura surrounding Zoroark covers any visible sighting of him, Darklone thinks with a serious grin on his face, 'If he continues like this… he's going to…!'
Before he could finish his thought, his eyes widen with shock as he feels Zoroark's black aura slowly transform and rise.
He thinks as he stands his ground and pushes himself to fly through the powerful surges, 'Oh damn… I must stop him before he goes any further!'
As Darklone flies through the powerful waves of energy, Zoroark lets out an agonizing howl as he slowly starts transforming into Darklone's form.
After the two webbed-hands like wings grew out of back, two pincers form out of his wrists, causing blood to slowly drip from the tips of the pincers.
But after all of Zoroark, except for his eyes, transforms into Darklone, he thinks with a look of shock on his face, 'This power... it's Lord Darklone's! But… what is this feeling?'
When Zoroark looked down at his hands, his eyes widen with shock as he feels two more webbed-hands like wings growing out of his back, followed by three spear-like bones growing out of each side of his back.
As his hair turns into black and red fire, Darklone thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'He's doing it… I can't allow him to transform into my final form!'
As a pattern begins to take form on Zoroark's stomach, Darklone reaches Zoroark, grabs him by the neck with both hands, and starts absorbing the energy leaking out of his body.
As Darklone holds on tight to Zoroark's neck, the ground surrounding them begins to shift and break apart like an earthquake.
Darklone thinks as Zoroark howls in pure agony, 'So you can transform into this stage, huh? Impressive… I never would have thought you can reach this stage so quickly…'
As the pattern on Zoroark's stomach comes into full form, Darklone says with a serious expression on his face, "Impressive power, Zoroark. I'm quite surprised that you can actually reach my final form like this."
Before Zoroark has the chance to completely transform into Darklone's final body, Darklone slices his pincers right into Zoroark's neck.
Zoroark's eyes widen with shock as blood sprays out of his neck after Darklone lets go and disappears into thin air.
After Darklone reappears fifty feet away, the black aura surrounding Zoroark's body literally explodes fiercely, destroying everything in its path in a forty foot radius.
Darklone thinks after he lets go of his Twilight Blade, sending it back into the shadows, 'Zoroark… I was right to choose you as my worthy apprentice,'
He continues as he slowly transforms back into his Darkrai form, 'The fact that you are able to change into my Darkdeath form, it seems you have finally reached the energy levels of a god…'
After Zoroark instantly transforms back into his normal form and the wounds on his neck instantly closes, he falls onto his stomach, completely knocked out after all of his black aura formed back into his body.
Darkrai thinks as he slowly walks straight towards Zoroark, 'It seems we're almost ready to start our war with Arceus…'
Before Darkrai reaches Zoroark, his eyes widen with shock as he feels an immense power coming from the Mirage Island area.
He quickly looks in that direction and he thinks with a serious expression on his face, 'You must have sensed it, Arceus,'
Darkrai looks down at Zoroark and he says, "It seems Arceus is putting Riolu through the same type of training now. But… he's nowhere close to having the same power that you just portrayed, Zoroark."
As Darkrai kneels down and starts to pick him up, Mienfoo walks into the area and she asks with a concerned expression on her face, "What happened over here, Lord Darkrai?"
After Darkrai stands back up with Zoroark over his right shoulder, he looks back at Mienfoo and he says with a serious expression on his face, "He won the fight…"
Mienfoo asks with a look of shock on her face as Darkrai slowly walks towards her, "H-he defeated you in battle, Lord Darkrai?"
After Darkrai is ten feet in front of Mienfoo, he replies, "That's right, but it seems Riolu is going through the same type of training with Arceus."
Mienfoo thinks with a look of concern on her face, 'Riolu… so you're still going to go for it, huh?'
She asks Darkrai with the same expression on her face, "Is there anything I can possibly do for you?"
Darkrai replies as he moves his right hand straight towards Mienfoo's heart, "As a matter of fact…"
Darkrai places his palm over Mienfoo's heart and he continues as he flows most of Zoroark's extra energy into her body, "There is something you can do for me…"
Mienfoo's eyes widen with shock as she instantly begins to glow bright black, screaming in agony as her body starts going through changes.
Darkrai says with a serious expression on his face, "Mienfoo… with Dark Lucario dead, you shall be granted his stage in the war…"