Chapter 14: The lost boy Rai
Rai got up off of the ground and stared at Link who was currently unconscious, and beginning to drift down stream. Stretching out his hand and opening his clenched fist he revealed the Sprit medallion. He stared at it remembering something from the past.
Rai was in a strange dark room, and his head felt rather dizzy. "Where am I?" he asked out loud to himself. He had no recollection of who he was, or why he was here.
"Hello Rai!" A voice said softly, yet it contained bitterness, and had sent fear into him. Rai immediately bowed down to show respect to this person. "You are wondering where your brother and sister are. Aren't you?"
"Y… ye…. Ye… yes…" Rai's voice trembled.
"They went on a mission, to secure two artifacts! They are necessary to my victory! Now then Rai, do you want a mission?" The voice asked.
Rai had been stuck in the castle for so long all he could do to get out was accept. The only other person he was able to talk to besides his brother and sister was not really a person. It was his familiar. A black cat. Normally the most interesting thing that came out of his mouth was "Feed me…" shortly followed by a "Scratch my head!"
"Good!" the voice laughed. "Your mission will begin tomorrow!" In front of Rai a pedestal rose from the ground, on it was the Sprit medallion. "Take this medallion!" Slowly Rai walked forwards and grabbed it. Rai then walked out of the room.
He proceeded down the many halls of the castle, knowing them like the back of his hand. Eventually he was at his own room. He entered. "So what did the master want?" a voice asked. Rai stared at the corner of the room where there was a cat.
"He wanted to give me a mission!" Rai said rather excited.
"Oh…" The cat muttered, beginning to lick his paw. Rai walked over to his small bed and lied down on it.
"I think he is giving me an important mission..." He said, he held up the medallion and looked at it. "Tei and Sui were been given an important mission and they got medallions just like this from The Master!"
"Are you bored of this castle?" The cat asked. Rai just nodded in response. "Do you remember anything from before?"
"No…" Rai muttered. "Except for you being my friend, and Tei and Sui being my family!"
"I see" the cat answered, returning to licking his paw. Rai began to scratch the cat's head, resulting in a purr. Eventually Rai drifted to sleep.
Rai had woken up later, not knowing how much time had passed since he fell asleep. There was no way to tell if it was day or night, as the fortress was suspended in space. Nor were there any clocks in the fortress. And the vast majority of the inhabitants there couldn't sleep and according to the Master: Time was irrelevant.
He got up and was about to move his cat to get his warriors clothing. The Master gave clothing that to him the day that the three came to the place. However a sudden knocking at the door forced him to open it up. There stood a messenger of the Master, cloaked in dark robes, who handed Rai a scroll.
"Here is the briefing of your mission! Read it before going out!" The door shut, and Rai sat at the bed and opened up the scroll, slowly he read it. Once he was done he closed the scroll and put it beside his cat.
"I'll be back," He muttered to his cat, placing his right hand on its head. "Soon," Rai ran out of the room and down the endless corridors, of the Master's fortress. Abruptly he stopped as something caught the corner of his eye. He turned into a corridor, one he had never traveled before, and cautiously proceeded. On the ground were several Polygon Fighters, servants of the Master. Standing in the shadows was a cloaked figure with a sword at his side.
"Ah crap…" He said out loud shocking Rai. "Now I have to kill a stupid kid!" He complained.
Rai backed up and grabbed a sword from one of the Polygon fighters he held it up threateningly. "Who are you?" he demanded, his voice shaking. The person stepped out of the shadows and drew his sword.
"It doesn't matter!" He laughed. His sword was right beside Rai's neck ready to behead the boy. "But since you are about to die, I'll tell you anyways, I'm a member of The Nine! The greatest and most powerful warriors in the universe!" Rai took the few seconds that the person used to gloat to escape from the area. "I'll let you live kid," he laughed. "Your eyes after all reflected what was deep in your heart, you are lost. We'll meet again when you are more sure of your life!"
Rai didn't know where to run to, eventually he returned to his room. He slammed the door and the cat looked up from his sleep. "You're in quite a hurry." The cat remarked.
"Who are The Nine?" Rai asked. For some reason the name was striking fear into his heart.
"I don't know," the cat responded mystified. Rai spent the remainder of his time at the base, trying to find out who the Nine were, however all of his searches showed nothing. He then departed to the world of Pokemon.
Rai opened his eyes. Above him was Link pointing the NES sword at Rai in a threatening manner. "Go ahead kill me!" Rai laughed. "It won't help you any!"
"I don't want to kill you!" Link calmly said.
"Its not like you have a choice! If I go back to Master Hand with out killing you I'll face death, or endless torture. I'd rather just have a warrior's death, and die honorably on the battlefield. Be remembered as a hero! The one who killed Link! You're fatally wounded after all!" A smile crossed Link's face, and Rai saw where he had blasted out part of his chest. Where there used to be a hole, it was now flesh. "But how?"
"When I regained consciousness in the water, there was a blue and green aura hovering over me, in the green one I could clearly see a giant onion, as for the blue, it looked like a giant dog!"
Rai clenched his fist in anger. "So they are fighting against me now!" The Seal of Smash had appeared on his body and began to rapidly spread, taking over his body. "I'll kill you!" Rai shouted punching at Link. Link however just grabbed Rai's fist with his hand and began to crush it.
"Enough!" Link shouted, making the boy quiver. "You have all ready lost, and I do not wish to harm you further. If you wish to escape Master Hand, run away!" Link let go of the hand, and it fell down to the side, the seal began to go back to its original form. It then vanished from his flesh.
"I can't though!" Rai admitted, now sounding innocent. "He will hunt me down for this!" He stretched out his arm and opened up his clutched hand. There he held out the spirit medallion. Embedded in the middle of it was a Smash shard. This shard was different, it let of a glow of innocence, a rather holy glow.
"The spirit medallion," Link said shocked. They both stared at it, unable to look away, as they were captivated by its mysterious glow.
Link's hand began to move on its own, sheathing the NES sword, and drawing the Master Sword he had recovered. He placed the sword on the medallion, and a bright glow emitted from the both of them. The medallion was absorbed into the Master Sword, and Link took the Smash Shard that remained, placing it into his inventory.
"How did Master Hand gather all of these crystals in such a small amount of time?" Link wondered out loud. Rai looked at Link, all ready knowing the answer.
"He placed a part of his own mind into the crystals so that who ever touched them their negative feelings took them over, and he controlled their bodies like puppets. They came to Master Hand like moths to the flame. They sought power and their greed got the best of them."
"Master Hand betrayed them for the shards, making the seal and crystal stronger" Link sighed. "Where is he now?"
Rai stared at the ground. "He is in the middle of the forest preparing for the next transformation."
"Of the seal?"
"No the transformation of his body! It will become the ultimate fighting machine! But he needs a human body!"
"Max…" Link paused and thought about the last time he fought Master Hand, he had seemed to be strong. "Has Master Hand been weakened that much?" Rai didn't answer, Link eventually got up and began to walk away. "So Rai are you coming?"
"What do you mean?" Rai asked beginning to run towards Link.
"Are you joining our small group?"
"Yes!" Rai shouted instantly. The two then began to walk off towards the center of the forest.
Back in the clearing the two auras appeared once again, this time disappearing. From the blue aura came a dog like creature known as Suicune. And from the green aura came the Pokemon known as Celibi.
"Those two who were fighting, they are different than the others here!" Suicune said.
"Yes, they are both not of this world, and one feels like more than one being!"
"Should we test them?"
"That is not for us to decide alone, but for the others! We must get back to them and report our findings of this new threat!"
"Yes!" With that the two of them disappeared.
To be continued…
Thank you for the reviews everyone! I will be going back to previous chapters and editing the spelling mistakes and adding in some content while also removing some content that I feel doesn't fit. Currently the Prologue, Chapter 1, and 2 have been updated.
Rai is an OC and therefore I own him... The Nine are also OC but they don't play a major part in this story.