Author's Note: Here it is, the final chapter. It seems like a lot of my stories lately have been pretty short. But then when you add this story up to the chapters of Rise of Noir Mask and Revenge of Noir Mask, this whole project has been twenty chapters long. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed reading.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 6: Full Moon and New Moon
Chaos had erupted over the docks of Half Moon Bay as beams of red electricity were pulling Cresselia away to an unknown location. Many of the people in the crowed merely looked up and stared helplessly at the site as if they were watching a train wreck. Lisa and Marie on the other hand were looking in the direction that the beam had come from. The two nodded to each other before quickly exiting the crowed. Once out, Lisa sent out Rapidash and the two mounted the fiery steed in the direction of the energy beam.
"Who do you think is doing this?" Lisa asked. "You don't think it's Team Rocket, do you?"
"It could be anyone. After all, Cresselia is a rare and Legendary Pokemon." Marie answered. "I don't think she's the kind anyone could use for world domination, but I'm sure there are many who would pay a fortune to have Cresselia for themselves."
"Well whoever they, I'm sure we'll find them if we follow Cresselia." Lisa replied. "Hold on tight! We'll be going pretty fast!"
Marie clung tighter onto Lisa's midsection as Rapidash picked up speed. They chased down the beach after the captured Cresselia as the red beams continued to pull it away. Before long they could see Trapper Jack's armored RV in the distance. When they got close enough Lisa had Rapidash go up onto a nearby hill where they could watch in secret. Atop the hill they saw Specs operating the controls of the large death ray-like device that was pulling Cresselia in.
After a few moments the device had pulled Cresselia up close and held the lunar swan suspended in the air with its beams. Soon after, Trapper emerged from the side door of the RV.
"I wonder who the big scary guy with the muscles is?" Lisa inquired.
"I've seen his picture a few times at Team Rocket HQ. He's known as Trapper Jack." Marie answered. "He's a professional big game hunter, selling rare Pokemon for whoever will pay the highest price."
"Nice guy." Lisa said sarcastically.
"Did you notice the scars on his body?" Marie asked. "It's been reported that Trapper Jack got those scars while fighting a wild Ursaring with his bare hands. He's not someone to be taken lightly."
"Well neither are we." Lisa pointed out with a confident smile. "I've fought tougher looking guys than this Trapper Jack, and you were the most feared member of Team Rocket. He should be a piece of cake."
"You have a point there." Marie agreed as a smile came to her face. Meanwhile down by the RV, Trapper approached the captured Cresselia.
"Well now, looks like that gizmo of yours actually worked Specs." Trapper said with an evil grin.
"What I'd tell ya boos?" Specs responded proudly.
"Alright now, let's get the hell outta here." Trapper declared. "Ronnie! Get out here and help Specs hook our catch up to the RV, quick!"
"I don't think so." Lisa said quietly. "Go Entei! Destroy that machine with Extrasensory!"
Entei emerged from Lisa's thrown ball with a roar and charged down from the hill. Its eyes glowed with a yellow light as it fired a yellow beam from its forehead crest. The blast hit the machine, surprising Trapper and Specs. Black smoke poured up from the broken device and the beams holding Cresselia ceased. Entei then got in front of Cresselia and growled at Trapper.
"My, oh my, I sure wasn't expectin' this." Trapper said as he eyed Entei. "Looks like we have ourselves a bonus."
"What's an Entei doing here?" Specs asked as Ronnie emerged from the RV to see what was happening.
"Who cares? We'll nab 'em both and make more cash than before." Trapper told him.
"Over my dead body!" Lisa called down, causing Trapper, Specs, and Ronnie to look up at the hill to see Lisa and Marie on Rapidash.
"What the hell is going on out here?" Sharon shouted as she emerged from the RV. Sharon looked up and saw Lisa and Marie on the hill and was surprised to see them. Both Lisa and Marie were surprised to see Sharon there as well. "You've got to be kidding me! The runt and her bitch friend from yesterday are here?"
"Yew sayn' that they're the ones yew ran yesterday sugar?" Trapper asked Sharon.
"Sugar?" both Lisa and Marie repeated with expressions of disgust.
"That's right, Trapper here is my boyfriend." Sharon told them. "And together we're going to get rich selling Cresselia."
"Cresselia and Entei." Trapper corrected. "But with Specs's gizmo fried, it looks I'm gonna have to do this hard way. Go Krookodile!"
Emerging from the Pokeball that Trapper threw out was a large red crocodile-like creature with black stripes and a white underside. It stood on its hind legs and had well developed arms. Around its eyes was a black mask-like shape that gave one the impression that it was wearing sunglasses.
"Trap Entei and Cresselia with Sand Tomb!" Trapper commanded.
Krookodile roared and breathed out a storm of sand that became a twister and surrounded both Entei and Cresselia, but in an instant Cresselia few up out of the twister and few around to the side.
"What the hell?" Trapper exclaimed.
"Cresselia's Levitate ability makes it immune to Ground-type moves." Marie called down. "But I wouldn't expect a dumb ape like you to know that."
Before Trapper could say anything, Cresselia fired a beam of light from her forehead resembling an aurora. The beam hit Krookodile in the chest, causing it to cry out.
"Blast through with Flamethrower Entei!" Lisa commanded.
From the twister of sand burst forth a stream of fire that hit Krookodile in the chest. Cresselia added to the attack with another blast of light from her forehead.
"I'm putting an end to this!" Marie declared. "Go Darkrai!"
Darkrai emerged from the Pokeball onto the battlefield. The battle froze for a moment as Darkrai looked around. The shadowy Pokemon's eye stopped on Sharon.
"That, that eye!" Sharon said with an expression of terror as she pointed a shaking hand at Darkrai. "I've seen that eye before at Scorch Gate, watching me!"
With incredible speed, Darkrai suddenly moved directly in front of Sharon. Sharon let out a scream and backed against the nearby wall of the RV.
"You remember my friend, don't you Sharon?" Marie called down. "That Darkrai was living in the caves beneath Scorch Gate. It became my friend and protector, and because of that it doesn't like you very much."
"H-how?" a terrified Sharon asked. "Why would a strong Pokemon like that bother with a runt like you?"
"Because Marie was an angel forced to live among demons like you." Lisa told her. "She's the kindest person I know, so kind that I'm not surprised that a powerful Pokemon like Darkrai would want to protector."
"End this Darkrai!" Marie commanded. "Dark Void!"
Darkrai raised its arms in the air, and between its hands formed a ball of black energy. Faster than Trapper or anyone could react, Darkrai threw the ball, which split apart and knocked out Sharon, Trapper, Krookodile, Specs, and Ronnie, casting them into a deep, dark sleep. The sand twister surrounding Entei vanished, allowing Lisa to call Entei back to its ball. Darkrai and Cresselia meanwhile, hovered in the air facing each other. It looked as if the two were having a sort of stare down.
"Are those two going to fight?" Lisa asked Marie.
"It seems like they might." Marie answered, not once taking her eyes off the two Pokemon.
After a few tense moments, Cresselia finally took her eyes off Darkrai and looked at Lisa and Marie. She then looked back at Darkrai for a moment, and then zoomed over Trapper Jack and his gang, sprinkling them with some sort of powder. The lunar sawn then zoomed away into the night, going out further and further over the ocean until she was but a speck of light in the distance lost among the stars. Darkrai then suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You did well my friend. Get some rest." Marie said to Darkrai as she called it back to its Pokeball.
"Is it just me, or did Darkrai look like it didn't want to fight Cresselia?" Lisa observed.
"It did seem that way." Marie agreed. "You know I've been thinking about all the legends of Darkrai and Cresselia that I've heard, and in all of them Cresselia manages to chase Darkrai off, even in the story of Half Moon Bay. That never really made sense to me, because in a battle Darkrai would have the advantage of both type and power. But knowing my Darkrai the way I do, I think the reason that Cresselia always chases Darkrai off is because Darkrai doesn't really want to fight."
"What about the Darkrai in the Half Moon Bay story?" Lisa pointed out. "That one seemed to want to fight."
"Yes, but that Darkrai wanted to attack the people of Half Moon Bay, not Cresselia." Marie reminded her. "I think that perhaps Cresselia might have calmed that Darkrai."
"Well, whatever the reason, we should make sure that Trapper Jack and that bitch Sharon are picked up by the cops." Lisa told her. "Then after that we should go back to the inn."
"Great idea, it's been a long night." Marie agreed.
Not long after Cresselia had left, the police arrived on the beach. Lisa and Marie explained to them what happened and Trapper Jack and his gang were quickly taken into custody. After that Lisa and Marie went back to their room at the inn for a good night's sleep.
"It was nice of the woman who runs this inn to let us stay for free." Marie said as she put on a white nightgown she had in her bag.
"Yeah, of course it's not like we couldn't pay for our stay here." Lisa pointed out from the bathroom as she brushed her teeth. "But I guess she and the other town's people are pretty grateful for what we did."
"Well, we did save their town hero." Marie reminded Lisa as she finished getting ready for bed.
"Yeah, I wonder if we'll get some kind of commendation for that?" Lisa inquired.
"Who knows?" Marie replied as she flopped down on the bed on her back. "Wow… this bed is really comfortable!"
"How long has it been since you slept in a good bed?" Lisa asked in a somewhat worried tone.
"Oh, I had a good bed in my apartment in Celadon City." Marie answered. "But I never really used it much because of my little sleeping problem. Plus I was out on some mission for Team Rocket half the time."
"Well I'm sure glad that's all over with." Lisa said as she emerged from the bathroom wearing only a black t-shirt and white panties. Marie sat up a bit and looked at Lisa with a pleased expression when she saw her. "Like what you see?"
"Oh, if I wasn't so worn out you wouldn't believe what I'd do to you." Marie said with a rather seductive smile.
"You can show me tomorrow morning." Lisa said as she got on the bed and kissed Marie on the lips. "Right now let's get some sleep. Goodnight my angel."
"Goodnight my darling." Marie said back.
Lisa then pulled the blanket over them both and the two cuddled up together. It was not long before the couple had drifted off to sleep. As the light of the full moon streamed through the window, Cresselia suddenly zoomed up and looked in on Lisa and Marie for a moment. Seeing that they were doing well, Cresselia zoomed off back into the night.
FIN
Author's Note: So there you have it, the end of the Noir Mask Trilogy. When I first started this little Pokemon AU of mine I never imagined I'd be doing this trilogy. But as I think I said before, Marie ended up taking on a life of her own, and by extension so did Lisa I guess. These three stories probably aren't my best work, but they have been fun to do. I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with this trilogy from the beginning, as well as everyone who came in during the middle.
This won't be the last we've seen of Lisa and Marie though, they'll show up again. For those of you reading who liked seeing Marie as Noir Mask, I would like to point out that there is a ten-year gap between Rise of Noir Mask and Revenge of Noir Mask. There is a story that I plan to do that takes place during that gap, in which Marie will have a brief but hopefully memorable appearance as her alter ego. But other than that, Lisa and Marie will continue to appear together as a couple. In fact they're going to show up in my next Pokemon story.
Lisa and Marie will return with Ash, Misty, and my OC, Bolt Hanson, in a tale of shocking horror: Dawn of Shadows
In the meantime, please review and let me know what you think.
