Blaze's POV
I felt my consciousness dripping away slowly as drops of blood fell from my side. I had barely escaped death only to find my savior wanted to kill me himself. Slowly, I blacked out.
Zorua's POV
What a fool. He obviously should have backed down when that Trainer pulled out his Pokéball. No matter how much you train, ninety-percent of the time, Trainer's will have stronger Pokémon.
I'm currently disguised as a Ratatta in a tree. Scorch still doesn't know that I exist, and I'm surprised he came back so quickly after being hit with my Thunder attack as Raikou.
Blaze was unconscious on the ground, and I knew that if I didn't do something, Scorch would kill him. I jumped down, and hid in a nearby bush.
Something rustled in a bush opposite to me. Scorch and Blaise turned around and looked at it.
"What the hell was that?" asked Scorch. I guess he wasn't going to take anymore chances since every time he tries to hurt Blaze, I stop him somehow. I took this distraction to drag Blaze into the bush, disguise as him, and lay down where he was, pretending to be knocked out.
Blaise walked over and looked into the bush.
"It's just a Caterpie," he said as it ran away frightened. He turned back to Scorch and look at me. "What are we going to do with him?"
"Fate has presented us with the perfect opportunity to get rid of him. He's hurt, and the other two are nowhere to be found," he said with a grin. "Let's take him to the lake nearby and dispose of him there. We don't want anymore interruptions."
Blaze's POV
Ugh. My head hurts.
I sat up as I regained my bearings. I remember blacking out in front of Scorch and Blaise, but now I appear to be in a bush. I poked my head out of the bush just enough to see outside.
What the hell?
I saw Scorch and Blaise dragging... well... me... up the hill into the forest.
Am I dead, watching my body from a ghostly standpoint?
I bit myself just enough to hurt. Ow. So either ghosts can feel pain, or I'm not dead. Or I could be a ghost-type Pokémon. But I appear to be a Shinx, so I doubt it. I start following Scorch and Blaise into the forest.
After a few minutes, I followed them out into a clearing around a beautiful lake. But what greeted me when they came into view surprised me. Scorch and Blaise were unconscious!
Ember's POV
What a wonderful nap! I yawn as I sit up inside my bush. I wonder if the others are awake yet?
I step out of my bush, and instantly know somethings wrong. I can smell blood, and it's fresh. I run onto the road, and look around at the horrific scene. There's several puddles of blood, and tufts of Blaze's fur everywhere.
"Jay? Blaze?" I call out weakly. What happened?
"I'm here," said a shaky voice. I turn around and see Jay stumble out of his bush.
"Did you see what happened?" I ask him. He nods weakly.
"Those two trainers from yesterday were here, and found Blaze. He was almost captured, then the male challenged him to a battle. He had a Scyther, and Blaze was almost killed. Somehow, the Scyther's attack drew blood. The trainers seemed to black out and the Scyther started trying to kill Blaze. Right before the Scyther could finish him off, Scorch came and saved him, but then said he was going to kill him. I fainted sometime during that, and when I woke up, you were calling out for us."
I nearly fainted hearing about that. But where was Blaze now?
Blaze's POV
As I slowly walked into the clearing, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. There was a large, blue Pokémon standing over Scorch. I ducked inside of a bush as it started to look around the clearing.
I was just about to reveal myself when suddenly Suicune started to change form. Where the Suicune was standing now stood the Zorua! He started talking to himself.
"Some Pokémon are just stupid. They didn't even try to fight when they saw me. Not that they would've stood a chance anyways. I have the power of every legendary on my side," he said with a smirk. He didn't seem to know I was there. I slowly stepped out of the bush.
Zorua's POV
Too easy. I'm so awesome. Nothing can defeat me.
Just as I thought that, I was hit by a bolt of electricity, and fell to the ground, unable to move.
"What the hell?!" I screamed. I managed to see Blaze walking towards me out of the corner of my eye. Was he there all along?
"We finally meet, Zorua. I've been chasing you down forever," Blaze said with a smirk of his own. "Weren't you just saying something about having the power of every legendary on your side? Why can't you break free of my Thunder Wave?"
Arceus, I hate smart-asses. Even though I'm one. I managed to turn towards him.
"You ungrateful prick, I just saved your life and you repay me by paralyzing me?"
"You would've ran away if I didn't, and I would've lost a chance to finally meet you."
"We've met before. Even talked," I said tauntingly. This seemed to unsettle him.
"What do mean?" he asked with an icy tone. I smirked and looked him in the eye.
"My name is Trilby. Pleasure to see you again." I stared him down as the meaning of my words sank in.
"So why have you been avoiding us this entire time? If you're so confident in your powers, why do you act scared and run from us?" he asked. I started to answer, but faltered. I don't really want to tell him the truth.
"Because... the story about my father was true. He was a thief. And He brought me to Johto. But he was a Zoroark, and I was left as an orphan at a younger age than you were. I could barely walk. I've been watching you while you were in your clan, stealing food to survive, but longing to be a part of what you were. You had a family, and you were happy. Then you were cast out. I wanted to approach you and help you, to become friends, but I was scared. I hadn't had contact with another Pokémon socially since I was 2 moons old. I followed you, and saw you get attacked by the Beedrill. I again wanted to help you, but did not. Then the Ninetales took you in. I watch as you were named, disguised as one of the Ninetales. I then followed you and Ember, and protected you from Scorch and Blaise as the Entei. Of course you know this part, since I purposely let my disguise down early."
Blaze just nodded at this, hiding his emotions from me rather well. I could tell he was surprised, but I couldn't tell what the other emotion he was hiding was. Sympathy? Anger? Confusion? I continued my story.
"So I led you on to follow me. When you discovered Jay, I was nearby. When you basically sacrificed yourself for Jay, I knew I had to help. I disguised as a Vaporeon, and acted as Jay's mother. The female didn't care, but the male pointed it out and made her leave with him. I then undisguised, and started to walk towards you and Ember, but I was concerned I might frighten her. So I left. I followed you for a few days, and disguised as a Treecko in a tree. I accidentally made myself known to you, and Ember knocked me out of the tree. I tried to play it off as I was just a wandering Pokémon, but Scorch caught me off guard. I managed to escape, and disguised as Raikou on the mountain. I hit him with a Thunder, and he ran off. The rest of the story you know."
Blaze nodded again, and seemed to process the story. He sat down, and opened and closed his mouth several times, as if uncertain what to say. He finally spoke.
"Okay, so I understand all of that. You wanted to befriend us, but you were scared, and led me on so that I would confront you first. That happened, but not on your terms. You didn't know I was here. So I just have one question."
"And that is?" I asked. I had no idea what he was going to ask, since he seems to understand it all. His question caught me off guard.
"Would you like to travel with us?" He asked with a friendly smile.
