Leader
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or any other references that might be use down the line. I only own my OCs and Burning Shadows! Thank you for bearing with me and enjoy!
Lighting strikes the ground in quick succession as the roar of thunder deafens all of those who hear it. The wind blows harshly bending trees backwards and those that are not strong enough to withstand it, fly off in different directions. Waves towering over twenty feet crash onto the small island that held two unlucky souls that were caught in the storm. One of them was an extremely athletic woman while the other was a man who had an average build. Both of them were enjoying a relaxing date when the hurricane quickly sprung up on them. They were both frightened and knew that they weren't going to make it out alive. The man looks at the woman and is shocked by what he sees. She is cover in blood but what truly frighten him was that she had no face. Reaching out slowly, the woman begins to speak.
"How could you let this happened?"
"I didn't know that this was going to happen!" the man replies.
"How could you let me die?"
"I was too weak to save you… I'm sorry," the man answers as tears begin to fall.
"You forgot me! Didn't you Juan?"
"I never forgot! I never stop searching! I know that you are still alive!" Juan yells as his tears fall in greater quantity.
"Liar! You let me go! You stopped searching! You can't even say my name!"
"I can! It's… It's…. It's…." Juan is baffle by the fact that he can't remember the name of the woman he loves.
"I knew it! You forgot me! Now you will join me in death!" the woman yelled as she lunges at her former lover.
Juan awakes from the nightmare he was having. He looks around and sees that it truly was a dream. Running his right hand across his face and hair, he realizes that he is completely drenched in sweat. Getting out of his bed, he spots the picture that has been haunting him for the past two years. It was of him and his girlfriend, Athena.
"Athena… The name of the woman who was everything to me, the woman I couldn't save," Juan thought to himself.
Sighing, Juan gets out of the bed and heads to the bathroom to take a shower and brush his teeth. After finishing his morning task, he heads downstairs and spots his younger sister eating breakfast with their mom.
"Good morning!" Juan shouts and he tries to cover up his anxiety.
"About time you woke up you good for nothing bum," his younger sister Angel greets back.
"Angel! Show your brother more respect and good morning son," their mother scolded and kindly returns the morning greeting.
"Thanks mom and don't worry sis, I'm still going to do your insane request so I could keep the job you kindly gave me," Juan says as he pulls himself a seat and pours himself some cereal.
"You better," Angel snaps back before she gathers her things and heads out the door to run her business.
"Gotta love a little sister who's in charge," Juan, harden by sarcasm, states as he adds milk to his cereal.
"I didn't raise no of you to treat each other like this," Juan's mother replies as she smacks him upside his head.
"Ouch! I know ma… It's just that I got something on the back of my mind that won't leave me be," Juan softly spoke as he begins to slowly eat his cereal.
"It's about that girl in picture isn't it?" Juan's mother calmly asked; her gaze not wavering from Juan's sadden face.
"Yes…" Juan slowly answers as he continues to look down at his bowl of cereal.
"If I remember correctly, her name was Athena," Juan's mom said as she continue to look at Juan.
"Yes…" whispers Juan as he continues to eat his breakfast.
"Well, sitting around here and doing nothing isn't going to help. If you truly want to find peace of mind you're going to have to be a man about it and go do what you have to do. So, get off your lazy ass and take care of your business," Juan's mom states as she gets up and heads to the backyard to do some gardening.
Juan continues to stare at the bowl of cereal as he hears his mom leave. His sadden face begins to disappear as his mother's words take hold of him. With his trademark smirk, he downs his breakfast and heads out the door to take care of business.
Michael Kreed was finishing his paperwork when the phone started to ring. He lets it go to voicemail as he goes back to his paperwork. The phone rings again and he repeats the process. It then continues to ring over and over again. Sighing in defeat, he picks up the phone.
"What do you want?" Kreed practically yells.
"What's with the yelling? Had a bad day or something? Man, if this is how you treat your friends, I would hate to be your enemy," the guy on the other end of the line states casually.
"What do you want Juan?" Kreed asks again calmly.
"Much better! I was just calling to find out when we should schedule another meeting for Burning Shadows?" asked Juan as he tries to contain his laughter.
Rubbing his temple, Kreed sighs as he continues too speak, " We could schedule a meeting anytime."
"I know that it's just that we have to schedule it somewhere where Harrison can't try to arrest Raven. I don't want a repeat of what happened last time. I do not want to spend a day in holding again," replies Juan as he shudders at the memory.
"I'll see what I can do," Kreed replies as he hangs up the phone.
Sighing with relief, Michael continues to work on his paperwork. When he is finally down to the last sheet, the phone rings again. Checking the caller id, Kreed's right eye begins to twitch in frustration. Having enough, Kreed grabs the phone and throws it across his office.
Juan looks over his storage boxes as he looks over his pokemon once again. After deciding that he has the perfect team for his journey, he goes to the restroom to check out his outfit. Upon entering the restroom, he heads to the mirrors and looks himself over. He was wearing a basic white t-shirt with his black leather jacket with the initials for Burning Shadows stitched slightly above his right pec. His blue jeans complimented his upper half and his black hiking boots finished off his outfit. Taking a glance at the watch given to him by Michael Kreed, he realizes that he was going to make it to his meeting on time. The only thing that was truly missing from his outfit was the signature golden necklace that every member of Burning Shadows always had on. Sighing to himself, Juan runs his fingers across the area where his necklace used to be before he heads out.
Once again, Juan finds himself in Celadon City as he continues to search for the pokemon that his little sister of his demanded if he wanted to keep his job. He heads towards the game corner but heads to the right and goes into one of the alleyways. Upon reaching the end of the alley, he leans on the brick wall and waits patiently. Ten minutes takes its sweet time to expire that leads Juan to tap his foot in agitation as he continues to wait. Glancing over at the high-tech watch, Juan frowns when he realizes that this is probably the biggest waste of his time but he didn't have the luxury of leaving. If he didn't get this pokemon, he will be out of a job and he needs the money. After all, if you want to go find your supposedly dead ex and then go on dates, you're going to need cash, a heck of a lot of cash. Upon hearing footsteps, Juan looks up and sees a shadowy figure approaching him. When the figure was within the visible light, Juan makes out the individual. He was roughly in his thirty, short black hair and your typical shirt with jean combo. Not something you would expect from a black market dealer that only offered sliver color Eevees.
"Sorry about the wait, I had a phone call that couldn't be sent to voice mail," the man apologetically said as he stood before Juan.
"I wasn't waiting to long," Juan lied, as he stood up straighter.
"So, how did you hear about me?" asked the black market dealer as he eyes Juan suspiciously.
"I got refer to you by a friend of mines. Something about a rain drop caught in a storm or something," Juan replies.
"That must be one heck of a friend if they knew the secret code. By the way, you may call me Incognito," the black market dealer said with a smile upon his face.
"What would've happen if I didn't speak the code word?" asked Juan as a look of fright takes a hold of his face.
"I would've simply stabbed you and slice open one of your arteries," Incognito casually replies as he pulls out the knife and plays with it expertly to emphasize his point.
"Good thing I knew it huh… So, what's it going to run me to get that Eevee off your hands?" Juan asked nervously.
"Two months it would've cost you a quarter of a mil but since I'm under new management" Incognito started but paused to coax Juan to ask him.
"So, what's it going to cost me under this new management?" asked Juan as he braced himself for the reply.
"This is how it goes, if you beat me in a pokemon battle, you get the Eevee free of charge and then I'll make you an offer that no one has ever turned down before," answers Incognito as he walks back thirty feet.
"And what happens if I lose?" asked Juan as he looks his options over.
"It's not as bad as you think. I'll just take your pokemon and go about my business," Incognito casually answers as he releases his first pokemon.
"Guess I better not lose then. So, what are the rules?" Juan asks as he stares down the Hariyama that Incognito sent out.
"I will only use the three pokemon I have in my possession and you can use all of the pokemon you brought with you," Incognito said casually.
"Fine by me but you might end up regretting it… Hellfire! It's time!" Juan shouts as he tosses one of his pokeballs.
Standing before Juan was the leader of his Hoenn team, Hellfire the Blaziken. Flames erupted from its wrists as it chirped with confidence as it stares down the physically stronger and heavier Hariyama. Hellfire looks back at its owner and awaits its orders.
"I'm counting on you to win by using our Alpha Protocol strategy," Juan says as he releases a sigh and crosses his arm.
Hellfire nods signally that it understood its orders. He turns around to face his opponent and releases a sigh as he gets into a stance commonly taken by a practitioner of Jeet Kune do. Hariyama glances at his master and awaits his orders.
"By the look of it, you taught your pokemon martial arts… That's not going to help you in a pokemon battle you know. So, get serious or say goodbye to all of your precious pokemon. Hariyama! Cross chop!" Incognito orders.
Hariyama runs forward crossing its arm to deliver a devastating attack. When it was inches from Juan's Blaziken, it jumps forward. Hellfire vanishes a second before Hariyama delivers the attack and reappears in front of Incognito. Hellfire then unleashes a flamethrower attack that hits Hariyama hard but due to its thick fat ability, it doesn't take to much damage. Hariyama glares at the Blaziken and rage lights its eyes as its opponent crosses its arm and tilts its head.
"Don't let it get to your head, hit it with knock off!" Incognito orders as he glares at Juan who is scratching the back of his head.
Hariyama darts forward as it prepares to deliver a devastating knock off attack on its opponent. Hellfire darts forward as well but jumps over its opponent when it was in range of the attack causing Hariyama to miss. When the Blaziken lands on the floor, he quickly spins around and delivers two solid kicks to its opponent causing the Hariyama to wince in pain but has enough sense to grab its opponent's leg on the second kick.
"Now you have him, seismic toss!" Incognito shouts as he gets into the battle.
Hariyama shouts its content when he spins itself and slams the Blaziken into the concrete floor with its full force.
"See what happens when you don't take this battle seriously! Next time give it an attack instead of standing there watching," Incognito states as he smirks with glee.
"Fine then, Hellfire! Hyper beam!" Juan orders after Incognito makes his comment.
Hellfire jumps to his feet and fires off a hyper beam attack at point blank which sends Hariyama flying towards a wall knocking it out instantly. It then proceeds to walk over to Juan and stands by his side. Incognito glares at Juan as he recalls his pokemon. With a smirk, Incognito releases an Ursaring. Juan replies with a smirk of his own.
"Shadow! It's time!" Juan shouts as he releases a pokemon from his Kanto team, Shadow the Gengar.
Juan's Gengar materializes and begins to floats around him, as its gaze never leaves the Ursaring that is roaring with confidence. Shadow then proceeds to chuckle as it finally lands in front of the Ursaring.
"Don't let that punk mess with you! Hit it with aerial ace!" commanded Incognito as he shakes with anticipation.
Incognito's Ursaring disappears with a blur and hits Shadow with outstanding force launching it towards the wall. With a smirk, Shadow phases through the wall and reappears behind Ursaring. It proceeds to laugh causing the Ursaring to turn around to only get blasted by a thunderbolt attack.
"Shadow! Keep up the good work and continue with the mind games strategy," Juan shouts as he practically ordered his Gengar to have ghostly fun.
"Don't let that pile of gas get to you, hit it with rock slide!" Incognito shouts as he watches the match with eager eyes.
Ursaring roars as it throws a series of concrete rocks at his ghastly opponent who disappears under the rainstorm of rocks. An eerie silence fills the alley as each side waits to see what will happen next. After another moment of silence passes, laughter fills the alley. The Ursaring looks around for the source of the noise when Shadow pops up in front of him and releases a hypnosis attack. Shortly after, Ursaring falls to the ground sound asleep. Shadow smirks as it begins to use dream eater follow by nightmare. After moments of frighten whimpers of fear coming from Incognito's Ursaring, silence fills the alley, as Ursaring is unable to continue.
"That's two for two kid, you really are something else but this is not over by a long shot. Come on out Cacturne!" Incognito shouts as he recalls his Ursaring before he releases his last pokemon.
"Nice choice but it falls short compare to what you are going to face now… Drake! It's time!" said Juan as he releases his third pokemon.
What materialized before Juan was one of the strongest species of pokemon in the world. It was a dragon from Sinnoh and it was a proud member of Juan's Sinnoh team, it was Drake the Garchomp. The smile on Incognito's face quickly vanishes as he stares at the pokemon that was just released. If it was as strong as the kid's last two pokemon, he knew he didn't stand a chance. Incognito ordered his pokemon to attack but the battle that proceeded as he envisions it. All the attacks Cacturne landed on the Garchomp were simply shrugged off, and with one mighty flamethrower dragon claw combo, the fight was over. Incognito returns his Cacturne and smiles as he watches the kid return all of his pokemon. He then walks up to the kid and tosses him a silver color pokeball.
"That was simply amazing kid, you really are something else," Incognito simply states.
"Thanks and is this the Eevee?" Juan asks as he inspects the pokeball before he clips it on the slot on his belt where a sixth pokeball needed to be.
"That's correct kid. Your Eevee is in there. So, do you want to become a part of history?" Incognito asks Juan after he answered the kid's question.
"Is this part of the offer that you mention before the battle?" Juan asks Incognito.
"Yes it is," Incognito replies.
"I'm not interested," Juan simply answers.
"But you didn't let me finish," Incognito starts but is cut off by Juan.
"Still not interested," said Juan as he begins to walk.
"You really are something else kid. Before you leave, what does those initials on your jacket mean?" asked Incognito as he inspects those initials with great interest.
"It's a secret… Why do you ask?" Juan questions.
"Thought I saw it somewhere before… Must be my imagination," Incognito replies as he lets Juan leave the alley.
Author notes: Finally! I finished my introductions for my characters starring in my first ever pokemon fanfic! All of the members of Burning Shadows have been introduce and each one has left an impression on the world or someone else for that matter. If you didn't realized it, some of my introductions had a little something in them that hinted what was going to happen in the next story. I think it's safe to say that each of my introductions did. Anywho, thank you all for reading and keep an eye out for my first ever pokemon fanfic, "The last dance". I loved that title! Stay tune and please review!
Juan Illuminate
Age: 25
Height: 5'11
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Birthplace: Olivine City
Personality: Juan is pretty down to earth but finds himself in predicaments that force him to weigh his options carefully. He's also the type that would let something bother him for a rather long time. He takes his time to do things and needs a push in the right direction so he could do what he has to do. He also takes responsibilities for his actions and puts others needs before his own. Not only that, but he tries to be a peacekeeper and when it comes to pokemon battles, he could get arrogant and tends to take them lightly.
Accomplishments: Four Johto badges, three Kanto badges, all eight Hoenn badges and one of the two founding members of Burning Shadows.
Appearance: There's not much to say that wasn't mention in the story but he does tend to wear boots a lot. His favorite color is red but rarely wears it as a primary color for his outfits. Tends to wear short sleeves shirts and only has one leather jacket which happens to be the one he was wearing. He only owns one belt and it happens to be black. His hair is short and tends to be comb down. That's pretty much it.
Pokemon: Johto team- Dark Knight a male Espeon, Mer a female Quagsire, Celes a female Noctowl, Hercules a male Mamoswine, Flash a male Ampharos, and Samus a female Typhlosion. Kanto team- Phoenix the male Pidgeot, Thor the male Raichu, Shadow the male Gengar, Maria the female Gyarados, Cain the male Arcanine, and Magician the male Venusaur. Hoenn team- Crab Lord the male Crawdaunt, Psy the female Gardevoir, Creed the female Manectric, Taki the female Aggron, Slade the male Salamence, and Hellfire the male Blaziken. Sinnoh team- Talon the male Staraptor, Ariel the female Floatzel, Luz the female Luxray, Kraid the male Bastiodon, Drake the male Garchomp, and Gaia the male Torterra.