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Chapter 3: Questions and More Questions
"HEY!" The three females jumped up with shrieks of surprise, "RISE AND SHINE, LADIES!"
"Wha' the fuc'?" Ana slurred as she glared at Loudred through bleary eyes. Why was some freaking loud-mouth screaming this early in the morning?
"GET UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE!"
Remi blinked dazedly, "Late for what exactly?"
"For the morning briefing!"
The loud pokemon shivered as he walked backed towards the main room, "If you're late, you'll be sorry!"
"Oh shit!" Ana and the others scrambled around to get their things before hurrying into the main room.
The threesome arrived to see the other guild members as well as Team Alpha and Team Empress.
"You're late rookies!" Loudred yelled out irritably while Chatot scowled at him.
"Hush! Your voice is ridiculously loud!"
A grunt was his answer.
"Oi, Loudred," Said pokemon turned to see Orion smirking at him, "don't take what he says to heart – you know Mr. Chatot cares for ya."
He got various blank looks from his guild members.
"Tough crowd, huh?"
Nox frowned and jabbed his fist into his friend's ribs. It was way too early to be dealing with his bullshit remarks.
"Arceus dammit, Nox!"
"Shut up, Orion." Was their leader's response to the cursing fox. Orion glared at him, but quickly looked away when Ares glared back.
His damn glare was fuckin' lethal.
Remi turned away as she accidently caught the Lycanroc's eyes, discreetly noticing the small smile he sent her way. She also noticed the Gardevoir glaring at her.
She let out a shaky sigh at the other's piercing glare. Well, that wasn't a good sign.
"Anyways," Chatot coughed, "it seems that everyone is present."
He turned to the closed doors, "Guildmaster, we're ready for you to lead our morning ritual!"
Only Team Yggdrasil jumped as the doors slammed opened to reveal the guildmaster wearing...
"Are those sunglasses?" Ana asked in a deadpan voice as the guildmaster strutted out wearing a pair of shaded sunglasses.
"Good morning, my pupils!"
"GOOD MORNING, GUILDMASTER WIGGLYTUFF!" Was the loud reply he got, leaving the three newbies clueless and half-deaf in the process.
"Are you all ready?" He asked with a smirk, and, once again, everyone screamed their response.
"Then let's start! ONE!"
"DON'T SHIRK WORK!"
"TWO!"
"RUN AWAY AND PAY!"
"THREE!"
"SMILES GO FOR MILES!"
Remi smiled at the cheer. It seemed to do its job as there were smiles on everyone's faces – heck – there was a big, goofy one on hers too.
She felt something nudge her and she looked over to see Kikyo and Ana smiling back at her, "Ya ready to do your best today, Mimi?"
She laughed, "Aye!"
Ares' smile widened at the sight of the Rockruff laughing, "Damn dude," Orion snickered, "you got it bad for her, don'cha?"
His smile fell as he crossed his arms, "So what?"
"Just be careful," Nox warned with a frown, "don't rush into it quickly like you did with Aria."
"I'll be just fine," he growled, his irritation was showing, "so just drop it, ok?" His eyes unconsciously traveled back to the prevolution that was, along with the rest of her team, speaking with Chatot.
He didn't know why he felt such strong feelings for this mysterious female. His chest felt tight and warm as he watched her – it confused him greatly. Although, it was love at first sight for his parents from what his mother had told him...was it true?
"Speaking of said bitch," Orion looked around in confusion, "where did she and her pose of ass kissers go?"
"You don't think she noticed, do you?"
Aries felt fury coil in his gut, "She won't lay a damn hand on her if I have anything to say about it."
He bared his teeth at the thought of that wench meddling in his affairs. Aria loved to play mind games and trick anyone into doing her bidding. She even treated her own friends – if you could even call them that – as if they were pawns in her game.
There was no way in hell he was going to let Remi become one, no way in hell!
"Now," Chatot fluttered about, "if you ladies will be so kind as to follow me upstairs."
Remi inwardly grinned as she could hear Ana complain about the stairs. It was her turn to climb these wretched steps. The four climbed the stairs with the exception of Chatot, who just flapped his way up.
"Now what?" Ana grumbled irritably as she straightened up her bow.
"Now," the bird fluttered over to the bulletin board that was labeled 'Job Board', "we find you ladies a job to complete."
"A job?! I thought we were gonna go kick some baddy butt!"
Chatot gave the Fennekin a dull look, "No one starts out here kicking 'baddy butt'. They must earn that right and..."
He shuffled uncomfortably, looking away from the three, "And," he motioned to them with his wing making them even more confused.
"And what?" Remi asked quietly, not wanting to set the advisor off.
"Oh..." Kikyo's eyes widened as she finally got his message, "We have to evolve if we want to fight, is that right?"
Chatot coughed loudly before Ana could begin her rant, if her narrowed eyes and snarl was anything to go by, "Well, not exactly."
"What do you mean then?"
"Well, you see," the pokemon pointed towards the outlaw side, or more specifically – the colored symbol by each outlaw name, "we have the Three Levels of Strength."
All three were confused, "Three Levels of Strength?"
He nodded, "Yes, the Three Levels of Strength. The lowest level is Omega," he pointed to a picture of a Butterfree that had a blue stamp by its name, "those are the enemies you three will be starting out with. Then there is the second level, or Beta for short," he points to another picture of Haunter with a yellow stamp by its name, "after you've leveled up enough, you'll be facing Betas. And, finally, there is the last level of strength known as Alpha. "
He flutters up towards the top, snatching a wanted poster and flutters his way down to show them a picture of a Ninetales that has a red stamp by its name, "You'll most likely be facing these opponents after you evolve."
Both Kikyo and Ana are quiet as they observe the wanted posters that are decorated mostly with blue and yellow with hints of red.
Remi crinkles her nose as she raises up on her hind legs, "What about that one?"
The three glance to where she is pointing, only to gasp at the sight of a black stamp that is barely showing from behind another poster.
"I thought I told Bidoof to remove all of them," the bird grumbles as he snatches the poster from its hiding place.
"What," the Riolu hesitates, "what level is that pokemon on?"
Chatot sighs heavily, narrowing his eyes at the three, "This is Bisharp," he shivers violently, "and he's a level Delta. Level Deltas are rare, so we really don't recommend them unless you're sure and strong enough to take one on. Sometimes we even have guild members go through field tests to see if they're up to the task."
"Is he really that dangerous?" Ana asks with wide eyes.
"Extremely," he gives them a sad smile, "so please don't mention him in front of Team Alpha."
The three froze in shock at his words.
Team Alpha had been beaten by this guy?!
"They got beat by this guy?" Remi asked, never taking her eyes off the picture.
Chatot nodded, "Yes," he looks around at the wandering guild members who are smiling and laughing, "it happened a while ago, but it's still fresh on their minds. They were visiting an old friend of theirs, only to come face-to-face with something that they would never forget. Their friend lying unconscious and bloody as Bisharp stood there examining the Time Gear that he was stealing."
"Time Gear?" Remi tore her haze from the poster to Chatot when it was Kikyo who answered her.
"A Time Gear is an artifact of great importance," she ignores the look she receives from Ana, "they keep control of the time flow throughout our world."
The advisor smiles at the Riolu in approval, "Correct. Anyways, where was I? Oh! Team Alpha tried to defeat him, but alas, he was too strong for them. They were brutally beaten by the fiend and had no chance of fighting back. He left his mark on all of them, even the guardian – their friend." He corrected when Remi gained a look of confusion.
"What'd he do to 'em?"
"Ana!" Kikyo growled, her paw raised as if she was going to bop her friend for her tone.
"Orion received a horrid scar on his back," she paused and looked at Chatot with wide eyes, "Nox had almost all of his bones broken – he's still healing."
Ana chuckled sadly, "Nox, you idiot."
"And Ares," he paused, "gained a scar as well – a scar of impalement."
Remi choked, "He was impaled?!"
Chatot shook his head, "Enough of that, now let's look for a job that you three can complete."
The horrified Rockruff looked back down at the poster of the menacing pokemon. He did look quite savage in the picture with gritted teeth, dried blood splattered all over his armor-like body, and the frigid look in his gray eyes.
'Why?' She thought desperately, 'Why does he seem so familiar?'
"I can't believe that Team Alpha was beaten in such a ruthless way."
"I can't believe Chatot gave us a delivery job."
WHAM!
"Dammit! Kikyo!" Ana snarled, rubbing the bump on her head.
"Now is not the time to joke about such a blood-thirsty beating!"
"Just trying to lighten the mood," the Fennekin grumbled, noticing that their third member was lagging, "what's wrong with you, Mimi? You've been quiet ever since we left the guild."
Both stopped as the Rockruff paused, "When," she hesitated, "when Chatot showed us the wanted poster, I – a shock went right through me. I feel like I should know who Bisharp is, but every time I try to remember who he is, everything begins to fade in and out."
Both females sent her equal looks of shock at her words, "You actually might know him?"
Remi shook her head, reaching up to rub at her temple, "I'm not for sure, but I hope that we don't know each other. I mean, he attacked Ares and the others...so why?"
Kikyo walked over and pulled the smaller pokemon into a hug, "Don't fret over it now, if the subject of him is brought up in the future or if you regain parts of your memories that include him, we'll deal with it then, ok?"
"M'kay," was her shaky response as she snuggled further into her friend's golden fur.
"Well," Ana cleared her throat, "shall we be going? We gotta go find the pig's damn pearl."
Kikyo raise her paw in warning.
"Eep!"
Remi giggles as Ana practically sprints towards the next set of stairs that lead even further into the mysterious dungeon.
*?*
"You continue to defy me," a whimper, crimson painting the stone floor, "why won't you just tell me where Decimus is? If you do, you might just live long enough to see tomorrow."
A low growl, "N-Never!"
"If you do, maybe I can convince our lord to spare your life. You can get a job as a guard, maybe a fighter too? Fame? Glory? Females? All of it will be yours if you just tell me," a smirk, "I promise."
"Why?" Ragged coughing fills the room.
"Why what?"
Gold orbs narrow in fury, "Why do you serve such a monster?"
Silence.
The other doubles over with...laughter?
"Y-You wonder about th-that?" He cackles loudly, his crazed laughter echoing throughout the room.
After a few minutes of him cackling like a mad pokemon, he finally speaks, "I serve my master because he saved me."
"Saved you?!"
"Yesyesyesyesyesyes!"
The pokemon twirls, the deranged look in his eyes never disappearing, "He saved me a loooooooong time ago," he grins down at his prisoner, "but enough about the past. Will you be joining us or not? My lord is expecting your answer and he does not like to be kept waiting."
Dagger-like teeth are revealed in a snarl/smirk, "Fuck you – you demented piece of filth."
"Very well," the other pouts sadly, "your choice is made."
The smile is back, "Say goodnight!"
SLASH!
The pokemon looks down at the stone floor, which is now coated in crimson, and smiles, "Just wait Decimus," he begins to laugh, his tongue darting out to lap at the splatters of blood that coated his face, "I'm coming for you next!"
I'm sososososo sorry for the wait! I hope this chapter will make up for it! XuX
I also know that this chapter was supposed to be Our Time to Shine, but I kind of got carried away with this, but that will be the next chapter – there the action will begin.
Please review? ;w;