Hello everyone! Ashura Satoshi here with the very first chapter to...dun dun dun! "Crawling!" Hope you like the chapter, and don't forget to leave a review for us! And Happy Holidays once again!
Thump. Thump. Thump Thump. Was the sound that came from underneath the Aura Guardian's Rapidash, as it strode swiftly across the clearing of the forest.
Shadow was mounted firmly atop of the horses' back; reigns in both hands, and his yellow rat companion was in its usual spot on his master's shoulder. Although it was extremely dark and unsafe to ride at this time of night, Rapidash's flame and the boy's aura senses were more than enough to suffice for the trip.
In fact, every single second Pikachu and Shadow were in the forest, neither were breaking from the focus they had of what lay before them, constantly on the lookout of ambush or thieves that may cross their path.
Shadow's blue eyes momentarily flickered from underneath his hood and the two began nearing their destination.
Through the forest, onto the cement, and past the gates, the two had come to the place.
"Kanto Kingdom," Shadow smirked, continuing to ride, though at a much slower pace into the region.
…
In the meanwhile, civilians and knights from across the Kanto region were looking in the boy's direction wide eyed, stepping back to allow the figure to pass by in the dead night. The only source of lighting was the bright moon that shone and torches set neatly all around the kingdom.
A loud wave of whispers and conversations had been brought up. Each and every one of them revolving around the boy on the Rapidash.
Shadow and Pikachu, just ignored the awkward stares and whispers they received, and instead, casually strode through the kingdom, until something intriguing occurred.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" …
The constant chants caused Pikachu's ears to twitch irritably as the yellow rat had nudged his master to notify him of what was happening.
"I know…I hear it too," Was all Shadow said, tugging the reins to order Rapidash to move in the direction of the chants.
Upon arriving to the loud shrieks and screams, more noises, to what appeared to be swords clashing were audible.
Taking a closer peek at what was happening; Shadow hopped off his mount, and then recalled Rapidash to its pokeball.
"Let's check it out," the boy had said.
"Pika Pi."
The two walked up to the enormous group huddled in a huge circle in the middle of the kingdom, with the men holding alcoholic beverages in hand, and occasionally throwing coins in the middle of the circle.
Shadow dug his head in the gap of a few people, seeing that two knights were swinging at each other. Each armed with longswords and bodies concealed with shining armor.
With one upper block, one of the knights had kicked the other down to the ground, then pointing the tip of his sword at the man's neck.
"Victory!" He screamed.
In response, loud cheers were made with the rattling of what seemed like coins audible as well.
Shadow grinned, and stepped up, pushing past a few people, causing them to shriek and step back.
Once he had reached the middle of the circle, the two knights had immediately looked over at him.
Gasping, the victorious knight had spoken disbelievingly. "...S-S-Shad-dow? Why you can't be real! You're only a myth!" He pointed out, recognizing the blue lighning bolt symbol.
The boy merely chuckled, and stepped closer to the two knights, forcing them both to step back a few steps from where they just were.
"I challenge the two of you to a fight," He said.
"W-WHAT?!" The knight exclaimed.
In a poor attempt, the knight who had lost the previous match had tried to flee the scene, only to be stopped.
Shadow's eyes glew bright blue. So blue that it shown through the darkness of the hood that covered his face. He pysically brang the man to a halt.
"Oh please. You're a knight. You were trained to never back down from a challenger," Shadow growled.
The knight who was slightly midair, covered in a blue aura, gasped, sweating bullets from fear. "Let me go!" He pleaded, trying to break free.
Everyone around were terribly terrified. Some had run away from the scene, while most had kept silent, watching patiently for what was to come next.
Reluctantly letting go of the poor soul, Shadow spoke. "So the challenge. Are you willing to accept it? Or are you going to just have to be the poor excuse of a knight that you two are?"
"Alright! Fine! We accept your challenge. Two on one. Let's get this going!" The victorious knight had shouted.
Deep down, he had been hoping that this kid was just a fake, and that there was a chance of winning.
Nonetheless, he would NOT want to appear like a chicken, no matter how bad he was of hiding his true emotion. Besides, this was a basic discipline of being a knight. NEVER back down from a fight.
The two knights shakily withdrew their swords once again, while Shadow had gotten on the opposite side of them, preparing themselves for battle.
The group had again regrouped and huddled around the match, but nobody had been cheering this time around. Only watching in utter silence.
"Hey Pikachu, I'm gonna need you to hop off until I win this, ok?"
The yellow rat had obediently nodded and hopped off his master's trainer with no sweat, running back to get a good view of the fight as well.
Just then, Shadow clasped his two hands together and stretched them out, revealing a light blue, supernatural sword.
"Wow...Aura," The knights simultaneously gaped.
"Your moves," Shadow said, offering the knights a first strike.
However, neither were willing to take it. Instead they just shook in fear. Each knight persuading the other to go first.
Alas, the victorious one had stepped up and charged straight at the boy.
Without even flinching, Shadow, at an unrealistic speed blocked the strike, followed with a strike of his own with the blue, mystic like sword, causing it to heavily scratch the silver armor.
Shrieking in pain, the other knight lunged forward and swung his sword to help his friend out, but to no avail.
Shadow had already blocked that hit too, and followed with a knee to that guy's chest.
In response, the knight heaved from such a heavy blow, then looking up to be kicked straight in the face.
One knight down. One to go.
Shadow turned his attention over to the last knight. In other words, the one who had won the mini competition against the fallen one.
"Your turn," Shadow smirked from underneath his hood.
Releasing his grip on his aura sword, it disappeared instantly. But that wasn't all he had planned to do.
Raising one hand up, a ball of aura had formed in the palm of his hand.
"Oh no…." The man mentally cursed before being shot with a powerful aura sphere.
And he was knocked out too.
Shortly after, the audience witnessing the fight just stared at the boy with their jaws practically reaching the hard cold cement below.
Who was this…person? A monster? A god? Gosh, they had yet to figure out.
Their thought had no time to process as the boy was already gone.
…
(/Scene Change\\)
Somewhere off in the Hoenn Kingdom, a distressed king slammed his hands into the middle of the dining table where his family currently sat.
Caroline, his wife attempted to reassure him. "Norman…honey it's going to be okay-"
"No it won't!" He abruptly cut her off as he rested his face in the palm of his right hand, gazing out of one of the windows in the living room where they all sat.
May and Max, their children had watched as their parents had went back and forward with each other…something that had been presenting a great deal of stress on the king. His kingdom would potentially be at war and with two of the strongest Kingdoms in the world: Kanto and Johto.
He had no idea how he would overcome this. Norman was definitely a great king and father, but he often put the fate of his kingdom before his family. But he NEEDED to get help for the protection of his kids, family, and his people.
"...I'm going to go take a walk. I think it should help me clear my mind a bit," The king declared.
Caroline looked sadly at her husband, but nodded. She was a very caring person, but unlike Norman, her loyalty was stronger with her kids. Not that she wasn't loyal to her own kingdom of course.
Then there were their kids. May and Max Maple. Max, who was the prince of the Hoenn Kingdom, aimed to be the strongest prince he could be. He was a 15 year old boy, who just loved to annoy the snot out of his sister.
And then we come to his sister. May Maple, a 17 year old girl. She is classified as a very sweet person, who always sees the best in people. No matter how hostile or aggressive they may seem. It was a valuable quality of hers. And that pretty much made her the nice person she was.
Caroline, May, and Max now watched as the head of the family pushed past the doors of the living room and out into the large Hoenn Kingdom.
…
The King of Hoenn was now walking on the thick cement as he was constantly being greeted appropriately by his people.
Acknowledging them and greeting them back, Norman walked on as he heard a group of people ramble about something.
He thought nothing of it, until he heard something that particularly sparked an interest in him. "Warrior... Guardian... Shadow…"
The name seemed a bit familiar to him, but he had no memory of who he was. Wasn't he a myth? He wasn't completely sure of himself.
"Yeah! And I heard he knocked them each out with only two hits!" One of the men gossiped.
"Impossible!" The other in the group shouted.
Norman's eyes had rose upon hearing that, but thought better to stop listening.
Once he stopped his eavesdropping, he continued on with his walk, mentally prepping himself for what his next actions would be.
End