Chapter 30 – The Lost and Life
Daura smirked seeing them all circled him, he saw what he saw and now wanted to speak to them. All that stood in his way was all the legendary pokémon that was ready to attack they powering up their most powerful moves but he had one planned out that was going to be a real sleeper.
"What happens to all the legends when they gather around me, they fall asleep with Dream Dust!" Daura created an energy ball and it burst out all over the legendary pokémon they soon felt sleepy in seconds the legendary birds fall asleep.
"Is it me or is the legendary pokémon falling asleep" Butch said watching them fall down asleep
"Not long, that only has a affect of two minutes" Ash said telepathically to them "I don't know how I know this but I just do" Ash slowly getting up on his feet with help of Team Rocket for once and it was something Ash thought was weird but so far this conflict been just that.
Cassidy wondered about it "Why would he put them to sleep for only a few minutes?" then the others went to sleep all the legendary pokémon sleeping soundly even it would be short.
"I think I understand now" Ash said to them seeing it clearly now.
"What would that be twerp?" Ash glared at Cassidy she cringed with fear. "I mean Ash"
Ash then look back as Daura now walked over to where Flare was and the three pokémon all Charizards stood one of them being black scaled "No need to say it, just watch" Ash said back
"That make no sense at all" Butch muttered Giovanni thought about it then smiled. "Boss?"
"Oh I get it now, so that why his been toying with us" Giovanni spoke leaving the two agents confused looking at him and Ash then at Daura.
Daura look back at the large and small pokémon now asleep on the metal hard surface from what he did then turn back the three Charizards now standing before him "So who do we have here?" Daura grinned looking at each of them.
Flare slowly got up looking at the three from behind seeing each wearing their own set of jackets, one of them wearing a bow on the head a red one and the other even he couldn't see was wearing a necklace he knew them right away. "Firestorm!? Is that really you!?"
Firestorm turned around wearing the reddish jacket and the necklace around her next the Charizard grinned "Yes my dear it is" Flare just came up and hugged her tight with joy.
"Oh my love! Oh Firestorm your finally awaken from that long sleep, I am very happy to see you and Novaflame!" Flare put a arm out his child embraced with them. "We complete again" Flare smiled then look over at BlackFlare "it good to see my own brother again as well"
BlackFlare arms crossed his own smile showed "Yes brother it is, your good as ever and I knew you wasn't dead since you've been missing" he tapped his head twice "Being twins helped that" he chuckled
"Twins?" Daura heard the voices from both Flare and BlackFlare they look the same eye colour and appearance but the scales was different "I can see it now, but how you are twins I can't tell, black aura pokémon can't be brothers with normal ones"
"Us normal?" both looked at each other then laughed then they looked back at Daura "We hatched from the same egg"
Daura frowns "I don't believe you" Daura sneered
Misty watch them talking wondering what they was saying Ash eyes glowed he raise a claw hand "What are you doing Ash?" Misty asked.
"You'll see" Ash said telepathically and at the same time Latias and Latidive arrived they flying down to the entrance of the tower to meet up with Liza and the others in that group.
"They are twins if you don't like it" Firestorm said to him "and picking on my mate your picking on the wrong Charizard" Firestorm stomped her foot down.
"Is it me or I can understand them?" Giovanni said then look at Ash "So your doing it, what power" Giovanni was amazed
Ash smiled as he carried on his ability "Wow Ash your amazing" May said to him watching the group talk
"Time for fun and games to end" Daura power up attack
"Dear should we?" Flare let go of the embrace and stood ready with Firestorm. "Yes Flare lets" they both let out a flamethrower blasting him backwards past the sleeping pokémon crashing on the ground to a sliding stop near the tower he got up with a set of burns on his face. "Like old times"
Noveflame smiled happily "I am glad mum and dad are back together even this is my first" Novaflame said seeing the annoyed look on Daura's face, the legendary pokémon waking up seeing the four Charizards standing before Daura.
Brock and Moltresse soon appeared they landing right behind Daura he looked back at the two birds "Great more arrivals" then Jessie and James stood ready "more" But BlackFlare noticed Jessie.
"Wow she cute" BlackFlare said with dreamy eyes locked on her.
"Uncle we don't have time for this" Noveflame point to Daura
BlackFlare shook his head "your right, lets get this out of the way"
Latias and Latidive were in front of Liza by now "Quick get the armour on us" Latias said straight away.
"No problem" Liza smiled and started to put the armour on Latias and the others helping out with Latidive as well.
"Wow this armour nice" Latidive said looking at it when it was being put on "It fills like my powers are being focused"
"They are" Jimmy answered as they carried on with the placing of armour before Daura notice this.
Mewtwo spoke "Whatever that sleep powder was it didn't have move affect but what we seen now, those three Charizards must be from the other world and that Moltres as well" Mewtwo notice the two Moltres now in view.
Moltres nod a little "Yes I can see and sense it, she not from this world and that BlackMoltres isn't the same I fought" Moltres lock eyes on Daura. "We must defeat him now"
"Latias and Latidive is about to do it" Ash said to them pointing to the white light.
Daura was focused on the pokémon around him then he saw the light he smiled with arms down by his sides "Just as I wanted to happen. The way I wanted to lose to" Daura said then raise his paw hands in the arm "Hit me you two, with all your power!" He called out to Latias and Latidive leaving everyone confused by this statement of giving in.
"If he asking for it we should" Latias said to Latidive powering up a energy ball of white energy before her the armour glowing brightly as well as she rise into the air with Latidive.
Latidive agreed to it "Lets do it" he powering up a large energy ball as well the light almost blinding.
"Yes end it this way." Daura said watching them ready to attack this time he was happy to lose and might stand a chance to live and not be destroyed by the Ancients he fear the most.
"Flare what is this?" Firestorm asked shielding her eyes with her wings
"Dad it too bright" Novaflame held her head away from the light.
BlackFlare looked over at Flare's direction "Come on brother tell us, we came all this way to find you after you let us know your alive, it time to tell us what they is!"
"It the attack to end this battle, Daura going to lose" Flare said to them "thank you my family if you didn't come we would have never go the chance to do this, you're the best" he smiled with his wings covering from the light he just seeing his family in view.
"Dad your always been the best" Novaflame answered back with a smile she was very happy to see her father again he was like he'd be always not that much of a reactor to surprise and that how she like him.
"Your finished" Latias let out her attack and Latidive did as well the two balls of energy flying in at high speeds then they impact with a blinding flash of light a painful cry can be heard then they saw him being hit hard by the blow then the light dimmed the smoke coming off Daura was heavy but then as the body fell on it back a Black Dragon form appeared where the Zarkaruio was standing and this was the true Daura the Black Aura Dragon.
Stood before them was a Black Dragon like creature with a narrow snout part of a semi rounded head, two horns on the back of the head and a horn at the end of the snout sitting on top between the nostrils, the neck was a bit long with a torso a bit narrow, the arms seem to be skinny with three claw fingers and one claw thumb on each hand. The tail seem to go on with the size of the torso twisting around behind he standing on muscular legs with three clawed few he standing on the balls of his feet the legs reverse in direction and his scales being jet black in colour. The eyes purple a darkish colour he having sharp teeth some sticking out of the top of the snout going downwards, this was Daura's true form before them all.
"Thank you for ending this, it what I needed to be brought out of Zarkaruio without killing him" Daura said standing weakly to them all "I only wished to live and wanted this to end, I saw how you all care for life on this world different to when I was living" the 8ft black dragon spoke out to them. "As for my word of these" he used some psychic power to bring the necklace charms over to him then send them out to Ash, Brock, Jessie and James they each catching them with hand claws part from Brock using his talons to catch it and placing the talon down on the ground.
Brock look at it then look at Daura "I know you don't mean harm you just toyed around just now and from the beginning soon as you saw the happiness and the meaning of life to most of us even Team Rocket you wanted to end this and no more killing" Brock speaks to Daura leaning forwards his beak close to Daura.
"Yes that is true" Daura said back then turn to face the others moving in a circle as he start to speak. "Long ago I did harm and killed in my path to survive I was so afraid that being the last of my race I would follow their fate to the Ancient Pokémon, I didn't want to kill Maxwell, I fill sickened by it and all those I killed specially one that got another chance" Daura face Mewtwo then knelt down with his head lowered. "For that my life is in your fates hand, do what you must to me, you deserve to choose my life's path"
Mewtwo lower his head to looking at the knelt dragon before him "After what you did to me and the pain you caused but after hearing the full story My choice will be" a energy ball form with lightning around the orb near his paw facing Daura, Mew put her paw on Mewtwo's arm he turn his eyes on her she shaking her head a little. "Yes your right Mew, he gave his life to me cause of past deeds. Daura your life is speared" Mewtwo raise his paw up the energy ball disappeared.
Misty smiled seeing this "Your really going to let him live?" Misty asked stepping behind Mewtwo. He let the dragon stand up "Is it cause of life itself?"
Mewtwo put a paw out and Daura took his paw shaking it "Yes Misty, life is one of the keys to this reason the other is that he was trying to live even in fear. We all would act some way the same if we was threatened to be killed in even corner of the path you take" Mewtwo slowly turn to the other legendary pokémon. "We all understand what life is and how important it is and what we think of all living creatures good or bad. Each has a right to live and not be destroyed because of one say that they shouldn't live"
Sir Aaron walked up to Lucario "yes that is very true, Lucario and I are friends and at one time I used what life I had to stop a war and save all those lives, in this case it one of the last lives that fought to live on. It a balance of life, sometimes you fight to let your life slip to save millions but in others you fight to live cause you're the very last and your mind has made up that those that try to destroy you must be destroyed first." Sir Aaron took his view to the tower above the beam still going.
Lucario looked at Sir Aaron with understanding then at the beam "Black or normal Aura he still the same as anyone a living being, black doesn't mean evil all the time, that was a mistake that was made millions of years ago, the Ancients must of grow so powerful that they made a judgement without even thinking of the possible routes" Lucario gave a reason walking up to Rayquaza putting a paw on his side.
Rayquaza looked with his yellow eyes at Lucario then at Daura "I understand what my father did was wrong. I am sorry for the way my father and the others acted" Rayquaza then fire a beam of energy into the sky with his mouth as sign of peace but the beam hits a barrier which lights up the barrier suddenly form to the tip of the tower outer rim to the top of the tower edge the maze vaporizing. "They coming"
Lugia took a sense of time "Time not moving, it frozen" Lugia saw the beam coming out of the tower it was frozen just as he sensed "Something coming, something powerful"
"The Ancients" Giovanni said looking at the same thing
Domino looking around for a reason to this "If that true, it means they not really dead"
Tracy quickly ran up the steps running past Liza, Jimmy, Marina and Vincent but the door had a barrier too it appeared on impact he bouncing back they catching him "That got a barrier too, we trapped"
Charla turn right to Ash "Ash if time frozen it must be moments before the moon start to become a Creston Moon. Can you feel anything with those extra abilities being a Eon Charizard?" Charla yelled out in a quick set of words.
Ash looked around slowly "I don't know, all I know is Ancient Pokémon are far more experienced them me, I am only been like this for under a hour I might know a few tricks and seem more wiser but I don't have the know how of what this barrier is" Ash replied knowing it wasn't the answer they wanted.
Max held to her sister "May I think I am now official scared"
"I think so too Max, I am scared as well" May saw her pokémon they are in fear just as much as she and Max was.
Cassidy felt just as scared "I don't like this one bit, this is far more trouble then I seen"
Butch saw the barrier as well start to glow with waves of energy building in one spot the Zarkaruio slowly stood up "Ah he awake!" Butch yelled out. "Cassidy this is far more trouble that I like."
"The Ancients are coming that mean they had this planned" Professor Oak looked at the forming portal in the sky "We going to have the most powerful pokémon in history coming any second and none of us have the power to fight them"
"I don't think that what Daura wants us to do, it something else" Jimmy said looking to the portal then at Zarkaruio "I think he wants our value of life to overcome power and might"
"Yes that must be it" Marina nod holding to her Little Miss "I think your right Jimmy, there is sometimes that life can over power even the most powerful, the value can be so strong that battling is stopped by it"
Vincent sweats a little "I hope your right they about to come I think"
Liza smiled "Yes value of life must be the key or we going to lose more then life, it could even cause another war, we must try not let that happen" Liza explained to them.
Meowth nod a little with Jessie and James "I would value my friends lives more then mine, they mean the world to me" Jessie and James picked him up and put their heads against his on either side.
"We do as well Meowth, your been part of us from the first days at Team Rocket" Jessie said with tears falling.
James had tears coming down as well "No matter what we will stick together as always"
"Flare what ever happens we family and we will stick together" BlackFlare put his claw hand forwards
Flare put his claw hand on top of his "Yes BlackFlare we brothers and we have a family that never be broken again"
Novaflame put her claw hand on top "Never again we will be spilt apart by worlds, we a family again and that the most important thing"
"After a long sleep I wouldn't rather have it any other way, my husband, my brother and my daughter we are one and whole" Firestorm put her claw hand on top they all smiling to each other.
Charizard then called out that broke everyone's link that was going on they all hearing it "Daura watch out!" Daura turned to see Zarkaruio aim a shadow ball and let it loose the power from it was massive it was enough to destroy Daura but then a hyper beam smashed into it destroying the shadow ball just meters away from Daura.
Professor Oak knew that type of attack "Dragonite did you do that?" then he saw Dragonite was beside him the whole time.
"No I didn't but that Dragonite did Professor" Dragonite point to the Dragonite that land in front of Daura wearing a green army cap with a army green jacket.
"Who dare stop me from finishing what had to be done" Zarkaruio spoke looking right at the Dragonite.
"The name is Nite, I am the general of Pokélonum world Police. And your not going to harm this pokémon while I stand" Nite spoke out standing his ground to the Ancient pokémon that now full control of his own body.
"That is a evil black aura pokémon the last of his kind he must be destroyed to end this once and for all" Zarkaruio point at Daura.
General Nite shook his head a little. "Then you would have to harm half a million pokémon on Pokélonum, they are dark type mix with the other types. Like the hero of Pokélonum Flare his twin brother is a BlackCharizard and a citizen of Pokélonum." Nite spoke and Zarkaruio looked right at BlackFlare his eyes narrow but then shock caught when Flare, Novaflame and Firestorm stood in front of BlackFlare with arms out with wings opened fully then he look to Brock seeing Moltresse now in the way of the view with her wings opened then at Jessie and James their pokémon came out of the balls all in the way of them as well.
"You are stupid fools Black Aura pokémon are evil" Zarkaruio sneered with a deep warning "They will play you then destroy you"
Nite was laughing at this making Zarkaruio glare "Aura might be black and white but neither of them are good or evil, heard of that?"
"Yes I agree, now I see it. Aura might be black, normal or like what is Ash's and Aaron's are but they are neither good or evil it what you do with it that makes the difference" Lucario speak out about it stepping fourth towards the Ancient pokémon.
"That could be possible" Zarkaruio now looked very unsure "you just made this difficult, it could be that we made a big mistake but if we did or didn't we. I can't make a choice of this"
Daura felt a weight lift off from his chest this was going well now he had a strong chance in living and not being destroyed by the Ancients by a quick judgement like all the others but now there sense of many part of dark types as Nite called them now part of Pokélonum population one even being a twin brother of Flare which even things up for him. "Just as I hoped would happen, I might be free to live a life without fear of being hunted to be destroyed" Daura thought to himself now feeling a bit more relieved
But soon it changed when he saw the portal open up fully. "Is something coming out of there?" Mew said from behind Mewtwo's shoulder he looked at the portal widen open completely
"Yes the Ancient pokémon are coming" Mewtwo spoke soundly seeing the 9 forms of large energy balls come down from the portal and it closes they moving into points right around the them all Zarkaruio stepping back into a spot ready for something.
"Now we will sort this mess out once and for all" Zarkaruio said and the energy balls of different colours change shape into forms of creatures each being the forms of the Ancient Pokémon of each type they showing themselves after a long time of not being on solid grounds they are now showing their true appearances to everyone Daura now keeping with the other pokémon and humans all not sure what going to happen next.
