Me: Woot, story is coming along fine and I'm back at college, I hope everyone is enjoying my story, some of the reviews I get are just incredible, please keep them up :D
Amber: Yeah whatever, I gotta thank ya though, for the shit you got me.
Leon: I must say, it went well, something interesting happened.
Jet: I am so going to get you back for what you did to me. -_-
Me: Oh please, you were getting loads of hype, I needed to tone you down some.
Jet: Oh yeah, well how about I tell everyone your stories secret?
Amber: Stupid.
Leon: I wouldn't recommend it.
Summer: Not a good idea...
Me: They're right you know, no one will read the story if it gets spoiled, anyway, let the story begin and please keep the reviews coming :)
Chapter 8: Elas Town
(Jet's POV)
I enjoyed the sleep I had gotten, yet Amber woke me up the way she always wakes me up, by punching me, in the stomach.
"OW!" I yell sitting up quickly before hissing in more pain and laying down.
"Amber! Really!" I shout.
"Stop complaining, I had to drag you all the way here now get up, you're be able to move now." She tells me, I look around and see a town, Elas Town if I wasn't mistaken.
"Finally, I'm gonna take a look round." I say getting up, it still hurt to move but it was bearable now.
"Are you sure you will be ok?" Leon asks me.
"Trust me, I can deal with this much." I say confidently. I walk up to Amber and take my headphones off her.
"OI! I was using those!" She complains.
"So what, you wouldn't give them back if I asked so I took em." I say before putting them on, seems she was listing to some metal song I have never heard of, didn't really care, I set it to my fave's and it started with canon rock, just like normal.
"That's better, well I'm gonna take a look around, how much money do we have between us anyway?" I ask.
"We have 20000 Poke and it needs to last us the journey so don't spend too much." Leon tells me upon handing me 1500 Poke, seems he had an idea of what I was doing.
I start to wander off until I feel someone put a hand on my shoulder, I turn around and see Summer.
"Leon say's we will be meeting him at the Inn over there." She say's pointing at and Inn called the Merchants Rest.
"Ok." I say wandering off, Summer kept following me. "You wanna come with me?" I ask her.
She looks at me quickly and nods. "I really want to see the market, I wonder what sort of flowers they have there?" She says walking next to me.
"It's not known for its flowers I'm afraid, but you never know, the market picks up a lot of strange items." I say taking a left down a street, I made sure Summer was still following as it's easy to get lost here.
I kept weaving through alleys and streets using the quickest way I know to the centre and eventually we make it, we were faced with more market stalls then should be possible and the look on Summer's face was priceless.
"surprised are we?" I ask, she snaps out of her trance and faces me, she nods.
"Can I look around?" She asked me.
"I'd rather you stuck with me, it's so easy to get lost, but you can lead if you want?" I say.
"Ok." She says before wandering into the crowd, I follow after her trying to stay as close as possible and before long we stop at a stall run by a Yamask.
"Wow..." She says, I look at the table and see many different types of artifacts.
"Ok Summer, I want to show you something." I say pulling her away from the table.
She follows me reluctantly as I take away from the stalls and through a few alleys, we then reach another market place, smaller and with hardly anyone around.
"Welcome to the secret market, only certain people know about this." I tell her, she looked a little less interested in this market.
"Why did we leave the other market?" She asks me.
"Scammers, thieves, it's not safe for anyone there, this place is kept in check by some very strong people, if we weren't supposed to be here then we would have been 'persuaded' to go back, ain't that right Joe?" I say facing the alley we came from.
"You read me like a book Jet." Joe says coming out of the shadows, Joe is Krookodile who guards the secret market.
"Yeah well, my dad visits this place often, I was passing through and thought I will bring a friend of mine." I say gesturing to Summer.
"H-H-Hi." She says nervously.
"Yeah well, you know the rules so stay outa trouble." He says before moving back into the alleyway.
I turn to Summer. "That was Joe, a friend of my dads, he has taken me here plenty of times." I tell her. "Anyway I have someone for you to meet." I say pulling her towards the tent at the end of the street, A purple and pink tent.
"Let's go in shall we?" I ask, he simply nods.
We enter the tent and in the center is a stool and a floating Pokemon, Musharna,
"This is Vision, no one knows her true name." I say.
"Welcome child, what is your reason fo being here?" She asks in a mysterious voice.
"My friend Summer here has no memories of her past life, I was wondering if you could uncover anything?" I ask.
Summer looks at me with a surprised look. "Thanks Jet!" She says smiling, when the hell did she get so outgoing.
"Very well. Please step forward child." Vision says.
Summer walks forward and sits on the stool.
"I am about to peer into your mind, anything you want to be kept secret shall be." Vision says to Summer.
"O-Ok." She say's quietly before closing her eyes, now to the naked eye it looks like nothing is happening but by using aura I can easily distinguish Visions powerful psychic skills taking effect.
Everything stays quiet for a few minutes before they both open their eyes.
"Very well child, I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you much." Vision says, always the polite one, I hand her 100 Poke and grab Summer and leave.
"Well, how did it go?" I ask her. She looked upset.
"She say's that my memories are there, but can't be accessed, she wasn't able to explain how." She says looking a little upset.
"Wow, I don't know what to do then, Vision is one of the best mind readers around." I say slightly disappointed. "Well, there ain't much use wondering about it, let's go see Jack, hopefully the Merc's aren't there." I say slightly worried.
I walk over to a larger tent called Jack's Wonders and I enter, I really didn't want to see who I saw in there, one of the strongest mercenaries alive, and someone who would do anything for money.
"Oh no." I say before looking at the white Genger in front of me.
The Genger turns around, maybe I should explain, this person is Coursier, and he is the only person I know who could match my father in a fight, he is that powerful.
"Oh, it's Blade's kid, yo Jet." Said a familiar voice from behind Courcier, It was Jack, a Sawk.
"Jack, I shall be off, this job needs doing." Courcier says before leaving.
"I was hoping he wasn't here..." I say shaking my head.
"Who is he?" Summer asks me.
"Courcier, strongest person in Elas Town and holds a perfect mercenary record apparently, he hasn't failed a single job before, whether that's true or not, I'm not really sure." I say before walking up to Jack.
"Here for a Merc job or the usual?" He asks me, he knows me to well.
"Usual, she's with me." I say pointing to Summer, Jack goes to the front of the tent and closes it, he then goes behind the counter and gestures for us to follow, he picks up a chest that was hidden in a hole in the floor, he brushed it off and opens it.
"Take a look." He say's putting it on the floor, anyone who didn't know about this often questioned the name of Jacks shop. most people think it's only for Merc's but the people who know about this know where he got his shop name from.
"Nice to see you got more artifacts, anyway, I hope you still have it, I'm on a journey with my friends, one of them is very violent and gets bored easy so..." I say to Jack.
"You want this?" He says taking out what I was looking for.
"Nice, you still have it." I say, what I was looking at was a handheld gaming device, sounds simple right? wrong. This certain device has been proven to be unbreakable under many tests, so it would be perfect for Amber, no one wanted it either so it was very cheap.
"That would be 1000 Poke please." Jack says.
I hand him the money wordlessly before taking my scalchop off and hitting it as hard as possible, my arm hurts like crazy now and the device was still undamaged. "It's strange, who could have made this, and why waste whatever was used to make it on a gaming device, surely making some weapons or Armour would be better." Jack says, I wondered that as well, but didn't really care in the long run, it would be perfect for Amber in so many ways.
"Cheers Jack, this is perfect for her, I should get going now, Elas Town ain't too friendly at night." I say leading Summer out of the tent, once outside I notice some commotion near the entrance to the secret market, that commotion would be Courcier, dragging 5 Machamp behind him, all injured and tied up, he hands them to Joe who didn't look to happy with his new job, he passes by us and drops some paper as he walks, I pick it up and see, it was a high level job, take out these 5 Machamp that have terrorized the town, Courcier was always them same, no matter how difficult he would always go for one that had the most money.
"Jet, can I have that back." Courcier says looking at me, by no means was he bad or evil, the best way to put him was professional, always had a neutral stance on things and did pretty much anything for a good bit of Poke.
"Uhuh, here." I say handing it to him.
"Thank you, I shall be off now." He says before walking off, something about him creeped him out, and it's not the fact that he can fight an arena champion on equal terms, it was probably the fact that someone as professional as him seems to have a rivalry with my dad, and vice versa.
"He really creeps me out." I say before heading up to Joe.
"Damn Courcier, always dumps his victims on me, you off Jet?" He asks me.
"Sure am, my father isn't with me this time, I shouldn't stay out at night, not in this town." I say moving on.
"Ok Jet, make sure you visit again sometime, don't get lost will ya, the alley's ain't safe." He says before moving back to his post, taking a phone out, probably calling a guild, all higher guild members seem to know about the secret market.
Me and Summer head back to the Merchants rest, takes us about an hour of backtracking and we finally see the Inn, on the other side of the street, it had gotten quite dark and there was no one around, I was trying to be really careful, showing any signs of weakness makes you an easy target in the eyes of some of the thugs around.
"Summer, the inn's over here, let's go." I say confidently, Summer wasn't like me though, she was terrified of the small, dark alley's apparently and wouldn't let go of me at all, I walk down the street towards the Merchants Rest, I notice Leon waiting for me, I wave at him and he waves back, before running up to me quickly, I get the gist a little to late and turn around only to be punched in the face by a Primeape.
"Hehehe." He laughs before grabbing Summer and running off, she starts screaming, what the hell was it with Summer always being the target!
"That was the same Primeape I took out." Leon say's after getting to me, he then runs off after the Primeape, I start to follow before a searing pain shoots across my chest, looks like I'm in no state to be running yet so it seems.
"Fuuuuuck!" I shout kneeling down, I then feel a hand on my shoulder, half expecting another thug, instead it was Amber.
"Well Jet, you fucked up big time." She says before helping me up.
"You lead the way, Leon will be fine, at least till we get there." She tells me.
She was right, Leon wasn't weak, and he could beat that Primeape easy, but I couldn't help but get a bad feeling for some reason, I use my aura to follow Leon's, after I find it we begin to follow it, with Amber at my back kicking the ass of anyone who tried to bother me.
"Wow, half the thugs are wimps, how can they even last out here?" She asks punching a Machop in the face, knocking him out.
"It's all in the act, as long as you look tough no one really bothers you, I got worried about that because Summer was with me." I say following the alleys even deeper, it wasn't long before I start seeing a lot of fighting types, probably a gang of some kind, either injured or unconcious, Leon's work no doubt.
"Looks like Leon has been busy!" Amber laughs, I was worried though, the aura trail weakens slightly here, that means Leon is either tired or injured, looks like these guys really put up a fight against him.
"We should keep moving, it's possible there are more and Leon for all his strength may get overwhelmed." I say following the trail once again, it's not long until we see another group of unconscious fighting types, the trail didn't weaken this time though, he must have gotten ambushed the first time round.
"You really think Leon is gonna need help?" Amber asks me, I still has a pretty bad feeling, my instincts didn't really suck either so I kept moving, it wasn't long before I reach an alley with a metal door at the end, it must lead into whatever building we were facing, It wasn't tall and I couldn't make out any distinct markings but Leon apparently entered here.
"So he's here is he?" Amber asks me, I nod. She walks up to the door and knocks, and by knocks I mean she hits it as hard as possible with a fire punch making the thin metal crumple in on its self, the door then falls backwards and we enter, only to see hundreds of fighting types, many unconscious or injured, and Leon in the middle panting, constantly fighting them off as they charge him, the interior looked like an abandoned warehouse of kinds, loads of stacked up boxes everywhere and machinery that hasn't been touched in years.
"Look boys, more have come to join the party!" The Primeape laughs from on top of some boxes, A Heracross and Medicham where also up there, I guess they were the ringleaders.
Some break off from Leon and face us, only 8, I guess they found Leon a lot more dangerous, they really underestimated Amber.
AN: Play V Volt by Kamiji Yusuke
"Only 8 of ya? Easy." She said before charging, there were 3 Machops, 3 Meditites and 2 Mankeys, she fire punches one of the Mankeys sending him flying, the others barely have the time react and she does the same to one of the Machops, at this point 2 of the Meditites throw some punches at her, she dodges one of the Meditites and grabs the other, she then whacks the Meditite she dodged with the other, knocking both out, one of the Machops charges at me, I may be injured but I can still do this. "Water Pulse!" I shout firing a ball of water at the Machop sending him and the ball into the crowd of fighting types causing an explosion of steam, I face Amber and notice she was only faced with 1 Mankey left, it looked scared and ran back into the crowd, Amber chases it, obviously wanting more of a fight, I on the other hand sneak away, I hope I can find Summer.
(Leon's POV)
I was tired, very tired, I had taken out exactly 243 of these thugs and there were plenty more to go, it was then I hear a loud bang, causing the fighting types to stop for a short while, a small break couldn't go amiss, I look around and notice the door that I entered being destroyed by Amber, I'm glad some backup appeared, I use this distraction to take another 20 out with psychic, a very small number break off and attack Amber, she could easily handle them, they begin there assault once again, I take out a large number with psychic, any that got close I either dodged or used Reflect to stop, and then finished them with a well placed punch.
"GAH!" I shout feeling something hit me, I could barely focus any more, I used to much psychic power and there were to many left, of course, with Amber here I may be able to turn the tide, but if Jet isn't able to rescue Summer, it could get dangerous quickly, but it's our last choice.
"AMBER, GET THE LEADERS!" I shout to her over the noise, she drops the Timbur she was punching and runs into the crowd before jumping on a Mankey and leaping up to the 3 thugs watching.
"FIRE PUNCH!" She yells whacking the Heracross, it blocked the attack getting pushed back slightly, "Mega Horn!" I shouts throwing its horn towards Amber, she grabs the horn and jumps over it before using ember on his back and landing behind him, the Heracross looked more annoyed than injured, the leaders were stronger than these thugs, I jump out of the crowd and run quickly, I hide behind some boxes, I have to do this now, I can use psychic to disguise myself for a short time, I can also manipulate my voice, I really don't want to 'release the beast' as they say but that would be the best way of winning, the building won't stand after though.
AN: And stop, this next part is gonna be good, everyone gets to see Amber really kick ass.
I take the form of a Mankey to start with, all I need to do is set off a chain reaction and voilà, done, I run into the crowd and watch the battle between Amber and the Heracross, the Heracross was winning, now was the correct time.
"HAH! What a weakling!" I shout using a lighter voice, I got the reaction I wanted, her tail flame spiked slightly, let's hope the others get involved now.
"Yeah, she's no match for the bosses!" Someone else shouts.
"Kill that fucking bitch!" Another one shouts, it was working, Amber was getting angrier by the minute.
"Snap her like the twig she is!" Someone else shouted, and done, Amber's tail flame stopped spiking and shrunk down to normal size.
"Looks like the bitch is giving up!" One last person shouted before the colour of Amber's tail flame went from red to blue. She screams and her tail flame explodes, covering her in blue flames, now then, everyone is probably wondering what was going on, Amber was raging, it was different from Amber getting angry, when she rages her tail flame grows so hot it turns blue and it activated her ability, Blaze.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!" She roars throughout the entire building, a beastly roar that makes everyone step back, the Heracross hits her again, sending her flying into the crowd, and the crowd exploded once again, with Amber roaring at each of them, attacking one after another, taking groups out at once, some start to scream and run while others try to fight back, only to get destroyed by Amber.
"So, she has some fight left, I'll finish her off now." The Heracross says before jumping down and launching a punch at Amber only for her grab it and use fire punch that the Heracross puts and arm up to block, but fails, his arm breaking from the impact of the punch, Amber roars once again before using dragon rage over and over on the Heracross and the crowd, taking a good number out, only 100 or so remain, I should probably get out of here now, I run and hide behind another container with some others, I take them out with psychic and drop my disguise, now Jet just needs to find Summer and get out of here before Amber destroys the place, I on the other hand need to rest so I can stop Summer once she's done with this gang.
(Jet's POV)
After looking around for some time, I found a room in the back, but then I heard a powerful roar blast through the building, that meant I didn't have much time until Amber destroyed the place so I need to hurry, I open the door to the back room and hear crying, it was very dark though and I couldn't see much, I search around for a light and I find it after about a minute of searching, I turn the light on and look around the room, it had a desk at some point and I see another door at the end of the room, that was where the crying was coming from, probably Summer.
"Hello?" I say after going up to the door, I grab the door handle and open it, Summer was inside but I saw something that made my blood boil, she was covered in cuts and bruises, what did they do to her?!
"Summer... Are you ok?" I ask seriously worried, she stops crying and looks at me in disbelief before jumping at me and hugging me.
"Thank Arceus your here Jet!" She cries not letting me go, she keeps crying and I hug here back until I hear a voice behind me.
"Well, well, well." A feminine voice says behind me, I turn around and see the Medicham from earlier, one of the leaders I'm assuming.
"It looks like the rat has gotten loose." The Medicham says, this got me angry.
"Let us pass, or else." I say increasing my aura in an attempt to intimidate her.
"Impressive, but with those injuries, you won't be able to put up much of a fight, I willing to let you leave though, I enjoy torturing this little snake here." She says, giggling.
"You did this to her..." I say, my voice quiet.
"Yes, you like my work?" She says laughing to herself, then she stopped laughing as I drove my fist into her belly.
AN: Play Keisei Gyakuten
"GRAGH!" She yells, falling onto her knees holding her stomach, I use this chance to punch her in the face sending her flying back, she land on her feet and fires an aura sphere at me. "WATER PULSE!" I yell firing the strongest water pulse I could muster, it clashes with the aura sphere and explodes, I then charge at her, using my speed to my advantage, my burn sends a wave of pain through my body, I start to fall before smashing my foot into the ground and forcing myself through the pain as I ran. "ROCK SMASH!" I shout hitting her multiple times over, she starts to dodge some of my attacks and she then grabs me at the last moment. "Counter!" She shouts sending my attack back at double strength, sending me flying, I struggle to stand up as she charges towards me.
"FUCKING BITCH!" I shout forcing my body to move faster than it should be able to, causing even more pain to ripple through my body, I ignore all of it, she made Summer suffer, I'll make her suffer.
"FUCKING DIE!" I shout hitting her with my scalchop the moment she got close to me, making her reel back, I then punch her in the gut with rock smash, I then use water pulse and point-blank, sending her flying, I throw my scalchop the moment she hits the wall, it ricochets off her head I catch it in midair, focus the water into a blade and thrust it into her chest, effectively killing her.
AN: And stop, yes, Jet did just kill someone, it's an M rated story, there will be death, blood and maybe some gore at some point.
I stand there panting for a few moments before the realization of what I just did hit me. "Oh Arceus... I just killed someone..." I say taking a few steps backwards, I fall onto my knees and put my head in my hands, how could I have done this.
"Jet..." Summer says looking at me, she wasn't looking at me like I expected though, she looked relived, not scared, I just killed someone, I would have thought she would be scared of me now.
"Thank you." She says walking up to me before giving me a hug. "I know that you didn't want to kill her but... She was evil, she killed someone right in front of me, I was so scared, I thought I was next..." She says more tears streaming out of her eyes.
"Summer... Thank you so much, for being such a good friend, I won't let anyone hurt you any more." I say hugging her, tears coming out of my eyes.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!" I hear from somewhere, just as the building shakes, we need to get out now.
"Summer, we need to leave now, Amber's raging!" I shout picking her up, my chest didn't hurt any more for some reason, I should think about that later, I run while carrying Summer, she slows me down a little, but I still got us out of the place using a well placed rock punch, getting us out through the wall, I start to focus my aura and find Leon, I notice him dragging Amber out of the building, I also notice a lot of unconscious fighting types surrounding them, including to stronger ones, and many dissipating aura's, that means the person is either dead or dying.
"Amber and Leon really laid down the heat in there, Leon is heading back to the inn, we should go as well." I say still holding Summer, she nods looking at me funny, it unnerved me somewhat.
I run us back to the inn as fast as possible, making it their way before Leon, I put Summer down as we enter the inn, no thugs messed with us on our way here, chances are they couldn't even see us pass by.
"Ok Summer, we're here, any idea what room we booked?" I ask, she shakes her head, I go up to the guy working at the counter, he looked like he was about to head to bed himself, it was a Bibarel.
"Welcome to the Merchants Rest, do you have your rooms booked?" He asks me.
"I believe so, Summer and Jet please." I say.
"Ok, your rooms are 5 and 6, here are the keys." He says handing me 2 keys.
"Thank you, I need to go to sleep now, rough day." I say, he simply nods as I walk up the stairs with Summer behind me, I notice the Bibarel looking at Summer curiously, as if wondering where she got those injuries.
We walk along until we find the bedrooms, Summer stumbles and falls onto me, I turn around and help support her.
"Sorry, my leg hurts." She says, I pick her up once again and carry her into her room, it was simple, 2 rooms, a bedroom and a bathroom, the bedroom was just a simple bed, a table and mirror, and a painting of a river, a really nice painting too. I lay Summer on her bed, and I walk over to the door, I turn the light off but as I do, I hear Summer whimper.
"Summer? You ok?" I ask.
AN: Play Kimi No Soba De (Ballad Arrangement)
"J-J-Jet... I'm scared..." She says, seems tonight really got to her.
"You will be fine Summer, like I said, I won't let anyone else hurt you." I say trying to be as supportive as possible.
"Jet, could you, umm, stay here with me..." She says quietly, I felt very surprised by this.
"Wait, Summer, umm, that doesn't sound like a good idea, what if, umm... uhh... Amber, yes Amber finds us, she won't let this go for the rest of our lives!" I say frantically.
"P-P-Please?" She says, she sounded like she was about to cry again, my dad always told me to remember my weaknesses, it seems crying girls is one of them.
"But... But... Fine." I say, I walk over to the bed, using my aura to navigate through the dark, I then get into the bed and lay down facing away from her, I try to get to sleep ignoring the fact that Summer was in the same bed as me, it didn't help when she snuggled up to me.
"Thank you Jet, you're an amazing friend..." She says, she then yawns and leans against me as she goes to sleep, I was thinking about 2 things as I try to get to sleep, 1 was the weird feeling I was getting and the other was hoping Amber never saw this...
(Leon's POV)
It didn't take us long to reach the inn, I knocked Amber out when she wasn't focused on me and she woke up half way through me dragging her back to the inn.
"Seriously, did I rage?" She asks getting up.
"Yes, but the building is still in one piece, you did kill quite a few thugs though, including the Heracross." I tell her.
"Fucking hell, not again." She says shaking her head, we walk out of the alley and walk down the street, nearly at the inn.
"Well, you shouldn't worry about it, death is a part of life." I say, some people call me heartless, mainly because I have killed before and have no qualms about doing it again.
"Yeah, well you have no trouble with the whole killing thing, I on the other hand really hate it, anyway, let's go to bed." She says entering the inn, I follow after her and see the Bibarel heading coming out from behind the counter.
"Oh, good to see you back Leon, you room is 7, and the ladies is 14, the fire-proof room." He says locking the door behind us.
"Let us go to bed, Jet and Summer are most probably asleep right about now." I say following the Bibarel up the stairs.
"We should check just incase they didn't make it back." Amber says about to open a random door, I stop her with psychic and use my aura to find them, I nearly dropped my psychic grip when I saw Summer and Jet in the same bed, very close to each other.
"Amber, they are in bed, I used my aura to find them." I say trying to keep this a secret from Amber, Jet probably doesn't want her to know.
"Ok then, well I'm off to bed." She says heading to her room, I head to mine respectively, enter the room and turn the light off, before heading into bed, hopefully for a good nights sleep, tomorrow we leave for Goza village, a small peaceful place, and hopefully no thugs and bandits, this was getting annoying now...
Me: Well then, Jet can't get me back now for last time.
Jet: No, I'm still gonna get you back.
Me: I write this story, I know everything that happens, want Amber to find out what happened?
Jet *Pales* N-NO!
Amber: What, what happened? Did they kiss?
Summer: N-N-No!
Leon: I can assure you they did not, mind reading is stronger than you think, Rat, please stop teasing them.
Me: Fine, I need to sleep anyway, I was rushed to finish this chapter but I think it came out well, R&R or else... Uhh... Something.