Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. But I do own this story line and everything that isn't from the series. I also don't own the character Mask, as CrystalMask does, along with the pokémon that she uses. And I don't own Kenny's friend, Shura, she belongs to the creators of Rurouni Kenshin.
" " - talking; Italics – thinking; ' ' - speaking telepathically
Xxxxxx - break in day or event; Xxxxxxxxxxxx - change of days
Chase/Nogitsune – 20 yrs; Leta – 20 yrs; Kenny – 21 yrs; Mask – 18 yrs
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"And now with nothing to stop me from finally calling the great Arceus, I will play this Azure Flute and capture the strongest pokémon of all time!" Master laughed menacingly. Master placed the flute to his lips as he started to play the song to summon the great Arceus.
When he finished playing the flute, he lowered it and stared as a doorway appeared right before him. "This must be the door that leads into the Hall of Origin, where Arceus is waiting for me." He played the flute again to open the door. As the doors swung open, a bright light appeared from inside the doors. From inside, a large object moved outwards. "Great Arceus, prepare to be mine!" Master exclaimed.
"Not so fast," a voice said from below Arceus.
Everyone's head snapped to a boulder that was a few steps down from the doors that had just opened. Standing on the boulder was a person in an all black cloak and hood.
"How dare you stand between me and my ultimate prize!" Master bellowed.
"How dare I?" the cloaked figure asked, turning around to face Master. "How dare you!"
Master stared at the cloaked figure before him. What he saw was a person before him wearing nothing but pure black. Black cloak, pants, shirt, mask. The only thing not black was the eyes of this person. The eyes glowed red.
"Who are you?!" Master asked.
"By the end of our battle, you'll know the truth about me," the cloak figured said. "But right now, no more questions, let's go!" The figure held up a poke ball, and waited for Master to make his move.
Who is he? Master asked himself, fumbling for a poke ball.
"Oh," the figure interrupted, "your trick with the portal is no longer needed." And with that, the portal hovered to the ground, and disappeared. "You may have had Palkia and Dialga create that portal, but Arceus can undo whatever they do, being a god that he is."
Finally free from the portal, everyone stared at their unknown rescuer. Neither one of them could put a finger on who this person was.
"LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!" the figure yelled, as both he and Master released their pokemon.
"I will crush you, then I'LL KILL YOU!" Master yelled as his pokémon appeared.
"You already have," the figure said. "Twice," the figure said, but in a darker voice.
Mask and Leta recognized the voices. "That couldn't be…" Mask started to say.
"Chase, and Nogitsune?" Leta finished. The figure pulled back the hood from over his head. Sure enough, it was Chase. But his eyes were glowing red.
"It can't be," Master said, surprised as he took a step back. "How is this possible?"
Chase pointed his finger at Master. "Master of Neo Team Rocket, former boss of Team Rocket, Giovanni Sakaki, I will defeat you!"
Master gritted his teeth. He knows my true identity. These kids must not be left to live! "Machamp, cross chop now!"
"Confusion," Chase said. His Espeon's eyes glowed brightly as the raging Machamp stopped in its tracks before chopping the psychic Eevee. Soon, the Machamp was smashing all around the Espeon, and not landing on its target.
"YOU STILL MACHAMP! HIT THE ESPEON WITH SUBMISSION!" Giovanni yelled at his pokemon. The Machamp snapped out of its confusion after being yelled at by its master. It then charged the Espeon with a full force body slam. But the range at which it was at, the Espeon had no time to react.
"Sunny! Get back up and use quick attack!" The Espeon recovered rather quickly then became nothing but a blur as it circled the Machamp, waiting for a chance to attack. The Machamp watched as it spun around trying to keep an eye on the Espeon. But it soon lost track, and then the Espeon struck. The Machamp fell to the ground with a dull thud, knocked out and confused.
"How could this be?" Giovanni gritted his teeth. "If only that Chase hadn't come back, and that Arceus wasn't blocking the negative powers of the universe from my pokemon." Giovanni recalled his fainted Machamp, and readied himself for the next round. "ROLLOUT!" Giovanni commanded, as he released his next pokemon, his Golem. Right out of the pokéball, the rolling mass of rock made a straight line for the Espeon, knocking it out immediately.
Recalling his Espeon, Chase grabbed another poke ball. My turn yet?Nogitsune asked from within Chase. "Not yet," Chase replied out loud, then released his next choice of pokemon. "Aquis, your turn!"
"Roll out again!"
"Hydro pump!
The Golem rolled right through the water like it was nothing and slammed into the Vaporeon and sent it flying backwards a ways. While the water Eevee was trying to regain its footing, the Golem came back and nailed it again. This time, it landed right up against a wall, and couldn't move out of the way in time. The Vaporeon got crushed between the wall and the rolling rocky mass of the Golem.
"That's two down, ready to surrender yet?" Giovanni taunted.
"Never," answered Chase. He recalled the fainted Vaporeon and grabbed another one of his pokemon.
"Even without the force of the negative side of the universe, Master is going to defeat Chase," Mask said out loud. "And that Golem is one of Master's strongest pokemon. It has next to no weaknesses."
"Rock types are weak against water, and grass. And Chase just lost his only weapon against that thing," Leta said.
"He has one more option on that Golem," Mask smiled.
"What is it?" Ash and Leta asked her.
"The kid has a Leafia." Gary said. Mask nodded her head.
"My boy, you can't defeat me now! I know your team, and you don't have anything that can defeat a rock type!" Giovanni gloated.
"Yes, I, do," Chase said calmly, as he released his Leafia. "Leaf Blade."
"Roll out again!"
The two pokemons' attacks collided with each other, but the Golem pushed through the attack. It slammed the smaller pokemon and sent it flying into a wall, where it fainted on impact. The Golem, collapsed after using the same attack over and over again, and from sheer exhaustion from the grass attack it just went through.
Master gritted his teeth. Damn it. I've only got one more pokemon with me. I never thought that I'd need more than just these three! Master pulled out his last pokéball and his last chance at capturing Arceus. "Persian, you're my last chance at world domination!"
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you, but that isn't going to happen!" Chase said, releasing his Eevee. The smaller pokemon glared at its bigger opponent. "Size isn't everything Fox, let's do this! Quick Attack!"
"Copy his attack!" Master commanded his Persian. The two pokemon circled each other trying to get a clear shot at the other. All at once, they launched themselves at each other, colliding with enough force to send the two pokemon off the battlefield.
"Get back up here and finish the fight Persian! I command you!" Master yelled at his pokemon, as it slowly crawled back to the battlefield.
Chase knelt down beside his Eevee. He can't continue, his breathing is too labored. He may not be able to make it the Center to be healed before this battle is over. I have to… Chase turned and stared at Master. His eyes grew even darker as he let himself let go of his control.
"He he he, guess who's back!" Nogitsune said, through Chase's body.
"I don't care who you are, I'm still not defeated!" Master exclaimed.
"You will be soon enough, murderer," Nogitsune said, pulling out a pokéball and releasing the pokemon from within. "Sparks, open up with a thunderbolt!" The electric Eevee launched its attack as it came out of the pokéball.
"Persian, counter using the same attack!" Master ordered his Persian. The two attacks collided and exploded in the air. The explosion's blast left a cloud of dust over the battlefield where it covered the two battling pokemon.
When the dust cleared, the sight that was left was unbelievable. The Persian was the Jolteon by the throat, and let the limp body fall to the ground.
How strong is this Persian? He recalled the fainted Jolteon.
"How strong is this pokemon?" Leta asked out loud.
"That Persian has taken out two of his pokemon. Does that thing have a weakness?" Mask asked.
"Persians have a weakness," Gary said. "And that weakness is against a fighting type. And I would bet that your boy doesn't have a fighting type at all, because there isn't a fighting type Eevee."
"So this fight is going to come down to brute force, isn't it?" Leta asked, with a slight edge in her voice.
"Just watch, he'll come through," Mask said, hoping that Chase could pull it off.
Nogitsune looked at the pokemon beside him. This is going to be it, or nothing. "Shadow!" The Umbreon jumped into the battleat the command. It sat as it glared at the Persian. Soon, the glare turned into a growl, as it got up on all fours and started to circle the Persian. The Persian did the same, growling as it circled.
The next half hour, the two pokémon circled one another, ignoring the commands from their masters. They growled at one another, and occasionally yelled at one another. Neither pokémon should a weakness that could be exploited by the other. Their circles grew smaller and smaller until they were close enough to take a swipe at the other. They separated and resumed their places beside their masters.
"What was that about?" Leta asked.
"Those two have had their differences since Chase was forced to join NTR," Mask explained. "Not a day went by that those two didn't try to off the other.."
"What do you mean by 'off the other'?" Leta asked, confused by the language.
"She means to kill the other," Kenny said.
"And they were just agreeing that this would decide their fates," Mask said. She knew that the Persian had one weakness that mostly no one knew about. It's tail is that Persian's weakness. "And so the final showdown begins," she said, as the two launched themselves at each other.
The two pokémon ignored their masters' orders as they fought as fiercely as they could. Neither one of the showed any signs of letting up in ferocity. The battle didn't see any signs of slowing down until Shadow grabbed the Persian's tail. At that moment, the battle froze. The Persian had a shocked look on its face, with a silent scream coming from it's mouth. Shadow released the Persian, unsure of what to make of its opponent's sudden frozen state. Before the Persian could regain its composure, Shadow tackled the Persian, knocking it onto its back, and grabbed the neck of the pokemon and squeezed its neck, cutting off its air. The Persian, realizing what was happening, and not being able to breathe, struggled. Shadow held the struggling Persian in place as it tried to kick the Eevee off its body. The struggling finally subsided as the Persian's body fell limp.
"And now, with all your pokemon done, there's just one more thing to take care of," Nogitsune said, with a darker voice than normal. Shadow slinked its way towards Master. Master started to back up slowly. Nogitsune also started to close in on Master. "You murdered me. Now, it's your turn!"
Shadow launched himself at Master's throat, but was stopped in mid-air. Shadow looked at Nogitsune with a confused look. Nogitsune turned to look at Arceus.
"My child," Arceus said, "you can't kill him."
"And why not?!" Nogitsune challenged. "He killed me!"
"I want him to live in an alternate universe, one that is parallel to this one," Arceus said. "He'll be able to walk around in this world for all eternity. But he won't be able to contact any one, or use any pokemon. He will live, for eternity, with the agony of not being able to talking to anyone, or having any control over anything."
"BUT HE KILLED ME!" Nogitsune yelled enraged.
"And you can finally move on," Arceus replied. Nogitsune growled as Master slowly started to fade from everyone's vision.
"I'll be back, you brats!" Master yelled out before he disappeared.
"And I'll be waiting," Chase said, after Nogitsune released control. He watched Master finally disappear from sight. As soon as Master was gone, he collapsed to the ground.
"CHASE!" Leta yelled, running to his side. When she reached him, his breathing was labored. "Come on, let's get you to a hospital."
Chase looked up at Leta. With a weak smile he handed her his belt. "Take care of them. I can't do anything now…" He fell silent as his body went limp.
"Chase," Leta whispered. She held onto him not wanting to let him go. "I can't let you go Chase."
"He's already gone, Leta," Nogitsune said. Leta looked up. Nogitsune's spirit floated in the air above the ground.
"He can't be gone," Leta cried.
"I couldn't leave his body without him dying," Nogitsune said. "His death has set me free. But he's already died. He's been dead for the past week. Arceus gave him the chance to redeem himself by having him fend off Master. And he decided to fight one last time. No matter what the outcome was. He knew, that win or lose, he was going to die again."
"And child, it keeps the balance in the universe. A great evil is gone. But he had to sacrifice himself to make sure of that," Arceus coolly.
"SCREW THE BALANCE! HE FOUGHT TO SAVE THE WORLD! HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE!" Leta yelled at Arceus with tears in her eyes. She suddenly felt a warm hand on her face. She turned to see who's hand it was. Her eyes finally rested on those of Chase's.
"Leta, I have died once already. I only came back to make sure that you would be safe from Master," Chase said, trying to hide the pain in his eyes. He knew that he would be slipping soon. "Please take care of me pokemon. And don't worry about me. I'll watch over you from the other side. I fought my entire life to find the man who was responsible for my parents. Now that he's gone, I have nothing left to do. And I'd love nothing better than to be with you. But I've died once already, and I should be dead."
"But I don't want to leave you," Leta cried softly.
"And I'll never leave you," Chase said painfully. "Remember, I'll nev…" his hand fell from her face as he fell silent in her arms again.
Kenny knelt beside Chase and put his hand to Chase's neck. After a few seconds, he looked up to Leta, and shook his head sadly. Then, just like how Mater vanished, Chase did as well, leaving Leta holding nothing but air and the belt that Chase had handed her.
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