Pokemon Adventures: Where Legends Cross
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon Adventures/Special.
I'm sorry to say that I'll hardly be able to upload anything starting from summer vacation to perhaps the end of the year, which begins for me in mid-July. It's a personal thing. So I'm striving to upload as much as possible before that time comes, so... er, please don't be disappionted if you don't hear from me for a long time.
What's with me? It's not as if I'll vanish tomorrow... I've still got about three weeks.
Began writing on June 27th, 2011. Almost finished Chapter 2 of arc 2.
Chapter 21. Vs. Spiritomb: Dungeon of Heroes
- Pokemon League, the remains of the Champion's Hall -
Black wasn't expecting the clearing between himself and the castle gate to be empty when he stepped out of the stairway back into the half-destroyed chamber, but he was still nastily shocked to find an entire battalion of Team Plasma grunts stationed in front of the thick wooden gate like an army awaiting for a thief. They made no move to rush forward even after he showed himself; they didn't need to, since they knew he'd come to them.
They were sorely mistaken is they though they could keep him from their King like that.
"Poka, Sharp, Tula, prepare to charge!" Black cried, releasing his three Pokemon in front of him. The grutns responded by sending out their own fighters, mostly bulky ones like Boldore or Timburr. "Tula, scatter their ranks with Ele - "
Flash!
A sudden burst of light erupted in the midst of the grunts, causing Black to shield his face from the unexpected glare. For a moment he took it for an enemy attack, but then the surprised cries from the other side quickly dispelled that guess.
"Blasty, Rapid Spin!" "Gigalith, Stone Edge!"
Just as the light faded away two female voices hit his ears, one of them sounding very familiar. His hunch was confirmed when another blast, this time a material one, sent all the grunts flying to reveal three Trainers, one of them being none other than White.
"Boss!" Black exclaimed in amazement, racing across the now-cleared way with his Pokemon hurrying behind him. White also sprinted over to his direction along with the hulking Gigalith which obviously belonged to her, while her two companions followed a little slowly behind.
"Black, you're okay!" White cried with relief as they met in front of the short stairway that led up to the gate.
"Wouldn't have been if you hadn't come along," said Black, hundreds of questions bobbing up and down his brain: How did she get here so fast? When in the world did she get a Gigalith? And who were the two people with her?
"Sabrina certainly knows her stuff," remarked one of them, a tall woman with brown hair and cerulean eyes as she walked over to them with a smile. "I should repay her someday, if I remember. So this is Black, is he? It's a pleasure."
"Oh," said White quickly, apparantly noticing Black's questioning look. "Erm, Black, these are our senior Dex Holders from Kanto and Johto, Blue and Silver. This is wonderful, Black. Dex Holders from all over the world are coming here, trying to stop Team Plasma!"
"Really?" Asked Black, his eyes growing round in surprise as he looked at Blue and Silver. At first glance he had guessed that they were no ordinary Trainers - for one, what Trainer in Unova owns a Blastoise? -, but Dex Holders, like him and White? He had never even considered the fact that there were Dex Holders in other regions as well, and the revelation of meeting some here was rather dumbfounding.
"Charmed," spoke Silver cooly, making an indifferent expression that oddly reminded Black of N's face when he was in a mood. "But is this really the time for introductions? Look above."
Black didn't have to look up to know what he'd see, even though he did anyway; a thick wall of pitch-black cloud, rising up from the top of the castle and spreading across the darkening sky.
"Zekrom," Black muttered under his breath as he felt the pulsing of the Light Stone grow more frantic in his hand.
"Oh!" White remarked in surprise, looking down at the sacred object with wonder along with Blue and Silver. "So this is the Light Stone... where Reshiram is sealed, right?"
"That's right," Black confirmed as he brought the glowing stone up to his chest, looking up to the summit of the castle where N and Zekrom would be waiting. "I must go to the top."
"We'll get you covered," Blue promised with an encouraging nod. Looking up at the firmly-shut gate she spoke: "I think we'll just have to smash this down... hm... Silver?"
"I'll do it," replied the redhaired boy - well, 'boy' was an understatement - as he walked up to the gate, a Poke Ball already twirling in his hand. "Rhyperior, use Hammer Arm!"
With a bright flash the Drill Pokemon appeared with an aggressive roar; while Black was not as ignorant as most people in Unova when it came to Pokemon in other regions, but seeing one in reality really made it a whole new kind of experience.
The Rhyperior wasted no time in smashing his arm down on the huge door with an incredible crash, shattering whatever mechanism that kept them shut and blowing the gate open, a large part of its edges crushed.
"Let's go!" Exclaimed Black as he rushed in first, followed quickly by White. As he raced across the large entrance hall to face the present grunts, he heard Silver speak to Blue from behind: "You're right, Blue-nee... he does remind me of him."
- Victory Road -
"Leave it, Garchomp," said Cynthia as the Mach Pokemon threw the defeated Boldore behind them. "We must hurry; time is short."
Both Garchomp and Lucario nodded in agreement, swiftly returning to their position at her back and front. After repelling Archer and the rest of the Team Rocket grunts, Cynthia had rushed into the Victory Road herself as quickly as she could, knowing from the sudden onrush of dark clouds that Alder was already defeated.
Let's hope they had arrived there with the others, she thought grimly, reminded that Green, Crys and Platina had departed into the road shortly after the Gym-Leaders did.
"Dex Holders..." she murmured to herself as they proceeded deeper into the cavern. She never really took the notion seriously, even after watching her three friends in Sinnoh stop Cyrus and his plans to recreate the universe. But now Dex Holders from all over the world were gathering, in this faraway region of Unova. Disaster had come, and they had made their answer. Was it a coincidence, or was there more to being a Dex Holder than what she knew of? Could it be that something greater was at work behind?
Suddenly her Lucario halted in front of her, raising one hand in silent warning.
"What is it?" Cynthia asked the Aura Pokemon quietly, who wordlessly pointed ahead on the road. Looking up, the Sinnoh Champion glimpsed a small shape crouched in the middle of a small ledge. Squinting as she silently crept closer, she saw that it was actually a young person dressed like a plain farm boy, apparantly in deep conversation with a Swoobat on the ground. At first Cynthia was almost deceived by the large straw hat and the clothes, but upon a closer inspection noticed the person's blond ponytail spilling out from behind the hat and the overall body form: this was a girl. An Omastar and a Kirlia stood beside her small form, listening intently at the chattering Swoobat as well. Was she a psychic?
As Cynthia slowly walked toward the curous sight the girl's head suddenly turned towards her, a pair of pretty yellow eyes rounding in surprise. The Swoobat noticed her too - and, unfortunately, the intimidating shape of her Garchomp standing behind. With a frightened yelp the Courting Pokemon leaped into the air before flying away frantically.
"Oh, wait!" The girl cried after it, but the Swoobat was already gone. The Kirlia made a sympathetic cry at her disappointed expression, while the Omastar gave a fierce look at Cynthia which promised violence.
"No, Omny, Kirly, it's okay," the girl told her Pokemon quietly, although the wistfulness remained in her voice. "He didn't pass here... not recently."
"I'm sorry for disturning you," Cynthia apologized, feeling guilty supposing that whatever the girl was doing was important to her. "But may I ask what you're doing here? This area is dangerous."
"Yes, I know," answered the girl quietly as she stood to face Cynthia. Although she was almost a whole foot shorter than the Sinnoh Champion, there was wisdom and purity in her eyes that well exceeded her apparant age. "That's why I must go there quickly."
"Excuse me?" Cynthia asked, her eyes rounding in surprise.
"Even if he isn't here..." the girl murmured quietly, rummaging in her pocket as she spoke. "... the dream... he led me here for a reason, I understand it now. My friends are all gathering in the Pokemon League. I must be there for them."
"The Dex Holders..." Cynthia breathed in shock as the girl's hand withdrew to reveal a very familiar red object in it.
"I'm Yellow of the Viridian Forest," the girl whispered as she grabbed a fishing pole leaning at the side of the cave wall. "I came from Kanto to do what I must... as a Pokemon Trainer and a Dex Holder."
- Team Plasma's Castle, Third Floor -
"Trainers battle to practice their skills and to grow in experience, but never to hurt their Pokémon. My lord N has realized this, deep down in his heart...but he has spent too much painful time here in this castle to admit it..."
"N has been separated from people since he was young. He was brought up with Pokémon... Pokémon that were betrayed, mistreated and hurt by bad people... N's heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence."
"Crobat, use Cross Poison!"
Silver's sharp command snapped Black out of his musings. Looking up he saw the redhaired boy's Crobat flying in and out of enemy ranks ahead of them like a homing dart, its four wings gowing purple with venom as it mercilessly sliced them at their foes' Cotonee and Maractus.
"Stay focused, Black!" Exclaimed Blue from behind him as they pushed their way up the narrow stairway, with the young woman's Umbreon and White's Gigalith covering their backs and Sharp and Crobat acting as vanguard.
"Sorry. Sharp, use Night Slash!" Black quickly ordered, sending his Bisharp cutting through several Yamasks at once.
"It's what you heard about N back below, isn't it?" White asked Black in a near-whisper as they hastily jostled each other upward; alreayd they could hear the rumbling of thunder outside. Time was short.
"Yes," Black admitted, the words of Anthea and Concordia still echoing in his ears. Now that he discovered the truth behind N's upbringing he pitied the man even more; in contrast, the implication that Ghetsis was manipulating him directed all his hate to the masked man.
"Look sharp; the way is through," said Silver as he pointed forward at the cleared path. Quickly rushing forward before they could get trapped again, they arrived at the second flight of stairs and was about to sprint up again when a cold, dead voice spoke out of nowhere:
"By the name of our Lord N and Ghetsis, you may not pass."
"Gigalith, use Wide Guard!" White cried out hurriedly. With a hasty bellow the Compressed Pokemon unleashed a wide barrier of flaoting stone around the four Dex Holders, just in time to block a Rock Slide attack from falling above their heads.
"Shadow Triad!" Black exclaimed as three visored men appeared out of thin air at the top of the stairs, their faces devoid of any emotion as they looked down on the Trainers with their Pokemon in front: a Bronzong, a Gastrodon and a Spiritomb.
"Lovely; more masks," remarked Blue with a roll of her eyes, signalling Umbry forward with a wave. "Well, White, do we get to hear what these guys are?"
"N's aides," spoke White with a nervous gulp; neither her nor Black had any idea of how proficient the Shadow Triad were in battle, but he knew she sopposed that everyone could fight bvetter than her - even after that perfectly timed Wide Guard.
If Blue and Silver were fazed by the three mens' intimidating presense at all, they didn't show it.
"Aides, huh?" Grunted Silver coldly, his Crobat hovering in front of him as he glared menacingly at the masked men. "It is the King we have business with. Move, or we shall make you." (#1)
They didn't move, instead raising their hands to signal the beginning of the battle.
Those hands never had a chance to come back down.
CRASH!
Crystal instictively flattened herself onto Charizard's wide back as shards of broken glass flew by her face, feeling Platina do the same directly behind her.
"Charizard, Flamethrower." Green's clamer-than-calm command came from behind, and Crys raised her head back to see the man flying i to the hole in the window they had just made on his Pidgeot. With a belligerent growl the Flame Pokemon complied, shooting a thick column of flame out of his mouth and beginning to burn everything in sight mercilessly.
"Crys, Green-san, over there!" Platina's urgent call swung Crystal's gaze to a long stairway slightly below them. To her shock she quickly spotted Blue, Silver and White, together with a tall bot with messy dark-brown hair and a red cap that could only be Black, facing off against three men dressed monochromatically, who were blocking them from the top of the stairs.
"Charizard, wait below. Pidgeot, use Brave Bird!" Green ordered without hesitation. As Charizard quickly swept down to take her and Platina to the bottom of the stairway, Crys looked up in time to see the Pidgeot, with his Trainer still atop, shoot into a screaming power-dive at the three men at the top.
At the last moment the villians jumped out of doom's way, leaping over their challengers' heads with inhuman power and landing far below the stairs several feet in front of where Charizard had landed. Pidgeot came to a screeching halt in front of the four surprised Dex Holders before he could crash straight into the floor, taking to the sky again to join Charizard as the dark mens' Pokenon hurried down to their masters.
"Crys, Green-nii!" Crystal heard Silver exclaim in shock as Pidgeot lightly descended to the floor beside her, allowing Green to dismount and return his two Pokemon for the time.
"Sorry we're late, Blue-senpai, Silver!" She quickly cried back as the shadowed men turn toward her, Green and Platina. "But how did you manage to outspeed us? You were in Mistralton!"
"We met Sabrina on the way," replied Blue with a gleeful smile, sticking her tongue out teasingly at Green. "What did I tell you about catching up to you? Now you're the one who's late!"
Green only grunted, obviously displeased at being beaten by Blue - which must have been a rare experience.
"Green-nii, we need to bring Black to the King!" Silver shouted to the older Dex Holder from up above. "Can you stop the Shadow Triad for us? We need to keep moving forward!"
"The Shadow Triad, huh?" Green asked as he looked umimpressedly at the three men standing silently in front of them. "Fine, leave these three to us. We'll catch up to you later."
"What? But - " Black exclaimed in surprise, looking as if he'd dive straight back down and help them - Crys could easily read it on the boy's face, as some of the faces she knew quite well would often make those expressions.
"It's okay," Blue quickly assured the upset boy. "This is Green we're talking about, one of our strongest. He'll be more than enough to handle this."
"Save the introductions for later, noisy woman," said Green gruffly, even as he took out a Poke Ball out of his belt and flung it at the enemy Spiritomb's foot... stone. "Come out, Cryogonal."
Crystal's eyes rounded in surprise as the odd-shaped Crystalizing Pokemon materialized in front of its Trainer, its slitted teal eyes glaring into the Spiritomb's green ones. Remembering how vigorous Green's training was, it wasn't exactly shocking to find that he'd have accquired a new Pokemon in Unova as well.
"Platina, can you handle the Bronzong?" Crystal asked as she quickly turned to face the Gastrodon, sending out Spinee with a swift flick of her foot.
"I think I can," replied the younger girl with a confident smile. "Go, Chandelure!"
With a bright blurst of light the Luring Pokemon appeared to face the Bronzong; a parting gift from Cynthia, who had graciously granted Platina a Dusk Stone before parting ways in front of the Victory Road gate. Where would she be now?
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Green spoke out loud at the four Dex Holders on the stairway; it appeared that Black and White were still reluctant to move. "I said we'll handle it here. Get a move on!"
"Trust him. Let's go!" Silver also encouraged them from further ahead. With a final apologetic glance at their seniors below Black at last sprinted forward, with the others running right behind him.
"... too much like him," Crys thought she heard Green mutter to himself, but brushed the thought aside as she faced her opponent, her jaws set.
"We are loyal to Ghetsis and the King," said one of the Shadow Triad - the one with the Spiritomb. His voice was dead and emotionless, sending a chill down Crystal's spine. "Our duty to them is heavy. You will not get past us."
"Our duty to this world - as a human, as a Trainer, as a Dex Holder - is heavier," Green countered, his voice even colder then usual. Then, holding out one hand to make number three with his fingers he added:
"Thirty seconds. Thirty seconds until we beat you and proceed. How does that sound?"
"Sounds reasonable," Crys and Platina replied simultaneously, a grin of anticipation lighting up their faces as they faced the dark trinity, ready to fight through the shadows as one.
- Minutes later, Team Plasma's Castle Fourth Floor -
"Gym Leader of Viridian..." murmured Black, shaking his head in wonder as he raced across the empty corridor with Blue, Silver and White beside him. "I had no idea. I'm flattered to have such great people as seniors."
"It's kinda humbling to know that you're not the only hero the world has to offer, right?" said Blue jokingly from beside him. When he didn't answer her the older Dex Holder added a bit more seriously: "I really hope we survive today's encounter, Black. I long for a day we can all sit around the same table and give out proper introductions."
"Yes, let's," replied Black, feeling a little better at the idea. He was still awed that so many people - all of them incredibly talented too - would join his dangerous quest so willingly and call him comrade, despite having next to nothing in common with him except the uniform title of Dex Holder.
"Look, the throne room!" White yelled out, pointing to a large, magnificent gate at the end of the long hallway; there N and Zekrom waited, along with his destiny and that of all of Unova.
"Watch out for traps," Silvber warned him from slightly ahead as Black began to pick up speed, dashing headlong across the path leading to his fate.
"Sharp, use Iron Head!" Black bellowed, sending his Bisharp barrelling full-forward at the closed gate, slamming his iron helm into it with a devastating crack and felling the door open in a similiar manner to the last time they opened a gate. (#2)
"N!" Black yelled at the top of his voice as he rushed headfirst into the throne room (he knew N wasn'e someone who'd lay traps for him), feeling an odd sense of deja vu before stopping short with an astonished gasp.
The hall was absolutely HUGE, the path leading to the throne as long as the corridor they had just passed through. In the middle of the hallway was an enormous platform, below which the lower floors could be seen. However, Black saw nothing but the great shadowy figure standing at the far end of the platform, his green-haired partner waiting for his (self-proclaimed) rival in front of the deity.
"What I desire is a world for Pokémon, and Pokémon alone." N spoke quietly, as if talking to himself. "Since you've come this far, I believe you are equally determined. If that's so, prove it to me! Show me the depth of your determination!"
Ah, good, another chapter updated before vacation. I'll be able to upload maybe a chapter or two until then, and after that... who knows? :(
#1. Ah, we all know why Blue and Silver hates masks... right, Pryce? Oh right, you're gone! Or are you? XD
#2. This, of course, is reference to the first chapter.
Ah, well, enough of my lamentation. So Black finally reaches N... Reshiram, won't be long now! XD
And finally Black meets up with the other Dex Holders... sorry Sabrina, you were purely there for the sake of sending those three straight to N's Castle... *gets stoned by fans* Well, she does reappear in the second arc! 8P
YELLOW, U'RE FINALLY HERE! XDDD
Wow, honestly, I had no idea so many people would think that was Wally just because a Kirlia showed up! XD I suppose it never occured to you that so far every Dex Holder has shown up with at least one new Pokemon, huh? Well, you can try figuring out what Red's new guy might be, since he's the only one who hasn't shown himself yet. Yes, of course he appears! I had been deliberately avoiding mentioning him to avoid that subject, but there's no denying it anymore. Make way for the Champion! XD
eyha, I think there's been a misunderstanding; just because those baddies have been defeated once doesn't mean they won't come back. The reason the Dex Holders are going to the Pokemon League is to stop them from 'aiding' Team Plasma and their plan. And you've just witnessed Yellow's appearance, and no Red. Yet. But when he does appear, how would she react? :)
Positive Energy, officially Crys's hair is brown, but I've seen so many fan arts depicting it as blue that I'm starting to get confused myself... actually, I was shocked to find that her hair wasn't blue too.
Cryostylz, sorry... I like Hoenn too, but as of now the region doesn't show up in my story in all three arcs, so getting the Gym Leaders into the story is a bit of a toughie. But I am planting them here and there in the second and third arc, so you're gonna have to wait... if you can, that is. ;)
Oh, and I just realized this now... it's again time to celebrate someone's day of birth. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUBY! He's one of my favs, after all ;) At first I thought 'Oh man, he's gonna make a mess out of every1' but now... yeah, you rock, loverboy! XD
Well, that was a long A/N. In the next chapter we start of with some other Dex Holders that haven't made it yet to the castle. And after that... well, let me just say that I've made both Black and N incredibly good conversationalists! XD Ok, that's it for today. R&R!
Writing completed on July 2nd, 2011 (Happy B-day again, Ruby!). This is Yowl of Time, out.