Hey Guys,
It hasn't been too long since I last updated, probably only four or so days but well still been feeling a bit tired, which is probably why this chapter isn't too perfect. But what can you do?
Anyways, I've beaten Pokémon Y, I finished it yesterday and although my only complaint is that it was too easy, I can't help but wish there was more now that I beat the Elite Four and Champion. But this game did give me the chance to finally build what I would call the absolutely perfect team, I couldn't have beaten the game so easily without them; Delphox named Yoko, Talonflame named Sterling, Gogoat named Skipper, Florges named Fleur, Heliolisk named Nimbus and Blastoise named Shion. Perfect team, perfect run through.
In other news, thank you all for the thoughts of my buddy, JAC was able to message me yesterday through a school computer and explain his current situation, being a serious and ongoing power outage at home that is still keeping him from me. What more can I say but at least he is safe and until he returns, I'll try to spend my usual writing sessions with him working on this little fic instead.
As always remember that if you ever have anything to say feel free to review or pm me with a character idea or a criticism you feel needs to be said. Any feedback is good feedback as long as it's said in a mature and literate way. See you soon, hopefully,
xKiha
From one side of the castle, the dream and poison duos along with Flynn Fukisa landed on what seemed to be some kind of cushion. The sharp laughing of Xenolith filling the small hallway that they were now trapped in.
"Make it stop!" Kimiko shouted, covering her ears but finding that this wasn't very effective as by this point she heard his laughter even when he was completely silent.
Cheshire growled, sitting up as she looked at the cushion they were laying on, growling. "Is this some form of a joke? Making a fatal fall and landing on a pillow?"
"It's ridiculous." Aislinn nodded as she sat up along with Flynn who seemed to be in quite a bit of shock that all of this really was happening. "But, it's still not surprising."
Tsumi began to sit up, whimpering as he covered his chest with nervousness. God, it hurt so much and he wasn't sure how much longer he was going to be able to hide this from everybody else. His cloak was beginning to slightly drip with the blood his torn skin was secreting.
"Sumi?" Kimiko began to calm, seeing her demon partner beginning to stand and slightly stumble. "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing." He nervously glanced away.
However, just at the sound of somebody asking if another was okay, Flynn Fukisa grew alert and quickly turned to look at the nervous Tsumi who seemed to want to avoid the eyes of everybody around him.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Flynn's eyes looked to the cloak of the poison demon, frowning instantly. "You're bleeding." Tsumi biting into his lip and trying to keep avoiding Flynn's eyes. "Tsumi, come here."
Kimiko was now alert, shocked to hear Flynn sternly speaking to her partner but shocked to find that he was indeed dripping in blood. Blood he had been hiding from her that she never took the time to notice. "Sumi? What happened?"
Purple irises shamefully looked into her own as Flynn began removing the cloak, horrified at the squelch it released thanks to the access of blood is was soaked in. "It's from that plant Kesai put into me. I ripped it out and it tore the skin..."
Flynn then succeeded in getting the cloak off, not even hesitating when faced with the young demon's shirt as he quickly removed it as well so he could get a good look at the wound.
The skin was, just as Tsumi had figured, completely torn. Grey stips of skin limp against pink flesh that oozed blood. He bit hard into his lip, feeling the sting of it being exposed to cold air and trying to keep from crying out.
"How long were you going to hide this for?" Flynn asked in awe, reaching for his medical bag.
"I..." The demon looking away with uncertianty. "I don't know..."
The sophomore shook his head, not sure how to lecture the child. If he had been human the infection that would enter his wound would kill him with ease, but being a demon Flynn just wasn't sure how long it would be until the skin and flesh began to heal. "Don't do things like that. It could prove fatal."
Kimiko bit hard into her lip at the idea of her partner dying, clinging onto the purple spellbook with a slight whimper. She could feel the eyes of the dream duo on her, hoping they weren't thinking she was a bad partner for not knowing. He hid it well and was trying to make sure she didn't know.
But being his partner, she should have known.
Kimiko tried to keep herself composed, unable to watch as Flynn began to patch Tsumi up.
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"And now, we should question where we are and what became of the others." Cheshire stated as she looked around. Flynn just finished cleaning the poison demon up and had him bandaged, the purple eyes of Tsumi also beginning to scan their surroundings.
It was nothing but a room leading to a rather grand and large door. The room being lit by only a few candles that dimly burned the last bits of wax in the candle holders.
"What do you think is behind the door?" Kimiko asked with a frown.
"A game, probably." Aislinn muttered.
Flynn stood up, looking around. "But what kind of game will it be?"
"If you had my guess," Aislinn blinking her blue green eyes. "A demon, possibly distorted or consumed in madness, but a demon all the same."
Kimiko chewed her lower lip, the skin already having been torn thanks to the nervous nips it had dealt with. "Then we should probably get ready for a fight." Drawing her poison purple spellbook.
"Do you really think the two of you can fight?" Cheshire growled.
The brunette's eyes fell onto Tsumi, seeing the weakness her demon partner was trying to suppress as he flashed her a forced smile. She knew on the inside that the leopard demon was right to say this, but she couldn't bring herself to say this. Probably because allowing Cheshire to be right would be like accepting the weaknesses they were going to have to power through.
It would be like saying they were not powerful enough to take down Xenolith.
"I don't think it matters if we can, there isn't much of an option at this point." Kimiko replied with a gentle sigh. "Fighting isn't a choice, it's something we're going to have to do if we want to survive."
Neither member of the dream duo was willing to argue this point, glancing to one another before looking at the door that stood between them and what they assumed would be the next game they would be forced to play. "Let's just go." Aislinn said as she took her own book from her bag and walked forward with Cheshire and Flynn close by.
"Y-Yeah." The poison bookreader nodded as she followed behind, Tsumi lagging behind his partner.
Without a moment's hesitation, Cheshire opened the doors leading to the next chamber, a surge of light bursting through the open room and burning the eyes of the five people standing at the open mouth.
"Look who came to play~" A young boy's voice filling the ears of the few members of the alliance, still trying to get their eyes adjusted to the harsh amount of light.
And the moment they did, they were greeted by a demon child and his bookreader.
The demon child had messy and windblown black hair and very pale skin. His stormy gray eyes seemed to study the faces of everybody with a smirk, yellow lightning bolt markings under said eyes as the tips reached his cheeks. He wore a black tee with lightning bolts decorating it along with black jean, black and yellow tennis shoes and black fingerless gloves. He folded his arms with a childish giggle. "Hey Luka, look who it is."
The bookreader only seemed to grunt, ice blue eyes silently assessing the situation. He had dark red hair that went down to about his midback which was pulled into a ponytail by a rubber band matching the color of his eyes. He was wearing a red tee with light blue jeans and red and black sneakers.
"Raiden." Cheshire growled.
The demon child giggled. "Nice to see you too, Chesh. Have you missed me?"
All eyes were now on the snow leopard who seemed to be glaring down the lightning demon with quite a bit of annoyance. "Aislinn."
The amnesia stricken girl looked to her demon partner with a serious look in blue-green eyes, opening her book with a nod. "Yumburisu!"
As always the twenty little glowing balls of dream energy formed on each one of Cheshire's digit's, the snow leopard growling as she focused on her energy and glared at Raiden with silver eyes of what the others could only describe as complete annoyance.
"Arashinotate!" Luka opening his own yellow book and reading a spell from it, a cloud appearing out of nowhere and rumbling with electricity. As one of the Yumburisu balls began to fly towards him, the cloud released a powerful and huge bolt of lightning that took the form of an electric wall that was quick to destroy the dream sphere.
"Of course." Cheshire growled, balling her paws into fists.
Kimiko opened her own book, Tsumi smirking as he got ready to use a spell of his own, the fingertips of his partner already having selected the spell for them to use. "Karoat-"
"Stop!"
The poison duo turned to look at the dream duo, Cheshire's silver eyes holding a serious and animalistic glare in them as they scanned Tsumi and then Raiden. "This is not your fight."
"Cheshire," Tsumi trying to find some reason. "You're not going to do this alone, are you?"
"Tsumi." She growled. "This is my fight and my enemy alone."
The purple eyes of the poison demon attempted to glare down the cold silver eyes of who he considered an ally. "And what gives you the right to tell me to stand down?" Kimiko rather shocked that her partner suddenly had the balls to glare Cheshire down and consider challenging somebody who he usually found himself leary or afraid of.
"Back in Demon World, Raiden and I were sparring partners. He's always been cocky and convinced that he is the strongest demon of them all, but I could always beat him in a fight." Cheshire said, folding her arms. "He's been pursuing me since I first beat him back then and I have no doubts that he has been pursuing me up until this point. And if this is the case, I am going to prove to him for the final time that I am superior and it shall remain this way."
"And this means I should let you risk yourself?" Tsumi said, balling his hands into fists. "Just because you have a score to settle doesn't mean I should just let you fight on your own!" The child opening his mouth to say more only to have Kimiko put her hand on his shoulder and shut their spellbook. "K-Kimi?"
"Cheshire, I expect that we'll be watching a good fight." Kimiko said with a smile on her face. "One with our side proving our dominance."
The snow leopard smirked, maybe she could find herself liking this girl a bit more if she could be more submissive and understanding than her partner. "Naturally."
Kimiko then smiled, leading Flynn and Tsumi a bit away from the battle so nobody would be hit by a stray spell, seeing the nervous look in the doctor's heterochromic eyes. "Don't worry, I promise, Aislinn will be okay."
Flynn blushed, glancing away. "Why do you say Aislinn?"
"Come on, I know how you feel." The brunette smiled as she sat down on the sidelines. "But trust me, Aislinn's tougher than most know and I have a feeling she might win this one without batting an eyelash."
Flynn drew in a breath, knowing that the brunette was right about his crush. She was a tough girl and he didn't need to be told this twice, but he'd still rather have it two against the villain, just to make sure the odds were more in their favor. "I know."
At least he was pretty sure he did.
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Raiden smirked as he looked over Cheshire, a soft laugh escaping his smug lips. "I've been waiting for the chance to fight you since we first came to the Human World. You weren't easy to find, but when I ran into Xenolith and he promised I would get a chance to seek you out and take you down, I lept to his feet." Continuing to laugh with pride in what he was doing. "And looks like he was right, because I am, getting exactly what I wanted."
Cheshire's silver eyes spitefully looked him over, if they had been lasers they would have melted him long before. The dream bringing leopard looking to her partner. "Aislinn, let's do this quickly."
Her partner nodded as she held onto their white book, knowing Cheshire still had their Yumbarisu spell in play and couldn't help but hope that this would be able to get the job done quickly so they could get out of here and meet up with the others. She wouldn't be dragging the others down.
"Luka." Raiden laughed, holding out his hand.
The red head only wordlessly nodded, holding out his own yellow spellbook with focus in his eyes. "Shokkuebu!"
The dream duo was quick the brace themselves for anything, Cheshire holding out her paws with the idea that the dream spheres would be able to destroy whatever would come forward. However, it seemed that nothing happened.
"L-Look up!" Tsumi shouted suddenly, Cheshire lifting her head to see that cloud from before beginning to rumble and multiply into quite a number of clouds. "What the hell?" The snow leopard hissed, ears flattening against her head.
Raiden began to loudly laugh as the rumbling of the clouds became progressively louder, Aislinn growling as she pulled her spellbook close to her chest with arms protectively over the cover and pages. "Welcome, Chesh and partner, to our own little arena."
Before either of the girls could process what the lightning demon was talking about, the clouds erupted with giant bolts of lightning. Both of them getting ready to duck for cover or get fried only for the bolts to stop a considerable ways from them and begin to form a giant dome that left them with plenty of room to fight but no way to get out.
"Aislinn!" Flynn shouted, Kimiko grabbing his arm to hold him back as he struggled. "What if she gets shocked or hurt!"
"She'll be fine!" The poison bookreader shouted in return, refusing to let go. "Flynn, you know you can't do anything against this demon. We're just going to have to trust her."
The hetrochromic teenager glared at her, freeing his arm. "Why don't you do something to help?"
"It isn't my fight." Kimiko said gently, knowing the uncharacteristic look of anger in his eyes was just because of the worry he felt. She'd probably be the same way if, er, she didn't want to think about it.
"Look, it's going to be alright, now come on, let's sit down again." Kimiko ushering Flynn to the sidelines. "We don't have to watch if you don't want to."
The doctor hesitated, looking to the giant dome now encasing Aislinn and Cheshire with enemies. "Okay."
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Cheshire couldn't help but feel that this kind of spell was at least a bit familiar, gazing around at the dome casing them. She had been in something like this before. But that time was different, she couldn't remember hating it.
Kesai.
That was it, their fight with Lavender. The dream demon looking around with a bit of curiosity in her mind. Kesai's barrier had managed to basically burn their enemy alive when she was pushed into the wall thanks to Kesai's rage. Maybe this would work the same way, that the walls of this dome could shock anybody who came in contact with it. And if it worked just like Kesai's, it could be a curse or a blessing.
Kesai.
Badump,
Badump,
Badump.
The snow leopard drew in a breath, shaking her head at the sensation of some sort of unfamiliar feeling. Kesai? She wasn't sure why she suddenly felt a bit different at the thought of the fire kitsune, but it almost made her feel giddy, something she wasn't used to feeling all too much.
Cheshire shook her head once more, knowing she needed to focus on the fight that she and Aislinn had willingly made a one on one.
"What's wrong, Chesh, has this little spell frightened you?" Raiden laughed, folding his arms in an attempt to look somewhat intimidating.
"Of course not!" The dream demon focusing her energy as silver eyes locked onto the lightning demon she had always seen as nothing but a pain. Slightly baring canine teeth as she threw one of the dream spheres at Raiden.
"Shokku!"
The cocky demon held out his right palm, a powerful wave of electricity erupting from the palm and striking the attack rather quickly. The spells both seemed to explode on impact, creating a powerful sonic boom that pushed everybody in the dome back a bit.
Cheshire looked at the dome's walls, standing up as she looked at the Yumbarisu spheres on her paws. This might not be enough to stop him, clenching her fists as she growled. There wasn't much of an option but to win, they had to.
The snow leopard locked eyes with Raiden, watching him cockily smirk as she bared her teeth with resentment. She was going to destroy him once and for all and prove to him that he wasn't the big shot he thought he was.
She was going to destroy him.