Note: Sorry for the late upload... After arriving home, I was busy as I had to do some stuff... Not to mention I had to sort the gaming stuff I bought... Stupid region-locked games... Either way, I got shiny Larvesta... Yay? Anyway, here is the first ever chapter that centers on Blade's Point of View! Enjoy!
Blade's POV:
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... System error...
"He's waking..." a man's voice echoed, "Was the experiment a success?"
Ugh... I've been... touched... I've been dirtied... by these humans! It's only a matter of time before my conscience fades away... Hurry! I hope that the prophecy isn't false...
I will remain firm! I won't give in to this human contraption! I am A...
System shut down... activated.
Rebooting...
Rebooting...
XD002 Model successfully downloaded. Ultimate capabilities over...
I WON'T BE RESTRAINED!
I opened my eyes to see several humans. Wires were injected all throughout my body.
"He's awakened!" a man frantically said, "Hurry... Do something!"
I snarled and let loose a Hyper Beam, to which most of the contraptions were destroyed. The humans frantically ran, but I didn't let them. I struck again with Earth Power, not allowing them to escape.
"This thing... It's too powerful!" the man screamed, "Activate the failsafe system!"
"But sir! It might cause an unstable reaction! The XD002 program was recently installed! If we use that program, it might corrupt the entire state of mind this-" the assistant was cut short.
"Just do it!" the man screamed.
And then, everything went black.
Green letters began to appear in the darkness.
"SY...STEM... ERROR... SYSTEM... ERROR... *#€?*\... SHUTTING DOOOOOOOOO-"
I am... XD002!
I opened my eyes.
"W-what was that?" I gasped for air.
I looked around. We were still at the camping site Blaze had picked. Cold sweat matted my forehead.
Everyone was still asleep, to which I silently let off a sigh. I should really get more sleep... It must be getting to me, the pressure?
"What was what?" a faint voice whispered to my ear.
I spun around to see Ruse lying down beside me. I yelped as I kicked myself away.
"W-what are you doing here?" I sleepily snapped, startled.
"Sleeping, of course," she smirked, her gaze seeming to pierce through me.
"B-but why are you so close?" I nervously muttered, "C-can't I have some... privacy?"
"Oh..." she slowly continued, her calm yet creepy smile widening, "Then why don't you complain about your privacy to Rose, eh?"
"H-hey... I... uhh..." I trailed off... I did realize that I did not mind Rose being with me closely... But Ruse was just...
"Hmm... I hope that there's nothing going on between you and her... It would be shameful that someone as innocent as you be corrupt by her ways," she smirked, edging closer.
"H-hey, she's not going to corrupt me!" I snapped back, "She's not going to corrupt me much more than you, a much worse thief, is!"
"The little witch has you under her spell, eh?" she suddenly grabbed ahold of me, her smile widening as if she had found something helpless, "Listen, Blade... What do you think of Rose?"
"Of... Rose?" I returned, sluggishly. I wanted to get back to sleep, but Ruse was in the way of my much wanted sleep.
"Yes... I noticed that you've been having... A little soft spot for her," she smiled, cornering me, "Is this... affection?"
"W-what?" I nervously stammered, "No! It's just that... I can relate with her..."
"Or... She has you under Attract," Ruse twisted a small blade of grass, "Listen, she's a Rose... I know what kind of a woman she is, trust me, I know the tricks of the trade... A rose is beautiful, but it has thorns.. Don't you think... that she's using you?"
"Using me?" I returned, squirming away from her, "I doubt it... She has a heart under that cold exterior of hers."
She scowled as she stood up.
"Believe in what you will, Blade," she glanced back at me, "I swear, I will be there to see the day when you find out that you are merely just an object of lust to that pathetic witch."
Ruse stormed away. I merely looked at where she stood awhile ago. What was she going on about? She's been acting oddly ever since we started that journey. Giving a small shrug, I slowly went back to sleep.
The rest of my sleep was silent and uneventful, much to my desire. I hoped that I would be able to get enough sleep to compensate for what I've been-
"Rise and shine... BLADE!" Blaze chuckled as his voice echoed into my ear.
I sighed, maybe I wasn't gonna enjoy this trip... With a grunt, I opened my heavy eyelids to greet the harsh sunlight that blinded my eyes.
"We aren't gonna get to Spacial Rift if you goof off too much, are we?" Blaze rolled his eyes, "Besides, Ace doesn't look like he wants to help us in flight... He even won't obey Ruse..."
I slowly stood up. Everyone was already ready. Ruse's group was whispering among themselves as usual, but Ruse seemed to take a small glance at me and wink.
"Ugh... How far must we still travel?" I sleepily asked Blaze.
"Very far," he said as he pulled me up and splashed some water, "Besides, we didn't do much on the first day aside from buying all those drinks back at Spinda's Café... Come to think of it, how many cupholders are we gonna get from that."
I merely smiled, Blaze still showed his positive side even in the midst of despair... Despair?
I wrinkled my nose as I remembered that we were still supposed to seek out Palkia. I wonder how Rose was doing... I hope she's having things as easy as we are.
"Are you slowpokes ready yet?" Ace snorted, "Please hurry up, it's bad enough that we're much slower than those two girls."
Ruse and Violet have already packed up their stuff. They impatiently stood by Ace, Ruse tapping her foot on the ground.
I sighed, why couldn't Rose have come instead of her... She was so... different. I mean, it's funny that she's even after Rose's reputation... How could she surpass Rose when she isn't Rose in the first place. Well, she does seem as attractive as Rose though...
I mentally punished myself as Blaze impatiently yelled into my ear.
"Oi! Blade!" he yelled, "You listening?"
"Hunh?" I bit my tongue, "Uh... Right... We should go now... Best to avoid anything before nightfall..."
Blaze sighed, "Yeah... Keep daydreaming about picking daisies... Or Roses..."
We continued our trek through the mountainous area. It was annoyingly hot... For me, that is... Blade seemed fine though. He seemed more energetic than usual. Ruse and I were sweating pools though... not being Fire-types of any sort.
The sun mercilessly cooked through my sweating skin. Ruse's group didn't seem to be coping well either. Ruse slowly shuffled towards me.
"How much longer... is it till the next rest stop?" she panted, her sweat trickling down her delicate face.
"I... I don't know..." I coughed, feeling a huge need for water.
"Hurry up! We aren't gonna get to Spacial Rift with you guys acting like Slugma," Blaze taunted, energetically bouncing around.
I was about to collapse when I looked up and saw the figure of a Gardevoir I knew so well... My eyes shot open... Rose?
"Rose!" I joyously screamed as I ran towards her.
Rose merely smiled as I lunged out at her, disappearing in the last second with the smile still painted across her fading face.
I coughed out sand. The heat was really getting to me... I honestly wanted to find shelter, but I knew that I has been better than this before, even while I travelled with Blaze. I didn't want to let my partner down so I tried to push myself up.
"Rose?" Ruse scoffed, even as she was evidently trying to hide her panting, "Looks like the heat has fried your brain too..."
"Hey!" I spat back at her, "I saw her here awhile ago!"
"Then I presume that this Rose of yours is your most precious belonging?" a smooth and silky voice snickered.
Ruse immediately put on a serious face as she got into a battle stance.
"What was that?" Blaze suddenly stopped walking.
"I-I feel an unearthly presence here," Violet gravely returned as she closed her eyes.
"I don't care what it is, I just want water," Ace coughed.
"Hehehe, really? Am I something you should generally be afraid of?" the voice giggled, sounding much more feminine, "Really? A group of veteran warriors are afraid of me? Then I must be something..."
"Show yourself!" Blaze sternly commanded.
"If you say so!" the voice mischievously taunted.
All of a sudden, I heard a soft thud as something landed on the sandy ground. Blaze immediately yelped as he quickly skipped forward in astonishment. I turned around to see that our mysterious guest had landed right behind him.
"Did I startle you? Hehehe," a golden foxlike creature with nine golden colored tails, each with an orange tip, smirked, "If so, then I sincerely apologize... Typhlosion..."
"What in..." Blaze fell silent when he had seen the Ninetales, he seemed to go silent at first, his mouth wide open as he carefully inspected her, "Umm... Ehehehe... Y-you can call me Blaze?"
"My, my... Eager to introduce yourself, are you? Even to a stranger like me... Heehee, maybe I should be a bit more cautious around you," the Ninetales giggled.
"Who are you, and what are you doing suddenly butting into our business?" I nervously started.
She turned to face me, suddenly glaring straight at me.
"Why so serious? It was my territory that you violated in the first place, rose-lover," she haughtily spat, turning me red as she finished her sentence.
"W-what? How do you know anything about Blade?" Ruse continued.
"He said it himself... Blade, the Gallade?" she began to curl her fur, "He said it as he saw my mirages... My heat is strong enough to produce mirages of one's most prized possession... I assume this Gallade guy is soft enough to like flowers?"
"Oh," Ruse smirked, "Rose is actually the name of a girl... A girl that seems to be using him all the time..."
The Ninetales began to smile.
"Oh, so you two... You two aren't mates? Hmm... You look quite like a matching pair..." the Ninetales teased.
"Naw," Ruse coolly responded, "He seems to be interested in his... Master..."
I began to glow red.
"N-no! She's just a friend..." I shyly responded, "And she ISN'T using me!"
"Pshh... If so, then why can't you explain the reason why you broke her out in the first place?" Ruse put her hands on her hips.
"Uhh... Ruse?" Violet tried to interrupt, even if she was ignored by Ruse.
"Uhh..." I began, ignoring the Ninetales behind me.
"Because you've fallen for the lust of her Attract, you stupid fool..." Ruse spat, annoyed with what she called "my stupidity", "Observe."
She launched an Attract immediately at Ace, who had collapsed from the heat already. Ace quickly shot up to face his leader.
"Milady, is there something you need?" Ace began to bow down to her.
"See what I mean? Just with a flick of her finger, she could probably do the same to you!" she smirked, before turning over to Ace, "Yeah... Yeah... I'm tired... Care to fly me so that I can rest my oh-so-tired feet."
"Anything for you, Milady," Ace bowed, eagerly waiting to serve his leader.
"Ugh... Ruse... You didn't have to abuse Ace like that again..." Violet sighed as she wiped off some sweat.
"Well, he is quite stubborn, and I'm sick of this heat..." Ruse carelessly snorted, "Besides, that's what males are for... I hope the heat doesn't take too much out of you, Violet..."
"The heat? I can actually control it..." the Ninetales smirked, "It's because of my ability... Only a few of my species have it... Well, since I have Drought, I can will the sun to shine should I wish it..."
"Oh, that's great..." Violet panted, "Could you please just turn it down now?"
"Maybe... Maybe not..." the Ninetales began to lick her paw, "See... This is my territory... And since I'm not strong enough without this sunlight, I won't be able to protect myself from intruders. State your reasons for why you would cross my abode first, and I shall decide whether I should let my guard down or not."
Blaze immediately told her the whole story without hesitation. I couldn't help but notice that he was practically flushing as he told the story to the Ninetales.
"I see... Blaze, was it?" the Ninetales continued, "But if you're headed to Spacial Rift, then why are you here? Spacial Rift is directly opposite from this direction..."
"Wait... What?" I snapped, my eyes wide open. All this effort in the heat... It was... useless?
I glared at Blaze, who was seemingly fantasizing about as he stared at the Ninetales.
"Yeah? Are you guys really heroes? I mean, seriously?" she laughed, "If the fate of the world was in your hands, then I should be scared... Very scared..."
"Say, you got a name, beautiful?" Blaze gushed, still immobilized from where he stood since he saw the Ninetales.
"My, my... Aren't you a bold one... I think I'd have to be cautious with your friend around..." she giggled, "The name's Medea..."
"So... Can you at least remove this sickening sunlight?" Violet pleaded.
"Hmm..." Medea smiled, "No... Besides, I'm not about to let some ragtag group of bullies like you fool a harmless lady like me... Eat this!"
Medea moved quickly as she hopped above me and fired a Fire Blast directly at Ruse and Ace, knocking them both out.
"Fools... Spacial Rift isn't this way, I'll bet you came here to try to kick me out of my territory again, eh?" she snarled as she fired a Solarbeam at Violet, "Well too bad! I've had enough of being taken lightly! Where is the freak who ordered you to eradicate me, huh?"
She growled as she hopped and pinned me to the ground. Her body scorched as hot as the sun, it hurt just to touch her golden fur. I could tell she was serious.
"Where is that freak?" she snarled, "Answer me... now..."
I struggle to break out of her grasp, but she was quite strong... Her red eyes looked intimidating from my position. Her glaring down on to me made her two red eyes seem like two fiery comets plunging into the world.
"I'm serious!" I yelled, "We did not come here to cause any harm! We need to get to Spacial Rift."
"Lies!" she snarled as she exhaled a hot breath down to me.
"Woah, Medea, dearie," Blaze chuckled as he butted in between us, "No need for that kind of violence... Besides, why is Blade getting all the attention..? I'd like to get to know you better..."
"Don't touch me you fool!" she snarled at him as she whipped him away with her tails, "Back off, or I swear... You'll never find anything hotter than me or my wrath..."
Blaze merely blushed as he stared back at her, her words seemingly not entering that thick skull of his.
"I swear... I'll burn every single bone in your body," she snarled as she breathed down at my throat, "I'll char them black-"
"Hmm? Found a new playmate, Meddy?" a stifled chuckle came.
Medea looked up, startled when she saw an Arcanine standing behind us.
"You've got nerves to show up here," Medea flared, "Aren't these your lackeys?"
"Nope? I don't have anything to do with these fools..." he smirked, "Besides, I don't wanna share this piece of land once I wrestle it from you... And more importantly, I don't wanna share its owner with others either, Meddy..."
"T-then you guys..." she looked down at me, "Y-you guys must be telling the truth... Erm... S-sorry?"
"Meh? It's nice that you took out the trash... At least there's no-one to interfere between the fact that your land... and you yourself... belong to me!" the Arcanine began to advance.
"Stay put, Sirus!" she snarled, although I could tell it sounded a bit nervous, "I'm not yours... And neither is this land... I was born and raised here, and I intend to keep it."
"Ahh... Denial," Sirus smiled, suddenly pinning her down with Extremespeed.
"You look so helpless, I actually feel guilty of doing this to you," he smirked as he sank his teeth into her beautiful fur with a Fire Fang.
Medea screamed and flailed Sirus off. She desperately launched a Fire Blast towards him, but he merely chuckled as he allowed the flames to engulf him.
"You know... Your Drought doesn't really protect you from someone like me," he smiled, his eyes locking down to Medea's helpless figure, "You should know that, as I have Flash Fire... Since you have Drought, you don't have Flash Fire... Therefore, I must say that i feel quite comfortable around your presence... However, I don't think the same can be said for you."
He grinned as he began to walk down to Medea. Carefully, he bit her neck to lift her and he began to walk towards the center of her territory.
"Let her go!" a sudden voice flared. I stood p to see Blaze angrily smashing his fist in Strength against the Arcanine.
"How dare you!" Sirus snarled, "Don't touch this fur of mine... Someone of your class must be put in his place... Eat this!"
Sirus launched a Fire Blast at Blaze, but Blaze managed to dodge it.
"Phew, that was close," he chuckled, "It felt quite hot... But I guess I'll have to douse that flame of yours."
Blaze smashed his fist against his head again, using Strength. Sirus was knocked back, but he immediately clawed at one of Medea's tails, pulling her to him.
"Looks like I'll have to mark this territory and her before an idiot like you stops, must I?" Sirus snarled his eyes glowing red.
I stood up and I began to launch Stone Edge at Sirus.
"Too slow," he smirked as he brushed past me with Extremespeed.
"Wha?" I gasped, struck down before I could finish my sentence.
Sirus leaped over me as he tried to charge back to attack Blaze.
"Hands off Medea, she's private property!" he chuckled, at least, until he tripped.
I launched a kick exactly when his hind legs passed above me. Using the momentum to kick him, he got knocked upside down. Still lying down, I spun myself on the ground, catching his tail as I slid by. I tossed him up in the air as I stood up. As he landed, I let loose a Night Slash that sent him flying to Blaze's direction.
"Medea isn't a thing to be owned, you jerk!" Blaze snarled as he punched him away with Strength as he was sent flying to him.
Sirus landed above Medea, much to his luck.
He bit into Medea's neck and lifted her. Threatening us as he glared.
"Make one more move, and the girl gets it," he snarled, "I'm not bluffing... Id rather destroy something rather than let someone else own it."
"You... You idiot!" Medea suddenly opened her mouth as she let loose a kick to Sirus, who was still holding her with his mouth.
Sirus yelped as if he was struck with a Critical Hit... But he angrily flared as he stood up and glared at Medea. He began to charge to Medea with a speedy Flame Charge.
"I don't care what you think of me, you annoying Ninetales..." he snarled as he charged, "You're MINE! Submit yourself and this land, whether you like it or not!"
Medea merely smiled. She allowed the proud Arcanine to charge straight into her. He realized why she had done so, he had charged into a mirage. Thrown out of his momentum, his eyes widened as he saw me behind the mirage, readying a Stone Edge.
"Enough of this," I angrily yelled as I launched Stone Edge, "Or I will not hesitate to arrest you!"
The Stone Edge struck hard. The Arcanine whimpered as he was knocked back. I walked towards him and kneeled down.
"Attempt this one more time, and I'll make sure that you would be hearing from Magnezone..." I gravely announced.
Sirus's eyes struck wide open as he whimpered and dashed away, only to be stopped by Blaze, who gripped his mane firmly.
"You... You have the guts to actually disgrace someone like Medea?" he snarled, smashing his fist on his abdominal region, sending Sirus flying, "Don't you dare come back here! If you do, I swear, you won't be leaving!"
I just stared at my friend. I had never seen him this serious before. Blaze must have a thing for Medea. I made a silent note to myself to watch out for Blaze if Medea's around.
"Calm down, Blaze," I chuckled, "It's over now... Besides, I'm pretty sure Sirus won't ever be coming back again..."
"He better not," Blaze panted, "Or I'll... I'll..."
"You'll stop wasting time and get us to Spacial Rift," Ruse groaned, lifting her weakened state from the ground.
I helped her up, checking to see if Violet or Ace was injured.
"Are you okay?" I asked Ruse.
"Hmph, why would you care?" Ruse snapped, I merely smiled... This was probably her way of saying thanks.
"Erm... You there... Blade guy," a voice suddenly called.
I turned around to see Medea. She seemed to be embarrassed as she hung down her head while chewing at her tail.
"Uh.. I'm... sorry... I'm... VERY sorry," she blushed, "I didn't know that you weren't... lackeys sent by that freak..."
I smiled, I opened my mouth to tell her it was fine, but I guess Blaze beat me to it.
"Oh! I don't mind... Besides, I would probably do the same if a jerk like him continuously annoyed me like that," Blaze blushed as he scratched his head, "Er... Umm... You're not hurt, right?"
Medea seemed to smile.
"Hmm... Maybe... A little... I don't think I'd be able to stay in this injured state here... alone," she giggled.
"Oh..." Blaze stopped scratching his head, "Hmm... Fine then... You should probably head a bit south from here. Treasure Town would welcome you, plus, there are a lot of places that would offer you luxury."
Medea began to sweat as she stifled a nervous laugh.
"You idiot!" she snapped, "I was hinting that maybe I could travel with you!"
"Sure, Treasure Town is- Wai-" Blaze began to grow red, "Whuzzaaaat? Did you just say..."
"Yeah... I did, besides... I need to make it up to you guys for what happened earlier," she smirked as she gave Blaze a small wink, which only served to make him more red, "And... I do know a shortcut to Spacial Rift..."
"YES! I mean," Blaze bit his tongue, "Uh... I'm looking forward to traveling with you, beauti- I mean, Medea..."
"Great, now pack your stuff... We're going off to march to our doom," Ruse snarled, "Ace... Let's go, we don't want these idiots to get there first, do we?"
"Yes, Milady," Ace bowed, zooming away.
"Hey! Wait up!" Violet panted as she flew after her leader.
"You've got an interesting bunch of friends," Medea smirked.
"Maybe," I returned, still looking forward, "But I guess that doesn't change the fact that this is what makes life worth living... Right, Blaze?"
I gave small chuckle as I gave him a small nudge.
"Huh? Oh... Uh... Right... Yeah," he absentmindedly answered.
Medea merely smiled at his response.
"Your friends sure are interesting, but I say they're priceless..." Medea nods.
"Well, we should get going now... Even the sun is smiling down on us..."
Note: Yes, Ninetales' secret ability is Drought, to those who don't know... Either way, I hope you guys enjoyed this chappie, because I did exert more effort here... Please leave your opinions on how it went for a Blade chapter... Every opinion counts! Seeya then.