Note: School is so gonna start... No! Either way, as school is about to start, I leave his chapter for you guys then... I hope you guys enjoy it, as I apparently tried my best to write this chappie... Good luck to the others ho have school in this season, and o those who don't... Lucky you!
Rose's POV:
The darkness stretched on forever. Blade and I have been running for hours, now... yet we have not reached the end of this dungeon.
"I-it's c-cold down here," I sneezed, shivering from the low temperature.
"I hope this warms you then," Blade smiled as he embraced me.
I felt my body burn with heat as he embraced me. I could only feel thankful that he had shared some of his heat at such a hostile environment...
"This seems to just keep going on forever, does it?" I mused, staring at floating debris all around us.
"It has to end somewhere, we just have to keep pushing forward," Blade reassured me, taking a sip from a cup that he had pulled out from his bag.
"What if it doesn't," I retorted.
"Well," he scratched his chin, "Let's just hope it doesn't, okay?"
We continued to walk together in silence. There was something about this dungeon... It was cold, dark, and just plain confusing... I shivered as I had a feeling that we were being followed.
"Blade?" I shyly called, "C-can we move a little faster?"
"Huh?" he suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Why?"
"I'm getting a bad vibe about this place..." I warned.
Slowly, we entered the next floor of The Oblivion. My heart leapt for joy when I saw the one thing this floor had that the previous floors never had: light coming from the other end.
"Hey, Blade!" I called his attention, "Could that finally be the exit?"
Blade squinted his eyes as he tried to look further, his face's expression slowly changing to a bit of relief.
"Yes, I guess so," he calmly stated, "But this means that we have to face Arceus now... Do you think you're ready?"
"Y-yes, I guess so," I stared back at his fierce and determined eyes. I wouldn't back down in front of him, for my knight... I know we would win.
We both began to charge towards the exit when all of a sudden, I felt something grab my left leg, causing me to trip.
"Blade!" I screamed, calling for help.
He quickly sprang back to my foot, slashing at some black hand that was clinging onto my leg, the hand quickly dissolved back into a shadowy pile underneath the floor.
"W-what was... that?" I stuttered.
"I-I don't... know," Blade breathed heavily, holding my hand tightly. I was relieved to find out that Blade was just as scared as I was.
Suddenly, the shadow extended from mine and another hand sprang out from the ground, clawing at me.
"Ack!" I screamed, using Psychic in fear, "G-get off!"
The hand dissolved back under the ground, but I knew it wasn't over. Blade looked back at me, breathing heavily...
"We should run, now," he whispered, to which I fearfully nodded.
After three seconds, the two of us broke into a sprint... We knew we were gonna make it... Light was getting closer... We would be out of this, Oblivion place and finally get some fresh air.
All of a sudden, our shadows began to run faster than us. I'm no intelligent Gardevoir, but I could tell that having my shadow run before me was just not normal.
All of a sudden, the shadows sprang up as black forms of Blade and I, standing before us to block our path. The two shadows seemed to be a shaded black, although their figure was a bit wavy... As though it was some surreal figment of imagination.
"Get out of our path!" Blade ferociously snarled as he let loos a Psycho Cut at the shadow. The attack hit, although the shadow simply dissolved into a black haze and form again.
"No way," I cursed, "It... doesn't seem organic..."
Slowly, the two shadows began to show a maniacal grin. The two of them dissolved into a formless figure until some red ray began to come from my head, only to be absorbed by the shadow.
"Unggh..." I groaned, feeling my mind have some piece of memory get ripped off... That ray, it made me remember the Gengar who caused my evolution.
Slowly, the shadowy figure began to form itself into something with a form. Spikes began to jut out from its back as two red eyes began to form, complete with a maniacal grin under it. It had soon took the form and shape of the Gengar back at my memories.
"Cresselia warned me, that The Oblivion is where reality and dreams connect... This must be something from your dreams, am I correct?" Blade urgently said as he raised his arm menacingly at it.
"Y-yeah!" I quickly hopped back up, I knew that I was no longer the helpless Kirlia in the past anymore, "Blade! Think you can keep up with me?"
I quickly struck the Gengar with a Psychic attack, to which it staggered from the damage.
"Hmm, I take it that you are challenging me?" he smirked as he landed behind the Gengar after performing a Psycho Cut just above it.
Slowly, the surroundings began to change from the darkness, into a forest. Regardless of that, we continued to fight.
"Eat this!" I snarled as I shot out a stronger Psychic, but I was shocked to suddenly feel Psychic used against me.
Behind me, I saw a Kirlia... It seemed to have just gained its normal colorations back after it had undergone its odd metamorphosis as one of those shadow... things...
"No, I know this scene!" I warned Blade.
The lifeless Kirlia before me let out an unearthly howl and began to change shape into that of a Gardevoir. I had remembered this moment so clearly in my dreams.
"Y-you knew this scene?" Blade mused, "Could this be... a past memory?"
"Yes," I grunted, dodging my copy's attacks, "I evolved after being harassed by some odd Gengar that I had never met."
"Wow, this copy of you packs quite a punch," Blade scowled after being struck by a Psychic, "I never knew you were always this strong..."
"Well, I'll take care of her, you take care of the Gengar," I commanded, "Besides, I got a score to settle."
"I was never this strong at that age," he yelped, dodging another Psychic attack, "I remember my days of being a Kirlia, my physical capabilities were severely limited... All I was ever interested in, was swordplay and sticks... But even with those, I never was this strong..."
"Should I take it as a compliment?" I smiled as I struck my copy with Thunderbolt.
"Yeah," he returned as he defeated the Gengar with a Night Slash, "But I prefer the you right now... My, you've grown strong and attractive."
"Ehehe, I think you've grown too... You've grown to be quite prone to flattery, huh?" I teased as I dodged another Psychic.
"Huh?" he blushed, as he joined me in battling with my target, "I swear, that was a sincere remark..."
The two of us quickly sprang forth and dodged my copy's attacks. As skilled as I was, this was a copy of the past... I knew we should know tricks that this copy shouldn't have known.
"I'll prove to you that I truly have grown out of this phase!" I snarled as I struck the copy with a Focus Blast, the copy retaliated with a Psychic, to which I quickly dodged.
"Blade, quickly!" I gestured to him to come closer.
Blade held off another attack and quickly jumped back beside me.
"Now, let's strike together!" I called, at which Blade simply nodded.
I aimed an inaccurate Focus Blast into the air. My copy simply dodged it as it soared above her.
But Blade quickly jumped above the attack and somersaulted in the air while launching his Psycho Cut at it, sending it downward with a boosted force.
My copy slowly groaned before falling to the ground... Once the two had been defeated, they simply eroded into a shadowy haze, which quickly blew away revealing the exit.
"Hmm... That's some past you've got," Blade expressed some concern.
"That's fine, now I've got you," I smiled.
Blade couldn't help but blush to my response. I couldn't help but wonder, how the two of us ended up like this... Like two partners watching each others' backs, when I knew that we started out as enemies.
"Blade," I called, feeling that this might be an opportunity that I might not want to miss, remembering Darkrai's words, "I just wanted to tell you... Before we go... In case we don't come back, I love you... And thank you... Thank you for making me feel loved in return!"
Blade and I shared a small smile.
"Yes, I love you too," he whispered, "For that, I'll make sure that we will come back..."
Before we stepped into the light, we both shared one long kiss. I smiled as Blade hugged me in his warm embrace. I was ready to risk everything now... I was ready to show him that I wanted to see my future... Our future... I finally knew what Jirachi was telling me when he granted my wish. When our lips parted, I felt a fire light up withing me, I was ready to face XD002... This world is beautiful, I don't want it to end.
"Well, let's go then!" I called, holding his hand as I stepped into the light.
When I opened my eyes, I surveyed my surroundings. We appeared to be in a floating island in some sky-like place. We just seem to have appeared out of nowhere, as our entrance was nowhere to be scene. As we began to approach the center of the island, several columns jutted up as if we were in some temple or something... All in the center, stood a white being... Four golden hooves, covered with white fur. The famed golden arc around its body, I knew this figure... This could only be the deity of creation, Arceus itself!
Blade shared one last glance with me before we nodded in unison. We both walked forward to face Arceus. There was only silence... We could hear the wind ominously howling, accompanied by some organ playing in the distance. Regardless of the ominous vibe, we both continued to press on.
The white beast soon took notice of us, before levitating above ground.
"Intruders... detected..." it tried to speak, seemingly roaring in pain between words, "Must... eliminate... threats..."
A huge spark of lightning immediately struck down at Arceus himself.
"He's highly unstable," Blade noted, dodging the random sparks, "He seems to have lost all sense of consciousness, Arceus seems to be in pain... I must wonder what exactly did Cipher do to him..."
"You don't want to know," I replied, trying to harm him with Psychic, "We have to hurry up and restore him to his senses... Even a program like XD002 cannot control his will, he might be scarred forever..."
My attack never hit though, some wall of symbols began to circle him, negating my attack's effect before it even touched him.
"What? No fair!" I snarled.
"Well, Arceus IS the deity of creation," Blade noted, dodging the sparks which seemed to be growing stronger, "Now that it's a shadow, we should expect it to be much more tougher."
"Viruses... must... be... deleted!" it suddenly gibbered, lobbing out a huge black ball into the air, "Activating... antivirus..."
Slowly, the ball of darkness burst into different sparks as they crashed around us. Slowly, black flames began to sprout where they had landed. I began to see shapes emerge from them... Bones... Slowly, the bones began to have flesh encase them, until we were looking at seven lifeless copies of our... friends?
I noticed that we were surrounded... Arceus flew above us and began to charge some power while he had locked us into combat with a Froslass, Masquerain, Flygon, Typhlosion, Gardevoir, Mismagius, and Staraptor. These were no doubt replicas of the family I've grown to know.
"B-blade?" I stuttered, thrower off by the new enemies.
"Don't be fooled, Rose," he warned, "These are lifeless enemies... Show no mercy!"
He was immediately cut off by a Blizzard from Claire.
I quickly dodged the barrage of attacks and quickly worked my way up to Celsus. I decided that by cornering them one by one, I would be able to gain a better hand in battle.
I launched a brutal Thunderbolt towards Celsus, who quickly went down. Despite being a creation of XD002, I took note that such was more crude and weaker than the actual Celsus.
"Rose! Watch out!" Blade warned as he sprang up and launched a Psycho Cut, repelling Blaze, who was about to attack me from behind.
Blade quickly stood his ground after repelling Blaze away. He quickly spun around and defeated Ruse with a well-timed Night Slash.
"Rose, you better watch your back, we aren't exactly up against a single opponent here!" Blade warned.
"What do you mean?" I teased, quickly striking Blaze and hitting him with Focus Blast, "All of them are quite single, y'know..."
Regardless of the joke, Blade continued to a Night Slash an unsuspecting Violet behind me, knocking her out.
"I might remain single if you don't pay attention," he teased back.
We continued the battle, learning that these copies weren't generally much of a threat alone... They seemed... incomplete.
Blaze suddenly jumped before me and began to launch Blast Burn, I cleverly dodged the move and allowed Claire to be knocked out. Blade clearly took the opportunity to Psycho Cut him down while he was recharging. Seeing all seven of them reduced to two, generally made these... artificial... intelligence seem much less of a threat than I had imagined... The only two remaining were Ace and Sandra.
Sandra quickly flew up to the sky, launching Draco Meteor down at us. Ace quickly struck down at Blade with a Brave Bird, almost knocking him out... But that left him open to a Thunderbolt, which defeated him in the process.
"Ugh... One more left..." Blade muttered, launching a Psycho Cut to drag Sandra down to the land. Now that she wasn't airborne, I quickly hit her with a Focus Blast.
Once all seven were defeated, they dissolved into a black haze.
"Well that was... uneventful..." Blade muttered.
"I shouldn't complain though..." I replied, then a thought struck me, "What about Arce-"
The haze was blown away to reveal Arceus above us... Although he see,Ed to have lost his protective shield to the haze, he was brandishing a huge ball of energy, the size of a Snorlax...
"Oh, crud," I cursed, charging towards Blade and trying to push us both out of harm's way.
The huge ball of light was immediately thrown down at us.
Everything became white.
Never did we imagine such power... Never did we...
Note: Well, this is it... Feel thy wrath of Arceus... And maybe I shall feel school's wrath in Arceus's stead... Anyway, guys... Please leave a review... As for me, I gotta sleep early... Thanks to school... Seeya then...