Hello hello! I finally got this one out. I was working on so many different things at one time; I just couldn't find them time, and I just figured out how man pages I was actually writing per chapter! I ususally look at the amount of words, but this time I looked at the amount of pages and it was like twenty pages, literally. I had no idea they where that long, Please forgive! By the way, I'm aware that the title says "Trial and Era" rather than "Trial and Error" Just so you know. Anyway, Enjoy.
Bark's POV
Normally I wake up to the sunrise, but being in the cave completely cut that wake up recourse from me. Today, however, I woke to the smell of breakfast, boy it smelled good! I stood up and stretched my legs far out in front of me, sorta like a Persian does and wandered over to see what Flair was making. She had her hair out like she does every morning. You just have love Flair's hair, it's so wild and red sorta like fire. Maybe that's why she's a fire type trainer.
Something about breakfast, it was really different. It didn't look like Pokebiscuits today, it looked more like human foods, pancakes and some of that crispy flat meat stuff, I forgot what the called it but it was good, trust me. I was pretty surprise she had them, and that the meat didn't get rotten.
"Hey, Bark! Just getting started on breakfast. It could take a while, so why don't you go chill for a while?" I wagged my tail, but when I didn't leave she turned back to me.
"I got the bacon from the building that exploded. While I was sneaking around, I found the kitchen, since evil dudes have to eat too. I thought it'd be helpful if I took some food. What I did with the meat. Every trainer has a nevermelt ice, I mean they aren't very hard to find if you go to the ice cave. I took all of ours and put them together, that's how I kept the food fresh." She must've read my mind cause that's exactly what I was just thinking about. When she told me about the nevermelt ice, I was blown away. Flair's a genius, she's a real genius.
I ambled over to Suicune who was still asleep. He looked so cute when he was asleep. I licked his muzzle gently, but he just sort of moved his head and put his paw over his nose. I laughed.
"Mornin Bark!" Someone yelled from behind me. I almost jumped out of my fur when that happened. I turned around to see who it was.
"Oh, Quil you scared me."
"Sorry, buddy." He said with a laugh. Since Suicune was asleep, I thought it was better to hang out with Quil for a while. It would be nice to get caught up with my friend.
Quil and me decided to go for a walk. I short one, we weren't going to go far. The spikes on his back kept the cold, dark corridors of the cave lit. Even if they weren't, my night vision was nearly perfect.
"Hey, Bark. You've seen to have taken quite the liking to Suicune, don't you think?" He said in this weird tone of voice. I looked at him for a second with an eyebrow raised.
"What do… you mean?" Quil just shrugged.
"Oh, nothing, nothing…" He said waving a yellow paw at me. I tapped my toes one at a time on the rocky ground.
"Quil, you're acting weird, are you feelin alright?"
"I sure am. Hey, uhh, last night did something happen between you and Suicune?" He asked glancing back at me. My cheeks started to turn red.
"Wha- uhhhh n-no, why on earth would you think that?" I said turning my back on him trying to hide my blush. It was getting an even deeper shade of red.
"No reason." He said grinning and walking away slowly. I lifted my head to turn back to him.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" I growled, I don't know what got into me. I guess I just didn't want him to know about last night. Quil smirked back at me.
"Bark, I'm just dismissing the subject. If you don't want to talk, then don't. Don't get so defensive."
"Well, maybe you'd get defensive if you where hiding something too! Maybe I DO want to talk about it!" Quil just folded his arms and sat down on a nearby rock.
"Okay then, let's talk."
Entei's POV
I walked down a path near the Valley of Life. It was peaceful down here, the brook flowed gently by, the tress where thick and healthy. It had an amazing scent, it smelled like fresh spring rain, maybe it had been raining, but I wasn't near by so I didn't know. It was paradise; I usually call it my thinking spot, since it's where I normally go to be alone and think. I rolled on my back in the soft grass and stared up at the sky.
"Man, I can't concentrate on my thoughts. Something just isn't right…" I said to myself stretching my forepaws out far in front of me, then bringing them back to sit upon my chest. I was having a pretty nice time, relaxing in the nice, tall grass. It's something any prince should be able to do. I took a second to close my eyes, but as soon as I opened them…
"Hello sir!" Someone screamed in my face. I nearly jumped out of my skin when that happened. I rolled over to see Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos laughing there heads off.
"That wasn't funny! You almost gave me a heart attack!" I roared, Zapdos laughed harder.
"Wait a minute, since when did you have a heart!?" He howled waving his spiky yellow wing at me. I narrowed my eyes and turned my back on them to walk away. I heard the laughter stop behind me.
"I think you hurt his feelings, Zapdos." I heard Moltres say sarcastically. I'll have to admit, I was a little hurt, but just a little. Nothing that a great warrior like me can't handle. The three of them started to fly after me, I guess they didn't understand that I didn't feel like talking to them right now. I started to run ahead, kicking up a dust storm behind me.
"Hey, Entei wait up!" Zapdos called from behind my. I responded to his request by going faster, there was no way they could keep up with my speed. I darted around a large, white rock and skidded into the Valley of Life, but when I got there, you'd never believe what I saw! There in the tall, lush grasses was Shaymin, the goddess of plants and she was talking to none other than the infamous Bullet! I gasped and ducked back behind the white rock and peeked out from behind the corner.
"I don't know, Lady Shaymin… it's just that… I don't know why he hates me so much." She said pawing the ground with on of her hooves. I heard the triplets catch up to me.
"Hey, who's the trick?" Moltres said usually loud, obnoxious voice. I shushed him and continue to listen in on there conversation.
"Wha,-man I…"
"Shut up, I'm tryin to hear!" I hissed cutting him off. Moltres cocked and eyebrow.
"Man, but you hate peasant Poke-"
"Shhh!" I hissed cutting him off again. Moltres dropped his wings and sulked like a little bitch while I listened in.
"Entei is a very funny pup. I think he's really confused about what he wants half of the time. He's a trouble maker, that Entei. He also isn't that bright, if he was just a little smarter he could see that all of this chaos he's creating isn't getting him anywhere." Shaymin said from the deep grasses. I narrowed my eyes.
"I'll show you who's not that smart you weak little Chia Pet look-alike bitch!" I heard the others gasp behind me.
"Entei!? You can't talk about Shaymin like that!" Moltres said waving his wings around frantically. I rolled my eyes.
"Well I just did. Now shut it." I growled.
"Yeah, I guess so. I just wish he could be a little nicer to me, I mean I helped him learn a Solarbeam… but he said he didn't need me after that and ran off…" She said hanging her head in shame Shaymin put her paw on Bullet's leg.
"Don't worry about it. Entei does that to everyone, which is unfortunate because he should know by now how to treat other living creatures. Just take it easy, okay?"
"Okay!" Bullet re-laid with that dopey grin returning to her face. Shaymin returned to the grass and Bullet started coming out way. I panicked.
"Shit, she's coming, she's coming! Go that way!" I growled quietly. The other three started to turn around, but in there panic ended up crashing into each other, landing in a heap. I smacked my forehead with my paw.
"That's perfect, that's just beautiful." I turned the corner to see if she was still coming, but that was a mistake. She was right in my face the second I looked around the white rock.
"Hi ya Entei!" She said in this delighted tone of voice. I sighed.
"Hi…."
"Who's your friends?" I turned around to the triplets who had picked themselves up and where now staring at me like I had three heads… which wasn't that odd considering that where Pokemon and Dodrio happens to have three heads… anyway, I sighed again.
"Well, the blue one's Articuno that's Zapdos and over there with the flames, that's Moltres." I said pointing to each.
"Hi! You look like a fire type!" She exclaimed. I assumed she was talking to Moltres, since he was the only fire type out of the three.
"Umm, yeah…" He said with a look of disbelief on his face. She grinned even wider.
"Cool, me too! And Entei too! You know he saved my life before?" Moltres broke out laughing when she said this. I know he didn't believe her, but unfortunately it was true. I was starting to wonder if I did the right thing saving her life…
"Man, Entei. When Groudon said the world was going soft, he really ment it was going soft. I never thought you'd become the night in shining armor type!"
"I'm not!" I roared taking a swipe at him with my paw. I missed by in inch, but I didn't try it again.
"Well, Bullet. Tell me this, why in Arceus's name are you here!?" I growled turning to the fire horse Pokemon. The grin vanished from her face.
"Well, you told me to go to a field and if I saw Shaymin…"
"Why do you take things so literally?! Tell me why!?" She hung her head and pawed the ground.
"Gee, Entei… I don't know…" I sighed and turned my back on her.
"Well, whatever. I just stop fallowing. Come on guys."
"Wait, where are you going!?" she cried out after me. I stopped in mid run.
"Leaving." I said. I was close to exploding right then and there.
"Can I come!" She shouted in a joyous tone of voice.
"Absolutely not!" I growled through gritted teeth, but being so persistent, she continued to beg.
"Awww come on, pleeeease?!" She begged, I turned to Moltres and his brothers who where all shaking there heads no.
"No and that's final!" I knew she wouldn't take no for an answer. I started to walk away, but she fallowed us anyway.
"So where are we going?" She asked in this cheerful tone of voice that was annoying enough to make Arceus slap her. I sighed in defeat.
"Nowhere special. Hey Zapdos have you seen Raikou?"
"Who's Raikou?" Bullet cut in again, I scowled at her.
"My brother, now stop asking questions. So anyway, Zapdos, have you see my brother?" Zapdos nodded.
"Yeah, I seen him. He said something about needing to talk to Suicune."
"Great… I can only imagine what that'll do to his tiny little mind. I mean, Suicune needs help and Raikou needs help so who knows what'll happen to them if they're together out there in this crazy world."
"So are we going to look for them?" Bullet asked, I glared over my shoulder at her.
"Maybe…"
"Yaaaay! Adventure!" She said prancing circles around me. I looked over at the triplets. The expression on Moltres's face was absolutely priceless. Not that having Bullet tag along was worth it.
"I think that's enough, Bullet." I said causing her to cease her childish antics. I continued and she bounded after me. Peering back at Moltres, I could see that he was having a terrible time dodging Bullet's kicks. Though she wasn't nearly as strong as I was, I bet she could knock him out easily. That'd be hilarious.
"Entei, what do you want to be when you grow up?" She asked completely out of the blue. It sounded like a human question, there wasn't anything in particular Pokemon do when they grow up. They fend for themselves, find mates and raise families and that's it. Of course for me things where far sweeter.
"I'm going to be the legendary prince of Johto." I said with great pride.
"Cool, what's that?" She asked eagerly.
"Well, the Prince of Johto is the protector. They make sure everything's safe and secure and blah blah blah. Of course what I want to do as Prince of Johto is change the landscape a little. Humans take up to much space, I'm gonna raise a huge volcano right there on those two tiny towns are. What where they called again?" I asked Moltres.
"Oh, those puny towns. That'd be, New Bark and I think Cherry grove. Trust me lady, that is going the be the most beautiful fire Pokemon lounge in the entire universe." Moltres said. I nodded in agreement.
"Maybe I could take another town or two. I mean, fire Pokemon don't have nearly enough territory in this region. Hoenn has Mt. Chimney Sinnoh has Stark Mountain and Kanto has Mt. Ember and what does Johto have?"
"I'll tell you. Nothing. We have plenty of water, lots off caves, a pretty ok ice cave, but nothing for fire Pokemon. I swear, I have to clue how Ho-Oh could have been so discriminatory to his own damn type when changed landscape for this region." Moltres said concluding my sentence. It was true Groudon raised a lot of land, but once the land was handed over to the Pokemon rulers of the land they can do anything they want with it. He just had to choose to make it a breeding ground for humans.
Bullet looked from me to Moltres.
"You're going to destroy human's homes for a giant volcano? That doesn't seem very fair…"
"It's not fair that there so over proliferate that we have less habitat then ever. Do you know how many square feet of land one human store can take up with it's parking lot and all? It's ridiculous how much space these simple creatures need. What ever happened to the time they all lived in caves?" I said waving a paw at her to dismiss the subject, but she was hot on it and didn't quit.
"Two wrongs don't make a right! Humans are really smart, so the built big civilizations so they could be safer and happier!" She shouted back and me. Of course it was just like her to recite one of the "golden rules".
"Who cares about making anything right anymore? There's no such thing as right and wrong anyway. It's all opinion. In this new era, humans are getting to be the dominant ones. They already catch and train Pokemon, the only one's that separates us from them are the legendary Pokemon."
"But… it's mean…" She said kicking a pebble with one of her hind legs. I sighed in frustration.
"Bullet, maybe you should stop thinking about what's good for everyone else and think about what's good for you. Humans are definitely not good for Pokemon, do you understand?" I knew she didn't but she shook her head anyway.
"Good, now keep your mouth shut. If you want to travel with us then you need to keep quiet. I have a lot of things to think about for now." I said lifting my paw to leave, but the instant I did I saw a flash of silver above my head. We all looked up yo see what was above our heads, it was my uncle, Lugia. He stopped in front of us.
"There you are! I was looking all over for you boys!" Lugia stopped and glanced a Bullet who was just staring up in awe. I bet she wasn't used to seeing so many different giant Pokemon.
"Who's this?" Lugia asked, he was probably surprised to see a regular Pokemon traveling around with us. Believe me, I wouldn't have her traveling with us if she wasn't so damn persistent!
"Oh, this is just Bullet. She keeps fallowing me for Arceus knows why. I decided to just let it go for once."
"Well, hello Bullet. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that you need to be at the Valley of Life by tonight. Arceus is having a meeting concerning Darkrai."
"What about Darkrai?"
"A week ago, there was an attempted capture by humans. Of course Darkrai managed to put them all to sleep with Dark Void and leave them with haunting nightmares. However, this was of great concern that humans would try to capture a legendary Pokemon. Especially when the pack guns and other odd instruments and not Pokeballs. We don't think it's one of the average teams that we usually deal with, since apparently Team Rocket and The Pokemafia have all been run out of this region."
"That's odd. Well I guess I'll be there, you don't have to worry about us." I said. He nodded and darted back the way he came. I looked over at Bullet who was still standing in shock.
"Well, are you going to roll over and die or what?" I asked her sarcastically.
"Who was that?" Was the only response I got from her.
"That was just my uncle."
"And our dad." The triplets added.
"So I guess that makes you cousins huh?"
"Sorta, I guess." I said in slight disgust. Unfortunately those idiots are my cousins. Latios and Latias, however aren't really my cousins. They just refer to my uncle as there uncle because of the amazing similarities to them.
"Hey, what's the matter with you?" I asked Bullet, she had this weird look on her face. I swear I've seen that look somewhere before…
"Your uncle's cute…" I blinked and stared at her. It was common for female Pokemon to be attracted to my uncle, but it was weird do hear that come out of Bullet's mouth.
"Yeah, are dad is pretty good looking, after all that's where my looks come from." Moltres said.
"That's hilarious Moltres, it's obvious that I look way more like him." Zapdos added spreading his wings.
"Neither of you look like him. It's obvious that I'm the one that looks like Lugia." Articuno said. Yeah right, No of them look at all like Lugia, but that's how it is with legendary Pokemon. Some Pokemon choose mates among other legendaries and their young come out looking nothing like them.
"So Entei, you going to the meeting thingy tonight?" She asked suddenly.
"Obviously."
"So is your uncle going to be there?" I cocked an eyebrow.
"Why?"
"Just wondering…" She said as an annoying smile crept across her face. It was then I knew what she was up to.
"Oh no, you are not coming to a legendary meeting, Bullet!" I growled.
"Don't worry, I'm not!" She said with a giggle. I knew that was a lie by the way she was giggling. I attempted to tackle her, but missed by a long shot. I tried once more, but managed to let Bullet escape, giggling.
Bark's POV
I sat down on the cold rocky ground and just stared at it. I hadn't said anything to Quil yet. I just didn't know how to say it to him. I pawed the ground a little bit in embarrassment. It was sort of crazy, I was already embarrassed and I didn't even tell him yet.
"Well, are you going to talk or not?" He said tapping his foot on the ground. I was to busy inspecting the groves and lines on a pebble to answer.
"Bark, come on bro. If there's something you need to tell me then do it." I looked up at him, right into his eyes. I felt sort of sick, I really could've thrown up right then and there, but I made my decision. I was definitely going to tell him. I inhaled deeply. It was now or never.
"Quil, I'm kinda sorta… well… I'm attracted to…. I'm attracted to male Pokemon." I covered my ears not wanting to hear the onslaught of insults, but when nothing happen I looked up. He had an odd look on his face. I expected him to get mad at me.
"Bark, what are you doing?"
"Please, just don't yell at me! I hate being yelled at by anyone!" I said covering my ears even more. Then, I felt a paw on my leg.
"Bark, take your paws off of your ears. I'm not going to yell at you." I opened my eyes and removed my paws from my ears.
"You're… not?" He shook his head.
"No way. I already knew. I always knew." I blinked and scratched my head.
"Wait a minute, are you saying you knew before I knew myself?" I said cocking my head to the side.
"Sure did, I was just waiting for you to come out of the Pokeball." He said patting my head. I grinned and hugged him.
"Quil, you're the best!"
"No prob little bro. As long as you're happy." He said with a gentle smile.
"So, I see that you put the moves on Suicune?" I stopped hugging him, blushing madly.
"Ummm, yeah… about that…" I said looking down at my paws. It was really embarrassing to talk about it with him.
"So, what'd he do?" I scratched my head.
"Well, he said it was a good kiss, but he didn't know if he really liked me like that. I mean, I understand if he doesn't, not everything goes your way all the time."
"Well, that's true, but think about it Bark. If you and Suicune shared a kiss and there was that much fire and that much passion, don't you think there might be something there?"
"Well, maybe, but…"
"Well, you gotta try harder. You have to make Suicune see how you really feel about him!" He said cutting me off. I blinked.
"No way! I already told him that I really liked him. I'm not doing it again, it was so embarrassing!"
"Come on, Bark. If you ever want to see if anything will happen between you two. You have to go for it!" I groaned. Quil could be so enthusiastic about certain things, especially romance. He always tries to get two Pokemon that he thinks should be together in a relationship. In my opinion he sort of rushes things, but since he was so determined to help I went along with it.
"Well, I guess I could give it another try…" I said pawing the ground. I didn't know exactly how I was supposed to do it though. Quil clapped his paws together.
"Great! Now all you have to do is go to Suicune and speak your mind. Let him know everything that you're thinking and feeling about him." He said heading back to the campsite. I really was having second thoughts on this whole "confess my love" thing. I mean, I like Suicune, but I don't think I love him.
I fallowed Quil back to camp. By now Suicune was awake and grooming his fur. Of course, I thought his fur didn't need any work. It far surpassed perfection to me.
"Okay Bark, there he is. Just take a good look at him, your future mate." He said putting his paw on my shoulder. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Quil, I don't know if I should really…"
"Don't think, just do!" He said cutting me off. I rolled my eyes again and wandered over to Suicune who glanced up at me.
"Hey Suicune." I said sitting down by his side.
"Hey, where have you been?"
"Just… walking around. Nothing major. So, did you have a good sleep?"
"No, not really. The soil was sort of rocky for me, not very comfortable." He said sitting up so that we could have a better conversation.
"Yeah, me neither." I said quietly. We where sitting pretty close together. Close enough so that I could take in his full scent. I could see every perfect individual blue hair. As beautiful and perfect as he was himself. From his ruby red eyes to that luxurious purple mane. I didn't even notice I was staring, I was just so lost in… him.
"Ummm, Bark. Are you okay?" I was pretty out of it. I mean, I way gone. I don't know if you can actually get high off of the scent of other Pokemon, but I sure was. Not only that, but his aura. His aura was so powerful and regal, I don't know if Arceus had an aura quite like that. His aura was strong enough to make a Lucario run and hide. I couldn't contain myself anymore. I tackled Suicune down and met him with another fiery kiss. I felt him struggling underneath me, but that only motivated the drive for him more. My tongue eventually forced it's way in to battle Suicune's. Ultimately, Suicune managed to use his strength and put a paw between our bodies and stop the sudden violation of his lips.
"Bark, what has gotten into you!?" He said pushing me off of him. I know he wasn't mad at me, I could tell by his tone. He was just sort of surprised that it happened so suddenly. I felt bad though, acting so aggressively with him that way.
"I… I'm sorry Suicune… It's just…"
"It's alright… really it's alright." He said cutting me off.
"You're not mad at me. Are you?" I asked. I already knew he wasn't, but I just wanted to make sure. He shook his head, swishing his mane in the process.
"No, of course not. I just need some time to… I need some time to think." I nodded.
"Alright… I'm still sorry though." I said walking shamefully back to Quil. I glanced back at Suicune one more time to see him disappear into the shadows.
"Smooth move Romeo." I heard Quil say in an amused tone of voice. It wasn't funny though.
"See, now he's really mad at me." I said dropping down on my belly in disappointment.
"Well, maybe, but he wont be mad forever. You just have to work on your approach a little more. I mean, if you want him you can't just take him. You see where I'm going with this? You have to work for it, it's all about trial and error." I heard Quil talking, but I didn't understand what he was saying. I don't think any of his advice would help me anyway. Suicune's just a little more complicated then that.
Ninja's POV
I woke up in the field again, it was early morning now and the sun was only just rising. Houdini was sleeping somewhere nearby. I couldn't see him, but I could sure hear him snoring. He's a really heavy sleeper, but I am too. Something had woken me up, I'm not exactly sure what it was. I kept thinking that I was hearing a voice.
"Houdini, wake up! Don't you hear that?" I hissed in a whisper.
"Damn shiny Rapidash. I'll show you who's the king of hill…" He mumbled in his sleep. I cocked an eyebrow.
"Weirdo…" I whispered shaking my head. I glanced up at the sky, but when I did I was something odd in the sky. I could have sworn on my life that I saw Marowak's face in up there. I tilted my head in curiosity.
"Marowak?"
"It is time…" I heard a familiar, ghostly voice say. I jumped to my feet. "What's it's time for what?" "The trial is now. It's time face your fate." My heart was doing back flips when I heard that. I couldn't move my body I was in such shock, I couldn't even breathe. I was getting ready to tell Houdini, but before I could a powerful aura fell upon the land. It was so strong that you could almost feel it pressing against the inside of your mind. The peaceful field began to transform and suddenly I found myself in a wooden chair sitting next to Houdini. "Houdini, wake up!" I growled, Houdini's eyes popped open and he looked around cluelessly. "Hey Ninj… where are we?" He said in a yawn. It was then when he got a good look around the room, there was a jury of ghost Pokemon to the right and a Ursuring bailiff to the left. Someone stepped out of the room next door. It was Marowak.
"Hey Marowak, where is everyone?" I asked.
"He'll be here shortly, don't you worry. I'm just here to explain the rules of this court. The judge will here both sides ask some questions and then he'll talk with the jury about the whole situation. It's that simple. I wish you both the best of luck." She said walking back to the other room..
I looked from Marowak to Houdini.
"So who's the judge?" The instant I asked the powerful aura returned to the court room. A door opened and a Pokemon entered the room. This Pokemon was the definition of scary. He was big, really big and he had these wings. They where sort of goldish with red on them. The Pokemon had six legs and a long neck. I really thought I was going to faint right then in there.
"Wow, a Ninetails!? Something must've went wrong here, we don't get Ninetails very often and usually when we do they have fur that gleams gold! So what happened kid, did ya get hit by a bus?" His voice didn't sound as evil and scary as I thought it would. He actually sounded sort of friendly, weird…
"No, sir…" I said meekly.
"Oh, well anyway. I'll find out soon enough since court is now in session…. Right when that Dusknoir gets here…" He said looking at the empty seat in front of him. I sighed, I just wanted to get out of here and waiting wasn't an option for me. I looked over at Houdini who had again fallen asleep and gave him a whack on the back of the head.
"Wake up! You can't sleep now!" I growled. He responded by yawning and stretching.
"I'm sorry Ninja, it's just so hard to stay awake. Fourteen hours of sleep is what the average teenaged Kadabra needs. Abra needs eighteen and Alakazam needs ten. Where just a big family of sleepers… so it's hard to stay awake."
"Well you're going to have to."
"Can't you just wake me up when the trail gets started?" He asked in a yawn.
"I'm here, sir." I heard a familiar voice call from the door. I looked up to see the gray ghost Pokemon who'd landed us here in the first place.
"Forget it." Houdini said stretching and sitting up fully. The Dusknoir sat down before the judge.
"Finally, now we can get this over with. I got a meeting to go to and if I don't get there soon then Arceus is gonna kick my ass half way around the universe! So, what was it, Ninja and Houdini, you want your lives back, and feel that they where wrongly taken from you? Correct?"
"Yes sir." I responded. The Pokemon turned to the Dusknoir.
"And you, you say that they deserved to have their souls sent here? Even though I didn't give you permission to take them away?"
"Yes, Lord Garatina, I did."
"Alright then. Let me hear both sides."
Bark's POV
After breakfast, Flair told us we needed to move on. There was no use sitting in a dark, cold cave forever. The winding tunnels of the cave sort of reminded me of when we where attacked by the Rhyperior some time ago. I swear, I'll be scarred for life when it comes to caves. I walked close to Flair in fear of something happening to her again.
"There's not many things I hate in this world, Bark but if its one thing I know I despise it's caves. Johto just had to be the land of caves didn't it?" Flair said, it was true she hated caves. From the swarms of Zubat to the giant Aridos. I had to say I wasn't to fond of them either.
"I see what you mean. Why do you think there's so many caves here anyway?"
"Well," Then she stopped.
"Wait a minute, did you just speak in my language?" She asked, I shook my head.
"No I spoke in my own language. Are you understanding what I'm saying?"
"I…I think I am…" I she said just staring at me in amazement.
"Wow, this is just so weird, since I've never heard you talk before. I mean, you're speaking your language, but it's sounds like you have an actual human voice!" She cried in excitement. Quil came over.
"Do you just she understood you?" He asked. I nodded.
"I sure did."
"Dude, that's a sign that your getting even closer to us. Once you spend a certain amount of time with a Pokemon, you gradually begin to understand what they say when they speak! Family hug everyone!" Quil said jumping up on Flair who nearly toppled over.
"Hey, Quil! You're yo heavy to do that anymore!" She said dropping him on the ground. Quil responded by laughing sheepishly.
"At least I'll be able to understand what's going on more often. Well, no time to stop a celebrate. We have to find our way out of here." Flair said moving on. As we walked on I looked over at Suicune who was keeping his distance from me. Then back to Quil.
"He's staying so far away from me. Do you really think he's all that mad?" Quil shrugged and kicked a rock out of his path.
"I don't know. Why don't you ask him?" He said with a suggestive tone of voice. I shook my head.
"No way Quil. Not again, I'm not making him any madder."
"I'm not saying he'll get any angrier. I'm saying I just want to see if you can maybe fix things. If you can fix things than it shows maturity, something you lack."
"Now that's not very nice…"
"It's true Bark, maturity is something you lack. If I know one thing girls like, it's maturity."
"But, Suicune's not a girl!"
"I know, but still, it might as well work that way." He said with a grin. I shook my head. Quil probably didn't know what the hell he was doing. Girls and Suicune, they're two totally different things. Besides, not every girl in the world was easy to impress anyway. It's not like Quil's impressed that many girls, and he thinks he's the master of romance…
"Quil, I don't know…"
"Just try it, it'll go better. Trust me." He said putting a paw on my shoulder. Trust him I did not, but I tried anyway. I sighed and wander Suicune's way.
"Hi, again."
"Hello."' He said back. Things where sort of awkward between us, you could tell. I drew in a breath and prepared to speak, but Suicune interrupted me.
"Bark, about what happened. I'm sorry I got so mad."
"You are?" I asked in surprise. I thought he'd be mad, but I guess I was wrong.
"Yeah I am. I guess I just wasn't expecting you to kiss me again. I just… I don't know it's weird." He said turning away from me in embarrassment. I grinned, relieved that things where going so well.
"I know what you mean." I said glancing over at Quil who gave me a thumbs up sign. That crazy Typhlosion still had no clue that none of his advice was working, but I decided not to hurt his ego. Not today.
"I'm sorry too, Suicune. I'm sorry that I'm putting you through so many different emotions at one time. I mean, I still need time to get used to this whole thing."
"It's okay, Bark…" He said putting his head down. He seemed sort of distressed in a way. I licked his muzzle soothingly which made his cheeks red. I was sure not to over do it though, since he didn't like when things got to involved or intense. At the other side of the cave Quil was standing there looking like he just discovered a new planet. It was enough to make anyone laugh, man that guy's hilarious.
I continued to walk beside Suicune. There was a lot of warmth between us, it was like our auras where connected in some way. Maybe it was just me, but I could feel something, that's for sure. As we where walking, Suicune stopped.
"Did you feel that?"
"What?"
"That trembling. Did you feel it?" He asked stopping and scanning the area. I stopped too.
"No, not quite." Then the ground trembled. Shards of stone came tumbling from the cave ceiling.
"Is it an earthquake?" It didn't really feel like an earthquake. Hopefully the cave wasn't about to cave in.
"You don't think the caves going to fall in, do you?" Suicune shook his head.
"No, I know that rumbling anywhere." He said. I took time to evaluate the quake. It felt more like something approaching than the cave falling in. Whatever it was, it was coming this way. I looked to Flair and Quil who where both standing as still as statues. I stood still too. Something was traveling fast under ground. It was getting even louder and the trembling was getting even stronger. Then it stopped in one huge explosion, sending debris and dust everywhere. My first instinct was to cover Flair, since a rock would crush a young human girl easy.
"Keep your head down, Flair." I said to her. She didn't say anything, she just buried her head in my fur. I covered my head with my paws in an attempt to shield my eyes from pebbles and shards of rock. When I managed to open my eyes, there was a huge red Pokemon standing in front of us. It must've been like twenty feet.
"Groudon." I heard Suicune say. He obviously knew this Pokemon too.
"What's a Groudon?" Flair asked.
"Groudon is my friend, well sometimes… He's one of the masters of Hoenn."
"You know this scary Pokemon too, huh Suicune?"
"Scary? I never really thought I was scary. I've heard people say I was tough looking, but never scary. I take that as an insult, my friend." The red Pokemon said putting his hands on his hips, which you should really take a second to picture. A giant, red, male dinosaur with his hands in his hips. Now that's scary…
"Groudon, why exactly are you here?" Suicune asked grabbing the red Pokemon's attention again.
"Oh yeah. I'm here for you. Arceus is having this big meeting about something that has to do with Darkrai and humans."
"What happened to Darkrai? Is he okay?"
"Yeah he's alright. I don't know exactly happened, but it has something to do with humans."
"That can't be good…"
"Well apparently it's not. Personally, I wish it was Kyogre and I wish they kept her, but oh well Jirachi can't grant everyone's wishes, can he? Anyway, Arceus needs to see us all tonight to tell us something. You'll have to be there."
"Oh… well I guess I'll be there…" He said. He sounded sort of disappointed.
"Well, that's all I'm here to tell you. Should I show you the way out?"
"Yes please!" Suicune said enthusiastically.
We fallowed the red Pokemon through his tunnels passing Diglet and Dugtrio on the way. I wasn't exactly sure where we where when we made it out. I was glad to see then sun again. It was so bright and warm. I took in a deep gulp of air. I closed my eyes for a while and just exhaled and let the wind blow through my mane, but then the wind picked up. It wasn't a normal wind, I'll tell you that.
"Suicune, Groudon!" I heard someone call from above. It was a deep, masculine voice. Kinda attractive sounding… anyway, they sounded like they where in a big hurry. I looked up, but all I could catch was a glimpse of whoever it was.
"Is that Lugia?" Groudon asked. I'd heard of Lugia, but I'd never seen it before. That was until now.
"Yup, that's definatley mu uncle" Suicune said. Wow, Suicune's uncle?
Lugia landed in front of us and let his mighty wings fall to his side. His silver feathers gleamed in the sun. He was panting a little, but caught his breath. Man, Lugia was nearly as attractive as Suicune, of course I kept my mouth shut...
"What? What happened?" Lugia inhaled deeply.
"We where all at Mt. Olympus, everyone who was early that is, when a ship of some sort landed near by. You wouldn't believe the size it was bigger than the one I had to fight when that human tried to capture me and the triplets."
"You mean when you needed to call upon that famous trainer Ash Ketchum?"
"Yes, that ship. It was huge, and we where curious so we went closer and…"
"Yes?"
"They took Darkrai."
"They got Darkrai!?" Suicune and Groudon both said at the same time. What a Darkrai Is exactly, I wouldn't know.
"Yes, they have Darkrai. Look, I know your in the middle of something, but this is an emergency meeting. If there's a group of human's that that infiltrate a group of legendaries that big, then I don't know if we have hat it takes to stop them. Not even Arceus or Mewtwo could do so, and you know they're the strongest of all of us." He added. Suicune looked from Lugia to Groudon and back again.
"I don't know how in the world humans where able to get so powerful, but they did it." Suicune said to Lugia who put his head down.
"Well, Suicune. It's a new era now, Pokemon I guess, aren't the strongest ones in the world anymore. Not even the legendaries."
Aha, Quil thinks he's a ladies man and he's tryin to teach Bark how to put the moves on another guy. I highly doupt it'll work out too well. That chapter was acutally pretty fun for me. I hope is was fun for u too. The next chapter should be out the blink of an eye, since I got it started before I even updated this one. I'll try for maybe four more updates before I go on vacation for a week. Anway, please reveiw!