A Platinum Adventure
Disclaimer: In the words of that guy from Spongebob who got his butt eaten by the worm in that episode, 'Do I need to say it?!'
Kenshin: This is it! The very last chapter, and the last time we'll see Lucas and Cheryl until April of next year…I have a question.
Yusei: Oh great, now what?
Kenshin: Do you really think the world will end August of 2012?
Yusei: August? I heard it was December! If people are going to be confused about the exact month then it must be a loud of crap. I mean come on! Do you really think the world will end just because some people who died long ago say so?!
Kenshin: Well excuse me for being a little gullible!
Julia: You're more gullible than your ditzy girlfriend.
Yusei: It's one of your annoying habits! Besides, if the world is going to end, it's has to be by my hands as Omega, and then begin again by Alpha. Now stop making the author's notes into a story! You're giving others an off-topic reason to review!!
Journal Entry 14: Lucas and Cheryl Bid Farewell
Lucas rubs his eyes as the bright light flashes before him. The light begins to lower and his eyes are shown a certain scene: right now Lucas is inside a set of ruins, standing in between a triangle. On the ends of the triangle stand Palkia and Dialga on the side, and Giratina at the top. They seem to be releasing a sort of energy and connecting it between them.
A beam of light then shoots from the sky and hits Lucas head on. He ends up falling to his knees as electricity sparks around his body. A being with red eyes glares at him from above as it descends before him. He gasps for air as it appears before him, his eyes flaring blue as if responding to his Aura.
After the glow stops he opens them again and sees that he's back in the cemetery area from last time he exited the Torn World. He falls to his knees and begins to gasp for air; that vision he had must have taken allot out of him. 'What…was that I saw…?'
He looks down at the orb he took from the dimension, this one having a much different shape than the others. With this he can now complete his deal with Giratina, and move on with his life as the Pokemon Champion. He doesn't really care what that vision was about, or why Giratina needs these gems. But as long as he keeps his promise he doesn't need to know anything else.
'Now, where do I go find him?' Lucas looks around for any hint in searching out the ghost dragon Pokemon, and sighs when he realizes he's not around. 'I guess I'll have to look for him.'
"Did you get 'em?" Giratina asks the diamond protagonist, appearing before his eyes in a flash of red light. This surprises Lucas and causes him to fall backwards. "What? You look as if you'd seen a ghost."
He quickly gets back up and yells, "Don't do that!! You scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry!" Giratina chuckles a bit at Lucas, who pouts angrily at the Pokemon. He then says, "I'm guessing you were successful in your quest to find them, since you got the Griseous Orb," before pointing at the orb in his hands.
"Yup. I have all three." Lucas digs into his pockets and takes out the other two.
"Ah, the Adamant and the Lustrous Orb." Giratina says, referring to the diamond and the pearl like one in order. He picks up the Griseous Orb and holds it up before him. "Hey guys, you can come out now."
"Huh?" Two portals open up behind Lucas, and out step Dialga and Palkia in human form. Once again Lucas falls to the ground in shock. "Not again!"
"Well, good job human! And here I was worried you wouldn't get the job done." Dialga says to the diamond protagonist. Dialga then grabs the Adamant Orb while Palkia takes the Lustrous.
"Now we can move on with our plan." Palkia says in a serious tone. Dialga places the orb inside his chest, Palkia puts it in his left shoulder and Giratina his head.
Lucas struggles to keep himself from throwing up after seeing that, mostly because he could see bones and flesh from their actions. He takes out Staraptor's Pokeball and prepares to send it out. But first he asks them, "Wait, why did you guys need me in the first place? What are they for?"
The three Pokemon huddle together, passing by Lucas to speak amongst one another in secret. They soon come out and look at him, with Palkia saying, "These orbs were made to bring out our full power. It's for a ritual."
"Ritual? Are you guys summoning demons or something?" Lucas asks them in the form of a joke. After all wouldn't that seem ridiculous? For Pokemon to summon forth monsters that could put them in danger, that itself would sound nuts.
"Of course not! It's to bring back old man-" Dialga places his hands over Palkia's mouth, keeping him from talking anymore.
"It's personal. A human like you wouldn't understand." Giratina says, as he grabs both his 'brothers' and drags them towards the cemetery's ruins. But before disappearing inside of it Giratina looks back at Lucas, while the others go inside, and says, "Thanks for your help. You won't be burdened by my favors anymore."
And with that he enters the ruins. Lucas then breathes a sigh of relief, and plops down on his behind. "Phew! I'm glad that's over with. Now I can move on with my life…but what to do now…now that I'm the strongest trainer in Sinnoh, what else is there for me…"
He then remembers what Jasmine said to him when they met as Sunyshore. "That's right. I already have a challenge waiting for me, but it might be too easy if I went through their gyms with my current Pokemon."
He then sends out Staraptor, which makes a screech once it appears. Lucas then hops on board as it flies him towards Twinleaf. As he does he notices dawn approaching from the east. He would need to hurry up if he wanted to get home before Cheryl or his mom wakes up. Either one would question what he was doing and worry, since he wasn't the type to lie to her either.
Lucas finally lands in front of his house and returns Staraptor to its ball. He rushes inside his home, hoping to reach his bed before the women in his life wake up. But when he got to the living room he found that both of them were awake and waiting for him. Next to them are Cynthia and Riley.
'Uh oh. Now they know…' "This is about me sneaking out right?" Lucas asks them, knowing the answer.
"Some of it." Riley says, as Cynthia takes out a card-shaped piece of plastic. "We were about to give you something, but then we heard you were out."
"Lucas, just where were you this morning?" Joanne asks him, speaking in a threatening motherly tone, one most women make to others.
"Um…I was…" He then begins to think up things to lie about, but knowing him he'd screw it up. So it's best to just tell the truth. "I had to do a favor for someone."
"A favor?" Cheryl asks rhetorically. "Who was it for?"
"It was for… 'Think of a lie, think of a lie,' Volkner. He wanted to meet me for some advice on his new gym blueprints." Lucas says, releasing too much sweat from thinking of the lie and the pressure of being watched.
"Heh. That sounds like him. Anyway, now for why we're here." Riley receives the card Cynthia hands him, and walks over to the young Champion. He then hands it to him, saying, "This is your very own Champion's Pass, one every Champion receives at the point of their initiation. It allows you to travel to any other continent without question."
"Wow! Thanks!" Lucas takes the card and looks at it, a picture of the Sinnoh badges on it and a Cherish Ball in between them. "Now I can take on another region…but don't I have other things to do here?"
"The Elite Four challenge happens twice a year. You'll have time to enjoy yourself until you need to return." Cynthia says to him with a smile, as she stands up and takes her hands around Riley's right arm.
"So when is the wedding?" Cheryl asks Cynthia, who turns around with a gleeful face to look at the green-haired girl. She seems rather happy to have it even come to her mind.
"You're getting married!? Well we should get you some-" Joanne begins, as the three females began talking about planning the wedding.
Lucas and Riley snake away from the trio, and hide outside the home. They were safe from them there. But it is here that Riley asks him, "So, is there anything else you did?"
"Huh?" – Lucas
"Surely you don't think I believe that lie about you being with Volkner for blueprints on a new gym do you? He stopped doing that after facing you." Riley says to him, causing Lucas to face fault.
"Fine. I didn't go meet with him. I was repaying a favor to Giratina." At this Riley lifts his left eyebrow up, shocked to hearing its name again. "In exchange for keeping the portal closed, he wanted me to find three orbs for him and Palkia and Dialga."
"So that's how you did it…well, I can't blame you. It's a Pokemon that surpasses time and space. I guess there was no way out of it but to do what it wanted." Riley says to him, taking in a deep sigh before patting on his back.
"Yeah, but I felt totally useless against him…my Pokemon were too tired after I fought Cyrus, and I couldn't do anything." Lucas says as he looks to the ground with an upset expression on his face. His right hand tightens into a fist as hard as he can. "That day gave me a huge scare. It made me feel so helpless...if Giratina could do that at any time, then I would be unable to stop him if he changes his mind."
"What are you talking about?" Riley asks him, patting the top of his head. "You're the Sinnoh Champion. Giratina will have to respect that. Not only that but you're an Aura Guardian, the closest thing a human can get to Pokemon of their level. That's something they'll have to respect."
"I don't know…I felt afraid of what could happen if I had failed. I was afraid…that's never happened to me before…" The boy replies, still looking at the ground.
"Everyone gets afraid. No matter how strong they are, how old they are, or even how smart they are, everyone is afraid of something…like me." The blue trainer explains to the 13 year old.
Lucas looks up at him in shock. With a surprised look on his face he asks him, "You mean, you have something you're afraid of too?"
"Yes. When I was young I discovered that I would become the only living Aura Guardian, and that I would have to travel the world looking for others. I didn't want to at first, I was afraid…afraid I would spend my entire life searching for people who may not exist…and be alone…" He states. Lucas closes his eyes for a bit then opens them, sadness welling up inside of him.
"That's so sad…to think that all you've done would be considered useless." Lucas whispers to himself, not paying attention to what he's saying himself. He then places a hand on his shoulder. "I'm glad you and Cynthia met…and that we became friends."
"Don't be such a kid." Riley says, pushing Lucas down playfully before he walks back inside the house. "But thanks."
"Huh?" Lucas didn't hear that last part because he was still picking himself up from being pushed. He then dusts himself off and follows after his friend.
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"Are you all packed Lucas?" Cheryl asks her red cap-wearing boyfriend, peeking inside his room. She spots Lucas putting some stuff in his backpack. Some of that includes a Nintendo Dsi and an extra set of clothes.
"Yup. This one-month wait has finally expired. Now it's time to conquer another place!" Lucas says with a smile. His clothes have changed as well; he has black shorts that go past his knees, red and white striped sneakers, a red long sleeved jacket over a black shirt, and a blue version of his Poketch. Apparently his first one broke in a battle accidentally, and thankfully the company who gave him his replaced it.
"Let's go then." Cheryl says, watching as he comes out the door with her.
"I hope the trainers there don't recognize me." Lucas hopes, going down the steps with Cheryl by his side. He stops by the living room, and sees his mother with a box held up before her. "Hey mom. You going to see me off?"
"Nope, sorry. I have to check up on the villa." Joanne says to him, a bit of tears swelling up in her tear ducts. "I did make you a box lunch…"
"Thanks mom. I appreciate it." He takes the bento carefully and holds it with both hands. He then notices his mother is crying. "Mom?"
"I'm gonna miss you, Lucas…good luck!" She cries out, hugging him tightly with all she has. This chokes him though, and she doesn't notice until he starts gagging. "Oh sorry!"
"It's okay…I'll see you again soon mom. Bye." Lucas replies, getting his breathing back to normal. He then walks out the door with Cheryl beside him.
Outside Lucas sends out Staraptor, and the two lovers fly off into the sky towards Canalave City. The two land before the Pokemon center, and after dismounting Staraptor Lucas returns it. He then enters the building, with Cheryl close behind.
"Lucas, aren't you going on the ship?" Cheryl asks him, questioning what he's doing now.
"I will, but now I want to put some Pokemon into my PC. I'll only need one Pokemon with me on this journey." He says, placing all but a single Master ball on the tray. They then transport into the pc, where Rowan can take care of them.
"That's a bit risky. Will you be okay by yourself?" Cheryl questions him at the end. "Which one did you keep?"
"Shaymin. He'll be easier to carry and I won't completely overwhelm people when I use him in battle." Lucas explains to her. "He's also a Pokemon I treasure allot, especially considering how I got him."
"How you got him…you mean with that Marley girl?" Cheryl asks him once more, already growing a bit jealous over him showing interest in that girl he just met.
"Well, I never told you this, but Shaymin only appeared when I expressed gratitude to a person I cared about more than anything in the world." Lucas states, holding Shaymin's ball up to him.
"Who?" – Cheryl
"This person is someone that changed my life, and someone I wanted to thank most of all. Who else could it be but you?" Lucas says to her, a smile appearing on his face.
A blush slowly rises on Cheryl's cheeks, her chest beats faster than normally, and she starts to get those beady eyes. "Do…do you really…mean that?"
"Of course…I'd have probably lost it without you supporting me all those times." Lucas says to her. He then walks out the center with Cheryl behind him, her hands clasped together.
The two trainers stop before the bridge. Cheryl takes his hand and looks up at him. "Lucas, I'm going to miss you…"
"It's okay Cheryl. I'll come visit you and the others. It's just a shame I'll miss your birthday tomorrow." Lucas says to her, looking down at the side in shame.
"I don't mind. We'll have plenty of years together to spend on each other's birthdays later on in our lives." Cheryl says, kissing his cheek lightly.
"No it's not…I don't think it's such a great idea for me to not be there with you, on your first birthday with your boyfriend." Lucas states, pulling his bag off his back. He then takes out a tiny black box, the kind that looks like it has diamonds in it. "At the very least, I can give you this."
"What is it?" Cheryl asks him, taking the box with her hands.
"It's your birthday gift. I was saving up for the right time to give it to you." Lucas answers, waiting for her to open the item. "I bought it with a nugget I found at the Solaceon Ruins when we were in Veilstone."
"Really?" She opens the box, and gasps when she sees it. It was the platinum necklace with a diamond-crested heart in the center. "Lucas…"
"Happy Birthday Cheryl." Lucas says to her. He was about to say something else, but couldn't when she wraps her arms around him and embraces him. This leads to her placing her very own lips on his. This leads to her tongue snaking through his teeth and rubbing his, until he replies with the same actions. The make-out session in public makes them the center of attention for the whole bridge.
Cheryl pulls back away from Lucas, staring deep into his childlike eyes. His heart slows back down and the liquid on his face, saliva from his mouth and blood from his nose, leaks down as he replays what happened in his mind. "Lucas, never before have I become so attracted to you than now. I feel, so happy around you. I could just cry…"
"Cheryl, we've gone over this. Don't you want to defeat the Gym Leaders by yourself? To prove your own strength?" He asks the green woman.
"Of course…but, I want you to see me defeat them. Also, I'll miss you so much." She says to him, hugging him tighter than before.
"It's okay Cheryl. It's not like we won't see each other again." Lucas says to her, hoping to make her feel a little better. "Besides, it's good for couples to spend some time apart."
"I guess you're right…but remember, we're still together. We are not on a break, so no being with other girls!" Cheryl says to him, a serious scowl on her face.
"Of course I won't! Who do I look like, Ross?" Lucas states with confidence. He then gives her one last full-mouthed kiss, and parts from her body. "Remember, I'll always love you."
"I love you too." Cheryl replies, a smile coming up on her face. Lucas and Cheryl walk over the bridge to the ship.
There they find that groups of people are still waiting by the ship's harbor. Lucas notices that the captain wasn't there either. He looks around and then asks the first guy he sees, "Hey where's the captain?"
"Captain Eldritch sure is late. The guy has stopped working ever since his son was put in a deep slumber. Apparently he won't wake up." The person says, explaining the situation to him and Cheryl.
"Deep slumber? Could it have been a Pokemon?" Cheryl questions, finding the fact that the little boy won't wake up abnormal.
"Where does he live?" Lucas asks the same guy. He points to the house nearest the port. Lucas and Cheryl head towards the home, ready to help him in his hour of need.
Lucas knocks on the door, and Eldritch's head pokes out from the door. "I'm sorry. I can't sail right now, not until I know my son will be okay."
"Well, I was just hoping to see if we could help." Lucas says to the adult, whose eyes widen when he sees who the person is.
"You're that kid I took to Iron Island, and the girl who was with him." He says, as he moves back inside his home to allow them entry. The two enter the building, and sees their son lying down in a bed underneath the covers. His mother is standing beside his bed. "There he is…do you know what's happening to him?"
"I don't know…" Lucas says at first, placing his hand on the boy's shoulder. Even from only looking at him once they could tell he was in some sort of torment. Lucas then blinks as he says, "He appears to be muttering something…"
"He is?" Eldritch gets closer to his son, and could clearly hear what he says now.
"Da…Dark…is watching me…" He mutters, before stopping immediately to return to unconsciousness.
"I never would have thought our son would fall into this endless nightmare…something like this has happened before though…" His mother says, tears appearing in her eyes as she stares at her son.
"It has?" Cheryl asks her.
"There use to be people who could never wake from their nightmares, but then an object was used to set them free, called a Lunar Wing." The child's father says to the kids. "I heard it would be found on Mangetsu Shima(Full Moon Island), but I failed."
"I have a theory…" The wife says, gaining everyone's attention quicker than a shiny piece of paper before children. "Maybe it takes an experienced trainer to find it. After all, it does belong to Cresselia, the Lunar Pokemon."
"A Legendary Pokemon…Lucas, maybe you can find it!" Cheryl says, smiling as she looks at him.
"What?" – Lucas
"If there's a legendary Pokemon involved then surely someone who has had many run-ins with their kind would be perfect!" Cheryl says, taking his hands with both of hers. The older couple's eyes become bright with hope, and turn to him.
"Is that true?! Then please help us in our time of need!" The sailor begs of him, placing his hands on Lucas' shoulders.
"Sure, I'll help you. Let's go!" Lucas says, his helpful side showing up again.
"Great! Let's go!" The sailor says, grabbing hold of Lucas' left arm and running outside with him. The ladies turn their attention back to the sleeping boy.
Outside Lucas and the sailor head on board the ship, skipping past the many angry people watching them leave. After his crew gets him ready to leave they set sail, heading for Fullmoon Island. Their hasty trip takes about 60 minutes. After they dock on the island's coast, Lucas dashes down the bridge, going towards the island's forest area. Of course he doesn't really know where the Lunar Wing is, and is only just guessing where it could be.
"Where could that wing thing be?" Lucas asks himself, searching further into the forest. Since no one else could discover the whereabouts of the Lunar Wing there's no way anyone could tell him where it could be. This is the first time he's ever been on this island too. 'This is worse than the time I was in the Battle Frontier, and had to use a Pikachu against a Piloswine…'
Lucas reaches an open area of the forest, with many puddles of water around him. The puddles together formed a sort of crescent moon. He looked up at the sky, and saw a full moon, even with the sun still about. In the middle of the area lie a shrine, and a swan-like rainbow colored Pokemon stands on top of it. Lucas takes out his Pokedex, strapped to his hip, and scans it. 'Cresselia, the Lunar Pokemon: a Pokemon that resides on Full moon Island, it resembles the crescent moon. On nights around the quarter moon, the aurora from its tail extends and undulates beautifully. Shiny particles are released from its wing when it flies.'
"Cresselia, this must be the Pokemon they talked about." As he speaks, Cresselia flies off into the sky, glittering stardust released as it soars away. "Hey wait! I need to ask you something!"
As it flies a rainbow-colored feather drops down in front of him. He reaches out and grabs it, examining the item closely. 'I hope this is it.'
Lucas then heads back to the boat, with the feather in hands. Of course, because he wasn't that good at looking for things and only found it by luck. Thankfully he found the ship through the same way. Lucas hops on board the ship, and holds out the feather to the captain. "That's…that's the Lunar Wing! Thank you so much!"
"It's okay, I-Ah!" The sailor reaches out and hugs Lucas, bawling sadly as he hugs him. "Let go of me!"
The ship soon takes off traveling towards Canalave City as fast as possible. As they left a shadowy figure watches them, with the only thing present on its body being a blue eye. It then disappears into the darkness of the island's forest.
They finally reach Canalave City and dock, with Lucas once again being the first guy off the ship. He heads inside the captain's house first, with him not too far behind. Lucas approaches the sleeping child, who is now thrashing about in his sleep.
"Lucas, did you get it?" Cheryl asks him, trying to hold the boy down.
Lucas holds out the Lunar Wing on top of the child's forehead. The moment it touches the boy's flesh the feather begins to glow brightly. The boy's face slowly changes from troubled and horrified to calm and serene. He then opens his eyes and wakes up.
"Junior!" The sailor knocks Lucas down to the ground, and stands before his son. His eyes begin to tear up. "Oh my goodness, you're awake! My son…I don't know what to say…"
Cheryl helps Lucas up to his feet. The captain's wife looks at the couple and says to them, "Thank you for all you've done! I don't know how we can repay you for your trouble!"
"Well, I was hoping to take a ride on your ship. I want to go to Johto." Lucas says to him, holding out his Champion's pass.
"Of course! There's no way I won't pay you back for what you've done!" He says, hugging his son as tight as he could. His mother joins in as well. "We'll set sail in an hour!"
"Sure," Lucas replies, a smile adorning his face. Cheryl smiles as well, happy for the family and their problem being solved, but she seems sad as well. This is due to the fact that Lucas will be going away soon indefinitely.
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"So, this is it…" Cheryl says, looking at her beloved boyfriend. They are both standing outside the docking station for the ship, facing one another. "I'm going to miss you."
"I will too, Cheryl. Just remember what I told you before. Also, here." Lucas digs into his backpack and pulls out seven separate disks, which are the HMs he used on his adventure. "Here, you can use these on your journey."
"Thanks Lucas. I'll take good care of them...but what about the other one?" Cheryl says, placing the disks in her bag.
"Don't forget, I have to return HM08 Waterfall to Jasmine. So, bye Cheryl. Have a good birthday." Lucas then leans forward and kisses her on the lips. He was aiming for a quick one, but Cheryl grabs hold of his head and makes it longer, with as much passion as she can muster.
She then pulls free from him, her tongue left behind for a few seconds to lick the top of his mouth, the teeth that follow, and finally his upper lip. "I will Lucas, don't worry. I love you."
"I love you too." Lucas says to her while blushing, as they part from each other to leave. He then heads up the bridge towards the ship, ready to head off for a new adventure. He releases Shaymin from his ball, and holds the small Pokemon in his arms. The ship then takes off, with all the other trainers and normal people on board.
"Lucas…good luck. I'll be doing my best too." Cheryl says, holding out the Gym Badge case and the Pokedex she got from Professor Rowan. She would soon follow in his footsteps, and take on the Gym Leaders of Sinnoh like he did.
Cheryl places her items back in her bag, and takes up the necklace he gave her. She places it around her neck, amazed at how pretty it was. She was truly glad he gave her this, but now she would have to give him a gift once his birthday comes around.
As she leaves the port, her foot steps on something plastic and soft. She looks down, and sees a card, picking it up to look at it. "What's this…member's card."
She then crosses the bridge to the other side, with the Pokemon Center, and notices a building at the far north of this half of the city. The picture on the card matches the building, so it is no surprise that she would expect that to be the right place to go check. Cheryl approaches the building, seeing a text on the sign in front of it saying 'Harbor Inn'.
"The writing here has faded…but, isn't this place up and running?" She asks herself as she enters it. Inside she finds the inside to be completely normal, with no one else around inside though. Cheryl walks up to the counter, and sees a man with brown hair, Hawaiian clothes, and pitch-black shades on. "Uh, hello? I found this item laying out beside the bridge, and I was hoping to see if it belonged to anyone here."
"Oh my…welcome. We've had a reservation for you…it has been held for a long time." He says in a rather, no wait extremely, creepy voice. This is just the sort of creepy stuff that scares Cheryl specifically. "You must be tired. Here, come with me."
"Um, I'm not really…" As she speaks, the tone in her voice grows tired and sleepy. Her eyes even become sort of pale and dazed. Cheryl slowly follows the man upstairs, totally suggestive to his whim. 'What am I doing? Why…do I feel so…tired…'
"Here. You may sleep here." The man says, pointing to a room with a single bed in it. Cheryl walks over to the bed and lies on it, as if bidden to. Her eyelids become extremely heavy for some reason, and she unknowingly falls asleep. Before she falls asleep her mouth whispers out Lucas' name.
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Cheryl opens her eyes, and gasps when she sees that she can see the sky. She stands up and grabs hold of her Pokeballs, but gasps when she sees that none of them were there. "Where are my Pokemon? Where a…where am I?"
Cheryl takes a good look at her surrounding, and notices that she is on a rock-like island. She notices a sign close by, with the words 'Shingetsu Shima(New Moon Island)' on it. 'New moon, as apposed to Full moon…does this have something to do with that boy and the Lunar Wing Lucas used?'
As she looks out to sea, she cannot see any land for miles. The girl is truly trapped on this island. Cheryl then figures that there might be a way off if she checks deeper into the island. So ignoring her trapped fate for the moment she enters the forest area, her Pokedex out in the case that she runs into a rare Pokemon. She looks up and sees that the sky is completely black, which would mean it's night, and there is no moon out.
"A moonless night?" Cheryl continues further into the forest, her heart trembling with fear. If something attacks her she would have no way to defend herself. She eventually reaches an area surrounded by rocks and moss-covered trees. It seems as if this entire island is half-dead.
She could see puddles on the ground, which together form a circle. Looking at it closer she could see it's actually a moon. Standing over the portal is something that resembles a black genie, and by black I mean black like the crayon and the streak marks on the floors inside a school from sneakers. It mostly looks like a shadow, and has only one blue eye.
"Who are you?" It asks the woman.
This takes Cheryl by surprise, mostly because she finds it weird that Pokemon can talk in human English. Irregardless, she finds this Pokemon to be frightful, despite it being one. Shakily she speaks, "I-I-I a-am Ch-Ch-Cheryl…"
"You are not supposed to be here." It says to her, causing Cheryl to back up a bit.
"I…I'm n-not?" She replies in the form of a question.
"I wanted to speak with the trainer who visited Full moon Island, and received a Lunar Wing from Cresselia." It answers her.
"L-Lucas? Y-You w-wanted Lucas?" She asks him, still stuttering from fear. She seems to be getting over it though.
"Yes. Cresselia gave a Lunar Wing and he must of used it to cure that boy of the nightmares it got from me. I wanted to thank him." – Pokemon
"Thank him? I don't-what are you?" Cheryl asks, overcoming her stuttering quickly. She holds her Pokedex before the dark Pokemon, scanning it. 'Darkrai, the Pitch-Black Pokemon; on nights, where the moon is gone, this Pokemon arrives in cities to inflict others with nightmares they can never awake from. This is however a defense mechanism it has, for it truly desires to harm no one.'
"I see…" Cheryl mutters to herself, as she places the Pokedex in her pocket. "That's kind of sad, to live alone without being able to have friends that won't get hurt."
"It is sad." A voice booms around them, gathering the attention of the Pokemon and the human. "Darkrai, your power is strong. Regardless of whether you want to or not, you make all around you, humans and Pokemon, into seeing horrible nightmares…That is why you came here, the island of moonless nights, where no one will be harmed by your strength…"
"Who are you…" Cheryl asks, this time towards the other voice.
"There is none that cannot be drawn into your nightmares…if such a thing happens, the Full moon Island is luckily close by." It says, and then finally disappears. Cheryl's vision begins to spin around quickly, and all the colors slowly shift to black and white. She collapses on the ground unconscious, her eyelids closing afterwards.
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Cheryl opens her eyes, and sees that she is back in the inn. Almost instinctively she rises up from the bed, and runs out the building. As she does she is truly glad that she does not run into that man again. 'That was a weird dream, or was it?'
She finally comes out of the inn, her heart beating faster than normal. A few steps away from it allows her to look back at it, and she gasps from the sight of the inn; it now looks the way it does inside, old and run down. It's like no one has been in there for years. "It…wasn't like this before…"
She checks her Pokedex and looks down it. There she finds it has the Pokemon Darkrai inside it. 'It wasn't just a dream…just who was that Pokemon?'
Cheryl checks her Pokeball belt and sighs in relief when she discovers her Pokemon are back there. She then walks towards exit of Canalave, leaving its port and the gym behind for now. She would soon reach Oreburgh and take out the Gym Leader Roark, someone she hasn't seen in battle since she met Lucas after him.
'I would have to tell Lucas about Darkrai, but regardless things will be fine.' Cheryl says in her mind, as she leaves the water port city.
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"Hello? Is someone there?" Cynthia asks as she knocks on a door. She and her fiancé Riley are standing before a villa, within the Battle Frontier. It's an island that exists north of the Pokemon League, where trainers from all over the globe come to compete against one another with their best Pokemon. Being the Pokemon Champ he was given an invitation, but didn't feel like doing all the challenges.
The door opens up, and reveals Joanne. She smiles as she spots Riley and Cynthia. "Oh hey. You're finally here."
"So, this is the place…how did he get such a nice place anyway?" The blond woman asks as she enters the house. Riley comes in after her, holding a box.
"I'm not sure myself. He told me the last owner gave it to him when he said it would be nice to have a place like this." The motherly woman answers, sitting on a couch with a glass of wine. "I fear there might be a catch."
"Well in the meantime, I'll set up this grill in the back." Riley says, walking towards the backdoor to enter the garden.
"Thanks for letting us have this place. I promise to make it up to you." Cynthia says, following Riley into the back to help him.
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"Well that was easy!" Cynthia says, as she stands before a cement pit. She and Riley are dressed in suspenders and painting shirts, but only her fiancé has cement on him.
"Yeah, yeah…it's your turn now." The Aura Guardian says, leaving her to complete what he started. She thinks he tricked her into making him do all the hard work, but he would have her do the really challenging part.
A snickering Cynthia picks up the box, reading the inscriptions on the side. "This is going to be easy as-
Before she could finish the underside of the box bursts open, due to a combination of it being wet and the weight of the materials inside. "Damn it!" She grabs hold of the items, which have fallen inside the cement pit. 'Okay, no big deal! I'll just have to work faster.'
She places the heavy items on a wheel-barrel full of bricks, but to her luck it tips over to the side and spills the cement-wet materials and the bricks into the cement pit. She screams, "What the hell?!"
Riley watches her from the sidelines, snickering at her unlucky way of doing things. 'She always was bad at stuff like this.'
She then gets down on her knees and crawls through the mucky cement, pulling out as many of the materials as she can. "Gotta work fast! Cement drying!"
Cynthia stumbles upon the instruction paper, and looks it over. But she comes before a situation she didn't count on. "On no, the English side is ruined! I have to use the Japanese instructions on back," She turns the piece of paper around, revealing a side completely untouched by the cement. It was written in romanji so at least she could read it. "Guriru…What the hell is that?!"
Cynthia growls and roars under her breath, before she tosses the instructions away. She then begins to randomly put things together into the cement, without knowing where anything goes. She was too frustrated to think clearly, something that always happens when she builds things.
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"Ah!" Cynthia calmly says, taking a good look at the box the barbecue grill pit was in. "That's one sweet looking grill…" She then drops the box, to stare at her own grill pit. It looked nothing like the picture on the box.
"WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!!" She screams, and then goes on a fierce rampage. She takes up an unused pike and begins beating her 'masterpiece'. "WHY?! WHY MUST I FAIL EVERYTIME I PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER!!"
Inside the villa Joanne is seen fixing a roast for the soon-to-be married couple. She then asks Riley, who is looking out the window at the garden, "So is she finished yet?"
"Almost…" Cynthia sends out Garchomp, and commands it to use Fire Blast on the grill pit. The dragon completely incinerates and destroys it. "Yup, she's done."
"Has she always been bad at building things?" Joanne asks the blue trainer, amused at how angry she got.
"Pretty much. It's the only challenge she hasn't overcome. Even a cake ends up exploding before her face." Riley answers, chuckling at what he said about his fiancé. "So I understand Lucas is already on his way to Johto now?"
"Yeah. I hope he'll be okay. He'll be all alone there." Joanne says with sadness in her voice. She really misses her son.
"The boy is the Sinnoh Pokemon Champion, and he has done a great job making friends with even the gym leaders he has challenged. Well most of them anyway…" Riley says to her, in hopes to comfort the mother. While his attempt was successful, he himself has a sort of expression on his face that shows worry. 'But then again Team Rocket could still be around. Even with Galactic out of business the world is still filled with danger.'
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Two days have past, and Lucas' ship finally reaches Johto, the land close in sight. The Sinnoh champ heads to the front of the ship, ecstatic to reach port soon. But before he could travel he would need to head to this New Bark Town and speak with the Professor of the region, Elm. He would upgrade his Pokedex to record the ones in this region.
The ship finally docks in a nearby port, and everyone on board exits. Lucas takes up a map of Johto he got from the captain, and follows a path towards New Bark town. This takes him to a route filled with Pokemon he has never seen before. One that gained his attention was a tiny blue Pokemon with its eyes closed.
"Hey little guy. You lost or something?" He asks the Pokemon. It squeals when it sees him, and flames shoot out from its back. While this does take Lucas by surprise he doesn't run away. The fire Pokemon soon calms down once it realizes Lucas isn't a threat. "Good boy. Want a pretzel?"
Lucas hands the Pokemon his pretzel, which was in his jacket pocket, and it slowly gobbles the whole thing. "Wow. You must have been hungry. Hey, I got a friend you can see!" Lucas takes out his Master Ball and sends out Shaymin. His Pokemon greets and speaks with the wild one, who cries out happily. "My plan worked…so, do you have a trainer?"
"Ah, there you are!" A man in a white professor's suit says as he approaches the three. "Cyndaquil, how can you just run off like that?"
"Cyndaquil? Is this your Pokemon?" Lucas asks the man, who takes Cyndaquil in his arms.
"Why yes it is. Thanks for finding it. My name is Professor Elm." He says, causing Lucas to gasp in surprise.
"Great, I've been looking for you! Professor Rowan told me to come find you when I got to Johto." Lucas says as he takes Shaymin and looks at him. "My name is Lucas."
"Lucas? Ah, Rowan mentioned you were coming over. You must also be the one who completed his Sinnoh Pokedex." Elm says to Lucas. "I'm sure you're just who I need to complete mine."
"Well, I'm not really sure I got them all, but I did my best." Lucas says, slightly blushing at the small praise he got.
"Come with me to my office when you're ready." He tells the boy, leaving him on the Route to go to his office.
Lucas looks down at his Pokemon and says to it, "You hear that Shaymin? This is just the start of a brand new adventure for us!" Shaymin squeals happily in his arms.
As Lucas follows Elm back to New Bark Town, he is completely unaware of a kid his age following him, keeping their appearance hidden within the shadows.
With Shaymin being his only Pokemon, Lucas will be in for a true challenge here. Not only are all of his stronger Pokemon back in Sinnoh he doesn't have his girlfriend to cheer him on and keep him company. What challenges and mysteries does the Johto region hold for our diamond protagonist?
Kenshin: FINALLY! The story is over! With this done Ten Commandments can focus on the other stories, like Echo and A.L.F. Also, with this story done for I Am Your Slave will return too, but something has to hang up in the closet.
Yusei: I have something to ask though; did Lucas seem a little perfect in this story? I mean, he has met with practically every legendary in Sinnoh Legend.
Kenshin: Well that's a little selfish of you to say. Lucas has worked his way up from where he started to get where he is today. What, did you think those victories were all flukes?
Ester: And besides, he may have met with most legends but he only caught one. That' shows how much Lucas cares for Pokemon as well as humans. If he could catch all the legendaries TCM did then it wouldn't make for a very believable or likable story, would it?
Yusei: Well ya got me there, but why was he popular with women?
Kenshin: Simple love is never fun to watch without drama and threats to it. Let's hope for his sake his charm reaches a halt here.
Ester: Hey, we have a guest for our final chapter; the person most affected by said charm, Cheryl of Eterna.
Cheryl: Hello. It's nice to meet all of you. Lucas has told me you guys were funny.
Kenshin: Yes! Yes, I am! I've always thought that!
Yusei: So how does it feel to be far apart from your boyfriend? Will it affect your relationship, especially if he travels with another girl here too?
Cheryl: I've gotten over that fear, after knowing that Lucas chose me out of them all. And to hear that he chose to give gratitude to me put my mind at ease. And hearing Cynthia was never after him made me happy, especially since she was the only other woman he blushed for.
Yusei: Do you have anything to ask of TCM before this chapter ends?
Cheryl: Well, just one…(blushes) I would like it, if the next installment is rated M.
Ester and Kenshin: Why?
Yusei: I think she wants more to the kissing scenes than kissing.
Kenshin: I still don't get it.
Yusei: (smacks own forehead) You two idiots really are perfect together.
Ester and Kenshin: Hey!
Cheryl: Thank you everyone for reading this story, and staying by it to the end. I hope to see you again next year.