Hello everyone I'm temporarily adding a few Bio's at the end of this chapter.
They will be removed later on and updated as the story progresses.
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So you superheroes can't read them.
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Try to remember Jade's past for the first part.
That's the only advice that I can give for this chapter.
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No one should be afraid to fall… rather fear the sudden stop.
"We's almost ther," Tyrone pointed with his free hand. The other wrapped around that plush toy. We were both out of breath. We needed a rest. I knew that I did, but I was so close to home. That big silver rock was within our sights. That was the Sacred Silver Shrine of Kubbi. I didn't know what it was when I was a Vulpix. Even to this day in my child hood, I didn't know what it was. All that I knew was that it was close to our burrow.
"Growl Lithe," those filthy mutts howled behind us.
"We can't make it," I complained, as I kept going, "I don't want to go back."
"Wait Jade," Tyrone yelled.
"No, we can't wait."
"But it's Leo!"
"Who." I asked, as a Growlithe jumped up on Tyrone and licked his face.
"(Aniki,)," Leo licked, "(I was so worried about you. Mommy said you ran away.)"
"I'm happy to see you Leo," Tyrone pet his apparent brother.
"Oh, he's your Growlithe."
"No, he's my little Leo," Tyrone smiled.
"But he's biga than you?"
"Leo we're trying to get to the big rock over there. Can you Grumpigieback, Leo?"
"(You mean both of you?)," Leo cocked his head, Tyrone gave him a look, "(Well, I could try.)"
Leo got down low to let us on him like a horse.
Tyrone was the first one on Leo.
Tyrone then reached a hand out to me.
"Come on Jade," he smiled as he lifted me up in front of him, "Okay, hold on to his fur like this and… Go Leo! Go!"
And we were off… minus one passenger. Leo had taken off so quickly that I hadn't noticed that Tyrone stayed behind. When I realized it, I didn't care. I was finally home. I didn't even bother to thank Leo after we arrived to the big rock. I slid off of the dog's back and ran behind the shrine. The dumb Growlithe tried to follow me. He lost track of me almost immediately after I slipped into the hidden den. The soft glow of the luminescent stones were dim. I could barely see anything.
"Mom, don't freak out it's Jade," I whispered, "Mom…?"
Then I saw the blood stains on the floor…
something was dragged in here…
But Mom doesn't eat meat…
Or at least not fresh meat…
Yet, this wasn't even fresh blood…
No one's been in this den for years…
I remember…
I was killed because I learned that humans were hunting for her.
I was trying to find her, when I was…
And now I'm already years too late.
They killed her.~~~~~~~~
"Jade wake up," Tyrone nudged, "We're here."
"I can see that," I snapped, forgetting my nightmare in an instant, "I wasn't sleeping…"
"Then I suppose that snoring came from a nearby Snorlax," Eddie laughed, his phone buzzed in his pocket, "Great… it's my stepdad."
"Aren't you going to answer that?"
"He's probably just going to yell at me for running off again," Eddie turned it on silent, then pressed the button for the intercom, "hey, driver, I think that I'm up on my tab here."
"I don't get it," Tyrone spoke up, "If you're rich then why do you…?"
"Have a tab," Eddie asked, "well, frankly, I don't want to be rich. Everyone treats you differently when you are, you know? I didn't want you and Karen to like me just because I was wealthy."
"Don't worry about that," Tyrone sighed, "I hate rich people and I hated you before I ever knew you were."
"You might have wanted to keep that to yourself…," Eddie inconspicuously pointed at me.
"Don't worry, I hate upper class too," I shrugged, "If you've met my… parents then you'd see why."
"Cool, we all have something in common," Eddie put on that fake smile of his, "Well, I guess that I better get into costume."
"Yes, let's go," Tyrone's tail wagged as he got out of the car.
"Oh, no you don't," I grabbed him by the collar, "You've still got that tail so you can't go to school."
"But Jade…"
"Don't look at me like that, I invented that look," I scolded, "you can't let people find your tail."
"Why don't you just get rid of it?" Eddie could not have asked a more intelligent question.
"Don't you think we've tried that?"
"I figured that Tyrone had some weird fetish for it," Eddie shrugged.
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry, um, I just thought that you wanted the tail to be there, otherwise…," Eddie stopped while he was behind, "Hm, Suddenly I see why people might hate me."
"Yes," Tyrone snapped, "But back on subject. Please Jade. I'll be careful."
"No," I sighed, "Eddie you're going to have to take Tyrone somewhere else."
"I have a better idea," Eddie smiled holding up one of his bags, "Care to try a few of these on?"
"You've got to be kidding me," I couldn't believe what I saw in the bag.
"Well, you two can get changed here," Eddie hopped out of the vehicle, "I need to get Jake healed up first, but I'll be wearing my costume, just like I promised."
"Wait, why both of us," I asked, embarrassed as I took another look at the assortment of costume pieces.
However, Eddie was already gone.
"Wow," Christen was a loss for words.
"Cool," Kayla walked in behind her, "What is this place."
"Welcome to Milkshake's new home," Brandy turned, but continued to walk backwards into the mansion of a chicken coop, "I dub it. Milkshake Manor."
"How did Principal Bisha get the funds to make this," Karen whistled.
"Hey look over here," Kayla pointed, "It looks like a little stage."
"Probably because it is," Brandy sat down next to one of the tiny ladders, "Don't tell anybody this, but Milkshake here's going to be the new school mascot."
"You're joking…" Karen wasn't impressed, "We're going from the Academy Blaziken to the Albino Torchics."
"(I wish that he was joking.)," I said hopping up to one of the higher levels of my new home.
As I mentioned before, my new home is a large barn like structure. Maybe only a single story for humans but for someone of my size it was like a five story mansion. The main part of the barn was a stage of some kind. Principal Bisha had mentioned that I'd be trained to do tricks for the students. My guess would be stuff like running, flipping, jumping through flaming hoops. I remember that a few of the other schools had their own Pokémon mascots, but we stuck with the traditional bobble headed Blaziken Mascot for… well, ever. The poor kid stuck in that costume is probably thankful.
Well, back on subject. In exchange for entertaining these rich brats, I'd get taken care of here. Yes, I realize how crazy this was, but I don't have a choice in the matter. Neither do my adoptive parents. Karen might be rich but she can't influence the Majority Rule. As for Brandy… well, he might be able to convince some people, but not enough or even the right people for that matter. Besides, it was his idea that I should accept this lifestyle. That Phoenix Gate is here somewhere and I need to find it.
"This isn't right," Karen sighed, "they're turning Tyler into a Showcase."
"Well, what would you have done with Tyler?"
"I don't know," Karen flailed her arms in the air, "He needs love and attention, but not like this."
"(At least I wont be picked up and swung around every time I'm in reaching distance of a girl.)," Brandy snickered at my comment.
"Well, Tyler seems to be comfortable here so we don't have to-," Brandy said all of this while he was picking up his bag, unfortunately the strap broke and the contents scattered all over the ground, "aw shoot…"
"Here let me help you with…," Karen started to pick up the papers, but stopped on the first one, "Where did you get this?"
"Get what," Kayla's curiosity got the better of her as she leaned over Karen's shoulder, "The Eternal Frown? Sounds interesting."
"That's one of John's papers. What are you doing with it," Karen yelled at Brandy as Kayla slowly swiped the poem to show her sister, "He'd never show anyone these, let alone let people have them."
"I don't see why not. These are nice," the twins were both on the ground reading my work.
"Hey, don't look at those," my 'parents' shouted together.
"Kayla, Christain, could you leave us alone for a little bit," Brandy gave me that said the silent statement: 'we need to tell her.'
I returned with a look that said: 'don't you dare,'
Then he re-returned with 'it will make things easier'
Followed by me going: 'fine, do what you want.'
"Hello Third? It's me," Seventh entered the Principal Bisha's office.
"You've just missed him, Traitor," Mr Smith sneered.
"Oh, good it's you," Seventh strut across the office to one of the open chairs, "And you've got Benny with you."
"How dare you show your face here!"
"Oh relax Tenma," Seventh said putting the bag he was carrying and slid it towards Tenma. Tenma didn't have to look in the bag to know what was inside of it, "I'm no traitor. If anything she was."
"Is that so…," Second entered the office followed by Third, "Because that's not the story we heard."
"We already know the entire story Ebisu," Tenma didn't let down his guard for an instant.
"Alright… Did Benny happen to mention that she was about to kill the owner of the Phoenix Gate."
"Is this true," Third turned to Tenma.
"No, of course not," Tenma lied, "Benny said that-"
"Remember Dargais and her prediction? Because I didn't forget," Seventh snapped, "She said, 'One of them has the gate that we seek'. If she killed them then we would never be able to retrieve the Phoenix Gate."
"Bernice always was a reckless woman," Principal Bisha snorted to himself.
"Take that back," Tenma snapped.
"Excuse me…"
"She's never been reckless. Take that b-aack," Tenma clinched his chest as Bisha glared at him.
"Remember your place, Smith," silently, he released whatever invisible grip that he had on Smith, "Now, I believe that you owe the Seventh an apology…"
"(Damn you human…)," Tenma growled under his breath.
"There's no need for apologies. Smith is right," Seventh stood up and stretched, "Sixth is never reckless. She just didn't plan for the owner of the Dragon Gate to show his face."
"The Dragon Gate," the rest of the room gasped.
"That's right. A Kimon Guardian stepped in and did that to Ignu," Seventh motioned to the bag at Tenma's feet. Tenma slowly opened the bag and took the Chattot out from inside of it. His feathers were still ruffled, despite that the healing elixir effected him too (thanks to their soul bond.) The Chattot's eye, like Benny's, was still damaged beyond repair. Ignu shook as he was held by Tenma.
"If Luomirako hadn't intervened in time they'd be both dead," Seventh smiled, "That's why she thought that I was a traitor."
"A lot of good it will do us now, son," Second stepped in and took Ignu from Smith.
"Oh, on the contrary," Seventh laughed, "I was able to gain the trust of the Curators. So now, essentially I own both gates. There's no need for us to go looking for them anymore."
"No need? Shouldn't we take them from them as soon as we can," Sixth questioned as she woke up, "wait, what am I doing here?"
"Benny," Tenma stood up, "you're awake."
"How much do you remember Sixth," Third turned his attention to her, "what is today's date?"
"December fourteenth," Benny asked more than she answered the question, "I lost a battle, didn't I?"
"Yes, you lost… But Celtnis saved you," Tenma had a strange urge to embrace her, he refused to follow through with it though.
…what's wrong with me?… she doesn't look at me like that…
Benny rubbed her eyes, then stopped, "My eye! What's wrong with my eye!"
End
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Decedent: (1) Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Artifact: Unknown
Partner: unknown
Species: Unknown
Power: Unknown
Decedent: (2) Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Artifact: Hammer/Mallet
Partner: unknown
Species: Unknown
Power: Unknown
Decedent: (3) Bisha Family
Owner: Principal Manny Bisha
Artifact: Spear
Partner: unknown
Species: Unknown
Power: Unknown
Decedent: (4&5) Jiro & Fukira families
Owner: Unknown (called: "Pink")
Artifact: Scroll
Partner: Dargais
Species: Unknown
Power: Is able to see and draw out the future, but doing so will cause a great amount of strain to the body. Under normal circumstances, the user must give up an equivalent amount of their life. But when combined with the Gourd of the Fukira family the life exchange is essentially canceled.
Decedent: (4&5) Fukira & Jiro families
Owner: Unknown (called: "Blue")
Artifact: Wine Gourd
Partner: Celtnis
Species: Unknown
Power: Accelerates healing in exchange for an equivalent of memories. Say you break your leg (which normally would take a month or two to heal), then you lose the memories that you have of the past month. If a body part is irreparable naturally then it can not be healed. Where as if they need a day to "rest and recuperate" like "Pink" would then they'll lose a day's worth of memories.
Decedent: (6) Zaiten Family
Owner: Bernice Zaiten (aka "Benny")
Artifact: Sitar
Partner: Ignu
Species: Chattot
Power: Is able to manipulate sound in order to "confuse" the minds of Pokémon and essentially control them. (Much like the Pied Piper, except more out of annoyance than enjoyment.)
Decedent: (7) Ebisu Family
Owner: Unofficially known (called "Ebisu" by elder members)
Artifact: Fishing Rod
Partner: Loumirako
Species: Unknown
Power: Unknown
Decedent: (8) Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Artifact: Unknown
Partner: unknown
Species: Unknown
Power: Unknown
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