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'I feel much better!' Latias shrilled happily, flying up a few feet to stretch her body. The red eon's body cracked, causing her to cringe slightly as her muscles began to relax. Latias moaned quietly as she turned to face her brother and her best friend sitting together next to the couch in an intimate position; Ken's presence went completely unnoticed by the rest of the group. 'Good morning you two. How's it like being an item together?' Latias giggled as she connected her claws together. Bianca giggled nervously as Latios turned away, too embarrassed to face this situation.
"Well, I don't think we can say that yet..." Bianca answered nervously as her blood began to rise to her face, along with the reddening of her ears. Latias asked when the two had gotten together, "It happened while everyone was sleeping last night." the young girl said as her face began to flow with red coloring.
Latias flew back in shock, 'Bianca, aren't you too young for that kind of thing?' the red eon asked, smiling mischievously at Bianca's and Latios' reaction. 'I'm just kidding you two.' Latias giggled as the couple calmed down a bit. 'Latios is way too into men to do that with you Bianca!' the red eon said, exploding into a fit of laughter as Latios gently set Bianca aside to confront his sister.
'No I'm not!' Latios growled as he approached the laughing ball of red feathers on the floor. 'You little brat!' Latios roared as he picked Latias up and held her over his head; his claws vigorously tickling away at the helpless eon. Tears were trailing down Latias eyes as she struggled to gasp for air during her brother's tickle assault. After a good thirty seconds of nonstop tickling, Latios tossed Latias onto the couch, letting her regain her breath as he flew back down to Bianca's side. 'Kids these days.' the blue eon grunted.
"Hey, at least she's happy." Bianca smiled; Latios sighed and let out a small grin. "But you and Latias are twins. How can you say that when you're just as young as she is?" Bianca teased, knowing full well that Latios was referring to their maturity. An enormous vein popped out of Latios' temple as his eyes narrowed on Bianca. "S-sorry." Bianca apologized, trying not to laugh as she gave the enraged eon a hug. While the couple were having their moment, Latias finally began to calm down as her laughter turned into tired giggles.
'So what are you going to do about the, law?' Latias asked after her giggles subsided; her childish smile was replaced by a hurt, melancholic expression. Bianca and Latios turned to each other, and then turned back at Latias. By now they would've learned from the events that happened with Ash and Latias. Silence filled every corner of the room as the couple remained speechless.
'We'll just be careful about what we do in public, like we did with you and Ash.' Latios said, finally breaking the eerie silence. 'I won't let anyone hurt us.' Latios said as a blue veil surrounded him, revealing a young boy that resembled Ken's disguise. The young boy stood up, taking Bianca's hand with him. 'Even if I have to stay like this for the rest of my life!'
"How bold. Brother is really willing to protect Bianca if he says something like that." Latias thought to herself as she continued to stare at her brother. "And we've only gotten him to transform a couple of times, and one of them was a serious emergency!" Latias finished, realizing how much she admired Latios. 'So are you going to continue training today, Ken?' Latias asked, finally noticing her friend's existence. 'Uh, hello? Earth to Ken?' the red eon said, waving her claw in front of the blue dragon's face after she had gotten off of the couch.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah, you guys go train, I'm not feeling so good." Ken replied, hunching over slightly with his claws over his stomach to show his false discomfort. "But I'm gonna sit out on today, so just go on without me." the blue dragon told the group, trying to make his voice sound strained as he continued to rub his stomach. "They can't know what's happening to me..."
'Would you like to go for a quick walk Bianca? It'll only be a quick stroll.' Latios asked. Bianca nodded eagerly as the two went for the door. 'We'll be back in a little bit.' the blue eon called out as he opened the front door, allowing Bianca to step out in the cool, fresh, morning air, first. 'Bye! Start training without us!' Latios called back nervously as he closed the door behind him, leaving Latias with a discretely dying friend.
'Wow, they really hit it off! It's as if they were meant for each other.' the red eon gushed as she sighed dramatically, batting her eyelashes to increase the effect. 'So what am I going to be training for today?' Latias asked once she was out of her gushing state. The blue dragon didn't respond; he was still in the same spot as when he woke up, staring blankly at his claws. 'What's the matter, Ken? Has brother's anti-social aura rubbed off on you?' the red eon giggled.
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Somewhere in a nearby park...
'ACHOO!' Latios sneezed.
"Bless you!" Bianca said politely, taking out a convenient handkerchief from her pockets. The young girl gently rubbed the disguised dragon's nose as he thanked her.
'Someone must be talking about me...' Latios sniffed, folding the soft material over his sticky mess of mucus as he handed it back to Bianca.
"Self conceited much, Latios?" the young girl giggled as the young boy simply crossed his arms across his chest.
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"Oh! Uh, let's go to the garden so we can improve on your psychic. It seems that you are lacking in concentration, Latias." the blue dragon answered, quickly snapping out of his trance-like state. The red eon simply agreed as they headed for the secret garden of Altomare. "Are you feeling better? You aren't having anymore heart attacks are you?" Ken asked jokingly as they quickly arrived at the silent garden.
'Yeah I do feel a lot better than yesterday. Your aren't spewing out any more blood are you?' Latias asked in the same rhetorical tone. The blue dragon smiled and shook his head as Latias giggled at their lame jokes. The two dragons flew up to a shimmering pond and stared at it with curiosity in their minds. 'What should I do to improve my psychic?' Latias asked, giving up on her brainstorm.
"You could use the water as a shield when I send an attack at you." Ken suggested, feeling weird about telling someone that he'll be attacking them. The red eon nodded as a thought related to Latios' and Bianca's new found relationship struck her mind. "Alright, tell me when you're ready!" Ken said with five icicles, taken and frozen from the pond, hovering in front of him.
'Wait, before we start, can I ask you something, Ken?' Latias asked as the blue dragon relaxed his fighting muscles. Ken questioned what Latias' question was and waited for an answer. 'Well, I was just wondering.' Latias said bashfully, trying to make her subject sound as if she wasn't using him to her own gain. 'If you have feelings for anyone in particular?' Latias asked as bashful as can be. There was a pause from both Ken and Latias as they floated quietly; the wind passed by, carrying dust along with it.
The blue dragon narrowed his eyes as he stared at the red eon with a serious face. "Why do you ask, Latias?" Ken asked, dropping his fighting stance as his shoulders visibly relaxed. Latias was a bit surprised at this answer and attempted to think of her next move. "Well?" the blue dragon questioned through Latias' stuttering.
'I know I sound awful when I ask this, but, I was wondering if you still have feelings for me?' the red eon asked, immediately regretting her question when she saw the expression on her friend's face. It was strange, no, it was frightening to see Ken act like this. The blue dragon's face had a look of disgust as he spat on the grass and flew away. 'W-wait! Was it what I said?' the red eon desperately asked, shocked at this out of character response from her friend.
"So, I'm just a reserve for you huh?" the blue dragon scoffed. "Just a thing to use when you're feeling emotionally weak!" shouted the blue dragon, his eyes filled with hurt and disappointment. "You were asking that just so you could use me!"
'No! I never meant to use you!' Latias cried; hot, stinging tears rolled down the sides of her cheeks. The blue dragon grunted and turned away, flying out of the secret garden, never to be seen again...
"Hello? Are you ok Latias? Wake up!" Ken cried out, gently shaking the red eon back to consciousness. Latias looked around her home frantically as the feeling of fresh tears was present on her face. Latias' mind felt fuzzy, perhaps blurred by the strange vision she witnessed. The red eon felt hot, as if she was in the middle of recovering from an illness, but the cool breeze of the garden calmed her nerves just a bit. "Don't die! Don't die on me, Latias!" Ken shouted desperately, hugging Latias closer to his chest.
'Huh? Oh Ken, it's ok. I'm fine...' Latias said softly. The blue dragon gasped as he looked into his friend's eyes. 'What happened Ken?' the red eon asked, getting up. That was strange, what in the world happened to Latias? One moment, Ken was disgusted at her question and the next, he was desperately trying to get her back from the depths of her consciousness. As Latias looked around, she found Ken's five icicles next to the pond along with a few spots of blood.
"You were going to ask me something and then you suddenly fell to the grass crying!" the blue dragon explained, relieved that nothing bad had happened to Latias. The red eon nodded slowly, showing that she understood as she turned her head back to the spots of blood next to the pond. Latias asked Ken what they were, "Oh that? I-I was so shocked when you fell, t-that when I went to help you, I kinda dropped some of the icicles on my back..." Ken stuttered. "Crap, I should have cleaned that up while I was waking her up." the blue dragon cursed to himself as he forced a false smile.
'Then how come there aren't any marks on your back then?' Latias asked, remembering Ken's unscathed back when he turned around a few moments ago. For a split second, Latias saw Ken withdraw himself, but he quickly bounced back as he laughed lamely. 'Ken. Where did that blood come from? Did it come from me?' Latias asked, a little worried that the icicles might have fallen on her instead of Ken.
"Don't worry about it! Let's just take a quick rest and get back to training." Ken suggested, failing to hide his suspicious behavior. Latias simply nodded as the blue dragon sighed in relief.
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"Latias!" Ken gasped, dropping his icicles as he rushed to the red eon's side. Halfway to Latias' unconscious side, Ken fell to the grass, coughing violently as blood appeared on the ground. "Damn! Why does this have to happen now?" Ken asked himself as he continued to Latias' side.
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"So, was that just a dream? Or a vision of some sort?" Latias thought to herself as she raised the entire body of water held within the pond in front of her. "There's no way Ken would act that way if I asked him that question, right? Or am I just hoping that he wont?" the red eon pondered as the blue dragon shot one of his five icicles at her water shield at blinding speeds. The frozen projectile exploded upon impact with Latias' shield, sending ice shards everywhere leaving her shield intact. "Hmm, that shot was fairly weak. Far weaker than Ken's previous shots, maybe it's because he isn't feeling well?" Latias thought to herself as the blue dragon shot of the remainder of his icicles.
Each impact from Ken's icicles grew weaker and weaker until the last one that was fired hardly exploded at all. The final icicle crumbled after coming in contact with Latias' shield; usually, one of Ken's weakest shots would at least make it past a few inches of Latias' shields. "What the hell! The first one I shot off couldn't even make it past an inch! It's true that she's gotten stronger but what happened to all of my strength?" the blue dragon thought to himself. Ken was panting heavily as he began to sweat profusely. "Did the shadow do something to me before we traded places with Colette? Or could it be that my body can't handle the effects of the drugs anymore?" the blue dragon pondered frantically, frightened of what the outcome of their battle would be.
'Ken, maybe you should take a break. You don't look so good.' Latias suggested, flying over to her friend to find a way that she could help him. Latias set Ken down at the roots of a nearby tree and let him recline into the base of it, gently guiding him so that he wouldn't stray from the short path. 'You should rest while I continue training, ok?' Latias smiled weakly, the previous vision she had flashing back into her mind. Ken nodded slowly as she left him, leaving him to thoroughly think about his current condition.
Latias patted her friend on the shoulder, a tingle went up her arm as she did so. The red eon turned her back and flew to a safe distance to continue her training. "Dammit, what am I going to do when the shadow attacks?" Ken cursed in his thoughts, watching Latias practice her Mist Ball from afar. Then something struck Ken's weakening senses, "Is he planning to attack soon? I'm not prepared! And I don't know what he'll be bringing into battle! What if Latios and Latias can't handle the shadow?" Ken thought to himself, trying to push out all of the mortifying outcomes from his mind. "I have to protect them, especially since all of this is my fault! But how can I do anything when I don't have power? Power is what I need..."
"We're back!" Bianca called out as she and a disguised Latios waltzed into the secret garden. At that moment, a stray ball of red mist was sent in their direction. Bianca squealed as Latios deflected it with his psychic. The moment the volatile ball of energy was stopped and sent in another direction caused the ground below the couple to shatter, forcing Latios to quickly transform and carry Bianca to safety. "Where did that come from?" Bianca gasped, sighing when she saw an embarrassed Latias coming their way.
'Sorry about that...' Latias apologized, rubbing the back of her head. Latios sweatdropped as he set Bianca down on a stable flat surface of soft grass. 'Well, anyway... how was your date you guys?' Latias asked bluntly, causing the new couple to blush; both Latios and Bianca still weren't used to the idea of them being together. 'Was is that good?' Latias teased, giggling at the flustered couple. 'Sorry, I'll stop.' the red eon said, seeing that she had teased them to the point of awkward speechlessness and incomprehensible stuttering.
The couple sighed in relief as they slowly regained their composure. 'Wow sis', that was a pretty powerful Mist Ball you sent at us.' Latios complimented, happy to change the subject. Latias just laughed sheepishly. 'Well, now that we're here, why don't we do some sparring?' Latios suggested, shifting his body into a battle stance as he spat out a Dragon Breath, taking control of it with his psychic. The fire encircled Latios' body as it bloomed into a raging inferno. 'Don't hold back Latias!' Latios called out through his blazing hellfire.
'What a showoff! Bianca isn't into those kinds of guys!' Latias called back, forming a dense Dragon Pulse in her claws, causing the air around it to turn to steam.
And with that, the two siblings clashed their attacks, with some control of course; leaving Bianca to watch in amazement and Ken to his own personal business...
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"I've used too much power, there's no way I'll be able to fully recover, no matter how much time I have." the shadow said to himself as he stared at the gleaming sun. "Great, it looks like I've permanently damaged my body..." the shadow sighed in defeat, averting his gaze from the blinding ball of fire in the sky to his emotionless subordinates. "My block over their personalities can hardly hold itself. They've already escaped the hold twice, even f it was for just a moment." the shadow was clueless on what he should do.
No matter how much time passed by, his body would never recover from converting and reviving two people. And the more time that passed, there was a possibility that his enemy could be getting stronger. "So I have to attack as soon as possible?" the shadow asked his subordinates, knowing that they would not respond. Then a past thought struck the dark being, "Wait, I could always use her if things get out of control." the shadow sneered. "Yes... she shouldn't be as weak as Giovanni or The Marauder if she has been training. And that little bug that I planted should give a huge energy boost as well!" the dark being cackled softly to himself. "Then it's settled. I'll attack as soon as the sun sets..."
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"How do I get power? The only things I can think of are getting more samples from Team Rocket HQ and, resulting to that... but those are both stupid ideas." Ken thought to himself as he watched Latios and Latias spar out in the distance. "There's no way I'll result to, the darkness... and I doubt that having to do something so cliché would work now." the blue dragon thought. "The only thing I can do is hope for the best." Ken finished, struggling to get up from his seat. "They might be stronger than me by now." the blue dragon sighed to himself as he managed to find Bianca watching the two eons duke it out nearby.
Bianca felt the presence of something behind her and turned around, letting out a small smile when she saw that it was Ken. "Feeling better?" Bianca asked, facing a tired looking dragon. The blue dragon shrugged, he didn't really feel better but he didn't feel bad either. "That's good to hear?" the young girl giggled to herself. "They've gotten so strong since the beginning of their training." Bianca pointed out, turning back to the sparring siblings.
The blue dragon nodded his head in agreement as they sat down, watching the fight till the end. After a few hours or so, the twins were dead tired and could hardly move another muscle. But luckily it was still in the afternoon, so there was no worry of being incredibly sore in the morning. Throughout the rest of the day, the group of friends rested and even played a few games to pass the time. But, it was a shame that each and every one of them had no knowledge of what was to come later in the night.
Finally, after having won ten times in a row out of everyone at Poker, Latias smiled happily as she took her winnings from the center of Bianca's kitchen table, which were little pieces of candy instead of money. It was half past six and the sun had almost disappeared over the horizon, and the tiredness from Latios and Latias ceased to exist after a well prepared dinner made by Bianca and Ken. Unfortunately for Ken, he had little to no cooking experience, just like Latios, and made the exact same mistake. Ken had successfully caused an explosion to happen using a pan and a slightly larger cover for it...
Latios patted his friend's shoulder, feeling the same excruciating pain and embarrassment as him. Ken flew to the bathroom to wash off all of the black smudge from his face while Bianca began cooking dinner once more...
Although the digital clock installed in the kitchen stove had just struck eight o'clock, the group felt that it was time to get some well deserved rest. Ken passed out on the living room couch before he could even attempt flying upstairs while Latias took Bianca's room and Latios and Bianca took the guest room. 'Don't do anything too risky ok? These rooms are only five feet across from each other.' Latias teased the embarrassed Bianca and the sweatdropping Latios as she closed the door.
"Goodnight!" the three said to each other.
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At nine o'clock, Latios and Bianca were already fast asleep while Latias was surprisingly still wide awake. 'I'm so bored...' Latias sighed quietly, turning over in Bianca's bed as a mischievous idea made its way into her mind. The red eon smiled evilly as she quietly slid out of bed and flew through the bedroom door. Latias silently flew down to the kitchen and took a can of whipped cream from the refrigerator. The red eon flew back to the sleeping dragon on the couch who was sleeping on his back with one claw hanging over the edge of the couch. Latias crept up next to Ken and quickly unloaded some of the sweet, fluffy cream on his open claw. The red eon swiftly plucked a feather from her back and began to agitate Ken's nasal passages.
The blue dragon felt the irritation and slapped at the source with his open claw, hitting himself with a claw full of whipped cream... Latias broke out in laughter but quickly covered her mouth as she fell to the floor. The blue dragon groggily awoke as he licked his lips, tasting a sweet substance, which happened to be all over his face. Ken soon realized what had happened, someone had pranked him! In an instant Ken had spotted a giggling ball of red and threw the whipped cream back at her face using his psychic.
Latias simply took all of the sweet substance from her face and placed it in her mouth using her own psychic. At the sight of this disturbing scene, Ken broke out in laughter along with Latias. "Ew! That was so gross!" Ken chuckled as he struggled to keep his volume down as to not wake the sleeping couple upstairs.
'But it was so delicious!' Latias giggled, but before any of them could speak another word, the faint sound of an explosion echoed through the night. In an instant the living room fell silent as Latios and Bianca came rushing down the stairs.
'What was that?' Latios asked frantically as he and Bianca made it to the bottom of the stairs. Both of the juvenile eons shrugged. 'It came from the garden. We should check it out...'
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Well that's the end to another chapter! Again I apologize for the late update, I just needed a break from, well, everything xD. But cliffhanger! So please review and tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!