Welcome back my beloved readers to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! Something funny happened while I was writing this chapter xD I drank some of this energy drink at night and I had like this sugar seizure and spazzed out on the couch, and then my grandma walked in and she was like "Wtf?" Well anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Clouds of dust filled the space of the secret garden which caused a few nearby ponds to become polluted with a muddy residue, which eventually sank to the bottom as time passed. An enormous crater had been punched into the fine soil of the garden as three black beings stood in it. Once the dust cleared, it revealed three shadow-like figures, two had their fists buried into the earth while the one in the middle oozed a black substance. The shadow breathed out, a small cloud of red mist erupted from his mouth as he bore his red, spiky teeth. His piercing red eyes could tear through any gaze as well as show what the creation of man is capable of. A white X appeared on the shadow's chest along with one blue angelic wing and one red angelic wing on both sides of the X. this was the second tier.
"Uhg, this clean air is so... so fucking disgusting!" the shadow spat, flashing his subordinates a signal he had made with his claws, telling them to get up from their spots. "The second tier should hold up my power and stamina long enough for me to defeat them." the shadow told himself, a thought of anxiety struck him as he saw the black goop ooze from his decaying body. "My time like this is limited. I doubt I can even use the final tier."
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'Can you sense that?' Latios asked, flying over the skies of Altomare, hurrying to get to his destination. Bianca was riding on Latios' back while Latias and Ken flew right next to him. The two other eons nodded as they stared at the minuscule garden from above as a faint idea grew in their minds. Could it be? Could this dark presence be the shadow? It has to be, it was the strongest darkness they have ever felt in their lives!
'Brother, can you sense other beings as well?' Latias asked in a worried tone. The blue eon nodded, a grim expression on his face as he answered. Latias swallowed a lump in her throat as she took a deep breath, looks like this is going to be a tough fight for them. It is possible for everyone to defeat their enemy and save the day with minimal damages? Well we're just about to find out. While the group flew closer to the frightening presence within the garden, everyone including Bianca had forgotten about her safety.
"Looks like I'll have to use everything I've got. I have to if I want to protect the others. But can my body handle this?" Ken pondered in his thoughts as he began to mentally prepare himself for the outcome of this fight. "Alright shadow. It looks like this is that last time we'll be seeing each other..."
The group descended into the garden carefully, keeping their guard up as the seconds continued to pass by. As soon as they descended past the tree line, the incredible dark presence grew wildly, making Bianca extremely uncomfortable. When the group had finally arrived in the garden, everything remained silent. Nobody could hear the breeze fly past the bushes or the trees; nobody could hear the trickling of the water in nearby fountains, or even the sound of nocturnal pokemon rustling about. They looked around the garden, and what they found horrified Bianca as she fell on the brink of pure terror. There were three shadows, two in the shape of familiar humans, and one in the shape of a dreaded eon.
"It sure has been a while, my king." the shadow smiled, bowing his head slightly at saying this. Everyone remained silent, "But of course you're title as king will soon belong to me after this battle." the shadow sneered as a black blade was formed in his claw. Quickly, Latios had established a telepathic link between the heroic party, blocking out their communicationsfrom enemy thoughts. How come the shadow used a blade instead of his own powers? The explanation for this is that the shadow was created for the purpose of having a limitless range of destructive power, and will learn how to use it as it grows, and not some useless moves of a lowly pokemon.
Latios narrowed his eyes as he slowly took Bianca off of his back. The blue eon told her to stay back while they fought, and to not get caught up in all of the destruction. The that split second when Bianca had planted her feet on the grass, all three shadows shot off towards the defenseless human girl. The shock wave of their takeoff destroyed a line of trees behind them as the ground below them cracked under the pressure of their raw power. Latios and Latias gasped, unprepared for such frightening speeds as they enemy trio came face to face with them within such little time. The only scale they could be measured on would be something as short as nanoseconds!
The decaying blue dragon fortunately predicted this cheap stunt and retaliated with all of his might by quickly forming a condensed ball of his Luster Purge and taking control of it with his psychic, creating a shining, light blue wall to shield them. The shock wave was overwhelming for Bianca as she would've been blown away if it weren't for Latios grabbing her hand. The shining blue shield was quickly giving way to the enemy trio as cracks began to form in his defense. Latias quickly focused her psychic in her right claw and punched Ken's shield directly in the middle of it. The pent up psychic in the red eon's claw pushed the shield along with the enemy trio with unimaginable strength as the shadows were sent flying through the air and out of the secret garden.
'Bianca, stay here!' Latios ordered as the three eons shot off after the shadows. They quickly shot above the tree line and continued to ascend higher into the atmosphere, the wind whistled in their ears as they went. Out in the distance, the eons spotted a minuscule explosion of water erupt off the coast. 'There they are!' Latios frantically pointed out as they rushed tot he harbor; their goal was to push the shadows as far away from the island as possible before engaging in the real fight. Within seconds, the eons arrived at the spot where the eruption of water took place, but there was something wrong, the shadows were nowhere to be seen or sensed, and the eerie silence didn't help one bit.
"Damn, where the hell did they go?" Ken panted, already somewhat exhausted from making his temporary shield. Then in a split second, a projectile shot out of the ocean's surface, the stray beads of saltwater were sent in every direction at such incredible speeds that they would tear through skin upon impact. A black blur hit Latios' side and took him back down in the ocean within an instant, drastically lowering Latias' morale.
'Latios!' Latias cried out, desperately searching the foaming waters for any signs of her brother.
"Don't worry about him! Right now you have to think about yourself and your opponent!" Ken advised, focusing his senses with his psychic in an attempt to locate his enemy. Latias was terribly frightened, but her few weeks of training managed to keep her sane and alert. A second projectile shot out of the black waters of the ocean, and it was aimed in Latias' direction. The red eon quickly held up her claws, using Protect on herself to keep the damage she took to a minimum. The black blur collided with Latias' Protect as she and the shadow were launched straight up into the sky, quickly surpassing the clouds as they disappeared from sight.
"Crap, I hope she can handle it." Ken worried in his thoughts as he struggled to keep his focus.
And finally, a third blue shot out of the waters, but this one was several times faster and stronger than the other two, meaning that this one must be the shadow. The blue dragon raised his claws using Metal Claw to strengthen his block. As the shadow clashed with his counterpart, an atomic bomb-like shock wave blasted through the surrounding area.
The shock wave displaced an enormous amount of water which created a wave that was at least double the height of a normal tsunami! Ken quickly noticed the deadly wave heading for Altomare and immediately abandoned his enemy to cease the water's wrath. Luckily, this wave was nothing compared to the one he and Latios had to take out. With a hasty exertion of his psychic, Ken managed to calm the waters down.
"What a dumb ass! Turning his back to the enemy to save a pathetic little island!" the shadow calledout, his sword engulfed in a blazing inferno of black fire. The shadow gladly took this opportunity and attacked his counterpart, who frantically turned back around to protect himself. Ken surrounded his body in a full Protect to shield himself from the shadow's strike.
The shadow swung his crackling blade, making contact with the blue dragon's Protect. The green shield cracked under the pressure of the shadow's raw power, and gave way. The burning sword missed its target by mere millimeters, leaving a strange but painful burn on Ken's cheek. The blue dragon quickly covered his wound and healed it within moments.
The two eons were floating silently above the somewhat calm waters of the ocean, the full moon cast its faint, white glow down upon the reflective body of water. The shadow sneered and launched himself for another attack.
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"What the hell was that?" Latios thought to himself, quickly realizing that the black projectile from earlier had sent him somewhere far down into the ocean. The bone chilling waters almost took Latios' breath away, but with enough will power, the blue eon managed to hold his breath. "Where did it go? Latios thought frantically as he swiftly turned his head to the left, right, up, and down to look for his enemy. Behind the blue eon came a floating black figure, it had broad shoulders and the posture of a powerful and assertive man.
"That damned shadow. I can't believe he has the nerve to take away my free will!" the intimidating boss growled. The blue eon turned around to find a black figure floating about twenty feet away from him. "I guess he can't focus his psychic grasp on us while in the new form of his." Giovanni concluded, cracking his large knuckles, lines of bubbles flowed from his mouth as he spoke in his aquatic tone.
"I find it fairly interesting that you can understand my speech despite us being underwater." Giovanni chuckled. "But I have no time to be fascinated in my own body. My priority right now is to kill you!" the underwater boss announced, forming his hands into fists as he took a standard fighting stance.
Latios scowled at this annoying man as he too went into a battle stance. "I'll have to end this quickly. I don't know how long I can hold my breath like this." Latios thought as the shadow boss blasted off straight at him. Giovanni took off with such force, that if it weren't for the intense water pressure, he would have caused the tectonic plates to shift!
Enormous bubbles trailed behind the shadow boss as he threw an abnormally swift punch at Latios' face, which was blocked by pushing a small amount of water using his psychic. Giovanni quickly retreated and analyzed what had happened. "Hmm, he seems to strive in improvising his psychic abilities, especially since my darkness cancels out any of his psychic attacks." the boss thought, realizing that this fight was going to be fairly difficult for him.
With a smug grin tugging at Giovanni's lips, he threw himself at the eon once more, throwing a barrage of punches at Latios. Each punch barely missed Latios' body as he continued to dodge the lightning fast attacks. Giovanni threw a blinding fast kick into the blue eon's side, knocking out about half of Latios' air supply. Latios was sent flying through the ocean's waters as he continued to fall deeper into its dark abyss; the black shadow was right on his trail.
Four black, tentacle-like appendages sprouted from Giovanni's back as his body went ablaze with his dreaded black aura. Latios quickly lashed out with his Dragon Claw and cut one of the black appendages off. Moments later, Latios began to feel a strange sensation that the water around him began to get hotter! When the blue eon glanced at his opponent, he saw that Giovanni's aura was the source of this heat. Latios was forced to retreat to avoid being boiled alive.
"Damn that's hot!" Latios cursed, speeding off as fast as he could, now becoming aware of his lack of oxygen. "Let's hope this works!" Latios said desperately in the safe sanctuary that is his mind. Latios turned around and instantly fired off a volatile ball of his Luster Purge. The intense ball of energy blasted off through the bone chilling ocean, displacing enormous amounts of water as it went.
The oncoming shadow clashed with Latios' attack, which resulted in an enormous shock wave. The instant Giovanni made contact with the ball of energy, something incredible happened that seemed to ignore the Laws of Physics! The shock wave and Giovanni created an enormous bubble underwater; this moment of convenient oxygen refilled Latios' lungs as he held his breath once more before the air bubble disappeared.
The shadow lost another one of his appendages, leaving him with two left, not counting his arms. "You bastard!" Giovanni growled, his body failing to reproduce his lost body part.
"I thought the bad guy always says something like, 'You're strong! At least you'll make this battle interesting!'?" Latios thought to himself as he readied another attack.
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Latias cried out in pain as the unbearable burn of the enemy's attack pierced her nerves. The red eon opened her eyes and took a deep breath. Within moments, the two fighters gradually lost their speed as they found themselves high above in the Earth's atmosphere. Latias' Protect shattered as soon as her attacker retreated. "Oh, it's this bitch!" the shadow of a man insulted, cracking his neck as he said so. Latias cringed slightly at the harsh insult but stood her ground
"You're quite the annoying pokemon, Latias. Thanks to you and that freak of nature, I've had to spend several months as a fucking black ball!" the Marauder complained, clenching his hands into fists. Again, Latias cringed at the strong language for she was never around such rude individuals. "But you know the vest part about being alive? I get to rip your throat out and squeeze the life out of you!" the Marauder cackled, flashing his maniacal grin.
Due to Latios' telepathic grasp on their communications, Latias had lost the ability to speak with her opponent. "Giving me the silent treatment huh? Well if you can't talk, then maybe you can scream!" the dark figure growled, black fire spewed out of his entire being. The Marauder formed his hands into claws as several tentacle-like appendages sprouted out from his back. And without saying another word, the shadow darted off at blinding speeds at Latias.
Latias couldn't take it anymore, this rude man kept swearing! Latias took in a deep breath and spat out large amounts of her Dragon Breath, grasping the flames with her psychic as she molded them into a tornado-like spiral. Latias threw her blazing tornado around the speeding shadow, immediately closing the spiral as soon as it was wrapped around her target. The Marauder howled in pain as he was stopped in his tracks. Yes! Latias hit her target! But the painful howling quickly turned into a maniacal cackle as Latias' fire spiral was dispersed by the Marauder's raw strength.
The shadow snorted as he cracked his neck once more, brushing off the burn marks from his body. Latias knew that her opponent was cocky. The Marauder laughed in delight, completely letting his guard down as he enjoyed his supposedly overpowering strength. Latias took this opportunity to form her signature move, Mist Ball. The red mist swirled into a ball in between Latias' claws as it radiated a faint red glow.
The red eon shot her attack at the exposed shadow, hitting her target directly in the chest. The Marauder let out a grunt of pain as he dropped to a knee. Not only was Latias' Mist Ball fairly strong, it also had a special effect that sucks away the enemy's energy. While the Marauder tried to regain his breath, a red blur cam speeding up from his left. Latias had uppercutted the Marauder with a Metal Claw, which sent the shadow even higher into the atmosphere.
"This is easy!" Latias cheered in her thoughts as she chased after her opponent. The red eon struck at the Marauder's chest with a flaming Dragon Claw leaving an enormous gash in his chest. Latias went for the finishing strike and made another Mist ball in her claws. The red eon shot her Mist Ball off at her target, who was still struggling to regain his energy. Latias' attack was going to hit its target! And Latias was going to win this fight without breaking a sweat!
Wrong...
The Marauder quickly spat out his blood from his mouth and caught Latias' Mist Ball with his bare claw, crushing it in his palm as the red mist dissipated into thin air. "Looks like I've underestimated you! But you're strong!" the shadow sneered. "At least you'll make this fight interesting!"
Latias listened closely to her opponent's words, "What a cliché thing to say..."
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"When your body gives out, I'll take control of it and have you kill all of your friends!" the shadow cackled. The blue dragon had earned a few scratches on his body. There were minor gashes along the side of his left arm and a small cut above his right eye. There was also a mild half inch stab wound in his stomach, which leaked out precious, crimson fluid. The shadow hardly had any injuries that were visible. The only ones he had were a few cuts and burns on his arms and a small cut on his tired cheek. "What happened my king? Where did all of your strength go?" the shadow mocked as he watched hi counterpart make a failed attempt to heal himself. "Is it possible that your so-called enhancements are wearing off?" the shadow sneered, trying to hide the fact that he himself is losing his power.
The blue dragon kept still, floating around thirty feet above the water with the shadow the same distance away. The blue dragon paused, he hesitated in his response, "What makes you so sure about that?" he asked.
The shadow grinned as he let out a slight chuckle, "I'll just say this." the shadow said, staring into the tired eyes of his exhausted counterpart. "No matter what happens in this fight, whether you lose or win, both of us will perish. I don't know exactly what our futures will be like, but I do know that neither of us are going to like it." the shadow sighed, then a devilish smile appeared on his face. "Oh and one more thing, if you ever do manage to take my life, you'll end up losing something that you consider has more value than your own."
"What? What is he talking about?" Ken thought, terrified of the outcome of their battle. "And what is this 'thing', that he mentioned?" the blue dragon pondered. The shadow positioned himself in his battle stance, and the blue dragon grit his teeth, forming a makeshift blade out of his Luster Purge, molding the volatile energy into the shape of a blade.
Along with the forming of his blade, a linked chain was attached to the bottom of Ken's hilt. "You have absolutely no creativity." the shadow scoffed, snickering at his counterpart's crude weapon. The white blade mirrored the shape of the shadow's, well except for the chain that is. The shadow was the first to strike, his sword pierced through the wind as his incredible speed outmatched his counterpart's. The shadow swung his blazing sword at Ken, barely hitting his cheek.
Again, the shadow came in for another strike which was aimed for Ken's chest, but luckily the blue dragon raised his sword just in time to block the frighteningly powerful attack. Another shock wave echoed throughout the distance as the mirror images clashed swords. If a person were to watch from a distance, the viewer would see the shadow overpowering the blue dragon! "That was weak!" the shadow taunted, pushing his counterpart farther and farther down to the ocean's surface with each passing second. Sparks began to fly out from between these two blades. Sparks of white and black energy spewed out in every direction possible. The shadow exerted a final push with his blade, sending Ken flying down to the ocean. The blue dragon quickly regained his balance and flew straight back up to strike his enemy. Ken swung his crackling weapon at the shadow, temporarily stunning his enemy, allowing the opportunity of an opening.
From below, the bone chilling saltwater rose from its source and swiftly soared upwards and surrounded the shadow, keeping the dark being in place. The blue dragon stuck the shadow across the chest which left an enormous gash which oozed red blood. And while the shadow was sent at blistering speeds to who knows where, the blue dragon aimed a precise Hyper Beam at the speck of a shadow.
"Bye bye, shadow..."
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So! That's a wrap for this chapter! Sorry for the delayed updates and the awful and rather boring chapters -.- and I'm terribly sorry for any mistakes in this chapter, I will be sure to fix them as soon as possible! So please review and tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!