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The bright and volatile Hyper Beam that Ken had shot off traveled as far as the eye could see until it reached its target. In the distance, a miniature explosion erupted in the distance. The sound of the explosion echoed across the surface of the ocean as the ball of red fire and black smoke began to fade away. The blue dragon squinted his eyes, looking for the shadow. The shadow was hardly a speck at all as his figure fell into the depths of the ocean, leaving a trail of smoke behind him. Ken let out a deep sigh, and closed his eyes for a quick rest.

"I think I should contact Latios and Latias and see if they're done, since it's basically over now." Ken whispered to himself as he tiredly turned his back to the shadow's grave. Suddenly, the blue dragon came to a halt. "Wait a second, that was far too easy for the shadow to be killed..." Ken thought to himself, finally noticing the distinct silence in the air.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET!" roared a demonic voice. The blue dragon flinched at the sudden shout and looked all around him for the source. Unfortunately for Ken, he looked in every direction except for below him, and the fact that he was only a few meters from the ocean's surface. The shadow ripped through the calm waters of the ocean and soared straight for his unsuspecting target with his black blade in his claws. The enraged shadow had taken medium damage from his counterpart's attack. There was a severe burn mark on the shadow's back which leaked a strange black substance as well as blood. The dark being also had a limp left claw, which indicated that he has been crippled.

Before the blue dragon had a chance to react, he was hit by the shadow. The dark being blindly flailed his blade at Ken. The blade ended up being pierced through Ken's stomach and came out of his lower back. Blood flew everywhere. The red liquid came out of the blue dragon's underbelly and back with the strong stench of iron floating in the air. "You son of a bitch! How dare you damage my body!" the shadow growled as he sent a dark pulse of energy at his counterpart, which caused Ken to come sliding off the blade and into the cold waters of the ocean.

Water was displaced as soon as the blue dragon fell into the depths of the endless ocean. The red crimson fluid mixed with the black ocean water as bloody bubbles rose to the surface. Then suddenly, the bubbles stopped. "That piece of shit cost me more than half of my time in this world." the shadow cursed. The dark being tried to move his left claw but failed as he grunted in frustration. "I hope that doing this wont kill them."

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"Damn, this Giovanni guy is really beating me badly." Latios cursed in his thoughts, creating a bubble of oxygen around his head with his psychic. "Good thing this works, or else I would've drowned a long time ago." the blue eon sighed in relief, taking in one more deep breath before the shadow boss came after him. The large shadow flew at Latios, grabbing the eon's wings with his two appendages. Latios froze in place due to Giovanni's overpowering darkness.

"It's over! It was an honor battling you Latios." Giovanni smirked as his right arm went ablaze with black flames. With Latios pinned down, Giovanni lashed out at the blue eon's head, hoping that it would decapitate his opponent. With a sudden burst of adrenaline, Latios regained his movement and partially dodged Giovanni's attack. Instead of being decapitated, the shadow boss had struck Latios hard in the shoulder.

Latios quickly recovered before he was sent flying off into the distance. The blue eon was about to prepare a Metal Claw along with a Luster Purge when he noticed that his left arm wouldn't move. "Arceus dammit! Ken just fixed that arm too!" Latios thought in disbelief as his right claw was the only one out of the two to become harder than reinforced steel. "That was close. I'm glad that it was my shoulder instead of my head." Latios sighed, but quickly stopped before he let out too much of his oxygen supply.

With Latios' precious blood spilling out into the mixture of the ocean, the blue eon sensed a slight disturbance rustle in the depths of the sea. Before Latios could add more thought into the situation, Giovanni came in for another attack. The shadow boss slashed at Latios' throat, but was blocked by the eon's Metal Claw. Moments after his block, Latios shot off his Luster Purge, hitting Giovanni in the center of his chest. But Latios didn't stop there, he went in for a relentless assault; going back to back with his one Metal Claw.

One hit, two hits, three hits, but as Latios went in for a fourth strike a sharp pain erupted in his shoulder. The blue eon cringed and swiftly retreated to a safe distance, grasping his shoulder with his teeth tightly clenched. "What the hell is this pain?" Latios grunted, his oxygen supply dropping incredibly low. Latios' vision grew blurry as everything around him began to fade to black. The blue eon's head was lifelessly tilted to the left, forcing Latios to gaze at his wound. The shear shock of his wound was enough to push him back to consciousness. Instead of finding blood, Latios found a strange black substance oozing from the gashes in his shoulder.

"Oh, it looks like you're still conscious." Giovanni smirked. "I'm glad that you're able to experience this side effect before you finally die." the boss chuckled, staring at his dying opponent. "Since you have little time left in this world, I might as well tell you what's happening to you. You see, that black goop oozing from your wounds acts like a poison. Once it enters your system, it quickly stops your red blood cells from being able to carry the precious oxygen that you desperately need." Giovanni taunted Latios with his hand, causing the black ooze in Latios' veins to vibrate. The dark matter exited Latios' body and swirled around the shadow. "And I can use this oxygen infused darkness to regenerate some of my minor wounds." the boss elaborated.

The blue eon was shocked, and sunk into the depths of hopelessness as he watched all of his hard work regenerate and disappear from Giovanni's body. "Now I can finally relax and watch you die-" but Giovanni was cut short from his sentence as his dark aura began to fade away. The shadow boss threw his hands over his face and clenched his head in pain as the black matter swirling around his body disappeared. Within in moments Latios' laborious work came back. "What the-hell-is-happening-?" the shadow boss stuttered as he dropped to his knees.

There were two things that caught Latios' attention. The first one was the mysterious event that was unfolding in front of him, and the second one was the disturbance he felt earlier. Even with his blurred vision, Latios could make out a swarm of sea pokemon headed his way. As the swarm came closer, Latios classified these pokemon as blood crazed Sharpedo!

In a matter of seconds, Latios put together most of what was happening during this hectic event. When the shadow boss slashed his shoulder, Latios' blood must have attracted a swarm of blood crazed Sharpedo which were headed in their direction. When Giovanni took Latios' shadow infused blood, all the attention of the ravaging shark pokemon turned to him. The only thing that Latios couldn't understand was Giovanni's sudden cry of pain.

"NO! He can't be taking back his power, can he?" the shadow boss growled as his nails began to dig into his scalp. Slowly, Giovanni lost his strength as it became difficult for him to breath underwater. "Don't tell me that I can't breathe anymore!" Giovanni managed to say as the swarm of Sharpedo came closer and closer with each passing second. The shadow boss suffered a few moments of discomfort before the real hell came. Without noticing the feeding frenzy heading towards him, the swarm of starving shark pokemon attacked Giovanni.

It was a horrific sight for Latios, even though the frenzy was too fast for him to comprehend. Through all of the flesh, blood, and inhuman screaming, Latios spotted Giovanni's body which appeared to be losing its shadow. The razor sharp teeth and sandpaper texture of the Sharpedo's skin shredded the former shadow boss' skin. Shattered pieces of pale white bone were spat out from a few stuffed shark pokemon as the other members of the frenzy began to finish up.

Latios was terrified that he would be next on the menu, but luckily, his turn never came. When the pack of Sharpedo finished, they took a quick rest to give their food a chance to digest for a while. Blood was everywhere, bone fragments were aimlessly floating in the crimson stained ocean. Bits of flesh sank to the bottom of the ocean, and was followed by what was left of poor Giovanni. The body of the former shadow boss was hardly bigger than the tire on a mountain bike.

Giovanni's skull had an enormous bite mark as it leaked the remains of his pink brain matter. A small portion of his spine and his ribcage were still intact as they disappeared into the darkness of the ocean. Suddenly, one of the Sharpedo turned around from his finished meal and caught a glimpse of the drowning legendary. The Sharpedo alerted the rest of his pack as they all crowded around Latios.

"Crap! This is it! I'm going to die just like Giovanni! Oh well, the important thing is that there's one less opponent for those two to worry about." the blue eon thought to himself. The moment before Latios slipped into the depths of unconsciousness, he felt a burst of warm water push him to the surface of the ocean. Immediately, Latios began to sputter the salty seawater from his oxygen deprived lungs. "How did I get up to the surface so quickly?" Latios asked himself, feeling the pleasure of the cold air fill his lungs.

Latios was relieved to be breathing, but even with oxygen flowing through his body, he still felt disoriented and fatigued. "I better go meet up with Latias and help her out." the blue eon thought. Just as Latios was about to fly out of the water to assist his sister in her battle, he felt a shot of warm water gently hit him in the back. "What was that?" the blue eon asked himself as he turned around. Latios saw the previous pack of Sharpedo right behind him. The shark pokemon looked as if they were waiting to be praised for doing something helpful.

'Did you guys push me up to the surface?' Latios asked in his pokespeech, which sounded like high pitched shrills to the human ear. The group of pokemon nodded in unison. 'Thank you so much! I don't know how to pay you guys back!' the blue eon shrilled, slightly bowing his head to his saviors while rubbing his neck.

'…' replied the leader of the Sharpedo pack, catching Latios off guard. Latios froze as he felt something stick to his wing. The sticky, cold object stuck to his wing and reeked of iron. As Latios turned his head to investigate this smelly object, he practically lost all of his color. The blue legendary was too frightened and disgusted to scream and shout, but instead he stood floating above his group of saviors. '…?' the leader Sharpedo asked. Latios turned his attention back to the Sharpedo and slowly nodded his head.

The shark pokemon licked their serrated teeth as Latios stiffly lowered his body into the ocean until his wings were fully submerged. Carefully, the head Sharpedo tugged the cold piece of Giovanni flesh off of Latios' wing and served it to the rest of his pack. With the dead tissue off of Latios' being, the Sharpedo thanked him for the extra snack, and swam back to their territory.

'That was disgusting...' Latios sighed, not realizing that he was still talking in his pokespeech. 'I should have thanked them twice' Latios sweatdropped as he began to locate Latias with his psychic sensing.

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"Take that bitch!" the Marauder cursed, trapping Latias in what seemed to be a shadow prism. The red eon shot off a Dragon Pulse at the surrounding prism in an attempt to break free, but she failed miserably as her attack dissipated as soon as it made contact with the Marauder's trap. "Looks like you're too pathetic to break through my trap!" the shadow insulted. "Scream nice and loud for me!" the maniacal man sneered as black sparks began to shoot off in the shadow prism. Before Latias could even think about panicking, the Marauder's trap started up.

Within seconds, Latias was electrocuted continuously by the shadow prism. Black sparks crackled inside the death chamber as the Marauder stood and laughed at his helpless prey. "Amazing isn't it? I just thought up this trap in a few moments and BAM! It actually works!" the shadow grinned, watching his quick thinking go to work. "That shadow's power is incredible! Anyway, let's turn this trap into a tragic magic show!" the Marauder gasped triumphantly, snapping his fingers in delight. As the shadow devised the blueprints for his next stunt, Latias was going through hell in the shadow prism.

Each jolt of black energy felt like a gunshot. The red eon screamed, but not like a normal scream. Latias screamed hard, as if her lungs would burst if she screamed any louder. But within a few seconds, Latias collapsed in the shadow chamber, her eyes devoid of life as the black jolts of energy continued to burn Latias' flesh.

"Alright my annoying bitch of an assistant! Get ready to!... Aw, she's dead." the Marauder sighed in disappointment as he dropped his handmade shadow blades. "Man, I was hoping to stab those things into that death trap until they killed her, but oh well..." the shadow whined. "I might as well check and gaze upon my magnificent work!" the Marauder cheered up in his disturbing little way. The shadow man flew over to his dead opponent and released her from the death chamber. Apparently, each jolt was enough to break her skin, but not enough to burn her flesh and stop her bleeding. "Damn, that thing did more damage than I expected." the Marauder whistled in amazement as he examined Latias' bloody body.

After the Marauder released his prism, Latias' body was taken under the control of gravity and began its course back to Earth. "Whoa there. Where do you think you're going?" the shadow man asked, catching the red eon's body before it fell out of his reach. "Man, we're really high up, aren't we?" the Marauder asked himself, staring down at Earth. "I think I might be in the Earth's atmosphere!" the shadow man said, staring at the black space behind him. "Alright. You've screamed enough to satisfy me Latias, and your blood is a pretty sight to see!" the Marauder said as he checked his handy work. Suddenly, the Marauder heard a faint roar in the distance. "What in the hell was that?" the Marauder asked, looking around him to find the source.

After a few seconds of searching, the Marauder spotted something green headed in his direction. "What the hell? Is that a booger or something?" the Marauder questioned, squinting his eyes to get a better look. "Oh shit! It's Rayquaza!" the shadow man cursed, readying himself to flee this incredibly fast legendary. Just before the Marauder took off, a sudden feeling of intense weakness took over his body.

"FUCK! NOT NOW! IS THAT BASTARD TAKING HIS POWER BACK?" the Marauder panicked as he dropped to his knees, succumbing to the weakness. Already, the legendary pokemon that defends the Earth's atmosphere was within four hundred feet of the Marauder. "NOO!" the Marauder yelled as Rayquaza finally approached. The green legendary quickly examined the intruders and targeted the shadow Marauder.

Rayquaza skillfully chomped down on the Marauder's back, his teeth digging into the intruder. The green legendary quickly grabbed Latias after the Marauder had dropped her. The shadow man howled in pain as his shadow along with his blood, left his body. The dragon aimed his clamped maw at the empty regions of space and charged up his powerful Hyper Beam. "Wait! You can't do this to me!" the Marauder shouted in desperation. Ignoring the Marauder's cries, Rayquaza shot his attack, obliterating the demented man's body in the process.

Turning his attention back to the unconscious eon, the green legendary attempted to shake his fellow legend until she woke up, which eventually worked. 'Oh hey Uncle Rayquaza. Thanks for saving me.' Latias thanked weakly in her pokespeech. The green dragon nodded in reply. Latias was badly hurt, but there was nothing that Rayquaza's Recover couldn't fix. 'Thank you Uncle Rayquaza!' Latias smiled warmly as she flew out of her uncle's arms. Some of Latias' wounds were healed, but the rest stayed the same as if they were untouched by Rayquaza's Recover.

'Wow, I never knew that you could use Recover on other pokemon!' Latias said in amazement. The green legendary simply shrugged as he gently shooed Latias off back to Earth. 'Alright by Uncle! It was nice seeing you after such a long time!' Latias cheerily waved as she flew back to her home island. Rayquaza waved back as he flew off to tend to his duties.

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'Latias, are you still fighting?' Latios telepathed after washing the remaining blood from Giovanni's flesh off of his wing. The blue eon was frightened that his sister might have died in her battle, but after several seconds, Latias answered.

'No. but Uncle Rayquaza came to save me and ended the fight for me!' Latias said happily, quickly making her way back to her home island.

'What? No way! Did he say anything about me?' Latios asked through his stable telepathy connection.

'Nope. I guess he doesn't like you!' Latias giggled, using her jet-speed ability to quickly return to her home's altitude. Before Latios could object to his sister's mischievous remark, Latias had already located the frustrated legendary. 'There you are!' Latias squealed, giving her brother a quick hug. The blue eon attempted to hug back his family member, but failed without the use of his left arm. 'What happened Latios? That was a sorry excuse for a hug!' Latias pouted as she examined her brother's shoulder.

'I got crippled again...' Latios sweatdropped, sighing deeply as he tried to rub some of his pain away.

'It's ok, I'm sure that Nurse Joy can help you with that later.' Latias reassured. 'Anyway, we should go help out Ken. I wonder how his fight is going?' the red eon asked as she and her brother located their friend.

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"What, happened?" Ken thought weakly. It was cold, dark, and quiet. The blue dragon felt sickly and nauseated. "My stomach hurts so much..." the blue dragon moaned mentally. "This is it. I'm going to die here. But is the shadow still alive? Will all of my work go to waste? What about Latios and Latias, and Bianca? What will happen to them? What will happen to Latias! I've tried to hide my feelings to keep things less complicated between us, but... what if she's killed in battle? No, I can't let that happen. I can't let anyone die in battle."

Ken weakly opened his eyes to find himself deep in the depths of the ocean. Slowly, the blue dragon covered his stab wound and lifted his head to search for the ocean's surface. "I don't care if I die! I don't care that I will never come back if I die! But if I am going to die, I'll die trying!" Ken groaned mentally. In an attempt to prolong his time, the blue dragon healed the stab wound in his stomach. Although Ken is extremely weak, he managed to stop his wound's bleeding, but nothing else.

With his wound patched up, the blue dragon found the surface. Each little movement made Ken want to scream in pain and hope to die. The blue dragon felt as if all of his internal organs would burst if he moved any faster. Finally, Ken began floating back up to the surface. Within a minute, the blue legendary reached the surface, allowing the fresh new air to refill his lungs.

"I, I have to try..."

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'Hey, can't we contact Ken using your telepathy connection?' Latias asked as they spotted a small black speck in the sky.

'No. Not anymore that is. He must have disconnected himself from my mental grasp.' Latios answered, stopping his sister in her tracks as they came across what seemed to be the shadow. 'Hold on, I think that's the shadow!' Latios gasped. The two eons stopped and squinted their eyes to focus on the black figure. The black speck seemed to be surrounded in a cloud of dark energy, although the cloud of dark matter was very thin and small, it was noticeable enough to catch someone's eye. 'Hey Latias, during your fight, did your opponent lose his shadow?' Latios asked.

'Yeah, I think he did. Could it be that the shadow is recalling their powers?' Latias asked. The blue eon nodded. 'Oh no. I don't see Ken anywhere!' Latias panicked, letting out a small gasp of terror. Latios flinched at his sister's gasp and readied himself for an attack. Despite the shadow's distance, the dark being quickly turned around to face the source of the sound. A small but visible red smile flashed across the shadow's face as the cloud of darkness dissipated.

'Crap! He's found us! Get ready Latias!' Latios warned, hoping that Ken has weakened the shadow enough to make this battle less difficult.

"Look who it is!" the shadow called out joyously. "I hope you've made preparations for a funeral because I'm afraid that your precious friend is gone!" the shadow said, earning a distinct gasp from Latias and a revengeful grunt from Latios. "But really, you still owe me one more body. It appears that you've killed two of my men, and I've only killed one of you." the shadow sneered, cracking his knuckles in front of the speechless twins. "And I know just who to take!" the shadow shouted, charging at the weak and exhausted twins.

The shadow was flying at about a tenth of his original speed due to his accumulated injuries. The dark being lashed out with his claw ablaze with black fire. The severely decreased speed in the shadow's movement gave Latios the perfect opportunity to plan out a counterattack. "I can't believe I forgot about my teleport!" Latios cheered mentally. When the shadow entered Latios' range of teleportation, which was only about ten feet, Latios disappeared and reappeared behind the attacking shadow, locking the dark being's arms behind his back.

'Latias! Dragon Claw!' Latios mentally shouted. The red eon quickly comprehended the situation and lit her claws ablaze with raw power. Using his only working claw to disable the shadow's only working claw, Latios headbutted the shadow as soon as he whip lashed from the sudden halt. Latias came in and slashed the shadow's chest with all of her might, leaving three deep gashes. "Time to suicide it!" Latios thought reluctantly as he quickly charged up his Luster Purge. With the volatile ball of energy sitting in Latios maw, the blue eon shot off his attack at the back of the shadow's head, sending both eons flying in opposite directions as they left a trail of steam.

'Latios!' Latias cried out, flying after her unconscious brother. The two eons landed in the ocean at the same time, the only difference was that Latios happened to softly land on a nearby Wailmer. 'Latios! Wake up!' Latias cried, frightened that the shadow might come back for another attack.

While the hectic situation took place, a blue shape popped its head out of the ocean. Slowly, the shape exited the waters and examined his surroundings. "What happened here?" Ken asked weakly as he found Latios and Latias on top of a Wailmer. The blue dragon sluggishly flew to the twins, taking his time in meeting up with his friends. Then suddenly, something black popped out of the waters next to Latias.

"THIS ISN'T OVER!" the shadow roared, grabbing onto Latias' head. The red eon squeaked as the shadow tightened his grip on her skull. The startled Wailmer fled with Latios still on its back as the shadow turned around, sensing his counterpart's presence. "You! I can't believe that you're still alive!" the shadow pointed at Ken, paralyzing the blue dragon. "But I told you didn't I? Even if you did manage to take my life, you would lose something very precious to you!" the dark being chuckled as black sparks sprung to life in his palm.

"NO! Don't kill her!" Ken cried out, almost blacking out from raising his voice. The shadow scoffed at his counterpart's request.

"Pfft, why would I kill the one that you hold closest to your heart? It'd be much more fun for everyone if you were the one to kill her." the shadow elaborated as the sparks in his palm grew more violent.

"Why would I kill Latias?" Ken questioned.

"Because she's a new threat! And since she has already been infected, her process will take seconds to finish!" the shadow said. And with that, the process had begun. The dark being forced Latias' head underwater as a mini fountain of bubbles erupted to the surface. The black sparks grew bigger and louder. The shadow's maniacal smile was spread across his face, but his blood was dripping from his teeth. "This is goodbye my king! I'll see you in hell!" were the shadow's final words. Black smoke came off of the shadow eon's being as the shadow himself began to disappear.

The blue dragon was speechless, what did he mean by she was a new threat? Within seconds, the shadow's body had completely disappeared in a cloud of dissipating black smoke. "Latias!" Ken called out, pushing himself to pick up the pace. Before the worried blue dragon could make it to his crush's location, a black being rose from the waters.

Ken's face paled as he examined the features of this new shadow. The shadow before him was a silhouette of a fairly petite and slender eon. The blood red eyes shot through the blue dragon's being. Black fire surrounded the shadow as four new symbols appeared on its chest. There were two wings, one was red while the other was blue. There was a white X in between these two symbols. And there was a white crown to top the line of shapes.

"No... Latias... it can't be..."

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YEAH! There's two reasons why I am happy! One is that I finally got this chapter finished and two is that I finally got rid of my fanfiction partner! For those who don't know, I've been secretly sharing my account with a person who is no longer a friend of mine. My partner was super mean, super rude, super lazy, and whenever he did write, he would publish stupid pieces of writing like that one vocaloid story that was published by my account a while ago!

Luckily for me, he moved away to another city and now I have the chance to change my password and every dumb, insensitive, and unnecessary things on my account! Yay! So please review and tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!