EoS: Here's another chapter!

Lauren: Are we finally going to see the battle with Shaw?

KingSkyTheGreat:

Lauren: Yomi is beyond good and evil, she's the Guardian of Horror.

Amalgam24:

Lauren: Yomi just likes teasing him, she's not really in love or anything.

Guest:

EoS: Don't worry, Aurore will defeat Shaw.

Mr. Brandloyal:

EoS: A little program by the name of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Aurore's Moemon Adventure

Chapter 98

"Shaw." Aurore walked out into Pledge Grove, frowning. "Where are you, Shaw? I'm here. Come and settle things, like men."

"Hello brother." Shaw walked out of the forest, staring at Aurore, smiling. "It's nice of you to come see me."

"You make it sound like I had a choice." Aurore said, glaring at Shaw. "Return the Genesis Crystal, Shaw, and I promise I'll let you live."

"You need to work on your sales pitch, brother." Shaw said, smirking. "I don't fear death. I yearn for it."

"Well then, give me the Genesis Crystal, and I'll let your death be as painless as possible." Aurore glared at him.

"I would love to, brother, but I no longer possess the Genesis Crystal. I've given it to a friend of mine." Shaw said, smirking.

"Who has it?" Aurore asked, frowning.

"I don't know who it is, but they called themselves Morning Star." Shaw said, smiling. "Perhaps you know of them?"

"Morning Star…" Aurore said, frowning. "Morning Star was the one who defeated Arceus, that assassin of yours."

"Ah, yes…" Shaw said, nodding. "I see… So, Arceus saves me on the orders of Morning Star, after having battled Morning Star on my orders… Truly a complicated game we play, brother, but there can be no better kind."

"How about a game where no one dies?" Aurore asked, frowning. "I would like a game like that."

"Pity." Shaw sighed. "This game will continue to progress, and people will continue to die. Just you watch me. I shall forever separate from the one you care about."

Shaw held his hand up, revealing a crystal formed of darkness.

"What is that?" Aurore asked, frowning, glaring at Shaw. He tensed up, ready to dodge the attack if it should come.

"Nothing you need to concern yourself with." Shaw said, smiling. "It's merely a crystal that was created by Morning Star. A crystal that can accomplish my goals. The Shadow Genesis Crystal."

"The Shadow Genesis Crystal?" Aurore asked, shocked. "That's impossible."

"Really then…" Shaw said, smiling. "Then I guess when I use it to kill the one you care about most, it will be one last impossibility."

"Don't do it, Shaw." Aurore said, glaring at him.

"Oh, please, give me the speech." Shaw said, laughing. "About how there's still hope for me, and I can be a good man if I tried to help others. Please, I'm dying to hear it."

"I won't." Aurore said, frowning, giving his brother a stone cold glare. "There would be no point. You're a full grown man, and you can make your own choices. And you chose to the path of vengeance and evil. So you don't get redemption, Shaw. You get to die like a dog."

"Well, let's get this party started then." Shaw said, holding up the Shadow Genesis Crystal. It began to glow with a dense black light, the light shooting out towards Aurore. "Now, the person you care about most will be destroyed."

"Oh, no you don't!" Alder exclaimed, charging out in front of Aurore, Gina jumping down next to him. The light struck the two of them together, sending them flying backwards in opposite directions.

"Alder! Gina!" Aurore exclaimed, shocked. "What are you doing? Why did you come here?"

"We came…" Alder panted, standing up. "We followed you here so that we could protect you from Shaw. I knew you wouldn't give up that easily."

"Alder…" Aurore said, shocked.

"What was that…" Alder asked, frowning. "Wait, where's Gina? Gina?"

"Huh?" Aurore asked, turning to Gina. Gina stood up as well.

"Alder…" Gina asked, staring directly at him. "Where are… you?"

"What the hell is going on?" Aurore asked, turning to Shaw.

"Damn!" Shaw said, frowning. "What the hell? This wasn't meant for them! It was supposed to strike you! Those foolish peons, interfering…"

"Shaw!" Aurore exclaimed. "What does that crystal do?"

"Simple." Shaw said, turning to Aurore, frowning. "The Shadow Genesis Crystal has a single power that works once."

"What is it?" Aurore exclaimed.

"The power to completely cut off the target from the one they love." Shaw explained, frowning. "Whoever it hits will never be able to see, touch, hear, smell, or taste the one they love most of all ever again."

"You were trying to use that to permanently prevent me from seeing Sora…" Aurore said, shocked.

"The final tool to drive you to the edge of despair…" Shaw said, staring at the powerless crystal. "It is useless to me now…"

"Wait, don't!" Aurore exclaimed, Shaw tossing the crystal to the ground and smashing it beneath his foot.

"Aurore…" Gina said, turning to Aurore. "What happened… Where's Alder?"

"Aurore…" Alder said, turning to Aurore. "What happened… Where's Gina?"

"I'm sorry…" Aurore said, looking down, frowning. "The person you care about most… Is dead… Shaw killed them… I couldn't… I couldn't…"

Aurore couldn't tell them the truth. He decided that it was better to lie and say they were dead instead of telling Alder and Gina that they had been permanently separated from one another because they saved him.

Yeah, he was wrong about that.

"He's dead…" Gina said, staring at the ground, shocked, shadows beginning to swirl around her. "He's dead… He's dead!"

Gina turned around in a white hot rage as Alder fell to the ground, shocked from the knowledge that the woman he loved was gone for good. Gina, on the other hand, let loose her anger at Shaw.

"YOU KILLED HIM!" Gina exclaimed, hitting Shaw in the stomach. She focused dark power into her hand, and sent him flying through the air. She disappeared into the darkness and reappeared above him, holding her hand down towards him.

"HE WAS MINE!" Gina exclaimed, hitting Shaw point blank with a shadow ball. "AND YOU TOOK HIM FROM MEEEE!"

Shaw hit the ground and slowly stood up, shaking, coughing out blood. He looked behind him at the rocky ledge and the hard ground below, and smiled.

"Saddening, isn't it brother." Shaw said, coughing out blood as Gina charged at him. "I alone know how to reverse the effects."

"What?" Gina asked, staring at Shaw, her fury freezing for a second. "You can… bring him back…"

"Indeed…" Shaw said, laughing maniacally as he stepped back from the ledge, plummeting into oblivion.

"No…" Gina exclaimed, collapsing to her knees. She let out a blood-curdling roar to the heavens in anger, frustration, and sadness, Alder sitting on the ground, paralyzed in shock.

EoS: Now then, this story will end in two more chapters, and then we'll return to Blake's story.

Lauren: Finally.