Chapter 11: Mastering the Darkness
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Darkrai regained consciousness in his room three days after he used his darker powers to chase off Team Plasma, and looked around. Latias was asleep in the chair next to his bed, and a small line of drool was comically dripping from the corner of her mouth. He sat upright and looked at her and smiled. "Hey, I'm awake, why aren't you?" she snapped awake and practically tackled him off his bed and hugged him. "YOU"RE ALRIGHT! I'M SO HAPPY!" Darkrai tried to speak, but her glomp had left him breathless… literally. "*wheeze* let… me go… please..." she immediately realized what had happened and helped him up. "Sorry… I didn't mean to do that…" Darkrai smiled kindly at her. "It's alright. So? How long was I out?" she sat down next to him on the bed. "About three and a half days… I was so worried…"
Just then, Victini entered the room, noticed Darkrai awake, and turned and shouted out the door, "HE'S AWAKE, EVERYONE!" the cheering of dozens of Pokémon echoed from outside. Arceus entered the room seconds later. "You, have saved the lives of all the Pokémon here. You may not know it, but your power… Fellbrand's power… you used it for a greater good. Perhaps there is hope for you yet…" Darkrai contemplated his hands for about half a minute. "I…" he looked at Latias, who tilted her head slightly. "what?"
Darkrai looked up at Arceus. "Do you really think I could control this power? When I used it, I hurt those Pokémon that Team plasma was using. I think I killed the Bisharp… How can I possibly control the true form of Fellbrand when I can't even manage to do so with his weakest form?" Latias gently placed her hand on Darkrai's shoulder. "I believe in you, Darkrai. I know you can do it, somehow… all you need to do is try!" Arceus nodded. "What she says is true, Darkrai. Only with time and effort can this beast be tamed… but the fact remains that it CAN be tamed."
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The next day, Arceus and Darkrai headed to the arena of the Hall of Origin. Darkrai and Arceus had agreed to train together to help Darkrai master the darkness within himself.
"Ready? BEGIN!" Victini shouted, as he hurriedly got out of the arena. Arceus allowed Darkrai to change forms into Fellbrand's Fear Form. Fellbrand then readied an attack… Fellbrand disappeared instantly, then reappeared a few feet away from the Alpha Pokémon and unleashed a high powered attack, Giga Impact. (A/N: for those wondering, Fellbrand fear's moveset is Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Blood Tithe, and Recover.) The attack hit Arceus in the side, causing him to be knocked nearly thirty feet away and slam into a pillar. Arceus got up and fired his Judgement attack. Fellbrand actually caught one of the beams of energy and threw it back at Arceus! Arceus dodged it, but it destroyed a column and caused rubble to fall from the ceiling, and a hole opened in the roof, letting the midday sunlight into the arena. Arceus fired a Hyper Beam at Fellbrand, who countered with his own Hyper Beam. The powerful beams collided, creating a massive explosion, and Arceus's attack broke through the cloud of debris, and managed to hit Fellbrand as he tried to dodge. In spite of being directly hit by the attack of the god of Pokémon, Fellbrand still stood, barely damaged at all. Arceus fired another Judgement, but Fellbrand's arm began radiating purple and red energies. One of his two wings also began radiating the vivid aura, and Fellbrand slashed the attack in two, both halves of the Judgement destroyed more pillars, causing the roof to crack all across the room. Fellbrand noticed this, but Arceus didn't. Fellbrand unleashed Blood Tithe, sending a wave of red and purple energies at Arceus, which he dodged. The same thing happened three more times, until Arceus stopped in the middle of the room… Fellbrand had disappeared. Arceus looked around the room, not able to see Fellbrand. Suddenly, a Hyper Beam collided with the column at the center of the room, which was near Arceus, and obliterated the pillar. Arceus turned to face Fellbrand, but stopped short when he heard Fellbrand's distorted voice say; "checkmate." Just then, the entire roof collapsed, burying Arceus in fifteen feet of rubble.
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Arceus pulled himself out of the rubble, badly injured and bleeding. Fellbrand appeared above him once more and began charging another Hyper Beam… Arceus collapsed to the ground, unable to move. Just as Fellbrand was about to fire the attack, he stopped, and actually grabbed the orb of energy from in front of his mouth (which is where the attack charges/fires from) and crushed it. "I… I can control myself!" Arceus chuckled and spoke in a weak tone. "Good job, Darkrai." Fellbrand waved to the audino medical team that was waiting nearby and they began healing Arceus. Fellbrand smiled at Arceus. "don't call me Darkrai. It's not what I really am… Call me Fellbrand."
"Even the greatest of evils can become good, and vice versa" –Abyss Kurokari