Chapter 1
Bodyguards
The boat to Jubilife docked with the mainland successfully, there were no run ins with pirates of any kind luckily. The waters haven't been safe lately with Pokémon finding it hard to find jobs have gone into thievery to care for their families. A Golduck wearing a sailor outfit stepped off pulling the plank for other Pokémon to walk out on. "Anyone getting off for Jubilife best be getting off now!" He shouted holding one of his hands up to his beak.
At that several Pokémon from Unova began to get off the boat. Some were taking their first step into Sinnoh while some returned from Unova stepping back on familiar soil. One walked off wearing a red cloak that covered his face and shoulders while under it he wore a leather chest plate, a pair of leather battle shorts that went halfway past his knees. On his feet was a pair of black leather boots. On his hands were bandages that looked to be worn out from severe usage, they had definitely seen much action. He looked like someone from a war story in a way. His nose stuck out from his hood, the color was black with an X like scar on it.
He looked around at all the Pokémon who seemed to be having great days but he wasn't exactly feeling the same way. "Brother," A deep and dark voice from behind him shouted rushing, well more floating down the plank walk. It was a Darkrai who had a scythe on his back. He wore what looked to be a pair of steel gauntlets on his arms that added to his power. When he reached his the hooded figure his legs sprouted out and he stood there. "What is the rush brother?"
"Sorry Yami, I sort of forgot about you and Cass. You know this is where I was born right? It feels strange to be back but we have a job to do and disobeying Master Cobalion is not in my repertoire. Where is Cass anyway?" His voice was what some might call dark and mysterious but he really had a much nicer voice, one that some girls would like.
"Guys wait for me!" A small Sneasal came down the plank tripping over a board and screaming out loud, catching the whole port's attention. "Why does that keep happening to me?" She wasn't exactly the best at watching where she was going. She looked up to her companions and blushed feeling embarrassed by her mess up.
"It is alright sister," Yami said helping Cass to her feet. "You just need to watch where you're going is all. Now shouldn't we be headed for Floroma Castle?"
"Yeah, we need to hurry because every moment we waste is another chance for a Pokémon to take her life. Let's get moving." The hooded Pokémon said walking toward the entrance to the route that led to the kingdom of Floroma. His companions followed close behind him not wanting to be left behind.
When the hooded Pokémon took his first step on the route to Floroma he stopped in his tracks. His companions didn't know why he would stop but they began to think that trouble was a foot and got themselves ready. Suddenly several Pawniards and Machops shot out from behind the trees surrounding the three of them. Yami had dark orbs in his hands ready to let them loose, while Cass had her claws ready to slice each of them down.
Then a shadow appeared from the bushes and that had them even more on edge because it was obvious from the shadow that it was something bigger than a Pawniard or a Machop. When the figure came into the light they all were a little shocked to see what it was. Standing there was a blue Bisharp who looked ready to fight as did all of his little soldier. It wore a steel chest plate as well as steel leggings and boots but its hands remained un armored as the two blades shot up from their positions.
"Brother what do we do?" Yami asked the hooded Pokémon who still looked to be unaware of their situation. He didn't respond and that made his two companions worry a little, "Brother?"
"Is this how you welcome the ones you hire to protect your princess?" The hooded Pokémon asked walking forward. The many Pawniards and Machops got ready in case the Pokémon did anything to their leader.
"I'm surprised that you realized who we were. You're very perceptive aren't you?" The Bisharp said withdrawing his blades. "I am the leader of the Castle Guard and before you stands the greatest soldiers of all of Sinnoh. We will escort you to the castle don't get lost."
"C'mon guys, you didn't think anyone would really try and attack us did you?" The hooded Pokémon asked somewhat joking toward his friends. They let their guards down lowering their power levels back to where they were before.
"Brother how could you tell they were of the castle guard?" Yami asked slightly perplexed by the hooded Pokémon's ability to distinguish the castle guard from a group of thieves.
"It wasn't that hard really considering this is the only route to the castle and the fact that they would have to make sure we were the ones they had asked for." The hooded Pokémon looked over to his companion who still looked a little confused. "Okay, try thinking of them as thieves, I doubt thieves would want to take on anyone from the Four Swords Academy my friend after all we have a sound reputation for being quite hard to take down. Even the newest members could handle this mission in my opinion, but they asked for us so we have to do this even if we don't want to."
"I get that brother but why would they need such trained Pokémon like us when they have a well enough guard like this?" Yami asked still frustrated with not being given a clear answer.
"You read the report right Yami?" He asked his companion who nodded his head. "Well apparently this guard can't guard her that well when they really need to so they want Pokémon who can do the job twice as well as them. I just wonder why the princess chose our academy and not one of the more well known academies."
"Maybe she chose us because of Master Cobalion's reputation for bringing out great Pokémon like us, like you!" Cass said smiling up at the hooded Pokémon. "I mean the princess is getting the best in the world in my opinion, no one at our academy can't even touch you, I mean Yami can put up a fight but he doesn't really last that long, no offense Yami."
"None taken." Yami said holding up one of his hands. "But our sister is right brother. The castle shall be glad to have you of all Pokémon from the academy protecting Princess Lola."
"Yes I guess it is true of my strength and powers, but I have Master Cobalion to thank for that. If I hadn't been taken in by him I wouldn't be as strong as I am today. But you two are also those to have some praise because I am lucky to have great friends such as you. Any Pokémon would be grateful for having you guys follow him." The hooded Pokémon was smiling under the darkness of his hood but his companions couldn't see that but they had a feeling he was smiling.
"Well you three, we're here." The Bisharp captain said as the rest of his unit ran into the open gates to the kingdom of Floroma. "I will escort you personally to the castle don't fall behind now."
"Could we at least have your name captain?" The hooded Pokémon asked feeling like his friends and he weren't being treated with respect from the captain.
"Sorry, it slipped my mind to tell you. My name is Lanax of the Bisharp race, which you already know. It is my pleasure to escort you to Castle Floroma where the princess is eagerly awaiting your arrival brave warriors." The captain knelt down putting his hand over his chest plate.
"I had a feeling that was you." The hooded Pokémon said softly catching Lanax's attention.
"I'm sorry did you say something?" Lanax asked feeling like he knew this Pokémon for some reason.
"Oh its nothing Lanax, you just looked familiar to me that's all. But I am from the Unova nation so that wouldn't be that mysterious. Sorry if I confused you." He said walking up next to the Bisharp before waiting for him to walk forward and lead them to the castle.
Truthfully Lanax didn't need to lead them there since it was the largest building in all of the Floroma kingdom. That and it was a freaking castle and it was huge and had several towers that stuck up from the ground like spears in the ground. The hooded Pokémon looked up at the castle and placed his paw on his chest and something shook making a rattling sound. Both of his companions looked at him as he stood behind them looking up at the castle almost like he was hypnotized.
"Hey dude," Cass said punching the hooded Pokémon getting him to look away from the castle and down to his friend, "you looked a little weird, is everything alright?"
"Yes just got caught up in the beauty that's all." He said walking away from Cass and past Yami. "They'll find out soon enough anyway but I can't let Lanax know who I am, at least not yet." He whispered so softly that not even a Noivern would be able to hear him.
"This is Captain Lanax!" The captain said getting some of the guards who were stationed up on the wall to look down at him and three others. "Open the gates, the princess's bodyguards are here!"
At those words the guards on top of the wall ran to a cranking wheel and began to turn it making the iron gates blocking the entryway open up. "Hurry now we are already late and the princess is probably upset. Something you should be aware of. You are to show the upmost respect to her majesty, nothing short of that will be accepted, is that understood?" He sounded like he was threatening the three that the princess had hired.
"Don't worry we know how to act in front of royalty, we aren't idiots you know." The hooded Pokémon looked at the captain through the darkness of his hood that covered his eyes. "Are we going in or not?"
"I see, very well then, follow me." Lanax was a little shocked that the hooded Pokémon sounded like he would hurt him if he did anything to his friends.
They got to the door of the castle and they opened up. Yami and Cass were amazed with the décor of the room they walked into. Banners of the kingdom hung down from the ceiling. Several paintings covered the walls, some including the royal family others just paintings that looked really well made. Many lights were also hung from the ceiling as well as in poles that held the lanterns. None were lit because the morning sun outside was enough to illuminate the whole room and several others actually.
They walked along a red carpet that was laid out across the floor leading up to a pair of two throne-like chairs. Several other Pokémon in armored suits stood sideways to each other as well as in front of each other. They were in rows standing just in front of the red carpet. Next to one of the throne chairs was one of the Gardevoir race. She wore a black dress that had many different looking designs on it. She looked beautiful to the group but the hooded Pokémon just snickered a little as though he couldn't stand the sight of her.
Then the captain walked up onto the steps and got next to the throne chair that the Gardevoir was standing next to. Suddenly a door from upstairs opened and a Lopunny wearing an elegant dress came walking down passing right by the three companions. She looked much more beautiful than any Lopunny within the kingdom at least that's what Pokémon say outside of the Floroma Kingdom. She sat down in the throne chair and the captain called for everyone in the room to kneel before the princess. He quickly kneeled to the floor. The Gardevoir did the same thing as did all of the guards around the carpet where the group of three was standing.
Yami and Cass looked at each other and kneeled down. Yami brought forth his legs and kneeled down on them like everyone. Everyone was kneeling in front of the princess except for the hooded Pokémon who just seemed to stare at the princess.
The captain looked up and saw that the hooded Pokémon refused to kneel before the princess and he felt like he was insulting her. "How dare you not kneel before the princess, this is an insult to her very name!" The captain stood up ready to strike at the hooded Pokémon but was stopped when the princess held her hand up. "Your highness?"
"It's okay Lanax, it would be a little weird if everyone in the room was kneeling. But I am a little intrigued by him, what is your name good sir?" The princess sounded a little young almost like that of a teenager. She was only seventeen after all, but she knew how to act when it came to being a princess.
The hooded Pokémon remained silent which slightly confused the princess. "Um hello, can you hear me?" She asked still not getting any response from the hooded Pokémon. "Lanax is there something wrong with this Pokémon he's not talking at all. Is he perhaps deaf?"
"I'm not deaf Lola but I didn't want to say my name if that's alright with you." The hooded Pokémon said getting looks from all around him including his friends but they were more confused than angry. "You know it's been ten years since I was last at this castle standing with here in front of you."
"I'm sorry but what do you mean by that sir? I have never met you before in my life." Lola said puzzled by the hooded Pokémon's words.
"Really so it's as I thought it to be. I was never that important to you." The hooded Pokémon looked down covering some of his nose.
"How can you be important to our princess she has never met you before?" The Gardevoir spoke somewhat serenely like an angel some might say. "Can you provide any proof that you know her?"
"Yes do you have any proof of knowing me?" She asked almost like she was insulting him.
He looked back up revealing his nose a slight bit more. "Well I have some proof but it might come as a small shock to her." The hooded Pokémon reached down into his leather chest plate and the room was filled with a jingling sound. He brought forth a small necklace with the symbol of Castle Floroma on it. When the princess saw the necklace she jumped up from her chair.
"Where did you get that?" She asked angered that the hooded Pokémon was holding something close to the royal family. "I gave that to someone very close to my heart, how did you get a hold of it? Tell me now or I'll have you killed on the spot."
"Hold on there your majesty, our friend has always had this necklace since we've known him." Cass said standing up to defend her companion.
"Silence I don't want to hear anything from a Sneasal like you. If I wanted to have a Sneasal speak to me I would go to the Snowpoint Castle and have a conversation there." The princess went from sounding so nice to completely pissed as hell.
"You will not speak to my sister that way even if you are a princess you—" Yami was stopped by the hooded Pokémon's hand. "Brother?"
"It's okay Yami this is how she's always been." The hooded Pokémon said looking up at the princess who was still angry with him for having the necklace. "May I ask the name of the Pokémon you gave this necklace to?"
"You should know that because you would have had to kill him to get that from him. But if you really don't know his name is Shadow." The princess said getting both Cass and Yami to look up at the princess. The hooded Pokémon's head dropped as silence fell over the room. The princess looked around wondering what she had said to cause such silence. "What does that name mean something to you two?"
"Your majesty, if the Pokémon you gave it to was named Shadow, right?" Cass asked the princess who nodded a little confused by her sudden words. "Um you may not believe me or Yami here but this is Shadow."
"What this can't be my Shadow though; the Shadow I knew was a Riolu. Not whatever he is. But my Shadow can't be him because he's dead." The princess said pointing to the hooded Pokémon.
"Who told you that story Lola?" The hooded Pokémon said as he grabbed for the top of his hood. "I guess I have no choice then huh? I didn't want to show my face here in the castle just yet but since you need to be taught a few things about Pokémon I might as well show you who I am."
He removed his hood getting everyone but his companions to gasp out loud. The hooded Pokémon was a Lucario, the evolved form of a Riolu. He unbuttoned his cloak and it fell shedding light on his person. "My name is Shadow Aurora and I have been sent by the Four Swords Academy to protect you."
"You c-can't be him. I mean he never came back to the kingdom, he would have to be dead. There's no way you could be him!" She shouted holding her chest as it felt like it was going to explode. Slowly Shadow began making his way up the stairs to where Lola sat.
"Believe me when I say that it's me Lola. But I must say I thought you'd be happier to see me after all these years. You still remember why I left right?" At those words the princess looked up at him with wide eyes as he was now only a foot in front of her. He put his paw under chin and picked it up so that she was looking at him when he said this. "I still carry that pain with me every day. You were my best friend ten years ago, we would always play together in your garden and you'd always fool me when we played hide and seek. But I guess I was right, you never really cared about me at all, I realize that both because of now and from where you betrayed me ten years ago. Was it so important to act like some big shot in front of those three girls, or were we never really friends in the first place?"
"You really are Shadow aren't you?" She said as tears began to form in her eyes. When Shadow took his hand out from under her chin her head dropped down and she grabbed at her dress at the knees. She actually began to cry. Lanax and the Gardevoir actually were shocked when this happened. Shadow started to walk down the stairs when he heard something come from the princess.
He turned around and saw that she looked to be shaking. He took a step back thinking that she was about to start balling and that he would need to get out of there as quickly as possible but before anything could even be done Lola jumped at Shadow wrapping her arms around his waist tackling him down the stairs past his friends.
"Oh Shadow, Shadow, Shadow! It really is you! Oh thank Arceus." She said rubbing her face against his like she was a cat or something. Shadow was a little too shocked and couldn't really figure out what was going on. Lola stopped rubbing up against him and pushed up with her arms looking into his eyes. "Where have you been? Why haven't you sent a letter or a message or anything? How could you make me worry so much? How could you…" She looked down and saw that his paw was on her stomach and she slightly froze up.
"Get off of me before I blast you off of me." He said in a darker tone than he normally used. At that Lola jumped off of him looking at her old friend with a small amount of fear. "Thank you Lola, now why the hell did you do that?"
"I was just happy to see you that's all. I mean you were my best friend and the fact that you are wearing that necklace and the fact that you came here to protect me must mean that you still think of me as a best friend." She said smiling at Shadow who wasn't exactly happy with her comment.
"Listen to me right now, I didn't come here because I wanted to protect you. You asked for the three best of the Four Swords Academy and you got the three best. Truthfully I never wanted this job but I cannot disobey Master Cobalion." He said this time in not so dark of a voice. "The only reason I hold onto this necklace you gave me is to remind me why I try so hard. I don't want to be hurt again like I was hurt with you. You and I are nowhere close to being friends Lola. The only friends I have in this room are Yami and Cass. Besides them I don't really see anything other than Pokémon who asked for my help and a spoiled bunny who all of a sudden now cares about her friend."
"That's not true Shadow I've always cared about you. Deep down I always felt like you were still alive, that you would one day come back to me. I knew that we would be together again." Okay she's making this sound like they were a couple back when they were kids. She really needs to tone it down a little.
"I don't know how you get these ideas but this isn't some romantic novel where the boy returns to the girl after a long time and falls in love with her. This is reality Lola, you and I will never be together." That's a little harsh Shadow even for someone like you. At least let her down easy and not like some asshole.
"How dare you talk to her that way Shadow!?" The Gardevoir behind Lola said putting her hand on Lola's shoulder. "She has been worried sick about you ever since you left the kingdom. I would think you of all Lucarios would be a little more appreciative."
"Ah yes, Grace. You're still protecting Lola after all this time. I'm surprised to see that you're her advisor. Then again you have been with her since she was born." Shadow was being a little rude but then again he couldn't really stand being there.
"If you must know without her she wouldn't be the Lopunny that she is today." Grace said stepping in front of Lola as if ready to defend her.
"Yes you and all her friends who made her betray me. I guess you can then say it's your fault that I left the kingdom. Then again she didn't have to do what she did, but I don't blame her after all she is a princess." Shadow crossed his arms and looked over to Lola who looked slightly torn. "All the princesses that I've been told to protect have all tried to get me to marry them even when I was still a Riolu. They all thought that because they were a princess that they could have whatever they wanted. However I don't really follow that philosophy."
"How can you put Lola into the same category as those princesses Shadow? You should know very well that Lola doesn't feel that way." Grace said with a slight bit of anger but also sadness. "Lola has been waiting for you for some time really but we all believed that it be best if she got—," Lola threw her hand over Grace's mouth stopping her from whatever she was going to say.
"Grace," Lola said brining Grace down in whisper range, "please don't tell him about that alright. If he knows that he might not warm up to me again. I want you to never say anything about that with him around alright. Please, I'm not asking you to do this as the princess but as a friend."
Grace looked at the princess with a slight surprise. She didn't expect the princess to still feel that way about Shadow after all this time but apparently she was wrong. "Alright Lola as your friend. Anyways Shadow, you should at least show some sort of respect toward her." She said looking at Shadow who was just staring at them with this frustrated look about him.
"Okay if you two are done playing secret gossip I want to know why you asked for us and didn't just increase the number of guards in the castle at night? Both my companions and I need to know why you really asked for us and not some excuse like your guard can't handle the threat because when they met us earlier today they seemed capable enough." Shadow took a few steps closer before an Excavalier shot in front of him.
"You will not take another step closer to her majesty is that understood?" The Excavalier started to poke his spears into Shadow's chest.
"I suggest you make him stop doing that before he irritates him." Cass said to the princess and Grace who then looked back at Shadow who looked just the same.
"Why Shadow wouldn't hurt him?" Lola said but had this feeling something was different about Shadow.
"Hey I'm talking to you!" The Excavalier was now about to thrust his spears into Shadow to make a point. "Fine then perhaps a demonstration is in order." He brought one of his spears back and threw it forth.
Everyone in the room was surprised with what happened next. The tip of the spear was caught between two of Shadow's fingers. "That wasn't very smart of you." Suddenly Shadow's hand began to glow red. Shadow thrust his hand forward slamming it into the Excavalier's face. Every Pokémon in the room had to duck immediately when the fist made its contact with the face. The Excavalier smashed into the wall causing the entire room to shake. Grace was holding on to Lola so that she wouldn't fall down.
"Lieutenant!" Lanax shouted running over to the Excavalier who now had cracks in his armor. "What the hell was that for Shadow? He did nothing to you."
"Actually he tried to use those spear arms of his to attack me. I was just protecting myself." Shadow said as his hand stopped glowing red. "Sorry though I didn't mean to use that much power. In fact if I used any more he'd probably be dead right now."
"What do you mean by that Shadow?" Lanax asked getting in Shadow's face his blades out ready to deal damage.
"Captain Lanax that's enough of that!" Lola said stepping between the two of them. Lanax looked surprised because one of her own soldiers had just been launched across the hall and was now lying almost dead from a single punch. "Shadow I don't want you to hurt anyone else in this castle understood?"
"I can't promise anything after all my job is to make sure you're protected at all cost even if that means killing your own guard at least that's what your message to us was." Shadow said taking a few steps away from Lola.
"Can you explain though how you possess such power?" Grace asked feeling on the defensive seeing how strong Shadow was.
"Allow me to do that brother." Yami said floating into the center of the group. "You see our brother here has trained harder than any Pokémon at the academy. He's done things that all of us have thought to be impossible. He does his best to make Master Cobalion proud. What you just saw was only about half the power he possesses in my opinion. He has much greater power than you all could ever achieve. Not saying that it's impossible to obtain but he has been doing this ever since he got to the academy. Truthfully I wouldn't be here if not for him."
"What does that mean?" Lola asked feeling like she was getting to know more about Shadow.
"He saved my life but I'd rather not talk about it because the memories are too painful for me. I apologize for not being able to tell you more." Yami looked upset that he couldn't share the story but Shadow was a little relieved because he didn't want Lola knowing that much about him. He didn't want her having anything to talk to him about but then again he knew she'd find a way somehow.
"Well if that's all settled then we should show you all where you'll be staying. Please follow me." Grace said gesturing for the three companions to follow her. Shadow just wanted to find a place outside and find a place to sleep. He didn't get much on the way here but he knew that he would need to remain vigilant if he was to protect Lola, even if he didn't want to.
"Shadow c'mon now you don't want to get lost in here do you?" Lola asked grabbing a hold of Shadow's hand pulling him across the carpet and onto the marble flooring. Shadow couldn't believe that he was letting this happened but he couldn't just use one of his moves on her or else she'd probably die. He could tell just by looking at her that she was incredibly weak, not saying that she was but if you compared the two of them that would be the case.
"Looks like you can't keep the girls off of you huh Shadow?" Cass said giggling under her breath.
Shadow felt like he was going to be teased non-stop now just because Lola grabbed his hand. He tore his hand out from hers and just walked ahead of the group until he was next to Grace. Grace found it odd that he would be next to her and not Lola who he was supposed to protect but she didn't really mind either. At least someone was walking with her, that made her smile a little.
"Alright this is where you'll be staying Yami, now all you have to do is make yourself at home and…" When Grace looked into the room her eyes widened as did Yami's.
"Grace what the hell are you doing! And why are there men with you?" Said a Meloetta who covered herself with a towel. I didn't think Meloetta's got naked, don't they always have this sort of dress they wear that makes them look like a pop star? Just joking though with the whole naked thing but Meloetta really has a towel around her.
"This is where I'm staying Grace?" Yami asked unable to avert his gaze from the Meloetta.
"I completely forgot that our friend Melody was staying here. I think we'll have to find you a different room to stay in Yami."
"I wouldn't worry about Yami, Grace." Shadow said seeing the look in his friend's eyes. He has never seen them this way before, but he didn't want his friend going crazy but then again he knew his friend very well. "He's not exactly very comfortable around girls."
"Then why does he protect Cass?" Lola asked feeling like she also deserved some of the information and not just Grace. Lola was beginning to feel a little jealous because Shadow has been walking with Grace since she reached for his hand.
"He's okay around those from the academy for some reason. It's every female outside of the academy that he has trouble talking to or with. I have a feeling though that Yami would actually be important in here." Shadow said patting his friend on the back. Yami looked at Shadow with a puzzled look. Shadow just nodded his head and somehow Yami got the message.
"Why would I want one of the Darkrai race in here with me? So I could have a wave of bad dreams? I don't think so!" Melody said looking at Yami with great hate.
"Actually miss Melody if you must know, Yami only does that to enemies and you'd actually want him around. That and…" Shadow walked closer to Melody and began to whisper in her ear, "He needs help getting over his fear of talking to girls and I was hoping you could do that."
"Why would I do that?" She whispered back confused.
"Let's just say Yami is very loyal to his friends and I think you would like having him as a friend, I sure am." Shadow said as he heard something from above him. He looked up and saw that the ceiling was about to give way but he wasn't the only one though. Yami saw it to and was rushing at Melody who had no idea what was going on until the ceiling caved in and crashed into the floor. Shadow jumped back just before the ceiling debris hit him. He looked up at the pile and saw a Pokémon on top of it.
"Finally inside," It was a Gallade who looked like he was somewhat broken in the head. "It's time you got what was coming to you Princess Lola. Prepare to feel my blades!"
The Gallade jumped at Lola but before anyone did anything Shadow was in front of her with the spikes on his hands glowing a silver glow. The Gallade brought his sword hand down but it connected with silver claws that shot forth from Shadow's spikes. "Get out of my way this instant! She must be punished for her wrongs!" The Gallade said trying to push his way through Shadow.
"Sorry about your problems but as much as I would agree with you I've been ordered to protect her and unless you want to die tonight you'll leave this place right now." Shadow said as he looked a lot more serious than he did a few minutes ago when that Excavalier was trying to attack him.
"Then I will have to kill you as well." Gallade sent his other sword arm for Shadow's side but it hit only air as Shadow was now in the air his Metal Claw attack till connected with the Gallade's other sword arm. "How did you…"
Shadow didn't answer, but instead sent his foot right into the Gallade's face. He landed n the ground after that and looked at his boots. As much as he wanted to wear them they were hindering his movement. Shadow sent his aura through his body and had it blast out at his feet causing the boots to explode. His feet were now no longer covered with anything and he felt ten times as fast. Before Gallade could even get up Shadow was already behind him with his fist glowing red. Gallade looked behind him only to see Shadow's fist connect with his chest sending him into the air.
Shadow followed the Gallade into the sky and began sending jab after jab and kick after kick into the Pokémon's body. Everyone who was watching couldn't believe what they were seeing except for Cass who has personally seen what Shadow is capable of. "Why doesn't he just finish the Pokémon off?" Lanax asked wondering why this fight has lasted so long. "He took out my lieutenant in one blow why hasn't he done the same here?"
"Truthfully the reason he did that to the Excavalier was to prove a point that no one should threaten him or Lola if they know what's good for them. This however is how he really fights. He normally doesn't start off with much power because he likes to size up the opponent but he couldn't do that here because he needs to protect Lola. He just decided to get right into the fighting. I give him another minute before he finishes this Gallade off." Cass was getting really excited because she rarely got to see her friend fight like this.
Shadow placed his foot on the stomach of the Gallade and put his hands together jumping up higher into the air. A blue orb of energy began to form in his hands as he began heading down toward the Gallade who was now just recuperating from the beating he had just received. A lighter blue orb of energy appeared in the Gallade's two sword arms as he launched it at Shadow who fired his Aura Sphere at the Focus Blast. The Aura Sphere went right through the Focus Blast without even a contest and slammed right into the gut of the Gallade sending him straight into the ground hard.
Shadow landed next to the Gallade who was in the floor and grabbed his neck and prepared another Metal Claw attack and pointed it right at the Pokémon's heart. Lola couldn't believe what she was seeing, was Shadow really about to kill another Pokémon. "I made a promise to my master that I would protect the princess with everything I have and tonight you should have thought a little more. I'll give you this chance to run but if you even think of attacking Lola you die right here." Shadow said dropping the Gallade onto the floor.
The Gallade looked up at Shadow and smiled. As he then darted around Shadow heading right for Lola. Cass instinctively shot in front of her but didn't really need to when Shadow's Metal Claw went right through the Gallade's chest. The Gallade was gasping for air but it was of no use as he soon fell limp to the floor blood spreading out as Shadow removed his hand from the Pokémon's chest. "I told you not to do that." Shadow said as he prepared an Aura Sphere to finish the job.
Lola couldn't take this and jumped at Shadow grabbing his hand. Shadow looked up as his Aura Sphere slowly faded away. He saw tears in the princess's eyes and just looked away from her. "Fine, have it your way, just get him out of here before I change my mind." Shadow said taking his hand away from Lola. Lola smiled placing her hands to her chest. She couldn't believe that Shadow just protected her, but he didn't need to overdo anything for her.
"Not to make anything worse but where's Yami?" Cass asked getting everyone in the room to look over to the pile of debris.
Shadow ran behind it hearing a soft voice. "C'mon now don't go to close your eyes now, you can't close your eyes!" Melody was pulling at the debris where Shadow saw only Yami's head sticking out. Shadow was quickly helping Melody clear the debris away because he wasn't about to lose his friend. Lola saw how determined Shadow was and decided that she would help to but before she could walk forward Grace grabbed her and shook her head. Lola felt like she could really help them but Grace, being as overprotective as she is, wasn't going to let her near that.
It looked like Shadow was getting angrier the more time it took to get his friend out of there. "Hey can't you use Psychic?" He asked Melody who immediately palmed her head. "Use it then!"
Melody's eyes glowed blue and the large amount of debris was lifted off of Yami and thrown to the side. "Yami, c'mon don't you go dying on me now." Shadow said lifting his friend up. Shadow then began to slap his face repeatedly. Cass had a claw on her forehead as she shook her head while everyone thought Shadow wasn't really helping with anything except possibly giving him a giant headache.
Yami's eyes opened and everyone including Melody had a smile on their face. Shadow let go of Yami as he began to float on his own now. "Is Melody okay?" Yami asked looking at his friend.
"I'm just fine Yami." Melody said looking a little nervous because she thought that Yami would be nothing but a problem. "I didn't think a Darkrai could be so nice and brave."
Yami was glad there were these spikes on his neck covering his cheeks because he was blushing. "Anyone would have done it Melody. I just did it first." Yami turned away from Melody to hide his face from her. He even ducked his head into his neck when he guards himself from attacks.
"I told you he was shy." Shadow said whispering into Melody's ear.
Melody giggled slightly and floated over to Yami who was still hiding himself from everyone. "Grace I think he'll be fine living here in this room. Don't worry I'll keep him from doing anything stupid again." Melody said floating next to Yami's face that shot up when she said that.
"I suggest we get out of here before things get weird." Shadow said making both Melody and Yami blush and look at him with anger.
Everyone besides Yami and Melody left the room and followed Grace down the hall again. They arrived at Cass's room where she would be sleeping alone and that was completely fine with her. She just jumped on the bed and began to snore away falling asleep that quickly. Shadow just smiled because that was just like her to fall asleep during the morning when there were still things to do. They all just decided to leave her to her nap and continued to where Shadow would be sleeping.
The room looked like the others but it was farther away from his friends than he had originally thought. Then he saw a larger pair of doors next to his room and immediately dropped his head. "Please don't tell me that's Lola's room there." Shadow asked pointing to it with his head still down.
"Actually that would be my room Shadow." Grace said looking down at him while he looked up at her. "The princess's room is next to my room though so you're only two doors down from her if that's not a problem."
"No but I feel like I've just been set up for something." He said looking over at Lola. "I may be your bodyguard from here on out but that does not mean you can talk to me whenever you want is that understood?"
"Of course Shadow but if you ever need anyone to talk to you can talk to me alright." Shadow was about to comment on that when Lola winked at him and headed for her room.
"Well I'm going to get settled if that's alright with you Grace. Just don't let mister knives over there come in." Shadow said pointing at Lanax who looked at him with anger in his eyes.
Shadow walked into his room and shut the door behind him and breathed a sigh of relief as he was finally alone. He went to the bed and just fell onto it and began to think how he had gotten himself into this mess in the first place. Then again he did ask for this mission so he asked for it in a way. This day and all the others were definitely going to be interesting.