A/N: okay, i have to apologize deeply for putting this fic off for too long. I've been wanting to come back to this, but haven't been able to. I am back now and will upload more (not as regularly as before, but more than recently). Don't worry, i still remember what i'm doing with the plot, so it'll still be the same.

Chapter Nine: Rustown Part Two: Destiny

With Shade

Shade landed on her hands and knees on the ground inside the portal. The man walked behind her, using Psychic powers to yank her to her feet.

"Get up." He said, turning her around. Shade looked into the man's eyes, becoming intimidated by them.

"Who are you?" She asked, slowly taking steps backwards from him.

"I'm someone you should know very well." The man said, walking closer to Shade.

"And who would that be?" Shade asked.

"Your father." The man said, pulling off his hood.

Shade gasped. He did look exactly like her father. He had black hair like her father, green eyes like him, even his tough demeanor.

"D-dad?" Shade asked, shocked at the revelation that the man who had shoved her into this portal was her father. "What are you doing here?"

"It's time I told you a few things." Her father said, sighing. "Some things that even your mother doesn't know."

"Like what?" Shade asked, curious.

"Like" her father said, trying to figure out the words to say. "What you are and what you're meant to do."

"What am I meant to do?" Shade asked.

"Well" her father began to say before he was cut off by two figures entering the portal. One of them was dressed in black and the other in white.

"Shade, we're he—" Ace said before his eyes settled on Shade's father. Shadow's eyes also settled on Shade's father, who was looking at them with confusion as to how they had entered the portal.

"How did you enter the portal?" he asked, taking a step nearer to them.

It was at this moment that Shade noticed something she never thought she'd notice in Ace and Shadow's eyes: fear. Their eyes were wide and their breathing had become shallow, apparently from the sight of her father.

"Z-Z-Zyg—" Ace began to say before Shade's father began to speak.

"I don't know how you entered my portal." He said. "I put a field around it. Now, explain yourselves."

"How did you survive?" Ace growled, having regained his composure, Shadow as well. Ace now stood in a combat stance, Shadow also getting in one.

"I have no idea what you are referring to." Shade's father said.

"We killed you!" Ace shouted, summoning Dark energy to his fists.

"Wait" Shade's father said, looking Ace and Shadow up and down. "So you're the two Kyuryoon. I was wondering when you would show up."

"Let Shade go, Zygarde!" Ace growled.

"I'm not doing her any harm." Shade's father, apparently Zygarde, said, a smug look on his face. "And the name's Enviro."

"I don't care." Ace said. "We killed you once and we can kill you again."

"There are things about our fight that you do not understand." Zygarde (technically Enviro) said, not flinching. "I must explain them to the three of you before I tell Shade of her own destiny."

"Like?" Ace asked, confused.

"Zygarde's soul passes to its next body when defeated." Enviro explained. "The corruption spreads to a descendant of Zygarde and grants them the power of Zygarde, but turns them into an evil monster. There is a line dedicated to Zygarde, giving him plenty of souls to take. While you did defeat the original and most powerful, you didn't completely destroy his soul, which gave him a chance to escape."

"But" Shadow said, thinking. "If the new Zygarde is anywhere near as powerful as the one we fought, then Shade might be screwed."

"Explain." Enviro said.

"We had to become Darkevoir to stop him." Shadow said. "Though, if Zygarde's aura hadn't weakened it, it would have been even stronger. But, Shade can't do that, can she?"

"I doubt it." Enviro said.

"Wait" Ace said, something coming to mind. "If you're not the Zygarde of this time, then who is?"

"I'm not sure." Enviro said. "But, I need you to protect Shade and prepare her to fight the Zygarde because I know you're forbidden to fight in this war."

"Trust me." Ace said, his tone grave. "If we need to step in, we will."

"Do you really think Arcen will let you?" Enviro asked.

"Do you really think he's powerful enough to do anything about it?" Ace countered.

"Touché." Enviro said.

"Hold on a minute." Shade said, cutting in. "I want to have a decision in this."

"What do you mean?" Enviro asked.

"I don't want to be this 'warrior' you're trying to get me to become." Shade said, her voice firm. "I'm a trainer and that is what I want to be. I want to travel with Pyro, Psy, Felicia and others and get the eight badges and try to beat the elite four and the champion. I don't want to risk my life fighting against a monster that might not even exist! It's bad enough my own sister is trying to take me to try to do something or other to me, but I don't want to fight this fight! Let Ace and Shadow do it!"

"Shade" Enviro said, stepping towards his daughter. "You have to listen."

"No, you listen!" Shade yelled, tears actually beginning to form. "I didn't ask for this! I don't want any of this!"

"Then you don't have to have it." Ace said, stepping up to Shade and putting his arm around her. "I'm not going to force you to do anything you don't want to do."

"But, Shade" Enviro said. "You have to understand."

"You can't force her to do this if she doesn't want to." Shadow said. "We can't force her to become this warrior if she has no desire to."

"I know." Enviro said. "But, this is an urgent matter. The entire world could be at stake."

"We'll take care of it." Ace said. "We're used to handling things like this. We'll teach Shade to use her powers to the best of her abilities."

"Fine." Enviro said. "I'll take my leave. I must attend to other matters."

"Right." Ace said, him, Shadow, and Shade walking towards the portal. But, as the three of them walked outside of the portal, something reached out and tripped Ace, causing him to fall on his face and the contents of his jacket pockets to spill out. The contents of his pockets included several assortments of candies as well as a small, velvet box and a map of the region.

"You'll thank me later." Enviro's voice said from inside the portal as it closed.

"So that's where my candy went." Shadow said with a false accusatory look on her face.

"You gave it to me when we got here." Ace said, standing up and picking up the candy. Shadow picked up the box, opening it. When she saw the contents of the box, she gasped and put a hand up to her mouth, almost dropping it. By this time Ace had realized that she had picked up the box.

"That was for later." He said as he stood up and dusted himself off. "But, I guess it's time now."

"I" Shadow said, words not coming to her mouth. "I don't know what to say."

"Just take it." Ace said, walking over to her. "I promised I'd get you one when I asked you to marry me before. Now, do you accept it?"

"What is it?" Shade, Pyro, Psy, Felicia, and Maura (who actually just said 'Amaura?') asked, walking over to Shadow and looking in the box, all of them except Maura gasping (she went over and nuzzled Shadow's hand as if to coax an answer out of her).

"It's beautiful." Shadow said, pulling out the contents of the box, a ring with a beautiful Black Amethyst stone in it, and eyeing it. She looked at Ace with a playful smile on her face.

The next thing Ace knew, he was being tackled to the ground by his best friend, who locked her lips with his, surprising him. However, he grabbed Shadow by the back of the head, pulling her closer to him and deepening the kiss. They closed their eyes as Ace's hair began to turn a lighter shade, slowly becoming white.

The other five girls stood there watching, Maura with a smile on her face, Shade and Psy with 'aaaaawww' faces, and Pyro and Felicia with 'yuck' faces.

"So this is what it's like to be in a relationship." Felicia noted. "Well, this might get awkward"

"This is mostly for humans." Shade said.

"Well, it's weird." Felicia said.

"You're just jealous, aren't you?" Shade asked, looking down at Felicia (Shade is about ten inches taller than Felicia).

"Nope." Felicia said without hesitation.

Ace and Shadow were still making out and the other five beings were still watching. Shadow broke away from the kiss, looking into Ace's eyes. She leaned in close to Ace, whispering in his ear.

"Yes." Was the word she said, returning to the kiss.

"Okay" Felicia said, leaving the room and heading outside. "This is getting old."

"Well" Shade said, the three remaining members of her team still sort of watching. "They sure know how to show affection."

"I'm getting a headache." Psy said.

"I'm starting to feel it a little too." Pyro said.

"I don't feel anything." Shade said.

"It feels Dark." Psy said, rubbing her horns (the red things on top of her head). "You're a Dark type Pokémorph, so Dark type energy might not affect you as easily as us."

"Didn't Ace say something about a Darkrai's nightmare powers being tied into their emotions?" Pyro asked.

"Yeah." Psy said, thinking. "He said that a Darkrai would begin to lose their grip on their nightmare powers if they're experiencing passion or anger. If this is the beginning of a Nightmare, then you'd be immune to it Shade."

"But" Pyro said, thinking. "Why is it taking so long for this nightmare to affect us? If Ace's powers are so vast and uncontrollable, then how come they're taking so long to throw us into nightmares?"

"Maybe he's trying to hold them back?" Psy suggested.

"What do you mean?" Shade asked.

"To me Ace seems like he's got almost every aspect of his personality under control." Psy said. "I think he's trying to force his powers in as well as enjoy this little moment. Besides, think about it: Ace wouldn't have accepted the kiss if he wasn't absolutely sure he could handle his own powers."

"I guess you're right." Shade said. "Well, it seems that they're done."

Ace and Shadow stood up, both of them blushing a little.

"Woah." Was all Ace said. Shadow giggled a little.

"Didn't see it coming, did you?" Shadow asked, giggling.

"No." Ace said, almost speechless. "But, I do know that you said yes."

"Well" Shade said, causing the two blushing Kyuryoon to look at her. "Now that you've gotten your pent up feelings out of the way, we should discuss what we're going to do."

"Well." Ace said, his and Shadow's skin returning to their normal, slightly pale shade. "you should grab your third badge and we should leave. We're going to talk in depth once we leave the city."

"Alright." Shade said, nodding in understanding. They left the building to continue on their journey.

So, there's a different Zygarde this time around. Oh no! Who is it? Find out-well, i wouldn't say soon, there's a lot until that battle. But, next chapter is Shade's next gym battle. Find out how THAT goes soon.