This is the one hundred forty-second chapter in Pokemon Heroes. Thank god it's Thanksgiving break, or else I would've never been able to write these chapters. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

A full week had passed since Ash and his friends had left the small village and they were all still on their way to Snowtop Mountain.

As they got closer and closer to the mountain, the air got colder, so they decided to switch over to their winter clothing before going any further. Ash just wore a blue jacket with hood, Brendan wore a black one with a hood, and the two girls wore pink jackets, ear muffs, and gloves. Dawn was also wearing a white scarf.

In the distance, they saw the large land-form that was Snowtop Mountain. From where they stood, they could see the piles of snow that were piled on top of the mountain's top.

"So, what would happen if Articuno got there earlier and The Dark Signers already have it?" asked Dawn. "This is the week it's supposed to be over there. There's no certain day."

"We're just gonna have to be lucky, I guess," said Brendan. "If it's there now, we have to be the first to get to it. If it's not, we're just gonna have to either wait it out or realize it was already caught."

"We'd have to wait it out in the cold?" asked May. "For how long?"

"For as long as Ash thinks we should wait," said Brendan. "Also, Dark Signers just love destruction, so we should see a ton of destruction caused by them when we get there."

Ash walked ahead of them, out of the conversation. This whole time, he had been getting a strange feeling in his gut. It was very faint, but he could still feel it. His eyes were watchful, and he told Pikachu to keep a watchful eye out the whole time.

"One's here," thought Ash. "I can feel it."

They all stopped suddenly when they saw a large lightning bolt crash down onto earth, almost like it hit a certain spot. They all heard a loud yell. It sounded like man, but his high pitched scream made you think otherwise. When the lightning bolt disappeared, they could all just watch in wonder.

"What the hell was that?" asked Brendan. "There's not a cloud in the sky around here."

"Someone might be in trouble," said May. "We should go over there."

"No. We should just keep going. I'm sure whoever's there is fine."

Ash said this in an obvious annoyed tone. Usually he wold go and help out who ever was in danger, but he felt a feeling that if he walked over there, the feeling in his gut would become stronger.

Journey to Snowtop Mountain

They must've really been tying to piss her off now.

Lately, she had been under watch by The Dark Signers due to their growing suspicion of her. She was forced into going on missions so their suspicions would decrease. Instead though, it just made them even more suspicious. This tight security put some major interruptions in her plans, therefore making things go slower than she planned.

But this time, they made a huge mistake in choosing who'd be watching over her today.

Larxene had felt his presence ever since she left The Castle That Never Was. She could feel him creeping between bushes, tripping over pebbles, and barely hiding when there was nothing much to hide behind.

Knowing that he was watching her, she knew she'd easily get around the surveillance. She immediately decided to skip come steps and get to one of the major steps in her plan. She just ignored the man the whole time, amused at his failures.

She knew he wouldn't really go rat on her, because if he did, he would be dead before even receiving a damn heart.

But as she walked, she noticed that her ignoring him just made him think he was being an amazing spy, so he started to take advantage of this.

"Look at that dumbass."

She heard him whisper this, and she stopped moving.

"Bitch doesn't even know that I'm here. I could walk right in front of her and she still wouldn't know."

Her fists clenched.

"Dumb bitch. Heh, heh!"

Then, even when there wasn't a single cloud in the sky, a lightning bolt came down and struck the man behind the bush. His scream sounded like a high pitched girl, and people nearby would probably be able to hear it.

When the attack stopped, all that was left was a couple burned branches and a goofy looking Dark Signer.

Before he could do anything, the dirty-blond, odd mullet-styled haired man with several individual bangs that fell over his face found three Knives pointed at his neck. His gray eyes looked up at Larxene's gray eyes and her stern expression.

"Why the hell are you here, Demyx?"

Demyx could only look at her as sweat fell from his face, and his mouth was wide open. His eyes looked slowly at the Knives at his neck and gave a nervous smirk.

"Just sightseeing."

"There's nothing here to see. Don't tell me you were spying on me now, huuuuuuuuuuuh?!"

"No, no, not at all. I would never spy on a lady. That would be rude!"

Demyx just looked confidently at her to convince her some more, but instead, she just slammed her foot on his face and sent him to the ground. Her Knives de-materialized and she proceeded to walk off. Demyx held his bruised cheek and watched her go.

"It's just that they're worried about you, that's all," said Demyx. "They just told me to watch over you. Just to make sure you're okay. Y-You understand?"

One of the Knives landed near his chest on the ground. He screeched as he moved away from it. Larxene continued walking off.

"I would've believed you if you didn't say worried," said Larxene. "You should know better that we all have better things to do rather than give a crap about each other."

Larxene continued to walk on. She realized Demyx was slowly walking after her from a large distance. After a while, she turned back and glared.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Um...following orders."

"Go back to the castle."

"I'm not allowed to go back unless it's with you."

"And who told you that?"

"I'm not talking."

One of the Knives in her hand flew past his cheek, giving him a cut.

"Saix!" he screamed.

Larxene gave a small "tch", mad that her suspicions were right that The Dark Signers were keeping a close watch on her.

She turned and continued walking. Demyx was following.

"I don't give a crap," she said without looking back. "I'll lose you at some point anyway."

"N-No you won't! I'll be watching you the whole time, you damn witch!'

Another girlish scream escaped his mouth after a lightning bolt from the sky struck him, but this time it hurt three times as much.

Ash and his friends got closer and closer, and now they already felt that the ground was rising up. Colds winds were already picking up, and Dawn was the most regretful that she didn't wear anything else other than a skirt. Ash was too preoccupied looking in the area to care, and May didn't seem like she was affected at all.

"We're there yet?" asked Ash.

"We're at the base of the mountain," said Brendan. "We're already climbing it right now."

"How long will it take to get to the top?"

"Weeks."

"We don't have weeks!"

"Do we really have the time to be walking all the way to the top?" asked Dawn. "Was it ever said that Articuno had his nest all the way there?"

"No," said Brendan. "The mountain has a path for hikers and mountain climbers. It's been recorded though that there is nothing at the top but snow. That means Articuno's living within the mountain somewhere. We don't have to climb all the way over there."

"This mountain's too large to look at every place," said May. "That would be the reason why it'd take weeks now."

"Actually, there have been records that there are certain parts of the mountain that's completely made of unbreakable ice that only a Pokemon would make. I made sure to mark down the spots where they are back in the village before we left on a poster of this mountain. With that info, we could get this in at least two or three days tops."

"Thanks Arceus!" said Dawn.

Ash rammed his fist on his palm as he smirked.

"Then we'll get this done quicker then. Let's-"

"Where the hell are you?!"

They heard a man yell as that yell created echoes throughout that section of the mountain.

They stayed quiet for a while before they saw Demyx running in their direction.

Immediately after seeing his uniform, Ash and Brendan stood in front of the girls as Ash's Aura Blade materialized in his hand and Brendan's eyes turned emerald green.

Demyx didn't seem to notice them though.

"You can't ditch me like that, witch! I'll fucking report you!"

He kept running in their direction until he was right in front of them, but he still didn't realize that they were there because his back was turned to them.

"My head will be on a platter, dammit! Can you just give me a break?!"

Ash and Brendan stared at him in disbelief. They never even thought about a Dark Signer acting this strangely.

He turned to the kids finally and he froze. His eyes moved from one of them to the other. They all had no words to say to each other, or more like they just couldn't find the words.

"Wait...Ritchie?"

Ash's eyebrow rose when he heard the name, especially that Demyx was looking at him.

Before he could even ask, Demyx came skipping toward him with an unusual happy expression on his face.

"YOU CAME BACK, BRO! COME OVER HERE AND GIVE YOUR BROTHER A HUG! AFTER THAT, YOU'RE COMING-"

An aura covered fist collided with his face, launching him away from Ash toward a rock's face. He collided with it, fell, and then rubble from his collision fell on him, covering him with rocks.

A few minutes later he broke through, with his cheek now having two bruises.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! WE HAVE'NT SEEN EACH OTHER IN SO LONG AND THIS IS...wait a minute. You're not Ritchie. You're that damned Aura Guardian we all hate! WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!"

Ash was breathing heavily, and his friends were a few ways back after Demyx suddenly started skipping toward Ash. He looked toward Brendan in disbelief, and the white haired boy just shrugged. Brendan sweat-dropped as he watched Demyx try to release himself form the rubble.

"A-Are you a Dark Signer?" asked Brendan.

"Would you let me go if I said no?"

Ash could already feel that this man was certainly a Dark Signer, so him saying that he wasn't was an obvious lie.

"Listen kids," said Demyx as he broke free from the rubble. "I didn't come here for a fight. I'm with an acquaintance, and I seemed to have lost her. So...if you don't mind..."

"Acquaintance?" said Ash. "You're here for Articuno, aren't you?!"

"What the fuck is an Art and Cono?"

The boys now looked at the girls. They were dumbstruck. Ash and Brendan looked at each other, and now wondered whether this guy was a threat or not.

He was walking past them.

"See ya!" he said. "Let's hope our paths never cross again!"

When he past them, May moved closer to Ash's ear.

"Should we really let him go?" she asked.

Demyx had stopped.

"I don't know," said Ash. "Even if we did, he'd probably just die by falling off a cliff or something."

Demyx's Sitar then materialized, and he instantly played a loud, harsh noise that could be heard for miles. The kids covered their ears, but before they could turn to Demyx, a powerful water geyser emerged from the ground, launching them all into the air. Ash and Brendan were able to grab onto May and Dawn before the geyser launched them all up. They were able to land safely on the ground. Ash turned angrily at Demyx, who continued playing his Sitar like a rock star.

"What the hell was that for?! Did you just say you didn't want to fight?"

"About that," said Demyx as he rubbed his hand on the back of his head. "Um...those few seconds of me walking away made me realize something. What would happen if I actually killed you? Well for one, I'd be getting an epic promotion. With the type of respect I get back at the castle, a promotion would be nice. I might even be able to step on a certain bitch I don't like."

"You bastard!" yelled Brendan as he ran toward the man. Ash was right behind him.

"Let's get WILD!" yelled Demyx as he played another note from his Sitar. Now, holes immediately opened up around him, and water burst out from them, and they started swirling around the man in a whirlpool.

"COOL DOWN!"

He played another note, and the water shot out toward them. Brendan was hit directly, pushing him back. The water felt like bricks striking him all at once. Ash was able to get out of the way, and he charged at Demyx with his Aura Blade.

He swung it downwards, but Demyx took his Sitar and swung it upwards to collide with Ash's weapon. Ash was wide open, and Demyx smirked. He quickly brought down his Sitar and played a note so a geyser underneath the raven-haired boy launched him toward the sky. Demyx smirked and prepared to play another.

"I'll play a SHARP note this time! Get it? I'm gonna make this one sharp!"

Before he played it though, an Aura Sphere shot out from Dawn's Togekiss's mouth and headed for him. He jumped out of the way quickly before the attack collided with him.

"Munchlax, use Metronome!" ordered May.

Munchlax moved its fingers, and when it was done, a flamethrower shot out between its fingers. Demyx made a wall of water block the attack. He landed on the ground and smirked.

"Nice one. Throwing fire in a water battle. That was a really-"

An iron fist then rushed past his face after he moved his body backwards to dodge the hit from Brendan. With Brendan using the power of his Aggron and the speed of his Mightyena, he immediately threw another punch, which Demyx dodged by ducking. He was about to strike Brendan with his Sitar, but with that boy's amazing speed, he kneed Demyx to rise up, and then he delivered a hard punch that sent him back a long way.

As soon as he landed on the ground, he saw the shadow of Ash coming down at him. When he looked up, he saw the boy holding onto an Aura Sphere. He barely dodged it before the shockwave and the ground breaking made Demyx get launched into the air.

Before he could counterattack, Brendan, using the power of his Pelipper to soar into the sky, was right above him, and he delivered an iron hard kick to that man's face, sending him straight toward the ground.

He hit the ground with his feet hard, creating a crater.

"Togekiss, Aura Sphere!"

"Munchlax, Metronome again!'

Pikachu had also launched a thunder attack at Demyx.

Togekiss shot an Aura Sphere on one side, and Munchlax's Metronome created a Hyper Beam that went toward Demyx on the other. Pikachu's thunder came from above. He quickly played a note to make two large walls of a ceiling of water block the attacks.

He then saw Ash coming right at him with an aura covered fist through the gap between the water walls.

He couldn't even try closing in the walls to crush Ash before the boy got to him and landed a fist right on his face. He was launched back, and the water walls disappeared. He landed harshly on the ground before he stopped.

Ash breathed heavily. Brendan looked at Demyx to make sure the man was down.

Then, Demyx started rising again.

"They were right," said Demyx. "You kids are such a nuisance. No wonder why we're wasting our time and resources just to take you down."

His Sitar then transformed into a spikier version around the edges. It looked demonic now.

He then looked up at them, and his calm and goofy face was now replaced with a crazed one.

"This isn't about the promotion anymore!"

Then, water shot out from the ground. The pillars of water were moving so fast that they seemed white from a distance. Their ends were sharp. They moved around Demyx as tentacles as he stood and positioned himself.

Ash and his friends got closer, ready for whatever was next.

"Well then..."

He then played the note, and it released a metallic noise as he stuck out his tongue.

"LET'S PARTY!"

The pillars of sharp water them raced toward them.

"At least I lost him."

Larxene continued walking, still searching for something.

BOOM

A loud explosion was heard from a distance. She turned back and saw smoke rising up from wherever the explosion happened.

"That's...Demyx."

She then felt something else, and her expression went grim.

"That kid, too. Dammit. Of all the places he would be today."

She then looked to the ground, and a smirk formed on her face.

"I hope that lunatic saved some for me."

Demyx was laughing as the sharp pillars of moving water circled around him. He was on higher elevation than the kids, who were all sprawled out on the ground below him. Togekiss, Munchlax, and Pikachu were already knocked out. Grovyle and Shiftry, who were released into battle, were knocked out as well.

Ash tried forcing himself to get up.

"Sit!" yelled Demyx as he played a note and a pillar of hard water crashed down on Ash. The boy yelled in pain as he was pushed down and the ground cracked underneath him.

Brendan took this time to stand and race toward Demyx. Demyx saw him and played another note, causing the pillar that hit Ash to turn and strike the boy, knocking him back down on the ground.

May and Dawn were only watching in horror as the boys were beaten. They couldn't move that much.

"What's wrong?" Demyx asked. "What happened to all that bravery and shit? Weren't you gonna kill me?"

He received no answer. He smirked.

"Well...I guess it's time to end the show."

The sharp pillars of water then aimed toward them. Demyx rose his hand, about to vibrate the strings.

"GOODNIGHT BITCHES!"

Before his hand moved, he was kicked off the higher elevated rock by Larxene. He fell to the ground and landed face-first. The pillars of water disappeared, and the man's weapon returned to normal. He stood while holding his face. He looked back at her.

"Larxene..."

"I leave you for a while and then you decide to go and have fun without me. Now that calls for some punishment."

"BUT YOU WERE THE ONE THAT DITCHED ME!"

Larxene's gaze turned to Ash, who was getting up from the ground. He was looking sternly at her.

"A-Are you here for Articuno?" he asked.

Larxene's expression turned grim once again.

So they were here to foul her plans.

"You best be minding you own business and getting the fuck off this mountain, kid."

Ash was already jumping toward her with aura blazing around his clenched fist.

"I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!"

Larxene extended her hand and grabbed onto Ash's face. Then volts of electricity coursed through his body as he shook with every shock. He was then thrown toward the ground.

"Ash!" yelled May, and she ran toward his shaking body to check on him.

Larxene sighed and four Knives materialized in her hand. She then proceeded to throw them each to the north, south, east, and west of the kids.

"You know, when an adult is talking to you-

She snapped her fingers, and the Knives released volts of electricity that connected and immediately created a wall made of electricity around the kids that rose up. They looked in horror, and outside Demyx looked in amazement.

"-it's best you listen to them."

Then, within the walls, bolts of electricity shot out from the,, and they each attacked the kids, shocking them endlessly one after another.

This went on for a whole minute, before an explosion was erupted within the walls. When the walls disappeared, smoke was immediately sent into the air. When it all dispersed, all that was left were unconscious kids. Their clothes were burnt, and who knew if they were alive or not.

After watching this, Larxene turned.

"Let's go, Demyx."

"Wait...we're not even gonna check if they are alive or not? I say we make sure they're dead before heading off."

"I said let's go!"

She turned back to him with an angry expression that made Demyx actually feel fear for once in his life.

"Aye," he said nervously.

She then walked off. Demyx looked back at the kids, and then he ran off.

Demyx walked quietly behind Larxene. He tried not making a noise as he stayed behind her. She didn't seem happy at all. She was even more fiercer than she already was.

He coughed.

"Um...so...how badass was I today? I bet you thought it was cool. I was able to make them easier for you. That's just because I'm a nice guy. No need to thank me."

Larxene didn't respond to him. She kept walking.

"When are you going back to the castle?" she asked him out of nowhere, making Demyx stand with his back straight by reflex.

"Um...I told you before. I can't return unless you're with me. I could just..."

She took him by the collar and brought him closer to her face. Her fierce eyes stabbed into his.

"Then from now on while we're here, YOU DO WHAT I SAY! No questions asked. When I tell you to do something, go FUCKING do it! And don't even think about reporting this to the others. Do you UNDERSTAND?"

"A-Aye," said Demyx. He was lucky to say these words when his body was shaking uncontrollably.

She then tossed him to the ground and walked ahead.

Now that those kids were here to mess her up, she had to do this quickly.

She was going to succeed, no matter what.

Night came, and those kids were still sprawled on the floor. No one moved, and no one said anything. It just stayed quiet.

Then a moan was heard, and May was the one using her hurt arms to push herself up.

She crawled toward Ash's body.

Her movements caused Brendan and Dawn to stir.

May got to Ash and checked his head, where blood was falling from his face. She shook him, and his eyes moved before he opened his eyelids.

Brendan got to Dawn, and helped her sit up.

May was able to place Ash's arm around her shoulder, and then she used her legs to try getting them up.

Brendan and Dawn were finally up as they held each other's hand. Brendan checked for any injuries on her, and then he limped toward the Pokemon to check if they were okay. Luckily they were out of the lightning wall, so they weren't damaged too much.

May finally got Ash up, who was breathing heavily.

"Are you okay?" she asked. Her legs gave out, and she started falling, but Ash used his hand to grab onto her tighter, preventing that.

"Yeah," he said heavily like he forced the words out.

"What are we gonna do now?" May asked. She looked at Ash, and already he had his answer.

"We're gonna kick some ass, that's what."

No one was objecting. Everyone was ready to go for another around with The Dark Signers.

This battle wasn't over unless they say it was.

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: Continuing to fight against The Dark Signers, Ash and his friends head toward Articuno's location. With its location found out, the quest breaks out into a whole battle that'll decide the Pokemon's fate. Will Ash and his friends be able to fight against The Savage Nymph and make it out alive, and what will Articuno do against its new foes? Next Time: Beauty of Ice.

That was that chapter. I'm getting these chapters done one by one, and I feel relieved that I'm fixing everything up so easily. This arc will have a surprising end to it, and I'm glad that it'll end this way. I always found Larxene and Demyx to be a great and comedic team, and a lot of their teamwork will be featured next chapter. See you next chapter!

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