Chapter 24
Naruto, Yugito, and Hinata followed the figure inside the temple, semi wary of any surprises or traps. But as they moved deeper and nothing happened they began to relax and instead they began to focus more on what they were walking by. The first room they entered had been filled with a great amount of statues. Some of which Naruto recognized as Pokémon that he used, most though he did not recognize. Along the outer edges of the walls, carved out of large stone pillars, were other Pokémon, some to scale, others increased in size.
In the next room they passed through they came upon a library, filled with thousands if not tens of thousands of books. Naruto walked over and picked up a book, before flipping it open, he realized the writing was not anything he could understand, as it used the Unown Pokémon as letters. Switching to the next book he soon found it was true for this one as well. He put the book away before walking and catching up the group.
"Are all these books about Pokémon," Naruto asked.
"Yes, this temple has a statue of each and every Pokémon in the first area. In this room, we have everything that anyone could every want to know or learn about them, but it is in the langue of the Unown. Meaning only a few can decode it," The female said as they moved deeper still, passing row after row of book shelves.
"So much to know," Hinata said, noticing the bookshelves disappeared into the darkness on either side of them when they reached a gap between the rows.
"It was once said that no one shall know everything about Pokémon, and that there were too many to ever imagine," the female replied.
"I can see that," Yugito said.
They kept walking paces through still more rooms, some of which held more book, others had weird models of buildings, structures, even some weird models of what had to be some planetary system. Finally though they came to the last room, which was rather small compared with the others they had been in so far. At the end of the room was a large U shape stand set out a good distance from the edge of the wall. Naruto guessed it to act like a desk or podium for large Pokémon. As they stopped near the end of the room, the person leading them moved off to the side before speaking in a semi loud voice.
"This is the Hall of Legends, were the leaders of the Pokémon Race, Mew Prime and Arceus hold court. Now meet the Creators of the entire Pokémon race," The female said before pointing towards the highest point at the end of the room.
At once a glow began to form, as a weird energy filled the room. Suddenly the glow formed a weird shape, or two shapes, it was hard to tell. Then with a flash, two lone Pokémon appeared, each releasing a power that could easily be felt by all three of the ninja.
Naruto at once recognized the smaller of the two Pokémon, as it was in the first group of Pokémon that he was allowed to master. But this one was different, not only did it look bigger than the one that Naruto had trained with, but it was also purple in color. Next to it was a Pokémon Naruto had not yet been able to summon, but because of Kyuubi's description knew well enough. Arceus, the Lord of Pokémon.
"So you three have finally come," a voice said echoing around the empty room.
Naruto blinked in surprise before looking at the two Pokémon before him, they were able to speak, as such Naruto replied, "yes…. though where are we?"
The voice spoke again, "You are in my home dimension. I have summoned you here so we could make a deal."
"Make a deal?" Yugito said in surprise.
"Yes a deal, for the continued use of your summon contract Mew and I require some add," the voice said, finally letting them figure out which of the two was speaking.
Naruto blinked in surprise, he never thought these two would require add, let alone from him. They were the two most powerful Pokémon in the world after all, what use would he even be to them. And for that matter how did they even know about the contract, looking back at his two friends he sighed and spoke.
"What use would I be to you? I may be powerful, but I lack the vast amount of power you both possess, for that matter how did you even knew I held a contract with your kind?" Naruto said.
"To answer the second question is simple. By use of Mew Psychic powers we have been able to watch and listen in on your world. As such since you hold the contract we are able to keep a rather close eye on you. As to why we need you aid, it is because of a few reason the main being where you live." Arceus said.
"You see a powerful creature that once attacked us ages ago that we thought long dead… is not as dead as we would wish. It was a Destroyer of Worlds, and it was thanks to your contract that we located it using the energy it put off when we were watching your world." Mew explained.
"But wait won't we have noticed a creature like that," Yugito asked.
"We don't believe so. The energy levels we could detect were tiny compared to what they used to be. Smaller than that of even the creature's power that are sealed into either of you two," Mew said pointing to Naruto than Yugito.
"So why not defeat it now if it is so weak," Hinata asked.
"While we can sense it, we cannot find it yet. Plus it would take a whole lot more power to summon it here or us there; than to have you three look for it then destroy it," Mew said.
"I don't get it, why is it so weak though?" Naruto asked.
"We are not fully sure of that, ourselves, but we have noticed that the nine tailed beasts of the world seem to hold similar power, if not the same as the creature," Arceus pointed out.
"So the Nine Tailed Beasts hold similar power. Similar power… this sound like something I know but from where… Wait I do know this story!" Yugito said before he eyes widen as she realized something.
"How would you know it?" Naruto asked.
"This is the oldest legend to be known that has been craved into the walls on Turtle Island. The pictures we found there tell a story about the making of the Tailed Beasts." Yugito said smirking.
"Please tell us then?" Mew asked.
"It is shown that long ago this world was without chakra, and that all the energy it did have seemed to belong to a massive tree. Now a princess seeing the world destroying itself as the people fought for its control took a fruit from this tree and ate it. As such gained new powers which she used to stop the fighting and bring peace to the warring lands. Based on other legends we are guessing she was the first person ever to use what we call Chakra." Yugito explained.
"Okay makes sense so far," Hinata said thoughtfully.
"Later on it is show that the tree… was not really a tree but a ten tailed demon beast. That then attack, we are guessing in search of its lost powers. But the women had a son, who then with his own powers defeated the demon and stole from its powers creating the nine Tailed Beasts that now live in our world today." Yugito explained, "Now there is another legend, this one handed down through the ages of the first ever Chakra user called the Saga of the Six Paths. He was said to defeat the ten Tailed Demon and after defeated it sealed its body away so it could never be found expect by one who possessed his own gifts."
"Yes, and it is this same beast you must first locate then destroy, as well as those who would seek to keep it alive," Arceus said.
"Why would anyone want to keep that creature alive?" Naruto asked.
"Using its powers, if they are ever returned or taken back for their own means, it is after all a Destroyer of Worlds. As it is we can give you a general location of where to find this creature, and who you will have to kill or defeat so that it will never rise again," Arceus said.
"That will be helpful, but I might ask, what will we gain out of this?" Naruto asked.
"You will be allowed to keep your contract with the Pokémon racer, and you and your two friends will also be allowed to pick out a team of Pokémon to raise as your own. These Pokémon will never need to be summoned, or leave your side. We will also supply what is needed for raising them," Mew said.
"And what if I were to refuse, though considering all the facts I don't think we have that much of an option," Naruto asked.
"Then you will likely face this creature anyway. A group seems to be making moves to raise this creature. And if our guess is correct in order to do this they will come after both you and Yugito to steal the powers sealed inside you," Arceus explained.
"But Kyuubi is not the true Nine Tailed Fox," Naruto pointed out.
"That does not mean they know that," Arceus countered.
"Okay… but wait, since I do not own the true Nine Tailed Fox… where is the real one?" Naruto asked.
"It is hidden on a moving island. With some luck you might be able to convince it to help you, and gain an ally with enough power to destroy the creature. As it is, do we have an agreement?" Arceus asked.
Naruto looked at Yugito and Hinata and got a nod of agreement from both of them. It was not like they had much of a choice; they could not agree and be drawn into this fight without the aid of Naruto's summons. Or they could make the first move and end the fight before anyone knew what was going on, and gain some more allies.
Naruto answered with, "We will agree to this."
"That is good, now we will return you to your home world, but I must ask one last thing," Mew said.
"One last thing," Naruto asked, slightly annoyed.
"We want you to take our friend, Anebel with you. She will be the go between us and you. With her we can direct you to your targets, as well as confirm any progress you make, and don't worry she will be able to defend herself rather well from attacks." Mew explained quickly.
"I see, so how do we get back to our home world," Naruto asked.
But rather than answer the group was suddenly blinded by a bright light. The light faded quickly and they soon regained their eyesight as they felt the cold air. Looking around it took them only a few moments before they realized they were. They were outside their shop in the Snow Country. Behind them appeared the person from before, she took off her hood revealing purple hair and purple eyes and a small smile on her slightly boyish face.
"Well, this is going to be interesting," Naruto said.