Chapter Eight: "Valentine's Day"/Mina vs. Mina
Bear with me on the name— the first part of this chapter is a side story (is just put in for my own (and your) amusement)
"Mina!" Arcey called the pink psy-cat-girl to the table for breakfast. Said pink psy-cat-girl (whew, that's a mouthful) woke up from her rest, her hair (unbeknownst to her) in the most outrageous fashion. She got up and put on her pink shirt with her favorite pink leggings and skirt combo (with matching pink socks). She started wearing them after her tenth birthday (Mina is currently thirteen). She walked over to the mirror to brush her hair and get ready for the day. Taking one look at herself, she jumped back and screamed, landing on her bed.
"Mina?" Ray(quaza) called from outside her door. He was on his way to breakfast too. "Are you all right? You screamed."
"Y-y-yeah!" she called back. "Just looked in the mirror"
"That bad, huh?" Ray asked. The entire hall was used to each other walking out with hilarious hairstyles (or in Ace's case, Super Saiyan hair). Mina, due to her longer hair (it went halfway down her back, making it one of the longest hair lengths in the Hall), had to do a lot to keep it from making her look like a wild beast Pokémon. Mina had two points of reputation here: hilarity and reaction. Mina was one to take one look at herself and freak out as if a wild pokéforme Mightyena was attacking her. It was the subject of many stories around the table. Her hair also would make the most outrageous patterns and shapes if it did get messed up during the night, due to its length. She quickly used a Water Gun to soak her hair to fix it. After fixing her hair (unlike the stereotype, Mina could fix her hair in about two to ten minutes, depending on the degree of messy it was) she went to breakfast.
The table, as usual, was crowded with legendaries, some of them eating on the couch so they could watch TV. Mina grabbed the food she wanted: bacon, toast, and blueberry pancakes smothered in whipped cream and chocolate syrup (her favorite) and sat down. Ace walked by as he got his food and looked at her plate.
"Oh, HELL no!" he said as he took her plate away. "You are NOT getting all of that sugar!"
"NO! My food!" she screamed, jumping over the table at Ace, who ducked, causing her to sail over him into a wall. She hit the wall and remained there for a few seconds, similar to a cartoon, before sliding to the ground. She turned around to make another lunge at her Dark type friend, when she saw him throw away her pancakes and get her new ones, putting a VERY conservative amount of syrup and whipped cream on them.
"I want more!" she screamed, puffing up her cheeks like an anime girl.
"No. You don't need to get hyper like last time." Ace said, ignoring the "threatening" face she was making. "And don't think for a second that the cheek puffing works. Not even in anime does that work. Now what do you want to eat?"
"I want sugar and chocolate syrup and sprinkles and candy and…" Mina started, her mouth watering and eyes wide, before Ace cut her off.
"No" he said in a firm voice. "You are thirteen. You need to stop eating so much sugar. It makes you too hyper. You are already bouncing off the walls as it is. Besides, the rest of us want some syrup too."
"You just don't understand!" Mina shouted, several other legendaries looking over to see what was happening. "I need sugar! It keeps me active."
"Not straight sugar." Ace said, patting her head. "You'll make yourself sick."
"No I won't!" Mina shouted.
"Oh, who the f #$ am I kidding?" Ace said. "You could eat a truckload of sugar and be fine. Just save some for the rest of us."
"But I want a lot!" Mina shouted, the other legendaries going back to their eating. This argument had gone down before: Mina would practically pile on the sugar and someone (usually Ace) would comment on it and she would eventually run out and sulk for a while. True to their expectations, Mina ran out in a fit. Ace just face palmed and went to eat with Shadow and Eon.
With Mina
"Why is Ace always telling me how to live?" Mina said, sulking into her pillow. "He always tells me how to eat, how to talk, how to live. Why does he always criticize me?"
"It's because he's looking out for you." A familiar voice said. Mina looked up to see Arcey walk in and sit down next to her, her white clothes standing out against the pink interior of Mina's room.
"What?" Mina asked, just having registered Arcey enter her room.
"Ace doesn't want you to get hurt doing something stupid" Arcey replied. "So he tries to get you to cut back a little on the stuff you do in excess, like sugar."
"But I like sugar!" Mina whined.
"You eat waaaaay too much of it" Arcey said. "He's right you need to cut back."
"How come he always tells me that I should dress differently?" Mina asked.
"Because about ninety percent of the time you spill food on your clothes and have to change." Arcey explained.
"Oh" Mina said guiltily, having noticed this often.
"But why does he always take my food?" Mina asked.
"I saw the plate you had." Arcey said. "That was way too much sugary stuff for you. You'd have been bouncing off the walls."
"But I wanted to!" Mina whined.
"Whatever" Arcey said, getting up to leave. "You should remember that Ace is looking out for you. He just has problems being gentle sometimes."
Later
"Now what can I do for fun?" Mina thought to herself. "I could run around. Nah, that's to childish for me. I know! I'll borrow one of Arcey's move books and learn a new move and prank everybody with it."
The pink-clad teen snuck as quietly as she could down to Arcey's room. Everybody was out doing other things, so they wouldn't bother with her for a while. Entering Arcey's room, she found a book labeled: Forbidden Techniques. Flipping to a random page, she started to study how to use the certain technique she had stumbled upon. After some practice she had nailed it down. She smiled to herself as she made an orb of pink energy in her hand, signifying the move's power. She left to go test out her new ability on some unsuspecting legendary.
Later—Hall entrance
Ace walked in the door alone. Eon and Shadow had gone on ahead home while he stayed and sparred a little with Chopper, who was trying to improve his skills to match Ace in combat. Ace had sparred with him until Chopper had dropped from exhaustion. Ace took him home and returned back to the Hall. Upon entering the Hall he was greeted by Mina who blasted him in the face with a weird pink beam. His vision clouded for a second due to the beam hitting him in the face, but it disappeared in a few seconds.
"Mina" he said, shaking his head to clear his vision. "What was that?"
"It was my new technique." Mina said, jumping up and down. "I learned it from one of Arcey's books."
"You did what?!" Ace shouted, slightly alarmed. He grabbed Mina by the shirt and lifted her up to his face (he had about a foot on her-he's six years older than her).
"What does that move do?" he asked.
"It makes people fall in love." Mina said, a little scared.
"Wait" Ace said, putting Mina down and regaining his composure. "It's just Attract? Then I'm not going to be affected."
"It makes people fall in love with their true love" Mina explained. "And the book said it couldn't be nullified or resisted. It works for a long time."
"A long time?!" Ace shouted. "I have a long time of instant falling in love with my "true love" and I can't stop it?!"
"Pretty much not." Mina said. "But look at it this way: you will find someone you really like."
"Why would you use this on the others?" Ace asked the psy-girl.
"Because Valentine's Day!" she shouted, jumping like a cheerleader.
"Valentine's Day was three months ago!" Ace shouted.
"But we didn't do anything for it." Mina complained. "Now we can have a little "love party" and get cookies."
"Oh my Arceus" Ace said, face palming (something he had learned from Shadow). "That's your only reason for this?"
"No" Mina said. "I wanted to play a huge prank on everyone, so I used it on a few here."
"Who all was here?" Ace asked, attempting to make a mental list of who to possibly avoid.
"Dialga, Palkia, Bianca, Ray, Eon, and Shadow." Mina listed off the names, at which point Ace instantly figured out which of those pairings was true. "I don't think I hit Ray or Eon though"
"So how will I know it will take effect?" Ace asked.
"You'll know" Mina said ominously. "Oh, you'll know. But the book said it was a bit different for every couple."
"Well, at any rate." Ace said. "I wonder how the others have taken to this.
Dialga and Palkia
"So do you think we should go out?" Palkia asked Dialga, who was staring him in the face. The two of them felt the compulsion to do something together—spend time or something.
"Yes" she replied. "I think we should."
The two of them went into a portal, traveling through space until they reached a restaurant. Palkia got them two seats and they sat down.
"You know?" he said. "This is the same place I took you when Arcey was drunk."
"Really?" Dialga asked, looking around. It was indeed the same place.
"So" Palkia asked. "Are you ready?"
"For what?" Dialga asked, her head a bit fuzzy.
"To order" Palkia said.
"Oh, yeah." Dialga said, snapping back to the moment.
"I really like being here with you" Palkia said.
"I really like being here with you too." Dialga said, leaning closer to her pink-clad friend. He also leaned closer to her until they were about five inches apart. They stared at each other for a minute until the waiter arrived.
Bianca and Ray
"I'm bored" the green haired/clothed legendary said as he was hanging out with his friend, Bianca. Ray was one of the ones that had helped comfort her after her brother and uncle died, the other one being Ace, who she considered to be like a big brother.
"Me too" Bianca, usually one not to be bored, said. "I want to do something. But Mina said that we would fall under an attraction spell with our "true love" if we see them."
"Oh, yeah" Ray said. "You want to go see Latios and Lugia's graves?"
"That's your idea of curing boredom?" Bianca asked, a bit shocked and confused. "Hanging out in a graveyard?"
"No" Ray said. "Just someplace to hide from the spell."
"Oh" Bianca said, crossing her arms. She fingered through her crimson hair and looked at Ray. Almost immediately she stood up and hugged him, pinning his arms to his sides. He jumped in surprise (you would too) and almost fell, which would have carried the two of them to the floor.
"Bianca" he asked, shocked. "What are you doing?"
"I'm showing you how I really feel." She said, grabbing him tighter. Ray, at this point, was red, both from being suffocated and embarrassment.
"Let's not get to that." He said, freeing one of his arms. "Sleep Powder!"
The green spores that shot out from his hand went up into Bianca's nose and mouth. She stared at Ray, her eyelids dropping. She slumped over, going limp in his arms. Ray, glad that she didn't resist the powder (it wasn't impossible if one was powerful enough) and fell right asleep, put her down in a chair.
"Must've been the Super Attract" he thought. "Removed her inhibitions and sense. Didn't warn her of the powder in time to not breathe it. I like her, but I'm not quite ready to have a relationship. Being a lone wolf is fun and she just was reunited with her brother's soul. Wouldn't want to spoil that relationship."
Ray walked out to find Ace, who he knew would be able to help sort this thing out. Ray walked out the door, praying to Arcey that Ace didn't get affected.
Ace and Shadow
Shadow and Eon were relaxing on the couch, reading some manga when Mina came in and shot Shadow with Super Attract. Eon dodged and hid until Mina left, but Shadow was affected. She shook her head for a few seconds to clear her vision, making sure it didn't harm her. Finding it didn't, she went back to reading her manga.
About a half hour later Ace walked in.
"Shadow" he called. "Did you get hit by Mina's Super Attract?"
He noticed Shadow on the couch. He looked at her face and froze, his heart accelerating a little. She looked up to see where the voice came from. Seeing Ace's face, she froze as well, her heart like a jackhammer. They stared at each other, their faces reddening and their internal temperatures rising by about a thousand degrees (at least that's what it felt like). Eon, who had gone to get a drink came back and saw what was happening. She realized just what Mina's little beam had done. Eon was transfixed on the scene, like a kid noticing a candy store. She wanted to see just how the two teenagers would express themselves. She would worry about beating Mina later. The good thing was that the two of them seemed to be ignoring her.
Ace was still frozen, while Shadow had sat up on the couch. After about thirty seconds they got closer, him walking and her standing up. Soon they were so close that only paper could fit between them. They looked into each other's eyes, both of them getting lost in the voids that shone like glass. Eon was watching and cheering them on with Mina, who had followed Ace. They didn't even hear her as Ace brought his face closer to Shadow's, their lips about a centimeter apart. Mina's eyes were saucers filled to the brim with tears and Eon was giving the couple a look that said "finally!".
Ace and Shadow's lips met in a dramatic fashion. Inside both of their heads fireworks were going off as they just stood there, embracing each other. Mina went anime fangirl right there, essentially going full on moe for a minute.
Unfortunately for Mina something snapped in the two lover's heads. All of a sudden their eyes shot open wide. Eon looked at them, both Ace's and Shadow's. There was a swirl of their natural colors and pure unfiltered blackness. Their lips, however, hadn't parted. Eon gasped in horror as she realized what was going on: the seals holding back the full powers of the both of them were weakening due to the emotional stress of their passionate embrace. Eon started to panic, hoping that she could activate her abilities if anything got out of control.
"MINA!" called Arcey, who had just returned and was really pissed. Mina timidly floated out to Arcey, her teeth chattering lightly.
"Y-y-yes, Arcey?" she asked quietly.
"Why on my green earth" Arcey started. "Are several members of the council not doing anything but making out or sleeping?" She was referring to Dialga, Palkia, Ray, Bianca, Shadow, and Ace, the former and latter two of which were still having their make out session.
"I wanted to help them fall in love" Mina said, making an anime face to win over Arcey's feelings.
"By using a forbidden technique" Eon said, pointing out Mina's little "adventure". Arcey immediately understood what her daughter meant and glared at Mina.
"You used the forbidden books?!" she asked, very pissed off.
"Y-yes" Mina said, sinking to the floor.
"Hold on mom" Eon said, standing up. "I'm sure Mina didn't mean any real harm. All she did was use a suped-up version of Attract to cause several members to find their "true love". She just wanted to have a little fun, is all. She wouldn't intentionally cause serious harm to anyone, especially not Ace or Shadow."
"Even so" Arcey said, looking over at the "cute couple" (as the other legendaries called them). "I'm pretty sure Ace and Shadow wanted to get to this point naturally. Wait, what's wrong with them? Why are they standing there with their eyes wide open?"
Arcey got closer to see the problem, jumping back and gasping when she saw what it signified. She quick summoned Dialga, Palkia, Ray, and Bianca, the only legendaries not out on training exercises, back to the Hall. The four of them appeared before the God Pokémon, rubbing their heads and complaining about hard landings. They all stood up, brushing themselves off, Bianca asking what Arcey wanted.
"Get your powers ready." Arcey commanded in a grave voice that shocked the four legends. Taking one look at Ace and Shadow, they realized the gravity of the situation and prepared accordingly, each powering up the move that Arcey had trained them to use if the full power seals of Ace, Shadow, or Eon were compromised—Dialga with Aura Sphere, Palkia with Hydro Pump, Ray with Ozone Force (new move—beam version of Dragon Ascent), and Bianca with Eon Force Destruction (which she still had trouble pulling off, so she could just do Mist Ball if she couldn't pull of the full on Eon Force attack). They readied their moves, prepared to blast the two Kyuryoon if they were swallowed up in darkness.
"What should I do?" Mina asked, eager to help.
"Head to your room!" Arcey commanded.
"B-b-but why?" Mina said, sadness starting to show.
"Because if we can't stop this." Eon said, powering up. "Then you won't be able to take on both Ace and Shadow, or even just one of them."
"Okay" Mina sniffled a little as she sulked back to her room, just wanting to prove herself
In an unknown location
The first thing they noticed was that they were close. Very close, in fact. Especially their lips. Those were touching. They opened their eyes to find themselves touching each other's lips. Their eyes grew wide as they tried to pull away, only to realize that the other liked it as well. Eventually they did part, however, after realizing that they were in an odd place
"Where are we?" Shadow asked as she snapped back to reality.
"This looks like the place I go to in my nightmares." Ace said, summoning darkness to his hands and stepping in front of Shadow. "If it is, then Darkrai will show up and try to take my body."
"I thought you were Darkrai." Shadow said, his statement confusing her a little.
"The species is referred to as Darkrai" Ace explained, getting into a fight pose at the same time. "But Darkrai is actually a demon sealed away by Arcey's great grandfather before Zygarde. He's known as the most evil being in the universe. The worst part of this is that we are both of his race, the Kyuryoon, and draw from his power. That makes him want us. I've fought him off ever since that day when we were six. He actually got control that time when we were nine, but Arcey stopped him. If all of the seals are deactivated, then it will unleash him and he will have total control, causing universal destruction."
"How did Arcey stop him before?" Shadow asked, now terrified of the true power of the demon inside of her best friend.
"I gained some control back." Ace said. "It was enough for her to make the seals."
"Was it enough to hold him back permanently?" Shadow asked, grabbing on to Ace's shoulders.
"No" said a sinister voice that caused Ace to tense up and Shadow to shudder. "But it was enough to keep you alive, my dear."
"Leave this place, Darkrai" Ace said, his power level rising steadily.
"No" Darkrai said, showing himself. Shadow gasped as she saw the demon looked just like Ace in pokéforme.
"So this is what he becomes if he goes too deep into pokéforme." Shadow thought to herself as she hid behind Ace, who had put himself intentionally in front of her.
"I am here because the seals are starting to weaken." Darkrai continued. It is mostly due to your great emotional stress."
"But I'm not even angry." Ace said. "Shadow isn't either."
Shadow looked confused as to why Ace would bring her into this.
"She doesn't know?" Darkrai laughed as he realized how little Shadow actually knew about herself and her best friend. "That's priceless! Well, your passion is great emotional stress for the seals, too. And your girlfriend there just helped me get a little of a foothold."
Shadow blushed at the statement. Even a demon was referring to her as his girlfriend. Why did people do that? She had feelings for him, yes, but she didn't know how he truly felt about her. He never showed much emotion. Shadow, sadly, understood why he never let anyone in: he was afraid they would get hurt. He viewed himself as destruction, which, in some ways, was true. He had put up a pretty damn good façade that made everyone think that he was fine, but she had eventually figured it out, shortly after the incident when they were nine. She had promised him that she was there and convinced him not to push her away anymore. He seemed to come out of it then, but this was still one of his root fears. However, his friends were his top priority, and he would protect them with his own life, very nearly doing so on numerous occasions.
Ace tensed at the comment, ready to fight the monster until his own death to protect Shadow, if need be. Darkrai didn't make a move, but Ace prepared a Dark Ball (Dark version of Shadow Ball) to attack if he did.
"You think that will defeat me?" Darkrai scoffed. "Even though the both of you are Kyuryoon, you can't beat me with such a weak attack"
"I'll try" Ace said, launching the orb at Darkrai, who tanked it, the attack doing no damage.
"I'm not really here to fight either of you" Darkrai said. "I'm here to tell you that you should be extra careful."
"Why?" Shadow asked, her suspicions aroused.
"Those clones you guys are trying to fight." Darkrai said, grinning evilly. "Will be here within a few days. Some faster than others."
"We will kill them all" Ace said.
"Good" Darkrai said. "I'll send you back. I want to see you break some skulls before I take your bodies."
In the Hall of Origins
Arcey and the others had charged their shots to their highest level, fully prepared to shoot their two friends if the darkness overtook them when Arcey noticed that their eyes weren't having a conflict with darkness anymore. The two of them woke up, jumping back a little as they realized how they were standing.
"How did you stop that?" Arcey asked, surprised that the two of them repulsed such a powerful and influential enemy.
"He left" Ace explained. "Said something about wanting us to smash heads before he took us."
"The clones' heads I hope." Arcey said, worried.
"Yep" Ace said. "Now where's Mina? I need to have a talk with her."
"I'm right here!" Mina shouted, cheery again, running in as if on cue, holding something in her hands, the lower half dragging on the floor (to clarify it is not in multiple pieces, but Mina is just holding it up at the top and dragging the lower half on the ground—like a toddler with a stuffed animal). She also had several cuts and bruises on her face, along with some of her clothing being torn.
"Mina, what is that?" Ace asked. He looked closely at the object and, upon investigation found it to be a body, similar in size to Mina's own. Several differences were that the thing was way more beat up than Mina was (it was beat up to the point where Ace couldn't even tell its gender). Another difference was that everywhere Mina had pink, this person had blue, including its hair.
"It's my clone!" Mina said excitedly, jumping like a cheerleader (which led to her dropping the clone, which moaned in pain. Ace shot it, knocking it out, and grabbed Mina's arms, effectively keeping her still.
"Why don't you tell us what happened?" Arcey said.
"Yay! Story time!" Mina cried, resuming her jumping until Ace "fastened" her to a nearby chair with strands of shadow. When she had calmed down a little he released her.
"Tell us" Ace said.
"Okay!" Mina said, rubbing her hands together. "Here goes. But no interruptions."
Earlier—Mina's POV (you've been warned)
I was going to my room when I heard a sound inside (it was very scary). I teleported into my room to try and scare whatever was in there. When I teleported in, there wasn't anything in there (whew). So I looked around my room for anything suspicious (just to make sure). Suddenly a huuuuge flash of light lights up my room. It stopped and this weird girl (the same one I'm holding here) is standing there. I thought she looked just like me. She had all blue on, though, even her hair (bleck! I like pink!). She looks at me with a really mean look and starts asking me weird questions.
"Are you Mina Psymon?" was the first one. I thought that was strange because she looked just like me, only blue.
"Y-yes" I said.
"Then you need to die" she said.
I was confused as to why I should die, but she started shooting Shadow Balls at me (meanie). They sounded like pew, pew, pew. I started dodging them all until one hit me (ouchie). I flew back really hard into my wall (another ouchie). I hit my head on the floor as I fell (even more ouchies).
"Oh yeah" I said, getting into an awesome battle pose. I felt like Goku. It was awesome! "Is that all?"
"No" she said, launching even more Shadow Balls at me (I mean like a lot! Enough to fill my room almost full). I launched some Shadow Balls to counter hers, but it wasn't enough. She started hitting me with her Shadow Claws (which hurt realllly bad). I used Protect to shield myself, but it eventually failed, letting her shoot Shadow Balls at me and hit me with Shadow Claw.
"I've got to stop her" I thought. "But what could I do?"
I decided to use my last resort attack: Metronome. Firs I transformed into my pokéforme (it looks like a pink cat, which is awesome!). Then I wiggled my finger (my favorite part) and felt the attack come to me. I decided to use it like an awesome fighter. I put my hands by my side and charged up the orb, which got bigger. I even psyched her out to scare her. She even turned into her pokéforme (it was blue so it was ugly). Here: I'll tell you in real time.
"KAAAA!" The clone had a really confused look on her face. I don't think she knew what was happening(which made it feel even more sweet).
"MEEE!" The clone saw the energy ball and tried to guard herself. I chuckled, knowing that she wouldn't be able to guard against this one.
"HAAAA!" The clone used a lot of defensive moves on herself. She must have been really scared of my attack by then.
"MEEE!" The clone actually started to attack me, but I held on. I wanted to shoot her with my ultimate attack.
"HAAAAAAAAA!" I shot the beam at the clone (which wasn't blue, it was black) and it seemed to tear her apart. The beam had an eerie feel to it. After she was hit she actually stood back up (a really, really bad thing because I was really tired after that weird Kamehameha) and tried to hit me, but she fell down. I kicked her a couple of times for good measure (just to be sure she was dead), but she didn't wake up. I decided that it would be really cool if I brought her out here to show you guys. And that's why I came out here.
Hall of Origins (normal POV)
"So what you mean to say…" Ace said, trying to comprehend what he just heard. "Is that you beat her by using a Metronome that turned to Judgement?"
"Was that what the black Kamehameha was?" Mina asked.
"That was the beam forme of Judgement" Arcey explained. "Judgement has three forms: the beam forme, the meteor forme, and the light spear forme. The light spear forme is when I use light to attack. That is for certain targets. The meteor forme is for attacking a large area. The beam forme is a concentrated version used to deal massive damage to a single enemy or a group in close proximity with one another. You used the most powerful forme of Judgement on a Metronome. That should be impossible."
"You mean you don't believe me?" Mina said, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"I believe you" Ace said, standing up from his seat.
"You do?" Mina and Arcey said at the same time.
"Yeah." Ace said. "We pretty much revolve around impossible. I tanked an Oblivion Wing to my chest, leaving a hole that makes the one Goku got look like a needle prick. And I not only didn't die, I was physically able to outmatch five of the more powerful legendaries at the same time. Bianca Mega Evolved by fusing with her dead bother's spirit. Shadow broke Giovanni's control over her (with Jirachi's help, but still), which was said to be impossible (remember we had to eliminate the last few people Giovanni took control of). We've had quite a few supposedly impossible things happen to us, but they did. So, the fact that you Metronomed Judgement Beam Forme is just another awesome thing that's happened to us."
"Plus" he added, pointing to the clone. "The evidence is right there. You beat her, by yourself even. That's showing some skill as a fighter. You earned the point for this one. But be careful. Harder challenges are yet to come. You need to be prepared."
"I will" Mina said, making a dedicated fist and bringing it down if front of her chest. "I will become more powerful."
"Ironic isn't it?" Arcey asked Ace. "How you just turned her into a very enthusiastic fighter."
"I want her to be ready in case these clones prove to be too much for us." Ace said. "If they are as powerful as the children told us, then we will have to be ready, all of us."
"We might need to interrogate the clone" Arcey said, pointing at the limp body at their feet. "She might have some answers to questions we have."
"Right" Ace said, thinking for a second on his next course of action. "On that note, how is Xerneas?"
"She's still unconscious" Arcey said. "But she had some very useful information in her head. Plans of the clones, notes on Zygarde and Yveltal, even some minor information on Darkrai. That could prove very useful in the future."
"How does information on Darkrai help us?" Eon asked, walking up to them. "Ace's pokéforme is just what he becomes at full power."
"No" Shadow said, entering the conversation. "Darkrai is a demon from the time of Arcey's great grandfather. He was sealed around the time of Zygarde. But he is much worse than Zygarde. Ace and I are of the same race as him, but Darkrai is much more terrifying than any of us may realize."
"He's what my pokéforme is, yes." Ace said, clenching his fists. "But if I go too deep, then he starts to gain control. He is what destroyed that village ten years ago. He is the essence of pure evil and darkness personified. He has been trying to take my body, and lately Shadow's as well. He must not be taken lightly."
"You'll beat him" Eon said, taking her friend's shoulder. "You always do."
"I can't beat him in a physical fight" Ace said. "He had the power to kill your great great grandfather, and the only reason he didn't was because Arceo (Arcey's great grandfather/Eon's great great grandfather, the first god of the world) sealed him away before he had the chance. Zygarde suffered a similar fate, but Darkrai was able to seal his consciousness away until someone like me was born. Shadow's Synchronize gives him two bodies for the price of one."
"But, is he beatable?" Eon asked, worried.
"In my mind" Ace said. "I can hold him off, but as my seals weaken, he strengthens."
"Is Darkrai just giving you free reign of his dark powers?" Arcey asked.
"Somewhat." Ace said. "I just have a lot of it, but the stronger I get, the stronger he gets."
"That's bad" Mina said, having just appeared in the conversation.
"Yes it is" Arcey said gravely. "If Darkrai were to take Ace, then Shadow would go too. That means that we would have to fight our two most powerful members at full strength. And Darkrai would probably anticipate us trying to seal him away again, so he would eliminate us quickly."
"But the issue at hand is those clones." Ace said, looking over to the beat up clone of Mina. "We need to find out if any more are coming soon."
Ace walked over to the clone, pulling her up by her shirt until she was right in front of his face. She slowly started to stir, opening her eyes to see a black haired bot with black eyes staring at her with an angry expression on his face.
"Where are the rest of the clones?" Ace demanded, slamming her against the wall.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" she asked, taunting him, even as beat up as she was.
All of a sudden a shadow hit her in the face, leaving another cut on her face. She flinched from the pain, unable to ignore it because of her current physical condition.
"Wrong answer" Ace said, his voice and body becoming darker with his anger. Arcey realized what he was about to do, a look of utter horror crossing her face.
"Ace, don't do it!" she pleaded. "Don't use your nightmare powers on her. You remember what happened the last time."
"Uggh! Fine" he said, becoming normal again. The clone just grinned like a villain whose plan succeeded even with the heroes best efforts. Ace stared hard at her, daring her to test him again.
"I'm not the most patient of people, clone." Ace said. "Now tell me where the rest of the clones are."
"You'll be destroyed by these clones." The Mina clone spat, a few bloody teeth exiting her mouth. "Lord Zygarde cloned the most powerful ones of you, along with a new girl."
"New girl?" Ace asked.
"Yes" the clone said. "The music girl. She was fun to clone. So be prepared for the fight of your lives. The others were just force sent far away from here. Only the ones here in this room and the music girl have clones that they will fight. The others were sent to different locations for their fights. But you will all die by their hands. And Lord Zygarde will rise again, taking back what is rightfully his."
"No, he won't" "Ace" said, his voice dark. Arcey quickly realized just who had spoken those words: Darkrai.
"I'm not going to let that green f #$tard take my universe" Darkrai continued. "I only have temporary control of this body, but I will tell you this: I will end this. This world is MINE! When you get to hell, tell him that"
Darkrai left Ace's body, the latter resuming his talk.
"Where are they?!" He demanded once again. His answer came in the form of an explosion behind him and the others.
"We're right here" a familiar voice said. The legendaries turned around to come face to face with their clones. Arcey quickly sent Mina away to a safe location while Ace disintegrated the Mina clone.
"Everyone split up" Arcey ordered. The legendaries all went to different rooms, their clones following them.
"You think you can beat us?" the Arcey clone said, looking at the original. "We can overpower you."
"We'll see" Arcey said, getting into a fighting pose. The two squared off, staring at each other.
With Eon
"I won't lose to you" Eon said, staring her clone in the face.
"Prove it!" the clone shouted. The two of them charged up fire attacks in their hands.
With Ray
"Well, Sky god" said the Ray clone. "How long do you think you'll last against me?"
"Long enough to win" Ray said, charging up an attack.
With Bianca
"Oh, this is gonna be easy." The Bianca clone said. "You're not a fighter."
"Maybe so" Bianca said, glaring at her opponent. "But I will fight you to my last breath."
"That time will come sooner than you think" the clone said.
With Shadow
"You don't seem like a challenge." The Shadow clone said, eyeing her opponent.
"Appearances can be deceiving." Shadow said, a smirk crossing her lips for a split second. "Let's see just how tough I really am"
With Ace
"If you're really me" Ace said, getting into a fighting pose. "Then this will be the best fight I've had in years."
"Oh, I'm stronger than you" the Ace clone said.
"I doubt that" Ace said, smirking. "But let's find out"
With Melody
Melody was at her desk trying to do her homework when something crashed through her wall. As she got up to look at it, she saw it looked just like her-with some differences. The girl stood up and looked at her.
"You are Melody Melodus, correct?" is asked in a cool, calculating voice.
"Yes" Melody said, clenching her fists.
"Then prepare to die" the clone said, getting into a fighting pose.
Will the legendaries prevail over their evil clones, even though the clones are more powerful? And is this what those Greninja did with Melody's blood? Find out on the next episode of Pokémon: Azure Light
I swear to god it won't take over 9000 chapters to resolve the clone saga-I just wanted to see if this would end the chapter right. This arc is entitled Arc C (for clone)-regular numbers will resume after the clone sage ends.