Chapter Fourteen: Twitch, The Date, and some Shopping
The three members of the Unholy Trinity walked down the street to reach their destinations; Eon to the bookstore and Ace and Shadow to the restaurant they were going to eat at. As they walked past the video game store, they noticed a decent sized group of Pokémon, consisting of two Pidgeot boys, a Feraligatr boy, an Espeon boy, a Steelix boy, a Dragonite girl, an Omastar boy, a Venemoth girl, a Laprs girl, and a Nidoking boy, all dressed in street clothes and crowded around a street light post. Ace and Shadow were on the other side of Eon, who bumped on of the group member's arms, causing him to look up at her.
"Hey, watch where you're walking you—" he said, standing up, his red hair bristling with his anger. He sized Eon up, a sudden spark of recognition coming to his eyes.
"Hey guys." He said to his group members, causing them to look over at him. "Look who we got here: The False Prophet."
"Well, well, well." Said another group member with grey hair.
"Oh momdammit" Eon said under her breath
Ace and Shadow walked a little ways ahead so Eon could have a little talk with the strange group of Pokémon.
"Who are they?" Shadow asked, not really liking some of the looks they were giving Eon.
"They're called the Twitch Gang" Ace said.
"You mean those guys that used to bully Eon and Kabuto?" Shadow asked, remembering.
The gang was getting closer to Eon. Some of them even tried to grab her hair and arms. Others were saying rude things to her. Eon took a step back, Ace noticing that she seemed to be having an internal struggle.
"Leave me alone" Eon said, her voice low and threatening. The Twitch Gang seemed unintimidated by this threat and continued moving toward her.
"Is she afraid of them?" Shadow asked.
"No" Ace said. "But do you remember the promise that she made to Kabuto?"
"The one where she promised that she wouldn't get even?" Shadow answered.
"Yeah" Ace said. "She's having an internal conflict between whether to give these guys what they deserve or to honor her promise to Kabuto. Kabuto was a good guy, don't get me wrong, but his philosophy on dealing with certain problems was a little flawed."
"Maybe he thought Eon would get beat up?" Shadow suggested.
"Maybe"
"Are you going to do something about it?" Shadow asked, knowing what Ace would say.
"Well," Ace said. "When Eon refused to do anything about it, Arcey told me that if I saw them harassing Eon or Kabuto I could go up to the strongest one of them, grab him by the shoulder, and punch his lights out. On that day I died and went to heaven."
"She really told you that?" Shadow asked, not believing it.
"Yeah" Ace said, a twinkle coming into his eye. "Wait right here."
"Where are you going?" Shadow asked, knowing the answer before she was even finished asking the question.
In answering her question, Ace walked up to one of the Twitch Gang members, the Feraligatr boy and put his hand on his shoulder.
"What do you want?" he asked just before a fist slammed into his mouth, sending him flying into a brick wall.
The other members turned around to see who had punched their leader, who went by the name of Lazer Gator, in the face.
"Who are you?" the Nidoking boy, whose name was Fonz, asked.
"I'm a friend of hers." Ace said, stepping closer to him with anger in his eyes. "Now back off!"
"Or what?" the older Pidgeot boy, named Abba, asked.
"Or I'll break you like a twig." Eon said, surprising the Pidgeot.
"So" the Lapras boy, Air Jordan, said, walking up next to her. "She does have a spine."
"What was that?" Eon said, grabbing him by his neck.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Air said, coughing a little due to Eon's grip.
Eon's response to his question was to punch him right into where Lazer Gator was just recovering, sending both of them back into the brick wall.
"She just punched Air" the Dragonite girl, Katie, said in shock.
"Let's get 'em." The Steelix, nicknamed Snake (as in Metal Gear), said before the Espeon, who had the nickname of Burrito (his real name was RJ), stepped in front of him.
"Hold on guys" he said, studying Ace and Eon. "These guys are out of our league. We'd be smoked."
"Not if we all gang up on them." The Omastar boy, nicknamed Helix, said, running up to Ace and throwing a punch on the Dark type's face.
Ace simply took the blow, grabbing Helix's arm and using him as a club to hit Snake and knock him back. The other Twitch members joined in at this point (except Burrito, who fought with his brain, not his fists), all throwing punches and kicks at the two members of the Unholy Trinity. Ace and Eon dodged, tanked, and countered blows, the fight taking up the sidewalk.
Burrito walked over to Shadow (she was standing far enough from the fighting for him to be comfortable) and started a conversation.
"So what's your friend's problem?" he asked casually.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked.
"He just went up and randomly punched Lazer Gator in the face." Burrito said.
"That's because your friends were harassing Eon." Shadow explained.
"She looks like she can handle herself." Burrito said, sweat dropping.
"She'd made a promise to an old friend of hers." Shadow explained. "He made her promise not to use her fists to solve her problems. She kept that promise with your friends until now, when she had finally had enough."
"Oh" Burrito said. "I'm new here, so I didn't know that much about people from then. But your friends seem strong."
"They are." Shadow said.
"Do you think Archangel could handle your friends?" Burrito asked.
"Who?" Shadow asked.
At that moment the doors to the game store opened, a boy stepping out. He wore a yellow jacket that had electric patterns all over it. His clothes were all the same shade, save his shoes, which were orange. His hair was spiky like an anime character's hair (it resembled Yugi Moto's (from Yugioh)). His eyes were tinted yellow, his face full of confidence.
"Hey guys, they had it!" he said, holding up a copy of the latest Call of Duty game. He saw the scene going on in the streets. He noticed Ace holding Lazer Gator by the shirt and pulling back to punch him in the face. Eon had Katie in a headlock and was hitting ATV's head on a wall. All eyes turned to the yellow clad boy.
"Zapdos?" Ace asked. "What the f #$ are YOU doing HERE? Arcey said you had to train until eight tonight. It's only five thirty."
"Ace, what the f #$ are you doing?" he shouted at the Dark type.
"I'm on a date." Ace said.
"With who?" Zapdos asked, confused.
"Who do you think?" Ace asked.
"Archangel" Lazer Gator said. "You know this guy?"
"I live with him." Archangel-Zapdos said.
"Why are you friends with these guys?" Ace asked.
"What's wrong with them?" Zapdos asked before putting some clues together. "Wait a minute. They're not the ones that…?"
"The very same." Ace said.
"Well then." Zapdos said. "They've learned that it's not nice to harass people. Now please let them go so we can go play some Call of Duty."
"You're supposed to be training." Ace said, walking up to the Thunder Bird.
"I can skip training for one day." Zapdos said. "Besides, you won't rat me out, will you?"
"Dude" Ace said. "I don't give a flying f #$ what you do in your free time. Go have your fun."
"Besides" Eon said, a mischievous grin on her face. "Mom's no dummy. She probably already knows."
"Oh sh!t" Zapdos said.
"What's so bad about her mother?" ATV asked Zapdos.
"She's an absolute monster when she's angry" Zapdos said. "If you know she's pissed off at you, your best bet is to just enjoy life while you can until she finds you."
"Well, then" Lazer Gator said, getting up. "We'd better get in as much Call of Duty as we can."
"Yeah" Zapdos said, getting in with his friends. Then he turned towards Ace and Eon. "I'll see you guys later."
"Those guys are badasses." Katie said as they walked away.
"Yes they are" Zapdos said.
"Bye" Eon, Ace, and Shadow said.
After they had left, the Unholy Trinity resumed their plans. They walked until they reached the bookstore. Eon parted ways with the Kyuryoon and entered, walking towards the back of the store.
The two Kyuryoon continued walking down the street until they came upon a fast food restaurant, the Sandwich Shop.
"Do you want to eat here?" Ace asked Shadow.
"That sounds nice." Shadow said.
"Okay" Ace said as the two of them entered the restaurant.
They found a table to sit at before they went up to order their food. Once they got their food they sat down to eat and talk.
"So" Ace awkwardly began the conversation. "How's the food?"
"It's good" Shadow said, a grin slowly coming to her lips. "You don't know how to go about a date, do you?"
"Not a f #$ing clue." Ace said.
"Well, neither do I" Shadow said, giggling. "So I guess we're both winging it."
"Interesting" Ace said, taking a bite of his food.
"Shouldn't we say grace first?" Shadow asked.
"god is literally our surrogate mother." Ace said. "I think we'll be fine."
"I guess you're right" Shadow said, starting on her sandwich.
"Now the others are going to start asking us when the kids are due." Ace said with a chuckle.
"Kids?" Shadow asked.
"We're already dating." Ace said. "So next is the kids."
"What about marriage?" Shadow asked.
"They're not going to start on that" Ace said. "Because it's the same as the dating thing."
"But if we had kids." Shadow said, pondering. "Would they be like the ones from that future?"
"Something's off about them." Ace said.
"What?" Shadow asked.
"Remember the Gardevoir one, Destiny?" Ace said.
"Yeah" Shadow said. "What about her?"
"She was a regular Gardevoir." Ace said.
"So?" Shadow asked, confused. "At least some part of our lives should be "normal"."
"But neither of us are normal." Ace said. "She shouldn't be because our genetics wouldn't call for it."
"But we're two different "species"" Shadow said. "She wouldn't necessarily be a blend of us."
"That's not what I mean." Ace said. "What I mean is she wasn't a Kyuryoon. We're both Kyuryoon, so she should have at least been a Kyuryoon Gardevoir."
"You're right." Shadow said, pondering this fact. "That doesn't make sense."
"I know." Ace said. "I also heard them say something about you being an irregular Gardevoir."
"They did?" Shadow asked. "What about it?"
"They seemed surprised." Ace said. "even though she dressed similar to you, her aura was different than yours. She had black hair was because both of us have black hair. Other than that her aura was different than ours."
"She did seem surprised that I was a Kyuryoon." Shadow thought.
"But enough about that." Ace said. "Let's find a new topic of conversation."
"Yeah" Shadow said. "That would be a good idea."
Behind them a voice was heard. It seemed focused on them and nobody else seemed to be responding to it.
"Where's the Nightmare Demon?" she asked to people around her. Her voice seemed to be angry, cold.
"Who is that?" Shadow asked discreetly. "And why does she want you?"
"No idea." Ace said. "Think we should leave?"
Before Shadow could answer his question a figure dressed in pink, blue, and yellow walked up to Ace and Shadow's table.
"Prepare to die, Nightmare Demon." She said.
"What are you talking about?" Ace asked.
"You will die." The girl said, picking Ace up bodily. "Your reign of terror has come to an end."
"My what?" Ace asked, confused.
"Die!" the girl shouted, punching Ace in the jaw, almost rendering him unconscious.
"Let him go!" Shadow shouted, standing up.
The girl threw Ace into a column in the middle of the building. The column collapsed, Ace flying into the wall behind it. The wall also collapsed, burying Ace under the rubble.
"What did you do to him?!" Shadow shouted, getting into a fighting position. The girl chuckled a little before picking up Shadow by her throat.
"Don't worry, Kyuryoon." The girl said, a smirk on her face. "You'll be joining him soon."
"C-c-cressa" Shadow choked out. "W-why are you doing this?"
"Cressa's not here" the girl said, her eyes glowing blue. "My name is Cresselia."
Pokémorph High School-hallway
"I wonder what this meeting is about" Arcey thought to herself as she walked down the hallway of Pokémorph High School. "I hope Ace isn't getting in trouble for all of those fights."
She started looking around at all of the posters on the walls, sighing as the memories came back to her. She remembered going to this same school as a teenager, meeting the founders: Satoshi Tajiri and Junichi Masuda. She remembered having fun with her good friends, Mew and Deoxa.
Arcey cried a little at the memories of her late friends. As a promise to both of them she had taken in their children to raise like her own. Later she discovered that both of them had donated their DNA to create a powerful psychic type clone and she took him in as well. She feared the clone wouldn't have gotten along with the two children, but she was proven wrong when the clone actually fell in love with Deoxa's child and had become playmates with Mew's child. The three of them fit in with the rest of the legendaries in training and Arcey had told herself she had worried herself for nothing.
She smiled as she noticed a poster on the wall from the year 19XW, her senior year. She saw a group of five people, all dressed in uniforms that were black and red. One of the girls had long flowing white hair with a conjoined alpha omega symbol on her uniform. The one to her left had red and sea foam green hair and had a DNA strand on her uniform. The girl on her left had bright pink hair with the number 151 on her uniform. The girl to her left had rainbow hair with a tree on her uniform. The boy on the far right had black and red hair with a "Y" on his uniform. The "Y" had "points on all the ends (imagine the symbol for Pokémon Y). The names, from left to right were on a plaque under the picture that read: "The Badass Battling Five: Arceus, Deoxa, Mew, Xerna, Yveta".
"Funny how times change" Arcey said, remembering her friends current conditions. "Funny how one's children can be different from their parents. Right Xerna and Yveta? Your kids are like the opposites of you. Xerneas is more passive than either of you and Yveltal is downright evil. Such a horrible way to die, watching your children engage in a brutal blood fight."
Arcey stopped looking at the poster, for fear of too many unpleasant emotions welling up inside of her. Suddenly, surprising even her, a voice sounded beside her.
"They were awesome, weren't they?" said a woman in a green hood and green dress (Mrs. U) said, walking up to Arcey.
"Yeah" Arcey said, sighing in remembrance. "They were."
"Did you go to school when they were the reigning champs?" Mrs. U. asked. "Because you remind me of the one on the left. Arceus, I think."
"Yeah" Arcey said. "I was in my senior year when they were awesome. My friends and were in some competitions with them. My group loved battling, enough to become decent at it. But, the days of battling for fun are behind me. Now I only battle when things are at stake."
"Like what?" Mrs. U asked.
"Oh, things." Arcey said, avoiding the question.
"Well, what can I help you with?" Mrs. U asked.
"I'm here to see a teacher about my, um, child's behavior." Arcey said, fumbling for the note in her pocket. "His name is Ace Hunter."
"Oh, you must be the one he gave the note to" Mrs. U said, extending her hand. "I'm Mrs. U. Nice to meet you, miss ….uhh"
"Call me Arceus" Arcey said, extending her hand and shaking Mrs. U's.
"Wait a minute." Mrs. U said, a little shocked. "Do you mean Arceus of the Badass Battling Five? The single greatest team to play for this school?"
"Me and my friends loved battling." Arcey said. "The children in my care all enjoy battling as well, some of them even more than I did."
"I'm assuming some of them would be your charges Ace Hunter, Shadow Darkstar, and Eon Multius?" Mrs. U said, catching on. "The gang that has a rumored name of The Unholy Trinity?"
"Ah yes" Arcey said, smiling. "I remember when we gave them that name. They were monsters in combat."
"They seem to love fighting." Mrs. U said. "But that's not why I asked you to come here today. Please, let's discuss this in my classroom."
Arcey followed the green clad psych teacher into her classroom, wondering to herself just what she was called here for.
First Avenue-Sandwich Shop
"I'm Cresselia" the girl that looked like Cressa, but was totally different, said. "Her true power."
"what do you want with us?" Shadow said, struggling to get free of the powerful psychic's grip.
"Death" Cresselia said plainly. "To any and all of that disgusting monster's race."
"You mean the Kyuryoon?" Shadow asked, her airway closing.
"Yes" Cresselia said, tightening her grip. "Though I'm surprised your friend died so easily."
"He's dead?" Skyla asked. She could still sense him, but she decided to keep this little fact to herself.
"You can't tell?!" Cresselia laughed. "Some psychic you are! Unable to sense your own best friend's death."
"You'd be surprised what Ace has lived through." Shadow said.
I don't care." Cresselia said, uninterested. "Now, my next task is to—"
At that moment Cresselia and Shadow both felt a huge surge of energy in the direction where Cresselia had thrown Ace. They looked over to see the rubble Ace was buried under start to shift. Cresselia's expression turned to irritation, while Shadow's was one that said she had just used her trump card.
The rubble exploded out as Ace levitated out of it, his head and arms slumped over as if he were dead. Surrounding him, however, was a black fire, made of pure aura. Evil, black lightning crackled around him like he was calling upon his own hidden power. His head and arms were thrown back as flames as black as his aura appeared in his hands, his hair flashing white for a split second. His aura fire disappeared and he floated to the ground, facing Cresselia, silent, unmoving. Shadow and Cressa stared at it, both of them surprised.
"How does he have this much power?!" Cresselia asked, shocked. "His human forme read only two hundred thousand five minutes ago. Now it reads twenty million. That's greater than mine."
Shadow was just as surprised as Cresselia that Ace was that powerful. The highest his human forme had reached with all of the seals on was about two million. Now his power level had reached about ten times that. But Shadow was sure he could reach higher.
"But" she thought to herself. "He seems different somehow"
"How?!" Cresselia shouted at the eerily silent Ace, dropping Shadow, who moved to a safer place. "How are you this powerful?! You're supposed to be mortal."
"And you're supposed to be dead, bitch queen." A voice that did not sound like Ace's spoke. Shadow froze and Cresselia seemed a little afraid.
"Hunter, you will die." She shouted at "Ace", summoning Psychic energy to her hands.
"No." "Ace" said. "Not Ace Hunter. You should know, bitch queen. I was the last one you fought"
"D-d-darkrai?" Cresselia asked, realizing just how much trouble she'd gotten herself into.
"Yes" Darkrai said, grinning. "And it seems you've gotten yourself into some trouble."
Pokémorph High-psychology 101 room
"So I guess you're wondering why I asked for you to come here." Mrs. U said, sitting down at her desk.
"That would be right." Arcey said, sitting down in a chair. "Neither Ace or the note gave me answers to that question."
"Well, he didn't seem to know why I wanted to see him either." Mrs. U said, twiddling her thumbs.
"So" Arcey started, already bored. "Why am I here?"
"Well first off" Mrs. U said, sitting up. "He sleeps a lot in class."
"He's busy" Arcey said. "We do things at home and it sometimes causes him to lose sleep."
"What could you possibly do that causes him to sleep through my class?" Mrs. U asked.
"I don't think that that's any of your business." Arcey said.
"I think it is." Mrs. U said, leaning forward. "I expect you to tell me immediately."
"I don't think you have that kind of authority." Arcey said. "But if you must know I'm teaching him combat."
"Why?" Mrs. U said.
"So he can fight." Arcey said. "He's always taken an interest in combat as well as several of the other children that live with me."
"He's not your only child?" Mrs. U asked.
"He's not related to me." Arcey said. "He's adopted, along with Shadow and some others. Eon is my only blood relative."
"That must be stressful." Mrs. U said.
"Well, they're all teenagers now." Arcey said. "They can sort of fend for themselves."
"Well, I've never heard Ace, Eon, of Shadow say anything bad about you." Mrs. U said. "But I digress, back to why you're here. Ace has been sleeping a lot in class and it's causing him to miss my lessons."
"Well" Arcey said, chuckling. "From what I've heard, this class is his favorite."
"It is?" Mrs. U said.
"Yes." Arcey said. "He says he's never slept better except in his own bed."
"Hardy har har." Mrs. U said. "Well, I think he's becoming a bad influence."
"Not Ace" Arcey said, dismissing it. "He's never done anything that would be considered bad unless he was helping someone."
"Well, your little "Unholy Trinity" Mrs. U said. "Sleeps in my class. Not only that, they move their desks so they can lean on each other."
"I see no problem" Arcey said.
"Then let's get to the main issue." Mrs. U said, folding her arms. "Ace made a rude comment in class today."
"He did now." Arcey said, interested. Never had Ace made a rude comment except taunting, but that was simply about power gaps. "What was it?"
"In Psych class today" Mrs. U said. "We were discussing gender differences. Ace was sleeping and when we woke him up I asked him to say what would be different about him if he were the opposite gender."
"And your point?" Arcey asked.
"He said 'Well, I'd have breasts'" Mrs. U said.
"So what?" Arcey asked, confused.
"Don't you think that's rude?" Mrs. U asked.
"It's a difference between two genders." Arcey said.
"But he could have said a lot of different things." Mrs. U said. "Surely you've taught him differences."
"I've treated all of my children the same." Arcey said. "The only differences between them are physical differences and minor clothing differences."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. U asked.
"Well" Arcey said. "In our house there are no set norms for boys and girls. Both the boys and the girls love to fight and play violent video games. They both eat the same sugary cereal. The only differences that are there is we have more brutally violent girls than boys. I taught them basic anatomy so they could know that they were different, but that's about it."
"So you're saying" Mrs. U began. "That this was just an innocent mistake and it was truly the only difference that Ace knew?"
"Yep." Arcey said. "Now can I go? I have to make dinner."
"Yes" Mrs. U said. "You are free to go."
"Thank you" Arcey said, getting up and walking to the door.
"I must say." Mrs. U said. "It was great to meet you in person."
"What do you mean?" Arcey asked.
"You're Arceus" Mrs. U said. "The team captain of the Badass Battling Five."
"Yes" Arcey said. "I was. But that was a long time ago. Those days are behind me."
"It doesn't seem like it." Mrs. U said. "You're still in great physical shape. It sucks that the other members all died though."
"Yeah it does." Arcey said, sighing. "Well, have a good day."
"You too" Mrs. U said, waving.
"I wonder how Ace is doing on his date" Arcey thought to herself as she walked out of the school.
First Avenue-Sandwich Shop
"How are you here?!" Cresselia shouted to the powerful Nightmare Demon.
"You truly thought I would just let you seal me." Darkrai (note that Ace is still in human forme) said, chuckling a little. "Without some plan of escape"
"Well" Cresselia said, aiming a blast at Shadow, who was simply trying to move to where she would be a little safer in case Darkrai wanted to start something. "I'm going to kill you as well as the last member of your race."
"Trust me, my dear" Darkrai said, a sinister grin on his face. "The strength I'm exhibiting right now and my hatred for you will be nothing compared to my host's if you kill her. In fact, I think I'll let him take over for me if you do it. I'm sure he'd enjoy choking the life out of you."
"He wouldn't kill me." Cresselia said. "My host is a friend of his."
"He could easily kill you without killing her." Darkrai said.
"Well then" Cresselia said, getting into a battle stance. "Let's see if you can do the same. Before I kill both of you."
"Bring it on!" Darkrai shouted, calling Darkness to his hands. "Let's see if your pathetic Fairy type can save you from my power this time. There's no god to help you now."
The two Dream Walkers charged at each other, each using Super Effective attacks on each other, Cresselia using Fairy Claw, Darkrai using Demon Claw. The two Claws met, the opposite elements clashing (Fairy is similar to Light, Dark doing Super Effective on it and vice versa-Fairy is the weakened version of Light).
"You still have your skills." Cresselia said, feeling the attack.
"As do you." Darkrai said, his warrior's instinct kicking in.
"However" Cresselia said, preparing to make another strike. "That will not save you from paying for betraying the Council."
"Wait, what?" Darkrai asked, confused. "I didn't betray the council. Just because I'm evil doesn't mean I would just destroy the only beings that treated me like friends."
"Arceo told me you had planned to destroy him and the rest of us." Cresselia said, using Blaze Kick.
"Seriously" Darkrai said, countering with a Demon Kick. "I wanted to fight him and utterly destroy him in combat to prove that he wasn't the most powerful, but I never wanted to destroy the Council. You guys were way too much fun to kill. Especially the Unholy Destroyers. But you and that old fart fought me and sealed me without just cause."
"The rest of the team helped" Cresselia said.
"But they were trying to aid you in what they thought was an actual threat." Darkrai said. "You two attacked me plainly and deliberately. I may be evil, but I still followed Arceo's orders. The only reason he tried to destroy me was that he saw me as a threat, which I was. Hell, if ii had wanted to, I could've obliterated the entire Council (minus the Destroyers)"
"True" Cresselia said, firing a Shadow Ball. "But you tried to kill Arceo. And you just tried to kill me."
"I tried to kill Arceo because he was trying to kill me." Darkrai protested, backhanding the purple orb. "And you just tried to do the same. If anything you, the goody two shoes of the Unholy Destroyers, are in the wrong on this one."
"You know I tried to get Arceo off your back" Cresselia said, lunging at Darkrai, who dodged. "Melodia, Diancia, and Aeona tried as well, but he was stubborn. We didn't see you as truly evil, just misunderstood. We treated you as a friend, as one of the Unholy Destroyers (partially because you led the team). You were my brother!"
"I am truly evil." Darkrai said, laughing. "But that doesn't mean I couldn't make friends. I truly enjoyed the times we had. We blew so much sh!t up! And while you were naggy, you were a pretty badass sister. I only accepted my true Dark nature when I realized Arceo saw me as a threat. But now I must defeat you. I will rule this universe one day, but I know patience and will wait until the right time, maybe even play good guy on occasion if I have to."
"Bring it on, demon." Cresselia said, charging at the Dark Type.
"Whatever, bitch queen" Darkrai said, lunging again, his claws glowing with Darkness.
"Stop!" Shadow shouted, stepping in between the two of them. Cresselia tried to move her out of the way, but Shadow grabbed her and punched her in the stomach, stunning her. Darkrai stopped, knowing that fighting the Dark Empath would be harder than he wanted it to be, having to deal with her and his overprotective host at the same time.
"Why do you wish to interrupt our battle?" Darkrai asked. Cresselia had regained her wind and stood next to the Demon of Darkness.
"This isn't the time or the place." Shadow said quietly, but very sternly, actually intimidating the battle hardened Cressalia (Darkrai wasn't because he was used to all personas of Shadow, but he tensed, knowing full well that she was a monster in combat). "You two were friends once. Siblings even. Now I know it would be too much to expect you to become friends again after your past, but at least try not to attack each other here. At least stay dormant in your host bodies until you are absolutely needed. The others are here somewhere and I'm sure they'd want to catch up, but I don't want you two to cause any more trouble, because if you do, I will break both of you."
"Could she really do that?" Cresselia asked nervously.
"Trust me" Darkrai said, clenching his fists. "With her Synchronize ability, she's just as strong as I am and she's brutal enough to take us on at an equal level. She's serious, so I think we should at least try."
"To think" Cresselia said. "She's the quiet one of their group."
"Now release your hosts." Shadow commanded. The Lunar Duo agreed and went back into dormancy inside of their hosts. The two teens snapped back into control, Ace gaining his senses faster due to being used to possession and walking over to Shadow.
"How did I end up here?" Cressa asked, rubbing her head.
"Your psychic companion took your body for a little ride." Ace said. "And had a battle with mine. Shadow stopped them before too much damage was too much."
"But we sure did a number on this restaurant." Cressa said.
"And it was f #$ing awesome!" Darkrai's voice came from Ace's throat.
"Shut up you" Ace said to the demon inside of him.
"Well" Cressa said, a twinkle coming into her eye. "Did I interrupt anything?"
"Just our date" Shadow said, stepping in front of Ace.
"Oh, is that all" Cressa said. "I bet I would do much better than you"
"Prove it" Shadow said, her voice rising.
"Let's not fight" Ace said, stepping in between the two rivals.
"You're right" Shadow said. "The best option is for us to leave the restaurant so as to avoid people wondering how we trashed this place."
"Agreed" Ace and Cressa said. Shadow summoned a portal for Cressa to return home. Ace took Shadow's hand and together the two of them turned into shadows, warping to the bookstore by traveling through them at supersonic speeds
"How did you guys get here?" Eon asked, surprised that her two best friends had suddenly appeared right next to her.
"We teleported." Ace said. "The restaurant was trashed."
"Oh" Eon said. "I'm sorry"
"I'm not" Ace said proudly. "Me and Cressa were the ones that trashed it"
Shadow punched Ace in the arm, causing him to realize that what he had said was bad.
"Oh, I mean, um" Ace stuttered. "Our dark sides came out and fought, causing the restaurant to break"
"That sucks" Eon said. "But you had fun before that right?"
"Oh yeah" Ace and Shadow said simultaneously as they blushed a little. "It was good up until that point."
"Speaking of which." Ace said. "We'll have to have another one to make up for that one."
"Okay" Shadow said.
"How about on our birthday?" Ace asked (their birthdays aren't on the same day, but the two of them celebrate on the same day—their "birthday" was in two weeks).
"That sounds nice" Shadow said. "I'd like that"
"Well that's nice." Eon said. Turning to Shadow she said: "Hey Shadow, could you do me a favor?"
"What is it?" Shadow asked.
"I need you to find these books for me." Eon said, pulling out a small list of books she needed. Shadow studied the list before pocketing it.
"Sure" she said. "But, what will you be doing?"
"I'll be trying to find some other books." Eon said. "When you get them please wait in line if I'm not here. These lines tend to get long."
Shadow nodded and walked off. After she was out of sight Eon grabbed Ace's arm and they walked into the jewelry store next to the bookstore.
"We better be quick" Ace said. "Shadow's going to catch on eventually."
"Well, not before we've already gotten it." Eon said, confident in her plan.
"Thanks for doing this with me." Ace said. "It's better to get a woman's opinion on something like this."
"Welcome" Eon said. "I know what she means to you."
The two friends walked over to the counter. The man behind it, a Sableye, waved in greeting.
"Hi there, folks" he said, a friendly smile on his face. "Can I help you?"
"Yeah" Ace said, walking up to the counter. "We're looking for rings."
"What kind of rings?" the man said, going through his list of inventory. "We've got wedding rings, chastity rings, engagement rings, Sonic rings-(reference), demon rings, environmental rings (come in a set of five: earth, water, fire, wind, heart—how many people get this reference), and other kinds of rings."
"This one looks nice" Ace said, pointing to a particular ring.
"Ace, that's an engagement ring." Eon said.
"So?" Ace asked, confused. "It looks nice."
"That's if you're going to ask her to marry you." Eon explained.
"Oh" Ace said, realizing his mistake. "Let's not jump the gun. We just started "officially" dating, so let's not take that one."
Eon found a different ring that she imagined would be good.
"How about this one?" she asked Ace, bringing him over.
"Oh, you're right." Ace said, looking at it. "It is pretty nice."
"That's a custom ring" the jeweler said. "You can get custom stones for it, like birthstones."
"Sweet" Ace said, pumping his fist. "I'd like one."
"Okay" the jeweler said. "What sort of stone would you like?"
"Black Amethyst" Ace said. "It's my best friend's birthstone."
"What's her size?" the jeweler asked.
"This size." Ace said, making an indication with his fingers.
"Okay." The jeweler said, taking notes. "Just give me about five minutes to make this and I'll be back."
"That's pretty fast." Ace said. "We'd be able to get back before she realizes we tricked her."
"Tricked?" the jeweler asked, having heard their conversation.
"Dou you realize how hard it is to buy someone's birthday present without them finding out?" Ace asked. "Especially if they're psychic."
"I see" the Sableye man said. "Well, just give me five minutes to fix this ring and I'll have it ready."
"Oh, and gift wrap it, please." Ace said.
"Will do" the jeweler said, disappearing into the back of the shop. True to his word, he returned in five minutes to hand Ace a ring with a beautiful black stone in it. Ace took the ring, paid for it, and walked quickly back to the bookstore, Eon close behind him.
"Where were you guys?" Shadow asked, noticing the two entering the hospital.
"Um" Ace said.
"Come on, guys." Shadow said. "I'm not stupid. I knew the book list was a ruse. I saw you guys walk out. You're not very subtle."
"Damn it!" Ace cursed. "I thought you said we weren't going to be seen."
"Oh well" Eon said. "At least you guys had a good date."
"We were attacked by a psychotic Psychic." Ace said.
"Oh well." Eon said. "At least your next one will be better."
"I guess you're right" Ace said.
"Let's go home." Shadow said, her stomach growling. "I'm hungry. Cressa didn't give me a chance to finish my food."
"Me either." Ace said. "Arcey cooked up a feast. Let's go finish it off!"
"All right!" The other two members of the Unholy Trinity pumped their fists. Ace grabbed both of them, dissolving his body into shadows along with theirs, using other shadows to instantaneously warp back to the Hall of Origins.
chapter end
For those of you that don't know, the Twitch gang is a reference to Twitch plays pokemon, the popular online pokemon phenomenon. The characters mentioned are the two champion teams of both the Red version playthrough and the Crystal playthrough.
Also, if you thought Darkrai's and Cresselia's match could have gone differently, don't worry. They will probably find some time to finish it later (When Shadow's not around :-) ).