Chapter Twenty Three: Zygarde Part One: Lukara
She woke up once again in the dark recesses of her mind, unsure of the reason that she was there for.
She began to look around, searching for some shrapnel of a clue as to the reason for her being there. Finding none, she sat down, both bored and frustrated.
She looked to her left, something catching her eye. She reached down to grab it, finding it to be the only thing she had found in this entire area. It had an inscription on it that she couldn't quite make out.
"'A long time ago, there was a shadow.'" A voice said from behind her, saying what must have been the inscription on the object. "'It consisted of flames made of pure darkness. It walked among others, looking like one of them. But, it knew it wasn't, no matter how hard it tried to deny it. It had a treasure it held close to its heart, something that it truly could not live without. One day, that treasure was gone, taken from it. The shadow did everything in its power to retrieve it, nearly losing its own life in the process. It retrieved it, the very sight of it causing it to experience the one thing it never truly had experienced before: joy.'"
"Who said that?" she demanded, whirling around to face the speaker.
Upon looking at him, she discovered that he was unlike anything she'd ever encountered.
The man was dressed in a green shirt and a black jacket. He wore green pants with similar colored shoes. His face was one of pure evil and malice hidden under smugness. His hair was black and had green "jewels" in it that were green and hexagonal. His eyes were his most intimidating feature, being green and seeming to be comprised of four hexagons.
"Who are you?" she asked, feeling the overwhelming power that this individual was giving off.
"You do not know me?" the man said, chuckling a little at this fact. "And here I thought that all of you were taught who I am."
"Should I know you?" she asked, confused as to who this incredibly powerful being was.
"Oh, I believe you will." The man said, grinning and showing his pointed teeth. "After all, my coming will be swift and chaotic."
"Leave her mind, Zygarde" a commanding voice said from behind the man, who had been revealed to be Zygarde.
Her eyes widened at the mention of the name Zygarde. He was in her mind?! What could he do from in here?
"Ah" Zygarde said, looking behind him without turning his head. "So it seems that the overbearing mother has come to protect one of her own."
"I said" the voice, female, said, growing angry. "Leave her mind."
"The hour is at hand." Zygarde said, grinning. "You can't protect them forever. Eventually, I will return. And not even you, Arceus, can stop it."
"Leave my children alone." Arceus commanded. Zygarde just laughed.
"Not even you are powerful enough to stop me." Zygarde said, grinning again.
"One of us will." Arceus said, causing her (the person whose mind this takes place in) to wonder just who she meant. "And he will stop your evil reign."
Suddenly she knew just who Arceus was referring to. He was the one every single legendary put their faith and trust in to pull them through the hardships.
"You can't put all your faith" Zygarde said. "In someone who is more of a villain than a hero."
"Don't you talk about him that way!" she shouted at Zygarde, stepping towards him.
"She speaks." Zygarde said, amused. "So, it seems that the shy one has a voice."
"Shadow" Arceus said, tense. "Zygarde is not one to be fought, even in your mind. He's truly dangerous."
"I'll take my leave for now." Zygarde said, bowing. "Just remember that I will destroy every last one of you."
Zygarde left in a beam of green light. Arceus turned to her, Shadow, and spoke in a soft voice.
"That was a brave thing you did, standing up to him like that." She said, grabbing her pupil in an embrace.
"That was the most terrifying thing I've ever been through." Shadow said, hugging Arceus tightly. "Why was he here, Arcey?"
"He wanted to see what his opponent was like." Arcey said, biting her lower lip.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked, nervous.
"I think it means" Arcey said, thinking over it. "That he believes that you'll be in the final fight."
"What about Ace?" Shadow asked. "What about him?"
"Most likely." Arcey said.
"What was that he was saying to me?" Shadow asked. "That story about the shadow?"
"It was what was written on that object you found." Arcey said. "It's something my father had told me a long time ago."
"What is it?" Shadow asked, curious.
"My father said it was symbolic" Arcey said. "To something that is around us all the time."
"What?" Shadow asked.
"Well" Arcey said, now in storyteller mode. "He said that the shadow in the story could be someone who's seen as an outcast by themselves. No matter what they do, they know they're different. It could have meant even a pure Dark Type."
"What about the treasure?" Shadow asked, trying to understand the story better.
"It could have meant a person or thing" Arcey said. "That was so special to the shadow that it caused it to not view itself as such a monster or outcast."
"So special, in fact" Shadow reasoned. "That if it lost it, it would do anything to get it back."
"Right" Arcey said.
"And once finding it again" Shadow continued. "That person or thing made him experience the joy that he never could before."
"That actually sounds like something I know of." Arcey said, thinking.
"What?" Shadow asked.
"Ace" Arcey said.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked, confused as to how this applied to her best friend.
"Think about it" Arcey said. "Ace is a pure Dark type, a shadow (in pokeforme). He sees himself as something not normal, no matter what he does. He has a treasure close to his heart: you. He would sacrifice his own life to save you, and very nearly has on multiple occasions. When he's reunited with you, he's so filled with joy."
"I sort of see it" Shadow said. "But, I still don't think that that's completely Ace."
"Whatever the case" Arcey said, turning around and walking through a portal. "You need to be ready. Zygarde's not going to take this fight lightly. He knows that Ace and you can thoroughly screw up his plans."
"I'll be ready" Shadow said, clenching her fist.
Suddenly she heard a loud voice that shook her out of her sleep state. It was a Hyper Voice from Arcey.
Shadow's room
She woke up with a start, mostly due to her deep sleep from earlier. The sound of Arcey's Hyper Voice was still ringing slightly in her ears. She sat up in her bed, trying to sort out the events of her dream the previous night. She still couldn't understand why Zygarde had chosen to visit her instead of Ace.
Arcey looked into her room as she walked past, peering in softly.
"Good morning, Shadow." She said sweetly.
"Morning, Arcey." Shadow said, waving.
Once Arcey left, Shadow got up and changed out of her pajamas into her clothes for the day: white pants, white boots, green shirt, white jacket, lockets, and green gloves. She walked out the door just in time to see Melody walk past, talking with Bianca. They looked at her and waved, continuing to walk down the hallway towards breakfast.
Shadow looked at the breakfast table to notice that one person in particular wasn't there: Ace. She wondered why, considering that he usually was the big eater of the Hall, Eon included.
Shadow walked up to Palkia, who was talking with Dialga.
"Where's Ace?" she asked.
"I haven't seen him." Palkia said, shrugging. "Maybe he's still in his room."
"Aww." Melody said, walking over and putting her arms around Shadow from behind. "Does somebody want to proclaim their love?"
"Actually" Palkia said. "This could be a legitimate issue. Ace is one of the big eaters of the Hall. He usually doesn't miss a meal, so when he does, it usually means he's sick."
"Oh" Melody said. "I guess that would be a problem. But where is he?"
Ace's room
The person in question was still sleeping soundly, as was the Ice type that slept in his room. For the first time in a long time, they had slept through Arcey's Hyper Voice, which had functioned as their alarm clock for the past five years.
Shadow walked into his room, looking for him. Upon seeing him and Maura, sleeping soundly, she giggled, charging up a Thunderbolt.
She launched her Thunderbolt, hitting both Ace and Maura (Ace took most of it though).
The two of them shot up out of bed, yelping in pain. Ace recovered faster, due to being more powerful as well as used to attacks.
"What was that?!" he shouted before noticing Shadow watching him and giggling.
"Was that you?" he asked.
"Maybe" Shadow said, still giggling.
Suddenly, unexpectedly, several shadows grabbed her and pushed her over to Ace, who grabbed her around her waist.
"Well, it was weak." Ace said, hugging his best friend.
"Is it breakfast time?" Maura exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"Yes" Shadow said, causing Maura to bolt out of the room screaming for food.
Ace and Shadow were alone in Ace's room. The two of them looked at each other, staring into each other's eyes. They leaned in close to each other, bringing their lips less than a foot apart.
Suddenly Mewtwo walked by and looked into Ace's room to see if the Dark Type was awake. Upon seeing Ace and Shadow close to each other he shot a small psychic blast at the two of them, hitting both of them.
The blast alone was enough to shock them out of their 'trance'. They looked around, as if they'd forgotten who and where they were.
"Hey, you two." Mewtwo said, waving and catching their attention. "You're gonna miss breakfast."
"We are?" Ace asked, running out of the room, pulling Shadow with him. "Then, let's go."
"Those two" Mewtwo said as he walked out of Ace's room. "Will make a great couple."
At the breakfast table
The legendaries were all gathered around the table to eat and hear Arcey's latest lecture (er, I mean announcements). Ace, Shadow, and Mewtwo all arrived at the table in time to eat (Ace ate about five times as much as Mewtwo).
"All right, guys" Arcey said as she saw everyone had finished eating. "I have morning announcements for today."
Everyone groaned, seeing as how they knew what this would entail. Arcey just ignored them and continued giving the morning announcements for the day.
"Toady's training begins at two today" Arcey said. "The only members allowed to be late are those of you that attend school."
"Damn it!" every legendary shouted at once.
"Whatever" Arcey said, not putting up with it. "Just get to your stuff for today."
Ace, Shadow, Eon, and Melody got up to go to school. Arcey called them back just before they got to the door.
"Be on your guard." She said, very ominously. "I fear Zygarde is preparing for an attack. I'm unsure of his current state, but he sees all of you as threats, so be careful."
"Will do" they promised, heading off to school.
Arcey watched them go, smiling and sighing with contentment.
"You raised them well." Giratina said, appearing beside her. "Except Melody of course."
"You really think so?" Arcey asked.
"I really do." Giratina said, wrapping his arms around his love interest. "They've not only turned into fine young children, but badasses as well."
"That wasn't all me" Arcey said, pulling Giratina closer to herself. "You helped some."
"You were the one that taught them how to fight." Giratina said, kissing Arcey on the forehead.
"They'll be okay, right?" Arcey asked the Death God.
"I'm sure." Giratina said. "I'm sure."
Pokémorph High- hallway
Ace and the rest of the group walked down the hallway, chatting about different things.
"Hey, there's Cressa!" Melody shouted, running up to her best friend. Ace, Shadow, and Eon followed, though at more of a slower pace.
The instant Cressa saw Melody, her face brightened (even more than normal) and she ran and hugged her.
"Hey, Melody!" she said, almost tackling Melody with the force of her hug. Then she looked up and saw Ace, Shadow and Eon.
"Ace!" she cried with joy, running at Ace, actually tackling him with a hug.
Ace used Shadow Force to slip out of Cressa's grip, appearing next to Shadow. Cressa turned around, ready to spring again when Shadow stepped in between Ace and Cressa, not too subtly saying that she didn't like it.
"So" Cressa said, smirking. "It's gonna be one of those, isn't it. Well, I'm ready."
Cressa stood in a fighting position, prepared to strike at a moment's notice. Shadow, however, was a little bit more level headed. She snapped her fingers, causing shadows to spring up from the ground and restrain Cressa.
"Stop." Shadow said firmly. "He's with me."
"You guys are weird." Came the voice of Darkora from the shadows.
"And who's this whore!?" Cressa shouted, angry.
"I'm Darkora." Darkora said. "Who the hell are you supposed to be?"
"I'm his date." Cressa said proudly. "And you must be his crazy lover."
Ace, Eon, and Melody snickered at this comment (they knew both the true relation Darkora had to Ace and Cressa as well).
"Yeah." Darkora said, clearly not wanting to start a fight with Cressa. "Sure I am."
"Yeah." Cressa said, taunting the female Darkrai. "And if you want to fight me, then name the time and place."
"I don't need to fight" Darkora said, her tone uninterested. "a hyperactive, love crazed bitch that doesn't even realize the man she thinks she loves is in love with the girl who is her rival. A rival that gives back his love at least ten times over."
"Getting bold." Cressa said, struggling against the shadows holding her. "I like it! You'll make great competition now."
"That's my sister." Ace said.
"You're in love with your sister?!" Cressa exclaimed.
"You're an idiot." Melody said. "That's his sister. She's just antagonizing you. She's not interested in him like that. She's just helping you realize you have no chance with Ace."
"Enough." Ace said, his voice firm. "Cressa, I'm not in love with you. I'm not interested in a relationship with you. I am dating Shadow."
"I understand." Cressa said, calming down. "I'll stop."
"Thank you." Ace said, releasing her from her shadowy restraints.
"So, where's Diana?" Melody asked.
"She's coming." Cressa said, looking around for a sign of her sister. "I think."
"I'm here." Came Diana's quiet voice from behind Ace. "I just had to grab something from my locker."
"A Carbink princess." Darkora noted. "Interesting."
"How did you know that?" Diana asked, a little nervous (she still is wary around Dark types).
"Your aura." Darkora said, not picking up on the fear. "It resembles a Carbink, but it's different."
"A-are you a Dark Type?" Diana asked, stepping back from Darkora.
"Yeah." Darkora said, causing Diana to step further back. "Why?"
"She's always cautious around Dark types." Melody said, putting an arm around Diana. "It took her a while to warm up to your twin."
"Twin?" Cressa and Diana asked, confused.
"Yeah" Darkora said. "I'm his twin sister."
"How did I not know that?" Cressa said. "You're so similar."
"No we're not." Darkora said, whirling to face Cressa. "I'm far more reserved than him. He's a brutal monster."
"He has a heart." Melody said. "He just doesn't show it much because he can't fully control his powers."
"True" Darkora admitted. "But we're nothing alike in personality."
"True point." Ace said.
Suddenly, they all felt something pulling on them. Immediately after that, a portal opened up below them, swallowing them whole.
In an unknown location
The seven of them found themselves in a place that was unfamiliar to them. Ace, Shadow, Eon, Melody, and Darkora all tensed up, preparing for a fight. Cressa and Diana looked at their surroundings, trying to get a better view of the place.
"Where are we?" Diana asked, both curious and frightened at the same time.
"I don't know" Ace said, Dark energy in his hands. "But I'll bet it's not a good place"
"Oh, my friend" A familiar, yet foreign voice said. "You're in your gravesite."
"Who said that?" Cressa asked, pushing Diana behind her.
"I did." The source of the voice came into view. It was a girl.
The girl wore blue pants with black leggings and black shoes. She wore a black shirt with blue sleeves and blue gloves with metallic colored ovals on the backs. She wore a blue hat with two blue 'horns' on the top. She wore what seemed to be a mask with two teardrop shaped black dangling- uh, things? Her face was one of sheer malice and cruelty. Her eyes were red and seemed to have powerful energy behind them. All of the legends and others were shocked to see who the source of the voice was.
"Kiria?!" everyone except Darkora (who didn't know who Kiria was) exclaimed.
"No" 'Kiria' said. "Not Kiria. At least, not anymore. My name is Lukara."
At the mention of the name Lukara every being in the room summoned their energy (except Cressa and Diana) to their hands.
"Why are we preparing to attack Kiria?" Diana asked.
"Well" Ace said. "It's because of something I learned earlier."
Flashback- two days earlier
"Ace" Arcey said. "I have your answers here."
"What are they?" Ace asked, curious.
"About Kiria" Arcey said. "She's not normal."
"I can tell." Ace said. "What's so odd about her?"
"She was born" Arcey said. "To carry a demon inside of her."
"That was a lot less horrifying than I thought it would be." Ace said.
"That demon is known as Lukara" Arcey said. "It is a servant of someone worse, one that has the power to unseal him."
"So, why haven't you killed it yet?" Ace asked, curious as to the God Pokémon's answer.
"Because" Arcey said. "I can't kill it without killing her. I figured that you three could create such a strong bond with her that you could prevent the demon from escaping."
"That's so anime cliché." Ace said.
"Shut up." Arcey said. "It could work."
"Whatever" Ace said, leaving for school. "I'll see what I can do."
Present time
"So" Lukara said, sneering at the challengers. "You've decided to face me instead of hearing what I was going to say."
"We know who you are." Ace said. "And we will stop you."
"You think you can stop me?" Lukara laughed.
"Well, yeah." Ace said. "That body can't get much power out of itself."
"Well, let's use mine then." Lukara said, unleashing her power. The power that Kiria's body was emitting was massive, enough to cause Cressa and Diana to flinch and strain against the power.
"Fifteen million" Ace said, reading her power level. "That's impressive, but not enough to stop all of us."
"You think this is the full extent of my power?" Lukara said, laughing.
"I really don't care" Darkrai, who had decided to surface, said. "I'm going to end this once and for all, you insane bitch."
"Darkrai?" Shadow asked, looking at her best friend's body. "Why are you taking over his body?"
"Because, child" Cresselia said, surfacing in Cressa's body. "Lukara is the one person that the Unholy Destroyers have sworn to destroy, no matter the cost."
"Cresselia?" Diana asked. "You're going to fight Kiria?"
"To stop her we will" a new voice said, coming from Melody's mouth. "This has gone on long enough."
"Who are you?" Darkora asked.
"I am Melodia" 'Melody' said, giving a small curtsy. "Member of the Unholy Destroyers."
"It's time we returned to finish what we started" a strange voice came from Diana's mouth next.
"Let me guess." Darkora said. "Diancia?"
"You're very good." Diancia said, grinning.
"Aren't we missing someone?" Melodia asked.
"Yeah" Darkrai said, looking at Eon. "Where's Aeona?"
"Right here" said member of the Unholy Destroyers said, surfacing inside of Eon. "Let's kick this bitch's ass all the way back to the Distortion World."
"Yes" Darkrai said, grinning. "Let's."
"You think you can beat me?!" Lukara said. "You can't beat me! Not even you so called Unholy Destroyers could defeat me before, so what makes you think you can now?"
"This" the Dark type leader of the Unholy Destroyers said, charging up a powerful Dark Pulse. Lukara simply laughed.
That is, she laughed until the blast hit her, causing a significant amount of damage.
"You bastard!" she shouted at Darkrai, firing an Aura Sphere, which Darkrai swatted away.
"You can't beat all of us." Darkrai said, walking closer to Lukara. "Not before. Not now."
"The five of you can't defeat me." Lukara said. "Not at this point. I've still got one trick up my sleeve."
"It won't be enough to kill all of us" Darkrai said. "Our power levels are all higher than yours. Even though power levels are bullsh!t, there are six of us and another Darkrai here against you, just one person."
"I'm not at full power yet." Lukara said, laughing. "But I'll power up, just to show you how wrong you are."
Lukara threw her head and arms back as power exploded from her (Kiria's) body. As the power began to explode, physical transformations took place. Her gloves turned red and spikes sprouted from the backs. Her shoes turned the same red color and black veined up her legs. Her shirt turned yellow as what resembled a cape of sorts that was the same color extended from it. Black veined up her arms as well. Her 'mask' veined around her face and covered her nose. The teardrops on the mask turned red on the bottom halves of them. Lukara screamed as she finished her transformation, her power level far higher than it was before.
"Seventy five million" Darkora read, aghast. "That's five times higher than before."
"Finally" Darkrai said, laughing an evil laugh. "A challenge"
"Do you remember the last time we tried to tangle with her?" Melodia warned the Dark type. "It didn't go so well."
"Whatever" Darkrai said, running up to Lukara and throwing a Dark Punch and using a Dark Pulse when it impacted.
Lukara simply tanked the attack and punched Darkrai in the head, knocking him back into the wall. Darkrai stood up and shook his head, saying something about needing more power.
"Arceo did warn us about fighting her or her master." Melodia said, hoping to dissuade the powerful Dark type from doing something stupid.
"Arceo isn't here." Darkrai said, charging up a move. "We need to charge up our signature moves and smash this bitch into the ground."
"Sounds like a plan." Aeona said, charging up Fire energy.
"You guys will never change." Cresselia said, her, Melodia, and Diancia charging up their respective energies.
"Whatever you throw at me" Lukara said, taunting the Destroyers. "Will fail. I am more powerful than all of you. I will bring about the glorious resurrection of the great Lord Zygarde."
"Not if we can do anything about it." Melodia shouted, running up and unleashing her attack. "Relic Power Song Force Punch!" Melodia's attack shot forth into Lukara, damaging her a lot. However, the ferocity of her attack was followed by the rest of the Unholy Destroyers unleashing their attacks.
"Gemstone Power Pure Heart Punch!" Diancia shouted, unleashing her own Fairy power into Lukara's body.
"Now it's my turn!" Cresselia shouted, unleashing her power. "Cosmic Power Special Crescent Punch!"
Lukara's body was shaking from the energy that was being thrust inside of it. But the Destroyers weren't done yet.
"Eon Force Hyper Judgement Punch!" Aeona shouted, her Fire energy blazing through her fist.
Lukara tried to counter the punch, but was too slow.
"Now it's my turn." Darkrai said, summoning tons of Dark energy. Shadow began doing the same with a nod from Darkrai.
"Fool" Lukara taunted. "Your Aura Burst will no longer affect me. I'm immune to any and all aura attacks."
"Oh, this isn't an Aura attack" Darkrai said, his and Shadow's Dark energy overpowering what the other Destroyers had put out. "This is your doom. Let's do it Shadow!"
Shadow nodded and the two of them leapt at Lukara, their Dark energy overwhelming.
"Kyuryoon Black Dragon Shadow Punch!" they shouted, throwing the most powerful punches they could muster in their current formes.
"He learned a new Kyuryoon move?" Diancia asked, a little surprised. "I thought Arceo forbid it."
"When has Darkrai ever given a flying f #$ about what Arceo thinks?" Cresselia asked, the others shrugging in admittance.
Lukara's body was writhing and convulsing with the full power of the Unholy Destroyers.
Eventually, Kiria's body could no longer take it and forcefully ejected Lukara's soul from itself, leaving only Kiria.
Lukara's soul was a sickly brown color and twitched and convulsed as if it was being electrocuted. After about thirty seconds, it stopped and exploded, dissipating into the air.
The Unholy Destroyers sank to the ground, panting. They had used a lot of energy to attack the Demon Queen.
"That was too easy." Ace said, surfacing again.
"Don't you talk" Cresselia snapped. "Especially since you just used one attack and ended it."
"But that's just it." Ace said. "It ended way too quickly. She took our attacks and didn't attack us back. It's almost like she wanted to get hit."
"It did seem like she wanted to die." Melodia said, thinking. "But why?"
Suddenly, a ghost in the shape of Lukara appeared, laughing like a maniac.
"You really thought that could kill me?!" She said, still cackling.
"Would you be pissed if I said yes?" Ace asked.
"That only released me from my prison and gave me access to my full power." Lukara said, ignoring Ace. "Now I can open a portal to you death."
"I thought this was our death" Ace said, standing in a battle stance.
"Now it is" Lukara said, her body exploding. The particles her body became spread out and then came back together, expanding once again, but this time becoming a portal. The portal itself was black and evil looking, but also green.
"What is it?" Melody asked as she took dominance once again. The others all regained control of their bodies and looked on in shock at the portal in front of them.
"I think it's a portal." Ace said. "But why would she use her power to open a portal?"
"There must be something on the other side of it that she's summoning." Melody said. "But, what could it be?"
"I don't know" Ace said, holding out his hand to Melody and the others. "But I'm not risking your lives to find out. Tell Arcey what happened."
"What are you talking about?" Diana asked, confused. Her question was answered when the shadows swallowed her, Cressa, Darkora, Kiria, and Melody up, transporting them to another location. After that, only he, Shadow, and Eon remained, facing the unknown territory of the portal.
Hall of Origins- hallway
The five of them landed in a heap in the hallway of the Hall of Origins. May and Sapphire, who were walking by at the moment, happened upon them.
"What happened to you guys?" May asked.
"Ace sent us here." Melody said, standing up and stretching. "We saw something in a weird portal after fighting Lukara and Ace just sent us back here."
"Lukara?!" Sapphire exclaimed, jolting upright. "You guys fought her?!"
"Yeah" Cressa said, standing up. "She took over Kiria's body and we beat her. She separated and we saw her turn into a portal. Ace sent us back here before we could see what was inside."
"I think we better see Arcey." May said, motioning for them to follow her. The five teens followed the Psychic Healer down the hallway to where Arcey was. When the God Pokémon saw them, she smiled.
"Hello, gang." She said sweetly. "How are you guys?"
"Great." Melody said. "But we need to talk."
"What about?" Arcey asked.
"Lukara." Sapphire said. Arcey's eyes widened and she dropped the drink she was holding, the glass mug shattering on the floor.
"Wh-what about Lukara?" she asked, clearly not wanting to continue with the conversation.
"We just fought her." Melody explained. "And her body turned into a portal. Ace sent us back here and said to tell you."
After she had said this, Arcey's eyes went wider than saucers as she started visibly shaking. The five girls looked at her with confusion and also slight fear of their own, considering that something they said had caused even god to shake in her boots.
Giratina walked in and saw what was going on.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" he asked, greeting the five girls before noticing Arcey's condition. "What's up with her? The last time she was this scared, Lugia had lost control of his Pokerus."
"We just told her that we were fighting Lukara" Melody said. "And she turned into a portal when Ace and Shadow killed her. Then she got all scared and that's when you walked in."
"Lukara?!" Giratina exclaimed, turning a little paler. "You encountered her?"
"Yeah." Melody said. "She attacked us inside of Kiria's body. Ace and Shadow beat her out of her body though. She turned into a portal after she died, though."
Giratina's eyes were as wide as Arcey's as he took in this information.
"A portal?!" he said, visibly sweating and trembling. "She turned into a portal?"
"Yeah" Melody said, confused as to why this was such a big deal. "What's the big deal?"
"Lukara is a demon" Arcey said, at least partially over her shock. "She's in the employ of a monster feared the galaxy over. She selected Kiria as a vessel, but somehow you managed to expel her."
"Ace did say something about it being too easy." Diana said, remembering back.
Arcey's eyes got even wider (somehow) as she realized just what was going on.
"She wanted to be beaten." She said, her voice shaky. "She wanted to leave Kiria's body. She couldn't open that portal with her current power, so she had to leave her host body to attain that kind of power."
"But what could she summon with that portal" Melody said, curious. "That Ace would send all of us but himself, Shadow, and Eon away to 'not risk our lives'? He seemed a little afraid of what would come out of that portal."
"Her master" Arcey said, gripping her chair, her knuckles as white as her shirt.
"Who could her master possibly be" Cressa asked. "That Ace, the dreamiest guy I know *insert smack to the back of Cressa's head from Melody*, would be afraid of."
"I don't think he was afraid for himself." Arcey said. "I think he was afraid for you guys. You guys are the friends he made outside of the Hall. Friends he made that don't live with him and see him every single day (except for you now Melody, but that's how you originally were). People he's afraid of losing. He places his friends in the highest regard, even more than himself."
"What is on the other side of that portal?" Melody asked, her voice louder than she would have wanted.
"If I know Lukara" Giratina said, remembering all the stories he was told as a child. "Then she's trying to summon the one being that could help her achieve untold power. The one being she dedicated her entire life to serving."
"Oh just get on with it!" the five girls all shouted.
"Fine, fine" Giratina said, holding up his hands in surrender. "I'll tell you. Her master's name is..."
With Ace, Shadow, and Eon
"So, why did you send them away?" Eon asked, clenching her teeth in anticipation for what would come out of the portal. "Especially Melody. We might have needed her help."
"It wasn't their fight." Ace said. "whatever this is, it's our job as legendaries to deal with it."
"Melody's one of us." Eon said. "She can fight like us."
"You and I both know" Ace said. "That she can't fight on the same level as we can. She's a new legendary. She has nowhere near the experience we have. She's not ready for this, whatever it is."
"You're probably right." Eon said. "But the real question is: Are we ready?"
"We'll have to be." Ace said, clenching his fists. "We're the guardians of this world. It's our job to protect it no matter what."
"right" Shadow said, also clenching her fists.
"It seems that the Unholy Trinity is going to have the biggest fight of our lives." Eon said, grinning. "And we're going to have to go all out."
"Yes" Ace said, also grinning and clenching his fists, his eyes flashing. "It will be.
"You make it sound like we're gonna die." Shadow said, chuckling a little.
"That's always a distinct possibility." Ace said. "But we're not going to die tonight."
"Isn't it only two o'clock?" Shadow asked.
"Seems we're going to miss training." Ace said.
"Who cares" Eon said. "This will train us better than any exercise my mom could cook up for us."
"Yep" Ace said, still grinning.
Suddenly something stirred on the other side of the portal. The Unholy Trinity summoned their respective energies to their fists, preparing for the fight of their lives.
A figure stepped out of the portal. The Unholy Trinity took two steps back out of reflex at the sight of the being in front of them.
"Hello, children" he said, his voice intimidating. "I figured that it would come down to you versus me."
"We're going to kick your ass" Eon said, preparing to strike.
"I wasn't referring to you" the figure said to Eon, all the while looking at Ace and Shadow.
"You won't have this world." Ace said, stepping slightly in front of Shadow protectively.
"Who said you could stop me?" the figure said, chuckling. "I was here before this world even came into existence. And you believe yourselves the ones to tell me that I can't take it?"
"Pretty much, yeah." Eon said, drawing the figure's attention away from Ace and Shadow.
"You have no idea who you're dealing with." the figure said, taking a step threateningly towards Eon.
"And neither do you" Ace said, taking a step of his own.
"Oh, I know exactly who you are" the figure said, his tone suggesting that he thought them no threat. "You're the Unholy Trinity of Arceus' Legendary Council. I've watched you and determined that you're no threat to me."
"We also know who you are." Ace said. "You are the evil demon: Zygarde."
Hall of Origins- with Arcey and the girls
"They're going to fight Zygarde?!" Darkora, Diana and Melody shouted.
"Who's Zygarde?" Kiria and Cressa asked. They had no idea who Zygarde was, so they had no idea why it was such a big deal.
"Zygarde" Giratina said. "Is the most evil demon to walk the earth. He was imprisoned for millennia, but he's always tried to escape his confinement."
"He's escaped!" Arcey shouted. Those two words, though small, caused the spines of Diana, Melody, Darkora, and Giratina to shudder with fear.
"Really?!" Giratina shouted. "Is it true?"
"Yes" Arcey said. "Call a meeting of the entire Council. We need to prepare."
"On it." Melody said, sending a telepathic message to every legendary whatever their location. "I just hope whatever you have planned works."
With the Unholy Trinity
"So" Zygarde said, not in any sort of battle stance. "How is this going to go?"
"We're going to kick your ass." Eon said. "And stop your reign of terror once and for all."
"Big words." Zygarde said. "But can you back them up?"
"Hell yes, we can!" Eon shouted, her, Ace, and Shadow charging towards the Balance Pokémon.
here it is. the first part to the final arc. enjoy. Please review and enjoy.
any plotholes that are in this story should be cleared up in the sequel series Team Lunar Fire (which is being uploaded currently).