Hello!
Sorry if I kept you waiting! I was sick and I had to keep up with my school subjects.
Anyway, this chapter is up!
Enjoy!
Nightshroud: The Beginning
Chapter 7
After the battle, Nightshroud, Wes, and Michael are hanging out, talking about what just happened. Jovi is in bed. Rui and Prof. Krane are trying to figure out the mystery since they're smart.
Wes and Michael finished sharing their stories of their adventures in Orre. "Wow!" Nightshroud said amazed.
Wes nodded. "Now it's your turn."
Nightshroud knew what he meant and took a deep breath. "Okay! Since I trust you two enough, I'll tell you. But you must promise that you won't tell anyone!" Wes and Michael nodded that says "We promise!" Nightshroud nodded. He then took his hood down and took his mask off. Michael was shocked to see his face. Nightshroud has auburn eyes and a scar on his right eye. The scar looked like a "x".
"No way! You're Ash Ketchum!" Michael said excited. Nightshroud nodded.
"You know him?" Wes asked.
"Know him? I watch him on TV, he was the one who inspired me to become a trainer!" Michael explained.
"There's more." Nightshroud said. Wes and Michael are confused. "You can come out now guys!" After a moment of silence, Latios, Latias, and Mewtwo appeared. Wes and Michael were shocked.
"A Latios and a Latias." Wes said.
"And a Mewtwo!" Michael exclaimed.
"I see you trust them enough to made us reveal ourselves." Mewtwo said.
Michael was shocked. "It talked!"
"It's telepathy you idiot." Wes said. "How did you get those pokemon?"
Nightshroud explained everything that has been going on his adventures. From his first day to now, especially the events that has happened in Alto Mare and the delay with Mewtwo.
"Amazing!" Michael said.
"You must've had one hell of a journey!" Wes said.
"I did." Nightshroud said. "There's one more thing that I didn't tell you, my new identity. But it's too painful to talk about."
"Tell us!" Michael demanded.
"Alright." Nightshroud told them about the betrayal of his "friends".
"That's what you call "friends"?" Wes asked.
"I'm sorry for making you tell us that." Michael apologized.
Nightshroud shook his head. "No, it's alright. I realized that, it's better to tell a painful secret to friends rather than holding it in."
Wes nodded. "That's right!" Nightshroud turned to Wes. "Nightshroud, you thought that they are really your friends, but all they did was taking you for granted. If they don't see you as a friend, then they don't deserve you."
"He's right." Everyone turned to Mewtwo. "Those people do not deserve you as a friend. The people who created me are just giving me to Giovanni so that he can use me. I hate that kind of people."
"I know. I do too." Nightshroud said. He then turned to Wes and Michael. "You guys don't think that I'm a menace, do you?"
"What are you saying?" Michael asked. "Of course we don't think you're a menace!"
"Yeah! If we did, then we'll be no better than those people who betrayed you!" Wes said.
Nightshroud smiled. "You know Wes, you may be tough on the outside, but you have a heart of gold!"
"Yeah!" Michael said. "Wes does have a soft side."
"I do not!" Wes protested.
"Oh yeah!" Michael said. "How do you feel about Rui?"
Wes was about to yell out the answer, but he looked down embarrassed. The others laughed and soon Wes joined in the laughter.
"Thanks guys!" Nightshroud thanked. He then turned to Wes and Michael. "I know we just met, but you guys are the best friends that I ever had!" Wes and Michael smiled at that. The three then touched knuckles together. They then became best friends.
Later that night, Nightshroud with his mask on, was in his room talking with Latios, Latias, and Mewtwo. He was telling them how he got his scar. (A/N, I will tell you how he got the scar in the later chapters). Then they talk about what happened in the battle.
'Now that I think about it, I did feel a little bit stronger.' Latios said.
'Me too!' Latias said.
Nightshroud then turned to Mewtwo. Mewtwo nodded meaning 'Me too.' "Strange." Nightshroud said. "It seems that not only Pikachu got stronger, but you guys and all of the others."
'That might be it.' Latios said.
Mewtwo then thought and said "If that's true, then we're not the only one. Wes' pokemon has also gotten stronger."
"I think you're right!" Nightshroud said. "And I suspect that it has to do something with the crystal on my mask."
'Did the crystal come with the mask?' Latios asked.
Nightshroud shook his head. "No, I found the crystal in the middle fo Viridian Forest. When I picked up the crystal, it felt like that it was talking to me. Telling me that we will be complete."
"Strange." Mewtwo said. "It sounded like that you were destined to have this crystal."
Nightshroud nodded. "That's what I thought too. But who knows?"
'You're right.' Latias said. She then yawned. 'Can we continue this tomorrow? I'm getting sleepy.'
"Good point. It's been a long day." Nightshroud said.
Latios nodded in agreement. 'Yeah, we better get some rest for tomorrow.' The group went to sleep.
Meanwhile, a male Unfezant is flying towards Orre. The flying type descended and landed on the land. Two figures came down from the Unfezant.
The first figure seems to be in his early to mid teens. He has black hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. He wears a white button shirt with an orange tie with a pokeball clip on it. He also wears navy blue pants with belt. He seems to wear brown shoes.
"Are you sure we'll find the legend here?" he asked to the second figure.
The second figure seems to be feminely anthropormorphe with musical bar-style streaks in its hair, quarter notes for its arms and hands, and pupil-less eyes resembling whole notes. It has a third "eye" or a jewel on it forehead and a black headpiece that seems to be shaped like a treble def which doubles as an attached microphone such as often used by singers. Its ovular head seems to be 1/3 its body's height and about half its height in width. It has flowing, wavy green hair and light blue eyes.
The figure nodded then said "Mel Meloetta!"
"Alright. So lets search for that legend." the first figure said and returned Unfezant. The two then head off to search for a "legend".
The next morning, Michael came into the T.V. room and saw just Wes. "Where's Ash?" he asked.
"He went flying with Latios to see the rest of Orre." Wes answered. "I was about to find him when you wake up. Come with?"
"Sure." The two then head out. Wes released Flygon while Michael released Salamence. They hopped on their pokemon and flew off to find Nightshroud.
Nightshroud was enjoying the view of Orre while riding on Laios. Latias was flying around with Pikachu.
Nightshorud saw a town nearby, then told Latios "Lets land in the forest near the city."
Latios nodded. Soon the eon duo went into the forest. Nightshroud returned the eon duo and Pikachu jumped on his shoulder.
The two then headed to town. About a mile away, the duo saw two figures coming. Nightshroud seem to recognize one of the figures. He used his mask since the figure is invisible. They walked passed each other. The invisible figure stopped and looked back at Nightshroud feeling like that it has seen him before. The other figure noticed this and turned to his partner.
"Yeah. I noticed her too Pikachu." Nightshroud said. The invisible figure was confused. Nightshroud turned around. He pressed his mask while staring at the invisible figure. He then smiled.
The invisible figure recognized the smile. Then she looked at the Pikachu which also smiled and nodded. The figure's eyes widened. She then smiled and revealed herself. The other figure was shocked that his partner revealed herself. She then charged at Nightshroud. 'Ash!' She then hugged Nightshroud.
Nightshroud returned the hug. "It's great to see you too, Meloetta!"
The other figure was surprised. "Meloetta, you know this guy?"
Nightshroud nodded. "Yeah! Meloetta and I used to travel together in Eastern Unova." He then remembered all the times he had with Meloetta. "How are the Abyssal Ruins?"
'It's going great!' Meloetta answered. 'Larry's guarding it right now as we speak.' Nightshroud nodded in understanding.
The partner was shocked. "You know about the Abyssal Ruins?" he asked. Nighshroud nodded. "So, you must be Ash."
Again Nightshroud nodded. "But that's not my name. Call me Nightshroud." Meloetta was confused at first, but remembered that she is a psychic and read his memories. When she finished, she shed some tears feeling sorry for Nightshroud.
The figure shrugged. "Okay." He then took out his hand. "Name's Cheren." Nightshroud took the hand and shook it. Cheren then noticed the crystal on Nightshroud's mask. "Did that crystal come with the mask?"
Nightshroud shook his head. "No. It fell from the sky into Viridian Forest. It was red when I found it, then it turned blue." he answered.
Cheren was shocked. "A Star Fragment!"
"Star Fragment?" Nightshroud asked confused.
Cheren nodded in realization. "Apparently, you have become one of the four chosen Legendary Trainers!" he said.
"Legendary Trainers?" Nightshroud asked confused. He has to admit, he kinda like the title. Before Cheren could answer, a voice came from the sky.
"Nightshroud!" the voice said. The others turned to see Wes and Michael come down. Wes got off of and returned Flygon while Michael got off of and returned Salamence.
"Wes, Michael, so nice of you to join us!" Nightshroud said. Meloetta turned invisible out of fear. "It's okay Meloetta. They're friends!" he said. Meloetta turned visible once again.
Wes and Michael were astounded. "So that's Meloetta!" Michael exclaimed. "Ash told us a lot about you!" The next thing we know, Wes stepped on Michael's foot. "Oooowww!" Michael exclaimed. Michael lifted his foot up, hopped, and rubbed it.
"Don't mention his old name you idiot!" Wes said.
Nightshroud, Pikachu, and Meloetta laughed. "It's okay guys! He knows." he said referring to Cheren.
"And who's this?" Wes asked.
"Nice to meet you! Name's Cheren." Cheren introduced. He noticed the glass containing the crystal on Wes' Snag Machine. "May I see that machine on your arm?"
Wes hesitated, but he feels like he can trust Cheren. He then showed his Snag Machine.
Cheren examined the machine. He was fascinated by the programming of the machine. He then examined the crystal carefully. He was shocked. The crytstal is like the Star Fragment on Nightshroud's mask.
"Another Star Fragment!" Cheren exclaimed. "Which means that you're a Legendary Trainer too!"
"Star Fragment? Legendary Trainer?" Wes asked confused.
Cheren was about to explain, but Nightshroud interrupted. "Could you explain on the way? Me and Pikachu were heading into town before you show up."
"Oh. Sure! I'll take you to a Pokemon Center. We've been there before." Cheren said.
"That would be nice!" Michael said.
The group headed to town. They walked until they found the building with a big 'P'. They were greeted by a Nurse Joy. Nightshroud gave her Latios' and Latias' pokeball since they have been flying around Orre. She and Chansey left with the pokeballs. The group then sat down.
"Now, why don't I start by explaining about myself!" Cheren said. The others nodded. "Well, I am from Unova. Larry's one of my good friends. Before that, I wanted to be the world's best trainer, but by keeping on losing to my greatest rival and best friend, I learned that I have a lot more to learn."
"That sounds kinda familiar." Nightshroud said. He thought for a moment. "Oh yeah!" he then remembered Reggie's reason to quit battling.
"Anyways." Cheren continued. "After those years, I've become the gym leader of Aspertia City. My gym is also a trainer school for beginning trainers."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Michael exclaimed.
"I know. Like I said, Larry's one of my good friends. He let Meloetta come with me to search for legends." Cheren said.
"Legends?" Nightshroud asked.
Cheren nodded. "Yes. We've been to all the regions learning about the legends. Right now, we're on the case of one powerful legend."
"What legend is it?" Michael asked.
Cheren was about to answer, but a voice came up. "Hey you!" The group looked for the source and found a gang of three. The two are like twins wearing the same black jacket, pants, shoes, and sunglasses and gray shirts.
The third one is a muscular man who stands about 6 feet tall. He resembles that of a biker gang except that he has dark hair and the vest is darker.
"Hey you!" he said to Nightshroud. "That's a fine looking Pikachu you got there. Name's Damian."
"Funny. Sounds like every bad boy I met is named Damian." Nightshroud said sarcastic.
"Laugh while you can." Damian said. "'Cause I challenge you to a battle." he then smirked. "My pokemon battle."
Nightshroud was confused. "I don't know what that means, but I never turn down from a challenge!" he said while standing up.
Damian smirked again. "Excellent, follow me." While they are walking, he laughed evilly quietly so that only he can hear it.
We found the group on an field with both Nightshroud and Damian standing on opposite sides. Damians goons are putting chain locks on both trainers' right leg.
"What are these for?" Nightshroud asked.
"They're for keeping you from escaping the battle." Damian answered. "Alright, put up the cage." Hatches opened around the field. The steel wire walls came up and the roof closed and it locked. "That's for keeping intruders away."
"Why do you need those stuff?" Michael asked.
Damian smirked. "You'll see." He then got out a pokeball. "Lets go, Hariyama." he threw the ball and it opened. A light came out and took form of Hariyama.
Nightshroud raised his arm. "Go Lucario!" A light came out and took form of Lucario.
Damian was shocked that Lucario came out of a glove, but shrugged it off and ordered an attack. "Use Force Palm." Hariyama's hand created a shock wave and charged at Lucario.
"Dodge it Lucario!" Lucario tried to dodge, but a hole burst and Lucario stepped on the hole and tripped a little and couldn't move. "What!" The Force Palm then hit Lucario. "Lucario no!" Lucario was hurt, but still standing. "What gives?" The others were shocked at that too.
Damian smirked and laughed evilly. "Don't you see! Under the field are mines ready to explore whenever it sense movement."
"So you rigged the field so that Lucario couldn't dodge!" Michael yelled. Damian only smirked evilly. "That's not fair!"
The grunts lauged. "Too bad kid! That's how the boss plays." one of them said.
"So that's what the chains and the cage are for!" Nightshroud said.
"That's not a fair and square battle!" Wes said. He pointed his finger at Damian. "You're cheating!"
"Yeah! Only a coward would rig the battlefield!" Nightshroud said. "You give pokemon trainers a bad name!"
'Yeah!' Invisible Meloetta said.
"Who cares!" Damian yelled. "Winning is in my blood!"
"And apparently, cheating!" Michael whispered to Wes.
"I'll teach you how a trainer really battles!" Nightshroud said. "Use Aura Sphere!" Lucario created and fired the ball of aura at Hariyama.
"Use Force Palm." Hariyama used the shock wave to deflect the Aura Sphere. "Now go in for a Seismic Toss." Hariyama charged in to Lucario.
"Use Close Combat when he comes close!" Lucario waited. Unfortunately, Lucario took a step and a mine exploded and Lucario stepped into the hole and tripped a little cancelling the attack. "No way!"
Damian laughed. Hariyama grabbed Lucario and spin around and throw Lucario to the ground.
"Lucario!" Nightshroud exclaimed worried.
"Use Vital Throw." Hariyama slammed, grabbed, and threw Lucario into the ground again.
Lucario got up. "Use Dragon Pulse!" Lucario hit Hariyama with a green ball of light. "Now use Close Combat!" Lucario charged in to attack, but a mine exploded and Lucario tripped. "You've gotta be kidding!"
Wes gritted his teeth. "If this keeps up, then Lucario will lose!"
Damian laughed again. "It's useless. Use Arm Thrust." Hariyama attacked Lucario as soon as he got up with a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts. After the last thrust, Lucario was knocked into the ground.
"Lucario!" Nightshroud yelled worried.
"This is bad!" Michael said. "We've got to do something!"
"We can't help with that cage in the way!" Cheren said.
Damian laughed evilly. "You can't help him. 'Cause he's weak." Nightshroud's eyes widened. "He can't even handle this battle!" Now Nightshroud's heart pounded. "He doesn't have what it takes."
"How could you say such a thing!" Cheren yelled. "The only reason why you are winning is because you're too scared to battle him fair and square. So you decided to cheat!"
"It's not cheating for me!" Damian said then laughed evilly.
Nightshroud's heart pounds hard while he remember the words similar to Damian's. "You're weak!" "You're pathetic!" "You don't have what it takes!" He then shook his head. "No! No!" he murmured.
"What's going on?" Michael asked.
"I'll show them! I'll show them all!" Nightshroud murmured. "I will win! I will win! I WILL WIN!" as soon as he said that, a big powerful burst of darkness came up and destroyed the cage.
"What!" Damian exclaimed.
"What is that?" Wes asked.
"I've never seen anything like it before!" Cheren exclaimed.
'Oh no! Not again!' Pikachu said.
The darkness took form of a dragon-like and dived straight into Nightshroud. He yelled as the darkness went inside him. It was so powerful that his hood was blown down to reveal his spiky hair. He stopped yelling after a few moments and looked down.
Nightshroud smirked. "I . . ." Darkness is seeping out of his arms. "will . . ." another out of his legs. ". . . WIN!" He looked up to reveal his whole eyes turned red making the eye crystals on the mask red and darkness seeping out of his face.
"What is that!" Damian exclaimed. The others are shocked as well.
"What happened to Nightshroud?" Michael asked. The invisible Meloetta is scared and worried.
Wes' eyes went wide. "He's not the only one! Look at Lucario!" The others followed his gaze and went wide-eyed.
Lucario is also getting darkness seeping. That darkness went around Lucario and transformed him into a some kind of dark phoenix. In the middle, you'll see Lucario with red eyes. The Lucario Dark Phoenix then took flight.
"What's going on!" Damian said.
Nightshroud smirked. "So!" he said with a mixture of his own and a really dark voice. Damian looked to him. "You like to play dirty, eh? Well lets see how you like it! Destroy Lucario!" Lucario charged and hit Hariyama with a powerful strike that made a little explosion.
"That's some power!" Wes said.
Nightshroud laughed. "That's right! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!" Lucario kept hitting Hariyama ruthless. "Fire Lucario!" Lucario fired a dark ball of fire.
Damian smirked. "Nice try. Dodge it." Hariyama jumped to the side. The attack missed . . . or did it? The attack changed course and hit Hariyama. "What!"
Nightshroud laughed. "Nobody dodges my attacks! Do it Lucario!" Lucario began to attack like a maniac. "I will win! Win! Win! WIN!" Lucario's attacks causes explosions around. Lucario is up in the sky threatening to finish this battle.
Damian to make a run for it, but remembered that he is chained. "Unlock me you idiots!" he yelled to the goons. The two ran to thier boss.
"Finish this!" Nightshroud yelled. Lucario dived down lightning fast and hit Hariyama with a very powerful strike and created the biggest explosion. It covered the entire field.
The smoke cleared to reveal Hariyama with swirls. Damian and his goons are lying down unconscious with scratches. Lucario reverted back to normal. Nightshroud returned to normal. He began to laugh maniacally. Lucario automatically returned to the glove.
The others looked in awe and shock. Wes ran up to his friend. Nightshroud continued to maniacally laugh and passed out. Luckily, Wes caught him before he fell.
"Nightshroud!" Wes said worried for his best friend. The others joined him. "We have to get him inside!"
"Meloetta!" Cheren said to Meloetta. "Remove the chain with Psychic!"
Meloetta used Psychic and removed the chain from Nightshroud's leg. Wes wrapped the right arm around his shoulder while Cheren wrapped the left arm around his shoulder. The group brought Nightshroud inside the Pokemon Center.
Read & Review
If any of you are Beyblade Metal Fusion/Master/Fury fans, you probably recognized the action Nightshroud did.
If not, that what happened to Tsubasa Otori in Metal Masters.
Anyways, do you think I should have Professor Ivy in the story? Why or why not?