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In this chapter, there will be a lot of explanations.
There is also a surprise at the end of the chapter.
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Nightshroud: The Beginning
Chapter 8
Wes, Michael, Cheren, Pikachu, and Meloetta are standing, floating in Meloetta's case, in a bedroom in the Pokemon Center watching Nightshroud in worry. They put his overcoat on the desk. They tried to take the mask off, but it wouldn't budge. They all just stood there thinking about what happened. Except for Meloetta, who is just floating looking at Nightshroud hoping that he would wake up.
A few moments have passed before Nightshroud stirred and woke up. Meloetta smiled excitedly and hugged Nightshroud. Everyone else smiled in relef. Meloetta let go of Nightshroud and saw that he is looking down.
"Man you had us worried." Michael said. "We all thought that you were dead!"
Wes smacked Michael on the back of the head. "How could he have died?" Michael thought about it. "You're so stupid." Michael only sticked his tongue out. Wes ignored that and asked Nightshroud "What happened out there?"
Nightshroud looked up and turned to Wes and Michael. "Well, do you two remember that I didn't challenge the champions?" They nodded. "What you just saw, that was the reason!"
"What do you mean?" Michael asked.
"The darkness inside of me." Nightshroud said. "I couldn't and possibly can't control it. The champions are the strongest trainers. I was afraid that the darkness can control me. I don't want to win that way."
"Hold on! Start from the beginning." Cheren said. "How did this happen?"
Nightshroud nodded. "Well, I was running in the forest after my so-called 'friends' betrayed me . . ."
(Flashback)
Ash was running in the forest after being betrayed by Misty, Brock, May, Max, and Dawn. He continued running with Pikachu, he then saw a figure and stopped running. The figure seems to be in his late teens. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a brown hoodie with dark brown patch shaped like a big 'v'. He also wears a dark gray jeans and black shoes. Ash recognized him as the trainer who defeated him at the Unova League, Tony.
"Nice to see you again." Tony said sarcastically.
"What do you want?" Ash asked.
Tony smirked. "I thought we could have another battle."
Ash frowned. "I'm not in the mood." He walked passed Tony.
Ash tried to run, but Tony said "Oh, I see. You're afraid that you might lose to me again." Ash stopped. "You're afraid to battle me after your loss against me in the Unova league."
Ash turned to Tony. "I never back down from a challenge!"
Pikachu was shocked. "Pika Pika!" the electric rodent said.
Ash clenched his fists. "I'll be fine Pikachu." Pikachu was unsure, but nodded. "Follow me." The group went to a big clear field. Both trainers' are standing opposite of each other. "Lets do it!" Pikachu looked at Ash worriedly. He was not sure that Ash can battle in this condition.
Tony pulled out a pokeball then said "I'm gonna make you wish that you would have kept Zekrom instead of letting it roam free!"
"I can win without Zekrom!" Ash yelled. "Lets do it, Pikachu." Pikachu nodded and ran into the middle of the field.
Tony threw the ball and it opened and a light came out. The light took form of a Hydreigon. He then smirked. "Use Dragon Pulse!" Hydreigon fired a green ball of light.
"Dodge it Pikachu!" Pikachu moved to the side. "Now use Quick Attack!" Pikachu ran towards Hydreigon really fast.
"Use Hyper Voice." Hydreigon released a horribly echoing shout. The attack cancelled Pikachu's Quick Attack and damaged it.
"Regain yourself Pikachu!" Pikachu shook off the damage.
Tony smirked. "Use Scary Face!" Hydreigon got in front of Pikachu and made a scary face. Pikachu was really fazed. "Use Dragon Pulse." Hydreigon hit Pikachu with the green ball of light.
"Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed. "Stop the battle!" He then tried to run to Pikachu but was stopped by being wrapped in a Vine Whip. He turned to see a Simisage smirking.
"Sorry, but I can't let you do that." Tony said.
Ash turned to him. "Why are you doing this!"
Tony smirked. "Every time I win a battle, I always torture the loser!"
"What!" Ash exclaimed.
Tony laughed evilly. "That's right! I torture the loser by showing no mercy and attack the pokemon until it's dead."
"Dead!" Ash exclaimed. He tried to break free, but no avail. "No, Pikachu!" Pikachu got up saw its trainer wrapped by Vine Whip.
"Use Dragon Rush!" Hydreigon covered its body with blue energy and charged. The attack hit Pikachu. "And I simply can't let you interfere!"
"Get up Pikachu!" Ash said while trying to break free from the Vine Whip. Pikachu tried desperately to get up and help Ash.
"Use Dragon Pulse." Hydreigon fired the green ball of light.
"Quick Pikachu, counter it with Electro Ball!" Pikachu turned and tried to make the attack, but the Dragon Pulse hit him. "Pikachu!" Pikachu lays on the ground.
"Lift Pikachu up!" Hydreigon picked up and threw Pikachu into the air. "Now use Dragon Rush constantly!" Hydreigon hit Pikachu with the blue energy around Hydreigon constantly.
"Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed. He tried once again to break free from Simisage's Vine Whip. He tried everything. Even biting the whip didn't work. He then began to form tears on his eyes. "Please stop!"
Tony laughed evilly. "What are you gonna do? You are wrapped in an unstoppable Vine Whip." Hydreigon kept attacking Pikachu in the air. "Now Hydreigon." Hydreigon used a last attack to force Pikachu into the ground hard and make a small crater. "Use maximum power Dragon Pulse!" Hydreigon fired a bigger than normal Dragon Pulse and it hit Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed. "Please stop this!" Tony just laughed evilly. "Stop it!" Tony kept laughing. Ash kept tearing up until something snapped and clenched his fists tightly. "I said . . . STOP IT!" he said with a mixture of his own voice and a dark one.
"What the!" Tony exclaimed. Ash began to struggle and successfully broke free from the Vine Whip. "What! No way!" Tony exclaimed shocked. Simisage was also shocked.
Ash then began to yell. As he did that, darkness exploded around the field. The darkness then turned into several little dragon-shaped forms. The little dragon forms head straight into Ash as he keeps yelling. After a few moments, all the little dark forms entered Ash and he stopped yelling. He looked up smirking and revealing his eyes red.
"What the hell!" Tony exclaimed.
Pikachu is also experiencing the same thing, it got up with red eyes. Darkness if surrounding it transforming it into a some kind of dark phoenix.
Tony stared at shock. "What are you?"
Ash smirked. "So, you don't show any mercy." Tony looked at him. "I can do that too!" He then pointed at Hydreigon. "Destroy that Hydreigon, Pikachu!" The Dark-Pikachu-Phoenix charged at Hydreigon.
"Use Dragon Rush!" Hydreigon charged at Pikachu while being surrounded by the blue energy. The attacks collided, but Pikachu was stronger and pushed Hydreigon back and hit it. "What!"
Ash laughed evilly. "Nobody's stronger than me and my pokemon! Fire Pikachu!" Pikachu fired a dark ball of energy and hit Hydreigon.
"Use Scary Face!" Hydreigon made the scary face, but Pikachu was unfazed. Tony is getting frustrated. "Use Dragon Pulse!" Hydreigon fired the attack.
"Block it." The Dark-Pikachu-Phoenix blocked the attack by moving the right wing in front. "Charge Pikachu!" Pikachu charged right at Hydreigon.
"Use Hyper Voice!" Hydreigon released the echoing sound. The attack hit the phoenix, but it was unfazed. Pikachu hit Hydreigon. "What!"
Ash laughed. "Nothing can beat my Pikachu! Keep attacking Pikachu!" Pikachu hit Hydreigon with a barrage of attacks.
"Hydreigon!" Tony exclaimed. "Stop this right now!"
Ash just laughed. "Now you know how it feels." Pikachu flew up in the sky. "Finish it Pikachu!" Pikachu descented down fast.
"Get out of there!" Hydreigon tried to move, but it's too late. Pikachu rammed into Hydreigon and pushed it to the ground, creating a big and powerful explosion around the field.
The smoke cleared to reveal Hydreigon on the ground with swirls in its eyes. Tony lay on the ground unconscious with scratches all around. Pikachu returned to normal. Ash's eyes are normal again. He began to laugh manically. He kept on laughing for a few moments, then he began to have a mental breakdown and cried. Seems like the betrayal of his 'friends' and the scary battle took its toll. He kept crying for a few moments until a singing sound was heard. Ash stopped crying and listened to the song.
"Wait a minute! I recognize that voice!" Ash said. He then closed his eyes and smiled while listening to the song. He enjoyed it. The song soothed his heart.
A rainbow then appeared in the sky. Ash opened his eyes to see the rainbow. Then a piercing growl was heard. Ash saw the source of the growl and recognized it as the first legendary pokemon he saw on his first day as a trainer. "Ho-Oh." he said.
Ho-Oh gave one last shriek at Ash before disappearing into the rainbow. At the same time, the singing stopped. Pikachu was conscious again and stood up. The mouse walked to Ash.
Ash saw his partner and smiled, then rubbed its head. "Hey buddy! Glad to see that you are alright!"
"Pika!" Pikachu said in agreement.
Ash got up and looked at the sky. "That's right! I won't give up! I'll make a new life and new happiness!" He then smiled. "Thank you, Ho-Oh . . ." He closed his eyes for a moment and opened them " . . . and Meloetta."
(Flashback End)
"And that was the beginning of my new life." Nightshroud finished his story. The others are hearing the story in awe. In the pokeballs Latias, Latios, and Mewtwo are also listening. They are very displeased that somebody would do something like that. "After that I reported Tony to Professor Juniper and she confiscated his pokemon and trainer liscense. He won't be bothering any trainer anymore."
Wes smiled. "Well that's good to hear."
Nightshroud nodded. "Yeah! People like that don't deserve to be pokemon trainers." Everyone nodded in agreement. Nightshroud then turned to Cheren. "You said something about those 'Star Fragments' and 'Legendary Trainers'. What are those anyway?"
Cheren sighed. "Very well. This will be a long story." Everyone else listened. "Long ago, Arceus created Reshiram and Zekrom as one pokemon."
"Yeah. I already know that." Nightshroud said.
"But, a pokemon called Kyurem was not created by Arceus." Cheren said. Everyone else is confused. "Kyurem came from a meteorite from outer space."
"A meteorite!" Michael exclaimed.
Cheren nodded. "The meteorite crashed in the Giant Chasm in the Unova region. Unfortunately, the meteorite copied the genetics of Reshiram and Zekrom from Arceus, creating the Legendary Pokemon Kyurem. Since it have the same genetics of the other two, Kyurem is a part fo the Tao Trio with Reshiram and Zekrom.
"That's amazing!" Michael said.
"But what does that have to do with my question?" Nightshroud asked.
"I'll get to that." Cheren answered. "When Kyurem awoke, it unleashed a powerful blizzard around the area the crater is in. Kyurem also took people and pokemon food during nighttime." Everyone was shocked at that. "The people didn't like it. Arceus had to think of something, so he saw a shooting star and sent some power into it. The star then dove to the world. Before it made to the atmosphere, the star was separated into four pieces and scattered across the globe." Everyone was amazed, even the eon duo and Mewtwo.
Nightshroud thought for a moment. "So the scattered pieces chose four people to seal Kyurem in the Giant Chasm."
Cheren nodded. "Right. Since those people care about pokemon and be friends and train them, people call them 'Legendary Trainers'." Everyone was, once again, amazed. "Anyway, the Legendary Trainers worked together to seal Kyurem in a cave in the Giant Chasm. But that wasn't easy. Luckily, two of the chosen ones are the Hero of Ideals and Hero of Truth." Nightshroud was shocked after hearing that. Cheren noticed the shock. "I see you're familiar with the heroes." Nightshroud nodded. "I see. And yes, they are the past heroes." Nightshroud nodded again. "Anyway, the one great dragon took on Kyurem and managed to weaken it. After that the Legendary Trainers took the opportunity and sealed Kyurem away."
"Amazing!" Michael exclaimed.
"There's more to Kyurem that you don't know." Nightshroud said referring to Wes and Michael. The others looked at him. Nightshroud got out of bed and stood up. "Kyurem has two forms, Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. Black Kyurem is the fusion of Kyurem and Zekrom."
"Wait!" Michael interrupted. "Kyurem can fuse with Zekrom?"
Nightshroud nodded. "Yep. Black Kyurem look kinda like Zekrom since it's the fusion of Zekrom and Kyurem." Everyone but Cheren was amazed. "And White Kyurem is a fusion of Reshiram and Kyurem. And before you ask Michael, yes Kyurem can fuse with both Zekrom and Reshiram." he said before Michael gets to ask. "But there's a certain device that can make it happen. It's called the DNA Splicers."
"DNA Splicers?" Wes asked confused.
"That item is the only way to fuse Kyurem with Zekrom or Reshiram." Nightshroud answered.
Cheren took out a box. "I have the DNA Splicers with me. This is it." He opened the box to reveal a thin triangular pyramid with black color on the top and bottom layers, white on the middle with a top with a color like Kyurem's and a yellow pointy top.
Nightshroud was amazed. "The DNA Spicers."
Cheren nodded. "Yeah. Drayden gave it to me to protect it from other evil." He then closed the box and put it up.
"Wait a minute!" Everyone turned to Nightshroud. "You said that there are four chosen heros." Cheren nodded. "And you said that me and Wes are two of them. So that means, there are two others left."
"That's right!" Michael said.
"And in your story, Tony said that he 'made you wish thay you would have kept Zekrom.' What did he mean by that?" Wes asked.
"Well . . . I might have Zekrom battle in one of my matches in the Unova league." Nightshroud answered.
"What! You used Zekrom in a battle!" Cheren exclaimed.
Nightshroud nodded. "Yep. Apparently, Zekrom chose me to be the new Hero of Ideals." Everyone was shocked even the eon duo and Mewtwo.
"Did you say that you're the Hero of Ideals?" Cheren asked. Nightshroud nodded. "And according to legend, one of the original Legendary Trainers is the Hero of Ideals. So that means, since you're a Legendary Trainer and the Hero of Ideals, there's no doubt that one of the chosen ones is the Hero of Truth." Nightshroud was shocked after hearing that.
"Now, with that out of the way, why is the legend appearing again?" Michael asked.
"Since the new Star Fragments are here, there must be a great evil coming. Since the legend is connected to the Tao Trio, there's no doubt that it will capture them and take over the world." Cheren answered.
"And it's up to the Legendary Trainers to stop them." Nightshroud said. Cheren nodded. Nightshroud saw that the time is 10:15 p.m. "Alright guys, it's getting late. We'll head back to the lab tomorrow." The others nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. I bet everyone is worried about us." Wes said.
"Right. I was actually heading to Prof. Krane's lab before I ran into you guys." Cheren said. "I was gonna ask him about the legend."
"I see." Nightshroud said. "In that case, you can come with us." Cheren smiled. Meloetta was excited that she can travel with Ash again. The group headed to bed for the night.
The next morning, Nightshroud, with his overcoat on, Michael, Cheren, and Meloetta are waiting for Wes outside. A few moments later, Wes came out. "I called the professor and told him some of the things we talked about last night. Then he told me to tell you guys that we are going to Gateon Port pickup somebody called Professor Ivy." Wes said.
"Professor Ivy's coming here!" Nightshroud exclaimed.
"You know her?" Cheren said.
Nightshroud nodded. "Yeah. She's the professor of the Orange Islands."
"Okay." Michael said. "First things first, we will pick up Prof. Ivy at Gateon Port then we will return to the lab."
Nightshroud nodded. He released Latios and Latias from the pokeballs. "Hey guys, sorry for keeping you in those all night." The eon duo smiled in forgivement.
"You have a Latios and a Latias?" Cheren asked amazed.
Nightshroud nodded. "Yeah. It's kind of a long story. Anyways, lets head to Gateon Port." As he was to get on to Latios, a piercing roar was heard. The group looked up to see a white dragon pokemon with blue eyes. The tail is like a fire turbine. The pokemon is known as the member of the Tao Trio, the Legendary Pokemon of truth, Reshiram. A trainer jumped off of Reshiram.
The trainer seems to be in his late teens. He has tea green hair that is like tied in a low ponytail being held back by a black and white cap. He has gray, blue eyes. He's wearing a black mid-sleeved shirt with a white shirt on top of it. He's also wearing a kind of like Khaki pants and green shoes. He has a sort of puzzle cube hanging out of one of the belt loops from a chain. He's wearing a necklace that has a black sphere with a light blue ring around it and a yellow half one. He's also wearing three square gold bracelets on his left wrist. He wears a black bracelet with silver metal patches on the right wrist. On that bracelet, a shining blue light was seen.
Cheren recognized the boy. "I know you." The trainer smirked. "You're . . ."
"N!" Everyone turned to Nightshroud.
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