Tamer Gothic – Book 2 – The Shadow Lord
Part 2
The Roadhouse
Since Lavender Town had lacked an Officer Jenny I'd had no one to hand the Vampira over to so I'd decided to have Raven teleport me to the Roadhouse as the Hunter's Guild would have a better idea than I about what to do with the pokegirl called Selena.
A Tamed Vampira was not dangerous to humans and could in fact be quite useful in a harem. However the idea of having to feed her my blood to form a bond made me a bit squeamish, so I hoped to find a Hunter who wouldn't mind having her in his that didn't stay my concern for long as Selena got put into storage and I got paid a finder's fee. Now any Hunter who did want her could just take her.
Before coming here I'd had to register her to me and also the Celestial who turned up to help in the fight also wanted to join my harem. Which had meant putting Callisto into storage because if those two ever came face to face then my Dark Lady would try to kill Anauel. This problem was easily dealt with in the short term, but there was no way I could take both pokes with me to Shadow Island.
Since Anauel was also now registered to me this meant I had accepted her offer, at least for the time being, but if she wanted me to take her to the tournament, then she was going to have to make it worth my while as Callisto served me as my big guns. I might need the Dark Lady to win the coming battles.
To help me make up my mind I once more went over the 'dex entry for the Celestial pokegirl known as a Seraph.
SERAPH, the Heavenly Defender Pokégirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Flying/Magic/Fighting (Celestial)
Frequency: Extremely Rare
Diet: vegetarian
Role: defender of love and justice
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Bug, Dark, Fighting, Ground, Normal, Plant, Steel, infernal Pokégirls
Weak Vs: Electric, Flying, Psychic, sex attacks
Attacks: Dive, Typhoon, Evade, Punch, Kick, Bear Hug, Focus, Focus Energy, Resist, Double Kick, Dynamic Punch, Reflect, Heal, Magic Fist, Magic Kick, Mana Bolt
Enhancements: Enhanced Strength (x15), Enhanced Speed (x3), Enhanced Reflexes (x4), Toughness, Endurance
Evolves: Fallen Angel (major trauma/bad experiences; Dark Stone will greatly increase the chances, but isn't completely necessary)
Evolves From: Armsmistress (Valkyrie-based winged Armsmistress only; Angel Stone)
Seraphs are the most militant of celestial Pokégirls. They are ever-vigilant. They seek to defend good and innocent people from the depredations of those whom they consider evil, which especially includes infernal Pokégirls.
Seraphs don't look much different from their previous form, having long, flowing hair, which may now be of any color, not just red, eyes that can likewise be any color now, and large, feathery white wings. These wings are not part of her arms, allowing her to fly and attack simultaneously.
However, doing so is more difficult for her than it would be for a true bird Pokégirl, making the Seraph weak versus Flying-types. Most Seraphs are quite busty, and have breasts that are a generous C cup at least. They are obviously muscled, but their toned form hides an incredible, disproportionate strength. They aren't as strong as their previous form, but what they lose in strength they gain in the way of combat prowess and magic spells.
Seraphs take themselves and their duties very seriously. They see themselves as having a sacred responsibility to defend people from evil forces. They prefer to look to more preternatural evils than mundane ones though, and are prone to ignore things like robberies and thefts in favor of mystic evils, such as hauntings and dark cults.
They regard infernal Pokégirls as the worst sort of evil, and though they don't attack them on sight, any minor provocation is enough to set them off. Seraphs get along well with other celestial Pokégirls, considering Angels and Pokégirls who are Blessed to be like younger sisters. Megamis and such tend to regard Seraphs with a sort of exasperated affection, like how one would treat a slightly crazed younger sibling, since they feel that Seraphs are both too militant and are wrong to ignore the "lesser" evils of the world.
When in a fight, a Seraph's first concern is to get any innocent people out of the way, and will willingly and unhesitatingly place themselves in front of someone to protect them trusting their defensive moves, such as Resist and Reflect, to help them get withstand the assault, along with their Toughness enhancement. Should an innocent be injured, they will immediately use Heal on them. Once any innocents are safe, a Seraph quickly wades into battle, using her various Punch and Kick attacks to pummel her opponents into the ground.
Seraphs always use their weakest attacks first and gradually increase their attacking power as the fight goes on, since even on evil creatures Seraphs are loathe to cause unnecessary damage, being defenders and not sadists. This can cause the Seraph to take some otherwise avoidable damage early in a fight, but they tend not to mind this. Seraphs can last a long time in battle, thanks to their Toughness and Endurance enhancements, their defensive moves, and their ability to Heal themselves. Should a Seraph get desperate to win a battle, she will use Focus or Focus Energy to power up a move and then unleash it to devastating effect. Should a Seraph not be able to close the distance between herself and her foe, she relies on Magic Fist, Magic Kick, and Mana Bolt to win the day for her.
While serious, even stern, when fighting or looking for some evil to combat, Seraphs are just the opposite when it comes to Taming. Sex talk makes them blush and lose their composure easily. When about to be Tamed, they tend to blush, giggle, and avert their eyes, acting almost ditzy. Despite their great strength, they never need to be restrained, since never once has any Seraph lost control during a Taming that she injured her Tamer, despite their incredible strength.
A Seraph's embarrassment about sex works against them on the battlefield though. They have a hard time resisting sex attacks, and know none themselves. They tend to be very humiliated when defeated by being brought to orgasm, and will be even moodier than usual about it for a good while afterwards.
For the most part though, Seraphs do well in a Harem. They see themselves as having to guide their Harem-sisters and her master by persuading him to champion the causes of good, and she judges herself based on how well she can convince her Tamer to fight the same supernatural evils that she herself does.
She usually doesn't try to be the Alpha, seeing herself more as a guide and mentor than a leader by necessity. However, Seraphs are totally opposed to having an infernal Pokégirl in the same Harem as her, and the two invariably bicker non-stop until one of them leaves, submits to the other (which virtually never happens), or dies.
Feral Seraphs are quite docile, and won't attack anyone unless it is to defend themselves. Even then, they tend to just use Punch, Kick, and then Heal when the fight is over.
Capturing a Feral Seraph is thus much easier than it would be to otherwise fight a non-Feral Seraph. They do need to be restrained when being Tamed out of Feral though, since they aren't intelligent enough to restrain themselves. There has never been a known case of a Threshold girl becoming a Seraph.
Kara was a sort of Celestial as well only unlike Anauel my elf was a strong sex battler. Which didn't make Anauel worthless in my view as I didn't really need another strong sex battler. Kira had told me that she was more than happy to have a go at sex battles if I ever needed someone to substitute for Kara. Also like Kara, Anauel had a good mix of combat moves and spells. She was mostly a fighter but she was a magic type too so she would fit in with harem. Plus she was an extremely rare pokegirl, and any Tamer worth his 'dex wanted rare pokegirls.
"So why do you want to me to take you to the Shadow Islands?" I asked of the angelic pokegirl.
This was the question foremost in my mind.
"Because I want to make sure that this 'Traveller' is not a threat to the world" Anauel told me "This tournament is unlike any that has gone before it. This Traveller is expending a vast amount of wealth and is drawing the most promising Tamers to his island. Also the title being offered to the victor is odd".
If I remembered right the winner of the League Championship got the honorary title 'King of Tamers' but it didn't mean anything important it was just something they got to call themselves.
Sure the 'King of Tamers' tournament was the most important and only the regional champions had hope of winning, but aside from the cash prize and the fame it wasn't even that tempting to enter. Winning such contests could help a Tamer become a Harem-Master, but by itself being the 'King of Tamers' didn't mean much.
"The winner of Regional Tournament earns a lesser title" the angelic pokegirl went on to say "Lord being one of the higher ones".
Again I knew this and didn't see the big deal.
"The winner of this tournament will be given the title 'The Shadow Lord of Tamers' and that does concern me" Anauel then added.
Well to me it sounded cool. I wouldn't mind being allowed to call myself 'The Shadow Lord'.
"So what?" I asked "Those titles don't mean anything. You get a few t-shirt and 100,000,000 SLC prise money".
There were a few other prizes as well, but nothing I couldn't get my hands on using my growing wealth. That said the cash prize was nothing to sneer at.
"There is a prophecy that states that the Shadow Lord will battle the Dark King and that he..."
That was when everything but me froze in place.
"Hey handsome" said a voice.
For the second time this night I screamed in a manly way.
"Sexibi!" I shouted "don't do that you scared me".
I wanted to yell at her some more, but as ever she looked so damn adorable that I couldn't be mad at her.
"There's no prophecy" she told me, getting down to business while also drinking some of my beer.
That was good to hear as prophecies can be tricky things.
"Well there is because I made it" the cute legendary corrected "I can't effect the past directly but I can influence things. I wanted to make sure you'd get some help".
Either I was going crazy or Sexibi was starting to make more sense.
"So you told some angels that the Shadow Lord will beat the Dark King" I reasoned "And you know this because I will win the tournament, get the title and use it when I defeat evil Jayden".
That actually made sense, or it could be sign that I was going crazy. I really couldn't tell.
"Well it's a bit more complex than that" Sexibi told me "Your future isn't fixed, but you already fit the bill as it were".
I didn't ask her to explain because I didn't have to.
"I told a group of Celestial pokegirls about the Dark King" the legendary went on to say "and I also told them that a man who defeats him will have defeated two other figures of darkness before taking on the King".
Clearly I was having a good day as I also understood that.
"Callisto, whose a Dark Lady I Tamed, and the Dark Queen who wanted to take over the Orange Islands" I realised.
Not that I had done either of those things alone, but any prophecy, made up or not, normally focus around an event or a person. Besides I had played very important roles in both those events. Arguably the most important.
"You're going to the Shadow Islands" Sexibi then said "and you've already defeated two darknesses. So the Hellguard, that's the group I talked to, think you are the chosen one".
Which I wasn't because Sexibi had just been telling them about what she had seen in one possible future. It was her plan, not fate, that would allow me to defeat Jayden.
"I thought the plan was to stop the Dark King from being created" I reminded the cute pokegirl.
If given the choice I'd like to avoid the whole thing. If I failed then WWIIII might start, and mankind would be doomed. Which was a lot of pressure really.
"I'm working on it" she said defencelessly, while finishing my beer. "I'm not a goddess you know I have to follow the rules, and you should be thanking me. Callisto is powerful but she's a killer, not the kind of poke you want during a tournament. I made sure you'd have an even more powerful 'girl to help you win. You said you wanted to cheat".
Sexibi had some good points there. My Dark Lady was not one for going easy on a foe, which was great when it was life or death but in more friendly settings she might go to far and then get me disqualified. I could control her to a point but in truth my power over her wasn't as strong as I would like. It would be better to put her into storage, at least until I got back from the Shadow Islands, then I could decide on her future.
"I've got to go" the cute time travelling poke then said "I left an older version of you with Bastit and she thinks she really is a goddess. I don't want her converting you. Besides you have a bar fight coming up".
Before I could fully process that time started up again.
"... will be victorious" Anauel finished.
"Okay you're in" I told the angelic pokegirl.
Sexibi's interference aside getting to Tame a Celestial would be awesome. They were shy about Taming and modest about what they wore, at least when compared to other pokegirls, but from what I had heard you just needed to make sure the Taming was private and they were actually rather fun to play with. Not that I'd heard a lot as it was also well know than talking about what Celestial 'girls liked to do during a Taming session really upset them.
"Just like that?" Anauel asked of me.
"You're an angel" I pointed out "You wouldn't lie to me and you wouldn't be here if it wasn't important".
In fact without Sexibi's aid it was highly doubtful that I would ever even seen a Seraph in the flesh never mind got one in my harem. I couldn't pass this up.
"Just follow the example of my other 'girls and you'll fit right in" I told the angelic pokegirl "
By now I had noticed that Hunter Thomas had entered the premises, which wasn't a surprise as we had arranged to met in Pallet Town, which wasn't too far from here, how he had gotten to the Road House so quickly I didn't know, but it really didn't matter.
"What is wrong?" Anauel inquired as a few of the Hunters gave Thomas very unfriendly looks.
I knew exactly what was wrong, and I also knew exactly what was about to happen. There'd been a bit to much drinking and now someone with the Shady Character Blood Curse had just walked in. To make things worse, Dean Winchester was looking at Thomas like he had grown horns.
"Stay here and do nothing no matter what happens." I ordered the angel "if any pokegirls get involved things could get out of hand".
They could even become a blood bath as pokegirls fought hardiest when they thought their master or mistress was in danger, so if a fight was about to break out and some fool set their 'girls lose, then things could really get bad in here.
"Is everything okay fellas?" I asked as I moved to stand next to Thomas.
My hope was that everyone would remember that I had just been directly involved in taking down a Dark Queen, and that my presence might also remind everyone who had helped me.
Sadly it didn't.
"Dean!" I heard his brother call out as the older Winchester thumped Thomas right in the face.
"I always liked Sam better" I heard myself say as I threw a punch at Dean.
Until coming to this world I'd never been once for violence, but I'd changed as the entire Roadhouse turned into a massive bar fight I oddly felt better. Blowing off some steam was exactly what I needed and all the chaos around me felt rather freeing. Plus I'd just punched Dean Winchester so hard his nose was bleeding. Which made me feel like a total bad ass.
That was when someone fired a shotgun into the air and everyone paused. Upon hearing the sound I very meekly put down the bar stool I'd been planning to use to make Dean Winchester's life so very painful.
"Boys" Ellen, the owner, said to the brother hunters "you two upstairs now. Gothic you take you buddy and go now or I'll bar you for both for life".
Given that Dean had started this whole thing her words were very unfair, but given Thomas's Blood Curse it might be for the best, so I helped my friend up and headed out.
From there it was a simple matter to get Raven to teleport Thomas to my house were his own pokegirls could take care of him. People in Pallet Town were used to Hunters staying at my place, which ensured that he wouldn't be bothered while he healed.
As for me I waited for Raven to return and to rest for a little while before she then teleported me to May's house.
It was time for me to go see the wife. Hopefully she would be happy to see me.