A Dragon's Tail
Tail 5: Diego's Tail - Reprisal
Tail 5-4: Siblings Reunited
-Somewhere in the Fireview Kingdom… At night…
Fireview Kingdom's landscape consisted mostly of rocky mountains and fiery volcanoes, making it a quite hard place for some Pokemon to live, especially for those who journeyed from the freezing glacier of Queendom Riverbrine, as the sudden change of climate may cause them a harsh effect, which made most travelers avoided going directly from Queendom of Riverbrine to Fireview Kingdom.
East of the nation of flame and stone belied a great ravine named Stone Ravine. It was a natural passage for those who wished to journey from Queendom of Riverbrine to the heart of Fireview Kingdom. However, the natural passage of stone may prove to be difficult for some Pokemon to cross…
However… Sometime, they may not even have any choice…
"Huff… Hufff…"
In the middle of Stone Ravine at night, a single traveler was slowly walking around. It was very rare for a single traveler to journey across the Stone Ravine as it was difficult to travel across this place, even in a group unless they were familiar with the path.
"Huff… Huff…" A lone traveler panted as they slowly walked across the ravine. It's too bad that night's darkness and the cloak they wore prevented her to be seen by anyone who would happen to be nearby. However, if anyone possess an ability to see through the darkness and the cloak they wore, they will find a hidden beauty within the darkness.
"I…I can do this…" The lone traveler said as she continued walking forward. However, as she already walked for several hours without resting, her vigor had been almost depleted.
"No… I must… go on…" The lone traveler said as her legs suddenly didn't listen to her command. The tireness had started to overcome her body.
"No… Not like this…Arr…" The lone traverler said as she slowly collapsed on the stone ground, making the cloak that covered her body slip of her face. The moonlight revealed her identity as a female Aurorus. She was none other than the forlorn princess of Riverbrine, Princess Misvale Tundrafrost the Aurorus.
"I can't…go….on…" Misvale mumbled as her consciousness started drifting away, and before she could say anything else, the tireness had fully overcome her body and put her into a deep unconsciousness.
Normally, her action would be more or less condemn her to the death, as the Stone Ravine was creep with many savage Pokemon, especially at night. So, right now, the princess of ice had gotten herself into the most vulnerable point. Had something approach her, she would not be able to defend herself at all…
And… Soon…
If Misvale was still awake, she would clearly hear a sound of footsteps not too far from her. The sound of this footsteps clearly indicated that the owner of these footsteps wasn't a small or medium-sized Pokemon. In fact, it belonged to a large Pokemon, and the owner of these footsteps was gradually walking closer to her.
Finally…
The moonlight that shone on Misvale's body was blocked by the shadow of the owner of the footsteps. That Pokemon was a very big Pokemon, bigger than average-sized Pokemon. Moreover, he also possess sharp claws, jaws and was… a carnivorous Pokemon.
"…" The carnivore slowly approached the herbivorous princess. He then slowly reached his paw forward until he touched the Aurorus' motionless body.
"?" The carnivore seemed to notice something. He then grabbed Misvale's paw and flipped it, revealing a faint strange mark there.
"!" The carnivore seemed to be surprised after he saw the mark on Misvale's paw. Then he slowly grabbed Misvale's body and gently lifted her up, before he started walking into the darkness once again, with the princess of snow in his grasp too…
-The Next Day… Somewhere in the Fireview Kingdom
"Onii-chan, where are we?" Rachael asked as she and her elder brother were now in front of a cavern. What lay inside this cavern was beyond her imagination.
"This is just one of many nameless caves in Fireview Kingdom." Richard explained. "Last night, I did a little research about Blancer and Noiria, two ores of highest quality that could be found on the continent of Symmetria, and I did a little calculation according to the data of Blancer and Noiria, which resulted in this cave."
"You meant that we will be able to find Blancer and Noiria here?" Rachael asked.
"The probability of finding Blancer is 72.3568145%, while the probability of finding Noiria is 63.1315926%." Richard answered. "However, it also has a probability of—"
"Let's go, Onii-chan!" Rachael ignored her brother's rambling and entered the cavern.
"Fine." Richard said and followed his sister into the cavern.
-Meanwhile… At the Palace of Flame…
Palace of Flame was one of the oldest structures on the continent of Symmetria. The whole castle was built using Laterite, making the castle's wall as red as the flame. The castle itself possessed five floors. The first floor contained the foyer, castle's storage, soldier's barrack as well as some other rooms such as kitchens and dining hall. The second floor was mostly the throne room. The third floor was the guest rooms for the visitors of the kingdom. The fourth floor was the private quarters of Fireview Royal Family. And the fifth floor was the privates quarter of the king.
Other than the interior of the castle, the Palace of Flame also had training halls where soldiers and warriors of Fireview trained together. There were two training halls in this place. The first one was the training hall for soldiers of Fireview, which located on the first floor of the castle. The second training hall, on the other hand, located on the third floor of the castle, which exclusively to the royal family of Fireview Kingdom, as well as some special guests.
And today, the training hall on the third floor had been visited by two royal families.
"This way, everyone." Princess Artemis said as she opened the door that led to the training hall of Fireview Royal Family. Upon entering the hall, everyone in the Dustorm Royal Family gasped in amazement.
"Wow…" Largo said. "This place is so… cool."
The training hall was quite big compared to other rooms on the third floor. It consisted of many training tools such as practice swords, practice bows, practicing targets, etc.
"This place is so… big." Natasha said as she couldn't find other words to describe this room.
"Don't tell me that the only one who used this room are you and Apollo?!" Largo asked.
"Well… Father and Mother sometimes also come here too." Princess Artemis answered. "However, lately, father is busy with his work, so it had been a long while since the last time he came here."
"Hm… What a magnificent training hall…" Terrus said as he looked around before he spotted a practicing sword on the table. "Practicing sword? Did you practice sword fighting, Artemis?"
"No, it was my brother." Princess Artemis answered. "He is the one who practiced sword fighting, not me."
"Yeah, I remember that too." Largo said. "Apollo and I studied together under the same teacher. He taught the art of sword fighting to Apollo and the art of flame to me, as I was already good at using my weapon."
"So, what type of weapon do you use, Princess Artemis?" Freya asked with a humble voice.
"I fight using a bow." Princess Artemis said and turned her attention to a practicing bow near the practicing sword. "My mother, Princess Olivia, taught me to fight with bow while Apollo was taught to fight with sword."
"So…" Largo turned his attention to the practicing targets on the other side of the training hall. "Those are the target for you to practice with your bow, right?"
"Yes." Princess Artemis answered.
"Then, why don't all of us practice fighting using a bow today?" Largo suggested, which shocked everyone else of Dustorm royal family.
"Largo?!" Natasha said. "Are you serious?!"
"Don't you remember?" Largo said. "We were practicing shooting together when we were younger."
"Yes…" Natasha said and revealed a gentle smile. "It was… a good memory."
"…" Terrus didn't say anything, but he seemed to be a bit restless.
"So, Artemis, would you mind if my siblings and I practiced archery with you today?" Largo asked.
"I am glad that you want to practice archery with me…" Princess Artemis said and picked up four practice bows and gave each of them to each Dustorm royal child.
"Thank you." Everyone said as they received a practice bow from Princess Artemis.
"Now, then…" Princess Artemis walked back to the table, however…
"Wait…" Princess Artemis said as she looked around the table, as if she was trying to find something. "I think I have it right here…"
"Artemist, what's wrong?" Natasha asked.
"Well… I usually have five training bows in this room…" Princess Artemis said. "But I couldn't find the last one."
"Are you sure that you didn't lose it?" Largo asked.
"No. I always checked everything in this room after I finished training. I also remember that there were five practice bows here yesterday…"
"Then, you can take this one…" Terrus said and handed over the practice bow Artemis gave him back to the female Pyroar. "I will practice sword fighting instead."
"Oh, don't worry about me." Princess Artemis said and walked up to the door of the training hall. "I will go to the training hall on the first floor to see if they have any spare bow left for me. You all can practice archery while waiting for me, okay?"
"Wa—" Terrus tried to say something, but Princess Artemis had already left the training hall.
"Well, bad luck Terrus, or should I say 'Bad Terruck'?" Largo spoke up after Princess Artemis left the training hall.
"…" Terrus didn't say anything in response.
"Come on, Terruck. Archery isn't that bad!" Largo said.
"…Largo, have you forgot already?" Terrus spoke up. "What happened last time we practiced shooting together?"
"Well… Instead of hitting the target, your bullet hit our father instead…" Largo said. "Not the best memory of us, right?"
"…I am a failed prince at this…" Terrus said. "No matter how hard I train, I am hopeless in using a ranged weapon… I am never good at this."
"Don't forget that Natasha, Freya and I are also not good at using ranged weapon too." Largo said.\
"But as the crown prince of Dustorm Empire, I must excel in everything. " Terrus said. "With this, I am such a failure. I dishonor my own father…"
"…If you are, then we share the same feeling with you, Terrus." Natasha said. "Our father is a master of fighting using ranged weapon, but none of his children are at least decent at fighting using ranged weapon…"
"B…But…" Freya tried to say something, but Terrus spoke up first.
"Well… Thank you, my siblings…" Terrus said. "I know that I can always count on all of you."
"Well then, let's start our archery practicing!" Largo said.
"Right now?!" Natasha said.
"Come on! There's nothing better to do anyway!" Largo said.
"…I guess it couldn't be helped…" Terrus said. "However, I will not responsible if my arrow hit any of you, okay?"
"Don't worry! I will let Freya take care of the wounds if your arrow happened to hit our head or something." Largo said.
Four Pokemon walked up to the middle of the training hall and faced four targets in front of them on the other side of the room.
"Let's start with the distant of half of the room first, okay?" Largo said.
Everyone nodded before they picked the arrow, which had four colors depended on the bow it matched (Terrus' is yellow, Natasha's is blue, Largo's is red and Freya's is green), and inserted it into their bows. Then they aimed the arrow at the targets in front of them on the other side of the room.
"Try not to hit yourself first, Terrus." Largo said.
"Shut up, Largo." Terrus said.
"Well, I will count 1 to 3, and then we will shoot together, okay?" Natasha said, and everyone nodded in response.
"Well…Then…" Natasha said before she started counting.
"…1…"
"…2…"
"…3!"
After the count reached 3, four arrows were released at the same time to the target on the other side of the room!
"Well…" Natasha said. "Let's see the result…"
Terrus, Natasha, Largo and Freya looked at the target on the other side of the room, and found that there's no single arrow that hit the target, let alone hitting the center of the target. However, there was a red arrow on the wall behind the target. On the wall just left of the target was a blue arrow, and the green arrow was found just in front of the one who shot it.
"I guess I put too much power in shooting the arrow…" Largo said.
"And I narrowly miss the target…" Natasha said.
"Well, I…" Freya said. "My arrow didn't even go very far… I guess I am not strong enough to use a bow properly…"
"Wait a minute…" Largo said as he realized that there was something wrong. "Where's Terrus' arrow?"
"Um…" Freya said and looked at Largo.
"Largo?" Natasha said and looked at the Alolan Marowak too.
"What's wrong?" Largo asked. "Something on my head?"
Natasha and Freya didn't answer Largo's question with words, but with a gesture of nod instead.
"What?!" Largo reached his paw onto his head and found that there was something stuck on his head. He then pulled it out and found that it was… a yellow arrow.
"Terrus!?" Largo said and looked at Terrus, who seemed to be guilty after his action.
"I am truly sorry, Largo…" Terrus said. "I told you I am terrible at this…"
"Well, whatever…" Largo said and threw the yellow arrow away. "Lucky that it hit mine, not anyone else, because I am really 'hardheaded'. Hahaha!"
Largo started laughing at his joke, which made everyone else (Including Terrus) started laughing too to their brother's joke.
But then…
"WOOSH!"
"LOOK OUT!" Terrus said as there was something small and very fast passed through them to the other side of the room, where the target for practicing archery was!
"W…What was that?!" Largo said and looked at the target on the other side of the room, only to find that…
"W…What?!" Everyone said as they found an arrow stuck in the target on the other side of the room! They all were sure that this arrow wasn't here ten seconds ago, and the color of the arrow… was black.
And then…
"Hm… Hitting… Right at the center of the target… From the distance of one large hall… Not too bad, isn't it?"
A familiar voice came from the other side of the room (The side where the door was, opposite of the side where the target was). It took everyone a few second to recognize it.
"W…Wait…" Everyone said and turned their attention to the door of the training hall, and they found that there was a Pokemon standing there, with a practice bow in his paw. This Pokemon, like Terrus, was a Garchomp, and it didn't take everyone more than a second to recognize who this Garchomp was.
"ZETARUS?!" Terrus, Natasha, Largo and Freya spoke out at the same time.
-Meanwhile… On Fireview Volcano…
Fireview Volcano was the biggest mountain, not only in Fireview Kingdom, but also on the continent of Symmetria. This volcano was known by the residents of Fireview Kingdom as the sacred mountain, as beneath the crater of the volcano laid the 'God of Volcano' who protected Fireview Kingdom from any harm since the ancient era. Because the God of Volcano was respected by everyone in the nation of flame and stone, showing disrespect toward the deity was considered to be a serious crime in Fireview Kingdom, making no one dare to say anything bad about the God of Volcano.
Despite being respected by everyone in the Fireview Kingdom, the God of Volcano never appeared in front of anyone. The only one who could communicate with the God of Volcano was the 'Volcano Guardian' who resided on the Fireview Volcano. Not only being the 'voice' of the God of Volcano, the Volcano Guardian also acted as the protector of Fireview Kingdom in the name of God of Volcano, making him being respected by everyone in the Fireview Kingdom, including the king and the members of the royal family…
"…So, this is the Fireview Volcano." Diego said as he stood at the starting point of Fireview Volcano Trail, a rocky trail that would lead him to the peak of Fireview Volcano. "This place makes me feel… strange… I don't even know why… Well, whatever… It's time to get going."
Diego started walking along the rocky trail of Fireview Volcano. The rocky path made this a quite rough trip for him, but he didn't say anything. Sometime, a while Pokemon may appear and tried to attack him, but they soon were killed by the Charizard's Naginata.
"Hmpt! Weak." Diego said after he defeated a while Magmar that tried to attack him with a single hit from his Naginata. "I guess this trial will end within a blink of—"
"Halt!"
Suddenly, a voice came from somewhere on Fireview Volcano. Diego then looked around and tried to find the source of the voice.
And then…
"HYA!"
A Pokemon suddenly jumped off a cliff about Diego and landed just in front of the Charizard. That Pokemon was…a Charizard.
"Halt, visitor of the sacred mountain!" The Charizard who had just appeared spoke and pointed his weapon, which was a spear, at another Charizard in front of him. "State your name and your business here!"
Diego looked at the Charizard in front of him. This Charizard seemed to be at the same age as him. He was also as tall as him, as well as having the same eye color as him.
However, there was one thing that caught Diego's attention about the Charizard in front of him. It was his skin. Most part of his body and his face was painted with several strange colored tattoos that looked like some sort of tribal marks. Moreover, unlike Diego who wore an armor suit that covered almost every part of his body, the Charizard in front of him wore nothing but a loincloth that concealed his crotch. He also wore a necklace that made of several sparkling stones and features, giving him a very strange appearance. All of this made it very hard for Diego not to…
"Haha… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Diego could no more hold back his laugh, so he decided to let it out of his mouth. However, his action seemed to infuriate the Charizard in front of him.
"What's so funny?!" The Charizard in front of Diego asked with an angry voice.
"YOU!" Diego answered while trying not to laugh. "Who do you think you are, dressing like this? Are you some sort of maniac who thinks that he still lives in the cave?! HAHAHA!"
"You… YOU!" The Charizard in front of Diego became even more angry after he heard Diego's words. "You shall pay for your disdain with your life!"
The Charizard picked his spear and started charging at Diego. Diego then quickly dodged the attack and countered with his Naginata. However, the Charizard noticed Diego's attack and was able to block it with his spear!
"YAH!" The Charizard thrusted his spear, making Diego lost his balance!
"Fire Fang!" The Charizard cloaked his fangs with a burning flame and bit at Diego's neck!
"CHARRRRR!" Diego roared in pain as he was attacked by another Charizard! "Fire Punch!" Diego cloaked his fist with a scorching flame and punched the Charizard in his face, making the Charizard lost his bite on Diego's neck!
"Hm! Not bad!" The Charizard said after he released Diego from his bite. "But now, it ends here!"
"Say that to my face, you lizard jerky!" Diego roared.
"FLAMETHROWER!" Both Charizard roared at the same time before they expelled hot flame from their mouth at each other, making both flames from both Charizard's mouths clashed at each other!
Two flames from two different origins clashed at each other. However, instead of destroying each other, both flames swirled into a spiral, creating one beautiful flame!
"WHAT?!" Diego and another Charizard said with a surprising voice, as the flame that should destroy each other turned out to support each other and created one beautiful flame!
"How could this be?" Both Charizards stopped breathing fire at the same time, making the spiral of flame disappeared within a blink.
After the spiral flame disappeared, both Charizards now looked at each other; started from their face, their body, their eyes, their arms and their legs…
And then… Both of them had discovered something.
"WHAT?!" Both Charizards spoke up at the same time. Because, not counting the cloth and tattoos that both of them had, both Charizards looked very much like each other! No… Not very much like each other… None of them could even spot any difference between each other!
"W…Why?!" Diego spoke up with a shocked voice.
"W…Who are you?!" The other Charizard said. "And why did you look so much like me?!"
"I should be the one who ask that question!" Diego said. "Now, tell me who you are!"
However, before either of them could say anything more, another Pokemon suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of them. This Pokemon, like both of them, was also a Charizard.
And… Before either Diego or the Charizard whom Diego fought with could do anything, they felt something knocking on their head!
"OUCH!" Diego and the Charizard whom Diego fought with groaned in pain and rubbed their head.
"What did you think you are doing?!" The third Charizard who had just appeared scolded. "This is the sacred mountain of Fireview! Your action is such a blasphemy against the almighty God of Volcano!"
"Ouch…Geez…" Both Charizard who got their head whacked by the third Charizard rubbed their head before they turned their attention to the Charizard who did this. The third Charizard, however, was much older than the other two Charizard, but he, like the Charizard who fought with Diego, also had several colored tattoos that resembled the tribal marks on his body and his face. He also wore nothing but a loincloth, a necklace made of several sparkling stones and feathers, and a strange hat made of several colored feathers.
"I… I am sorry, father." The Charizard who fought with Diego apologized.
"Hm!" The matured Charizard mumbled before he shifted his attention to Diego. However, as soon as he laid his eyes at Diego, his eyes became widened with fear.
"Y…You…" The matured Charizard said. "Y…You are…"
"!" Diego looked at the matured Charizard who were looking at him. Somehow, he felt that he knew this Charizard… No, not only that, but he also felt that this Charizard and him were somehow…
"…You…" The matured Charizard spoke up and looked at Diego. "…What's your name?"
"…My name is Diego Pyrotorch the Charizard." Diego answered.
"Diego…" The matured Charizard mumbled. "…So… Your name is Diego… Very well… Dinus, let's go back. Diego, I want you to come with us too."
"What's with this sxxt, old dude?" Diego asked with his arms crossed. "You have just met me and you expected me to go with you?!"
"Insolence!" The other Charizard who fought with Diego spoke up furiously. "Don't you know who you are speaking to?!"
"Calm down, Dinus." The matured Charizard said.
"But father—" The Charizard who fought with Diego tried to say something, but the matured Charizard spoke up first.
"You mustn't let the flame of anger burn you from within, Dinus." The matured Charizard said.
"…Yes, father." The Charizard who fought with Diego said.
After finished speaking to his son, the matured Charizard turned his attention back to Diego. "My apologize for not introducing myself first. My name is Leonel Novaflare the Charizard. I am the Volcano Guardian as well as the current Hero of Fire type."
After he finished introducing himself, the matured Charizard named Leonel turned his attention to his son. "You should introduce yourself too, Dinus."
"…Yes, father." The Charizard who fought with Diego said before he turned his attention to Diego. "… My name is Dinus Novaflare the Charizard, I am the son and the apprentice of the Volcano Guardian."
"…" Diego didn't say anything. He had heard about the Volcano Guardian before, but he had never thought that he would run into him so soon… And for Dinus… He had heard this name before…
'This guy… He must be the one that Prince Apollo mentioned yesterday…' Diego thought to himself. 'He said this Charizard is his friend… That makes him my—'
"Diego, Dinus." Leonel spoke up, interrupting Diego's train of thought. "Come with me."
After he finished speaking, Leonel spread his wings and started flying into the sky. Dinus obediently followed him into the sky. For Diego, somehow, he felt that Leonel's words had some force that made him decided to do as he was told.
"…" Diego said nothing as he spread his wings and started flying into the sky to follow Dinus and Diego.
-Meanwhile… At the Palace of Flame…
"Good day, my beloved brothers and sisters." Zetarus said as he looked at Terrus, Natasha, Largo and Freya. "I hope that you all are doing well, right?"
"Y…You damned bastard!" Largo spoke up and pointed his bone club at Zetarus. "W…Why are you here?!"
"Well? I was just happened to be around here when I saw a group of my beloved siblings, so I thought that I should pay you a little visit here." Zetarus answered with a snide voice. "Plus, aren't you all happy to see your 'beloved' brother once again?"
"Never!" Largo said. "And how dare you step into this place uninvited?! Get out of here before we kick your butt out!"
"My… my… Aren't you a little rude?" Zetarus said. "Don't you afraid that doing so will disgrace Princess Artemis and your eldest brother?"
"W…What?!" Largo said.
"Princess Artemis did invite 'all' royal children of Dustorm Empire to come and train with her, right? And Terrus also also accepted that 'all' of us, the royal children of Dustorm Empire, will join Princess Artemis in her training here. Well, I just follow Princess Artemis' invitation and Terrus' order as I am also the prince of Dustorm Empire."
"Hmpt!" Largo spoke sarcastically. "Yes, yes… Your are right, Prin-Zess."
A moment of silence followed Largo's bad pun, and then, a crafty smile appeared on Zetarus' face.
"My… My… You are such a lovely little brother of mine…" Zetarus spoke with a crafty voice and approached Largo. "Let me give you a little reward."
"W…WHAT THE FXXK?!" Largo said as Zetarus suddenly grabbed his body and pinned him down on the floor! "W…WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU MXXXXXXXXXXR?!"
"Well… Didn't you just love this?" Zetarus spoke with a crafty voice as he reached his paws at Largo's face gently. "You did call me Prin-Zess, didn't you, so I will just show you how much of a 'Prin-Zess' this Garchomp can be…"
"W…WHAT?!" Largo said as Zetarus gently touched his face, and then his paw got lower from his face to his chest, his tummy and then his…
"…That's enough, Zetarus." A powerful voice called the name of Zetarus, which turned the attention of both Zetarus and Largo to the owner of voice, who was none other than their elder brother, Terrus the Garchomp.
"Oh, I completely forgot about you!" Zetarus said as he let Largo free and walked up to Terrus. "Please forgive me for only giving my attention to your cute brother here."
"…Zetarus…" Terrus spoke with a serious voice. "…What are you doing here?"
"I already answered that question, Terrus." Zetarus answered with his arms crossed.
"…What I really want to know is, What are you doing in this nation, the Fireview Kingdom." Terrus said. "Are you planning to do something… dubious here?"
"Well… I don't know the meaning of that word do-be-ias." Zetarus said. "I just happen to come here by chance."
"…I don't believe you." Terrus said. "I know that you are planning something, right?"
"Well, if this place is Dustorm Empire, then your words will be true." Zetarus said. "However, this isn't Dustorm Empire. I don't have anyone here on the to-kill list of mine."
"…So…" Terrus sighted. "It seemed like you still haven't given up on your task of murdering our father."
"Yes." Zetarus nodded. "And will never will."
"…" Terrus didn't say anything after he heard his brother's answer.
"…Zetarus…" Natasha spoke up. "…You…"
"Well, Terrus, what do you think?" Zetarus ignored Natasha and stroke another conversation with his elder brother. "You are here for a training, right? Do you want me to be your sparring partner?"
"…I will not fight you here, Zetarus." Terrus said. "We promised not to fight each other until we all are in the Dustorm Empire."
"Too bad…" Zetarus said and put the practice bow that he was holding in his paw on the table. "Well, I guess that… I should leave, then."
"Yeah, go away." Largo spoke up. "And don't come back again you little punk!"
"Oww…. What a fierce little brother I have here…" Zetarus said. "You know what, Largo, I think I start to really like you."
"I don't need such nonsense words from you." Largo said with his arms crossed. "Now, get out!" "Geez… Fine…" Zetarus said and walked up to the door of the training hall. He was about to leave when Terrus spoke up.
"…Although this may be our first and last time…" Terrus spoke up. "But I am glad that we, at least, have a chance to talk so casually with each other, my brother."
"…Whatever…" Zetarus said before he left the training hall, leaving Terrus, Natasha, Largo and Freya here.
"Hmpt!" Largo grumbled after Zetarus left the training hall. "And my day is spoiled by that axxxxxe."
"I do not expect to run into him here…" Terrus spoke. "But at least… We have a little talk, although not-so-friendly…"
"Little talk?!" Largo said. "Look what he did to me! He almost ra—"
"I know…" Terrus quickly cut off Largo's word.
"And he also completely ignored Natasha!" Largo said.
"W…Well…" Natasha said. "I don't really mind him ignoring me…"
"If you say so…" Largo said. "But…I am quite sad that I didn't have a chance to whack his head with my club."
"…Don't worry about this." Terrus said. "Although not very certain, I have a feeling that this would be the last time we met before our battle… A battle between siblings…"
"Yeah, I hope that day comes soon." Largo said. "I can't wait to kill him and make him scream for everything that axxxxxe had done."
"…But for now, let's turn our attention back to our training…" Terrus said and was about to turn his attention to the training target on the other side of the room when…
"Wait…" Natasha spoke up. "Where's Freya?"
Largo and Terrus looked around the room and realized that the Dragalge was right. Freya was no where to be found, and Terrus, Natasha and Largo were the only Pokemon in this room.
"Don't tell me that…" Everyone turned their attention to the door of the training hall. It seemed like Zetarus wasn't the only one who had just left the training hall…
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: Here's another chapter… Yeah, I know that this tail has so many things in common with the second tail… However, there will be something that this tail has that is completely different from the second tail…