A Dragon's Tail
Tail 6: Baromyteus' Tail - Deception
Tail 6-9: Corrupted Justice
"The sky…" Elder Baldr mumbled as he gazed into the sky above his head.
"Grandpa, what happened to the sky?!" Korben asked as he stood beside his grandfather. "And… Is that thing in the sky the 'sun'? But why is it pitch black? I thought the sun was a bright circle in the sky, not a void of light like this."
"… Korben…" Elder Baldr slowly turned his attention toward the Hakamo-o who stood beside me. Right now, both of them were standing on the southern balcony of Elder Baldr's house. "My grandson, there's something that I must tell you."
"Yes, grandpa?" The Hakamo-o looked at the Drampa and saw a hint of calmness in his eyes.
"First, Korben, please take this." Elder Baldr said as he handed over something to the Hakamo-o. "Your mother wore this thing when she came back to Valley of No Return again after several years of her disappearance, so I figure that it would belong to her too."
"What is it, grandpa?" Korben said as he looked at the thing his grandfather gave him. It was a large ornament that looked like a tiara and a circlet that was made from pure silver with several strange carving in an exotic style, and was decorated with several colored gemstones, which the most outstanding one was a large black gemstone, that glittered like a reflection of the moon in the water, that was placed at the center of this ornament.
"It's a diadem, my grandson." Elder Baldr answered.
"A diadem?" Korben said and looked at the diadem in his paw again. However, this diadem was too large for him to wear, at least while he was still a Hakamo-o… "Thank you, grandfather, but I don't think that I will be able to wear it, at least right now…"
"Korben, if you look closely at the carving on this diadem, you will notice that the art style of this carving isn't what we, the Dragon type Pokemon of Hidden Village of Dragon, used, and I also remember that she didn't own this diadem during her time in this village, which meant that…"
"She got it sometimes after she left this village?" Korben said before he had just realized something. "Wait, grandfather, could it be that—"
"Korben, I want you to take this diadem for yourself, not only as a memento of your mother, but also of me too." Elder Baldr.
"Memento… Of… Wait, what does that mean, grandpa?!" Korben said after hearing his grandfather's words. "D… Don't tell me that…"
"Soon, you will know, my grandchild…" Elder Baldr said and lowered the last part of his words.
"And I afraid that it won't be very long before you acknowledge it…"
-Meanwhile… Near the entrance of the village…
"Psycho Cut!" General Gallade roared as he released a curved blade of psychic energy from his arm to attack his enemy, which immediately tore the body of his foe in half.
"I will never lose to you all, criminal scum!" General Gallade roared before he released another Psycho Cut to attack the dragon who tried to attack him.
After defeating the dragon who tried to attack him, General Gallade looked around to search for the next enemy for him to defeat. However, his attention was soon caught by a Dragon type Pokemon who stood in front of him. That dragon was a Haxorus who was equipped with a long sword, and he was also having his attention on him.
"I remember you." General Gallade spoke to the Haxorus in front of him. "You are the enemy's leader who spoke with me before the battle begins, right?"
"…" The Haxorus didn't answer him. Instead, he started approaching him, and his paw firmly gripped onto the handle of his long sword. It seemed like he was ready to strike his weapon at General Gallade at any moment.
"So, you are a type of Pokemon who prefers blade over word, hm?" General Gallade said and folded his right arm to extend the blade from his elbow. "Very well, then… Let's not waste any more words with each other…"
"Finally…" The Haxorus said and pointed his long sword at General Gallade. "I will start cutting your body into the countless pieces, and then I will shower your blood onto the land, before I trample EVERYTHING about you under my feet, you bastard!"
"Bring it!" General Gallade said.
After they finished exchanging their words, General Gallade and the Haxorus quickly rushed toward each other. General Gallade was holding his blade elbow forward, as well as the Haxorus who was holding his long sword forward, preparing for a duel!
-Meanwhile… At the east side of the village…
"Teehee! Now it's our turn!" General Lurantis said with a snobby voice. "Now! Show those damned dragons the might of Leafburg Army!"
Right now, the Pokemon of Leafburg Army were standing on the very ground of Hidden Village of Dragon, as they had just used the moment of confusion when the sky turned dark to finish crossing the river, which was why the Leafburg Army was finally in the area of the village. The Riverbrine Army, on the other hand, had already lost over half of their soldiers, including their general, and the rest of its soldiers had already lost their moral and willpower to continue this fight. In other words, the Riverbrine Army had already lost, but the Leafburg Army still hadn't given up yet.
"GRAAAAWWWWWW!"
"HAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
The sound of battle cry and weapon-clashing started echoing through the entire village as the Leafburg Army began their fight against the East Legion of Hidden Village of Dragon. And if one listened closely, they could hear the very same sound echoed from the west side of the village, indicating that the armies that occupied the west side of the village had also finished crossing the river, and were now clashing their blades with the West Legion of Hidden Village of Dragon too.
"Teehee! That's right! Kill them! Kill them all!" General Lurantis said. "Kill those weak and pitiful dragons! Kill them all!"
"…Weak, pitiful?"
A voice suddenly caught the attention of General Lurantis. She then turned her attention toward the voice and saw a female Kingdra and a male Dragonite standing not too far from her. Both dragons, without doubt, stood on the opposite side of her.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! What do we have here?" General Lurantis let out a snobbish laugh. "An ugly Kingdra and a fat Dragonite! They think that they could defeat such a glorious and gorgeous general like me! Ho! Ho! What a wasteful attempt!"
"…" Both Kingdra and Dragonite didn't say anything after hearing the insulting words from General Lurantis.
"Dragon type Pokemon is among the worst types of Pokemon ever!" General Lurantis continued her insult. "A Dragon type move couldn't even deal a super effective damage to any type other than their own type! What a barbaric move, just like the uncivilized creatures who only know to kill their own kind! And a Dragon type move couldn't even deal any damage to the Fairy type Pokemon, the type of good and righteous! This further proved that a Dragon type Pokemon is the type of all bad things and pure evilness!"
"Grrrr…" The Kingdra suddenly drew out her weapon, which was an anchor with a long chain attached to its end. She seemed to be very angry after hearing General Lurantis' words.
"…You know what?" The Dragonite beside the Kingdra spoke to General Lurantis with a nonchalant voice. "You shouldn't have done that…"
"Wha—" General Lurantis was about to speak another words, but it was too late as the Kingdra had already rushed up to her, with her weapon in her grasp and her rage within her body, and what happened later marked this word as the last word that came out of General Lurantis' mouth, not counting her scream of pain…
-Meanwhile... At the west side of the village
While the Leafburg Army was dealing with the East Legion of Hidden Village of Dragon, the Dustorm Army was also dealing with the West Legion of Hidden Village of Dragon too, as the Dustorm Army had just succeeded in crossing the river, with the lead of General Gliscor. The Fireview Army, on the other hand, didn't succeed in crossing the river as their general had already been killed, and the entire Fireview Army was weak to water, so it could be said that the Fireview Army, like the Riverbrine Army, had already lost, leaving Dustorm Army to deal with the West Legion of Hidden Village of Dragon.
"And now, Dustorm Army, charge!" General Gliscor ordered. "Show them the might of the strongest army on the continent of Symmetria! For Dustorm Empire! For Emperor Garland!"
"… For Emperor Garland?"
A voice suddenly caught the attention of General Gliscor, which immediately sent shivers into his entire body, as it was the voice that reminded him of his sovereign.
"!" However, the shiver he got from hearing that voice couldn't be compared to the shiver he got when he finally saw the owner of the voice, who was a Dragon type Pokemon. However, other than being a Dragon type Pokemon, this Pokemon was also a Ground type Pokemon, and he was… a male Garchomp with an appearance that greatly influenced him to think of him as…
"E… E… Emperor Garland?!" General Gliscor's body was frozen with fear as he saw the Garchomp before quickly changed his tone of voice and continued speaking with a shaking voice. "I… mean… Y… Your majesty, w… what are you doing right here?!"
"…" The Garchomp didn't say anything to him, but it could be seen that the Garchomp was not in a good mood.
"W… Wait…" General Gliscor took another look at the Garchomp in front of him. First, this Garchomp was dressed in a cowboy uniform, which was a uniform that he had never seen his sovereign wore before, not that he had seen his sovereign in any of his private uniform before. Second, this Garchomp was holding a pistol as his weapon, but his sovereign's weapon of choice was a rifle, not a pistol. Last, his Garchomp wore an eyepatch on one of his eyes, just like his sovereign, but while his sovereign wore his eyepatch on his left eye, this Garchomp wore the eyepatch on his right eye! All of this could be concluded that…
"Y… You are not Emperor Garland!" General Gliscor spoke up again, still with a shaking voice. Sill, while he had just realized that the Garchomp in front of him wasn't his sovereign, the appearance of the Garchomp greatly resembled the Garchomp who was his sovereign. However, a second later, a sudden memory suddenly flew into his mind, which immediately sent down a greater shiver into his entire body.
"T… Then you must be Emperor Garland and that bxxxh Sharon's…" General Gliscor continued speaking with a shaking voice. "W… Why are you still alive and out here?! I… I thought that we had already sent you to Desert Prison since the day you were born 21 years ago!"
"!" An invisible exclamation mark suddenly appeared on the Garchomp's head as he heard the words of General Gliscor, as those words had just piqued his memory about his early life, as well as the mystery about his origin…
"Y… You!" The Garchomp roared. "W… What did you done to me 21 years ago?!"
"No…" General Gliscor had just realized that he had just said something he shouldn't say, but it was too late as his neck was suddenly gripped by the Garchomp, who miraculously dashed up to him and grasped his neck within a blink of an eye.
"What have you done to me 21 years ago?!" The Garchomp spoke with a blood-hungry voice, telling General Gliscor that he would snap his neck if he didn't answer, not that he wouldn't if he answered.
"Wha—" General Gliscor was about to say something, but his words disappeared when the Garchomp tightened his grip on his neck.
"ANSWER ME, NOW!" The Garchomp spoke with a furious voice, which was the most intimidating voice he had ever used in his entire life.
"N… No, you couldn't force the answer from me!" General Gliscor tried to speak while clinging onto the Garchomp's grip. "Dustorm Empire is not a place for the bastard son of a bxxxh, you half-breed Garchomp! We will never let you have our land! URGGGRGRAAG—"
General Gliscor's voice ended when his neck was snapped by the Garchomp's grip, immediately killed him within a single second by the wrath of the Garchomp.
"He…." The Garchomp mumbled, with his paw covered in the blood of General Gliscor. "He did it to me… He was the one who sent me to that hell… He must pay… HE MUST PA—"
"Cut it out, Zetarus!"
A voice suddenly returned the conscious back to the Garchomp, who then quickly turned his attention toward the owner of the voice and saw a Mega Charizard X standing not too far from him.
"D… Diego?!" Zetarus spoke with a shaking voice as the Mega Charizard X approached him. Judged by his expression, the Mega Charizard X seemed to have already heard the entire conversation he had with General Gliscor.
"Zetarus…" Diego continued speaking. He tried to make his voice as comfortable as possible for the Garchomp. "… Are you alright?"
"…" Zetarus didn't say anything.
"Hey, knock it off, wouldn't you?" Diego said before placing his paw on Zetarus' shoulder. "I understand that a sudden and unexpected truth may give you a shock, but now it's not a time for this sxxt! Get a hold of yourself, or I will stab your arm with my claw!"
"Geez! Hard and serious as usual…" Zetarus was finally able to regain his speech. "You are not going to go easy on me, aren't you?"
"That's who I am, Zetarus." Diego said. "And I am not sorry for being myself."
"And I don't blame you for being one." Zetarus said. "And that's another thing I like about you, Diego."
"Whatever…" Diego said. "Now get those thought away and let's strike our enemies down! You will have much more time to think about that bastard's words, but I swear if you think of it right now…"
"You will cut me where I stand, right?" Zetarus said. "Fine, I will think about it later. Now let's defeat our enemies!"
"You got it!" Diego said.
After finished their conversation, Diego and Zetarus returned to the battle against the Dustorm Army, which was at the disadvantage now that they had just lost their leader. However, General Gliscor's words still lingered in the mind of the Garchomp.
"I… I was sent to that hell 21 years ago by that bastard…"
"But… Why?! I don't understand! Why did all of this happen?!"
"And what did he mean by 'Dustorm Empire is not a place for someone like me' and 'We will never let you have our land'?! What did all of these mean?!"
"I don't understand!"
Meanwhile… Somewhere near Elder Baldr's house…
"This is bad…" Richard mumbled as he gazed at the sky above him, at the dark sun above his head. However, he didn't forget to summon an eye-shielding barrier to shield his eyes and his sister's eyes while they were looking at the Solar Eclipse, or else they may suffer a great consequence.
"Onii-chan, what should we do next?" Rachael asked.
"… With the mist is gone, we could no more conjure the lightning bolt to attack the enemies…" Richard said.
"What?!" Rachael said. "T… Then, we should do something else… That's right! We have—"
"It's too risk to use it." Richard answered and reached his paw toward the Luster Pendant he was wearing. "You have already seen the power of the Legendary Pokemon whom we and everyone else formed a pact with when we unsealed Cave of Ages, right? The power of Legendary Pokemon is too powerful to be used in a situation right this, or we may be at a risk of hurting our allies, especially for Lord of Blindness since his eyes are completely useless."
"Oh…" Rachael mumbled.
"Moreover…" Richard continued speaking. "If we summon our Dragon Legend here, everyone from Hidden Village of Dragon, as well as our enemies, will immediately know that we have formed a pact with Legendary Pokemon, and thus, the consequence of this action would be… quite drastic."
"…" Rachael said nothing after hearing the words of her elder brother, as she was able to grasp the hidden meaning in his words…
"Anyway, I will go to the center square of the village and help Freya and Snow…" Rachael started speaking again after saying nothing for a few minutes. "Do you want to come too, Onii-chan?"
Richard nodded in agreement to his younger sister. After all, right now, this would be the best thing for them to do right now, as both of them were not good at fighting at the frontline, and Richard didn't want either himself or his sister to get hurt.
"Then, let's go, Onii-chan." Rachael said before she quickly flew toward the center square of the village. Richard then was about to follow his younger sister when a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
'… Don't you have anything better than going around and help those people who are about to die?'
"… I have never known before that you are without compassion, Lord of Blindness." Richard spoke after hearing the voice of his Dragon Legend.
'…'
"Whatever…" Richard mumbled after realizing that his Dragon Legend didn't say anything after he spoke to him. "Tell me the reason why do you speak to me at a time like this, Lord of Blindness."
'… Tell me one thing, Richard—'
"One thing." Richard said.
'… VERY funny, you stupid Latios…'
"Come on, hurry up and tell me what do you want, Lord of Blindness." Richard said.
'… Do you think that we would win this battle?'
"… I don't know." Richard said. "I didn't mean that everyone on my side is weakling and idiot, but…"
'… And what would you do if we lose?'
"… I won't die here, and I won't let Rachael die here too." Richard answered. "I will do anything in order to save my life and Rachael's life, no matter of the cost I have to pay, except my life and Rachael's life, of course."
'And what is the thing that you would do?'
"…" Richard said nothing.
'Listen, if you are at your utmost desperation, talk to me again and I will tell you what to do to ensure that both you and your sister would survive throughout this battle.'
"… At what price?" Richard asked.
'And again that you have proven to me that you are not an idiot… Because what you have to pay… is your soul.'
"… That's a metaphor, right?" Richard said.
'You are too clever, Richard, but still not at the rank of me, of course.'
"…" Richard said nothing and started heading toward the center square of the village, dismissing his conversation with his Dragon Legend…
'Heh… I really want to see what you would do and what choice would you choose, Richard… Will you choose the very same choice I chose 247 years ago? Or will you choose the different one? The answer is inevitable…'
Meanwhile… Near the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"TAKE THIS!"
Dimitri slashed his broadsword at a Venturnome soldier, killing him in a single hit.
"Still alive?" Baromyteus said as he approached the Fraxure. Right now, he was holding onto his Dragon Claw Swords, which were dripping with the blood of his enemies. Behind the Pokemon in the black armor suit was his younger sister, Anastasia. She was holding onto her Tenor Harp, and she had a worried look on her face.
"You stole my words, big guy." Dimitri said and slashed another Venturnome soldier with his broadsword. "But yeah, I am still alive."
"Good to know that I still have a chance to cut your limbs apart." Baromyteus said before crossing his swords in an X-shape and slashed the Venturnome soldier who tried to attack his younger sister.
"YAH!" Dimitri and Baromyteus slashed their blade at the remaining Venturnome soldiers around here, killing them within a blink of an eye.
"Phew! I think that's all around here." Dimitri said and looked around. Right now, the only Pokemon who were still alive around here were Baromyteus, Anastasia and Dimitri himself. They were surrounded by several corpses of the fallen warriors, be their enemies or their allies…
"Um…" Anastasia reluctantly spoke up. "Shouldn't we head back to the village? I think we have come a bit too far from the village."
After Baromyteus and Anastasia were joined with Dimitri, the three of them fought and rushed from the village's entrance into the Valley of No Return, which was now occupied by the enemy force. This action was the thing that only the strongest warriors from Hidden Village of Dragon would do. Of course, this was a suicidal action, which explained why there were no other warriors from Hidden Village of Dragon who were still alive around here…
"Yeah, right." Baromyteus said. "There's no point of us being in the enemy's territory any longer."
"Wait a minute, big guy." Dimitri said as he looked around, as if he was trying to find someone or something. "Did you see my father around here? I thought that I saw him rushing here just a bit before we did."
"I saw that too." Baromyteus said. "But I don't think that I have seen his corpse around here, which means that…"
"… Damos is still alive, and he must be around here…" Anastasia said. "However, since he wasn't in the area between the village and the area where we were right now, he must be somewhere deeper in the Valley of No Return."
"Wait, don't tell me that he tries to head to the enemy's camp by himself?!" Baromyteus said. "Geez… I thought that I am a mad Haxorus, but my madness couldn't even compare to that dragon's madness."
"For your ignorant, big guy, my father is not mad, and I am sure that he knows what he is doing." Dimitri said. "And I am going to follow him."
"Great, now we are having another mad dragon…" Baromyteus mumbled. "I think your family must have some kind of 'Madness DNA' or something like that."
"If we really have something like that, the 'madness' you said would also apply to you too, big guy." Dimitri said. "After all, we both have the same surname, so we must be somehow related to each other."
"Maybe…" Baromyteus mumbled. "I will have to ask my old man about this… After all, he is—"
"What are you rambling about, big guy?" Dimitri said. "Whatever, I am going now. If you go back to the village, tell everyone that—"
"Sorry, kid, but I am not your messenger." Baromyteus said. "If you want me to work for you, the only role I would work for you is to be your sword."
"So, you mean that you want to go with me?" Dimitri said. "As I thought, both of us are really mad dragons."
"Brother, are you sure that you would go deeper into the enemy's territory?" Anastasia asked.
"Yes, Anastasia." Baromyteus said.
"Sigh… That's just like you." Anastasia said. "Okay, if you go, then I will go with you."
"Are you sure?" Baromyteus asked.
"Yes." Anastasia looked at her brother with a determined face. "If I stay beside you, then there's nothing for me to fear, and you wouldn't have to break your words too."
"Break my words?" Baromyteus said. "Did you mean—"
"Right." Anastasia said. "You told me that you will keep me safe by having me stay beside you during the battle. If I go with you, you wouldn't have to break your words, especially since what you hate most is lie and deception."
"… Fair enough." Baromyteus said. "Okay, you can come, Anastasia."
"And how long would both of you continue your rambling?!" Dimitri said. "Move your axxxs, both of you!"
After finished speaking, Dimitri started running toward the inner part of Valley of No Return, and Baromyteus and Anastasia quickly followed him…
However…
While three dragons quickly ran toward the inner area of Hidden Village of Dragon, neither of them did notice a corpse of a Gallade in the Venturnome general armor suit, which were heavily damaged, and so do his body, which meant that this Gallade had battled with a very strong dragon warrior before he was fallen…
-A Few Minutes Later…
"!"
After running into the inner area of Valley of No Return and fought a few enemies that were on their way, Dimitri, Baromyteus and Anastasia found themselves in a small plain where Rachael, Richard, Zetarus, Diego, Claura, Xavier, Anastasia and Baromyteus encountered Dimitri, Noctus, Lyzia, Unos and Korben for the first time. However, right now, other than Dimitri, Baromyteus and Anastasia, there were two other Pokemon here. It seemed like they were fighting each other!
… Or not?
Between two Pokemon, one was kneeling down on the ground while trying to hold onto his long sword, which was stuck onto the ground. It was clearly visible that this Pokemon was heavily injured, and it was most likely that his injury came from the other Pokemon, who was standing in front of him with a serious-looking face. It wasn't hard for anyone who was around here to realize that the injured Pokemon was a Haxorus, while the other Pokemon was… a Lucario.
"You fought well, dragon." The Lucario said as he slowly approached the injured Haxorus, in a manner of a grim reaper that approached a near-dead soul. "However, in the end, victory would always belong to the side of justice! Now, die, you miserable creature!"
After finished speaking, the Lucario raised his fist and immediately punched the injured Haxorus right through his chest, instantly cut his life away from his body!
"Hm!" The Lucario mumbled as he drew his fist back from the lifeless body of the Haxorus before throwing the Haxorus' corpse away. "Disgusting. The blood of injustice, so disgus—"
"DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Suddenly, the Lucario noticed another Pokemon rushing up at him at a full-speed and tried to strike him with his broadsword. The Lucario, however, was able to block the attack and sent his attacker jumped back to the spot where he was. This was the moment that the Lucario noticed that there were three more Pokemon around here, which all of them were Dragon type Pokemon, and one of them, who seemed to be very angry, was the one who attacked him a second ago.
"YOU BASTARD!" Dimitri roared as he pointed his broadsword at the Lucario. "YOU… YOU! YOU KILLED MY FATHER!"
"Hm? This pathetic dragon is your father?" The Lucario said and looked at the corpse of Haxorus, which was now lying on the side of the plain. "So… You are no more than... a spawn of injustice. So, I must get rid of you too."
"TRY ME, YOU BASTARD!" Dimitri roared. "I AM GONNA KILL YOU! I AM GONNA KILL YOOOOOUUUUU!"
After he finished roaring, Dimitri rushed up to the Lucario in order to strike him for the second time. This time, the Lucario was able to dodge the angry Fraxure's attack by jumping away at the moment the Fraxure slashed his broadsword at him. However…
"GRAAAAARRRRR!"
At the very same moment the Lucario jumped away to dodge the Fraxure's attack, another blade suddenly slashed at the Lucario! This time, because he was in the midair, the Lucario couldn't dodge the attack by jumping away, so he had to hold his paw out in order to block it!
"Hey!" The Lucario said with an unpleasant voice after he was able to dodge the surprise attack. "This surprise attack is against the law of justice! You are doing against rule of jus—"
The words of the Lucario were cut off when the Lucario saw the creature who attacked him off-guard…
"…" The Pokemon who attacked the Lucario was a Dragon type Pokemon, but the Lucario couldn't tell what kind of Pokemon he was as he was wearing a black demonic armor suit to cover his entire body, giving him an appearance of a demon from the afterlife. However, despite his intimidating appearance, it still couldn't be compared to a sinister aura that started emitting from his body, giving the Lucario a sudden chill and goosebump…
And it was not just that…
"Y… You…" The Lucario said before he quickly jumped away from the Pokemon in the black armor suit, who also jumped away from the Lucario after realizing that his ambush failed. "T… This feeling… W… Why did I feel it again?"
"…" The Pokemon in the black armor suit didn't say anything. However, if anyone could see through his demonic helmet, they would see that he was having a gaze full with rage and vengeance at the Lucario.
"T… The last time I have this feeling was 30 years ago…" The Lucario continued speaking as he slowly turned his attention toward the Pokemon in the black armor suit. "But… It can't be… No… He is already dead… I have seen it with my own eyes… There's no way that he is still alive… No wa—"
The Lucario's words were cut off again when he noticed the presence of another Dragon type Pokemon, who was hiding behind the Pokemon in the black armor suit. This Pokemon, however, was a female Goodra in a songstress dress…
"Wait…" The Lucario spoke as he tried to look at the female Goodra, who tried her hardest to hide from the Lucario. "… Anastasia?!"
"…" Anastasia said nothing, but she avoided making eye contact with the Lucario.
"Anastasia, i… is that really you?!" The Lucario said with a shaking voice. "B… But… You… It can't be…"
"…" Anastasia still said nothing.
"Anastasia…" The Lucario said and slowly approached Anastasia, but he was stopped when the Pokemon in the black armor suit suddenly stepped into his way before he pointed his blade at him and let out an intimidating roar.
"GRAAAWWRRRRRR!" The Pokemon in the black armor suit roared at the Lucario. It seemed like he was ready to strike his blade into the Lucario's body at any moment.
"Wait…" The Lucario mumbled as he looked at the Pokemon in the black armor suit in front of him. This time, it gave him much more goosebump than before. "T… Then… Y… You must be… No… How could it be…"
"…" The Pokemon in the black armor suit said nothing as he continued gazing at the Lucario.
"… Heh… Heheheheheh…" The Lucario suddenly let out a sinister laugh. "Well? I have never thought that both of you would crawl back from the deepest pit of hell to plague this world again, especially since I have already banished you 30 years ago…"
"!" The Goodra and the Pokemon in the black armor suit were greatly shocked and disturbed after hearing the Lucario's words.
"Hehehe…" The Lucario let out a sinister laugh again as he looked at the Pokemon in the black armor suit in front of him, as well as the Goodra in the songstress dress behind him, before continued speaking. "Anastasia Wyrmscale the Goodra and Baromyteus Drawyvern the Shiny Haxorus, it has been 30 years since the last time we met each other, as well as it has been 30 years since the moment my friends and I banished you from this world, and we never thought that we would see each others again… But… The story of living creature's existence is truly unfathomable, right?"
"…" Both Dragon type Pokemon in front of the Lucario said nothing.
"Hey, big guy!" Dimitri, who had been watching the whole scene for quite some time, asked as he approached the Pokemon in the black armor suit. "Who is this dumbass? Do you know him?"
"…" Anastasia and Baromyteus said nothing. All they did was look at the Lucario in front of them.
"It seems like one of you couldn't grasp who I am." The Lucario said. "So, before I send you all back to the law of justice, let me introduce myself. I am the current Hero of Legend who holds the power of Fighting type, as well as one of 14 Hero of Legend who saved Symmetria from the Fallen Crisis 30 years ago, but now, I am just a Dojo Master of Solar Village Dojo. I am also known by the name of Hero of Justice, and my name is Rucas Couraura the Lucario."
"…" Anastasia and Baromyteus still said nothing, but both of them seemed even more restless after hearing the Lucario's introduction, while Dimitri just shrugged his shoulder as if he had just heard some sort of nonsense story.
"Rucas? What's you with a name like that?" Dimitri said. "Are you sure that you didn't mishear your name when your mother gave you a name 'Ruckus'? Because all you did is making a ruckus to our home by destroying it in the name of your corrupted justice!"
"Shut up, brat!" Rucas roared and pointed his paw at Dimitri. "I won't allow anyone to insult the law of justice in front of me, the embodiment of justice! Never! I shall never tolerant your impertinence! You shall die today, in the name of justice!"
"Sigh…" Baromyteus mumbled before speaking up for the first time to the Lucario in front of him. "Hero of Justice… I have heard your name for all of my entire life, and I have always wished to pierce my blades into your chest, cut your veins, tear your heart off, roar like a savage beast before devouring it with my own maw. And now, the chance of doing all of these is right here in front of me, and I can hardly control my body."
Baromyteus then took a step forward before pointing one of his Dragon Claw Swords at Rucas. "Hero of Corrupted Justice, now it's time for us to fight each other! This time, there's no running, no regret, no vengeance and no redemption. One of us will live to see another day while the other shall perish within the grasp of the victor, and I promise you that the death I grant you will be a slow and painful one, just like everything you did to us!"
"I am not afraid of your intimidation, you abomination creature!" Rucas roared and pointed his paw at Baromyteus. "No more talking! Now it's time for me to bring the order of the world back to the law of justice! FOR THE GLORY OF JUSTICE!"
Hero of Justice
Rucas Couraura the Lucario
Baromyteus and Dimitri got their weapon ready in their paws as they gazed at the Lucario in front of them with a fiery look in their eyes, like a starved predator that had an eye on their prey.
"Brother…" Anastasia said as she slowly approached her brother.
"Anastasia, I know what you are thinking." Baromyteus said to his sister. "While I don't truly understand your feeling, I know that you don't want to fight him, so you can leave—"
"No, brother. I will not run away from this fight." Anastasia said with a resolute voice. "I will fight him alongside you, brother."
"Can you really do that?" Baromyteus asked again. "Can you really fight the guy you—"
"Yes, I am, and I still am even right now." Anastasia said. "But… This Lucario… He isn't Rucas I know. He is someone else… Rucas I know is the hero who always strikes for the justice of the world, not for the corrupted justice like this, so… This isn't Rucas. This is just a Pokemon who tried to destroy the Hidden Village of Dragon, and I cannot forgive him for doing that!"
"... You don't understand one thing, my sister." Baromyteus said before shifting his attention to the Lucario in front of him, who was now in the defensive stance. "This Lucario is the very same bastard you knew 30 years ago, not someone else."
"But—" Anastasia was about to say something else, but her brother didn't let her do it.
"And this is the true color of him." Baromyteus said. "What we saw about him 30 years ago was just a mask of his true core, which he concealed it within his lie and deception. I can smell it since the moment I met him, as it takes one to know one. And maybe he is even worse than me, as I am evil, and I still live in the identity of evil, but this guy… He lives in the identity of the world's hero while he is just a savage beast!"
"Brother—" Anastasia was about to continue her words, but again, she couldn't as the Lucario in front of him had already made a first move!
"TAKE THIS! FORCE PALM OF JUSTICE!" Rucas roared as he dashed toward Baromyteus and Dimitri, before he reached his paw forward and released a light blue wave of enemy from his palm, which covered a large area, making it impossible for his enemies to dodge this attack!
"HERE THE BASTARD COMES!" Baromyteus roared before he stepped forward and crossed his Dragon Claw Swords in the X-shape, which created a small shield of dark force that's enough to shield him, Anastasia and Dimitri from the Lucario's attack!
"Heh! Not bad for a villain!" Rucas said after the light blue wave from his Force Palm attack disappeared, and Baromyteus lowered his blades. "NOW, HOW ABOUT THIS?!"
Rucas released a purple pulse from his mouth at the Dragon type Pokemon in front of him, which was easily dodged by all of them, but it still gave a bit of shock to Anastasia.
"T… That attack…" Anastasia said. "I… Isn't it…"
"Yes, of course… Dragon Pulse." Rucas said. "I learned this move 30 years ago, thanks to you, Anastasia. And now, I am going to use the very gift you bestowed upon me to banish all of you back in the name of justice!"
"I… I…" Anastasia mumbled.
"GRAAWWWRRRRR!" Baromyteus roared as he dashed up toward the Lucario, before he slashed him with his Dragon Claw Swords!
"HIYAH!" Rucas was able to dodge Baromyteus' attack, but he then was attacked again by a Fraxure who suddenly appeared from behind and struck him down with his broadsword!
"TAKE THIS, YOU BASTARD SON OF A BXXXT!" Dimitri roared as he slashed his broadsword at Rucas' back!
"AUGH!" Rucas roared a bit as he was attacked off-guard, but he didn't flinch by this surprised attack. Instead, he used the moment that the Fraxure attacked him to kick him with his leg!
"UGH!" Dimitri mumbled after he was kicked by the Lucario, who was now dealing with Baromyteus.
"GRAARRRWWRR!" Baromyteus roared as he madly slashed the Lucario with his weapon, which Rucas could easily dodge all of them.
"Where are you aiming for, you earth-scum?" Rucas mocked as Baromyteus paused his attack to catch his breath. "Come on! I remember that you are far more intimidating to me 30 years ago, Baromyteus! You always tried to stab me in my back, and now, you are not even able to land a single blow on me! Shame on you, you abominable creature!"
"GRAWWWRRR!" Baromyteus roared before he continued to madly attack Rucas, who, again, was able to dodge all attacks.
"W… What's that?!" Dimitri spoke out with a surprised voice after seeing Baromyteus attacking Rucas. "H… He is so ferocious! I… I have never seen anyone so vicious like this before in my life!"
"My brother… He hates this Lucario to the deepest part of his heart." Anastasia answered with a sad voice while trying to tend the Fraxure's wound. "Normally, in the battle, Baromyteus will give up some of his conscious and let his instinct take control some part of his body to draw out his potential. But… With the hatred toward this Lucario in his heart, Baromyteus gave up his entire conscious and let his instinct to take a full control over his body to maximize his potential."
"W… What?!" Dimitri said. "T… Then, he is now no more than a wild Pokemon!"
"Sadly, this isn't even the worst part." Anastasia answered with a sad voice. "If he continues doing this, Baromyteus will soon… degenerate into a creature no different than a wild Pokemon, in which he would attack everything in his sight, be his enemy, his friend, or… his sister."
"T… This is bad!" Dimitri said.
"Yes, it's bad…" Anastasia said. "This situation happened once 30 years ago, when my brother and I fought this Lucario, as well as his friends, for the first time. Luckily, that battle soon ended with our lose before the situation could become worse, so Baromyteus is still able to hold onto his conscious. But…" Anastasia said and sadly looked at Baromyteus, who still fought Rucas like a savage beast. "If this keeps going on, my brother… He will…"
"So, all we have to do is end this battle before the big guy becomes a savage beast, right?" Dimitri said as Anastasia had just finished tending his wound. "Sure, I may not be the smartest dragon around here, but if it involves a battle, I think that I could do it!"
"Dimitri, wait—" Anastasia tried to say something again, but Dimitri didn't listen to him and quickly dashed toward Rucas to resume his battle!
"DRAGON CLAW!" Dimitri attacked the Lucario with his sharp claws at the moment that Rucas dodged Baromyteus' attack!
"WHAT?! HIYAH!" Being able to sense the Fraxure's attack, Rucas quickly grabbed onto Dimitri's claws as he tried to attack him and swiftly flipped his body over Dimitri's head and landed behind the Fraxure!
"H… How could—WHAT?!" Dimitri had to quickly cut off his words when he had to dodge Baromyteus' vicious attack before it hurt him!
"Geez! That lass didn't kid about the big guy…" Dimitri mumbled after he was almost attacked by the berserk Shiny Haxorus, who gradually became more and more ferocious as the battle went on. Right now, there was only a single line that divided him from a wild Pokemon…
"Now it's two against one?! That's against the law of justice!" Rucas said as Baromyteus, once again, paused his attack to catch his breath. "So, it's time for me to reveal my full potential!"
Rucas then raised his paw toward the sky, summoning a veil of aura to cloak around his body!
"T… That power!" Anastasia said. "I… It can't be!"
The second after Anastasia's words ended, the veil of aura that once cloaked Rucas' body disappeared, leaving only Rucas there. However, Rucas was now not a Lucario…
"How do you like my Mega Evolution form?" Rucas said after he had just Mega-evolved into a Mega Lucario. "This is the secret power of mine that I have mastered after I was able to defeat the remaining injustice within my heart, all by myself!"
"GRAAAAWWRRR!" Hearing Rucas' words seemed to make Baromyteus even more ferocious than before. He then quickly rushed up toward the Mega Lucario and started slashing his blades at the Mega Lucario!
"Hm! Amateur!" Rucas mumbled before he used his knuckle-equipped paws to catch Baromyteus's swords!
"GRA?!" Before Baromyteus could do anything else, Rucas suddenly did an uppercut on his chin, making him lose his grip toward his weapon and stagger back!
"I see that you still use this rusted swords as your weapon…" Rucas said and threw Baromyteus' weapon away, which landed just beside Damos' corpse. "However, you need to do much better—"
"GRAAARWWWWRRRR!"
Even without his weapon, Baromyteus still continued attacking Rucas. This time, he used his claws and his tusks as his weapon to attack the Mega Lucario!
"Grrrr… You overgrown abominable lizard!" Rucas said as he was forced to constantly dodge Baromyteus' vicious attack again.
"And here I come!" Dimitri said before slashing his broadsword at the Mega Lucario at the same time Baromyteus struck his claw toward Rucas too!
"HAH!" Rucas said as he was able to dodge both attacks, but he soon was attacked when Baromyteus ferociously swung his tail to slam his body!
"UGH!" Rucas roared as he fell down on the ground, but Baromyteus didn't stop at that. He then quickly grabbed Rucas' tail and constantly smashed him to the ground!
"URRGGH!" Rucas roared in pain after being constantly attacked by the berserk Shiny Haxorus.
"Oh… No…" Anastasia cried out while she ran up to Damos' corpse to retrieve her brother's weapon. "Baromyteus is now at the last moment of his self-conscious! At this rate…"
"W… W… WHAT?!" Dimitri, too, was shocked by Baromyteus' sudden increase in his ferocity. It was so much that it also generated a wave of fear that started to overcome his body, making him unable to move any part of his body, not even an inch!
"GRAAAWRRRRR!" After smashing Rucas toward the ground for several times, Baromyteus flung Rucas to the ground one more time. This time, Rucas was flung away from the berserk Shiny Haxorus and landed just beside Dimitri!
"Urrr…" Rucas tried to stand up again, but the berserk Shiny Haxorus won't let him as he then rushed up toward him while raising his sharp claws, as he determined to land the ending blow with his sharp claws at the Lucario and ended the battle once and for all!
But then…
"N…. NO WAY!" Rucas roared before he quickly reached his paw toward Dimitri's tail!
"Wha—"
Before Dimitri could do anything, Rucas grabbed the Fraxure at his tail and flung Dimitri's body toward him to use him as a shield to block the berserk Shiny Haxorus' attack!
"!"
At the very same moment his claw reached Dimitri's body, Baromyteus suddenly regained his consciousness back, but it was already too late…
"!"
Everything happened within just a second, but it seemed like a very long moment for everyone there as Baromyteus' claws directly pierced the Fraxure's body at his chest, sending the Fraxure's blood splash everywhere around there…
"!"
A second later, the Shiny Haxorus stopped his attack, but the blood of his victim was still being splashed everywhere around there, but the body of his victim wasn't, as the Fraxure's body was still stuck in his claw.
"N…. No…." Anastasia cried as she saw the Fraxure's body that was being pierced by the Shiny Haxorus' claw still stuck onto Baromyteus' claw, and, even from her spot, she could see that Baromyteus' claw had directly pierced Dimitri at his heart!
"D… D…. Dimitri!" Baromyteus spoke with a shaking voice.
"B… Brother!" Anastasia said as she quickly ran toward her brother.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Baromyteus roared. Now, a hint of anger and ferocity that were once in his eyes had already disappeared and replaced with a hint of sadness and regret as he had just realized everything that happened.
He had just killed his comrade…
He had just killed his friend…
He had just killed Dimitri…
With his own claw…
"W… What have I done?! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" Baromyteus roared again as Dimitri's lifeless body fell off his claw to the ground below, soaking the ground red with the Fraxure's blood…
As well as Baromyteus' entire body…
-Meanwhile… At the east side of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"Xavier!" Claura said. "What's the meaning of this?!"
Right now, while Claura, Xavier, and the Dragon type Pokemon who guarded the east side of the village, were fighting the remnant of Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army. At first, they thought that it would be an easy victory as they had already killed the enemy generals, but it seemed like they were wrong…
"The enemy has just gotten the reinforcement…" Xavier mumbled while he crushed the body of an enemy with his halberd. "And… Judge by their force, I would say that the reinforcement is the Civilight Army.
"I knew that!" Claura said. "What I want to know is why they are so strong?! They had already defeated half of our legion!"
The tide of battle had turned into the enemies' favor after the Civilight Army sent their reinforcement, all who were armed with long-ranged weapon of high technology, which could easily countered the strategy being used by the Dragon type Pokemon! And this also includes Claura and Xavier too. Right now, Claura was injured at her fin while Xavier was injured at his right wing.
"Their reinforcement has a highly developed weapon, which is hard for our side to grasp their attack and counter them effectively…" Xavier said. "But…"
"But what?!" Claura asked.
"Strange…" Xavier said as he looked at the enemies force, who still attacked the Dragon type Pokemon with their weapon. "If they have such a good weapon like this, why didn't they use it in the first place? Moreover, there's something fishy about the them."
"Something fishy?!" Claura asked.
"Look over there…" Xavier said and gazed at the enemy force. "Before the enemy reinforcement comes, we still have quite a bit of Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army to deal with, but now… I could hardly see any Pokemon who belongs to those two armies, as what I could see right now are the Pokemon of Civilight Army… Where did they go? Retreat? I don't think so…"
"Whatever!" Claura roared as she smashed her anchor at her enemy. "Our force is at a disadvantage! Xavier, we need a plan, and fast!"
"… Everyone, retreat!" Xavier roared. "We need to fall back to regroup with other force! Fall back to the center square of the village!"
-Meanwhile… At the west side of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"W… What the fxxk is that?!" Diego roared while he fought against the enemy force, which, like the enemy force on the east side of the village, had just received a reinforcement from the Civilight Army…
However…
"A… Are they really Pokemon?!" Zetarus said as he fought against the soldiers of Civilight Army, who, while being either Electric type Pokemon or Steel type Pokemon, didn't look like Pokemon, not even a bit!
"ARRGG!"
The soldiers of Civilight Army fought against the Dragon type Pokemon on the west side of the village with their full power… But… Are they really Pokemon?
"T… They look like they were infected by machines!" Diego said.
All soldiers in Civilight Army who fought at the west side of the village, while didn't have an advanced weapon like the Civilight soldiers on the east side of the village, had some parts of their body, like their arms or their legs, removed and replaced by the very same organs, except they are made of machine!
"ARGGOOO!"
While fighting against the Dragon type Pokemon, the Civilight soldier didn't show any emotion on their face, not any joy, sadness, fear, satisfies or anger. All of this seemed like they were fully controlled by the machines that were attached to their body!
"What in the world they are thinking?!" Diego roared. "Blasphemy! Blasphemy!"
"Knock it off, Diego!" Zetarus roared while he shot the Civilight soldier who tried to attack both of them. "Our enemies are no more Pokemon! They are just a mindless machine who fight without thinking! And we can't deal with this sxxt!"
Like the east legion, the legion of Dragon type Pokemon who guarded the west side of the village also couldn't stand a chance against the enemy force like this!
"AURGR!"
Zetarus roared in pain after he was attacked at his shoulder. He then quickly knocked the enemy who attacked him by shooting at their 'head'.
"Diego, are you alright?!" Zetarus said as he turned his attention to the Mega Charizard X and saw that Diego was injured too, but at his left arm.
"Fxxk it!" Diego roared. "I can't deal with these sxxxs!"
"What should we do?!" Zetarus asked.
"Fine!" Diego roared. "Everyone, retreat! Get your fxxxxxg butt back to the center square of the village! We will deal with this sxxt later!"
-A minute later… At the center square of the village…
"Claura! Xavier!"
"Zetarus! Diego!"
Rachael, Richard, Freya and Snow were shocked after seeing a sudden retreat of the east legion and the west legion, including their comrade.
"W… What's wrong, everyone?!" Snow asked. "W… Why did you retreat?! And— Oh! All of you are hurt!"
"It's nothing." Diego said. "Our injury is just a trifle."
"Right." Claura said. "If you want to help, you should help others instead. Everyone else got hurt even more than us."
"O… Okay…" Snow said before him, along with Freya, left to heal the injured Pokemon of the east legion and the west legion, leaving only Richard and Rachael with Xavier, Claura, Zetarus and Diego.
"So, tell me what happen there." Richard turned his attention back to Claura, Xavier, Zetarus and Diego after seeing that his sister had already gone to heal the injured Pokemon. "I thought that your plan is at least decent, Xavier, so something unexpected must have happened there, right?"
"Right!" Zetarus said. "You wouldn't believe in what we saw there!"
"Such a blasphemy!" Diego roared.
"… Since when did you learn to use that word, Diego?" Richard mumbled.
"Anyway…" Zetarus said. "The enemy on the west side has just gotten the reinforcement, and all of them are half-Pokemon half-machine!"
"W… What?!" Rachael said.
"… Are you serious?" Richard asked.
"Do you think that we will joke at a time like this?!" Diego said. "They all have some parts of their body being replaced by machines, making it seem like they were infected by the machine!"
"!" Hearing Zetarus and Diego's words reminded Richard and Rachael of their time in the Civilight Laboratory just before them, along with some other Pokemon, escaped from Republic of Civilight. It reminded him of a Cyborg Pokemon they had to fight before, the Experiment Alpha.
"W… Wait…" Rachael said. "D… Don't tell me that…"
"… Is the reinforcement the Civilight Army?" Richard asked.
"Wait, how do you know?!" Zetarus asked.
"Cursed!" Richard mumbled. "They always have some kind of weird and unnatural experiment like this! And they even dare to use it in the real life! How dare they?!"
"Oh, no!" Rachael cried. "This is terrible! Truly terrible!"
"…" Diego and Zetarus said nothing after hearing Richard and Rachael's words.
"… What about you two?" Richard turned his attention toward Claura and Xavier. "Did you encounter the Cyborg soldiers from the Civilight Army too?"
"Well… We did encounter the Civilight Army, but they aren't like what Zetarus and Diego said." Claura said.
"On the east side, they are still Pokemon, but they have some kind of advanced weapon, which could easily knock us out." Xavier said.
"Advance weapon?" Rachael said.
"Yeah, like this." Xavier said before showing everyone some kind of strange weapon. "I picked this up from the corpse of Civilight soldier, so I may be able to analyze it and make a plan to counter the enemy. Richard, could you analyze this weapon and tell me how does it work?"
"Leave it too me." Richard said before he received the weapon from the Dragonite, which he then opened the Chronicle of Darkside and started analyzing the weapon using the knowledge he extracted from the Chronicle.
"T… Then, while Onii-chan is analyzing the weapon, I will heal all of you." Rachael said before she took out four bottles of healing potion. "First, drink this healing potion, and then I will bandage your wound."
"Thanks." Zetarus, Diego, Claura and Xavier said as they received the bottle of healing potion from the Latias. And while they were drinking the healing potion, Rachael took out a bandage kit and started bandaging them.
-Meanwhile… Near the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"Well? Isn't this beautiful?" General Manectric said as he observed the combined force of Civilight Army and Venturnome Army killed the Dragon type Pokemon who fought at the entrance of the village. Unlike the west legion and east legion, the Dragon type Pokemon who fought at the entrance of the village refused to retreat even when they were at the disadvantage. As a result of this, the Dragon type Pokemon at the entrance of the village were all defeat, or, in the other word, massacred, by the Venturnome soldiers and Civilight soldiers…
Actually, only very few Venturnome soldiers and Civilight soldiers were at the entrance of the village to fight the Dragon type Pokemon as most Venturnome soldiers were already killed by the Dragon type Pokemon, and the majority of Civilight Army was fighting on the east side and the west side of the village…
So, the one who did the massacre of the Dragon type Pokemon was neither Venturnome soldiers nor Civilight soldiers, but…
"… Very beautiful, Experiment Delta." General Manectric said as he observed the Type: Null ferociously killed the Dragon type Pokemon who stood in its way. "You have done a magnificent job."
"GRAAAWWRRR!" The Type: Nulll roared ferociously as it proceeded to kill any Dragon type Pokemon who stood within its sight, all who soon fell into oblivion by its claws and fangs, leaving only their blood soaked on the ground, as well as on the body of the Type: Null.
"Ah… Such a tool of destruction…" General Manectric mumbled. "Your only purpose is to follow our command and destroy anyone who stands in our way. As long as we have you under our grasp, Experiment Delta, we will be unbeatable!"
"…" Type: Null gazed around it. Right now, it had already killed ALL Dragon type Pokemon who fought to protect their village at the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon, making everywhere around there soak red with the Dragon Blood, including the body of the Type: Null too.
"And now, what should you do next?" General Manectric said as he approached the Type: Null, who stood still without doing anything else. "Well… Let's see… We have got a report of the remnant of the enemy that are now gathering at the center of this place. That's perfect opportunity for us to—"
"General Manectric!"
"Hm?" General Manectric turned his attention to a Civilight soldier who had just appeared and called his name. He seemed to be in a hurried state.
"Forgive my interruption, general." The Civilight soldier said. "But our spy has just gotten a very important information about the enemy."
"Pass it on to me." General Manectric said.
"Okay…" The Civilight soldier said before he approached General Manectric and whispered something into his ear, which made a sinister smile appear on the face of the Manectric.
"…"
"… Are you sure about this?" General Manectric asked after hearing something from the Civilight soldier.
"Absolutely, general." The Civilight soldier said. "There's no mistake about this."
"Well? Isn't this a great news?" General Manectric said. "Thank you for this information. Soldier, now you're dismissed."
"Thank you, sir." The same Civilight soldier said before he walked away from General Manectric.
"… Well, now…" General Manectric mumbled and turned his attention toward the Type: Null. "Experiment Delta, we have a new objective for you, and it will be an important one."
"…" The Type: Null turned its attention to General Manectric.
"Now, listen well…" General Manectric said before he started saying something to the Type: Null…
-A Few Minutes Later… At the Center Square of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"…"
Meanwhile, at the center square of the village, the remaining Dragon type Pokemon were gathering there to heal their wound from the previous battle, but they had gotten a very little time to rest, as the enemy forces were moving toward the center square too, so the Dragon type Pokemon who were still able to fight decided to take a gamble and went to fight the enemy forces that were moving toward the center square, even thought they knew that they may not win or survive, but at least they would be able to hold the enemy forces off and defend the center square in order to give an opportunity for everyone at the center square to come up with something that would help them win this battle, at a cost of their lives…
"…This is bad…"
Freya and Snow approached Rachael, who were tending to a wound of Xavier, who still remained in the center square of the village while Claura, Zetarus and Diego, all whom Rachael had already tended their wound, had gone back to the battle to defend the center square of the village, leaving Xavier here to wait for Richard's analysis about the enemy's weapon
"W…What's wrong, Freya, Snow?" Rachael said as she realized that both Freya and Snow had a very grim look on their face. It seemed like they really want to cry.
"I am sorry for being so useless…" Freya said. "I… I can't save anyone…"
"W… What?" Rachael said. "W… What do you mean by that?"
"… We may be able to tend the wound of the Pokemon who has gotten a minimal injury…" Snow said. "But… For the rest… We couldn't save them."
"What?!" Rachael said before she started crying. "Oh, no…"
"Moreover…" Freya spoke up. "We have heard a grieve news about everyone who fought at the entrance of the village… They all… They all were killed by the enemies."
"Oh, no!" Rachael said. "T… Then… Oh, no! Then Anastasia, Baromyteus and Dimitri—"
"No." Snow said. "The Pokemon who bore this news mentioned that he couldn't find the corpse of Anastasia and Baromyteus, as well as Dimitri and Damos anywhere at the entrance of the village, so, there's still a chance that they are still alive… But… The only explanation why they are not at the entrance of the village, as well as anywhere around the village, if they are still alive, we have is… They went into the enemy's territory."
"Are they mad?!" Rachael said. "Going into the enemy like that is such a madness! It would be suicidal to do something so reckless like that! I won't believe it!"
"Sadly, I couldn't think of any other explanation about their situation." Snow said.
"Oh, no…" Rachael said. "Why?"
"And now, with everyone who fought at the entrance of the village being killed by the enemy, we have already lost over two-third of the village population…" Freya said. "A… And this also includes…"
"Include who?!" Rachael said. Right now, she had a very bad feeling about this.
"… Unos and Lyzia."
The one who spoke these names wasn't either Freya and Snow, but was an injured Noibat who was now walking beside Freya. It seemed like he was crying a lot recently.
"Noctus?!" Rachael said.
"This poor Noibat…" Snow said. "He was the one who bore the grieve news about everyone at the entrance of the village with a heavy heart, only to come back to find that… Two of his friends…"
"What?!" Rachael said and turned her attention back from Snow to Noctus, who seemed like he was crying before. "T… Then… Unos and Lyzia… D… Don't tell me that…"
"While retreating from the east side and the west side, Unos and Lyzia… T… They… They were…" Noctus said before he couldn't hold back his tear anymore.
"Oh… No…" Rachael said before she turned her attention toward Snow and Freya, in hope that they would have a good news for her, but her hope was lost when Freya looked away from her with a teary look on her face, and Snow shook his head.
"We try our hardest…" Freya said. "B… But… In the end We couldn't save their life…"
"Unos and Lyzia are already gone…" Noctus said. "And I don't know where Dimitri is, so the only one left are Korben and me…"
"… I am sure that that Hakamo-o would be safe right now, since he was staying with Elder Baldr…" Xavier spoke up after saying nothing for several minutes. "But for Dimitri, as well as Anastasia, Baromyteus and Damos… I am sorry that I, like any of you all here, don't know anything about their situation right now…"
"… But our situation right now has gone far beyond our grasp…"
A grim voice echoed from someone who stood just beside Xavier, who was none other than Rachael's elder brother, Richard.
"R… Richard!" Noctus said.
"Onii-chan, what did you mean by that?!" Rachael said. "That's not a nice thing to say at a time like this!"
"You all know nothing…" Richard said with a grim voice as he looked at Rachael, Noctus, Freya, Snow and stopped at Xavier.
"… Did your words have something to do with the enemy's weapon?" Xavier asked.
"That would be the only thing you could grasp, Xavier." Richard said. "… And not even I could fathom about this… This is very bad… I couldn't believe that they would sink so low into this."
"W… What do you mean by that?!" Noctus asked.
"First…" Richard continued speaking. "Do you know anything about 'Essence of Soul'?"
"Essence… of Soul?" Noctus said. "It's some kind of energy that has something to do with the living creature's soul, and this is the very same kind of energy that the living creature would release when they die, right? I have read about this once in the scroll."
"Correct." Richard said. "Normally, the Essence of Soul is a very complicated and delicate thing, so it couldn't exist on its own, so it would usually exist within the body of living creature. The only time that we could detect this thing is when the living creature dies. The moment that the soul departs from its soul, it will also release the Essence of Soul out. But, as I said before, the Essence of Soul would only exist for a very short time before it degenerates into nothing."
"Okay…" Rachael nodded, despite than she still didn't understand half of her brother's words.
"… And the enemy's weapon." Richard continued speaking and showed Xavier, Rachael, Noctus, Freya and Snow the weapon he got from Xavier. "It feeds off the Essence of Soul as its source of energy."
"WHAT?!" Rachael, Noctus, Freya and Snow said.
"I know that it sounds stupid, but this is true." Richard said. "I don't know how could they invent such… an abomination weapon like this, but this weapon will gather the power from the Essence of Soul after the Pokemon died. The Essence of Soul, while being very hard to be detected, it also holds a huge potential within itself, and when someone tries to use it as a source of power doing something, the result would be… very drastic."
"How could they?!" Rachael said.
"And because having more Essence of Soul means having more powerful weapons, this weapon would be very powerful when being used in a battlefield where many dead Pokemon exist."
"… That's why they wait until the final moment of the battle, where many Pokemon were already dead, before they reveal this weapon…" Xavier said.
"That's not even the worst part…" Richard said. "While being used in a battlefield with many dead Pokemon would improve this weapon, there's one more way, and a more effective way, to increase the power of this weapon. And that way is to absorb the Essence of Soul directly… with this weapon."
"What?!" Noctus said. "So, does that mean that, when they kill anyone with that weapon, the weapon will absorb the victim's Essence of Soul and power up itself?!"
"Correct." Richard said. "Normally, the essence of the fallen soul is a very complicated and delicate thing, that even someone like me still couldn't grasp how it works, so that it be disturbed by any mean… To think that they would invent a weapon to take an advantage from such a thing like this… Disgusting… Absolutely disgusting…"
"…" Noctus, Rachael, Freya, Snow and Xavier said nothing after hearing the words of the Latios, as they also felt the same way as he felt toward the enemy too.
"But… There's still one more thing that I don't understand…" Richard continued speaking. "This weapon Xavier gave me had absorbed quite a high quantity of the Essence of Soul… But… Considered that the enemies have at least hundred of this very same weapon, all of them that are as powerful as this one… They would need quite a lot of the Essence of Soul, and… Even if they kill everyone in this village, they would still get enough Essence of Soul to power-up less than half of their weapon… So, how could they get enough Essence of Soul? I don't understand this…"
"… I think that I may have the answer you seek, Richard." Xavier spoke up with a grim voice. "Before we retreat, Claura and I noticed that the number of the soldiers that belong to other enemy armies, which are Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army, has been drastically decreased since the Civilight Army joined the battle, even thought that we hardly kill any of them as all we could do was survive the attack of the Civilight Army… So…"
"!" Richard, Rachael, Noctus, Freya and Snow were all shocked after hearing Xavier's words, as they made them realize something…
"Damn it!" Noctus roared. "How could they do all of this?! I couldn't even find a word to describe how low they are!"
"Terrible… Truly terrible…" Freya mumbled. "Why… Why did they have to be so cruel?"
"…I don't understand this…" Snow said. "Is it really necessary to sacrifice so many people just to achieve their greedy ambition?"
"… I have seen many bad and mean people before…" Rachael said. "But… This one is too much…"
"…" Richard said nothing, as it seemed like he was completely frightened by what he had just heard.
"… And so…" Xavier mumbled and slowly stood up again and grabbed his halberd. "I will go to join the battle again. And… If Claura, Zetarus and Diego are still alive, I will also warn them about the enemy's weapon too… Well, then… And… I don't know if I would have another chance to talk to all of you again, so… So long, everyone…"
After finished speaking, Xavier flew up to join the battle to defend the center square of the village, leaving Rachael, Richard, Freya, Snow and Noctus here, along with other injured Pokemon, as well as the Dragon type Pokemon who had already succumbed to their injuries…
"Onii-chan…" Rachael spoke up and looked at her brother with a sad look on her face. "… Are we going to die here?"
"…" Richard didn't say anything. All he did right now was looking at the ground below him, but Rachael could see that her brother was trying his hardest to hold off his tear.
"Onii-chan…" Rachael mumbled
"…Rachael…" Richard raised his head and looked at his sister with a grim look on his face. It was quite clear that he was trying to smile, but he couldn't. "Rachael, I did promise that I would keep you safe, remember?"
"Onii-chan, that's…" Rachael said.
"Rachael, while I may not be very strong, but… I will do anything to ensure our safety…" Richard said. "Both of us mustn't die here. I won't allow it, and I will—"
"GRAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRR!"
Before Richard finished his words, a loud roar suddenly echoed through the entire center square of the village. But it wasn't a dragon's roar, but it was…
"Wha—"
Before any of Rachael, Richard, Freya, Snow and Noctus could say anything else, a figure of something, soaked red with the blood of dragon, suddenly appeared from the direction of the entrance of the village, and it was sprinting toward the center square!
"GRAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRR!"
Just as it reached the center square of the village, the incoming figure suddenly stopped sprinting and jumped across the entire center square!
"That's…" Rachael suddenly exclaimed.
For Rachael and Richard, it seemed like time had slowed down when they looked at the figure who jumped across their heads, as well as the entire center square, but it was enough for both of them to take a look at the incoming figure, as well as to grasp its identity.
"!"
At the same time that Rachael and Richard looked at the incoming figure, the very same figure also had a glance at the Latios and Latias, and while no one could grasp their emotion right now, it was quite clear for Rachael and Richard to see that this figure was surprised to see them… again.
"Grr..."
After jumping across the entire center square, the figure stopped a bit to glance at Rachael and Richard one more time before it continued sprinting to the direction opposite of the village's entrance.
"W… What is that Pokemon?!" Freya said after the blood-soaked figure had already left. "I have never seen any Pokemon like that!"
"Neither do I…" Snow said. "But… It was soaked red with blood… And the direction it goes…"
"Oh, no!" Noctus said. "That's the direction of Elder Baldr's house!"
"…"
"…"
While everyone else was talking about the blood-soaked figure that had just appeared and left, Rachael and Richard looked at each other, and both of them seemed to know what the other was thinking right now.
"Wait, Rachael, Richard?!"
And before everyone could say or do anything else, they realized that Rachael and Richard were now following the blood-soaked figure!
"Where are you going, both of you?!" Noctus asked.
"Do not follow us!" Richard said as he and his sister was following the blood-soaked figure. "Stay at the center square, and don't let anyone else follow us!"
"Wait—" Freya tried to say something, but it was too late as Rachael and Richard had already gone from their sight.
"What are they going?!" Snow said. "And why did they follow that blood-soaked creature?!"
"S… Should we follow them?" Freya asked.
"…They told us not to, and we should respect their words." Snow said. "Moreover, while none of us here don't know what to do, both Rachael and Richard seem to know something about that blood-soaked figure we saw."
"Fine…" Noctus said. "But… I hope they know what they are doing…"
"Rachael, Richard… Be careful…" Freya said.
-Meanwhile…
"Onii-chan, that Pokemon we saw earlier… " Rachael said while she and her brother were flying toward Elder Baldr's house.
"Hm." Richard nodded to his sister's words. "Yes, no mistake. That's the same Pokemon we met in Civilight Laboratory for sure."
"But… Why is that Pokemon here?" Rachael asked. "And… Where is that Pokemon going?"
"… Considered that this Pokemon is the 'Experimental Specie' created in the Civilight Laboratory…" Richard said. "And that Pokemon's body is soaked red with blood… Which I think that it is the blood of Dragon type Pokemon…"
"What?!" Rachael said. "D… Don't tell me that… They will use that Pokemon as the 'weapon' to kill us all?!"
"… Again, considered that they really like to turn a living creature into a mindless weapon…" Richard said. "Don't forget what happen to Experiment Alpha we fought before we escaped from the Civilight Laboratory."
"But…" Rachael said. "That Pokemon isn't a mindless weapon! We both saw it with our own eyes at the Civilight Laboratory."
"Yes, we did." Richard said. "But that was several months ago. What if they did modify that Pokemon and turned that Pokemon into a mindless weapon already?"
"That's impossible!" Rachael said.
"… Don't you see that Pokemon's body?" Richard said. "That Pokemon's body was completely soaked red with the blood of Dragon type Pokemon, which meant that that Pokemon must have killed many Dragon type Pokemon just before that Pokemon appeared before our eyes, and we have heard that everyone who fought at the entrance of the village was killed…"
"But, but…" Rachael tried to say something, but she couldn't.
"…I know what you are thinking, Rachael." Richard said. "We both made a grave mistake back at the Civilight Laboratory, and the mistake we made has filled us with a feeling of regret, that we should do as our heart told, and now… With everything goes on like this, we may not have another chance to correct our mistake."
"…No, Onii-chan." Rachael said. "I don't believe that we may not have another chance, because I believe that we still have a chance!"
"Do you?" Richard said. "Well, if you really believe that, then all I can do is hope that you are right, because I really want to follow what my heart told too."
"We are in this together, right, Onii-chan?" Rachael asked.
"Right." Richard said. "We will do anything in order to save that Pokemon, and this time, without mistake."
"Me too!" Rachael said, and then both of them continued heading toward Elder Baldr's house, which was not too far right now.
But…
While talking with his younger sister did relieve the dark feeling within his chest quite a bit, Richard still couldn't shake away the feeling that things might not be as they thought, and the worst may happen…
As well as…
'… Why did that Pokemon head toward Elder Baldr's house?' Richard thought to himself. 'Wait, don't tell me that… No… It can't be… Please, don't let what I am thinking come true, please!'
-Meanwhile… Back to somewhere in the Valley of No Return…
"GRAAAAAWWWWWRRRRRR!"
The sound of Dragon's roar echoed through the entire Valley of No Return. It wasn't the sound of rage and anger, but it was the sound filled with grief and regret.
"No…. NOOOOOOO!" Baromyteus roared over the corpse of Dimitri, whom he had just killed. While it was an accident, it still changes nothing, and it still didn't change the fact that he was the one who killed Dimitri.
"Brother, calm down!" Anastasia said and tried to embrace her brother in order to calm him down, but it didn't seem like Baromyteus would calm down easily.
"Heh? What a pathetic creature…" Rucas said as he stood in front of Baromyteus and Anastasia, with a sinister smile on his face. "Back before, 30 years ago, when you travelled with me and other 13 Hero/ine of Legend, you are such a ferocious killer who killed anything that stood in your way without any remorse, but now, look at this! You have just killed a single bastard and now you act like a lunatic who has just lost their mind. Pathetic! Truly pathetic!"
"Rucas!" Anastasia said while looking at the Mega Lucario with an angry face. "Why? Why are you doing all of this time?! You weren't like this 30 years ago! Tell me, why?!"
"After seeing your brother like this, I thought that you would already know the answer, Anastasia…" Rucas said. "The answer is time, Anastasia. Time is like a stream of river. It always flows forward, and it would never flow backward, no matter how much effect you try to force it. And, like the stream of the river, the stream of time always carries something with them. Sometime, it brings a new thing into your life, while sometime, it washes away the old thing. In other words, time always brings the change, no matter what. Don't forget that 'The story of living creature's existence is truly not fathomable."
"T… That's…" Anastasia said and, without realizing, reached her paw toward the bracelet she wore around her wrist. "That's… not true, right?"
"Sadly, there's no way to prove that what I am saying is wrong, Anastasia." Rucas said. "If you meet everyone else who travelled with us 30 years ago, be Zira, Joshua, Ellisk, Magnus, Leonel, Fenrir, Nyxier, Kamui, Tyrus, Sharon, Garland, Iris or Hawkins, you will see that all of them, like your brother, you and me, had been changed by the stream of time. And if you still don't believe me, think of what happened 30 years ago."
"!" Anastasia quickly looked away from Rucas.
"When we met each other for the first time, you are such a cheerful and energetic Pokemon who always lifted my spirit up." Rucas said. "But then… You changed. You, as well as your brother who had just joined up with us, isolated yourself from us and refused to speak with anyone other than your family. And in the end, you are just a bane of justice that only exists to bring the injustice to the world."
"T… That's…" Anastasia said.
"Well… Thanks to myself 30 years ago, who grant mercy toward your abominable souls, both you and your brother are still alive, despite that I didn't know until today. But now, with myself right now and right here, I am not the same Rucas you know 30 years ago, and this time, I will not let any of you go. I will finish you, Anastasia, and your brother, in this place, and then I will carve your hearts from your bodies and throw them into the deepest abyss I could find, as well as I would pour your blood from your corpse and taint this filthy area with it, so that this valley, with your filthy blood, shall be void of any living creature, and then the injustice will finally—!"
"… How long do you plan to continue your rumbling?"
"Hm?!"
Suddenly, while Rucas was speaking, another voice echoed into Rucas and Anastasia's ears, but it was neither Rucas nor Anastasia's voice. It was the voice of a Shiny Haxorus who was crying over the corpse of Dimitri.
"B… Brother?!" Anastasia said after she realized that her brother had already stopped roaring and crying over Dimitri's death. Right now, Baromyteus was looking at Rucas, with a face full with a feeling of disgusting toward the Mega Lucario in front of him.
"Y… You?!" Rucas seemed to be a bit surprised after he realized that Baromyteus had already stopped crying.
"Sure, I won't deny that I am pathetic, crying and roaring like a lunatic like this." Baromyteus said. "But while I am pathetic, you are far more pathetic than me, Rucas, as, not only you are far more pathetic than me, but you are also disgusting beyond disgusting."
"D… Disgusting?! M… Me?!" Rucas said with a confused voice.
"Right, you are both pathetic and disgusting, Rucas… No, even saying your name has left a foul taste in my own mouth." Baromyteus said. "You bastard, you said that the source of your change, or should I say, your corruption? Anyway, the thing that turns you into a disgusting thing like this is time, right? That's absolutely bxxxxxxt. Time is just a tiny part of what made a disgusting creature out of you. The thing that truly made you into this thing is yourself!"
"M… Me?!" Rucas said. "Don't be absurd, you pathetic creature!"
"You can deny, but the truth will never change, you disgusting thing!" Baromyteus said. "And in the truth, nothing of you have been changed! It's just that the mask that concealed your true self had been slowly removed throughout the time of 30 years between the Fallen Crisis and today! Back before, you conceal your disgusting self with the mask of lie and deception, in the name of Hero of Justice just to lie to everyone and yourself about who you really are, you bastard!"
"Y… You!" Rucas roared. "How dare you?!"
"Now, you have proved who you really are to Anastasia and me, you bastard." Baromyteus said. "The mask of lie and deception had been removed, and revealed your rotten core to the world! Aren't you disgusting of yourself, not even a bit, you bastard?"
"Stop!" Rucas roared. "You insolent injustice! You have pushed your luck too far, to the point of no return! I was planning to show a little mercy to you and your sister by giving a quick and painless death, but now, your action had sealed your luck out, you abominable creatures! Now, I shall give you the most painful moment in your pathetic life, so painful that you will beg for me to grant you the death you really wish for, but I won't be merciful anymore! I shall make you remember this very moment for the rest of your pathetic existence, even in the next life, if there is one!"
"Hm! If that's so, then you are no different than the Fallen Dragon who plagued Symmetria 30 years ago…" Baromyteus said before he reached his paw to the demonic helmet that he always wore on his face. "Very well, then… You leave me no choice, you bastard…"
After finished speaking, Baromyteus slowly removed his helmet for the first time in this week, revealing his face to the Mega Lucario in front of him, which immediately made the Mega Lucario stepped away with a frightened look on his face.
"Cursed!" Rucas roared and pointed his paw at Baromyteus. "Blasphemy! You are such a blasphemy! You abomination creature is truly the bane of injustice!"
"… Since when did you pick up Leonel's speech?" Baromyteus mumbled with his arms crossed. Without his helmet, it could be seen that his head, as well as his entire body, didn't possess any flesh and skin. The only thing he had on his head was his bare skull, which was black, as well as his axe-like jaws on each side of his 'cheek'. On his skull, at where that was supposed to be his eyes, were two black hollowed hole with a small blood red spot, which were his eyes. Moreover, his head was also cloaked with a sinister black aura that made him look dreadful and eerie. And, while it still couldn't be seen because he was still wearing his armor suit, his entire skeletal body was black, just like his skull. "Since you have just revealed your true face, I suppose that I should do the same thing, as someone I knew always poured his words about equality into my ears, which I have picked some of them up, if only a tiny part."
"And how did you get that abominable body like that?!" Rucas asked.
"Don't you remember anything about me? Not even a bit? Didn't Fenrir tell anything about me to you?" Baromyteus said. "Whatever… I am a dragon who was born into this world with a cursed blood, which was considered as a bad omen, resulting in my exile from the place I was born since my youngest age, and I have to live alone in the dreadful world for several years, until the time of Fallen Crisis, when my cursed blood started to take a toll out of me and put me under the Fallen Dragon's grasp Soon, my sister, who was knowing nothing about me, discovered me, she, being the one who shared the same blood with me, fell under the Fallen Dragon's grasp too. Together, both Anastasia and I, we befriended you and other Hero/ine of Legend in order to work behind your back and plague the world, under the Fallen Dragon's command. And at the end of your journey, when you and other Hero/ine of Legend ventured into the Fallen Dragon's lair deep under the land of Symmetria, we revealed ourselves who we really are and battled all of you, in hope that I could defeat someone whom I hate to the deepest part of my heart."
"Hate me?" Rucas said before revealed a sinister smile again. "Of course, I am not surprised that you hate me. I am justice, and you are injustice. Both of us are complete opposite of each other, and never that we would see other as a friend."
"Sure." Baromyteus said. "And in the end, we failed to kill any of you and were defeated by all of you, but you all did spared us, despite it wasn't your intention, and you, as well as other Hero/ine of Legend, thought that both Anastasia and I were already dead, but we both are still alive. However, we both have betrayed you, the Hero/ine of Legend, as well as the whole World of Pokemon. This is such a disgusting action, even I always felt disgusting about what I have done 30 years ago. Because of all of these, we decided to start living alone by travelling together around the World of Pokemon, where we encountered many things, as well as spending time together to make up for the time we lost in our childhood. However, in the end, the cursed blood of mine finally took a full toll on my body, which, combining with the crime I had done during the Fallen Crisis, it removed blood and flesh out of my body, turning me into an undead Shiny Haxorus who will continue living in this miserable life of atonement for the rest of my life."
After finished speaking, Baromyteus glanced at Anastasia a bit before turning his attention back to Rucas and continued speaking. "For Anastasia, her crime was much lesser than mine, and too much had already happened to her heart and soul, especially what you have done to her, you bastard, as well as she wasn't born with a bad omen like mine, so she was spared from the curse of flesh like mine."
"Heh? You speak as if I should feel bad about you…" Rucas said. "Well? The answer is never! No injustice shall receive an act of mercy from me, never! You heard me?! NEVER!"
"Sigh…" Baromyteus sighed to himself before he turned his attention to his sister who, as if she knew what he was thinking, quickly handed over his Dragon Claw Swords she retrieved earlier back to their owner, and again, with the Dragon Claw Swords in his grasp, Baromyteus continued speaking. "Other than your attitude and what you have done to Anastasia, there's still one more thing that I detest about you. It's your broke words."
"Broken words?" Rucas said.
"Just a night before the final battle before the Fallen Dragon, I did ask you the first and the last request of mine, and you promise to keep your words… But now… Look at what you have done…"
"Your words?" Rucas said. "I don't remember promising anything to the bane of injustice like you!"
"Sigh… And I thought that I couldn't hate you even more…" Baromyteus said. "Very well… No more talking. You bastard, let's end this."
"Of course! I am tired of speaking with the like of you!" Rucas roared. "If I listen to your words any longer, my own justice will be tainted by your own injustice! And now, it's time for me to bring the justice back to this filthy place! FOR THE GLORY OF JUSTICE!"
After finished speaking, Rucas started charged an orb of aura around his fist, preparing for the move Aura Sphere!
"I will finish this battle, right now and right here!" Rucas roared while putting more and more aura force into his Aura Sphere in order to increase its damage!
"… Palkia, can you hear me?" Baromyteus mumbled as he reached his paw toward the bracelet he always wore on his wrist. "Lend me your power."
'… Well? This is rare. You normally rely on your own strength, so you almost never summon me… Very well, since we have formed a pact together, take my power and defeat any foe that stood in your way!'
After finished speaking, a dark purple aura started flowing out of Baromyteus' bracelet and it cloaked around the Shiny Haxorus' entire body, which absorbed it to increase his power. The remaining dark purple aura that wasn't absorbed into Baromyteus' body then gathered around Baromyteus' Dragon Claw Swords, making the blades glow with a mysterious dark purple light!
"… I am ready…" Baromyteus mumbled.
"AND NOW, TAKE THIS, IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE!" Rucas roared before he released the sphere of aura he was charging at his paw! "AURA SPHERE OF JUSTICE!"
"YOUR MISERABLE LIFE ENDED, NOW!" Baromyteus roared before he crossed his blades in the shape of X and then slashed them forward, creating two dark aura waves in the shape of crescent forward. "SPACIAL REND!"
"I will help you too, brother!" Anastasia said as she quickly her paw to the bracelet on her wrist. "Dialga, grant me your power! ROAR OF TIME!"
Immediately after she finished speaking, Anastasia released a huge light blue beam from her mouth, which then combined with Baromyteus' Spacial Rend and moved toward the Mega Lucario!
"CRRRRASHHHHHHH!"
"BOOOOOOOOOM!"
Rucas' Aura Sphere crashed with the combination of Baromyteus' Spacial Rend and Anastasia's Roar of Time at the spot right between both sides, creating a giant blast that covered the entire area that the battle took place in, and it also created a veil of black dust that temporary covered the entire area, making it impossible to see what happened to the three Pokemon after their attacks clashed with each other…
However…
There's one thing that both of them knew…
They knew that…
One of them had just grasped onto the victory, while the other had just lost…
-Meanwhile… Somewhere in the Hidden Village of Dragon…
"Grandfather…" Korben spoke up. Right now, he was still standing on the balcony of Elder Baldr's house, along with the owner of the house, as well as his grandfather, Elder Baldr. "How long will this battle go on?"
"Not too long, my grandchild…" Elder Baldr said. "Soon, not very long, the battle will end."
"Really? Well, that's a relief to know…" Korben said.
"… I wish I could say that…" Elder Baldr said.
"Hm?" Korben looked at his grandfather and saw a faint smile on the face of the Drampa. "What did you mean by that?"
Elder Baldr looked into the eyes of the young Hakamo-o with his old and grim eyes before he spoke up.
"I mean that—"
"GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWLLLL!"
Suddenly, a loud roar echoed through the area around here, chilling the blood of everyone who heard it. However, it wasn't the sound of the dragon's roar. It was a sound of the beast's roar.
And before Korben and Elder Baldr could do anything, something suddenly appeared on the roof of Elder Baldr's house out of nowhere!
"!" Both Korben and Elder Baldr were both startled by the sudden appearance of this figure, as it, while it seemed like it was a Pokemon, it was a Pokemon that they hadn't seen before anywhere. It was a quadruped Pokemon that looked like a combination of several kinds of living creatures, or it could say that it was the Chimera Pokemon. Its torso, which was usually black, was now soaked red with the blood of dragon. It had a blue fish-like tail, which was now soaked red too. Its rear legs, which were usually black and covered with several purple scales, were both soaked red with blood too. Its front legs, which were usually insectoid and green, were soaked red with blood too. It had a gray mane, which was now soaked red with blood, around its neck, and there was a black collar wearing around its neck. The most outstanding thing of this Pokemon was its head, as its head was enclosed in a strange-shaped brown mask with four hinges at each edge of the mask, forming the shape 'X'. It had some sort of enclosed hair above its head, and there were two holes on its mask at the spot that should be its eyes, as well as the spots in each hole, which seemed to be its eyes, but right now, its eyes were both blood red, just like the eyes of a blood-hungry predator that preyed onto its victim!
"GRAAAWWRRR!" The Type: Null jumped down onto the balcony of Elder Baldr's house, facing the Drampa and Hakamo-o in front of it!
"Grandpa, step away!" Realizing that this Pokemon wasn't their ally, Korben quickly stepped in between Elder Baldr and the Type: Null in front of him, preparing to fight his enemy!
"GRRRAAAAWWWRRRR!" Type: Null suddenly charged forward the Hakamo-o, who quickly got himself prepared for his enemy's tackle, but his enemy didn't tackle him. Instead, it stopped just right in front of him before it raised its claws and attacked him with it!
"URG!" Because he wasn't prepared for a claw attack, Korben was easily knocked out of the way, leaving no one between this Type: Null and Elder Baldr!
"Oh dear…" Elder Baldr said as he saw the Type: Null right in front of him, who was gazing at him, like a starved predator who preyed on its prey. "… Over two thousand years of my life that I have never encountered anything like this before…"
"Grandpa!" Korben said as he tried to stand up, and at the same time…
"Elder Baldr! Korben!"
Suddenly, two Pokemon appeared by flying up from the ground below and landed on the balcony just beside the Hakamo-o. This time, both Pokemon weren't the enemy, as they were none other than Rachael the Latias and Richard the Latios!
"Oh, no!" Rachael said after she saw what was going on at the balcony of Elder Baldr's house.
"No!" Richard said, but...
It was already too late…
"GRRRRRAAAAAWWWWRRRRR!"
"ARG!"
The Type: Null charged toward Elder Baldr and then bit him right on his neck, and then it flung the Drampa's body right above the house!
"!"
Because of the Type: Null's action, Elder Baldr's body was flung above the house, making it possible for everyone within the area of Hidden Village of Dragon to see this!
But that wasn't enough…
"GRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRR!"
After flinging Elder Baldr into the sky, the Type: Null then jumped into the sky, toward the Drampa's body. It then stretched its sharp claws toward the Drampa.
And then…
"SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUNNNNNNKKKKKKK!"
"…GRANDPA!" Korben roared after he saw his grandfather's body being penetrated by the Type: Null's claws right through his chest, ripping his body into several parts, sending his dragon blood splashed around the entire area, just like a firework…
But… It wasn't a firework of celebration…
It was a firework… Of blood…
And it was the blood… of a dragon…
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: …The only thing I have to say in this chapter's author's note is that some parts of me have died while I am writing this chapter…