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Chapter 19: Together Again
Shadow floated away from the facility, now engulfed in flames. He knew where he needed to go. An island, so far away, but that distance meant nothing, Blade was there. And Shadow fully intended to get there as soon as possible. But as he continued on he realized just how far off it would be. Even at top speed the trip would be longer than he'd like, and on top of it all his patience was running very thin.
*With Blade Two Days Later*
The ice type found himself tearing into what had to be his dinner, an unfortunate magikarp. This island had no berries, none he could safely get to at the very least. So he had to hunt. Unfortunately due to the status of being a lone sneasel, he couldn't hunt anything beyond small pokemon. This made surviving difficult. Somewhat difficult at least. There were two very great extremes on the island with the wild pokemon. The extremely weak, barely hanging on pokemon, and the almost oppressive yet nearly absent extremely strong pokemon. Whether they had been left uncaptured due to how weak they were, or they were simply too strong to try capturing, Blade didn't know, but they were there. And they were dangerous. With such a difference in extremes the island was almost a deathtrap. He looked over as he tore into the magikarp again. What he saw was a small fox pokemon.
"Rua? Zor….zorua?" The small pokemon looked up at him with pleading eyes.
Blade handed them what was left of the magikarp. Which sadly was most of it, and the little zorua carried it away happily to a group of slightly smaller zorua. Blade simply finished what was left of his portion of the magikarp and stood up dusting himself off. He looked over to the small group of zorua as they dropped the magikarp and ran off, they were scared, and the scent that hit him told him why.
"Fan out, search the area. Houndoom's tracked the sneasel here, and the scent is strong." A human called out as a group of pokemon dashed through the trees. Blade moved quickly and dashed to a nearby tree and stabbed his claws in. He climbed quickly carrying himself above the group. "Come on houndoom, my life's on the line here!" Houndoom kept his head down sniffing around the ground following a scent that led him to the deceased magikarp. "Houndoom! Nooooo….leave the thing be, we need to find that sneasel." The man sounded like he was going to burst into tears from how worried he was. Blade almost felt bad, until houndoom came to the tree he was in. Without thinking he jumped to another tree nearby, catching a branch surprisingly not making a sound. The branch barely shook as his claws gripped in. He looked down at them, holding his breath, hoping they wouldn't look up. He pulled himself up onto the branch and crawled to the trunk of the tree. Houndoom followed to the next tree, and when Blade jumped to the tree beside that, houndoom followed again. Finally, the humans and pokemon below looked up. There was surprisingly, a few long moments of awkward silence as they stared up at him. But after a few moments the man spoke up. "Get him!"
Blade jumped to another tree then to the ground and took off running. Houndoom pursued him. Following closely behind them were mightyena, stoutland, and the humans. They gave chase with vigor and conviction, refusing to give the ice type a chance to even get breathing room away from them. "For the sake of all that is shit! Will you knobs stop chasing me?! Fuck me!" He ran faster noticing that the other pokemon were easily keeping pace with him. But as they got close he turned his body, stabbing his right claw into the ground and using his momentum to turn him easily to the right. The dog-like pokemon slid to a stop and turned to chase him, but he managed to put more distance between them. That little maneuver would likely not work a second time and Blade knew it, so the next time they got close, he'd have no choice but to fight. Despite that they still chased with pure conviction and resolve. "Seriously, fuck off! You guys are so annoying, you assflaps!" Hurling insults and vulgar language didn't seem to make a difference, but it made Blade feel better about being chased down. The more insults he spat at them, the more he found he enjoyed doing it. "Limp dick shit stains!" He almost lost his balance and burst into laughter, but he slowed down too much and Houndoom was closing in. Blade glanced back seeing that his words did in fact affect the pokemon. Houndoom's face was twisted with rage as he spat flamethrower forward at Blade. Seeing the flames fly at him, Blade reacted solely on instinct, a small ice beam shot from his claws and he dropped to his back and sides going for a slide and carrying himself over the ice. Houndoom was hot on his tail and as he got just behind Blade, he lunged going for a bite over the sneasel's shoulder. Blade spun on his heels as ice coated the ground ahead of him, and he faced back to houndoom slamming an ice claw into the canine pokemon. With a small whine Houndoom lunged at Blade again, and the Sneasel fucked under him and used his momentum against him and tossed him overhead. The other pokemon came up behind him.
Stoutland slammed his back with a tackle. Blade took the attack in stride and turned around firing an ice beam and freezing the stoutland completely. Mightyena knocked him to the ground and bit into his left arm. Blade just slashed it across the face. It didn't let up biting down harder on his arm. Blade simply slashed at the mightyena as he felt blood gush from the wound. The hyena pokemon looked more ravenous as Blade's blood filled his mouth. The Sneasel felt his blood run cold, but it wasn't fear, he was literally freezing his blood in mightyena's mouth and soon after all the moisture within the dark type's mouth. Mightyena instinctively released him, but Blade yanked him down by the ear and drove his claw into the hyena pokemon's throat. "Told ya to fuck off!" He said as he pulled his claw from his enemies throat.
Houndoom fired a flamethrower at him and Blade moved to hide behind mightyena as he bled out. As soon as the flames stopped the Sneasel hopped over mightyena and took a swipe at houndoom with both claws only to stagger from the pain in his left arm. He stepped back as houndoom tried to bite him again his fangs wreathed in flames as he did so. Blade sidestepped the attack and hit him with slash. Houndoom retaliated with a dark pulse knocking Blade to the ground again. The ice type twisted his body and threw himself back onto his feet. And he rushed Houndoom. Houndoom was preparing another dark pulse when Blade jumped at him, wrapped his arms around his neck, and using his momentum pulled Houndoom to the ground. He acted quickly rolling over the canine pokemon and driving his claw into his stomach multiple times. Blade stood up looking at the humans and he took off running again.
*With Shadow an Hour Earlier*
The darkrai landed on the dock, seeing ships and humans dotting the area with pokemon patrolling beside them. Shadow, having lost all patience floated to the first person he could see. "Where is the sneasel?" The human staggered back clearly knowing who Shadow was. They turned and tried to run but Shadow gripped them by the top of their head. He lifted them and floated out into the open surrounding himself with humans and pokemon. "Tell me where I can find the Sneasel you stole, or the consequences shall be dire." With a violent twist, Shadow snapped the humans neck and let their body hit the ground hard. Watching a darkrai snap someone's neck one handed could only be described as blood chilling. They were frozen with fear as he moved forward. "Tell me, and you get to live." They couldn't answer, but whether they knew or not didn't matter to Shadow. He stopped in front of another person and grabbed them by the mouth shooting a small shadow ball down their mouth and watching as he forced it to explode inside them splattering himself and the surrounding criminals in blood and viscera, as he literally turned them into nothing but a head and a mess of gore. Then without a second thought he shot another shadow ball, this time puncturing the hull of two ships in a single attack, then he fired one at each remaining ship. He was preventing their escape from the island. He dropped the head of his last victim and quickly pushed another to the ground and, after sprouting his spindly legs, stomped their head into a fine paste. The humans took off running as Shadow took to the sky, firing dozens of attacks across the harbor, destroying anything and everything he could see. Freight ships exploded as Shadow advanced closer to the island from the harbor, leaving the entire harbor little more than a mess of flames and debris. The darkrai landed on the deck of one ship and pressed his palms together and, without slowing down, pulled them apart quickly releasing a powerful dark pulse in every direction. The very force of the attack caved in the hull and water flooded the interior. Shadow took to the air once again and gazed over the remaining structures in the harbor. Looking them over he held a single clawed hand to the sky and swiftly waved it down striking the remaining structures with several thunderbolts at the same time. The building's held strong until the devices inside began to explode, eventually collapsing the buildings. Shadow noticed a sealed gate separating the harbor from the rest of the island and all the humans were trapped behind it. He landed just in front of the gate keeping them from passing by, and before they could try to turn back he held both hands over his head as darkness burst forth enveloping them in their worst nightmares. The ultimate effect of which was that the fear inside them had them killing each other. And Shadow watched on in amusement before turning away to leave them.
*Elsewhere*
"Here it is" the small psychic cat handed the device to his blue haired partner.
"Ah, thank you Mystic" he took the device as it projected a small map of the island with a blinking dot on it. "Time to fix that mistake." Lyte walked out the building only to be greeted by the sight of the harbor in flames, how he hadn't heard the explosions or the screams was beyond him, but he knew what he needed to do. Blade was on the island and he had to take care of him.
*With Blade*
The Sneasel stumbled around a bit exhausted after hours of running and fighting. He staggered into a cave and sat against a wall for a moment. "Fuck they are relentless…..this is such bullshiiiiiiit!" He groaned and slammed a fist into the ground "why can't I catch a break?"
As he sat there a moment he noticed movement in the shadows. He stood up and readied himself, until he saw the little Zorua slowly walk to him and push him into the cave. They pushed him through what appeared to be a solid wall, but he passed through easily coming to an elderly Zoroark holding an illusion up. They gestured for him to lay himself down and catch his breath. When he did the little Zoruas all huddled close to him making him feel more welcome and safe.
*A Few Hours Later*
Blade awoke seeing the other dark types cowering, uncertainly by the wall. A human was in the cave looking confusedly at a small device. Blade forced himself to his feet and stumbled toward the wall. And he stepped out into the open. The human smiled, not the smirk of a victorious jerk, but a happy, almost relieved smile. He stepped to Blade and knelt down.
"Hey I'm not gonna hurt, let me see your legs, there's something in one of your ankles." Blade complied, whether he wanted to or not. He flopped down onto the ground and Lyte held a bottle in front of him. "But first let me just…"
A cold chill enveloped the cave as an icy voice cut Lyte deep. "GET AWAY FROM HIM." Shadow was behind him ready to snap his neck when the young man spoke up again.
"Shadow wait!" He cried out as he sprayed the bottle on Blade healing the sneasel's wounds. "At least allow me to remove the tracker first."
Shadow hovered back a moment allowing the human to work. He took one of Blade's legs and pressed the device to his leg and clicked a trigger. Blade hissed as the device sucked onto his leg and a moment later a small square with a wire was pulled into the device. It blinked ominously. "This is how they've been tracking you. I placed this tracker in you years ago while I was studying your pack, in case you were ever abandoned we could come find you and take you somewhere safe." Shadow took the device from Lyte and crushed both it and the tracker.
"You have my thanks for removing that infernal tracking device from Blade's leg, but I'm afraid you should leave while you still can."
"Wait!" Blade stopped them as he glanced back at the wall. The illusion faded and the elderly Zoroark slumped forward. "Take care of them…." Blade pointed to the young small Zorua group.
Lyte nodded and approached them slowly as he stood up. "Shadow…I…" Shadow took his claw and teleported them away. They had come out to a small island with but a few palm trees. The larger island was just a bit off in the distance, smoke billowing from what remained of the harbor. Blade disregarded it as he looked down at his footpaws. "Shadow…..I…."
Blade was cut off again as he felt an odd warmth engulf his body. Shadow was…hugging him, and he was holding tight. "I'm so glad you are safe" Shadow's embrace was so warm to Blade the smaller male melted into the embrace hugging Shadow back just as tightly. Shadow's words had Blade's heart beating faster as if he was about to explode with passion. Shadow pulled away for a moment and gazed into Blade's eyes. Blade's mind was racing, he didn't know what to do, he was stunned at the almost uncharacteristic display of compassion. Shadow leaned forward slowly until he was too close for Blade to see beyond that deep passionate red eye. And he felt something, the gentle press of lips against his own. A deep red blush flowed into his cheeks at the kiss. Blade soon found himself pressing against Shadow kissing back with pure love and need for the larger male. The two refused to break the kiss. Shadow caressed Blade's back gently running his close to the sneasel's lower back. They broke the kiss as Blade leaned in.
"Please, do it Shadow…..touch me like that…." Blade felt an odd sense of desire overwhelm him. Shadow did as he was told and gently gripped the sneasel's rump. Blade released a moan at the sudden feeling. But he pushed Shadow away suddenly. The ice type was shaking as he looked to the pitch black pokemon. Shadow's eye was just glowing with desire and compassion. "What…..what's happening to me, what am I feeling…."
"Desire, beyond a simple want. A primal instinctual desire, normally it's more common between a male and a female, but it seems neither of us particularly care for that." Shadow whispered into the smaller pokemon's ear "It is the desire to breed. Is that what you desire my love? Do you want me to breed you?"
Blade blushed deeply at the words. Then after a moment he nodded. But he stopped for a moment, finally noticing that Shadow was absolutely drenched in blood. "Um….could you clean yourself first though?"
Shadow nodded and vanished returning a moment later cleansed of the remains of his enemies and he flexed his body forcing the water off of him without hitting Blade with a single drop. "Shall we go somewhere more private my dear?"
"Yes, please!" Blade felt Shadow grab hold of him tight as they teleported again. This time to a secluded cave on the mainland. What they did then, is nobody's business but their own, needless to say it was passionate and long lasting. Though the day had started horribly, it had a rather perfect ending. And tomorrow was a new day!