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CH. 23: THE SACRIFICE

Wednesday 6 November, Afternoon/Sunny

"HOP!" Sonia screamed in terror as she tried to rescue her student, but she was promptly held back by you and Gloria.

"PLEASE STAY BEHIND US!" you told her.

"POKESAUL!" meanwhile, Aion summons his Toxtricity.

The appearance of the Pokesaul spooked Sonia.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Sonia screamed.

"Assist me Blastoise!" Beet bit into his blue fruit as well, before throwing it in the air, summoning the cannon-wielding Pokesaul.

"Toxtricity struck the Shadows, avoid hitting Hop at all costs!" Toxtricity swooped in to face the Salandits that had been harming Hop.

The other Shadow Salandits however, thwarted him by attacking Toxtricity altogether.

The alien's Pokesaul tried to get rid of them one by one, the Salandits had strength in their numbers and were on the verge of overpowering the Pokesaul.

Blastoise intervenes with his jets of water, knocking some of them away.

"Leave them to me, concentrate on helping Hop." Beet instructed Aion.

"Roger!" Toxtricity strikes the Salandits on Hop with his sparks, leaving the boy unharmed in the process.

"Ugh, t-thanks alot." Hop rubs his neck after being freed from the Shadow's bite.

Unbeknownst to you, one of the Salandit had stealthily approached you, the Salandit was aiming at Sonia, and jumped on her with his jaw wide open ready to bite her.

Lucario, your Pokesaul, with extreme speed, intercepts the Salandit in midair by punching him back with one of his powerful attacks.

"RIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Lucario yelled his typical battle cry.

"Huh?" Sonia gasped, noticing your Pokesaul.

"That was supposed to be the last of the Shadows." Aion declared.

"Hop, are you all right?!" Sonia pounced on the boy to check on him.

Sonia checked the boy's neck.

"Yes, I'm good, nothing that I haven't already dealt with." Hop replied, putting on a facade of bravery.

"Thank goodness..." Sonia breathed a sigh of relief.

After making sure that Hop was okay, Sonia turned to you.

"Can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" Sonia demanded impatiently and was nervous.

"..." none of you answered.

"We can not-"

"Wait a minute, Gloria." Aion interrupted the girl.

"Ms. Kleio how can I explain it, well, you see us fighting against those creatures that just attacked us... It's basically a daily thing for us, so..." you tried to phrase your words in a way that they made sense.

"But why? How come?!" Sonia asked visibly frustrated and confused.

"It's a long story... in short..."

You and your friend spent the next few minutes explaining your journey so far to your teacher.

"In short, this is a bit of the brief summary of the situation." you finished the story.

"Unbelievable... all these things you told me is... it's simply absurd..." Sonia said, shocked.

"The alienation disorder, Professor Teak, the Macro Cosmos, the Darkest Den..." Sonia repeated all the points you told her.

"And Aion's extraterrestrial origin?" Sonia looked Aion in the face, raising an eyebrow.

"I know it's a lot to internalize, but it's just like we told you, the proof is right around you." you stated.

"..." Sonia fell silent.

"Now that we've explained everything, please can you go back to our world!" pleaded Gloria.

"As you can see, this place is very dangerous, we-"

"One moment Gloria." Aion interrupted the girl.

"What?! That's already the second time that you-"

"I think Mrs. Kleio should stay here with us..." Aion cut through the girl's phrase, further pissing her off.

"Excuse me?" Beet uttered, surprised.

"For what reason?" Gloria asked him.

"I think your teacher has a Pokesaul." Aion reveals, shocking everyone, including Sonia.

"Dude, WTF, for real?!" Gloria yelled.

"Hold a moment Aion with Pokesaul... you mean like Lucario, Blastoise, Cinderace, Toxtricity." Hop comically asked the alien.

Aion nodded his head.

"Eh, but it doesn't make any sense, if I remember correctly, Mr.

Pendragon said that adults could not become Pokesaul bearers." countered Gloria.

"Don't you think Miss Kleio is a little too old to be a Pokesaul summoner?" Gloria asked Aion.

"Hey! Who are you calling old, that's rude!"

"For your information, I'm 22." Sonia complained.

"Oops, sorry, I didn't want to offend you..." Gloria closed her mouth.

"I doubt he said that, but anyway."

"The Pokesaul is the spirit of the indomitable human soul and its determination that leads one to face life's problems."

"No one is limited by age, but rather by the determination one has, the determination to face the world." explained Aion.

"Wait... I've heard those words before somewhere..." you thought.

Klara's similar phrase echoed in your mind.

"What a strange coincidence..."

"How did you know she's a wielder?!" you asked him.

"When those Shadows attacked us, she was the first to sense anything and warn us out." Aion explained.

"And?"

"..."

"I, on the other hand... I failed to notice those Shadows coming." Aion admitted a bit ashamed.

The news leaves you astonished.

"While Miss Kleio managed to sense their ambush." Hop finished the phrase for Aion.

You all turn to the young woman.

"You mean that… that I have the same power as you all?" Sonia asked puzzled.

"I'm more than sure." Aion replied.

"And the radar power of your Pokesaul could come in handy."

"Wait, wait a damn moment." Gloria interrupted the alien.

"I think you are going a little too fast for a liking, Miss Sonia has just discovered the existence of this world, I don't think she has the mental strength to make this kind of decision right now."

"Gloria is right, If you remember well we also had to take some time to adapt." Hop added.

"Plus her Pokesaul didn't yet appear." you pointed out.

"Wait, by any chance would my Pokesaul facilitate your trip to this world?" Sonia asked.

"You want to come with us?" Gloria asked her.

"It's more complicated than just coming with you, I want to make that clear." declared Sonia.

"From what you told me, I doubt that I can take you away from here and convince you to never return."

"Plus, it seems that the chairman of the Macro Cosmos Rose Pendragon is also involved, even if I went to report the existence of this alternative world to the authorities, firstly, they would probably not take me seriously, secondly I am pretty sure, that Mr. Pendragon is not going to remain quiet allowing me to reveal his biggest secret to the entire world." Sonia explained.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Pendragon will never kil-"

"I did not mean that!" Sonia quickly corrected herself.

"What I'm trying to say is that Mr. Pendragon has many connections in both national and international politics and business, in one way or another he would find a way to silence me, without necessarily resorting to violence."

"Humpf..." Beet snorted.

"It would be better for me to join you and follow you rather than let you go by yourself, hoping to solve this matter as soon as possible." said Sonia.

"I don't know... the Darkest Den is a dangerous place, I don't think it's a good idea..." Gloria manifests her scepticism.

"If my theory is right, she will not have to fight at all." Aion tried to reassure Gloria.

"What do you mean?" Beet asked him.

"As I said, I have reason to believe that Ms. Kleio's power is the scanner type, however, the more powerful her scanner ability the less combat-oriented will the Pokesaul be."

"Under these premises, they shouldn't be problems, right?" Aion asked you.

"If you put it that way, of course, but you don't have to ask me." you said, pointing toward Sonia and Gloria.

"Again, I have no problem with accompanying you." Sonia repeated.

You all glanced at Gloria, awaiting for her response as well.

"Ughhh fine." Gloria surrendered.

"Well then, welcome aboard." you welcomed Sonia by extending your hand to her.

"I will be in your care then." Sonia grabbed your hand, shaking it.

"So, it's official, huh?!" Hop said with a smile.

"Well, it's better so, I guess." Gloria also added.

"To me, whether she joins or not, doesn't really matter." said Beet.

"Watch your mouth, doofus we actually need her help!" you tried to instigate a fierce response in Beet, succeeding.

"You said what, punk?!"

"Anyway... this world, how can I put this into words... It's truly peculiar." Sonia comment.

"A world with a red sky... it surely looks like a world that came out of a medieval legend." remarked Sonia.

"From what you told me about this world, it is still wrapped in mystery, the idea of exploring it, it is intriguing for sure,and-"


"Aren't you forgetting something important, Sonia..." a hoarse voice said out of nowhere.

The voice alerts everyone, and makes you turn around preparing to fight.

"Wait... isn't that the-"

"The school principal, Mrs. Kleio." Beet finished the sentence for you.

"G-grandma..." Sonia had a look of terror on her face.

"Wha- w-what are you doing he-"

"Calm down for a moment Miss Kleio, take a deep breath and look closely, don't you notice anything strange?"Beet tried to make her realize the true nature of the figure in front of her.

Sonia followed the boy's words.

"H-her eyes... they are black..." Sonia finally noticed

"That's not my grandmother."

"Shouldn't you be at home preparing for the upcoming presentation?" the false headmaster asked Sonia.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW?!" Sonia yelled astonished.

"I cannot allow your future as a minister to be compromised because of these kids." the aura around the False Headmaster was starting to become threatening.

You and your friends perceived the threat and acting accordingly, you put yourselves in a fighting position in front of Sonia to defend her from possible attacks.

"You, if you are here, it means that you there is also a Shadow Sonia." said Aion.

"What?!" Sonia said.

"Silence, insolent brat!" the headmaster raises her hands and begins to generate a sphere of dark energy, which she then hurls toward you.

"Watch out!" Gloria stepped between you and used her shield to deflect the blow.

"Shit, she's strong." Gloria commented.

"Aion, follow me!" Hop and Aion rushed towards the headmaster with their Pokesaul.

"JUNGLE DRIVE!" Hop shouted.

"ZERABARQ!" Aion yelled.

"Fools..." with a wave of her hand, the director begins to compromise the surrounding air through her dark energy, creating a void that soon becomes a black hole.

The attacks of the two were nullified and sucked away by the dark vortex.

"FUCK!" yelled Hop.

"This... this is going to end badly!" Aion said.

The black hole doesn't just suck in the attacks, of the two, but it starts absorbing both Aion and Hop as well.

"Shit! THE FORCE IS TOO STRONG!" Hop yelled as he tried to escape the dark attraction.

"Hop, Aion!" Sonia and Gloria attempted to rescue the two, but were promptly stopped by you and Beet.

"Hey you, calm down, you can't approach them!" Beet yelled at the two.

"Fuck, we can't get any closer, or..." you thought as you were witnessing the dark hole sucking your friends.

"I can't resistAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Aion and Hop were sucked into the black hole.

"HOP! AION!" you shouted.

"May this be a lesson to you, Sonia..." the false headmaster Kleio turns to Sonia.

Sonia fell on her legs, terrified.

"I won't hurt them for now at least." the headmaster declares

"And now return to your world... I will be holding these two brats hostage until you pass that apointment." the dark headmaster begins to disappear.

"Wait, damn it, don't disappear, where did you send Hop and the others?!" Gloria tried to reach her, but the Shadow Projection disappeared, leaving no trace of herself.

"This is some bullshit!"

"THIS IS BULLSHIT!" Gloria cried out of frustration.

"Hey Mr. Captain, what do we do now?" Beet turned to you.

"What we always do, which is, to go face that Projection Shadow." you told Beet.

"..."

"But first we should escort Ms. Kleio back to safety in our world." Gloria said after collecting herself.

"..." Sonia was still in shock.

"I... I..." Sonia tries to say something.

"Mrs. Kleio, you still want to follow us." you asked the teacher.

"As Aion said, you could assist us with your dormant power."

"Hey Victor don't rush her!" Gloria dissented.

"As we have already let you know, we will continue despite this." you tell her, ignoring Gloria.

"..." Sonia, reflected in silence for a moment.

You waited patiently for an answer in silence.

"I'll go with you…" Sonia replied.

"Thank you." you simply thanked her with a smile.

"Seriously, you guys need to stop rushing people..." Gloria sighed.

"Now that the issue is settled, let's not waste any more time, we have to find the place where Hop and Aion were taken." you said.

"We have to figure out where she took them..." Gloria said, scanning the horizon.

"Ms. Kleio can't you sense the aura of those two by chance?" Gloria asked Sonia.

"Wait... let me concentrate." Sonia said.

"Now that you mention it, I can't feel their presence, but I feel the presence of my grandmother... rather that thing that took the appearance of my grandmother." Sonia turned to indicate a precise point on the horizon.

"The dark aura comes from that side, I'm pretty sure, it feels like a metal being attracted by a magnet..." Sonia declared.

"Alright then, let's get going then." you order your comrades.


Later, after a quarter-hour of walk.

You arrived at the point indicated by Sonia, it was a dark prehistoric forest.

The surrounding atmosphere radically changes, the dim light that usually illuminated the Darkest Den drastically reduced, leaving you in complete darkness.

"Damn, is it me, or it's darker than usual today?" you commented.

"I can barely see anything." added Sonia.

"Is this one of the many weathers of the Darkest Den too?" Gloria asked Beet.

"Exactly." Beet answered immediately.

"This condition has been nicknamed Eclipse by the scientists of the Macro Cosmos." Beet began to explain.

"The light that illuminates the place gets completely eclipsed, leaving the place completely in darkness."

"Just like when it's cloudy in our world in the winter months." simplified Gloria.

"More or less." replied Beet.

"You briefly explained that the atmospheric phenomena in this world are connected to the mood of the masses of our city." said Sonia.

"Rain for collective sadness, storm for collective anger, what are they feeling right now?" Sonia asked him.

"I don't know, Beet?" you asked.

"I have no idea as well, this weather condition is still being studied by the Macro Cosmos scientists." Beet revealed.

"I see."

"Anyway, look at the scenery, it's very... prehistoric." said Gloria.

"Wait, how the hell are you se-" your doubt was promptly answered as you turned to look at the girl.

Gloria had a visor on her face, the visor was part of the armor helmet.

"The helmets have visors that allow you to see even in the dark." said Gloria.

"I haven't told you about the headset yet, how did you know about it?" Beet asked her, rising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, let's talk about these armors for a moment, I wanted to ask you something the second we got here, Gloria." you addressed Gloria.

"Due to the initial confusion, I couldn't ask you, but these armors were your idea, weren't they, Gloria?" you smile at the girl.

"Hehehe, busted." Gloria admitted chuckling.

"They are identical to the armors of the Neo Feathermon armor, you are basically the only one that could be behind the armor design." you added.

"Now that you mention it, they are basically identical." said Beet checking its armor.

"That's not true, they were only inspired by the Neo Feathermon armor." Gloria countered.

"Well, they aren't half bad, if I have to be honest." you commented, double-checking your armor.

You put the visor on your face, you notice Beet doing the same as well.

"Woah, I can see everything more clearly now." you say, satisfied.

You look around you, you immediately notice the peculiarity of the place, the trees of the dark forest had red and white feather-like leaves.

"I've never seen such a strange tree." you commented.

"Duh, we are in the Darkest Den after all." Gloria replied.

"Ehm guys, unfortunately I have a bit of difficulty seeing the trees..." said Sonia.

"Right, you don't have the power suit... yet." said Gloria.

"Here, put your hands on my shoulder. I'll be your guide." Gloria got close to Sonia.

"Thank you." Sonia tried to get her hand on the girl's shoulder, failing the first time, but succeeding the second time.

"Well, if you're ready to go, give me a nod." you told the others.

Beet got behind to defend both Gloria and Sonia, and you got in the front, and you walked into the dark forest.

The dark forest was unusual, it seemed to belong to an alien world prehistorical period.

In addition to the trees with red and white leaves, there were also very large ferns and horsetails.

"It looks like a set from a dinosaur movie." you commented.

"Like Jurassic Safari." added Gloria.

"It's no fun, guys, I would like to see what you are seeing as well." Sonia groaned.

"Be on your guard, were are not on a trip." Beet scolded you.

"Stop being a killjoy, Beet." Gloria replied, rolling her eyes.

"We have to be careful, we don't know what that Shadow Projection might do." insisted Beet.

"Are you talking about nanna?" Sonia asked him.

"That's not your grandmother, but just a dark Projection of yours." Beet explained.

"All this is just... is all so complicated." said Sonia.

"Simply put, just as we idolize and idealize some people, such as our parents or celebrities, the opposite can also be true in with we demonize those who we have a resentment toward too." you added.

"Imputing to a certain person negative attributes that do not belong to him, but might perfectly belong to the one doing the projecting..." Gloria murmured.

"..."

"So… so the previous nanna was a creation of mine… but… she looked very real… even her demeanor was similar." Sonia whispered.

Sonia stopped, consequently stopping Gloria.

"Um, is something wrong?" Gloria asked Sonia.

"I…" Sonia said softly.

"I don't know if-"

"GHIGHIGHIGHIGHIGHIGHIGHIGHGIHIG!" a grim laughter startled you, putting everyone on alert.

A group of Shadows appeared from the darkness of the forest, it was a pack of Deinos the blind dragons.

"Beet defend our teacher!" Gloria asked the boy before rushing to the front to fight the Shadows by your side.

You both summoned your Pokesaul without wasting time, Lucario appeared thrashing his fists while Cinderace dribbled a stone.

The Deinos in unison blow dark flames at you, which you and your Pokesaul dodged.

"CINDERACE!"

The rabbit like Pokesaul kicks the stone he was dribbling, igniting it into a hot ball, the hot ball was kicked towards one of the Deinos, hitting him, the blow wasn't enough to knock the Deino out and the other furious Deinos throw themselves at Gloria, taking advantage of their distraction, you approach the group stealthily.

"It might be an opportunity to try out this new sword, now." you prepared to slash the Shadows.

"HIYAA!" with a swing of the sword, you give the coup de grâce to the previously hit Deino.

"Lucario! Multi Jiratetsu!" you ordered Lucario.

"Gloria!"

"Roger! Cinderace! Hit them with a Multi Victyr Attack!" Cinderace starts throwing blazing spheres at the Deinos.

Gloria manages to defeat most of them, but two of them survive his attack.

One of them proceeds to headbutting you, you promptly parry the attack with your sword.

"HEY, VICTOR, BE CAREFUL!" Beet loudly warned you.

"WHATARRGGGH!" the other Deino sneaked away and blasted a dark beam at you, which completely hitting you.

"VICTOR!" she dashed toward the Deino trying to hit him with her shield, the dark dragon easily dodges the girl's attack.

"WHAT!" exclaimed surprised.

"GLORIA, DEFEND YOURSELF!" yelled Sonia.

Hearing Sonia's' warning, Gloria reflexively defends herself against the imminent attack with her shield.

Thanks to Sonia's warnings, Gloria reflexively defends herself from the imminent attack of the Deino with her shield, she then manages to fight back with her trusted Cinderace by kicking the Deino with an incandescent kick.

Gloria tried to hit the last remaining Deino, but he was very fast, and he managed to evade all Cinderace's attacks with extreme speed.

"Damn!" Gloria whispered furiously.

"Leave the last Shadow to me…" you told her as you reached out to summon another Pokesaul.

"Geodude Alola!" a floating stone appeared behind you, emitting electricity from is rocky body.

"Let me try to finish him with a Zerabarq attack."

"Geodude hurl toward that Shadow!" the Geodude rolled towards the Deino, who nimbly dodged your more slower Pokesaul.

What the Deino could not anticipate, however, was you dropping your sword on purpose, the sword was attracted by Geodude's magnetic field, and it ended up striking the Deino that was in between you and Geodude.

The sword trespass Deino and then landed on Geodude's back.

"That was a brilliant move on your side, Victor." Gloria complimented you, as she tried to hold down her shield, which was also being attracted by Geodude's strong magnetic force.


After making sure that no one was injured, you continued with your exploration.

After a couple of battles later.

Your party reaches a place constellated with bioluminescent mushrooms.

"Hey guys, we have been walking for more than half an hour yet, can we take a break?" Sonia asked you.

"Sure, why not, something tells me that here we can relax for a bit and recover our strength." you said.

The team stopped to take a break, using the largest mushrooms as chairs, you took advantage of the moment to quench your thirst and eat some small snack.

"You were preparing very well for your excursions." you commented, as Gloria took out her lunchbox filled with egg sandwiches.

"Discretion is never enough, dear Victor." Gloria replied sarcastically.

You left the girl to her sandwiches, and you sat down on one of the luminescent mushrooms.

And you began to immerse yourself into your own thoughts.

"I managed to get a new Pokesaul during the last fight."

"Anorith, a Pokesaul with the Diandi element, I can use earth-bound attacks with him."

"It doesn't look very strong though, Klara's service wouldn't be bad right now." as soon as you think about it, something incredible happens before your eyes.

"Uh?" you notice a velvet blue door appear out of nowhere near you.

"…" you wait to see if your companions reacted to the door that appeared out of nowhere.

But nothing happened, making sure of such you then approached the door, and it opened as if to invite you to enter, and you acted accordingly.

The strong blue light makes you squint your eyes for a moment, and as you open them again, you are greeted by the familiar faces of its residents.

"Welcome back, dear customer, what can we do for you today!" Mustard greeted you.

"Welcome back!" Klara winks at you.

"What is the meaning of this, I thought I could only reach the Velvet Room in my dream." you lamented.

"The Darkest Den has its own logic, applying the laws of your world to the Darkest Den is useless." Klara replied with a phrase that you were very familiar with.

"Plus, both the Darkest Den and the Velvet Room are basically on the same dimensional wavelength." Klara said.

"What happened to my body, did it disappear before the eyes of my companions?" you asked, a tad worried.

"No exactly, you have reached us here only through your mind, your physical body is still there in the Darkest Den, basically in a trance-like state, and now it's looking at a fixed point with a stupid face." Klara answered your question, staying true to her sassy nature.

You wanted to counter Klara's insult, but you immediately realized the futility of said action, letting go instead.

"Sigh… why did you call for me?" you then asked Mustard.

"You were the one that summoned us." Klara replied, raising an eyebrow.

"Me?" you asked, surprised.

"You needed our help, right?" Mustard butted in into the conversation.

"As we have already told you, we are here to support you during your journey within our limits of course, and it seems that our service was needed, so here we are." Mustard replied exhaustively.

"Incredible, I hadn't even vocalized my wish, I just thought of it, but nevertheless here I am, that awesome." you commented.

"You guys are awesome."

"Efficiency is our forte, you are here for a fusion, right? So let me see the Pokesauls you want to fuse." said Klara.

"Straight to the point as always."

"If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't waste my time chatting, the longer you stay here the more your friends will think you're dead or have gone crazy, your body is still out there both motionless and emotionless." warned you Klara.

With a wave of the hand, you evoke a red and an orange fruit.

"The Pokesaul Braixen and the Pokesaul Anortih, are you sure about this?" Klara asked you.

"Yes, I'm sure." you replied.

"Very well, let's get started." with that said, Klara pulled out her cooking tools and began fusing the powers of the two Pokesaul during her cooking ritual.

After two minutes of preparation, Klara turned to you, presenting the new fruit born from the fusion of the previous two.

You take it, and you give the fruit a bite, and from the light that comes out of it, a yellow and tired-looking animal appears.

"I am thou, thou art I, I'm Numel... I'm the One Indifferent to the Scorching Desert... I'll gladly help you until it becomes too much of a nuisance." Numel presented himself.

There was a free place left in your heart to recruit a new Pokesaul.

"My compliments, it seems that you have managed to make great strides, I see that you took my advice to heart, and I am very pleased." Klara said.

"I have a proposition for you." continued Klara.

"I'm all ears." you said.

"Don't you think it's time to part with your main Pokesaul?" Klara asked you.

"You mean Lucario?"

"Obviously." Klara replied.

"Discarding your innermost Pokesaul will only serve to show your determination and how much you are willing to sacrifice to achieve your goal."

"Uhm… I don't know, you know I've grown fond of it after all."

"People change and evolve, no person remains the same, you are not the "you" of a year ago, you are not the "you" of when you were a child, you are not the "you" of yesterday and you will never remain the "you" in the upcoming days, clinging to one of the many facets of your psyche will only be to your disadvantage."

"You have to sacrifice Lucario to obtain a superior power, fusing Lucario does not mean separating yourself from him, on the contrary, for this very reason, I consider it a courageous choice to offer your most intimate part as a tribute." Klara finished the explanation.

"I'm not fully convinced... but if what you say is true, then... if with the newly acquired power I will be able to save my friends, and also defeat the Projection..."

Despite the hesitation, you decide to take out the iconic blue fruit that you bite to summon Lucario and you also summon a yellow fruit that contains the power of another Pokesaul ready to fuse the both.

Before you can handle away the two fruits to Klara, a projection of Lucario appears out of nowhere he looks straight at your face and starts talking.

"I am thou, and thou art I… for now, this is goodbye, but know that I will be inside your heart, and if one day you end up needing my help, I will rush to fight by your side once again…" your Pokesaul's last words gave you the last motivation you lacked in order to fuse them without existence.

"Even if I won't be there with you, do not forget the contract we stipulated... you are a person who can no longer enjoy the poisonous joy of blissful ignorance, always remember that." after that last warning, Lucario disappeared.

"Now that the farewells are over, let's move on to the fusion." Klara takes the two fruits and starts fusing them.

"You have grown a lot, my sincere compliments, trust me you will not regret it." Klara complimented you.

Klara spends up to three minutes completing the new fruit, and as soon as she finishes, she hands you the new fruit with a shiny card next to it.

"What is this?" you asked, puzzled taking the card.

"Wait, is this..."

"You can take it as a reward for showing me your courage." Klara replied.

"After such a sacrifice, it's only right that I reward you with the best of the best." Klara said while sounding genuine.

A mental image was created in your mind of an orange card showing a Rotom.

I am thou... And thou art I...

Thou has formed a brand new bond...

It shall become the evidence of the unselfishness of the many, overcoming the egoism of one...

Thou shalt be blessed when forging Pokesoul of the Builder Arcana...

THE BUILDER ARCANA RANK 01

When you came to your senses, the card was gone from your hand.

"You even managed to create a bond with me, too, now that's truly impressive." Klara said cheerfully.

"The Builder tarot represents Courage, Spontaneity and Inner Strength."

"This is one if not the strongest tarot of all." declared Klara proudly.

"Now time to meet your new Pokesaul."

To be continued...

End of Part 24


CONFIDANTS

0. The Trainer (Victor): Rank 4

1. The Exchanger (Hop): Rank 3

4. The Determiner (Aion): Rank 3

5. The Calmer (Kabu): Rank 3

7. The Conqueror (Gloria): Rank 3

11. The Builder (Klara): Rank 1

12. The Empathazier (Milo): Rank 1

19. The Saver (Leon): Rank 1


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