Pokemon Virus Version

by WeS RoYaL

Join Protagonist Seth and his underdog Chikorita as they journey through Johto in a rebellion against a reborn evil organization on a journey of their own to rise to power. As you read, you'll find that some people in this organization aren't so evil, and that Seth isn't at all heroic. It's up to travel companions Yumi, Chapel & Rose to change Seth's cold character for the better.

23. Chapter 23: An Incarnation of Pure Evil

Pokemon Virus Version Chapter 23: An Incarnation of Pure Evil

Hey guy's so Chapter 23 is finally here. I'm going to start bolding the Author's Notes now. I'm also going back to posting once a week since school is back in session. But seriously, who cares about my life more than my story? Nobody I guess. PLEASE REVIEW and tell me how I do with changing the story's pace.

Yumi's POV

I've never seen that girl before, but she looked so adorable. That cute face with the blonde hair and blue eyes really complimented her black dress.

"Yumi, this is Rose," Chapel said.

I had to let go of Seth and walk up to the little girl and greet her.

"Nice to meet you, little girl," I said with a smile.

The girl then got upset with me.

"Honestly, have you never heard looks can be deceiving?" Rose asked as she turned away.

"Oh, I apologize," I said as I bowed my head.

What am I doing? I'm bowing to a LITTLE GIRL!

"Well, you should be sorry." Rose said. "Honestly, a lady should never make the first advance toward a man."

"What?!" I yelled as my face grew red.

Chapel and our pokemon started smiling, while Seth and Rose kept a straight face.

"Seth and I?" I said.

Seth and I were friend, but I'd never think that Seth would be the emotional type. He's so dense. But I couldn't help but picture the sight of him and I in my head.

"Brother, she is your girlfriend, is she not?" Rose asked Seth.

Ugh, why should I care?! Should I...be embarrassed? My face IS red.

"No," Seth said calmly with that usual indifferent look on his face.

"Wha?" I said shocked by Seth's answer.

Okay, now THAT hurt me. He didn't even blush. He just stood there and calmly denied Rose's question. My face saddened and the moment silenced as I put my head down.

"Are you serious?" I barely whispered, trying to hold in my emotions.

"I guess boys just do not think like girls do," Rose said calmly.

"I mean, Yumi's obviously crushing on him," Chapel said trying to tease me.

"Shut up!" I yelled growing angry.

I then turned to Seth as my eyes started to turn red and water.

"Seth, has all our time together meant nothing? You're supposed to understand how other people feel - understand how I feel," I said as I walked up to Seth and met him face to face.

"I may not understand how you feel, but I do understand how I fell. And I feel that I couldn't like anyone as loud and annoying as you," Seth said calmly.

My heart was broken as I slapped Seth in the face.

"What was that for?!" Seth asked annoyed

"How can you be so dense?! Do you even know what the heck you're saying?!" I yelled. "Just understand how I feel. Maybe I DO like you! Maybe we've bonded so much on our journey that I would love to become more than travel partners. I'll admit: I have grown a LITTLE affection towards you, but it's never about me! It's always about you, and you are so busy acting like a heartless guy to return my feelings for you!"

Seth started to look concerned for a moment, but he still showed no emotion as he remained silent. I couldn't show my face to Seth with my heart broken the way it is now. My finally finally letting out the tears I was holding back as I put my head down and got in my sleeping bag in hopes that I could sleep this pain away.

Seth's POV

"What wrong with her?" I asked with concern.

"What's wrong with her? What's wrong with YOU?" Chapel asked.

"I do apologize to you both. But it is not my fault you hurt her, Brother." Rose said. "Now you must apologize to her."

"Just give he time to think, then apologize," Chapel said as she went to her sleeping bag.

Why should I apologize? I was just speaking my mind. And if they haven't noticed, she slapped me f or giving my opinion. How does she feel? And why should I care in the first place? My goals are to defeat Team Neo Snagem and get my heart back, nothing else. I went into my sleeping bag to rest for the night...

Location: Team Neo Snagem Headquarters

Wes' POV

I was in the middle of assigning a mission to Commander 10. Commanders 24 and 20 was already involved in a major operation that involved the take over of Ecruteak City in search of Shadow Lugia's counterpart, Shadow Ho-oh. Commander 10, along with other top 10 commanders were infecteed by the Virus, Missingno some years ago. And like Chapel and 26, they were given abnormal powers unique to themselves. Commander 10 was a sorcerer who had the power to possess anyone's mind with the shadows, but only one person at a time.

"No other person person infected by the virus has your type of power, 10. So you shall attend to the girl and possess her mind to give us back the Snag Machine she stole from us." I said. "The girl is quite a talkative one at that. And if she were to reveal to the world the Snag Machine, it would only be a matter of time before a weakness is discovered for, so we must not talk chances."

"I see," 10 said.

"Atticus and I are already exasperated from the rising rates of failure in Neo Snagem, that is one thing we CAN agree on considering we irritate the heck out of each other." I turned to 10. "The girl can keep her stolen Gligar, we just need you to retrieve the stolen Snag Machine, but more importantly, do not get eliminated even if the mission is a failure. You're of too much importance for Neo Snagem to lose you now."

"Yes, Commander Wes," 10 said as he immediately deployed on his mission.

My private Neo Snagem communicator then rang, and I was expecting some good news.

"Mission Complete! Commander 20 and I, along with the unranked grunts have liberatred all people and pokemon. Checkpoints and the city limits are taken over, as well as all electricity and power and what not. For Ecruteak City, it's game over and Neo Snagem is ti raise the wall and take over the city," 24 said through his Neo Snagem communication.

"Perfect. Now remember, no person, with the exception of Neo Snagem, is allowed in or out the city. Alert all regions that Neo Snagem will resort to terrorism should imports from around the globe stop," I said.

I looked up at the night sky and smile.

"I will find a way to save you..." I said.

Yumi's POV

Although I was the first to call it a night, I couldn't sleep. My mind was still on Seth as I stared as the star-filled night sky. My anger toward Seth had calmed down, but I couldn't help but dread the awkwardness between us form this point onward. I hated being left alone, so I still had to stick with him. I crawled out of my sleeping bag and pulled my black hair in a ponytail, with my powder blue bangs left as they were as I leaned on a tree nearby, I had awoken Fennekin and Eevee who were neer recalled, and both anuggled next to me as I sat down by the tree.

"How? How can I get him to understand?" I asked myself calmly. "Do I even still like him?"

I needed someone to answer my question, someone who knew Seth more than I. Chikorita can't talk and we just met Rose, so that left Chapel.

"Chapel," I whispered as I tapped on a sleeping Chapels shoulder. "Chapel."

"YAAWN. What is it?" Chapel asked me as I woke up.

"We need to talk..." I saiid calmly.

So, Chapel grabbed her hairbrush and started brushing her short, dirty blonde hair as she, Chime, my pokemon, and I strayed away from the campsite to a nearby lake the was only visible due to the moonlight's reflection.

"I do apologize for teasing you. I just never thought it would lead to rejection," Chapel said.

"I want to get him to like me, but I'm not sure if I like HIM right now. What should I do?" I said, sitting with my arms wrapped around my knees.

"I really can't blame him for his behavior," Chapel said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well, when have you ever seen Seth happy? Never?" Chapel said, making a good point. "Something is wrong inside him. He is on a journey to reclaim what he had lost. But if he can't reclaim what is lost, he will never return your feelings for him, guaranteed."

So, the only he doesn't like is because he lost something? Something important? Hope soon surrounded my mind as I asked Chapel another question.

"What is 'thing' he lost?" I asked.

"I promised Seth I wouldn't tell anyone, especially you," Chapel said.

"But why?" I asked.

"He said it's for your own good. If you knew, you would distance yourself from us. But I will say this: What he's lost is closer to us than you think," Chapel said.

For my own good? So deep down, he really does care for me in the slightest? What if I take what little emotion he has toward me, and build a connection around? But not now. Maybe when I grow to like him again, I will stick to that plan. Who knows? Maybe I could finally get him to blush.

"Thank you, Chapel," I said as I stood up and turned back towat camp.

But when I turned back, I saw a tall male figure staring at me just a few feet away. He had dark purple hair that went down to his neck and he had grey eyes. The man's body was covered by a long, black cape, and he had a mysterious, dark aura being controlled by a hand he kept outside of the cape.

"What a lovely love story you have there, sweetie," the man said.

"Ugh. You're such a creeper!" I yelled. "What do you want?!"

"You have something that belongs to us. And I am here to take it back," the man said.

"I never took anything," I said confused.

"Who ARE you?" Chapel asked.

"How disappointing. I would've expected you of all people to recognize Neo Snagem's Commander 10," The man said.

"No way..." Chaple said.

"Well, you certainly don't dress like a commander. You kind of remind me of a magician or, my rival Pheobe, or-" I was interrupted.

"Enough rambling!" 10 yelled. "Return the Snag Machine at once, or we can do this the hard way."

I simply turned my head away, refusing to cooperate with this creep.

"So be it..." 10 said.

10 then started generating a purple aura from his hand. He directed his hand toward me as the dark aura neared me.

"Yumi, get out of the way! We don't know what that aura is!" Chapel yelled at me.

Chapel's POV

Yumi couldn't react in time. The dark aura started hovering around her as her eyes turned lavender. But...Yumi wasn't harmed?

"Yumi, why are your eyes purple?" I asked.

Yumi did not respond to my question as her eyes narrowed.

"Uh, Yumi, are you okay?" I asked growing worried.

"I am afraid the Yumi you knew is no longer wtih us," Yumi and 10 said at the same time.

W-W-What? Y-Yumi? She sounded different. She'd never pause before speaking.

"What did you do to Yumi?!" I asked as I faced 10.

"This girl is now my mind slave, and I will gi as far as terrorism to reclaim Neo Snagem's Snag Machine," Yumi and 10 said at the same time. "If we don't get what we want, I will crush her mind and she will be under my control for eternity."

I had no choice...I had to do what 10 said, or Yumi would be gone forever because of me. 10 chose to remain at the lake with a possessed Yumi.

I returned to the campsite, where Seth remained in his sleeping bag with Chikorita who was sleeping on his covered stomach. I knew Seth and Yumi weren't on the same page right now, but I couldn't face 10 by myself, considering he is a pretty high rank. Rose was right next to her brother, staring at him.

"Is THIS what traveling outside Brother's heart fells like?" Rose asked herself. "Honestly, the night is just as lonely as it was in Violet City."

I then approached a sleeping Seth and gently tapped his face.

"Seth, Seth, wake up," I said.

Seth then sat up as Chikorita hopped off his stomach.

"Hm?" Seth said, still half asleep.

"Seth, Yumi's in trouble. We need to help her," I said.

"She wanted time alone, so she got her wish," Seth said in a flat tone as he started to lay back down.

"Come on!" I yelled as I slapped him fully awake. "Neo Snagem is with her! They want their Snag Machine back!"

Seth's eyes shot wide open as he got up and dressed back into his black jacket and black shoes. He was waiting for me to get the Snag Machine so I could lead him to 10 and Yumi. Rose followed us as well.

We had arrived back to the lake, but I pulled Seth and Rose back into the bushes to discuss a plan. Seth of course, asked who the caped man was.

"Commander 10 of Neo Snagem," I said.

"We need to defeat him now!" Seth said as he attempted to approach Yumi and 10 before I pulled his arm back.

"we need to save Yumi," I said.

"I agree with Chapel," Rose said.

"But Neo Snagem..." Seth said.

"Yumi has been possessed by 10. 10 said he would crush Yumi's mind and have control over her forever. Does saving her life mean nothing to you?!" I asked, annoyed that Seth put Neo Snagem's defeat over saving Yumi.

Seth said nothing. I have his heart, and he feels indifferent toward Yumi. His heart hi becoming obsessed with Neo Snagem. I sighed and tried to calm down as I spoke to Seth.

"Seth, Yumi was up all night thinking about you. She went to the lake to calm herself because she has feelings for you that you just don't understand. She's cried over you and openly admitted that she likes you. And you're abandoning her like Zero did to you? You're no better than your brother," I said.

Seth finally showed emotion as he got upset.

"Don't you ever compare me to my brother!" Seth said as his eyes shot wide open.

"You're just like him: Abandoning someone who cares deeply for you!" I said.

"Brother, please..." Rose saaid calmly. "Saving the world from Neo Snagem can wait. You must help Yumi help you defeat Neo Snagem."

Seth then put his head down and turned away.

"I couldn't care less about saving the world, but I do care about destroying Neo Snagem. So, I concede, for now..." Seth said.

Rose, Chikorita, and I smiled. I seemed as though Seth suddenly grew a slight care for Yumi just now. That or he couldn't stand being like his brother.

So I had Seth call on Elekid to discuss a plan to save Yumi. Attacking Yumi herself to free her mind from 10 was too dangerous. So attacking 10 would be our best bet, despite his powers he got from the virus. But if we were to paralyze 10, we could stun his focus on Yumi and free he. The problems are how we can land a Thunder Wave on him and if he'll be stunned at all since there's still a chance he could move even will paralysis. So Rose, Chikorita, and I were going to have to distract 10 and Yumi while Seth was going to wait for the right moment to ambush 10 with Thunder Wave. Seth and Rose nodded in agrement as we soon took action. Rose, Chikorita and I t hen showed ourselves as 10 and a possessed Yumi addressed me.

"Ah, I see you have what I've come here for," a possessed Yumi and 10 said at the same time," Hand over the Snag Machine now, or her mind will be crushed."

"As you wish," I said with the Snag Machine at hand.

I stalled the process, moving myself at a very slow pace.

"Will you move it?!" 10 yelled growing impatient.

I could tell my plan was working. 10 was focusing his frustration on me as Seth was moving very quietly, since he IS a quiet person after all. I neared a possessed Yumi with her hands open, ready to receive the Snag Machine.

"Thunder Wave, go" Seth said from behind 10.

"El," Elekid cried as he launched Thunder Wave at 10.

10 could not move, and his control over Yumi was starting to lighten. It started to lighten, but Yumi was nowhere near being freed. Rose then was given the Snag Machine by me, and created a distance between 10 and herself. Of course, Rose could've killed 10 at any point, but his control over Yumi held us off from that simple solution.

"Chikorita, Energy Ball on 10 now!" I said.

Before Chikorita could launch Energy Ball, a possessed Yumi ran in front of a stunned 10 and attempted to shield him from Chikorita's attack.

"If you wish to attack my master, you shall strike me down first," A possessed Yumi said.

"We can hurt her..." I said.

"I see how it is," 10 said, fighting through paralysis for a moment. His eyes were wide open as he grew angry.

"You dare oppose me?! The Yumi you knew will be destroyed now!" 10 yelled.

10 began balling his fist as the dark aura was closing in on Yumi. I had the look of horror on my face, for I thought the Yumi we knew had died forever. But then, 10 wa stunned again, due to paralysis.

"What the?" Yumi said confused as she noticed the dark aura surrounding her. "Get this stuff away from me!"

"Yumi was starting to resist, but 10 started to regain control.

"Silence, idiot! Now your mind breaks! I own you now!" 10 yelled.

"N-N-No, y-you creep," Yumi said as she grabbed her head. "W-who am I?"

"You're mine!" 10 yelled.

"No! You're Yumi. You're our friends!" I yelled.

"You have to break free of his control," Rose said

"You. Are. Mine!" 10 said as he started getting the advantage.

"Nno!" Yumi yelled. "I. Am. Yumi... I want to become nothing less than a Pokemon Celebrity!"

Yumi started crying...

"That's right! Keep fighting!" I yellled. "I am Chapel!"

"I am Rose," Rose said.

"Chico!" Chikorita cried.

"Chime!" Chime cried.

"Chapel...Rose?" Yumi said confused. "Chime... Chikorita?"

"No. Nooo! You work for Neo Snagem now!" 10 yelled as he gained complete control over Yumi's mind.

"I...work for Noe Snagem now," Yumi said with an evil smirk.

Yumi then turned around to comfort 10. She then layed eyes on a reserved Seth, leaving her alone just as we all wanted.

"She is gone..." Rose said.

"I work for Neo Snagem no-" a possessed Yumi suddenly halted, still looking at Seth. Her eyes shot wide open.

Yumi's POV

Neo Snagem...Neo Snagem?! A boy I know, all he wanted was to destroy Neo Snagem. That boy, the boy I'm staring at right now...he was my friend. I liked him, but he didn't like me. 'I am Chapel'... I talked to this 'Chapel' about this boy. About how I would get him to like me. And how I wanted to establish a connection with him. That boy was always with me, to keep me from feeling alone.

"...I. Am. Seth..." The boy said.

Seth? I know him. He's the boy that never gives up. All he wanted was to defeat Neo Snag-

"Seth?" I saw the purple aura release itself from around me.

I remembered everything, and I regained control over my mind. I ran over to hug Seth as I was still crying.

"I'm sorry..." I said.

"Yumi?" Chapel said confused.

"Are you, you?" Rose asked.

"Seth," I said.

"I-" Seth was about to say something, before the dark aura found it's way toward him.

"YOU!" I yelled as Chapel, Rose, and I face 10.

"The darkness is no longer under my control, since you broke free. The aura is now filled with evil and hatred that you just released."

"But why take over Seth?" Chapel asked.

"Your feelings for Seth surrounded both Yumi's mind and heart. So when the dark aura took over Yumi, he became the source of the aura's power. On instinct, this aura has now returned to the source: Seth." Rose explained.

"Cna you explain in fewer words please?" I asked the smart little girl.

"Part of his h**rt has been filled with pure evil. Seth is now an incarnation of pure evil," Rose said.

Seth's eyes turned purple as he absorbed the purple aura in his chest.

To Be Continued...

So, has Seth turned evil? Will he be public enemy number 1? Stay tuned for next chapter and PLEASE REVIEW.