Pokemon: The Reunion of 8: Platinum! Ch. 10

A/N: Espeon804 here for another great chapter! In this chapter, our heroes come face to face with not only Team Galactic, but the really dangerous man that would arrive in the city! Who knows? They might clash.

I honestly have nothing much to say today, so let's just go straight to the chapter.

~Espeon804, the teenage pkmn fan.

Key:

"Regular speech"

'Thoughts'

"Pokedex/Visions/Textbox"

"Telepathy"

-Chapter 10: Lurking into the shadows.-

I took the badge off her hands. Up close, the green came from the three triangular trees that managed to stay as a square. "Alright!" I laughed and rose the badge into the air. "Look at me! I just got the - Forest Badge!"

"Congrats!" I heard Marlen shout from the gym window. I turned around and saw him staring dead at me. "So what if you have Sinnoh's second badge?! That doesn't change anything! The only reason why you won because you were lucky!" He frowned. "Scratch that. The gym leader was weak!"

"Marlen Flare!" Gardenia snapped.

"Bye!" The jerk face took off instantly. That was the fastest I ever seen him run. His last name was Flare huh? A few seconds later, I heard clapping from one person. When I pinpointed the sound direction, I spotted Cynthia. She was watching the entire time, and she looked amused.

"Hey Cynthia." I greeted her, a bit surprised on how well hidden she was. Either that, or I was way into the battle. "What brings you here?"

"I was just watching you to see how well you battle." She leaped off the bleachers she sat in and landed yards away from me. Her epic Garchomp quickly followed. "You seem to be good at it already for a newcomer. Perhaps it's the strong bond you already have with your Pokemon. They seem to trust you already." She came over to me and glanced at my necklace. "What do you have there?"

"My necklace. It's very valuable to me." I explained.

"I'm sure it is. Take good care of it for me." She made her leave. Just when Garchomp was at the door, the dragon gave me a toothy smirk and went away. What was all that about?

Gardenia scratched her head. "Hm. She seems to have some interest in you. Not common for rookies. My guess is that you are a gifted trainer."

Gifted indeed, but in the most unexpected way.

She stretched her arms to loosen to tension from the previous battle. "Well, who'll be my next challenger?" Lalinda rose her hand quickly, but she jumped when Richard crashed down from the bleachers and landed in front of the gym leader. He rose his paw helplessly with a cute worn out smile. "Okay then. You first."

"Not fair!" Lalinda growled. She crossed her arms as Gardenia started to laugh. Me? I just smiled. I just won my second badge, so it seems that the future is bright. But after a while the smile disappeared when I put together today's events and realized something. The vision I had... It was Gardenia's warning. She didn't intent to tell me, but when she had contact with me, it just spilled over to me. Even Cynthia seems to be interested into me like Gardenia said before…

They both know who I really am. And if what my vision showed me was true, then…

Eterna city's in danger.

I sprinted out of the door, hearing the commotion already. That was the moment my happy bubble got popped. I completely forgot that I just received my second badge already, because I was terrified and hoping that my visions were invalid.

"People of Eterna! Your time has come!" I froze. That's a strong British accent I just heard. I was already dealing with Team Galactic, and now I have to deal with a demon freak with my most favorite accent in the world. That's nice. But when I looked at the area from where the voice was coming from, I nearly fainted. It's him alright. The odd man in a tuxedo with a cape. Who wears capes on tuxedos?! "You must hand over your Pokemon to me, or face your fate! Like the people of Oreburgh!"

Oh no... Roark... I have to do something... And fast. I turned around, noticing Lalinda and my brother catching up to me. They seem to realize how bad the situation was. The look on their faces made it clear.

"Who's the creepy man in the tux?" Lalinda whispered in my ear. "He interrupted my gym battle, and it hasn't even started yet!"

"I don't know." I replied. "But he's dangerous... I had a vision about him. If the people in this city don't comply, he'll slaughter everyone."

"You get those too?" My brother asked as Lalinda gave me a surprised look. "Must be the charms telling us something." He shook his head, rather confused. "I don't remember Pokemon ever having demons in the games or shows."

"They don't" I pointed out. "I guess that our job is to turn this world into the Pokemon world that we are familiar with." It took some time, but I finally had the idea on why I was dragged here in the first place.

The city's inhabitants only protested, throwing objects at the mysterious man. One of them shouted, "You won't do what you please Shadowman! Leave this city now!"

The one they called "Shadowman" only laughed. "Ah, temper, temper. Must it all end this way. I was trying to spare you, but as usual, Humans just have to be so stubborn. Then they wonder why they have to die." When the people started to panic, he added, "Don't fret over it. It's your fault." He removed the purple feather from his hat, and it grew into a sword of shadows.

That was when I felt a familiar sensation…

"Now you die!"

"STOP!" The word came out of my mouth before I could stop it. The city people and the man turned to my direction. "Leave these people alone!"

Shadowman laughs lightly as he holds the weapon over his shoulder. "And what courage such children have these days. Who are you exactly child?" Before I could answer, he continued. "Oh, don't tell me. You are... Oh, that's very nice. More Pokemon trainers I have to deal with. But from the looks of you child... The one who stood up for these people, and the boy here with you. You both don't look nor sound like you're from around here. You accent, sounds familiar. Everyone else here has an unusual accent."

I ignore the city peoples' comments. "Yeah, sure. Go ahead and think I'm crazy for speaking out, but you better leave now! I know who you are - a half-demon!" That was what made everyone gasp.

"Oh, now I know." He glared at me, and that time, I was scared, realizing the big mistake I just made. "You're accent is foreign alright. I was thinking that you was from Unova, but it sounds a bit south..." His expression instantly switched to fear when he spotted my charm. "By Giratina's spikes... She's from a whole other domain... You have an American accent."

"H-how did you-" I slowly backed away as the man approached me. The he just met me, and he already had hatred burning in his blue eyes. I could've sworn they flashed red for a moment.

"Because, I was born on your planet." He said quietly enough for only me to hear. "You seem to know a lot about me so soon? Maybe because I already know you. Maybe because I've witnessed the moment when Palkia took you away from your home. Maybe because that very same dragon banished me from Earth to this world so that the creatures here can kill me!" He pauses with a smirk. "Well, they tried. Poor you. You just begun your journey, and some people already know about you. You make enemies fast too. But perhaps that's because you are a guardian. You hold the Power of X... You're a threat, you and your brother, and your friend. Don't lie. I know everything." He rose his sword above me.

"GET OUT THE WAY!"

Shadowman was tackled to the ground by a Turtwig. I was relieved, the voice belonged to Gardenia. But what he said about me was terrifying. He was spying on me all that time. I watched him quickly rise to his feet. His sword was yards away from him, reduced to a feather once more. "Damn these gym leaders for getting in my way!" He drew out a Pokeball from his cape, and a black, sleek, red-striped, nine tailed fox was summoned from black dark energy, something tells me that this Pokemon isn't normal. "Get rid of her!"

Quickly the fox first knocked out Turtwig. He then looked at Gardenia dead on. He sprinted with teeth bared, ready to sink then into her.

"NOOOO!" What Lalinda did left me speechless. She ran after the fox and tackled him down. They wrestle for a moment, until she managed to pin him down. She turned towards Gardenia. "Get Cynthia!" She cried out. Gardenia hesitated, but she sprinted off in one direction.

Shadowman was surprised by this action as well. "She has courage. That means she can uncover the truth as well. Dammit!" Well, he sure does like to swear a lot. He quickly rose to his feet and ran towards the direction to regain his sword.

But I had second thoughts.

Batty zipped past the guy and picked up the feather with her feet before he could reach it. She screeched in a way that sounds like laughter.

"You hand it over before I turn you into a decor on my wall!" Shadowman warned. He noticed my look I gave to Batty, a signal to keep it away, so he looked back at his fox. "Ninetails! Get the child of and retrieve my weapon!"

"Ninetails?!" Lalinda shouted, still trying to keep the Ninetails pinned down with all her might. "That Pokemon is very rare in Sinnoh! You can't even find a Vulpix here!" She grunted, still fighting. "But this one isn't normal at all! It's evil isn't it?!" She questioned the man. She yelped when the fox finally freed itself and knocked her away. "Watch out!"

I didn't need a warning. I spotted the Ninetails coming my way. If he was able to knock out Gardenia's Turtwig without even trying, then I knew that I was screwed if I don't run away or something. But I was paralyzed with fear. I couldn't move. 'This is it' I thought. 'And he says that I'm a guardian. I'm a simple girl about to die.'

A blast of blue fire slamming into the fox changed my mind. I quickly took my chance. "Supersonic now!" The Ninetails was already hurt. Taking in those waves of confusion only made the situation worse for him and his master.

"Garchomp! Do it again!"

That was Cynthia alright. I watched the Ninetails fall back after taking the attack again. The Garchomp jumped over to him and slashed him, knocking him out. Then she jumped and landed in front of my official new enemy. He certainly wasn't pleased.

"You win this one." Was all he said before recalling the Ninetails and disappearing into a shadow. I watched it lurk away into the forest. I just stood there stunned by what just happened. I knew that it won't be the last time he'll show his face.

-Meanwhile-

"Hm, hm... It seems that those pesky kids drove away that freak. Less trouble for me. I wasn't looking forward to dying in a time like this." The voice was feminine. "I still don't understand how Mars lost to them. They are just a bunch of annoying brats."

"Yes. But the brats they are, you shouldn't be lying around here. It's most likely that they will try to foil our plans here too." The other voice sounds much like a elderly man. "I agree with you that it's puzzling on how Commander Mars lost to them. But then again, she's always focused on blowing up anything! Yeh-heh-heh-yeh-heh-heh!"

"Shut up with that stupid laugh Charon! Do something useful and get the grunts ready! If they are really eager to come here, then we'll just have a bit of fun with them..."

"Ho-ly crap. I - almost - died! I - did - it! I - did - it!" I tried to catch my breathe, completely exhausted. I noticed the looks that I was receiving. "Okay. We did it. Happy?"

Cynthia chuckled at my small attitude. "I understand why you are upset. You did manage to hold him off though."

"I wanted to defeat him." I grumbled.

"Are you kidding?!" Once citizen cried out. "No one in this world has even got close to beating him! What you just did… holding him off like that.. no one has ever done that before! Normally, whoever stands in his way would die in seconds! You got some gift kid!"

'You have no idea' I thought.

My brother pointed to the tall spiky building blocked by those annoying small trees that had invisible walls around them. "Team Galactic Eterna Building. We need to go there now."

"How? We can't just waltz around the trees!" I said to him.

He pulled out a disk sealed inside what looked like a CD case. It was labeled as "HM CUT" and the case itself was designed in a fancy way. "Duh."

"Still, I need to heal up my team." I reminded them. I go for the Pokemon Center right in the middle of the city after walking for a while. Here's what's not like the game, how small the cities and towns are. They seem to be so small, you can pace around it in a circle in seconds, but here, it's as big as any regular city on earth. It's a 10 minute walk from the gym to the PC, which was rather annoying, but I couldn't argue with that fact. A walk through the double automatic doors and walk inside. It's almost empty with just a few trainers. I notice a school boy who looked so gloomy. I couldn't just ignore that.

"What's the matter?" I asked him.

His eyes lit up as if he recognized me. "Hey! You're that girl who stood up for us against Shadowman!"

"I don't want to be famous okay? I'm just wondering why you look so down today? Did he do something to you?"

The boy shook his head. So it wasn't him. Something told me that It had to be either Team Rocket or Team Galactic behind whatever happened to him. I was about to ask what, but he almost broke into tears. "They took my Buneary!"

"Who did?"

"Those Team Galactic guys! They came in and just took it away! I didn't do anything to deserve it!" He pointed out the window to a bicycle shop that was nearby. "The man who runs that shop had his Clefairy taken from him too. He stood up to defend it but they took him as well! He has been gone for hours! I can't stand those guys!"

Man. I already had so much on my hands already. Guardian to the rescue. Yay me. "Don't worry about it. I'll teach those jerks a lesson. Just like I proved how strong I can be back at the WindWorks. I'll win this time."

"You did that too? I heared about two trainers standing up against them! You must have guts!"

I was blushing when he said that. Thank Arceus it's not noticeable. "Well, I wouldn't say that, but I guess that could be it." Perhaps I would run into Dumb and Dummy as well. I found myself actually looking forward to that. "You just stay here. It'll take a long while."

I approached the counter and called for the nurse.

She appears on cue too.

"Hello and welcome to the Pokemon Center!"

Oh no. Not this again. I could've sworn the nurse in Oreburgh said the very exact thing.

"We can heal your Pokemon to full health. Would you like me to heal your Pokemon?"

A part of me wanted to scream "Just shut up and do your job!" But, I wasn't the rude type then. I just nodded though I was practically on a rush.

"Okay, let me see your Pokemon for a few seconds…"

I unclipped all 4 Pokeballs from my pokebelt and handed them to her. She places them on the machine quickly. Then the jingle you hear when your Pokemon is healed plays. She hands the capsules back to me. "Your Pokemon has been restored to full health! We hope to see you again!"

I paused. "Wait, what?" She didn't hear me since she went back into whatever room is behind that counter. I pondered that moment. She made it sound like she wanted my Pokemon to get hurt. What's wrong with these people?!

I just brushed that aside and headed back out. My friend and my brother were waiting patiently for me outside. "Hey.' I greeted them. "Didn't expect you to wait."

"Actually your brother was about to leave you. You just happened to arrive in time." Lalinda said.

"Jerk." I huff at him.

Richard - riding on my brother's shoulder - stuck his tiny tongue at me. I would've gotten angry but he was too cute to get mad at. I just shrugged as my brother said. "I went into the bicycle shop earlier. A kid there said that-"

"He wasn't there. I know. A school boy told me back in the center. They took his Buneary along with the bicycle man's Clefairy." I interrupted him before he got to finish. The look on his face meant that he wasn't happy that I knew before him.

"I smell space nerds." Lalinda sung in a way.

"Hand me that Hm." I told William. He doesn't hesitate. He hands it to me right away. I learned recently by simply allowing the pokedex to scan the disc, any selected Pokemon able to use the attack can learn the move. I turn the device on and allowed it to scan.

"Activated HM. Who would you like to teach this move to?" It asked.

I strolled down to Razorleaf's sprite and selected him.

"Razorleaf is trying to learn Cut, but it already know four moves. Do you want it to forget a move?"

Dang. I was hoping that it would allow him to have five because that would be so cool. You can't get what you always want. Besides, this world is very much like the game. How many times do I have to remind myself about that? Anyway, I selected "Forget!" and selected "Tackle" since cut is stronger than it.

"1...2… and… Poof! Razorleaf forgot how to use Tackle! Razorleaf learned Cut!" It even played the jingle you hear when a pokemon levels up or learns a move. Was all that really necessary?

I handed the HM back to my brother and put my pokedex back inside my bag. We all started to walk back to the building. Within the same amount of time it took me to arrive at the Pokemon Center, we are face to face with three-stupid-invisible-wall-surrounded-trees. I came up with that name myself. "Ready guys?"

"Nope." Lalinda said.

"Too bad! Razorleaf! Use Cut!" I tossed the Pokeball into the air, ready for whatever drama will occur.

A/N: Yes! Another end to a chapter! I have nothing to say except how short it was, but sorry!

To be continued to Chapter 11!