Story Notes:
(Recommended to read ANTI-POKEMON: THE NEW WORLD and ANTI-POKEMON: ELITE FORCE before reading this) Contains content not suitable for minors under the age of 18. Viewer discretion is advised. *WARNING* This story may contain: Strong Language, Strong Violence, Use of Drugs, and Strong Sexual Content.
Episode 24 - The Sleepless Night
Cindy and I watched a movie in her room until she had fallen asleep towards the ending. I believe the movie we were watching was called "Sanguine". It was about a Luxio who was accepted into an evil organization of criminals and assassins but towards the end, he was killed by the leader of the organization, Lavariin, for assassinating one of his own comrades.
The movie says "Based on a true story" but it didn't seem likely.
Getting away from all of that, I picked her up and gently placed her in the bed nearest the door for there were two beds which surrounded a lamp, one near the door and one near the window. It was like a hotel room.
Once I tucked her in, I heard a knock at the door, quickly I opened it before they got louder and wake up Cindy, and there stood Cyra, "Um... hi Jherek..." she said, blushing deeply and not even making eye contact with me, "Kuimon said I should come and get you before the rest of the students get to the designated training area..." she softly said as she turned away and motioned for me to follow, "Uh, yeah, just hold on a second" I said, turning off the TV so easily for the first time. When I had claws I had to be careful not to somehow cut a hole in the TV and ruin it.
Next I turned off the lights so Cindy could get a peaceful sleep while I was gone, "So... it's 12:00 in the morning already?" I asked, "Mm-hmm" she responded, leading the way to Kuimon.
"Hey... about earlier, sorry for smacking you in the face with my Katana handle those several times... hehe..." I apologized for being so harsh on the students, I was a Sentinel after all, there was no way they could have captured me if they really tried.
"Oh, it's alright, I've been treated worse by previous Sensei, training to become a PDF is really hard now since they expect so much from us..."
I had to say, beyond the fact that she acts like a fan girl sometimes, a very sick-minded fan girl, she seemed pretty nice.
"So, what does Kuimon want you guys to do tonight?" I asked as we turned a corner and walked into an elevator that was conveniently open.
"Well, today is just another teamwork test or something like that, but first we have to start out with the 15 mile run..." I knew she was not very excited about the run, but I wouldn't be excited for a 15 mile run if I were them, I would rather pick up a dirt clod, throw it at Kuimon's face, and slap his mother, knowing very well I would die at the end.
As the elevator halted to a stop at the 1st floor, the lights dimmed out just for a few seconds, but it left Cyra in fear, "What happened?!" she squealed as the lights turned out "Ah, jeez, it is just a light malfunction, woman!" I tried to calm her down, but once they turned back on I looked to my right when I saw a shadowy figure. I did not believe it, the shadowy figure was Constantine, he looked up at me with his eyes glowing bright red and the Anriu insignia glowing clearly in his pupil, then he vanished, turning into a black mist and disappearing as the elevator doors opened.
"Whoo... that was scary!" Cyra whimpered, slowly coming out of the elevator, completely oblivious that Constantine was sitting there, watching us.
"Why did he appear before me like that...?"
This unnerved me and I was now on full alert even though Poseidon Markpoint was one of the most secure bases outside of Miir Cyraa in the Hoenn region, it was still possible that the Anriu could have infiltrated this place.
As Cyra and I finally got outside, she led me to Kuimon who lay there with his metallic hands behind his head on the dew-covered grass, staring up at the sky with his left eye only. It was so depressing to see how injured he was, but he didn't seem to care about how he looked anymore.
The area around Poseidon Markpoint was indeed beautiful, there was a large field with a small river running around it as if it was a race track. On the outside were dozens of trees, all standing tall seemingly up to the moon itself which glowed full in the background as they sway back and forth.
I saw that he once again had his dark blue vest on as he sat up and stared at Cyra and I, "Well... finally..." he muttered. "Sensei, see, I did what you said, am I a good girl??" Cyra asked, the way she began to talk must have meant she was really young. But still, all she thinks about it sex, well, there were many dumb ones out there who are like her: Young, dumb, and full of cum.
"Yes Cyra... you're a good girl..." he responded, dusting himself off as he jumped up, once again looking up at the sky.
"What are you gazing at, Kuimon?" I asked, looking around for anything suspicious. But he did not answer, I saw his maw moving around a bit, it kind of looked like he was counting.
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
Suddenly, out from the sky, Yorotoshi appeared and cleanly landed right in front of Kuimon while the rest of the came normally on their paws.
"Glad to see you guys are on time..." Kuimon softly said.
"Yes, sir!" they all replied.
"Well... good for you, now, you guys know what to do, jog across this entire field 60 times, your 15 mile run, and Miika, you swim the river around the field 60 times as well, move, move, move!"
They all sprinted forward, moving adequate in speed and with Yorotoshi in the lead.
Kuimon then lay back down on the grass, staring up at the sky as his students ran around the track. I decided to kneel down next to him. There was a moment of silence between us but finally he asked a question, "So... you never really told me how you survived Nightraven" he chuckled, "I don't know what I would have done if I was facing Constantine in the face..." he concluded, finally looking at me.
"As a matter of fact, I kind of... don't... want to talk about that, the only time I was ever so scared was back at Sootopolis, and please don't ask me about that either" I laughed.
"Sorry..."
"Well, there was one thing that has been bugging me, what happened to your paws, I could have sworn I saw them when I was in my hospital bed" I asked.
"Oh, I lost my paws almost 2 years ago when this war started, but I had them covered up with fake paws when I was in a social situation, ya know" he responded.
Fake paws, I need to look into those, I look very odd with these metallic hands and I want to look like a normal Zangoose again.
"Well, there is another thing I would want to know, do you have an actual bio for your students? Not just that "borderline personality disorder, only thinks about sex, crap?" I asked, hoping this would pass the time in waiting for the students to finish their 15 mile run.
"Hmm... okay, I think I memorized the real bios just do I would know what is up with these guys..." he stared up and began to think, "Aah, forget it, how 'bout I just show you?" he suggested, pulling out the bios out of nowhere and handing them to me, I grabbed it and read:
"Yorotoshi Cavvaran - age 16: Weapon: Pole-arm - he is a cold-blooded Lucario, heir of the Lucario Cavvaran Clan of the Sinnoh region, he hopes to avenge the extinction of his brethren ever since Jubelife city was invaded by the PEF while his entire clan occupied it. He holds a very special ability which he can use during a near death experience which was discovered when Chaiisin Checkpoint was under attack and he was surrounded by 6 CEs, he annihilated every single one of them with his special skill alone, but this skill is said to use the last remains of his energy, when it runs out he faints"
I flipped to the next page, wondering why Yorotoshi did not use his pole-arm when he was training against me. Maybe he just uses it in serious situations, and the special ability he holds suspiciously sounds like the Anriu's, but the bio would have said so either way. This must actually be hereditary.
Kodachi Niiranka - age 15: Weapon: Riickaro Thunder Claws - Son of one of the world's most powerful Zangooses, Mayiik Niiranka, the savior of Miir Cyraa, Kodachi wishes to be known as his father's son, to be known as a hero and not just a plain Zangoose. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
The son of Mayiik Niiranka, that is very impressive. I have heard many stories about his father, how he and a group of 12 PDF Pokemon held off a whole PEF battalion in order for Miir Cyraa to prepare its defenses against any attack. And Riickaro Thunder Claws, I have heard of those, only meant for Zangooses and it acts as if it was an extension to his claws plus they generate electrical power, I used those once but I was no good with them...
Once again I flipped to the next page, wondering who I would find about next as the students finally passed their first lap.
Miika Andressan - age 14: Weapon: N/A - A very powerful, but merciful Buizel. She is known for her strategies and maneuvers which easily confuse her opponents. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
Cyra Ryliaan - age 12: Weapon: Armored Leaf Blade - Named after the Pokemon civilization: Miir Cyraa. In the training academy, she was taken as one of the cutest Leafeon's available and one of the most ferocious fighters. She uses a type of Leaf Blade which seems to never run out, but when she actually activates the real ability, it glows and its power increases tenfold. In addition, her hormones seem to be a big problem in her way of thinking by what information we have recovered, if we are ever able to make her concentrate on what she is doing, there is no telling what she could accomplish. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
After reading all of it, I gave it back to Kuimon.
I looked back at all of them, Yorotoshi was just calmly jogging his way across while Cyra and Kodachi where just trying to keep running while Miika had no problem swimming across.
Giving out a small chuckle, I wondered what it was going to be like for them, this entire training experience will definitely discipline them, especially Cyra and Yorotoshi. I just hope nothing bad happens to them.
It took about 2 hours for all of them to run the 15 miles, at the end everyone except Yorotoshi was panting as if they were dying. Then Cyra even fell over in exhaustion, her lungs inflating and deflating with air.
"I'll give you guys.... 20 seconds to recover and prepare for you training session for tonight, 20... 1, okay time to start!"
"But you didn't even give us 20 se..."
"You know what, Cyra? I really don't give a damn, now prepare for your next task. A simple game of capture the flag, 2 on 2, I have already set up the flags for both the blue team: Yorotoshi and Miika, and the red team: Kodachi and Cyra. Now this is a simple game, no devastatingly powerful attacks please, we cannot afford to bring in the paramedics" Kuimon instructed, ordering his students to move to their flag posts. The entire field resembled a soccer field now that it was being used this way.
I had to say that this seemed familiar, children games for training, just like how he made his original Elite Force team play soccer, it was pretty confusing on why he training his students this way.
There was a blue flag to the left and a red flag to the right, and that is where the teams stood, preparing for Kuimon to yell 'Start'"
"Heh... again... this is gonna be fun" I whispered, "Ahh man, where the fuck is my popcorn!" Kuimon joked, straightening out his mask.
"A-a-and... BEGIN!"
Kodachi from the red team charged forward, Cyra defending the flag while Yorotoshi from blue team charged as well, leaving Miika to defend.
Once Yorotoshi and Kodachi neared each other, Kodachi slid to the ground, preparing a Thunderbolt from below, but Yorotoshi got to him first with a Shadow Claw which rammed Kodachi into the ground, a huge puff of smoke puffing right out of the field. Yorotoshi came sprinting right out of it after a few seconds of anticipation. He charged right for Cyra who used her Razor Leaf before he advanced any closer.
He skillfully dodged every single leaf, even if it was difficult to see in the darkness of night, and went straight for the flag after Cyra tried to use her Leaf Blade against him.
But out of nowhere came Kodachi using Dig, he came out from underground and executed a perfect Crush Claw against Yorotoshi who failed in stopping it. His face slammed right into the ground with Kodachi's force, but right then a large wave of water approached them, it was Surf, executed by Miika.
Kodachi and Cyra screamed at the top of their lungs as the large amount of water came and flushed them away.
Afterwards, Miika charged up to grab the flag as the rest of them lay on the ground, but Cyra suddenly sprung back up, preparing to use Solar Beam but instantly realized she could not for there was no sunlight out so she switched to Razor Leaf once more. Miika took the hit directly, screaming as the blades sliced passed her, leaving her somewhat injured on the ground.
That is when Yorotoshi finally jumped back up, executing a Shadow Ball before Cyra was able to realize it. She took the hit from the behind, scraping her face against the ground as she slid across it with her rump staring up at the sky.
I could not believe I was watching this hilarious battle between students, it almost seemed Kuimon was doing this all for his amusement, "Let me throw this in, whomever wins this WON'T have to run the 15 miles again!" Kuimon yelled, suddenly increasing the student's will to win quicker than I imagined, out of nowhere they all sprang into action, random abilities going off as they attacked, defended, and dodged all at once.
Then Yorotoshi ran up to the red flag, trying to grab it but was intercepted by Kodachi who ducked right under Yorotoshi when he tried to kick him in the face, his right leg went up while Kodachi ducked under, pushing his left leg over, therefore causing Yorotoshi to land right on his face as he saw Kodachi run straight for the blue flag, "Cyra, use your Giga Drain on Yorotoshi while he's down!" Kodachi ordered as he ran across the field with Miika desperately trying to stop him.
Cyra obeyed Kodachi's command and used Giga Drain against him before he had a chance to recover. It seemed as if a small needle poked into the Lucario's stomach then spewed out a green mist of energy into Cyra's body.
"Ha! Who is weak now? Bitch!" Cyra triumphantly yelled.
"Oh... shut the fuck up..." Yorotoshi groaned, grabbing his stomach with his left eye tightly shut.
That is when Kodachi grabbed the blue flag and instinctively ducked right under Miika who leaped towards him in a desperate attempt to stop him. Then he ran right back to the blue flag with a victorious look on his face.
Then, once Kodachi reached his flag, Yorotoshi jumped back up and used Extremespeed, knocking him over and stealing the blue flag back plus taking the red flag for himself. "Shit, stop him!!!!" Cyra yelled as she sprinted towards Yorotoshi, only to end up tripping on a rock and sliding across the wet grass again with her rump staring up at the sky as she slid to a stop and an annoyed look on her face plus red with embarrassment.
"A-a-a-and... blue team is victorious!" Kuimon announced as Yorotoshi took both of the flags back to his post.
The victors cheered and the losers cried out in frustration.
"Okay losers, get to running!" Kuimon ordered, making Kodachi and Cyra run the 15 miles once again, "Kuimon... please... I don't want to run that all over again..." Cyra whined, trying to get Kuimon to go easy on her. She got very close to him and tried to soften him up, but it didn't work, "Hmm... I'll say it again... LOSERS GET TO RUNNING!!" he yelled, Cyra groaned and began to run all over again...
After a long and sleepless night, I walked back inside to room 46K and stretched my body. I look back as Cindy still lay asleep. I remembered earlier while we she and I were talking about all that has happened to us in this amount of time, I just could not come to decision to tell her that her sister had died in Nightraven Labs and I look back at her, so oblivious to what has happened to her sister, it just made me feel terrible.
At least now I know that the old comrades I had when I was Cindy's little pet are still alive. I remember I was the first Pokemon she ever had, so she really did not know what she was doing, good thing we were able to communicate or she would have never become an adequate trainer.
I had left my Katana in the corner right next to my bed. I slowly picked it up and silently attached it to my belt, trying not to wake Cindy up. Although I tried so hard to leave without making a noise, Sparks just had to barge in yelling out, "Good morning guys!!!" right then I overdramatically fainted in annoyance.
Cindy jumped up from her bed, clenching on to her blanket as hard as she could, almost tearing it up, "Good morning Sparks..." Cindy and I both muttered. I looked back at her, with that morning hair she looked hilarious, then I noticed that Sparks did not have his goggles on for the first time ever since I met him back at the Elite Force HQ, his hair plopped over his eyes almost like mine.
Next Cameron came from the background, yawning and stretching out his back, his fiery tail almost touching the walls and igniting them.
"Come on Cameron, quit dragging your feet!" Sparks yelled, trying to get Cameron to move faster some reason, "Come on... you woke me up at 6:00 in the morning, now tell me... what are we doing...?" he responded, a dazed look on his face, "... and I said I'll tell you when we get there, see you later Jherek" Sparks said, scurrying along the hall with Cameron following.
As I shut the door, silence filled the room. I stood there, leaning against the door as I rubbed my face with those cold hands, I decided later on that I was going to visit my mother. I haven't seen her ever since I got to Poseidon Markpoint, but then again, I tried going earlier on but they would not let me because they said she needed a long time for resting, the machine I found her in was slowly sucking up the rest of her energy, if I did not find her when I did, she would have died.
Then, once it got too quiet, I heard a message:
"Jherek... I need a word with you..." a familiar voice called out as I suddenly received tunnel-vision and vanished back into the golden room from where I killed the original Seppachu Shitokiiri.
"Why have you called me here now? Seriously, you guys need to give me a warning before randomly calling me back and forth to Xerxanus and back"
"Jherek, I have called you here on account of your difficult time and I wish to make becoming a Sentinel worth-while to you. The Guardian Council has come to a decision that with all of your losses, we can perhaps... revive one, and we have chosen Litira Anoriach..."
My jaws dropped instantly and my heart began to race in such surprise that they would do this since I accepted the job of becoming the Guardian Sentinel.
"You mean... you... you're going to revive Litira...?" I asked, hoping that was exactly what he meant, "Yes Jherek, you will have your mate back, but on one condition... you must retrieve the necklace at all costs for a danger comes to the small village the Sneasel who wields it lives in, you have an estimated 1 and a half week to arrive at that destination, and only by putting on the necklace yourself, you will be able to revive Litira and live with her once more... once more..."
The movie says "Based on a true story" but it didn't seem likely.
Getting away from all of that, I picked her up and gently placed her in the bed nearest the door for there were two beds which surrounded a lamp, one near the door and one near the window. It was like a hotel room.
Once I tucked her in, I heard a knock at the door, quickly I opened it before they got louder and wake up Cindy, and there stood Cyra, "Um... hi Jherek..." she said, blushing deeply and not even making eye contact with me, "Kuimon said I should come and get you before the rest of the students get to the designated training area..." she softly said as she turned away and motioned for me to follow, "Uh, yeah, just hold on a second" I said, turning off the TV so easily for the first time. When I had claws I had to be careful not to somehow cut a hole in the TV and ruin it.
Next I turned off the lights so Cindy could get a peaceful sleep while I was gone, "So... it's 12:00 in the morning already?" I asked, "Mm-hmm" she responded, leading the way to Kuimon.
"Hey... about earlier, sorry for smacking you in the face with my Katana handle those several times... hehe..." I apologized for being so harsh on the students, I was a Sentinel after all, there was no way they could have captured me if they really tried.
"Oh, it's alright, I've been treated worse by previous Sensei, training to become a PDF is really hard now since they expect so much from us..."
I had to say, beyond the fact that she acts like a fan girl sometimes, a very sick-minded fan girl, she seemed pretty nice.
"So, what does Kuimon want you guys to do tonight?" I asked as we turned a corner and walked into an elevator that was conveniently open.
"Well, today is just another teamwork test or something like that, but first we have to start out with the 15 mile run..." I knew she was not very excited about the run, but I wouldn't be excited for a 15 mile run if I were them, I would rather pick up a dirt clod, throw it at Kuimon's face, and slap his mother, knowing very well I would die at the end.
As the elevator halted to a stop at the 1st floor, the lights dimmed out just for a few seconds, but it left Cyra in fear, "What happened?!" she squealed as the lights turned out "Ah, jeez, it is just a light malfunction, woman!" I tried to calm her down, but once they turned back on I looked to my right when I saw a shadowy figure. I did not believe it, the shadowy figure was Constantine, he looked up at me with his eyes glowing bright red and the Anriu insignia glowing clearly in his pupil, then he vanished, turning into a black mist and disappearing as the elevator doors opened.
"Whoo... that was scary!" Cyra whimpered, slowly coming out of the elevator, completely oblivious that Constantine was sitting there, watching us.
"Why did he appear before me like that...?"
This unnerved me and I was now on full alert even though Poseidon Markpoint was one of the most secure bases outside of Miir Cyraa in the Hoenn region, it was still possible that the Anriu could have infiltrated this place.
As Cyra and I finally got outside, she led me to Kuimon who lay there with his metallic hands behind his head on the dew-covered grass, staring up at the sky with his left eye only. It was so depressing to see how injured he was, but he didn't seem to care about how he looked anymore.
The area around Poseidon Markpoint was indeed beautiful, there was a large field with a small river running around it as if it was a race track. On the outside were dozens of trees, all standing tall seemingly up to the moon itself which glowed full in the background as they sway back and forth.
I saw that he once again had his dark blue vest on as he sat up and stared at Cyra and I, "Well... finally..." he muttered. "Sensei, see, I did what you said, am I a good girl??" Cyra asked, the way she began to talk must have meant she was really young. But still, all she thinks about it sex, well, there were many dumb ones out there who are like her: Young, dumb, and full of cum.
"Yes Cyra... you're a good girl..." he responded, dusting himself off as he jumped up, once again looking up at the sky.
"What are you gazing at, Kuimon?" I asked, looking around for anything suspicious. But he did not answer, I saw his maw moving around a bit, it kind of looked like he was counting.
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
Suddenly, out from the sky, Yorotoshi appeared and cleanly landed right in front of Kuimon while the rest of the came normally on their paws.
"Glad to see you guys are on time..." Kuimon softly said.
"Yes, sir!" they all replied.
"Well... good for you, now, you guys know what to do, jog across this entire field 60 times, your 15 mile run, and Miika, you swim the river around the field 60 times as well, move, move, move!"
They all sprinted forward, moving adequate in speed and with Yorotoshi in the lead.
Kuimon then lay back down on the grass, staring up at the sky as his students ran around the track. I decided to kneel down next to him. There was a moment of silence between us but finally he asked a question, "So... you never really told me how you survived Nightraven" he chuckled, "I don't know what I would have done if I was facing Constantine in the face..." he concluded, finally looking at me.
"As a matter of fact, I kind of... don't... want to talk about that, the only time I was ever so scared was back at Sootopolis, and please don't ask me about that either" I laughed.
"Sorry..."
"Well, there was one thing that has been bugging me, what happened to your paws, I could have sworn I saw them when I was in my hospital bed" I asked.
"Oh, I lost my paws almost 2 years ago when this war started, but I had them covered up with fake paws when I was in a social situation, ya know" he responded.
Fake paws, I need to look into those, I look very odd with these metallic hands and I want to look like a normal Zangoose again.
"Well, there is another thing I would want to know, do you have an actual bio for your students? Not just that "borderline personality disorder, only thinks about sex, crap?" I asked, hoping this would pass the time in waiting for the students to finish their 15 mile run.
"Hmm... okay, I think I memorized the real bios just do I would know what is up with these guys..." he stared up and began to think, "Aah, forget it, how 'bout I just show you?" he suggested, pulling out the bios out of nowhere and handing them to me, I grabbed it and read:
"Yorotoshi Cavvaran - age 16: Weapon: Pole-arm - he is a cold-blooded Lucario, heir of the Lucario Cavvaran Clan of the Sinnoh region, he hopes to avenge the extinction of his brethren ever since Jubelife city was invaded by the PEF while his entire clan occupied it. He holds a very special ability which he can use during a near death experience which was discovered when Chaiisin Checkpoint was under attack and he was surrounded by 6 CEs, he annihilated every single one of them with his special skill alone, but this skill is said to use the last remains of his energy, when it runs out he faints"
I flipped to the next page, wondering why Yorotoshi did not use his pole-arm when he was training against me. Maybe he just uses it in serious situations, and the special ability he holds suspiciously sounds like the Anriu's, but the bio would have said so either way. This must actually be hereditary.
Kodachi Niiranka - age 15: Weapon: Riickaro Thunder Claws - Son of one of the world's most powerful Zangooses, Mayiik Niiranka, the savior of Miir Cyraa, Kodachi wishes to be known as his father's son, to be known as a hero and not just a plain Zangoose. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
The son of Mayiik Niiranka, that is very impressive. I have heard many stories about his father, how he and a group of 12 PDF Pokemon held off a whole PEF battalion in order for Miir Cyraa to prepare its defenses against any attack. And Riickaro Thunder Claws, I have heard of those, only meant for Zangooses and it acts as if it was an extension to his claws plus they generate electrical power, I used those once but I was no good with them...
Once again I flipped to the next page, wondering who I would find about next as the students finally passed their first lap.
Miika Andressan - age 14: Weapon: N/A - A very powerful, but merciful Buizel. She is known for her strategies and maneuvers which easily confuse her opponents. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
Cyra Ryliaan - age 12: Weapon: Armored Leaf Blade - Named after the Pokemon civilization: Miir Cyraa. In the training academy, she was taken as one of the cutest Leafeon's available and one of the most ferocious fighters. She uses a type of Leaf Blade which seems to never run out, but when she actually activates the real ability, it glows and its power increases tenfold. In addition, her hormones seem to be a big problem in her way of thinking by what information we have recovered, if we are ever able to make her concentrate on what she is doing, there is no telling what she could accomplish. We are not certain of any special hereditary abilities.
After reading all of it, I gave it back to Kuimon.
I looked back at all of them, Yorotoshi was just calmly jogging his way across while Cyra and Kodachi where just trying to keep running while Miika had no problem swimming across.
Giving out a small chuckle, I wondered what it was going to be like for them, this entire training experience will definitely discipline them, especially Cyra and Yorotoshi. I just hope nothing bad happens to them.
It took about 2 hours for all of them to run the 15 miles, at the end everyone except Yorotoshi was panting as if they were dying. Then Cyra even fell over in exhaustion, her lungs inflating and deflating with air.
"I'll give you guys.... 20 seconds to recover and prepare for you training session for tonight, 20... 1, okay time to start!"
"But you didn't even give us 20 se..."
"You know what, Cyra? I really don't give a damn, now prepare for your next task. A simple game of capture the flag, 2 on 2, I have already set up the flags for both the blue team: Yorotoshi and Miika, and the red team: Kodachi and Cyra. Now this is a simple game, no devastatingly powerful attacks please, we cannot afford to bring in the paramedics" Kuimon instructed, ordering his students to move to their flag posts. The entire field resembled a soccer field now that it was being used this way.
I had to say that this seemed familiar, children games for training, just like how he made his original Elite Force team play soccer, it was pretty confusing on why he training his students this way.
There was a blue flag to the left and a red flag to the right, and that is where the teams stood, preparing for Kuimon to yell 'Start'"
"Heh... again... this is gonna be fun" I whispered, "Ahh man, where the fuck is my popcorn!" Kuimon joked, straightening out his mask.
"A-a-and... BEGIN!"
Kodachi from the red team charged forward, Cyra defending the flag while Yorotoshi from blue team charged as well, leaving Miika to defend.
Once Yorotoshi and Kodachi neared each other, Kodachi slid to the ground, preparing a Thunderbolt from below, but Yorotoshi got to him first with a Shadow Claw which rammed Kodachi into the ground, a huge puff of smoke puffing right out of the field. Yorotoshi came sprinting right out of it after a few seconds of anticipation. He charged right for Cyra who used her Razor Leaf before he advanced any closer.
He skillfully dodged every single leaf, even if it was difficult to see in the darkness of night, and went straight for the flag after Cyra tried to use her Leaf Blade against him.
But out of nowhere came Kodachi using Dig, he came out from underground and executed a perfect Crush Claw against Yorotoshi who failed in stopping it. His face slammed right into the ground with Kodachi's force, but right then a large wave of water approached them, it was Surf, executed by Miika.
Kodachi and Cyra screamed at the top of their lungs as the large amount of water came and flushed them away.
Afterwards, Miika charged up to grab the flag as the rest of them lay on the ground, but Cyra suddenly sprung back up, preparing to use Solar Beam but instantly realized she could not for there was no sunlight out so she switched to Razor Leaf once more. Miika took the hit directly, screaming as the blades sliced passed her, leaving her somewhat injured on the ground.
That is when Yorotoshi finally jumped back up, executing a Shadow Ball before Cyra was able to realize it. She took the hit from the behind, scraping her face against the ground as she slid across it with her rump staring up at the sky.
I could not believe I was watching this hilarious battle between students, it almost seemed Kuimon was doing this all for his amusement, "Let me throw this in, whomever wins this WON'T have to run the 15 miles again!" Kuimon yelled, suddenly increasing the student's will to win quicker than I imagined, out of nowhere they all sprang into action, random abilities going off as they attacked, defended, and dodged all at once.
Then Yorotoshi ran up to the red flag, trying to grab it but was intercepted by Kodachi who ducked right under Yorotoshi when he tried to kick him in the face, his right leg went up while Kodachi ducked under, pushing his left leg over, therefore causing Yorotoshi to land right on his face as he saw Kodachi run straight for the blue flag, "Cyra, use your Giga Drain on Yorotoshi while he's down!" Kodachi ordered as he ran across the field with Miika desperately trying to stop him.
Cyra obeyed Kodachi's command and used Giga Drain against him before he had a chance to recover. It seemed as if a small needle poked into the Lucario's stomach then spewed out a green mist of energy into Cyra's body.
"Ha! Who is weak now? Bitch!" Cyra triumphantly yelled.
"Oh... shut the fuck up..." Yorotoshi groaned, grabbing his stomach with his left eye tightly shut.
That is when Kodachi grabbed the blue flag and instinctively ducked right under Miika who leaped towards him in a desperate attempt to stop him. Then he ran right back to the blue flag with a victorious look on his face.
Then, once Kodachi reached his flag, Yorotoshi jumped back up and used Extremespeed, knocking him over and stealing the blue flag back plus taking the red flag for himself. "Shit, stop him!!!!" Cyra yelled as she sprinted towards Yorotoshi, only to end up tripping on a rock and sliding across the wet grass again with her rump staring up at the sky as she slid to a stop and an annoyed look on her face plus red with embarrassment.
"A-a-a-and... blue team is victorious!" Kuimon announced as Yorotoshi took both of the flags back to his post.
The victors cheered and the losers cried out in frustration.
"Okay losers, get to running!" Kuimon ordered, making Kodachi and Cyra run the 15 miles once again, "Kuimon... please... I don't want to run that all over again..." Cyra whined, trying to get Kuimon to go easy on her. She got very close to him and tried to soften him up, but it didn't work, "Hmm... I'll say it again... LOSERS GET TO RUNNING!!" he yelled, Cyra groaned and began to run all over again...
After a long and sleepless night, I walked back inside to room 46K and stretched my body. I look back as Cindy still lay asleep. I remembered earlier while we she and I were talking about all that has happened to us in this amount of time, I just could not come to decision to tell her that her sister had died in Nightraven Labs and I look back at her, so oblivious to what has happened to her sister, it just made me feel terrible.
At least now I know that the old comrades I had when I was Cindy's little pet are still alive. I remember I was the first Pokemon she ever had, so she really did not know what she was doing, good thing we were able to communicate or she would have never become an adequate trainer.
I had left my Katana in the corner right next to my bed. I slowly picked it up and silently attached it to my belt, trying not to wake Cindy up. Although I tried so hard to leave without making a noise, Sparks just had to barge in yelling out, "Good morning guys!!!" right then I overdramatically fainted in annoyance.
Cindy jumped up from her bed, clenching on to her blanket as hard as she could, almost tearing it up, "Good morning Sparks..." Cindy and I both muttered. I looked back at her, with that morning hair she looked hilarious, then I noticed that Sparks did not have his goggles on for the first time ever since I met him back at the Elite Force HQ, his hair plopped over his eyes almost like mine.
Next Cameron came from the background, yawning and stretching out his back, his fiery tail almost touching the walls and igniting them.
"Come on Cameron, quit dragging your feet!" Sparks yelled, trying to get Cameron to move faster some reason, "Come on... you woke me up at 6:00 in the morning, now tell me... what are we doing...?" he responded, a dazed look on his face, "... and I said I'll tell you when we get there, see you later Jherek" Sparks said, scurrying along the hall with Cameron following.
As I shut the door, silence filled the room. I stood there, leaning against the door as I rubbed my face with those cold hands, I decided later on that I was going to visit my mother. I haven't seen her ever since I got to Poseidon Markpoint, but then again, I tried going earlier on but they would not let me because they said she needed a long time for resting, the machine I found her in was slowly sucking up the rest of her energy, if I did not find her when I did, she would have died.
Then, once it got too quiet, I heard a message:
"Jherek... I need a word with you..." a familiar voice called out as I suddenly received tunnel-vision and vanished back into the golden room from where I killed the original Seppachu Shitokiiri.
"Why have you called me here now? Seriously, you guys need to give me a warning before randomly calling me back and forth to Xerxanus and back"
"Jherek, I have called you here on account of your difficult time and I wish to make becoming a Sentinel worth-while to you. The Guardian Council has come to a decision that with all of your losses, we can perhaps... revive one, and we have chosen Litira Anoriach..."
My jaws dropped instantly and my heart began to race in such surprise that they would do this since I accepted the job of becoming the Guardian Sentinel.
"You mean... you... you're going to revive Litira...?" I asked, hoping that was exactly what he meant, "Yes Jherek, you will have your mate back, but on one condition... you must retrieve the necklace at all costs for a danger comes to the small village the Sneasel who wields it lives in, you have an estimated 1 and a half week to arrive at that destination, and only by putting on the necklace yourself, you will be able to revive Litira and live with her once more... once more..."