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 25 - Goodbye Poseidon Markpoint
It was unbelievable, I was going to be able to resurrect Litira from her grave to be with her once more, it all seemed so suspicious but taking it that these people are Guardians who are all devoted to the Sentinel, which was currently myself, would never deceive me like that.
I looked forward and saw Cindy had gone back to sleep while, supposedly my spirit, had gone to Xerxanus for the instructions about how I could resurrect Litira. I wondered what it looked like from a 3rd person view what I looked like when I was called to Xerxanus, maybe I just stand there with a blank look on my face or my entire body just vanishes. But with this joyous news in my presence I felt too good to think about things like that, I sat near her and began to rub her long, light brown hair with my hands, gently stroking back and forth as she slept.
"I have a good feeling about this... finally I can see Litira's bright and shining face once more" I whispered, feeling weary, I gently shut my eyes and tried to drift off into sleep, sitting up near Cindy as the crickets of night still sing their songs, but I could not sleep. After a while, I just guessed that I probably was not tired even after a sleepless night, so I decided to take a little walk by myself around Poseidon Markpoint just to pass the time...
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The week of relaxation was finally coming to an end, a few days of sleepless nights, which means the new Elite Force must go through the graduation test which Kuimon said will probably be the hardest or the easiest, he made it very vague so the students would be prepared either way.
A week of no sleep though, I did not want to tell anyone because nothing was really wrong with me and I did not want them to get worried. But for some reason, ever since I became a Sentinel, I did not feel the need to sleep or take naps. It was like I can never sleep again, maybe it was one of those things about becoming a Sentinel that I had to figure out myself and it seemed that was the only reasonable solution.
Later on, I stood on a large hill around Poseidon Markpoint that was still not too far away. It was midnight and the moon hung behind me as I stared at the establishment as if I was its guardian. The wind blew my hair plus my robe in all directions but it unmoved me. It felt as if my eyes were glowing bright gold with a frightening glare in the darkness as if I were a demon.
"Beautiful night, isn't it?" I heard a feminine voice say from behind me. I turned around to see that it was Yurrei with her smiling Jolteon face staring me in the eyes, "Yeah, it definitely is..." I responded, turning back around and staring at Poseidon Markpoint once again when I couldn't think of anything else to say, "So... what are you doing out here so late?" she asked as she lay down on the grass right next to me with her front legs stretched out in front of her and her back legs stretched out the opposite way.
"Just wanted to get some fresh air, it's very stuffy in Poseidon Markpoint you know" I responded as I sat down as well, my back on the grass and my body facing upwards towards the sky with my mechanical hands resting on my stomach.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to talk to you much for the week you were here, I was just busy, so was Belisivious, but we are hoping to be able to see you a bit more once we all get to Miir Cyraa" she apologized because I haven't seen her since I woke up from my operation.
"Ah, it's alright, I was barely even able to talk to my own mother this entire week, she's really sick right now and the doctors are trying to treat her..."
"Aww, I hope she turns out okay..." Yurrei responded.
I remembered when I talked to my mother, but only twice, a short time after I arrived at Poseidon Markpoint then a few days ago, I believe 4 days...
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"Hi mom..." I said when I walked into my mother's room, this was the last time I talked to her, 4 days ago when my day was uneventful.
"Hello Jherek... judging by last time you visited me with that astounding hair, I see you might have made quite a few girlfriends in your short time here" she responded with an elderly type smile.
"So how are you doing?" I asked as I sat by her side, un-equipping my Katana and putting it on the wall. I knew for a fact that my mother was in bad shape, being in Nightraven Labs for so long must have taken a fatal toll on her body, the chamber she rested in was a Reanimation chamber, I realize that now, it is to preserve one's body for years to come, but there is a defect when it comes to Pokemon, I just hope my mother is going to be alright.
Before my mother had a chance to answer, a very tall doctor stepped into the room with documents in one hand and his other hand readjusting his glasses, "I am sorry, but this patient is in no condition for visitors, I'm afraid I am going to have to ask you to leave" he said, pointing towards the door and signaling for me to leave, "Um... I guess I will see you later then, mom" I said.
"Thank you for visiting, sweetheart" she responded.
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"So, what are you doing out here yourself?" I asked Yurrei.
Her face made it seem like I was asking her to defuse a bomb or something, I don't know why but she responded, "Why do you want to know?"
"Well... I can't ask you but you can ask me? That doesn't seem fair now, does it?" I said.
"Oh well, you got me, I just saw you out here and I wanted to keep you company, am I bad for that?" she answered, an embarrassed look on her face.
"Of course not Yurrei, that was very thoughtful of you" I softly said, trying to make her feel comfortable, "Hehe... well, thank you" I continued.
"Yeah... just incase you were wondering, Belisivious and I are taking care of Michelle for you" she said, "Oh good, I was beginning to worry about whatever happened to her" I responded.
Then before I knew it, I saw a couple of shadowy figures race across the field where Kuimon trains his students, but on closer examination I would say that was Kuimon and his students, plus Sparks who were all lined up in single file, facing Kuimon and Sparks, "Be right back" I said to Yurrei as she yawned and stretched out her front and back legs, "'Kay"
I slowly walked towards the group but stopped close enough where I can hear everything they were saying but they could not see me. I was not hiding though, I merely stood next to a boulder which happened to be close to their location.
"I will admit it..." Kuimon started with his mechanical hands behind his back next to his staff which was strapped on around his body and his tail drooping to the ground, "... you students have come a long way, this week must have been hard for you guys but you still managed to stay and become more powerful... I salute you students for you are now eligible to become the new Elite Force with proper training and months of service to the Pokemon Defensive Force" he said, "HOO-YAH" his students replied with a gracious attitude, "Now..." Kuimon started once again as he vanished into thin-air causing Cyra to vanish as well.
"What's happening?" I asked myself as the rest of the students frantically looked around in surprise, "What do you guys do when an enemy has captured one of your comrades?!" Kuimon yelled as he grabbed both of Cyra's front paws and pulled them behind her as if he was arresting her. He pushed her torso down to the ground and shoved her face right into the ground as she screamed in horror, Kuimon actually made it look like he was raping her when he had this maniacal look in his left eye for you could tell he gave out a sinister smirk while his left eye widened up as wide as it could.
"Kuimon, what are you doing?!" Cyra screamed in pure terror, tears falling down her furry face out of her eyes. Sparks pointed his right paw at Cyra's face as if he had a gun in that paw while he carried that smirk on his face.
"What the fuck is happening, did I fucking miss something?!" Kodachi screamed.
"I think he went insane, what do we do?!" Miika yelled in horror, trying not to look at Cyra's pain-filled face.
What the hell was Kuimon even doing? Was this a training method or did he just lose it and finally go insane? But I could not intervene, there was a strong possibility that this was a training session and if I came in, it could ruin it all.
"Kuimon, what is your problem... attacking one of your own students... for shame!" Yorotoshi yelled as his normally calm face turned to rage, I could tell he really was not expecting this and it most likely got him mad.
"So... are you just going to talk to me or are you going to do something?" Kuimon asked, "Yeah guys... or we might have a little accident" Sparks intervened, turning Cyra around so that her rump was brushing up against his waist which caused Cyra to scream at the top of her lungs while he pulled her leafy tail up, "Hmm... what do you have here?" Kuimon said, chuckling a bit, "So you're just going to let your comrade get raped right before your eyes?"
Yorotoshi began seething while Miika stood still, paralyzed in horror, her back pointed straight up with her entire body in the formation of the letter "I" plus she had that "This is not happening..." look on her face.
But I did not see Kodachi there. After a while, it finally hit me, the Zangoose with Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Crush Claw, and Dig. He was apparently using one of his 4 major abilities and that one was: Dig.
"Come now... are you really going to let me do this?" Sparks asked, mounting Cyra who was now struggling to break free but was pushed down harder to the floor by Kuimon and I could only watch in fear for what was going to happen next, "Hehe... oh stop it Cyra, you know you want to be vaginally raped by someone like Sparks..." Kuimon teased but Sparks really did not seem like the rapist type, if he really continued with this, I will never look at him the same way.
"Hehe... gotcha" Yorotoshi said, his angered expression suddenly changing to a smirk. Kuimon's eyes widened in surprise when he finally realized what was happening, that Kodachi was slowly digging under. He finally jumped up from the ground with a quick Crush Claw, but suddenly, out came a black essence around Kuimon's mechanical right hand, it formed up into a small ball and he used it to easily deflect Kodachi's Crush Claw, causing it to emit a bright white light to shine as the two collided with each other, forcing Kodachi a few feet away from Kuimon.
Sparks jumped off of Cyra quickly, but once he did, she attempted to escape, so he quickly maneuvered right in front of her, sticking out his front paws and tripping Cyra and holding her down by her head, but that is when Yorotoshi finally attacked with Extremespeed. He disappeared suddenly, leaving Sparks in awe for a few seconds then reappeared with 3 very quick blows to the body, forcing Sparks a few steps back. He grabbed his aching stomach and kneeled down as Yorotoshi stood up right in front of him, his tall Lucario body staring down at Sparks' small Raichu body, "Hah... so this is Sparks... one of the last original Elite Force members... I expected more from someone like you..." he said, charging up a Shadow Claw.
"Oh hell no, you did NOT just say that, you little brat!!" Sparks screamed at the top of his lungs, holding back his right paw then suddenly jerking it forward right in front of Yorotoshi's face screaming, "THUNDER SNIPE!!" then a skinny sliver of pure electricity escaped Sparks' grubby little paws and shocked Yorotoshi, causing him to fly right back to Miika who finally decided to join the battle but once she ran in, Yorotoshi ran right into her and they both fell to the ground.
"Thunder Snipe?" I asked myself, trying to remember if I know if that really is an electric type move, "Congratulations, you now know one of Sparks' special abilities that he taught himself, Thunder Snipe!" Kuimon yelled, charging up his ball of dark energy once again as Kodachi finally jumped up and used Shadow Ball, and once again their attacks merged, causing a bright white light to shine in the darkness of the night again.
"... and now you see one of my special moves, Darkline, courtesy of the Anriu!" Kuimon yelled as he formed his ball of dark energy into 2 long black transparent ropes as his masked face glowed in the moonlight with his uncovered eyeball and black pupil glowing as well.
"Darkline... is that only an Anriu move?" I asked myself. Still, in all of this, it amazed me how Kuimon was able to keep the Anriu abilities even though he deserted them, you would think that the Anriu would be constantly hunting him down for that, then that raises another question.
Cyra discreetly attempted to crawl away with her leafy tail between her legs, but Sparks once again caught her, "S-s-sto-o-o-op!!!" Cyra screamed as began to squirm around furiously in Sparks' hold, "Goddamn woman stop squirming so much!!!" Sparks' yelled as Yorotoshi and Miika finally recovered from their close-encounter with each other and charged up once again while Kuimon was still fighting Kodachi.
Finally Kodachi's Crush Claw was able to push Kuimon back to Sparks as all of the students surrounded them plus Cyra who had just broke from Sparks' hold, kicking him several times in the stomach before running off behind Yorotoshi.
Kuimon suddenly let out a chuckle and lifted up his hand with the thumb pointing horizontally for a few moments, making his students go at ease, then after much anticipation, he pointed his thumb up, telling the students that they have passed the final test which was that whole situation.
"You mean... that was a test?" Cyra whimpered, "Yes ma'am, if I am anything I am not a rapist, though I am a good actor" Sparks gently said, giving her a relieving smile as they all panted in exhaustion, "So... this was the last test, telling us that we were going to graduate without any interruptions then suddenly attacking us... very clever" Yorotoshi said, "Yes, yes, yes!! We passed, we passed, we passed!!" Kodachi cheered, jumping up and down in happiness, "Wow... that was scary..." Miika said, wiping her forehead off with her right paw, "Hey, you're not allowed to say anything, you barely did anything... and I thought Cyra was the weakest, all you did was stand there, paralyzed, like a child..." Yorotoshi harshly stated, walking back to Poseidon Markpoint suddenly, leaving Miika sitting there, stunned by his comment.
Kuimon looked up at me suddenly, his spiky head hair flowing in the wind as he gently waved at me while I waved back then he looked back at Miika who, I could tell, was trying very hard not to cry.
Kuimon saw this and attempted to comfort her, "Bleh... let him go Miika, I'm afraid whatever happened in that kid's past makes him act up like this..." he said, "... you are all dismissed... go celebrate, play games, eat crap, go have sex for all I care, go catch some STDs, we'll be leaving to Miir Cyraa soon" Kuimon said as he and Sparks both disappeared into the dead of night, once again leaving his students by themselves.
"Don't worry Kuimon, I'll definitely do the 'Sex' part" Cyra giggled, "Oh wow... you were at the brink of being raped and you suddenly want sex again? You're weird..." Kodachi said, forcing a giggle out of Cyra.
I felt pretty sorry for Miika though, Yorotoshi definitely did not give her a break on that one. But instead of trying to comfort Miika as well, I decided to go back to Yurrei who I left laying on the hill which overlooked Poseidon Markpoint...
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As time passed, normal and uneventful moments passed as well. Time at Poseidon Markpoint were calm but boring, it was hard for me to not take small walks around the entire place just to get rid of that ridiculous urge to travel. I was glad when the week had finally passed and that we were to continue on to Miir Cyraa.
But there was, of course, a problem: There was not enough room in the helicopter, which was the only one in Poseidon Markpoint at the time, to take us all to Miir Cyraa.
I decided I was going to travel on foot as well as Kuimon and his students. But the way Kuimon talked earlier, how his student's real mission was traveling to Miir Cyraa, it seemed they were going to go on foot from the beginning.
It was about 7:00 in the morning as the helicopter landed on the Extraction Point, which was out on the field where Kuimon trained his students, the field surrounded by the slim lake. So many Pokemon and humans boarded the helicopter.
Cindy, Sparks, Cameron, Yurrei, Belisivious, Kaine, Riolynn, Michelle, and my mother boarded as I stood there near the entrance, saying goodbye to all of my friends and even some people I did not know. They all wished me good luck, but my mother was devastated when she had heard I was going on foot, "Jherek, please... just be careful..." she pleaded as she slowly and wearily embarked inside, "Yeah Jherek..." Cindy said, "Don't do anything stupid out there, please?"
"Don't worry guys, we'll be okay" I yelled as the helicopter took off into the blue sky, accelerating forward and vanishing from our view.
"Okay guys, are we ready...?" Kuimon asked, flipping around his staff in his mechanical hands, he still wore that mask from his injury over a week ago and this time he wore a different vest, but still the same color which was dark blue, this one was a bit larger and with a Sapphire crystal in the middle, and it seemed he and Yorotoshi were the only ones who had backpacks. But when I saw his students, I was amazed on their stylish senses.
Yorotoshi had a large, dark blue cape which covered most of his body but was still opened from the center all the way down which revealed he had a type of black special vest on with a magenta crystal embedded in the middle, plus he carried a long pole-arm with a sapphire blade which curved up into the shape of a snake slithering through tall grass to catch its prey.
Kodachi wore the same type of cape as Yorotoshi but it was completely black and was given a hood which he wore over his head, completely covering his eyes. Under his cape was the Thunder Claws I have read about, they were bronze with no handles, Kodachi was able to slip them on over his claws. There were about 5 blades on that claw, all drooping to the ground and he wore the same type of vest Yorotoshi did.
Miika also had this kind of cape, but it was just a little shorter and did not reach the ground like Yorotoshi and Kodachi's did. She, as well, wore the vest with the crystal embedded in the middle of it except hers was a dark brown color and her crystal was golden instead of magenta.
Cyra did not wear anything special like the others, she just covered the leafy blades on her front legs with an iron blade, but she, of course, wore the vest just like everyone else.
"Oh right... I almost forgot, you might be needing this Jherek" Kuimon said, handing me the vest that all of his students wore, it seemed a bit small at first but once I took off my robe and put on the vest, next putting my robe back on I realized it was a perfect fit, yet mine seemed a bit low to the stomach at the straps that went up and around my body were unseen from my robe, it did not look like I was wearing anything under it.
"Okay... now we are ready, let's move along, shall we?" Kuimon calmly said as he began to move forward, fitting his backpack in a more comfortable position.
We were finally leaving Poseidon Markpoint, but I had to say I did have some fun times in that week. Sparks and Cameron seemed to have been getting along, although they did have some fights over fire and electric differences.
Michelle seemed to have grown quite a bit since I had to separate from her, too bad it is going to take so long for her to mature. I was told of the old times when Pokemon matured in about 10 years, now they can go up to 80 years just because of that drug humans invented. That is why these 10 year olds are considered young now.
Still, I had to hand it to the little lady, if I had never found her I would not be here in Poseidon Markpoint with Kuimon and his students, I would still be traveling but maybe have met new friends.
"One-and-a-half weeks... I have already spent a week in Poseidon Markpoint which must mean that I have almost 4 days to get to the village where the necklace resides... and where I can resurrect Litira..."
As we walked along, I had to recount the things that have happened to me at Poseidon Markpoint. For one thing, Constantine appearing in the elevator was quite a shock, but only a vision. I decided not to tell anyone about it for two reasons.
1: I do not want them to think I am crazy
2: I do not want them to know that I was almost possessed by the Anriu.
It may not make any sense, but I have decided to keep my mouth shut.
Plus Kuimon's odd attack: Darkline. I decided to ask him later on where he acquired that attack even though I knew it was Anriu, but just to make sure if I was maybe eligible to use that attack as well, it seemed pretty cool.
"Okay guys, we are going to Werment Village, the only place we'll be able to rest, but it should take the rest of the day to get there so... let's pick up the pace" Kuimon said, his students all groaned when they knew that it would probably take the rest of the day to get to Werment Village.
So close to Werment Village yet so far from Miir Cyraa...
I remembered my days in Nightraven Labs, right at the end when the core pre-maturely exploded I was visited by Lucifer who was thought dead. The words he said back there "Another war is coming..." finally got to me. And what the original Seppachu said, about how the Anriu are creating their portals to Earth. But the fact that most of the Anriu are already in our realm must mean they only send Portal-Wielders, which are Pokemon who are powerful enough to make their own portals, but only for themselves.
This must be how this conflict began, the original Seppachu created his own portals into Earth, but he alone was not able to stop the Anriu from killing all of those people in the Sinnoh region, therefore starting this war.
The only reason I am calm about this whole situation now is that I don't know much about it, I need more information before I start panicking.
But now I realize that becoming Seppachu Shitokiiri has definitely changed me in most ways, it seems like I am more strategic in battles and I have become stronger, faster, better. But I still could not get over the fact that I do not have claws anymore, all during the week, everyone had tried calming me down about the loss of my claws, they say it is an improvement. Once I get to Miir Cyraa, I will look into the fake show claws that they made for Kuimon, just to make me look normal when I am in a normal place.
"Why was I chosen as the Sentinel...?" I thought.
"Seppachu... you are worthy for the title of "Sentinel" and now I believe that you are confused about this war and all that has happened to you, do you mind if I explain?" a voice asked me by answering my thoughts, it was the original Seppachu, but at least this time he asked me before just randomly teleporting me, or my spirit, to Xerxanus, whichever he did because my body seems to go on "Pause" when he talks to me in the other realm.
"Please call me Jherek... and well, I can't go to Xerxanus in the middle of traveling..." I said, "I see... do you mind if I speak to you while you travel then?" he asked. It seemed more reasonable.
"Seppachu... I was actually hoping for some information about the Realms, can you explain to me about the Anriu, the Guardians, and the X'rivva?" I asked.
"All of the 3 feuding realms are sacred but all with different motives, the Anriu desire overpower, the Guardians desire peace, and the X'rivva desire respect. Ever since all realms were created, there have only been 3 who have a populace powerful enough to create their own portals to different realms. But recently, the Anriu have beaten us to Earth, the one realm which was the hardest to acquire a portal to, we were only able to create a portal to Earth moments after the Anriu created this damned war which threatens to fuse all of the realms together..." he explained, his voice very fearful.
"... Fuse all realms...?"
"Yes Jherek... Earth is the holder of all realms and the Anriu fails to understand that, they believe that whoever controls Earth... controls all. Any realm which seizes control of 2 realms is considered powerful, but Earth is the main key for total obliteration, all of the realms in one place will cause incomprehensible chaos. But there is a secret behind the Pokemon populace of Earth, as a certain species on Earth becomes extinct, a certain realm will vanish. All realms have a majority of certain Pokemon: The Guardians have Zangoose, the Anriu have Weavile, and the X'rivva have Lucario. But the X'rivva realm is in danger for the Lucario... are almost all extinct on Earth, so this war endangers most species and realms... the more extinct Pokemon, the more realm destruction..."
I had no idea, but I should have guessed since I rarely see Lucario, especially in the Hoenn region.
"...Jherek, once you get that necklace you will become a true Sentinel and will require training to activate certain skills. Guardian Arbiters are plentiful in Hoenn, but only few are able to teach you the 4 main Sentinel abilities which you will soon find out. After that, you will be ready to save the world..." he said which proved that my accusation was wrong, the original Seppachu Shitokiiri was not the only Sentinel to arrive on Earth, there were more.
"So... where can I find one of these Arbiters?" I asked.
"One resides in Miir Cyraa, her name is Guinevere: The Holder of Bloodmind, she will be easy to find, she will teach you the astounding Sentinel ability: Bloodmind, you can't expect all of the powers of the Sentinel to automatically come to you... you're going to have to learn from the Arbiters..."
I responded vaguely for Bloodmind seemed like a devastating power to behold, I wondered what it may do and what might be the consequences for using it just like how activating the Anriu main ability, which is turning black and dark red and acquiring special powers, for too long, it will drain all of your energy.
"You may ask why we Guardians fight... and now you know, we are trying to preserve what we have worked so hard to gain. The Anriu will not stop until they are the rulers of Earth and all of the other realms and by causing the Anti-Pokemon War, they have weakened this world, making it vulnerable to their invasion... Jherek... another war is coming, be prepared to be put to the test... the fate of all realms rests on your head, remember that... and once you retrieve that necklace, I won't be around to guide you any longer, you will become one-hundred percent Seppachu Shitokiiri..."
It was right then I felt his force leave my body, "The fate of all realms rests on your head, remember that..."
I had to ask myself why I was trusted with all of this, why was I trusted with the protection of Earth, but now I had my main objective to worry about, find this necklace from the Sneasel who holds it and become Seppachu Shitokiiri.
I looked forward and saw Cindy had gone back to sleep while, supposedly my spirit, had gone to Xerxanus for the instructions about how I could resurrect Litira. I wondered what it looked like from a 3rd person view what I looked like when I was called to Xerxanus, maybe I just stand there with a blank look on my face or my entire body just vanishes. But with this joyous news in my presence I felt too good to think about things like that, I sat near her and began to rub her long, light brown hair with my hands, gently stroking back and forth as she slept.
"I have a good feeling about this... finally I can see Litira's bright and shining face once more" I whispered, feeling weary, I gently shut my eyes and tried to drift off into sleep, sitting up near Cindy as the crickets of night still sing their songs, but I could not sleep. After a while, I just guessed that I probably was not tired even after a sleepless night, so I decided to take a little walk by myself around Poseidon Markpoint just to pass the time...
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The week of relaxation was finally coming to an end, a few days of sleepless nights, which means the new Elite Force must go through the graduation test which Kuimon said will probably be the hardest or the easiest, he made it very vague so the students would be prepared either way.
A week of no sleep though, I did not want to tell anyone because nothing was really wrong with me and I did not want them to get worried. But for some reason, ever since I became a Sentinel, I did not feel the need to sleep or take naps. It was like I can never sleep again, maybe it was one of those things about becoming a Sentinel that I had to figure out myself and it seemed that was the only reasonable solution.
Later on, I stood on a large hill around Poseidon Markpoint that was still not too far away. It was midnight and the moon hung behind me as I stared at the establishment as if I was its guardian. The wind blew my hair plus my robe in all directions but it unmoved me. It felt as if my eyes were glowing bright gold with a frightening glare in the darkness as if I were a demon.
"Beautiful night, isn't it?" I heard a feminine voice say from behind me. I turned around to see that it was Yurrei with her smiling Jolteon face staring me in the eyes, "Yeah, it definitely is..." I responded, turning back around and staring at Poseidon Markpoint once again when I couldn't think of anything else to say, "So... what are you doing out here so late?" she asked as she lay down on the grass right next to me with her front legs stretched out in front of her and her back legs stretched out the opposite way.
"Just wanted to get some fresh air, it's very stuffy in Poseidon Markpoint you know" I responded as I sat down as well, my back on the grass and my body facing upwards towards the sky with my mechanical hands resting on my stomach.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to talk to you much for the week you were here, I was just busy, so was Belisivious, but we are hoping to be able to see you a bit more once we all get to Miir Cyraa" she apologized because I haven't seen her since I woke up from my operation.
"Ah, it's alright, I was barely even able to talk to my own mother this entire week, she's really sick right now and the doctors are trying to treat her..."
"Aww, I hope she turns out okay..." Yurrei responded.
I remembered when I talked to my mother, but only twice, a short time after I arrived at Poseidon Markpoint then a few days ago, I believe 4 days...
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"Hi mom..." I said when I walked into my mother's room, this was the last time I talked to her, 4 days ago when my day was uneventful.
"Hello Jherek... judging by last time you visited me with that astounding hair, I see you might have made quite a few girlfriends in your short time here" she responded with an elderly type smile.
"So how are you doing?" I asked as I sat by her side, un-equipping my Katana and putting it on the wall. I knew for a fact that my mother was in bad shape, being in Nightraven Labs for so long must have taken a fatal toll on her body, the chamber she rested in was a Reanimation chamber, I realize that now, it is to preserve one's body for years to come, but there is a defect when it comes to Pokemon, I just hope my mother is going to be alright.
Before my mother had a chance to answer, a very tall doctor stepped into the room with documents in one hand and his other hand readjusting his glasses, "I am sorry, but this patient is in no condition for visitors, I'm afraid I am going to have to ask you to leave" he said, pointing towards the door and signaling for me to leave, "Um... I guess I will see you later then, mom" I said.
"Thank you for visiting, sweetheart" she responded.
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"So, what are you doing out here yourself?" I asked Yurrei.
Her face made it seem like I was asking her to defuse a bomb or something, I don't know why but she responded, "Why do you want to know?"
"Well... I can't ask you but you can ask me? That doesn't seem fair now, does it?" I said.
"Oh well, you got me, I just saw you out here and I wanted to keep you company, am I bad for that?" she answered, an embarrassed look on her face.
"Of course not Yurrei, that was very thoughtful of you" I softly said, trying to make her feel comfortable, "Hehe... well, thank you" I continued.
"Yeah... just incase you were wondering, Belisivious and I are taking care of Michelle for you" she said, "Oh good, I was beginning to worry about whatever happened to her" I responded.
Then before I knew it, I saw a couple of shadowy figures race across the field where Kuimon trains his students, but on closer examination I would say that was Kuimon and his students, plus Sparks who were all lined up in single file, facing Kuimon and Sparks, "Be right back" I said to Yurrei as she yawned and stretched out her front and back legs, "'Kay"
I slowly walked towards the group but stopped close enough where I can hear everything they were saying but they could not see me. I was not hiding though, I merely stood next to a boulder which happened to be close to their location.
"I will admit it..." Kuimon started with his mechanical hands behind his back next to his staff which was strapped on around his body and his tail drooping to the ground, "... you students have come a long way, this week must have been hard for you guys but you still managed to stay and become more powerful... I salute you students for you are now eligible to become the new Elite Force with proper training and months of service to the Pokemon Defensive Force" he said, "HOO-YAH" his students replied with a gracious attitude, "Now..." Kuimon started once again as he vanished into thin-air causing Cyra to vanish as well.
"What's happening?" I asked myself as the rest of the students frantically looked around in surprise, "What do you guys do when an enemy has captured one of your comrades?!" Kuimon yelled as he grabbed both of Cyra's front paws and pulled them behind her as if he was arresting her. He pushed her torso down to the ground and shoved her face right into the ground as she screamed in horror, Kuimon actually made it look like he was raping her when he had this maniacal look in his left eye for you could tell he gave out a sinister smirk while his left eye widened up as wide as it could.
"Kuimon, what are you doing?!" Cyra screamed in pure terror, tears falling down her furry face out of her eyes. Sparks pointed his right paw at Cyra's face as if he had a gun in that paw while he carried that smirk on his face.
"What the fuck is happening, did I fucking miss something?!" Kodachi screamed.
"I think he went insane, what do we do?!" Miika yelled in horror, trying not to look at Cyra's pain-filled face.
What the hell was Kuimon even doing? Was this a training method or did he just lose it and finally go insane? But I could not intervene, there was a strong possibility that this was a training session and if I came in, it could ruin it all.
"Kuimon, what is your problem... attacking one of your own students... for shame!" Yorotoshi yelled as his normally calm face turned to rage, I could tell he really was not expecting this and it most likely got him mad.
"So... are you just going to talk to me or are you going to do something?" Kuimon asked, "Yeah guys... or we might have a little accident" Sparks intervened, turning Cyra around so that her rump was brushing up against his waist which caused Cyra to scream at the top of her lungs while he pulled her leafy tail up, "Hmm... what do you have here?" Kuimon said, chuckling a bit, "So you're just going to let your comrade get raped right before your eyes?"
Yorotoshi began seething while Miika stood still, paralyzed in horror, her back pointed straight up with her entire body in the formation of the letter "I" plus she had that "This is not happening..." look on her face.
But I did not see Kodachi there. After a while, it finally hit me, the Zangoose with Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Crush Claw, and Dig. He was apparently using one of his 4 major abilities and that one was: Dig.
"Come now... are you really going to let me do this?" Sparks asked, mounting Cyra who was now struggling to break free but was pushed down harder to the floor by Kuimon and I could only watch in fear for what was going to happen next, "Hehe... oh stop it Cyra, you know you want to be vaginally raped by someone like Sparks..." Kuimon teased but Sparks really did not seem like the rapist type, if he really continued with this, I will never look at him the same way.
"Hehe... gotcha" Yorotoshi said, his angered expression suddenly changing to a smirk. Kuimon's eyes widened in surprise when he finally realized what was happening, that Kodachi was slowly digging under. He finally jumped up from the ground with a quick Crush Claw, but suddenly, out came a black essence around Kuimon's mechanical right hand, it formed up into a small ball and he used it to easily deflect Kodachi's Crush Claw, causing it to emit a bright white light to shine as the two collided with each other, forcing Kodachi a few feet away from Kuimon.
Sparks jumped off of Cyra quickly, but once he did, she attempted to escape, so he quickly maneuvered right in front of her, sticking out his front paws and tripping Cyra and holding her down by her head, but that is when Yorotoshi finally attacked with Extremespeed. He disappeared suddenly, leaving Sparks in awe for a few seconds then reappeared with 3 very quick blows to the body, forcing Sparks a few steps back. He grabbed his aching stomach and kneeled down as Yorotoshi stood up right in front of him, his tall Lucario body staring down at Sparks' small Raichu body, "Hah... so this is Sparks... one of the last original Elite Force members... I expected more from someone like you..." he said, charging up a Shadow Claw.
"Oh hell no, you did NOT just say that, you little brat!!" Sparks screamed at the top of his lungs, holding back his right paw then suddenly jerking it forward right in front of Yorotoshi's face screaming, "THUNDER SNIPE!!" then a skinny sliver of pure electricity escaped Sparks' grubby little paws and shocked Yorotoshi, causing him to fly right back to Miika who finally decided to join the battle but once she ran in, Yorotoshi ran right into her and they both fell to the ground.
"Thunder Snipe?" I asked myself, trying to remember if I know if that really is an electric type move, "Congratulations, you now know one of Sparks' special abilities that he taught himself, Thunder Snipe!" Kuimon yelled, charging up his ball of dark energy once again as Kodachi finally jumped up and used Shadow Ball, and once again their attacks merged, causing a bright white light to shine in the darkness of the night again.
"... and now you see one of my special moves, Darkline, courtesy of the Anriu!" Kuimon yelled as he formed his ball of dark energy into 2 long black transparent ropes as his masked face glowed in the moonlight with his uncovered eyeball and black pupil glowing as well.
"Darkline... is that only an Anriu move?" I asked myself. Still, in all of this, it amazed me how Kuimon was able to keep the Anriu abilities even though he deserted them, you would think that the Anriu would be constantly hunting him down for that, then that raises another question.
Cyra discreetly attempted to crawl away with her leafy tail between her legs, but Sparks once again caught her, "S-s-sto-o-o-op!!!" Cyra screamed as began to squirm around furiously in Sparks' hold, "Goddamn woman stop squirming so much!!!" Sparks' yelled as Yorotoshi and Miika finally recovered from their close-encounter with each other and charged up once again while Kuimon was still fighting Kodachi.
Finally Kodachi's Crush Claw was able to push Kuimon back to Sparks as all of the students surrounded them plus Cyra who had just broke from Sparks' hold, kicking him several times in the stomach before running off behind Yorotoshi.
Kuimon suddenly let out a chuckle and lifted up his hand with the thumb pointing horizontally for a few moments, making his students go at ease, then after much anticipation, he pointed his thumb up, telling the students that they have passed the final test which was that whole situation.
"You mean... that was a test?" Cyra whimpered, "Yes ma'am, if I am anything I am not a rapist, though I am a good actor" Sparks gently said, giving her a relieving smile as they all panted in exhaustion, "So... this was the last test, telling us that we were going to graduate without any interruptions then suddenly attacking us... very clever" Yorotoshi said, "Yes, yes, yes!! We passed, we passed, we passed!!" Kodachi cheered, jumping up and down in happiness, "Wow... that was scary..." Miika said, wiping her forehead off with her right paw, "Hey, you're not allowed to say anything, you barely did anything... and I thought Cyra was the weakest, all you did was stand there, paralyzed, like a child..." Yorotoshi harshly stated, walking back to Poseidon Markpoint suddenly, leaving Miika sitting there, stunned by his comment.
Kuimon looked up at me suddenly, his spiky head hair flowing in the wind as he gently waved at me while I waved back then he looked back at Miika who, I could tell, was trying very hard not to cry.
Kuimon saw this and attempted to comfort her, "Bleh... let him go Miika, I'm afraid whatever happened in that kid's past makes him act up like this..." he said, "... you are all dismissed... go celebrate, play games, eat crap, go have sex for all I care, go catch some STDs, we'll be leaving to Miir Cyraa soon" Kuimon said as he and Sparks both disappeared into the dead of night, once again leaving his students by themselves.
"Don't worry Kuimon, I'll definitely do the 'Sex' part" Cyra giggled, "Oh wow... you were at the brink of being raped and you suddenly want sex again? You're weird..." Kodachi said, forcing a giggle out of Cyra.
I felt pretty sorry for Miika though, Yorotoshi definitely did not give her a break on that one. But instead of trying to comfort Miika as well, I decided to go back to Yurrei who I left laying on the hill which overlooked Poseidon Markpoint...
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As time passed, normal and uneventful moments passed as well. Time at Poseidon Markpoint were calm but boring, it was hard for me to not take small walks around the entire place just to get rid of that ridiculous urge to travel. I was glad when the week had finally passed and that we were to continue on to Miir Cyraa.
But there was, of course, a problem: There was not enough room in the helicopter, which was the only one in Poseidon Markpoint at the time, to take us all to Miir Cyraa.
I decided I was going to travel on foot as well as Kuimon and his students. But the way Kuimon talked earlier, how his student's real mission was traveling to Miir Cyraa, it seemed they were going to go on foot from the beginning.
It was about 7:00 in the morning as the helicopter landed on the Extraction Point, which was out on the field where Kuimon trained his students, the field surrounded by the slim lake. So many Pokemon and humans boarded the helicopter.
Cindy, Sparks, Cameron, Yurrei, Belisivious, Kaine, Riolynn, Michelle, and my mother boarded as I stood there near the entrance, saying goodbye to all of my friends and even some people I did not know. They all wished me good luck, but my mother was devastated when she had heard I was going on foot, "Jherek, please... just be careful..." she pleaded as she slowly and wearily embarked inside, "Yeah Jherek..." Cindy said, "Don't do anything stupid out there, please?"
"Don't worry guys, we'll be okay" I yelled as the helicopter took off into the blue sky, accelerating forward and vanishing from our view.
"Okay guys, are we ready...?" Kuimon asked, flipping around his staff in his mechanical hands, he still wore that mask from his injury over a week ago and this time he wore a different vest, but still the same color which was dark blue, this one was a bit larger and with a Sapphire crystal in the middle, and it seemed he and Yorotoshi were the only ones who had backpacks. But when I saw his students, I was amazed on their stylish senses.
Yorotoshi had a large, dark blue cape which covered most of his body but was still opened from the center all the way down which revealed he had a type of black special vest on with a magenta crystal embedded in the middle, plus he carried a long pole-arm with a sapphire blade which curved up into the shape of a snake slithering through tall grass to catch its prey.
Kodachi wore the same type of cape as Yorotoshi but it was completely black and was given a hood which he wore over his head, completely covering his eyes. Under his cape was the Thunder Claws I have read about, they were bronze with no handles, Kodachi was able to slip them on over his claws. There were about 5 blades on that claw, all drooping to the ground and he wore the same type of vest Yorotoshi did.
Miika also had this kind of cape, but it was just a little shorter and did not reach the ground like Yorotoshi and Kodachi's did. She, as well, wore the vest with the crystal embedded in the middle of it except hers was a dark brown color and her crystal was golden instead of magenta.
Cyra did not wear anything special like the others, she just covered the leafy blades on her front legs with an iron blade, but she, of course, wore the vest just like everyone else.
"Oh right... I almost forgot, you might be needing this Jherek" Kuimon said, handing me the vest that all of his students wore, it seemed a bit small at first but once I took off my robe and put on the vest, next putting my robe back on I realized it was a perfect fit, yet mine seemed a bit low to the stomach at the straps that went up and around my body were unseen from my robe, it did not look like I was wearing anything under it.
"Okay... now we are ready, let's move along, shall we?" Kuimon calmly said as he began to move forward, fitting his backpack in a more comfortable position.
We were finally leaving Poseidon Markpoint, but I had to say I did have some fun times in that week. Sparks and Cameron seemed to have been getting along, although they did have some fights over fire and electric differences.
Michelle seemed to have grown quite a bit since I had to separate from her, too bad it is going to take so long for her to mature. I was told of the old times when Pokemon matured in about 10 years, now they can go up to 80 years just because of that drug humans invented. That is why these 10 year olds are considered young now.
Still, I had to hand it to the little lady, if I had never found her I would not be here in Poseidon Markpoint with Kuimon and his students, I would still be traveling but maybe have met new friends.
"One-and-a-half weeks... I have already spent a week in Poseidon Markpoint which must mean that I have almost 4 days to get to the village where the necklace resides... and where I can resurrect Litira..."
As we walked along, I had to recount the things that have happened to me at Poseidon Markpoint. For one thing, Constantine appearing in the elevator was quite a shock, but only a vision. I decided not to tell anyone about it for two reasons.
1: I do not want them to think I am crazy
2: I do not want them to know that I was almost possessed by the Anriu.
It may not make any sense, but I have decided to keep my mouth shut.
Plus Kuimon's odd attack: Darkline. I decided to ask him later on where he acquired that attack even though I knew it was Anriu, but just to make sure if I was maybe eligible to use that attack as well, it seemed pretty cool.
"Okay guys, we are going to Werment Village, the only place we'll be able to rest, but it should take the rest of the day to get there so... let's pick up the pace" Kuimon said, his students all groaned when they knew that it would probably take the rest of the day to get to Werment Village.
So close to Werment Village yet so far from Miir Cyraa...
I remembered my days in Nightraven Labs, right at the end when the core pre-maturely exploded I was visited by Lucifer who was thought dead. The words he said back there "Another war is coming..." finally got to me. And what the original Seppachu said, about how the Anriu are creating their portals to Earth. But the fact that most of the Anriu are already in our realm must mean they only send Portal-Wielders, which are Pokemon who are powerful enough to make their own portals, but only for themselves.
This must be how this conflict began, the original Seppachu created his own portals into Earth, but he alone was not able to stop the Anriu from killing all of those people in the Sinnoh region, therefore starting this war.
The only reason I am calm about this whole situation now is that I don't know much about it, I need more information before I start panicking.
But now I realize that becoming Seppachu Shitokiiri has definitely changed me in most ways, it seems like I am more strategic in battles and I have become stronger, faster, better. But I still could not get over the fact that I do not have claws anymore, all during the week, everyone had tried calming me down about the loss of my claws, they say it is an improvement. Once I get to Miir Cyraa, I will look into the fake show claws that they made for Kuimon, just to make me look normal when I am in a normal place.
"Why was I chosen as the Sentinel...?" I thought.
"Seppachu... you are worthy for the title of "Sentinel" and now I believe that you are confused about this war and all that has happened to you, do you mind if I explain?" a voice asked me by answering my thoughts, it was the original Seppachu, but at least this time he asked me before just randomly teleporting me, or my spirit, to Xerxanus, whichever he did because my body seems to go on "Pause" when he talks to me in the other realm.
"Please call me Jherek... and well, I can't go to Xerxanus in the middle of traveling..." I said, "I see... do you mind if I speak to you while you travel then?" he asked. It seemed more reasonable.
"Seppachu... I was actually hoping for some information about the Realms, can you explain to me about the Anriu, the Guardians, and the X'rivva?" I asked.
"All of the 3 feuding realms are sacred but all with different motives, the Anriu desire overpower, the Guardians desire peace, and the X'rivva desire respect. Ever since all realms were created, there have only been 3 who have a populace powerful enough to create their own portals to different realms. But recently, the Anriu have beaten us to Earth, the one realm which was the hardest to acquire a portal to, we were only able to create a portal to Earth moments after the Anriu created this damned war which threatens to fuse all of the realms together..." he explained, his voice very fearful.
"... Fuse all realms...?"
"Yes Jherek... Earth is the holder of all realms and the Anriu fails to understand that, they believe that whoever controls Earth... controls all. Any realm which seizes control of 2 realms is considered powerful, but Earth is the main key for total obliteration, all of the realms in one place will cause incomprehensible chaos. But there is a secret behind the Pokemon populace of Earth, as a certain species on Earth becomes extinct, a certain realm will vanish. All realms have a majority of certain Pokemon: The Guardians have Zangoose, the Anriu have Weavile, and the X'rivva have Lucario. But the X'rivva realm is in danger for the Lucario... are almost all extinct on Earth, so this war endangers most species and realms... the more extinct Pokemon, the more realm destruction..."
I had no idea, but I should have guessed since I rarely see Lucario, especially in the Hoenn region.
"...Jherek, once you get that necklace you will become a true Sentinel and will require training to activate certain skills. Guardian Arbiters are plentiful in Hoenn, but only few are able to teach you the 4 main Sentinel abilities which you will soon find out. After that, you will be ready to save the world..." he said which proved that my accusation was wrong, the original Seppachu Shitokiiri was not the only Sentinel to arrive on Earth, there were more.
"So... where can I find one of these Arbiters?" I asked.
"One resides in Miir Cyraa, her name is Guinevere: The Holder of Bloodmind, she will be easy to find, she will teach you the astounding Sentinel ability: Bloodmind, you can't expect all of the powers of the Sentinel to automatically come to you... you're going to have to learn from the Arbiters..."
I responded vaguely for Bloodmind seemed like a devastating power to behold, I wondered what it may do and what might be the consequences for using it just like how activating the Anriu main ability, which is turning black and dark red and acquiring special powers, for too long, it will drain all of your energy.
"You may ask why we Guardians fight... and now you know, we are trying to preserve what we have worked so hard to gain. The Anriu will not stop until they are the rulers of Earth and all of the other realms and by causing the Anti-Pokemon War, they have weakened this world, making it vulnerable to their invasion... Jherek... another war is coming, be prepared to be put to the test... the fate of all realms rests on your head, remember that... and once you retrieve that necklace, I won't be around to guide you any longer, you will become one-hundred percent Seppachu Shitokiiri..."
It was right then I felt his force leave my body, "The fate of all realms rests on your head, remember that..."
I had to ask myself why I was trusted with all of this, why was I trusted with the protection of Earth, but now I had my main objective to worry about, find this necklace from the Sneasel who holds it and become Seppachu Shitokiiri.