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 26 - The Necklace
"Welcome to the Werment Village Inn, how may I help you?" a female Chansey asked me and the others as we walked into a small Inn. She had a delicate look to her, as if this war has taken much from her, though this war has taken many things from many Pokemon and humans.
The Inn had an Old West look to it. In fact the entire village had an Old West look to it, it was moderately impressive. "Um, yes, we are here to stay just for one night" Kuimon said.
"Oh yes... I'll just get you a new room..." the Chansey said, a soft tone to her voice. She stared at all of us and instantly knew we were PDF by the way we all looked, I knew by that look that she believed we were here to protect her village.
I had tried to explain to Kuimon about what Seppachu told me, that this village was in danger and we would have to wait almost 3 days for it to arrive, but he did not believe me, he said that they were going to stay for one night then continue to Miir Cyraa. I guess I had to stay here by myself and wait. Still, I needed to find this Sneasel who possessed the necklace I am searching for, the necklace that will complete my transformation and form me into the real Seppachu Shitokiiri, or says the original Seppachu.
"Okay guys, you have room 12A, thank you for staying in the Wement Village Inn" she said. Of course it was free of charge, the small Pokemon villages that are unknown to the PEF are always free of charges in anything, also, it could be hard to understand how they stay unknown to the PEF, every time the PEF check out the place, everyone hides in a secret location underground this village, or so I've heard.
The rooms were well-lit and with a very classical style, I had to say that I liked it. The room we were assigned had just enough beds for all of us, one lamp for each bed, a small refrigerator near the TV which was, surprisingly, an expensive flat-screen on the Southern side of the room opposing all of the beds which were all in a single order on the Northern wall. There was a small window on the Eastern wall and of course, the closet and exit on the Western wall. Right on the floor was a nice shag carpet and hardwood floors.
It was all so weird, when we all first stepped into the village, I could tell that we were all thinking the same thing, that this village was definitely in hardship, but now I guess I was just being stereotypical.
"This place is pretty good, don't you guys think?" Kuimon asked as he took off his vest and dumped it in the closet, "Yes, sir!" all of his students yelled as they all, except Yorotoshi, jumped on an individual bed as Miika turned on the TV. I could tell she was still furious at Yorotoshi for what he said to her earlier because she did not even bother to look at him, "Come on guys... be serious for once..." Yorotoshi calmly said, slowly taking off his cape and vest, properly hanging them in the closet.
"Whatever..." they all murmured, "Okay guys, today we get a little break, but there are no more places we can rest from here-on-in so I recommend you get all the rest you can get, and Jherek, when we leave tomorrow, I guess you're on your own" Kuimon said.
I guess they really wanted to get to Miir Cyraa as fast as they could, too bad they can't stay here for 3 days and wait for the danger that is coming to this village, though I wish I knew what kind of danger it was. I have also decided that I am going to search for the Sneasel tomorrow, still, I wish I knew what her name was.
Was I going to be so vague when I become a true Sentinel? I sure hope not for people won't be able to know much about anything, the original Seppachu really needs to work on that even though he's dead.
Later on that night, Kuimon had called for room service. I just hoped that there was a good chef-type Pokemon in the kitchen or a human, for as intelligent as we became back in 2022 when Pokemon began to think for ourselves and become intelligent beings, we still can't be good cooks if we are a Gulpin for example.
"Aah... I hope Miir Cyraa is going to be good like this..." Cyra said as she bent over, her back arched forward and her leaf-like ears pointing straight up as her eyes shut tightly and her teeth gritted tightly together, trying to reach the Air Conditioner and switch it to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, of course after consulting everyone else and making sure that was alright.
Miika, once more, walked to the small refrigerator for the 10th time to grab some water to drink, of course struggling to take it out with her flat paws and of course asking me or Kuimon to help her. Though this was a Pokemon village, I wonder why they had these human water bottles and not those Pokemon efficient bottles.
With both of her paws, she trapped the water bottle right under her, it pointed up right towards her mouth as she used her teeth to open up the cap.
Kodachi lazily lay on his bed which was the second bed in the row. He had the remote control right next to him and he just kept tapping the "Next Channel" button on the control gently with one blade of his right claw.
"Ahh... the good days, back when I was a normal Zangoose..." I whispered as I looked at how Kodachi resembled my younger self, so lazy and reckless I could tell by the way he fights, just like that one time when I tried to get out of Sootopolis during its invasion by riding on top of a PEF helicopter, of course at the end I fell off and landed into the lake right in the middle of the city where all of those Magikarp were. (Remember kids: Never sit on top of moving helicopters)
Finally Cyra was able to get the Air Conditioner to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, then she fell over in exhaustion, "Jeez... finally..." she muttered, her tail still pointing straight up as if it was stuck in that position now.
Yorotoshi was leaning against the wall, laughing when Cyra finally got the Air Conditioner to work, "Too bad you can't stand up straight... oh right, that reminds me, Kuimon, you are an Eon just like Cyra though you can stand up straight, I've been meaning to ask you but I did not want to offend you in any way..." Yorotoshi seemed a bit more respecting of Kuimon now, it looked like that week made him respect his master a lot more, "... but how can you stand up straight? It is really fascinating"
"Hah, well, remember when I told you guys that when I was with my old group... brave soldiers, I know they are happy in the heavens now... we went to a mission and it seemed an Anriu parasite got in me somehow. Afterwards I got my sense back in and abandoned the Anriu without saying a word, stealing their various powers, that is why they call me "The Anriu Deserter" and one of the many odd perks you get for being in the Anriu is bone reconfiguration, as in, I requested my bones placed in a position which allowed me to stand up straight because I've seen so many Anriu Drones who were standing up straight, Luxrays, Eevees, Umbreons, Vulpix, etcetera...." Kuimon answered, his left eye closed as if he was concentrating very hard to re-live the past.
Well that answered one of the very many questions I had, no wonder he looked so human-like when he stood up, but then that raised another question: Back at Nightraven Labs, how was he able to bend over and revert to the normal way Umbreons walk?
"That's pretty cool, I wish I was able to stand up like that!" Cyra squealed, her eyes lit up as she pranced towards Kuimon and observed how his bones were placed, "Oh no, I'm not trying to encourage you to go to the Anriu... please" Kuimon chuckled, "... even so, I was forced to do some things I am not proud of back then..."
"... Is that how you got your mask?" Miika asked, taking another small sip of her bottle of water, "Nah, I got this recently, CE charged up on me while I was at Chaiisin Checkpoint... ripped my face off"
All of the students let out a groan of disgust, especially Yorotoshi who just walked out of the room right there, "Just so I won't have to think about what is under that mask, I'm going to take a walk..." he quietly said, putting his cape back on but not his vest, "Pfft... see you later, mother fucker..." Miika muttered.
I took this as a good time to ask Kuimon about the ability "Darkline", the ability he used previously against his own students where it generates a dark amount of energy to escape his mechanical hands and form into whatever he wants.
"Haha, I forgot Jherek, I never told you about that... it is a type of attack which uses your energy to form a dark energy which you can shoot out of your paws, form it into whatever you want, or use for other various situations, it is very useful I must say... and if you are wondering, since I removed the Third Eye from you that long time ago, you cannot be hypnotized by the Anriu, you will be able to use Darkline fluently and without activating the main ability... which you can still activate" Kuimon explained.
"So... can you teach me how to use this?" I asked.
"Heh... I don't see why not, okay guys, you can go to sleep or whatever, Jherek and I will be out for a little bit because it is pretty easy to learn Darkline plus I kind of want to go to bed, we won't be long" Kuimon said as he took his staff only and motioned for me to follow him.
Later on, outside around Werment Village, we stood in a small grassy field surrounded by tropical-type plants and trees. Kuimon was preparing to show me how to activate a Darkline as I held my Katana handle with my left hand, of course it was sheathed.
"Since we are leaving without you tomorrow, I guess you might as well know about Darklines, they are just a usage of your body's energy storages... now as you can probably tell, I kind of want to go to bed... so I'll just give you an example of a basic Darkline attack" Kuimon said as he positioned himself in a stance that seemed oddly familiar to Cameron's AER-40 aiming stance and charged up a ball of black energy in his left hand like a professional, he did not twitch or have any problems activating this move, "Now... all you have to do is charge up all of your energy just like how you do when you are preparing to activate a normal ability, but when you are doing this, you're going to have to store it into a certain part of your body, say arms, feet, stomach, anywhere, but arms will probably be the best option"
Kuimon finally released a ball of dark energy from his left hand right into a tree, causing a massive explosion spilling out a substance that seemed oddly familiar to some type of black plasma. He stood there with his hand still covered in the ball of black energy, "There we go... now you try it... so I can go to bed" Kuimon said as he yawned fluently.
"Um... okay..."
I positioned my left hand in front of me and attempted to charge up my energy, but it ended up charging all around my body, preparing for me to use Flamethrower, Icebeam, or anything else that requires energy, I tried to store it in my hand, but it just ended up canceling itself out, "No, no, no, hmm... how can I explain this?" Kuimon said, staring up at the sky, trying to think of a way to explain this to me.
I felt pretty weak right now, being tutored by a 15 year old, but still, this would be a good power to have at my own disposal.
"Okay, watch my arms VERY carefully" Kuimon finally said, positioning himself in the same position as before with his left hand sticking out. This time his entire body began to glow a dark black plasmatic color, suddenly it all began to sink right into his left hand then built up into a small ball of energy, "See?" Kuimon said as he once again fired the ball, destroying whatever was in its way.
"Hmm... I think I got it..." I said, testing it out once again by charging my entire body, "Whoa..." I whispered as my entire body began to glow a black plasmatic color just like Kuimon, "You're doing good, now transfer it straight into your right hand quickly" Kuimon explained.
I shut my eyes and concentrated, hoping that my new technique was working. I felt a large amount of vibrations suddenly from my right hand: It was as if my hand was painlessly disintegrating.
"There you go! Shoot it!" Kuimon yelled.
I yelled in effort as I jerked my right hand forward, shooting the ball of dark energy forward. It caused so much chaotic noise as it soared until it exploded into a tree, more black plasmatic substances oozing out.
"Haha, great, you have learned Darkline, now... time for me to get some sleep" Kuimon said, suddenly vanishing and leaving me in this place by myself.
I charged up my energy once again and did the same technique, transferring it all to my hands, "Wow... Darkline... this could be very helpful in the future..." I said.
"Indeed it is, Jherek" the original Seppachu suddenly intervened in my reality and spoke to me, "Remember that danger comes to this village and you have 3 days to get the necklace and continue on to Miir Cyraa"
"Yes, I know, but can you at least tell me what this Sneasel's name is before I go off randomly asking Sneasels if they have a supernatural necklace...?" I asked as I deactivated the Darkline.
"The Sneasel is a female named Tira, she is very delicate, hates to fight, very cuddly as well" he oddly informed me, that was some description he gave about her, the whole "Cuddly" thing kind of threw me off.
This brought up something I have been meaning to ask him for a while about the whole 'Necklace' business.
"Um... so everyone will know me as Seppachu Shitokiiri once I retrieve the necklace or what?" I asked.
"Well... I would say quite the few of your friends already know exactly who you are, as you recall so long ago what your friend Yurrei said when you were sick with Pneumonia, 'It's not my fault I didn't know what an Extraction Point was, I'm not a Guardian' and the Alakazam, Belisivious responded 'Guardians are required to know this...'. Apparently they knows quite a big deal about us Guardians, they must have read up on their ancient stories... Yurrei and Belisivious know exactly who you are, but they know you don't want anyone to know, they know you are Seppachu Shitokiiri now..."
It didn't really make sense at the moment because for some reason I kept on believing that Seppachu was the only Sentinel to come to Earth, but then I remembered Guinevere and the other 3 Guardian Arbiters. It seemed a bit weird though, how Guardians were famous in Hoenn, I thought they would try to keep a low profile but I guess I was wrong.
"...and your friend, Kuimon the Anriu Deserter, the one who taught you Darkline, he knows very well you are Seppachu Shitokiir as well and respects the fact that you are trying to keep it all secret, but once you get that necklace... everyone you know will address you as "Seppachu Shitokiiri" as if you were never Jherek Anoxiian or Jherek Kuhn..."
"Wait, aside all of that, Darkline... what is that, is it only for the Anriu?" I asked.
"Negative, it is for all realms, its nickname is "Realm Energy", anyone from a certain realm, besides Earth, will be able to use Darkline, Guardians, Anriu, and X'rivva. Though the saviors of each realm will be granted a special to Darkline, the power to control the second version of Darkline which is what we call... Bloodline, these saviors are: Seppachu Shitokiiri of the Guardians which is you apparently, Lucifer Anoriach of the Anriu, and Nobunaga Hiisan of the X'rivva..."
I felt Seppachu's force leave my body once again, clearing up a few more of my many questions. (I am sorry for the ridiculously confusing story)
"Tira..." I whispered, "So that is the girl I need to find, I wonder how long that will take me..."
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One more sleepless night to behold for myself, I never went back to the small room that we were given in the Inn, I just stayed out, perfecting my new Darkline ability with my robe barely burnt from a little accident in the training process, until the sun came back up, then I went back to the room just to say goodbye to Kuimon and his students before they continued to Miir Cyraa.
As I walked through the door, everyone began to ask me where I was at random and all of that crap, I just responded, "I was perfecting my new ability..."
"Well Jherek... I think we'll be leaving now" Kuimon said, "Yeah, I think I have had enough of this place..." Yorotoshi muttered, "Wait, isn't Jherek coming with us?" Cyra asked, "Nope, he's staying here for some reason, I don't know why" Kodachi answered.
Cyra let out a disappointed groan, I guess she really enjoyed it when I was traveling with them, but I had to stay here either way and I guess they wouldn't believe me if I was just staying here to get a necklace, let alone protect this village from whatever danger approaches.
She and Miika hugged me before they left when they put on all of their armor, the odd vests that Kuimon gave all of them and their long capes, except for Cyra who just had the vest only, "Well, I guess this is goodbye until we all get to Miir Cyraa..." Kuimon said, "I'll see you later, Seppachu Shitokiiri, the Sentinel of Xerxanus" he whispered as he walked out.
So the original Seppachu was correct about Kuimon knowing about me being a Sentinel, but it was odd the way he let me know, he made it seem like it was a bad thing by the way he whispered it into my ears like that.
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As I watched all of them leave Werment Village, I continued with my previous assignment, to find Tira and get that necklace so I can become a true Sentinel.
I walked into random buildings, asking people if they knew a Sneasel named Tira, but it seemed no one knew at first, especially that Snorlax I asked earlier who was just too stupid to realize I was asking him if he has heard of this Pokemon.
"Um, hello there..." I said to the Snorlax.
"What the fuck do you want...?" he responded rudely with that deep, gruff voice as he gave me the 'Dead Eye'.
"I am looking for a Sneasel named Tira, would you happen to know who that is?" I asked.
"No, no, you shut the fuck up, you fucking talk when I fucking address you mother fucker, this is not fucking kindergarten fucking mother fucker!" he yelled.
"Uh... I'll take that as a... No?"
"Just get away from me mother fucker, I'll smash your fucking face in, I swear to Jirachi!"
"Uh... thank you" I responded, quickly walking away from that Snorlax.
Later on after randomly asking people in this village, I reverted to the smart way to handle this. I went back to the Inn and asked them if Tira ever checked in at this place. The same Chansey from yesterday was still sitting in the lobby waiting for more Pokemon to check in, answered, "Yes, she does stay here, do you want us to contact her?" she asked, "Yes please"
"Okay then, I will send her to your room, 12A, in the meantime, you can go and relax if you want, it might take a little while" she politely said.
I wonder why no one in the village knew who Tira was, maybe she likes to stay in her room a lot, i was not sure...
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"Bleh... I wonder how long it will take..." I muttered to myself as I lay on the bed where Cyra slept, the one in the middle of the large row of beds, "Well... might as well enjoy this TV" I took the remote and turned the TV on like I have been doing it for years, it was pretty cool how I adapted to these hands so quickly.
The first channel I switched to showed a Mightyena yelling at a Zigzagoon for some reason, "...sick minded mother fucking penis licking lowlife dirt fucking mother fucking shit headed ball sack of dick-less fuck-less shitless blood..." then he rams his paws into the wall, "... sucking fat-ass 4 eyed heartless sack of Aipom shit..."
CLICK
I was definitely going to change the channel, TV has definitely changed in the past years, it now seems as if the shows now-a-days suck. The next channel showed 2 Pichus dancing right next to one Pikachu, all singing "Pika-pika-chu-pipi-ka-pikachu-pi-pika-pikachu-pipi-ka-cha-a-a-a"
CLICK
This channel showed an elderly Umbreon standing before dozens of Eevees, "Only one of you will become an Umbreon... and only the chosen one will bear the darkness..." then suddenly a half Eevee half Pachirisu jumps up next to the Umbreon and begins dancing as everyone gasped, "...what in God's name is that thing...?" the Umbreon wearily asked.
CLICK
Next channel showed a male Blaziken just standing there in an empty room talking to himself, "Yeah... I'm definitely going to kill that person... maybe... maybe with a rock or something... a boulder..."
CLICK
This showed a Feraligator yelling at a Pachirisu, "... I'm going to give you 10 fucking seconds to wipe that retarded look off your face or I will break your jaw so I can fit my giant dick in your mouth...!"
CLICK
This channel showed a Linoone sprinting into what seemed to be a large control center which had a Swampert sitting on a large throne-like chair right in the middle of it all, the Linoone yelled out, "Sir, sir, we have an emergency!!"
"...whatever it is... it can wait..." the Swampert responded, "But sir... it's a real emergency that you can't walk away from!"
"What can possibly be so bad that you have to call me in for it?" the Swampert asked as suddenly a wave of lava burned right through the walls and engulfed everything.
CLICK
This channel showed an Aipom who seemed to have been doing stand-up comedy in front of a large crowd of many humans and Pokemon, the Aipom resumed his joke suddenly by saying, "...your momma is so old, she left her purse on Noah's ark!" which left little response to the crowd who were just sitting there with blank looks on all of their faces while crickets chirped in the background.
CLICK
This channel seemed to have been in the middle of a commercial with a Magmar advertising for some kind of hot brand of chips...
"How do you like chips, do you like them really hot? Then you should come and buy some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, you heard right, Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, they are guaranteed to burn a hole right through your (BEEP)ing stomach if consumed too (BEEP)ing much or your money back, they are made from the hottest spices and baked to (BEEP)ing perfection, try Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips today, go to the (BEEP)ing grocery store nearest your (BEEP)ing location and try some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, all stores in the Hoenn region are now required to (BEEP)ing carry some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips because they are so (BEEP)ing good, when you are eating these chips it feels like you are (BEEP)ing some girl's brains out, its so (BEEP)ing hot...!"
CLICK
This channel showed a Ditto singing some odd song, "I'm gonna be a monkey, a monkey, monkey, monkey, would you like to be one too?"
CLICK
Next channel showed bunch of human cartoons fighting each other, there was one with an orange jumpsuit with blonde hair and blue eyes with a headband plus I think I saw some whiskers on this human. Suddenly he yells, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" and a bunch of clones appear next to him, just like Double Team, "Ah, what the hell? Humans using Double Team?" I muttered.
This channel was already on its opening theme on whatever it was showing, "Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions...!" but before it continued, I shut the TV off, "Ahh, what sort of demonic creatures were those?!" I yelled, thinking back on that orange dinosaur looking thing.
After that I definitely had enough, I just waited for Tira to come and knock on my door.
I waited... waited... waited, I was so bored I was almost tempted to turn the TV back on even though I knew that something stupid was going to come up like some chorus singing to some guy, "You're one ugly ba-a-a-sta-a-a-ard"
*Knock, knock, knock*
Upon hearing this, I hoped it was Tira, I had become impatient and if it was someone else I would probably end up getting very upset. I slowly opened the door and saw a Sneasel standing there, looking up at me with her shiny red eyes and her paws behind her back, her dark red left ear was flopped back just like Litira's and she, as well, wore a belt around her waist, there was only 2 things she had that Litira did not, spiky hair flowing over her eyes and a rose instead of a flower on her head, "Hi, are you Jherek?" she asked, "Yes, and I presume you are Tira?"
"Mm-hmm"
I was shocked at the resemblance of Litira and Tira, but upon further examination I finally realized that the names were almost similar as well. Litira... Tira... I can't believe I didn't notice that earlier, but what could this mean?
I looked at her body to see that she had the necklace wrapped around her neck, the Guardian Insignia right on the small coin attached on the necklace, "So, what did you call me for?" she asked, "Oh, would you follow me really quick, outside?" I asked as I walked out of my room and motioned for Tira to come and follow me.
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"So... you are saying that my necklace, which was given to me by my grandmother, is actually an ancient relic of the Guardians?" Tira concluded after I was done explaining the whole situation to her, "...I find that hard to believe though..." she continued. We both sat on a log near a river which flowed northbound past tropical-looking trees and plants with the bright of day shining down upon us.
"Believe me... I am Seppachu Shitokiiri, the Sentinel of Xerxanus, I need that necklace in order to become a true Sentinel for I only have the robe and the Katana, I need the necklace to complete the set" I explained, knowing that what I just said did not seem likely in any way.
"Well... I don't know..." Tira said, rising up from her seat and walking towards the shining river, splashing some of its water on her delicate face, "I mean... I just got this necklace a few days ago..." she said, which seemed to have answered a question about the Sentinels. I executed the original Seppachu, but in doing that, I must have triggered something, maybe every new Sentinel needs to complete a quest to find one of the 3 Sentinel Relics, just one, and I guess mine is the necklace.
"Please... I need it to complete my quest, my quest to become a true Sentinel, I swear on my life this is all true" I pleaded, even getting down on my knees and bowing down in respect to her, "Wow... it looks like you really want this necklace if you are willing to get down on your knees for it..." Tira started as she began to take the necklace off of her neck, but before she was able to take it all the way off, I felt a weird disturbance. I quickly looked up to see someone dash by, taking Tira with him or her.
"Hey!" I yelled, making the shadowy figure who abducted Tira stop in his tracks, "Heh... you really have changed much, Jherek... Lucifer was right when he said you are now the resurrection of Seppachu Shitokiiri" a familiar voice said, too familiar, "No..." I whispered.
The figure turned around to reveal himself with Tira over his shoulder, trying to get away from him, it was Aiiran Walker, his appearance dramatically changed. Before he was covered in PEF Prism armor, now all he has left of the Prism armor was the pants and the boots, over his torso was a vest in the shape of an "X" around his body, showing off his muscles, and he no longer carried the PEF helmet, his white hair glimmered in the sunlight with his menacingly green eyes, "I could have sworn I killed you back at Nighthawk Outpost..." Aiiran muttered.
"Let her go now, I recommend you do as I say or this time I won't hold back!" I yelled, trying to intimidate him, "Hold back? You gave it your all last time and still lost to me... but back then I was just a simple Apprentice of the Anriu in the PEF, but I have redeemed myself, I am no longer a PEF Prism... now I am an Anriu Templar only, you cannot beat me... once I kill you, Lucifer promised to resurrect my father... and finally I have caught back up with you..." Aiiran smirked. This proved that Lucifer is back in business, or so I say.
Aiiran suddenly turned around and began to run away from me with Tira in his arms, "Aiiran!!" I screamed.
"Come now, let me see your Sentinel spirit, Seppachu Shitokiiri, are you going to let this Sneasel go so easily?!" he yelled as he disappeared from view, laughing with a sinister tone as his voice faded off as well.
"AIIRA-A-A-A-A-AN!!" I yelled, feeling so much rage fill up in my body as I gritted my fangs. I yelled as my mechanical hands rammed into the ground, causing dirt to fly straight into the river.
"Aiiran... you... will... suffer!" I yelled as my entire body became silver and golden in the darkness as I got back up and unsheathed my golden Katana, "You... will... suffer..."
The Inn had an Old West look to it. In fact the entire village had an Old West look to it, it was moderately impressive. "Um, yes, we are here to stay just for one night" Kuimon said.
"Oh yes... I'll just get you a new room..." the Chansey said, a soft tone to her voice. She stared at all of us and instantly knew we were PDF by the way we all looked, I knew by that look that she believed we were here to protect her village.
I had tried to explain to Kuimon about what Seppachu told me, that this village was in danger and we would have to wait almost 3 days for it to arrive, but he did not believe me, he said that they were going to stay for one night then continue to Miir Cyraa. I guess I had to stay here by myself and wait. Still, I needed to find this Sneasel who possessed the necklace I am searching for, the necklace that will complete my transformation and form me into the real Seppachu Shitokiiri, or says the original Seppachu.
"Okay guys, you have room 12A, thank you for staying in the Wement Village Inn" she said. Of course it was free of charge, the small Pokemon villages that are unknown to the PEF are always free of charges in anything, also, it could be hard to understand how they stay unknown to the PEF, every time the PEF check out the place, everyone hides in a secret location underground this village, or so I've heard.
The rooms were well-lit and with a very classical style, I had to say that I liked it. The room we were assigned had just enough beds for all of us, one lamp for each bed, a small refrigerator near the TV which was, surprisingly, an expensive flat-screen on the Southern side of the room opposing all of the beds which were all in a single order on the Northern wall. There was a small window on the Eastern wall and of course, the closet and exit on the Western wall. Right on the floor was a nice shag carpet and hardwood floors.
It was all so weird, when we all first stepped into the village, I could tell that we were all thinking the same thing, that this village was definitely in hardship, but now I guess I was just being stereotypical.
"This place is pretty good, don't you guys think?" Kuimon asked as he took off his vest and dumped it in the closet, "Yes, sir!" all of his students yelled as they all, except Yorotoshi, jumped on an individual bed as Miika turned on the TV. I could tell she was still furious at Yorotoshi for what he said to her earlier because she did not even bother to look at him, "Come on guys... be serious for once..." Yorotoshi calmly said, slowly taking off his cape and vest, properly hanging them in the closet.
"Whatever..." they all murmured, "Okay guys, today we get a little break, but there are no more places we can rest from here-on-in so I recommend you get all the rest you can get, and Jherek, when we leave tomorrow, I guess you're on your own" Kuimon said.
I guess they really wanted to get to Miir Cyraa as fast as they could, too bad they can't stay here for 3 days and wait for the danger that is coming to this village, though I wish I knew what kind of danger it was. I have also decided that I am going to search for the Sneasel tomorrow, still, I wish I knew what her name was.
Was I going to be so vague when I become a true Sentinel? I sure hope not for people won't be able to know much about anything, the original Seppachu really needs to work on that even though he's dead.
Later on that night, Kuimon had called for room service. I just hoped that there was a good chef-type Pokemon in the kitchen or a human, for as intelligent as we became back in 2022 when Pokemon began to think for ourselves and become intelligent beings, we still can't be good cooks if we are a Gulpin for example.
"Aah... I hope Miir Cyraa is going to be good like this..." Cyra said as she bent over, her back arched forward and her leaf-like ears pointing straight up as her eyes shut tightly and her teeth gritted tightly together, trying to reach the Air Conditioner and switch it to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, of course after consulting everyone else and making sure that was alright.
Miika, once more, walked to the small refrigerator for the 10th time to grab some water to drink, of course struggling to take it out with her flat paws and of course asking me or Kuimon to help her. Though this was a Pokemon village, I wonder why they had these human water bottles and not those Pokemon efficient bottles.
With both of her paws, she trapped the water bottle right under her, it pointed up right towards her mouth as she used her teeth to open up the cap.
Kodachi lazily lay on his bed which was the second bed in the row. He had the remote control right next to him and he just kept tapping the "Next Channel" button on the control gently with one blade of his right claw.
"Ahh... the good days, back when I was a normal Zangoose..." I whispered as I looked at how Kodachi resembled my younger self, so lazy and reckless I could tell by the way he fights, just like that one time when I tried to get out of Sootopolis during its invasion by riding on top of a PEF helicopter, of course at the end I fell off and landed into the lake right in the middle of the city where all of those Magikarp were. (Remember kids: Never sit on top of moving helicopters)
Finally Cyra was able to get the Air Conditioner to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, then she fell over in exhaustion, "Jeez... finally..." she muttered, her tail still pointing straight up as if it was stuck in that position now.
Yorotoshi was leaning against the wall, laughing when Cyra finally got the Air Conditioner to work, "Too bad you can't stand up straight... oh right, that reminds me, Kuimon, you are an Eon just like Cyra though you can stand up straight, I've been meaning to ask you but I did not want to offend you in any way..." Yorotoshi seemed a bit more respecting of Kuimon now, it looked like that week made him respect his master a lot more, "... but how can you stand up straight? It is really fascinating"
"Hah, well, remember when I told you guys that when I was with my old group... brave soldiers, I know they are happy in the heavens now... we went to a mission and it seemed an Anriu parasite got in me somehow. Afterwards I got my sense back in and abandoned the Anriu without saying a word, stealing their various powers, that is why they call me "The Anriu Deserter" and one of the many odd perks you get for being in the Anriu is bone reconfiguration, as in, I requested my bones placed in a position which allowed me to stand up straight because I've seen so many Anriu Drones who were standing up straight, Luxrays, Eevees, Umbreons, Vulpix, etcetera...." Kuimon answered, his left eye closed as if he was concentrating very hard to re-live the past.
Well that answered one of the very many questions I had, no wonder he looked so human-like when he stood up, but then that raised another question: Back at Nightraven Labs, how was he able to bend over and revert to the normal way Umbreons walk?
"That's pretty cool, I wish I was able to stand up like that!" Cyra squealed, her eyes lit up as she pranced towards Kuimon and observed how his bones were placed, "Oh no, I'm not trying to encourage you to go to the Anriu... please" Kuimon chuckled, "... even so, I was forced to do some things I am not proud of back then..."
"... Is that how you got your mask?" Miika asked, taking another small sip of her bottle of water, "Nah, I got this recently, CE charged up on me while I was at Chaiisin Checkpoint... ripped my face off"
All of the students let out a groan of disgust, especially Yorotoshi who just walked out of the room right there, "Just so I won't have to think about what is under that mask, I'm going to take a walk..." he quietly said, putting his cape back on but not his vest, "Pfft... see you later, mother fucker..." Miika muttered.
I took this as a good time to ask Kuimon about the ability "Darkline", the ability he used previously against his own students where it generates a dark amount of energy to escape his mechanical hands and form into whatever he wants.
"Haha, I forgot Jherek, I never told you about that... it is a type of attack which uses your energy to form a dark energy which you can shoot out of your paws, form it into whatever you want, or use for other various situations, it is very useful I must say... and if you are wondering, since I removed the Third Eye from you that long time ago, you cannot be hypnotized by the Anriu, you will be able to use Darkline fluently and without activating the main ability... which you can still activate" Kuimon explained.
"So... can you teach me how to use this?" I asked.
"Heh... I don't see why not, okay guys, you can go to sleep or whatever, Jherek and I will be out for a little bit because it is pretty easy to learn Darkline plus I kind of want to go to bed, we won't be long" Kuimon said as he took his staff only and motioned for me to follow him.
Later on, outside around Werment Village, we stood in a small grassy field surrounded by tropical-type plants and trees. Kuimon was preparing to show me how to activate a Darkline as I held my Katana handle with my left hand, of course it was sheathed.
"Since we are leaving without you tomorrow, I guess you might as well know about Darklines, they are just a usage of your body's energy storages... now as you can probably tell, I kind of want to go to bed... so I'll just give you an example of a basic Darkline attack" Kuimon said as he positioned himself in a stance that seemed oddly familiar to Cameron's AER-40 aiming stance and charged up a ball of black energy in his left hand like a professional, he did not twitch or have any problems activating this move, "Now... all you have to do is charge up all of your energy just like how you do when you are preparing to activate a normal ability, but when you are doing this, you're going to have to store it into a certain part of your body, say arms, feet, stomach, anywhere, but arms will probably be the best option"
Kuimon finally released a ball of dark energy from his left hand right into a tree, causing a massive explosion spilling out a substance that seemed oddly familiar to some type of black plasma. He stood there with his hand still covered in the ball of black energy, "There we go... now you try it... so I can go to bed" Kuimon said as he yawned fluently.
"Um... okay..."
I positioned my left hand in front of me and attempted to charge up my energy, but it ended up charging all around my body, preparing for me to use Flamethrower, Icebeam, or anything else that requires energy, I tried to store it in my hand, but it just ended up canceling itself out, "No, no, no, hmm... how can I explain this?" Kuimon said, staring up at the sky, trying to think of a way to explain this to me.
I felt pretty weak right now, being tutored by a 15 year old, but still, this would be a good power to have at my own disposal.
"Okay, watch my arms VERY carefully" Kuimon finally said, positioning himself in the same position as before with his left hand sticking out. This time his entire body began to glow a dark black plasmatic color, suddenly it all began to sink right into his left hand then built up into a small ball of energy, "See?" Kuimon said as he once again fired the ball, destroying whatever was in its way.
"Hmm... I think I got it..." I said, testing it out once again by charging my entire body, "Whoa..." I whispered as my entire body began to glow a black plasmatic color just like Kuimon, "You're doing good, now transfer it straight into your right hand quickly" Kuimon explained.
I shut my eyes and concentrated, hoping that my new technique was working. I felt a large amount of vibrations suddenly from my right hand: It was as if my hand was painlessly disintegrating.
"There you go! Shoot it!" Kuimon yelled.
I yelled in effort as I jerked my right hand forward, shooting the ball of dark energy forward. It caused so much chaotic noise as it soared until it exploded into a tree, more black plasmatic substances oozing out.
"Haha, great, you have learned Darkline, now... time for me to get some sleep" Kuimon said, suddenly vanishing and leaving me in this place by myself.
I charged up my energy once again and did the same technique, transferring it all to my hands, "Wow... Darkline... this could be very helpful in the future..." I said.
"Indeed it is, Jherek" the original Seppachu suddenly intervened in my reality and spoke to me, "Remember that danger comes to this village and you have 3 days to get the necklace and continue on to Miir Cyraa"
"Yes, I know, but can you at least tell me what this Sneasel's name is before I go off randomly asking Sneasels if they have a supernatural necklace...?" I asked as I deactivated the Darkline.
"The Sneasel is a female named Tira, she is very delicate, hates to fight, very cuddly as well" he oddly informed me, that was some description he gave about her, the whole "Cuddly" thing kind of threw me off.
This brought up something I have been meaning to ask him for a while about the whole 'Necklace' business.
"Um... so everyone will know me as Seppachu Shitokiiri once I retrieve the necklace or what?" I asked.
"Well... I would say quite the few of your friends already know exactly who you are, as you recall so long ago what your friend Yurrei said when you were sick with Pneumonia, 'It's not my fault I didn't know what an Extraction Point was, I'm not a Guardian' and the Alakazam, Belisivious responded 'Guardians are required to know this...'. Apparently they knows quite a big deal about us Guardians, they must have read up on their ancient stories... Yurrei and Belisivious know exactly who you are, but they know you don't want anyone to know, they know you are Seppachu Shitokiiri now..."
It didn't really make sense at the moment because for some reason I kept on believing that Seppachu was the only Sentinel to come to Earth, but then I remembered Guinevere and the other 3 Guardian Arbiters. It seemed a bit weird though, how Guardians were famous in Hoenn, I thought they would try to keep a low profile but I guess I was wrong.
"...and your friend, Kuimon the Anriu Deserter, the one who taught you Darkline, he knows very well you are Seppachu Shitokiir as well and respects the fact that you are trying to keep it all secret, but once you get that necklace... everyone you know will address you as "Seppachu Shitokiiri" as if you were never Jherek Anoxiian or Jherek Kuhn..."
"Wait, aside all of that, Darkline... what is that, is it only for the Anriu?" I asked.
"Negative, it is for all realms, its nickname is "Realm Energy", anyone from a certain realm, besides Earth, will be able to use Darkline, Guardians, Anriu, and X'rivva. Though the saviors of each realm will be granted a special to Darkline, the power to control the second version of Darkline which is what we call... Bloodline, these saviors are: Seppachu Shitokiiri of the Guardians which is you apparently, Lucifer Anoriach of the Anriu, and Nobunaga Hiisan of the X'rivva..."
I felt Seppachu's force leave my body once again, clearing up a few more of my many questions. (I am sorry for the ridiculously confusing story)
"Tira..." I whispered, "So that is the girl I need to find, I wonder how long that will take me..."
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One more sleepless night to behold for myself, I never went back to the small room that we were given in the Inn, I just stayed out, perfecting my new Darkline ability with my robe barely burnt from a little accident in the training process, until the sun came back up, then I went back to the room just to say goodbye to Kuimon and his students before they continued to Miir Cyraa.
As I walked through the door, everyone began to ask me where I was at random and all of that crap, I just responded, "I was perfecting my new ability..."
"Well Jherek... I think we'll be leaving now" Kuimon said, "Yeah, I think I have had enough of this place..." Yorotoshi muttered, "Wait, isn't Jherek coming with us?" Cyra asked, "Nope, he's staying here for some reason, I don't know why" Kodachi answered.
Cyra let out a disappointed groan, I guess she really enjoyed it when I was traveling with them, but I had to stay here either way and I guess they wouldn't believe me if I was just staying here to get a necklace, let alone protect this village from whatever danger approaches.
She and Miika hugged me before they left when they put on all of their armor, the odd vests that Kuimon gave all of them and their long capes, except for Cyra who just had the vest only, "Well, I guess this is goodbye until we all get to Miir Cyraa..." Kuimon said, "I'll see you later, Seppachu Shitokiiri, the Sentinel of Xerxanus" he whispered as he walked out.
So the original Seppachu was correct about Kuimon knowing about me being a Sentinel, but it was odd the way he let me know, he made it seem like it was a bad thing by the way he whispered it into my ears like that.
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As I watched all of them leave Werment Village, I continued with my previous assignment, to find Tira and get that necklace so I can become a true Sentinel.
I walked into random buildings, asking people if they knew a Sneasel named Tira, but it seemed no one knew at first, especially that Snorlax I asked earlier who was just too stupid to realize I was asking him if he has heard of this Pokemon.
"Um, hello there..." I said to the Snorlax.
"What the fuck do you want...?" he responded rudely with that deep, gruff voice as he gave me the 'Dead Eye'.
"I am looking for a Sneasel named Tira, would you happen to know who that is?" I asked.
"No, no, you shut the fuck up, you fucking talk when I fucking address you mother fucker, this is not fucking kindergarten fucking mother fucker!" he yelled.
"Uh... I'll take that as a... No?"
"Just get away from me mother fucker, I'll smash your fucking face in, I swear to Jirachi!"
"Uh... thank you" I responded, quickly walking away from that Snorlax.
Later on after randomly asking people in this village, I reverted to the smart way to handle this. I went back to the Inn and asked them if Tira ever checked in at this place. The same Chansey from yesterday was still sitting in the lobby waiting for more Pokemon to check in, answered, "Yes, she does stay here, do you want us to contact her?" she asked, "Yes please"
"Okay then, I will send her to your room, 12A, in the meantime, you can go and relax if you want, it might take a little while" she politely said.
I wonder why no one in the village knew who Tira was, maybe she likes to stay in her room a lot, i was not sure...
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"Bleh... I wonder how long it will take..." I muttered to myself as I lay on the bed where Cyra slept, the one in the middle of the large row of beds, "Well... might as well enjoy this TV" I took the remote and turned the TV on like I have been doing it for years, it was pretty cool how I adapted to these hands so quickly.
The first channel I switched to showed a Mightyena yelling at a Zigzagoon for some reason, "...sick minded mother fucking penis licking lowlife dirt fucking mother fucking shit headed ball sack of dick-less fuck-less shitless blood..." then he rams his paws into the wall, "... sucking fat-ass 4 eyed heartless sack of Aipom shit..."
CLICK
I was definitely going to change the channel, TV has definitely changed in the past years, it now seems as if the shows now-a-days suck. The next channel showed 2 Pichus dancing right next to one Pikachu, all singing "Pika-pika-chu-pipi-ka-pikachu-pi-pika-pikachu-pipi-ka-cha-a-a-a"
CLICK
This channel showed an elderly Umbreon standing before dozens of Eevees, "Only one of you will become an Umbreon... and only the chosen one will bear the darkness..." then suddenly a half Eevee half Pachirisu jumps up next to the Umbreon and begins dancing as everyone gasped, "...what in God's name is that thing...?" the Umbreon wearily asked.
CLICK
Next channel showed a male Blaziken just standing there in an empty room talking to himself, "Yeah... I'm definitely going to kill that person... maybe... maybe with a rock or something... a boulder..."
CLICK
This showed a Feraligator yelling at a Pachirisu, "... I'm going to give you 10 fucking seconds to wipe that retarded look off your face or I will break your jaw so I can fit my giant dick in your mouth...!"
CLICK
This channel showed a Linoone sprinting into what seemed to be a large control center which had a Swampert sitting on a large throne-like chair right in the middle of it all, the Linoone yelled out, "Sir, sir, we have an emergency!!"
"...whatever it is... it can wait..." the Swampert responded, "But sir... it's a real emergency that you can't walk away from!"
"What can possibly be so bad that you have to call me in for it?" the Swampert asked as suddenly a wave of lava burned right through the walls and engulfed everything.
CLICK
This channel showed an Aipom who seemed to have been doing stand-up comedy in front of a large crowd of many humans and Pokemon, the Aipom resumed his joke suddenly by saying, "...your momma is so old, she left her purse on Noah's ark!" which left little response to the crowd who were just sitting there with blank looks on all of their faces while crickets chirped in the background.
CLICK
This channel seemed to have been in the middle of a commercial with a Magmar advertising for some kind of hot brand of chips...
"How do you like chips, do you like them really hot? Then you should come and buy some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, you heard right, Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, they are guaranteed to burn a hole right through your (BEEP)ing stomach if consumed too (BEEP)ing much or your money back, they are made from the hottest spices and baked to (BEEP)ing perfection, try Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips today, go to the (BEEP)ing grocery store nearest your (BEEP)ing location and try some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips, all stores in the Hoenn region are now required to (BEEP)ing carry some of Vicky's (BEEP)ing flaming chips because they are so (BEEP)ing good, when you are eating these chips it feels like you are (BEEP)ing some girl's brains out, its so (BEEP)ing hot...!"
CLICK
This channel showed a Ditto singing some odd song, "I'm gonna be a monkey, a monkey, monkey, monkey, would you like to be one too?"
CLICK
Next channel showed bunch of human cartoons fighting each other, there was one with an orange jumpsuit with blonde hair and blue eyes with a headband plus I think I saw some whiskers on this human. Suddenly he yells, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" and a bunch of clones appear next to him, just like Double Team, "Ah, what the hell? Humans using Double Team?" I muttered.
This channel was already on its opening theme on whatever it was showing, "Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions...!" but before it continued, I shut the TV off, "Ahh, what sort of demonic creatures were those?!" I yelled, thinking back on that orange dinosaur looking thing.
After that I definitely had enough, I just waited for Tira to come and knock on my door.
I waited... waited... waited, I was so bored I was almost tempted to turn the TV back on even though I knew that something stupid was going to come up like some chorus singing to some guy, "You're one ugly ba-a-a-sta-a-a-ard"
*Knock, knock, knock*
Upon hearing this, I hoped it was Tira, I had become impatient and if it was someone else I would probably end up getting very upset. I slowly opened the door and saw a Sneasel standing there, looking up at me with her shiny red eyes and her paws behind her back, her dark red left ear was flopped back just like Litira's and she, as well, wore a belt around her waist, there was only 2 things she had that Litira did not, spiky hair flowing over her eyes and a rose instead of a flower on her head, "Hi, are you Jherek?" she asked, "Yes, and I presume you are Tira?"
"Mm-hmm"
I was shocked at the resemblance of Litira and Tira, but upon further examination I finally realized that the names were almost similar as well. Litira... Tira... I can't believe I didn't notice that earlier, but what could this mean?
I looked at her body to see that she had the necklace wrapped around her neck, the Guardian Insignia right on the small coin attached on the necklace, "So, what did you call me for?" she asked, "Oh, would you follow me really quick, outside?" I asked as I walked out of my room and motioned for Tira to come and follow me.
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"So... you are saying that my necklace, which was given to me by my grandmother, is actually an ancient relic of the Guardians?" Tira concluded after I was done explaining the whole situation to her, "...I find that hard to believe though..." she continued. We both sat on a log near a river which flowed northbound past tropical-looking trees and plants with the bright of day shining down upon us.
"Believe me... I am Seppachu Shitokiiri, the Sentinel of Xerxanus, I need that necklace in order to become a true Sentinel for I only have the robe and the Katana, I need the necklace to complete the set" I explained, knowing that what I just said did not seem likely in any way.
"Well... I don't know..." Tira said, rising up from her seat and walking towards the shining river, splashing some of its water on her delicate face, "I mean... I just got this necklace a few days ago..." she said, which seemed to have answered a question about the Sentinels. I executed the original Seppachu, but in doing that, I must have triggered something, maybe every new Sentinel needs to complete a quest to find one of the 3 Sentinel Relics, just one, and I guess mine is the necklace.
"Please... I need it to complete my quest, my quest to become a true Sentinel, I swear on my life this is all true" I pleaded, even getting down on my knees and bowing down in respect to her, "Wow... it looks like you really want this necklace if you are willing to get down on your knees for it..." Tira started as she began to take the necklace off of her neck, but before she was able to take it all the way off, I felt a weird disturbance. I quickly looked up to see someone dash by, taking Tira with him or her.
"Hey!" I yelled, making the shadowy figure who abducted Tira stop in his tracks, "Heh... you really have changed much, Jherek... Lucifer was right when he said you are now the resurrection of Seppachu Shitokiiri" a familiar voice said, too familiar, "No..." I whispered.
The figure turned around to reveal himself with Tira over his shoulder, trying to get away from him, it was Aiiran Walker, his appearance dramatically changed. Before he was covered in PEF Prism armor, now all he has left of the Prism armor was the pants and the boots, over his torso was a vest in the shape of an "X" around his body, showing off his muscles, and he no longer carried the PEF helmet, his white hair glimmered in the sunlight with his menacingly green eyes, "I could have sworn I killed you back at Nighthawk Outpost..." Aiiran muttered.
"Let her go now, I recommend you do as I say or this time I won't hold back!" I yelled, trying to intimidate him, "Hold back? You gave it your all last time and still lost to me... but back then I was just a simple Apprentice of the Anriu in the PEF, but I have redeemed myself, I am no longer a PEF Prism... now I am an Anriu Templar only, you cannot beat me... once I kill you, Lucifer promised to resurrect my father... and finally I have caught back up with you..." Aiiran smirked. This proved that Lucifer is back in business, or so I say.
Aiiran suddenly turned around and began to run away from me with Tira in his arms, "Aiiran!!" I screamed.
"Come now, let me see your Sentinel spirit, Seppachu Shitokiiri, are you going to let this Sneasel go so easily?!" he yelled as he disappeared from view, laughing with a sinister tone as his voice faded off as well.
"AIIRA-A-A-A-A-AN!!" I yelled, feeling so much rage fill up in my body as I gritted my fangs. I yelled as my mechanical hands rammed into the ground, causing dirt to fly straight into the river.
"Aiiran... you... will... suffer!" I yelled as my entire body became silver and golden in the darkness as I got back up and unsheathed my golden Katana, "You... will... suffer..."