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This is a fanfic I started last year. It is posted up on another Pokemon site, but I figured I would get some input from a different group of readers. Currently, the fic stands at 16 chapters. For now, I will post the first two, then add a new one every couple of days until it is up to date.
I hope you enjoy this, please post your thoughts and critique (even bad stuff).
Vigilante
Chapter 1 - A Quiet Town
An average night in Lavender Town. It's quiet empty streets were dimly lit by fading lampposts and small amounts of light filtering out of gaps in the curtains of household windows. Anywhere not reached by the artificial light, was illuminated by a pale grey glow from a half moon, hung in the center of an almost clear sky. The entire area was coated with a knee-deep, light mist, reminding everyone of the ominous presence of the Pokemon Tower, the graveyard at the northern entrance to the small town, which happened to be the source of the mist.
It was this tower that gave Lavender it's sad reputation, and it's moniker of "The Town of the Dead". Any outsider looking in on this town at the current time would believe this wholeheartedly. Yet the residents and regular visitors to the small, darkened village knew that there was life in this sorrowful place. You just had to look through the light filled windows and see the families within to see it, most notably due to the residents of the large house in the town center, Mr Fuji's house, a refuge for weary trainers and pokemon alike.
All these thoughts flooded through Kais's mind as he stood up on a high stone ledge, south-east of Lavender. He thought back to 6 years ago, where he awakened in Mr Fuji's house after being found unconscious at the end of Rock Tunnel to the north, and the subsequent affair with a tribe of Snorlax and Munchlax at the fishing piers several miles to the south.
"Nows not the time to be reminiscing" he thought, shaking his head to clear the memories. "I've gotta job to do."
His vantage point being high, a slight breeze was present, and it gently blew his long, dark, wild hair about his face and wrapped his black, knee length coat around his legs. He stood as motionless as a statue, except for slight turns of his head as his keen, deep brown eyes scanned the streets below him.
Kais was here for one reason; he was bored. Just two days ago he had been in Fushcia City, in an effort to alleviate some of his boredom and break the monotonous cycle of everyday life by taking part in various challenges within the Kanto Safari Zone. Having exited the area after one such challenge, the gate warden had handed Kais an anonymous letter, a tip-off referring to a plot centered around Lavender's Pokemon Tower. Lack of information non withstanding, Kais had leapt at this chance to have a bit of fun, and possibly become a hero. And so for the past 46 hours he had ridden his Pidgeot as fast as it could fly in the direction of Lavender, just to arrive on time to prevent whatever scheme was being planned.
The feisty bird pokemon had obliged fully, loyally carrying it's Master and friend, exhausting itself in the effort, to join Kais in his fun and glory. Knowing how hard Kazel had tried to get him here, and despite her best efforts to hide her weariness, Kais had ordered Kazel to rest in her Great Ball. Of course this had taken some bribery, with the promise she would be treated after the incident was dealt with. Two hours later, and Kais was still stood upon the ledge waiting for the something to happen.
Finally, just when he was reaching the limits of his patience he spotted 3 shadows detach themselves from the stone wall near the southern entrance and stealthily glide through the town, ducking low into the mist.
"Finally." Kais muttered to himself, reaching into his coat to remove a dark red Great Ball from his belt. "Now I can have some fun. He threw the ball upwards, calling out the name 'Kathon'.
The ball spun upwards and burst open, revealing a large dragon-like pokemon with a flaming tail. A Charizard. This one was slightly larger than the average. It had a red scarf tied around it's long neck, similar to the one Kais himself wore around his left thigh. It also had a noticeable red scar running across it's right eye and down it's cheek, a physical memory from their first meeting, where the then Charmander had defended an 11 year old Kais and his injured Pidgey from an angry Scyther. Kais also bore a scar from the time upon his left arm, an 11 year old marking to tie him and Kathon together.
"Let's Fly" he told Kathon, who bent down so Kais could sit upon it's back.
The powerful dragons wings beat, picking up a gust and carrying them into the night. They glided stealthily above their prey. Following them towards the destnation… Pokemon Tower.
Chapter 2 - Cloaks and Traps
The three figures slipped quietly over the low brick wall near Lavender's southern gate. Their heads were constantly moving left and right, each one cautiously watching as many directions as possible. They couldn't afford to not be cautious. True, they had given their pursuer the slip before they had reached the end of Route 11, but he was a skilled trainer and hunter that could pick up their trail at any time. Who knew how many friends he had warned about them either.
They kept to the shadows, darting between houses and bushes, keeping low so that their most of thier bodies were below the level of the mist that swept through he town streets. None of the figures features were visible, as they were clad in long silver-grey cloaks and hoods. The smallest figures cloak brushed upon a branch, revealing dark green trousers, light hiking boots and several pokeballs.
They reached their destination, the Pokemon Tower, quickly and without incident, believing their only witness to be a lone Meowth sat upon a fence. They quickly ducked behind the trees and bushes on the right side of the tall building and followed the wall around to the rear, looking for a back door rather than enter through the public main entrance at the front of the tower.
At the rear they found a sturdy metal door, obviously securely locked from the inside. The largest figure, the leader, motioned to his companions, pointing at the door. The taller of the remaining two immediately stepped forward and withdrew a feminine hand and a pokeball from the confines of her cloak. She pressed the button on the front of the ball with a click, splitting the ball in the centre with a small flash. A Gloom appeared at her feet. Evidently knowing what it was required to do, it nodded to it's trainer and spat purple acid at the door without instruction. The acid quickly melted away the metal with a small amount of fumes at some quiet hissing, leaving a large hole where the lock should have been. The leader pushed open the now unlocked door and the group quietly stepped inside.
They had entered a large store room, filled mostly with various gravestones and urns. A door at the far end led to the main atrium at the front of the building. The three looked around quickly, and satisfied, pulled back their hoods. The leader was a large man in his thirties. He had a square face and close cut auburn hair, looking quite the soldier. You could instantly tell he was physically strong, but his grey eyes showed he wasn't an idiot. The woman, was about five years younger, and had a thin face and pale skin, which contrasted with the shiny black hair that hung down her back. She was an attractive woman, and had also had a clever look in her eyes. The final figure was the youngest, a boy in his late teens. He was short, with blonde hair and wide green eyes. Though he looked fresh faced, it was obvious this was not his first outing of this kind.
"Ok then," said the leader quietly. "Our data says the best place to do this is the 5th floor, so we will be going there first, ok?"
The others nodded silently and followed him towards the door.
"And there's a bonus for the one who catches the most."
He pushed open the storeroom door and stepped into the atrium, followed by the others.
** ** ** ** **
No sooner than they had exited the storeroom, Kais appeared at the back door, peering through the acid burned hole. He smiled, and pushed it open, then stepped inside. He removed is coat and hung it on the end of a shelf. He was dressed in dark blue jeans and black walking boots, a black t-shirt with a small symbol on the chest and a grey long sleeved shirt. He also had a red scarf around his left thigh, and a chain around his neck could be seen tucked down into his t-shirt. Adjusting his collar and running hand through is hair, Kais stepped towards the other door.
"Time for some fun" he thought, grinning.
Reaching the door, he knelt down and peered through the crack, adopting a serious look. The three cloaked trainers, 2 men and a woman, were walking towards the stairs. Kais, pushed the door open slowly and darted behind a nearby potted plant, grabbing a grey pokeball from his belt.
** ** ** ** **
"Right, Silph scopes on," the leader commanded. "And Archie, get out your pokemon."
The three of them pulled out some bulky looking goggles and placed them over their eyes, tightening the straps around their heads. Archie and the leader tossed a pokeball each, the flashes revealing an Electrike and a Venomoth, which joined the Gloom behind the humans.
"Let's go."
They began to climb up the stairs, looking down as the goggles blocked off their peripheral vision. All of them missed the pale red beam shoot past them towards the landing above. As they reached the halfway point of the stairway, there was a sudden skidding noise and the stairway began to vibrate loudly.
"What the....?" the woman muttered grabbing the handrail.
"Look out" cried Archie, pointing up the stairs at a large wheel rolling at them. Too late.
"Holy sh-ARRGGHHHH!" The surprised leader was hit square in the stomach and thrown forcibly down the staircase, hitting the Gloom on the way down. Electrike and Archie leapt to the side, narrowly escaping harm, whereas the woman was hit in the leg and spun into the handrail she was holding. Venomoth flew after it's trainer, concerned.
"Greg, are you ok?" Archie called. The leader was lay ten feet from the base of the stairs.
"Gloom?" the woman called, massaging her bruised leg.
The Gloom, more used to hard tackles stood up and shook itself, waving to it's trainer. Greg however, groaned loudly and rolled onto his back, winded and obviously in pain.
"Is that some kind of security system Haruka?" Archie asked the woman, watching the wheel head to the far end of the atrium and begin to turn around.
"There isn't supposed to be any, it's a graveyard for god's sake. None were reported." she replied.
"Well whatever it is, it's toast, lets go Electrike!"
Archie stood up straight and pointed forwards, as Electrike bounded down the stairs towards their attacker.
"Thundershock it!"
Electrike barked loudly and fired up the attack, it's fur crackling and standing on end as it sent a bolt of electricity towards the enemy. The wheel was enveloped by the electrical attack with a direct hit, but carried on undeterred, bowling into the Electrike and knocking it into the receptionist desk, cracking th thick wooden front.
"No, Electrike!" Archie cried. The green wolf-like pokemon lay knocked out.
"My turn," Haruka growled. "Gloom, Bullet Seed."
"Gloom!" It replied, bowing it's head towards the wheel, rapidly firing multiple seeds out of the flower upon it's head. It had tremendous accuracy and each shot hit with powerfully, causing the wheel to wobble on it's path.
"Nice, now use Acid!"
Their attacker had other ideas however, and changed cause quickly, hitting Gloom before it could do a thing, propelling it into the far wall. It slid down to the floor, unconscious.
"Greg, it's strong, get up and get Venomoth to help!" Haruka shouted.
The leader finally became aware and began to sat up. The wheel, however rebounded off of a wall and flew through the air, knocking Venomoth out of the air and into it's trainer, winding him again. Archie and Haruka looked shocked. The wheel landed with a bounce and finally stopped in the center of the atrium. It began to twitch, before bursting open, revealing itself to be a grey elephant-like pokemon with black armored carapace. It had a red scarf around its front left leg.
"A Donphan" Archie said with realization.
"Look at that scarf" Haruka pointed. "It must have a trainer, where are they?"
"Right here" called Kais, and he stepped out from his hiding place. "Good work Dozou."
He walked over to the Donphan and placed a hand on it's back. It smiled at him and trumpeted happily.
"Now then....." He turned to face the people on the stairs, smiling cheerfully.
I hope you enjoy this, please post your thoughts and critique (even bad stuff).
Vigilante
Chapter 1 - A Quiet Town
An average night in Lavender Town. It's quiet empty streets were dimly lit by fading lampposts and small amounts of light filtering out of gaps in the curtains of household windows. Anywhere not reached by the artificial light, was illuminated by a pale grey glow from a half moon, hung in the center of an almost clear sky. The entire area was coated with a knee-deep, light mist, reminding everyone of the ominous presence of the Pokemon Tower, the graveyard at the northern entrance to the small town, which happened to be the source of the mist.
It was this tower that gave Lavender it's sad reputation, and it's moniker of "The Town of the Dead". Any outsider looking in on this town at the current time would believe this wholeheartedly. Yet the residents and regular visitors to the small, darkened village knew that there was life in this sorrowful place. You just had to look through the light filled windows and see the families within to see it, most notably due to the residents of the large house in the town center, Mr Fuji's house, a refuge for weary trainers and pokemon alike.
All these thoughts flooded through Kais's mind as he stood up on a high stone ledge, south-east of Lavender. He thought back to 6 years ago, where he awakened in Mr Fuji's house after being found unconscious at the end of Rock Tunnel to the north, and the subsequent affair with a tribe of Snorlax and Munchlax at the fishing piers several miles to the south.
"Nows not the time to be reminiscing" he thought, shaking his head to clear the memories. "I've gotta job to do."
His vantage point being high, a slight breeze was present, and it gently blew his long, dark, wild hair about his face and wrapped his black, knee length coat around his legs. He stood as motionless as a statue, except for slight turns of his head as his keen, deep brown eyes scanned the streets below him.
Kais was here for one reason; he was bored. Just two days ago he had been in Fushcia City, in an effort to alleviate some of his boredom and break the monotonous cycle of everyday life by taking part in various challenges within the Kanto Safari Zone. Having exited the area after one such challenge, the gate warden had handed Kais an anonymous letter, a tip-off referring to a plot centered around Lavender's Pokemon Tower. Lack of information non withstanding, Kais had leapt at this chance to have a bit of fun, and possibly become a hero. And so for the past 46 hours he had ridden his Pidgeot as fast as it could fly in the direction of Lavender, just to arrive on time to prevent whatever scheme was being planned.
The feisty bird pokemon had obliged fully, loyally carrying it's Master and friend, exhausting itself in the effort, to join Kais in his fun and glory. Knowing how hard Kazel had tried to get him here, and despite her best efforts to hide her weariness, Kais had ordered Kazel to rest in her Great Ball. Of course this had taken some bribery, with the promise she would be treated after the incident was dealt with. Two hours later, and Kais was still stood upon the ledge waiting for the something to happen.
Finally, just when he was reaching the limits of his patience he spotted 3 shadows detach themselves from the stone wall near the southern entrance and stealthily glide through the town, ducking low into the mist.
"Finally." Kais muttered to himself, reaching into his coat to remove a dark red Great Ball from his belt. "Now I can have some fun. He threw the ball upwards, calling out the name 'Kathon'.
The ball spun upwards and burst open, revealing a large dragon-like pokemon with a flaming tail. A Charizard. This one was slightly larger than the average. It had a red scarf tied around it's long neck, similar to the one Kais himself wore around his left thigh. It also had a noticeable red scar running across it's right eye and down it's cheek, a physical memory from their first meeting, where the then Charmander had defended an 11 year old Kais and his injured Pidgey from an angry Scyther. Kais also bore a scar from the time upon his left arm, an 11 year old marking to tie him and Kathon together.
"Let's Fly" he told Kathon, who bent down so Kais could sit upon it's back.
The powerful dragons wings beat, picking up a gust and carrying them into the night. They glided stealthily above their prey. Following them towards the destnation… Pokemon Tower.
Chapter 2 - Cloaks and Traps
The three figures slipped quietly over the low brick wall near Lavender's southern gate. Their heads were constantly moving left and right, each one cautiously watching as many directions as possible. They couldn't afford to not be cautious. True, they had given their pursuer the slip before they had reached the end of Route 11, but he was a skilled trainer and hunter that could pick up their trail at any time. Who knew how many friends he had warned about them either.
They kept to the shadows, darting between houses and bushes, keeping low so that their most of thier bodies were below the level of the mist that swept through he town streets. None of the figures features were visible, as they were clad in long silver-grey cloaks and hoods. The smallest figures cloak brushed upon a branch, revealing dark green trousers, light hiking boots and several pokeballs.
They reached their destination, the Pokemon Tower, quickly and without incident, believing their only witness to be a lone Meowth sat upon a fence. They quickly ducked behind the trees and bushes on the right side of the tall building and followed the wall around to the rear, looking for a back door rather than enter through the public main entrance at the front of the tower.
At the rear they found a sturdy metal door, obviously securely locked from the inside. The largest figure, the leader, motioned to his companions, pointing at the door. The taller of the remaining two immediately stepped forward and withdrew a feminine hand and a pokeball from the confines of her cloak. She pressed the button on the front of the ball with a click, splitting the ball in the centre with a small flash. A Gloom appeared at her feet. Evidently knowing what it was required to do, it nodded to it's trainer and spat purple acid at the door without instruction. The acid quickly melted away the metal with a small amount of fumes at some quiet hissing, leaving a large hole where the lock should have been. The leader pushed open the now unlocked door and the group quietly stepped inside.
They had entered a large store room, filled mostly with various gravestones and urns. A door at the far end led to the main atrium at the front of the building. The three looked around quickly, and satisfied, pulled back their hoods. The leader was a large man in his thirties. He had a square face and close cut auburn hair, looking quite the soldier. You could instantly tell he was physically strong, but his grey eyes showed he wasn't an idiot. The woman, was about five years younger, and had a thin face and pale skin, which contrasted with the shiny black hair that hung down her back. She was an attractive woman, and had also had a clever look in her eyes. The final figure was the youngest, a boy in his late teens. He was short, with blonde hair and wide green eyes. Though he looked fresh faced, it was obvious this was not his first outing of this kind.
"Ok then," said the leader quietly. "Our data says the best place to do this is the 5th floor, so we will be going there first, ok?"
The others nodded silently and followed him towards the door.
"And there's a bonus for the one who catches the most."
He pushed open the storeroom door and stepped into the atrium, followed by the others.
** ** ** ** **
No sooner than they had exited the storeroom, Kais appeared at the back door, peering through the acid burned hole. He smiled, and pushed it open, then stepped inside. He removed is coat and hung it on the end of a shelf. He was dressed in dark blue jeans and black walking boots, a black t-shirt with a small symbol on the chest and a grey long sleeved shirt. He also had a red scarf around his left thigh, and a chain around his neck could be seen tucked down into his t-shirt. Adjusting his collar and running hand through is hair, Kais stepped towards the other door.
"Time for some fun" he thought, grinning.
Reaching the door, he knelt down and peered through the crack, adopting a serious look. The three cloaked trainers, 2 men and a woman, were walking towards the stairs. Kais, pushed the door open slowly and darted behind a nearby potted plant, grabbing a grey pokeball from his belt.
** ** ** ** **
"Right, Silph scopes on," the leader commanded. "And Archie, get out your pokemon."
The three of them pulled out some bulky looking goggles and placed them over their eyes, tightening the straps around their heads. Archie and the leader tossed a pokeball each, the flashes revealing an Electrike and a Venomoth, which joined the Gloom behind the humans.
"Let's go."
They began to climb up the stairs, looking down as the goggles blocked off their peripheral vision. All of them missed the pale red beam shoot past them towards the landing above. As they reached the halfway point of the stairway, there was a sudden skidding noise and the stairway began to vibrate loudly.
"What the....?" the woman muttered grabbing the handrail.
"Look out" cried Archie, pointing up the stairs at a large wheel rolling at them. Too late.
"Holy sh-ARRGGHHHH!" The surprised leader was hit square in the stomach and thrown forcibly down the staircase, hitting the Gloom on the way down. Electrike and Archie leapt to the side, narrowly escaping harm, whereas the woman was hit in the leg and spun into the handrail she was holding. Venomoth flew after it's trainer, concerned.
"Greg, are you ok?" Archie called. The leader was lay ten feet from the base of the stairs.
"Gloom?" the woman called, massaging her bruised leg.
The Gloom, more used to hard tackles stood up and shook itself, waving to it's trainer. Greg however, groaned loudly and rolled onto his back, winded and obviously in pain.
"Is that some kind of security system Haruka?" Archie asked the woman, watching the wheel head to the far end of the atrium and begin to turn around.
"There isn't supposed to be any, it's a graveyard for god's sake. None were reported." she replied.
"Well whatever it is, it's toast, lets go Electrike!"
Archie stood up straight and pointed forwards, as Electrike bounded down the stairs towards their attacker.
"Thundershock it!"
Electrike barked loudly and fired up the attack, it's fur crackling and standing on end as it sent a bolt of electricity towards the enemy. The wheel was enveloped by the electrical attack with a direct hit, but carried on undeterred, bowling into the Electrike and knocking it into the receptionist desk, cracking th thick wooden front.
"No, Electrike!" Archie cried. The green wolf-like pokemon lay knocked out.
"My turn," Haruka growled. "Gloom, Bullet Seed."
"Gloom!" It replied, bowing it's head towards the wheel, rapidly firing multiple seeds out of the flower upon it's head. It had tremendous accuracy and each shot hit with powerfully, causing the wheel to wobble on it's path.
"Nice, now use Acid!"
Their attacker had other ideas however, and changed cause quickly, hitting Gloom before it could do a thing, propelling it into the far wall. It slid down to the floor, unconscious.
"Greg, it's strong, get up and get Venomoth to help!" Haruka shouted.
The leader finally became aware and began to sat up. The wheel, however rebounded off of a wall and flew through the air, knocking Venomoth out of the air and into it's trainer, winding him again. Archie and Haruka looked shocked. The wheel landed with a bounce and finally stopped in the center of the atrium. It began to twitch, before bursting open, revealing itself to be a grey elephant-like pokemon with black armored carapace. It had a red scarf around its front left leg.
"A Donphan" Archie said with realization.
"Look at that scarf" Haruka pointed. "It must have a trainer, where are they?"
"Right here" called Kais, and he stepped out from his hiding place. "Good work Dozou."
He walked over to the Donphan and placed a hand on it's back. It smiled at him and trumpeted happily.
"Now then....." He turned to face the people on the stairs, smiling cheerfully.
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